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The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 has noted with distress recent media reports claiming that the Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) funded the opening ceremony of the cricket spectacle to the tune of R3-million.Earlier this week, the IFP Youth Brigade, and later the PAC and the UDM, were reported to have criticised the UYF for granting the ICC CWC 2003 the money, saying the funds should have been used to benefit the youth of this country.”It is extremely unfortunate that the media actually ran with the story without familiarising themselves with the true facts,” said the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Volunteers 2003 programme manager Herman Beetge.”The fact is that the youth fund pledged R2-million to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, but this money is envisaged to cover various costs of the Volunteers 2003 programme. At no stage was the money earmarked for the opening ceremony as that event had its own budget and separately organised volunteers,” said Beetge.”We are currently running a huge Volunteers 2003 programme at the stadiums where World Cup matches are being played, and so far we have received nothing but praise from members of the public for the role played by these purple-shirted volunteers. The success of this programme is based among others on contributions like those made by the UYF and we commend for this. It is unfortunate that instead of running a positive story about the volunteers, we are having to deal with false claims about the opening ceremony which was a huge success in its own right.”Beetge said the breakdown for the UYF grant was expected to be used as follows

Training Materials 389,676Trainer & Co-ordinator workshop 29,089Costs associated with processing of applications 103,000Initial contact with trainees 37,597Trainers’ costs 153,154Pilot projects 271,811Meals & refreshments during training process(shared 50/50 with ICC CWC 2003) 514,039Contribution towards transportation of trainees duringtraining programme (shared 50/50 with ICC CWC 2003) 514,039Total 2,012,405

“As can be seen from these figures, this was a highly involved programme and those who have been attending the matches can attest to the quality of our volunteers. They received high quality training and it is important that we look after them well with decent refreshments, transports and uniform to allow them to perform their duties with dignity and with their morale high.”Also, the training the Volunteers 2003 received will benefit the youth who make up 90% of all volunteers and in all 35% of our volunteers are unemployed.”We hope this puts the whole issue into perspective and that misperception created are corrected.”

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya considers New Zealand to be histeam’s main rivals in the triangular one-day Coca Cola Cup seriesstarting in Colombo on Wednesday.The hosts will meet New Zealand in the opening match of thetournament, also featuring India. The teams will play each other threetimes in the league phase, with the top two qualifying for the August5 final.”They (India) are not really our main rivals, but they have beenplaying well,” Jayasuriya told a website last week.The Sri Lankan skipper has good reason to be optimistic aboutdefeating India: his men beat the team three times when they last metat Sharjah in October, including in the final.India are also without their star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who isnursing a foot injury.Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has conceded that the Sri Lankans willbe a tough unit at home, especially in one-dayers. “We will have toplay really well to beat them,” he has said.Forgetting the past, however, will put India in a better frame of mindfor the upcoming series. Last year they were on the verge ofcelebrating their resurgence after the match-fixing scandal when theywere thwarted by New Zealand and Sri Lanka.New Zealand were the first to ruin India’s party with a remarkablefour-wicket victory in the International Cricket Council knock-outfinal in Nairobi last October. Sri Lanka rubbed it in a few weekslater in a triangular series at Sharjah when they dismissed India fortheir lowest-ever total of 54 to run out comfortable winners.But India would not like to remember these defeats and are treatingthis tournament as a stepping stone to the 2003 World Cup in SouthAfrica.For this series, India has made three changes to the team that was inZimbabwe last month. Left-handed batsman Amay Khurasiya replacesTendulkar and middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh and left-arm spinnerRahul Sanghvi have been recalled.Sri Lanka has dropped several players from the team which had clincheda tri-series at Sharjah in April in a bid to find the right men forthe World Cup.Batsmen Avishka Gunawardene and Chamara Silva have been recalled alongwith fast-bowling all-rounders Suresh Perera and Dulip Liyanage.Fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa was ruled out of the series because of anankle injury and will be replaced by Dinusha Fernando, the chiefselector announced today.Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore has welcomed the importance given tomedium-paced all-rounders.”To be successful in South Africa, we need to have considerable fastbowling resources and some of those bowlers must be able to bat,” hehas said.New Zealand have also effected a few changes in the team which hadfailed to qualify for the Sharjah final in April.All-rounder Dion Nash and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori havereturned to the squad after passing fitness tests. There are sevenall-rounders in the team, described by chairman of selectors RichardHadlee as “strong and experienced” and “selected with Sri Lankanconditions in mind”.New Zealand manager Jeff Crowe said his team’s chances of winning thetournament here were pretty good.”We have come here fresh, without too much cricket and from our winterwith the batteries recharged,” he said. “The last time they (SriLanka) came to New Zealand they beat us in one-dayers. I think wewould like to return the favour this time.”

Aston Villa are plotting a swoop for a “very athletic” Premier League player, and they have now emerged as frontrunners in the race for his signature.

Villa leading contenders to sign new defender

There have been doubts over the future of Lucas Digne since the summer, at which point the left-back engaged in talks over a move to Atletico Madrid, and he has fallen down the pecking order over the past few weeks, being benched for the last four league games.

Although the Frenchman remains under contract until 2028, he could now be in the latter stages of his career, at 32-years-old, which means Unai Emery may need to start thinking about bringing in a long-term replacement.

Ian Maatsen has impressed since displacing Digne in the starting XI, picking up an assist in the 4-3 victory against Brighton & Hove Albion earlier this month, but the Villans remain keen on strengthening at left-back.

That is according to a report from Football Insider, which states Aston Villa are planning to bring in a new left-back, amid concerns about Digne’s long-term future at Villa Park.

Wolverhampton Wanderers defender David Moller Wolfe has now emerged as a target, with Villa plotting a swoop for the full-back, who has been one of the Old Gold’s only players to have put in some impressive performances this season.

The Villans are now among the frontrunners in the race for Wolfe’s signature, and there is a feeling he would jump at a move to Villa Park, considering his current club find themselves rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.

With Wolves now 16 points from safety, having collected just two points this season, they are expected to lose several important players, and the former AZ Alkmaar man could be among them.

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The £30k-a-week defender has put in some eye-catching displays for both Wolves and Norway over the past six weeks or so, assisting in his national side’s 4-1 victory against Estonia, before going on to set up Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s goal in a 4-1 loss against Manchester United.

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Digne is also impressive from an attacking point of view, registering three assists in the Premier League this season, which indicates the Wolves ace could be a like-for-like replacement for the 55-time France international.

Scout Ben Mattinson has praised the 23-year-old too, describing him as “very athletic”, while also adding that he likes to “drive down the line” on the overlap.

However, it is still very early days for Wolfe in the Premier League, having only joined Wolves in the summer, and it may be a little early to start thinking about replacements for Digne, given that he has impressed for club and country at times this season.

	Dale Steyn reckoned his delivery to Rahul Dravid was probably the best ball of the day © Getty Images

While the entire Indian team may look back at the first session of this Test – during which they were bowled out for 76 – and cough up excuses, one man isn’t surprised by their capitulation. Dale Steyn, whose 5 for 23 played a pivotal role in an astonishing 109 minutes of mayhem in Ahmedabad, felt they had no game plan whatsoever.”That’s the vibe they’ve given off to us. Once one or two wickets fall and things kind of go wrong, they are pretty weak and the batsmen to follow didn’t look they knew what they wanted to do,” he said. “They didn’t have a strategy. They were bowled out for 76 and I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have a game-plan.”It’s tough for any team to settle when Steyn is in a certain groove, hostile and mixing up deliveries, but this was something else. It took him just 48 deliveries to help send the home side packing and he credited the surface for some assistance.”There was a little bit of movement which probably scared the Indians a bit once one or two wickets fell … it just looked like it sent a couple of shivers down the Indian line-up,” he said. “It looked like the guy that came in next didn’t really know how to approach it and how to play the game. We’re used to playing on wickets like this back in South Africa and knew what we had to do.”When you get a wicket like this, if you don’t bowl full you’re not going to find the edge of the bat so you’ve got to make a decision as to exactly where you’re going to bowl.”Bowling short is one thing, taking the batsmen’s feet away, but it’s that follow-up ball that always gets you a wicket. I think from reading in the papers they [India] weren’t going to come forward before the ball was bowled so maybe that helped us. Then we were able to bowl good-length balls. The ball hit the stumps a lot and there were a lot of inside-edges because nobody was really committed on the front foot.”Planned or not, it worked against a trigger-happy line-up, especially the follow-up balls. And it was Steyn’s first wicket that vindicated much of South Africa’s pre-game talk. Having just nearly dragged one onto his off stump via a cramped cut, Virender Sehwag attempted the same two deliveries later and succeeded – in dislodging the bails. “Sehwag tends to play skywards towards the slips or leave hit bat hanging out towards the slips so there’s always the possibility of an inside-edge,” he said. “His wicket was pretty decent as was that of [Rahul] Dravid. They are two good batsmen and that’s two wickets you definitely want to be getting before the game.”The ball to dismiss Dravid was excellent, breaching a master technician’s defence after he misread the movement. “That was probably the best ball of the day. Hopefully I can deliver a few more of those in the second innings.”Steyn, who now has three five-wicket hauls in the subcontinent, rated this the best and was quick to point out that had his second-last over not gone for 11 the figures would’ve been better. His tally, in his 22nd Test, reads 114 wickets with eight five-wicket hauls.India hit back with four wickets after South Africa’s openers took the lead but thanks to a fluent 106-run stand between Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers, the visitors lead by 147. Steyn termed each run after wiping out the deficit as “gold” and was confident Kallis and de Villiers would come out on day two further South Africa’s advantage. “We saw the ball moving around so we thought if we get through the day without losing any more. We needed two nice partnerships,” he said. “On a pitch like this, especially against a team that just got bowled out for 76, you aim to get ahead of them and it hurts a lot.”Maybe we can play with a bit of freedom tomorrow and up that lead toquite a big total. Then the pressure’s all on them. They have to dosomething. You can’t go into the last Test match losing this game. I don’t think drawing the series at home it what India wants to do.”

Herschelle Gibbs- his feat has been emulated, though the stage was not so big © Getty Images

I’ll have a maximum for breakfast: Herschelle Gibbs did it at 33 whereas James Wilby did it at less than half that age; pillorying a hapless youngster for six sixes in an over. The schoolboy Wilby, 16 and playing for Diss U-17s in the Carter Cup, utilised short leg-side boundaries and some half-trackers to make his way into the record books before apologising to the unfortunate U-13 star he had professionally ridiculed. “I’ve never hit two consecutive sixes, never mind six. I felt a little bit of pressure because there were people I know standing at the boundary saying to go for it. When it happened I was over the moon.” Lucky for the bowler, it wasn’t a World Cup match being shown live on TV.And a maximum for lunch please: Staying with perfection, Paul Grennan became only the fourth bowler in the history of the Sussex Invitation League to take every wicket in an innings. With a return of 10 for 64 at Scaynes Hill, the 25-year-old swept the club-record of 9 for 12 set seven years ago. Tired from his remarkable achievement in the hot conditions, Grennan was first carried off the field by his team-mates and then had to swap ball for the bat in order to save the game for Southwick by blocking out the last 12 overs.Bollywood invasion: Imagine Saif Ali Khan with Jay Sean, Mohammad Azharuddin and Devon Malcolm on a Bollywood set. Disaster, right? It probably will be. But when the combo appears on a cricket pitch accompanied by other actors, cricketers and even MPs, and that too in Leeds, it could provide humour, fun and vital cash for a charity. There were national flags, screaming fans, Mexican waves being formed to Asian tunes and a certain individual called Dickie Bird over-looking the ‘set’ as Bolly XI defeated a star-studded Yorkshire XI in the recreational Twenty20. Oh and birthday girl Shilpa Shetty availed another opportunity to be in the news.A young warrior: Speaking of Indian presence on foreign soil, a 20-year-old from Chandigarh made his debut for Leicestershire second XI after coming through the ranks, albeit on a talent show in India. Sukhvir Singh saw off 25,000 competitors for that winning prize in Cricket Star, a TV program created by Simon Hughes to give players from underprivileged backgrounds a chance to show their skills. Capturing three wickets on debut, Singh was deeply grateful to the people who voted for him in India.

The Ugandan players celebrate after defeating Argentina in the World Cricket League division three final © Getty Images

An unexpected prize: Another successful international tour came to an end as Ugandan players held their heads up high after beating Argentina in the World Cricket League division three final. However, the heads were sunk in shame as two of their players “decided to miss the flight back home” from Australia. Patrick Ochan and Jimmy Okello were nowhere to be seen as the team boarded the plane and are still missing. “They have valid visas until August 24 so they are still legally here,” said an immigration spokesman. Tired from their run of success and wanting and extended break, perhaps? It seems the Ugandan authorities don’t sound too bothered as there is speculation that the pair may have opted for the lucrative shore rather than heading home.I’m out of cash, mate: Spending US$ 317 million for a losing cause and coming home with no pride intact – that’s the story of the dauntless Barmy Army after the Ashes whitewash. According to a study commissioned by Cricket Australia, the series attracted 37,000 international tourists while creating 793 jobs and contributing a staggering US$ 54 million to the country’s gross domestic product. It confirms that it wasn’t only the cricketers who came back with heavy losses. The Barmy Army, however, did get some back by taunting their Australian counterparts about the relative strength of the pound to the Australian dollar and thus over-taking their professional men-in-whites by a distance in the list of achievements on the tour. “Cricket is simply marvellous for jobs and tourism.” Aptly worded by Fran Baily, Tourism Minister.A pleasant ray of light: Afghanistan finally had something to cheer about since the eviction of Russian forces and the removal of Taliban as Hamid Hassan stepped onto Lords’ outfield to represent MCC XI. The first Afghan to do so, Hassan starred alongside Chris Cairns with Mike Gatting branding him a “huge potential”, it was a fairy-tale for the 20-year-old. “To walk out at such a prestigious ground alongside such fantastic cricketers is an honour.” With Pakistan taking a penchant for early World Cup exits, maybe it’s time Afghanistan carries the Asian pride next time round, especially with the tournament being held next door.

Brian Lara: felt a sense of destiny when the Soca Warriors got going © Getty Images

Having saved the St Lucia Test with his marvellous 120, Brian Lara told the press after the fifth day’s play that he had been inspired by the Soca Warriors. Rahul Dravid, meanwhile, admitted that luck had gone against his side, with a day rained out, but said that he was happy that they’d excelled in whatever was in their hands.Listen in!Brian Lara’s press conference
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Jacob Oram, the 26-year old allrounder who departed for the tour of Bangladesh today, confirmed that he would reject any advances to play in England next summer.

Jacob Oram will not play for a county in 2005© Getty Images

At the moment New Zealand have a gap in their schedule between the home series against Australia in March and a tour to Zimbabwe provisionally earmarked for September. But Oram preferred to have a break than earning cash. “It is best for my body not to do it. We get so few breaks I should use it as rest. Financially, it is hard to look past it. But it is in the best interests of myself and playing for New Zealand to stay here and get my body right for the Zimbabwe and South Africa tours next season.”The grind of the county treadmill put him off. “Playing for county teams is not all it’s cracked up to be,” Oram said. “You’re playing five or six days a week: it’s pretty tough. I would go over there as an allrounder and would have to do everything.”Neil Perry, his coach at Manawatu, agreed. “It’s different when you’re up and coming trying to make a name for yourself. But for a quick bowler it’s a hard life; there’s a lot of overs to be bowled and not a lot of recovery time.” Perry, who had a brief career with Glamorgan, explained that this was one reason for the shortage of fast bowlers emerging from England.However, Andre Adams, who spent three productive months with Essex this summer, replaces Oram in the one-day series in Bangladesh. “It is purely a resting period [for me], from three one-dayers in six days,” Oram indicated. “It was basically a command – it came straight from the top, from the selectors. I think it’s good because we’ve got a huge series coming up [against Australia]. And you want to keep playing for your country.”

The West Indies Cricket Board denied reports that Dwight Washington, the 21-year-old Jamaican fast bowler, had been reported to the International Cricket Council for having a suspect bowling action and, as a result, left out of the West Indies squad.The WICB’s Bowling Review Committee insisted that they had no concerns about Washington’s action, and the ICC’s Brendan McClements also confirmed that he had not been reported.The rumours appear to have started when Roger Braithwaite, the WICB’s chief executive officer, confirmed that Washington’s action was highlighted by domestic umpires who asked the board to take a look.”There have been reports from umpires on Washington and other players and one young player was reviewed without a report having been submitted,” he was quoted as saying on caribbeancricket.com. “The committee looked at videotapes of Washington’s bowling this weekend and found no cause for concern.”Gus Logie, the West Indies coach, confirmed that the matter had nothing to do with Washington’s omission from the squad for the Sabina Park Test.

After seven years without defeat in an official match, the Mashonaland juggernaut finally crashed to defeat at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on 29 January 2003. It was not a first-class match, but part of Zimbabwe’s first official one-day competition, and Manicaland, the team from the Eastern Highlands, were the side to achieve it. They did so by a margin of 65 runs, with a good fifty from Richie Sims and an incisive bowling performance from Blessing Mahwire being the highlights of a great team performance.This match was between the two top teams in the log, with Mashonaland having three victories to their credit and Manicaland two. A Manicaland victory would open up the competition but Mashonaland were favourites as usual and winning again would virtually assure them of the Faithwear Trophy. Mashonaland were missing Andy Blignaut from a finger injury sustained when facing Heath Streak in their last match in Harare.In front of a ground devoid of spectators (the number did creep into double figures in the afternoon) and on a humid, partly overcast morning, Manicaland won the toss and decided to bat on a sound pitch. Alistair Campbell opened and seemed to enjoy a charmed life. He got off the mark with a leading edge that would have presented a closer third man with the easiest of catches, he survived a stumping chance off a leg-side wide from Gus Mackay with keeper Tatenda Taibu standing up, and in the same over, the fourth of the innings, edged a catch that would have been swallowed by second slip had there been one.Manicaland obviously recognized that they needed to post a large total if they were to test Mashonaland. Neil Ferreira, who has built a reputation as a dogged opener in the Logan Cup, twice hit the bowlers over their heads in the early overs, and then lashed Douglas Hondo through the covers for another four. Campbell, settling down, hit Mackay for a screaming low six over extra cover, but his luck finally expired when he sliced a ball from Waddington Mwayenga all the way to deep third man Elton Chigumbura. He scored 31.Ferreira (20) fell in the same over, caught low at backward point, and at 56 for two Manicaland were in danger of losing their advantage. Glen Barrett, sent in at three as a pinch-hitter, went to work with a will and was soon hoisting Hondo for a huge six over midwicket, immediately followed by a murderous straight drive for four and a six into the sightscreen; altogether he hit 20 off the over.Guy Whittall, who at present would hardly recognize a run if it hit him on the helmet, made only 6 of their partnership of 37 before a tentative push yielded a catch to the keeper off, again, Mwayenga. Barrett, less accomplished against spin, was frequently found groping when Murphy brought himself on to bowl, but Richie Sims at the other end joined the party by hitting Mwayenga over long leg for two sixes.Grant Flower came on to provide spin at both ends, and Barrett (44) immediately donated him the easiest of return catches; Manicaland 129 for four in the 25th over. A good, if quieter, partnership then developed between Sims and Stuart Matsikenyeri, but they were not able to get the slower bowlers away as consistently as they would have wished. These included Andy Flower, who tied up an end for a while with slow-medium ‘dobbers’ until Richie Sims finally stepped down the pitch and hit him into the sightscreen for six.Matsikenyeri (30) was eventually caught in the covers off Grant Flower in the 43rd over, with the score 204, somewhat less that desirable against the powerful Mashonaland batting. Paul Strang hit a quick 16 off 12 balls, Guy Croxford 11 off 11, and Gary Brent 12 not out off 9, but a total of 252 for eight wickets was a target that Mashonaland would fancy. Mwayenga finished with the best figures of three for 37 in 8 overs, while Grant Flower bowled his 10 for just 30 runs.Mashonaland’s only weakness is their opening partnership, and they now tried Brian Murphy, who is enjoying a good club season in that position, as Stuart Carlisle’s third opening partner in four matches. This too failed, as he had only 6 to his name when a ball from Henry Olonga clipped his leg stump.Andy Flower came in next, batting with his usual unobtrusive mastery in these matches. He lost Carlisle for 19, trapped lbw by Blessing Mahwire, and then Grant Flower (2), lbw to the same bowler. Mahwire and Whittall at the other end both bowled a tight line and length, and Mashonaland were forced to struggle for runs. Ebrahim, frustrated, swung wildly at Mahwire and was bowled for just 1. At 67 for four in the 20th over, Mashonaland were struggling – but so had they in their previous match, against Matabeleland, where they eventually won by two wickets. The excellent Mahwire was to finish with three for 38 off his 10 overs.Then came the major blow, as a fine throw from Guy Whittall ran out Andy Flower – remarkably for such a fine runner, the second time in three matches he has fallen this way – going for a second run. Flower made 30, and Mashonaland were now 75 for five, without Blignaut to come. But Craig Evans was still there, a man easily capable of a match-winning century.Evans responded in typical fashion by hammering Sims for a straight six, followed by another over extra cover in the following over. He escaped with a couple of miscued strokes, and played and missed several times, but continued to attack with confidence. Then, immediately after the drinks interval, he seemed to lose concentration and gave it away, as he pulled a ball from Whittall straight down the throat of deep square leg. He scored 39 and, with Mashonaland 134 for six and all their major batsmen gone, Manicaland appeared to have victory firmly in their sights. This was perhaps the most decisive moment of the game.A useful partnership ensued between Tatenda Taibu and Elton Chigumbura, but Sims persuaded Taibu (32) into giving a return catch; 159 for seven in the 39th over, and a required run rate of more than eight an over now. Manicaland’s only obstacle now was the big-hitting Gus Mackay.Mackay was soon selecting the balls and hitting some powerful boundaries, while the 16-year-old Chigumbura played a valuable support role. But then came the final blow: a direct hit from Strang ran out Mackay, 14 off 11 balls, and at 176 for eight in the 42nd over, Mashonaland had reached the point of no return.Chigumbura did his best with 22 before skying a catch, and finally last man Mwayenga was bowled by Sims, giving Manicaland a historic victory and propelling them to joint first place with Mashonaland on the log, with two matches to go.

Leicestershire skipper Vince Wells returned to haunt his former county by inspiring them to an innings and 149-run win over Kent inside three days in Canterbury.The Whitstable-born all-rounder, released from the Kent books in 1991, top-scored for the Foxes with a brilliant 138 and then bagged five for 36 with his medium-pace slingers to secure a 20-point win that moves Leicestershire to third.Despite a superb batting pitch and short St Lawrence boundaries, Kent were out-manoeuvred and out-fought by a shrewd and vastly experienced Leicestershire side who amassed 612 for eight declared before skittling Kent out twice inside five sessions.Resuming on their second day score of 155 for seven, Kent’s tail wagged first time round with Min Patel (34) and Matthew Fleming adding 50 for the eighth wicket before both went in quick succession enabling Wells to enforce the follow-on with his side 402 ahead.With Rob Key suffering with a stomach upset, Kent opened with David Fulton and Ed Smith second time around and looked solid in reaching 63 until Smith fell two balls before lunch.Kent’s leading scorer Fulton took his tally for the season to 958 with a 225-ball innings of 107, but his demise to Jimmy Ormond sparked a dramatic collapse as the hosts lost their last six wickets for seven runs in the space of nine overs.Other than Fulton, no other Kent batsman passed 35 in the match and had little answer to the wiles of experienced seamers Devon Malcolm and Phil DeFreitas who each claimed five wickets in the match.