McKenzie heads Ja Titans protected players for WI Breakout League

West Indies batsman Kirk McKenzie and former West Indies Under-19 representative Jordan Johnson are among the seven protected players for the Jamaica Titans in the inaugural West Indies Breakout League, a T20 competition set to start in late April.
 
The other protected players are Deethmar Anderson, Leroy Lugg, Ramal Lewis, Jeavor Royal and Tamarie Redwood.

Each team is allowed to protect 7 players, with a maximum of three players aged between 27 and 29.

The remaining seven players per squad will be selected during the draft, and they must all be 26 years old or younger.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has also mandated that one of the 7 protected players must be a leg spinner.
 
 To maintain the league's focus on emerging talent, all players must also have limited professional experience, defined as  having played fewer than 40 List A t20 matches and fewer than 10 t20 internationals.

The other five franchise teams for the league are the Trinidad and Tobago Legions, Leeward Islands Thunder, Windward Islands Infernos, Guyana Rainforest Rangers and Barbados Pelicans.

The 2025 West Indies breakout league will run from April 25 to May 10 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.