West Indies announces squad for Pakistan T20I series: Hetmyer ruled out; Shamar Joseph, Athanaze added

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday announced the Men’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan to be played between July 31 and August 3 at the Broward County Stadium in Florida.

The squad sees four changes from the series loss against Australia, with Shamar Joseph, along with batters Keacy Carty, Alick Athanaze and Johnson Charles drafted into the squad in place of Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Brandon King and Shimron Hetmyer respectively.

“Alzarri Joseph has been granted rest for the T20 leg of the Pakistan home series to manage his workload ahead of a busy schedule of cricket for the rest of the year, after full participation in the recent tour of the UK and the home series against Australia,” the statement on the CWI website read.

Lewis and Brandon King have been ruled out of the T20 series due to injury. The latter could be available for the 50-over leg of the series beginning on August 8.

West Indies Squad for T20I Series vs Pakistan: Shai Hope (Captain), Jewel Andrew, Alick Athanaze, Jediah Blades, Keacy Carty, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd

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