/ 8 May 2000

BARLOW ‘IMPROVES A LITTLE’ SAYS WIFE

BANGLADESH’S cricket coach Eddie Barlow, who suffered a brain haemorrhage last month, has “improved a little” and is able to speak, his wife Cally said on Sunday. She said he had been given physiotherapy for paralysis of the left side of his body. Barlow will be flown to Singapore on Monday for an examination at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital. He has been in the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka since collapsing on April 30. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury said Barlow would be treated at the Singapore hospital for a week before being flown home to Capetown. The BCB has appointed Sarwar Imran, a local coach, to lead the team in the Asia Cup in Dhaka later this month. Barlow, the 59-year-old former South African test opener, was appointed Bangladesh’s national coach last year, replacing former West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge.

PSL STANDINGS

(P W D L F A P)

1 Sundowns 28 20 5 3 57 29 65

2 Orlando Pirates 30 18 7 5 68 29 61

3 Kaizer Chiefs 31 16 10 5 37 18 58

4 Wits University 32 12 14 6 35 24 50

5 Jomo Cosmos 33 12 13 8 47 30 49

6 Ajax Cape Town 32 14 7 11 39 36 49

7 Hellenic 32 13 6 13 59 42 45

8 Mann. Rangers 31 12 9 10 48 46 45

9 Santos 31 9 14 8 48 49 41

10 Classic 32 12 4 16 41 63 40

11 Moroka Swallows 33 10 9 14 38 52 39

12 Free State Stars 31 9 11 11 26 33 38

13 Afr. Wanderers 32 11 5 16 36 46 38

14 SuperSport Utd 32 9 10 13 45 47 37

15 Bloem. Celtic 31 9 10 12 38 49 37

16 Bush Bucks 31 9 9 13 42 46 36

17 AmaZulu 33 9 9 15 31 42 36

18 Mother City 32 2 4 26 22 75 10

PSL FIXTURES

Wednesday:

Bloemfontein Celtic v Mother City, Seisa Ramabodu 3pm

Sundowns v African Wanderers, Loftus Stadium 6pm

Santos v Orlando Pirates, Newlands Stadium or Telkom Park 8pm

Saturday:

Hellenic v Free State Stars, Greenpoint Stadium 3pm

BOB SAVE SUPER BOWL SEMI-FINAL FIXTURES

Thursday:

Kaizer Chiefs v Bush Bucks, Johannesburg Stadium 8pm

Sunday:

Sundowns v AmaZulu, Loftus Stadium 3pm