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It should have been Brian Lara's day, a triumphant homecoming for the newly-reappointed West Indies captain. But aside from two awful umpiring decisions by Asoka de Silva, little went right for him.

Ramnaresh Sarwan and 20-year-old offspinner Omari Banks have been drafted into the West Indies squad for the second Test against Australia in Trinidad starting on Saturday (April 19)

West Indies v South Africa, 4th ODI, Trinidad

Makhaya Ntini recorded his best Test figures of 7 for 37, to complete a sensational 13-wicket match haul, as South Africa ripped through West Indies' resistance on the final day at Trinidad.

Ramnaresh Sarwan reached the close of the fourth day in Trinidad on 93 not out, seven runs short of the seventh and, potentially, most valuable Test century of his 51-match career, as he and Dwayne Bravo added 78 for the sixth wicket in a crucial

Graeme Smith's ninth Test hundred helped put South Africa, who finished on 370 for 6, a lead of 23, in a strong position at the end of the third day at Port of Spain

Andre Nel was upbeat about a South African victory in the second Test at Trinidad after the top-order batsmen began their reply in a strong fashion

Graeme Smith struck an unbeaten 90 to put South Africa in a strong position at the end of the second day at Trinidad

For Shivnarine Chanderpaul, captaining the West Indies for the first time in Guyana, things went better than he could have hoped for

At the start of this series, there were doubts as to whether Brian Lara would ever play another Test match, as the brouhaha between Cable & Wireless and Digicel reached its crescendo

The Queen's Park Oval, one of eleven venues in line to host matches during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, has been given the thumbs up by the International Cricket Council's Venue Assessment Team which is currently in the Caribbean

Michael Vaughan is approaching the remainder of England's one-day series in the Caribbean with mixed feelings

It's been a frustrating winter so far for James Anderson, last summer's golden boy, who has been forced to wait his turn during the Test series and the first one-day international in Guyana

Perhaps the most damning indictment of the state of cricket in the Caribbean is that yesterday's defeat in the Trinidad Test has been treated by the region's press with a resigned acceptance

A jubilant Michael Vaughan and downcast Brian Lara faced the press after the defeat at Port-of-Spain

West Indies captain Brian Lara and England fast bowler Simon Jones have both been fined 50% of their match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second Test between West Indies and England

Not much has gone right for Brian Lara in the last fortnight

It didn't take long: inside half-an-hour England had knocked off the 28 runs they needed to secure victory, a 2-0 series lead, and retention of the Wisden Trophy

Before the series, if you had said that England would have retained the Wisden Trophy after the first two Tests, and with some ease, most people would probably have accused you of having had a few too many rums

Brian Lara and Simon Jones have both been found guilty of breaching Level One of the ICC's Code of Conduct, and have been fined half their match fees