Left-arm orthodox spinner Nikita Miller has been called up to the West Indies squad as a replacement for the injured Lendl Simmons for the remainder of the ODI series against India, team manager Richie Richardson said ahead of Friday's fourth ODI at Dharamsala. Miller will be flown in from Sri Lanka where he is representing the West Indies A team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had earlier this week tweeted that Simmons, who did not play the Kochi and Delhi matches on account of a back injury, will return home.

"We have decided to replace Lendll Simmons with Nikita Miller. Initially, it was assumed that Simmons would recover in time but it was later revealed that the injury was more serious than it seemed. So we had to fly him home." Richardson said on Thursday.

why not badree instead?

In reply to navindesigns

Tell me you are joking.
format dude, format.

In reply to openning... I wouldn't argue on the format, just that Miller brings a bit a batting and is near by. Is Badree in SL.

In reply to openning



Why yuh think he is joking...its de WICB yuh need to ask if they joking? TWO LEFT ARM SPINNER? What is de reasoning of selecting Miller to replace Simmons?

In reply to WestDem... proximity?

In reply to natty_forever



what proximity have to do with de replacement....yuh mean to tell me none a de batsmen in de "A" team can replace Simmons?

In reply to WestDem... bingo.



Seriously, Miller has always been in the ODI set up ... guess they decided to call him back and take another look.


That's the best I could do sorry.

In reply to natty_forever



Aite!!! Yuh rass scared ah giving Kuk anodda chance!!!

In reply to WestDem.. me ... I wouldn't drop Kuk.

In reply to natty_forever



Suh list yuh starting XI fuh tomorrow nah?

In reply to WestDem

They just don't want Shilly to be call again.
Andrew Mason wanted two spinners when the team was selected, now he will get what he was asking for.
having two lefties is like having, Bravo, Pollard, Smith, Sammy and Russell in either an ODI or a test team.

In reply to openning



Suh dem picking de squad by fuss picking out de pelters...lets say Shilly get reported in SL...whappen then? BCCI can get that done yuh know!

The original team selection had

2 openers in simmons and matrix
4 middle order bats in lil b, samuels, johnson, & pollard
1 keeper in ramdin
3 all rounders in captain bravo, russell, & sammy
1 spinner in benn
4 fast bowlers in roach, taylor, rampaul & holder

so that's 6 batsmen, 3 allrounders, a keeper, and 5 bowlers


the batting collapsed in the last game to lose 7 wickets for 40 runs

the bowlers bowled india out for under 200 in the first ODI and restricted them to a respectable 250 runs in the 2nd

Simmons....a batsman....now out injured. Team down to 5 batsmen. They still have 5 specialist bowlers.

So what do they do? Add a 6th specialist bowler

You couldn't make this shit up

In reply to imusic

The extra spinner may had reduce India to less than 200.

In reply to imusic

Why pick Johnson if you are not going to play him, I have no problem with the selection with only two matches left and Miller is playing in SL.

In reply to openning

In reply to imusic

Bro, look at the bowlers playing.
Sammy, Pollard, Bravo, Samuels and Russell are diving 20 0vers between then, leaving out of form Rampaul, Taylor and Benn to do the work.
This team should be selected for T20, not ODI.

In reply to openning



Can Miller and Marlon play on the same team?

In reply to WestDem

Marlon has been put under heavy manners.
He already had two strikes against him.

In reply to openning



Marlon is fearless bro....Miller better nat try to bowl to him in de nets...

Marlon is protected by the big cat!

So they replace a specialist batsman with a sepcialist bowler. WTF?

In reply to gvenkat

They're correcting a mistake made in selecting the squad...it should've had two spinners from the beginning.

Granted, sending another left-arm spinner is a bit nonsensical...I would've sent a leggie, like Bishoo.

some of you need help..what if the selectors realized that they made a mistake by not bringing a back up spinner and now they have a chance to correct it?

In reply to WestDem... same team