West Indies Name Twenty20 Squad to Face Pakistan

Saint Lucia: World champions West Indies have retained 10 members of the squad that lifted the World Twenty20 title last October in Sri Lanka for the weekend's back-to-back T20 internationals against 2009 champions Pakistan in St Vincent.

From the 13-member party in St Lucia for the last three one-day internationals of the five-match series, batsman Devon Smith along with fast bowlers Kemar Roach and Jason Holder have been omitted.

Taking their places at the Arnos Vale Stadium are tearaway pacer Shannon Gabriel, spinner Samuel Badree and all-rounder Christopher Barnwell.

Darren Sammy returns to the role of captain with new ODI skipper Dwayne Bravo remaining as a member of the side.

West Indies have been unbeaten in T20 internationals since defeating Sri Lanka in the world final in Colombo.

West Indies T20 squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles (wk), Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Samuel Badree, Christopher Barnwell, Tino Best, Shannon Gabriel and Sunil Narine

Return - Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels

Drop - Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell

Scores	Upcoming	Results
Australia vs India - 4th Test South Africa vs Pakistan - 1st Test Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - 1st Test 1st T20I - New Zealand v Sri Lanka - December 28, 06:15 GMT 2nd T20I - New Zealand v Sri Lanka - December 30, 06:15 GMT 3rd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg Pakistan won by 36 runs (DLS method) 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining)

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