World T20 champs ineligible for one-dayers
Sat, Apr 16, '16
The lingering high which still resonates throughout the Caribbean atmosphere following the West Indies’ recent historic ICC World Twenty20 victory in India may soon be long forgotten as diehard fans of the boys in maroon will not feature at least seven of them for the upcoming tri-nation One-Day International Series against South Africa and Australia in June.
With the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) recent change in its selection policy which states that players must compete on the domestic circuit (50 Over/Four- Day) in order to affirm places on the regional team for international competition, several key and trophy- winning players have automatically been excluded. Among them are the likes of World T20 championship skipper Darren Sammy, the in-form Dwayne Bravo, hard-hitting batsman Chris Gayle and all-rounder Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels and Samuel Badree. All except Samuels were unavailable for the Nagico Super50 after taking up contracts for the Australian Big Bash which clashed with the regional one-day tournament.
