Andreas Seppi overcame early jitters to beat Ramkumar Ramanathan in straight sets, giving Italy a 1-0 lead over India in the Davis Cup Qualifier here on Friday.
The cricket world was left stunned when then Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his younger brother Trevor to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand's Brian McKechnie during a match of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.
Joe Burns and Travis Head plundered Australia's first centuries of the home summer Friday in a stirring fightback as they ruthlessly exposed Sri Lanka's inexperienced attack in the second Test at Canberra.