ST JOHN'S: West Indies middle-order batsman Jimmy Adams, who was injured on the flight to South Africa for their current tour, is to stay with the team on full pay.

Adams, who cut two tendons on the little finger of his right hand with a bread knife, will be out of action for at least six weeks.

``Jimmy will get his full tour fees, but he is not officially a part of the squad,'' West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Steve Camacho told the Daily Antigua Sun newspaper, whose report was quoted by the Caribbean news agency (Cana) yesterday.

We don't want Hair, say Lankans

SYDNEY: Australia umpire Darrel Hair is unlikely to stand at any match involving Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in next January's triangular series with Australia and England.

Australian Cricket Board officials said today a decision would be taken tomorrow after ACB chief executive Malcom Speed met other directors. Hair no-balled Muralidharan forthrowing in the 1995-96 season and warned in his autobiography published recently he was prepared to call the spinner again if his diabolical action had not improved.

Hair's remarks prompted the Sri Lanka board to ask the International Cricket Council to suspend the umpire for bringing the game into disrepute. Hair will officiate in the first Ashes Test between Australia and England starting in Brisbane on Friday.

Jansher drops out of World Open

KARACHI: Former world champion Jansher Khan of Pakistan has said he had pulled out of the World Open Squash Championship because of a groin injury. The championship is scheduled to start in Qatar on November 29.

The eight-times world champion, now sixth in rankings, did not participate in last year's World Open in Malaysia due to personal reasons. Australian Rodney Eyles won the title.