Star batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been ruled out of the West Indies tour of Toronto next week through English County commitments with club side Durham.

The 33-year old left handed bat, who helped Durham win their first domestic major (Friends Provident Final at Lord's) nearly a year ago, has been left out of a 14-member Windies squad that is due to be announced before the team depart for Toronto later this week.

Chanderpaul's omission has now paved the way for others to try and stake a claim in the Windies' squad, which will compete in next month's ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

"We will be looking to give an opportunity to some younger players and see what they have to offer," West Indies coach John Dyson told The Royal Gazette.

The Windies are also expected to name a successor to Chris Gayle, who recently stood down as captain, before arriving in Toronto on Saturday to take on ICC Associates Bermuda (August 20) and Canada (August 22) at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King's City.

The final of the three-nation tournament has been set-aside for August 24.

Bermuda enjoyed success in Toronto early last month when they beat hosts Canada (2-1) in an One Day International (ODI) series and then celebrated a first Intercontinental Cup win in three-years against the same opposition at King's City.

Gus Logie, the Bermuda coach, hopes his side can pick up where they left off when they touch down in Toronto on Sunday to take on the Canadians on August 18 in their opening ODI at King's City.

"We did have some success there and Canada is familiar territory for us.

"Our confidence level always seems to be high playing in Canada and basically we're just trying to stay focused on what has to be done," Logie said.

In 2004 Trinidadian Logie coached the Windies to ICC Champions Trophy glory in England shortly after a brief stopover in Bermuda.

Now the ex-Windies vice-captain is looking to put one over his old team.

"This match is going to be a great experience for the players. It's just a matter of the players going out there and being confident in their own ability and doing their best on the day," Logie said.

Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) will announce the Island's squad for next week's triangular before their departure.

English County batsman, David Hemp, is unavailable for the tour.

Meanwhile, West Indies' coach Dyson says his team will use next week's Triangular Series as a warm up for next month's bigger assignment in Pakistan.

"The two teams (Bermuda and Canada) we will be coming up against are somewhat unknown to us, but that does not mean will be taking them lightly - not at all," he said.

"This will be a very serious series for us as we will be looking to get a winning momentum going as we look ahead to the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan."

Former Windies' skipper Gayle has echoed the Aussie's sentiments.

"The aim is to use the tour as preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy, so it would be safe to say that we won't be taking the opponents (Bermuda and Canada) lightly," he declared.

"We would like all the guys to get a hit before going to Pakistan, so we will have some quality match preparation.

"All the players will get an opportunity. We will be going out to play good cricket and plan well so everybody can point out their areas and we can gather momentum as a team."