West Indies name inexperienced squad


West Indies squad

West Indies have named an inexpert squad for their two Twenty20 internationals in England next month.

With the two matches at The Oval set to clash with the Champions League Twenty20, the Windies selectors have chosen to fail to notice Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo and Ravi Rampaul.

Star batsman Chris Gayle has also been lost as he remains out of favour following a spat with the West Indies Cricket Board after he miss the limited overs series next to Pakistan earlier this year.

West Indies' choice not to select their Champions League Twenty20 players may not go down well with their England rivals, who earlier this month, tag the matches on to the end of their summer programme to help fulfil a contractual responsibility with the media and the WICB.

England is also likely to select Eoin Morgan in spite of the left-hander being named in the Kolkata Knight Riders' squad for the competition.

In contrast, Bravo and Pollard are due to play for their IPL franchises - defensive champions the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians correspondingly - while the residual four players will appear for home country Trinidad & Tobago.

In their nonattendance the Windies have called on four new uncapped players - Miles Bascombe, Johnson Charles, Nkruma Bonner and Derwin Christian. The two Twenty20s are listed for September 23 and 25 at The Oval.


West Indies squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Christopher Barnwell, Miles Bascombe, Devendra Bishoo, Nkruma Bonner, Johnson Charles, Derwin Christian (wk), Fidel Edwards, Danza Hyatt, Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Dwayne Smith.

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