Gabriel, 34, final featured in the Test facet in Sri Lanka in November 2021. He was subsequently sidelined by a hamstring damage, and spent a lot of final 12 months working to regain health; he had a spell in county cricket with Yorkshire and completed joint-leading wicket-taker in the Super50 Cup however was missed for West Indies’ Test tour of Australia.
Warrican additionally performed the final of his 13 Tests in Sri Lanka in 2021, whereas Motie may add to the only cap he received towards Bangladesh in June final 12 months. West Indies have been hit by quite a few accidents throughout their 2-0 defeat in Australia, and have omitted Shamarh Brooks, Anderson Phillip and Marquino Mindley, all of whom performed in the second Test in Adelaide.
“This is the start of the international calendar for 2023 and we will hope to start with a win,” Desmond Haynes, West Indies’ lead selector, stated. “We appreciate it won’t be an easy assignment as Zimbabwe, like most other teams in world cricket, play very well on their home soil on pitches that will support their style of play.
“We seemed on the circumstances we anticipate taking part in in, and have included two left-arm spinners who did not go to Australia in Motie and Warrican. With our quick bowlers, Seales has achieved extraordinarily nicely for us since he began again in 2021, however with him unavailable we’ve determined that Gabriel can be greatest in a position to fill that function. He [Gabriel] is an skilled bowler who has been on the worldwide degree for over 10 years and has data of the circumstances in Zimbabwe after we received there in 2017.”
West Indies Test squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Devon Thomas, Jomel Warrican