Ridley Jacobs to Captain Busta XI
Mon, Apr 15, '02
Former West Indies wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs, dumped from the
senior team for the first two Tests, has been named captain of the
Busta XI to play against the visiting Indians from April 26-28 in
Castries, St. Lucia.
Jacobs, the former West Indies vice captain who appeared in 37
Tests for the Caribbean side, will lead an inexperience group of
fringe players that include former Test cricketers Darren Ganga,
Wavell Hinds, Dinanath Ramnarine and Pedro Collins.
The selectors named ten players in the Busta Squad and said the
two players left out of the second Test final eleven will round out
the team.
FULL BUSTA SQUAD:
Ridley Jacobs (captain), Daren Ganga, Devon Smith, Wavell Hinds,
Runako Morton, Gareth Breese, Darren Powell, Pedro Collins, Kerry
Jeremy and Dinanath Ramnarine.
Separately, the West Indies selectors retained an unchanged squad
for the second Test to be played at the Queen's Park Oval in
Trinidad from April 19 to 23.
WEST INDIES SECOND TEST SQUAD:
Carl Hooper (captain), Chris Gayle, Stuart Williams, Ramnaresh
Sarwan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ryan Hinds, Junior
Murray, Mervyn Dillon, Cameron
Cuffy, Adam Sanford, Marlon Black and Mahendra Nagamootoo.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
April:
19-23 - 2nd Test - Queens Park Oval, Trinidad
26-28 - Busta XI - Castries, St Lucia
May:
2-6 - 3rd Test - Kensington Oval, Barbados
10-14 - 4th Test - ARG Ground, Antigua
18-22 - 5th Test - Sabina Park, Jamaica
25th - 1st ODI - Sabina Park, Jamaica
26th - 2nd ODI - Sabina Park, Jamaica
29th - 3rd ODI - Kensington Oval, Barbados
June:
1st - 4th ODI - Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad
2nd - 5th ODI -Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad