CaribWorldNews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tues. May 27, 2008: The West Indies cricket team has made a change to their squad on the heels of a loss to the boys from down under.
West Indies selectors on Monday officially named Jamaican opening batsman Xavier Marshall in a 14-member squad for the second Digicel Test against Australia starting at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday.
Dropped from the squad that lost the first test match are off-spinner Amit Jaggernauth, who had a solitary wicket on his debut test and former Barbados captain and left-handed all-rounder Ryan Hinds. Hinds was dropped because of a groin injury.
Australia scored an easy 95-run victory over the West Indies on the final day of the first Digicel Test at Sabina Park on Monday. Set 287 for victory against the Aussies, the West Indies managed to reach only 191.
The team for the second test will come from Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Xavier Marshall, Runako Morton, Brenton Parchment, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor.
Head coach of the West Indies, John Dyson, yesterday also indicated that the team will be fighting hard in the 2nd Digicel Test.