The West Indies cricket team is hoping that its young and inexperienced
cricketers will do the job for them in the absence of the senior players
in the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu expressed disapointment that his team
will not be playing the best side West Indies can put out for the
two-Test series.
West Indian cricket captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul
(L) and his Sri Lankan counterpart Marvan Atapattu pose with a trophy in
Colombo,05 July 2005, prior to their two match Test series. The first
Test of the West Indies series starts at the Sinhalese Sports Club in
the Sri Lankan capital 13 July. The second will be played in the hill
resort of Kandy from 21 July,and will be followed by the one-day
tri-series with India from 30 July to 09 August. AFP