Wellington, Apr. 6 : Staring down the barrel of a 600-plus run chase in the third test against India, New Zealand coach Andy Moles has asked his batsmen to concentrate on saving the test on a playable pitch rather than trying to be heroes and win it.
The world record chase is 418-7 by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003 and New Zealand''s best is 324-5 against Pakistan in Christchurch in 1994.
Villarreal, Spain - Villarreal are out for revenge when they meet old enemies Arsenal in a Spanish-English quarter-final duel in the European Champions League on Tuesday.
Three years ago Arsenal edged past Villarreal into the final of the elite event on a 1-0 aggregate, when Villarreal's Juan Roman Riquelme had a late penalty dramatically saved by Jens Lehmann.
Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini - a man rumoured to be on Real Madrid's wishlist - said that "we were really unlucky in that game, we could have reached the final."
Miami - Andy Murray edged closer to a world number 3 ranking as he became the only man on the ATP to earn three titles this season through a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of Serb Novak Djokovic on Sunday at the Miami Masters.
The rapid-fire win in one hour, 42 minutes added the Masters 1000 honour to Doha and Rotterdam titles won since January by the 21-year- old Scot.
Murray now stands 26-2 on the season as he prepares for a quick turnaround on clay, with Monte Carlo starting April 12.
Rome - An own goal in a 1-0 win Sunday over Udinese allowed Inter Milan to leave Juventus nine points behind with eight games left in the Serie A season.
Juve stumbled earlier Sunday in a 3-3 home draw with minnows Chievo, allowing Sergio Pellissier to top a hat-trick with an injury- time equalizer.
In Udine, two wide drives from Ghana's Sulley Muntari were the only first-half efforts from a lacklustre Inter, who had some problems in defence as Udinese pressed on the flanks to provide feeds for Fabio Quagliarella.
Rome - An own goal in a 1-0 win over Udinese Sunday allowed Inter Milan to leave Juventus nine points behind with eight games left to the end of the Serie A season.
Juve earlier Sunday stumbled in a 3-3 home draw with minnows Chievo allowing Sergio Pellissier to top a hat-trick with an injury-time equalizer.
In Udine, two wide drives from Ghana's Sulley Muntari were the only first-half efforts from a lacklustre Inter, who had some problems in defence as Udinese pressed on the flanks to provide feeds for Fabio Quagliarella.
Miami - Andy Murray became the first man on the ATP Tour this season to win three titles as he hammered 2007 holder Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 to claim the Miami Masters crown on Sunday.
The rapid-fire win in one hour, 42 minutes added the Masters 1000 honour to Doha and Rotterdam titles won by the 21-year-old Scot since January.