ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-handed stroke-maker Jonathan Carter is among four players called up for the West Indies A team’s three-match one-day tour of Sri Lanka starting next month.
West Indies selectors yesterday named Carter, along with right-hander Nkrumah Bonner, off-spinner Ashley Nurse and fast bowler Ronsford Beaton, to join the bulk of the squad already in Sri Lanka for the ongoing unofficial “Test” series.
The four new players will replace leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, off-spinner Shane Shillingford, left-arm seamer Sheldon Cottrell and batsman Kirk Edwards who head home when the “Test” series concludes.
Carter is free-scoring batsman who has represented West Indies A in recent times but who was surprisingly overlooked