Seven newcomers in 15-man West Indies squad to play two take a look at matches in Australia

Seven uncapped gamers will journey to Australia amongst a 15-man West Indies cricket squad to play two take a look at matches Down Under in January.

Cricket West Indies mentioned Wednesday that the group will once more be led by Kraigg Brathwaite, with quick bowler Alzarri Joseph named as the brand new vice captain.

The uncapped gamers are batter Zachary McCaskie, wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach; allrounders Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge and Kevin Sinclair and quick bowlers Akeem Jordan and Shamar Joseph.

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Team officers mentioned Jayden Seales was unavailable for choice because of a shoulder harm and that Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers weren’t obtainable as a result of they needed to discover Twenty20 league alternatives in January.

“The squad has been affected by the unavailability of some key players,” mentioned lead selector Desmond Haynes. “However, we have had a very strong red-ball program being run over the past year. Australia away is always a challenge, but we are confident in our team.”

The squad will arrive in Australia on Dec. 30 and can maintain a preparation camp from Jan. 2-9 in Adelaide, adopted by a four-day first-class warm-up match towards a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide from Jan. 10-13.

The two groups will once more compete for the Frank Worrell Trophy — named in honor of the legendary West Indies allrounder and captain. The first take a look at shall be performed in Adelaide from Jan. 17-21 and the second a day-night, pink-ball encounter on the Gabba in Brisbane from Jan 25-29.

Following the take a look at sequence, West Indies will face Australia in three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches. Squads for these video games shall be introduced at a later date.

Australia is at present forward 1-0 in its three-match take a look at sequence towards Pakistan. The groups play once more starting Dec. 26 in Melbourne and from Jan. 3 in Sydney.