One piece of good news for West Indies is that Australian pace bowler Darren Fleming has been all but ruled out of his side’s tour to the Caribbean because of a torn tendon in his shoulder.. ENGLAND’S UNDER-19 spinners will have the responsibility of bowling their side to victory on today’s final day here, and giving the tourists a 1-0 lead in the “Test” series against New Zealand. He added that the board was deeply concerned about the team’s performance. In South Africa, the West Indies suffered their first ever 5-0 reversal in a Test series They are also 4-1 down in the best-of-seven one-day series. The WICB’s chief executive officer, Stephen Camacho, said the meeting would focus on the reasons behind the team’s poor form and developing plans for West Indies cricket in both the short and long-term. The West Indies team manager, Clive Lloyd, coach Malcolm Marshall and captain Brian Lara have been summoned to a meeting in Antigua next week. However, both teams elected to make one change each from the teams that played in Madras.

India swapped the left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi for the off-spinner Habhajan Singh, while for Pakistan Mushtaq took the place of the left-arm spinner Nadeem Khan.First day; India won tossINDIA – First InningsS Ramesh b Saqlain 60V V S Laxman b Wasim 35R Dravid lbw b Saqlain 33S R Tendulkar lbw b Saqlain 6*M Azharuddin c Ijaz Ahmed b Mushtaq 67S C Ganguly lbw Mushtaq 13N R Mongia not out 9A Kumble c Yousuf b Saqlain 0J Srinath lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq 0Extras (11b, 7lb, 6nb) 24Total (for 8, 89.5 overs) 247Fall: 1-88, 2 113, 3-122, 4-191, 5 231, 6-240, 7-243, 8-247.To bat: Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh.Bowling: Wasim Akram 12-3-20-1; Waqar Younis 13-5-37-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 26-5-64-2; Saqlain Mushtaq 34.5-8-94-5; Shahid Afridi 4-1-14-0.PAKISTAN: Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzaman-ul-haq Yousuf Youhana, Saleem Malik, Moin Khan, *Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmed.n The West Indies Cricket Board has launched an inquest into its team’s dismal performances in South Africa. Tail-enders Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath both fell cheaply and by the close Pakistan had gained the upper hand.India’s Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the opposition leader, Sonia Gandhi, briefly visited the stadium to watch the game, the second in the two-match series marking the resumption of Tests after more than a decade.Before the match India had been relieved when Tendulkar, who survived muscle spasms after his valiant 136 in the second innings at Madras, declared himself fit. Saqlain struck again soon after taking Ramesh’s wicket, collecting the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, who decided to play after recovering from muscle spasms suffered in the opening Test.Tendulkar was trapped leg before for six – he had previously glanced the pace bowler Waqar Younis for a fine four – but he was out leg-before to Saqlain to leave India on 122 for 3.Azharuddin and Rahul Dravid steadied the innings with a partnership of 69 but, soon after tea, Dravid was caught lbw on 33 to Saqlain as he went on the back-foot.The left-hander Saurav Ganguly crawled to 13 off 57 balls as the spinners tightened the noose and he also fell leg before to Mushtaq.Azharuddin was caught by Ijaz Ahmed at first slip off the bowling of Mushtaq as he tried to play a delivery that rose sharply. Azharuddin scored a masterly 67 off 134 balls, hitting seven fours and a six over mid-wicket off the leg-spinner Shahid Afridi.India lost their first wicket just after lunch when Wasim Akram uprooted Laxman’s stumps with an in-swinger. After a useful 88-run opening partnership between Sadagopan Ramesh, who made 60, and Vangipurappu Laxman (35), only India’s captain, Mohammad Azharuddin, seemed at ease.Ramesh, who was also dropped when he was on 24, completed a stylish half-century but was bowled after adding 10 more runs as he went for a pull off a delivery from Saqlain which kept low He hit seven fours. He rocked India with 5 for 94 after they had made a promising start.

The home side, who won the toss and at one stage were 231 for 4, ended the day on 247 for 8.
Saqlain and the leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who took two wickets, ripped through the middle order. Saqlain, who took 10 wickets in Pakistan’s 12-run win in the opening test, teased the batsmen with his strict line and length. THE PAKISTAN off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq resumed his role as India’s main tormentor with another five-wicket haul on the opening day of the second Test here yesterday. By mid-afternoon, however, the rain clouds had returned, forcing the players from the field again.Third day; England A won tossZIMBABWE A – First Innings(Overnight: 95 for 6)S V Carlisle not out 46B C Strang c Flintoff b Thomas 23A R Whittall not out 9Extras (6lb 11nb) 17Total (for 7, 52.2 overs) 147Fall (cont): 7-114.To bat: A Huckle, E Matambandzo.Bowling: Betts 18-4-61-2; Flintoff 12-5-24-0; Thomas 17.2-3-48-5; Cosker 5-1-8-0.Umpires: I D Robinson and K C Barbour.. Zimbabwe’s Stuart Carlisle, hoping to get his full Test place back after a two-year absence, reached 46 not out.The outfield at the Alexandra Club had turned into a lake at the end of the second day, so it was not altogether surprising that play did not begin until after lunch.Strang and Carlisle had been compiling the largest partnership of the innings, adding 45 for the seventh wicket, when Strang edged Thomas to Andy Flintoff at second slip.The Zimbabwe captain, Andrew Whittall, ensured that the loss would not result in further collapse by playing straight with Carlisle. Less than four of the 18 scheduled hours of play so far have been possible due to rain, and a draw now seems inevitable without a contrived finish.
Glamorgan’s seam bowler Darren Thomas removed Bryan Strang to earn with figures of 5 for 48.

Zimbabwe moved from their overnight score of 95 for 6 to 147 for 7 before the rain came down after 75 minutes of play. THE ENGLAND A team’s hopes of gaining a stranglehold on the first unofficial “Test” against Zimbabwe were dealt a major blow when the third day’s play here was restricted by rain to just under 20 overs. Class II: 1 J-P Mouligne (Cray Valley) 29, 09, 49, 27; 2 M Garside (Magellan Alpha) 35, 16, 49, 56; 3 B Van Liew (Balance Bar) 35, 16, 52, 17; 4 V Yazykov (Wind of Change) 36, 00, 16, 00; 5 M Saito (Shuton-dohji II) 52, 14, 00, 20; 6 N Petersen (No Barriers) 52, 01, 12, 27; 7 N Hunter (Paladin II) 54, 21, 09, 10.. Already on its way back to Europe is Mike Golding’s Team Group 4.