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Hussey leads Aussies to safety
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Hyderabad Heroes win power-disrupted match
‘Ganguly should’ve kept mum’
Sutil, Fisichella get into groove
Indian GP in 2011, says Ecclestone
CYG
Liang Wen-Chong widens lead
Women’s games from today
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Hussey leads Aussies to safety
Bangalore, October 10 The 33-year-old Hussey gave ample display of his class by notching up his ninth The Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir provided a confident start to the second innings rattling up 68 for no loss in 18.1 overs before a sharp shower forced play to be called off a little early. Sehwag was on 43 and Gambhir was giving him company on 20 at stumps on day two which saw the Australians consolidating their position in the match. Resuming at the overnight score of 254 for four, the visitors lost Shane Watson (2) cheaply but Hussey and Brad Haddin rebuild the innings with some sensible batting. Hussey and Haddin stitched a 74-run partnership for the sixth wicket frustrating the Indian bowlers for 104 minutes before the lunch break. Watson, who played his first Test innings in three years, lasted just 14 balls. Ishant, who swung the ball well, recorded an impressive first spell of 7-4-4-1. But with Hussey in command and Haddin finding his feet, Aussies had different plans as they negotiated the two Indian spinners Kumble and Harbhajan without much difficulty while the pacers also got little assistance from the Chinnaswamy track. Soon after the lunch break, Hussey notched up his ninth Test century and his second against India, continuing to add to his remarkable record since joining the team in 2005. Although Hussey continued to pile up the misery, the post-lunch session turned out to be a little more productive for the Indians as Ishant Sharma struck twice to remove Brad Haddin (33) and Cameron White (6). Both Haddin and White perished in quick succession offering simple catches at covers to VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh, respectively, as Ishant capped his fourth wicket of the innings and looked like wrapping up the tail. But Hussey proved to be a thorn in India's flesh as he unleashed a flurry of scintillating strokes and even fetched the first six of the innings off Harbhajan. The post-tea session saw a dramatic change in India's fortune as Zaheer got some reverse swing going to polish off the tail in quick time. From a comfortable 416 for seven at the tea interval, the visitors were all out for 430, facing just 3.5 overs after the break. Zaheer first castled Lee with a gem of an inswinger and then accounted for Mitchell Johnson with a similar delivery. Hussey was the last wicket to fall with Zaheer dismissing with a vicious delivery which dislodged his stumps, much to the delight of the Indians who could hardly afford the Australians to pile up a bigger first innings total. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir provided a confident start to the Indian Both were very quick to punish the loose balls and ensured that no scoring opportunity was missed. Sehwag, expectedly, was the more belligerent of the two batsmen with some crisp shots on both sides of the wicket, prompting the visitors to spread out the field. Scoreboard Australia (1st innings): Hayden c Dhoni b Zaheer 0 Katich c Dhoni b Ishant 66 Ponting lbw b Harbhajan 123 M Hussey b Zaheer 146 M Clarke lbw b Zaheer 11 Watson b Ishant 2 Haddin c Laxman b Ishant 33 White c Harbhajan b Ishant 6 Lee b Zaheer 27 Johnson b Zaheer 1 S Clark not out 0 Extras: (b1, lb10, nb3, w1): 15 Total (all out in 149.5 overs): 430 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-166, 3-226, 4-254, 5-259, 6-350, 7-362, 8-421, 9-429 Bowling: Zaheer 29.5-4-91-5, Ishant Sharma 30-7-77-4, Harbhajan 41-8-103-1, Kumble 43-6-129-0, Sehwag 6-0-19-0. India (1st innings): Gambhir not out 20 Sehwag not out 43 Extras (b 4, nb 1): 5 Total (0 wickets; 18.1 overs): 68 Bowling: B Lee 5-1-12-0, SR Clark 7-1-28-0, MG Johnson 4.1-0-23-0, SR Watson 2-1-1-0. — PTI
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No assistance from wicket: Zak
Bangalore, October 10 Speaking to mediapersons after the second day's play here he said, ''It was really a difficult task since pitch is very slow and bowlers tactics were not rewarded as we would have liked it to.'' He said his success despite the unhelpful pitch was because of the good line, length and the rhythm he maintained throughout the innings. This was for the sixth time the left hand pace bowler bagged five-wicket haul in Test matches. ''It is a great feeling to claim a fiver against the Aussies,'' he said. Replying to a question, he agreed that he was a bit frustrated in the first two sessions today as things did not move according to Indian's wishes. ''But I should say that we bowled to our plan though we conceded a few runs more than we wished. The intensity of a Indo-Aussie cricket fight is always high and I am happy with my performance,'' he said. About fellow speedster Ishant Sharma, who returned with a four wicket haul, ''He is working hard and it is a plus point for India,'' he felt. On Michael Hussey's Taking no hazards of guessing, he said it would be difficult to predict the outcome of the match right now and India's performance would depend on how the pitch behaves tomorrow. ''But I am confident that our batsman will surely perform well so that we can put pressure on the visitors in the second innings,'' he said. — UNI
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Hyderabad Heroes win power-disrupted match
The Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium plunged into darkness when all the four floodlights went off all of a sudden, forcing a halt to the match. After waiting for around 50 minutes, umpires declared Hyderabad Heroes the winner by 18 runs, according to the VJD method. Chasing a moderate target of 166 set by the Hyderabad team earlier, Lahore Badshahs were on 30 for two in six overs when the lights went out at 10.55 pm and both the teams walked out of the ground temporarily. Lahore skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was batting on 9 and opener Imran Nazir was Lahore Badshahs had lost 0-2 in the best of three finals to the
Hyderabad Heroes Scoreboard Hyderabad Heroes Maher c Sami b Naved-ul-Hasan 41 Razzaq c K Mahmood b Sami 13 Rayudu c Farhat b Sami 58 Kemp c Naved-ul-Hasan b S Nazir 4 Binny c K Mahmood b Naved-ul-Hasan 12 Boje not out 6 Harris c I Farhat b A Mahmood 1 Sahabuddin not out 7 Extras (lb 4, w 10, nb 3, pen 6) 23 Total (6 wkts; 20 overs) 165 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-120, 3-129, 4-137, 5-145, 6-149 Bowling: A Mahmood 4-0-25-1, Sami 4-0-36-2, S Nazir 4-0-29-1, Saqlain 4-0-33-0, Naved-ul-Hasan 4-0-32-2 Lahore Badshahs Target: 49 runs from 6 ovrs I Nazir not out 19 Farhat c Maher b Razzaq 0 S Yousuf c Reddy b Binny 0 Inzamam not out 9 Extras (lb 2) 2 Total (2 wkts; 6 ovrs) 30 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-7 Bowling: Razzaq 3-0-15-1, Binny 3-1-13-1 Player of the match: Rayudu (Hyderabad Heroes) — PTI
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''I think the outburst is understandable, I only wish that this outburst was only after the series had been concluded,'' Gavaskar told CNN-IBN. ''By saying all these things, he has not helped himself and I don’t think he has helped harmony in the dressing room. All that he had to say, he could have said after the series was over,'' he said. Ganguly told newspaper that he decided to retire from international cricket to save himself from the humiliation of being treated as the ''sacrificial goat'' all the time. The Bengal stalwart said there was no point in carrying on playing cricket if he was treated in such a manner while some of the other players were spared. ''Some have not scored any run in the last three series, some have not scored any run during the last one year. Some have changed their hair style more number of times than the number of runs they have scored,'' Ganguly was quoted as saying by Bengali daily 'Aaj Kaal'. I will answer after the series: Vengsarkar
Vengsarkar, however, said that he would not like to do so in the middle of the series as it could divert the team's focus. "I won't answer him now as this is not the right time because India are in the middle of a Test series (against Australia) and it might affect the focus of the team," Vengsarkar told PTI. "But I will definitely answer him after the series is over. He will get more than what he has asked for," he added. Ganguly
had hit out at the selectors for the way he had been treated and said he
decided to retire to save himself the humiliation of being treated as the "sacrificial goat" all the time. "There is no point playing like this. I am not willing to play at their (selectors') mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept," said Ganguly, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday. I felt humiliated,
couldn't sleep: Pillay
Pillay was deeply "hurt" by the way Ganguly was treated as the episode reminded him of his own unceremonious exit from the Indian team. "I feel really hurt when a senior player is treated like this. It is unfortunate. We "I couldn't sleep for weeks and months in anger. I felt humiliated as they 'KPS Gill led IHF' didn't give me any reason that why I have been dropped. I thought that it is the end of my life," said Pillay, under whose captaincy India won gold medal in Bangkok Asiad 1998.
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Sutil, Fisichella get into groove
Fuji (Japan), October 10 Sutil, the 2006 Japanese F3 champion, used his experience on the Fuji race track to finish 11th in the first practice and 16th in the second session. The German timed 1:20.288 seconds over 26 laps in the morning and 1:19.287 after completing 41 laps in the afternoon. Fisichella did 28 laps in the morning and clocked 1:21.014s to finish 20th, while in the afternoon, he completed 44 laps with a timing of 1:19.482 to be placed 18th. Both drivers were within one second of the fastest time of the day, the closest practice in F1 this season. They will have a final practice session tomorrow morning before qualifying for Sunday's 67 lap race. "It's been a good day as the car worked well with no problems. The last run in the afternoon was not great as I had some traffic on my quick lap and couldn't improve my time, but at least there is more potential for tomorrow," said Sutil. He hoped to put aside the disappointment of the Singapore Grand Prix, and hoped for a positive outcome here. — PTI
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Indian GP in 2011, says Ecclestone
Rome, October 10 "We have India and here I can say that the grand prix will be inserted into the calendar in 2011," Ecclestone told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper when asked about future destinations for the sport. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi announced last year that 2010 was the target date but Ecclestone suggested two weeks ago that a delay was on the cards when he told reporters in Singapore that "2011 is what I want". Abu Dhabi will be the only new venue on the 18-race calendar for 2009, after Singapore and Valencia were added this season, with North America left without a grand prix for the first time in 50 years after Canada was axed.
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CYG
Pune, October 10 “I am really looking forward to this meet and have been preparing hard. I’ve had some good outing recently after Beijing. I’m in good shape and hope to carry on the same form to CYG,” Saina told PTI in an interview. With the World Junior Championship set to begin at the same venue after the CYG, Saina feels it will give the Indians a definite advantage. “We will be used to the nature of the court and with the one weeks’ stay we
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Liang Wen-Chong widens lead
New Delhi, October 10 Liang, who set a course record of 12-under 60 yesterday, carded 1-under 71 on day two to have a five-point lead over second-placed Daniel Chopra of Sweden. Daniel Chopra, who was lying third behind Jeev Milkha Singh with a card of Jeev, who had a satisfactory round of 7-under 65, was off colour, making a mess Jeev shares the spot with three others to spoil his chances of having a shot Chopra indeed did a fair bit of catching up to take the second slot,, though he could have done better had he not faltered in the back nine. “I had a flawless front nine, but on the back nine, I made one bad tee shot on the eighth and paid a big price with a double bogey. But I played much better than what the score suggests”. Behind Chopra was three others sharing similar scores - Adam Blyth of Australia with a 7-under 137, Lu Wen-Teh of Chinese Taipe (66 and 71) and Ashok Kumar of India (70 and 67). Indians Sanjay Kumar, Gaurav Ghei and Harinder Gupta were among the 11 players placed at the sixth position with 6-under 138. Guido Van der Valk of the Netherlands, who had a poor card of 77 yesterday, made an amazing turnaround to post 11-under 61 to return the best card of the day. Though defending champion Jyoti Randhawa put up an improved display today, his chances of winning a “hat-trick of titles” in the Indian Open seemed to have evaporated as he struggles at the 48th position with an overall score of one-under 143 (74 and 69).
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Women’s games from today
Bathinda, October 10 As many as 1,800 participants from all 20 districts of the state would take Giving information, Sohan Lal Lotey, assistant director, Sports, said the department had deputed 200 officials to conduct the games in a smooth way. Giving details of the competition to be organised, Harpal Singh, deputy director, As per the schedule, Gulzar Singh Ranike, minister for sports and youth services, Punjab, would inaugurate the event at 3 pm on Saturday at the Sports Stadium. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, MP and president Punjab Olympics Association will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony on October 13. Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, MP from Bathinda, will be the guest of honour. While talking to the media, Lotey said the Games would be important because the winners would be selected for representing the state in the national championships.
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Pietersen to use Stanford money for charity Kalmadi re-elected IOA president Chetan zooms to
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Bangalore, October 10
Bangalore, October 10
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq’s bid to avenge last year’s defeat against Hyderabad Heroes remained unfulfilled tonight as Lahore Badshahs led by him lost by 18 runs in the opening match of the rebel Indian Cricket League hit by power failure.
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