Two uncapped players in preliminary squad

St John's, Antigua.

The West Indies Cricket Board has named its preliminary squad of 30 players for the ICC Champions Trophy to be staged from June 6 to 23 in England and Wales.

The members of the squad are Adrian Barath,Sulieman Benn, Tino Best,Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cotterrell, Narsingh Deonarine, Shannon Gabriel,Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Nikita Miller, Sunil Narine, Veerasammy Permaul,Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell,Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels,Ramneresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith, Devon Thomas, Chadwick Walton.

Left-handed batsman Jonathan Carter and left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cotterrell are the only players in the squad yet to play for the Windies in any format on the international stage, while batsman Nkrumah Bonner and fast bowler Shannon Gabriel have not played in an ODI previously.

The final squad of 15 will be announced at a later date.