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Pak succumb to
Murali
West Indies hand Aussies
victory World Cup sponsors seek
damages London, May 18  India’s
dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag and a burst of evening shower
enabled Leicestershire to force a draw in their four-day Frizzell County
Championship tie against Surrey at the Oval yesterday evening.
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Indo-Pak matches ‘till ties improve’ Srinath likely to quit Tests Rathore enjoying success IOC seeks information on US doping
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Bhupathi-Mirnyi duo loses in final WADA forms a working group Himachal to encourage sports activities
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Dambulla, May 18 Muralitharan, 31, bagged his
seventh five-wicket haul in 219 one-dayers and proved that pace wasn’t
the only match-winner on this lively track. Pakistan lost their last four wickets for 18 runs amid mounting tension as Sri Lanka fought back to keep alive the prospects of stretching their five-year winning sequence in home one-dayers. Sri Lanka now lead the table in the double-round preliminary league with 10 points, while New Zealand and Pakistan have seven points each. Each win is worth five points and bonus points are awarded if the winners achieve a run-rate 1.25 times that of the opposition, but the losing team retains the point by not conceding it. Sri Lanka have won two out of their three matches, but could only clinch five points from each victory. New Zealand have one win and one loss, while Pakistan have won just one of their three matches. Latif
snapped five catches, but a fighting 79-run partnership between
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Dharmasena pulled Sri Lanka out of a
precarious position to give the hosts a fighting chance. The top-half
of Sri Lanka’s batting had perished for 53 before Dilshan and
Dharmasena’s rescue act pulled them back into the game. Playing in
his 156th one-dayer, Latif, 34, equalled Pakistan’s record of five
dismissals in one match and fell one short of the world record for the
second time in his career. Latif had earlier claimed five dismissals
against New Zealand during the 1996 World Cup, but shares the Pakistan
one-day record with Moin Khan, who also has achieved the
five-dismissal feat twice — against Zimbabwe in 1994-95 and versus
Australia in 1999-2000. The world record of six dismissals is shared
by three wicketkeepers, Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Alec Stewart
(England) and Ridley Jacobs (West Indies). Gilchrist has done it three
times. AFP SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka K’tharana
c Ahmed b Akhtar 1 Jayasuriya c Latif b Sami 6 Atapattu c Latif b Ahmed 9 Sangakkara c Latif b Razzaq 17 Jayawardene run out 0 Dilshan c Latif b Malik 46 Dharmasena c Hafeez b Malik 26 Lokuarachchi c Latif b Akhtar 5 Vaas not out 8 Muralitharan c and b Sami 19 Nissanka run out 2 Extras:
(b-2, lb-5, nb-14, w-12) 33 Total: (all out, 49.5 overs) 172 FoW: 1-13, 2-13, 3-47, 4-48, 5-53, 6-132, 7-137, 8-139, 9-164, 10-172. Bowling:
Sami 9.5-0-46-2, Akhtar 10-1-32-2, Ahmed 10-2-23-1, Razzaq 10-0-26-1, Malik 8-1-30-2, Hafeez 2-0-8-0. Pakistan: Hafeez c Sangakkara b Nissanka 20 Umar run out 3 Iqbal
c Sangakkara b L’rachchi 13 Youhana c and b Murali 13 Khan st
K’tharana b Jayasuriya 26 Malik hit wkt b Murali 33 Razzaq c K’tharana
b Murali 7 Latif c Sangakkara b L’rachchi 20 Akhtar st K’tharana
b Murali 5 Sami not out 3 Ahmed c J’dene b Murali 1 Extras
(lb-4, nb-3, w-9): 16 Total (all out in 47.4 overs):
160 FoW:
1-21, 2-33, 3-57, 4-66, 5-112, 6-129, 7-142, 8-154, 9-156. Bowling: Vaas 6-1-25-0, Nissanka 7-0-13-1, Dharmasena 10-2-32-0, Muralitharan 9.4-2-23-5, Lokuarachchi 8-0-29-2, Jayasuriya 7-0-34-1. |
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Wasim Akram bids farewell London
May 18 The 36-year-old left-arm fast bowler, currently playing for English county Hampshire, is the only cricketer in history to take 500 one-day international wickets. “There’s
an end to everything in life... I have enjoyed every bit of it,”
Wasim said during a break in a match against his former team
Lancashire at Old Trafford, Manchester. “There are no regrets.
There have been ups and downs but I would not have changed it for
anything else,” Wasim told Sky Sports television. Wasim confirmed
he would not be in the Pakistan team for next month’s one-day series
in England. “They’re a new young side ... and they must get
ready for the next World Cup,” he said. Wasim, one of the best
exponents of reverse swing, reached the 500-wicket mark during this
year’s World Cup in South Africa, his fifth appearance in cricket’s
showpiece tournament. He was man of the match in Pakistan’s
victory over England in the 1992 final and captained the side that
lost the 1999 final to Australia. Wasim also took 414 wickets in 104 Test matches for Pakistan, who have overlooked their former captain since their disappointing World Cup showing. “My
future is somewhere else after September, maybe in television or
coaching,” said Wasim. He played the first of his record 356 one-day internationals in 1984 against New Zealand in Faisalabad and finished with 502 victims. A
powerful middle-order batsman, Wasim’s best Test score was 257 not
out against Zimbabwe in 1996-97. His highest one-day knock was 86. Wasim’s
career has not been without controversy, notably in 2000 when he was
one of six players censured and fined for not co-operating fully with
an investigation commissioned by the Pakistan Cricket Board following
the sport’s great match-fixing scandal. Most cricket fans, however, will remember him in his pomp in the early 1990s, long-haired, keen-eyed and quick-stepping up to the wicket before unleashing one of the quickest left arms the sport has ever seen.
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West Indies hand Aussies
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Kingston, May 18 Australia scored 270 for five off their 50 overs and the West Indies were 114 for two from 23.3 overs when rain stopped play for an hour yesterday. When play resumed, the West Indies’ revised target was 208 off 37 overs, or 94 runs off the last 84 balls, which appeared to be in the home side’s favour. But a combination of tight Australian bowling and fielding and indisciplined West Indian batting got Ricky Ponting’s men home in the first of a seven-match series. Ponting was named man-of-the-match for his innings of 59, but he conceded that all-rounder Ian Harvey deserved the accolade after hitting an unbeaten 48 off 30 balls in a valuable partnership with Michael Bevan and taking three for 37 off seven overs. It was Harvey who turned the match for Australia with the key wickets of Brian Lara (23), Devon Smith (26) and Marlon Samuels (2) in three overs to put the skids under the West Indies, sending them tumbling from 124 for two to 137 for five. The West Indians fell behind in the required run-rate and were always up against it, although vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, one of the heroes of the home side’s record win against Australia on Tuesday in the final Antigua Test, fought until the end with an unbeaten 47 off 34 balls as wickets fell around him. Australia’s winning run in limited-over internationals now stretches back to last January and follows their commanding performance at the World Cup when they beat all comers in southern Africa last February/March, culminating in their 125-run demolition of India in the final in Johannesburg on March 23. “It was a very good wicket and our 270 wasn’t a bad total,” Ponting said. AFP SCOREBOARD Australia: Gilchrist c Samuels
b Dillon 21 Hayden c Gayle b Dillon 7 Ponting c Collymore b Gayle 59 Lehmann c Powell b Banks 55 Symonds c Dillon b Banks 18 Bevan not out 43 Harvey not out 48 Extras: (lb-6, w-9, nb-4) 19 Total: (5 wkts, 50 overs) 270 Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-47, 3-133, 4-169, 5-183 Bowling: Dillon 9-1-53-2, Drakes 8-0-50-0, Collymore 10-0-49-0, Samuels 6-0-26-0, Gayle 9-0-42-1, Banks 8-0-44-2. West Indies: Gayle c Hogg b Lee 37 Powell c Gilchrist b Lee 37 Smith c Gilchrist b Harvey 26 Lara c Gilchrist b Harvey 23 Sarwan not out 47 Samuels c Symonds
b Harvey 2 Banks run out 12 Baugh b McGrath 7 Drakes b Symonds 1 Dillon not out 8 Extras (lb-2, w-1, nb-2) 5 Total (8 wkts, 37 overs) 205 Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-75, 3-124, 4-133, 5-137, 6-161,
7-176, 8-185. Bowling: Glenn McGrath 8-1-34-1, Brett Lee 8-1-52-2, Andy Bichel 7-1-38-0, Ian Harvey 7-0-37-3, Andrew Symond 7-0-42-1. |
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World Cup sponsors seek damages New Delhi, May 18 Some of the World Cup official sponsors — who included Pepsi, LG and Hero Honda — have approached the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC), the sponsorship rights holders for the event, asking to be compensated because the Indian players refused to play in the tournament under the originally agreed terms. It has been reliably learnt that the companies had made their claims even before the start of the World Cup in South Africa once it was clear that the Indian players were not going to honour the original contracts. LG confirmed to PTI that it was “suitably compensated” by the GCC before the start of the World Cup. However, the company filed a fresh claim with the GCC after it was “ambushed” during the tournament and that case is pending. While Pepsi chose not to comment, Hero Honda was reluctant to share information. “It is not something that we would like to discuss right now. We are happy with the way things are moving and quite hopeful that the matter would be resolved to our satisfaction,” said Atul Sobti, Senior Vice-President (Marketing) of the Hero Honda Motors. But the GCC confirmed it was faced with compensation claims from the sponsors. “Some of the sponsors are seeking compensation from the GCC. The amount of compensation being sought by the sponsors from the GCC is still under consideration,” GCC Director Ian Frykberg said from Australia. “GCC will be seeking to pass any compensation on to the ICC because the matter was outside the GCC control,” he said. Anticipating such compensation claims, the ICC had withheld India’s guarantee money from the World Cup amounting to about $ 9 million. Just how much of that money would the BCCI lose would be decided by a complex evaluation process which may take up to an year. Once all the claims against the GCC are settled, the GCC would lodge claims for compensation against the ICC for the amounts it is liable for. “Only
after this process has been determined, will the ICC seek to determine
which individual country is responsible for any compensation claims
that were successfully laid against the ICC,” ICC spokesman Brendan
McClements said.
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Sehwag, rain foil Surrey’s chances London, May 18 Despite Sehwag’s masterly 81, Leicestershire, who had conceded a first innings lead of 360, were 185 for eight when a burst of heavy shower foiled Surrey’s hopes of victory. Sehwag, who is not a subtle player, scored his 81 off 84 balls and there were 15 violent fours. “He is something special,” ‘The Independent’ described him today. When Leicestershire resumed their second innings, the score-line had a bizarre look to it. They were 32 for two and all the runs were scored by Sehwag, who had added 18 in 20 balls in the five overs possible on Friday. But from that point, Sehwag, playing his first championship match for Leicestershire, and Maddy showed none of the ambivalence that characterised their efforts in the first innings and scored at a pace and with a style that introduced an element of doubt over the certainty of a Surrey victory. Sehwag led the way by playing some delightful shots off his legs. His half-century came up in next to no time and although he had effectively been at the crease for three days, he had faced just 52 balls, striking nine boundaries. He
and Maddy had put on 101 for the third wicket when the spinners were
introduced into the attack and both struggled to acclimatise. The
pressure proved too much and in Saqlain Mushtaq’s second over,
Sehwag tried impulsively and rather clumsily, to clear him over mid
wicket and was struck on the pads.
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No Indo-Pak matches ‘till ties improve’ Dhar, MP, May 18 “Any proposal for revival of cricketing ties can be considered if Pakistan accepts India’s offer of talks. However, the two nations are free to play matches at a neutral venue,” Mr Verma told reporters here today. “India will play against Pakistan in a hockey match in the three-nation tournament in Australia,” he said. The minister also announced that India will put forward its candidature for the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which he will personally participate in the meeting to be held on May 30 in London. On doping charges against Indian atheletes, he said only “strict action’’ will keep players away from doping. “After dope-testing junior players now seniors will be subjected to these tests and anyone found guilty will be punished by the Sports Ministry,” he added. Replying to a query on development of sports in the country, Mr Verma announced that funds will never be a constraint for the development of sports. “The biggest multi-purpose sports complex for tribal areas will be set-up in Dhar district of the state,” the minister announced. Land has been demarcated for this and a budget of Rs 5.5 crore has been allocated to the state sports department for construction of this sports complex.
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Srinath likely to quit Tests New Delhi, May 18 “I
haven’t yet retired from international cricket. I will come back to
India and then take a decision,” Srinath, who is currently playing
in the English county league, told NDTV last night. An unattributed item in a British newspaper yesterday said that Srinath had announced his retirement from first class cricket. “It
is true that for the past six months I have been saying that the
longer version of the game is probably not suiting me any more. So if
I do consider playing, it will be in one-day internationals and not
the longer version of the game,” he said. “(But) As I said, I
really need to think about it,” he said.
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Rathore enjoying success New Delhi, May 18 Rathore has cracked three centuries from four games for Broad Oak and it has pushed into the background his original purpose of setting up a factory in Morley, near Leeds. Rathore’s
family owns a tool manufacturing company in India where it produces
hammers, chisels etc and the Leeds venture is supposed to be an
expansion of that business. Although this is the first time Rathore is playing league cricket in England, he has toured this country before when he came with the Indian team in 1996. He failed in the Tests, scoring only 20 from four Test innings but scored 759 runs on the tour at 58.38, including an excellent 165 against Worcestershire. His one-day form in the seven games was encouraging as he made 193 runs at an average of 27.57. He followed the tour of England with one disappointing Test against Australia and two in South Africa. Besides Rathore, two other Indian players, Wasim Jaffer and Atul Bedade, are also playing in Yorkshire league.
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IOC seeks information on US doping cases Madrid, May 18 The IOC executive board heard a report yesterday from the USOC’s general council, Jeff Benz, on the committee’s handling of drug tests before the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Mr Benz said the USOC acted properly in clearing Lewis and Joe DeLoach to compete in Seoul despite alleged positive tests for stimulants at the US Olympic track and field trials. After the closed-door meeting, IOC president Jacques Rogge said he would ask acting USOC president Bill Martin for more “general information” on the committee’s anti-doping practices. The IOC will examine the issue again at its next meeting in late June and early July in Prague, Czech Republic. “There are allegations that have circulated for a long time,” Mr Rogge said. “These allegations have induced a suspicion. We think that this is an ideal opportunity for the United States Olympic Committee to dispel any suspicion and/or allegations by just telling what they have done.” IOC Director General Francois Carrard stressed the IOC was only interested in learning from any past mistakes and would not consider any sanctions against the USOC or athletes. “We want to know if there was a more general practice how it worked, what was done,” he said. “But we’re not into a police investigation or anything like that. There is always a lesson to learn from what was done in the past, particularly if it had a systematic intent. But we are not contemplating any punitive action.” According to documents released recently by Dr Wade Exum, USOC’s former director for drug control, US athletes tested positive for drugs more than 100 times from 1988 to 2000. Only a handful were barred from competing; 19 wenton to win medals. Dr Exum said Lewis, a nine-time Olympic champion, tested positive three times at the 1988 Olympic trials for small amounts of banned stimulants found in cold medicine. The USOC first disqualified Lewis, then reversed itself after he appealed, claiming inadvertent use. The documents showed DeLoach and Andre Phillips also were cleared after testing positive for stimulants. Lewis, DeLoach and Phillips all won gold medals in Seoul. Dr Exum’s documents have prompted accusations that the USOC covered up positive tests and the athletes should have been barred from competing in the Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency has called for an independent inquiry. But the sport’s world governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, says the USOC was right to exonerate the athletes. The IAAF said the levels in the drug tests were so low they would not qualify as positive findings today. Mr Benz, the USOC lawyer, said he reported to the IOC on the cases specifically involving Lewis and DeLoach. He said the IOC asked for details only on those two athletes, but Mr Rogge insisted he wanted information on all cases. He said he wanted Martin to send him a more encompassing written report. “The facts are pretty straightforward,” Mr Benz said. “The standard that applied to doping cases in 1988 was an intent-based standard. The USOC applied that standard in the manner that’s been recognised as appropriate by the IAAF and the IOC’s own conduct at the 1988 games.” Mr Benz left the meeting without knowing how the IOC board intended to proceed. Mr Carrard said the IOC board made no judgement on Mr Benz’ report. “The board is neither satisfied nor dissatisfied,” he said. “The board looks at this not as individual specific cases. the board looks at it as into a series of allegations and wants to know exactly what were the standards, the practices, the processes, the procedures.”. Mr Carrard did rule out the possibility of the IOC asking to hear directly from Dr Exum or Mr Baaron Pittenger, the USOC executive director in 1988. Mr Carrard also said the IOC had no objection if the World Anti-doping Agency wanted to conduct its own inquiry. WADA chief Dick Pound, a senior IOC member from Canada, says the USOC acted improperly and the athletes should have been ruled ineligible for the Olympics.
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Clijsters lifts Rome Masters title Rome, May 18 The result ended an impressive run by Mauresmo, who had claimed the scalps of fifth seed Jennifer Capriati and world number one Serena Williams on her way to the final, and added to tournament wins in Sydney and Indian Wells for the 19-year-old Clijsters. Fourth seed Mauresmo started perfectly, dragging her Belgian opponent round the court with heavy groundstrokes. In the sixth game, the Frenchwoman seized her chance to break, flicking a forehand past Clijsters at the net to go 4-2 up before wrapping up the first set in 32 minutes. The
Belgian twice recovered from a break down in the second set, coming
back from 30-15 down as Mauresmo served for the match at 6-5 up to
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Bhupathi-Mirnyi duo loses in final New Delhi, May 18 Bhupathi
and Mirnyi lost in straight sets 4-6, 6-7 (10/12), according to
information received here. Last week the duo had reached the semifinal
in the Rome Masters.
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WADA forms a working group New Delhi, May 18 The groups primary task
will be to study the factors that constitute “exceptional
circumstances” in the cases where such circumstances were taken into
account and sanctions reduced, and to determine whether these factors
will be considered under the World Anti-Doping Code, WADA said in a
statement.
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Himachal to encourage sports activities Shimla, May 18 Presiding over the concluding function of ten-day long 9th Challenge Cricket Trophy Championship organised by Kainthla Navyuvak Mandal, Kothru at Narkanda in this district, Mrs Stokes said by organising such activities with the active participation of local people would provide sport platform in rural areas which would also provide an opportunity to the budding talents to exhibit their activities as a whole. About 25 teams drawn from various parts of the state participated in the championship. She also gave away prizes and trophy to the winners on the occasion.
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Wrestler hacked to death Rohtak, May 18 Eighty-year old Hoshiar Singh, who had been
running the ‘akhara’ for the past two decades at Ismila, was alone
in his akhara yesterday when the assailants attacked him with a ‘kassi’
(sharp-edged farm implement) and fled from the spot, police said. The wrestler died on the spot. When at about 4 pm, young wrestlers reached the akhara for practice, they found Hoshiar Singh lying in a pool of blood with injury marks on the neck. The Haryana police has registered a case of murder on the complaint of Mr Swaroop Singh, brother of the deceased.
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