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Following his heroic efforts in Sharjah, which helped West Indies to a rare away-Test win, wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich has been drafted into the ODI squad to play in the tri-series in Zimbabwe later this month. Fast bowler Miguel Cummins was also brought into the 15, with the two being left out at their expense being the experienced batsman Marlon Samuels and teenage fast bowler Alzarri Joseph.Dowrich has played eight Tests but is yet to play an international limited-overs game. While not always at his best with the gloves, he scored 47 and 60 not out in Sharjah after West Indies had been five down and in trouble in both innings. In 26 List A games, he has 344 runs with a high score of 48, and 21 catches and eight stumpings.Cummins has played just the one ODI, against Ireland in February 2014. He debuted in Test cricket this year, and has 10 wickets from five matches. He has played only five List A games as well.Samuels had an average run against Pakistan in the Tests, scoring a half-century in the first Test but failing to get past 30 thereafter.West Indies had also left out senior players in wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin and allrounder Kieron Pollard for the tri-series, which also includes hosts Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. The series is set to begin on November 14 in Harare. . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. . Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.Roberto Martinez will begin his tenure as manager with Everton when he leads his new side against Norwich City, while West Bromwich Albion will open their Barclays Premier League season against Southampton. You can catch Norwich City v. Everton on TSN beginning at 9:30am et/6:30am pt, West Brom v. Southampton can be seen streaming live on TSN.ca at 10am et/7am pt. Despite capturing the FA Cup, Martinez was not able to keep his Wigan Athletic side in the Premier League last season as they were relegated to the Championship. Hired to replace David Moyes, who left Everton for Manchester United, Martinez grabbed a few of his players as he made his way out the door. Antolin Alcaraz, Arouna Kone and Joel Robles have all been added to an Everton squad that already boasts quality in players like Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini. Norwich very comfortably kept their place in the league last season with an 11th place finish and are one of the mid-table teams that will have aspirations of a top ten finish. New striker Gary Hooper is a question mark for the match after suffering a shin injury last week but is considered a big part of what the team hopes to accomplish moving forward. Lerroy Fer, another player Norwich added in the off-season will not be in the lineup due to serving a one-game suspension he picked up in Holland.dddddddddddd Norwich took four points from the two meetings last season, winning at home and drawing in the road contest. West Bromwich Albion came out of the gate hot last season, dropping only one of their first six games. They faded as the season progressed but still managed to post a strong eighth place finish in the table. Nicholas Anelka will have to fill the shoes left behind by last seasons top scorer Romelu Lukaku who was with the team on loan from Chelsea last season but will remain in Blue for this campaign. Mauricio Pochettino was brought in by Southampton last year to help them stay in the league after they had fallen dangerously close to being relegated and he accomplished that goal with a 14th place finish, five points clear of the bottom three. Now he hell have a full season to put his mark on the team which began with picking up defender Dejan Lovran and midfielder Victor Wanyama during the off-season. West Brom won both meetings against Southampton last season with the Saints failing to score in either meeting. ' ' '
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