Guyana Squad: Arjune in; Narsingh Out

Opener Krishna Arjune, who represented the West Indies 'B' team in last year's Busta Cup, is the only newcomer in the Guyana 13-member for the three away matches this year, which bowls off on January 31.

Arjune joins the left-handed pair of Azeemul Haniff and Sewnarine Chattergoon, who opened the batting in the 2002 tournament. The sole surprise was the dropping of middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine, once thought to be among the brightest prospects in the West Indies.

Fast bowler Rayon Griffith, who also represented the West Indies B in the latter part of last year's tournament after being named in the Guyana squad, is once more among the 13 players identified.

The 13-man squad also sees the return of middle-order batsman Andre Percival who found a place mainly because of the unavailability of Test players Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, who will be on World Cup duties.

Middle-order batsman Travis Dowlin, who was touted as a possible West Indies selectee after his exploits in 2001 but performed below par in the early matches in 2002, has also been recalled after he was dropped last year.

With leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo not finding a place in the West Indies World Cup squad made him an automatic choice in the Guyana team despite not being named in the shortlisted 19.

The six players omitted from the 18 are all eligible for selection on the West Indies 'B' team as they are all Under-23. They are middle-order batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Damodar Dasrath, fast bowlers Reon Thomas and Naresh Roopnarine, wicketkeeper Azib Alli Hanif and left-arm spinner Hemnarian Harrinarian.

FULL GUYANA SQUAD:

Neil McGarrell (captain)
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Azeemul Haniff
Krishna Arjune
Homchand Pooran
Lennox Cush
Travis Dowlin
Andre Percival
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Vishal Nagamootoo
Reon King
Colin Stuart
Rayon Griffith

The manager is Pat Legall and the coach is Albert Smith.

Guyana opens this year's tournament against Trinidad and Tobago at Guaracara Park from January 31.