Jordan replaces injured Louis and Motie is back for third and final test

BIRMINGHAM, England (CMC) — The dream of pacer Jeremiah Louis to follow his younger brother and become the second player from St Kitts to play Tests for West Indies hit a snag.

According to a post on the Cricket West Indies website, Barbadian pacer Akeem Jordan has come into the squad to replace Louis due to injury.

The website post indicated that Louis sustained a hamstring injury during the second Test against hosts England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham and has been ruled out of the remainder of the series, which ends with the third and final match, starting on Friday at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Jordan, who was already in the United Kingdom, joined the squad and took part in training on Wednesday.

Jordan was a member of the West Indies squad for the first time on the tour of South Africa last year and was also a member of the squad on the tour of Australia earlier this year, but he has yet to play a Test. Louis is to remain with the Test squad in England to receive further treatment.

Meantime, Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie said he was over his illness and was focused on helping West Indies get over the finish line against hosts England in the third and final Test of the current Richards-Botham Trophy Series, starting on Friday at Edgbaston.

The 29-year-old Guyanese withdrew on the morning of the first day in the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham when he woke up feeling ill, and he was replaced by compatriot, off-spinner Kevin Sinclair, for the match, which the Caribbean side lost by 241 runs inside four days to trail 2-0 in the series.

Motie said he was feeling way better thanks to modern medicine, including a well-known brand of cough drops, and he was disappointed he could not take his place in the side after a notable performance in the first Test at Lord’s that West Indies also lost by an innings and 114 runs inside three days.

Motie has taken 24 wickets at 20.83 apiece in six Tests that he has played and has offered Test Captain Kraigg Brathwaite an option for control when run-scoring gets out of hand — as it did during the second Test — and he is likely to play in the coming match.