West Indies are waiting on the fitness assessments of fast bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph before they complete the roster for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – which will be played from February 7 to March 8 – in India and Sri Lanka.
The full 15-member squads for the 20 teams participating are due to be submitted to the ICC by January 2, and the unrelated Josephs are working around the clock to be fit and ready for the marquee event.
NATIONSPORT has been reliably informed that the selectors have narrowed down the list to 20 players from which the final squad will be chosen. The Josephs have been out of action for a lengthy period. They last played in the Caribbean Premier League in September. Shamar has reportedly undergone treatment for a shoulder injury while Alzarri has met with specialists after being diagnosed with a stress-related injury of the lower back.
There have, however, been no updates on the injuries to left-arm seam bowlers Jediah Blades and Ramon Simmonds, who are expected to be considered for selection. Both were on the West Indies tour of Bangladesh in October but had to return home. They did not play for Barbados in the Super50 tournament in Trinidad nor the Bolivarian Games in Lima, Peru.
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