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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Usain Bolts Olympic quest is in doubt, after the sprint superstar left his countrys national championships with a hamstring injury shortly before he was going to run the 100-meter final.And that was just one part of a bizarre night at National Stadium.Bolts longtime rival Yohan Blake won the 100 title and formally qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics -- but only after a false-start disqualification call against him was overturned after review.But even after Blake regrouped and prevailed, all the buzz was about Bolt and his status going forward especially since the national meet serves as the Jamaican Olympic trials.Hes not out of the Rio Games, but his status hinges now on how he does at a meet in London in three weeks. Bolt said he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 hamstring tear -- the most mild sort -- and that the discomfort began presenting itself in his quarterfinal race on Thursday night.I have submitted a medical exemption to be excused from the 100m final and the remainder of the National Championships, Bolt said in a statement released through Jamaican officials.I will seek treatment immediately and hope to show fitness at the London Anniversary Games on July 22 to earn selection for the Olympic Games in Rio.Blake, who finished second to Bolt at the London Games in the 100, said he was confident that the world-record-holder will be in Rio.No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, Blake said. Its just a caution measure. Hes good. Just being cautious.Blake won the 100 final in 9.95 seconds, 0.01 ahead of Nickel Ashmeade. Jevaughn Minzie got third in 10.02 seconds, which figures to send him to Rio -- though his role could depend on how Bolts hamstring recovers.Im just smiling, Minzie said.Bolts absence was announced on social media but never to the crowd, which left many of the green-and-gold-clad fans wondering what was going on with the national hero who would likely be considered the favorite to win the Olympic 100 gold for a third consecutive time -- something no man or woman has ever accomplished.Then came the false-start, followed by a review and a showing of the red card to Blake -- who reacted with anger, so much that security officials stepped onto the track just in case. Then came another review of the tape, Blake was cleared and he went back to his lane.I waited four years for this, Blake said. Ive been injured, Ive been battered and I just made it back.Even with the injury, Bolt won both of his heats at this meet, first the quarterfinal on Thursday and then the semifinal on Friday.Bolt seemed to be looking at the clock at the end of his semifinal, which he won in 10.04 seconds and capped by giving runner-up Senoj-Jay Givans -- his closest pursuer -- a knowing smirk as they crossed the line.He put on a fresh shirt and walked off the track after a couple minutes, giving no indication that he was hurting. The news came about an hour later.We need him out there, said Asafa Powell, the veteran who was fourth in Fridays final. Im sure hell be fine. Im sure hell be fine for Rio. Im sure hes just being very cautious.Elaine Thompson was being anything but cautious, on her way to knocking off two-time defending Olympic 100 gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and winning the national title. Thompson equaled Jamaicas record in the 100, winning with an emphatic time of 10.70 seconds. She beat Fraser-Pryce by 0.23 seconds.Thompson isnt new on the world track scene -- shes the 2015 world silver medalist in the 200 -- but what awaits in Rio will represent her first taste of Olympic-bright lights.Shes only 24, was a bit of a wild child in the past and has long been thought of in her country as the heiress apparent to Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown (who was fourth Friday in the womens 100 final) atop the Jamaican womens sprint throne.That day may have arrived.Im feeling good, Thompson said. Im excited.The meet continues Saturday and Sunday, without its biggest star.Cheap Air Max 270 China . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. Cheap Air Max Tn . 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That was how Denesh Ramdin reacted on Twitter when told that he was not in the frame for selection for the forthcoming Test series against India. The scores he was referring to were in the second innings of the Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne last year, when he scored 59, and the first innings of the next Test in Sydney, when he made 62. While those were meaty contributions, Ramdin might have found the reason for his sacking had he gone back a little further than just his last two Test innings.In his previous 15 Test innings before that 59 at the MCG, Ramdin had made 201 runs at an average of 13.40. His highest during that period was 31, against England in St Georges, in the first of those 15 innings. He didnt touch 30 in his last 14 innings, and was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of that Melbourne Test. His 59 in the second innings came with little at stake, as West Indies were already hurtling towards certain defeat.There arent too many complaints about Ramdins glovework, but his batting stats have consistently failed to match up to his potential over a Test career that is now more than a decade long. His career average, after 74 Tests, is 25.87, which seems way below par given how he had shaped up in his first two series. In tough conditions in Sri Lanka and Australia, Ramdin showed fine defensive technique, put a price on his wicket, and averaged 65 balls per dismissal. Add to that his top-class glovework, and Ramdin, barely 20 then, seemed set for a long and distinguished international career.A decade later, its clear that his career has been a long one, but its also hard to suppress the impression that he hasnt achieved all that he could have. The glovework has generally been pretty good, but in the last couple of years his batting has clearly fallen away. Since the beginning of 2014, the average has dropped to 22.10, with only four half-centuries - and a highest of 62 - in 31 innings. This slump has been particularly disappointing because the two years preceding 2014 had been his best as a Test batsman: in 14 Tests in 2012 and 2013 he averaged 44.29, with three hundreds - all overseas - in 22 innings. Ramdins batting average of 22.10 is tenth among 11 wicketkeeper-batsmen who have played at least 12 innings in Tests since the start of 2014. The only player with a poorer average is Brad Haddin, who had a wretched 18 months in Tests before retiring last year.On the other hand, the wicketkeepers from the two teams currently doing battle in England have been exceptional with the bat recently. Englands Jonny Bairstow has been on a tear, scoring three centuries - all 140-plus - in his last nine innings, and averaging more than 67 since the start of 2014, while Pakistans Sarfraz Ahmed has 10 fifty-plus scores from 29 innings, and an exceptional average of 60.35. Apart from getting lots of runs, both Bairstow and Sarfraz have also been perfect in batting with the lower order: Bairstow has a strike rate of 65, and Sarfraz 76, and their ability to score quickly has allowed their teams to add vital runs down the order.ddddddddddddNew Zealands BJ Watling, on the other hand, has shown the ability to knuckle down and bat long periods, averaging 37 at a strike rate of 40, which means he bats 91 deliveries per dismissal, allowing other strokeplayers to flourish around him. Ramdin, however, has done neither, and his tendency to play loose shots fairly early in his innings has helped neither his teams cause nor his own. Ramdins supporters have raised the question regarding his replacement: is there a better wicketkeeper-batsman in West Indies first-class set-up who has performed consistently and can replace Ramdin? Going by numbers from the last two domestic seasons in the West Indies, the one player who stands out is Shane Dowrich, who has named in the Test squad to keep wicket. In 16 matches in the regional four-day tournament over the last two seasons, Dowrich has scored 843 runs at an average of 49.58, with two hundreds and four fifties. In the 2014-15 season, he averaged 51.25 from ten games, and in 2015-16 he played six matches as wicketkeeper, at an average of 45.60. (In one match he didnt keep wicket; his overall average for the season was 38.83.)Given his recent form with the bat, there is reason to back him. He is only 24, which means if he grabs his chance he could be a long-term prospect for West Indies. On Test debut against Australia last year, Dowrich batted at No. 4 and scored 70 against an attack that included the two Mitchells - Johnson and Starc - plus Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon, in a match in which only one other West Indian batsman topped 40 across both innings.Moreover, Dowrich has been around for a while now, having made his first-class debut in 2010, and has played 52 first-class games at an average of 36.80. In 48 of those 52 matches he has kept wicket, and has averaged a healthy 38.46 in those games. Given that Ramdin is only 31, though, there is yet time for him to work on his batting to force his way back in the team through runs in domestic cricket. His ODI form in these last two-and-a-half years has been pretty good: 966 runs from 31 innings at 35.77, and a strike rate of 88.78. In 2014, he made 516 runs from 11 ODI innings including two hundreds, while in Tests that year he managed only 222 runs in ten innings. The ability is still there, but clearly West Indies need more from him as a batsman, especially given the fact that their top six isnt the strongest going around. There is plenty of incentive for Ramdin to try and regain his spot: his Test tally of 2898 is 102 runs short of the 3000-mark, and 248 short of Jeff Dujons tally of 3146, which is the highest by any West Indian wicketkeeper. The career average may never get as high as Dujons 31.46, but if he goes past Dujons aggregate and pushes that average close to 30 by the time he retires, Ramdin would have done fairly well in his last stint.To start with, though, he needs to go back to domestic cricket, score plenty of runs, and prove that he deserves another chance. ' ' '