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Baptiste prepares for first session in charge of Windies - myballfield - 10-03-2015
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Interim head coach Eldine Baptiste will oversee West Indies training for the first time today when the regional side undergo their first practice session since arriving here Thursday.
The 15-man squad will train at the Singalese Sports Club in the capital here as they begin final preparation for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka.
Baptiste, a current West Indies selector, was a last-minute replacement for Phil Simmons who was suspended for the tour following controversial comments last week that were critical of the selection process, regarding the one-day team for the Sri Lanka tour.
The Antiguan Baptiste, who played ten Tests and 43 One-Day Internationals, is a former Kenya coach.
Despite Simmons’s late withdrawal, CMC Sports understands the Windies squad are in high spirits, especially coming off a productive training camp in Barbados last week.
Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who missed that camp while on a two-match contract with Worcestershire in the English County Championship, has joined the squad here and is expected to bring freshness to the pace attack.
The 27-year-old Gabriel played two games, taking nine wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the last game against Middlesex which Worcestershire won by an innings and 128 runs.
West Indies will face Sri Lanka President’s XI in a three-day tour match starting next Thursday before clashing with the hosts in the opening Test in Galle beginnining October 14.
Re: Baptiste prepares for first session in charge of Windies - Rowe992 - 10-03-2015
So he was one of those selectors who voted to keep bravo and pollard out? I bet he is happy with Simmons' suspension now. Set of self serving money grabbing parasites that are bringing wi cricket down!
Re: Baptiste prepares for first session in charge of Windies - ketchim - 10-04-2015
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Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who missed that camp while on a two-match contract with Worcestershire in the English County Championship, has joined the squad here and is expected to bring freshness to the pace attack.
The 27-year-old Gabriel played two games, taking nine wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the last game against Middlesex which Worcestershire won by an innings and 128 runs.
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His only task is to get Chandimal and Matthews...