14 Wednesday 16th December, 2009

Anderson had another good spell East London, taking seven of in a "middle" practice in for 130 runs in two . In the Pretoria on Monday and seems likely first match his figures were an Pakistan recalls Sami to play. impressive 6-55. ISLAMABAD (AP) - League and was barred Meanwhile, have called "Graeme's injury is improving uncapped Kent off-spinner James and we expect him to be available for Pakistan cricket selectors from playing inter- Tredwell into their squad as back-up the first Test," Flower confirmed. have recalled fast bowler national cricket. Kallis fit after He severed his for for the series. In terms of a recent Test track Swann missed some of the earlier record, England has been busier than two years for the three-test ties with the ICL ear- limited overs matches against South their hosts. series against Australia. lier this year and Africa with a side strain. His replace- Going back to “On the request of the took 30 wickets ment then was leg-spinner Adil February,it has team management, the while representing Rashid, who conceded plenty of runs. played 12 Tests. After selection committee has Karachi Whites in to bat for England coach Andy Flower said losing a five-match agreed to send nine first-class on Monday that Tredwell, who has series against the Mohammad Sami as a matches this season. been part of the England West Indies 1-0 in reinforcement player to Sami has taken Performance group currently touring the Caribbean, it , was insurance for later won both Tests join the Pakistan team in Mohammad Sami 81 wickets in 33 Test in the series should Swann's injury against the same Australia,” the Pakistan matches, with an problems return. Swann bowled well opposition at Cricket Board said in a average of 51.37. The South Africa in his side's two warm-up matches in home, before statement on Tuesday. first Test begins in Melbourne pulling off its Sami, 28, last played a Test on Dec. 26 and the series con- second succes- match against India two years tinues in Sydney from Jan. 3-7, ago in Bangalore before he before finishing Jan. 14-18 at ! Ntini to play 100th Test joined the unauthorized Indian Hobart. Makhaya Ntini, who will be appear- PRETORIA, ing in his 100th Test. The one-time South Africa (AP) tender of cattle from the rural - Speculation about will be the only the Dupuy faces Thursday hearing Ntini the composition of fifth South Africa player to reach 100 the South African Tests, and the first black South into gouging charge team for the first Test against African to achieve that milestone. England ended Monday when the Ntini has taken 388 Test wickets, DUBLIN (AP) - France European Rugby Cup can South African selectors reduced the and holds a slew of South African scrumhalf Julien Dupuy will impose a ban of as long as three squad for the match to 12 after being bowling records. One he does not pos- find out at a discipli- years for the offense, convinced that was fit sess is for taking the most test wick- nary hearing Thursday which is deemed the to play. ets. That record belongs to now- whether he will be worst in an infamously All-rounder Kallis, who bats at retired , who claimed banned for gouging an physical contact sport. No. 4 for South Africa, may not be 421 wickets in his 108 tests. able to bowl in the match which Ntini detractors say that his Test opponent's eyes at the Dupuy faces a begins on Wednesday at Supersport career does not have long to run, but weekend. minimum 12-week sus- Park in Pretoria as he is not being should he start well this week after a sive home Ashes victory, Television pictures pension if found guilty. fully recovered from a broken rib suf- nine-month break from , taking the series 2-1 by beat- showed Dupuy appar- Dupuy told French fered a couple of months ago. But the he could be retained for South ing Australia at the Oval in August. ently sticking his fin- radio station RMC that Proteas' highest Test run-scorer was Africa's tours of India and the West As for the Proteas, a year ago they gers in Stephen Ferris' "the pictures aren't pronounced fit to bat after getting Indies next year, and he would then started a three-match series against eyes during Ulster's 23- really in my favor but I through several practice sessions have a good chance of improving on Ricky Ponting's Australia which they without discomfort at a national Pollock’s tally,which is the eighth 13 Heineken Cup win Julien Dupuy really didn't mean to won 2-1 thanks in part to the spectac- over Dupuy's Stade put my fingers in his team camp in Potchefstroom at the best in Test history. ular emergence of batting talent JP weekend. Kallis' recuperation had As it stands, the release of the Duminy.That was South Francais. eyes. I don't think I'm a dirty included spending time in an oxygen three squad members means that Africas first Test win in Tournament organizers player." chamber to hasten the healing the Proteas will rely on a three- Australia, but Ponting's men process. pronged pace attack for the first Test, responded by beating the Three players - batsman Alviro in the shape of Ntini, Steyn and Proteas 2-1 in the return series Petersen, all-rounder Ryan McLaren Morne Morkel. Morkel will be replac- in South Africa, which ended in Dominant Thailand maintains and left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell - ing his brother Albie, who played in March. were on Monday released to play for South Africas last Test, an innings their club teams this week. The only victory over Australia at Newlands in Squads: lead at SEA Games reserve player still with the Proteas March. South Africa: VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - ning target and 50-meter rifle 3 is uncapped fast bowler Friedel de The Proteas team management is (), , Hashim Wet. He provides cover for fast holding out hope that Kallis will be Vietnam swept the shooting com- position. Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de bowler , who has been able to bowl in the Pretoria match petitions at the Southeast Asian Vietnam also took gold in judo hampered by a hamstring strain for a too, but that might be considered VIlliers, JP Duminy, , Games on Tuesday, winning four and shuttlecock, which is similar to couple of weeks. risky.The second Test in Durban Paul Harris, Morne Morkel, Dale golds and two silvers to close in on badminton but played with the feet. "Both Jacques Kallis and Dale starts on December 26, and Kallis Steyn, Makhaya Ntini and Friedel de medals tally leader Thailand. After winning 13 golds on Steyn should be fit to take their should be ready to bowl by then. Wet. Thailand won two golds Monday, Thailand had a relatively places," South Africa coach Mickey Meanwhile, the England manage- Tuesday - in judo and kickboxing - quiet day with only three golds. Arthur said. "Nevertheless we are ment is still pondering the make-up to lead the other 10 countries at Supanara Sukhasvasti na England: (captain), the biennial competitions with 45 Ayudhaya won the men’s long keeping Friedel de Wet on standby as of their team, although the widely Jacques , Jonathan Trott, Kevin a like-for-like replacement for Dale. held view is that it will pick five bats- golds. Vietnam is second with 38 jump, while Chuthathip Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, There is always the chance with men, wicketkeeper Matt Prior and Kallis and Singapore third with 30. Bampenboon and Pitima bowlers that Dale could wake up on five bowlers. The five-strong bowling Matt Prior, Luke Wright, , Vietnam’s Ngo Huu Vuong Thaweerattanasinp won gold in the morning of the match with a unit could contain two all-rounders Graeme Swann, won the men’s 10-meter running women’s Jyu No Kata category of recurrence and we don’t want to have in Luke Wright and Stuart James Anderson, target mixed, while teammate judo. to scramble around for a last-minute Broad, spinner Graeme Swann Graham Onions, Nguyuen Van Tung took silver. In Muay Thai, or kickboxing, replacement." and two more seamers - proba- Ryan Sidebottom Vietnam also took gold and silver Wanlaya Pongta won the women’s in men’s 50-meter rifle 3 position, bantamweight 51-54 kilogram cate- This week's match will be a spe- bly James Anderson and and James and team golds in 10-meter run- gory. cial one for Proteas pace bowler Graham Onions. Tredwell.

During Tuesday’s inter- Other companies are like- view Woods says he and ly to use the implosion of Williams are “great Tiger Inc. as a warning that Woods speaks friends”. Tiger Inc.'s image they must closely scrutinize “We talk about any- all off-the-field behaviour of thing and everything any sports star they're con- together,” he said. sidering hiring and just how Williams told inter- crash to make much benefit they're getting. of family values viewer Murray Deaker in Even then, they'll likely an interview that he and be wary of ads that bank on Woods had a relationship a celebrity's image and that was “just like a mar- sponsors cautious instead go for that star's riage really.” endorsement of a product. The self-destruction of athlete might be a thing of bragged that he embodied “The longer you go "Brands continually will in interview Tiger Inc. is calling into the past," said Laura Ries, Accenture's values of perfec- on the more you know come back to individuals question whether companies president of marketing con- tion and integrity. who they believe will help WELLINGTON, hours on the golfcourse, about one another,” can afford the risk of sign- sulting firm Ries & Ries. AT&T said it is also is them sell more product," New Zealand (AP) - not like I used to” he Williams said. ing multimillion-dollar con- Companies "want a safe evaluating its relationship Woods said his basic said Rick Burton, former Tiger Woods spoke of his said. tracts with celebrity choice and it seems like with Woods, as is Swiss chief marketing officer of commitment to his fami- “But my focus is so values had been shaped endorsers. there's almost no safe choice watchmaker Tag Heuer. by his mother Kultida, the United States Olympic ly during an interview much more intense than Done right, celebrity out there." Procter & Gamble's Committee and now a sports who was the family disci- screened in New Zealand it used to be. endorsers can help boost Most of Woods' $100 mil- Gillette brand announced marketing professor at plinarian. on Tuesday, but conduct- “I know whatever I both the sale of products and lion in annual earnings over the weekend it was dis- Syracuse University. "The “You’d think Dad, ed in the days before his have to get done (has to their maker's image. But came not from tournament tancing itself from him by capitalism of all this is if car crash and subsequent be done) in a shorter being a Special Forces Woods' hasty and stunning winnings but from compa- not airing ads featuring Tiger can help somebody sell admission of several infi- amount of time.” operator, was the tough downfall shows how quickly nies like Accenture that Woods. Nike, PepsiCo Inc.'s a brand in the future, they're delities. The interview, con- guy. No, he was always things can sour when a wanted to be associated with Gatorade and EA Sports say going to use Tiger." Asked in the inter- ducted in Melbourne, the softie,” Woods said, superstar athlete's life choic- his persona. These image they are standing by him. view “family first and Australia where Woods laughing and shaking es are exposed in a nega- ads are the types that are golf second...always been was playing in the his head. “My tive light by today's real- least likely to endure. like that?”, Woods Australian Masters, was mom was time tabloid news cul- Ultimately that could mean ture. few other sports figures will replied: “Always. due to be aired on tough.” Woods and his follow in Tiger Woods' foot- Tiger Woods supported by Tag Heuer Always.” Christmas Day but New advisers spent steps. He goes on to say that Zealand’s Sky Sport years cultivating "There has to be trust and Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer has announced it will continue having a family - he has brought it forward after a good-guy he's just taken a grenade to its association with Tiger Woods despite the golfer's alleged infi- two young children with the revelations about image to go along any kind of traditional delities. wife Elin Nordegren - Woods’ private life. with his winning agreement that you'd nor- “has been great, actually, The inteview also Company spokeswoman, Mariam Sylla said the sponsorship ways, which is how mally have," said John is unchanged because Woods remains the world's best golfer and the best thing that ever dealt with Woods’ 10-year he became sports' Sweeney, director of sports Tag Heuer does not care about his private life. happened.” relationship with his first - and perhaps communication at the The interview was New Zealand-born caddie last - $1 billion University of North "We will continue," Sylla said. "He's the best in his domain. We conducted on Nov.17 - ten Steve Williams. Williams earner. It's also Carolina at Chapel Hill's respect his performance in the sport," she said, adding that days prior to the accident has denied any knowl- what has made his School of Journalism and Woods' personal life is "not our business." outside his Florida fami- edge of Woods’ extra- fall even more jar- Mass Communication. Tag Heuer has been sponsoring Woods since 2002. Financial ly home which prompted marital relation- ring. Accenture severed ties details of the agreement have not been announced. reports of marital strife. ships but has said "The with Woods on Sunday, two Tag Heuer's comment came a day after global consulting firm The world’s No.1 golfer the golfer has billion days after he announced an Accenture became the first major sponsor to announce it was cut- dollar indefinite leave from golf to later admitted to liaisons since confided ting ties with Woods. with other women. in him. work on his marriage after At the end of last week Woods announced he is taking an Woods says he has admitting infidelities. It said indefinite leave from golf to work on his marriage after allegations applied time manage- he was "no longer the ment skills learned at right representative" of of infidelity surfaced in recent weeks. Stanford University to the company's val- Meanwhile, what is being considered the 14-time major win- his dual roles as a golfer ues. ner's last interview before the sex scandal broke, is due to be and father and had been That's not sur- aired by New Zealand pay television network Sky TV today. prising since the more focused as a player The eight-minute interview, during which Woods said family global consult- since he became a family always comes before golf, was not due to be screened until ing firm had man. pinned its Christmas Day. “I don’t practice as entire identi- much as I used to. I don’t Tiger Woods ty on the © The Telegraph Group, London, 2009 spend the amount of golfer and