Date:25/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/25/stories/2004112516050100.htm

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Lara dropped

PORT-OF-SPAIN (TRINIDAD), NOV. 24. Captain Brian Lara and 15 other West Indies players were dumped on Wednesday from a one-day cricket tournament in Australia in January. This was done after they refused to sign a contract over sponsorship deals. An official identified the others who did not sign as Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, and Devon Smith, among others.