West Indies Shannon Gabriel who last played a Test match against India in 2023, has announced his retirement from international cricket after playing for 12 years primarily in Test matches. Gabriel ended his career with 202 international wickets for West Indies with 166 of them coming in Tests.
Holder, who himself took a Test-best 6-42 in England's lowly first innings 204, said Gabriel is quite a handful when is fit and healthy and that's what he did in Southampton.
Hussain, did not just slam the match officials, but also the poor practicing methods of the players while opining that this missed runs could affect England given the tight scenario of the ongoing Test.
Shannon Gabriel outfoxed the England opening batsman Dominic Sibley on the 10th ball of the match to get the first breakthrough for Windies.
Gabriel was among the reserves when the West Indies players landed in England but proved his fitness with impressive performances in the two inter-squad warm-up matches at the Old Trafford.
Gabriel, who was a key player in West Indies' impressive win at home against England two years back, was named in the reserve players' list for the series owing to is recovery from an ankle injury.
The 32-year-old Gabriel, who is returning from an injury, had played a major part in West Indies 2-1 over England at home in 2019.
Gabriel is in the reserves for the squad that will tour England for a three-match Test series, which will be the first since the cricket calendar grinded to a halt in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Shannon Gabriel and Joe Root were involved in an altercation during England's tour of West Indies in 2019.
Shannon admitted the offence after the end of the match and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
Shannon Gabriel had earlier been suspended from the Mirpur Test in November 2018 when he reached the threshold of four demerit points.
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