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- Sri Lanka beats England by 69 runs in 2nd ODI
- Hot dog champ eats 20,000 calories, says doctor approves
- Hincapie set to match Tour longevity record
| Sri Lanka beats England by 69 runs in 2nd ODI Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:55 PM PDT HEADINGLEY, England (AP) — Mahela Jayawardene struck an imperious century to inspire Sri Lanka to a convincing 69-run win over England in the second one-day international in Leeds on Friday, leveling the five-match series at 1-1. Jayawardene's classy knock of 144 off 150 balls — his 15th ODI hundred and highest score in 321 limited-overs innings — helped the tourists post a formidable 309-5 under sunny skies at Headingley. England's reply started positively, reaching 201-4 after 38 overs with one-day specialist Eoin Morgan (52) looking in prime form. Yet the Irish-born batsman's dismissal provoked a stunning collapse, with England losing its final six wickets for just 39 runs. Spinners Suraj Randiv (3-43) and Jeevan Mendis (2-31) were instrumental in stifling the hosts' run chase, which if successful would have been England's biggest on home soil in ODI internationals. All of England's top-order batsmen got themselves in good positions but none of them were able to go on to make a big score, with wickets falling at regular intervals. Captain Alastair Cook impressed with a rapid 48 off 52 balls but was caught on the off-side boundary by Angelo Mathews off the bowling of Randiv, leaving England on 85-2. Lasith Malinga then took a sensational diving catch to his right — meters from the rope — as Mendis dismissed Kevin Pietersen (13), who was looking in fine shape. Jonathan Trott (39) was bowled by a yorker from Suranga Lakmal but Morgan stepped up the run rate, bludgeoning successive sixes off short balls by Mendis over the midwicket boundary and quickly reaching his 13th ODI half-century, off 37 balls. Morgan departed when he was deceived by the flight of a Randiv delivery, Sangakkara taking a difficult stumping opportunity, before the hosts imploded. Jayawardene, with his fifth ODI century against England, had earlier underpinned Sri Lanka's recovery from 45-2 after the early run-outs of captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (9) and Dinesh Chandimal (5). Both crazily attempted quick singles after prodding deliveries towards the mid-on area but Stuart Broad landed a direct hit to dismiss Dilshan before the diving James Anderson did the same to Chandimal, recalled to the team in place of retired veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayawardene and Sangakkara were unruffled, though, leaning on more than 600 matches of ODI experience to gain control of England's bowlers. The way they eased the attack around Headingley revived memories of the World Cup quarterfinal between the teams in March, when Dilshan and Upul Tharanga hit delightful centuries in the Sri Lankans' 10-wicket thrashing in Colombo. Playing at the same pace but with slightly more vision than Sangakkara, Jayawardene unleashed his full repertoire of strokes, from chops down to the third-man boundary to vicious straight drives and over-the-shoulder paddles. Jayawardene, dropped by Swann at first slip when on 7, went on to strike 14 boundaries before his excellent knock ended, caught stranded down the crease as he went after the offspinner (2-42). His previous best score was 128 against India in 2000. With Sangakkara, also stumped by Craig Kieswetter off Swann, gone by then as well after an assured 85-ball knock featuring five fours, Sri Lanka found itself on 271-4 with five overs remaining. The dangerous Mathews (46) swatted seven balls to the boundary in an entertaining cameo at the death. Scoreboard Friday after England's reply in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka at Headingley: Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene st Kieswetter b Swann 144 Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Broad) 9 Dinesh Chandimal run out (Anderson) 5 Kumar Sangakkara st Kieswetter b Swann 69 Angelo Mathews not out 46 Nuwan Kulasekara c Pietersen b Bresnan 13 Jeevan Mendis not out 7 Extras: (5 lb, 11w) 16 TOTAL: (for five wickets) 309 Overs: 50. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-45, 3-204, 4-271, 5-296 Did not bat: Thilina Kandamby, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga. Bowling: James Anderson 10-0-44-0 (3w), Tim Bresnan 9-0-70-1, Stuart Broad 10-0-70-0 (2w), Jade Dernbach 9-0-63-0 (4w), Graeme Swann 10-0-42-2, Kevin Pietersen 2-0-15-0 (1w). England Alastair Cook c Mathews b Randiv 48 Craig Kieswetter c Kulasekara b Lakmal 25 Jonathan Trott b Lakmal 39 Kevin Pietersen c Malinga b Mendis 13 Eoin Morgan st Sangakkara b Randiv 52 Ian Bell c Lakmal b Kulasekara 35 Tim Bresnan c Chandimal b Randiv 2 Stuart Broad st Sangakkara b Mendis 1 Graeme Swann not out 13 James Anderson b Malinga 0 Jade Dernbach c Kulasekara b Lakmal 5 Extras: (1lb, 6w) 7 TOTAL: (all out) 240 Overs: 45.5 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-85, 3-113, 4-144, 5-201, 6-204, 7-206, 8-232, 9-233 Bowling: Tillakaratne Dilshan 4-0-29-0 (1w), Nuwan Kulasekara 9-0-39-1, Lasith Malinga 8-0-41-1 (2w), Suranga Lakmal 7.5-0-43-3 (1w), Suraj Randiv 9-0-43-3 (1w), Jeevan Mendis 6-0-31-2 (1w), Angelo Mathews 2-13-0 Toss: England. Series: 1-1 Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand, and Richard Kettleborough, England. Third umpire: Nigel Llong, England. Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia. |
| Hot dog champ eats 20,000 calories, says doctor approves Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:52 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut estimates he eats about 20,000 calories in one shot at food competitions, but he says his doctor doesn't mind. "In the long run I'm really not consuming that many more calories than most people," the four-time Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest champion said Friday at an appearance ahead of the yearly Fourth of July eat-off. "I run. I really try to stay healthy. I count my calories rigorously when I'm not doing the contests." Chesnut said that at 27, he's young enough to get away with his competitive binging for a few more years. His doctor checks his blood work and has told him not to worry as long as he gives himself time to recover, doesn't gain weight and doesn't develop diabetes, Chestnut said. Chestnut is 6'1" (1.85 meters) and weighs 218 pounds (99 kilograms). A physically active man of his age, weight and height should be eating 3,200 calories a day to maintain his weight, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2009, the contest's reigning champion set a world record when he ate 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Last year, he won with just 54 dogs. On Friday, Chestnut gathered near New York's City Hall with other eaters including the presumed female front-runner, 105-pound (48-kilogram) Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas. This is the first year Nathan's is holding a separate eat-off for women. Sponsor Pepto Bismol has created ornate championship belts for the winners — one in mustard yellow and one in pepto pink. Last year's competition was overshadowed by the arrest of previous six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi, who jumped on the stage after Chestnut's victory. The 33-year-old from Japan has refused to sign a contract with Major League Eating and so was barred from competing. This year, Kobayashi will hold his own unofficial event miles away on a Manhattan rooftop. He'll watch the Nathan's contest on TV and try to out-eat all the competitors.
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| Hincapie set to match Tour longevity record Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:47 PM PDT LA-ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (AP) — George Hincapie rode alongside Lance Armstrong on his record run of seven Tour de France victories — and now is about to match a record of his own at cycling's greatest race To the backdrop of a doping investigation in which Hincapie has reportedly implicated both Armstrong and himself, the American is about to equal Dutch rider Joop Zoetemelk's mark of starting and finishing 16 Tours. Hincapie, who turned 38 on Wednesday and now has a tiny hint of gray in his closely cropped dark hair, is a selfless workhorse who gained his greatest individual Tour glory with a dazzling mountain stage win up to Pla d'Adet in the Pyrenees six years ago. Modest and soft-spoken, Hincapie was a bit reluctant to reflect on the record he's set to equal. "With all this talk of the record, you guys are actually making me kind of nervous at the Tour — which I haven't been in a long time," Hincapie said Friday at a BMC team news conference. "I guess I haven't really dwelled on it that much." For a rider who has spent most of his career in the background, it is a rare chance to take some of the limelight. "It's an honor. When I first turned professional, I had hoped that I could do 10 years as a professional, and a couple of Tour de Frances," Hincapie said. "Being here 18 years later, and 16 Tour de Frances later, is something I never would have imagined." Hincapie has been in the news for different reasons recently, after CBS program "60 Minutes" reported in May that he told federal authorities that he and Armstrong supplied each other with performance-enhancing drugs and discussed them. Armstrong has always denied doping during his seven consecutive Tour victories from 1999-2005. Hincapie has said he never spoke to "60 Minutes" but has otherwise declined to discuss the report. He is looking forward to slipping into the background again at this year's race, where he will take on a lieutenant role once more to help BMC leader Cadel Evans of Australia, a two-time runner-up at the Tour. "My priorities here at the Tour are help Cadel try to win the Tour de France — he's been a phenomenal racer his whole career, and in the last two years, in my opinion, he's really stepped it up higher than he's ever been." That doesn't mean Hincapie would pass up an opportunity for a breakaway if it suits him. "I'd love to be in there, and to try to win a stage would be incredible," he said. His peers and managers marvel at his longevity, and say that he's evolved greatly over the years — now an elder statesman and voice of authority in the peloton. "George has changed roles somewhere along the way here in his career and continues to be what I consider a still young George Hincapie," said BMC president Jim Ochowicz. Asked if he felt young, Hincapie quickly answered "No" with a smile. While Hincapie has seen team leaders come and go and Tour routes change from year to year, there has always been one thing that remained a constant at the race. "It's always been incredibly hard. The first Tour de France I did, I was kind of praying that I'd crash — it was that hard — and I did crash," Hincapie said. "Unfortunately, I had the eight stitches in my head and all that. "Now, I'm a lot more experienced, I'm a lot fitter, and I know how to gauge my efforts more," he added. "You know, in these three weeks, every little bit counts." When he finally does retire from the sport, his fondest memory of the Tour will have nothing to do with being on the bike. "I've got to say, not cycling-related: meeting my wife in Paris," he said. "I know that's hard to believe, but we met in Paris in 2003 and we've got two beautiful children, so I owe a lot to the Tour de France." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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