Ten Windies players in Jamaica’s Red Stripe squad

KINGSTON: Jamaica’s cricket selectors on Sunday named 10 players with West Indies senior team experience in their 14-man squad for next month’s regional Red Stripe Bowl tournament.

Former Test opener Robert Samuels, who has been returned as captain, is being joined in the squad by current Test batsmen Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, and West Indies rookies Jerome Taylor, Carlton Baugh, and David Bernard. Hard-hitting One-Day International (ODI) specialist Ricardo Powell, pacer Darren Powell, and off-spinning all-rounder Gareth Breese, complete the list of 10 to have worn the West Indies maroon cap. Robert Samuels was unable to bat as he was engaged in the selection meeting.

Squad: Robert Samuels (captain), Brenton Parchment, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, Gareth Breese, Ricardo Powel, Carlton Baugh, David Bernard, Darren Powell, Jerome Taylor, Shawn Findlay, Evon McInnis, Andrew Richardson.