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Sarwan, Banks included in Windies squad in second Test
Jamaica, Apr 15: Ramnaresh Sarwan and off-spinner Omari Banks have been called into the West Indies squad for the second Test against Australia.
Jamaica, Apr 15: Ramnaresh Sarwan and off-spinner Omari Banks have been called into the West Indies squad for the second Test against Australia.
The 20-year-old Banks became the first player from the small Leeward Island of Anguilla to be named in a senior West Indies side.
Sarwan is included in the 15-man squad after recovering from the fractured finger on his left hand.
The team vice-captain passed a fitness test on Sunday after Australia's nine-wicket win in the first Test.
The 13 players named for the first Test have all been retained, although wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs is likely to miss out on the second Test after tearing a groin muscle in the opening Test.
A further assessment on the severity of his injury will be made once the squad arrives in Trinidad on Tuesday.
It means there is still no place for opener Chris Gayle. Gayle remains on the outside after being dropped from the first Test squad in the wake of his decision to play in a Double Wicket competition rather than play in the Carib Beer Series final for Jamaica. West Indies Squad: Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice-captain), Wavell Hinds, Devon Smith, Daren Ganga, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Ridley Jacobs, Carlton Baugh, David Bernard, Omari Banks, Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dillon, Pedro Collins, Jermaine Lawson.
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Sarwan is included in the 15-man squad after recovering from the fractured finger on his left hand.
The team vice-captain passed a fitness test on Sunday after Australia's nine-wicket win in the first Test.
The 13 players named for the first Test have all been retained, although wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs is likely to miss out on the second Test after tearing a groin muscle in the opening Test.
A further assessment on the severity of his injury will be made once the squad arrives in Trinidad on Tuesday.
It means there is still no place for opener Chris Gayle. Gayle remains on the outside after being dropped from the first Test squad in the wake of his decision to play in a Double Wicket competition rather than play in the Carib Beer Series final for Jamaica. West Indies Squad: Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice-captain), Wavell Hinds, Devon Smith, Daren Ganga, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Ridley Jacobs, Carlton Baugh, David Bernard, Omari Banks, Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dillon, Pedro Collins, Jermaine Lawson.
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