Danny Willett has apologised to Lee Westwood for costing him a place at next weeks World Cup of Golf.The Ryder Cup stars were due to pair up for England at the team event in Melbourne but Willett withdrew on Friday due to a long-standing back concern.Justin Rose was next in line according to the ranking system but also withdrew, opening the door for Chris Wood. Under tournament rules Wood - as the highest-ranked team member - was entitled to choose his playing partner and went for Andy Sullivan, leaving Westwood out in the cold. European Tour Golf November 17, 2016, 5:30pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Willett said: Obviously when the guys have booked their flights I think its not quite right just because one guy pulls out that the other guy has to kind of withdraw without having a say in it.I think you just then go down the list and see which guy potentially wants to play. With such short notice, I dont see why they have switched it around and made it two brand new guys. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price It was a decision made purely within my best interests going forward. And unfortunately the backlash is the Westy situation. I just think it was a bit unfair for that tournament to kind of go about it the way they did. Chris Wood will partner Andy Sullivan at the World Cup of Golf I spoke to Westy and I apologised. Westy has been pretty good about it and it was a shame how it ended because we were both looking forward to going down there and pairing up.Willetts back trouble will not prevent him lining up in this weeks DP World Tour Championship, where he could win the Race to Dubai for the first time. Willett is aiming to finish the year on a high, by winning the DP World Tour Championship and the R2D title. 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Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans.High levels of pollution and smog have forced the cancellation of two Ranji Trophy fixtures in Delhi: the Group A clash between Gujarat and Bengal and the Group C fixture between Hyderabad and Tripura.Both matches will now be played after the league phase, the BCCI announced, without mentioning specific dates or venues. With the league phase ending on December 10 and the quarter-finals scheduled to begin on December 17, it is unclear if the knockouts will be pushed back by a few days to accommodate these rescheduled games. The status of the next rounds games in Delhi, between Odisha-Assam and Hyderabad-Services, scheduled to begin from from November 13, also isnt clear yet.Not a single ball was bowled in either game, at the Feroz Shah Kotla and the Karnail Singh Stadium. Play was called off on the second afternoon after there was no improvement in the air quality.The teams were informed around 3.15 in the afternoon that the match was called off, Sairaj Bahutule, the Bengal coach, told ESPNcricinfo. Our eyes were burning. Some of the guys had headaches. Pollution was at the highest level. This is the first time in my cricketing life I have come across such a scenario. At the Karnail Singh Stadium, Hyderabad and Tripura had a meeting at 11.30am, along withh the match officials, and upon further inspection, the game was called off.dddddddddddd We could not even stand outside as our eyes started burning. It was impossible to run in or do anything, Bharat Arun, the Hyderabad coach, said.The players had complained of burning eyes on the opening day as well. Although the sun came out, it failed to penetrate the thick layer of smog that has enveloped the national capital, resulting in poor visibility. The smog is believed to be an after-effect of Diwali fireworks, as well as the burning of paddy stubble in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.Yesterday, in the afternoon, when light improved, we went out to toss. But the dust and pollution was so bad that our eyes started to water, Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary told ESPNcricinfo. In consultation with both captains, it was decided that well call off play. But today, when the same situation persisted, the match referees decided it was unsafe to even attempt to play. It was called off a little after 3pm. Weve played a lot of cricket in the north, especially Delhi, in winter months in the past. But I havent seen anything like this. ' ' '