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Greg Chappell puts players on notice
Selectors to decide Ganguly’s future, says Pawar
Steyn breaks Lankan resistance
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London, August 5 Sumit Sharma scored a patient half-century as India Under-19 managed to pull off a draw against their England counterparts in the second four-day cricket Test at Taunton.
Travelling to Windies to cost Rs 4 lakh
Shahnaz named Pak hockey coach
India in final
JCT Mills beat Punjab cops
Sania-Huber crash out
Former NIS chief coach dead
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Greg Chappell puts players on notice
Bangalore, August 5 Chappell said anyone who could “offer something” to the team would be considered for selection and pointed out Dinesh Mongia’s return for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka as an example. “They (players) will select themselves in or select themselves out just on their performances. We need to be vigilant as a group and each of the players has to be vigilant as an individual and make sure they don’t get complacent and leave the door open for someone else,” the former Australian captain said. “You look at anyone that can offer something to the team. The minute you close your eyes or shut the door on someone you can make a mistake. We have to be open-minded and use all of the resources that we’ve got,” he told cricinfo website. Chappell’s comments could sound music to players like Zaheer Khan and Sourav Ganguly, seeking to make a comeback to the side after falling out of favour with selectors. Chappell said the message from the selection of Mongia, making a comeback after one year in wilderness, was that no-one was totally out of the team and no-one’s totally in. “We probably have something like 25 players to choose from and that is a healthy position to be in. Obviously they can’t all play at once and some are going to miss out. I suppose the message from Mongia’s selection is that no-one is totally out of it and no-one’s totally in.” However, Chappell said it would be reading too much into things to suggest Mongia’s selection indicated a change in the policy regarding selection. “Yeah, that’s reading too much into it. He’s an experienced player and has had some opportunities. Just looking at the balance of the team and the conditions in Sri Lanka we thought he was a player who had something to offer — nothing more, nothing less.” Chappell also denied that the selection of Mongia suggested that Ramesh Powar had not quite done enough. “No, not necessarily. If you want to go looking for skeletons you can find them anywhere. It’s an opportunity to give a good cricketer another look-in. We think in Sri Lanka slow bowlers are going to be more beneficial than fast bowlers. “We want to look at the different variations we’ve got when it comes to the World Cup. If the conditions in the West Indies are going to be as slow as they were this time around we might need two or three spin options rather than one or two. So we’re just trying to increase our options.”
— PTI
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Selectors to decide Ganguly’s future, says Pawar
Mumbai, August 5 Board sources have indicated that Ganguly, cold shouldered by the selectors after returning from Pakistan at the end of the three-Test series in January, was likely to be named in the preliminary list of 30 probables for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy to be chosen in Bangalore on August 9. Reacting to news reports that Maharashtra Cricket Association intended to hire the services of overseas players, particularly Shane Warne or Stuart McGill from Australia, to represent their team in the Ranji Trophy national championship, Pawar said he was not aware of any such proposal. “As per my understanding, only Indians can play in Ranji matches,” he said. However, overseas stars like England great Dennis Compton and West Indies fast bowlers Roy Gilchrist and Lester King have played in the national championship in the 1950s and 1960s and Pawar seemed unaware of this.
— PTI
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Yousuf leads Pak fightback
Leeds, August 5 The touring side, replying to England’s first innings of 515, closed on 202 for two, Mohammad Yousuf (91 not out) and Younis Khan (64 not out) looking increasingly entrenched after putting on a stand of 166. Both Pakistan openers fell within 10 balls and in the space of two runs. Bell’s performance made him the first England player to score a trio of hundreds in consecutive tests in the same home series since Allan Lamb against West Indies in 1984. Bell was finally dismissed by leg spinner Danish Kaneria as he shaped to cut. It was the first time in the series that a Pakistan bowler could celebrate taking Bell's wicket. His one previous dismissal of the series had been a run-out. Scoreboard England (1st innings) Trescothick c and b Sami 28 Strauss c Younis b Nazir 36 Cook c and b Gul 23 Pietersen c Nazir b Sami 135 Collingwood c Umar b Gul 31 Bell b Kaneria 119 Read lbw Gul 38 Hoggard b Gul 0 Mahmood b Gul 34 Harmison c Sami b Kaneria 36 Panesar not out 5 Extras
(b-13, lb-6, nb-11) 30 Total (all out, 123 overs) 515 Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-67, 3-110, 4-192, 5-345, 6-347, 7-421, 8-445, 9-501. Bowling:
Sami 26-1-135-2, Gul 29-4-123-5, Nazir 28-7-101-1, Kaneria 34-4-111-2, Umar 2-0-8-0, Butt 4-0-18-0. Pakistan (1st innings) Butt run out 20 Umar c Read b Hoggard 7 Younis not out 64 Yousuf not out 91 Extras
(lb-12, w-3, nb-5) 13 Total (2 wkts, 55 overs) 202 Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-36. Bowling: Hoggard 14-1-43-1, Harmison 14-0-60-0, Mahmood 12-3-48-0, Panesar 14-6-25-0, Pietersen 1-0-14-0.
— Reuters
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Steyn breaks Lankan resistance
Colombo, August 5 Steyn, bowling waywardly but fast to secure his second five-wicket haul in Tests, polished off Sri Lanka’s resistance with the second new ball, grabbing the wickets of Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan in quick succession. South Africa safely negotiated two overs before the close, finishing on six without loss with Herschelle Gibbs on four and Andrew Hall on two.
Makhaya Ntini, who finished with four for 84, had ripped through the Sri Lanka top order with two incisive spells before the lunch interval. He struck two early blows with the new ball as Upul Tharanga top-edged an attempted pull and Kumar Sangakkara clipped a rising delivery off his hips straight to short-midwicket.
Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene provided Sri Lanka with some brief respite by adding 31 runs for the third wicket, but Steyn returned after an expensive first spell to take Jayawardene’s wicket. Ntini returned to the attack just before lunch, a move the triggered the fall of two more wickets. After going in at lunch on 98 for five, Sri Lanka launched a fight back through Chamara
Kapugedera, who hit a stylish 63 from 77 balls including nine boundaries and two sixes.
Prasanna Jayawardene adopted a similarly positive approach to make 42 but just when the momentum was shifting back to the hosts, Kapugedera was bowled and then Steyn produced a perfect fast leg cutter that knocked back Jayawardene’s off stump.
Kapugedera’s fall ended a record 105 run sixth wicket stand against South Africa, surpassing the 103 scored by Hashan Tillakaratne and Arjuna Ranatunga at Moratuwa in 1993. South Africa were frustrated again during the final session as Chaminda Vaas (64) and Maharoof (56) posted a 117-run stand for the eighth wicket. Scoreboard South Africa (1st innings) 361 Sri Lanka (1st innings) Tharanga c Boje b Ntini
2 Jayasuriya c Gibbs b Ntini 47 Sangakkara c Amla b Ntini1 4 M. Jayawardene c Boucher Dilshan b Ntini
4 Kapugedera b Boje 63 P. Jayawardene b Steyn 42 Maharoof b Steyn 56 Vaas c Boucher b Steyn 64 Malinga not out 8 Muralitharan c Hall b Steyn 0 Extras
(lb-1 nb-5 w-2) 8 Total (all out, 85.1 overs) 321 Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-43, 3-74, 4-85, 5-86, 6-191, 7-191, 8-308, 9-317, 10-321. Bowling:
Ntini 21-3-84-4, Steyn 13.1-1-82-5, Pollock 16-4-52-0, Hall 15-7-31-0, Boje 20-6-71-1. South Africa (2nd innings) Gibbs not out 4 Hall not out 2 Total
(2 overs) 6 Bowling: Vaas 1-0-4-0, Malinga 1-0-2-0. — Reuters
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Colts manage draw
London, August 5 Set a stiff target of 363, Indians saw off 61 overs on the final day yesterday to enforce the draw. India were reeling at 36 for two at one stage after England U-19 declared their second innings at 342 for 7, but Sharma (56) and T. Srivastava (39 no.) forged a crucial 83-run stand for the third wicket to thwart the hosts. When stumps were drawn, India were 148 for 4 in their second innings. Adil Rashid picked two wickets while Andrew Miller and Michael O’Shea claimed one wicket each for England. Earlier, resuming the day at 190 for two, England skipper Varun Chopra (164) completed his century before being bowled by Indian spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (4-146).
— PTI
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Travelling to Windies to cost Rs 4 lakh
Chandigarh, August 5 “The reasons,” says Mr Sankalp Garg, Head of Marketing and Business Strategies of Friends Global Travels Limited, “are limited infrastructure, including hotel accommodation, seats in the stadia and air connections in West Indies.” Mr Garg was here for the start of his company’s state-of-art branch office in Chandigarh to cater to the Punjab market. The Friends Global Travels is from the first batch of travel agencies authorised to offer tour and travel packages for the 2007 World Cup Cricket Tournament. “Because of the exorbitant cost, we are focusing mainly on corporate clients as it may not be in the reach of an average middle class cricket enthusiast to afford the package,” says Mr Garg revealing that the organising committee expects no more than 1 lakh cricket enthusiasts to visit the cluster of islands hosting the game’s most prestigious event for the first time. Some of the major multinationals and sponsors of the World Cup, he says, are among the corporate who plan to take groups to
Windies. “We have been receiving a very good response to our package,” adds Mr Garg hoping that as many as 12,000 to 15,000 people would travel from India to Windies for the World Cup. During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, there were 15 lakh enthusiasts who visited the host country from all over the world.
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Landis set to lose title
Paris, August 5 No winner had never failed a doping test in the 92 previous editions of the world’s most famous road race. Meanwhile, the Phonak team has sacked Floyd Landis following the American’s positive test for the male sex hormone testosterone. “Landis will be dismissed without notice for violating the team’s internal Code of Ethics,” Phonak said in a statement. “Landis will continue to have legal options to contest the findings. However, this will be his personal affair and the Phonak team will no longer be involved in that. “Team owner Andy Rihs deeply regrets this development. At present, he is clarifying with all parties involved what consequences this may have for his company ARcycling AG, the operator of the Phonak Cycling Team.
— Reuters
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Shahnaz named Pak hockey coach
Karachi, August 5 Pakistan finished a dismal fifth in the elite six-nation tournament amidst speculation of infighting and a wild dance party on a Barcelona beach a day before the embarrassing 9-2 defeat against Holland. Newly appointed Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Akhtarul Islam, himself a silver medallist from the Munich Games, said Sheikh had been appointed until the World Cup as the federation was most likely to appoint a foreign coach for the Beijing Olympics. Another former Olympian and deep defender Nasir Ali was appointed assistant coach while 1994 World Cup gold medallist Shahid Ali Khan was retained as goalkeeping coach. Meanwhile, the PHF has named 25 probables for the World Cup training camp that begins in Abbottabad from August 8. The probables include penalty corner executioner Sohail Abbas. —
PTI
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India in final
Chennai, August 5 Malaysia took the lead in the 50th minute and two mintues India drew level to make it 2-2. A minute later, Malaysia again went ahead to make it 3-2, only to concede the equaliser in the 55th minute. India scored the winning goal in the 58th minute to romp home. Eves held
Singapore: Indian women were held to a 1-1 draw against Malaysia at the Singapore International Hockey Challenge at Delta Stadium here. Joydeep Kaur scored the 11th minute penalty corner goal after Malaysia took the lead through a fourth minute goal by Nadia Abdul Rahman, who also scored from a corner last night.
— PTI, UNI
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JCT Mills beat Punjab cops
Chandigarh, August 5 In another match played at Patiala, Bassi FC rallied to hold Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, 1-1 after conceding a goal in the first half. RCF began on a confident note and forged ahead in the 20th minute with a goal through Harvinder. However, Amandeep Batra found the equaliser for Bassi FC in the 50th minute to fetch a valuable point for his team.
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Sania-Huber crash out
New Delhi, August 5 The eighth seeds lost 2-6, 5-7 to their opponents, who will now take on the Australian-American pair of Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the semifinals.
— UNI
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Former NIS chief coach dead
Patiala, August 5 Pitambar Singh retired in 1983 from the NIS after serving the institute for more than 27 years. He is survived by two sons — former Thomas cuppers Vijay Deep Singh and Navdeep Singh — and daughter Seema, who is posted as a SAI gymnastics coach at Patiala.
— OSR
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