Ramnaresh Sarwan will lead West Indies in the absence of the injured Brian Lara in the first two one-day matches against Bangladesh in Kingstown, St Vincent, at the weekend.

Lara, who reclaimed the individual world batting record with 400 not out in the fourth Test against England last month, received a further blow to his damaged finger in the seventh one-day international.

Bangladesh, the lowest-ranked of the 10 Test nations, are making their first tour of the Caribbean. They will play three further one-day internationals and two Tests.

Teams:

West Indies: Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain), Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ricardo Powell, Sylvster Joseph, Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Ridley Jacobs, Ian Bradshaw, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Tino Best.

Bangladesh: Rajin Saleh, Hannan Sarkar, Habibul Bashar (captain), Shahariar Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Alok Kapali, Mushfiqur Rahman, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Manjural Islam Rana, Faisal Hossain, Tapash Baisya, Tareq Aziz, Abdur Razzaq.