Samuel Badree named in Windies’ T20 squad to face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760’ management has named 31-year-old leg-spinner, Samuel Badree, in the 13-man squad which will take on New Zealand in the two T20Is at Lauderhill, Florida scheduled for June 30 and July 1 respectively.
The uncapped leggie has played for Trinidad and Tobago, maintaining an excellent T20 cricket record where he has picked up 39 wickets in 41 games at 15.61, along with a miserly economy-rate of 4.42.
The uncapped player has further featured in 12 First-Class games, taking 14 wickets at 37.50. Meanwhile in One Day Internationals he has picked up 32 wickets at 26.31.
In the Caribbean T20 tournament, Badree had an exceptional run where he took 8 wickets in 6 games at 11.87, conceding at 4.31 runs per over. The main highlight came in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he final as his superlative display guided T&T to lift the trophy - going for just 14
runs in his four over spell while bagging a scalp.
Chief selector, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 this year. He added that the upcoming series will be a perfect opportunity for players like Badree to cement
a place in the side.
"The team is well-balanced and has been selected with the Twenty20 World Cup in mind. Looking at the team, we expect this side to do very well against New Zealand.Badree has been a consistent performer in regional tournaments over a period of time and the
selectors felt it was the right time to introduce him to the team," chief selector, Clyde Butts stated.
The Windies have been poor on their travels recently, where they were outclassed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in all formats of the game. Their bouts against the Kiwi’s will allow them to get their game back on track.
Apart from the two T20s, both sides will further lock horns in five ODIs and two Test matches. The squad for the other two versions is yet to be announced.
West Indies squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843.
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