Waugh dropped from one-day team

SYDNEY - Steve Waugh is to be replaced as captain of Australia's one-day cricket team, the Australian Cricket Board announced today.

ACB chief executive James Sutherland said Waugh would not be picked in the team for the looming seven-match one-day international series in South Africa starting in March.

Waugh said he saw his axing as "a setback and a challenge" but he would "definitely" remain available for selection in the one-day team.

"I'm not in the side right now but I've got to try and turn that around and be selcted for the 2003 World Cup."

Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said his panel made a unanimous decision to drop Waugh from the limited-overs team.

Hohns said the new captain would not be named until the one-day squad for the South African tour was chosen in the next seven days.

Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist are considered favourites for the job.