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Windies arrive for tough Aussie assignment

Fri, Nov 27, '15

 

Windies v Australia

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – The squad, led by captain Jason Holder, arrived via New York and Los Angeles following two days of travel from the Caribbean.

West Indies will train their attention first on a five-day camp at the Allan Border Field here before taking on a young Cricket Australia XI in a four-day game starting Wednesday at the same venue.

A significant presence in the squad is that of head coach Phil Simmons who missed the recent Test and limited overs tour of Sri Lanka through suspension.

He was pulled from that tour by the West Indies Cricket Board after he bizarrely claimed in a media conference that the selection of the one-day squad had been influenced by “outside interference.”

Simmons, appointed following the ICC World Cup earlier this year, subsequently apologised after appearing before the WICB’s human resources committee, and was promptly reinstated.

The Trinidadian will be leading West Indies for the first time on an overseas tour after presiding over the home tours against England and Australia.

read the full article at Antigua Observer