Big Bird at the helm

Barbadian fast bowling great, Joel Big Bird Garner, will manage the West Indies A team in their home series against India A from November 10 to December 13.

Garner, a giant pacemen who represented the West Indies from 1977 to 1987, has also been manager for the A sides last three trips to Sri Lanka, India and South Africa.

He is also a senior West Indies selector and will see after the team as they play two Tests - in Trinidad and Guyana - and three One-Dayers - one in Guyana and two in Grenada.

Allrounder Roger Harper, the former Guyana captain and West Indies vice-captain, has again been appointed coach, while Vincentian Alfred Bynoe and former West Indies vice-captain Gus Logie are manager and coach, respectively, of the West Indies Under-19 team to tour Sri Lanka for the Youth World Cup.

Of the 16 teams, there will bethe nine Test-playing nations along with seven countries with associate status at the International Cricket Council.