After suffering a heavy defeat in the first Test at Lord’s England have recovered magnificently to dominate three consecutive matches against the world champions
Posted in General on 07. Sep, 2010
After suffering a heavy defeat in the first Test at Lord’s, England have recovered magnificently to dominate three consecutive matches against the world champions.
The heroics of Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Simon Jones and Vaughan – to name but four – have gripped and aged a nation. In an era when every achievement and event has to be bigger and better than anything that has gone before, it would be easy to over-hype the intensity and quality of the cricket that has been played between England and Australia during three epic Test matches at Edgbaston, Old Trafford and Trent Bridge this summer
But there is no need to. My bike was on the outside when Leon pushed through and across me – we both went straight on, across the grass and were very lucky not to crash,” Lavilla said.Glen Richards took third place for Hawk Kawasaki, ahead of Karl Harris, Ryuichi Kiyonari and Haslam, with Rutter, complaining of a lack of rear grip back in eighth.Haslam, starting from pole, led the second race, with Lavilla moving into second place and running less than half a second down.”I could have tried to pass, but it would have been risky,” he said.Rutter crashed out of fourth place at Chris Curve as his HM Plant Honda team-mate Kiyonari overcame Hill to take third place.Lavilla leads 326-324 over Rutter in the Championship standings, with Kiyonari a further seven points down.. A 14-year-old rider suffered critical injuries in a startline crash involving seven competitors which stopped the 125cc Championship race at Cadwell Park yesterday. Chris Jones, from Bromsgrove, was flown by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary. The Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board, who organised the race, confirmed three riders were injured, with Jones’ condition considered as critical.
All of the injured riders were treated first at the scene and then at the circuit medical centre by the British Superbike Championship medical team before being transferred to the nearest appropriate hospitals for their injuries by both ambulances and helicopter.Carl-Thomas Andrews, also aged 14, from Newark, sustained a right shoulder injury and was transferred by ambulance to Lincoln Hospital.Jon Vincent (38), from Bickerstaffe, sustained abdominal injuries and was transferred by ambulance to Grimsby Hospital..
In the end both riders ran wide, on to the grass.”I had nowhere to go. Gregorio Lavilla moved two points clear in the scrap for the British Superbike Championship as he enjoyed a pair of second placings in a dramatic 10th round here yesterday. Michael Rutter tumbled out of the second race and also the title lead, as the race victories went to Tommy Hill, enjoying his first-ever triumph in the series, and Leon Haslam. Hill, who gave the Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha team their first victory in some 14 months, could hardly believe his good fortune in the opener – he was running third as the Airwaves Ducati team-mates Haslam and Lavilla dictated terms.
Lavilla took the lead on the penultimate lap but then Haslam made a daring attempt to regain the advantage at Park Corner next time around. Spencer is on the 118-winner mark while closest rival Seb Sanders, who had just one success yesterday, is nine behind..
This achievement is as much for them as it is for me.”Johnston runs the three-year-old Crosspeace in tomorrow’s Fuerstenberg-Rennen at Baden-Baden. Crosspeace, who finished third in a Group Three race in Norway eight days ago, will be the only British hope in a field of 11 for the Group Three event.l Jamie Spencer tightened his grip on the jockeys’ championship yesterday with a treble at Newcastle. Obviously there’s more important things in a racing year, but we’ll all be devastated when we don’t reach that target. But we’ve done it again and that’s great.”I think we’ve got there about two or three weeks earlier than last season so that also shows things are going well.