West Indies vs England: Shannon Gabriel makes way for Tino Best – Cricket News Update
Shannon Gabriel, the 24-year-old from Trinidad, who has been ruled out of West Indies' ongoing tour of England due to a stress reaction in his back, will be replaced by Tino Best, the pacer from Barbados.
Shannon made his Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501.
The youngster however, started to feel pain in his back half-way through the match and only bowled five overs in the second innings, in which he removed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806.
The West Indies' physiotherapist, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-James-Clark-c50825, confirmed the news that Shannon will no longer be part of the series.
He said, “Shannon made the complaint late in the first Test against England and scans conducted following the match showed a stress reaction in the lower spine.”
“He was subsequently ruled out of the second Test and, after further consultation, we feel that to prevent this injury developing any further, it is in Shannon's best interest for him to return to Trinidad
& Tobago for rest and rehabilitation to ensure he is fully fit when selected for West Indies in the future,” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clark-c51118 continued.
Best has only played 12 limited over matches for the West Indies since making his ODI debut in 2004. The right-arm pacer last donned the West Indian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Best was taken for runs in his last ODI match, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Johannesburg, and was dropped from the side afterwards.
Though Best was included in the home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this year, the pacer failed to make it into the playing XI.
The second Test match between England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 will start from Friday, May 25 and will be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
West Indies 15-man squad for the Test series: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051,
7 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Shillingford-c2397
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