West Indies name ICC Champions Trophy squad

The West Indies Cricket Board have named a West Indies 14-member squad to participate in the International Cricket Council's Champions Trophy limited-overs competition in Sri Lanka from September 12 to 27.

As part of the competition's Participating Nations Agreement, all countries were required to submit their teams to the ICC by August 12.

The WICB had hoped that the Selection Committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Vivian Richards, would have been able to use the imminent Red Stripe Bowl limited-overs championship as a yardstick for the squad's selection.

The ICC's August 12 submission deadline, however, made this impossible and the WICB requested an extension of this deadline, but was refused by the ICC.

The West Indies squad is largely the same that played in the 2002 Cable & Wireless Trophy limited-overs home series against India and New Zealand with Runako Morton replacing Gareth Breese and Mahendra Nagamootoo returning to limited-overs international duty.

With back-to-back tours to India and Bangladesh to follow the ICC Champions Trophy, those players not selected for the visit to Sri Lanka will have a chance to impress the selectors during the Red Stripe Bowl.

Squad: Carl Hooper (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Brian Lara, Runako Morton, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ramnaresh Sarwan.