Cricket: Five Jamaicans in WI squad for England tour
Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2011 | 3:49 PM
All rounder Nkrumah Bonner is among five Jamaicans selected to the West Indies Twenty/Twenty 14-man squad to play England in September.
The 22-year-old Bonner is a student at the Sagicor High Performance Centre and a former West Indies Under-19 player.
The other Jamaicans selected are Danza Hyatt, Andre Russell, Krishmar Santokie and Marlon Samuels.
Meanwhile, opening batsmen Miles Bascombe of St Vincent and Johnson Charles of St Lucia along with wicketkeeper Derwin Christian of Guyana have also been included
Dwayne Smith, the Barbadian all rounder, makes a return to the Windies team while pacer Fidel Edwards gets a Twenty/Twenty selection after returning to Test cricket earlier this year.
Darren Sammy, whose initial stint as West Indies captain ended at the end of the West Indies-India series, has been re-appointed as captain in all forms of the game.
West Indies will play two International Twenty20s on September 23 and 25 at the Kia Oval in London.
The other members of the 14-man squad are Christopher Barnwell, Devendra Bishoo and Ashley Nurse.