da dobrowin： Brian Lara was named in a 14-man Trinidad and Tobago squad that will take on Guyana, pending a fitness test concerning his shoulder injury
Kern De Freitas01-Jan-2008
Lara will undergo a fitness test concerning his left shoulder © AFP
A fitness test is all that stands between Brian Lara and the opening Carib Beer Series contest against Guyana at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday.Lara was named in the 14-man Trinidad and Tobago squad that will take on the Guyanese, pending a fitness test tomorrow concerning his shoulder injury. Once a decision has been made on his fitness, the squad will be trimmed to 13 players for the Guyana match.T&T will be led by allrounder Rayad Emrit in the absence of Daren Ganga, who is currently on tour with West Indies in South Africa.Noticeably absent from the T&T squad is veteran fast bowler Mervyn Dillon, but T&T Cricket Board chairman Dudnath Ramkessoon stressed yesterday that this does not mean the big pacer is out of the series. “We have Ravi Rampaul there, we have [Richard] Kelly there,” Ramkessoon told the . “There’s [only] so many players you can pick. It’s just for this game, because after the first game [against Guyana] we’ll pick for the second one [against Barbados].”Adrian Barath, the talented young opener, returns from an elbow injury to boost the T&T team. Coach Kelvin Williams will be buoyed by Barath’s robust 106 from a total of 266 for 6 for South against North in their limited-overs fixture, on Sunday. Atiba Alert, a fast bowler, is the only new face in the T&T squad.Richard Kelly returns to the fold after being excluded from the KFC Cup squad in October. Kelly was in sparkling form for North in the Pizza Hut Gerry Gomez North/South Classic, last weekend, his ten-wicket match haul earning him the accolades of Man of the Match, Best Bowler and North MVP.