Cricket West Indies has introduced a new-look squad for the staff’s upcoming Test match sequence towards Australia Down Under. The squad will probably be led by Kraigg Brathwaite with seven uncapped gamers included within the staff as nicely. The Windies will journey to Australia for an all-format sequence ranging from January 17 onwards.
With senior execs lacking out, the Windies board referred to as in uncapped gamers like Zachary McCaskie, Tevin Imlach, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Kevin Sinclair, Akeem Jordan and Shamar Joseph. Regular faces like Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers and Jayden Seales are usually not half of the sequence. While Holder and Mayers have opted out of the sequence to give attention to T20 cricket, Seales has not been picked on account of a shoulder damage.
Alzarri Joseph named vice-captain
Notably, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s new signee in IPL Alzarri Joseph has been named because the new vice-captain of the Test aspect. The Windies board confirmed the identical. “The West Indies will again be led by Captain Kraigg Brathwaite, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph named as the new Vice Captain,” CWI wrote within the squad announcement assertion. Notably, Joseph was not too long ago named vice-captain for the England ODI sequence.
As the common gamers stay absent from the sequence, the CWI chief selector Desmond Haynes admitted that the squad choice has been affected by their unavailability of them. “The squad has been affected by the unavailability of some key players. However, we have had a very strong red-ball program being run over the past year, which has unearthed significant talent throughout the region,” Haynes mentioned.
“The selected players have passed each test given to them and must now be given the opportunity to showcase their skills in the Test arena. Australia away is always a challenge, but we are confident in our team,” he added.
West Indies Test squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Alzarri Joseph (vc), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Joshua DaSilva, Akeem Jordan, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach, Kevin Sinclair, Tevin Imlach, Shamar Joseph, Zachary McCaskie
