Input Desk : West Indies cricketers Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo were not included in the new players contracts list issued by the West Indies cricket board on Friday for the period from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016.
Batsman Chris Gayle, who have turned down national contracts several times, including last year, and spinner Sunil Narine, who is currently suspended from bowling in internationals due to an illegal action, are not on the list of centrally contracted players.
Several new batsmen who have made their debut in Test matches over the past year and a half, including Jermaine Blackwood, Leon Johnson, Shane Dowrich, Shai Hope and Rajendra Chandrika have been included in the list .
WICB’s contracted players for 2015-16: Jason Holder, Kraigg Brathwaite, Rajendra Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Devendra Bishoo, Shannon Gabriel, Jermaine Blackwood, Jerome Taylor, Sheldon Cottrell, Shai Hope, Shane Dowrich, Leon Johnson and Kemar Roach.