Cricket: Windies arrive for South African tour

The West Indies cricketers arrived in Johannesburg yesterday for a four-test, five-ODI tour with skipper Brian Lara warning they were unfazed by one of the most humiliating episodes in the team's history in an earlier tour.

Lara, who was captain when the side toured South Africa in 1998-99 and were roundly drubbed in all five tests, said most of his current players had not been part of the ignominious defeat.

Lara said his team were better prepared than the last West Indies team to tour the republic.