Gayle gets one-day captaincy

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle will lead West Indies' one-day campaign against England with current Test captain Daren Ganga not selected for the 14-man squad.

Opener Gayle has captained the Windies just once before, in a Twenty20 match against India in Cuttack.

West Indies, who face England in the fourth and final npower Test at Chester-le-Street on Friday, play two NatWest Twenty20 internationals and three limited-overs internationals in the NatWest Series before heading home.

Although the selectors nominated Gayle as captain last week, the executive committee of the West Indies board vetoed the proposal with Ganga appearing the favoured choice.

But Ganga, 28, has played only two ODIs in 15 months and only a handful more in the past five years, and once again failed to make the 14-man squad.

With permanent captain Ramnaresh Sarwan still sidelined with a shoulder injury, Shivnarine Chanderpaul steps into the vice-captain position.

Antigua batsman Austin Richards is a surprise call-up while World Cup players Dwayne Smith and Lendl Simmons are also included.

However, fast bowlers Corey Collymore and Jerome Taylor have missed out despite being first-choice Test picks.

West Indies one-day squad: Chris Gayle (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (vice-captain), Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Austin Richards Jr, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith.