Shivnarine chanderpaul has been invited for the practice match against pakistan .

              

  [ Shivnarine chanderpaul has been selected for the upcoming practice match against pakistan ]

West Indies remarkable batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been called in a squad of 15 players who are going to play a two-day practice match at the Demerara Cricket Ground in Georgetown on May 8 and 9, 2011 ahead of West Indies' Test series against Pakistan.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been engaged in a war of words with the WICB [West Indies Cricket Board] and the team administration over the previous week, but he has still been asked to participate the game. He is likely to formulate the group for the first Test at Providence from May 16.

Chanderpaul's association in this practice game, although, means he will not be able to join in the match between Guyana and the Pakistanis, which will be taken place on the same dates at Bourda. Having been dropped from the one-day series, Chanderpaul had told in a meeting with local radio station Line and Length that he was eager to play against with the recent world cup semi finalist Pakistan before the Test series in order to have a look at their bowling.

Also among the fifteen players called up for the practice game are fast bowler Fidel Edwards and uncapped 18-year-old batsman Kraigg Brathwaite. Edwards has not played for West Indies since 2009, while he suffered a long-term injury. Brathwaite has had an inspiring few months of first-class cricket, which was followed by his unbeaten 168 for West Indies Under-19s against Australia U-19s last month.

Fifteen players: Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Brendan Nash, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith.