Roger Harper, CWI chief selector and former Kenya coach. Associated Press / Matt Dunham, File
out of the tour for “personal reasons”
in the wake of the West Indies ICC
World Cup debacle recently.
Also missing from the Twenty20
Internationals squad announced by
the Cricket West Indies selection panel
are left-hander Chris Gayle, whose
place on the side has been questioned
in recent months and fast bowler Ravi
Rampaul, who was controversially
selected to the World Cup squad.
Romario Sheppard and Odean
Smith have also been included in the
T20 team after being omitted from
the World Cup in which defending
champion West Indies was eliminated
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West Indies bowler Veerasammy
Permaul. Associated Press/Eranga
Jayawardena
297 on the final day and the visitors
were dismissed for 132, to lose the
series 2-0.
Sri Lanka won the first Test by 187
runs and the series sweep of West
Indies gave them all 12 of the World
Test Championship points that were
on offer for the series.
Sri Lanka spinners dominated the
series as they were in the first match
and caused the undoing of the regional
team’s batsmen, with Ramesh Mendis
and Lasith Embuldeniya picking up
five wickets each in the final Test.
Their combined efforts saw West
Indies losing their last eight wickets
in the space of 13 overs.
Mendis completed his second
five-wicket haul of the match when
Veerasammy Permaul, who got just
one run on the board, was out lbw.
By Azad Ali
Barbados Women have been drawn
in Group A alongside powerhouses
Australia and India for next year’s
Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,
London.
The regional Twenty20 champions
will open their campaign against
Australia on July 29, follow up with a
clash against Pakistan two days later
before taking on India in their final
game on Aug. 3, with all matches set
for Edgbaston.
West Indies qualified for the July
to Aug. 7 Games by virtue of their
International Cricket Council world
ranking, but as they represent a cluster
of nations, are allowed to compete
at the Games as a single entity.
Barbados qualified to represent
West Indies after winning the Cricket
West Indies T20 Blaze in Guyana two
years ago.
The T20 tournament at the Commonwealth
Games next year will
mark the first time in 24 years cricket
will be played in the multi-discipline.
wickets in Group A.
The team was in Zimbabwe to play
one of the qualifiers, but the International
Cricket Council abruptly
canceled the 50-over tournament in
response to a new strain of COVID-19
designated Omicron, which has been
spreading in southern Africa.
CWI Director of Cricket, Jimmy
Adams said the canceled fixture has
also engaged the attention of CWI,
while dialogue with organizers continued
over the tournament’s future.
in the second round after failing to
win any round.
The uncapped players for the ODIs
are batsmen Justin Greaves and
Shamarh Brooks, left-arm spinner
Gudakesh Motie, who was a traveling
reserve for the recent ICC T20 World
Cup, and fast bowling allrounder
Odean Smith, was selected for the T20
squad for the first time, allrounder
Dominic Grakes and Smith were net
bowlers before the start of the tournament.
Former captain Jason Holder is
being rested for this tour “due to
workload management”, while Fabien
Allen and Obed McCoy are unavailable
due to injury and rehabilitation,
CWI said.
Captain Kieron Pollard will also
miss the tour due to injury. Shai
Hope will lead the West Indies in the
three ODIs, while Nicholas Pooran
will captain the side in the threematch
T20s.
The ODIs in Pakistan are part of the
ICC ODI Super League where points
gained work towards qualification for
the ICC World Cup 2023.
CWI Chief Selector, Roger Harper
said he had high expectations of the
addition to both squads.
The ODIs in Pakistan are part of the
ICC ODI Super League where points
gained work towards qualification for
the ICC World Cup 2023.
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West Indies celebrate the wicket of England’s Amy Jones. Action Images via
Reuters/John Sibley/File
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Sri Lanka win
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