Daren Powell brought in as cover for Lawson

West Indies have brought fast bowler Daren Powell into their 15-man squad for the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka as a replacement for the injured Jermaine Lawson. Lawson is struggling to recover from the back injury he sustained during the Antigua Test against Australia.

Allrounder Ryan Hurley was named in the squad after recovering from a shoulder injury.

Brian Lara said that his aim was to build on the three successive wins over Australia. "Sri Lanka are not as strong as Australia," he told reporters, "although of course they have a couple of match winners, but we are looking to keep up the standard we achieved in the last three one-day games."

West Indies Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Devon Smith, Brian Lara (capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, David Bernard, Marlon Samuels, Ridley Jacobs (wk), Ryan Hurley, Omari Banks, Corey Collymore, Mervyn Dillon, Vasbert Drakes, Daren Powell, Ricardo Powell.