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Half-fit Brett Lee likely to get the
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Erratic India manage to
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8 Samaranch admitted
to hospital Baichung Bhutia to lead Indian team
North Central Zone start with 3-0
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Jayasuriya leads Lanka to win
Colombo, July 18 Defending a modest 220, Sri Lankan’s seamers reduced New Zealand to three for two and then 100 for five before Chris Harris raised hopes of victory with 48 runs, including six fours. But once he was caught in the deep by Suresh Perera as he gave Jayasuriya the charge, New Zealand, who were given a one-over penalty due to their slow bowling rate, were struggling at 157 for six with an asking rate of over seven and nearly all their frontline batsmen gone. They finally finished at 204 for nine from 49 overs, with Adam Parore unbeaten on 51 from 84 deliveries. Earlier, Jayasuriya top-scored with 80 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 220 in the 49th over. None of the other batsmen managed to make a significant score on a slow wicket, and extras were the second-highest contributor with 29. Matthew Sinclair was the second batsman to be out, duped by a Suresh Perera delivery to be trapped leg before for one with no addition to the total. Reduced to 3 for two in the very second over, New Zealand knew the task was going to be very difficult on the slow wicket but kept the scoreboard ticking in order not to allow pressure to build up on them. But Sri Lanka, who fumbled and stumbled before managing to put up a respectable total, mainly due to the 80-run knock by skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, used their bowling resources to the full to stifle the Kiwi challenge and not allow them to build up big partnerships. Despite the quick loss of the first two wickets, New Zealand raced to 76 by the end of the first 15 overs but not before losing two more important wickets. Skipper Stephen Fleming was suicidal as he tried to loft a Dilhara Fernando delivery, ending up holing out to Perera when on 21. It was a major blow from which the Kiwis never really recovered. Craig McMillan was caught by ‘keeper Romesh Kaluwitharna off Fernando in the 12th over to reduce the visitors to 61 for four. Muralitharan then got rid of Lou Vincent for 25 and, at 100 for 5, New Zealand knew the task was not going to be easy against the quality Sri Lankan bowling. What New Zealand needed at that moment was a batsman of the calibre of Chris Cairns to take on the sheet anchor role while building up big partnerships. Chris Harris tried to do that, going on to make 50 which contained some lusty sweep shots and six fours but could not resist the urge to go for the big one when there wasn’t any. He holed out to Perera, who had earlier played a cameo knock of 19 off 20 balls, off Jayasuriya to virtually dash New Zealand’s hopes. Scoreboard Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya c Oram b Vettori 80 Gunawardene c
Vettori b Tuffey 13 Atapattu c Harris b Vettori 22 Jayawardene c
McMillan b Harris 14 Arnold lbw b Harris 9 Kaluwithrana run out 14 Dharmasena run out 9 Perera c Sinclair b McMillan 19 Vaas c Fleming b Mills 4 Murali c Vincent b Oram 6 Fernando not out 1 Extras: (b-1 lb-7 nb-12 w-9) 29 Total: (in 48.5 overs) 220 Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-95, 3-124, 4-145, 5-170, 6-187, 7-187, 8-197, 9-217. Bowling:
Tuffey 8-1-40-1, Mills 10-1-41-1, Oram 9-0-41-1, Vettori 10-0-42-2, Harris 10-0-42-2, Astle 1-0-4-0, McMillan 0.5-0-2-1. New Zealand: Sinclair lbw b Perera 1 Astle b Vaas 2 Fleming c Perera n Fernando 21 McMillan c Kalu b Fernando 20 Vincent b Murali 25 Harris c Perera b Jayasuriya 50 Parore not out 51 Oram run out 6 Vettori c Kalu b Murali 3 Mills b Dharmasena 2 Tuffey not out 6 Extras (lb-8, w-6, nb-3) 17 Total (for 9 wkts, 49 overs) 204 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-3, 3-43, 4-61, 5-100, 6-157, 7-170, 8-174, 9-186. Bowling:
Vaas 7-0-37-1, Perera 3-1-18-1, Fernando 6-0-28-2, Muralitharan 10-1-36-2, Dharmasena 10-1-30-1, Jayasuriya 10-0-32-1, Arnold 3-0-15-0.PTI,
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Ganguly’s
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India win
Colombo, July 18 Turning the game around after the visitors were reduced to 163 for six, Ganguly smashed an unbeaten 74 off 58 balls, peppered by five sixes, to see India home in the company of Reetinder Sodhi with an unbroken 84 runs stand for the eighth wicket. Sodhi too carted a couple of sixes in the quickfire endgame that saw India making the last 28 runs off 15 balls. Sri Lanka ‘A’ had earlier set India a challenging target of 262, despite left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan returning impressive figures of four for 40.
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Hairline fracture rules Tendulkar
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Mumbai, July 18 Sachin, who addressed mediapersons at a hurriedly called press conference at his residence in suburban Bandra here this evening, said he came to know about the fracture in the afternoon after undergoing a CT-scan in a city hospital. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian team in Sri Lanka would be informed the nature of his injury by tonight, he said. He said it would take atleast two to three weeks for the fracture to heal. However, he was confident of playing the Test series in Lanka, which would follow the triangular one-day series. Speculation about Sachin’s injury had been rife after the Chairman of selectors Chandu Borde announced on July 9 that the ace batsman has pulled out of the preliminary matches in the triangular one-day series due to an injury. Sachin today cleared the air by stating that he did not want to speak earlier since he himself was not sure about the extent of his injury. “Now that I have come to know the exact nature of my injury, I want to tell you all that it is a hairline fracture on my right toe,” he revealed. Sachin said he had felt pain in the match against the West Indies on July 4 in Zimbabwe and again in the next match. I immediately informed the physio Andrew Leipus and had a x-ray done which showed nothing. We also consulted a specialist who also ruled out a fracture and said he might still feel some pain and will require some rest. “However, since the final was such a crucial match, I played that match,” he recalled adding that when he returned home, he had a bone scan done yesterday after which he was was told to undergo a scan which diagnosed the injury as a hairline fracture to the right toe. “It is disappointing that I can not go and play, but then I have been advised rest,” Sachin said and added “I will have to keep monitoring my injury. These things sometimes heal faster and the doctors have told me to keep applying ice-packs, other than that nothing”, Sachin added.
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Zimbabwe can win series: Streak Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), July 18 Zimbabwe are coming off the back of a morale-boosting victory over India in Harare last month which levelled that two-Test series 1-1. And although they will be playing a Test for the first time without wicketkeeper and batsman Andy Flower, Streak is extremely confident. “Barring injuries I think we have got an extremely good chance,” Streak told Reuters today. “Should we execute our game plan and play to the best of our ability I think there’s certainly a good opportunity for us to win.” Although the West Indies batsmen have all been in the runs already on the tour, Streak pointed out that their bowlers were not nearly as intimidating a prospect as they have been in the past.
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Half-fit Brett Lee likely to get the nod London, July 18 The 24-year-old fast bowler took just two wickets in Australia’s first Test win at Edgbaston and bowled 33 balls during yesterday’s training before skipper Steve Waugh said he thought Lee was ready to play. Lee, who has been hindered by rib, back and elbow injuries, has played just two first class matches and five limited-overs tri-nations games on this tour. Damien Fleming, who took eight wickets in a tour match against Somerset, was favourite to be elevated to the final 11 until Waugh made his prediction on Lee’s condition. Lee “takes wickets in Test matches. All the indications are he’s likely to play,” Waugh said, adding that a final decision on Lee’s fitness rested with team physiotherapist Errol Alcott. “If Errol gives him the all clear, then I expect him to do as much bowling as he’s got to in a five-day game.” England appeared to be in disarray after losing the series opener by an innings and 118 runs. Michael Atherton will lead the England lineup in the absence of the injured Nasser Hussain, who broke his finger in the first Test. The home side has been strengthened by the availability of batsman Graham Thorpe and the recall of Mark Ramprakash. “England are under pressure, they’re under siege with what’s going on,” Waugh said. “We’ll just do what we’ve got to do — that’s prepare well and play better than we did in the first Test. If England are going to beat us, they’ll have to play very well.” England has not beaten Australia at Lord’s since 1934, with Australia winning 11 of the 12 Ashes Tests at the home of cricket in the 20th century. “We’ve got everything to play for, playing at Lord’s, 1-0 up against England and we’ve got them down in the first Test so if we can continue that, they’re going to be in trouble,” Waugh said “I think England will be a bit more fired up this time. They realise they probably should play better here. “I think we’ve only lost once here but you really can’t worry too much about history. You’ve got to create your own.” Australia are expected to name an unchanged side after openers — Matthew Hayden (right knee) and Michael Slater (left wrist) — recovered from their respective injuries. Atherton has urged the England team to show more character. Against the world No. 1 at Edgbaston, England showed glimpses of the form that took it to five consecutive test series wins in the 14 months leading up to the Ashes series. “We took a bit of pounding in Edgbaston,” said Atherton. But, “I don’t think it is a disgrace to lose to a good side. The problem will be if we didn’t come back in this game. We must role our sleeves up and get stuck in.” England will look to Lord’s specialist and allrounder Dominic Cork to provide some inspiration in the absence of Hussain. Cork has had a strong affinity with Lord’s ever since he claimed seven for 43 against West Indies six years ago. He also snared six for 119 against South Africa at Lord’s in 1998 and scored an unbeaten 33 last year to inspire England to a memorable triumph over West Indies. But Cork’s form had suffered and was overlooked for the first Test. “Lord’s is regarded as a swinging ground and he gives us that option, though I have not yet looked at the pitch,” Atherton said. Keeping with the tradition of playing four seamers at Lord’s, left-arm spinner Ashley Giles will make room for Cork in the England lineup.
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Bezroutchenko wins 1st gold for Russia Fukuoka (Japan), July 18
Bezroutchenko, who won silver medal in the 5 km race on the opening day on Monday, crossed the finishing line ahead of 33 swimmers, leading a Russian one-two with Vladimir Diattchine. Samuele Pampana of Italy, came in third, only to find himself being disqualified later due to interruption to surrender the bronze medal to his compatriot Fabio Venturini. Australia’s Mark Saliba went after passing the 6km-mark ahead of the front-swimming group, including Scott Shepherd of New Zealand and fellow Australian Leigh Bool. Venturini overtook Saliba soon leaving him, Rostislav Vitek of the Czech Republic, Bezroutchenko and Stephane Lecat of France behind. Bezroutchenko was closely chasing Venturini, Diattchine and Lecat by a few lengths at the 8km-point, from where everybody moved into top gear till the Russian finally emerged victorious. “This is a bitter-sweet medal. It obviously belonged to Samuele,” Venturini said of his bronze medal. Meanwhile, Diattchine said: “It is very cold in our country, so I usually practice at the pool, but we are able to practice also at the open sea as well in June and July.” On Monday, Luca Baldini and Viola Valli made it an Italian double by winning the men’s and women’s 5km race, respectively. Germany’s Peggy Buchse finished with a late burst to win the gold medal in the women’s 10 km open water competition. Buchse kicked for home at the 9-km mark to cross the finish line at Momochihama Beach in Fukuoka in two hours, 17 minutes and 32 seconds with Russia’s Irina Abyssova taking silver in 2:17.47. Edith van Dijk of the Netherlands, who led for most of the race before fading over the final 2 km, hung on to take the bronze, a further five seconds back. Buchse, who finished second in Monday’s 5-km race, took the lead for the first time at the 7.5-km mark but looked to have attacked too soon as she was quickly overtaken by Italy’s Valleria Casprini, Canada’s Karley Stutzel and Abyssova. However, Buchse dug deep and put together a superb final 1 km to snatch gold.
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Alexander Popov pulls out of world meet Fukuoka (Japan), July 18 The Australian-based swimmer, who won the 50m and 100m freestyle golds at both the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics, is in hospital in Moscow and will remain bed-ridden for several days. “I think I got a cold during the IOC session,” Popov told world swimming body
FINA. “Last Saturday I developed a fever (my body temperature was 39.5 C) then I felt a pain in my throat. I immediately informed the Russian swimming federation and they promptly arranged a visit to a doctor.” He said the medical advice was not to go to Fukuoka.
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Erratic India manage to win Edinburgh, July 18 After a goal-less first half, India scored in the 46th minute when Prabhjot Singh swept the ball home off a pass from Bipin Fernandez. The second goal came off the stick of captain Baljit Singh Dhillon when he scored through India’s third penalty corner in the 53rd minute. Wales pulled one back with just a minute left when Simon Organ scored from the left of the circle. It was an erratic India again and this time though the midfield used the balls well, the forwards just couldn’t get the breakthroughs. Prabhjot Singh, Daljit Singh Dhillon and even skipper Baljit Dhillon missed some easy scoring chances. Not that the Wales defence didn’t fight back but it definitely looked that the Welsh side had done their homework a little better than the Indians. Indian coach Cedric D’Souza was not happy with the team’s showing but at the end was glad that three points were in the kitty. “Of course, they held us tight and played with a packed defence and sometimes it does get difficult to get past them. But I think the forwards could have used some of the balls more effectively.” Wales coach Mike Williamson was excited with the performance but was sad that they couldn’t get to hold the Indians to a draw. “I think we had a real chance of holding them after the goal-less first half but they put on the pressure and the defence just let those balls slip away.” Williamson said he was happy with his teams performance and that they would go all out in the remaining matches to atleast finish second in the group. India had two penalty corners in the first half, one in the 17th minute and then one in the 23rd minute but Dilip Tirkey was way off target. At the break, both the teams were tied goal-less. The lead would have been India’s in the 44th minute but Prabhjot Singh’s shot was saved by goalkeeper Harris, as he charged out to cut the angle. Two minutes later came the first goal with Baljit Dhillon, Tirkey and then Fernandez moving up. Fernandez entered the circle and passed to Prabhjot who cut it into the corner and swept into goal.
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Colombia sweep into last 8 Barranqulla (Colombia ), July 18 Team high scorer Victor Aristizabal scored on a penalty kick and Eulalio Arriaga added an insurance goal in injury time as Colombia guaranteed first place, which theoretically allows the hosts to face an easier adversary in the next round. It was the first loss for Chile, which finished second in Group A. First-round play ends today. Earlier, Ecuador trounced Venezuela 4-0 to revive its hopes of reaching the next round. The team has three points and could advance as one of the top two third-place finishers. Venezuela has zero points and was eliminated. The Colombians created countless scoring chances but consistently failed to finish. They got little challenge from Chile, which has failed to impress since its 4-1 upset of Ecuador in the opener. In the 10th minute, Chilean defender Claudio Maldonado stopped a ball with his hand inside the penalty box. Aristizabal fired in to the middle of the net, but goalie Sergio Vargas had dived to his right and the ball went in untouched. It was the third goal for Aristizabal in the tournament, and Vargas denied him a fourth with a difficult save. At 33 minutes, both teams were left with 10 players when Colombia’s Elkin Murillo and Chile’s Pablo Galdamez were expelled for fighting after they clashed going for the ball. Chile slowly improved and the action became more balanced Cristian Montesinos, the team’s high scorer with three goals, nearly got the equaliser but his free kick hit the post and bounced out. Colombia turned up the heat again and a shot by Mauricio Molina was cleared off the line by defender Pedro Reyes. In injury time, Arriaga charged in from the right, held off Reyes and fired in the final goal. Earlier, Agustin Delgado had two goals - including an amazing no-angle shot from the baseline - to lead Ecuador’s barrage against hapless Venezuela, historically the weakest of South American teams. Angel Fernandez and Edison Mendez completed the scoring for Ecuador, which came into the tournament among the favourites.
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Samaranch admitted
to hospital Lausanne, July 18 The 81-year-old Spaniard was suffering from extreme exhaustion, she said. She ruled out the possibility that Samaranch, who was undergoing a thorough medical examination, had suffered a heart attack or a stroke. On Monday Samaranch passed on the presidency of the IOC to Belgian Jacques Rogge in Moscow following a week-long gathering which also saw delegates choose Beijing to host the 2008 Olympic Games last Friday. The 112th IOC session was considered one of the most important in the organisation’s 107-year history. A ceremony to hand over the key of office to Rogge is scheduled for Friday.
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Baichung Bhutia to lead Indian team New Delhi, July 18 But none of the AIFF officials were present at the Modern School ground here today, where the Indian team sweated it out in the evening for about two hours, to announce the dropping of Abdul Hakim. That uncomfortable job was left to chief coach Sukhwinder Singh, who saw the Indian team’s tour of England as a great opportunity to cement the confidence of the team. The squad were reduced to 21 members when the outstanding medio, Joe Paul Ancheri, pulled out due to a groin injury. But the team were bolstered yesterday when I.M. Vijayan and Basudev Mondal joined the team in Delhi, the former arriving late in the night, though. The squad have three goalkeepers, seven defenders, five midfielders and seven forwards (including Bhutia). The team: Virender Singh, Sangram Mukherjee and Balaji (goalkeepers); K C Dhanesh, Mahesh Gawli, Deepak Mondal, M. Suresh, Daljit Singh, Roberto Fernandes and Sur Kumar Singh (defenders); Jules Alberto, Hardip Sangha, Khalid Jameel, Dipankar Roy, Rennedy Singh and R P Singh (midfielders); I M Vijayan, Alvito D’Cunha, Hardip Gill, Mohd Najeeb, Bijen Singh and Baichung Bhutia. Sukhwinder Singh (chief coach), Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (assistant coach), Krishnaji Rao (technical director), Angelo Alcoas (manager) and Hardev Jadeja (chef-de-mission) are the officials accompanying the team. The Indian team, making their second successive goodwill tour of England, will play four matches—against Brentford, placed 14th in the English second division, on July 24, against Nottingham Forest, 11th in the first division league, on July 28, against Leyton Orient, fourth in the second division, on July 31 and against Walsall, who have been promoted to the first division, on August 3. Last year, India had played three matches. They lost the first match against premier league champions Fulham 0-2, then recorded a remarkable goal-less draw against Bromwich Elbm, before beating Bangladesh by 1-0, with Joe Paul Ancheri slotting home the match-winner. Sukhwinder said Ancheri’s absence will be felt, but was confident that Khalid Jameel would be able to fill the void as a defensive midfielder, very effectively. Sukhwinder said such kind of exposure was very beneficial to the players as playing against top outfits would boost their confidence. He said after the World Cup qualifiers, and the Merdeka outing in Malaysia, the players have become more confident, developing the fighting spirit, and not giving up the fight till the very end. Sukhwinder said the 22-member squad would enable him to make the substitutions more liberally, depending on the situation and the tactics. After the England tour, the players will be engaged in the Federation Cup, starting in Chennai on August 15, and then assemble for a coaching camp in September in preparation for the Afro-Asian Games in Delhi in November. |
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Abhinav nominated Chandigarh, July 18 The nomination is done by the Doon Citizens Council which has, in the past, honoured Ruskin Bond, Dalai Lama, late Giani Zail Singh, Sunil Gavaskar, Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen, Dr R. Chitambaram and Sunder Lal Bahuguna. |
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North Central Zone start with 3-0
win Shimla, July 18 While Zaberjit Singh defeated top seed and India No 8 R.Rajesh 16-21, 21-18, 21-18, Parag Aggarwal beat S.Senthil Kumar 21-10, 21-17 and Dilip Sen outplayed Sigamani 21-17, 21-11 (21-11). East Zone also handed out a 3-0 defeat on South Centrl Zone and West Zone beat North Zone 3-1. Results: Men’s team championships: East Zone b South Central Zone 3-0 (P. Dutta b S.S. Kanade 21-12, 16-21, 21-10; R. Chakarborty b M.I. Belgaum 21-11, 21-11; G. Seth b M.V.N. Kishore Kumar 21-10, 21-12, West Zone b North Zone 2-1 (Malay Thakkar b Deepank Dass 21-16, 21-18; R.R. Thakur lost to Ram Singh 18-21, 14-21; E.E. Paukhe b Satnam Singh 21-12, 21-11; Malay Thakkar b Ram Singh 21-15, 21-11, North Central Zone b Central Zone 3-1, (Zaberjeet Singh b Vinay Baiswade 21-17, 21-14; Parag Aggarwal b Devjit Ghosh 16-21, 17-21; Parag Aggarwal b Baiswade 22-20, 16-21, 21-16). Women’s team championship: East Zone b South Central Zone 3-0 (C. Ganguly b Sinin Dastani 21-19, 21-19; A. Sinha b N. Despande 21-9, 21-11; A. Brahmchari b A.R. Brahmavar 21-10, 21-14), West Zone b South Zone 3-0 (Sharmila Thade b M.K. Vilasani 21-17, 21-14; S. Mauskar b C.G. Lakshmi 21-9, 21-9; S. Mamat b D. Bhuwaneshwari 21-8, 21-12, Central Zone b North Zone 3-0 (Manjusha b Anita 21-7, 21-8; Deepali b Deepa 21-11, 21-10; Kalwati b Poonam 21-2, 21-5), North Central Zone b South Central Zone 3-1 (Deepali Chakradev b Nanda Deshpande 21-15, 21-18; Sarojini b Simin Bastani 17-21, 21-10, 21-19; Prem Kumar b A.R. Brahmavar 14-21, 22-20, 18-21; Deepali Chakradev b Simin Dastani 21-14, 21-14). |
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Fukuoka (Japan), July 18
Lausanne, July 18
