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Kiwis take lead Sania-Sugiyama in second round 5 Indians make cut Rain dampens polo spirit
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Bad weather keeps Kumble waiting
Mohali March 10 After more than one session was lost due to bad light yesterday, the proceedings started on a positive note for India on the second day. Leg-spinner Anil Kumble, just three wickets short of reaching the 500-wicket mark in Tests, triggered jubilation in the Indian camp and inched closer to the coveted landmark when Collingwood, who made a century in the first Test at Nagpur, was bowled off a Kumble googly. The batsman had added just six runs to his overnight score and completely misread the delivery that clipped the bails. Stand-in skipper Andrew Flintoff unleashed a couple of powerful boundaries — he hit five in all today — and raced to 26 before his entertaining stay at the wicket was cut short as light faded and the players had to return to the pavilion. Umpires Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel conducted a couple of inspections after brief drizzle, while the ground staff remained busy in mopping-up exercises to make the ground fit for play. At 3.30 p.m., when the final inspection was made and the day’s play was called off due to poor light, it started to rain again, which intensified in the evening, rendering the chances of resumption of play remote. The inclement weather must be frustrating for the two debutants — seamer Munaf Patel and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla. Munaf may have got some quota of overs to bowl, but Chawla did not get to bowl at all today. The Uttar Pradesh leggie, star performer for India in the recent Under-19 World Cup, bowled just five overs yesterday, conceding 20 runs. In the 4.3 overs that he got to bowl today, Munaf conceded 15 runs and looked to be settling well. Munaf, who has been in good form this season and was instrumental in a thumping eight-wicket win for Board President’s XI against England in the three-day warm-up game with five-wicket hauls in both innings, would be praying for the weather to improve so that he can have a chance to leave a good impression in the game. Collingwood said after the match that it was a superb delivery from Kumble which caused his downfall. The England batsman said he had played the leg-spinner during the one-day matches last year. “He is a class bowler and tough to play on any surface.” Collingwood said England batsmen would be wary of the spinner during the rest of the series. He refused to be drawn into a comparison of Kumble with Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, saying that each spinner was different. “It is reverse swinging as well. It’s a good sign for us, we can use it to our advantage. “Just three days are left in the match, we need to make a good total to put the Indians under pressure and get a result,” Collingwood said. SCOREBOARD England (1st innings) Strauss c Dhoni b Pathan 18 Cook lbw Pathan 17 Bell b Kumble 38 Pietersen c&b Munaf 64 Collingwood b Kumble 25 Flintoff not out 26 Jones not out 7 Extras
(lb-1, nb-4) 5 Total (five wickets, 65 overs) 200 Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-36, 3-117, 4-157, 5-180. Bowling: Pathan 19-4-63-2, Munaf 16-1-59-1, Harbhajan 6-0-15-0, Chawla 5-1-20-0, Kumble 19-6-42-2. |
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Sourav cancels visit
Mohali, March 10 Sourav was earlier scheduled to reach here tomorrow after playing the Deodhar Trophy match at Jaipur held on Thursday, but he changed his programme and returned to Kolkata without giving any reason. Confirming the decision of the former skipper, the Joint Secretary of the BCCI and Honorary Secretary, PCA, Mr M.P. Pandove said, “Sourav called up Mr I.S. Bindra to inform him about not coming here but he did not give any reason”. A PCA official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Sourav had cancelled his visit because of his failure in the Jaipur match, in which he was bowled for a duck. Meanwhile, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Maharaja of Jodhpur were present in the stadium today to watch the match. However, former captain Kapil Dev has
been conspicuous by his absence so far. Ganguly calls on Pawar
New Delhi (OSR): Sourav Ganguly called on Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sharad Pawar here on Saturday and talked about the disparaging remarks made against him in a newspaper column by coach Greg Chappell.
Ganguly met Pawar here on his way back to Kolkata from Jaipur, where he played for East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy. |
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Gavaskar, Kapil on BCCI’s panel
Mohali, March 10 The decision to constitute the committee was taken at the February 21 meeting of the BCCI Executive Committee. Other members of the committee include Shashank Manohar, Arun Jaitley, Ajay Shirke, K.M. Ramparsad, R.S. Shetty, M.P. Pandove, Niranjan Shah and N. Srinivasan (convener). Dilip Vengsarkar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar will be special invitees. The committee will suggest efficient ways of utilisation of resources being developed through the state associations by way of subvention and grants. The objective of the panel is to develop world-class infrastructure from the grassroot level and build institutes of excellence in each region. The panel will also examine the present system of selection of national and state teams, umpires and suggest measures for making them more efficient and foolproof. The committee will also suggest measures to deal with members who have not yet taken any steps to create infrastructure. It will also recommend steps for distribution of funds to members more equitable.
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BCCI skirting my queries: Dalmiya
Kolkata, March 10 At a press meet at Mohali last evening, BCCI Vice-President Lalit Modi, in company of I.S. Bindra, brought about fresh accusations against Mr Dalmiya that included unaccounted for money spent during the board’s platinum jubilee celebrations and Videocon Trophy held in Holland and cricket historian Boria Majumdar being paid Rs 52 lakh. Mr Dalmiya, while addressing the Press here, said, “The level of transparency is evident from the fact that the current regime is closing the matter related to the loss of Rs 82 crore in the TV rights deal raised by me stating that the bidders are happy and they had no problems.” “If they have problems in replying to my queries they can put up the original tender papers on the Internet or even involve internationally renowned chartered firms like Mckinsey and Pricewaterhouse to decide what I have pointed out is wrong or right,” he added.
— UNI |
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Murali scalps 600th victim
Bogra, March 10 Sri Lanka followed up Muttiah Muralitharan’s 600th Test wicket by dismissing Bangladesh for 201 to leave the tourists needing 120 runs to wrap up the series win. Openers Michael Vandort (22) and Upul Tharanga (48) will resume tomorrow needing another 43 runs for victory. Bangladesh were skittled out just after tea on the third day with three wickets apiece for Dilhara Fernando and Lasith Malinga and two each for Muralitharan and Malinga Bandara. Muralitharan, playing in his 101st Test, joined Australia’s Shane Warne, who holds the world record with 659 dismissals, as the only player to reach the landmark when he had Khaled Mashud caught at square leg for six. Bangladesh’s cause would have been worse but for a solid knock of 73 from skipper Habibul Bashar, who added 52 with Mohammad Rafique after they had slumped to 110 for six. Bashar was trapped lbw by Malinga. Earlier, Sri Lanka added 14 runs to their overnight total of 302 for eight with opener Tharanga’s 444-minute innings of 165 ended by Shahadat Hossein, who finished with 5-86 for his first five-wicket haul in Tests. Scoreboard Bangladesh
(1st innings) 234 Sri Lanka (1st innings) Vandort lbw Rasel 0 Tharanga c Mashud b Hossain 165 Bandara c Iqbal b Hossain 2 Samaraweera c Mashud
b Hossain 20 Sangakkara lbw Hossain 0 Jayawardene c Rahim b Ashraful 49 Dilshan b Rafique 33 Maharoof c Bashar b Haque 7 Fernando lbw Haque 5 Malinga c Iqbal b Hossain 12 Muralitharan not out 8 Extras
(b-5, lb-4, w-2, nb-4) 15 Total (all out, 103.3 overs) 316 Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-43, 4-43, 5-167, 6-232, 7-251, 8-263, 9-305. Bowling:
Rasel 20-8-50-1, Hossain 21.3-2-86-5, Rafique 32-9-84-1, Haque 26-3-71-2, Ashraful 4-1-16-1. Bangladesh
(2nd innings) Omar c Sangakkara b Fernando 13 Iqbal c Sangakkara b Malinga 2 Bashar lbw Malinga 73 Nafees c Maharoof
b Muralitharan 6 Ashraful c Jayawardene b Bandara 13 Rahim c Sangakkara b Bandara 0 Mashud c Malinga
b Muralitharan 6 Rafique c Muralitharan b Malinga 64 Hossain b Fernando 8 Haque c Sangakkara b Fernando 3 Rasel not out 1 Extras
(b-1, lb-4, w-2, nb-5) 12 Total (all out, 56.1 overs) 201 Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-29, 3-46, 4-95, 5-95, 6-110, 7-162, 8-187, 9-198. Bowling:
Malinga 14.1-1-51-3, Fernando 19-4-51-3, Muralitharan 13-1-62-2, Bandara 10-4-32-2. Sri Lanka
(2nd innings) Vandort not out 22 Tharanga not out 48 Extras
(lb-5, w-2) 7 Total (no loss, 20 overs) 77 Bowling:
Rasel 5-0-21-0, Hossain 6-2-30-0, Rafique 5-2-14-0, Haque Jr 4-0-7-0. |
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Kiwis take lead New Zealand’s Chris Martin reacts after dismissing West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo during day two of the first Test in Auckland on Friday. — Reuters
photo Auckland, March 10 Ramnaresh Sarwan batted two hours, 31 minutes for 62 and Dwayne Bravo was at the crease just short of three hours for 60 to make the main contributions to the West Indies’ total of 257 in reply to the home team’s 275. New Zealand had reached 98 for four at stumps, leaving the match well advanced and leaning in the tourists’ favour. Thirteen wickets fell on the first day, 10 on the second and the first innings of both sides were over within five sessions as the match careened along at a pace influenced by the teams’ apparent over-exposure to limited-overs play. Scoreboard New Zealand
(1st innings) 275 West Indies (1st innings) Gayle c McCullum b Styris 25 Ganga c How b Martin 20 Bradshaw c How b Styris 0 Sarwan c Franklin b Bond 62 Lara c sub (Cachopa) b Bond 5 Chanderpaul c McCullum b Franklin 13 Bravo c Bond b Martin 59 Smith c McCullum b Martin 38 Ramdin c and b Vettori 9 Edwards c McCullum b Vettori 1 Taylor not out 4 Extras
(lb-7, w-1, nb-13) 21 Total (all out, 71.2 overs) 257 Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-48, 3-49, 4-60, 5-90, 6-179, 7-237, 8-248, 9-252. Bowling:
Bond 19-4-57-2, Franklin 21-4-83-1, Martin 17-1-80-3, Styris 7-1-23-2, Vettori 7.2-3-7-2. New Zealand
(2nd innings) H. Marshall c Ganga b Bradshaw 1 How c Ramdin b Bradshaw 37 Fulton b Edwards 28 Fleming not out 19 Styris c Bradshaw b Edwards 5 Franklin not out 3 Extras
(lb-1, w-1, nb-3) 5 Total (4 wickets, 30 overs) 98 Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-66, 3-73, 4-88. Bowling: Edwards 10-3-27-2, Bradshaw 13-2-34-2, Taylor 1-0-6-0, Gayle 4-0-15-0, Smith 6-2-15-0.
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Sania-Sugiyama in second round
New Delhi, March 10 The 19-year old Indian, who suffered the injury on her serving arm two weeks ago, partnered Ai Sugiyama of Japan to defeat Anotonella Serra Zanetti of Italy and Stepahnie Foretz of France 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the tier 1 event at Indian Wells. Sania, whose world ranking had slipped to 45, had a bye in the singles first round and was to play a qualifier in the second round.
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5 Indians make cut
Singapore, March 10 Five Indians, Jyoti Randhawa (142), Shiv Kapur (144), Gaurav Ghei (145), Amandeep Johl (145) and Rahil Gangjee (145) made the cut and those who fell by the wayside included Harmeet Kahlon (151) and Jeev Milkha Singh (152).
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Rain dampens polo spirit
Patiala, March 10 Five matches were slated to be played today but only two could be gone through forcing the organisers to re-schedule the remaining games tomorrow. In yesterday’s unfinished contest between President’s Bodyguards and South Delhi, which was completed today, the former triumphed via tiebreaker 13-9. Both teams were tied 5-5 after four chukkers of play yesterday before bad light had stopped play. In another match played just before a virtually empty gallery, NDA just managed to scrap past ASC (Artillery) 6-5. For the winners Lieut-Col Atul Gupta demonstrated amazing polo skills to pump five goals with a under the neck shot, his fourth effort, standing out from the rest for its superb execution. For the losers, Lieut-Col N.S Khera managed four goals. In the second match, 61st Cavalry (Red) downed a lacklustre President’s Bodyguards by a wide 9-2.1/2 margin. For the winners Capt Ravi Rathore displayed good control over the horse and the ball to top score with four goals while the other scorers for the cavalrymen were FIP Ambassador Carlos Busquet of Uruguay (3) and Capt Saurabh Sharan (2). For the losers, Lieut-Col S.S Kashyap scored the only goal. |
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Air-India arrive for NFL tie Chandigarh, March 10 The team flew to Delhi yesterday from where they took a train to Ludhiana. Under the watchful eyes of coach Bimal Ghosh, Air-India had a practice session at the stadium this afternoon. |
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