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Vol. 5 Num 1081 Sat. June 16, 2007  
   
Sports


Gayle named ODI captain


Chris Gayle will captain West Indies in their forthcoming Twenty20 matches and one-day internationals against England, with stand-in Test skipper Daren Ganga omitted from the 14-man squad announced here Friday.

Ganga, who became captain after Ramnaresh Sarwan sustained a tour-ending shoulder injury in the side's record innings and 283 run defeat in the second Test at Headingley, will depart after the fourth and final Test here at Riverside.

Also leaving are fast bowlers Corey Collymore and Jerome Taylor, who both played during the World Cup in the Caribbean, and batsman Sylvester Joseph.

Ganga, who has only played seven one-day internationals in nearly five years, had been reported to be the favourite of the West Indies Cricket Board executive committee to captain the limited-overs side, with the selectors favouring fellow opening batsman Gayle.

SQUAD
Chris Gayle (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith, Austin Richards.

FIXTURES
June 28: 1st Twenty20 v England, The Oval
June 29: 2nd Twenty20 v England, The Oval
July 01: 1st ODI v England, Lord's
July 04: 2nd ODI v England, Edgbaston
July 07: 3rd ODI v England, Trent Bridge
July 10: ODI v Netherlands, Dublin
July 12: ODI v Scotland, Dublin
July 14: ODI v Ireland, Dublin