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THEY SAID IT: The huge curve ball in this years finals series is that bye after round 23 ... I dont really know where we want to finish. But all I do know, in history, top four has been the best spot. So thats what were going for. - Hawthorn coach Alastair ClarksonSTAT THAT MATTERS: North Melbournes defeat to Sydney by nine points on Saturday is their eighth successive loss against finals-bound opponents. With a record like that, its almost worth considering a top-seven format for this years finals.MAN OF THE ROUND: Eddie Betts, for better and worse. The Adelaide superstar celebrated his 250th game with a spectacular five-goal effort in a Showdown victory. But the indigenous player unwillingly found himself at the centre of a racism row after a Port Adelaide fan threw a banana at him following his fifth goal. The Power condemned the act and cancelled her membership indefinitely.TALKING POINT: This seasons finals could be about survival of the fittest. Hawthorns first-choice ruck Jonathon Ceglar and West Coast superstar Nic Naitanui suffered season-ending ACL injuries in the same game, and may not play again until 2018. In Hobart on Saturday, Sydneys Lance Franklin played through a hip scare. And just when you thought the Bulldogs injury woes couldnt get any worse, stand-in captain Easton Wood left the ground on crutches after a leg injury. The poor, poor Bulldogs.TRIBUNAL WATCH: Adelaide superstar Rory Sloane is among the players sweating on the match review panels findings after drawing blood when he whacked the face of Port Adelaides Brad Ebert in a clumsy attempt to spoil. An incident involving Hawthorn veteran Jordan Lewis and West Coast ruckman Scott Lycett is also likely to be reviewed.KEY INJURIES: N Naitanui (West Coast, knee), J Ceglar (Hawthorn, knee), S Thompson (North Melbourne, groin), P McCartin (St Kilda, collarbone), D Moore (Collingwood, hamstring), S Lemmens (Gold Coast, concussion), B Smith (Adelaide, concussion), E Curnow (Carlton, knee), E Wood (Western Bulldogs, leg).WHATS NEXT: Adelaide will lock up a top-two spot if they can hold off the fast-finishing West Coast on Friday night. North Melbourne host Greater Western Sydney on Saturday night in what could be a preview of an elimination final, while Sydney will claim the minor premiership.Miles Bridges Hornets Jersey . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. Dell Curry Jersey . Still, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thought taking him out before the fifth inning was an unusual move. 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A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne.England debutant, Liam Dawson, scored an unbeaten 66 from 148 balls, the highest score by an England debutant batting at No. 8, to guide his side to a sizeable 477-run first innings total in the fifth Test in Chennai on Saturday.Dawson came to the crease with his side, on 300 for 6, in danger of letting the advantage slip. Centurion Moeen Alis departure eight-overs later gave India hope of seizing the advantage by restricting the visitors to a below-par score.Dawson and his new partner Rashid Ali though joined forces and ended any hope of India dictating terms. The duo began cautiously before lunch, scoring just 31 runs in 15.2 overs. Indias seamers, and Ishant Sharma in particular, had tested Dawsons resolve early by bouncing him and rattling his helmet.The right-hander though refused to budge and quickly moved to 27. He clobbered three fours, which included a flick off Umesh Yadav,, a square-cut off R Ashwin, and a cover drive, against the turn, off an Amit Mishra googly, to make his attacking intentions clear.dddddddddddd He reached his 50 from 121 deliveries.The Dawson-Rashid combine added 108 runs for the eighth wicket from 41.3 overs they were together. Rashid finally departed after adding an impressive 60 from 155 balls. Englands tail wagged as the their last four batsmen added 157 all-important runs that handed them a total that would stretch Indias in form batting unit.The Dawson-Rashid partnership was the third highest eighth-wicket stand by visiting teams in Tests in India. Keith Boyce and Viv Richards stand of 124 in Delhi in 1974 is the highest, while Imran Khan and Wasim Akrams 112 in Chennai in 1986-87 is the next best. ' ' '