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This is an archive article published on June 11, 2003

WI rest Dillon, call up Taylor

West Indies have left out fast bowler Mervyn Dillon for Wednesday’s third and final one-day international against Sri Lanka.Teenager Je...

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West Indies have left out fast bowler Mervyn Dillon for Wednesday’s third and final one-day international against Sri Lanka.

Teenager Jerome Taylor has been drafted into the squad to replace Dillon, who will be rested for the two-match Test series, a West Indies Cricket Board spokesman said on Tuesday. Taylor, 18, impressed the West Indies selectors by taking 21 wickets in six games in the recent domestic season.

However, he has only played a single one-day game at senior level and is unlikely to be named in the final 11 ahead of fellow Jamaican pace bowler Daren Powell. Dillon normally spearheads the West Indies attack and is the only member of the squad who has taken more than 100 wickets at international level.

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