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JASON Holder has been replaced by Kraigg Brathwaite as West Indies Test captain, Newsday understands.
Brathwaite filled in as captain for Holder on the West Indies tour of Bangladesh where the teams played a two-match Test series in February. The tour included a three-match One Day International series.
Holder was one of several players who chose not to tour Bangladesh because of covid19 related concerns or personal fears, according to Cricket West Indies. Among the other players who chose not to tour were Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and ODI captain Kieron Pollard.
[caption id="attachment_877930" align="alignnone" width="683"] IWest Indies' Jason Holder. [/caption]
West Indies had a memorable tour under Brathwaite winning the Test series 2-0, a rare accomplishment for the regional team on foreign soil.
Holder, 29, was named captain of the Test team in 2015. Holder has a record of 11 wins, 21 losses and five draws in 37 matches as Test captain from 2015 to 2020.
Brathwaite has a record of two wins and five losses in seven matches as captain from 2017 to 2021.
Only four men have led West Indies in more Test matches than Holder. Sir Clive Lloyd led the regional team in 74 matches from 1974 to 1985, followed by Sir Vivian Richards who captained West Indies in 50 matches from 1980 to 1991. Third on the list is Brian Lara with 47 matches at the helm from 1997 to 2006 and fourth is Sir Gary Sobers with 39 matches from 1965 to 1972.
After the Test series against Bangladesh there were calls for West Indies to stick with Brathwaite as captain, including former West Indies wicket-keeper Deryck Murray.
“It is something that you have to talk about very seriously. I do not discard Kraigg Brathwaite as Test captain automatically,” Murray told the Mason and Guest radio programme in Barbados.
Sir Clive, also speaking on the Mason and Guest show, believes Brathwaite should keep his position.
“If I were a selector, obviously Kraigg would be slightly ahead of Jason because of what [he] has done with the team that they have there,” Sir Clive said.
 
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