WICB announces West Indies Squad for ICC World T20

Georgetown :The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel today named the West Indies 15-man squad for the International Cricket Council’s World T20 Tournament in Sri Lanka in September.

 FULL SQUAD

Darren Sammy (Captain)

Dwayne Bravo (Vice Captain)

Samuel Badree

Darren Bravo

Johnson Charles

Fidel Edwards

Chris Gayle

Kieron Pollard

Sunil Narine

Denesh Ramdin (Wicket-keeper)

Ravi Rampaul

Andre Russell

Marlon Samuels

Lendl Simmons

Dwayne Smith

The WICB Selection Panel has kept faith with the nucleus of the squad which defeated New Zealand in the recent Digicel Twenty20 Series in south Florida. Darren Bravo makes a return after missing the second half of the West Indies tour of England and the Digicel Series at home against New Zealand due to injury.

 The squad boasts a number of the leading power-hitters in world as well as several world-class allrounders. The batting is led by Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard who are destructive in this format. Openers Lendl Simmons, Johnson Charles and Dwayne Smith have also done well for West Indies in the past at the top of the order.

 The allrounders: Sammy, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell and Marlon Samuels, have all proven their quality with bat and ball in this format, while wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin brings a wealth of experience and know-how in this format. 

 The spin bowling department is led by Sunil Narine, who has excelled since his international debut last December. The other slow bowler is experienced leg-spinner Samuel Badree, who is the newest member of the squad, but has an excellent track record in this format at domestic level. He debuted against New Zealand in June.

 The two main fast bowlers in the squad are the experienced Fidel Edwards, who offers firepower, and Ravi Rampaul, who can be called upon at any stage in the innings.

 Fixtures for ICC World T20

WARM-UP

Thursday, Sept 13: vs Sri Lanka – NCC, Colombo

Monday, Sept 17: vs Afghanistan – P Sara Oval, Colombo

 

FIRST ROUND

Saturday, Sept 22: vs Australia – R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Monday, Sept 24: vs Ireland – R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

 

SUPER EIGHTS

Thursday, Sept 27: C1 v D2 – Pallekele

Thursday, Sept 27: A1 v B2 – Pallekele

Friday, Sept 28: D1 v C2 – Colombo

Friday, Sept 28: B1 v A2 – Colombo

Saturday, Sept 29: A1 v D2 – Pallekele

Saturday, Sept 29: C1 v B2 – Pallekele

Sunday Sept 30: B1 v C2 – Colombo

Sunday Sept 30: D1 v A2 – Colombo

Monday, Oct 1: B2 v D2 – Pallekele

Monday, Oct 1: A1 v C1 – Pallekele

Tuesday, Oct 2: B1 v D1 – Colombo

Tuesday, Oct 2: A2 v C2 – Colombo

 

SEMI-FINALS

Thursday, October 4: Super 8 Group 1-1 vs Super 8 Group 2-2 – R Premadasa Stadium

Friday, October 5: Super 8 Group 2-1 vs Super 8 Group 1-2 – R Premadasa Stadium

 

GRAND FINAL: Sunday, October 7 – R Premadasa Stadium