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KINGSTON—Opening
batsman Brenton Parchment will captain a Jamaica XI to face
touring Australia in a three-day practice match at the Trelawny
Multi-Purpose Stadium starting on Friday.
Parchment is one of three players in the local side with
West Indies Test experience for the fixture.
Wicket-keeper/batsman Carlton Baugh and batsman Xavier Marshall
are the other players in the line-up with appearances at
the highest level on their log.
The game will be the Australians’ only warm-up match
before the first Test against West Indies starting on May
22 at Sabina Park in Kingston.
Left-arm spinner Nikita Miller, who was the top wicket-taker
in the 2008 Carib Beer Series, is also in the 13-man Jamaica
select squad.
The all-rounder Nkruma Bonner, who played for West Indies
in the Under-19 Youth World Cup in Malaysia earlier this
year, has been named as a reserve, along with Chadwick Walton,
Dennis Bulli, and Dwight Stewart.
SQUADS:
JAMAICA XI - Brenton Parchment (captain), Xavier Marshall,
Simon Jackson, Shawn Findlay, Lorenzo Ingram, Carlton Baugh,
Donovan Sinclair, Shacoya Thomas, Nikita Miller, Andre Dwyer,
Gavin Wallace, Andre Russell, Neive McNally.
AUSTRALIA - Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Beau
Casson, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus,
Mike Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich,
Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Ashley Noffke, Andrew Symonds.
Brad Hodge (shadow player pending decision on Michael Clarke,
who misses first part of the tour). (CMC)
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