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'News is not good' West Indies' Chanderpaul ruled out of England test
LONDON (AP) -- West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been ruled out of next week's third cricket test against England at Old Trafford. Chanderpaul, who missed the entire triangular one-day series with a tear in the tendon in his right hand, has been asked to rest for another two weeks according to team manager Ricky Skerritt. "The news is not good," Skerritt told The Associated Press. "A scan taken has shown the tear hasn't healed properly and the specialist he saw has asked him to rest for at least two weeks." Chanderpaul first damaged his elbow during the 73 in West Indies' innings and 93-run beating of England in the first test at Edgbaston. Despite not fully recovered, the left-hander was forced to play in tourists' narrow two-wicket defeat in the second cricket test at Lord's. Chanderpaul is the West Indies most influential batsman after Brian Lara, and is averaging 40.03 in his 44 tests with his unflappable batting. He was in tremendous form on the current tour accumulating 401 runs with two hundreds before being sidelined with the injury. A further scan will be taken at the end of the two weeks to determine his progress. According to Skerritt, the West Indies will not send a replacement but will try to accommodate the 21-year old batting sensation Ramnaresh Sarwan, a Guyanan like Chanderpaul. Sarwan, when 15, became the youngest player to appear in first-class cricket in the West Indies, and averages 55.50 in his two tests against Pakistan. Sarwan made his one-day debut against England at Trent Bridge when Lara was ruled out with a hamstring injury. "We'll try to fit Sarwan in the batting order," Skerritt said. "But no decision has been made yet." Chanderpaul's absence will come as a bitter blow to West Indies' hopes of winning it's first overseas series in six attempts since beating New Zealand 1-0 in December 1994. The win in the first test in the current series enabled the visitors to end a 10-match away losing streak. Meanwhile Lara had responded to acupuncture treatment on his troublesome hamstring and has been named in the side to play Leicestershire in West Indies' final three-day preparation before the third test. Lara, who returned to the side for the first time on the current tour after a self-imposed exile after quitting the captaincy in February had been hindered with a recurrence of muscle ailment during the one-day series. The left-hander was scheduled to play in a charity match to honor the late West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall in London on Thursday.
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