51.   When Payne and his friends dreamt up the idea of putting on the Olympics they cannot have foreseen such a disastrous start.

52.   Kent made a disastrous start to the defence of their League title after Lancashire cruised to a nine-wicket victory at Canterbury.

53.   Johnston-Forbes had a disastrous start to her round, bogeying the first two holes.

54.   Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for a rare second successive duck as India made a disastrous start to the third Test against the West Indies here on Thursday.

55.   Military reform in Russia has got off to a disastrous start, the head of a parliamentary defence commission said in an interview published Monday.

56.   Meanwhile, Olander overcame a disastrous start to hit an astonishing eight successive birdies in his last ten holes.

57.   Needing under four an over to win, the Indians got off to a disastrous start when openers Manoj Prabhakar and Sachin Tendulkar were dismissed without scoring.

58.   Richardson denied that Atkinson, whose side have made a disastrous start to the season, had been sacked.

59.   Seven million pound man Nigel Mansell could be set to bow out of Formula One after a disastrous start to his comeback season.

60.   South Africa made a disastrous start, losing both opening batsmen for two runs.