Wellington, Mar. 2 : Six Indian Test specialists will get match practice over the next fortnight to prepare themselves for playing conditions in New Zealand.

Four first-class sides in New Zealand will have an Indian player for the next round of the State Championship on Friday, and two not.

The two other Indians will play the following week, for yet-to-be-determined teams.

To most people, that constitutes an uneven playing field, not to mention an undermining of the competition, but there were no complaints last night.

Napier (New Zealand), Mar. 2 : New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills believes that there is a nice feel to the squad on the eve of the five one-day matches to be played against India.

Fresh from a two-week layoff due to an Achilles tendon injury, senior pacer Mills remarked at the depth emerging when players of the calibre of Scott Styris, James Franklin and Jeetan Patel can be overlooked for the one-day series.

"I didn''t play the Twenty20s but sitting back watching it I thought, `Man, this is a handy side we''ve got,"'' stuff. co. nz quoted Mills, as saying.

Madrid - The supporters of Spanish giants Real Madrid are very confident about the chances of their team winning a third straight Liga title.

This is the conclusion to be drawn from online opinion polls taken on Monday by Madrid sports dailies Marca and AS.

57 per cent of the readers of Marca believe that Real will win the league, with only 43 per cent voting for Barcelona, whilst no less than 70 per cent of AS readers have opted for Real.

Dhaka, Mar 2 : Pakistan will go ahead with a tour of Bangladesh due to start later this week despite a mutiny in the paramilitary headquarters, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official has said on Monday.

Pakistan scheduled to arrive on Saturday for a 16-day trip to play two Twenty20 and five one-day internationals against the hosts.

“We have not received any message to postpone or defer the tour so far. So the series will go as planned,” The News quoted BCB media chief Jalal Yunus, as saying.

Geneva - Boris Becker chose a popular German game show to announce another go at marriage, saying he is back together with one- time girlfriend Lilly Kerssenberg, and would marry the 32-year-old Dutch model in June.

The shocker came in front of 9.7 million on the show "Wetten Dass...?," where the high-profile pair were guests. Also seated on the sofa, Hollywood star Jennifer Anniston.

It's been up and down for the love life of three-time Wimbledon winner Becker, who only split a few months ago with his last love Sandy Meyer-Woelden, 20-something daughter of his late manager.