Teammates congratulate South Africa's hat-trick hero Charl Langeveldt (second left) after their one-run triumph in the third one-day match against the West Indies in Bridgetown on Wednesday. - DELLMAR PHOTO
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC:
THE WEST Indies selectors have named an unchanged squad for the last two one-day internationals of the Digicel Series against South Africa, scheduled for Trinidad this weekend.
West Indies surrendered the series after their one-run loss to the Proteas at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday and will now seek to make amends in the weekend matches.
Convenor of selectors Michael 'Joey' Carew said in a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) release yesterday that "some bad cricket towards the end" cost the team the match "although there was also some bad luck" as two runs were not credited to the score during the West Indies innings.
"Nevertheless we go in with same squad and we are confident that we will win both games in Trinidad this weekend," Carew said.
Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul, still seeking his first win as West Indies captain, will hope the team can turn their fortunes around in Trinidad after coming so close to a victory in Barbados.
The Windies will once again look to aggressive opener Chris Gayle whose century in the last game confirmed his return to form. With Brian Lara before his home crowd, the West Indies will also hope for something special from the left handed genius who is yet to fire in the series.
The Windies lost their first ODI by eight wickets while going down by a similar margin in the second game in the back-to-back matches played at Sabina Park last weekend.
The loss in the ODI series comes after the West Indies went down 2-0 to South Africa in the Test series.
THE SQUAD: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (captain), Christopher Gayle, Xavier Marshall, Runako Morton Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Courtney Browne, Corey Collymore, Daren Powell, Fidel Edwards, Ian Bradshaw.
