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McGrath puts Aussies on top
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Dhoni has moved ahead
New crisis engulfs Zimbabwe cricket
Zaheer puts West on top
Bose, Paul rip apart Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Games likely to include archery
Kapur takes lead
Punjab team for Santosh Trophy
Delhi trounce HP
Kho-kho association
Roller skating meet
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Brisbane, November 4 Shane Warne and Brett Lee also captured a wicket each after making identical scores of 47 to help Australia’s lower order lead their side to a daunting total. The only West Indian batsman to offer real resistance was diminutive opener Devon Smith, who scored a courageous 88 despite being thumped on the helmet by a vicious bouncer from Lee. The 24-year-old left-hander sank to his knees and was treated by the doctor but recovered to bat for more than four hours and register his second highest test score. He was eventually dismissed in the last half hour of play, clean bowled by McGrath who finished the day with figures of four for 58 from 18 overs. The lanky paceman dismissed Chris Gayle in his opening spell for 10, the opener slashing at a ball outside off stump, and then removed Ramnaresh Sarwan for 21. Brian Lara showed only a few glimpses of his genius as he crawled to 30 before being trapped lbw by Lee and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul tried to hit his way out of trouble before being brilliantly caught by a diving Bracken off Warne for two. Denesh Ramdin was unbeaten on 12 at the close with Daren Powell on four and West Indies need a further 54 to avoid the follow-on, should Australia choose to enforce it. The West Indians had the Australians in trouble early on the first day but a brilliant 149 from Ricky Ponting and erratic bowling allowed the hosts to finish with a hefty total. Warne and Lee put on 75 for the eighth wicket and Nathan Bracken kept the tail wagging with an adventurous 37, although they were helped by an attack that bowled far too short and gave away 46 extras, including 22 no-balls and six wides. The highlight of the morning session was a massive six from Lee off Daren Powell that sailed through a gap in the second tier of the grandstand into an adjoining street. Scoreboard Australia (1st innings) Hayden lbw b Collymore 37 Hussey c Ramdin b Powell 1 Ponting c Sarwan b Lawson 149 Clarke c Ramdin b Collymore 5 Katich c Gayle b Collymore 0 Gilchrist lbw b Collymore 44 Watson lbw b Edwards 16 Warne c Ramdin Powell 47 Lee c Collymore b Powell 47 Bracken c Sarwan b Edwards 37 McGrath not out 6 Extras
(b-5, lb-13, nb-22, w-6) 46 Total (all out, 105.3 overs) 435 Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-101, 3-108, 4-111, 5-215, 6-273, 7-294, 8-369, 9-417, 10-435. Bowling:
Edwards 21.3-1-94-2, Powell 20-1-100-3, Collymore 26-4-72-4, Lawson 14-0-73-1, Samuels 4-0-29-0, Gayle 20-3-49-0. West Indies (1st innings) Gayle c Gilchrist b McGrath 10 Smith b McGrath 88 Sarwan c Gilchrist b McGrath 21 Lara lbw b Lee 30 Chanderpaul c Bracken b Warne 2 Samuels c Gilchrist b McGrath 5 Ramdin not out 12 Powell not out 4 Extras
(lb-7 nb-3) 10 Total (6 wickets, 62 overs) 182 Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-74, 3-134, 4-149, 5-161, 6-174. Bowling: McGrath 18-2-58-4, Lee 12-4-50-1, Bracken 10-4-23-0, Warne 20-5-43-1, Clarke 2-1-1-0.
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Security for fifth ODI beefed up
Ahmedabad, November 4 “Keeping the recent blasts in mind, tight security arrangements have been made both at the stadium and the hotel where the two teams will stay for the match on November 6,” Inspector-General, Gandhinagar Range, Ajay Kumar Tomar, told mediapersons today. “At the stadium, security has been beefed up and about 1,400 policemen posted at Motera will ensure that the match passes off peacefully,” Tomar said. “CCTV cameras have been placed at different points in the stadium that will monitor the spectators and keep an eye on the police deployment during the match,” he said. At the hotel, no strangers would be allowed where both the teams had been put up and only accredited journalists would be allowed to enter the hotel lobby, he said. Tomar said, “The whole stadium has been divided into different sectors and the security of each sector will be monitored by a senior police official.” In addition to the 1,400-strong police force and yellow security guards, who would check tickets, specially recruited “Police
Mitras” would assist in keeping an eye on spectators and possible unruly elements during the match. Proper traffic arrangements had been made to ensure that neither the teams nor daily commuters were caught up in any traffic jams, Tomar said. According to Gujarat Cricket Association President Narhari Amin, tickets worth Rs 80 lakh had been sold, but some higher-end tickets were available. “Though the match is a day-night affair, the stadium will remain open to spectators from 10 a.m. to prevent any last-minute crowding,” Amin added.
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Dhoni has moved ahead
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will start with a little story. In my times, Aravinda de Silva was keen to open the innings in one-day cricket. His reasons were plain: open spaces in the field offer maximum returns on a shot. It broadens your appeal which, in turn, tilts the scale of commerce. I resisted, and prevailed, in keeping him at number 3 or 4 slot. For that's the place for your best man. Sri Lanka on this tour are preferring to send Kumara Sangakkara as an opener. The success of Jaipur was a shot in arm to this theory. But here he was sacrificed. You don’t risk your best batsman in the only spell when the bowlers are in business. For that matter, even Sachin Tendulkar is best advised to bat at one or two down. How many times you see an opener strut out his stuff in tailor-made conditions of the subcontinent only to withdraw to middle order in alien conditions? Sangakkara was all the more invaluable since Mahela Jayawardene was missing. Sanath Jayasuriya failed for the fourth time and I have noticed he is beginning to play away from his body. The old failing has resurfaced which we tried so hard to curb in our times and succeeded since Sanath himself was hell-bent on coming good. But I suspect he is trying too hard. Jayasuriya is conscious of four low scores and wants to bat for long. But that's not him. He can't be an Atapattu — he needs to enjoy himself and launch himself at deliveries with gay abandon. He shouldn’t look to occupy crease. My complaint is Sri Lanka has not tried to come out of a strait-jacket approach. They have been left reacting to India’s tactics which was fourth time different in four games. When they had planned for Mahendra Singh Dhoni at number three, the wicketkeeper was back to his usual slot. Who would dare to shift a batsman who has just scaled an unbeaten 183 in a chasing spree? They did the same with Irfan Pathan. It almost appears a prompt to others to do the same. India is raising the bar in every game and interestingly, everyone is trying to live up to the challenge. That’s creativity for you. What it has done is to completely flatten the Lankans. It’s not one or two but all eleven who are emerging from unsuspecting quarters and soon are all over them. Lanka’s resources are stretched in combating this multi-faceted enemy where the next man is as dangerous as the previous one. Funnily, they are not even coming in a order! The expression is best understood when you look at the visitors. Indians are secure in the knowledge that a Jayasuriya or Atapattu; Sangakkara or Jayawardene are the batting lynchpins. They are not suspecting attack from the rear. They close in quickly once these men leave the crease. As for themselves, India suffer from no such imbalance. Just look at how many youngsters — Dhoni, Raina, Rao and Pathan — have mattered in this 4-0 lead. Dhoni illustrates this resurgent India best. It was easy for him to get ensnared in his own image for an entire nation is swooning over him. For opposition, such versatility is scary. He has not allowed the success to get to him — he could still have been in a reverie, on high clouds sleep walking in dream on the stupor of Jaipur. In less than two days, he has moved ahead from Jaipur. Lesser mortals don’t manage it in a lifetime. I detect a similar mental strength in Virender Sehwag. He made a critical difference with his bowling in death overs. If as a part-time bowler he could summon such resolve it was because he knew how to absorb pressure. In cricket, as in life, those are the best who soak pressure as if a sponge. Even if Sri Lanka manage some crumbs of consolation in the next three games, we would sit and look at every issue minutely once the tour ends. It could have been the travel; an irritant in stay, food or even a wrong person in the dressing room. It may or may not be an issue but we need to give it a thorough run-over.
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New crisis engulfs Zimbabwe cricket
Harare, November 4 The 19-month conflict, causing inceasing damage to the beleaguered Test-playing member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), reached an apparently irrevocable standoff after chairman Peter Chingoka reacted angrily to a list of 80 queries about financial dealings directed at the executive, the managing director and staff members. The crisis had evolved into increasingly acrimonious racial overtones, especially since former captain Heath Streak complained in April last year of racially motivated selections of the national teams, which immediately resulted in his sacking, and then by a strike of 14 other white senior players in his support. The executive board comprised mainly black or Asian persons and the provincial administrators mainly white. Efforts by both parties to try to eliminate racial overtones had all but failed. The letter, which referred to the financial dealings, called for a response inside seven days. A copy had been sent to the ICC. Chingoka replied that most of the answers could be found through routine information channels and should be known to the provinces while other points were routine matters. His response was included in an article headlined “The Battle for Cricket”, which took up the entire back page of the newspaper Herald. The chairmen had arranged an urgent meeting in Harare, having travelled from all parts of the country, to decide whether to take Chingoka and his managing director Osias Bvute to court. The chairmen were undecided as to whether to declare a special general meeting in order to submit a motion of no-confidence in the board of directors.
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Zaheer puts West on top
Aurangabad, November 4 The Baroda paceman, ignored by the national selectors for the ongoing one-day series against Sri Lanka, speared through the Central batting after they were 95 for one at one stage. Central were shot out for 206, with major contributions coming from opener Amit Pagis (32), skipper Mohd Kaif (56), who batted at number three, and number five Abbas Ali (45), as Zaheer finished with an impressive 6 for 54. West were 104 for 2. An attractive unbeaten 58 from Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer and his unfinished third-wicket stand of 66 runs with Jacob Martin (19 not out) saw them through for the day.
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Bose, Paul rip apart Zimbabwe
Mumbai, November 4 East replied strongly with 108 for no loss at stumps on the opening day, with openers Arindam Das (51 in 104 balls with eight fours) and Shiv Sunder Das (50 in 64 balls with eight fours) at the crease. Zimbabwe President’s XI, put in to bat by East captain Sourav Ganguly after he won the toss, squandered the chance of batting first on a track ideal for strokeplay and were reduced to 103 for 9 after being 64 for 1 at one stage. Medium-pacer Ranadeb Bose ended up with fine figures of 5 for 28 in 17 overs. His new-ball partner Shib Sankar Paul claimed three wickets while Ganguly and off-spinner Sourashish Lahiri got one wicket each.
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Commonwealth Games likely to include archery
New Delhi, November 4 Indian archers have got an impetus to perform well in the 14th Asian Archery Championship (recurve and compound), starting at the Nehru Stadium here tomorrow, as the discipline is likely to be included in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The Commonwealth Games Federation has acceded to the request of the Indian Olympic Association to include five additional disciplines in addition to the 15 mandatory events in the 2010 Games and archery is on top of the list of the five additional games. |
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Kapur takes lead
Rayong (Thailand), November 4 The 23-year-old Indian, who had a seven-under 66 in the first round on the par-73 course, was now 12-under 134 for two days, holding the sole lead at this stage of an Asian Tour event for the first time in his fledgling career. Kapur was ahead of the Thai duo of Thammannoon Srirot and Thongchai Jaidee. Srirot was three behind at 137 while Jaidee was one shot further down. Harmeet Kahlon, who came out with a four-under 69, including an eagle on the par-five 13th hole, was the next best Indian after Kapur at tied eighth. Ashok Kumar was lying tied 24th. Amandeep Johl and Mukesh Kumar were tied 29th. Rahil Gangjee was tied 29th. Gaurav Ghei survived a scare and was tied 39th. Firoz Ali came inside the cut at tied 59th. Jeev tied 37th
Tokyo: Jeev Milkha Singh, who played a brilliant round of four-under 68 in the first round, faltered in the second with a one-over 73 to slip to tied 37th in the Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial golf tournament at the Asoiizuka Golf Club here on Friday. The leader was the seasoned Shingo Katayama, with two-day total of 134 with rounds of 65 and 69.
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Punjab team for Santosh Trophy
Chandigarh, November 4 According to Arjuna awardee Inder Singh, secretary of the Punjab Football Association, the team comprises players from JCT Mills, PSEB, JCT Football Academy, and Border Security Force. The team: Goalkeepers: Karanjit Singh (JCT) and Bhupinder Singh (PSEB); Defenders: Sunil Kumar (JCT), Parminder Singh (JCT FA), Narinder Singh (JCT), Taranjit Singh (JCT), Gurinder Pal Singh (JCT FA), Rahul ( JCT FA), and Kuldip Singh (JCT); Midfielders: Surjit Singh (JCT), Parminder Singh (JCT), Sarabjit Singh (PSEB), Shivraj Singh (JCT), Dilbag Singh (PSEB), Yadwinder Singh (JCT), Ram Paul (JCT - captain), and Sukhwinder Singh (BSF). Forwards: Gyan Moyon (JCT), Gurpreet Singh (PSEB) and Charanjit Kumar (JCT). Mr Jagir Singh and Mr Balbir Singh will accompany the team as coach and manager, respectively. Mr Kesho Kirpal Singh will be the technical director. |
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Delhi trounce HP
Thiruvananthapuram, November 4 Lalit scored in the 10th, 59th, 89th and 90th minutes. In between, Faiz Alam, Sumith Thappa and substitute Ricky Chhakchuakk rattled the net. In a preliminary round cluster match held at Kozhikode, Uttaranchal beat Madhya Pradesh 2-1. |
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Kho-kho association
Chandigarh, November 4 Mr Randhir Singh reiterated that Haryana Kho-Kho Association affiliated with HOA with Mr Surinder Singh Barwala as president is a recognised body and the team selected by this organisation be allowed to participate in national meet. |
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Roller skating meet
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 4 Results: Rink race (under-6 boys): Arbaz Rafiq (Amritsar) 1; Girls: Muskan Mahajan (Amritsar) 1. Boys (6-8 years): Anmoldeep Singh (Amritsar)1; Girls: Ramandeep Kaushik (Sangrur) 1. Boys (8-10 years): Bhavneet Singh (Ludhiana) 1; Girls: Simran Sagar (Ludhiana) 1. Boys (10-12 years): Sawtantar Pal (Amritsar) 1; Girls: Priyanka Sohi (Amritsar) 1. Boys (12-14 years): Tejeshwar Mahal (Patiala) 1; Girls: Anupriya (Sangrur) 1. Boys (14-16 years): Sushant Bansal (Amritsar); Girls: Gurmanpreet (Ludhiana) 1. Boys (16 years and above) Iqbal Singh (Amritsar) 1; Girls: Heena Bharti (Patiala) 1. In Road Race: Boys (0-6 years) Bhavya Jain (Amritsar) 1; Girls: Urvashi Aggarwal (Amritsar) 1. Boys (6-8): Simran Mann (Sangrur); Girls: Ibatat Mandher 1. Boys (8-10): Harshdeep (Sangrur) 1; Girls: Navpreet (Sangrur) 1. Boys (10-12): Mandeep Singh (Ludhiana) 1; Girls: Sonali Devgan (Amritsar) 1. Boys (12-14 ): Amarjot Ghai (Patiala) 1; Girls: Anupriya (Sangrur) 1. Boys (14-16): Sumeet Singh (Amritsar); Girls: Munisha Sharma (Sangrur) 1. Boys (16 and above): Kanwar Yuvraj (Amritsar) 1; Girls: Heena Bharti (Patiala) 1. |
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