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NZ search for consolation
Kane Williamson needs to be among the runs West Indies have come out on top in this series, a progression after drawing their previous ODI assignment at home, against Australia earlier this year. A 3-1 lead, an inform Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels, an impressive return for Tino Best and Sunil Narine’s continued success augur well for the upcoming Test series for the hosts. New Zealand will be seeing a lot of Narine in the Tests, and their repeated struggles to read him will remain a worry. He’s been economical and picked up wickets, and should he play the final ODI, it presents another opportunity for New Zealand’s batsmen to find some form against him. Overall, there has been significant improvement from New
Zealand in the last two ODIs; they didn’t look like beating West Indies before then, and a consolation win ahead of the Tests will ensure that improvement continues. As far as international series are concerned, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have been a saving grace for West Indies and New Zealand. The only series wins for each in both Tests and ODIs for more than two years, have come against the world’s two bottom-ranked sides. The last time either team won an ODI series against a Test-playing nation other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe was in 2009; apply the same criteria for Test series, West Indies had their previous success in 2008-09 and New Zealand in 2005-06. So the win in the current ODI series is at least a step in the right direction for the home team. Watch out for... It’s still early days for Johnson Charles but in his brief career so far at the top of the order for West Indies, he’s managed to get starts before losing his wicket. A cursory glance at his figures in international cricket shows 20s and 30s but no half-century. This series has been no different, and a half-century continues to elude him. For someone who led the national side before the arrival of Ross Taylor on this tour, Kane Williamson has had a below-par series, with just one half-century and a run of poor scores. He will be relied upon heavily in the middle order in Tests and needs to hit form. Tim Southee lifted his performance in the previous ODI, and being among the quicker of New Zealand’s bowlers with the ability to move the ball around, he’ll be one of their bowling hopes for the Test series. It remains to be seen if West Indies rest a few of their players, given the ODI is a dead rubber. For New Zealand BJ Watling was ruled out of the fourth ODI due to a leg injury.
Steyn determined to star in scary movie
AFP – South Africa paceman Dale Steyn, officially the world’s best bowler, wants to scare the living daylights out of England when the sides clash in the first Test next week. “I’m trying to be the fastest bowler South Africa has when we walk out on to the field - that’s my job,” he said. “I think there’s times when I can bowl as quick as anybody in the world, but I just want to take wickets - and I want to scare the shit out of people.” The first Test, which starts on Thursday at The Oval, pits England, ranked the world’s top team, against South Africa, who are third in the standings behind Australia. Steyn wants to overturn that current order and is ready to let the England batsmen have a double-barrelled assault — with the ball and the verbals. “I try and let the ball do most of the talking,” he said. “However, I am a fast bowler and with that comes a responsibility of saying a word or two, and sometimes getting in a guy’s face. “It can not only send shivers down the opposition’s spine but it also gets your team up
and bouncing around. “When a captain sees a bowler really getting at a batter, it forces the team to go along with him in the battle.” Steyn may be judged on how his wickets tally measures up to that of rival seamer James Anderson who broke his thumb with a fierce drive in the second Test four years ago. Steyn had earlier hit Anderson with a bouncer. “I remember hitting him on the head; I remember good things like that,” he said. “He’s a good bloke too, actually; he’s not a bad guy. “I honestly couldn’t give ... anything about what Jimmy says to me. I’m probably going to try and do exactly the same thing. “Once I step over that white line I become the bowler. “When I’m sitting down here I’m obviously another guy. I probably wouldn’t be saying the same things if you did an interview with me out in the middle after I’d taken a wicket. There would be a couple more beeps in it. “I think that’s what happens when guys walk across the line - they become cricketers, warriors, fighters ... then when they’re sitting around
Dale Steyn the table they have to say the nicer things.
Monday July 16, 2012
Three and a half hour battle highlights Saturday’s GBTI Tennis action Highlighting Saturday’s matches at the GBTI Tennis was an epic three and a half hour win for Andre Erskine over Berbician Mario Niamatalli who saved 9 match points during the course of the game. The match started off with Erskine breaking Niamatalli’s serve early to go ahead but never being able to secure a lead as Niamatalli returned the favour to keep the match tied up until 5-5 before Erskine finally claimed the set 7-5. E r s k i n e ’s aggressive play in the second set saw him going ahead 5-3 and 40-0 with three match points and the match seemed all but finished for Niamatalli. This was not the case as he fought back to break Erskine’s serve to 4-5. As was the trend in the game, Erskine again went ahead and secured another 3 match points as Niamatalli went down 0-40. He was again unable to close out and the match was tied up at 5-5 and eventually went to a tie-break which Niamatalli secured 7-2 to force the deciding set. A similar trend followed in the final set where a 5-2 lead was established and despite playing some good shots, Erskine’s c a u t i o u s p l a y allowed Niamatalli to save another 3 match points at 5-2 and 40-0 before N i a m a t a l l i ’s o w n s e r v e faltered and he lost the set 63. Erskine will play Sandeep Chand in his second round encounter. In Ladies Doubles action, junior pair Krystal Sukra / Nicola Ramdyhan outgunned Berbicians Carol Humphrey and Celeste Bradford in straight sets 6-1 6-3 in their round robin encounter. The other team in the category comprises Thi Fernandes/ Aruna Ramrattan. In the junior categories
Andre Erskine (left) and Mario Niamatalli after the match. there were easy wins for 11 yr old Afruica Gentle, Nicola Ramdyhan and Benedict Sukra, while in the Novices Category there were impressive wins for Victor Demchenko, Celeste Bradford, Anthony Sookram, Seweon Mc Garrell, Vini Aaron and Aubrey Dewart in their one set encounters. In the lone Mixed Doubles match Grace McCalman/ Nicholas Glasgow easily defeated Alfred Mentore/ Onage Ghanie 6-1 6-2 in their first round match. The tournament continues daily with matches from 5:00 PM GBTI Open Results - Day 3 Saturday 14th July Men’s Singles Andre Erskine def Mario Niamatali 7-5 6-7 (7-2) 6-3 Ladies Doubles Krystal Sukra/Nicola Ramdhyan def Carol Humphrey/Celeste Bradford 6-1 6-3 Men’s 45 Singles Steve David-Longe def Rawle Sue Ho 6-3 6-0 Mixed Doubles Godfrey Lowden/Carol Humphrey def
George/George by W/O Men’s Doubles Ronald Murray/Rawle Sue-Ho def Viraj Judgeo/Kris Judgeo by W/O Mixed Doubles Nicholas Glasgow/Grace McCalman def Alfred Mentore/Onage Ghanie 6-1 6-2 Girls 18 Singles Afruica Gentle def Aneesa Grandison 6-2 6-0 Girls 18 Singles Nicola Ramdyhan def Delecia George 6-0 6-0 Boy’s 18 Singles Benedict Sukra def Khalid Gobin 6-1 6-1 Novices Category Celeste Bradford def Ryan Cumberbatch 6- 4 Seweon McGarrell def Gavin Ramsoondar 6-2 Vini Aaron def Onage Ghani 6-1 Aubrey Dewart def Iqbal Mohamed 6-1 Anthony Sookram def Suzanna Wharton 6-0 Victor Demchenko def Rohandev Persaud 6-0 Kishon Gorakh def Afraz Mohamed by W/O
All medallists to be drugs tested at Olympics London 2012 will see the biggest anti-doping operation in the history of the Olympic Games. Half of all the competitors are to be tested for drugs, with 150 scientists set to take 6,000 samples between now and the end of the Paralympic Games. Every competitor who wins a medal will also be tested. Team GB’s Phillips Idowu, Beth Tweddle, David Weir, Graham Edmunds and Marlon Devonish are fronting a campaign
highlighting the anti-doping programme. Sprinter Devonish won an Olympic gold in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Athens Games. He said: “Winning an Olympic medal is the best feeling in the world and as an athlete it’s so important to know that anyone who stands on the podium has got there through their own hard work and dedication, not by doping.” Team GB sprinter Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar will compete in
London after the British Olympic Association’s policy of punishing drug cheats with lifetime bans was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. More than 1,000 people will staff the anti-doping laboratory, with up to 400 samples tested every day for more than 240 prohibited substances. Double gold medalwinning Paralympic swimmer Edmunds was part of the winning 4x100m freestyle relay teams in Athens and Beijing. “Winning medals is like
an addiction,” he said. “Once you have one, you want another. “It’s my biggest motivation. And knowing you’ve reached the podium because of all the hard work you’ve put in - nine sessions a week, two hours each session, three gym sessions a week for four years - is the greatest feeling. “I’m confident that everything possible is being done to catch drug cheats at London 2012 and that makes these Games really special.”