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The fifth Test between India and England is likely to go ahead as scheduled in spite of Mumbais Brabourne Stadium having been placed on standby.The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association confirmed that cyclone Vardah, which swept through Chennai on Monday, damaged some stadium property but did not unduly affect the pitch and outfield at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.Both teams training schedules for Wednesday were, however, cancelled as the ground was unfit. The Test match is scheduled to begin on Friday.Both teams have been informed about this and they have agreed, Kasi Viswanathan, the secretary of the TNCA, told The Hindu.The pitch, the paper noted, was left dry as the covers, tied to iron poles. stayed intact despite gusts of up to 100mph on Monday. Although there were wet patches across the outfield, Viswanathan was confident that the drainage system at the ground was capable of clearing the wet surface quickly.There is a lot of work to be done, but we are taking it up on a war footing. We are confident the match will start on time, Viswanathan said.The assuring part is that the pitch and the outfield has not been affected by the cyclone, he told PTI. But sightscreen has been damaged. The bulbs have blown off, air conditioners damaged.There have been hundreds of tree trunks lying in the road leading up to the stadium. Our challenge is to set everything in order in the next two days. I am confident we will be able to set everything right.Viswanathan also confirmed that the three stands of the stadium that have been locked by the Chennai Corporation for the last four years over a dispute with the TNCA would remain closed during the Test match.Both teams flew into Chennai on Tuesday, as per schedule, despite the airport having been closed until 9pm on Monday evening. They flew over miles of flooded agricultural land, and arrived in a city that was still experiencing power cuts and flooding in low-lying areas. cheap china jerseys . 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Today it was just me.Elena Delle Donne added 19 points for the Americans in the final tuneup for both teams before they head to Rio for the Olympics that begin next weekend. The Americans won every game on their exhibition tour, starting with a four-point victory over a U.S. select team. They also cruised to wins over Canada and France. The U.S. will make a brief stop in Houston to meet up with the mens team before flying to Rio on TuesdayThis was the first time in a long time that the U.S. played a pre-Olympic tour on home soil.Its been awesome, Taurasi said. To be on this team for this long and it most likely be my last go. The last three games in front of Delaware fans, Connecticut and then the Garden where theres a different feel, different electricity. ... Its given us a lot of confidence going into Rio.The U.S. and Australia are the top two teams in the world and are expected to face off for the gold medal in Rio at the Olympics. The Americans have won the last five Olympic gold medals while Australia has won either the silver or bronze at every one since 1996.Even though we lost we got a lot of confidence out of this game, Australia coach Brendan Joyce said. We have a bit of a rougher road to a potential rematch with them for a gold medal in Rio.The Australians got off to a strong start hitting six of their first 10 shots, including three 3-pointers to build a 17-11 advanntage early on.ddddddddddddBut just as they normally do, the depth on the U.S. team wore down the Opals.Delle Donne rallied the Americans scoring 11 points in the first quarter, hitting all four of her shots.The U.S. scored the first 13 points of the second quarter, including eight by Angel McCoughtry, to build the advantage to 41-25 that capped off a 30-8 burst.Australia wouldnt go away. Penny Taylor, who told the AP over the weekend that she was retiring after the WNBA season ends, and Leilani Mitchell got the Opals to 54-48 at the half.Taurasi took over in the third quarter. She got hot from the outside, hitting three 3-pointers during that 5-minute span to help the U.S. extend its lead to 77-58 and got the crowd of over 13,000 fans on their feet and chanting U-S-A. Australia, which won its first two games in the exhibition tournament, could never recover.Liz Cambage led Australia with 22 points despite being saddled by foul trouble. Mitchell finished with 18 points for Australia.They are the best team in the world for a reason, said Cambage, who played her first-game ever at MSG. We have some things we need to work on.The U.S. honored former Olympians Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Dawn Staley, Gail Marquis and Juliene Simpson. The national team stayed for the ceremony cheering on the former greats. Marquis and Simpson were on the 1976 team and Edwards, Leslie and Staley helped get this run of five straight gold medals started. After the former greats were introduced to the crowd, the current team ran over and hugged and high-fived them.The Americans have won 41 consecutive Olympic contests with the last loss coming in the 1992 semifinals. They also have never lost to Australia, going 19-0 in exhibition games, world championship contests and the Olympics.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg ' ' '