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Shane Bond's transformation into a fast bowler of the top class should be completed when he makes the New Zealand tour of the West Indies after the touring side is named tomorrow

The West Indies are three insignificant wickets away from a resounding victory in the fifth and final Cable & Wireless Test that would secure the series and administer a welcome, overdue dose of self-confidence to Carl Hooper and his team

Despite overnight rain delaying the start of the final day's play, the result was a foregone conclusion

Lance Gibbs may now reside in Miami, but he cannot stay away from his own country, especially when there is cricket to watch

At the end of the fourth day, the West Indies have all but won the final Test and sealed the series 2-1

Off-spin all-rounder Gareth Breese is the only complete newcomer in the West Indies 13-member squad named for the opening two limitedovers matches of the 2002 Cable & Wireless Trophy series against India, to be contested at Kingston's Sabina Park on

As the stumps shattered, the bails flew and the most feared batsman in the Indian team slapped his bat on the pitch in rage at his mistake, the 12 000 or so Jamaicans filling Sabina Park to near-capacity broke into cheering, whistle-blowing

With two days of the Test to go, the West Indies are in a dominating position at Jamaica

Rahul Dravid will be donning the wicketkeeper's gloves when India take the field in the first one-dayer against the West Indies.

A moment of unforgivable thoughtlessness slackened a tightening West Indies stranglehold late on the opening day of the fifth, decisive Cable & Wireless Test yesterday

The second day did not go well for India

They have already heard from Sabina Park curator Patrick Gordon that "it's going to be a competitive strip" but will want more specific information

West Indies A will visit Canada this summer, playing matches in the Toronto area

The day began with joy, quickly turned into a nightmare, veered towards major disaster and then settled down to normalcy for India at the Sabina Park in Jamaica

In the three Tests he played, Hirwani was simply blasted out of shape,illustrated by his figures of six wickets at 57.50 apiece

The Indian selectors, as a rule, receive very few bouquets; it is mostly brickbats for them

Sachin Tendulkar may have been dubbed a Master Blaster in countless media columns around the cricketing world, but he has always remained a fan of the original bearer of that title

An optimistic West Indies coach Roger Harper is in Jamaica confident of a 2-1 series victory over India

Unfortunate, but largely true - a high-scoring, tamely drawn Test match sometimes produces the most glittering of statistical nuggets

It is matches such as this that give Test cricket a bad name