Kingsley who?!
Two surprises in CW XI ODI squad
Perhaps it's just another Andy Cameron ploy, but the Cricket Web XI selectors have sprung another couple of bombshells with their latest squad choices. Relative unknowns Kev Goughy and Kingsley Clapham have been called up for the first time, included in the 16-man squad to play 5 ODIs against Pakistan.
Goughy has represented CWLand at age level with great success, but has no great profile of which to speak. Even so, given the lack of penetrative fast bowlers in ODI cricket for the CW XI of late, he is in with a good shot to move straight into the team with a debut in the first ODI. Clapham is even less known, having played a handful of domestic matches and doing his most noteworthy work for the Toco Flashes in Trinidad and Tobago club cricket. Both Goughy and Clapham were called up to the 'A' team recently as provisional players, and it is clear that the selectors made the move to give them tune-up time ahead of their call to duty in Pakistan.
There are no other surprises in the squad, though Nath Patrick has been discarded. His fellow seamer, Kyle Wright gets a career lifeline and has been retained due to his economical performances in South Africa. Out of favour and out of form fast bowler Dave Watt has also been retained and is expected to continue as the number one seamer in the team.
Cricket Web XI ODI squad (16):
BJ Goff (c), NS Pickup (vc), A Crampton (wk), AP Cloete, I Markus, CR Butler, MW DeSilva, RJ Dauth, DP Towns, TC Halsey, KS Wright, KR Clapham (uncapped), DJ Watt, KJ Goughy (uncapped), LA Camps, MJ Robbins.