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Inzamam steers Pak to draw
Rahul Dravid recommended for Khel Ratna
ICC hails BCCI for Twenty20 nod
Delhi to host World Cup final
Changes in ODI team on cards?
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CAB poll: Anti-Dalmiya faction moves court
Kolkata, July 17 The anti-Jagmohan Dalmiya faction in the Cricket Association of Bengal today moved court seeking the appointment of an independent observer to conduct the CAB elections slated for July 30.
Tyson beats Zidane in ‘ugly play’ poll
Europe upset Asia in badminton
NIS rubbishes coach’s charges
Coach turns player to rescue team
Venu Prasad to head Surjit Hockey Society
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London, July 17 Pakistan, set 380 to win from 80 overs after Andrew Strauss declared the England second innings closed at 296 for eight, made no effort to go for the runs after swing bowler Matthew Hoggard dismissed both openers with only 33 on the board. Left arm spinner Monty Panesar dismissed Faisal Iqbal and Mohammad Yousuf for 48 each in the afternoon session to give England a glimmer of hope at tea. But Inzamam looked supremely untroubled by any of the England bowlers to reach his 44th Test half-century from 95 deliveries with six boundaries. After Andrew Strauss had closed the England second innings closed on 296 for eight after 34 minutes’ play, Matthew Hoggard made early inroads into the Pakistan batting by dismissing the left-handed opening pair of Salman Butt and Imran Farhat. Hoggard, whose stock delivery swings in late to left handers, dismissed Butt lbw with the first ball of the innings as the batsman moved across his stumps. Farhat was the next to go, caught at third slip by Paul Collingwood for 18 and at lunch Pakistan were 43 for two with 64 overs still to negotiate. After Steve Harmison had bowled the first over of the afternoon from the Pavilion End, Strauss introduced his potential match-winner Panesar into the attack for the first time in the innings. Bowling initially to a slip, silly mid-off and short leg, Panesar spun his first ball past the outside off Iqbal’s bat. The second ran off the edge to slip. Harmison, whose opening four-over spell in the morning, had rarely threatened, responded with a hostile spell, hurrying even Yousuf who had scored his second consecutive double century against England in the first innings. After several shouts for lbw were rejected by Simon Taufel Yousuf was fortunate to get away with an inadvertent single when he ducked a bouncer with his bat pointing to the sky. The ball struck the tip and ran away harmlessly. Iqbal continued to have his problems against Panesar, although he did relieve the pressure by lofting a six, but it was Yousuf who provided the spinner with his first wicket of the match. Panesar, who had now added a second slip to his close fielders, pushed through the fifth delivery of his eighth over and Yousuf was lbw padding up. Scoreboard England (1st innings) 528 for 9 Pakistan (1st innings) 445 England (2nd innings) Trescothick b Gul 18 Strauss c Farhat b Kaneria 128 Cook c Yousuf b Gul 4 Pietersen st Akmal b Afridi 41 Collingwood c Butt b Kaneria 3 Bell run out 28 Jones c Akmal b Kaneria 16 Plunkett c Akmal b Razzaq 28 Hoggard not out 12 Extras
(b-5, lb-6, nb-6, w-1) 18 Total (8 wkts dec, 84.5 overs) 296 Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-64, 3-141, 4-146, 5-203, 6-250, 7-253, 8-296. Bowling:
Sami 6-1-23-0, Gul 19-4-70-2, Kaneria 30-4-77-3, Razzaq 9.5-0-45-1, Afridi 19-1-65-1, Farhat 1-0-5-0. Pakistan (2nd innings) Butt lbw Hoggard 0 Farhat c Collingwood b Hoggard 18 Iqbal c Cook b Panesar 48 Yousuf lbw Panesar 48 Haq not out 56 Razzaq not out 25 Extras
(b-1, lb-8, nb-4, w-6) 19 Total (4 wkts, 73 overs) 214 Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-116, 4-141. Bowling: Hoggard 12-3-31-2, Harmison 15-3-43-0, Plunkett 12-2-41-0, Panesar 27-7-60-2, Pietersen 5-1-19-0, Collingwood 2-0-11-0.
— Reuters
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Rahul Dravid recommended for Khel Ratna
New Delhi, July 17 The BCCI has also put forward the names of paceman Irfan Pathan and left-hand batsman Yuvraj Singh for the Arjuna Award for the same year, secretary Niranjan Shah said today. The Khel Ratna was started in 1991 and Sachin Tendulkar is the only cricketer so far to have received the honour (1997-98). Dravid, who took over captaincy from Sourav Ganguly last year, is currently regarded as one of the finest batsmen and has been in the top three in the ICC Test batting rankings for quite some time. Pathan has emerged as India’s pace spearhead and had a creditable performance in the period under review while Yuvraj has also been one of the consistent performers for the Indian team, particularly in the shorter version of the game. The President confers the awards at a glittering function at Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29 every year. The award carries a scroll of honour and a purse of Rs five lakh. Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand was the first recipient of the prestigious award. Geet Sethi, Karnam Malleswari, Dhanraj Pillay, Pullela Gopichand, Anju Bobby George and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are among the top sportspersons who have received the honour.
— PTI
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ICC hails BCCI for Twenty20 nod
Dubai, July 17 “The BCCI’s decision is excellent news for cricket as it ensures the
inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Championship will involve all ICC full members. “That
means the winning team can truly call itself the best in the world in
this exciting new form of the game,” ICC President Percy Sonn said in
a statement here today. “Twenty20 cricket has been a huge success
wherever it has been played and this short and sharp event of just nine
playing days will provide a global focus for the new format. “We
congratulate the BCCI on joining the other full members in embracing the
format and look forward to a world-class tournament in South Africa that
will capture the cricketing public’s imagination,” added Mr Sonn. India was initially reluctant and expressed a strong disliking for the slam-bang version of the game but considering that a majority of the ICC members had given their nod for the event, the BCCI Working Committee yesterday decided to jump on the bandwagon. Meanwhile, the ICC also confirmed that the 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Championship would involve not only the 10 full members but also the two leading associate sides. Those
two teams will be decided at next January’s ICC World Cricket League
Division One in Kenya that involves Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the
Netherlands and Scotland. The format, venues and dates for the ICC
Twenty20 World Championship will be announced in due course, an ICC
statement said.
— UNI
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Delhi to host World Cup final
New Delhi, July 17 “Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony,” he said adding that “the decision was taken at a meeting of the four national Boards in London recently.” The final is most likely to be held at the new stadium being planned by the BCCI at a land already allotted by Delhi Development Authority, and not at Ferozeshah Kotla ground, which is owned by Delhi and District Cricket Association. Earlier this year, the four Asian Test playing nations won the bid to host the 2011 edition of cricket’s showpiece event. India and Pakistan hosted the quadrennial extravaganza jointly in 1987, marking the first time the World Cup being held outside England.
— PTI
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Changes in ODI team on cards?
London, July 17 “Fringe players of the India A team could be a good choice for us, provided age is on their side. After all, experimentation can surprise the other team,” More said. The Indian squad for the August 14 to 29 one-day competition, which also involves South Africa, would be announced on Thursday in Mumbai. Speculation of changes in the team mounted after higher-rated India lost the one-day series to underdogs West Indies 4-1 in June. More, however, sought to brush aside the reversal, saying, “We will try and rectify the mistakes made in the last one-day series, but our plans for next year’s World Cup will continue. We should not panic now.” The former India wicketkeeper also said India needed more pace bowlers given the amount of cricket that was being played.
— PTI
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CAB poll: Anti-Dalmiya faction moves court
Kolkata, July 17 Aryan Club, an affiliate unit of the CAB, moved the suit before P.K. Sarkar, Chief Judge of the City Civil Court here, praying for the appointment of an observer and to frame a scheme for conducting the elections in a free and fair manner. Aryan’s assistant general secretary Samar Pal, a known Dalmiya baiter, while moving the suit, also prayed for an inquiry into the accounts of CAB, claiming that there were anomalies in it. Accepting the petition, Judge Sarkar directed that notice be issued to the CAB and its president Dalmiya, and fixed the matter for hearing on Friday. The elections have acquired a new dimension with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee advising Dalmiya to stay away from the presidential race, while the anti-Dalmiya faction has nominated city Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee as its candidate for the CAB president’s post. Seeking the appointment of an independent observer, petitioner Pal’s counsels Jayanta Mitra and Debanjan Mondal claimed before the court that elections to the CAB would not be conducted in a free and fair manner as the president or his group might contest the elections. The petitioner expressed apprehension of misuse of the election process by the ruling body, while giving a few “instances” of alleged misconduct by them. Pal also referred to the Supreme Court order vide which the last Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) elections were held under an observer last year. — PTI
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Edfors wins Scottish Open, Shiv Kapur tied 60th
Loch Lomond (Scotland), July 16 Edfors, with his long hair, pop-star looks and an engaging smile, made up a huge six-shot deficit to pull off an unlikely victory to make it a third one this season. The 30-year-old Swede, who lives in Spain, shot a sensational final round of eight-under 63 and totalled 13-under 271 and then endured a two-hour wait, at the end of which he was a comfortable winner by two shots. Edfors, the 2003 European Challenge Tour No. 1, who barely made half the cuts in 40 starts and had just one top-10 in his first 40 starts on the European Tour since 2003, now has three wins in 15 starts in 2006. Chopra finishes tied 10th
Silvis (USA): Daniel Chopra messed up a brilliant start to finish tied 10th after carding a one-under 70 while Arjun Atwal’s disappointing one-over 72 saw him slip to the tied 61st spot after the final round of the $ 4 million John Deere Classic here. Atwal finished with a total of four-under 280 — a major improvement from this season’s run of poor form when he missed several cuts in the US PGA Tour events. At the top, Australian John Senden won his first US PGA Tour title and also qualified for the British Open after carding a three-under 68 to finish at 19-under 265 and beat American JP Hayes (65) by one stroke. —
PTI, UNI
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Tyson beats Zidane in ‘ugly play’ poll
New York, July 17 A poll conducted by The San Francisco Chronicle showed Tyson garnering 77 per cent of the votes for chewing part of Evander Holyfield’s right ear in what was billed as “The Sound and the Fury” show, later referred as “The Bite Fight”. Interestingly, the problem started during the initial rounds when Tyson complained Holyfield head-butted him more than once. On the contrary, only four per cent of the readers voted for Zidane’s assault on Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the ill-fated football World Cup final in Berlin. A distant second, with just 10 per cent vote, was Giants pitcher Juan Marichal who hit Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat, while Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes stood third with six per cent for clobbering a Clemson player. Tied with Zidane was Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar for spitting on an umpire’s face.
— UNI
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Europe upset Asia in badminton
Manila, July 17 “I feel very proud to beat the number one player in the world although I felt Zhang was not playing her usual game,” said Yao, China’s former ace player now representing the Netherlands. Yao’s upset win sealed the European team’s victory in the event, reducing the final men’s singles match between China’s Lin Dan and Denmark’s Kenneth Jonassen to a dead rubber. But Jonassen still played his heart out, dragging the world number two through three sets before surrendering 13-21, 21-14, 14-21. Europe, who had lost the inaugural event in 2005, won the $ 60,000 prize. The Asians picked up $ 40,000. Trailing 4-5 going into the final three matches worth three points apiece, the Europeans seized a 7-5 lead after world No. 10 Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter-Juhl outlasted the Philippine duo of Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion 22-24, 21-17, 21-18 in the mixed doubles. Asia swept Europe on the first day on Friday, 3-0, but the visitors struck back by winning two of the three matches on the second day worth two points each to trail 4-5, a gap which the European players overhauled with Laybourn and Rytter-Juhl’s victory.
— Reuters
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NIS rubbishes coach’s charges
Patiala, July 17 Mr Veer Singh Chauhan, Assistant Director (Publications), said, “Mr Goel has been serving the organisation for the past over 22 years. He bears a good moral character and there has been no complaint against him from any quarter.” Mr Chauhan stated that as per the report submitted by eyewitnesses to the authorities, Mr Goel was assaulted even though he did not provoke the coach in any way. Mr Chauhan said the complaint submitted by the coach a day after the incident had been found to be false, adding that it seemed to be an afterthought to wriggle out of the situation.
— OSR
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Coach turns player to rescue team
Sharjah, July 17 Chandika even helped Emirates Cricket Board Blues stun Fly Emirates, UAE’s strongest local cricket team, by smashing 82 off 59 balls with the help of seven fours and four sixes. “I decided to play because four of our regular players were injured and we were left with only three batsmen,” Chandika was quoted as saying by the Gulf News today. Chandika, who played for Sri Lanka in 26 Tests and 35 one-dayers, put to the sword UAE’s strike bowlers Javed Ismail and Khuram Khan. Chandika’s knock helped his team reach 151 for 5 in 20 overs. Fly Emirates were restricted to 119 in 18.4 overs.
— PTI
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Venu Prasad to head Surjit Hockey Society
Jalandhar, July 17 Mr Prasad said the 23rd Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament, to be held in November, would be played under floodlights at the Surjit Hockey Stadium. Two foreign teams would also be seen in action at the tournament. |
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