The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

West Indies 30-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 20

Tue, Dec 9, '14

 

Team Selection

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board Selection Panel today named the 30-man provisional squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup to be played in Australia and New Zealand in February and March, 2015.

The squad includes several players who are yet to play at the One-Day International level. These are left arm seamer Kenroy Peters; Imran Khan, the experienced leg-spinning allrounder; off-spinner Ashley Nurse; 19-year-old fast bowler Marquino Mindley; Evin Lewis, the 22-year-old left-handed opener; and Jonathan Carter, the left-hander from Barbados.

West Indies will play in Pool B in the preliminary round of the 11th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup. They will do battle alongside defending champions India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe.

Before the tournament West Indies will have warm-up matches against England and Scotland.



Squad:
Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo,

Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine,

Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Imran Khan, Leon Johnson,

Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Marquino Mindley, Sunil Narine, Ashley Nurse,

Kenroy Peters, Versammy Permaul, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach,

Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith,

Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor