Sammy given Roach's spot

All-rounder Darren Sammy has replaced Kemar Roach in the West Indies' 15-member one-day international squad to face South Africa next month, in another twist in the ongoing selection saga.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced the move on Wednesday, even as allegations of victimisation regarding Sammy and fellow all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, continued to swirl around the region, reports in the Caribbean media said.

Sammy, Bravo and Pollard were all left out of the initial 14-man squad announced last Saturday, prompting the players' attorney Ralph Thorne to accuse the WICB of victimisation, stemming from their roles in the abandoned tour of India last October.

"It becomes cynical, it is an insidious form of victimisation. It doesn't make sense to include them in the 30-man squad for the World Cup -- three very, very senior players -- and then relegate them to mere T20 participation. It doesn't make sense," the prominent Queen's Counsel complained in a recent radio interview here.