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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Friday, May 29, 1998
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Kenya plunder India in bid to make final
The Kenyan lions lived up to their reputation of being a fighting force with three batsmen scoring half-centuries to amass 265 for five, their highest against India, and virtually assured themselves a passage to the final at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta.
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Indians go totally dry against Canada
India's performance slid from bad to worse as they went down 1-4 to Canada in their final Pool A league fixture of the men's World Cup hockey tournament. The result meant that the Indians, with just one victory to show for their efforts, finished at the bottom of the pool, having three points, which left them to fight it out for the 9-12 positions, the same as in the 1986 World Cup.
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Jim Courier vows to keep "coming back"
Jim Courier, twice a French Open champion, isn't thinking of throwing in the towel just yet despite yesterday's second-round loss to German qualifier Jens Knippschild. Although stung by his straight-sets loss, the 28-year-old redhead American vowed to keep on coming back to the scene of two of his greatest triumphs -- as long as he believed he had a real chance of tasting glory again.
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New Zealand put brakes on Sri Lanka
New Zealand fought back fiercely to put Sri Lanka on the defensive at 251 for seven at close on the second day of the first Test at the Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The tourists resumed from an overnight 282 for seven and lost their last three wickets for 23 runs with off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ending with five wickets for 90 runs.
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