He also brings with him playing credentials at the highest level as a pace bowler in 10
He also brings with him playing credentials at the highest level as a pace bowler in 10 Tests for Australia in the late 1970s, when he took 44 wickets.. England watched their hopes of levelling the Under-19 Test series against India vanish as the home side piled up a massive first-innings lead in Hyderabad. England watched their hopes of levelling the Under-19 Test series against India vanish as the home side piled up a massive first-innings lead in Hyderabad. England contributed to their own problems by spilling six catches in India's total of 492 all out. India, with a draw at least surely secure, now look set to take the series and inflict on England their first overseas series defeat at Under-19 level since 1994-95.England needed to take quick wickets and restrict India, who resumed on 220 for 3, to as slender a lead as possible. They started well with the Essex left-armer Justin Bishop having Alind Naidu caught behind on the drive. Gary Pratt then ran out Vinayak Mane, who made 126, with a direct hit from extra cover.Ajay Ratra and Maninder Singh then put on 56 for the sixth wicket, but England bounced back with two more wickets before lunch to leave India on 335 for 7 and only 19 ahead at the interval.After lunch, India took control as the fielding became shambolic.
Ratra was put down four times after he reached 87, including a simple chance to the England captain Ian Bell. Pratt, with two drops, John Sadler and the wicketkeeper Mark Wallace were also guilty of errors.The opening bowler Bishop battled on manfully despite having three catches dropped off his bowling and finished with 5 for 64 after taking three of the last four wickets to fall.The England openers John Sadler and Nicky Peng reached 58 without loss, Peng stroking seven fours in his unbeaten 37.Third day of four; England Under-19 won tossENGLAND UNDER-19 - First Innings 316 (G J Pratt 114, M Mishra 4-96, N Aggarwal 4-50).INDIA UNDER-19 - First InningsOvernight: 220 for 3V R Mane run out 135 A S Naidu c Wallace b Bishop 19 A Ratra c Bell b Bishop 141 Singh c Peng b Ferley 6 M Mishra c Wallace b Bishop 0 S Vidyuth c Wallace b McGarry 38 M Dharmichand b Bishop 33 N Aggarwal not out 4 Extras (b5 lb15) 20Total (116.3 overs) 492Fall (cont): 4-248 5-266 6-322 7-335 8-406 9-473.Bowling: McGarry 18-3-70-1; Bishop 20.3-4-64-5; Hogg 20-3-92-1; Tremlett 14-2-65-0; Ferley 33-3-139-2; Muchall 11-1-42-0.ENGLAND UNDER-19 - Second InningsJ M Sadler not out 17 N Peng not out 37 Extras (lb2 nb2) 4 Total (for 0, 23 overs) 58To bat: I R Bell, G J Pratt, G J Muchall, C T Tremlett, M A Wallace, K Hogg, R S Ferley,J E Bishop, A C McGarry.Bowling: Singh 3-1-2-0; Aggarwal 4-1-9-0; Mishra 6-1-25-0; Dharmichand 4-2-11-0; Vidyuth 5-1-8-0; Ganda 1-0-1-0.Umpires: O Krishna and V K Ramaswamy.* India have moved three England Under-19 one-day matches out of Gujarat, the scene of the recent earth-quake. Two of the games will be played in Hyderabad, with one in Vijayawada.. Jamaica Jamaica Steve Malcolm, one of Jamaica's most experienced international players, died in a car crash a few hours after playing in a friendly for his country.Malcolm, who was still wearing his Jamaica shirt after the draw with Bulgaria, died of head injuries after the car overturned on the road from Kingston to Montego Bay late on Sunday.Malcolm, 30, was travelling with his international team-mate, Theodore Whitmore, who plays for Hull City. Whitmore was admitted to hospital, where his condition was last night described as stable.Both Malcolm and Whitmore played for Jamaica in the 1998 World Cup finals in France. Malcolm, who made his international debut in 1991, played 76 times for his country. He had come on as a second-half substitute for the Derby midfielder Darryl Powell in the 0-0 draw with Bulgaria in Kingston earlier on Sunday.The car was owned by Whitmore, but it was not clear who had been driving.
In 1998, Whitmore had been at the wheel of a car in a crash which seriously injured the former Jamaica player Durrent Brown. Malcolm and another player, Warren Barrett, were passengers in that incident.NigeriaThe Nigerian Football Association and its players have resolved a dispute over bonus payments after a tense standoff at the weekend.Nigeria beat Sudan 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Port Harcourt on Saturday, putting them top of Africa's Group Two. After the match, the Nigerian players rejected a $4,000 (£2,750) winning bonus, saying they were entitled to $5,000. A row ensued and the players threatened to boycott a government banquet organised in their honour.The players subsequently accepted the $4,000 from the Nigerian FA - but only after the organisers of the banquet produced the balance of $1,000 per man to pacify them.. Paulo Wanchope's brief stint at Manchester City looks to be drawing rapidly to a conclusion after the club yesterday put their former record signing up for sale. The move follows a series of increasingly public disagreements with the City manager, Joe Royle.