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Chennai Super Kings’ Dwayne Bravo runs to celebrate the dismissal of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s
Parthiv Patel during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers
Bangalore in Chennai, India, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Associated Press / Aijaz Rahi, File
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Cricket (CWI) selectors
have recalled veteran all-rounder
Dwayne DJ Bravo to the West
Indies side for the three-match
Twenty20 series, which started on
Wednesday in Grenada.
The experienced 36-year-old Trinidadian
has played 66 Twenty20s but
the last of those came three years
ago in the troubled series against
Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates,
in the wake of the controversial
firing of head coach Phil Simmons.
Bravo ended his career with the
West Indies in October 2018 citing
the need to preserve his longevity as
a professional cricketer but made a
sudden about turn last May following
the change in CWI administration.
Chief selector Roger Harper said
Bravo would be a boost to the side’s
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West Indies’ Evin Lewis.
Associated Press / Rui Vieira, File
Windies
whitewash
By Azad Ali
West Indies completed a whitewash of
minnows Ireland with a five-wicket victory
in the final of the three-match One-Day
International (0DI) series at the Grenada
National Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 12.
This was West Indies’ second 3-0 win in
a matter of months, victory over another
minnow, Afghanistan, by the same score
on neutral ground in India ending a fiveyear
series drought in ODIs — success
against Ireland which was their first at
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Grenada PM
calls for review
By Azad Ali
Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr. Keith
Mitchell believes Cricket West Indies
(CWI) should review how it manages
young players like Nicholas Pooran and
Shimron Hetmyer in order to get the
most out of their talent.
The veteran leader said he was worried
that picking such players in al formats
of the game- especially Twenty20
- could result in “spoiling a talent” that
could benefit to West Indies, especially
in the longer formats.
Hetmyer, 23, currently plays all formats
while fellow Pooran, 24, is involved
only in the white-ball formats (Twenty20s
and One-Day Internationals).
Right-hander Shai Hope, along with
21 year-old all-rounder Keemo Paul,
have also featured recently in all for-
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