Umpire Billy Doctrove is down with chest infection

July 2nd, 2009 Correction: Billy Mays obituaryTAMPA, Fla. — In stories June 28 and June 29 about the death of Billy Mays, The Associated Press misstated the relationship between the TV pitchman and one of his survivors.

March 31st, 2009 DUBAI - Australian umpire Daryl Harper will replace West Indian Billy Doctrove for the third cricket Test between India and New Zealand starting Friday. 'Doctrove fell ill during the second Test in Napier and will not be standing in the final match of the series in Wellington.

March 30th, 2009 NAPIER - Final scoreboard of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand on the fifth day at McLean Park here Monday. New Zealand: First innings 619 for 9 declared India: First innings 305 all out India: Second innings (overnight 252 for 2) Gautam Gambhir lbw b Patel 137 Virender Sehwag lbw b Patel 22 Rahul Dravid c How b Vettori 62 Sachin Tendulkar c McCullum b Martin 64 VVS Laxman not out 124 Yuvraj Singh not out 54 Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-3) 13 Total (for four wickets in 180 overs) 476 Fall of wickets 1-30 (Sehwag, 9.2 overs), 2-163 (Dravid, 72.2), 3-260 (Tendulkar, 111.3), 4-356 (Gambhir, 159.4) Bowling Chris Martin 30-8-86-1 (1nb) Iain O'Brien 32-9-94-0 (1nb) James Franklin 21-5-48-0 Jeetan Patel 45-10-120-2 Jesse Ryder 11-5-38-0 Daniel Vettori 38-13-76-1 (1nb) Ross Taylor 2-1-4-0 Jamie How 1-1-0-0 Man of the match: Jesse Ryder (New Zealand) Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 30th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard at tea on the fifth day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand at McLean Park here Monday. New Zealand: First innings 619 for 9 India: First innings 305 India: Second innings (overnight 252 for 2) Gautam Gambhir lbw b Patel 137 Virender Sehwag lbw b Patel 22 Rahul Dravid c How b Vettori 62 Sachin Tendulkar c McCullum b Martin 64 VVS Laxman batting 77 Yuvraj Singh batting 22 Extras (b 9, lb 1, nb 3) 13 Total (for four wickets in 167 overs) 397 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sehwag, 9.2 overs), 2-163 (Dravid, 72.2), 3-260 (Tendulkar, 111.3), 4-356 (Gambhir, 159.4) Bowling: Chris Martin 30-8-86-1 (1nb) Iain O'Brien 29-9-72-0 (1nb) James Franklin 21-5-48-0 Jeetan Patel 42-10-104-2 Jesse Ryder 8-5-10-0 Daniel Vettori 36-13-67-1 (1nb) Ross Taylor 1-1-0-0 Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 29th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard on the fourth day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand at McLean Park here Sunday: New Zealand: first innings 619-9 decl. India: first innings 305 all out India: second innings (overnight 47 for 1) Gautam Gambhir batting 102 Virender Sehwag lbw b Patel 22 Rahul Dravid c How b Vettori 62 Sachin Tendulkar batting 58 Extras (b-5, lb-1, nb-2) 8 Total ( for two wickets in 107 overs) 252 Fall of wicket: 1-30 (Sehwag, 9.2 overs), 2-163 (Dravid, 72.2) Bowling Chris Martin 18-5-47-0 (1nb) Iain O'Brien 21-6-50-0 James Franklin 11-3-23-0 Jeetan Patel 28-6-73-1 Jesse Ryder 4-3-5-0 Daniel Vettori 24-7-48-1 (1nb) Ross Taylor 1-1-0-0 Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 29th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand at McLean Park here Sunday. New Zealand: first innings 619-9 decl.

March 28th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard at tea on the third day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand here Saturday. New Zealand: Ist innings 619/9 declared India: 1st innings Gautam Gambhir c Vettori b Patel 16 Virender Sehwag c McCullum b Vettori 34 Rahul Dravid c McCullum b Ryder 83 Ishant Sharma lbw b Vettori 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Taylor b Patel 49 V.V.S Laxman not out 58 Yuvraj Singh c McIntosh b Martin 0 Extras (lb 7, nb 6) 13 Total (for six wickets in 82.2 overs) 253 Fall of wickets 1-48 (Sehwag, 8.6 overs), 2-73 (Gambhir, 16.6), 3-78 (Sharma, 21.2), 4-165 (Tendulkar, 45.1), 5-246 (Dravid, 77.6), 6-253 (Yuvraj Singh, 82.2) Bowling Chris Martin 18.2-3-64-1 James Franklin 13-4-31-0 (2nb) Daniel Vettori 19-5-45-2 (4nb) Iain O'Brien 10-4-43-0 Jeetan Patel 19-2-60-2 Jesse Ryder 3-1-3-1 Toss: New Zealand elected to bat Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 28th, 2009 NAPIER - India were struggling to save a follow-on after New Zealand dealt two blows, leaving them tottering at 253 for six, at tea on the third day of the second cricket Test at McLean Park here Saturday. New Zealand dismissed a well-set Rahul Dravid for 83 while Yuvraj Singh went for a duck at tea.

March 28th, 2009 NAPIER - India battled to withstand the pressure of New Zealand's mammoth first-innings score of 619 for nine declared as they went to lunch at 189 for four on the third day of the second cricket Test here at McLean Park Saturday. Most importantly, India lost the huge wicket of Sachin Tendulkar one run short of his 52nd Test fifty, caught at slip by Ross Taylor off off-spinner Jeetan Patel.

March 27th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the second cricket Test between New Zealand and India at Mclean Park here Friday. New Zealand 1st innings Tim McIntosh c Karthik b Sharma 12 Martin Guptill c Sehwag b Khan 8 Jamie How b Khan 1 Ross Taylor c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 151 Jesse Ryder b Khan 201 James Franklin run out (Yuvraj/Karthik) 52 Brendon McCullum not out 103 Daniel Vettori not out 43 Extras (b 6, lb 8, nb 7) 21 Total (for six wickets in 150 overs) 592 Fall of wickets 1-21 (McIntosh, 7.1 overs), 2-22 (How, 8.6), 3-23 (Guptill, 10.1), 4-294 (Taylor, 69.3), 5-415 (Franklin, 110.2), 6-477 (Ryder, 123.4) Bowling Zaheer Khan 34-6-129-3 (4nb) Ishant Sharma 25-5-90-1 Munaf Patel 28-3-128-0 (2nb) Harbhajan Singh 40-7-108-1 Virender Sehwag 12-0-73-0 (1nb) Yuvraj Singh 11-0-50-0 Toss: New Zealand elected to bat Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 26th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard on the first day of the second cricket Test between New Zealand and India at Mclean Park here Thursday: New Zealand 1st innings Tim McIntosh c Karthik b Sharma 12 Martin Guptill c Sehwag b Zaheer 8 Jamie How b Zaheer 1 Ross Taylor c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 151 Jesse Ryder not out 137 James Franklin not out 26 Extras:(b 6, lb 3, nb 7) 16 Total:(for four wickets in 90 overs) 351 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (McIntosh,7.1 overs), 2-22 (How,8.6), 3-23 (Guptill,10.1), 4-294 (Taylor,69.3) Bowling: Zaheer Khan 23 4 94 2 (4nb) Ishant Sharma 17 4 61 1 Munaf Patel 18 2 78 0(2nb) Harbhajan Singh 26 6 61 1 Virender Sehwag 5 0 34 0(1nb) Yuvraj Singh 1 0 14 0 Toss: New Zealand, who elected to bat Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee Alan Hurst (Australia)

March 26th, 2009 NAPIER - Scoreboard at tea on the first day of the second cricket Test between New Zealand and India at Mclean Park here Thursday. New Zealand 1st innings Tim McIntosh c Karthik b Sharma 12 Martin Guptill c Sehwag b Khan 8 Jamie How b Khan 1 Ross Taylor not out 113 Jesse Ryder not out 87 Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 3) 12 Total (3 wickets; 55 overs) 233 Fall of wickets 1-21 (McIntosh, 7.1 overs), 2-22 (How, 8.6), 3-23 (Guptill, 10.1) Bowling Zaheer Khan 14-2-68-2 (3nb) Ishant Sharma 13-3-49-1 Munaf Patel 11-1-44-0 Harbhajan Singh 13-3-26-0 Virender Sehwag 3-0-23-0 Yuvraj Singh 1-0-14-0 Toss: New Zealand elected to bat Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Evan Watkin (New Zealand) Match Referee Alan Hurst (Australia)

February 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Umpire's Decision Review System will be used in South Africa for the first time when the hosts face Australia in the first of three Tests that begins at Wanderers here Thursday. Proteas coach Mickey Arthur has welcomed the umpire referral system.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, being treated for chest infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, is showing signs of improvement but continues to remain on a ventilator, doctors attending to him said Tuesday. 'Vajpayee is still in ICU on a ventilator.

December 27th, 2008 MELBOURNE - Umpires Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove came under the scanner after ruling Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz out on the second day of the second Test against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Hauritz was given his marching orders, even though no apparent appeal was made by the South Africans after a low edge from the Australian went to Proteas captain Graeme Smith at slip Friday.