Jamaica’s selectors drop Xavier Marshall

Jamaica’s selectors have dropped out-of-form opening batsman, Xavier Marshall and replaced him with Danza Hyatt for their third-round WICB Regional first class match against Guyana this weekend in Barbados.



The 23-year-old Marshall was among the most dominant batsmen in the trials last month, but has shown dismal form in the series so far.



Marshall, who has played 7 Tests and 24 One-Day Internationals for West Indies, cracked two centuries in the last two trial matches last month, but has had scores of 2, 10, 13, and 0 in the first two rounds.



Hyatt has now joined the squad in Barbados for Friday’s start of the WICB Regional third-round match against Guyana at Foursquare Park in the eastern parish of St Philip.



The Jamaicans have made a solid start to the title-defence with maximum points from the opening matches to lead with 24 points, 9 ahead of Barbados 15 with Combined Campuses & Colleges lying third on 12 points.



In the other third-round games in Barbados starting Friday, Barbados play Trinidad and Tobago and Combined Campuses and Colleges tackle the Windward Islands.