Arun leads Karnataka's rallyJ Arun Kumar blasted his fifth century of the season to nullify to a great extent the 75-run lead Madhya Pradesh took against defending champions Karnataka on the third day of the five-day Ranji Trophy final at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.Miandad resignsPakistan Cricket Board's parleys with Richard Pybus, the South African coach are believed to have led to the resignation of Javed Miandad, who was the coach of the team that won the Asian Test championships, the triangular series in India and then the Champions Cup in Sharjah. However, agency reports from Karachi quoting the former Pakistan captain say that he has resigned because of "pressing family commitments".Lara's fitnessWest Indian captain Brian Lara is struggling to get fit for the start of his team's cricket World Cup campaign in England next month, hampered by a nagging injury to his right wrist. Lara was ruled out of today's fifth One-Day International against Australia because of the injury he first suffered when he was struck on the arm during the West Indies' disastrous tour of South Africa earlier this year.Crisis avertedSri Lanka's sports ministry on Wednesday stepped in to avert a major crisis for the national cricket team ahead of the World Cup by amending Cricket Board laws to enable the team to travel to England on schedule this weekend.Hockey campThe Indian Hockey Federation has once again shown that it does not believe in transparency. After adding nine more probables to the 73 selected during the March Nationals in Hyderabad, for the Sydney Games, the Federation has split them into eight camps but has refused to mention who these nine players are.Jayalakshmy winsJ Sai Jayalakshmy started her campaign in the $ 5000 ITF Women's Circuit with a straight set win at the GA Ranade Tennis Centre today.
