June 16, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1428

CHESTER-LE-STREET, June 15: 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 on 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.

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 ODIs in 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 Gayle.

Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith will join the squad after the fourth Test.

Austin Richards, a 23-year-old left-handed batsman from Antigua, has received his first international call-up.

West Indies play England in back-to-back Twenty20 matches at The Oval on June 28 and June 29 before facing their hosts in three One-day Internationals.

They then go to Ireland where they will feature in a four-nation tournament also including Scotland and the Netherlands.

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

Fixtures:

June 28: 1st Twenty20 (The Oval).

June 29: 2nd Twenty20 (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).—AFP