PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Guyanese batsman Assad Fudadin has been called up to the West Indies squad for the final Digicel Test against Australia in Dominica starting Monday. The 26-year-old left-hander has been rewarded for a prolific first class season where he gathered 576 runs at an average of 48, to finish as the second highest run-scorer.
Selectors have dropped leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo while vice-captain Kirk Edwards has been ruled out of selection by injury again.
Fudadin, a West Indies A player, is a seasoned campaigner at first class level having played nearly 50 matches and chief selector Clyde Butts said he would be an asset to the regional side.
“Fudadin has been a member of the West Indies A team for a while now and we have seen signs of development and improvement,” Butts said.
“This year he batted well in the Regional Four-Day Tournament, and made over 500 runs including two centuries. He was very consistent in the middle-order. He can also bowl medium-pace and that is an asset.”
Fudadin will join a West Indies side hunting victory next week in order to square the three-Test series.
The Windies lost the first game in Barbados by three wickets and rain forced a draw in the second Test which ended here yesterday.
SQUAD – Darren Sammy (captain), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Assad Fudadin, Kieran Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Shane Shillingford.