By CricketCountry Staff
Vice captain of West Indies has opted out of the One-Day International team for the next month's Super50 tournament to be held in Guyana.
Published: Sep 28, 2011, 04:58 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 28, 2011, 04:58 PM (IST)
West Indies vice captain Brendan Nash was dropped from the West Indies team towards the latter part of India’s Caribbean tour earlier this year © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Jamaica: Sep 28, 2011
Vice captain of West Indies has opted out of the One-Day International team for the next month’s Super50 tournament to be held in Guyana.
The 33-year-old was expected to play a lead role in Jamaica’s bid to claim their first regional 50-over title in four years. Nash cited personal reasons as the reason for the pull out.
The chairman of the national selection committee, Courtney Daley informed the media that Nash, who was dropped from the West Indies team towards the latter part of India’s Caribbean tour earlier this year and was ignored for the West Indies’ upcoming Tests and one-day international tours of Bangladesh and India, made his desire known via a letter on Tuesday.
The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) had named a 24-member squad to begin preparations for the Super50 on Monday.
“He (Nash) wrote to the JCA on Tuesday asking that he be excused due to personal reasons,” Daley was quoted in Jamaica Gleaner.
“He explained that he was undergoing a challenging period in his life, as his mind was not where he wanted it to be and, given these realities, did not feel him being around would serve the team well at the moment,” he added.
“He is not retiring or anything like that,” added Daley. “He just wants to take some time off and will be visiting his family in Australia.”
Nash was dropped after making one and nine in the first Test against India at Sabina Park in June. This followed relatively poor returns against touring Pakistan in the preceding Test series in which he made scores of 5, 3, 6 and 30.
He has so far represented the West Indies in 21 Tests and has an average of 33.42, including two centuries and eight half centuries; and nine one-day internationals, at an average of 26.00.
