Benn, Jaggernauth earn Windies call-ups
Tue, Mar 11, '08
Spinners Sulieman Benn and Amit Jaggernauth have earned call-ups to the West Indies senior team for the first Test match against Sri Lanka.Benn, a left-arm orthodox spinner who has taken 22 wickets (21.31 per) in this year's Carib Beer Cup first-class tournament; and Jaggernauth, a right-arm off spinner (23 wickets at 16.26) are the only newcomers in the squad picked to play at Providence in Guyana from March 22-26.
The 15-man squad also sees the return of left-arm all-rounder Ryan Hinds.
Marlon Samuels, who is currently under a cloud of allegations surrounding match-fixing, also secured a place in the squad.
There are three openers -- captain Chris Gayle, Sewnarine Chattergoon and Devon Smith -- and four fast bowlers in Pedro Collins, Jerome Taylor, Darren Powell and Fidel Edwards.
Brenton Parchment and Runako Morton, two batsmen who toured Zimbabwe and South Africa recently, have been dropped.
Full squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka:
1.Chris Gayle (captain)
2. Sewnarine Chattergoon
3. Devon Smith
4. Marlon Samuels
5. Ramnaresh Sarwan
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7. Dwayne Bravo
8. Ryan Hinds
9. Denesh Ramdin
10. Sulieman Benn
11. Amit Jaggernauth
12. Pedro Collins
13. Fidel Edwards
14. Darren Powell
15. Jerome Taylor