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Lara dropped, Chanderpaul named captain

BRIDGETOWN, MARCH 21. Brian Lara has been omitted from the West Indies team for the first cricket Test against South Africa later this month, the latest development in a four-month feud over sponsorship contracts.

The West Indies Cricket Board shut out Lara after he agreed to take part in the match only if others involved in the dispute were allowed to play, the cricket board announced late on Saturday night.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 30, will replace Lara as captain, the board said.

The left-handed batsman has played 80 Tests in a career that started in 1994.

The other players chosen:

Courtney Browne, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Narsingh Deonarine, Daren Ganga, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Reon King, Donovan Pagon, Darren Powell, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor and Dwight Washington.

Lara, a 35-year-old veteran of 112 Tests, and six other players were initially deemed ineligible for selection because of their endorsement contracts with Cable & Wireless, a competitor of official West Indies sponsor Digicel. — AP

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