[Austin Richards, Jr. courtesy of www.stanford2020.com]
The WICB have named a 14 member squad for the limited over matches in England and Ireland this summer. Presumably that includes the two Twenty20 internationals between the West Indies and England.
One notable inclusion in the squad is Antiguan opener Austin Richards Jr. Richards is a young 23 year old left handed opener who has played 10 first class matches since 2004 with and average of 37.88. In the past Carib Beer series, he slammed a maiden first class century of 183 against the Windward Islands. He is yet to make his debut for the senior West Indies team. Out-of-form Dwayne Smith has also found his name in the squad as well. Chris Gayle has been named the captain after the about-face by the WICB.
The squad:
Chris Gayle (captain), Shivanrine Chanderpaul (vice captain), Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Austin Richards Jr, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith.
The team will play 2 Twenty20 Internationals and 3 ODIs against England before playing against Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands in Ireland.
The Schedule:
1st T20I: England v W.I. at The Oval - Jun 28, 2007
2nd T20I: England v W.I. at The Oval - Jun 29, 2007
1st ODI: England v W.I. at Lord's - Jul 1, 2007
2nd ODI: England v W.I. at Birmingham - Jul 4, 2007
3rd ODI: England v W.I. at Nottingham - Jul 7, 2007
1st Match: Netherlands v W.I. at Dublin - Jul 10, 2007
3rd Match: Scotland v W.I. at Dublin - Jul 12, 2007
5th Match: Ireland v W.I. at Dublin - Jul 14, 2007
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