Gayle back in Windies one-day squad

Former captain Chris Gayle has been recalled by the West Indies after more than a year out of the side for the one-day international series against England later this month. The 32-year-old, a dynamic opening batsman, is back in the squad after a 14-month dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for a three-match series starting on June 16.

Gayle, who has scored a West Indies record 19 hundreds in 228 ODIs, has not played international cricket since a defeat by Pakistan in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in March last year. A month later, Gayle criticised the WICB and current coach Ottis Gibson after being left out of a squad for a one-day series against Pakistan.

West Indies are currently 2-0 down in their Test series in England.

West Indies one-day squad Darren Sammy (capt), Dwayne Bravo, Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith

AFP