Injured Sarwan may miss Tests

GEORGETOWN: A finger injury is jeopardising Ram-naresh Sarwan’s participation in the first two Cable and Wireless Test matches against Australia next month.

Sarwan, who topped the West Indies batting averages in the 2003 World Cup, suffered a finger injury while practising with the Guyana Carib Beer Series squad on Thursday and initial reports suggest he may be sidelined for four to six weeks. With the First Test set for April 10-14 in Guyana and the Second Test in Trinidad and Tobago April 19-23, Sarwan would be unable to play in either match if he is forced to sit out the full six weeks. He would return in time for the May 1-5 Third Test in Barbados.

The 22-year-old right-hander was engaged in the team’s warming down rugby-ball catching exercise when he turned the middle finger on his left hand effecting a catch. X-rays revealed ligament damage and Sarwan is travelling this weekend to Trinidad and Tobago to see a specialist. He was unable to take his expected place in the Guyana side facing the Windward Islands in a crucial seventh-round match at the Albion in Berbice.