It is not likely that Lawson will make the tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa later this year, even though West Indies development chief Dr Michael Seepersaud thinks there is "an outside chance" that he could make that African trip. "What we're saying here is that definitely we are targeting England next year, but we're hopeful that he would make sufficient progress in Australia so that we can tell the selectors 'Lawson is available if you need him'. "As it stands now, though, he is not being considered for the African tour," Seepersaud told CMC Sport yesterday.

Further remedial work on Lawson's action became necessary after the submission of a report by British biomechanics expert Dr Paul Hurrion, who conducted an assessment of Lawson's action in July. Dr Hurrion concluded that though there had been substantial improvement to Lawson's action between the time he was reported in May, and the assessment, there was still "some work to be completed to satisfy Law 24 of the sport".