RAMNARESH SARWAN will not be fit enough to join the West Indies team for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

The recuperating Sarwan, who has nine Test hundreds in 67 Tests, sustained a foot injury on October 20, and was not named yesterday in a 15-man squad for the tour that immediately follows West Indies' trip to Zimbabwe.

There are two changes to the squad in Zimbabwe.

Opening batsman Daren Ganga and left-arm fast bowler Pedro Collins will take the places of batsman Narsingh Deonarine and pacer Ravi Rampaul.

The tour includes three Tests and five One-Day Internationals and runs from December 14 to February 3.

The squad: Chris Gayle (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice-captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Rawl Lewis, Runako Morton, Brenton Parchment, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor. (HG)