WI call up Miller for injured Simmons

Thu, Oct 16, '14

Left-arm orthodox spinner Nikita Miller has been called up to the West Indies squad as a replacement for the injured Lendl Simmons for the remainder of the ODI series against India, team manager Richie Richardson said ahead of Friday's fourth ODI at Dharamsala. Miller will be flown in from Sri Lanka where he is representing the West Indies A team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had earlier this week tweeted that Simmons, who did not play the Kochi and Delhi matches on account of a back injury, will return home.

"We have decided to replace Lendll Simmons with Nikita Miller. Initially, it was assumed that Simmons would recover in time but it was later revealed that the injury was more serious than it seemed. So we had to fly him home." Richardson said on Thursday.