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BaseballMLBAmerican League Division Series (seriesbest-of-five; home team in CAPS): De-

troit Tigers 3 OAKLANDATHLETICS 0 (De-

troit Tigerswins series 3-2).

CricketTwenty20 InternationalAustrlaia v India in RajkotAustralia InningsA FINCH c&bVKumar ............................ 89

NMADDINSONbBKumar........................ 34

SWATSON lbwbVKumar......................... 6

GBAILEY c Jadeja bVKumar ................... 0

GMAXWELL c I Sharmab Jadeja............ 27

BHADDIN cDhoni b BKumar ................... 5

MHENRIQUES c SinghbBKumar .......... 12

NCOULTER-NILEnot out ......................... 12

J FAULKNERnot out .................................. 10

Sundries (6w) .............................................. 6

SEVENwickets for .................................. 201Fall: 56 (Maddinson), 84 (Watson), 84

(Bailey), 124 (Maxwell), 146 (Haddin), 174

(Finch), 180 (Henriques).

Bowling: B Kumar 4-0-35-3 (1w), V Kumar

4-0-26-3 (1w), R Ashwin 2-0-41-0 (1w/2), I

Sharma 4-0-52-0, R Jadeja 4-0-23-1, V Ko-

hli 2-0-24-0 (1w/2).

Batting time: 84mins.Overs: 20.India InningsR SHARMA cHaddin bMcKay .................. 8

SDHAWAN st Haddin bDoherty ............ 32

SRAINA cWatsonbCoulter-Nile........... 19

VKOHLI c Faulkner bMcKay................... 29

YSINGHnot out ......................................... 77

MDHONInot out........................................ 24Sundries (4lb 9w) ..................................... 13

FOURwickets for .................................... 202Fall: 12 (R Sharma), 50 (Raina), 80 (Dh-

awan), 100 (Kohli).

Bowling: S Watson 3.4-0-29-0 (1w), C

McKay 4-0-50-2, J Faulkner 4-0-36-0

(1w/5), N Coulter-Nile 4-0-44-1 (2w), M

Henriques 1-0-15-0, X Doherty 3-0-24-1

(1w).

Batting time: 96mins.Overs: 19.4.Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (IND), Chettith-

ody Shamsuddin (IND).

Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama

(SRI).

ThirdUmpire:Vineet Kulkarni (IND).

Result: Indiawonby 6wickets.

Manof thematch:Yuvraj Singh.

TestMatchBangladesh v New Zealand inChittagongNewZealand 1st InningsP FULTON cMHaquebNasHossain ..... 73

HRUTHERFORD cRazzakbGazi ............ 34

KWILLIAMSON lbwbalHasan ............ 114

RTAYLOR c subbRazzak ....................... 28

BMcCULLUM lbwbRazzak .................... 21

BMARTIN cRahimbRHossain ................ 1

CANDERSON cNasHossain bRazzak ... 1

BWATLING st RahimbMHaque ......... 103

DBRACEWELLbGazi ............................... 29

I SODHI lbwbalHasan .............................. 1

TBOULTnot out......................................... 52

Sundries (4b 6lb 2nb) ............................... 12

TOTAL........................................................ 469Fall: 57 (Rutherford), 183 (Fulton), 244

(Taylor), 276 (Williamson), 280 (McCul-

lum), 282 (Martin), 282 (Anderson), 339

(Bracewell), 342 (Sodhi), 469 (Watling).

Bowling: R Islam 13-3-23-0 (1nb), R Hos-

sain 20-2-77-1 (1nb), A Razzak

55-10-147-3, S Gazi 32-6-79-2, S al Hasan

24-5-89-2, M Ayub 2-0-15-0, Nas Hossain

5-1-19-1,MHaque 6.1-0-10-1.

Overs: 157.1.

Bangladesh 1st InningsT IQBAL cWilliamsonbBoult ................... 0

AHAQUE lbwbBracewell ......................... 3

MAYUB cWatling bAnderson ............... 25

MHAQUE lbwbAnderson..................... 181

S alHASAN cWatlingbWilliamson....... 19

MRAHIM cTaylor b Bracewell ............... 67

NasHOSSAIN cMcCullumbSodhi ........ 46

SGAZInot out ............................................ 28ARAZZAKnot out ....................................... 1

Sundries (8lb 1nb 1w) .............................. 10

SEVENwickets for................................... 380Fall: 1 (Iqbal), 8 (A Haque), 134 (Ayub),

180 (al Hasan), 301 (M Haque), 301 (Ra-

him), 371 (NasHossain).

Bowling: T Boult 17-7-32-1 (1w), D Brac-

ewell 18-2-71-2 (1nb), B Martin 21-2-83-0,

I Sodhi 22-2-89-1, C Anderson 14-7-23-2, K

Williamson24-3-74-1.

Overs: 116Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Sundaram

Ravi.

Stumpson the third day.

RyobiOne-DayCupQueensland v Western Australia atBankstownOvalQueensland InningsUKHAWAJA c&bAgar ............................ 12

CHARTLEY c Behrendorff b Tye............. 64

J BURNS cRimmingtonbTye ................... 1

CLYNN cNorth bBeer ................................ 1

NREARDONnot out .................................. 92

J HOPESnot out ......................................... 15

Sundries (3b 8lb 4w2nb) ......................... 17

FOURwickets for .................................... 202Fall: 33 (Khawaja), 40 (Burns), 44 (Lynn),

150 (Hartley).

Bowling: J Behrendorff 8-2-36-0 (1w), N

Rimmington 10-4-29-0 (1nb), A Tye

8-2-32-2 (1w), A Agar 7-1-30-1 (1nb), M

Beer 10-2-34-1 (1w), H Cartwright

4-0-19-0 (1w),MNorth 3-0-11-0.

Batting time: 206mins.Overs: 50.

WesternAustralia InningsCBANCROFT runout (Neser).................... 1

MHARRIS runout (Cutting) ...................... 0

SWHITEMANbHauritz ........................... 15

MNORTH cKhawaja b Floros ................. 33

ATYEbCutting ......................................... 22

J ROGERS st Hartley bHauritz ................. 2

HCARTWRIGHTbCutting ....................... 11

AAGAR cHartley b Floros ......................... 2

NRIMMINGTONbFloros............................ 0

J BEHRENDORFFnot out .......................... 24

MBEER c&bLynn ....................................... 2

Sundries (3lb 3w) ........................................ 6

TOTAL ....................................................... 118Fall: 1 (Bancroft), 9 (Harris), 23 (White-

man), 60 (Tye), 65 (Rogers), 79 (Car-

twright), 82 (Agar), 82 (Rimmington), 109

(North), 118 (Beer).

Bowling: L Feldman 7-1-17-0, M Neser

6-0-17-0, N Hauritz 10-2-19-2 (1w), J Ho-

pes 3-0-14-0 (1w), J Floros 8-1-37-3 (1w), B

Cutting 7-2-8-2, C Lynn 1.5-0-3-1.

Batting time: 169mins.Overs: 42.5.Umpires: JohnWard, SamNogajski.

MatchReferee:SteveBernard.

ThirdUmpire:Richard Patterson.

Result:Queenslandwonby 84 runs

Points:Qld 5WA0

GolfFrys.comOpenRd 1 — (par-71): 64: Jeff Overton (USA).

65: Brian Harman (USA). 66: Kyle Stanley

(USA). 67: Jason Kokrak (USA), Michael

Putnam (USA), J.J. Henry (USA), Charlie

Wi (KOR), Jim Herman (USA), Brooks

Koepka (USA). 68: Robert Allenby (AUS),George McNeill (USA), Alex Aragon

(USA), John Peterson (USA), Camilo Vil-

legas (COL), Johnson Wagner (USA),

Scott Brown (USA), Justin Hicks (USA),

Lee Williams (USA). 69: Luke Guthrie

(USA), Jonas Blixt (SWE), Vijay Singh

(FIJ), Billy Hurley III (USA), ChrisWilliams

(USA), Mark Hubbard (USA), Davis Love

III (USA), Ben Crane (USA), Jerry Kelly

(USA),WillMacKenzie (USA), TyroneVan

Aswegen (RSA), Max Homa (USA), Ryo

Ishikawa (JPN), Bud Cauley (USA), Ben

Martin (USA). 70: Kevin Chappell (USA),

John Huh (USA), Tommy Gainey (USA),

Trevor Immelman (RSA), Morgan Hoff-

mann (USA), Brian Davis (ENG), Jason

Bohn (USA), Paul Goydos (USA), Robert

Streb (USA), Jimmy Walker (USA), Justin

Leonard (USA), HidekiMatsuyama (JPN),

Robert Garrigus (USA), Jamie Lovemark

(USA), Kevin Tway (USA), Will Claxton

(USA). 71: Brian Stuard (USA), Scott

Langley (USA), Gary Woodland (USA),

Sean O’Hair (USA), Josh Teater (USA),

Tim Wilkinson (NZL), Hudson Swafford

(USA), Russell Knox (SCO), Heath Slocum

(USA), Briny Baird (USA), Ricky Barnes

(USA), Y.E. Yang (KOR), Spencer Levin

(USA), William McGirt (USA), Brendon

Todd (USA), BriceGarnett (USA).

Add selected scores73: JohnSenden (AUS)74: Aaron Baddeley (AUS), Stuart Ap-pleby (AUS)75: Steven Bowditch (AUS), Scott Gardin-er (AUS)76: GeoffOgilvy (AUS)79: BronsonLa’Cassie (AUS)

GridironNFLHome team in CAPS: CHICAGO BEARS 27

NewYorkGiants 21.

TennisShanghaiMastersRd 3 (prefix denotes seeding): 2-RafaelNadal (ESP) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-1

7-6(5); 8-Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt

10-Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6(2) 6-4;

15-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt 4-Tomas

Berdych (CZE) 6-7(6) 6-3 7-6(4); 1-Novak

Djokovic (SRB) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3

6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt 5-Roger

Federer (SUI) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3; Florian

Mayer (GER) bt 3-David Ferrer (ESP) 6-4

6-3; 7-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt 12-Kei

Nishikori (JPN) 7-6(5) 6-0; 6-Juan Martin

Del Potro (ARG) bt 11-TommyHaas (GER)

w/o.

Linz LadiesOpenRd 2 (prefix denotes seeding):1-Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Alexandra

Cadantu (ROU) 6-1 6-0; 2-Sloane Ste-

phens (USA) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER)

7-6(1) 4-6 6-3; Stefanie Vogele (SUI) bt

Karin Knapp (ITA) 4-6 6-2 7-5; Patricia

Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) bt Maryna

Zanevska (UKR) 6-1 6-7(1) 6-4;

7-Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt

KatarzynaPiter (POL) 6-0 6-1.

JapanWomen’sOpenQuarter-finals (prefix denotes seeding):3-Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Misaki Doi

(JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-3; 6-Madison Keys (USA)

bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-3 6-1; 5-Eugenie

Bouchard (CAN) bt Barbora Zahlavova

Strycova (CZE) 2-6 6-4 6-1.

HorseRacingTattsBet DividendsKYNETON (VR)Race 1: 10 Tear Gas $3.20 $1.40 1 Aajwaad

$2.20 3 Mr Satnav $3.70. Q: $10.90. E:

$10.90. T: $133.90. A2: 1-10 $3.80, 3-10

$10.30, 1-3 $11.30. Scr: 7.

Race 2: 1 Lifetime $3.90 $1.60 2 All That

Razz $2.00 7 Radiant Art $5.50. Q: $13.60.

E: $24.30. T: $284.50. A2: 1-2 $6.00, 1-7

$23.90, 2-7 $21.10. All Started.

Race 3: 10 Kievann $2.80 $1.50 2 Hidden

Art $1.40 5 Sullivan’s Paddock $3.80. Q:

$3.50. E: $7.80. T: $44.40. A2: 2-10 $2.10,

5-10 $6.20, 2-5 $7.60. Scr: 1,4,8,12,16.

Race 4: 12 Essie’s Pride $3.60 $1.60 8 Rivu-

let $5.30 3 Classy Al $4.20. Q: $43.80. E:

$53.20. T: $663.90. A2: 8-12 $11.10, 3-12

$12.10, 3-8 $26.00. Scr: 5,6.

Race 5: 5 Sound Of The Ocean $5.70 $1.80

9 Spinning Tune $10.00 8 A Toda Ley

$5.40. Q: $161.80. E: $161.50. T: $2,222.20.

A2: 5-9 $21.40, 5-8 $28.00, 8-9 $96.60. FIRST

4: (5 9 8 6): $8,751.00. Scr: 4.

Race 6: 1 Grand Sai Wan $3.50 $2.20 2

Livery $1.10 5 Northern Journey NTD. Q:

$3.90. E: $11.10. T: $51.30. FIRST 4: (1 2 5 7):

$97.20. Scr: 4,6L,8.

Race 7: 3 Marmaduke Jinx $31.30 $7.20 8

Testarita $5.40 9 Chacella $2.60. Q:

$231.20. E: $712.00. T: $3,579.00. A2: 3-8

$55.10, 3-9 $25.10, 8-9 $11.80. FIRST 4: (3 8

9 11): Notwonpool jackpots. Scr: 6.

Race 8: 4 Show’em Earnest $19.40 $7.90

10 Kentucky Dreaming $2.30 8 Aristides

$11.90. Q: $99.20. E: $200.60. T: $3,658.70.

A2: 4-10 $34.80, 4-8 $61.90, 8-10 $48.90.

FIRST 4: (4 10 8 13): $6,477.60. Scr: 1,5.

Extra Double: 10 Kievann 12 Essie’s Pride

$17.80. Double: 3 Marmaduke Jinx 4

Show’em Earnest $221.70. Treble: 1

Grand Sai Wan 3 Marmaduke Jinx 4

Show’em Earnest $1769.40. Quaddie: 5

Sound Of The Ocean 1 Grand Sai Wan 3

Marmaduke Jinx 4 Show’em Earnest

$25,045.70.

CANBERRA (CR)Race 1: 10 Pass $2.30 $1.50 4MrsWallace

$2.90 8 Miss Redlan $3.80. Q: $14.60. E:

$19.70. T: $231.90. A2: 4-10 $8.10, 8-10

$9.90, 4-8 $26.00. Scr: 2.

Race 2: 7 Jay Jay’s Choice $5.90 $2.00 2

She’s Trendy $2.10 5AxianCrownNTD.Q:

$18.50. E: $47.30. T: $109.80. Scr: 3,6.

Race 3: 2 Got The Goss $1.10 $1.00 4Mug-

ga Malley $3.90 3 Kiss This NTD. Q: $2.20.

E: $3.10. T: $10.50. Scr: 1,7.

Race 4: 4 Subarc $5.00 $2.10 3 General Jay

Dee $2.60 2 Happy Finish NTD. Q: $12.20.

E: $22.70. T: $85.90. All Started.

Race 5: 4 Bogie AndBacall $5.60 $2.10 2 Al

Badia $1.60 3 Texan Son $1.20. Q: $9.80. E:

$22.90. T: $71.00. A2: 2-4 $5.60, 3-4 $3.90,

2-3 $4.20. FIRST 4: (4 2 3 8): $1,033.40. All

Started.

Race 6: 8 Narasimha $2.20 $1.10 7 Allur-

ing Belle $1.50 5 Wild Win $2.20. Q: $2.20.

E: $4.50. T: $21.60. A2: 7-8 $1.30, 5-8 $4.20,

5-7 $4.50. FIRST 4: (8 7 5 3): $163.20. Scr:

9,14.

Race 7: 4 Another Grand $3.60 $1.30 2 Mr

Fox $1.80 9 Gundybird $2.20. Q: $8.90. E:

$15.20. T: $96.00. A2: 2-4 $1.70, 4-9 $6.80,

2-9 $7.20. FIRST 4: (4 2 9 8): $339.80. Scr: 5.

Race 8: 13 Zuccherina $7.60 $2.00 4

L’academie De Joie $3.00 2 Rollwithth-

epunches $5.50. Q: $27.70. E: $64.60. T:

$691.10. A2: 4-13 $7.90, 2-13 $26.50, 2-4

$22.90. FIRST 4: (13 4 2 11): $4,470.40. Scr:

3,6.

Extra Double: 2 Got The Goss 4 Subarc

$6.80. Double: 4 Another Grand 13 Zuc-

cherina $21.00. Treble: 8Narasimha 4An-

other Grand 13 Zuccherina $86.40. Quad-die: 4 Bogie And Bacall 8 Narashima 4

AnotherGrand 13Zuccherina $1,040.50.

IPSWICH (BR)Race 1: 3 River Of Glory $4.50 $2.50 1 Hen-

man $1.50 7 Eternal Heart NTD. Q: $6.50.

E: $14.00. T: $75.60. FIRST 4: (3 1 7 4):

$127.60. Scr: 2,6.

Race 2: 5 Ruling Miss $15.70 $4.00 3 Vino

Volo $1.60 2 Cooper’s Girl NTD. Q: $11.80.

E: $55.90. T: $174.20. FIRST 4: (5 3 2 4):

$630.00. All Started.

Race 3: 9 Caris In Paris $3.60 $1.40 5

Cheeky Express $3.80 4 Awesome Sight

$1.70. Q: $24.40. E: $39.60. T: $130.70. A2:

5-9 $9.70, 4-9 $3.80, 4-5 $8.00. FIRST 4: (9 5

4 11): $1,987.40. Scr: 2,3,8,15.

Race 4: 1 Wehrman $3.50 $1.40 2 All Alert

$2.00 6 Caledonia’s Call $1.70. Q: $5.20. E:

$11.60. T: $51.80. A2: 1-2 $4.00, 1-6 $2.60,

2-6 $5.10. FIRST 4: (1 2 6 5): $295.00. All

Started.

Race 5: 6 A Tad Apart $3.20 $1.30 7

Banchory Lass $1.10 3 Strombo $3.30. Q:

$2.40. E: $5.90. T: $50.30. A2: 6-7 $1.50, 3-6

$5.20, 3-7 $4.60. FIRST 4: (6 7 3 2): $159.60.

All Started.

Race 6: 10 Kylie’s Rocking $2.40 $1.40 11

Out Of The Blue $5.80 3 Evocative $1.90.

Q: $44.30. E: $70.10. T: $354.10. A2: 10-11

$23.30, 3-10 $4.00, 3-11 $23.10. FIRST 4: (10

11 3 7): $2,599.00. Scr: 2,4,5,6,15.

Race 7: 2 Grand Duke $19.30 $4.20 5 Bank

Job $5.80 11 More Than Superb $2.40. Q:

$219.30. E: $429.40. T: $4622.70. A2: 2-5

$32.50, 2-11 $26.20, 5-11 $35.00. FIRST 4: (2

5 11 13): $9,501.80. Scr: 6.

Race 8: 5 Hydrazine $5.40 $1.70 4

Schillacking $1.30 9 Choose Greatness

$5.30. Q: $7.50. E: $16.80. T: $238.50. A2: 4-5

$3.60, 5-9 $25.40, 4-9 $13.30. FIRST 4: (5 4 9

3): $611.00. Scr: 7,8.

Extra Double: 9 Caris In Paris 1Wehrman

$10.90.Double: 2GrandDuke 5Hydrazine

$165.00. Treble: 10 Kylie’s Rocking 2

Grand Duke 5 Hydrazine $512.20. Quad-die: 6 A Tad Apart 10 Kylie’s Rocking 2

GrandDuke 5Hydrazine $3,835.50.

PORTMACQUARIE (NR)Race 1: 1 Lucky News $2.90 $1.60 3 La

Disco $2.10 4 Champagne Flyer $3.20. Q:

$13.00. E: $20.10. T: $136.00. A2: 1-3 $6.10,

1-4 $4.50, 3-4 $15.50. All Started.

Race 2: 9 Lily Bear $5.30 $1.50 6 Rinn

Pierre $1.70 4 Don’tMeanMaybe $2.30. Q:

$10.00. E: $20.20. T: $105.20. A2: 6-9 $3.80,

4-9 $5.40, 4-6 $3.70. All Started.

Race 3: 7 Not Doubtful $5.80 $2.20 1

Danes Bullet $2.30 4 Sumac $2.10. Q:

$28.70. E: $35.60. T: $238.60. A2: 1-7 $8.20,

4-7 $14.10, 1-4 $7.50. All Started.

Race 4: 11 Sweet Feet $19.40 $4.50 13 Fly-

ing Kistena $1.40 6 Southern Cash $2.80.

Q: $29.10. E: $66.60. T: $493.90. A2: 11-13

$13.50, 6-11 $16.80, 6-13 $4.10. Scr: 1.

Race 5: 5 Bench Star $3.70 $1.80 6 Kila-

woman $2.00 7 Abidon $3.10. Q: $11.00. E:

$20.50. T: $193.50. A2: 5-6 $4.70, 5-7 $9.10,

6-7 $9.90. FIRST 4: (5 6 7 1): $1,161.60. All

Started.

Race 6: 1 Ollie Vollie $10.70 $2.60 6 Em-

peror Of Oz $1.30 3 Spiritist $2.80. Q:

$10.50. E: $28.50. T: $212.40. A2: 1-6 $5.90,

1-3 $21.40, 3-6 $4.20. FIRST 4: (1 6 3 8):

$1,106.00. Scr: 5L,9.

Race 7: 7 Phrases $13.10 $3.60 2 Epic Ter-

ra $1.70 3 Poste Restante $1.80. Q: $25.60.

E: $76.40. T: $367.00. A2: 2-7 $11.60, 3-7

$11.90, 2-3 $4.50. FIRST 4: (7 2 3 4):

$1,371.60. Scr: 9,10L.

Race 8: 8 Another Charger $8.70 $2.70 4

Melbourne Billy $1.60 9 Memphis Mafia

$11.00. Q: $14.70. E: $32.00. T: $1283.60. A2:

4-8 $7.80, 8-9 $46.50, 4-9 $39.40. FIRST 4: (8

4 9 3): $9,561.40. Scr: 6,10L,15,17.

Extra Double: 7 Not Doubtful 11 Sweet

Feet $109.10. Double: 7 Phrases 8 An-

other Charger $79.70. Treble: 1 Ollie Vol-

lie 7 Phrases 8 Another Charger $699.60.

Quaddie: 5 Bench Star 1 Ollie Vollie 7

Phrases 8AnotherCharger $4,173.40.

Del Piero grabs ‘gifts’

Joel Chianese is swamped by jubilant Sydney FC teammates after scoring the second goal against the Newcastle Jets in lastnight’s A-League clash at Allianz Stadium, which kicked off the 2013/14 season Picture: CAMERON SPENCER

ITALIAN superstar Alessan-dro Del Piero capitalised ona couple of howlers fromNewcastle defender ZenonCaravella last night to leadSydney FC to a 2-0 home winover the Jets in the openingA-League game of the season.

Del Piero, with 14 goals inhis first A-League campaignlast season, scored one andmade one for Joel Chianeseat Allianz Stadium, butCaravella was in both.

After 36 minutes, Del Pieroappeared to lose possessionto Connor Chapman in thepenalty area only to be giftedit back when midfielderCaravella ran into Chapman.

The veteran striker slidthe ball across goalkeeperMark Birighitti into the net.

Caravella, who signed aone-year contract extensionearlier this week and is thenephew of Sydney coachFrank Farina, was also culp-able for the second goal.

He was dispossessed by DelPiero, who fed the ball toChianese who lashed a pow-erful shot into the net.

Sydney created far morechances against a Newcastleside lacking penetration withstrikers Emile Heskey, Mi-chael Bridges and Joey Gibbsall on the injury list.

The Jets had a couple of de-cent chances after Chianese’sgoal, but rarely exposed Syd-ney’s new-look rearguard.

The Jets showed some nicetouches but didn’t create anygood first half chances.

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Kewell pumpedHARRY Kewell believes hecan have a bigger early im-pact for Melbourne Heart thistime than he did in his pre-vious A-League season withMelbourne Victory.

Heart captain Kewell ad-mits he took time to hit topform with the Victory in the2011-12 season, though heplayed more strongly late inthat campaign, before quitt-ing the club.

The 35-year-old has playedjust three club games since,for Qatar club Al Gharafa.

But as he prepares to weara captain’s armband for thefirst time, in the derby clashwith the Victory at EtihadStadium tonight, Kewell isconfident he’s ready after athree-month pre-season.

‘West is best’WESTERN Sydney coachTony Popovic says much-improved depth thanks to alengthy pre-season has addeda fearless streak to his squadas they get set for their secondA-League campaign.

Despite a fairytale debutseason, the Wanderers start-ed very slowly with no pre-season to speak of and didn’tscore their first goal untilRound four.

Popovic said fans can ex-pect a more threatening startas they prepare to face Cen-tral Coast away today, in part-icular from fully-fit Japanesestar Shinji Ono. The marqueeplayer’s flair became theheart of the Wanderers mid-field last season with eightgoals and three assists.