West Indies skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan

LEEDS, England (CMC):

Ramnaresh Sarwan will visit hospital overnight for medical tests to determine the severity of his injured shoulder.

The West Indies captain jarred his right shoulder, when scrambling to field a ball on the boundary on the opening day of the second Test against England yesterday at Headingley.

"West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan suffered an injury to his right acromioclavicular joint," remarked Imran Khan, the team's communications officer. "Team physiotherapist Stephen Partridge has confirmed that Sarwan's shoulder has definitely not been dislocated."

Khan added: "At this time, it has not yet been determined whether Sarwan will be able to continue participatingin the second Test match."

Sarwan spent the remainder of the final session off the field following the incident, and vice-captain Daren Ganga took control of the team on the field.

Sarwan's sore shoulder was the second injury setback which West Indies suffered in the last 24 hours. West Indies were forced into making a late change with Sylvester Joseph coming into the line-up for Shivnarine Chanderpaul."

"Chanderpaul is suffering from inflammatory tendonitis in his right knee," Khan said.

The injury occurred during the first Test at Lord's in which the former West Indies captain played a key role scoring 74 in the first innings to help the visitors earn a draw.

"Chanderpaul was given every opportunity to play in the second Test and it was only very shortly before the toss that he was withdrawn on the advice of the physiotherapist," Khan said.

The loss of Chanderpaul and possibly, Sarwan could seriously hinder West Indies' hopes of staying competitive in the second Test.

Chanderpaul is easily the team's most experienced batsman with 6,810 runs in 103 Tests at an average of 44.80, and Sarwan is one of the senior batsmen with 4,303 runs in 66 Tests at an average of 38.76.