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Rampaging India go 5-0 up Virender Sehwag raises his bat after scoring a half century during the fifth ODI against England at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. — AFP |
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Moores under fire
Razzaq, Rana power Pakistan to win
No place for Asif in ICL: More
Ranji Trophy
Chandhok invited to
join elite British club
Phelps ‘had nothing left’ after 6th gold
Bendtner fires Gunners into last 16
Arsenal’s Nicklas Bendtner (R) takes the ball past Dynamo Kiev’s Pape Diakhate to score during their Champions League soccer match at the Emirates stadium in London on Tuesday. — Reuters
Indian men finish 16th, women 15th
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Rampaging India go 5-0 up
Cuttack, November 26 Skipper Kevin Pietersen compiled 111 not out, his seventh one-day hundred, to steer England to a solid total after being asked to bat first. England bowlers removed Tendulkar, in-form Yuvraj Singh (6) and Sehwag in the space of 20 runs before the hosts recovered to reach 273 for four in 43.4 overs. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina struck fifties and added 94 for the fourth wicket to ensure an easy win. Pietersen had shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 112 with Owais Shah (66 not out) after adding 89 for the third with Paul Collingwood (40). However, the explosive Sehwag struck his fourth fifty of the series in a 73-ball effort, scoring 15 fours and a six. The sixth one-dayer will be played in Guwahati on Saturday.
Captain Kevin Pietersen struck his seventh one-day international hundred to steer England to 270 for four in the fifth game against India on Wednesday. Pietersen compiled 111 not out and shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 112 with Owais Shah (66 not out), who scored his second successive half-century. The England skipper, batting at number three, also put on 89 for the third wicket with Paul Collingwood (40) after Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bowl first in the day-night fixture. The visitors, 4-0 down in the seven-match series, stumbled early when the recalled Alastair Cook was out for 11. Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan had Cook, replacing Ian Bell at the top of the order, caught by Sachin Tendulkar at slip as he slashed at a wide ball. Makeshift opener Ravi Bopara made 24 before he drove Zaheer straight to Yuvraj Singh at point. Pietersen and Collingwood revived the innings until the Indians struck twice in successive overs. Collingwood seemed to have finally found form after a poor run when he mistimed a heave to long-on against off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to be well caught by Zaheer. — Reuters Scoreboard England Bopara c Yuvraj b Zaheer 24 Cook c Tendulkar b Zaheer 11 Pietersen not out 111 Collingwood c Zaheer b Harbhajan 40 Flintoff c Tendulkar b Ishant 0 Shah not out 66 Extras: (lb-14, w-4): 18 Total: (for 4 wkts in 50 overs): 270 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-68, 3-157, 4-158 Bowling: Irfan Pathan 10-1-57-0, Zaheer Khan 10-1-60-2, Ishant Sharma 10-0-54-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-47-1, Yuvraj Singh 10-0-38-0. India Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 Tendulkar b Harmison 50 Yuvraj c & b Bopara 6 Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 Raina not out 53 Rohit not out 8 Extras (lb-5, w-8, nb-2) 15 Total: (For 4 wickets in 43.4 overs) 273 Fall of wickets: 1-136, 2-156, 3-156, 4-250. Bowling: Harmison 10-1-50-1, Broad 8.4-0-54-1, Flintoff 9-0-43-0, Patel 3-0-23-0, Swann 7-0-56-1, Bopara 6-1-42-1. 0. — PTI
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Moores under fire
London: Peter Moores' understanding of the game is under question and the English coach is under strong criticism for his team's poor performance against India after the visitors lost the ODI series 4-0 with three more matches still to go.
The strategies that the English team has employed in the series so far in the series have been described as medieval. ''The bubbling optimism with which he took over from Duncan Fletcher at the start of the 2007 season has vanished,'' former England cricketer and a renowned columnist Mike Selvey wrote in his column in 'The
Guardian'. Selvey further wrote that some wanted a foreign coach but the England and Wales Cricket Board
(ECB) was never going to look beyond its own system and Moores' appointment, following Fletcher's departure after a difficult winter and an abject World Cup, was not universally welcomed. After being 18 months as England coach, Moores has lost more matches than he has won and lost as many series as he has won.
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Symonds cleared, vows to be a better person
Melbourne, November 26 Symonds had a meeting with CA chief executive James Sutherland and skipper Ricky Ponting last night, after which Sutherland said that he was "totally satisfied" by the Queenslander's version of events and let him off with a final warning. "CA is totally satisfied that Andrew did not provoke that incident and when approached by the patron in question handled himself appropriately," Sutherland was quoted as saying in the 'Sydney Morning Herald'. "Whilst Andrew agrees that he should have thought twice about actually going to the hotel, his response when subsequently provoked, was restrained and mature," he added. Symonds, on his part, has apologised to his teammates at the Adelaide Oval this morning and said he regretted visiting the hotel. "I maintain that I acted appropriately while at the hotel, but I regret making the decision to visit the hotel as I realise I put myself in a compromising position," Symonds said in a statement released by CA. "I have told my teammates that I am sorry to have put them through this distraction at a time when they are trying to prepare for a Test match so soon after the Brisbane game, particularly those who were also at the hotel and were named in media reports," he added. Symonds said he was still going through counselling sessions and promised to come out as a better person. "I have been and am still going through a counselling process and I give my teammates, Cricket Australia and Australian cricket fans a commitment that I will continue the counselling work which, as I have already said publicly, is something I want to use to help me understand how and why I behave so I can be a better person," he said. "It is something I have enjoyed in the last few months, and it is something with which I am making progress, but it is a work in progress," he added. Sutherland had a word with Symonds' counsellor to find out if the embattled all-rounder was included into the playing XI too quickly and hinted that he was not happy with Symonds visiting the pub, when he knew he had some drinking problem. "Whilst it's clear that no harm has been done on this occasion, I thought it important to talk to Andrew and take advice from his professional counsellors, to understand why he could be quite open about having a problem with alcohol and then find himself in the spotlight by visiting a pub literally a few days later," Sutherland said. Symonds was so disillusioned with his off-field incidents that in desperation to play for Australia, he even offered to accept a massive pay cut of up to $ 250,000 this year. "I just want to go down to Adelaide and enjoy the cricket, you know. That's really all I want to do," he said. A word of advice from Waugh
Melbourne: Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh has a word of advice for Andrew Symonds, who was involved in a bar brawl, to change his demeanour towards the public in order to avert such controversies which has been chasing the cricketer in recent times. "My philosophy is don't look down on people who look up to you. Sometimes you are larger than life to people, they might have only seen you on TV or whatever, you have to be polite. "Most of the time the easier option is to give the person their autograph or have the picture taken. It takes longer to say no than just to oblige with a fan's request - as long as the person is respectful," Waugh was quoted as saying in the 'Daily Telegraph' today. Symonds, who has just returned to the national side after missing the India tour after his "gone-fishing" episode, allegedly picked up an altercation at a pub in Brisbane at the weekend, forcing CA to have a look into the issue. "If they aren't respectful, it can be delicate situation but you just have to back out of it before it becomes a problem. How you handle that makes the difference. If someone gets a bit aggressive you just have to shrug your shoulders and walk away," the former skipper suggested. "At the end of the day it's the individual who is responsible for their actions. We're all adults, you can't hold anyone's hand. The buck stops somewhere," he added.
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Razzaq, Rana power Pakistan to win Ahmedabad, November 26 Some lusty hittings by Razzaq (73 off 45) and Rana Naved (74 off 38) saw Pakistan through with 13 balls to spare after World XI had piled up a mammoth 188 for three in their alloted 20 overs. Chasing the target, Imran Nazir (15 off 7) started all guns blazing for Pakistan, hitting Jason Gillespie for a six in the first ball of the innings over square leg. In the very next ball, Nazir got a life when Damien Martyn dropped a skier at cover. Nazir got another life in the next over when Syed Mohammad dropped the Pakistani opener at mid-off boundary off Andre Adams to see the ball cross the ropes. One ball later, Nazir's over-agression did him in as he missed a fuller Adams delivery to see his stumps flying. Imran Farhat (12) was the next man to depart, neatly caught by Lance Klusener at mid-off off Gillespie. However, the fall of wickets had no effect on Razzaq and Rana Naved as the duo murdered the World XI bowlers to bring up 50 in four overs and 100 in 7.2 overs. Razzaq scored his fifty in 25 balls, while Rana Naved got it 23. The duo struck as many as 19 fours and four sixes between them. Rana Naved's brave innings came to an end with a stunning catch from Murray Goodwin at the point off Nantie Hayward, followed by Shaid Yousuf's run out, but it was too late by then. Earlier, openers Murray Goodwin and Damien Martyn gave World XI a rollicking start, racing to 40 in four overs. The makeshift openers tormented the pace duo of Mohammad Sami and Abdur Razaq that forced Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul Haq to enforce double bowling change in the fifth over. But that did not yield any fruitful result as the duo contnued their onslaught, dealing in sixes and fours. The Pakistanis tasted first success in the 10th over when Riaz Afridi castled Goodwin to end the 90-run opening stand. Goodwin struck eight boundaries and a six in his 31-ball 52-run innings. Next man in Andre Adams used his long handle to great effect and powered his way to 19 off 15 balls with some lusty slog hitting before Shahid Nazir wrecked his wickets.
— PTI Scoreboard ICL World Goodwin b R Afridi 52 Martyn not out 64 Adams b S Nazir 19 Klusener b Naved 24 Nixon not out 17 Extras (lb 10, w 2) 12 Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) 188 Fall of wickets: 1-90, 2-119, 3-155. Bowling: Sami 4-0-35-0, A Razzaq 4-0-40-0, S Nazir 4-0-30-1, Naved 4-0-31- 1, Arshad 2-0-27-0, R Afridi 2-0-15-1 ICL Pakistan I Nazir b Adams 15 I Farhat c Klusener b Gillespie 12 A Razzaq not out 73 Naved c Goodwin b Hayward 74 S Yousuf run out 0 H Farhat not out 12 Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5 Total (4 wickets; 17.5 overs) 191 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-38, 3-171, 4-171 Bowling: Gillespie 4-0-39-1, Adams 2- 0-22-1, Hayward 3.5-0-28-1, Klusener 2-0-30-0, Harris 2-0-25-0, S Mohammad 1-0-16-0, Hall 3-0-30-0. Players of the match: Abdul Razzaq and Naved (ICL Pakistan).
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No place for Asif in ICL: More
Ahmedabad, November 26 ICL executive board member and tournament director, Kiran More said they have no intentions of signing up the dope-tainted pacer, who seemed to have been spreading false rumours to pressurise the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Asif claimed recently that he had been offered lucrative contract by the ICL through former Pakistan skipper Moin Khan and have no option but to defect to the league since the PCB had suspended him from all forms of cricket.
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Punjab crash to 9-wicket defeat
Bhubaneswar, November 26 Punjab’s Ankur Kakkar, who resumed with 77 this morning, completed his century before being dismissed on 117, which he adorned with 15 boundaries. His 319-minute-long fighting ton helped the visitors to avert innings defeat. Punjab, starting with an overnight 256 for 5, were bundled out for 378, leaving Orissa to make 87 to win. Besides Ankur, Uday Kaul scored 71 runs before being sent back by medium pacer Basant Mohanty. The visitors failed to give any trouble to the hosts, as Orissa collected the required runs with nine wickets in their hand. Skipper Shiv Sundar Das led the way with an unbeaten 38 and also reached his personal 10,000-run mark in first class cricket. — PTI Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings): 60 Orissa (1st innings): 352 Punjab (2nd innings): Sohal lbw b DS Mohanty 2 Goel lbw b DS Mohanty 58 R Inder lbw b DS Mohanty 35 Dharmani b Dhiraj Singh 16 U Kaul c H Das b B Mohanty 71 Kohli c H Das b DS Mohanty 1 Kakkar lbw b DS Mohanty 117 M S Gony c Khatua b Dhiraj Singh 0 Gagandeep Singh not out 45 S Kaul c Behera b Dhiraj Singh 8 Ladda b B Mohanty 5 Extras (lb 5, w 3, nb 12): 20 Total (all out; 166.4 overs): 378 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-59, 3-101, 4-139, 5-141, 6-302, 7-303, 8-336, 9-354, 10-378 Bowling: D Mohanty 35-11-72-5 B Mohanty 36.4-8-82-2 S Khatua 29-7-96-0 Dhiraj Singh 53-14-108-3 N Behera 12-3-15-0 PM Mullick 1-1-0-0 Orissa (2nd innings): B Pati c Dharmani b S Kaul 33 SS Das not out 38 N Behera not out 11 Extras (lb 4, nb 1): 5 Total (1 wicket; 23.3 overs): 87 Fall of wickets: 1-48 Bowling: MS Gony 5 -2-26-0 Gagandeep Singh 10-2-22-0 S Kaul 7-2-27-1 T Kohli 1.3-0-8-0
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Chandhok invited to
join elite British club
The BRDC is the world's most elite and prestigious club with the members including the only a select few International drivers from outside of Britain. Chandhok was delighted to receive the invitation and said, ''To be a member of the BRDC is our racing equivalent of becoming a member of the MCC at Lords in Cricket or The All England Lawn Tennis club at Wimbledon,'' Chandhok said. ''I feel very proud to be the first person from my country to join the BRDC. Racing in the UK has been a huge part of my life and my career and it's a great feeling to be recognised by the people over here. ''The BRDC is based at Silverstone which is pretty much my home circuit until we get the Indian Grand Prix in 2011. I used to work here at the racing school during my F3 days and got to know more about the BRDC and appreciate how important and exclusive membership to the club is,'' he added. The entry criteria to the BRDC remains very strict with full membership offered only to those people who have attained international success over a number of seasons. The Club was inaugurated early in 1928, with 25 members and a clear set of objectives. The current president of the BRDC is the 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill.
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Phelps ‘had nothing left’ after 6th gold
New York, November 26 Phelps, who went on to break Mark Spitz's record by winning eight golds in China, discussed his performance in an interview with the CBS news show "60 Minutes," to be broadcast on Sunday. After winning the 200 individual medley, Phelps expressed his fears to coach Bob Bowman. "I got nothing left," he remembered saying to Bowman, according to an excerpt of the interview released by the network. Bowman saw it, too. "If you look at the pictures right after the (200 IM) and even when I was standing there and he was in the water, I thought, 'Wow, he is really tired right now,'" Bowman said. In the fly, Cavic was clearly ahead as the two swimmers approached the wall. The Serbian glided to the finish with his arms outstretched, while Phelps took an extra half-stroke that gave him the victory by one-hundredth of a second - the smallest possible margin. Phelps pointed to a subtle but crucial mistake by Cavic. "He's picking up his head, so it's acting like a speed bump," Phelps said, pointing to a picture of the finish. "So he's coming up and then trying to lift his head before he touches the wall. "... (Phelps' head) is in a straight streamline. So that's the difference in the race. If his head is down, he wins, hands down wins the race." After beating Cavic, Phelps teamed with three other Americans the following day to win the 400 medley relay. — AP
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Bendtner fires Gunners into last 16
London, November 26 Kiev, needing a win, should have taken advantage of an injury-hit Arsenal whose season has been coming off the rails in recent weeks with consecutive league defeats and the sacking of William Gallas as club captain. Until Bendtner’s 87th-minute goal, the visitors had enjoyed the best chances of a disappointing game with Ismael Bangoura denied by the woodwork in the first half and Artem Milevskiy shooting straight at Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia late on. Victory lifted Arsenal to 11 points with one game to play at second-placed Porto on Dec. 10 when a draw will guarantee them top spot of the group. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger recalled Gallas, who was dropped at the weekend following comments he made about the team, and the Frenchman was at the centre of the night's key moments. After receiving a good reception from the home fans he almost became the villain after 38 minutes when he gifted the ball to Kiev dangerman Bangoura who curled a shot against the near post when a pass to a team mate would have been the better option. Gallas had a goal disallowed on the stroke of halftime when he prodded past Kiev keeper Stanislav Bogush but was ruled offside. Early in the second half he prevented a certain goal for team mate Robin van Persie when he inadvertently blocked the Dutchman’s shot in the six-yard area.
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Indian men finish 16th, women 15th
Dresden, November 26 While Harikrishna and Ganguly pushed the team towards the victory, getting the better of Luboimir Ftacnik and Tomas Petrik respectively, Krishnan Sasikiran and G N Gopal played out draws. However, all the Indian men except for Sandipan Chanda showed some excellent skills to raise their rating from their outing here and the overall performance of a joint 12th finish after starting as seeded 13th is better than last time when they finished 30th after starting out as the second seeds. The Indian women would have finished better but D Harika’s miscalculation in the final round game against Elina Sedina forced her to the backfoot.
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Indians eves rule the ring Ningbo City, November 26 Indian pugilists continued their fine show in the World Women's Boxing Championship with four out of five, who took the ring today, winning their quarterfinal bouts to secure at least four medals for the country. Three-time and reigning champion Mary Kom (46kg) led the charge on the fifth day of the championship today with Chottu Loura (50kg), L Sarita (52kg), and N Usha (57kg) following suit by emerging victorious in their quarterfinal bouts. However, Sushma Kumari (54kg) lost her last eight bout narrowly to deny the Indians a clean slate today. Mary Kom shunned risk against Chinese Xiao Guan and the defending champion Indian led 1-0 and 3-0 in the first two rounds to emerge 4-0 victorious after three rounds in the low-scoring quarterfinal bout. Chottu Laura quelled the challenge of Nave Virginie of France with a 4-1 win before N Usha and L Sarita brought up virtuoso performances.
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batsmen led by a sizzling Sehwag overhaul the target with more than six overs to spare
A fiery fourth-wicket partnership of 83 runs between Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved-ul Hassan, helped by butter-fingered World XI fielders, powered ICL Pakistan to a convincing six-wicket win in their do-or-die league match of the 20s World series here tonight.
After winning his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps feared he wouldn't be strong enough to win his seventh. But a mistake by Serbian rival Milorad Cavic allowed Phelps to pull out an improbable win in the 100-meter butterfly.
Phelps, who went on to break Mark Spitz's record by winning eight golds in China, discussed his performance in an interview with the CBS news show "60 Minutes," to be broadcast on Sunday.
Arsenal edged into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a game to spare after an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev at the Emirates. Substitute Nicklas Bendtner struck three minutes from time to keep Arsenal top of Group G and eliminate Kiev who ended with 10 men after midfielder Olexandr Aliyev lost his cool in the final minutes and pushed referee Alain
Hamer.
Silverstone, November 26