Lara said he would pack the top order with experienced batsmen in the tri-series final against Australia.
Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said he has no problem with the West Indies being considered underdogs at the Twenty20 World Cup.
Ramnaresh Sarwan said he has no problem with the West Indies being considered underdogs in the Twenty20 World Cup.
The recent ODI tour of the Windies have cost the players their top slots.
West Indies captain Brian Lara is one of seven senior players who will not be selected for the home series because of a sponsorship dispute.
Seven senior players will not be selected for the home series against South Africa and Pakistan because of a sponsorship dispute.\n
Ramnaresh Sarwan's unbeaten 98 lifted the West Indies from a precarious position in the second ODI.
Sarwan injured a joint in his right shoulder while falling awkwardly trying to prevent a boundary on the first day of the second Test on Friday.
England beat the West Indies on the fourth day of the second Test by an innings and 283 runs.
England had been in control of the match after two days, scoring 570 for seven before bowling West Indies out for 146 and then reducing them to 22 for two when following on.
Captain Michael Vaughan scored a fluent 103 on his return to Test action after 18 months on the sidelines on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Headingley on Friday.
West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said on Thursday his team have worked out a plan to combat the threat of England's left-arm spinner.
West Indies named their 14-man squad for the third test against Australia starting on Thursday in Barbados.
while Daren Ganga walked away with the Test Player of the Year award at the WIPA 2006 awards function in Barbados on Tuesday.
Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of action for three weeks with a hand injury.
The West Indian batsman suffered a hairline fracture in his right foot on the fifth day of the final Test.
Pakistan are well on course for victory in the third and final Test against West Indies on Friday after reducing the tourists to 144 for four wickets at lunch.
Set an improbable 444 to win the third Test against Pakistan, the West Indies were 39 for 2 in their second innings at close on day 4.
International XI captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bowl in the tsunami appeal one-day match against the MCC at Lord's.
The Indian captain will be aiming to restore his dented reputation after being drafted in as a late replacement for Ramnaresh Sarwan in Tuesday's match.
The Indian seamer was clobbered by Ramnaresh Sarwan for six successive fours on day 2 of the third Test.
West Indies were further depleted when Jerome Taylor was declared unfit for the first Test against South Africa.
The first Test starts on March 31 in Guyana but West Indies will be without Lara and six other leading players because of a contract dispute.
West Indies named an unchanged 14-man squad for the third ODI against India
West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 104 runs in the seventh and final ODI to complete a 5-0 series victory.
West Indies recovered from an early batting collapse to post 257 and then reduced New Zealand to 98 for 4 on day two of the first Test.
James Sutherland called it an "ugly incident" which sent a poor message to fans.
Sarwan injured his finger while practising with the Guyana squad last month and failed to recover in time.
He regains the job three years after he gave it up.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the West Indies team from the World Cups.
He will lead in the absence of the injured Brian Lara in the first two one-day internationals against Bangladesh.
West Indies named a squad shorn of several leading players for their July tour of Sri Lanka as a result of the contract dispute.
Leg spinner Danish Kaneria's 4 for 36 and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's unbeaten century brought Pakistan close to their first Test win in the West Indies in 17 years.
