Windies invest in youth for tour match

The West Indies selectors have invested in youth by selecting a young squad with an average age of 21 for England's solitary first-class warm-up ahead of next month's first Test in Jamaica.

England, who fly out to the Caribbean on Wednesday, January 21, will play a three-day practice match against a St Kitts XI at Basseterre from January 25-27 before taking on West Indies A at the same venue two days later.

There has been one change to the original squad with fast bowler Kevin McClean replacing Nelon Pascal, who was injured in the second round of the regional four-day competition.

Of the 12 players named for the second fixture, only Darren Sammy - who claimed seven wickets on his Test debut at Old Trafford in 2007 - has faced England at the highest level, although Lendl Simmons played in a Twenty20 international at The Oval on the same tour.

Simmons, Amit Jaggernauth and Darren Bravo were also part of the Trinidad & Tobago side that came within one run of beating England in their Stanford Series warm-up in October.

West Indies A 1 Adrian Barath, 2 Brandon Bess, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Amit Jaggernauth, 5 Leon Johnson, 6 Kevin McClean, 7 Keiran Powell, 8 Kemar Roach, 9 Darren Sammy, 10 Lendl Simmons, 11 Devon Thomas, 12 Gavin Wallace.