West Indies tour of Pakistan 2021-22

News break! West Indies leave out Holder, Russell, Hetmyer among others, name new-look white-ball squads for Pakistan tour. Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetmyer are among a number of regulars left out for one reason or another for West Indies' upcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan, and both the ODI and T20I squads wear a very fresh look with a number of new faces. For the ODIs, four players - Justin Greaves, Shamarh Brooks, Gudakesh Motie and Odean Smith - have earned their maiden call-ups, while Dominic Drakes and Motie have been included for the T20Is. Both teams will be led by Kieron Pollard.

Itinerary for West Indies tour to Pakistan in Karachi

Pak vs WI in Karachi

December 13 - 1st T20I
December 14 - 2nd T20I
December 16 - 3rd T20I
December 18 - 1st ODI
December 20 - 2nd ODI
December 22 - 3rd ODI

Statement from Cricket West Indies Spokesperson

A CWI statement confirmed that while Holder missed out because of "workload management", Fabian Allen and Obed McCoy are out because of injuries, and Lewis, Hetmyer, Russell and Lendl Simmons were unavailable because of personal reasons.

Left-arm spinner Motie was a traveling reserve for the recent T20 World Cup in the UAE, while quick bowlers Drakes and Smith, who played two T20Is for West Indies in 2018, were net bowlers on that tour.

"Shamarh Brooks batted well in the CG Insurance Super50 Cup and followed that up with good performances in the CPL. He will lend greater depth to the batting line-up.

 

"Gudakesh Motie has been rewarded for his outstanding performance in the CG Insurance Super50, followed up by his showing in the CPL.

"Dominic Drakes has the potential to be an outstanding all-rounder as he displayed during the last CPL."

 

The three ODIs are a part of the World Cup Super League. For the 2023 men's ODI World Cup, nine qualifiers, excluding hosts India, would be determined by the rankings based on the 13-team league, featuring 12 Full Members and Netherlands, with each team playing eight ODI series - four home and four away. West Indies currently lie in the eighth position and have the opportunity to overtake Pakistan and get to No. 7. Harper said "these ODIs are very important to us and are being treated as such".

ODI squad: 

• Kieron Pollard (capt), 

• Shai Hope (vice-capt), 

• Darren Bravo, 

• Shamarh Brooks, 

• Roston Chase, 

• Justin Greaves, 

• Akeal Hosein, 

• Alzarri Joseph, 

• Gudakesh Motie, 

• Anderson Phillip, 

• Nicholas Pooran, 

• Raymon Reifer, 

• Romario Shepherd, 

• Odean Smith, 

• Hayden Walsh Jr

T20I squad: 

• Kieron Pollard (capt), 
• Nicholas Pooran (vice-capt), 
• Darren Bravo, 
• Roston Chase, 
• Sheldon Cottrell, 
• Dominic Drakes, 
• Shai Hope, 
• Akeal Hosein, 
• Brandon King, 
• Kyle Mayers, 
• Gudakesh Motie, 
• Romario Shepherd, 
• Odean Smith, 
• Oshane Thomas, 
• Hayden Walsh Jr

 

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