The West Indies Cricket Board’s selection panel has named left-handed opening batsman Omar Phillips to replace Adrian Barath in the West Indies A Team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. The 20-year-old Barath withdrew from the tour with an injured right knee. He will remain in Trinidad to do rehabilitation work.
Phillips, 23, represents Combined Campuses & Colleges in the regional first-class and one-day competitions. He made his Test match debut in July, 2009 at Arnos Vale, St Vincent against Bangladesh and made 94 in his first Test innings. He has so far played two Tests with 160 runs at an average of 40.
FULL SQUAD
1. Travis Dowlin (Captain)
2. Lionel Baker
3. Darren Bravo
4. Odean Brown
5. Kirk Edwards
6. Justin Guillen
7. Imran Khan
8. Brendan Nash
9. Nelon Pascal
10. Omar Phillips
11. Shane Shillingford
12. Devon Smith
13. Gavin Tonge
14. Chadwick Walton
Team Management: Lyndel Wright (Manager), Henderson Springer (Coach), Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach), Breverley Nelson (Physiotherapist)
TOUR SCHEDULE
venues KSOS – Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium
BKSP – Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan
May 4: Bangladesh A vs South Africa A at KSOS
May 5: West Indies A vs South Africa A at KSOS
May 7: West Indies A vs Bangladesh A at KSOS
May 8: Bangladesh A vs South Africa A at KSOS
May 10: West Indies A vs South Africa A at KSOS
May 11: West Indies A vs Bangladesh A at KSOS
May 13: FINAL at KSOS
May 15-18: West Indies A vs Bangladesh A at BKSP
May 21-May 24: West Indies A vs Bangladesh A at BKSP
May 25: depart Dhaka