West Indies opener Hinds brought in for fourth Test

Bridgetown, May 6: West Indies have replaced opener Stuart Williams with left-hander Wavell Hinds for the fourth Test against India starting in Antigua on Friday.

The veteran of 20 Tests is the only new face in the side that beat India by 10 wickets at the Kensington Oval to level the five-match series 1-1 on Sunday, the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Monday.

Opening batsman has been one of West Indies's main areas of concern in the first three Tests, with Williams failing to perform.

Hinds slammed 175 against India in a three-day tour match in St. Lucia last week, and has 1,062 Test runs at an average of 29.50.

India won the second Test in Port of Spain by 37 runs last month after the first match in Georgetown had ended in a draw.

Squad:

Carl Hooper (captain), Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Dinanath Ramnarine, Adam Sanford, Ramnaresh Sarwan.