angelo mathews is back from a ca lf feds.who has no margin for error against their neighbours. especially in the last two years, there have been tremendous. so it is hard to beat them unless we are on top of our game. we will all had to pull our socks up and give a great performance. the times of india called the massive win over pakistan and opening statement in the title of this, which might give sri lanka hope that momentum can change in one—day tournaments. australian cyclist richie porte claimed victory in wednesday's individual time trial at the criterium du dauphine, while thomas de gendt held on to the overall lead of the race with a ninth place finish on stage four. the 23.5 kilometre course included a couple of gradual climbs and some tight turns with time trial world champion tony martin of germany setting the early pace, but porte beat martin's final mark by 12 seconds with a time of 28 minutes and seven seconds. belgium's thomas de gendt now leads porte by 27 seconds overall, with spain's alejandro valverde movin

the indian cheers soon disappeared though as sri lankan captain angelo mathews hit the winning runs tor. it's been a good champions trophy for england so far with 2 wins out of 2 and they are sure of a place in the semi finals. joe root has scored almost 200 runs and one man trying to make him and many of the england batsmen better is former hampshire playerjulian wood. using practices learned from other sports his coaching methods are helping transform the modern game. ben croucher has been to meet him. from wg grace to peter maher... cricket used to be a game of grace. now it's all about big bats which is where this man comes in. you hit here and over the offside. julian wood isn't your regular batting coach. he is a hitting coach. one more, good stuff. i basically go along and get them to hit the ball ha rd along and get them to hit the ball hard and further more consistently. when i was brought up, what they we re when i was brought up, what they were telling me was wrong. i think there's a different way of doing things and i think the way the game is going, this is an absolute mus