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Event website: http://scmm.indiatimes.com/

Registrations Open. For Online Registration click here.

The  categories are

Full Marathon (42.195 km),

Half Marathon (21.097 km),

Dream Run (6 km),

Senior Citizens’ Run (4.3 km)

and the Wheelchair Event (2.5 km)

There is also news to the effect that 2010 Mumbai marathon route may use the newly inaugurated over the sea link between Worli and Bandra. 

The prize money for the fastest runners in Men’s and Women’s category are $31,000 each, with an additional $2,250 being awarded to the fastest Indian citizen (men and women) in the Full and Half Marathon categories.
If you are looking at participating in th Mumbai marathon on Jan 17th, 2010, register yourself on July 9th, because, there is going to be a que for registrations, and the 42K and 21K seats are expected to exhaust fast..

Note: Entry fees raised to Rs 500/- (including cost of disposable championchip).

The home side England has a new Ashes captain in Andrew Strauss and two match-winners in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. wheras None of current Australia’s fast bowlers have played a Test in England .

In a total of 300 Ashes Tests Australia have won in 121 whereas England have won 95 of them.

On the rankings front this is a battle between No. 1 and No. 5 reams, but for Australia and England it is much more than that. Australia must win this series to keep the No. 1 ICC Test rating.

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England (possible) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Andrew Flintoff, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Graham Onions.

Australia (possible) 1 Simon Katich, 2 Phillip Hughes, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Stuart Clark, 11 Peter Siddle.

Pitch and conditions

Ricky Ponting expects the pitch to have some moisture at the begining, providing “slow-ish seam and trampoline” bounce, but he believes it will turn.

England Captain Andrew Strauss said it looked like a good pitch, but one that would not offer much pace or bounce. “There will be a little bit in it for everyone,” he said, “and that’s the sort of wicket we were hoping to see.”

The weather has been a bit unpredictable at Cardiff, with rain and sun fighting for attention, and more wet conditions are predicted for the end of the week.

Quotes

“We know the type of cricket we need to play to win this series and we’ve got good ideas as to the type Australia are going to play too. We have to keep nice and calm and controlled.”
Andrew Strauss

“Their side reads pretty good and I think if you matched both sides up on paper it would be pretty hard to pick the winner.”
Ricky Ponting

Jing Yao Wang will represent China at the Miss Universe 2009, which will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009

Jing Yao Wang, was crowned Miss China 2009 in Beijing

Jing Yao Wang profile:

• Age: 20 years old
• Place of birth: China
• Education: Degree
• Height: 5′ 10″ . 1.78M
• Eye color: Black

Chutima Durongdej was crowned Miss Thailand Universe 2009 at the beauty pageant held on March 28th at the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chutima Durongdej   profile:

• Birthdate: December 6, 1985
• Age: 24 years old
• Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand
• Education: Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition
• Height: 5′ 10″ . 1.78M
• Eye color: Black

Chutima Durongdej is nicknamed Kai Mook

Rachael Kum will represent Singapore at the Miss Universe 2009, which will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009

Rachael Kum  profile:

• Birthdate: June 16, 1984
• Age: 24 years old
• Place of birth: Singapore
• Education:  Graduate in pedagogy
• Height: 5′9″
• Eye color: Black

Rachael Kum, a beautiful 24 year-old, was crowned Miss Singapore 2009 during the pageant held on 9th May 2009, at Shangri-La Hotel’s Island Ballroom.

Rachael is a manager in the medical industry

Emiri Miyasaka profile:

• Birthdate: June 16, 1984
• Age: 25 years old
• Place of birth: Tokyo, Japana
• Education:  Graduate in pedagogy
• Height: 5′7″
• Eye color: Brown
• Vital Statistics: 36 1/2-26-36

Miyasaka beat more than 3,000 applicants for this year’s title of Miss Japan.

Miyasaka is fluent in English having spent ten months in California attending school^[2]. She placed 2nd runner-up at Miss International Japan 2008.

Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, will crown her successor.

Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009

The presentation show, rehearsals, dress rehearsal and the grand final will take place at Imperial Ballroom, in Atlantis Paradise Island Resort.

Schedule of Events

India (probable): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja/ Abhishek Nayar, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 David Bernard, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Lionel Baker/ Ravi Rampaul.

After 2 ODI’s the 4 match Odi series is currently tied 1-1 with each team winning a piece.

West Indies have played nine games in this stadium, winning five and losing four. India are yet to play a game at this venue.

West Indies’ eight-wicket victory in Kingston was their biggest against India in terms of balls remaining after winning. They won with 95 balls to spare, bettering their effort in Port of Spain 20 years earlier, where they had won with 68 balls left.

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“It is a case of two good teams playing against each other, and we expect two very competitive matches.”
Denesh Ramdin

India gained a 1-0 lead in the four-ODI series against West Indies but there was plenty of scope for improvement in the performance which resulted in a 20-run win at Sabina Park on Friday.

MS Dhoni did not appear to be a happy man as he shook hands with the West Indian batsmen after the game. The victory was largely due to Yuvraj Singh’s brilliance, his 131 off 102 balls making up for the loss of early wickets and ensuring that a wayward bowling attack had enough to defend.

West Indies did well to get so close to a monstrous target but they could have done better and pulled off a stunning chase if one of their top-order batsmen played a long innings. Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul all made valuable contributions to keep West Indies in the game but got out just as they were beginning to dominate India.

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India (likely): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 S Badrinath, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies (likely): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Lionel Baker

Quotes

“The West Indies is playing good cricket at the moment. They had a very good World Twenty20 tournament, but in 50 overs, you have time to settle down.”
MS Dhoni is aware he is against an in-form team

“Both teams are looking to win and they (Indians) are trying to prove something against us. At the same time we want to get more wins under our belt and continue our development.”
Chris Gayle