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If Lewis wins the title would be declared vacant and the two highest available

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If Lewis wins, the title would be declared vacant and the two highest available contenders would fight for the championship Tyson is ranked No 1 by the WBC. Rahman also won the International Boxing Federation title when he knocked out Lewis in the fifth round on 22 April in Johannesburg.David Tua, the top-ranked IBF contender, sued the IBF in the US District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to force it to uphold its ruling that no championship contest shall contain an agreement for a rematch and that any violation of the regulation would make the title vacant. Tua is promoted by America Presents, which has one fight left on a promotional deal with Tyson.. Fresh suspicions over the bowling action of Shoaib Akhtar arose yesterday after the match umpires, Peter Willey and Tony Clarkson, requested to see television footage of him bowling against Derbyshire, just one week before the first Test at Lord's. Fresh suspicions over the bowling action of Shoaib Akhtar arose yesterday after the match umpires, Peter Willey and Tony Clarkson, requested to see television footage of him bowling against Derbyshire, just one week before the first Test at Lord's. Although the pair refused to comment afterwards, both umpires will be making a report on the match to the England and Wales Cricket Board and may include any thoughts they have on the matter there. Willey, one of those who first reported Shoaib for throwing during a Test match in Perth 18 months ago, may have several. These days umpires rarely call bowlers on the field, preferring to leave their suspicions for reports to the International Cricket Council or the ECB.The footage, which was filmed in extreme slow-motion, showed Shoaib from the front in the final moments of delivery.

Although he has remodelled his action, and been given the go-ahead to resume playing by the ICC, there is a definite snap as the arm comes through to release the ball.Extensive biomechanical tests at the University of Western Australia have apparently revealed this to be the product of hypermobility of the shoulder and elbow. In the match here, though, it appears to happen before any hyper-extension would normally occur, i.e. at the point of release (when the arm is approaching peak velocity). The BSkyB pictures appear to suggest it takes place when the arm is between shoulder level and the vertical.Shoaib, who arrived in England last Sunday, bowled 23 overs against Derbyshire and, despite taking two wickets on the first day, rarely got into third gear. Although there was no speed-gun at the ground, he did not look like the "Rawalpindi Express". Afterwards the Pakistan captain, Waqar Younis, admitted Shoaib was not back in the groove. "He hasn't bowled for a long time," Waqar said."He needs time and more bowling to get back into his rhythm.

It's hard to say about the first Test, Shoaib is not in his rhythm." In fact, the 25-year old fast bowler has not played Test cricket for over a year and on the evidence of the last few days does not look match fit. It is that lack of condition, rather than the fact that Willey and Darrell Hair ­ the other umpire to report him in Perth ­ are both standing at Lord's next week that make him an unlikely starter.Shoaib did not play much of a part in the match at Derby yesterday, which, poised for a result after two days, fizzled out into a draw after an overnight thunderstorm delayed the start by 80 minutes. He did take the field of play though, something beyond Inzamam-ul-Haq, who apparently hurt his ankle after slipping in the showers.That amount of time may not seem an impediment when county sides play the tourists, but a spirited century from Matthew Dowman on his 27th birthday, the bulk of it against the thoroughbreds, rather than the joke bowlers who mixed dross with the wicket of Dominic Cork later in the piece, ensured Derbyshire were able to save the match.Dowman, who once scored a record 267 for Young England against a Young West Indies side, hit the ball cleanly, revealing an impressive array of strokes off both front foot and back. For a player regarded as something of an underachiever, Dowman showed mature judgement as he combined patient defence with a ruthless line in dispatching the bad ball. With England looking for a batsman to fill the No 7 spot, the left-hander's 145 off 203 balls was pertinent, if a little ill-timed. Geoff Miller, an England selector, only turned up for the first day.With just over an hour's play remaining, Derbyshire declared, leaving Pakistan 17 overs to get 152.