PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard will make a return to first class cricket today, after nearly six months out of action with a knee injury.
Pollard has been picked in the Trinidad and Tobago squad which will face Combined Campuses and Colleges and Queen’s Park Oval in the fifth round of the Regional Four-Day Championship.
The right-handed batsman last played in the Champions League Twenty20 in India last October but has been sidelined ever since, missing the West Indies tours of India and New Zealand.
He also missed the Caribbean Super50 as well as the current Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh. News of his return to action will be welcomed by the West Indies who welcome New Zealand and Bangladesh to the Caribbean starting in June.
Pollard turned out for club side Queen’s Park in the Premier Division last weekend and showed his rustiness by failing to score but blasted an unbeaten 44 on Wednesday to help Queen’s Park to victory in the T20 competition.
He is one of two changes to the T&T side with experienced off-spinner Amit Jaggernauth also joining the squad.
