West Indies have named 19-year-old bowler Ravi Rampaul in their squad for two Tests in Zimbabwe next month. The Trinidadian is one of three inexperienced pace men making the trip, joining Jerome Taylor, also 19, and 21-year-old Fidel Edwards.
The selectors are expected to make changes for the one-day internationals that follow, and the subsequent four-Test tour of South Africa.
Taylor and Edwards made their Test debuts at home to Sri Lanka last June.
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Rampaul got the call in the absence of Jermaine Lawson, who is currently undergoing remedial treatment on a flaw in his bowling action. He has shone in youth cricket and impressed watching selectors Sir Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge in the recent one-day Red Stripe Bowl tournament.
"I know I had a good Red Stripe tournament, but my selection came sooner than I anticipated," he said.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose fractured middle finger kept him out the series against Sri Lanka, has returned, at the expense of left-hander Devon Smith.
Batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan stays on as deputy to captain Brian Lara.
Former fast bowler Kenny Benjamin has been appointed assistant to coach Gus Logie for the entire tour.
West Indies squad: Brian Lara (capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice-capt), Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Daren Ganga, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Omari Banks, Ridley Jacobs (wkt), Carlton Baugh (wkt), Merv Dillon, Vasbert Drakes, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Ravi Rampaul, Jerome Taylor.
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