Sydney, Mar. 11: Over a week after the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players and officials, Australian and ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel has sought an explanation from the cricket's apex governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has urged umpires to be more `rational'on the issue.

Taufel sent his report to ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.

Melbourne, Mar. 11 : Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has shred his dreadlocks to raise 10,000 dollars for the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.

The Courier Mail quoted his agent, Matt Fearon, as saying that the Queensland all rounder, who hadn''t "seen his own head for about five years", had gone in with "the normal nerves about a new look".

"He''s looking fresh; I think he looks more responsible. Certainly, he''s more streamlined," Fearon added.

Los Angeles  - The Utah Jazz's latest success has them blowing their own horn.

Mehmet Okur scored 24 points, Paul Millshap had 22 with nine rebounds and the streaking Jazz pulled away late Tuesday night to beat the Indiana Pacers 112-100 for their season-high 12th-consecutive victory.

"We have confidence that we're going to win every game we play, no matter what the scenario might be," Jazz forward Carlos Boozer said after finishing with 11 points and seven rebounds.

"At the end of the day, we have the pieces, the confidence and the belief in each other that we're going to win the game," he said.

Durban (South Africa), Mar. 11: South Africa have dumped opener Neil McKenzie and pace bowler Morne Morkel for the third Test against Australia that begins from March 19 in Cape Town.

The Proteas, who trail Ricky Ponting''s men 2-0 in the three-Test series and have surrendered their chance to take the No. 1 ranking from Australia, will also be without skipper Graeme Smith, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

Smith broke his right little finger when struck by a short ball from Mitchell Johnson while batting in this week''s second Test in Durban and is hoping to return for next month''s five-game one-day series against Australia.

Kuopio, Finland  - Takanobu Okabe became the oldest winner of a ski-jumping World Cup event in history Tuesday when the 38-year-old won an event on the large hill in Kuopio.

Just 24 hours after Finland's Janne Ahonen announced that he was returning to the sport after less than a year in retirement, the Japanese jumper celebrated the fifth World Cup victory of his career with jumps of 123.5 metres and 123m for a total of 241.7 points.

Switzerland's Simon Ammann came second on 240.4 points after jumps of 119.5m and 126m with Adam Malysz of Poland claiming third on 239.3 after jumps of 119m and 127m.

London - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed on Tuesday that defender Rio Ferdinand will play against Inter Milan on Wednesday.

Ferdinand had been a doubt for the Champions League last-16 tie after turning his ankle in the 4-0 FA Cup victory over Fulham on Saturday.

But he returned to training on Tuesday morning, as did defender John O'Shea, who has overcome a heel problem.

"They are both fit and they will both play," Ferguson told reporters.

"They both trained for the first time on Tuesday morning and that was important for us."