Runako Morton and Mahendra Nagamootoo are back in the West Indies squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.

Captain Carl Hooper and left-hander Brian Lara will spearhead the batting, while fast bowler Mervyn Dillon leads the Caribbean attack for the 12-team tournament on 12-29 Sept.

The West Indies team is pitted against South Africa and Kenya in one of the four qualifying groups.

Morton and Nagamootoo return to the squad after missing the most recent one-day series, at home against India and New Zealand in May and June.

Right-hand batsman Morton, 24, made his only two previous appearances in the series against Pakistan in Sharjah in February.

Leg-spinning all-rounder Nagamootoo played two Test matches against India and New Zealand either side of being injured in a car crash.

He played the last of his 15 one-dayers in Zimbabwe in June, 2001.

Barbadian Vasbert Drakes came in as a last minute replacement for Cameron Cuffy who failed to recover from a knee injury in time but there was no recall for Nixon McLean.

Both played for their islands in the Red Stripe Bowl one-day tournament that began Wednesday.

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West Indies team: Carl Hooper (capt), Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Wavell Hinds, Ryan Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Mervyn Dillon, Corey Collymore, Pedro Collins, Cameron Cuffy, Runako Morton, Mahendra Nagamootoo.