West Indies name 17-man squad for England tour

Oddspreview staff - 8 Apr 2009

West Indies have dropped bowler Daren Powell and Ryan Hinds for their two-Test tour of England next month.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo also misses out as he is still recovering from ankle surgery.

The West Indies have named three uncapped players in a 17-man squad, those being Grenada fast bowler Nelon Pascal, Barbados batsman Dale Richards and Jamaica medium-pacer Andrew Richardson.

West Indies will defend the Wisden trophy after defeating England 1-0 in the Caribbean this year.

The tour starts on April 21 and includes three warm-up matches plus the two test matches.

bet365 make England 8/11 favourites to win the series, with West Indies 9/2.

West Indies squad: Chris Gayle (captain), Denesh Ramdin, Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Brendan Nash, Nelon Pascal, Dale Richards, Andrew Richardson, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor.







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