ST. JOHN’S – Barbadian pacer Miguel Cummins has been named in a 13-man West Indies A-Team squad which includes eight players with Test experience for the first four-day match against the Sri Lanka A-Team at Warner Park in St Kitts from June 5.
Cummins, 22, was the leading fast bowler in the Regional 4-Day Tournament with 35 wickets at 14.77 runs apiece, helping new champions Barbados to their 21st regional first class title.
Jamaican left-arm spinner Nikita Miller, who played a solitary Test for the West Indies in 2009 against?Bangladesh has also been selected.
Miller was the most successful bowler in the tournament. He took 52 wickets at 8.05 runs apiece, tying with Shane Shillingford for the highest number of wickets.
Another left-arm spinner, Veerasammy Permaul, who previously captained the A-Team, is also included but the West Indies Cricket Board said Wednesday a captain would be named at a later date.
Apart from Miller and Permaul, the other players who have appeared in Test matches are Barbados’ captain Kirk Edwards, his compatriot Kraigg Brathwaite, Guyanese batsmen Assad Fudadin and Narsingh Deonarine, Trinidadian fast bowler Shannon Gabriel and Jamaican wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton, who plays for the Combined Campuses and Colleges.
Guyana’s left-handed batsman Leon Johnson has had a couple of One-Day Internationals.
The selectors have called up uncapped Leeward Islands wicketkeeper/batsman Jahmar Hamilton to join Walton but there is no room for Barbadian Shane Dowrich.
Barbadian left-handed batsman Jonathan Carter and Jamaican left-arm pacer Sheldon Cotterell complete the squad.
Squad
Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cotterell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Assad Fudadin, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Leon Johnson, Nikita Miller, Veerasammy Permaul, Chadwick Walton. (EZS)
