Lawson returns to haunt Bangladesh

There will be no gentle introduction to the Caribbean for Bangladesh, as their inaugural tour of the region gets underway on Wednesday against a West Indies Cricket Board XI.

The West Indian selectors have named a squad of 12 for the one-day warm-up game in St Vincent, of which seven players have full international experience.

The side will be led by the Under-19 captain, Denesh Ramdin, and will also feature the left-arm Test bowler, Pedro Collins, who has been bought in as a late replacement for Jason Bennett. Jermaine Lawson, who took a memorable 6 for 3 at Dhaka in December 2002, is also back to open old scars.

Bangladesh have never before sent a full Test team to the Caribbean, although their A squad did tour in 2002. The first of three one-day games begins on Saturday, with two Tests to follow in St Lucia and Jamaica.

WICB XI (from) Denesh Ramdin (capt), Wavell Hinds, Kurt Wilkinson, Sylvester Joseph, Lendl Simmons, Ryan Hinds, Austin Richards Jr, Carlton Baugh Jr (wk), David Bernard Jr, Pedro Collins, Jermaine Lawson, Dwight Washington.

Bangladesh squad Habibul Bashar (capt), Rajin Saleh, Hannan Sarkar, Shahariar Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Alok Kapali, Mushfiqur Rahman, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud (wk), Mohammad Rafique, Manjural Islam Rana, Faisal Hossain, Tapash Baisya, Tareq Aziz, Abdur Razzaq.