Roach included in Board President's XI squad

Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been included in the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI squad to face the Indians in a three-day warm-up match starting July 14 in Basseterre. Roach, who has played 37 Tests, was dropped from the Test squad for the India series, after a poor tour to Australia last December.

In six other changes to the 13-member squad, John Campbell, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Chemar Holder and Gudakesh Motie were included for Rajendra Chandrika, Roston Chase and Shane Dowrich, all of whom were selected in the Test squad to face India, along with Damion Jacobs, Marquino Mindley and Jomel Warrican, who was also dropped from the Test squad.

Fast bowler Holder, 18, was part of the Under-19 squad that won the World Cup earlier this year in Bangladesh. He took five wickets in three games at an average of 16.40 in that tournament, but is yet to play a first-class game.

Captain Leon Johnson and Jermaine Blackwood, who scored 2 and 0 respectively in the two-day warm-up match against the Indians, remained in the Board President's XI to get some more practice before the Tests.

West Indies Board President's XI squad: Leon Johnson (capt), Jermaine Blackwood, John Campbell, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jason Dawes, Jahmar Hamilton, Montcin Hodge, Chemar Holder, Shai Hope, Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach, Vishaul Singh