Gayle ruled out of Twenty20 match

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been ruled out of Sunday's Twenty20 match against England with the groin injury he sustained in the fifth Test.

The 29-year-old pulled a muscle running for the single that gave him his ton in the first innings but returned to bravely bat for 42 balls in the second.

However, he is not fit to play in Port of Spain and so wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin will take over as captain.

However, the hosts are boosted by the return of key all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.
Bravo has not featured for six months after undergoing ankle surgery in New York last August but is named in the 13-man squad and is expected to play.

Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy - all part of the Windies side that won the Stanford Super Series trophy in November - are the other players to have been included from outside the squad that won the Test series 1-0.

Daren Powell, Ryan Hinds and Brendan Nash drop out.

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West Indies Twenty20 squad:
D Ramdin (capt), L Baker, S Benn, D Bravo, S Chanderpaul, F Edwards, A Fletcher, K Pollard, D Sammy, R Sarwan, L Simmons, D Smith, J Taylor.

Stars close in on CHAN finals

Milovan Rajevac will return to the bench after a serving a one-game suspension as the Serbian attempts to steer Ghana into the finals of the African Nations Championship.
The Black Stars will come up against Senegal in Bouake on Wednesday in one of the two semi-final games of the Championship designed for locally-based footballers which started a week ago with eight sides.
A historic finals is on the cards for all four sides left in the maiden competition.
Rajevac will be pleased with his team’s efforts after Ghana finally discovered their form and how to overcome opponents after coming from behind to force draws with Zimbabwe and Libya.
But on the final day of the group matches, the Black Stars strode to a 3-0 win over DR Congo, exhibiting a performance that depicted their title credentials.
Despite their form, Ghana will be up against one of the best defending sides at the Championship with Senegal having conceded none in the group stages.
The stage will be set for the Black Stars to build on their impressive showing having peaked just about the right time as the Championship nears the business end.
Senegal have managed three clean sheets from their Group A encounters with Tanzania, Zambia and Ivory Coast.
But they will be up against a Ghana side that has found the back of the net six times with two apiece coming from Rahim Ayew and captain Edmund Owusu-Ansah, an impressive goal scoring record that no other contender for the title has.
The other semi-final will see DR Congo, who qualified alongside Ghana from Group B play Zambia in Abidjan.

Ghanaian flair or Senegalese steel?

They will encounter in the central Ivorian textile city of Bouake, while Zambia and Congo DR meet four hours later in Abidjan. After coming from behind to force draws with Zimbabwe and Libya, Ghana finally clicked to outclass Congo DR 3-0 on Sunday, and justify their position as joint-top seeds and title favourites. Midfielders Ibrahim Ayew, eldest son of former African Footballer of the Year Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, and captain Edmund Owusu Ansah have been their chief goal-getters to date, with two apiece. The Ayew brace proved particularly important as it wiped out a two-goal advantage built by outsiders Zimbabwe, while the first Owusu Ansah strike cancelled a lead Libya held for much of their match.
Now they come up against Senegal, who conceded one goal in four qualifiers against Mali and Guinea and none in Group A encounters with Tanzania, Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire. Captain and defender Sidy Ndiaye said his country carried a heavy burden into the tournament, after they failed to make the final qualifying round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™."This competition offers those of us representing Senegal with a challenge to restore the dignity of the national team after its elimination from the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup," he told reporters. Coach Joseph Koto has been upbeat since the two-week tournament kicked off: "Everything is possible as I have a young team that is disciplined and hungry for success."Zambia and Congo DR have slipped after strong starts, and both came close to not making the last four as the group phase reached a dramatic climax at the weekend. Defender Dennis Banda scored four minutes into stoppage time to deprive Tanzania of victory and lift the Zambians from third place to first in Group A, while the central Africans survived only because Zimbabwe and Libya failed to take advantage by playing to a goalless draw.Zambia's Given Singuluma and Mabi Mputu of Congo DR are proven scorers, and share a passion to play professionally in Europe. The former undid Côte d'Ivoire with a hat-trick but has not found the net since, while the latter, once linked with Arsenal, created both goals against Libya before finding the net against Zimbabwe.The most lethal attack collides with the meanest defence when Ghana and Senegal meet in the CAF African Nations Championship semi-finals, on Wednesday. The Black Stars scored six goals in the mini-league, more than any other contender for the title, while tomorrow's opponents conceded none in the maiden edition of the tournament.

Profiles of injured Sri Lanka party members

The second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was abandoned on Tuesday following the attack on the bus carrying the tourists' team in Lahore.
BBC Sport profiles the Sri Lanka players and the English assistant coach injured in the attack.
The most seriously injured player was Thilan Samaraweera, who was shot in the leg. Early reports suggest he will be unable to play cricket for between six to eight weeks.
Tharanga Paranavitana was shot in the chest. The bullet, which narrowly missed his heart, was removed by Pakistan doctors.
Mahela Jayawardene, age 31 (born Colombo)
Led his team to a 5-0 one-day whitewash of England in 2006 before scoring a Sri Lankan Test record 374 against South Africa and captaining the one-day side to the 2007 World Cup final.
His Test debut was in 1997 and he has gone on to hit 25 Test centuries, averaging 53.23. The Test against Pakistan this week was to be his last as captain, although he will continue playing.
Kumar Sangakkara, 31 (Matale)
After breaking into the side aged 22, this phenomenal wicketkeeper/batsman made his Test debut in 2000.
Now used sparingly behind the stumps, he has gone on to strike 18 Test centuries, averaging 54.99. He is likely to be Sri Lanka's next captain with Jayawardene stepping down.
Thilan Samaraweera, 32 (Colombo)
After making his Test debut in 2001 he has gone on to score nine Test centuries in 49 matches.
In 2009 he scored a double-century in the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi, and on Monday he hit 214 to become only the sixth batsman in Test history and the second Sri Lankan to hit double tons in successive Tests.
Ajantha Mendis, 23 (Moratuwa)
Has emerged as the world's most dangerous spin bowler, helped by his famous finger-snapping 'carrom ball'.
Last summer he became the first Sri Lankan to take eight wickets on his Test debut against India at Colombo, before finishing with 26 wickets to be named Man of the Series.
Tharanga Paranavitana, 26 (Kegalle)
Opening batsman and off-break bowler who made his Test debut against Pakistan in February. His first-class highest score is 236.
Chaminda Vaas, 35 (Mattumagala)
After Muttiah Muralitharan, Vaas is Sri Lanka's finest ever bowler and made his Test debut in 1994.
In 2001-02 his bowling helped Sri Lanka beat the West Indies as he became only the second fast bowler, after Imran Khan, to take 14 wickets in a match in the subcontinent. He waited 97 Tests for his maiden century against Bangladesh and in August 2008, he claimed his 400th one-day international wicket.
Suranga Lakmal, 21 (Matara)
This young right-arm seam bowler has still to make his Test debut, having played his initial first-class match at Colombo last year. Was drafted into the current Sri Lankan 15-man squad.
Paul Farbrace, 41 (Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, UK)
He is a former Kent and Middlesex wicketkeeper and batsman.
He started coaching with the England's women team, moved on to Kent and in July 2007 was appointed assistant Sri Lanka coach.

Sri Lanka cricketers arrive home

The Sri Lanka team have arrived home following the attacks on their bus by armed gunmen in Lahore on Tuesday.
Seven players were wounded in the attacks, which killed six policemen and a driver.
"None of us thought we would come alive out of the situation," said skipper Mahela Jayawardene.
Batsman Thilan Samarweera, the most seriously injured, will have surgery on his knee in a private Colombo hospital after suffering a bullet wound.
Tharanga Paranavitana, Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Suranka Lakmal, Thilan Thushara and assistant coach Paul Farbrace sustained minor injuries.
Jayawardene explained the civil war in Sri Lanka left them better able than other teams to cope with the atrocious attack.
"We have been brought up in a background of terrorist activities," he said.
"We are used to hearing, seeing these things. Firing, bombings. So we ducked under our seats when the firing began - we were screaming and hurt but couldn't help each other.
"It's about families, livelihoods, kids, wives, parents everybody," he continued.
"We need to look at the bigger picture and hopefully in the future we can make right decisions looking at all these and not just the small things.
Geethanjana Mendis, director general of the Sports Ministry medical unit said: "The boys are all suffering from trauma. But they should all be OK and can get back to cricket in a week to 10 days.
"Samaraweera, however, will need further surgery and treatment and he will need more time to recover."
Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Test and one-day cricket, added: "All the while bullets were being sprayed at our bus, people around me were shouting. I am glad to be back."
Former England batsman Chris Broad, the match referee in Lahore who shielded a wounded Pakistani umpire as his car was fired upon and the driver killed, is set to arrive back at Manchester airport on Wednesday morning.

Johnson inspires Australia to win

Mitchell Johnson led a fine performance by Australia's seam attack as the tourists secured a 162-run win over South Africa in the first Test.
The hosts had been set a record 454 for victory in Johannesburg but hopes faded soon after Hashim Amla fell to Peter Siddle for 57 an hour into play.
Jacques Kallis played on soon after and with Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Johnson on form, wickets fell regularly.
Man-of-the-match Johnson wrapped up the Proteas innings for 291 soon after tea.
It was the perfect start to the series for an inexperienced Australia side containing three new caps, having succumbed to South Africa at home in December.
Johnson was the inspiration, taking 4-112 to finish with match figures of 8-137 to add to his 96 not out with the bat in Australia's first innings.
He received excellent support from fellow seamers Siddle (3-46), Hilfenhaus (2-68) and Andrew McDonald (1-31), who all applied relentless pressure on the South African batsmen.
The writing was on the wall for the tourists when Amla clipped Siddle to midwicket, ending a determined stand between him and Kallis that had lasted over an hour in the morning session.
First-innings century-maker AB de Villiers made only three before he was trapped leg before by the persistent medium-pacer McDonald, and the key breakthrough came in the third over with the second new ball when Kallis was bowled off an inside edge by Johnson for 45.
In Johnson's previous over, Kallis was given out by umpire Billy Bowden but Kallis asked for a referral and was reprieved by television umpire Asad Rauf because the ball pitched marginally outside leg stump.
The hosts opted for all-out defence thereafter, with JP Duminy and Mark Boucher surviving for more than 20 overs before Duminy was caught at second slip off Siddle for 29.
Morne Morkel was then caught off a weak pull shot for the second time in the match, giving Johnson his third wicket of the innings, before Boucher was bowled off an inside edge by Hilfenhaus for 24.
Paul Harris followed soon after before Johnson wrapped up the win by bowling Dale Steyn.
South Africa will hope to bounce back in the second Test, which gets under way on Friday in Durban, but Johnson warned Australia will again be on their mettle.
"We'll celebrate tonight but then it's time to look forward to the next Test," he said. "This is right up there with my best Test.
"The bowlers started to click as a unit when we won (the recent third and final test against South Africa) in Sydney and we're a tight-knit group. I'm very excited about this group."
And Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes his side are starting to show their true form, saying: "We rectified most of the errors we made in the home series this week.
"I think we had the worst of the batting conditions, but it was a good team effort. We have now won the last two Tests against South Africa - this team is bouncing back."
Ponting's counterpart Graeme Smith, meanwhile, questioned his side's desire after the defeat: "In the first couple of days we got too far behind - 466 was too much for Australia in the first innings.
"We didnt reach the levels we did in the last two years. Australia were hungry and we did not match that.
"We know we can improve a lot on this performance. We want to play better in Durban. We let ourselves down here."
Meanwhile, all-rounder Albie Morkel, brother of Morne, will replace injured fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe in South Africa's 12-man squad for the second Test, which starts in Durban on Friday.
The 27-year-old was man of the series when South Africa's 4-1 win in the one-day series in Australia in January.

Second day’s play underway in Lahore Test

LAHORE: The second day’s play in the second test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is underway at Gaddafi Stadium here.
Touring Sri Lanka resumed its innings with 317-4 as Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera remained at the crease.
Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera notched brilliant hundreds to help Sri Lanka recover from early wobbles on the opening day of their second Test against Pakistan here on Sunday.
Samaraweera followed his 231 in the drawn first Test in Karachi with a superb unbeaten 133 while Sangakkara scored 104 as the tourists recovered from 35-2 to reach 317-4 after Pakistan won the toss and put their opponents in.
Pakistan had exploited the early life from a green-looking Gaddafi Stadium pitch by removing openers Malinda Warnapura (eight) and Tharanga Paranavitana (21) and then had the prized scalp of skipper Mahela Jayawardene (30).
But left-hander Sangakkara and Samaraweera settled down gradually and benefited from some sloppy work by Pakistan fielders who dropped two crucial catches - one off each batsman.
For Pakistan, pace spearhead Umar Gul (3-67) provided breakthroughs but the Sangakkara-Samaraweera pairing foiled all the home team's attempts until their 204-run stand for the fourth wicket was broken with the second new ball.
Sangakkara snicked to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal in Yasir Arafat's second over with the new ball. Sangakkara hit eight boundaries during his 334-minute stay.
Sangakkara said he was shocked at Pakistan's decision to field first.
"I was surprised to be put into bat," said the 31-year-old. "The pitch looks a good batting strip and once we lost three wickets it was a case of batting sensibly. We did that and now hope when Pakistan bats, the pitch turns more."
Samaraweera had hit 19 boundaries off 205-balls when bad light stopped play 3.2 overs early. Tillakaratne Dilshan was unbeaten on three.
When Samaraweera came to the crease, Sangakkara was unbeaten on 32 but the right-hander outscored his partner, hoisting Shoaib Malik towards mid-wicket for his 14th boundary to reach his ninth Test hundred.
An over later, Sangakkara took two runs to complete his 18th Test hundred.
Both Sangakkara and Samaraweera were lucky as Sangakkara, on 55, was dropped by close-in fielder Faisal Iqbal off Malik.
Samaraweera also benefited from a dropped catch when, on 68, he edged leg-spinner Danish Kaneria but Akmal failed to hold on to the snick.
In the first session Gul removed both the openers in the space of 19 runs. Off the last delivery of the fifth over Gul had Warnapura caught in the slip by Misbah-ul-Haq.
Gul struck again when Paranavitana, who had a miserable debut with a duck and nine in Karachi, played straight to gully where Malik took a smart catch.
Jayawardene, playing his last Test as skipper, added 61 for the third wicket with Sangakkara before Gul struck again. He had Jayawardene caught behind off a moving delivery soon after lunch.
Jayawardene, who hit 240 in Karachi, hit five boundaries.
Both teams made one change from their first Test line-up. Pakistan gave a Test debut to Mohammad Talha in place of Sohail Khan, while Sri Lanka made a tough call by excluding veteran paceman Chaminda Vaas and brought in Thilan Thushara.