Caribbean Net News: Hinds to lead Barbados as 2007 regional series bowls off

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies all-rounder Ryan Hinds will captain Barbados in the 2007 regional Carib Beer first class series. Hinds, who was reappointed by the Barbados Cricket Association, will also skipper the Bajans in the KFC Cup.

Barbados will open the new series against Trinidad and Tobago from January 4-7, while their opening match in the KFC Cup will be on January 9.

Hinds, 25, who has made 4,182 run and also captured 123 wickets in first class competitions, has been a valuable member of the Bajans' national team for eight years and he is delighted at having the assistance that former Test players, Seymour Nurse and Vasbert Drakes, as well as Franklyn Stephenson, a long-serving professional, have been giving to the national programme.

"It's so nice to see Seymour Nurse around to offer his assistance with the batsmen," Hinds was quoted as saying in the Nation newspaper.

"I think the batsmen are really enjoying his presence, along with Franklyn Stephenson and also Vasbert Drakes. It's so nice to have these guys around.

"Obviously they played the game and they have had a chance to look at the players. They have looked at our techniques and stuff like that and are trying to iron out a few problems that some of the guys have," he added.

Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago will be without West Indies opening batsman Lendl Simmons, who was ruled out of the first match against Barbados.

The 21-year-old, who made his West Indies senior team debut last month in the One Day series against Pakistan, has been ruled out with a damaged right finger and was advised by Dr Terrence Babwah to rest for two weeks.

West Indies opener Daren Ganga will again lead a well-balanced Trinidadian side, which also includes Test players Dwayne Bravo, wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin and left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed. The team also includes West Indies paceman Mervyn Dillon.

The other two matches in the series will see Leeward Islands playing at home to Jamaica in St Kitts and Windward Islands against Guyana in Grenada.

National team full squads are as follow:

BARBADOS

Four-day - Dale Richards, Wayne Blackman, Ryan Hinds, Floyd Reifer, Kirk Edwards, Kevin Stoute, Dwayne Smith, Ryan Wiggins, Patrick Browne, Corey Collymore, Tino Best, Ryan Austin, Kurt Wilkinson, Fidel Edwards, Pedro Collins.
One-day - Dale Richards, Patrick Browne, Ryan Hinds, Kevin Stoute, Alcindo Holder, Ryan Wiggins, Dwayne Smith, Ian Bradshaw, Ryan Nurse, Pedro Collins, Kemar Roach, Derrick Bishop, Sulieman Benn, Javon Searles, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Bennett.

GUYANA

Squad: Narsingh Deonarine (captain), Travis Dowlin (vice-captain), Krishna Arjune, Azeemul Haniff, Assad Fudadin, Deon Ferrier, Derwin Christian (wicket-keeper), Royston Crandon, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Imran Jafferally, Veerasammy Permaul, Esaun Crandon, Reon King, Jeremy Gordon.
The manager is Carl Moore with Albert Smith as coach.
The eight standby players are: - Homchand Pooran, Leon Johnson, Steven Jacobs, Gajanand Singh, Maxwell Georgeson (wkpr), Trevon Garraway, Rayon Griffith and Krishna Deosaran.

JAMAICA

Squad: Wavel Hinds (captain), Tamar Lambert (vice-captain), Marlon Samuels, Chris Gayle, Carlton Baugh Jr, David Bernard Jr, Lorenzo Ingram, Jermaine Lawson, Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Andre Dwyer, Odean Brown, Nikita Miller, Brenton Parchment, Milton Henry (manager), Junior Bennett (coach), David Bernard Snr (trainer)
Reserves: Danza Hyatt, Bevon Brown, Shane Powell, Jamie Trenchfield

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Squad: Daren Ganga (captain), William Perkins, Adrian Barath, Jason Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Richard Kelly, Rayad Emrit, Dave Mohammed, Mervyn Dillon, Amit Jaggernauth, Sanjiv Gooljar, Sherwin Ganga, Theodore Modeste.
Manager - Omar Khan; Coach - David Williams; Trainer - Gerard Garcia.

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