It is an opportunity for new bowlers to learn about operating for long periods, West Indies batting coach Reifer
Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze were recalled in the West Indies' 15-member squad for the two-Test series in India next month.
Phil Simmons has been appointed coach of the West Indies for a second spell on a four-year deal
West Indies appointed Floyd Reifer as their new interim head coach on Thursday, replacing Richard Pybus as part of a series of administrative changes less than two months before the World Cup.
The West Indies cricket team on Monday departed from Antigua for their scheduled three-test tour of England as international cricket is finally set to resume. Two planes collected players from various islands in the West Indies earlier on Monday before they all took a private charter flight for the UK, which will reach Manchester on Tuesday.
Images from the ICC Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and West Indies in Johannesburg, on Saturday.
Rahul Dravid became the oldest player to make Twenty20 International debut for a Test-playing country in the one-off T20 match between India and England.
Paul was ruled out due to an injury in his left ankle and will remain in Antigua to continue his rehabilitation.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) scrambled to get a team together for the first Test against Bangladesh starting on Thursday after the selected players decided to boycott the match due to contract disputes.
Captain Shahid Afridi has said that Pakistan will play out of their skin against India in their second match on Saturday.
Rain restricted play between West Indies and Bangladesh to just 18.5 overs on the first day of the first Test on Thursday after the tourists won the toss and chose to bat making 42 without loss.
Sarwan, who scored nearly 12,000 international runs across formats, joined the camp in Barbados where West Indies are currently preparing for the tri-nation series with Bangladesh and Ireland in Dublin next month.
Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine failed to make the cut as West Indies announced their 15-man squad
Mohammed is making his comeback after more than a year's gap -- he last played against Bangladesh in an ODI in July last year. The 32-year-old has played nine T20Is and also captained the side in the shortest format.
Archer, who has played his junior cricket in the Caribbean and qualified to play for England only in April, is a familiar figure for the West Indies camp and it knows what the 24-year-old is capable of.
Gayle has been named in West Indies' 14-man squad for the three One-day International series (ODIs) against India.
Sri Lanka need to win their final two games, and hope for favourable outcomes in England and Pakistan's next fixtures.
It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being sidelined from India's 50-over World Cup plans.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
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