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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">St. John&#39;s (Antigua) June 2 (IANS\/CMC) Opener Kraigg Brathwaite is likely to be called up to the West Indies squad as cover for Chris Gayle, as injury worries persists over the talismanic left-hander.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The 21-year-old Brathwaite has trained with the West Indies squad for the last few days of their camp in Barbados and was Sunday conspicuously excluded from the 13-member West Indies High Performance Centre (HPC) squad to face Bangladesh A in the second four-day &quot;Test&quot;, starting Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Brathwaite, who stroked 164 against Bangladesh A in the first &quot;Test&quot; last week, is also expected to travel with the West Indies squad to Jamaica Wednesday, ahead of the first Test which begins at Sabina Park Sunday, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The Barbadian right-hander has played ten Tests since making his debut as a teenager three years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Gayle, meanwhile, has been hampered by a back injury in recent weeks that resulted in his poor form during the recent Indian Premier League. He said in an interview last week that he would consult a specialist in Germany about the injury.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The Jamaican was scheduled to arrive in Barbados Sunday to join the West Indies camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">West Indies start their second warm-up match of the camp Monday, when they face a Barbados Select XI at 3Ws Oval.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Brathwaite, who captained the WI HPC to a crushing 351-run victory over the Bangladesh A in the first &quot;Test&quot;, has been replaced at the helm by namesake Carlos Brathwaite for the second game at Kensington Oval.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">--IANS\/CMC<br \/>\r\nvs\/gd\/rd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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