31.   Off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan and opener Sanath Jayasuriya are out of the team, both nursing injuries.

32.   Reiffel and fellow paceman Paul Wilson arrived home nursing injuries which ruled them out of the tour.

33.   Robert Prosinecki and Slaven Bilic are nursing injuries and Robert Jarni is out with two yellow cards.

34.   Robert Prosinecki and Slaven Bilic are nursing injuries, and Robert Jarni is out with two yellow cards.

35.   Six of them were nursing injuries and the other two were busy playing a World Cup qualifying soccer match for Japan.

36.   Star batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag are nursing injuries and key pace bowler Javagal Srinath has sought a rest after two tests against Zimbabwe.

37.   The American team also is nursing injuries.

38.   The Croats will be missing Italian Serie A defenders Igor Tudor of Juventus and Dario Simic of Inter Milan, who are nursing injuries.

39.   The squad also includes two key players, goalkeeper Andoni Zunbizarreta and midfielder Josep Guardiola, although both are nursing injuries.

40.   The Sharks are thin on defense, with Marcus Ragnarsson, Shawn Heins and Mike Rathje nursing injuries in recent weeks.