Saint John's: The selection committee of the West Indies Cricket Board on Sunday unveiled their 13-member squad for the first Test against New Zealand, starting Wednesday, at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.


Chris Gayle is set to play his first Test in more than 18 months after being named in the West Indies squad for the first Test against New Zealand.

Gayle has not played Test cricket since the tour of Sri Lanka in December 2010.



West Indies squad for 1st Test

• Chris Gayle
• Adrian Barath
• Kieran Powell
• Assad Fudadin
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• Marlon Samuels
• Narsingh Deonarine
• Denesh Ramdin (wk)
• Darren Sammy (capt)
• Tino Best
• Kemar Roach
• Ravi Rampaul
• Sunil Narine