WI v South Africa

Test series commences soon, and the Windies have named their squad.

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West Indies name Test squad for South Africa
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Ramdin skippers squad while Bravo's absence hands recall to Fudadin after two year absence

Left-handed batsman Assad Fudadin has been called up to replace Darren Bravo in the West Indies' Test squad to tour South Africa in December and January. Bravo, who had been offered a contract for the series, pulled out of the tour, citing personal reasons and requested that he not be considered for selection. Fudadin, 29, from Guyana, played three Tests in 2012 against England and New Zealand. The series against South Africa will be the first for the West Indies since they quit India four matches into a five-game, one-day series in October after a pay dispute between players and the board, with a Twenty20 international and three Tests to play. The naming of a squad will be a further boon to hopes the West Indies will take their place in next year's ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Quick Single: Edwards thrilled by West Indies progress The West Indies Cricket Board has since set up a task force to explore the controversy with a report due on December 18.

The West Indies will play three Tests, three T20s and five one-dayers in South Africa. West Indies Test squad: Denesh Ramdin (capt), Sulieman Benn, Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cottrell, Assad Fudadin, Shannon Gabriel, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Leon Johnson, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton.

No Kirk Edwards, no Bravos, no Pollard, no Simmons.

Apart from Darren Bravo, none would've been there anyway.

Just checking Pollard's career, 5 FC matches in the last three years.

Aye it's been a strange few years for the Windies.

Can I hear "SMASH" with a capital "S"?!

tricycle wrote:Apart from Darren Bravo, none would've been there anyway.

Just checking Pollard's career, 5 FC matches in the last three years.

The thing about Pollard is that I reckon he does have the ability to be a very good test batsman. But a lot of these Windies players have no ambition beyond their next T20 paycheck.

Perhaps there should be a quota on the amount of first class games a year a contracted West Indies player needs to play? Say, five? If they agree then it will help West Indies cricket, and if they refuse (i.e. refusing to sign a West Indies contract) then let the people of the Caribbean tear them to shreds when their priorities are exposed.