Adams sliced open a finger on his right hand with a bread knife during the team's flight to South Africa on Monday. The wound was stitched but when Adams visited a doctor yesterday morning, it was discovered he had severed two tendons.

``He will be out for six weeks,'' team manager Clive Lloyd said.

Reifer, 26, who is with the West Indies ``A'' team in Bangladesh, will join the senior side in Johannesburg on Saturday, the West Indies Cricket Board said.

Chris Gayle of Jamaica will be joining the ``A'' team in India on Sunday as Reifer's replacement.