Squads: N Zealand: Stephen Fleming (capt), Bryan Young, Mathew Horne, Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan, Adam Parore, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Daniel Vettori, Paul Wiseman, Craig Spearman, Mark Priest, Dion Nash and Shayne O'Conner.

S Lanka: Arjuna Ranatunga (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardena, Arvinda de Silva, Hashan Tilakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Pramodya Wickremesinghe, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suresh Parera, Pradeep Hewage, Kumara Dharmasena, Ruchira Perera and Malinga Bandara.

Jackie McGlew dies

DURBAN: South African and Natal great Jackie McGlew died of Leukaemia in Pretoria tonight. He was 69. An opening batsman of near perfect technique and legendary tenacity, McGlew played 34 Test matches in which he scored 2,440 runs, among them seven centuries, at an average of42.06.

ICC to assess plans

LONDON: A Test Match World Championship could be closer to reality following this week's International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting at Lord's. David Richards, the ICC's chief executive, said yesterday world cricket chiefs will study ways of staging such an event later this week.