NEW DELHI, India (AFP): The West Indies, who are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka next week for two Test matches, as well as a one-day series also featuring India, are struggling to assemble a team due to a sponsorship tussle between the players and their cricket board. Only three of the 13 selected players -- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Darren Powell and rookie wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin - have signed tour contracts with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). With no solution in sight, WICB chief executive Roger Brathwaite warned in a statement that the deadlock could "potentially delay or cancel the tour at a time when all arrangements were already in place". The WICB, which could face heavy fines if it decides to call off the tour, is planning to ask players from its 'A' team, which is currently touring Sri Lanka, to sign up for the senior team. The Sri Lankans are, however, unlikely to agree to a second-string West Indian team playing the Test and one-day matches. Batting superstar Brian Lara has already withdrawn from the one-day series in a bid to prolong his Test career. Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com