Holder replaces Ramdin as West Indies test captain

Jason Holder will be the new captain of the west indies test team.

The WICB made the announcement earlier today and this decision sees Holder replacing Dinesh Ramdin at the helm.

The appointment was recommended by the WICB selection panel and unanimously by the directors during a teleconference meeting on Wednesday.

Chief selector Clive Lloyd said Holder's appointment was made with an eye for the future.

Holder has only played eight tests so far.

He has made 380 runs, with a century and two fifties, at 34.54 and taken 16 wickets at 35.37 with his medium-pace.

He took over the ODI captaincy at a similarly inexperienced stage in his 50 over career, with only 21 matches behind him.

Kraigg Brathwaite will be his deputy.

Meanwhile, three Jamaicans Jerome Taylor, Marlon Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood have been included in a 15 member touring party to Sri Lanka.

Seven Barbadians have been selected, including first time invitee, left arm spinner Jomel Warrican.

The team is completed by Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Rajindra Chandrika, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Dinesh Ramdin and Kemar Roach.