Injury sidelines Pedro Collins for third Test
A slight back injury will sideline West Indies fast bowler Pedro Collins for the third cricket Test against South Africa, starting on Thursday in his native Barbados.
Collins, who has become the spearhead of the attack over the last year, has missed out on selection previously because of the back injury.
Ironically his brother, Fidel Edwards, has taken his place in the fast bowling arsenal, after recovering from back troubles of his own that forced him out of the game since last summer’s tour of England.
In the only other change to the 12-member squad announced on Sunday left-arm slow bowling all-rounder Ryan Hinds replaces batsman Donovon Pagon, who had two single-figure scores in the second Test at Port of Spain.
Hinds fell ill on the eve of the second Test with a viral infection, but team officials have indicated that he is fully recovered.
Jacqui King-Mowatt, a member of the West Indies’ medical panel, indicated that Hinds would use the next few days to build himself up physically for the challenge of coping with a five-day match.
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