Caribbean legend Viv Richards' son Mali, an all-rounder, has joined the West
Indies team as temporary cover for today's warm-up match against England A.
Mali is one of the three cricketers who have been asked to join the visiting squad
along with pacer Esaun Crandon and batsman Kirk Edwards.
Earlier, pace duo of Andrew Richardson and Ruel Brathwaite have
joined the squad yesterday.
West Indies is grappling with injury problems and pacer Corey
Collymore has already been ruled out of today's match against England A.
Another pacer, Ravi Rampaul, underwent a fitness test yesterday after
which he was advised to skip the match to fully recover from the groin injury
he had sustained during a warm-up match.
In all, West Indies brought in seven players as cover for the
solitary warm up game against Worcester and the list also includes Jerome Taylor
and Sylvester Joseph.
23-year-old Mali is a middle-order batsman who doubles up as
a seamer. Unlike his father, he is a left-handed batsman, who raised promise
with a century for Antigua under-15 and then his 319 against Combined Virgin
Islands.
He also played for Gloucestershire second XI and Oxford UCCE
with limited success.
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