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Hamburg - Rafael Nadal stretched his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings by virtue of his Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday.
The Spaniard leads the list issued on Monday by the ATP with 14,990 points from Switzerland's Roger Federer (10,910) and Serbian Novak Djokovic (8,420). Nadal beat fourth-ranked Briton Andy Murray in straight sets on Sunday.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: Test cricket on Sunday said farewell and thanks to West Indian Steve Bucknor, the most experienced umpire to date in the longest form of the game.
The 62-year-old Jamaican umpired his final Test match at Newlands in Cape Town between South Africa and Australia, his 128th match in the middle.
Dubai, Mar. 23: Indian batswoman Mithali Raj has found a place in the ICC’s Team of the Tournament of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 which was staged in Australia from 7 to 22 March.
Indian wrist spinner Priyanka Roy and fast bowler Amita Sharma are also in the squad.
The team was selected by a specially assembled panel of experts, headed by former Australia captain Belinda Clark, which had also picked the player of the tournament.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has appealed to the national selectors to provide him with a specialist spinner for the Ashes series.
The appeal has gone out following the disastrous debut of Bryce McGain in Cape Town, reports The Age.
McGain took 0-149 from 18 overs at 8.27 runs per over, the second-worst economy rate by a bowler in an innings in Test history.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: When former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee famously said a decade ago that Mitchell Johnson had enormous potential as a Test cricketer, he could have meant as a batsman.
Captain Ricky Ponting certainly thinks the pace bowler can go a long way with the bat and wasn''t at all surprised to see the left-hander hit his maiden century of 123 not out in Australia''s defeat in the third Test in Cape Town on Sunday.
London, Mar. 23: England and Portsmouth mid-fielder Peter Crouch has had worse days, but hours after netting a brace in Portsmouth’s win over Everton, he made it a hat-trick by taking gorgeous Abbey Clancy out for dinner.
The pair scored some posh nosh at the Zuma restaurant in London, reports The Sun.
Things, it seems, are going well both on and off the pitch for the former Liverpool shooter.
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal stretched his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings by virtue of his Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: Test cricket on Sunday said farewell and thanks to West Indian Steve Bucknor, the most experienced umpire to date in the longest form of the game. 
Dubai, Mar. 23: Indian batswoman Mithali Raj has found a place in the ICC’s Team of the Tournament of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 which was staged in Australia from 7 to 22 March.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has appealed to the national selectors to provide him with a specialist spinner for the Ashes series.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 23: When former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee famously said a decade ago that Mitchell Johnson had enormous potential as a Test cricketer, he could have meant as a batsman.
London, Mar. 23: England and Portsmouth mid-fielder Peter Crouch has had worse days, but hours after netting a brace in Portsmouth’s win over Everton, he made it a hat-trick by taking gorgeous Abbey Clancy out for dinner. 
