• Australia then raced to an easy target on what remained an inviting pitch for batting, Hughes hitting 12 boundaries and a six in his dashing 75-ball innings.

    BBC: Phillip Hughes takes Australia to victory in Wellington

  • But the tourists were further frustrated by a final-wicket partnership of 37 between Das, batting at nine after hitting 124 as an opener on the first day, and Shiv Sankar Paul, who took 5-61 on Saturday in England's first innings score of 225.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England A in tough chase

  • In his first year with the Yankees, Youkilis opened the season with a nine-game hitting streak and was batting .266 with two homers and seven RBIs in 64 at-bats before going on the DL. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he will be careful to give them days off in an attempt to prevent them from wearing down.

    WSJ: Teixeira, Youkilis activated by Yankees

  • Saj Mahmood (30 not out) produced some lusty hitting to earn Lancashire a batting point before James Tomlinson trapped Gary Keedy leg before to wrap up the innings.

    BBC: Hants on top after Flintoff fails

  • The Zincs played at a field with a short left-field fence, so the left-batting Mr. Musial became expert in hitting to the opposite field one of his trademarks when he reached the major leagues.

    WSJ: Baseball's 'Stan the Man,' Folksy Batting Champ

  • Big-hitting South African keeper Mark Boucher, batting for the first time in the tournament, also fell cheaply.

    BBC: McDonald steers Victoria to win

  • The switch-hitting catcher sparkled in spring training with a .341 batting average, but the Orioles decided to have him start the year in Triple-A. The reasons are mostly financial: by pushing back Wieters' major league debut, the O's have ensured that their star catcher won't be eligible for salary arbitration until after 2012.

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  • New York 1B Mark Teixeira (wrist) hit several long homers on curveballs off a pitching machine at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. 3B Alex Rodriguez, coming back from hip surgery in January, is hitting off a tee and swinging at soft toss flips in a batting cage as he wraps up his second week of baseball activities.

    WSJ: Pettitte hurt's back as Mariners beat Yankees 3-2

  • Kemp, who just two seasons ago finished runner-up to Milwaukee's Ryan Braun in the NL MVP voting after hitting a career-high 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .324 average, is batting .251 this season with two homers and 17 RBIs in 51 games, and has struck out 60 times in 191 at-bats following offseason shoulder surgery.

    NPR: Kemp On DL With Hamstring Strain

  • Wickets eventually came England's way at the other end, Clarke and Steve Smith hitting catches into the off-side, before Mike Hussey became the third Australian to fall in the batting powerplay.

    BBC: Shane Watson century too much for England in Melbourne

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