February,16,2006: With the  Cricket World Cup about 1 month away, the hosts have named their 15-man squad that they hope will represent the Caribbean well in the sports most prestigious series, being held in the islands for the first time.

The roster reads:

Brian Lara (captain), Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Corey Collymore, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice captain), Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor.

Reserves: Fidel Edwards, Sylvester Joseph, Dave Mohammed, Runako Morton, Darren Sammy.