Steve Waugh has vowed to prove Australia’s cricket selectors wrong for omitting him from their World Cup one-day squad. The Australian Test captain said he was disappointed and hurt when the selectors failed to find him a spot in their preliminary squad of 30 players for the tournament to be staged in South Africa and Zimbabwe next February. But Waugh, who captained Australia to victory in the 1999 World Cup, said he had not given up hope of forcing his way back when the final 15-man squad is named later this month. “I was very disappointed not to be considered in the top 30 players,” Waugh told reporters on Tuesday. “I was disappointed and hurt by it and I want to try to prove them wrong.”Lara in Windies squadBridgetown: Brian Lara was named to a provisional West Indies squad yesterday and is set to return to international cricket after prolonged illness in next year’s World Cup in South Africa. The Windies crciekt board named the 33-year-old left-hander among a list of 30 players. The final squad will be cut to 15 by December 31 before the February-March competition, in which 14 countries will participate. Lara last represented the West Indies in the ICC ’s Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka in September, when he was taken ill with suspected hepatitis after scoring a century in a victory against Kenya. The Trinidadian, who holds the record for the highest individual Test and first-class score, was forced to miss the recent tour of India and was also not considered for current tour of Bangladesh, which skipper Carl Hooper also opted out.
