ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Batting star Chris Gayle has returned to the West Indies squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against England starting Sunday.

The left-hander had been ruled out with back problems since the first T20 of the Ireland series last month and also missed the recent three-match One-Day International series against England at the Sir Vivian Richards

Stadium.
Injury forced him to miss the limited over phase of the tour of India last year, and the subsequent New Zealand tour and he is expected to add firepower to a West Indies top order that has recently struggled for fluency, and which was below par against minnows Ireland.
T20 captain Darren Sammy assumes reins of the side for the series which continues next Tuesday and Thursday at Kensington Oval.
The 15-man Windies squad will use the series as preparation for the defence of their title at the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh later this month.
The Windies squad reads: Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cotterell, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith.