<p class="x_x_x_news-body"><strong>West Indies name squad for 2nd T20, Darren Bravo overlooked - Cricket News Update</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">The West Indies Cricket Board selectors, on Wednesday, announced the 13-member squad for the second and last T20 of the two-match series against Australia to be played at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on Friday, March 30, 2012.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">The out-of-form Trinidad middle-order batsman, Darren Bravo, failed to make the cut for Friday’s second T20 as the selectors called in Jamaican all-rounder Danza Hyatt.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">Darren Bravo, the half brother of West Indies vice-captain, Dwayne Bravo, has had a struggling home series against Australia so far. In the 2-2 drawn five-match One Day International series against Aussies, Bravo could manage only
48 runs at a an unimpressive average of 9.60. The unimpressive ODI series was followed by a 12-run innings in the opening T20 of the series at St. Lucia, earlier this week, which the hosts lost comprehensively by 8 wickets.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">The Windies are desperate to have struggling Bravo back in form ahead of the three-Test series against the same Australian opposition, starting on April 7 at Bridgetown. In a bid to regain the lost form ahead of the crucial Test series,
Bravo has been sent back to domestic cricket where he will play for Trinidad & Tobago in the semi-final of Regional Four-Day tournament, starting this weekend.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">The Trinidad left-hander holds an impressive record in Test cricket where he averages 52.50 in 13 appearances. In his 24 Test innings, Bravo has compiled a tally of 1155 runs, including three centuries and six half centuries.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">After overlooking fast bowler Fidel Edwards for the first T20, the hosts are likely to include him in Friday’s Playing XI. The Barbados right-arm pacer possesses the kind of pace that could trouble Australian batsmen if he hits the
right line and length. However, the Windies vice-captain and Darren Bravo’s half brother, Dwayne Bravo said that the structure of the attack would depend mostly on selectors.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body">All-rounder Andre Russell, who strained his right hamstring ahead of the first T20, has also been ruled out of Friday's game.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_news-body"><strong>West Indies squad</strong> Dwayne Smith, Johnson Charles, Nkrumah Bonner, Danza Hyatt, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Carlton Baugh (wk), Darren Sammy (capt), Sunil Narine, Fidel Edwards, Krishmar Santokie,
Garey Mathurin.</p>
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