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Noted tennis journalist Bud Collins dies aged 86 (REUTERS) - HALL of Fame tennis writer and TV commentator Bud Collins, who helped popularise the sport during his decades-long ca reer, died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts yesterday after a long illness. He was 86. Collins, an enthusiastic chronicler of tennis who brightened the scene with his trademark bow-ties and colourful trousers, began his career at the Boston Globe in 1963 and became one of the sport’s preeminent and foremost authorities. He later moved into television commentary at the sport’s biggest events
and treated tennis fans to his colourful prose by authoring three novels. Collins was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994. “RIP Bud, such a passionate guy about our sport of tennis, he will be truly missed; hope they have big matches upstairs,” Brad Gilbert, tennis player-turned-broadcaster, tweeted. Last year, the United States Tennis Association named the media centre at the U.S. Open site in Flushing Meadows in his honour. The inscription on the plaque reads: “Journalist, Commentator, Historian.”
Tennis Hall of Fame member Bud Collins (L) is helped up by fellow Tennis Hall of Famer Owen Davidson, as he greets the crowd gathered for the Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island July 13, 2013. (Reuters/Jessica Rinal)
Tucber Park through to the semi-finals TUCBER Park defeated Port Mourant by an innings and 151 runs to advance to the semi-finals of the Memorex Under-19 two-innings cricket competition in Berbice. Batting first, Port Mourant openers Brandon Mangal (25) and Sarwan Chaitnarine (15) added 44 for the first wicket before left-arm spinner Joel Seitaram and leg-spinner Brandon Stewart picked up five wickets between them to leave Port Mourant at 77-5. Daniel Samaroo played a lone hand thereafter,
JOEL SEITARAM hitting a responsible un-
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Answers to yesterday’s quiz:
(1) 513 Test matches (2) 734 ODIs
Today’s Quiz:
(1) Who is the first WI to register twin tons in a Test? (2) Who is the only WI to score a century on his ODI debut?
Answers in tomorrow’s issue
beaten 42, but leg-spinner Dion Sinclair then got into the act and picked up four quick wickets. Seitaram snatched the final wicket as Port Mourant were bundled out for 115. Sinclair ended with 4-18; Seitaram had 4-29 and Stewart 2-30. In reply, Tucber Park were reduced to 32-2, but then Steve Deonarine and Seitaram joined forces and added 122 for the third wicket after which Seitaram fell for 96, with ten fours. After Seitram’s dismissal Deonarine took charge and held the innings together steering Tucber Park to 314 all out. Deonarine was left unbeaten on 124. Dion Sinclair made 22. Bowling for Port Mourant Vivekanand Jaggit took 5-72 and Cheddi Boodoo 3-74. Facing a deficit of 199, Port Mourant were bowled out for 49 with only Jaggit showing any resistance with 26. Bowling for Tucber Park, John Cameron took 4-10, Joel Davis 2-5, Lookpaul Sahadeo 2-13 and Dominique Durant 2-13.
The Boston Globe ran a tribute to Collins yesterday that included an excerpt from his first prominent appearance in the paper, a December 1963 article from Adelaide, Australia, where he was on assignment covering the Davis Cup. “This is another world,” Collins wrote, “where Christmas comes in the Summertime, the Davis Cup matches come the day after Christmas, and both events have achieved such spectacular acceptance that they are regarded almost as seriously as beer drinking.” Beyond his tennis and travel columns for the Globe, and countless net-
work television hours covering the sport, Collins also wrote a reference tome entitled, ‘The Bud Collins History of Tennis’. An accomplished player in his own right, Collins won the U.S. Indoor mixed doubles championship with Janet Hopps in 1961, and was a finalist in the French Senior doubles with Jack Crawford in 1975. He also served for five years as a tennis coach at Brandeis University. He is survived by his wife, photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen, who illustrated many of his travel columns.
Miller heroics blast South Africa past Australia DURBAN, (Reuters)-David Miller smashed an unbeaten 53 as South Africa claimed a three-wicket victory over Australia in the first Twenty20 International at Kingsmead yesterday. Set 158 for victory, South Africa reached their target with four balls to spare as Miller blasted his highest score
lent job in restricting the tourists. If it were not for Mitchell Marsh’s fine 35 from 25 balls, the home side would have been chasing considerably less. South Africa’s reply could not have got off to a worse start as AB de Villiers was out first ball trying to guide a Nathan
South Africa’s Kyle Abbott (L) and David Miller celebrate beating Australia in their first T20 International cricket match in Durban, South Africa, yesterday. Reuters/Rogan Ward in the format off 35 deliveries and rescued the home side’s flagging chase. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Australia made a rollicking start and were 69 for one after six overs, thanks largely to Aaron Finch’s 40 from 18 balls. But once the powerplay was over and South Africa got leg-spinner Imran Tahir into the game, the pace slowed and wickets started tumbling. Australia managed only 88 for eight from the next 14 overs as Tahir (3-21) and David Wiese (2-16) did an excel-
Coulter-Nile delivery to third man but only succeeding in picking out wicketkeeper Peter Nevill. When they slipped to 95-6 one ball shy of 13 overs, the touring side were favourites, but Miller constructed an innings that was a mix of power, timing and composure to see his side home. Australia handed a debut to leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who recorded figures of 0-26 in his four overs. The teams are using the series as a warmup for the World Twenty20 that starts in India on Tuesday.