Alfred, Moore are Guyana’s new world champions
---Eastman destroy T&T’s Placid
By Michael DaSilva
Guyana’s newly crowned WIBA bantamweight champion Shaundell Alfred strikes a pose with her spoils after defeating Corinne De Groot in their matchup.
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SHONDELL `Mystery Lady’ Alfred and Leon `Hurry Up’ Moore became Guyana’s latest world boxing champions, while former world title contender Howard Eastman, also of Guyana improved his rankings on the world stage.
Fighting for the Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight title, Alfred recorded a unanimous points decision over Canada’s Corinne deGroot in a 10-round contest while Moore out-foxed Colombia’s Maurico Pastrana over 12 rounds to claim the World Boxing Council Continental of America, NABA and FEDE Latino bantamweight titles by a unanimous decision also.
Eastman on the other hand knocked out Trinidad and Tobago’s Kevin `The Fighting Policeman’ Placid in the final round of their 10-round middleweight contest to improve his record.
Also in winners’ row on Saturday night were Shawn Pile who registered a first round (two minutes 30 seconds) knock out victory over Paul Lewis in a six-round featherweight contest, Iwan Azore who scored a unanimous victory over his countryman Wayne in a six-round middleweight bout and Dexter Marques who registered a unanimous decision over his compatriot Hewley Robertson in a four-round super bantamweight fight.
In the main bout of the S&S/Holland Entertainment Promotions card, Alfred, the national bantamweight champion who weighed in at 114 pounds was a bit cautious during the early rounds of her 10-round contest against the taller deGroot (117 pounds).
However, by round four, the `Mystery Lady’ was able to get the Canadian Guyanese to fight her (Alfred) style, that is one of brawling and took advantage of it by out-dueling her opponent to secure a unanimous decision to win the WIBA title.
Judges Ian Alves, Lionel Sullivan and Trevor Arno scored the bout 99-90, 97-94 and 96-92 respectively, all in favour of Alfred.
In the main supporting bout, Moore out-foxed his Colombian counterpart Pastrana by keeping him at bay for most of their 12-round contest to win a clear cut unanimous points decision
Guyana’s Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore delivers with a solid and unanswered left hook to the jaw of Colombia’s Mauricio Pastrana during their bout which the former won.
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Judges Bernard DeSantos, Francis Abraham and Clairmont DeSouza scored the bout 119-109, 120-109 and 119-109 respectively, in favour of Moore, the World Boxing Council’s number six rated fighter.
In the Eastman versus Placid affair, the former world rater Eastman practically toyed with his Trinidadian counterpart Placid before closing him (Placid) off at two minutes 19 seconds of the final round.
In the main bout, both Alfred and deGroot felt out each other with the latter using her reach advantage to keep the stalking Alfred at bay.
Early in the second round, Alfred connected with two combinations early in the round and the south paw deGroot responded with two straight lefts.
In round three, deGroot tried to keep Alfred at bay with her right jabs but the shorter Alfred stepped in close and unleashed one-two combinations to her opponents’ body and in one instance, a straight right to her head that floored her (deGroot), sending the crowd into a frenzy.
In round four, both fighters went at each other, and this is what Alfred was looking for as she out-brawled the Canadian, connecting to her body repeatedly with solid body shots.
The pattern was the same in rounds five six and seven.
In round eight, deGroot started to use a double right jab to good effect early in the round but Alfred got in close on a few occasions and scored with combinations to deGroot’s body.
The two were cautious in the early part of round nine but with 15 seconds remaining in the round, the Canadian of Guyanese parentage checked Alfred with a straight left to win the round.
Both fighters went at each other in the final round and it was deGroot that was the more aggressive as she connected with a straight left that sent Alfred to the canvas but referee Eion Jardine did not issue the eight count.
With three seconds remaining in the fight, deGroot once again landed a straight left that floored Alfred, but instead of issuing the eight count, Jardine called on the two to box on just as the final bell sounded.
The win for Alfred improves her record to 11 wins, as against five losses. Three of her victories came by way of knock outs.
In the main supporting bout, Moore who went into the ring with 23 wins and two losses improved his record with another win.
During the first round, the two boxers felt out each other and the round seemed even. However in round two, Pastrana went out quartering his opponent, looking for the opening, but Moore was the more aggressive and connected with a one-two combination to the Colombian’s face, cutting him under the left eye in the process.
Pastrana, a six-time world champion continued to be the aggressor for the next six rounds but Moore kept on his `Bicycle’ and fought on the retreat, successfully keeping his shorter opponent at bay with crisp right jabs and the occasional combinations.
Pastrana was even more aggressive in round nine, but Moore was equal to the task and the two exchanged combinations with Moore getting the better of the exchanges.
For the remaining rounds that followed, Moore kept moving, jabbing and connected with quite a few body shots.
In the end, the Guyanese was awarded the fight and the title belts that were presented to him by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony and Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir.
After the bout, Moore said he was confident all along that he would have won, adding that he had a plan and worked to it and it paid off.
He admitted that the Colombian is a strong fighter stating that he gave him (Pastrana) his best shot and the Colombian took it well.
Pastrana’s coach Nelson Lopez said he is pleased with the decision and wished Moore the best in his career.
Pastrana also congratulated Moore but said he came to Guyana to fight but Moore stayed away from him and did not fight. He however said Moore has the potential to be a world champion.
WIPA questions Hilaire’s captaincy comments
THE West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has raised concerns over the comments of incoming WICB chief executive officer, Ernest Hilaire, about the future of captain Chris Gayle.
In an interview with Cricinfo, Hilaire said Gayle's position will have to be considered following his remarks earlier in the year about Test cricket.
"It is for the selection committee to discuss and make a recommendation to the board," Hilarie told Cricinfo. "Chris has said in the recent past that he is not that interested in playing Test cricket anymore.
I'm very open minded, and I am not sure what the selection committee is thinking. But I would have thought in light of recent reports it would be wise to ask him the meaning of his comments."
However, WIPA have questioned whether Hilaire's views are personal or those of the board because he doesn't officially take office until October 1. WIPA fear that because the selectors report to the CEO that Hilaire's comments could become prejudicial to deciding Gayle's future.
"Dr. Hilaire has not yet assumed the office of CEO but has made statements that some might consider disturbing as it relates to one of the most important positions in the fabric of Caribbean life - captain of the West Indies team," said a statement.
"Thus WIPA believes that his comments - whether representative of the WICB or personal - could well be considered prejudicial to the integrity of the selection process and have the potential to impact on the process of the appointment of an individual to the important position of West Indies captain.
"The system which exists within the WICB whereby the selectors are appointed by the WICB and report to Chief Operations Officer, who functions under directive from the CEO, is relevant in this regard.
"WIPA hopes that Dr. Hilaire's comments are not meant to serve as groundwork for the eventual victimisation of Mr. Gayle with regard to him being re-installed as captain of the West Indies team - a position he performed in with significant success during his almost two year tenure. (Cricinfo)
Daredevils go down to T&T in second match
Ramdin named man- of- the- match
By Calvin Roberts
THE Guyana Daredevils lost the second Twenty20 cricket match against Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) by 56 runs at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence Saturday night, thanks to a robust half century from man of the match Dinesh Ramdin.
Winning the toss and opting to take first strike, T&T, who will be leaving for India where they will compete in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Club t20 championships on the 4th October, posted 203-5 from their 20 overs, before restricting the Daredevils to 147-7 from their 20 overs.
Openers Lendl Simmons (39, 7x4 29 balls) and William Perkins (22, 12 balls 3x4), posted 73 for the first wicket, with the former hitting Kellon Carmichael for three fours in the first over of the match, followed by another off national fast bowler Esaun Crandon which raised the 50 for T&T in the fourth over.
At the other end of the pitch, Perkins also struck Carmichael through extra cover for four, then took a few steps down the wicket and hit the same bowler back over his head for a maximum, the first of the night.
Simmons had also struck two consecutive fours off Crandon, before the introduction of off-spinner Dion Ferrier who took 2-27 from his four overs, accounted for both openers who were adjudged lbw in the space of two balls in the seventh over of T&T’s innings.
Former T&T Under-19 skipper Adrian Barath who made 17 was caught by Sauid Drepaul at long off when he attempted to hit Troy Gonsalves (1-14) out of the ground at 115-3 at the end of the 12th over, but his demise brought Ramdin and Kieron Pollard (36, 27 balls 4x4; 1x6) together and this spelled trouble for the home team bowling.
Gonsalves was struck over mid-wicket by Ramdin for a maximum, followed by an audacious pull through the same area for four off Sewnarine Chattergoon while Pollard tickled then got a miscued hook for four off Christopher Barnwell who took 2-54.
The Pollard/Barnwell battle continued in the bowler’s next over, with the towering Trinidadian all rounder pulling Barnwell through forward square leg for four to push T&T to 144-3 at the end of 15 overs.
Ramdin displayed his power hitting attitude to the small crowd which number around 2,500, by dispatching Drepaul over midwicket twice for maximums, followed by a four through the same area off Ferrier.
Barnwell came out victorious over Pollard, who after hitting him over long off for his lone six, picked out a diving Ferrier at point who came up with the catch to the delight of the spectators and a jubilant looking Barnwell who bowled Ramdin three balls later to leave T&T on 184-5 after 18 overs.
Dwayne Bravo who was dropped by substitute fielder Andrew Lyght Jnr on the deep cover boundary off Barnwell provided some fireworks at the end of the innings by hitting the same bowler over long on and then long off for maximums as T&T closed on 203-5.
The Daredevils’ innings got off to a disastrous start as they lost both Chattergoon (08) and Shemroy Barrington (01) to be 12-2 in the third over.
Aggressive batting from Barnwell who struck four fours and two sixes from the 15 deliveries he faced for his 31 along with Assad Fudadin’s 42 balls 39 which was decorated with four fours, helped restore some pride to the total.
Barnwell took a liking to Samuel Badree (2-31) by hitting him over long on and then long off from successive deliveries for four and six respectively to push the score to 26-2 in the fourth over, before he drove Navin Stewart through point for four.
Fudadin also struck Stewart through point for four, then watched as Barnwell struck Badree over extra cover for four, followed by a slog sweep over backward square leg for six, before he was caught inches away on the long on boundary by Simmons.
Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan entered the fray and after being forced to survive some short deliveries from his West Indies teammate Dwayne Bravo, stood tall to pull the same bowler through square leg for four, much to the delight of the home crowd.
Sarwan continued his boundary hitting act on Bravo with a top edge to long leg, followed by an audacious drive off the front foot through extra cover off Rayad Emrit, then watched as Fudadin also drove Emrit with disdain back along the ground for four.
Sarwan picked out Badree at midwicket at 88-4 in the 13th over and was quickly followed by Leon Johnson (12; 1x4) who was dropped by Ganga at extra cover to leave the Daredevils on 117-5 which became 123-6 when Fudadin was bowled by Sunil Narine.
Two sixes from Gonsalves who finished unbeaten on 19 made off 10 deliveries from the bowling of Narine and one from Ferrier who struck Bravo back over his head, proved to be inadequate for the Daredevils who lost Darwin Christian for one, as they ended on 147-7.
Dave Mohammed led the bowling with 2-6 and received worthy support from Badree (2-31), while there was a wicket each for Stewart, Pollard and Narine, while Ramdin received a trophy and a Wellman hamper, compliments of Mike’s Pharmacy.
Meanwhile, in a show of appreciation, the T&T team presented Minister of Housing and Water Irfan Alli with a Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) tie and an official T&T team jersey which was autographed by the players during the changeover of innings.
RHTWSB are Berbice zone Neal and Massy champions
By Vemen Walter
ROSE Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), produced a clinical display to dispose of arch rivals Albion Community Centre by 29 runs in the Berbice Zone Final of the 2009 Neal and Massy National 40 Overs First Division Cricket Competition played on Saturday, at the Rose Hall Community Centre Ground in Canje.
Skipper Esuan Crandon with a swashbuckling unbeaten (47) and fine knocks of (43) and (38) respectively from Assad Fudadin and Khemraj Mahadeo ensured Rose Hall Town to a respectable 191 for six in their allotment of 40 overs before left-arm-spinner Ravi Narine bagged four for 31 to send Albion packing for 162, having batted 36.1 overs.
The win ensured Rose Hall Town being crowned the Berbice Champions while at the same time also booking their passage to Essequibo for the October 7th national semi, where they will come up against the Essequibo Zone winners.
Albion on the other hand, having also qualified for the national semis by virtue of a Berbice team being the defending champions, will meet the Demerara Zone champions at home also on October 7th.
Sent in to bat on a good batting track, Fudadin and Mahadeo shared in a brilliant 85 runs fourth wicket stand that lasted 20 overs after joining forces with their team in trouble at 31 for three in the 11th over before Crandon whose knock was spiced with three sixes and a four launched a brutal assault on the Albion bowlers towards the end of the innings.
Narsingh Deonarine who was by far the most expensive Albion bowler, finished with three for 62 off seven overs while fellow off-spinner Ranga Lachigadu had one for 21, and leg-spinners Davendra Bishoo and Sewnarine Chattergoon one each for 21 and 31 respectively.
In Albion’s effort with the bat, only national Under 19 batsman Jonathan Foo showed some fight with a classy (72), an innings decorated with two sixes and five fours.
Supporting the burly Mahadeo were medium pacer Micheal Cummings with two for 31 and off-spinner Eon Hooper with two for 35
Klitschko retains WBC title with TKO overArreola
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a 10th round TKO over previously undefeated challenger Cristobal Arreola Saturday.
Arreola, who was outclassed by the taller and more mobile Ukrainian, did not answer the bell at the start of the 11th round.
The victory was Klitschko's third since returning to the ring in 2008 following an injury-induced retirement in 2005.
"This fight was much more difficult than it looked for me," Klitschko told reporters in a ringside interview. "Cristobal is a tough opponent."
Los Angeles-born Arreola, who was vying to become the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent, sat dejected on his stool when the referee signaled the end of the fight before the start of the 11th round.
He then burst into teats and apologized to his hometown crowd, who had cheered wildly for him throughout the fight.
"I'm sorry guys," Arreola said. "I just couldn't get to him; whatever I did he would counteract. He just found a way to win."
The 38-year-old Klitschko outclassed Areola throughout, fighting with his hands at his waist and keeping the 28-year-old at a distance by using his reach advantage to land jabs at will.
Arreola was forced to chase the Ukrainian, who then simply used his superior footwork to dance out of any danger and frustrate the challenger, who was bleeding and notably fatigued by the end of the eighth round.
Klitschko, who had last defended his WBC crown in March with a ninth-round TKO of Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez, improved to 38-2, while Arreola slipped to 27-1.
India set for last-chance saloon
INDIA face holders Australia in the Champions Trophy at Centurion today needing a victory to retain realistic hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Captain Mahendra Dhoni admitted every game is a knockout after they lost their opener by 54 runs to Pakistan.
"If we don't play well, we can pack up and go back home," he said.
Australia beat the group outsiders West Indies by 50 runs but skipper Ricky Ponting said: "We know we need to play better when we take on India."
Dhoni admitted the absence of Yuvraj Singh, who like star opener Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the tournament because of injury, was difficult to cover, with ball as well as bat.
"Yuvraj bowls six or seven useful overs and I missed that option," he said. "It's all about adapting to conditions. We should have adapted to the conditions. We could have done a lot better.
"Frankly speaking, I thought I was short of three bowlers. I didn't know who to turn to."
The Indian bowling will be put to the test once again by a strong Australian batting line-up, which demonstrated its depth against West Indies as fast bowler Mitchell Johnson smashed an unbeaten 73 from 47 balls.
"It was particularly hard work early on," Ponting admitted. "It was a difficult wicket, so to get that sort of total was good going.
"The batsmen did a pretty good job and Johnson finished things off pretty well for us and those runs proved vital in the game." (BBC Sport)
Injured Ryder inspires NZ to win over Sri Lanka
JESSE Ryder smashed 74 with the aid of a runner to help New Zealand beat Sri Lanka yesterday by 38 runs and keep alive their Champions Trophy semi-final hopes.
Opener Ryder, who will play no further part in the tournament, hurt his groin seven balls into his innings but still put on 125 with Brendon McCullum (46).
Martin Guptill (66) and Daniel Vettori (48) helped steer New Zealand to 315-7.
Mahela Jayawardene hit 77 and Nuwan Kulasekara an unbeaten 57 but Sri Lanka were all out for 277 in Johannesburg.
Having finished their Group B campaign with one victory and one defeat, they must now hope England win their remaining two games to try to sneak through to the last four on run-rate.
New Zealand, beaten by South Africa in their first match, can guarantee their qualification if they beat England on Tuesday.
Skipper Vettori, named man- of- the match for his all-round efforts, was thrilled with the way his side rose to the challenge.
"It's a crucial win and obviously keeps us alive in the tournament and that's the most important bit," he said.
"But the manner of the win is something that is really pleasing to ourselves and to our fans back home."
Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara felt his side's fielding let them down.
"We have a lot of brushing up to do, especially with the fielding," he admitted.
"Forget the bowling and the batting, we haven't been doing fielding well for the past six months.
"We've got to really go back to basics. We probably didn't bowl as well as we could have, especially with the early assistance in the track."
Ryder, whose 50 came off just 28 balls, faced 58 balls in total and blasted 10 fours and a six as he threw caution to the wind.
McCullum's 46 came at a slower pace off 72 balls, but the pair set the standard for the innings.
Sri Lanka, who dropped spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, hit back with five wickets for 36 runs to reduce the Black Caps to 161-5 but Guptill and skipper Vettori put on a quickfire 69 and then James Franklin bashed 28 off 21 balls and Kyle Mills 18 off six balls in a thrilling finish.
Sri Lanka openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya had put on 66 when Jayasuriya fell for 24 and then Dilshan (41) followed just one run later.
Jayawardene tried to anchor his side's innings and struck two sixes in his 85 balls, but when he was the seventh wicket to fall, bowled by Vettori, the run-chase was all-but over.
Kulasekara clubbed 57 from 56 balls, hitting four sixes in the process, but the innings came to an end when Daryl Tuffey removed Ajantha Mendis for three in the 47th over.
It was later confirmed that Ryder, who was fined 15% of his match fee after breaking a chair with his bat following his dismissal, had torn an abductor muscle.
"It's very sad for him and I don't think it is a good prognosis," added Vettori.
New Zealand have asked for permission to bring in batsman Aaron Redmond to replace Ryder. (BBC Sport)
NEW ZEALAND Innings
+B McCullum c Dilshan b Mathews 46
J Ryder c wkp Sangakkara b Kulasekara 74
M Guptill b Malinga 66
R Taylor c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 4
G Elliott lbw b Mathews 0
N Broom c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 15
*D Vettori c sub (C Kapugedera) b Jayasuriya 48
J Franklin not out 28
K Mills not out 18
Extras (b3, lb2, w8, nb3) 16
TOTAL (7 wickets - 50 overs) 315
Did not bat: D Tuffey, S Bond
Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Ryder, 19.6 overs), 2-128 (McCullum, 21.5), 3-133 (Taylor, 22.5), 4-140 (Elliott, 23.5), 5-161 (Broom, 30.2), 6-230 (Vettori, 41.4), 7-284 (Guptill, 47.6)
Bowling: Kulasekara 7-0-52-1 (1w); Thushara 7-0-50-0 (2nb, 4w); Malinga 10-0-85-1 (2w); Mendis 9-1-49-0 (1nb); Mathews 6-0-33-2; Jayasuriya 10-0-39-3; Kandamby 1-0-2-0
SRI LANKA Innings
TM Dilshan c sub (JS Patel) b Mills 41
ST Jayasuriya c Mills b Tuffey 24
*+K Sangakkara c Taylor b Franklin 11
M Jayawardene b Vettori 77
T Samaraweera c Broom b Vettori 17
T Kandamby run out (Vettori/Elliott) 11
A Mathews c Guptill b Franklin 2
N Kulasekara not out 57
T Thushara c Guptill b Mills 11
L Malinga c Taylor b Mills 15
A Mendis c Vettori b Tuffey 3
Extras (lb2, w5, nb1) 8
TOTAL (all out - 46.4 overs) 277
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Jayasuriya, 7.5 overs), 2-67 (Dilshan, 8.5), 3-85 (Sangakkara, 12.3), 4-114 (Samaraweera, 18.4), 5-137 (Kandamby, 24.3), 6-141 (Mathews, 27.2), 7-219 (Jayawardene, 38.2), 8-243 (Thushara, 42.1), 9-262 (Malinga, 44.6), 10-277 (Mendis, 46.4)
Bowling: Mills 10-0-69-3 (1w); Bond 9-0-82-0 (1w); Tuffey 8.4-1-39-2 (3w); Franklin 9-0-40-2 (1nb); Vettori 10-0-45-2
Points: New Zealand 2, Sri Lanka 0
England win as South Africa crash out of Champions Trophy
CENTURION (Reuters)-England beat South Africa by 22 runs at Centurion to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy and send the hosts crashing out of the tournament.
Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan blazed half-centuries as England piled up 323 for eight, their highest ever total against South Africa.
South Africa, despite captain Graeme Smith's career-best 141, could only manage 301 for nine in reply.
Shah and Collingwood inflicted enormous destruction on a home attack that could not stick to a length as they plundered 163 runs off 162 balls in a record third-wicket stand for England against South Africa.
Shah went over the boundary six times in his 98 off 89 balls, while Collingwood showed wonderful placement and composure in cruising to 82 off 94 deliveries.
Morgan finished the innings in style as he took advantage of woeful death bowling to wallop four fours and five sixes in his 67 off 34 balls.
Wayne Parnell, South Africa's youngest bowler, was their best, taking three for 60 in 10 overs.
South Africa were unable to compile a telling partnership despite Smith's fine innings and they went into the last 10 overs needing 94 runs to win with six wickets in hand.
Big-hitter Albie Morkel netted a six and a four off successive deliveries in his 17 off 14 balls, but, with debate raging as to whether England captain Andrew Strauss should allow a limping Smith a runner, Morkel ran himself out attempting a bye to stand-in wicketkeeper Morgan.
Strauss's decision to call on off-spinner Graeme Swann to bowl three overs in the closing stages paid off as he conceded just 10 runs and bowled the JP Duminy for 24.
James Anderson finished with three for 42 as South Africa slid to defeat and England, crushed 6-1 by Australia recently, reached the semi-finals.
AB de Villiers (36) and Herschelle Gibbs (22) made promising starts but failed to master the conditions or England's attack.
ENGLAND Innings
*A Strauss c wkp Boucher b Parnell 25
J Denly c Duminy b Kallis 21
O Shah c wkp Boucher b Botha 98
P Collingwood b Parnell 82
+E Morgan c Smith b Steyn 67
L Wright run out (Parnell) 8
R Bopara c Morkel b Botha 1
S Broad b Parnell 0
G Swann not out 8
J Anderson not out 2
Extras (b1, lb4, w5, nb1) 11
TOTAL (8 wickets - 50 overs) 323
Did not bat: G Onions
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Denly, 9.6 overs), 2-59 (Strauss, 12.1), 3-222 (Shah, 38.2), 4-262 (Collingwood, 43.1), 5-291 (Wright, 45.6), 6-295 (Bopara, 46.4), 7-297 (Broad, 47.2), 8-320 (Morgan, 49.2)
Bowling: Steyn 10-0-59-1 (1w); Parnell 10-2-60-3; Kallis 3-0-14-1 (1w); Morkel 6-0-45-0 (1nb, 1w); van der Merwe 9-0-67-0 (2w); Botha 9-0-56-2; Duminy 3-0-17-0
SOUTH AFRICA Innings
*G Smith c Shah b Broad 141
H Gibbs c Wright b Anderson 22
J Kallis c Denly b Broad 12
AB de Villiers c Denly b Collingwood 36
JP Duminy b Swann 24
+M Boucher b Anderson 8
A Morkel run out (wkp Morgan) 17
J Botha c Onions b Broad 0
D van der Merwe b Anderson 0
W Parnell not out 10
D Steyn not out 17
Extras (lb8, w5, nb1) 14
TOTAL (9 wickets - 50 overs) 301
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Gibbs, 6.6 overs), 2-64 (Kallis, 11.5), 3-142 (de Villiers, 25.5), 4-206 (Duminy, 36.6), 5-230 (Boucher, 40.1), 6-255 (Morkel, 44.1), 7-255 (Botha, 44.3), 8-263 (van der Merwe, 45.2), 9-274 (Smith, 46.5)
Bowling: Anderson 10-0-42-3 (1nb, 4w); Onions 7-0-52-0; Broad 10-0-67-3 (1w); Wright 5-0-31-0; Collingwood 10-0-58-1; Swann 8-0-43-1
Points: England 2, South Africa 0
`Hamilton dominant in Singapore
MCLAREN's Lewis Hamilton won from pole at the Singapore Grand Prix while Jenson Button extended his lead over Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello to 15 points
Button crept home in fifth place ahead of Brazilian Barrichello, while Timo Glock of Toyota and Renault's Fernando Alonso completed the podium with Sebastian Vettel fourth.
The German is 10 points behind Barrichello in the drivers' standings with 59 while Mark Webber (51.5) can kiss his title chances goodbye after crashing out thanks to a brake failure.
Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica -who held off Kazuki Nakajima and Kimi Raikkonen - completed the points positions.
Hamilton was fastest off the line thanks to a KERS boost and immediately began to set fastest laps, although five laps in he was told to disable the system.
However McLaren sorted the problem out and he streaked away at the front until a safety car period bunched the field back together before the halfway point of the race.
Nico Rosberg passed a slow-starting Sebastian Vettel for second while Fernando Alonso outsprinted Mark Webber for fourth.
Webber retook the place from Renault's double world champion - who won this race in 2008 with help from then team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate crash - but was later told to give it back as he had gone around the outside off the track.
With Glock having passed the Spaniard, he was also the recipient of a place from the Australian. Meanwhile Romain Grosjean was an early retirement in the sister Renault R29, a brake issue bringing his weekend to an end.
Button had gained a place for 10th and produced a steady drive to climb the field.
Giancarlo Fisichella's poor form in the Ferrari continued, sandwiched between the cars of former team Force India in the first stint - and while his race engineer demanded that he attack Adrian Sutil, instead he found himself defending 16th from replacement Vitantonio Liuzzi.
He came in 13th of the 14 classified cars by the end, Liuzzi behind him and Sutil having retired on lap 20.
That incident also put paid to Nick Heidfeld: Sutil touched Jaime Alguersuari's Toro Rosso, spun and collected the BMW-Sauber as he swung the VJM02 around, smashing off his own nosecone.
Just before that smash, with Hamilton clear of Rosberg at the front, the Williams driver made the reigning world champion's life a great deal easier by illegally crossing the white line on the narrow exit of the pitlane.
The safety car came out for several laps and bunched the field together, leaving Rosberg to serve his drive-through penalty afterwards to maximum cost. That destroyed his podium aspirations: he finished 11th.
The field having pitted during the slowdown - Kovalainen the main beneficiary, nicking a couple of places for sixth and separating Barrichello in front from Button - Vettel inherited second and briefly looked capable of challenging the race leader.
Hamilton managed to keep the gap to almost a second for a few laps though and received more good news when the German was slapped with a drive-through for speeding in the pitlane.
Vettel lost a wing mirror bumping over a kerb and seemed to be having a miserable time of it after his title hopes had seemed alive once more, rejoining in ninth. However he had stopped a second time and so thanks to some hard charging was back among the points by the end.
Webber came in for a long stop with black dust falling from his brake discs; he was given the thumbs up but soon after, with 15 laps remaining, they failed and he was sent backwards into a tyre wall.
Barrichello dived into the pits, expecting a safety car, but Button gambled by staying out - and a simple yellow flag meant his low-fuel laps before coming in saw him finish above his colleague.
The Toro Rossos of Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi were the other cars to retire, with separate problems on lap 48 of the 61; the former had damaged the fuel rig on an earlier pitstop by pulling away too soon.
Hamilton was seven seconds clear of Glock and eased home, while Ross Brawn warned his drivers of pushing too hard in the final stages due to brake degradation. (Eurosport)
Brazil Crush Costa-Rica 5-0 in FIFA U-20 World Cup
THE scoreline may have flattered the young Brazilian side as Costa-Rica failed to make the most of their chances.
Back in 2007 only two goals separated the teams in the final reckoning, as Brazil squeezed Costa Rica out of the tournament, claiming the final best third-placed spot thanks to a better goal scored record.
However, the meeting between the champions of North and Central America and South America turned out to be a far more one-sided affair this time around.
A brace from on-loan Internacional striker Alan Kardec did the damage before the break, with Guiliano chipping in with an effort to send the Selecao into the dressing room three goals to the good after 45 minutes.
Brazil didn't take their foot off the gas in the second half adding two more, although it took them until the final quarter of an hour to put the gloss on an impressive scoreline, thanks to strikes from Alex Teixeira and Boquita.
Whilst the outcome of the match may have proved somewhat one-sided, the organisers of the tournament will be heartened by the attendance. A near-capacity crowd came in to watch the match and after some disappointing attendances for earlier games hopefully this will be the encounter that catches the imagination of local fans in Egypt.
The pre-tournament favourites have warmed up nicely for the rest of the tournament, while Costa Rica look like they'll have something of a mountain to climb if they wish to become a factor at the tournament.(Goal.com)
