Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer Included In Squad For Busy Windies Summer

West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell, hard-hitter Shimron Hetmyer and all-rounder Andre Russell were on Wednesday included in a provisional 18-member squad ahead of three back-to-back five-match T

"We are at that point where we have identified those who we will look to be the core of the squad to defend our World Cup title, so we want to make sure the upcoming matches create that environment - the way we train, the way we plan, the way we execute and the chemistry within the group."

"We won five years ago, so the next few weeks and months will be major steppingstones on the road towards defending our title and being world champions for a third time." West Indies are the defending T20 world champions and had also lifted the title in 2012.

The Squad: Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Kevin Sinclair, Oshane Thomas and Hayden Walsh Jr.