Kirk Edwards, Walton in WI Test squad
From ESPNcricinfo staff
West Indies Test squad for India:
Darren Sammy (capt), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cotterrell, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford and Chadwick Walton
In: Sheldon Cotterrell, Kirk Edwards, Chadwick Walton
Out: Shannon Gabriel
Kirk Edwards and wicketkeeper-batsman Chadwick Walton have been named in the 15-member Test squad for West Indies’ tour of India. Edwards, who is currently captaining the touring West Indies A team in the unofficial Tests against India A, made a case for his selection with some good scores on the tour.
Edwards was the 14th West Indies batsman to score a century in his debut Test – against India in 2011 – but was dropped after he failed during the side’s tour to England in 2012. He was a part of the squad for the Tests against Bangladesh in November 2012, but did not get a game.
Since then, Edwards has captained the West Indies A team in first-class matches against Sri Lanka A at home and on the tour to India. The batsman is among the leading run-getters on the current tour of India. In three List A games, Edwards scored 159 runs at an average of 53, including one hundred and was third in the run-scoring charts, after Yuvraj Singh and Jonathan Carter. He scored two fifties in two first-class games and also captained the side to a 162-run win in the first match of the series.
Edwards was also the second highest run-scorer in first-class matches for West Indies A during the home series against Sri Lanka A. He scored 191 in two innings at an average of 95.5.
Another member of the Test squad on the comeback trail is Walton, who last played an international match for West Indies in 2009. Walton was a part of the replacement squad that was named after a player boycott erupted before the home series against Bangladesh in July 2009. The wicketkeeper-batsman had a productive domestic season earlier this year and was the leading run-scorer for Combined Campuses and Colleges, scoring 409 runs in six first-class games.
Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel’s exclusion is the only other change from the Test squad that played against Zimbabwe in March. Gabriel was replaced by Jamaica pace bowler, Sheldon Cotterrell.
West Indies are scheduled to play two Tests and three ODIs on their tour of India. The first Test will begin on November 6, while the second Test is scheduled for November 14. The three ODIs will be played on November 21, 24 and 27.
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Chanderpaul to return to Derbyshire next year
From Caribbean360
“Everyone, the players, coaches and staff have all made me feel welcomed and I’m happy that I am returning for a second year”
DERBYSHIRE, England, CMC – West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will return to Derbyshire next year and is expected to be available for the whole season.
Chanderpaul was included in a 15 man squad announced by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Thursday to tour India next month.
“I’ve really enjoyed my first year with the club,” Chanderpaul told the club’s website.
“Everyone, the players, coaches and staff have all made me feel welcomed and I’m happy that I am returning for a second year. We have got a lot of talented guys here”.
The West Indies veteran scored 1,298 runs in all competitions last season, 884 of them in Division One in which he averaged 38.43.
Only skipper Wayne Madsen scored more in Derbyshire’s unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation.
“The young guys who came in all did well. They have all developed their games this season and with the experience gained they should be firing next year. But you can say that about all the guys,” said Chanderpaul.
“They have all learnt something this year – and it will be evident at the start of the new season that they will be better off because of it”.
Chanderpaul is preparing to join the squad ahead of the West Indies’ tours of India and New Zealand but he will then return to Derby to prepare for the 2014 campaign.
“I go back to Orlando this week where I will have a few days off before I begin training with the national side in Miami on October 20th. We then fly out to India on the 25th ahead of a busy schedule there,” said Chanderpaul.
“We will be playing a three-day warm-up fixture, two Tests and three ODIs before we are off to New Zealand. There we play three Tests and five ODIs before we welcome England to the Caribbean in March for another one-day series”.
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