Barbados name replacements
Guyana Chronicle
January 14, 2004

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) - Champions Barbados, preparing for their second round Carib Beer Series match this weekend, have quickly named replacements for Ryan Hurley, Ian Bradshaw, and Kurt Wilkinson, who have been called up for international duties.

The trio got drafted Monday into the West Indies squad for their forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) Series against South Africa, and their spots in the Barbados team to face the Windward Islands at home starting Friday will be taken by batsmen Martin Nurse and Shawn Graham and tall left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn.

Benn toured England with the West Indies ‘A’ team in the summer of 2002, Nurse won the batting award at the 2002 West Indies youth championship, and the uncapped Graham, a 26-year-old batsman, is a former Barbados youth captain with several seasons of consistent performances in local cricket behind him.

Team - Courtney Browne (captain), Sherwin Campbell, Martin Nurse, Ryan Hinds, Floyd Reifer, Shawn Graham, Antonio Mayers, Sulieman Benn, Ryan Nurse, Pedro Collins, Tino Best.