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West Indies have dropped Dave Mohammed for the 3rd Test Match at St.Kitts and have included Marlon Samuels in his place. Brian Lara’s request for a fast bowler in the squad has been unheard by the selectors and instead they have packed the squad with the extra batsman in Samuels. The 25-year-old Marlon Samuels was in the squad for the 1st Test but wasn’t picked. He did have a good time in the One Day Series against India not with the bat but with the ball. This is the only change that the Selectors had in the 13-man squad for the 3rd Test. Marlon Samuels might replace Daren Ganga in the playing eleven as the opening batsmen had failed in delivering the goods so far. But Samuels will have to compete with Runako Morton who could force his way into the side after sitting out on the bench for the first two Tests.
Coming to Dave Mohammed, he didn’t play in the 2nd Test Match at St.Lucia as the Team Management wanted to go for an all pace attack. Mohammed did bowl well in the Port of Spain ODI against India taking three wickets; he also had a decent outing in the 1st Test against the same opponents at Antigua before Dhoni took him to the cleaners in the 2nd innings. The 3rd Test Match at St.Kitts starts on the 22nd and it would be the first time a Test Match is going to be played at the Warner’s Park.
West Indies Squad for the 2nd Test : Brian Lara (Captain), Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (Wicket Keeper), Ian Bradshaw, Jerome Taylor, Corey Collymore, Marlon Samuels, Pedro Collins