Gosden must have been stung, but he has never let it show."The [Darley] operation through the Eighties had to be rationalised," he says. "The sheer number of horses, the number of trainers was, to put it politely, unnecessary. The quality of stock coming into this yard has diminished, but then for the first five years I was here it wasn't that great anyhow. In life, my life, I've got to get on with what's available and do the best I can."The great irony is that after all the years of supposed Derby horses being ferried into his yard by Sheikh Mohammed, John Gosden may at last be about to send out the maroon and white silks to Blue Riband victory while his principal owner's attention is elsewhere.There are Godolphin horses more fancied than Glamis but Gosden is not a man to discount in the Derby. His last four runners in the Classic have been placed, the efforts of Tamure, Presenting and Shantou preceding Benny The Dip's victory two years ago."Glamis will get the trip and he should handle the track," the trainer said.
"If it's good or good to firm ground he might get a little piece of what is a big pie To win would be nice but we would still have to keep going The future is what drives you I'm not interested in looking over my shoulder.". CRICKET TALK Carnival lingo No 8. Jamaican patois, courtesy of High Commission Di Scotsman dem might no wear no draws under dem kilt, but dem betta mek sure wear dem seedguard when di Windies bowler dem start bowl.The Scots might not wear pants under their kilts, but against our bowlers, they better remember to wear their boxes.. SURREY EASED into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship game against Somerset at The Oval yesterday.
Martin Bicknell took four wickets for 72 runs to help Surrey pick up maximum bowling points as they bowled out Somerset for 199. Confident batting from Ian Ward and Darren Bicknell then saw Surrey end the day in control as they progressed to 94 for 1 by the close.Their position would have been even stronger had it not been for some late resistance from Robert Turner in an otherwise tame batting display from Somerset. The wicketkeeper hit a spirited 67 to take the score on from 143 for 9 with some positive strokeplay after his side had batted after winning the toss.Turner reached his 50 off 111 balls and was finally dismissed playing on by Ben Hollioake for 67 after adding 56 - the highest partnership of the innings - with Matthew Bulbeck, who finished unbeaten on 12.After winning their last two matches, unbeaten Surrey will now have high hopes of leapfrogging Somerset, who started the day fourth in the table.Bicknell made an immediate impact in the morning session, claiming the wickets of Jamie Cox, Piran Holloway and Marcus Trescothick to leave Somerset on 30 for 3. The opener Peter Bowler and Michael Burns steadied the innings briefly but the former was deceived by Ian Salisbury and the latter was caught behind by Alistair Brown off Hollioake before lunch to leave Somerset on 97 for 5.The visitors continued to struggle, adding just 14 before Bicknell claimed his fourth victim - his 21st wicket of the season - when Jason Kerr fell for 21 after edging the ball to wicketkeeper Jonathan Batty.Salisbury then grabbed his second wicket when he bowled Keith Parsons and Alex Tudor took his first when Adrian Pierson edged the ball to Brown at slip.Andy Caddick added just one run before being caught behind by Batty as Salisbury claimed his third wicket.In reply, Surrey began steadily but lost their acting captain Mark Butcher, who went for 12 after clipping a ball from Bulbeck straight into the hands of Burns.Ward (44 not out) and Darren Bicknell (36no) added another 71 runs to put Surrey well in control.Glamorgan soon began to crumble after dismissing Worcestershire for 164 at New Road yesterday. For the hosts, beaten in their last three championship outings, it was another disappointing batting display, although they hit back in dramatic style by reducing their visitors to 27 for 4 by tea. They continued in fine style, reducing Glamorgan to 121 for 8 at the close.The main contributor to Worcestershire's mediocre total was the former Nottinghamshire left-hander Paul Pollard, who made a determined 52 which contained nine fours.After winning the toss, Worcestershire soon lost Reuben Spiring for 11 before Pollard and Vikram Solanki kept the Glamorgan attack at bay for 18 overs with a partnership worth 56.The stand, however, was broken when Adrian Dale trapped Solanki for 35 which included seven fours off 54 deliveries.Dale struck again next ball to remove David Leatherdale and from then on it was a constant uphill battle for the Worcestershire batsmen.Pollard's determined reign came to an end when he was ousted by Steve Watkin.Glamorgan, whose most productive bowlers were Dale (3 for 29) and Darren Thomas (3 for 40), soon hit major problems when they launched their reply with Alun Evans and Steve James being dismissed in successive balls to Phil Newport and Alamgir Sheriyar respectively.The in-form Sheriyar then followed up by removing Keith Newell and then Newport dismissed Dale..
SOUTH AFRICA became the first team to qualify for the Super Six stage with a seven-wicket win over an outclassed Kenya here yesterday. The fast-medium pace of Lance Klusener ensured Hansie Cronje's side maintained their 100 per cent record in Group A with the first five-wicket haul of the tournament that took him to the top of the wicket-taking table with 12. The all-rounder has also scored the little matter of 112 runs in three innings without being dismissed. The first World Cup game on mainland Europe took place at the picturesque, tree-lined VRA ground, located in the suburbs of the Dutch city of Amsterdam - very much akin to Derbyshire's outground of Queen's Park in Chesterfield - and produced a wicket which initially seemed full of runs.After the first 15 overs there was the scent of a possible shock in the air as Kenya were 66 without loss, with Kennedy Otieno and Ravindu Shah playing with a composed authority before a sell-out crowd of 3,500. But once Otieno was trapped leg-before by Steve Elworthy, Kenya collapsed and were bowled out for 152 off 44.3 overs.Allan Donald suffered the indignity of being driven back over his head by Shah but when the batsman had reached 50 the fast bowler gained revenge, having him caught behind by Mark Boucher.It was then time for Klusener to take charge of affairs by removing Steve Tikolo and Thomas Odoyo in successive balls. He then caught and bowled Alpesh Vadher soon afterwards to reduce Kenya to 107 for 7 and he mopped up the tail, bowling Mohammad Sheikh and Joseph Angara to finish with 5 for 21.Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs put on 55 in double quick time before Gibbs was leg-before to Odoyo.Boucher departed quickly and Kirsten was bowled by Maurice Odumbe for 27, but Jacques Kallis and Daryll Cullinan steered South Africa home with nine overs to spare.. THE WEST INDIES believe they are finding form in the World Cup at just the right time. "We are progressing well after a pretty slow start," said Brian Lara, the captain, yesterday after a practice session before today's Group B game with Scotland in Leiecster.
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