Powell dropped from ODI squad

Published: Tuesday | March 24, 2009


BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

West Indies have called up pacer Ravi Rampaul and opening batsman Dale Richards for the two one-day internationals here against England at the weekend.

The duo have replaced batsman Devon Smith and out-of-sorts fast bowler Daren Powell in the squad who split the first two matches of the series in Guyana.

The third ODI will be played on Friday with the double-header completed by the fourth match on Sunday at Kensington Oval.

SQUAD: Chris Gayle (captain), Denesh Ramdin (vice-captain), Lionel Baker, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Nikita Miller, Keiron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Dale Richards, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons.