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The Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) is pleased to formally announce that Rob Langer has been appointed to the new position of High Performance Manager.Langer, a former West Australian cricketer and uncle of Australian Test batsman Justin Langer, will commence duties at the WACA in the next few weeks.As the WACA’s High Performance Manager, Langer will be responsible for:

• Overseeing Western Warriors activities including; Player Contracts; Player Code of Behaviour; and Selection Policy implementation;
• Implementation of a career management and player welfare program.
• Liaising with the Australian Cricket Board on WACA Ground fixturing.
• Effective management of game related activities at the WACA Ground, including requirements for the Western Warriors and visiting national and international teams.

Langer will also be required to work closely with State Coach Michael Veletta to oversee and manage required aspects of representative teams, including responsibility for resources and staff within the high performance unit of the WACA’s cricket department.During his career, Langer played 44 games for WA, scoring 2 756 runs at an average of 43.06, with five centuries and 18 half-centuries. Langer also played World Series Cricket (WSC) for Australia from 1977-78 to 1978-79 and like nephew Justin batted left-handed and filled the number three position.Langer’s most recent employment has been as a Senior Consultant and from 1999-2001 was Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Speedway Commission.The WACA is also pleased to formerly announce that Kim Hagdorn has been appointed the new Manager of Communications.Hagdorn was selected from a high quality field of national and international applicants to assume the responsibility of managing communications for the Western Warriors and the WACA.Speaking on the appointments, WACA CEO Kath White said,”We’re pleased to have both Rob and Kim on board our team at the WACA. They are quality people with the right experience and ability, and we re looking forward to their contribution.”

VUSI SIBANDA — BIOGRAPHYFULL NAME: Vusimuzi Sibanda
BORN: At Highfields, Harare, 10 October 1983
MAJOR TEAMS: CFX Academy (2001/02). Present club side: Takashinga
KNOWN AS: Vusi Sibanda. Nickname: Sibs
BATTING STYLE: Right Hand Bat
BOWLING STYLE: Right Arm Medium Pace
OCCUPATION: CFX Academy studentFIRST-CLASS DEBUT: 15-17 February 2002, CFX Academy v Manicaland, at MutareSports Club
TEST DEBUT: Still awaited
ODI DEBUT: Still awaitedBIOGRAPHY (March 2002)Vusi Sibanda comes from a sporting family but, like most other young black players in Zimbabwe, he has no family background in cricket. "I am the only one who plays cricket," he says, although he has an older brother who is a good football player in Bulawayo.Vusi’s interest began in Grade Three at Chipemberi Primary School in Highfields, a black township in Harare. ZCU coach Stephen Mangongo, the man who has inspired so many black players in Harare, introduced cricket to the pupils at the school and Vusi attended. He did have a year, in Grade Five and Six when he lost interest, but then returned with his enthusiasm renewed.Chipemberi had a very successful year when Vusi was in Grade Seven, his final year, and won all their matches. His best performance was against Hellenic School, after his team was all out for 36. He opened the bowling and took eight wickets for four runs, winning the match for his team. He was later selected for a Zimbabwe Development team tour to South Africa.He progressed to Churchill High School on the ZCU scholarship scheme, after successfully taking part in trials at Harare Sports Club; he was one out of only four out of 50 applicants to succeed, the other three being Hamilton Masakadza, Tatenda Taibu and Stuart Matsikenyeri. He forced his way into the school first team in Form Three. He remembers a great match at Under-16 level against Eaglesvale School, after the opposition scored 240; he batted at number three and scored 95, sharing in a good partnership with Masakadza to win the match,In the meantime he had represented Mashonaland at Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19 levels, but without great success, thus failing to gain selection for the national side at those levels. He joined Takashinga to play club cricket, his best performance being 68 not out as opener to guide his side to victory.Vusi left school in 1999, to supplement his O-levels for a year. At that time he played for and captained a Harare development side. He `took a chance’, as he says, in applying for the CFX Academy for 2002, encouraged by Stephen Mangongo, and was selected.Vusi’s highest score in any class of cricket was 123 for Churchill at Under-14 level, but he doesn’t consider it to be his best performance. He is strong on the pull and drive, and likes to bat at number three or four, but is willing to open if it benefits the team.The eight wickets he took for Chipemberi against Hellenic at junior school remains his best bowling performance. Nowadays he moves the ball away from the bat, in the air and off the pitch, but the Academy have not yet used his bowling. He likes to field in the slips or gully area.He names, as expected, Stephen Mangongo as the coach who has helped him the most, and Stephen remains his personal coach.Cricket heroes: Andy Flower – "I like the way he bats."Toughest opponents: "Although I haven’t played outside Zimbabwe, I can say Henry Olonga."Proudest achievement so far: "To make it into the Academy side."Best friends in cricket: Arnold Rushambwa, Hamilton Masakadza.Other qualifications: None.Other sports: Rugby and athletics (javelin, high jump, long jump) at school.Outside interests: Running.

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How they were out (South Africa)
How they were out (England)

	AB de Villiers magnificent 174 crushed England’s hopes of limiting South Africa’s lead © Getty Images

South Africa maintained their domination of the second Test at Headingley, leaving England in the forlorn position of 50 for 2 at stumps on the third day, still trailing by 269. AB de Villiers’ magnificent 174 lofted South Africa’s first innings to 522, grinding down England’s weary bowlers mercilessly. On a wearing pitch, the hosts have rather little hope of preventing South Africa taking a 1-0 series lead in the next 48 hours.South Africa have outplayed them in nearly every session since the third day at Lord’s, and it is due to their resilient batting that the home have been left kicking the turf in frustration. England’s prospect of batting all day tomorrow and Tuesday to save the Test is not one they will cherish, on a surface beginning to offer variable bounce and movement. South Africa fought back brilliantly to save the Lord’s Test, but that was on a pitch more akin to Lahore than London. Still, Headingley has history in creating history.It was pleasing to see Makhaya Ntini return to something like his best, too. Poor at Lord’s and disappointing in the first innings, he bowled much wider of the crease today – like he used to – as recommended by his former team-mate, Shaun Pollock. The acute angle created, slanting across both Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss, affected the judgement of their off stump, but it wasn’t until he went around the wicket that he really threatened. A surprise lifter outside off was fended behind by Strauss, and South Africa had kicked the door open on weary England.England so nearly resisted. For once, Michael Vaughan survived several near misses off Dale Steyn who produced two leg-cutting jaggers that zipped off the seam. Vaughan picked him off through midwicket twice, but Steyn continued to attack and could easily have had him lbw on 9. However, with one over left in the day, Ntini squared him up with a corking leg-cutter to cap a perfect day’s Test cricket.

Smart stats The 212-run partnership between Ashwell Prince andAB de Villiers is South Africa’s fourth-highestfor the fifth wicket in Tests, and their highest against England for thatwicket. Prince features in three of the top four stands. The partnershipis also South Africa’s highestat Headingley for any wicket. de Villiers’ 174 is his sixthTest century, and his highest against England. He also has 13half-centuries in Tests, but on the last three occasions he has convertedhis fifties into hundreds. de Villiers scored only 9 out of his 174 runs in theV between mid-off and mid-on. He scored 57 in the cover region, and 66through backward square leg or midwicket. Prince and de Villiers scored at just 2.06 runs perover against Andrew Flintoff. Against the other four specialist bowlers,their run rate was 3.11 per over. It’s only the thirdtime that Flintoff bowled 40 or more overs in a Test innings. JamesAnderson’s 44 overs is the mosthe has ever bowled in an innings. South Africa’s 319-run first-innings lead is theirfourth-highest in all Tests against England. On twoprevious occasions they batted first, while oncethey batted second. Two of those three games ended in draws.

South Africa owe their position to Ashwell Prince and de Villiers, whose hundreds – though not always glitzy, attractive innings – were models of patience and resilience, and they needed to be. England fought hard this morning, grateful for a pitch that at last offered seam movement, and both batsmen could have fallen within the first hour. Inevitably, it was to Andrew Flintoff that Vaughan turned for early inspiration, and in a lively morning spell he found encouraging movement off the pitch, beating de Villiers with several leg-cutters and even luring the normally sober Prince into a washy drive outside off.James Anderson impressed throughout, though to judge by his pained expression and Angus Fraser-like kicks at the turf, his patience wore thin as he passed the edge of Prince and de Villiers’ bat time after time. de Villiers was particularly tentative, doubtless nervous about a possible hundred, and was beaten all ends up by a corking outswinger that came off his hip. England were at last making them work.They were far from faultless, tiring visibly, and for all Anderson’s occasional jaffas, too often they were followed by half-volley gifts that de Villiers made sure to capitalise on, flicking through midwicket with fine timing. Prince was less tentative, and accordingly less patient, edging the impressive Darren Pattinson behind one short of his 150. Nevertheless, South Africa’s lead had swelled beyond 200.Mark Boucher struggled, as he has all series, and narrowly escaped edging behind on numerous occasions, but de Villiers powered onwards and upwards to register his sixth Test hundred from 264 balls. The Headingley crowd unsportingly booed their disapproval, doubtless with a nod to de Villiers’ non-catch which he tried to claim on the first day, but this was a courageous and skilful innings, even if the half-cut couldn’t bear to acknowledge it. Anderson was eventually rewarded for persistence when he bowled Boucher, and de Villiers fell to an outstanding catch by Flintoff at first slip – diving to his left to pluck a grass-licker – while Monty Panesar picked up 3 for 65. The damage had been done, however, and in losing two late wickets, England look down and out.The door hasn’t quite been shut on them, but it is only just ajar. Not even the weather is looking down in their favour with two days’ hard work ahead.

BRISBANE, Oct 19 AAP – Queensland captain Jimmy Maher tucked into the New South Wales bowling attack as the Pura Cup match headed for a draw at the Gabba today.At tea on the final day, the Bulls were 1-114 in their second innings – a lead of 178 – with Maher hitting 60 from 71 balls before he was caught at first slip by Simon Katich off the bowling of Nathan Bracken (1-9).Maher raced to his half-century with nine consecutive fours before Bracken found a regulation edge.Brendan Nash, following his 176 in the first innings, was unbeaten on 35 with Martin Love on six.Blues rookie Doug Bollinger was out of luck in his first-class debut, bowling Nash from a no-ball which clipped the off-stump and raced to the boundary.Earlier, the Bulls claimed valuable first-innings points when they dismissed the Blues for 443.

Namibia is finding the going very hard in the Standard Bank Cup domestic one-day competition. Having been beaten by Western Province on Wednesday evening, they followed it up on Sunday, with another loss against Free State in Bloemfontein.Winning the toss Namibia asked Free State to bat first and did well to restrict and bowl out a strong team for 216 after Free State squandered the chance of setting a big target.After a solid start and reaching 145/2 in 29 overs, thanks to 48 from Morne van Wyk, 50 from Johnathan Beukes and 30 from Boeta Dippenaar the hosts collapsed to 216 all out in the 45th over.Bjorn Kotze in taking 3/41 in his nine overs was instrumental in causing the collapse, getting rid of Van Wyk, Beukus and Jimmy Adams. Nineteen wides however put a damper on the Nambian bowling, and not having the best batting team it is runs given away that they can ill afford.After scoring 44 in Cape Town, Daniel Keulder, with an undefeated 51, was again the mainstay of the Namibian batting scoring the majority of the 116 run total.Free State will be happy with the form of Nicky Boje, returning from a finger injury, who ripped the heart out of the Namibian batting taking 4/29 in his nine overs. Gaining the bonus point Free State now move to the top of the Pool B log.In Potchefstroom North West continued on their winning ways, this time beating neighbours Northerns by 25 runs and going to the top of Pool A.Winning the toss and batting North West never got on top of the bowling. Arno and Davey Jacobs did put on a 56 run third wicket partnership, but it was left to a quick 24* from Alfonso Thomas to get the boys from Potchefstroom to 215/5 at the end of the 45 overs.Northerns could only reply with 190/5 with Jacques Rudolph undefeated on 98. The second loss in two games leaves them at the bottom of the table, sharing the spot with KwaZulu-Natal.

England batsman Marcus Trescothick may miss the rest of the season with a multiple fracture of his thumb. The Somerset opener had to leave the field during the Cheltenham & Gloucester quarter-final match against Worcestershire.Trescothick suffered the injury as he stopped a fierce cover drive fromGraeme Hick. Somerset physio Darren Veness confirmed the injury will keep him out for at least six to eight weeks, with a return for the ICC Champions Trophy in September his target.”You would have to say now you are looking at the rest of the domestic season,” Veness confirmed. “It is just not realistic to get him back before then. Our own specialist is monitoring it, and it is certainly starting to look as if it will not need surgery.”In that case they will try to keep everything intact under anaesthetic and then plaster-cast it. But obviously he is a contracted player (for England), and England may want someone else to have a look at the injury.”Trescothick immediately ran off clutching his hand after the injury, having saved a certain four. His team-mate Keith Dutch saw the impact at close quarters and said he knew instantly Trescothick was in trouble.”I could see as soon as it happened that it was bad,” Dutch said. “Straightaway when it hit him I could see his reaction. It bounced awkwardly on him, and he closed his hands a bit too quickly on it.”Given Trescothick’s magnificent form this summer (he scored a century in Saturday’s NatWest final against India) his injury is a huge blow to the England selectors. Mark Butcher, who is recovering from knee surgery but is expected to be available for next week’s first npower Test against India at Lord’s, would be the obvious candidate to open the innings in Trescothick’s place.John Crawley, who has featured in England Test squads this summer and remains in good form, might then fill the vacancy at number three.Trescothick’s Somerset team-mate, Andrew Caddick is also unlikely to play in the Lord’s Test after he was ruled out of today’s quarter-final. Caddick, who sustained a side strain during the third Test victory over Sri Lanka at Old Trafford last month, failed a fitness test this morning.The England squad for the first Test is announced tomorrow, but Somerset coach Kevin Shine doesn’t believe Caddick will make it.”He had a fitness test and didn’t come through it too well,” said Shine. “He still has a couple of weeks of rehab to do. There are four Tests left and maybe he can get in a couple at the end.”He had a bowl on Sunday, and it looks like the reaction took place on Sundaynight. By Monday it was not right. I would be amazed if he was fit for the first Test and I have spoken to Duncan Fletcher and told him the situation.”The thing with Caddy is that he is a quick healer. He is desperate to get back and play and he was desperately disappointed when this happened.”Rib injuries are always a dodgy area, and until you play your first game youare not going to know if it is right. You cannot afford to come back too early from a rib injury – if you do then you could be in real trouble.”

By the start of the 1990 season, England were fast losing groundin international cricket, particularly on their woeful record athome. In successive summers since 1986, England had lost toIndia, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies and Australia. And eventhough they narrowly defeated New Zealand in the first half ofthe 1990 summer, the series against India in the drier secondhalf, had all the makings of a close contest.The Indians, in the process of rebuilding under a new captain inMohammad Azharuddin, had a number of exciting new players,including 17-year-old Sachin Tendulkar and 19-year-old AnilKumble and this was nicely balanced by the experience of thecaptain, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Navjot Sidhu,Manoj Prabhakar and Kiran More.Few, however, could have bargained for what was in store. By theend of the three-Test series, the contest was being hailed inglowing terms by : “The theatrical impresarios ofLondon’s West End would have been proud to have put on aspectacle like this. The patrons went away delighted by what theyhad seen. The show was a winner.”The batting in the series was spectacular. Centuries, a neardouble century, and even a triple century, flowed in a seasonthat was marked by excellent weather. In the dry conditions, theIndians matched the home team in every department. Not for thefirst time, though, the tourists lost the series through onebatting collapse – in the second innings of the first Test atLord’s. But even in defeat, the Indians shone and in theremaining two Tests, their batting was as sparkling as England’s.The bowling, however, was another matter but then England’s waslittle better. Under the circumstances, the batting provided theglorious aspect of the rubber and for the spectators there wasmuch to savour.The feast started early. By the second day of the series, theEngland captain Graham Gooch had made 333 in the first innings,the first triple hundred in Test cricket since 1974. For goodmeasure, Gooch in the midst of his ,scored 123 in the second innings. The total of 456 was the mostany batsman had made in a Test. Allan Lamb and Robin Smith toogot hundreds in the first innings when England declared at 653for four.On the face of it, India would have been hard pressed to replywith anything substantial. But the visitors did, thanks to RaviShastri’s 100 and Azharuddin’s 121, during which he exhibitedoriental artistry at its best. Audacious, wristy strokeplay gothim to three figures off only 88 balls. But the most dramaticentertainment was yet to come. Despite these heroics, India were430 for nine, still needing 24 runs to avoid the follow on in thepre-lunch session on the fourth day.Narendra Hirwani joined Kapil Dev and survived the last ball ofAngus Fraser’s over. Kapil faced Eddie Hemmings and records the sequence of events that followed: “Kapil played thefirst two balls of the following over of Hemmings defensively,then ripped into the next four and drove each one for six. Threeof them were enormous, clattering the scaffolding, one was simplybig; all were magnificent. With the very next delivery Fraser hadHirwani leg before.” Kapil who went from 53 to 77 during thispurple phase became the first to hit four successive sixes in aTest.After such heroics, it does seem unbelievable that India lost thematch by 247 runs but credit must be given to Fraser, who with amatch haul of eight wickets, in rather trying circumstances, wasalmost as much a hero as Gooch.More spectacular batting followed in the second Test atManchester. Gooch got a third successive three-figure knock,shared an opening partnership of 225 with Michael Atherton (131)while Smith got his second century in as many Tests.England led off with 519 but again India made a fitting reply.Sanjay Manjrekar got 93 and Tendulkar 68 but it was Azharuddinwho again provided the razzle dazzle with a superb 179 with 21fours and a six. Between lunch and tea on the third day, hescored 100 runs, in the process becoming the first Indian toscore as many in a single session in a Test.India’s reply was a fitting 432 but Lamb now got his secondsuccessive hundred in Tests and England declared early on thefinal morning at 320 for four. A victory target of 408 was neverreally on the cards though a draw was. But India faced defeatwhen they were 183 for six. There were 2-1/2 hours left asPrabhakar joined Tendulkar. However, Indian supporters need nothave worried. For the little man and the gritty all-rounder, someten years his senior, figured in an unbroken seventh wicketpartnership of 160 runs to take India to a honourable draw.Wisden records: “Tendulkar remained undefeated on 119having batted for 224 minutes and hit 17 fours. He looked theembodiment of India’s famous opener Gavaskar and indeed waswearing a pair of his pads. While he displayed a full repertoireof strokes in compiling his maiden Test hundred, most remarkablewere his off-side shots from the back foot. Of the six centuriesscored in the fascinating contest, none was more outstanding thanTendulkar’s. At 17 years and 112 days, he was only 30 days olderthan Mushtaq Mohammed was, when against India at New Delhi in1960-61, he became the youngest player to score a Test hundred.Tendulkar held the attack at bay with a disciplined display ofimmense maturity."In the final Test at the Oval, it was India’s turn to put somepressure on England. Batting first, India piled up their highestever total against England 606 for nine declared. Shastri ledthe way with 187, Azharuddin this time was restricted to 78 butKapil came up with 110 at No 8.England’s reply of 340 was not enough to avoid the follow on butin the second innings, in conditions that remained ideal forbatting even on the last day of the series, they scored 477 forfour. Gooch with scores of 85 and 88 took his tally to 752 aneasy record for a three-Test series. Atherton got 86 and DavidGower remained unbeaten with 157. The bat’s dominance over theball was complete but no one was complaining.As only to be expected, the Indian batting figures made for eyepopping reading while the bowling figures had to be gone throughwith a great deal of sympathy. Azharuddin, who was named as oneof Wisden’s cricketers of the year, topped the Test averages with426 runs at 85.20 and Shastri, Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Manjrekarwere not far behind. On the tour, Azharuddin again headed theaverages (770 runs at 77.00) but it was Tendulkar who scored mostruns (945) and not far behind was Manjrekar with 814.This time Vengsarkar’s scores in the Lord’s Test were restrictedto 52 and 35 but the veteran did reasonably well with 158 in theTests and 576 runs in first class games. In bowling, Hirwani tookmost wickets both in Tests and on the tour but like all thebowlers, had to pay out heavily for them.Outside the Tests, the Indians did have a fairly successful tour,winning both the Texaco Trophy one-day games and finishing with arecord of one win, two losses and 10 draws in 13 matches. But theentertainment they provided in the Tests was all pervading.

Hampshire were made to endure an elongated session in the field on the warmest day of the season so far, and will have to work very hard if they are to gain anything from this Frizzell County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.Alan Richardson, the Warwickshire seam-bowler and one of the real `bunnies’ in terms of batting on the county circuit, made his own team-mates and Hampshire’s bowlers look decidedly ordinary as he and his more exalted partner, Nick Knight continued to bat … and bat.Resuming on their overnight 274-9 and their tenth wicket partnership at a meagre 16, surely the plan was to dismiss the hosts for not much more and enjoy the bright sunshine and flattening wicket.Being without Mascarenhas, who remained off the field with a hamstring tear, should not have mattered but Richardson grew in stature as he continued to keep Knight company through 300. And then 350, while in doing so, passing his previous career best of just 17.The number 11, who has struck just 82 runs in his 31 first-class innings before this was producing some measured strokes against the variety of bowlers used by Robin Smith.Knight recorded the second double century of his career, while Richardson recorded his first ever half-century. From struggling overnight, Warwickshire were building a commanding first innings total.Then the records started to fall. The highest 10th wicket partnership against Hampshire was first, passing the 140* by Rodney Ontong and Robin Hobbs at Swansea in 1981. Then the best by Warwickshire, and the highest at Edgbaston.Richardson, with 10 fours and a six from a mammoth 199 balls, was finally dismissed for 91 by the occasional leg-spin of Giles White, swiftly stumped by Nic Pothas. He had broken the highest score for Warwickshire at number 11 and the highest against Hampshire in the same position in the process.It left Knight, unbeaten and carrying his bat through the innings on 255, the second best total for Warwickshire against Hampshire.The tenth wicket partnership had added 214 – the fifth best in County Championship history and a beleaguered Hampshire, who thought they would be bat in hand by at least 11.30am strode out four hours later than envisaged.It did not get much better, in losing Derek Kenway to Melvyn Betts’ second delivery in the second over.Will Kendall was well snapped up by Dougie Brown close to the wicket for a watchful 25 and Giles White’s 120-ball stay came to an end when he leg glanced a ball from England discard Ashley Giles into Ian Bell’s midriff for 36.Skipper Robin Smith and Neil Johnson safely saw Hampshire to the close at 89-3, still wanting another 234 runs to avoid the follow-on.Giles, who took both of the later wickets in the day, will be the lynchpin in Warwickshire’s hopes, as he is already finding plenty of turn.A DAY OF BROKEN RECORDS
Highest tenth wicket partnership for Warwickshire
(previous best – 141 AF Giles & TA Munton v Worcestershire at Worcester 1996)Highest tenth wicket partnership against Hampshire
(previous – 140* RC Ontong & RNS Hobbs for Glamorgan at Swansea 1981)Highest tenth wicket partnership at EdgbastonNick Knight’s career-best
(previous – 233 v Glamorgan at Edgbaston 2000)Alan Richardson’s career-best
(previous – 17* v Northamptonshire at Northampton 2000)Highest score by a number 11 for Warwickshire
(previous – 74 by Danny Mayer v Surrey at The Oval 1927)Highest score by a number 11 against Hampshire
(previous – 80* by George Hunt for Somerset at Taunton 1930)

On a miserable, wet day at Isham only five overs were possible.When play finally got under way, the game had been reduced to 33 overs aside. Northants won the toss and fielded in far from ideal conditions with fielders and batsmen finding the conditions treacherous under foot.Two wickets were lost in the 5 overs of play possible, with batsmen trying to force the pace, before further heavy rain brought proceedings to a halt.

It may well be that rain, which devastated the opening weekend of fixtures of the 2nd Americas Cricket Championship being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will have the last laugh on the final day of scheduled fixtures.Already denied a final, organisers had revised the schedule to include a round-robin league in order to determine the champion team. With an exciting three-way tie a possibility, rain has delayed the start in all three games, with the prospect of any play looking less and less likely as time marches on.If no play is possible today, and all matches are declared no results, the United States will automatically be declared winners by virtue of their unbeaten record in the first four games and they currently stand two points clear at the top of the table.However, should play be possible (before the 14h15 cut-off time to ensure at least 25 overs per innings), it would take a Cayman Islands win over the United States, and a Canada win over the Bahamas, to create a three-way tie at the top of the table. With each team having beaten one of the other two, and all teams having won the same number of games, if that scenario eventuates, the winner will be decided by net run-rate.At present the net run-rate race is being led by the Caymans (1.48) followed by the USA (1.24) and Canada (0.42).Ironically, the one game which appears to have the most chance of perhaps getting under way after violent storms ravaged the Argentine capital through the night, is that at Belgrano (where the final would have taken place) between Argentina and Bermuda.Although this game, if played, would have no bearing on the fate of the championship, it is a direct shoot-out for fourth place, and the Argentines would surely love a chance to try and put the traumas of the past week behind them and attempt to leapfrog from 6th into 4th place on the log. Likewise, Bermuda, after a last ball thriller loss against the USA, and having being upstaged by the Caymans earlier in the week, would like to hold on to the fourth position.The Bahamas, ecstatic after their fine victory over Argentina, will no doubt be content with their current and very creditable fifth position.