PAKvWI: West Indies names squad for Pakistan tour

ANTIGUA – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced the squad for the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) tour of Pakistan.

Windies will first visit the Netherlands for their maiden ODI series and then head to the South Asian country for three-game series.

The series will feature three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) from June 8 to 12 at Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Newly picked Nicholas Pooran will lead the squad, he was appointed the new skipper of the ODI and T20I sides, after the retirement of legendary Kieron Pollard.

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The panel named a number of uncapped players in the squad. The newcomers include pacers Jayden Seales and Shermon Lewis and right-handed batter Keacy Carty.  

The matches were part of the last West Indies tour which concluded in December 2021. Later, the postponed games were rescheduled after five Covid-19 cases were surfaced in the visiting squad.

Full squad: Nicholas Pooran (Captain), Shai Hope (Vice-Captain), Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Shermon Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Anderson Phillip, Rovman Powell, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh Jr.

Schedule:

June 8: 1st ODI at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi

June 10: 2nd ODI at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi

June 12: 3rd ODI at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi

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