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Hooper told Reuters he had felt 8220;torn in two8221; watching on television as the West Indies collapsed to their worst Test match total of 51, to lose the first Test in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, by 312 runs on Monday.

But he said at the moment he did not want to be so far away from his Australian wife Connie Tambakis and their son who is being treated in Adelaide for an undisclosed medical condition.

Taylor in new role

SYDNEY: Former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor remained coy about his retirement plans despite taking on another high profile job away from the sport.

Taylor was unveiled as the new advertising frontman for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at a packed press conference.

His new role is predominantly a promotional one and will involve the former Test skipperpublicising the impending release of Olympic Games tickets to the Australian public.

Kasprowicz for Leicestershire

LONDON: English County Champions Leicestershire have signed former Australian Test bowler Michael Kasprowicz as their overseas player for this summer.

The paceman has agreed a one-year contract and replaces West Indian Phil Simmons as the overseas player at Grace Road.

Lewis8217; test

NEW YORK: Britain8217;s Lennox Lewis will decide his place in boxing history here on Saturday, becoming either the undisputed world heavyweight champion or being tagged only a pretender to the throne.

World Boxing Council champion Lewis faces World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation champion Evander Holyfield to reunify the heavyweight crowns, not held by one man since December 1992.

Lewis never fought Mike Tyson, George Foreman or Riddick Bowe in the pro ranks and had to convince rival promoters to work together to obtain a date with Holyfield. His 34-1 career has all been aprelude to Saturday.

Depleted tourney

BIRMINGHAM: Two leading Malaysians, ranked five and six in the world, have pulled out of the All England Badminton Championships starting on Wednesday.

They are joined on the sidelines by Britain8217;s top singles player Darren Hall, who has an ankle problem.

Ong Ewe Hock, beaten in the 1998 final, has still not recovered from an insect bite which infected a leg and landed him in hospital last month.

UK TV blunder

LONDON: What is the minimum number of strokes with which a tennis player can win a set?

A 29-year-old British warehouseman won 125,000 pounds Rs 84 lakh on a television quiz show by giving the wrong answer, the Daily Mirror reported.

Faced with four choices, Tony Kennedy went for the obvious 8212; but incorrect 8212; answer and said 24. The computer on the popular prime time Who Wants to be a Millionaire show immediately doubled his winnings and let him play on until he stopped to take his winnings.

But the correct answerwas 12. To win a set a tennis player must win six games.