Chris Gayle
Age: 32 Tests: 91
Runs: 6,373 at 41
Wickets: 72 at 41
Destructive opener regarded by the board as a destructive presence in the dressing room. Hopes to play in the one-day matches which follow the three Tests.
IPL deal: £357,000 with Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Age: 31
Tests: 87
Runs: 5,842 at 40
Wickets: 23 at 50
Former captain made the scapegoat for last year’s World Cup failure. Says Ottis Gibson’s coaching left him not knowing ‘which was my back foot and which was my front foot’.
County deal: believed to be on a six-figure salary at Leicestershire
Dwayne Bravo
Age: 28
Tests: 40
Runs: 2,200 at 31
Wickets: 86 at 39
All-rounder who wants to play Tests, but can’t make the team because of Darren Sammy. Now an IPL regular.
IPL deal: £128,000 with Chennai Super Kings
Jerome Taylor
Age: 27
Tests: 29
Runs: 629 at 15
Wickets: 82 at 35
West Indies’ most promising fast bowler since the glory days has been sidelined by management. Destroyed England in Kingston in 2009 but hasn’t played any senior cricket in over a year.
Sunil Narine
Age: 23
Tests: 0
Mystery off-spinner who recently bamboozled Australia in a one-day series, but couldn’t afford to turn down a lucrative deal to play in India.
IPL deal: £446,000 with Kolkata Knight Riders
Age: 32 Tests: 91
Runs: 6,373 at 41
Wickets: 72 at 41
Destructive opener regarded by the board as a destructive presence in the dressing room. Hopes to play in the one-day matches which follow the three Tests.
IPL deal: £357,000 with Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Age: 31
Tests: 87
Runs: 5,842 at 40
Wickets: 23 at 50
Former captain made the scapegoat for last year’s World Cup failure. Says Ottis Gibson’s coaching left him not knowing ‘which was my back foot and which was my front foot’.
County deal: believed to be on a six-figure salary at Leicestershire
Dwayne Bravo
Age: 28
Tests: 40
Runs: 2,200 at 31
Wickets: 86 at 39
All-rounder who wants to play Tests, but can’t make the team because of Darren Sammy. Now an IPL regular.
IPL deal: £128,000 with Chennai Super Kings
Jerome Taylor
Age: 27
Tests: 29
Runs: 629 at 15
Wickets: 82 at 35
West Indies’ most promising fast bowler since the glory days has been sidelined by management. Destroyed England in Kingston in 2009 but hasn’t played any senior cricket in over a year.
Sunil Narine
Age: 23
Tests: 0
Mystery off-spinner who recently bamboozled Australia in a one-day series, but couldn’t afford to turn down a lucrative deal to play in India.
IPL deal: £446,000 with Kolkata Knight Riders
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