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 Man of the moment |
| What Angelo Mathews, a relatively unsung hero in the superstar Lankan team did at the Oval on Friday, well and truly squares up the popular estimate — that this can happen only in a format as un-cricket as Twenty20. It was as swift as the game, too swift really for anything to follow — be it analysis, a wink or even wonderment. One is somehow sure that even the perpetrator of this nano-second kill - Mathews - would want to get back to see the footage and believe that he has indeed achieved one record that will take a long while to break. |
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| Lanka slay Windies,enter final |
| It took just one over, and the very first one the Windies faced, for all hopes of life in the game or the tournament to die a young death. And as it happens with all young deaths, this one too was writhing in pain. On their part, however, the Lankans, did their best to keep the mandatory kill, swift and as painless - to enter the World Cup finals where Pakistan is waiting to happen to them. |
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| Physio’s report reveals startling facts |
| Barely a few days after India's shock exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, the BCCI was today left grappling with a fresh controversy when it came to light that many key players, including captain M S Dhoni, were selected in the England-bound squad despite carrying injuries. |
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| offpitch |
| Sehwag doubtful for CT |
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| English Summer |
| President who? |
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| Dil Dil Pakistan, Jaan Jaan Pakistan |
| Nottingham has a severe law for breaking decibel levels, especially if it is through traffic. But the mob that descended on a stunned city, which usually has dinner at 5.30 pm and goes to sleep by 9 pm, took everyone by surprise. The occasion was, indeed, grand. Younis Khan and his team had just ousted South Africa from the World Cup and had entered the finals - second time in a row! |
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| ‘If Pak is so unstable, how can we be stable?’ |
| Pakistani skipper Younis Khan made for a delightful copy the other day, fresh as he was from the stride into the finals of this World Cup. |
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| We are no chokers, stresses Smith |
| South African captain Graeme Smith will not let his team be branded chokers anymore despite failing to make the final of the World Twenty20 here. |
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| Akhtar could miss Lanka tour |
| Controversial Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to make it to the Sri Lanka-bound Test squad despite recovering from a skin infection which led to his exclusion from the Twenty20 World Cup team. |
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| Formula One split wide open |
| Ferrari, McLaren and six other teams have announced plans for a rival series to Formula One in 2010 after the collapse of heated negotiations with F1 organizers over a budget cap for next season. |
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| Mallya disappointed |
| Force India described Friday plans by eight Formula One teams, including Ferrari, to form a rival series after refusing to participate in the 2010 F1 championship as "very sad and disappointing." |
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| Jeev falls behind after good start |
| Jeev Milkha Singh, smarting under the rough start he had on a rainy first day, seemed to have left the dirt track and found sunnier pastures. But one bad hole did him in as he finished with a disastrous eight-over 78 in the 109th US Open where the first round was on Friday. |
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| Singles |
| Somdev up against Bhupathi in opener |