Lucas Auer looks to consolidate lead

JAKARTA: Austrian wonder Lucas Auer (EuroInternational) will look to consolidate his runaway lead in the third round of JK Racing Asia Series this weekend as part of the Asian Festival of Speed at the Sentul International Circuit in Bogor near here.  The 17-year-old rookie has opened up a 49-point lead over Malaysia’s Irfan Ilyas with five wins from six starts.

With 116 points from the first two rounds held in Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia), Auer is comfortably ahead of Malaysia’s Irfan Ilyas (Petronas Mofaz Racing). A nephew of Formula One driver Gerhard Berger, Auer is driving in a single seater class for the first time after many years of karting during which he won two junior titles is Germany and one KF3 championship.

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The amazing journey of Test cricket

It'll never catch on! (Image courtesy: The Boundary Book, Edited by Leslie Frewin, Macdonald & Company, 1962)

Test cricket. Two words that make every cricketer aspire to showcase his skills and temperament in, offering spectators at the stadium and discerning fans watching from the comfort of home an enthralling spectacle. As the late Sir Donald Bradman once wrote: “The character of the early pioneers, their idiosyncrasies, their courage – even their weaknesses  in the form of betting and consuming ale – all these things provide a canvas of greater magnitude that that of any other game.” Read more »

Test cricket in numbers

Test cricket is on the cusp of a historic ( in terms of numbers) match. Most reckon it is the 2000th Test. Everyone agrees that it is the 100th Test between England and India. It is a good time to look at some statistics. He is a random compilation for you.

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Some basic facts about doping

It takes some effort to dislodge Mahendra Singh Dhoni and company from the top of the sports pages of the dailies or from prime time shows on news TV channels. Over the past week, eight track and field athletes, some of whom did the nation proud last year with superb showing in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, managed that by testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Read more »

Doping malaise fuelled by our hunger for success

Only a few months ago, the whole of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium roared in unison as the Indian women’s relay team brought home the the Commonwealth Games gold and made its wat into the hearts of the Indian fans. It was the kind of cheer that is reserved for a handful of cricketers in this country. And we believed Indian sport had come of age.

There is nothing wrong with that, really. But now, much of India is groaning in disappointment, shock and even anger that three of these are among the eight athletes who tested positive for banned substances. Sadly, there is a mad rush to point fingers in all directions but not where it really matters – the system as a whole that seems to encourage winning by hook or by crook.

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What Sanga strives to be worthy of

Want to know what Sri Lankan cricket star Kumar Sangakkara aims to be worthy of? The answer is in the following excerpt from his stirring Spirit of Cricket Colin Cowdrey Lecture at MCC on Monday, July 4.

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