Dean Jones and Kapil Dev inaugurated the first two-nation golf tournament for cricketers this September. The Goregaon club will now organise a triangular -- England will join India and Australia -- from December five this year. Each team will field three players but the names are yet to be finalised. Ian Botham has confirmed he will be available for England. He is likely to be joined by fellow paceman Bob Willis. India will field Roger Binny and Kapil Dev, with Karsan Ghavri the front-runner among the probables for the third spot. Dean Jones will again captain Australia, with Jeff Thompson as his second, subject to Australian Cricket Board approval.

Today, Binny and Dean Jones teed off in a Stableford one-off contest. Dean punched his elegant driving with someold-fashioned boy's club ribbing.``Imagine that ball to be Sarfaraz Nawaz's head. Now hit it,'' Jones advised Binny. Then he switched to commentary mode. ``Here is RMH Binny from Bangalore swinging his club in a smooth arc....AND OFF GOES SARFARAZ'S HEAD.'' Jones will be offering commentary on Channel Nine during the Ashes Series back in Australia this summer.

Later, speaking to Express Newsline, Jones confirmed sentiments ran high. ``It is nice to come down and play with Binny, Kapil. We sit around, drink some beer, exchange notes on family and kids. And sure, memories from our cricketing days. I keep reminding Roger how Australia used to thrash India.'' Not entirely true. Binny and Jones had first faced off in the World Series Championship at Melbourne in 1985, which India won. And, for the records, Binny won by six points. ``He is definitely a better golf player,'' Jones conceded. Though Jones looks forward to Ian Botham joining them in December, it is not networking which brings him here. ``Golf is thefastest growing sport in the world. We are hoping to attract more kids to the game here. Then there are some business appointments.''

Dilawar Nensey of Royal Palms revealed he will invite five countries, including South Africa, to play next year. ``We have a golf course and we need to put golf members in it. Given India's craze for cricket, the best way to popularise the club is to get cricketers here.''