Monday, 4 July 2011

West Indies drop Sarwan from squad for 3rd Test

West Indies-India
West Indies have dropped experienced but out-of-form batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan in his 13-member squad for the third cricket Test against India starting on Wednesday. Kieran Powell has named a squad place Sarwan. 21-year-old left-hander has Leeward Isaland's opener and a regular member of the West Indies team.

There are no other changes in the second test in Barbados squad that ended in a draw. India hold 1-0 series lead three games of the rubber.

Powell has played two one-dayers against West Indies in Champions Trophy in South Africa two years ago.

Overall, he has 5 runs, and the name of these two international matches against Bangladesh after he made a duck, and 5 against India.

Sarwan has been a miserable summer of the bat and made only 29 runs for four innings in the first two Tests against India. He was better against the Pakistan ODI series, making 54 runs in four innings of two tests.

Ramnaresh is having a difficult time and it is best for him, and allows the player to make room in better shape to help the team together," said committee chairman Clyde Butts.

There is no doubt that the batsman Ramnaresh class, it has been shown countless times in the past, and we are confident that he will come back stronger in the near future,Butts added.

"Kieran is a young, first class, but it has been around a while and is a former Windies Under-19 World Cup players. He did well in the West Indies and scored an impressive one hundred against England Lions at the WICB Regional Tournament four days later, but was injured. "

Powell has worked in recent weeks Sagicor High Performance Centre in Barbados under head coach Andre Coley and batting coach Carl Hooper.

The third test will be played on the sixth here at Windsor Park in July. This is the first time the test is organized by the Dominica, although it has staged four one dayers - two each against Bangladesh and South Africa - in the past.

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