Bravo to miss England tests

Dwayne Bravo is likely to make his first appearance for West Indies following ankle surgery only in the five One-day Internationals against England.

Clyde Butts, chairman of the West Indies selection panel, disclosed that all-rounder Bravo, a key member of the Caribbean side since his international debut four years ago, is still recovering from an operation on his left ankle and will miss the preceding four Tests.

"I spoke to Dwayne last week," Butts said. "He's started to train about now, and is hoping to be ready about the middle part of the England tour.

"He wants to start playing club cricket before he starts playing for Trinidad and Tobago, so he can be fit and ready. Probably, we might see him in the ODIs."

Bravo, aged 25, has been out of cricket since surgery on a chronic ankle problem last November.

The procedure meant he missed the Stanford Super Series last October and November, the West Indies domestic limited-overs competition in Guyana last November, the West Indies' recent ODIs against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, and the subsequent tour of New Zealand.

His last match for West Indies was the fifth and final ODI against Australia on July 6.

In 31 Tests, Bravo has scored 1,833 runs at an average of 32.73 with two hundreds and captured 70 wickets at 39.58 each.

With Dwayne absent, younger brother Darren, a left-handed batsman who turns 20 on February 6, has stolen the show.

He hit 97 against Barbados in Trinidad and Tobago's opening match of the first-class season, and his maiden first-class hundred of 105 against the Windward Islands on Saturday.