Cricket: WI include spinner Permaul

ST JOHN’S: Guyana left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul was called into the West Indies squad for the first time for the tour of Bangladesh. Permaul, 23, has played 45 first-class matches since his debut five years ago, taking 152 wickets at 24.59 apiece. He has just returned from a tour of Bangladesh with the West Indies High Performance Centre, where he collected 21 wickets across the three formats of the game. Permaul also skippered the West Indies ‘A’ team earlier this year when they prevailed over India ‘A’ in a home series. Meanwhile, Barbados batsman Kirk Edwards has been recalled, after losing his place for the third Test on the tour of England earlier this year. West Indies’ matches for the tour of Bangladesh are scheduled between November 3 and December 12.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2012.