Windies name ODI squad for three-nation series in England
Saturday, May 22, 2004
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Darren Sammy is
the only uncapped player in the West Indies' 15-member squad for the
three-nation one-day international series with England and New Zealand in
England next month.
The 20-year-old all-rounder is one of 11
members of the squad aged 25 or under and now has the chance to become the
first player from the island of St. Lucia to play international cricket for
West Indies.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm
medium-fast bowler, Sammy was a member of the Young West Indies side that
reached the final of the ICC Youth World Cup New Zealand 2002 and spent last
season playing for the world renowned Marylebone Cricket Club in England with
whom he toured Sri Lanka.
Sammy, who was the fourth highest scorer for
Windward Islands with 261 runs at 26.10 in the West Indies first-class
championship this year, when his 22 wickets were the 10th highest in the
Championship, also played for Barnes CC in the Middlesex Premier League in
Britain last season.
All of the members of the squad selected for
the ODI series against Bangladesh that West Indies swept 3:0 - except
Sylvester Joseph - have also been picked for the series that commences on June
26 and ends with the final on July 10 at Lord's.
Experienced fast bowlers Mervyn Dillon and
Corey Collymore, however, have not found favour with the selection panel under
the chairmanship of legendary West Indies batsman and former captain Vivian
Richards.
Dillon and Collymore are currently the most
experienced West Indies bowlers in both forms of the game with 49 Tests and
156 ODIs between them, but they have had limited success in both versions of
the game lately and lost their places to a string of younger fast bowlers.
Clearly casting their eyes to the ICC
Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 and building a side with enough depth and
experience to be competitive on home soil, the selectors have gone for the
youth and pace of Tino Best, Fidel Edwards and Ravi Rampaul instead.
Carlton Baugh, Jr., the second string
wicketkeeper for the last year, has also been included.
West Indies squad:
Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice-captain), Carlton Baugh Jr, Tino
Best, Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Chris
Gayle, Ridley Jacobs, Ricardo Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Devon Smith,
Dwayne Smith.
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