Already eradicated from the ODI World Cup qualification race, the West Indies has withdrawn all-rounder Jason Holder and pacer Alzarri Joseph from the continued Qualifier in Zimbabwe to handle its workload forward of the all-format sequence in opposition to India at dwelling, beginning July 12. Two-time champion West Indies will miss the ODI World Cup, to be held in India later this 12 months, for the primary time within the match’s 48-year historical past.
The West Indies nonetheless has two Super Six matches to play within the Qualifiers — in opposition to Oman on Wednesday and Sri Lanka on Friday.
“Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph will depart early from the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers. They will miss the last two Super Six matches as they return to the Caribbean,” Cricket West Indies (CWI) posted on its Twitter deal with.
“This is with the view of managing their workloads ahead of the Test Series vs India.” Lead males’s crew selector Desmond Haynes mentioned Holder and Joseph are key gamers for the West Indies and the choice was taken in the very best curiosity of the facet.
“Jason and Alzarri are two of our leading bowlers in all formats,” Haynes mentioned in an announcement.
“We have a full schedule for the upcoming series against India, where we begin the new ICC World Test Championship, then followed by the ODIs and the five T20Is. Therefore, we had dialogue, and it was felt the best move at this time is to have two of our leading bowlers return early from Zimbabwe.” The sequence in opposition to India will begin with the two-match Test sequence beginning in Dominica on July 12, adopted by the second recreation in Port of Spain on July 20.
The Test matches shall be adopted by three ODIs and 5 T20Is, the final of which shall be performed in Lauderhill within the USA on August 13.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com