Speedy Lawson back in Jamaica squad

KINGSTON: Young West Indies fast bowler Jermaine Lawson has returned to the Jamaica squad for this weekend’s Carib Beer International Shield cricket semi-final match against defending champions Guyana in Berbice.

The 21-year-old Lawson was travelling yesterday with the Jamaica squad for the match starting tomorrow at the out of town ground Albion. Clocked as the fourth fastest bowler at Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2003, Lawson missed Jamaica’s seventh-round match against India “A” two weeks ago because he was resting niggling injuries from the World Cup. Attacking middle order batsman Ricardo Powell is suffering from chicken pox and has been ruled out of the match. Left-arm spinner Ryan Cunningham, who was dropped from the eleven for the last encounter — after the influx of returning West Indies World Cup players — is in the 13. Jamaica, with a record of two wins, three draws, and two defeats, finished third in the Carib Beer Series standings with 43 points.

Jamaica Squad: Robert Samuels (captain), Chris Gayle, Leon Garrick, Brenton Parchment, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, David Bernard, Gareth Breese, Keith Hibbert, Darren Powell, Jerome Taylor, Ryan Cunningham, Jermaine Lawson.