Davies a shaker, not mover - 2004-02-12
Laura Davies is never emotional when winning (or losing) a few thousand dollars on the casino tables, but yesterday her heart raced as never before as she stood waiting to hit her opening drive in the ANZ Championship at Horizons.

She had hardly slept, tossing and turning through the night as she played that shot in her mind many times. Always so calm and collected, the proper English lady, she fidgeted on the tee awaiting 7.50am.
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Gilchrist interrupts skipper's party - 2004-02-12
Adam Gilchrist arrived at Crown Casino last night thinking Ricky Ponting might effect the first clean sweep in the short history of the Allan Border Medal.

It was not that Gilchrist was underestimating his chances, for he thought his domestic one-day Series, which included 172 against Zimbabwe last month - the second-highest one-day international score by an Australian - might have brought him close to the top of the poll.

It was just that Australia's wicketkeeper-batsman, who played 33 matches and made 1463 runs at a strike rate of 105.16 in the past year to confirm his standing as the world's most explosive one-day batsman, could not really remember his contributions.
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