Windies captain Jason Holder has been suspended by the ICC for the third and final Test against England for his team’s slow over rate during their series-sealing win in Antigua.
Holder has led Windies into an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series following 381-run and 10-wicket victories in the first two Tests respectively.
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But the 27-year-old will now miss the final game in St Lucia from Saturday, live on Sky Sports, as his side go in search of a whitewash.
Holder was suspended back in December 2017 for a similar offence, the all-rounder missing one Test against New Zealand in Hamilton.
The Barbadian has starred against England in the series so far, hitting an unbeaten 202 in Barbados in the first Test – the third-highest score by a Test No 8 – and then taking four wickets in Joe Root’s side’s second innings in Antigua as the tourists collapsed to 132 all out.
Jamaican seamer Oshane Thomas could make his Test debut as Holder’s replacement at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, while opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite is likely to deputise as captain.
Brathwaite stood in for Holder in Bangladesh before Christmas with the latter missing the series due to a shoulder injury.
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