West Indies selectors replaced four players on tour for the One-Day Internationals and the One-Day International to be played against Sri Lanka starting Dec. 9.
The players released to return home are Test Vice Captain Brendan Nash, Nelon Pascal, Devon Thomas and spinner Shane Shillingford. These players are replaced with Ravi Rampaul, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard and Barbadian Kirk Edwards who has performed very well at the ‘’A” level for the West Indies.
The full squad comprises: Darren Sammy (captain), Suliemaan Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell and Devon Smith.
Limited Overs Schedule
Dec. 9 First O.D.I.
Dec. 11 Second O.D.I.
Dec. 15 Third O.D.I.
Dec. 19 Fifth O.D.I.
Dec. 21 T20 International
Kumar Sangakkara Tops I.C.C. Ratings
Sri Lanka’s Captain Kumar Sangakkara tops the I.C.C. ratings for batting with 882 points. He passed India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar who has 859 points.
Sangakkara now has 24 Test hundreds. Behind Sangakkara and Tendulkar are Virender Sehwag 851 points and Jacques Kallis 809.
Kumar Sangakkar Test Statistics
Test – 93
Runs – 8244
H.S. – 287
Ave. – 57:25
Cent. – 24
Fifties – 34
I.C.C. Rankings For Tests
India
Matches 38
Ratings 129
Team South Africa
Matches 32
Ratings 116
Team Sri Lanka
Matches 23
Ratings 115
Team England
Matches 39
Ratings 112
Team Austrailia
Matches 37
Ratings 110
Team Pakistan
Matches 26
Ratings 88
Team New Zealand
Matches 29
Ratings 80
Team West Indies
Matches 21
Ratings 79
Team Bangladesh
Matches 19
Ratings 7
I.C.C. Rankings for O.D.I.
Team Australia
Matches 36
Ratings 128
Team India
Matches 35
Ratings 118
Team Sri Lanka
Matches 33
Ratings 118
Team South Africa
Matches 25
Ratings 115
Team England
Matches 28
Ratings 112
Team Pakistan
Matches 27
Ratings 100
Team New Zealand
Matches 25
Ratings 95
Team West Indies
Matches 18
Ratings 67
Team Bangladesh
Matches 28
Ratings 67
Team Ireland
Matches 11
Ratings 39
Team Zimbabwe
Matches 30
Ratings 37
Team Netherlands
Matches 6
Ratings 17
Team Kenya
Matches 8
Ratings 0
