The WICB Selection Panel has added fast bowler Jason Holder to the squad for the 1st Test Match against New Zealand.
The tall 22-year-old travelled to Jamaica following the two-week camp in Barbados. The opening Test match will be played at Sabina Park from Sunday, June 8 to Thursday, June 12.
Holder made his ODI debut against Australia at Perth in February 2013. He has so far played 17 ODIs and one T20 International.
FULL SQUAD
Denesh Ramdin (Captain)
Sulieman Benn
Kraigg Brathwaite
Darren Bravo
Shiv Chanderpaul
Kirk Edwards
Shannon Gabriel
Chris Gayle
Jason Holder
Shane Shillingford
Kieran Powell
Kemar Roach
Marlon Samuels
Jerome Taylor
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Ottis Gibson (Head Coach)
Sir Richard Richardson (Team Manager)
Sir Curtly Ambrose (Bowling Consultant)
Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach)
Andre Coley (Assistant Coach)
C.J. Clark (Physiotherapist)
Hector Martinez Charles (Strength & Conditioning Co-ordinator)
Richard Berridge (Video & Statistical Analyst)
Philip Spooner (Media Manager)
Virgil Browne (Massage Therapist)
The series begins in Jamaica on June 8 and will consist of three tests and two T20’s. The T20 matches will be held in Dominica on July 5 and 6.
Allu talking about who is a player and who is not. Except for Chanders, the rest are all a bunch of pretenders.
Even Gaye should stick to his T20 and get out of test cricket.
There is no point in arguing about a team with a bunch of worthless players.
Just take a look at the score. When New Zealand was batting you would think it was school boys who bowling to them. Suddenly when it was out turn, we seem to have trouble defending out wicket. Go figure.
Dude Deonarine is not a test player, he is an average first class player.
What Benn doing there? Benn is not bowler.
The more relevant question is what Shillingford doing there? The man has been called three times at least for pelting. Shame alone should make him call it quits. Guess he and the selector jokers waiting until he is called for chucking for the umpteenth time.
The team is not well balanced from day #1. With Sammy retired and Dwayne Bravo not healthy, a genuine all rounder is missing. An all-rounder does not always have to be a medium pacer/ batter but could also be a spinner/batter, and in that case Deonarine as a third spinner should have been added for the following reasons: A. They will be playing on a very slow wicket in Jamaica, that has always helped spinners B. Without Narine on the team, and Shane was not healthy during the regular Caribbean season, and also had to re adjust his bowling, not being allowed to bowl his doozer, we don’t know what to expect C. With Roach not known to be very healthy and Taylor who was out for over 5 years because of his health, Deonarine was the batsman /bowler that should have been added.
Even if narine was available would have not play him,he is no test bowler, rather any other bowler (kenroy peters) medium bowler that can mix it up, he should be in the side rather than gabriel. Shane is a better test bowler than narine by the way, how many spell can narine bowl?
he has potential