Smith to captain West Indies A in T20 matches against Sri Lanka A

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Dwayne Smith, Lendi Simmons, Andre Russell and Samuel Bradree who were members of the West Indies team that defeated Sri Lanka to win the ICC T20 Trophy at the Premadasa last October have been included in the West Indies A team to face Sri Lanka A in T20 matches this week at Arnos Vale Sports Complex.

The 13-man squad includes four other players who have represented the West Indies in T20 Internationals. These are: fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, off-spinner Ashley Nurse, top-order batsman Nkrumah Bonner and batting allrounder Christopher Barnwell.

The other members of the squad are: seam bowler Kevin Cooper, who has performed with distinction for Trinidad & Tobago; wicket-keeper Chadwick Walton, who played two Test matches back in 2009; rookie allrounder Kyle Mayers; left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cotterell, and middle-order batsman Keddy Lesporis – both graduates of the Sagicor High Performance Centre.

 The full squad is Dwayne Smith (Captain)Samuel Badree, Christopher Barnwell, Nkrumah Bonner ,Kevon Cooper, Sheldon Cotterell, Shannon Gabriel, Keddy Lesporis, Kyle Mayers, Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons and Chadwick Walton,