Windies stars set to return as board announces temporary player amnesty

On September 30, the top-eight ranked teams as per the ICC will gain automatic qualification to the next World Cup. West Indies are currently ranked 9th in the ICC rankings and with time not on their sides it seems to be tough task for them to qualify without playing the 10 team qualification tournament.

In order to put up a strong show West Indies would need their BIG man Kieron Pollard to be at his best. The last time the 30 year old featured in the team was against Pakistan when the Windies lost the series 3-0.

Chris Gayle who has scored 10,000 plus runs for the Windies in 269 games is possibly the best opening prospect for them. The last time Gayle appeared in an ODI was in the 2015 World Cup quarter final against New Zealand in wellington where he scored 61 but couldn’t help his team to get through.

World class all rounder Dwayne Bravo who made his debut for the Windies in 2002 has been a key member to the squad, with 164 caps, 3000 runs and 200 wickets. Bravo last featured in the West Indies team that lost the ODI series to the hosts India by 2-1 in 2014.

The Trinidad left handed batsman Darren Bravo who was once compared to the likes of Brian Lara is facing a suspension after he called CWI President Dave Cameron ‘a big idiot’.

Samuel Badree and Sunil Narine are also currently out of the national team but it is clear that Windies surely need them in order to have any hopes of playing the 2019 World Cup.

This would mean the comeback of Caribbean stars such as Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine.

With the World Cup 2019 qualifications looming large, the board and the West Indies Players Association have called a truce.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has had a harsh policy of picking only those players for the national team who are active in the domestic one-day tournament for 50-over internationals.