Christopher Gayle ruled out due to injury. Off-spinning all-rounder Damani Sewell is the only new face added to the Nikita Miller-led Jamaica Scorpions squad set to take part in the Regional Super50 cricket tournament slated to begin later this month.
The 22-year-old Sewell, who plays for St Ann CA in local club cricket, is a former national Under-15 representative.
During the senior team trial matches, the right-hand late-order batsman has been dismissed only once in five innings, while top-scoring with 37 not out. With his off-spin bowling he has taken 13 wickets, and up to yesterday he was second on the wicket-takers’ list behind left-arm pacer Gavon Brown.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Twenty20 batting star Dwayne Smith has hailed the emergence of the game’s shortest version, saying it had provided opportunities for those players without extended careers at international level.
The 33-year-old Barbadian played only 10 Tests and 105 One-Day Internationals, but transformed himself into a much sought-after batsman on the global T20 circuit, where he has become a fixture in many of the domestic leagues.
Smith joined an elite group in 2004 when he stroked a hundred on Test debut against South Africa in Durban, but then failed to record a single half-century in his next 12 innings and was dropped.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — West Indies right-hander Marlon Samuels will make his first appearance in the regional domestic 50-overs competition in three years when he turns out for Leeward Islands Hurricanes later this month.
The 35-year-old last appeared in the competition in 2013 when he represented his native Jamaica but Leeward Islands Cricket Board chief operations officer, Vernon Springer, confirmed to the Observer newspaper here that the player would be part of the Hurricanes squad for the January 24 to February 18 tournament.
Hamstring injury ends Dre-Russ's campaign prematurely but a fellow West Indian joins defending champs Sydney Thunder star Andre Russell’s KFC Big Bash season is over, with West Indies World T20 hero Carlos Brathwaite to replace the allrounder for the remainder of BBL|06.
Russell was stretchered off from Spotless Stadium after injuring his left hamstring against the Melbourne Stars during Wednesday night’s final-ball thriller and the Thunder confirmed on Thursday the injury would sideline the allrounder for at least 4-6 weeks.
Sydney Thunder star allrounder Andre Russell has been stretchered off from Spotless Stadium after injuring his hamstring against the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday night.
Russell pulled up lame after chasing a ball to the third man boundary, immediately falling to the ground and clutching his leg.
The 29-year-old overseas signing has played with a knee injury throughout the tournament and was set to undergo scans after the clash with the Stars, according to Fairfax media.
