Clyde Butts wants a strong West Indies team for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 – Cricket News Update
The chairman of selectors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clyde-Godfrey-Butts-c51354, is geared up for the upcoming ICC World T20 2012 and is working hard to prepare a strong team for the event.
The mega event is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in September/October, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 won the initial two tournaments, before the Poms claiming the third.
Butts is keenly following the progress of the West Indies ‘A’ team, which is busy playing a full-fledged series against India ‘A’ at home. The Caribbean men have already won the unofficial Test series and now both the teams are preparing for the two-match
T20 series.
The former West Indian off-spinner, who played seven Tests during 1980s, is seeing the series as an opportunity to test the young talent. This is the reason why he has opted to go with specialist T20 players, instead of retaining the boys who did well in
the longer version of the game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 ‘A’ recently.
"We had some players who featured in the 'Tests' but are not in the T20 side. We want to make it clear they have not been dropped or anything like that. This weekend we are focussing on the T20s,” Butts expressed.
The senior team has the services of a number of quality players who have been doing great in T20 cricket all around the world, which makes the cricket analysts rate West Indies as one of the favourites for the upcoming illustrious tournament. The likes of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 made a massive impression in the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The former cricketer further revealed that the selectors have given importance to the players who have been doing well in the shortest format in the domestic cricket.
"We have the World T20 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in this format and others who have done well in the regional competitions," the
selector pointed out.
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