'Pride is essential'

Guyana defeated Antigua and Barbuda by 10 runs in the last quarter-final match of the Stanford 20/20 in Coolidge

Canada, spurred by an efficient bowling and batting display, comfortably defeated Antigua & Barbuda by five wickets in their one-day practice match

Bermuda's World Cup preparations suffered an early jolt, losing a practice match to Antigua and Barbuda by 24 runs in a low-scorer at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St Johns

Sylvester Joseph will captain Antigua & Barbuda in two practice matches against Bermuda and Bangladesh later this week

Match home for the practice match between Antigua & Barbuda and the Indians from May 30 to 31, 2006

Just two days after suffering their worst one-day series defeat in recent times, the Indians will find themselves in a school-like setting, against a team largely composed of freshmen

A well-controlled hundred by Sylvester Joseph partly exposed the inadequacies of the Indians' bowling line-up as he led Antigua to a healthy 300 on the opening day of the practice game

A hundred from Piet Rinke and a breezy 80 from Brendan Taylor guided the Zimbabweans to a morale-boosting 51-run win against Antigua and Barbuda

Zimbabwe opened their tour with a four-wicket win in a low-scoring match against Antigua & Barbuda at the Jolly Beach ground