Promising 21-year old batsman Adrian Barath has been selected for the final ODI, after he got rid of hamstring injury that kept him out of the side including the World Cup. Ravi Rampaul is also back. Chris Gayle, badly missed at the top by a struggling batting side, is continued to be ignored because of his utterances in a radio show.
West Indies Cricket board (WICB) has decided to keep Gayle at bay till he explains that interview in a meeting with the board officials. There is no indication of a meeting, whether it happened or not, yet.
Barath burst onto the scene with a bang when he scored a sparking debut hundred in a Test in Australia. He also has a ton in ODIs, averaging around 32. Brian Lara regards him as a future star, but his immediate task is to make the opening spot his own for the sake of the brittle top order that his team has.
Ravi Rampaul, who has rediscovered himself as a strike bowler in recent months, is back after being rested. The axe fell on Kirk Edwards and Danza Hyatt who both disappointed in the matches they played. The last ODI will be played on Thursday, 16th of June, in Jamaica.
West Indies ODI squad: Darren Sammy (cap), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Carlton Baugh (wk), Devendra Bishoo, Adrian Barath, Andre Russell, Ravi Rampaul, Anthony Martin, Kemar Roach,.
Published in sportpulse.net on 15 June 2011
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