Windies ODI squad passed for the Test

PORT-Of-SPAIN: Left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed was recalled as West Indies selectors largely retained the triumphant one-day squad for the first Test against India beginning in Antigua on Friday. The two players who were left out were Dwayne Smith and Sewnarine Chattergoon who was castled for a duck in the last one-dayer yesterday, the only look-in he got in the five-match series which West Indies clinched 4-1.

The 26-year-old Mohammed, who last played for West Indies in 2004, was rewarded for his consistent first-class performances and his match-winning show in Carib Beer Challenge. The wicketkeeper’s slot was given to Denesh Ramdin ahead of Carlton Baugh Junior. Ramdin was dropped for the third and fourth matches of the one-day series but the selectors retained faith in his services in the longer format of the game. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Daren Ganga are back.

Squad: Brian Lara (captain), Christopher Gayle, Daren Ganga, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ian Bradshaw, Jerome Taylor, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Dave Mohammed.