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CARDIFF, Wales –Chris Gayle believes the West Indies have it in them to beat all-comers and win the ICC Champions Trophy for a second time. The powerful left-handed opening batsman said winning the mini-World Cup won’t be an easy task, but the players from the Caribbean are prepared to fight hard.
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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Kirk Edwards will captain the West Indies A-Team when they face Sri Lanka-A in the first four-day “Test”, starting next Wednesday at Warner Park in St. Kitts.
The 28-year-old Edwards led Barbados, when they won the recent Regional 4-Day title, claiming their 21st regional first-class title.
Edwards has played nine Tests and nine One-day Internationals for the senior West Indies team between 2011 and last year.Guyana captain Veerasammy Permaul has been named his deputy.
The 23-year-old Permaul was captain of the A-Team last year, when they prevailed over India-A in the corresponding home series last year.
The left-arm spinner has appeared in two Tests and four ODIs for the senior West Indies side between last year and this year.
Jamaican Junior Bennett will be head coach for the side with Stuart Williams, the former Leeward Islands captain and West Indies opener, as his deputy.
NDTV is reporting that a Pakistan will tour the West Indies this summer after the ICC Champions tournament.
From the article; Official sources in the PCB said that it had been decided to accept the offer by the WICB to play only the limited-over series on the tour.
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The ICC Cricket Committee has recommended that Full Member nations be required to play a minimum number of Tests over a four-year period in what is being presented as the latest attempt to protect the status of the five-day game.
ESPNcricinfo understands that the number proposed by the committee, which was meeting for the first time since the controversial election of Laxman Sivaramakrishnan as a player representative in place of Tim May, is merely a minimum four Tests each year which would mean at least 16 over a four-year cycle.
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CPL officials announced the country assignments for the 12 franchise players – six West Indian and six international – and named the six head coaches and six assistant coaches at a press briefing in Trinidad today. Attended by four of the coaches and chaired by CPL Operations Manager Carlisle Powell, making good on CPL’s promise to keep the public updated on plans for the Caribbean Premier League inaugural tournament and to ensure a strong Caribbean make up as the momentum builds and the countdown begins to the first ball being bowled in action.
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