Barnwell, Bishoo named in WI T20 World Cup provisional squad

St. John’s, Antigua–West Indies have named Guyanese all-rounder Christopher Barnwell and legspinner Devendra Bishoo yesterday in a provisional 30-member squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 to be staged in Sri Lanka in September. Bishoo has been named after being sidelined from the side for some months now.
The Berbician recently played for the West Indies A side against India A. Barnwell, a powerful hitter of the ball and a useful medium pacer, has been an on-again-off-again feature in the WI T20 side.
Meanwhile, temperamental left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn has inched his way even closer to a senior team recall after being named in a provisional 30-man West Indies squad. The 30-year-old Benn has been exiled from the senior squad for over a year following disciplinary problems during last year’s World Cup on the Asian subcontinent.
His spell in the wilderness ended last month when he was picked for West Indies A’s Twenty20 doubleheader against the touring India A in Trinidad.
The gangling Benn, who stands six-feet, seven-inches, was the regional side’s frontline spinner up until the World Cup. He picked up 12 wickets in six games at the World Cup before being dropped for right-arm leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo.
Benn is one of several spinners named in the provisional squad along with fellow left-arm spinners Nikita Miller and Garey Mathurin; leg-spinners Bishoo and Samuel Badree and off-spinners Sunil Narine and Shane Shillingford.
Fast bowler Tino Best, who has not been a part of the T20 set up, is among the squad.
There are no major surprises as the core members of the current limited over contingent were included.

A West Indies Cricket Board release on Wednesday said the squad would be trimmed to 15 players next month.
The World T20 Championship runs from September 18 to October 7 in Sri Lanka where West Indies play alongside Australia and Ireland in Zone B. Squad: Samuel Badree, Christopher Barnwell, Carlton Baugh Jr, Sulieman Benn, Tino Best, Devendra Bishoo, Nkrumah Bonner, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Danza Hyatt, Garey Mathurin, Nikita Miller, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Shane Shillingford, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith and Devon Thomas
West Indies have been drawn with Australia and Ireland in Group-B of the competition.
The squad will be trimmed to a final 15 players next month.