The explosive Chris Gayle and spinner Nikita Miller are among five Jamaicans called up to the West Indies 15 man squad for the ICC World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe.

Completing the quintet are the experienced Marlon Samuels, Rovman Powell and Sheldon Cotterell.

The rest of the Windies squad includes Jason Holder (captain), Jason Mohammed (vice-captain), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach and Kesrick Williams.

Commenting on the Squad, Chairman Courtney Browne said:

“We are pleased to announce a squad that has a combination of experience and youth.  Given the importance of the West Indies qualifying for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, we thought it was important that we chose players who brought not only skills but experience to the table, combined with younger players who had performed creditably on the international scene.

We contacted some of our well-known senior cricketers to ascertain their availability for the tournament and we are pleased that Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels have indicated their full support and commitment to the cause. Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo and Andre Russell however indicated that they were unavailable to help us qualify as their priority was playing in the Pakistan Super League.

Dwayne Bravo was not contacted as he had indicated previously that he is no longer available to play cricket for the West Indies.

The ICC World Cup qualifiers run from March 4 to 25.

The Windies have been drawn in Group A alongside Ireland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, and the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 winners.

The open their campaign against the Division 2 winners on March 6 at Old Hararian.