Hosts West Indies have picked a second-string squad for the first of the two-Test series against Bangladesh.

The side, which includes nine uncapped cricketers, was announced following a boycott by the country's players' association.

West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) on Wednesday decided to boycott the home Test and ODI series against Bangladesh after a long-pending and bitter contractual row with the cricket board remained unresolved.

Old guard

Left-hand batsman Floyd Reifer, who played last of his four Tests in 1999 and now plays for the Combined Colleges and Campus team in domestic tournaments, was named captain of the side.

All-rounder Darren Sammy, who was in the West Indies' Twenty20 World Cup squad, has been appointed Reifer's deputy as the team arrived in St John's, Antigua, and trained at the Arnos Vale Ground on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Tino Best, who played for a year in 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, has also been called up as was Kemar Roach, who played two ODIs and one Twenty20 international.

The uncapped members of the squad include Dale Richards and Kraigg Brathwaite (both from Barbados), Combined Colleges and Campuses' Ryan Austin, Chadwick Walton, Omar Phillips and Kevin McClean, Andre Creary of Jamaica, Guyana's Travis Dowlin and Grenada's Nelon Pascal.

Richards, who closely missed out on Test debut earlier this year, and Pascal were part of the squad that toured England for a series before the T20 World Cup.

Following the Test series, the visitors will also play a three-match ODI series and a one-off T20 match.

Squad: Floyd Reifer (cap), Omar Phillips, Dale Richards, Travis Dowlin, Chadwick Walton (wk), Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach, Ryan Austin, Tino Best, Kevin McClean, Nelon Pascal, Andre Creary, Nikita Miller, Kraigg Brathwaite, David Bernard.

West Indies and Bangladesh have played four Tests against each other:

Overall Test record: 

 
Bangladesh's only victory is by 226 runs against Zimbabwe at Chittagong in January 2005.