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Jayasinghe replaces SchafterCOLOMBO: Stanley Jayasinghe, manager of the Sri Lanka A team currently touring South Africa will replace Chan...

Jayasinghe replaces Schafter
COLOMBO: Stanley Jayasinghe, manager of the Sri Lanka A team currently touring South Africa will replace Chandrika Schafter as manager of the senior team in Zimbabwe, while ex-cricketer Brendon Kuruppu will take charge of the A side.

The Sri Lankan Cricket Board sacked Schafter following intelligence reports that he had links8217; with militant Tamil groups in South Africa.

Dilshan Tillekeratne has been chosen as replacement for veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva in the Sri Lankan squad, which will play three Tests and five one-dayers in Zimbabwe.

Hooper entertains comeback
SYDNEY: Former West Indies all-rounder Carl Hooper, 32, says he is considering an international comeback.

8220;I8217;ve been retired now for six months and I8217;m slowly finding out I8217;ve still got itchy feet,8221; he told The Sydney Daily Telegraph today. 8220;I think I8217;m still capable of playing international cricket but I8217;ll just see how it goes.8221;

Hooper said he would reserve judgement on thepossibility of a comeback until the end of the domestic Australian cricket season.

Respite for Shoaib Akhtar
BRISBANE: Australian Cricket Board ACB Chief executive Malcolm Speed ended doubts over Shoaib Akhtar8217;s bowling action with a brief telephone call to Pakistani manager Yawar Saeed today.

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A 20-minute video tape of Akhtar8217;s action sent by umpires Ross Emerson and Terry Prue arrived in the ACB8217;s morning mail but Speed told Yawar the matter could go no further.

The match in question, Western Australia versus Pakistan at Perth was not sanctioned by the International Cricket Council ICC so there was no official referee.

England chalk up first win in SA
JOHANNESBURG: Nasser Hussain8217;s England chalked up the first win of their tour of South Africa when they beat Easterns by 19 runs in a 50-over friendly at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, yesterday.

Brief scores: England 234-9 Nasser Hussain 64, Andrew Flintoff 54; Andre Nel 4-33 bt Easterns215-7 Dennis Smith 75

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Russia quell South Korean challenge
TOKYO: European champions Russia fended off a tenacious challenge from Asian silver medallists South Korea scoring a 25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23 victory in the women8217;s World Cup Volleyball today.

Results: Italy bt Argentina 22-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-9, Brazil bt Peru 25-17, 25-15, 25-16, Croatia bt Tunisia 25-7, 25-15, 25-10.