{"id":39216,"date":"2021-02-27T07:16:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39216"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:03:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:03:52","slug":"fidel-edwards-returns-to-wis-squad-after-8-years-for-sl-t20is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39216","title":{"rendered":"Fidel Edwards returns to WI\u2019s squad after 8 years for SL T20Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Fidel-Edwards.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Opener Chris Gayle is set to play his first match for West Indies in two years after he and veteran fast bowler Fidel Edwards were recalled for the three-match home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former captain Gayle last played for West Indies in a one-day international against India in 2019 in what the 41-year-old then described as his last international appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The swashbuckling batsman has kept himself busy in Twenty20 leagues across the world and played two matches for Quetta Gladiator in the ongoing Pakistan Super League before returning to Antigua.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris Gayle has performed very well in recent tournaments and the selection panel thinks that he can still add great value to our team,&#8221; chief selector Roger Harper said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Edwards, 39, has been recalled for potentially his first match for West Indies in more than eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Antigua&#8217;s Coolidge Cricket Ground will make its international debut hosting the three Twenty20 matches between March 3 and 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WI T20I squad:<\/strong> Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Fabien Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Rovman Powell, Lendl Simmons, Kevin Sinclair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opener Chris Gayle is set to play his first match for West Indies in two years after he and veteran fast bowler Fidel Edwards were <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39216\" title=\"Fidel Edwards returns to WI\u2019s squad after 8 years for SL T20Is\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39216"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39218,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216\/revisions\/39218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}