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Praveen fined for arguing with umpire
Attack is the best defence for Broad
Stuart Broad
GCW script easy victory
Boos motivated me: Sreesanth
Vettel takes Hungary pole
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel celebrates in the parc ferme (top) and drives (below) at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest on Saturday. — AFP
Evans aiming at both Tour and 2012 Olympics
Bolt defies wind to blaze to victory
Dravid has equalled Sunil Gavaskar in number of Test centuries scored.
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Nottingham, July 30
Tendulkar left in the first over after lunch when he flashed at a Stuart Broad outswinger and edged a comfortable waist-high catch to Andrew Strauss at first slip. Raina once delightfully drove Anderson through the covers for four but was generally uncomfortable against short ball before he slashed at a wide delivery from the bowler to Eoin Morgan at point. Raina managed only 12. Yuvraj and India, had a slice of luck when the batsman steered a Broad delivery straight into the hands of Kevin Pietersen at point but the fielder let go off the chance. He was batting on four and India were 144 for four. Yuvraj rode his luck well, once smacking Broad over point and then cover driving Anderson when the bowler overpitched one of his deliveries. Graeme Swann, who was off the field after being hit on his fingers while batting yesterday, came on to bowl in the 57th over and the two batsmen attacked him straightaway. Dravid once slog swept him for a four and Yuvraj followed it up with a flicked and straight driven four in the same over. Swann was kept on four eight overs as England wanted its faster bowlers to be fresh for the second new ball but his eight overs cost 44 runs and helped India greatly in their quest. Dravid has so far batted for 302 minutes and hit 11 boundaries from 195 balls for his 83 runs. Yuvraj has batted for 85 minutes and hit seven fours from 75 balls. England also had concern when Jonathan Trott appeared to have hurt his right shoulder while tumbling to stop a shot from Dravid in the afternoon session. — PTI Scoreboard England 1st innings 221
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Praveen fined for arguing with umpire
Nottingham, July 30 After conclusion of the first day's play yesterday, Praveen admitted the offence and accepted the proposed sanction offered to him by ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle. The charge had been laid by on-field umpires Asad Rauf and Marais Erasmus and third umpire Billy Bowden as well as fourth umpire Tim Robinson. The charge relates to an incident at the end of the 18th over of the day during which Praveen had an LBW appeal against England Kevin Pietersen turned down and at the end of the over he then engaged in a debate with umpire Erasmus about the decision. Trott doubtful
A shoulder injury suffered while fielding has put a question mark over England batsman Jonathan Trott's participation in the remainder of the second Test against India here. Trott, also an occasional medium pacer, fell after lunch when diving at mid-off in an attempt to stop Rahul Dravid from scoring a run. An England statement said he would not field again on the second day. The 30-year-old South Africa-born Trott, visibly in pain, needed several minutes' on-field treatment before he walked off the field. "Jonathan Trott to undergo a scan later today (Saturday)/this evening on left shoulder to determine his participation in the rest of the Test. He won't field again today," an England statement said. — PTI |
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Attack is the best defence for Broad
Nottingham, July 30 "We decided to grab the momentum back with our natural game. We decided to hit it if it was in my area. If there was a sort of width, I was going to throw my hands at it," he said. "It was still swinging but we wanted to throw their bowlers off their line and length. That was our tactics and it paid off for us." Broad, who top-scored with a vital 64, said the home team bowlers would be hoping to make some early inroads into the Indian batting line up on a seamer-friendly Trent Bridge wicket here tomorrow. The Indian pace trio of Praveen Kumar (3/45), Ishant Sharma (3/66) and S Sreesanth (3/77) exploited the seaming conditions to perfection throughout the day. In reply, the visitors also lost opener Abhinav Mukund in the very first ball of the innings to James Anderson and Broad said the English bowlers would be looking forward to some early wickets in the first session tomorrow. "We were hoping for another wicket, we beat the bat enough. There were plays and misses which could have been nicked. But the bowlers are champing a bit to get in tomorrow and get some nicks," Broad said. "The good thing was that we didn't chase wicket (this evening). We held it tight. We need to make early inroads in the first session tomorrow as it generally swings here in the morning," Broad added. "It always swings in here but there is also bounce in the track. There is enough in it for the bowlers. The way Graeme Swann was out (ball rearing up at him), is actually a lot of encouragement for us," he said. "Even if its' sunshine here, it would still swing. It is not like Lord's. May be it would just swing enough to get edges and not (swing) quite a lot for plays and misses. So it's positive even if its sunny," Broad added. — PTI
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GCW script easy victory
Anil Datt
Ludhiana, July 30 In another match (senior women), Toronto Academy trounced Sangrur 38-8 after leading 27-7 at the end of second quarter. The main architect of Patiala's win was Priya who netted 9 points. In the third match of the senior women's section, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur fought valiantly before going down 28-46 against Amritsar. The winners were trailing by one point (17-18) at half time. Mamta accounted for 13 points that paved the way for Amritsar to clinch the issue. Sangrur district had a dismal day today as they suffered second defeat in the senior women's section when they lost to Amritsar 16-56. Jagroop Kaur scored 19 points for the winners. In the senior men's section, PSEB Patiala defeated Ropar 58-36; DMW while Patiala outclassed Gymkhana Club, Ludhiana 62-35. In the boy's u-16 group, Nav Bharti Public School, Delhi Public School, Ludhiana and Guru Nanak International Public School, Ludhiana recorded victories to make their presence felt. Nav Bharti Public School drubbed KVM, Civil Lines, Ludhiana 95-11; Delhi Public School outplayed Green Land School 24-12 and Guru Nanak International Public School managed to sneak past BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh Roa branch 31-30. In the boy's under 18 category, Delhi Public School, Ludhiana beat KVM, Civil Lines, Ludhiana 31-15; Nav Bharti Public School outnumbered Green Land Public School 60-0; Amritsar prevailed over Patiala 76-74 and Gurdaspur beat Khanna 58-39. Earlier, Dr SS Chauhan, Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana inaugurated the league.
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Nottingham, July 30 At that time he had already dismissed Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen and went on to add the wicket of Matt Prior despite repeated chants of 'cheat'.. 'cheat' from the crowd. Seesanth (3/77) has made a comeback to the Test team in place of injured Zaheer Khan and wreaked havoc with his pace colleagues Praveen Kumar (3/45) and Ishant Sharma (3/66) in the cloudy conditions as India bowled England out for 221. "You leave me alone and I might do something else but when you say I can't do it, I do my very best, indeed better than the best. Thanks to them (crowd) for cheering me up," said the fiery right-arm pacer. Sreesanth credit his stint with Warwickshire last year for his improvement as a fast bowler. "Those four months with Warwickshire really helped me. (Warwickshire coach) Allan Donald worked with me. I used to try and do a lot of things. I used to bowl out-swingers but he taught me to bring the ball in. A few little things like where to bowl, how to bowl, observe the stance of a batsman. Those 3-4 months in county cricket surely helped me," he said. — PTI
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Vettel takes Hungary pole
Budapest, July 30 The German had failed to win the last two races but made sure Red Bull snapped up their 11th pole in 11 races this season, and 12th in a row, with his eighth of the campaign and 23rd of his career. Australian team mate Mark Webber, second in the championship but a massive 77 points behind Vettel, qualified down in sixth place. "I felt much more comfortable this morning," Vettel said. "I'm very pleased with the result. We changed a lot on the car overnight. The boys were working pretty hard and didn't get much sleep. I've got the confidence back." McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who won in Germany last Sunday when Red Bull's dominance from the first half of the season continued to ebb away, was quickest early on in the final session, but had to settle for second on the grid after Vettel's flying last lap. "Still I think it is a great achieivement for us. Today they seemed to pick up a bit of pace," said the Briton, twice a winner at the Hungaroring. Hamilton's team mate Jenson Button was third on the grid for his 200th grand prix but double world champion Fernando Alonso could only manage fifth for Ferrari behind team mate Felipe Massa. Spaniard Alonso, who turned 30 on Friday, appeared to be heading for pole on his final lap, but again lost time in the final sector as he feared. It was the first time this year that Massa had outqualified the Spaniard. Vettel took pole in Budapest last year also, when Webber won, but Red Bull had not been sounding confident in the run-up to this race after their recent mini-blip. The sun had shone for the day's final practice where Vettel topped the timesheets. However, the overcast conditions from Friday, when Hamilton was twice quickest, returned during qualifying. The forecast for Sunday's race is mixed. — Reuters Hungarian GP qualifying results 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:19.815 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:19.978 3. Jenson Button McLaren 1:20.024 |
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Evans aiming at both Tour and 2012 Olympics
Belgium, July 30 "At this point of time, we are working towards the Tour de France in 2012," Evans, 34, said. "Conveniently or inconveniently, depending which way you look at it and for me, in the past it has been fine. We go to the Olympics just after the Tour de France in 2012. "So we are planning to be competitive at both. Where it goes on with selections and so on, directions and teammates, it's not up to me right now, but we will be there." Evans, the first Australian to win the Tour de France that finished last Sunday, added, "It brings more attention than any other race or success I had before. Now that it has happened, I don't know if I can quite realise it yet. It's certainly one thing, one box I had unticked." — Reuters
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Bolt defies wind to blaze to victory
Stockholm, July 30
In his final race before he heads to Daegu, South Korea, next month to defend his 100 and 200 world titles, the Jamaican fell well short of his season's best of 19.86 set in the rain in Oslo last month. Running into a headwind of 1.2 metres, Bolt led almost from the start, cruising comfortably into the curve and powering home after suffering defeats over 100 metres in his only two previous races in Stockholm. "It gives me a reason to come back next year," the Olympic 100 and 200 champion told reporters. — Reuters
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Frustrated by how we played: Dravid
Nottingham, July 30 Dravid (117) notched up his 34th century to equal Sunil Gavaskar's record but India lost six wickets for a mere 21 runs to be all out for 288 in their first innings and Dravid rued that India had let slipped the chance to take control of the Test. "It was sort of frustrating at the way we played. Look we were 267 for four but were reduced to 273 for eight," said Dravid who became the joint highest Indian century maker in Test cricket with Gavaskar. "It was not easy for the guys though. The pitch was difficult to bat and the guys tried their best. We need to pull our socks and come up with some strong performance in the remaining three days," he said. Dravid batted for more than six hours at the middle to anchor the Indian innings but said he was "pleasantly weary" after his performance. "It was tough conditions out there. It was a hot day. I had slight cramps towards the end of my innings. But I would say I am not tired but pleasantly weary," said the 38-year-old Indian batting mainstay. "At the back of my mind, I think there is a lot of play left in the Test. We need strong performance in the remaining three days," he said. Dravid equals Gavaskar's record Senior batsman Rahul Dravid today struck his 34th Test century to draw level with Sunil Gavaskar and become the joint second highest century maker from India on the second day of the second Test against England here. Playing his 155th Test, Dravid achieved the landmark when he paddle-swept off-spinner Graeme Swann to the fine leg boundary at Trent Bridge here. The 38-year-old batsman, opening the batting in place of the injured Gautam Gambhir, celebrated the milestone by raising his bat to the dressing room where his team-mates and support staff applauded his feat. Sachin Tendulkar leads the all-time list of Test century makers with 51 tons. Thanks to his solid knock, Dravid now sits joint fifth along with West Indian great Brian Lara on the all-time list of most Test century makers. Dravid, who signalled his arrival on the international scene with a classy 96 at Lord's way back in 1996, had recorded his 33rd ton in the previous Test against England at the same venue last week. Dravid also got to the three-figure mark during the Indian team's tour of the West Indies recently. Dravid, who came into this match with 12453 runs from 154 Tests at an average of 52.76, stands second on the all-time list of highest run-getters in this form of the game behind Sachin Tendulkar. — PTI
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Rahul Dravid stood firm as India are only seven runs shy of taking first innings lead against England having scored 215 for four at tea on the second day of the second Test match at Trent Bridge. England scored 221 in their first essay.
After his century at Lord's. Dravid brought on all his years of experience to remain unconquered on 83 and put on 76 runs for the fifth wicket with comeback man Yuvraj Singh looking good on 43.
Nottingham, July 30
Indian paceman S Sreesanth has the English crowd to thank for his sparkling performance in the first England innings with the temperamental bowler saying that the boos he got from the spectators fired him up.
Sreesanth, while bowling in his second spell, irked the crowd when he claimed to have caught Ian Bell but actually the ball had landed in his hand after one bounce.
Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel roared back to form with pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday after his Red Bull mechanics worked through the night to get his car up to speed.
After his century at Lord's. Dravid brought on all his years of experience to remain unconquered on 83 and put on 76 runs for the fifth wicket with comeback man Yuvraj Singh looking good on 43. India however lost Sachin Tendulkar (16) and Suresh Raina (12) during the session as they departed in quick succession while England were looking to claw their way back into the game.
