JCA retains Chris Gayle as captain
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2009 | 6:15 PM
West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle will lead Jamaica in the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board President’s Cup One-Day tournament in Guyana later this month.
Gayle’s appointment was announced earlier this afternoon by the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA).
The JCA also announced an 18-man squad, which will be trimmed to 14 just over a week before the scheduled start of the tournament on October 28.
Nikita Miller and David Bernard Junior, two members of the makeshift West Indies’ Champions Trophy team, have been named in the squad.
The squad includes one newcomer in batsman Zeniffe Fowler.
Wavell Hinds, Brenton Parchment, Xavier Marshall, Shawn Findlay, Jerome Taylor, Darren Powell and Andrew Richardson have also been included.
The remaining members of the squad are Tamar Lambert, Carlton Baugh Junior, Brendan Nash, Jason Dawes, Krishmar Santokie, Danza Hyatt and Odean Brown.
Jamaica will open against reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago on October 28.