St. Lucian Opener Joins World Cup Squad
THE Ministry of Youth Development and Sports has congratulated top order batsman Johnson Charles who returns to the West Indies One Day International team currently competing in the 2015 International Cricket Council’s (ICC) 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The ICC confirmed last week that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 had approved the St. Lucian as a replacement player for Darren Bravo in West Indies’ squad for the tournament.
Bravo suffered a hamstring injury which he picked up during the match against Pakistan in Christchurch. Charles already played 30 ODIs in which he has scored 869 runs with two centuries and as many half-centuries. His last ODI was against New Zealand in Hamilton in January 2014.
The West Indies is in Pool B of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 along with defending champion India, former winner Pakistan, African rivals South Africa and Zimbabwe, and qualifiers Ireland and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The West Indies has played four pool matches to date, beating Pakistan and Zimbabwe, while losing to Ireland and South Africa. Their next match is against India in Perth on March 6.