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The series will now be a best-of-three contest after further rain in Jamaica washed out the second half of the weekend double-header at Sabina Park.
Players and officials were hoping for a let-up in the weather following the abandonment of Saturday's opening game without a ball being bowled.
But a continued downpour frustrated their hopes and match referee Mike Proctor and umpires David Shepherd and Billy Doctrove called off the game after an early morning visit to the ground.
"It's really sad for all involved, for the fans and the players. We don't even have a chance to make up for this loss because of the tight schedule," Proctor commented.
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Former West Indies fast-bowling great Michael Holding has installed Carl Hooper's side as favourites to win the Cable & Wireless One-Day cricket series against India.
"I think the West Indies will have to go in as favourites (but) it will all depend on which team bats better," Holding said. "I think if I was picking favourites, I would have to say the favourites would be the team batting last in each game.
"The batting is so strong on either team that whatever score they get to chase, I think they have a good chance of getting them."
India - Pakistan
The Asian Cricket Council is to renew pressure on India to restore cricketing links with Pakistan.
The issue will be the main topic for discussion when the Asian Cricket Federation, the Council's financial wing, meets in London on 25 June and again at the main ACC meeting five days later.
"Top of the agenda in all these meetings will be the revival of cricket between Pakistan and India," said ACC secretary Zakir Hussain Syed.
The government will not allow the side to play Pakistan because of the recent escalation in tension between the two countries.
Triangular series in Pakistan
The military stand-off on the border with India may force Pakistan to move August's triangular one-day series against Australia and New Zealand to a neutral venue.
"We do not want to put the lives of the guest teams at risk and will suggest them to play at a neutral place if the border situation remained tense," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Lieutenant General Tauqir Zia said.
"But the series is still two months away and we are confident that the situation will improve by that time. And in that case, we would obviously prefer to play here."
Miscellaneous
England cricketer Adam Hollioake's daughter Bennaya was born in Perth, Australia, on Saturday.
Surrey captain Hollioake has not played for his county this season following the death of his brother, team-mate and England all-rounder Ben in a car accident in March.
Following the accident in Western Australia, where the Hollioake brothers were spending time with their family, it was announced Adam would not start the new English season and would instead stay in Perth.
Bennaya - named in memory of Ben and his girlfriend Janaya who was seriously injured in the accident - was born on Saturday morning, weighing 7lb 10oz.
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On the same day Gordon Greenidge was elevated to the post of West Indies selector, his son was making waves somewhere else.
Northamptonshire seamer Carl Gary Greenidge claimed four for 63 as Nottinghamshire were reduced to 183 for seven at stumps, still 93 runs in arrears of Northants' first innings total.
The 24-year-old British-born Greenidge was educated at The Lodge School and The St Michael School in Barbados.
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Glamorgan coach John Derrick believes England new boy Simon Jones is capable of rivaling Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee for the title of the world's fastest bowler.
Jones has been fast-tracked into the England squad for this week's second Test at Edgbaston as the selectors look for someone capable of unsettling the Sri Lankan batsmen.
"He's as quick as anything around," said Derrick.
"Every team we've played against this year, he's hit somebody on the head and that's through sheer pace. It's quite exceptional what speed he can generate.
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