ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced a 15-member squad for the opening three matches of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand, to be played in Guyana and Barbados.

19-year-old wrist spinner Vitel Lawes, who has been training with the Senior team since the preparatory camp prior to the start of the home series, receives his maiden senior call-up. Earlier this year he was named in the ICC Under-19 World Cup’s Team of the Tournament, where he impressed by claiming 10 wickets and bowling the highest number of dot balls during the competition.

Coach Nikita Miller has been added to the team management unit for the Guyana leg of the series to continue providing specialist support to Lawes during his first senior international assignment.