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Stars and top flops of the World Cup
Best-ever show by Asian teams ‘Give Asia 5 slots’ South Korea faces hard choices
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Four years later, Ronaldo finally completes the job
Yokohama, June 30 The superstar striker scored a second half brace to give Brazil a 2-0 victory over Germany — and the South Americans’ record-extending fifth World Cup title. Ronaldo poked in a ball not gathered by German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn in the 67th minute and then doubled his joy 12 minutes later as Brazil held off an inspired German team to win the first-ever World Cup meeting of these football powers. The 25-year-old Ronaldo shook off his ghosts of the 1998 final, which Brazil lost 3-0 to France as he played in mysterious circumstances. In a huge surprise before the game, Ronaldo was initially off the official line-up, but then reappeared to play from the beginning, only to be a non-factor. Before the match against Germany, Ronaldo said his team was focused — also in light of what happened four years ago in Paris. “We know the emotions of being in a final from 1998. We have to concentrate. We cannot afford a slip-up because we have a difficult match ahead of us against Germany.” Clad in silver boots for the second straight game on Sunday, Ronaldo once again proved critics wrong who said the two-time World Footballer of the Year would never be “phenomenal” again after undergoing surgery to his right knee. Ronaldo fought off two years of recovery time, which included leg and thigh injuries, which kept him off the Brazilian squad for nearly three years. His two tallies gave him 12 in World Cup action, pulling him even with the Brazilian football legend Pele. They were also his seventh and eighth goals in the 2002 World Cup, making Ronaldo the tournament’s Golden Boot winner as top scorer. Ronaldo is the first Brazilian to claim the honours since Garricha and Vava in 1962. Both players scored four goals at the Chile tournament, to share the award with Hungary’s Florian Albert, Valentin Ivanov of Soviet Union, Yugoslav Drazen Jerkovic and Chilean Leonel Sanchez. Brazilian Ademir led the tournament in 1950 with nine goals while compatriot Leonidas did the same in 1938 with seven goals. “Every goal I score is a victory. Any time I enter the pitch it’s happiness,” Ronaldo said after scoring Brazil’s sole goal in the semi-finals. It seemed fitting that the Inter Milan striker scored in the 67th minute on Sunday after he was substituted out in the 67th minute against Turkey in the semis, complaining of pain in his lower leg and thigh from an injury in the quarter-final with England. There was no sign of that at Yokohama International Stadium as Ronaldo had numerous chances to finally score a goal against German goalkeeper and captain Oliver Kahn. In the 19th minute he was sprung by Ronaldinho but his shot with the outside of his left foot went wide left. Ronaldo had another golden chance just before the break turning brilliantly on a quick cross by Roberto Carlos only for his shot to find Kahn’s right leg. In the 67th minute, Ronaldo stole a pass in the midfield from Dietmar Hamann, passed it on to Rivaldo, whose shot was too sharp for Kahn to gather and Ronaldo bounced on the rebound. Ronaldo completed the scoring in the 79th, collecting a pass at the edge of the box, lining up and firing it low right past Kahn.
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‘No stopping Ronaldo’ Yokohama (Japan), Jun 30
Beckenbauer also had a thought for German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who made perhaps his first mistake of the tournament after he failed to hold Rivaldo’s shot and let Ronaldo in for his first goal in the 67th minute. “Oliver Kahn’s error reminded me immediately of Toni Schumacher’s in the final in 1986.” he said. But he said that despite falling at the last hurdle, the German team should be proud of itself. “The German team had a great tournament, we can be very satisfied with being World Cup finalists. Being runners-up in the World Cup is a great thing. “The German team couldn’t have given a better advertisement for the Bundesliga and the 2006 World Cup.”
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‘Three Rs’ revive art football Yokohama June 30 Perhaps the most talented offence in years, the trio was too much for everyone at this tournament. The three accounted for 15 of Brazil’s tournament-high 18 goals and some of the World Cup’s most brilliant moments. Against Germany, Rivaldo and Ronaldo teamed up twice to beat the tournament’s best goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who had allowed only one goal in the six previous matches. In the 67th minute, Rivaldo unleashed a left-footed blast that bounced off Kahn’s chest, and Ronaldo streaked in to tap it home for a 1-0 lead. Twelve minutes later, Kleberson crossed from the right to Rivaldo, and the Barcelona striker let the ball pass, dismantling the defence. It rolled to Ronaldo, who stroked it home from 12 yards out to ice the game. Ronaldo’s eight goals in the tournament gave him the Golden Boot award as highest scorer and were the highest total in a World Cup since 1970, when Brazil won their third World Cup. Rivaldo added five goals, while Ronaldinho had two and an epic game against England that will figure prominently in Brazil’s rich archive of World Cup lore. But it was more than goals, victories and the title. The three Rs revived the “art football” that many Brazilians had defended against critics who called it outdated and inefficient. For Ronaldo, the World Cup was a personal renaissance. When coach Luiz Felipe Scolari named him to the squad in May, many were openly skeptical that the 25-year-old Inter striker could hold up after a two-year absence for knee surgery. Ronaldo worked hard to regain his form, often staying after practice to run laps or work on his finishing. Slowly, his speed and timing came back, and each game was better than the last. “I’ve worked for two and a half years to come back from this injury,” he said. “The goals crowned our effort.” Rivaldo, also recovering from a knee ligament injury when the World Cup began, at last dispelled the notion that he saves his best for his Barcelona club and doesn’t deliver on the national team. Relieved of his playmaking chores and free to create, Rivaldo blossomed. He scored in each of the first five games, including a highlight-reel strike to lead Brazil in a 2-0 win over Belgium. The victory over three-time champions Germany was satisfying, he said, but Brazil had already proved their merit in the World Cup. “It could have been South Korea, Japan, Turkey,” Rivaldo said. “People would respect Brazil’s victory.” Ronaldinho (22) is the firm’s junior partner and its future. A season with Paris Saint-Germain added strength and defence to his wizardly ball-handling skills. His standout play saved Brazil’s qualifying campaign, and the trio was complete. After a slow start at the World Cup, Ronaldinho broke out in a 2-1 quarterfinal win against England. His weaving 40m run set up Rivaldo for the first score, and he added the winner on a pinpoint free kick into the upper corner from 30m out.
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This could be Rivaldo’s last World Cup Yokohama, Japan, June 30 ‘’It’s practically my last World Cup,’’ said the 30-year-old Barcelona striker, who has scored five goals and is a contender to finish as both the tournament’s top scorer and best player. Rivaldo, playing his second World Cup, added that all players, no matter what their age, should treat the competition as their last. ‘’We have to look at it this way, not just the older players but the ones who are 23, 24 or 25. If they are thinking they’re in their last World Cup, they have more chance of winning.’’ He added: ‘’Four years is a long time and you never know what’s going to happen. Maybe next time they (the younger players) won’t be on form at the right moment and they will not take part again.’’ Rivaldo was at one stage thought to be in danger of missing the cup due to a knee injury while many Brazilian critics said he should not be picked because he saved his best for his Spanish club. Reuters |
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Germany cancels party after defeat Berlin, June 30 Germans across the country put their hands to their heads as goalkeeper Kahn, faultless throughout the tournament, let slip a drive from Brazil’s Rivaldo for Ronaldo to stroke in the rebound, then bowed to the inevitable as the Brazilian striker struck in a fine second. “It’s a terrible disappointment. Olly could and should have stopped the first goal. The match had been very tight until then,’’ said Thomas Hove, a 31-year-old student. In Hamburg, 1,00,000 fans braved light rain in front of a giant screen by the harbour. Another 1,00,000 packed Frankfurt’s Roemer Square where the team will still be welcomed tomorrow. Berlin’s central Potsdamer Platz, with a giant outdoor screen, was full three hours before the kickoff with flag-waving fans in team strips. Thousands more were turned away. After a wretched qualifying campaign that saw them lose 5-1 at home to England, optimism had gradually grown. Two weeks before the tournament, only five percent of Germans believed the team would emerge as champions. Most thought Germany would be knocked out by the quarter-finals. Polls showed a majority of Germans believed their side would beat Brazil. One from ZDF television station said 82 per cent of Germans thought so. Sales of black, red and gold national flags soared in the lead-up to the final. Before the game, Oliver Kahn was named the best goalkeeper of the 2002 World Cup. Top-selling newspaper Bild offered fans masks of the 33-year-old German captain to roar on their team. In the end, the slowly bubbling euphoria and increasing flag-waving came to nothing as the thousands trudged home, although many were pleased that their team, panned before the finals, had gone so far. “It’s a real shame but there are still heroes in Germany. Nobody expected us to come this far and we had nothing to lose in the final,’’ said Annett Kraft, a 24-year-old cleaner. Three months before a general election, Germany’s progress may still be a good omen for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. A German incumbent has never lost an election after the German team reached the World Cup final.
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Kahn finally makes fatal slip The Germans, meeting Brazil for the first time in World Cup history, had fought bravely until their captain made his first mistake of the tournament by failing to block an effort straight at him from Rivaldo. Kahn, who had been faultless so far in the tournament conceding only one goal en route to the big game, could do nothing as Ronaldo followed up to open the scoring in the 67th minute. Three-times winners Germany, who had never found themselves a goal down in their unexpected march to the final, collapsed after that. Ronaldo surprised Kahn again from the edge of the area to seal victory in the 79th minute, though this time the keeper could not be blamed. With suspended playmaker Michael Ballack, who had scored three goals and set up four more, watching from the bench, the triple champions relied on their fighting qualities. Their defence looked shaky at times, such as when Thomas Linke gave the ball away close to the penalty area in the eighth minute with a harmless effort from midfielder Kleberson the result of his blunder.
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Kahn wins FIFA
goalie award Yokohama, June 30 The 33-year-old Bayern Munich stopper was the inspiration behind the German drive to the final conceding just one goal in six matches. He made
outstanding saves in all games particularly in the quarter-final against the USA and in the semi-final against South Korea, keeping his side in the match despite a misfiring attack. Kahn succeeds France’s Fabien Barthez who took the Lev Yashin award four years ago. He was also named in the FIFA All-Star side and is in the running for the Golden Ball award given to the tournament’s best player.
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Curse of Collina strikes Kahn again Yokohama, June 30 But the German, whose error handed Ronaldo an easy chance for Brazil’s opening goal, must be wishing he had never set sight on the referee with the distinctive bald-head. Collina, voted top referee in the world for the fourth time in January, has become a curse on Kahn and his teams. The Italian was in charge in 1999 when Kahn’s Bayern lost the final of the Champions League 1-2 to Manchester United after two dramatic injury time goals. In the European Championships two years ago, Collina referred Germany’s 0-1 defeat to England and in September last year he was the man in the middle for another German loss to England — the humiliating 1-5 qualification defeat in Munich. Not surprisingly Kahn found it impossible to thank Collina for his words of comfort without reference to the past. “Collina is an excellent referee, probably one of the best in the world, but he doesn’t bring us any luck,” he said.
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Stars and top flops of the World Cup Yokohama, June 30 Kahn goes into today’s enticing World Cup final against Brazil already been named best goalkeeper of the tournament. He has the chance of becoming the first keeper to allow just one goal at a finals. "For me the most spectacular player so far has been Oliver Kahn. He has been fantastic from the beginning....He’s the greatest goalkeeper in the world," said German football legend Franz
Beckenbauer. Even Kahn’s Brazilian counterpart today Marcos, considered one of the best all-time for the four-time world champions, readily admitted: "Oliver Kahn is the best goalkeeper in the world." German coach Rudi Voeller expressed the importance of his man between the posts, saying: "Oliver Kahn is the team captain and the world’s best goalkeeper. He is just as important as field players in other teams, such as Zinedine Zidane for France and Ronaldo for
Brazil." Ronaldo has fully overcome his nightmare knee injuries to lead Brazil into the World Cup final with a tournament-high six goals. "He is playing a hell of a tournament. He is a fantastic player, the things he does with the ball," Dutch legend Ruud Gullit said of
Ronaldo. But Ronaldo was just the brightest star of a Brazilian lineup, which could make up its own galaxy with the likes of
Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu and Marcos. Brazilian legend
Pele, for instance, chose Ronaldinho as the best player. Others who gave World Cup fans a glimpse of greatness were forwards El Hadji Diouf of Senegal, Denmark’s Jon Dahl
Tomasson, Turkey’s Hasan Sas, Paulo Wanchope of Costa Rica, South Korean Ahn Jung
Hwan, American Landon Donovan and German Miroslav Klose. Not to forget Turkish keeper Rustu
Recber, his Croatian colleague Stipe Pletikosa, Mexican defender Rafael Marquez and the Japanese trio of Hidetoshi Nakata, Shinji Ono and Junichi
Inamoto. One of the sport’s biggest stars, England captain David Beckham, played an average tournament — his main contribution was converting the penalty to beat Argentina in the first round — but left Japanese fans in a craze with God-like status. Beckham’s aura on and off the pitch drew praise from
Gullit, who said: "Let him do it and don’t point the finger at him. It makes football interesting. I think it is great what he is doing." Returning to Voeller’s statement comparing team leaders, it’s no wonder that the defending champions France crashed out without scoring a single goal since the Real Madrid maestro Zidane did not play the first two matches with a thigh injury. Roger Lemerre’s team were idea-less without Zidane despite having the top scorers from Italy, England and
France. Zidane’s Madrid mate Luis Figo was also a casuality of poor form after months of injuries as dark horse favourite candidates Portugal bowed out from the first round. Three-time champions Italy lasted until the round of 16, but went out to South Korea as Christian Vieri missed from just two metres out and spent the World Cup doing more complaining about the referees than scoring goals. Irish captain Roy Keane complained about team tactics before the tournament even started and coach Mick McCarthy sent home the Manchester United star. England goalkeeper David Seaman wished he didn’t have to come home at all after becoming the flop of the tournament after watching Ronaldinho’s 35-metre free kick sail over his head and into the net. Kahn and Ronaldo should not be considered surprising stars of the World Cup, but who would have expected superstars
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Best-ever show by Asian teams Yokohama (Japan), June 30 A rollercoaster ride into the semi-finals by South Korea, fuelled by the feverish national pride of millions of fans and aided by some fortunate refereeing blunders, was the outstanding achievement of the tournament by an Asian team. No side from the continent had ever gone as far in a World Cup, and the Koreans’ giant-killing run — which saw them claim the scalps of Poland, Portugal, Italy and Spain — even outstripped North Korea’s heroics of 1966. But Korea, who finished fourth out of 32 teams after losing to Turkey yesterday, were not alone in blazing a trail. Japan also confirmed their arrival in the world game by reaching the last 16, defeating Russia and Tunisia and drawing with Belgium before finally going out to Turkey. The euphoria that greeted each Korean and Japanese triumph contrasted starkly with the mood of gloomy pessimism that had prevailed before the tournament began. Four years ago, Asia’s contingent finished the 1998 World Cup in France with a dismal record, winning only one of 12 matches as all four sides crashed out at the first round. The gap gave rise to fears that the first World Cup in Asia might see the party’s co-hosts embarrassed in their own back yard, with Japan and South Korea tossed out in the first round along with Saudi Arabia and China. The tournament started ominously. Saudi Arabia’s 8-0 thrashing by Germany left Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan distraught, describing the loss as a disaster for Asian football. Saudi’s calamitous collapse — they lost all three matches in Group E without scoring a goal — was the exception to the rule, as Korea and Japan romped into the last 16 and beyond. Both Korea and Japan will be looking for new coaches in the near future. Korea’s Dutch guru Guus Hiddink is likely to return to Europe while Japan’s Philippe Troussier also leaves his position. “I hope our results in this World Cup showed Japanese football to the world,” said
Troussier, nicknamed the “white witchdoctor” in Africa. Hiddink, meanwhile, who has been made an honorary Korean citizen by a nation who desperately want him to remain in the job, has hinted he will seek a return to club management. “My contract ends after the World Cup. Nothing is definitely settled yet but to be frank I like to be working on the pitch every day with the players,” said
Hiddink, who was deeply satisfied with Korea’s success. “This is a very, very big achievement for Korea. I came here 18 months ago and I made some high demands to get closer to the high level of world football. “The players have made so much progress... I think they showed the world they like to play and they always go forward,” said
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‘Give Asia 5 slots’ Kuala Lumpur, June 30 Peter Velappan, general-secretary of the Asian Football Confederation, said that FIFA “should look favourably’’ on Asia’s request for five berths of its own at the 2006 edition in Germany. “Asia deserves five teams,’’ Velappan, who helped piece together the joint bid by Japan and South Korea to host the World Cup, told the Associated Press by telephone from Tokyo. “We will fight for five teams in 2006.’’ Velappan, who is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, added that Asia was home to a large portion of the world’s population and provided a lucrative TV audience of devoted soccer fans. South Korea and Japan qualified as co-hosts this year, while China and Saudi Arabia advanced via regional qualifying. A fifth Asian team, Iran, could have reached the finals but missed out after losing an intercontinental playoff to Ireland.
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South Korea faces hard choices Seoul, June 30 Despite their 3-2 defeat by Turkey in the third place playoff yesterday night, the team remain national heroes. The players and their coach Guus Hiddink hired a nightclub near their base in the southern city of Gyeongju. Some were seen to emerge at 5:00 am and they were allowed to go their separate ways today after keeping the world spellbound four four weeks with their courageous wins over Portugal, Italy and Spain. The first Asian team to reach the World Cup semi-finals found the experience of Germany in the semi-final too much and were too tired to challenge Turkey for the consolation prize. But the fans remain delirious and the rewards will start pouring in. A tickertape parade will be held in Seoul on Tuesday followed by dinner with President. The sky should be the limit for the South Korean team which amply rewarded the nation’s investment of two billion dollars for new stadiums to host the World Cup with Japan. South Korea’s wins over Spain, and particularly Italy, upset their opponents and stunned others. So much so, that FIFA president Sepp Blatter was forced to issue a statement ridiculing suggestions of a FIFA plot to help Korea. And the players must start preparing almost immediately for the Asian Games which their country will host in October knowing that inspirational coach Hiddink will almost certainly be gone. “My contract ends after the World Cup. Nothing is definitely settled yet but to be frank I like to be working on the pitch every day with the players,” he said yesterday giving a strong hint that he wants to go back to club management. Hiddink said he was disappointed about failing to beat Turkey. “We were shakey in the first half. We made some big mistakes in the first half in defence,” he said. “But when I see the public reaction and what the players did in the second half I can be very proud in general of these guys,” said Hiddink. “This is a very, very big achievement for Korea. I came here 18 months ago and I made some high demands to get closer to the high level of world football. “And I must praise the Korean organisers for giving me the players at my disposition every day for three months before the finals.” Hiddink said before the World Cup finals started that the team organisation was “chaotic” when he arrived. “The players have made so much progress... I think they showed the world they like to play and they always go forward,” said Hiddink. Without revealing his future intentions he said he would like to be involved in developing the game in Korea and urged fans to be patient with his successor. “If desired, I would like to give my contribution to Korean football in the future,” he said. “The team will make some changes now. They have the Olympics to prepare and they must already think about 2006 (World Cup). “The media must have patience... and take a long-term view. There will be some results that are not good,” warned Hiddink.
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India coast to comfortable win London, June 30 Sri Lanka scored a modest 202 for eight in their allotted 50 overs after electing to bat but what ought to have been a fairly simple run-chase was made to look difficult as only Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Mongia made substantial contributions among the top five batsmen. When Tendulkar was out one run short of his half-century, the top-score of the innings, India looked in slight trouble at 135 for five with all the experienced batsmen back in pavilion. But a run-a-ball sixth wicket stand of 60 between Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif guided India out of another pressure situation and brought the team within sniffing distance of victory. Yuvraj Singh, man of the match in India’s six-wicket win against England at Lord’s yesterday, came up with another sensible batting performance before being out for 31 with India eight runs short of victory. Kaif, who did not get a chance to bat yesterday, remained unbeaten on 38 and Ajit Agarkar made seven not out as India reached 203 for six in the 46th over. Agarkar, later declared man of the match, had earlier been instrumental in restricting Sri Lanka to a modest total. Agarkar and Zaheer Khan claimed three wickets each as Sri Lanka wasted a flying start by Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana. Agarkar struck with his first ball of the innings, having Kaluwitharana caught behind by Rahul Dravid, and the slide started for Sri Lanka who kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Only Mahela Jayawardene, who made a gutsy 62, offered some resistance to the Indian bowlers but found little support from the other end. Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya c Dravid b Agarkar 36 Kaluwitharana c Dravid b Agarkar 15 Atapattu b Zaheer 7 Jayawardene c and b Zaheer 62 Arnold c Dravid b Agarkar 6 Nawaz c Sehwag b Ganguly 11 Chandana c Kaif b Nehra 18 Vaas not out 26 Zoysa c Kaif b Zaheer 4 Fernando not out 4 Extras (lb8, w4, nb1) 13 Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 202 Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-65, 3-65, 4-78, 5-97, 6-140, 7-182, 8-186. Bowling: Nehra 10-1-29-1, Zaheer Khan 10-1-48-3, Agarkar 9-2-44-3, Ganguly 10-1-28-1, Kumble 10-0-43-0, Sehwag 1-0-2-0. India: Ganguly lbw b Vaas 7 Sehwag c Jayasuriya b Vaas 12 Mongia c Vaas b D Fernando 33 Tendulkar c Kalu b Zoysa 49 Dravid b Chandana 8 Yuvraj c sub (C Silva) b D Fernando 31 Kaif not out 38 Agarkar not out 7 Extras (lb-2, w-9, nb-7) 18 Total (for 6 wkts, 45.2 overs) 203 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-26, 3-97, 4-113, 5-135, 6-195. Bowling:
Vaas 10-1-38-2, Zoysa 10-0-46-1, D Fernando 10-1-53-1, B Fernando 3-0-11-0, Chandana 10-1-46-1, Jayasuriya 2-0-5-0, Arnold 0.2-0-2-0.
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Century on Test debut by Styris St George’s (Grenada), June 30 West Indies were 63 for one at the close of play yesterday, having lost opener Wavell Hinds. One-nil down in the two-match series, the home team have to quickly put together a big innings of at least 500 if they are to stand any chance of victory and levelling the series. New Zealand continued to make a nonsense of West Indies captain Carl Hooper’s decision to put them into bat on a Queen’s Park wicket that is flat and slow. The 27-year-old Styris, plucked from the one-day team that lost a series 3-1 to the West Indies earlier this month, batted fluently to become only the sixth New Zealander to score a century on debut. The Australian-born all-rounder set a New Zealand one-day bowling record two weeks ago with six for 25. Resuming yesterday on 208 for five after opener Mark Richardson, with 95, and Nathan Astle put on 123 for the fourth wicket on Friday, left-arm seamer Pedro Collins struck with his first ball to remove Astle for 69, leg before wicket not playing a shot to an inswinger. Collins snatched two late wickets on Friday and New Zealand had tumbled from 205 for three to 208 for six. He ended the innings with four for 68, the pick of a fragile-looking West Indies bowling line-up. Craig McMillan and Styris saw the Kiwis through to lunch with a 48-run partnership but the out of form McMillan fell for just 14, wafting casually to a Cameron Cuffy delivery and catching an edge that Brian Lara caught. The resilient New Zealand tail then kicked into action, supporting Styris as he stroked seven fours and one six in a carefully constructed century. He and wicketkeeper Robbie Hart put on 56 for the eighth wicket before Hart fell to Hooper for 20. Pace bowler Shane Bond then nursed Styris through to his century the pair of them putting on 49 for the ninth wicket. The century came up in three-and-a-half hours from 170 balls and included a huge straight six off spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo, whose figures of none for 88 showed his inability to cause the batsmen problems. Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson c Gayle b Collins 95 Vincent b Cuffy 24 Fleming c Lara b Collins 6 Harris c Jacobs b Hooper 0 Astle lbw b Collins 69 Vettori c Jacobs b Collins 1 McMillan c Lara b Cuffy 14 Styris b Sanford 107 Hart c Hinds b Hooper 20 Bond lbw b Chanderpaul 17 Butler not out 5 Extras (w2 nb7 lb6) 15 Total (all out, 152.5 overs) 373 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-81, 3-82, 4-204, 5-205, 6-208, 7-256, 8-12, 9-361. Bowling:
Collins 30-9-68-4, Cuffy 35-12-76-2, Sanford 22.5.4-74-1, Nagamootoo 33-10-88-0, Hooper 25-3-44-2, Gayle 3-1-5-0, Chanderpaul 4-0-12-1. West Indies (Ist innings): Gayle not out 23 Hinds b Bond 10 Sarwan not out 22 Extras (lb1, b4 nb3) 8 Total (one wkt, 21 overs) 63 Fall of wicket: 1-28 Bowling:
Bond 6-0-20-1, Butler 3-1-16-0, Styris 4-1-14-0, Vettori 5-3-4-0, Astle 3-2-4-0.
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Bhutan trounces
Montserrat Thimphu, June 30 Watched by a crowd of 25,000 in Thimphu’s Changlimithang Stadium that was built to accommodate just 10,000 spectators, Bhutan withstood pressure from Montserrat’s strikers in the second half. Dorji fired home a curling free kick to increase Bhutan’s lead against the run of play in the 67th minute. Midfielder Dinesh Chhetri scored Bhutan’s third goal in the 76th minute before Dorji rounded off the scoring two minutes later.
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