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BCCI to toe ICC line on Twenty20
BCCI President Sharad Pawar (right) talks to board Secretary Niranjan Shah during a Working Committee meeting in
New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI photo
Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf raises his bat after completing a double century on the fourth day of the first Test against England at Lord’s on Sunday. — Reuters
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Lara faces probe for outburst
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Michael Schumacher rejoices after winning the French Grand Prix at the Magny-Cours circuit on Sunday. — Reuters
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China qualify for Fed Cup World Group
Chopra tied fourth
SAI to train students of eight institutions
Indian eves win u-18 tourney
WADA flays Melbourne drug-testing controls
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BCCI to toe ICC line on Twenty20
New Delhi, July 16 The BCCI has also decided to participate in the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa next year after it was “outvoted 10-1 at the ICC meeting in Dubai” in March this year. The ICC had announced after its Executive Board meeting in Dubai that the Twenty20 World Championship will be made an annual event from 2007 to 2015 and the BCCI had to agree to this proposal as it had given its nod at an earlier meeting in Sydney in 2005. BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said after the Working Committee meeting here today that the board was forced to fall in line after all other Test-playing countries, except India, favoured having a World Championship in the shorter format of the limited-over version of cricket. Shah said the BCCI was left with no option when it fell in a hopeless minority “but to embrace this format of the game”. The BCCI had all along stoutly objected to the participation in the Twenty20 cricket, which took birth in England because the traditional first-class and one-day games there were failing to attract crowds, though India had no such problem, and the board saw no point in adding to the cricket crowd. BCCI treasurer N. Srinivasan, who along with Shah briefed the media, said though the Twenty20 cricket was expected to make its domestic debut in India in April-May 2007, the exact schedule would be worked out later as the board wants to ensure that the introduction of the new format does not lead to cluttering of the domestic calendar. “We plan to have one domestic Twenty20 tournament every year and the senior members of the Indian team would also be playing in it”, the board treasurer said. He said the international cricket calendar in 2007 would also be very packed, as West Indies would be holding the traditional World Cup in March-April and South Africa were scheduled to host the Twenty20 World Championship in May-June. Though India had been exempted from playing in the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa as the game was yet to be popularised in the country, the board has now decided to compete to get the players familiarised in the game. “Since we have decided to toe the ICC line in the Twenty20 format anyway, we have decided to play in the 2007 World Championship,” Shah said. The working committee meeting also decided to provide full financial support to the women’s cricket team in their forthcoming tour of England. Meanwhile, the process of the merger of the Women’s Cricket Association of India with the BCCI is on following a direction in this regard from the ICC. “That merger is on, and in the meantime, we have decided to provide complete support to the women’s team for their tour of England”, treasurer Srinivasan said.
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England extend lead to 341
London, July 16 England, who dismissed Pakistan for 445 in their first innings, hold an overall lead of 341 with one day left to play. Strauss struck 128, his ninth Test century, to become the third England skipper after Archie MacLaren and Allan Lamb to record a hundred in their debut match as captain. Earlier, Mohammad Yousuf took his overnight total of 185 to 202, his fourth Test double hundred. It was also the highest score by a Pakistan batsman at Lord’s. England dismissed Pakistan for 445 in the first hour in reply to their 528 for nine declared. Strauss combined measured aggression with careful defence on a pitch that gave sharp turn to Pakistan leg spinners Danish Kaneria and Shahid Afridi. Strauss and Kevin Pietersen had taken England to 141 for two with a partnership of 77 from 128 balls before the latter was stumped for 41 off Afridi moving well out of his crease to a delivery which both turned and lifted. After taking 14 balls to get off the mark, Pietersen hit six boundaries from 70 balls, mixing booming drives with some miscues. Paul Collingwood, one of the three England first innings century makers, followed shortly after scoring three when he lofted Kaneria to Salman Butt at mid-off trying to whip the ball through mid-wicket. Earlier, Marcus Trescothick, who was dropped by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal after scoring eight off Umar Gul for eight, was out for 18 bowled by the same bowler with the score on 38. Alastair Cook followed for four with the total on 64, chipping a simple catch off Gul to Mohammad Yousuf at mid-on. Opening bowlers Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard wrapped up the Pakistan first innings within the first hour after the tourists had resumed at 409 for seven. Scoreboard England
(1st innings) 528 for 9 Pakistan (1st innings) Butt c Strauss b Harmison 10 Farhat b Plunkett 33 Iqbal c Collingwood b Harmison 0 Yousuf c Jones b Harmison 202 Sami c Jones b Hoggard 0 Haq b Plunkett 69 Razzaq c Jones b Harmison 22 Akmal c Jones b Pietersen 58 Afridi c Bell b Hoggard 17 Gul c Jones b Hoggard 0 Kaneria not out 1 Extras
(b-7, lb-14, w-7, nb-5) 33 Total (all out, 119.3 overs) 445 Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-65, 4-68, 5-241, 6-300, 7-399, 8-435, 9-436. Bowling:
Hoggard 33-3-117-3, Harmison 29.3-6-94-4, Panesar 27-3-93-0, Plunkett 21-3-78-2, Collingwood 7-1-31-0, Pietersen 2-0-11-1. England (2nd innings) Trescothick b Gul 18 Strauss c Farhat b Kaneria 128 Cook c Yousuf b Gul 4 Pietersen st Akmal b Afridi 41 Collingwood c Butt b Kaneria 3 Bell run out 28 Jones c Akmal b Kaneria 16 Plunkett not out 5 Hoggard not out 0 Extras
(b-4, lb-6, nb-5) 15 Total (7 wkts, 77 overs) 258 Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-64, 3-141, 4-146, 5-203, 6-250, 7-253. Bowling: Sami 6-1-23-0, Gul 16-3-57-2, Kaneria 29-4-73-3, Razzaq 7-0-31-0, Afridi 18-1-59-1, Farhat 1-0-5-0.
— Agencies
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Lara faces probe for outburst
Port-of-Spain, July 16 A four-member committee headed by West Indies Cricket Board president Ken Gordon would investigate Lara’s comments after India won its first series in the Caribbean with a victory within three days in Jamaica. The other members of the panel are Sir Alister Mc Intyre, former West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd and Gregory Shillingford. “The board considered at length the recent statements and actions of Brian Lara during and after the conclusion of the fourth Test match versus India at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. It was agreed to appoint a committee headed by the President of the WICB, together with Sir Alister Mc Intyre and Messrs Clive Lloyd and Gregory Shillingford to investigate all matters relating to Mr Lara’s statements and to take such action as they may consider appropriate after these matters are discussed with him,” West Indies Cricket Board said in a statement. “Lara is currently away from the Caribbean, but it is expected that the committee will meet with him within the next two weeks.” After the defeat at Sabina Park, Lara had flayed the cricket authorities in the Caribbean and even threatened to “reconsider” captaincy. However later, Lara, the highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, was retained as captain and changes made in the selection panel. Former West Indies opening batsman Gordon Greenidge was appointed its new chairman in place of Joey Carew. The WICB also decided to offer retainer contracts to Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards and Denesh Ramdin. However, Dwayne Bravo missed out after the Board said it would be inappropriate to offer him a contract as he had a personal endorsement contract with a rival to the team’s main sponsor Digicel.
— PTI
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French toast for Schumacher
Magny-Cours, July 16 Schumacher’s commanding victory from pole position on a sweltering afternoon at Magny-Cours, left the seven-time champion 17 points adrift of Renault’s Fernando Alonso with seven races remaining. Spaniard Alonso, the runaway winner in France last year on his way to becoming the sport’s youngest world champion, took the second place. Schumacher crossed the line 10.131 seconds clear of the field, lapping all but the top seven. Brazilian Felipe Massa was third for Ferrari after making one more pit stop than Alonso in a race without major incident. It was the 88th win in Schumacher’s career, his fourth of the season and eighth at Magny-Cours. The history-making achievement was not the sort that the yellow-and-blue-shirted fans crowding the grandstands had hoped to see, 100 years after Renault won the first French Grand Prix at Le Mans. After Italy’s World Cup final success over France in Schumacher's native Germany last Sunday, an Italian team had once again dashed French hopes with Ferrari dominant in Renault’s home race. Schumacher, already far and away the most successful driver in Formula One history with seven championships, punched the air with his fists as he crossed the line for his second win in a row after Indianapolis on July 2. Out of the car, the 37-year-old hugged French team boss Jean Todt with the Italian flag in his hands. Schumacher’s younger brother Ralf was fourth for Toyota, ahead of McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was sixth for Renault, with Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa seventh and back on the Formula One scoresheet for McLaren after a year’s absence. Test driver de la Rosa was replacing Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who announced last weekend that he was leaving Formula One for the US NASCAR series next year.
— Reuters
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China qualify for Fed Cup World Group
Beijing, July 16 China started entering the world’s premier tennis team event in 1981, and registered their historic result after a hiatus of 25 years. Chinese captain Jiang Hongwei hailed the four players after the series but was quick to add “There are still a lot of areas for the Chinese team to improve if we want to get a better result. Before the World Group matches in April, 2007, I want to correct the mistakes of some players.” In the first reverse singles today, world No. 22 Li Na, quarterfinalist at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, beat No. 154 Kathrin Woerle 7-5, 7-5
to ensure China’s qualification. After Li’s victory, the last two matches became academic. Sun Tiantian, former Athens Olympic champion in women’s doubles, was not at her best and went down to Tatiana Malek 6-4, 3-6, 3-6. In the last match, Wimbledon champions Zheng Jie and Yan Zi outplayed Kristina Borrois and Jasmin Woehr 6-3, 6-4. Yesterday, Li defeated Borrois 6-3, 6-4, while Zheng Jie beat Woerle 6-4, 7-5 in the first two singles.
— PTI
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Chopra tied fourth
Silvis (Illinois), July 16 Atwal, with two birdies on the 11th and 15th and a bogey on the third after starting from 10th, carded a one-under 70 and was tied 57th with a total of five-under 208. Despite fairly high temperatures, leader Senden shot a seven-under 64 and was 16-under after three rounds. Despite some very good golf by other contenders, the spotlight was still on Michelle Wie, a day after she withdrew because of heat exhaustion. The 16-year-old Wie shot a six-over 77 on the first day and that dashed her hopes. With the temperature at close to 90°F on Friday, the heat got to her and Wie was eight-over when she withdrew after nine holes. She was treated at the course medical trailer and taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she was released late Friday. Shiv slips to tied 62nd
Loch Lomond: A hat-trick of bogeys marred his show as Shiv Kapur slipped to the tied 62nd spot after carding a disappointing one-over 72 in the penultimate round of the £ 2.4 million Scottish Open here. The only Indian in the fray after Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh failed to make the cut, Shiv now has a three-day total of level-par 213.
— PTI, UNI
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SAI to train students of eight institutions
Kapurthala, July 16 The institutions from Punjab are: Guru Nanak College, Phagwara — football (boys); Ramgarhia College, Phagwara — weightlifting (boys); Hindu Kanya College, Kapurthala — basketball (girls); Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Ropar — handball; Multi-Purpose Senior Secondary School, Patiala — boxing (boys); and Punjab School, Nabha — hockey (boys). In Haryana, students of DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar, will be imparted training in volleyball, while Mukandlal National College, Yamunanagar, has been chosen to train sportswomen in hockey. Mr SK Sagar, Regional Director (Operations), SAI Northern Regional Centre, Sonepat, recently sent letters to inform the heads of these educational institutions in this regard. The letter(s) stated that a selection committee would select trainees in these institutions. The committee would comprise the regional head or his representative, head of the institution or his representative, experts/coaches from the SAI in the discipline concerned and outstanding sportspersons of the area as its members. Ms Gulshan Yadav, Principal, Hindu Kanya College, Kapurthala, told The Tribune that trials for selecting talented sportswomen in hockey would be held on the college premises on July 24. The Principal said the SAI would give Rs 14,000 to each selected sportswoman every year for kit, refreshment and insurance against injury, whereas the college would provide free study and lodging. Pargat Singh, Director, Sports, Punjab, recommended the selection of these institutions of Punjab.
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Indian eves win u-18 tourney
New Delhi, July 16 According to information received here, India and Japan were level at 1-1 after the end of regulation and extra time. However, Indian eves held their nerve in sudden death to emerge champions. South Korea and Malaysia were the other two teams which took part in the tournament. Indian girls had defeated South Korea 1-0 and crushed Malaysia 4-0 en route to the final.
— UNI
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WADA flays Melbourne drug-testing controls
Melbourne, July 16 WADA was particularly scathing about doping control stations. It described facilities at the MCG as “ad hoc and barely sufficient”. The positive tests returned by Tejinder Singh and Edwin Raju resulted in a ban being imposed on the Indian Weightlifting Federation within seven months of coming out of its previous ban.
— PTI
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