Holland strikes it rich on tour

THE wash-out of November's final one-day match between Australia and India in Mumbai denied promising spinner Jon Holland his national team debut. While the 22-year-old was the only member of the original squad not to play on the three-week tour, the snub was cushioned by an estimated tripling of his base wage.

Briton powerless to stop express as wait to end drought goes on

THE matter-of-fact caption in the English newspaper below the photograph of Andy Murray brandishing the Union Jack encapsulated the feeling of hope morphed into wild expectation: "Only Roger Federer lies between Andy Murray and a first grand slam win for a British player male in 74 years."