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Appoint Misbah as captain, says Butt
Armstrong ends international cycling career
Federer in quarters
Anand slips to second
Bent dents City’s chances
Lyallpur Khalsa enter semis
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Centurion, January 23 Pathan slammed 8 fours and 8 sixes in his hurricane knock of 105 to make a match out of the decisive game, after India had slumped to 119 for 8. Earlier, India made a stunning comeback after a rain break to take six South African wickets for only 24 runs as they restrict South Africa to 250 for nine in 46 with Hashim Amla hitting an unbeaten 116. The momentum at which the Proteas were scoring after they were put into bat was hit badly due to the untimely break due to rain in the 42nd over. However, India need 268 to win in 46 overs under Duckworth-Lewis rule and clinch the series. Amla once again proved to be India's nemesis as he scored another century to guide South Africa to a decent total at the Supersport Park here. The Indian pace duo of Munaf Patel (3/50) and Zaheer Khan (2/47) regrouped well to bowl an immaculate line at the death after the match was reduced to a 46-over-a-side affair due to a rain interruption. From 226 for three in 42 overs at the rain break, South Africa lost six wickets to end their innings at 250 for nine. It was Amla's seventh ODI century in his 42nd appearance. Interestingly, Amla started the Test series before the one-dayers with a century and has now finished the ODI series with a three figure mark — both at the same venue. Amla's century came off 113 deliveries with nine boundaries. The highlight of his innings was the number of singles and twos he ran. His century came when he played a delicate late cut of a Suresh Raina delivery to guide the ball to third man boundary. The only glitch in an otherwise flawless innings was the reprieve he got when he was batting on 70. Amla hit a pull shot as part-time off-spinner Rohit Sharma dropped one short. The catch that flew towards square leg was dropped by 12th man Ravichandran Ashwin. The foundation of the South African innings were the two solid partnership --- the first one being a 97-run stand between Amla and Morne Van Wyk (56 from 63 balls) who put on 97 runs for the second wicket in 19.5 overs. The second one was between Amla and Jean-Paul Duminy (35 from 44 balls) who added 102 for the fourth wicket before Duminy perished trying to hit Munaf Patel over mid-wicket. Earlier, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to field on a wicket which didn't have much for the seamers.
— PTI Scoreboard South Africa Smith c Yusuf b Zaheer 7 Amla not out 116 van Wyk c & b Yuvraj 56 de Villiers st Dhoni b Yuvraj 11 Duminy c & b Munaf 35 du Plessis b Munaf 8 Botha c Dhoni b Munaf 2 Peterson b Zaheer 4 Steyn run out 0 Morkel run out 0 Tsotsobe not out 0 Extras (lb 6, w 5) 11 Total (9 wickets; 46 overs) 250 Bowling: Zaheer 9-1-47-2, Munaf 8-0-50-3, Chawla 7-0-32-0, Harbhajan 8-0-33-0, Yusuf 2-0-10-0, Yuvraj 8-0-45-2, Rohit 2-0-14-0, Raina 2-0-13-0. India Parthiv c du Plessis b Morkel 38 Rohit b Tsotsobe 5 Kohli c de Villiers b Morkel 2 Dhoni c Smith b Morkel 5 Yuvraj c Duminy b Steyn 8 Raina c Morkel b Steyn 11 Yusuf c du Plessis b Morkel 105 Harbhajan c Duminy b Botha 13 Chawla b Peterson 8 Zaheer c Morkel b Tsotsobe 24 Munaf not out 4 Extras (lb 2, w 7, nb 2) 11 Total (all out; 40.2 overs) 234 Bowling: Steyn 9-1-32-2, Tsotsobe 7.2-0-57-2, Morkel 8-0-52-4, Botha 8-0-33-1, Peterson 7-0-45-1, du Plessis 1-0-13-0. |
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Sydney, January 23 The home side take a 3-0 lead in the seven-match series, in which England are seeking a sixth consecutive ODI series win. The English total, which was anchored by Jonathan Trott's unbeaten 84, never looked enough, but Australia's top-order woes again opened the door to the tourists, as they slumped to 100-5. While Brad Haddin made a half-century before throwing his wicket away to part-time seamer Paul Collingwood (2-25), Australian captain Michael Clarke's poor run continued after he made just nine. It was left to Hussey to steer the chase, making an unbeaten 68 from 89 balls, with support from Steve Smith (26) and John Hastings (18 not out). Man-of-the-match Brett Lee (3-27) said Australia had turned the corner after a tough summer, including the 3-1 Ashes loss. “Collectively as a side we're playing very well,” Lee said. “Everyone chipped in, we bowled well, we were good in the field, and I think in the last three games we've shown we've improved in every facet of the game. Trott provided England's only innings of substance, as they attempted to avoid a third successive defeat after losses in Melbourne and Hobart.. — AFP
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Appoint Misbah as captain, says Butt
"This is more or less the same team that plays in Tests and one-day matches. But when they played recently in the Tests they looked like a different side and when they are playing 50-overs cricket it appears as if they don't know what direction to take," Butt told the 'News One' channel. "Misbah is the ideal man to lead Pakistan in the World Cup. He is a born captain and an ideal leader. The best part about him is that he is composed and leads by example," said Butt. Toughest phase of my life: Malik
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has admitted that he is passing through the toughest phase of his life after being ignored by the national selectors for the ICC World Cup next month. Malik, who failed to make it to the national squad despite finishing among the top performers in the domestic Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with four centuries, said, "It has not been a easy time for me in the last few months." "It is a tough phase and being ignored for the World Cup without any creditable reason has been very disappointing," Malik said in an interview. ‘Cup not beyond NZ’
Wellington: Former New Zealand opener Mark Richardson believes that winning this year's World Cup in India is not beyond the reach of the Black Caps. In an article for the New Zealand Herald, Richardson said that if skipper Daniel Vettori achieved the title, he would be rated as one of the greats of the game, but right now, at the conclusion of his test reign, was uninspiring. On New Zealand's chances of winning the World Cup under Vettori, Richardson said: "He sure can. The World Cup will be won by boundary hitting and attacking slow bowling through the middle overs. In our team those are two boxes I can tick." — Agencies |
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Armstrong ends international cycling career
Adelaide, January 23 Armstrong won no stages in the six-stage event, finishing outside the race's top 50 and almost six minutes behind 23-year-old race champion Cameron Meyer of Australia. The 39-year-old American is still contracted to the RadioShack team, for whom he is scheduled to race in a number of multi-sport events. Armstrong's participation in mountain bike races or triathlons could be determined, however, by the outcome of a federal probe launched following allegations that he doped regularly while racing with US Postal in 1999-2004. Armstrong said last October that the Tour Down Under, where he launched his second comeback to the sport in 2009 — having retired after his seventh Tour de France win in 2005 — would be his final international race. “I’m excited to be competing in my last professional ride outside the US at the Tour Down Under," Armstrong said in a statement on October 24. It will be my third time to the event and I'm sure I will enjoy it as much as I have the first two times.” 'Armstrong may be symbol of corruption'Wellington: American racing cyclist Lance Armstrong's former bike mechanic and personal assistant believes the seven-time Tour de France champion is in danger of becoming a permanent “symbol for decades of corruption”. Mike Anderson has predicted a bleak future for Armstrong despite his vehement and continual protests that he has not used performance-enhancing drugs during his celebrated career. Anderson had moved to Wellington after falling out and settling a lawsuit with Armstrong, and his testimony in that case has been seized upon by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). — ANI Armstrong has been criticized for working with controversial trainer Michele Ferrari. In 2004, reporters Pierre Ballester and David Walsh published a book alleging Armstrong had used performance-enhancing drugs (L. A. Confidentiel - Les secrets de Lance Armstrong). On March 31, 2005, Mike Anderson, who worked for Armstrong for two years as a personal assistant, claimed that he discovered a box of androstenone while cleaning a bathroom in Armstrong's apartment in Girona, Spain. On August 23, 2005, a French daily reported that 6 urine samples taken from the cyclist during the prologue and five stages of the 1999 Tour de France had tested positive for erythropoietin. In June 2006, French newspaper Le Monde reported claims by Betsy and Frankie Andreu during a deposition that Armstrong had admitted using performance-enhancing drugs to his physician just after brain surgery in 1996. On May 20, 2010, former U.S. Postal teammate Floyd Landis accused Armstrong of doping in 2002 and 2003.
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Melbourne, January 23 Federer has reached the quarterfinals for 27 consecutive majors since his third-round exit in the 2004 French Open, equaling Connors' Open-era record. The 16-time Grand Slam winner didn't concede a point on his serve in the first set, but had a lapse in the second when Robredo's serve was dominant and he took a set off Federer for only the third time in 10 matches. "I was struggling with my return, I couldn't get the balls into play I wanted to," Federer said. "I didn't have the best of games at 4-3 down, we don't have much margin at the very top and it shows." Federer regained control in the third set and dominated after getting an early break to lead 2-0. "It's a lot of hard work. I'm sweating bullets right now," he said. "I'm excited to be in the next round." Federer, aiming to be only the second man to win five Australian Open titles, will play either Andy Roddick or 19th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the quarterfinals. Roddick and Wawrinka play their fourth-round match tonight.
Number 3-ranked Djokovic is aiming for his second Australian crown. The 2008 champion advanced to the quarterfinals for the 13th time in the last 15 majors with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 win over No. 14 Nicolas Almagro and will next play 2010 Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych, who beat Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anastasija Sevastova and is just one victory from ensuring she'll retain the top ranking. The 20-year-old Dane, playing her first major as world No. 1, reached the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park for the first time. She can keep her top ranking with an appearance in the semis. The questions about Wozniacki's worthiness of the top ranking are starting to diminish. Asked which player she feared most, she said: "I don't fear anyone actually. I'm feeling confident. I feel like I can beat anyone on a good day. I think they have to fear me when they're playing me," she said. "I just go out there and do my best. If they're better than me that day, it's just too good." — AP Rafael Nadal's health issue
World number one Rafael Nadal says he will have to improve if he is to win his fourth straight Grand Slam title as doubts persist about the state of his health at the Australian Open. Australian prodigy Bernard Tomic made the Spanish top seed sweat as he took two-and-a-half hours in an intense three-setter to get through to the fourth round late Saturday. Nadal worked himself hard as he struggled at times against the 18-year-old Tomic, ranked 199, but with a buoyant future beckoning. "I didn't play well. I played short. My movement wasn't the best. The position on court wasn't the best neither," Nadal said. The nine-time Grand Slam champion said he was satisfied with his fighting spirit, especially when Tomic got a double break to lead 4-0 early in the second set before Nadal reeled him in. "The positive thing was that the attitude was good all the time," he said.
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Wijk Aan Zee, January 23 With six rounds still to come, Nakamura is well in front on 5.5 points, a half point clear of Anand and a full point ahead of Levon Aronian of Armenia and Vladmirik Kramnik of Russia who both ended on the winning side in this round. Aronian had a tough game against Alexander Grischuk of Russian in which the former came out with flying colours while Kramnik capitalised on superior opening preparation once again to beat young Dutch Anish Giri. Playing the Sicilian Najdorf that gave him a fine victory against Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine earlier in the tournament, Anand faced a rather harmless setup by Carlsen. The Norwegian went for fianchetto of the King's Bishop generally regarded as a positional manoeuvre aimed at causing the damage on the queen side. Anand, however, was well armed as the pace of his moves showed and it was Carlsen in fact who took more time despite coming up with the 'opening surprise'. The Indian ace parted with his Bishop for a Knight on the 11th move and seized the center with two pawns getting adequate play. Carlsen could not find anything better than trading the queens and reaching a level endgames a few moves later. The game lasted just 18 moves. Foregoing a post-mortem, Carlsen quickly left the tournament hall after the game. — PTI
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London, January 23 Spain striker Fernando Torres reproduced his old clinical finishing, which has been largely missing this season, with two goals as a rejuvenated Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 at Molineux. That gave interim manager Kenny Dalglish, a lethal scorer in his day too, his first win in his second spell as Liverpool boss. Berbatov's hat-trick - his third of the season - spearheaded unbeaten United to a 5-0 win over Birmingham City at Old Trafford while Van Persie's treble gave Arsenal a 3-0 triumph over Wigan Athletic at the Emirates Stadium where the Dutchman also missed a penalty. United have 48 points from 22 games, two points ahead of Arsenal who have played one match more than the leaders. Manchester City slipped from second to third on 45 points having played 24 games. Bent, who joined Villa from Sunderland this week for £18 million, found City's net after 18 minutes for the only goal of the game at Villa Park, pouncing on a poor flap from goalkeeper Joe Hart. Champions Chelsea, who have 38 points from 22 matches, will get the chance to close the gap on the leading trio when they travel to Bolton Wanderers on Monday. It took Berbatov two minutes to find the net at Old Trafford, heading in from point-blank range as United took a grip of a game they never relinquished. The Bulgarian, who has scored three against Liverpool and five against Blackburn Rovers this season, was on target again after 31 and 53 minutes to take his league tally to 17 goals. Berbatov also played a part in Ryan Giggs's goal just before halftime. Nani added the fifth after 76 minutes. "I was delighted we got a good start, that puts the other team under a lot of pressure. They have a plan and then they have to change it," United manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports. — Reuters
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Lyallpur Khalsa enter semis
Jalandhar, January 23 Earlier in the day, Lyallpur Khalsa opened their account in the 5th minute when Gagandeep Singh scored. Ritesh and Kulbir posted field goals in the 11th and 13th minute of the game, respectively. For Springdale Senior School, the lone goal came from the stick of Lakhbir Singh in the 12th minute.
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