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Four Guyanese, Tonge, Barath in 15-man West Indies squad for Down Under

Nov 03, 2009 Sports

Chris Gayle has been reappointed West Indies captain for the upcoming tour of Australia later this month, marking the end of the contractual dispute between the striking players and the West Indies Cricket Board.
Senior players such as Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo also returned to the squad following the strike, while youngsters such as Adrian Barath, Kemar Roach and Gavin Tonge made the cut as well. Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine, who has had a good run of form recently, along with Travis Dowlin, who filled in during the recent contractual dispute, have been named in the side.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) met in Barbados on Saturday to approve the selectors’ recommendation of Gayle as captain and made the announcement on Monday. Gayle, 30, has not played international cricket since the home series against India in July due to the ugly contractual dispute between WICB and the players’ union. In his absence, the selectors fielded depleted teams led by Floyd Reifer against Bangladesh and in the Champions Trophy.
The name of Daren Ganga, who captained Trinidad & Tobago to the final of the inaugural Champions League, had been closely linked in the ever-changing story of the captaincy. However, John Dyson, the recently deposed West Indies coach, revealed selectors had previously baulked at moves to restore Ganga to the captaincy over concerns that his batting was not up to the rigours of international cricket. Ganga scored three centuries in 48 Tests between 1998 and 2008, averaging just 25.71.
“There was certainly some hesitation there,” Dyson told Cricinfo before the confirmation of Gayle’s captaincy. “Daren is obviously an impressive bloke and he is well suited to leading the Trinidadian side, but from my talks with selectors, the feeling was that he had not really grasped his opportunities in his 48 Tests.” Dyson, who predicted Gayle would hold on to the job, said it would be “wise of the selectors” to gauge his commitment to it.
“Many of the things that have happened to the West Indies team haven’t been his fault,” Dyson said. “A lot of people would be tempted by the IPL and other leagues, and I think more and more players will let it be known that they are not totally committed to their teams.
If Chris is committed to international cricket, I think he could yet be a good captain.”
Gayle has had mixed results as captain, winning three Tests out of 14 and 13 ODIs out of 38. He led West Indies to two series wins in one-dayers, including an away victory against England last year, and against the touring Sri Lanka.
He presided over a surprise win in the first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg but his side went on to lose the next two games and the series.
His other Test wins came against Sri Lanka in Port-of-Spain to level the two match series and a deciding win over England at home earlier this year, before West Indies handed back the Wisden Trophy when they toured just after.
Squad: Chris Gayle (capt), Adrian Barath, Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Travis Dowlin, Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor and Gavin Tonge.
Former WI great and pacer during the Clive Lloyd era, the ‘Big Bird’, Joel Garner has been named as Manager. David Williams is Coach.
Tour schedule
November 18-21: vs Queensland at Allan Border Field, Queensland
November 26-30: 1st Test at the Gabba, Brisbane
December 4-8: 2nd Test at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
December 16-20: 3rd Test at WACA Ground, Perth

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