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GUYANA CHRONICLE Wednesday June 17, 2015
Lehmann wrestles with GSSF pays Australia’s positive pace dilemma courtesy call SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - Australia coach Darren Lehmann is delighted to be wrestling with a dilemma over which three of five pace bowlers will start the Ashes series against England in Cardiff next month. The tourists left the Caribbean for Britain last night charged with confidence after completing a convincing 2-0 sweep of West Indies with a 277-run victory in the second Test. Right-arm quick Josh Hazlewood was named Australia’s man-of-the-series after taking 12 wickets at 8.83 over the two matches, including his second five-wicket haul in just five Tests for his country. Left-armer Mitch Starc continued where he left off with the white ball at the World Cup, where he was named man-of-the-tournament, by taking 10 wickets at 16 apiece against West Indies. Reigning ICC Cricketer-of-the-Year Mitchell Johnson (seven wickets at 18.62 in the series) and stalwart Peter Siddle are also in the party and the injury-prone but often brilliant Ryan Harris is set to join the squad in England.
“Those guys have given us a massive headache - albeit a good one - and we have a really tough decision to make when it comes to picking
JOSH HAZLEWOOD the side for the first Test in Cardiff,” Lehmann wrote in a column on the Cricket Australia website. “Two of those five guys are going to be unbelievably unlucky to miss out, but that’s what happens when you’re playing good cricket. You have to make those hard decisions. “We just have to pick the right three fast bowlers to take the 20 wickets in that first Test. “And that’s not to say we’ll play those three all
series, but we’ll just pick the XI for that match and go from there.” Hazlewood has never bowled a red ball in anger in English conditions and will be keen to prove he can generate pace and bounce on the grassy pitches there as he did on the sluggish Caribbean tracks. The 24-year-old will have his chance when Australia play four-day tour matches against Kent and Essex in the run-up to the first Test on July 8. “The two tour matches leading into the series will play a big part in our thinking,” Lehmann added. “We need to see how the bowlers pull up and how they bowl in the different conditions, on different pitches and with the different ball.” Overall, there is no doubt Australia are in much better shape than when Lehmann led them to England for the first time in 2013 after a 4-0 humiliation in India and the sacking of Mickey Arthur. They lost 3-0. “We’re not far off but we know we have to raise the bar to win over there,” Lehmann said. “We haven’t done it for 14 years and that’s our goal.”
NOTABLE DATES DONALD Allison started his professional career on June 17, 1988 at the Meadowlands Hilton in Secaucus, New Jersey. Allison was 24 years old at the time and a resident of the USA, when he won by decision a four-round bout against Jose Nieves. Allison secured his first defeat in bout number seven. Puerto Rican Jake Rodriguez won the six-round bout by unanimous decision. Allison secured his 10th professional victory on April 13, 1990 when he won the eight-round contest against Honduran Jose Avila by unanimous decision. The contest was held at the Gleason Arena in Brooklyn, New York, Allison’s adopted home city. He had another try
at Avila three months later. This time, the New York State junior welterweight title was at stake, and at the end of 10 rounds the Honduran was again left without a victory. Judges Jack DeFares and Al Reid scored the bout 96-90 while Harold Lederman saw it 96-93 all in favour of Allison. In July 1992 Allison had his only fight in Guyana. He won the 10-rounder against an experienced Barrington Cambridge on points. Allison quit the sport in 1994 after losing three of four fights that year and returned to Guyana. He later opened a gym in Agricola. Allison died in September 2005 after being gunned down. He won 14 fights, lost six and drew one.
TRINIDADIAN Michael Drayton became Patrick Ford’s fourth knockout victim on June 17, 1978, in Georgetown, Guyana. Drayton was stopped in the fifth round by the top Guyanese featherweight who remained unbeaten in seven fights. The Trinidadian was used to being in the ring against Guyanese opponents having fought Terrence Alli, Michael Reid, `Tiger’ Green and Lennox Blackmoore among others. Ford was just off defeating Green for the national featherweight title when he met Drayton. He was 16-0 when coming up against
Mexican Salvador Sanchez. The Mexican was the holder of the World Boxing Council featherweight title. On September 13, 1980 Ford had the distinction of being the first Guyanese to challenge for a world title when he battled Sanchez. The lanky Guyanese troubled the shorter Mexican for the first seven rounds of the scheduled 15-rounder, but Sanchez used his experience in the latter part of the fight to be adjudged winner by a majority decision. Ford ended an 11-year career in 1987 following a victory over Albert Browne. He died in the USA in November 2011 at age 55.
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Association, the Amateur Trapshooting Association and more recently the World Archery Federation. In keeping with its objective to promote the growth of sport shooting locally, the members of the Board indicated that they will be starting regulated Amateur Trap Shooting and Archery shortly. The minister expressed her commitment to working with the federation and said that she also looks forward to introducing Archery as a sport to Guyana with a focus on both indoor and outdoor archery. She will be giving crucial input in this area especially since it involves two other areas she is passionate about: - youth and education. The federation is currently in discussion to bring an internationally renowned archer very soon to Guyana. His years of experience in competing at World Cup events and his technical expertise will aid in establishing Archery on solid foundations. Minister Henry further indicated she is excited to work with the GSSF in promoting and developing the various Sport Shooting disciplines. The ministry and the GSSF look forward to working together to build a stronger working relationship to the benefit of all Guyanese as the federation continues to uphold its recognition as a Sporting body promoting sport, specifically in the field of sport shooting locally, regionally and internationally.
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