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Bangladesh’s proposed tour of Zimbabwe in August has been delayed but there’s confusion over the length of the delay

Mohammad Isam17-Apr-2012Bangladesh’s proposed tour of Zimbabwe in August has been delayed by the relaying of pitches in Harare and Bulawayo, but there’s confusion over the length of the delay.Zimbabwe Cricket wanted to postpone the tour to October but the Bangladesh Cricket Board is against playing at that time because it would clash with the domestic season and the staging of the newly formed National Cricket League.”They (Zimbabwe) have informed us that neither of their grounds is prepared so it won’t be possible in August,” Enayet Hossain Siraj, the BCB’s chairman of the cricket operations committee, told the Dhaka paper . “They proposed a tour in October but it won’t be possible because we will have our domestic season at the time. So we agree to hold it in April 2013.”However, Zimbabwe are yet to confirm if the series will indeed take place next year.”We have requested (the BCB) that the series be moved to October from August,” Ozias Bvute, ZC’s managing director, told ESPNcricinfo. “This is because we want to work on our wickets and squares in Harare and Bulawayo; they have been very flat over the last few years so we want to make them livelier. We were supposed to do this work earlier but because South Africa are visiting for five T20s in June, we can only do it later.”Bangladesh were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 during the tour. In the coming months, they will tour Europe to play Ireland in a four-day game, three one-dayers and two Twenty20 games. There is also a possibility of matches against Netherlands and Scotland during the tour.Their immediate tour is to Pakistan, for an ODI and Twenty20 later this month. With less than two weeks left for the first game on April 29, the team hasn’t started training yet, though its been a hastily arranged tour. The more pressing matter, however, is whether Bangladesh will be given a schedule to train. Siraj said the committee is waiting for the ICC’s assessment report. “We have discussed the issue but we will wait for the ICC to let the board know about the progress,” he said.Meanwhile, the BCB has been invited to send a team to Trinidad & Tobago for a tournament commemorating the island’s Independence Day in August. The winners will get $20,000 and the organisers will bear all expenses. A BCB XI could be sent, it was learned.(Additional reporting by Firdose Moonda)Edited by Kanishkaa Balachandran

While chasing might not be the favourite thing to do at the Premadasa, a relaid track and new floodlights mean it is not quite the devil either

Sidharth Monga23-Mar-2011On first look, the R Premadasa stadium doesn’t seem to be the ideal venue for the knockout games of a tournament as big as the World Cup. Or any day-night ODI for that matter. Far too often are the odds stacked heavily against sides chasing under the floodlights, when the ball starts doing the kind of crazy things it hadn’t in the first half of the game. In the last decade, 29 out of the 38 finished games featuring the top teams here were won by the team winning the toss, second only to Newlands in that aspect. There is no guessing what teams do here the moment they win the toss.With the World Cup, however, like many other aspects in quite a few of the other stadiums in the subcontinent, there seems to have been a massive improvement. Already it is there for all to see that while chasing might not be the favourite thing to do here, it is not quite the devil either. Even if the games involving the minnows in this World Cup are not to be included, the league game between Sri Lanka and Pakistan is a big indicator. In the good old days of the Premadasa, Pakistan’s 277 would have been a difficult target, but Sri Lanka seemed to be on track until they lost their way towards the end.The most important thing, both in that game and Pakistan’s successful chase against Australia, was that the new ball didn’t jag around as much as it used to do in the classical Premadasa-under-the-lights days. Anuruddha Polonowita, Sri Lanka’s chief groundsman, has an explanation for why this used to happen and why it is less likely to happen now that the square has been relaid.”We have raised the pitch three-and-a-half-feet from the perimeter of the boundary,” Polonowita said. “Earlier we had a problem those days. This is a low-lying area. This was a marshy land, which was filled with garbage. So in the evening we used to get a little bit of moisture coming out. So we raised it by three-and-a-half feet, and I think it has settled down now. In the evening, that moisture is not coming out. That was the main reason [for the drastic change in conditions under lights].”Mahela Jayawardene, who has played a fair amount of his ODI cricket here, has another reason. “The floodlights were one of the reasons teams struggled to chase at night at the ground, as they couldn’t pick the ball on occasion,” he wrote in his column. “Since the revamp, with new lights and a relaid track, things have certainly eased out.”Trevor Bayliss, Sri Lanka’s coach, shares the view. “In the past it [the toss] has been important,” Bayliss said. “The wickets since have been relaid. They are a lot better now, a lot easier to bat second than it was two to three years ago. We batted second against Pakistan, and made 260, but we had a bad 20 overs. Whatever score is made in the first innings, the team batting second is quite capable of knocking those runs off.”Whether it gets a little bit cooler and atmosphere makes the ball move around a little bit, there is no real evidence of that. It is a bit more difficult to bat second. I think the wicket probably slows up a little bit, makes it more difficult for batting, but more than anything it’s the mindset. We were happy to score 260 runs against Pakistan in that first game. Even though we did lose, we knew there was improvement, and it gives us confidence for this game.”A target of 225 and over against a major opposition in a day-night game at the Premadasa has been a fortress that has not been conquered often, but over the next week or so that frontier might be no more. Even if that doesn’t happen – although it will be a great stage to do so in a knockout game of a World Cup – the players are a bit more assured of the fairness of the conditions.

Nottinghamshire have confirmed that Graeme Swann was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in the early hours of Friday morning

Cricinfo staff03-Apr-2010Nottinghamshire have confirmed that England offspinner Graeme Swann was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in the early hours of Friday morning.The reported the story, saying Swann had been stopped near his home in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham and his club said they would be making no further comment.A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire police said: “A 31-year-old man was arrested on Byron Road, West Bridgford, at 3.23 am on Friday, April 2 on suspicion of drink-driving.”Swann, who was named Man of the Series against both South Africa and Bangladesh during England’s winter tours, told the he had no comment to make. Swann is due to head to the World Twenty20 at the end of April.

The two sides have the slowest scoring top three in the competition, and find themselves near the bottom of the table

Alagappan Muthu20-Apr-2024

Match details

Punjab Kings (P7 W2 L5; 9th) vs Gujarat Titans (P7 W3 L4; 8th)
Mullanpur, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)

Big picture – Top-order troubles

In an IPL season where batting has reached new heights, both Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans are circling the drain, their top-order performances in particular letting the team down on various occasions.Even after seven matches, Shubman Gill is the only half-centurion in his team. Sam Curran, though he was addressing the incredible rise of Ashutosh Sharma, couldn’t help but voice his disappointment at the lack of support.Related

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Big scores, of course, aren’t always necessary in T20 cricket. Rapid 20s and 30s are often enough to put up a team on top. But Kings (SR 128.80) and Titans (130.54) aren’t even managing that. In fact, they have the slowest scoring top three in the competition.Rashid Khan, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh have each bailed their sides out of trouble coming in down the order a fair few times but sooner or later, the others are going to have to start pulling their weight.

Form guide

PBKS LLLWL (Most recent match first)
GT LWLLW

Team news and Impact Player strategy

Punjab Kings
Last Sunday, Kings said Shikhar Dhawan would need a week’s time to recover from a shoulder injury. So this game might be coming a touch too early for him. They also dropped his opening partner Jonny Bairstow after a poor run in the previous game. Will they stick to that or bring him back considering top-order muscle is where they’re most lacking?Probable XII: 1 Sam Curran (capt), , 3 Rilee Rossouw, 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Shashank Singh, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Arshdeep Singh, Gujarat Titans
Titans are likely to continue using R Sai Kishore or Shahrukh Khan as their Impact Sub depending on the need of the hour. They may also consider bringing in Azmatullah Omarzai or Josh Little for Noor Ahmad given the lack of help for spin in Mullanpur.Probable XII: 1 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shubman Gill (capt), , 4 David Miller, 5 Abhinav Manohar, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Mohit Sharma, 9 Azmatullah Omarzai/Josh Little, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Sandeep Warrier, Ashutosh Sharma played an innings to remember against Mumbai•BCCI

In the spotlight – Jitesh Sharma and David Miller

When the IPL began, Jitesh Sharma might have considered himself as India’s first-choice wicketkeeper. Now, after seven innings in which he has been unable to cross 30, and showing worrying signs of regression against pace bowling (average of 11.8 and strike rate of 109.2 in 2024 as opposed to 33.7 and 182.4 in his breakout year in 2022), he might have dropped down the pecking order. Can he pick himself up and dust himself off in time for the squad announcement for the T20 World Cup in May?Titans looked half the side in the games that David Miller missed out this season due to injury. A lot of their success has been down to the South African’s consistency, which he was able to provide without sacrificing on his strike rate. Now that he’s fit again, the team will be looking to him to take control of their middle order.

Pitch and conditions – Pace vs spin

The average first-innings score in Mullanpur this IPL is 187. The conditions, as much as they have lent themselves to the batters, have also allowed fast bowlers to prosper. They have picked up 47 wickets – roughly five times as many as the spinners (9) have managed in four games so far.

Stats that matter – The Ashutosh and Shashank show

• Rashid Khan has dismissed Liam Livingstone three times in four innings in the IPL, while giving away 26 runs in 19 balls. But expand that to all T20s and Livingstone holds his own with a strike rate of 172. Among batters who have faced at least 50 balls of Rashid, no one hits him longer or harder.
• Ashutosh and Shashank have contributed 343 runs at a strike rate of 190 and average of 57. The rest of Punjab have contributed 820 runs at a strike rate of 127 and an average of 20.
• Titans have slowed down in every phase of play this season when compared to the last one – powerplay (7.42 vs 8.54), middle overs (7.47 vs 8.54) and death (10.21 vs 11.86).
• An IPL team’s premier strike bowler typically tends to operate in the death and that’s how Kagiso Rabada had been used previously. He did nearly 30% of his work during overs 17 to 20. This season, however, it’s gone down to 10%, potentially because Punjab rely on Arshdeep Singh in that stage of the innings.
• Rabada has benefited from this switch. He’s still contributing wickets. He’s got 10 this year which puts him joint-fifth, and his economy rate is 8.32 – only in 2019 and 2021 has he been more miserly.

Quotes

“We would like him back as soon as we can. He is an experienced head at the top of the order, so we’re hoping that he is available for selection soon. He has started to progress well. We have seen some good signs over the last couple of days. We will decide on Sunday morning.”

Earlier, Litton’s 73 and contributions from Zakir, Nurul and Taskin lifted Bangladesh from a precarious position

Mohammad Isam24-Dec-2022Mehidy Hasan Miraz proved to be the enforcer as Bangladesh picked up four quick wickets on the third evening of the second Test to storm back into the contest. Chasing 145, India slumped to 45 for 4 at stumps, leaving the Test tantalisingly poised. It was Mehidy who picked up three of the four wickets to fall, most notably removing Virat Kohli with Mominul Haque taking a good low catch at short leg.Bangladesh started their defense with KL Rahul’s wicket, who edged Shakib Al Hasan for 2, in the third over.Related

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Mehidy then got among the wickets, first having Cheteshwar Pujara stumped for 6. The batter had come out of the crease to defend but missed the ball. Initially, it looked like a routine stumping appeal, but replays showed that Pujara had his bat in the air, trying to get back to safety.A few overs later, Nurul Hasan completed an easier stumping when Shubman Gill ventured out of the crease only to miss Mehidy’s delivery that held its line. He had struggled for 34 balls before the dismissal.Kohli’s wicket, however, brought more joy to the Bangladesh fans and players alike, when Mehidy had him pressing forward and finding turn to draw an inside edge that went to Mominul. There were a few words exchanged between the fielders and Kohli, who trudged off the field, fuming.With the bat, Bangladesh battled hard in patches during their 70.2 overs in their second innings, despite Axar Patel taking three wickets, and R Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj taking two each. India made fielding errors, notably Kohli, who dropped three chances at slip.Litton Das led Bangladesh’s resistance, top-scoring with 73 while Zakir Hasan made 51. Nurul provided a bit of flair, while Taskin Ahmed resisted quite well. Litton and Taskin added 60 runs for the eighth wicket to keep the hosts in the game.Litton Das kept Bangladesh in the game with a battling half-century•BCB

Litton had earlier added 46 runs for the seventh wicket with Nurul, who fell after making 31 off 29 balls with two fours and a six. Litton struck seven boundaries with some attractive shots through cover, mid-on and midwicket, but his job was to hold the lower order together after the top and middle order had caved in again.Ashwin started India’s day well with Najmul Hossain Shanto’s wicket before Siraj removed Mominul, the top-scorer for Bangladesh in the first innings. Shakib fell to Jaydev Unadkat, while Axar had Mushfiqur Rahim lbw, shortly before lunch.Despite the poor start to the third day, Bangladesh added 120 runs in the second session. Litton and Nurul went after the bowling in slightly better batting conditions before Litton found an able ally in Taskin.Taskin defended resolutely while hitting a few well-timed sweep shots. Litton opened up further after tea, but that’s when Siraj brought one in sharply, hitting the top of his leg stump. Taijul Islam didn’t offer much resistance, though, falling to Ashwin before Khaled Ahmed was run out in the 71st over as Bangladesh were bowled out for 231.Their bowlers then caused a stir late in the day, with the visitors still needing 100 runs to win the Test. The lowest total defended in the fourth innings in Dhaka is 231 by West Indies, who beat Bangladesh by 17 runs last year.

Oman haven’t played a competitive game since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020

Shashank Kishore07-Aug-2021Oman have expressed interest to host Mumbai for a series of T20 matches in the second half of August as part of their preparation for the T20 World Cup, which they are co-hosting with the UAE in October-November.The proposal is understood to have been put forward by Duleep Mendis, Oman’s chief development officer. They are awaiting a response from the Mumbai Cricket Association, who are likely to deliberate the matter at a meeting this week.Oman haven’t played a competitive game since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. Until now, they’ve had to settle for camps and intra-squad games in the lead-up to their second straight appearance at the T20 World Cup.Oman had beaten Ireland to record their first-ever tournament win during the previous edition in India in 2016. They are grouped alongside Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and Scotland in Group B of the qualifying phase of the tournament, which will be held in Muscat. They will need a top-two finish in their group to progress to the Super 12 phase of the competition.”It’s still just on the table, we are awaiting further details and guidelines before we can consider the proposal,” an MCA official told ESPNcricinfo. “It is a good opportunity to play a few pre-season games before the domestic season kicks off.”If the tour does go ahead, Mumbai, India’s domestic 50-overs champions, will be without their IPL-bound players. Among them are regular captain Shreyas Iyer, stand-in captain Prithvi Shaw, senior players like Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav and Dhawan Kulkarni.It will be an opportunity, however, for new coach Amol Muzumdar to test their bench strength ahead of India’s domestic season, which kicks off with the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s in September.

The touring party is expected to fly out later this month, at least five weeks before the series formally starts

Umar Farooq12-Jun-2020Batsman Haider Ali, one of Pakistan’s best performers at the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, has earned a maiden call-up to the national team, and Sohail Khan, the 36-year-old quick, has been recalled after last playing internationally in 2017, as Pakistan named a 29-member squad for the Tests as well as T20Is in England. Sarfaraz Ahmed, the former all-format captain who last played for Pakistan in October last year, has returned to the line-up, but as back-up wicketkeeper to Mohammad Rizwan. The squad is a combination of red- and white-ball players, and the selectors will streamline the squads after reaching England.

Pakistan’s squad for England tour

Openers: Abid Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood
Middle-order batsmen: Azhar Ali (Test captain), Babar Azam (Test vice-captain and T20I captain), Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik
Wicketkeepers: Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed
Fast bowlers: Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Imran Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Sohail Khan, Usman Shinwari, Wahab Riaz
Spinners: Imad Wasim, Kashif Bhatti, Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah

The selectors have retained most of the men who had been named for the Bangladesh Tests earlier this year, with only Haris Sohail missing, after the batsman withdrew citing family concerns. For the T20Is, Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt and Usman Qadir – who were part of the previous squad that played in January against Bangladesh – have been dropped.Apart from them, Mohammad Amir, who retired from Test cricket last year and was thus only eligible for selection for the T20Is, had pulled out so that he could be present for the birth of his second child in August.Haider Ali, the only brand-new face in the line-up, got the leg-up after an impressive year, in which he played an impactful role for Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL, scoring 239 runs at a strike rate of close to 160. He shot into prominence with 645 first-class runs at just under 50 in his debut Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season last year, and scored 218 runs in the ACC Emerging Teams Cup in Bangladesh, before doing well at the Under-19 World Cup.Sohail, meanwhile, returned to the frame after a long gap, while Wahab Raiz returned after losing his central contract earlier this year; Riaz, like Amir, had retired from Test cricket late last year to extend his white-ball career.Ahmed was relieved from the captaincy in October last year after a sustained drop in both personal form and the team’s fortunes across formats. He also lost his place to Rizwan, and was demoted from Category A to Category B in the PCB central contracts.”Our second-best option is still Sarfaraz and this is why we have kept him as back-up for this lengthy tour, Misbah-ul-Haq, the chief selector as well as head coach, said. “He was dropped because of poor form but the cricket he has played afterwards, the pressure has been eased now. He had an added pressure on him as captain but Sarfaraz has a good record in England as keeper. With a lengthy tour and the 29-man squad, we needed two keepers, with Rizwan already playing.”We always judge them in terms of runs, which isn’t actually the way to go. In England, keeping isn’t easy at all and when you pick a player, we look for many aspects and at this very important tour you can’t really take a chance on a younger player. It’s relatively easy to try out younger options at home but on overseas tours, you must have a solid option on the bench.”The selectors have also named four reserves – Bilal Asif, Imran Butt, Musa Khan and Mohammad Nawaz – over and above the 29, in case anyone fails a Covid-19 test before travelling.Azhar Ali and Babar Azam will lead the Test and T20I sides in England•Sportsfile via Getty Images

“The selectors have picked a squad which gives us the best chance of success in England,” Misbah said. “It was a challenging process as the players have not played for an extended period, but nevertheless, with the month that we will have in England and the intense training we will undergo, we are confident we will get the players up to the mark to be ready for the three Tests.”The main focus of the selectors has been red-ball cricket, which we will play for nearly two months with the T20Is to be played at the back-end of the ICC World Test Championship fixtures.”Pakistan’s tour will feature three Tests in August followed by a series of three T20Is, with the matches taking place behind closed doors as part of unprecedented measures to stay safe from Covid-19. The ECB has come up with extensive plans to keep Pakistan’s players in a bio-secure environment – likely to be in Birmingham initially – from the moment they land in the country.The Pakistan players and support staffers are expected to fly out later this month, at least five weeks before the series formally starts. Under current UK government rules, those arriving from outside the country will have to mandatorily undergo a 14-day quarantine period. The touring party will form a “bubble”, where they will not interact with anyone outside of the group, and regular tests for Covid-19 will be conducted on the tour.Pakistan will be the second side to tour England since the Covid-19 pandemic, with West Indies set to play three Tests in England starting July 8. Three West Indies players – Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Darren Bravo – withdrew from that tour, citing health-related concerns.

England allrounder began his career at the club in 2009 and remains a proud symbol of their talent production

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Mar-2019Ben Stokes has committed to Durham on a three-year contract extension, which will keep him at the club until 2021.Stokes, 27, has been an infrequent presence in the Durham team in recent years, with his busy international schedule limiting him to just two Championship fixtures and a handful of T20 Blast outings since 2016.Nevertheless, he began his career at the club in 2009 and remains a proud symbol of the talent that the club has brought through its youth system in the 27 years since it attained first-class status.”I love playing for Durham and am delighted to be signing a new long-term deal where I learnt my trade,” Stokes said.”I’m very passionate about helping Durham compete at the top level and, if I am given any opportunities to play this season, I will give everything to the club.”It’s an exciting time at Durham, especially with the rebrand of the club this winter and having a new coach, chief executive and sporting director in charge.”Stokes, who has played 52 Tests and 79 ODIs in his international career to date, will be a key figure in England’s quest to win both the World Cup and the Ashes in the course of the coming season.He is currently in India, playing for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.”Ben is a shining example of what our young players can achieve with hard work and dedication to go alongside talent,” Durham chief executive Tim Bostock said.”He is now in the prime of his career and, while we may not see him as much as we would like over the next year, his influence remains huge around the club.”

Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales were among 16 England players who did not earn IPL deals

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Jan-2018Mark Wood and Sam Billings benefitted from their names being put through the IPL auction a second time as both were snapped up by Chennai Super Kings.However, England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan and top-order batsman Alex Hales did not earn themselves deals as franchises juggled dwindling budgets and squad size. Tymal Mills, who went for more than £1m last year, also won’t be appearing in this year’s competition.Overall, 16 of the England players who put themselves forward were not bought with eight (nine including Jofra Archer) securing deals.Mills’ stock has clearly fallen since the left-arm quick was part of a bidding war a year ago. He has slipped out of England’s T20 side and was expensive at this year’s Big Bash.Joe Root, who was ignored on the opening day, was not put through for another round of bidding on Sunday and neither was Jonny Bairstow. The availability of that pair due to their Test positions could have been one of the deciding factors.Wood fetched GBP165,000 ($234,000) and Billings GBP110,000 ($156,000) as Super Kings held back a significant portion of their budget. Chris Jordan, who remains a regular part of England’s T20 squad, was also retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for GBP110,000 ($156,000).Wood’s deal is excellent news for a fast bowler who has had to battle numerous injuries during his international career. Though he has been included in the Test squad to face New Zealand in March, the player himself has admitted he continues to have doubts have his durability for the longest format.Billings’ time with Super Kings will cause a few headaches for Kent following his appointment as captain. He will miss five rounds of Championship matches at the start of the season, a significant portion of the four-day campaign.Adil Rashid could not secure a deal, suffering the same fate as the No. 1 T20 bowler in the world, Ish Sodhi, in a competitive field of wristspinners.Sold England players Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Chris Jordan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark WoodUnsold England players Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Tom Helm, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, David Willey

The WICB has replaced batsman Darren Bravo in the West Indies squad for the ODI tri-series in Zimbabwe with Jason Mohammed

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Nov-2016The WICB has replaced batsman Darren Bravo in the West Indies squad for the ODI tri-series in Zimbabwe with Jason Mohammed. The announcement came a day after Bravo reacted on Twitter to WICB chairman Dave Cameron’s interview, where he had said Bravo was offered a grade C contract due to his slipping batting average.”It is explicit that if your averages are not above a certain level it tells you what contracts you get. It is very, very explicit,” Cameron had told SportsMax TV, a Caribbean television network. “His averages in the last two years have been declining, so what do you do? Reward poor performance or do you encourage him to get better?”Bravo responded with a tweet saying he had never been offered a Grade-A contract. “You hav been failing 4 d last 4yrs. Y don’t u resign and FYI I’ve neva been given an A contract. Big idiot @davec51,” he tweeted.

Updated West Indies squad

Jason Holder (capt), Sulieman Benn, Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Johnson Charles, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell

A WICB release said Bravo had been “replaced due to inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour, which is contrary to his contractual obligations to the WICB”. A clause in his “match/tour contract”, the release said, “clearly states not to make any statement in or to any form of media (which shall include, without limitation, print media, television, radio, internet or any social networking media), or any other public statement, which would bring yourself, WICB or any official or authorised representative of WICB or the game of cricket into disrepute, and your agreement to use all such media in a responsible manner.”Bravo was West Indies’ second-highest run getter in the recently concluded Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. Before that, he had a poor Test series against India at home, scoring only 139 runs in seven innings. Since November 2014, Bravo scored 1089 runs in 17 Tests for West Indies, a tally that is second to Kraigg Brathwaite’s 1258 runs in 20 matches.Mohammed had captained West Indies A in their limited-overs series in Sri Lanka last month, scoring a fifty and a hundred in his side’s 3-0 clean sweep. A middle-order batsman, he has played two ODIs for West Indies, the last of which came a year ago, also in Sri Lanka.The WICB release also said offspinner Sunil Narine would be returning home due to personal reasons, and he will be replaced by legspinner Devendra Bishoo.West Indies had initially named their squad for the series – which also includes Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka – on October 13. On November 4, they had announced an updated squad, with wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich and fast bowler Miguel Cummins brought into the 15, replacing experienced batsman Marlon Samuels and teenage fast bowler Alzarri Joseph. West Indies play their first game of the series on November 16, against Sri Lanka, in Harare.