Cricket: West Indies leave out big guns

LONDON: West Indies have named four uncapped players in an inexperienced squad for the two Twenty20 internationals against England at The Oval later this month. Miles Bascombe, Johnson Charles, Nkruma Bonner and Derwin Christian are all included in a 14-man party for the matches due to be held on September 23 and 25. Star batsman Chris Gayle has been left out after his row with the West Indies Cricket Board. Other omissions include Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo and Ravi Rampaul who have not been selected due to their commitment to the Champions League Twenty20, which takes place in India from September 19 to October 9.



Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2011.