Sehwag dazzles in drawn tour match The city of Derby has witnessed several momentous events, including the establishment of what is believed to be the first factory in England - a steel mill built in 1717. But finding refuge in such memories was the last thing that spectators at the city's premier cricketing venue wanted to do on the final day of the India-Derbyshire match. So when, after a soporific three hours of play, Virender Sehwag burst upon the scene and tore the local attack to shreds in an electric 104 off 97 balls, he was given a rousing reception. Sehwag, who has gone a long way in shedding his primary reputation as Tendulkar's doppelganger, hit as many as 14 fours and four sixes in his only innings of the match. Also among the runs was Shiv Sunder Das, who made 52, as India declared their second innings at 182 for three to bring the drawn three-dayer to an end. Earlier, Rawait Khan fell nine runs short of a hundred and James Pyemont made 47 as Derbyshire's under-strength team extended their first innings to 358 before being dismissed in the afternoon session. For India, Ashish Nehra claimed four wickets while Anil Kumble ended up with three.

England recall Trescothick, Irani for the Oval Test England have recalled star opening bat Marcus Trescothick and all-rounder Ronnie Irani to their 14-man squad for this week's deciding Test against India at The Oval. Trescothick, who has been out of the game since mid-July with a thumb injury, made a return to first-class cricket in Saturday's Cheltenham and Gloucester final. "Trescothick played yesterday in the C&G Final and suffered no reaction above the norm to his thumb injury. He was happy with the way he batted and felt fine in the field," David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, said after announcing the squad on Sunday. Irani, meanwhile, comes in place of Andrew Flintoff, the latter having finally decided to submit himself to the surgeon's scalpel after playing the Headingley Test with a double hernia. Irani and Dominic Cork, who was also included, are expected to compete for the all-rounder's slot in the final eleven. Surprisingly, England have decided against including a second spinner to partner Ashley Giles on a Oval wicket that has a reputation for helping spinners, preferring instead to bolster the fast bowling resources by including Steve Harmison too in the starting line-up. "At this stage without having seen the wicket, we are not expecting a surface which is especially helpful to spin and as a consequence we have decided not to include a second specialist spinner in the squad," Graveney explained. He clarified that England though intended to play five bowlers at The Oval as the policy of playing seven batsmen and four bowlers had failed them against the Sri Lankans at Lord's this summer. Squad: Nasser Hussain (capt.), Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan, Mark Butcher, John Crawley, Alec Stewart (wicket-keeper), Ronnie Irani, Dominic Cork, Alex Tudor, Ashley Giles, Andrew Caddick, Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison, Robert Key

In the works - a Scottish campaign with Dravid at the head The land of Robert Bruce, Robert Burns and the Scotch whisky is calling out to Rahul Dravid. Scotland is to make its debut in England's Norwich Union one-day League next year and they want Dravid to ensure that their campaign to win the tournament is more than just a pipedream. The attempt to rope in Dravid was made after initial attempts to enlist the services of Sachin Tendulkar fell through. Gwynne Jones, chief executive of Scottish Cricket Limited, first approached Dravid during the third Test at Headingley that India so emphatically won. "We had preliminary discussions and Rahul gave some very encouraging signs. He sees the prospect of playing about 20 games for Scotland as much more appealing than a hard slog on the county scene," Jones told the BBC. Another round of talks are slated for October and if they succeed the bonnie lasses of Scotland will have one of the cricketing world's most eligible bachelors in their midst come 2003.

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