Wednesday 28th September, 2011 13 Cooley to fill in as Australia coach in SAfrica Troy Cooley

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — has been assistant coach with the nation- all players have what they need to pre- Bowling coach Troy Cooley was appoint- al team for the last two years. pare for the tour and to oversee the sup- ed interim head coach Tuesday for In 2009, Cooley filled in as head coach port staff to ensure the best possible Australia’s tour of South Africa next for the last three ODI’s of Australia’s 6-1 results.” month. series victory over England in England. Cooley will also be an acting national Tim Nielsen quit last week after Cooley also coached Australia A on its selector for the Twenty20 and ODI squads Australia’s 1-0 Test series win in Sri tour of Zimbabwe in July. announced later this week. Lanka, leaving little time for a permanent “Troy has filled this role successfully CA is in the process of recruiting a head coach to be recruited. in the past, and has worked extensively high performance general manager, as Australia said in a statement with all players within the Australian set well as a new full-time national selector that Cooley, head coach at the national up and with our younger squad members and two part-time selectors in the wake of Centre of Excellence and an assistant at CA’s (Centre of Excellence),” CA gener- an exhaustive review of the state of coach with the top team, has agreed to al manager Michael Brown said. Australian cricket on and off the field take on the caretaker role but would not Cooley, 45, said he felt comfortable spearheaded by a respected group of for- be applying for the full-time job. coming into the “caretakers role.” mer Test captains. Cooley, who played 33 first-class “My working knowledge of the Once appointed, the new general man- matches with Tasmania state, had success Australian team and our opposition will ager for team performance will be as England bowling coach in the 2005 no doubt be an asset in the short term as involved in the recruitment of a new Ashes series win before returning to we look to build on the successful tour of head coach. Australia as bowling coach in 2006. He Sri Lanka,” he said. “My role is to ensure Mumbai sneak through in low-scoring thriller Mumbai Indians clinched an outra- Set a seemingly derisory target of 99 to ished when Chahal drove down the ground tion of just five runs. and Malinga to get the Indians close, geous low-scoring thriller as they beat win, Mumbai’s top order were blasted by and beat the throw back to the striker’s Rampaul picked up three of those before Chahal snatched the two points at by one off the and strangled by Trinidad’s end. , before grabbed the the last. final ball in Bangalore on Monday night. spinners as they slumped to 33 for five, The islanders had made a decent start crucial scalp of Pollard when the big bats- Mumbai, who confirmed at the toss with Trinidadian with the bat after winning the toss, but man hammered a pulled into his own leg that Davy Jacobs will play no further part batsman Kieron their innings was first derailed by the run- and saw the ball deflect onto his leg stump. in the tournament after picking up an Pollard the fifth out of (21) and then by the Narine went on to finish with figures injury in training, have now won two out All-Island Seven-a-Side Div II wicket to fall. wizardry of Harbhajan Singh. of 2 for 10 in his four overs as Mumbai of two and have one foot in the semi-finals. At the start of The offspinner recovered from seeing were forced to scrap for runs, but Rayudu (cricket365.com) Inter-School winners the final over they his first ball disappear for six to record fig- found enough support in Rajagopal Satish TEXT AND PIX BY M. FAROOK LANTRA needed 11 runs to ures of 3 for 22 as the win, but even after Trinidad middle The All-Island Schools Rugby Seven-a-Side tournament Lasith Malinga had order folded. was held at Rajgama, recently. Twenty-two schools vied for smashed the second Jason honours for the Singer trophy. from Mohammed’s 23 was Sherwin Ganga for the top score in the six there was plenty innings, which lasted of drama to be had. just 16.2 overs as Malinga was run Trinidad were bowled out two balls later, out for 98. and Ambati Rayudu The pitch, (36), who had batted although offering patiently through turn, was by no the innings to keep means a minefield Mumbai in the but Mumbai arguably game, was run out made a mistake by from the very next settling for a tentative ball to leave last man start rather than Yuzvendra Chahal grabbing the run- requiring two runs chase by the scruff of from the final deliv- the neck. ery. As a result they At that point had just 11 on the Cup champions St. Thomas’ Matale, led by D. C. B. Koswatha. Trinidad skipper board when Aiden Daren Ganga blun- Blizzard fell in the dered, failing to third over, and they bring his players up lost Tirumalasetti in the ring as he Suman, James hedged his bets on a Franklin and Andrew tie, and he was pun- Symonds for the addi-

Broad on the mend Stuart Broad remains confident of Plate champions Zahira College, Mawanella, captained making his return from injury in the by M. I. M. Fazmeer. one-off Twenty20 clash against India at the end of next month. England’s Twenty20 is cur- rently recovering from a shoulder injury sustained during the fourth one- day international against India at Lord’s on September 11. However he expects to complete his rehabilitation in time to take the helm for the Twenty20 clash in Kolkata which follows England’s one-day series in India. “It’s going okay,” Broad told Sky Sports News of his recovery. “The muscle’s torn so it takes time to heal. I’ve got another week’s rest then it’s rehabilitation in October. Bowl champions, Dewapathiraja College, Rajgama, “It’s a intense rehabilitation pro- led by K. Manoj Sudharsha. gramme and I’m looking forward to get- ting under way. “I’ve got it in mind that I want to play that Twenty 20 game in India. It’s a tight target but you’ve got to have those targets to get you through the mornings in the gym. “It’s a two-month injury but it’s a right shoulder injury so I’ve got to be careful; that’s my career.” Although Broad admits that the packed international schedule takes its toll, he isn’t prepared to place the blame for his injury squarely on the calendar. “It’s part of professional sport, you’re going to pick up injuries,” he said. “We do play a huge amount, it takes a toll on your body and when you get The skipper of Royal Wayamba, Akila Jayasingha, with his Shield time to recuperate you have to use it champions team and the Master-in-Charge, M. Roberts. wisely.