Seven West Indies Test players are part of a 14-member squad named for a week-long training camp focusing on spin bowling and batting under head coach Phil Simmons, at the High Performance Centre in Barbados. West Indies are slated to play four Tests at home against India in July and August, after which they will
Leon Johnson, the Guyana batsman, will lead WICB President’s XI in a three-day tour match against Australia at North Sound in Antigua later this month. Carlos Brathwaite, who was included in the West Indies squad for the Tests against England but did not play, has been named vice-captain. Johnson has played four Tests and scored
Fast bowler Ravi Rampaul has been left out of West Indies’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Rampaul played two ODIs during the 2014-15 tour of India in October before the series was cancelled because of a dispute between the West Indies players, the WICB and WIPA. The
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force recorded a six-wicket victory over Leeward Islands Franchise yesterday in their rain-affected second-round WICB Four-Day Professional Cricket League match. The game was played at Warner Park in St Kitts. Set 203 runs to win, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force reached the victory target just before the tea interval. Yannick Ottley