No contract for Gayle

Lendl Simmons and Denesh Ramdin, who are both in the West Indies squad for the Test series in Bangladesh, have been excluded from the list of contracted players, while veteran campaigner Ramnaresh Sarwan, left-arm spinners Sulieman Benn and Nikita Miller, and batsmen Brendan Nash and Devon Smith have also been overlooked for the current season.

Contracted players: Grade A: Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Grade B: Fidel Edwards, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels. Grade C: Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Shane Shillingford.

Development Contracts: Kraigg Brathwaite, Shannon Gabriel, Nelon Pascal, Kieran Powell and Devon Thomas.