Waugh plans to quit at 2003 World Cup

“I’d like to be around may be for the next World Cup,” Waugh, 35, told reporters. “That’s the long-term goal. I’m not sure whether I can make it that far, but I’m Going to give it a go anyway.”

He said the competitive fire that has highlighted his 126-Test career still burned. “The fire’s definitely there. I loved playing (Club cricket) for bankstown recently,” he said.

Hussain warned

RAWALPINDI: England captain Nasser Hussain escaped punishment on Tuesday but received an unofficial warning from an International Cricket Council (ICC) referee for showing dissent over an umpiring decision.

Hussain made his displeasure obvious when he was given out leg before wicket for one run in the third and final One-Day match against Pakistan here on Monday.

ICC match referee Barry Jarman called Hussain and team officials for a hearing after the match but took no official action, a team spokesman said.

Hussain lingered at the crease after Pakistani umpire Mohd Aslam raised his finger to a ball from pace bowler Wasim Akram which pitched well outside the leg stump and swung in. Television replays showed him shaking his head and muttering, apparently to himself, virtually the whole way back to the pavilion.

Slater undergoes Tests

BRISBANE: Australian Test opening batsman Michael Slater is having medical tests on a mystery medical condition which forced him into hospital during a National training camp near here.

Slater said he was confident he would be fit for next month’s start of the five-Test series against the West Indies, but he wanted a second opinion on the condition, which caused him to feel weak and suffer shortness of breath.

He spent almost six hours in hospital near to the team’s camp on the Sunshine Coast on Monday, but said he felt fine on Tuesday and hoped to join his Australian teammates at training on Wednesday.

Whatmore wants separate teams

DUBAI: Sri Lankan coach Davenell Whatmore prefers separate Lankan squads for Test and One-Day matches on the lines of Australia.

“Eventually it is nice to have separate teams for Tests and One-Dayers. Some players are more naturally suited to One-Dayers and some for the longer version,” Whatmore, who is being credited with moulding the young Lankan team into a close-knit unit, told Khaleej Times.

He said “At the moment, our team has about two to three changes for the One-Day side unlike Australia who change about five players.”

The Sri Lankan-born Australian said “we have around 18-20 players in the National pool on a contract basis and we have a number of youngsters knocking on the door. That’s what I want. We need to keep people performing and that’s competitive.”