Rain forces first two one-dayers to be abandoned The heavy rain that has been lashing Sabina Park since the end of the fifth India-West Indies Test led to the first two one-dayers between the two sides being washed out. The series will now be decided in the next three matches to be played at Bridgetown, Barabados and Port of Spain, Trinidad. "It's really sad for all involved, for the fans and the players. We don't even have a chance to make up for this loss because of the tight schedule," match referee Mike Proctor said after the announcement to call off the second one-dayer was made. Both teams will now be hoping that the rain will keep away from the third one-dayer to be played at the Kensington Oval, Barbados on Wednesday. India, who are likely to take the field with Rahul Dravid as 'keeper, will, in particular, be keen to get off to a winning start after losing the Test series 2-1. VVS Laxman, despite top scoring in the series for his team, might have to make way for the young Mohammad Kaif.

Ganguly: We should have won the Test series Rain pelted the window-panes, but the gloom in Sourav Ganguly's room superseded the weather easily. Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta came up to the captain to wish him luck for the one-day series before they caught the flight back to India. The topic of conversation, though, refused to shift from the just-concluded Test series. Everybody, including you, opined before the Test series that India should win the series… Yes, I was really optimistic before the series, and I am still saying that we should have won the series. Actually they played very well following the Port of Spain Test. We had to lift our performance levels to counter them, which we could not. Was the wicket in Jamaica unplayable during the final two days? Not at all. But we could not bat well. Chasing 408 to win a Test match is not easy. I know that India have done so once, but that is the only instance. You can't win regularly chasing 400-plus scores in Test matches. But don't you think that you, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh played some rash shots? The ball was there to be pulled. I played such shots in Antigua and got sixes both times. Laxman has scored so many runs employing the pull shot. Harbhajan could have ducked, but that happens to tail-enders. Do you feel the need for a psychologist? I can't say so. Can anyone say that employing a psychologist would solve all problems? It comes from within, and the individual has to work on it. Click here to read the rest of the interview

Richards to head new West Indies selection panel As expected, the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Sunday named Viv Richards the chairman of the new West Indies selection committee. Former West Indies great Gordon Greenidge and Michael "Joey" Carew, a member of the previous selection committee and himself a former West Indies opening batsman, will be other two members who will join him on the panel. Reverend Wes Hall, the president of the WICB, while welcoming the new panel, also took the opportunity to praise the efforts of the outgoing selectors, Chairman Mike Findlay and Joel Garner. "Being a selector is a thankless job, but all West Indians owe a debt of gratitude to these gentlemen who commit so much of their time to monitoring the performance of our players and choosing West Indies teams," he observed.

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