Date:13/02/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/02/13/stories/2003021306192201.htm

Sport - World Cup

Sachin's role

Sachin Tendulkar might have played a role in Brian Lara's magnificent hundred which helped West Indies score an upset win over South Africa in the opening World Cup match.

It was a Tendulkar-autographed willow from which flowed the runs, it was revealed by the star West Indian batsman.

"Look at the bat. See here is the signature of Sachin on the logo!" a smiling Lara told players who had gathered to congratulate him after he scored a masterly 116 off 134 balls studded with 12 fours and two sixes in the Cape town match on Sunday.