Carter in Windies A squad for Sri Lanka series

St. John's (Antigua), Oct 25 (IANS/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 Friday 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, reports CMC.

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 series concludes.

Carter is a free-scoring batsman who has represented West Indies A in recent times but was surprisingly overlooked for the ongoing series. The 26-year-old was one of the standout players at the Champions League Twenty20 in India where he smashed an unbeaten 111 in his first innings for Barbados Tridents.

Current captain Carlos Brathwaite will continue to lead the side. West Indies A bowl off the one-day tour Nov 1 in Dambulla before playing matches in Kurunegala Nov 3 and Colombo two days later.

They currently trail the three-match Test series 0-1, after losing the first game in Hambantota by 10 wickets and drawing the second in Matara. The third four-day match starts Saturday in Moratuwa.

The squad: Carlos Brathwaite (Captain), Sunil Ambris, Ronsford Beaton, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Miguel Cummins, Andre Fletcher, Assad Fudadin, Shannon Gabriel, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Chadwick Walton.

--IANS/CMC

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