Taylor replaces Cummins in Zouks squad

The St. Lucia Zouks have added West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor to their squad for the remainder of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign as Miguel Cummins has been called up to the West Indies Test squad for the upcoming series against India.

Jamaican born Taylor, 32, is set to link up with the Zouks squad in time for their next Hero CPL game, which is away to the Barbados Tridents on Sunday, 17 July.

Taylor retired from Test cricket at the start of the week, having represented the West Indies in 46 Tests and he has also played 85 One-Day Internationals and 10 T20 Internationals to date. In 61 career T20 matches to date Taylor has taken 74 wickets, with best bowling figures of five wickets for 10 runs. He has previously represented the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Hero CPL.

The Zouks will open their leg of home matches against the Patriots on Thursday July 21 at the newly re-named 12,400 capacity Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, previously known as the Beauséjour Stadium.

The match will also mark the official opening of the newly-renamed Johnson Charles Stand.

St. Lucia Zouks Home Fixtures: 21 July – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots (18:00h), 23 July – Barbados Tridents (12 Midday), 24 July – Guyana Amazon Warriors (17:00h), 26 July – Trinbago Knight Riders (18:00h)

St. Lucia Zouks

David Miller, Shane Watson, Darren Sammy (captain), Michael Hussey, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Morne Morkel, Jerome Taylor, Derone Davis, Grant Elliott, Kristopher Ramsaran, Shane Shillingford, Delorn Johnson, Kyle Mayers, Keddy Lesporis, Nitish Kumar, Gidron Pope