Test players Chris Gayle, and Marlon Black; and up and coming star Donovan Pagon are not with the West Indies A squad recently arrived in Toronto. Black has returned to the Carribean for the funeral of his father, Pagon is injured, and the WICB decided that Gayle needed some respite from the continuous cricket he has been playing recently.

The rest of the squad practiced at Ross Lord Park under the direction of coach Gus Logie. Logie was pleased with practice conditions, although the players found the high heat and humidity of Toronto an adjustment after 6 weeks in England

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