Lara’s TT Carib Beer challenge
BRIDGETOWN: West Indies players Brian Lara and Mervyn Dillon, who have both had Carib Beer appearances since returning from South Africa, will spearhead Trinidad and Tobago in their quest for a final spot in the Carib Beer International Shield. The Trinidad and Tobago’s selectors named an unchanged 13-man squad for their Carib Beer International Shield semi-final play-off against Barbados starting today at Kensington Oval. But this game and the one in Guyana between the hosts and Jamaica is in doubt because of a wrangle over pay between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players’ Association. The selectors have stuck with the squad that travelled to the US Virgin Islands for an emphatic 180-run three-day win over the Leeward Islands in the seventh round that helped secure their spot in the semi-finals. Lara smashed a century (152) and a half-century in Trinidad and Tobago’s win over the Leeward Islands. Without a regional four-day title in 18 years, Trinidad and Tobago will be trying to avenge their humiliating fifth-round defeat inside three days at the Kensington Oval earlier this month. Emerging Windies fast bowler Jermaine Lawson will returned to the Jamaica squad for their semi-final match against defending champions Guyana in Albion, Berbice. Clocked as the fourth fastest bowler at the recently concluded World Cup, Lawson was rested from Jamaica’s seventh-round match against India "A". Veteran Carl Hooper, up for re-appointment as West Indies captain, will lead the Guyanese squad. Star batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is not being considered because of a finger injury. Teams: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Daren Ganga (Capt), Imran Jan, Andy Jackson, Brian Lara, Dwayne Bravo, Zaheer Ali, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Mervyn Dillon, Marlon Black, Rodney Sooklal, Ravi Rampaul, Shazam Babwah. BARBADOS - Courtney Browne (Capt), Sherwin Campbell, Philo Wallace, Ryan Hinds, Floyd Reifer, Dwayne Smith, Ryan Hurley, Courtney Browne, Vasbert Drakes, Tino Best, Corey Collymore, Pedro Collins. Reserves: Ian Bradshaw, Sulieman Benn. Jamaica: Robert Samuels (Capt), Chris Gayle, Leon Garrick, Brenton Parchment, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, David Bernard, Gareth Breese, Keith Hibbert, Darren Powell, Jerome Taylor, Ryan Cunningham, Jermaine Lawson.
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