“I have no jockey so I don’t run,” Nicholson said, ignoring possible replacements such as Richard Dunwoody, Jamie Osborne and David Bridgwater, second in the riders’ championship. Following X-rays to his neck and ankle, the fracture was discovered.The Irishman was injured when Hatcham Boy went down on the final bend of a novice hurdle. His fall also arrested the journeys of Jimmy’s Cross and Crane Hill, but while their jockeys were soon upright, Maguire remained down, communicating more in groans than words.The reaction of David Nicholson, Hatcham Boy’s trainer, was also hard to understand. Last night, however, he decided the seven-year-old should take his chance in the hands of Warren Marston.Maguire was scrubbed from calculations after he was transported to Slough’s Wexham Park Hospital wearing a neck brace.
Morceli will after all run in the First National Bank Gold Cup at Ascot after an injury to Adrian Maguire, his original booked jockey, had threatened his participation.Howard Johnson, Morceli’s trainer, had contemplated withdrawing his charge following Maguire’s fall yesterday at the Berkshire track which snapped a bone in his ankle. Racing
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Britain’s newest flying grey will be airborne today after a temporary grounding. “Ed picked up a couple of wickets too – that was a great effort.”Giddins struck with successive balls in his sixth over, while Salisbury trapped his first victim in the last over before lunch thanks to a slice of luck: a short attempted googly was pulled by the Pakistan A captain, Asif Mujtaba, to midwicket, where Anthony McGrath pulled off a brilliant one-handed catch.However, Salisbury’s skill was more responsible for the afternoon tumble of wickets and, at tea, Pakistan A were in disarray at 125 for 8.(First day of five, Pakistan A won toss)PAKISTAN A – First InningsMohammad Ramzan lbw b Giddins 4Shahid Anwar c White b Salisbury 50Shadab Kabir c McGrath b Giddins 0*Asif Mujtaba c McGrath b Salisbury 29Saeed Azad c McGrath b Salisbury 16Naveed Rana run out 11Akram Raza b Headley 5Wasim Yousif c Irani b Salisbury 7Nadeem Khan c and b Salisbury 0Kabir Khan c Knight b Salisbury 5Mohammad Zahid not out 1Extras (b4, lb2, nb3) 9Total (64.3 overs) 137Fall: 1-16, 2-16, 3-63, 4-84, 5-104, 6-117, 7-120, 8-120, 9-126.Bowling: Headley 22-9-29-1; Giddins 16-4-43-2; White 4-3-14-0; Irani 3-2-2-0; Salisbury 17.3-6-39-6; Stemp 2-0-4-0.ENGLAND A – First InningsN V Knight not out 10J E R Gallian not out 5Extras 0Total (for 0, 2 overs) 15To bat: *N Hussain, A McGrath, R C Irani, C White, K J Piper, I D K Salisbury, D W Headley, R D Stemp, E S H Giddins.Bowling (to date): Kabir Khan 1-0-10-0; Mohammad Zahid 1-0-5-0.Umpires: Shakeel Khan and Mian Mohammad Asman.. “We wanted to bat ourselves but Ed and Dean really set standards in that first hour,” Salisbury said. Pakistan A 137 England A 15-0
Ian Salisbury took 6 for 39 in Multan yesterday as England A celebrated a superb opening day in the first “Test” against Pakistan A in Multan.
However, the Sussex leg-spinner was the first to pay tribute to the contributions of the pace pair, Ed Giddins and Dean Headley, as Nasser Hussain’s side reached 15 without loss in reply to Pakistan A’s 137 all out.The portents did not look good when Hussain lost the toss and the Pakistanis claimed the first use of a near-lifeless pitch. He eventually lofted a catch to Ramiz Raja in the outfield to end a 223-minute stay at the crease.(First day; Australia won toss)AUSTRALIA – First Innings*M A Taylor b Wasim 40M J Slater lbw b Wasim 0D C Boon run out 34M E Waugh c Ramiz Raja b Mushtaq 88S R Waugh c Moin Khan b Mushtaq 7G S Blewett b Mushtaq 0I A Healy c Basit Ali b Mushtaq 37P R Reiffel c Mohammad b Mushtaq 14S K Warne not out 27C J McDermott b Waqar 0G McGrath b Wasim 3Extras (b3, lb9, nb5) 17Total (78.3 overs) 267Fall: 1-0, 2-68, 3-111, 4-156, 5-156, 6-211, 7-235, 8-238, 9-244.Bowling: Wasim Akram 18.3-7-42-3; Waqar Younis 17-3-54-1; Mohammad Akram 10-1-41-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 30-5-115-5; Aamir Sohail 3-1-3-0.PAKISTAN – First InningsSalim Elahi b McGrath 13Aamir Sohail not out 15Mushtaq Ahmed lbw b McGrath 0Ramiz Raja not out 4Extras (lb1) 1Total (for 2, 9 overs) 33Fall: 1-24, 2-24.To bat: *Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Basit Ali, Mohammad Akram, Waqar Younis, Inazamam-ul-Haq, Ijaz Ahmed.Bowling (to date): McDermott 5-0-19-0; McGrath 4-0-13-2.. He finished with 5 for 115 from 30 overs, eclipsing his previous best of 4 for 121 in the third Test against Australia at Lahore last year.Mark Waugh hit his fifty in just 61 balls before curbing his natural aggression as he tried to hold the innings together.
However, Mushtaq’s celebrations were cut short when he returned to the wicket as nightwatchman only to suffer a first-ball duck as Pakistan reached 33 for 2 in reply at the close.That was a second wicket in successive balls for Australia’s pace bowler Glenn McGrath after he removed the opener Salim Elahi for 13.Mushtaq, who replaced the off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, completed his first five-wicket Test haul with the wicket of Mark Waugh, who led Australia’s resistance with 88.Steve Waugh, the all-rounder Greg Blewett, the wicketkeeper Ian Healy and the pace bowler Paul Reiffel also fell to Mushtaq’s wiles. Cricket
Australia 267; Pakistan 33-2
Mushtaq Ahmed, the Pakistan leg-spinner, suffered mixed fortunes as the tourists recovered some pride on the first day of the second Test against Australia in Hobart.The Somerset player, recalled by Pakistan following their humiliating innings defeat in the first Test, claimed career-best Test bowling figures as Australia struggled to 267 all out. Carlos has proved himself and that’s where I want to be.”This domestic difference over the drivers’ title could, of course, undermine the team’s ambition in the manufacturers’ championship, playing into the hands of Mitsubishi’s Kenneth Eriksson, who joins Subaru next season, and Tommi Makinen McRae’s principal concern, however, is purely personal.. He thinks about the whole championship and not just that particular event.”Beating Carlos for the championship would make it better still There’s no one tougher in a head to head Put it this way, if I was a team boss I’d go for him. It comes from experience.”McRae returns the compliment: “Consistency is one of Carlos’s strengths, also He doesn’t let situations rev him up He’s cool and calculating. I said last year Britain had a potential champion and you can see it this year He has become more consistent You have to be quick, but you don’t have to make mistakes.
“In my favour, I suppose, is that I am probably more relaxed. When you have won two titles you have a bit less pressure.”Of course, Colin will have some pressure, but he is a good driver and it shouldn’t be a problem for him. “I think Colin is the favourite because we are here,” he said. I found some logs, but you cannot make a judgement on the whole country for two stupid people I hope no one will be stupid this year.
