(Jamaica Gleaner) Experienced wrist spin bowler Odean Brown has been recalled to the Jamaica cricket set-up after being overlooked for last season’s first-class tournament as well as the start of the new campaign.
The Jamaica Observer understands that Brown, 32, was named among 13 players in the Tamar Lambert-captained squad to face Guyana in the Regional Four-day Match at Sabina Park in Kingston, starting today.
The leg-spinner, who made his debut in 2004, last played for Jamaica against Trinidad & Tobago in May 2013. Thereafter he had done surgery to correct a knee ailment and was fit enough to return for preseason training, but was not selected.
He was also left out for the first half of the new season as his replacement, Damion Jacobs, also a leg-spinner, continued where he left off the previous campaign with a number of match-winning bowling spells.
But Brown’s opening finally came due to the void left by his longtime spin bowling partner Nikita Miller, who was called to the West Indies squad for the Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
It is likely that Brown, who has taken 240 wickets in 62 first-class matches at an average of 22.28, will join Jacobs in the eleven for tomorrow’s clash.
The other front line bowlers in the squad are pacers Marquino Mindley, Jason Dawes, David Bernard and left-armer Gavan Brown. The batsmen are openers Nkrumah Bonner and left-hander John Campbell, as well as Lambert, young West Indies player Jermaine Blackwood and Shacaya Thomas.
Carlton Baugh, who was dropped for the recent Nagico Super50 tournament, is expected to take the wicketkeeping gloves. Horace Miller, Baugh’s replacement for the 50-over competition, is more known for his work with the bat and could play solely as a batsman.
Jamaica are second in the point standings with 50 points, while Guyana lead with 57.
