World Twenty20 sets a new benchmark
With big crowds, record ratings and superb matches the last two weeks have made us fall back in love with cricket
As befits a game where the importance of every scrambled single, every dropped catch and every dot ball is magnified, the players within the boundary rope were not the only ones feeling the pressure as the ICC World Twenty20 Cup began inauspiciously almost a fortnight ago. When drizzle came down at Lord's, Alesha Dixon put away her microphone and the opening ceremony was cancelled, the doom mongers who predicted the tournament would fail to catch the public imagination were sharpening their pencils.
British Lions will now show teeth
The practice games are now over, now it is a three test series against the World Champions South Africa. If that doesn't make you bite your nails with glee, then next Saturday certainly will do. Ian McGeechan, the Lions coach is keeping his cards close to his chest, although you could predict that numerous positions have already been pencilled in, and, injuries pending, should remains so.
Which team will win the World Twenty20?
After 24 matches in 11 hectic days, the World Twenty20 has come down to four final teams. One of them is just two wins away from becoming world champions, but which?
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US Open finds new life on America's public fairways
Golf should welcome the big crowds at Bethpage and rejoice in its inclusivity. There is an alternative golfing universe to one populated by the gentlemen-only, jacket-and-ties, no-children-in-the-clubhouse brigade who have done so much to damage the game and its centre lies in Bethpage, the municipal course that will this week stage the US Open. This is the second time America's most prestigious tournament has been held at the Long Island venue and if the first, in 2002, is anything to go by it will be raucous, busy and a huge success, not least philosophically.
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