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Saturday, July 5, 2025

West Indies bolster ODI squad amid IPL player absences

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Sport Desk
50 days ago
20250516
FILE - John Campbell

FILE - John Campbell

Courtesy CWI Media

ST. JOHN’S, An­tigua, May 15, CMC – With sev­er­al key West In­dies play­ers still com­mit­ted to the In­di­an Pre­mier League (IPL), Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) has named a re­shaped squad for the up­com­ing ODI tours of Ire­land and Eng­land.

While CWI con­tin­ues to mon­i­tor re­gion­al ten­sions and main­tains close con­tact with its IPL-con­tract­ed stars, the se­lec­tors have turned to a mix of ex­pe­ri­enced cam­paign­ers and emerg­ing tal­ent to en­sure a com­pet­i­tive side.

Fast bowler Shamar Joseph re­tains his place, but no­table changes see Ja­maican open­er John Camp­bell step­ping in for Sher­fane Ruther­ford in Ire­land, while ex­plo­sive Guyanese bats­man Shim­ron Het­my­er will join the squad for the Eng­land leg af­ter miss­ing the Ire­land se­ries.

In an­oth­er key ad­just­ment, promis­ing left-arm seam­er Je­di­ah Blades has been called up to re­place Ro­mario Shep­herd.

The moves high­light CWI’s con­fi­dence in its play­er pool, en­sur­ing no drop in qual­i­ty de­spite the un­avail­abil­i­ty of first-choice names.

The ODI squad will face Ire­land from May 21-25, fol­lowed by a three-match se­ries against Eng­land from May 29 to June 3.

CMC


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