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Hayden calls it quits
Chasing 402, UP struggle at 91 for 3
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Hussey, White script Oz 6-wkt win over SA
Kiwis clinch series 2-1
Dalbir academy score 1-0 win
India to play 5 ODIs, one T20 game in Sri Lanka
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Sydney, January 13 The 37-year-old had planned to retire after this year's Ashes tour of England but told a Brisbane news conference he knew his time to quit had come. ''Today I am announcing my retirement from representative cricket effective immediately,'' he said. ''This is a decision that I have not taken lightly and I am here after much thought, consideration and discussion with my family and close friends. ''It is ultimately my decision and I know that now is the time to move on to the next stage of my life and career.'' Hayden, a powerfully built left-hander and prolific run-scorer, played 103 Tests for Australia between 1994 and 2009, scoring 8,625 runs at an average of 50.73. The Queenslander completed 30 centuries, including 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003, which briefly stood as the world record for the highest Test score. Hayden was just as effective as a one-day player, amassing 6,131 runs from 161 appearances and featuring in the Australian teams that won the 2003 and 2007 World Cups. ''There are zero regrets when it comes to my cricket performance,'' he told reporters. ''Rightly or wrongly I have tried to extract every ounce of ability I have been given and turned it into performance.'' Hayden was a key member of an Australian team that dominated world cricket for the past decade, forming a devastating opening partnership with fellow lefthander Justin Langer. Yet, Hayden's career will be remembered as much for his stubborn fight against adversity as the number and manner of runs he scored. He was dropped after his first Test in 1994 and made only six appearances before finally establishing himself as a permanent member of the team in 2000. He enjoyed a golden run over the next five seasons, piling on the runs and scooping up awards, before his age finally started to catch up with him and his team mates started to disappear. Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Langer and Damien Martyn all retired during the 2006-07 Ashes series and Adam Gilchrist quit a year ago. Hayden's place in the team was starting to come under scrutiny but he vowed to play on. He fought his way back into the one-day team to play a starring role at the 2007 World Cup but speculation about his future intensified over the last year. His retirement came as little surprise after he was dropped from the one-day team last week and selectors revealed he was no longer certain of making the Ashes squad. ''I believe I could play Twenty20 and one-day cricket but I recognised it is time to move on,'' he said. ''I have spent the last 17 years doing something I love and that has been playing cricket for my country. ''I've lived the dream of every kid who ever picked up a cricket bat or ball and wanted to wear the Baggy Green.'' His former team mates were quick to pay tribute. ''Matty is a legend of the game - he's got nothing left to prove. His career stands alone,'' said McGrath. Mark Waugh said the opener had shown perfect timing. ''While it's very disappointing we won't see him again in Australian colours, it's a good time to reflect on how good a player he was,'' Waugh told Australian television. — Reuters
Justin Langer
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Chasing 402, UP struggle at 91 for 3
Hyderabad, January 13 Resuming at the overnight score of 297 for six, Mumbai capitalised on Uttar Pradesh's fielding lapses as they scored 105 more runs before the innings folded up and then pace spearhead Zaheer Khan sparkled with two wickets to put the opposition on the back foot. Uttar Pradesh dropped as many as four catches and missed one stumping and two run-outs to allow Mumbai to gain the upper hand. At close, Uttar Pradesh were trailing by 311 runs with seven wickets remaining in the five-day match being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium at Uppal. Opener Shivakant Shukla was batting on 46 and Parvinder Singh was yet to open his account. UP team was reeling at 6 for two in less than three overs of the start of their innings with Zaheer removing opener Tushar Srivastava by getting him caught behind by Samant in the fourth ball of the third over. UP received another jolt when next batsman Suresh Raina was gone in a blink after facing just one ball. Raina was run out by Sairaj Bahutule on duck. The other opener Shivakant Shukla, however, played cautiously and seemed like repeating his semifinal performance, which helped UP secure the final berth. — PTI Scoreboard Mumbai (1st innings): (overnight 297/6) Samant lbw b B Kumar 26 Jaffer lbw b B Kumar 1 Rahane lbw b RP 23 Tendulkar c Shukla b B Kumar 0 Rohit c Parvinder b Gupta 141 Nayar lbw b B Kumar 99 Bahutule c Amir b B Kumar 0 Agarkar c and b Parvinder 47 Powar c Chawla b Gupta 0 Zaheer c Parvinder b RP 33 Kulkarni not out 11 Extras (b 8, lb 6, w 2, nb 5): 21 Total (all out in 131 overs): 402 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-42, 3-55, 4-55, 5-262, 6-262, 7-344, 8-344, 9-358. Bowling: P Kumar 34-8-85-0, B Kumar 30-9-78-5, RP Singh 27-3-100-3, Parvinder Singh 8-2-29-0, P Chawla 15-2-57-0, P Gupta 15-6-29-2, S Raina 2-0-10-0. Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): Srivastava c Samant b Zaheer 6 Shukla batting 46 Raina run out 0 Kaif c Samant b Zaheer 33 Parvinder batting 0 Extras (lb-1, wd-1, nb 4): 6 Total (for 3 wkts in 47 overs): 91 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-91. Bowling: Z Khan 13-10-11-2, D Kulkarni 8-4-24-0, A Agarkar 8-3-25-0, R Powar 8-2-11-0, A Nayar 5-3-6-0, S Bahutule 5-2-13-0. — PTI
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Hussey, White script Oz 6-wkt win over SA
Brisbane, January 13 In the match played in the backdrop of Australian opener Matthew Hayden's retirement, Hussey shared two crucial 50-plus stands - 61 with captain Ricky Ponting for the third wicket and 69 with Cameron White (40) for the unbroken fifth wicket - to guide his side to a comfortable win after South Africa had scored 157 for five largely revolving around J P Duminy's unbeaten 69. The home side were off to a shaky start with the two openers gone for 29, but after that the Australians were never in trouble. Ponting contributed a useful 31-ball 38 and though there was a bit of hiccup when David Hussey was out for 2-ball two, Hussey and White took the home side to 161 for four with seven balls to spare. The packed 40,000 crowd at the Gabba, who gave a standing ovation to Hayden when he ran a lap of honour during the innings break, later saw a lot of stunning hits in the 69-run stand for the fourth wicket between Hussey and White in just 5.5 overs, though the duo each enjoyed reprieves from the South African fielders.
— PTI Scoreboard South Africa: Amla c White b Hilfenhaus 26 Gibbs c M Hussey b Hopes 6 Duminy not out 69 Jaarsveld lbw b D Hussey 0 Boucher c Tait b Hopes 19 J Morkel c D Hussey b Bracken 19 McKenzie not out 7 Extras (lb-7, wd-4): 11 Total (for 5 wickets in 20 overs): 157 Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-40, 3-41, 4-90, 5-128. Bowling: S Tait 4-0-37-0, N Bracken 4-0-29-1, B Hilfenhaus 4-0-32-1, J Hopes 4-0-29-2, D Hussey 3-0-18-1, M Hussey 1-0-5-0.
PTI Australia: Marsh c Botha b M Morkel 15 Warner b Steyn 7 Ponting run out 38 M Hussey not out 53 D Hussey c Duminy b M Morkel 2 White not out 40 Extras (lb-3, wd-3): 6 Total (4 wickets in 18.5 overs): 161 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-29, 3-90, 4-92. Bowling: J Botha 4-0-19-0, D Steyn 3-0-19-1, D Parnell 4-0-44-0, M Morkel 3.5-0-32-2, J Morkel 3-0-36-0, JP Duminy 1-0-8-0.
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Kiwis clinch series 2-1
Wellington, January 13 Chasing 294 for victory after Chris Gayle's 135 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 94 had lifted the visitors to 293 for nine, New Zealand were 211 for five after 35 overs when players left the field in heavy rain. West Indies: Gayle c Taylor b Mills 135 Chattergoon b Mills 1 Sarwan c Elliott b Gillespie 22 Chanderpaul c Guptill b Ryder 94 Findlay run out 3 Pollard c Taylor b Gillespie 19 Ramdin b Gillespie 9 Powell c McCullum b Mills 4 Nash not out 1 Edwards b Gillespie 1 Extras: (lb-2, w-2): 4 Total: (50 overs for 9): 293 Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-73 3-243 4-247 5-272 6-279 7-291 8-291 9-293 Bowling: Mills 10-2-57-3, Gillespie 10-0-58-4 (w-1), Southee 10-0-63-0 (w-1), Vettori 10-1-45-0, Ryder 6-0-35-1, Elliott 4-0-33-0 New Zealand: Ryder c Findlay b Powell 21 McCullum c Findlay b Baker 41 Guptill c Ramdin b Pollard 43 Taylor not out 48 Flynn c&b Powell 21 Broom lbw Powell 0 Elliott not out 14 Extras: (b-1, lb-6, w-13, nb-3): 23 Total: (for 5 wickets): 211 FoW: 1-59 2-96 3-138 4-175 5-175 Bowling: Edwards 5-0-46-0 (nb-3), Powell 10-0-66-3 (w-6), Baker 6-0-36-1, Pollard 10-0-40-1 (w-2), Nash 4-0-16-0 (w-1) Result: NZ won by nine runs (D/L method)
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Dalbir academy score 1-0 win
Nabha, January 13 Up against a thoroughly professional outfit like CISF, the young and exuberant Dalbir academy lads played with verve and were never overawed by the reputation of their rivals. For the Patiala team, captain Harpreet Singh played a pivotal role and turned out to be the fulcrum around which the academy lads wove their moves. Medio Preet Jot too played well and most of the moves in the midfield were planned and executed by him with precision. For his efforts Preet Jot was justly awarded the Man-of-the-Match award. Dalbir academy pumped in the first goal in the beginning of the first half when Sunil Kumar rose above the defence to chest a long aeriel ball floated in by Preet Jot from the left flank. After playing a passing bout with Harpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar displayed good ball control to push it past the defence horde and finally executed a hard shot which went past the diving CISF goal tender. Buoyed by this success, the academy boys started attacking with renewed vigour and put three strikers upfront. They could have got a cool two goal cushion but the CISF defence stood like a rock and withstood several raids by the troika of Harpreet, Preet Jot and Sunil Kumar. Dalbir Academy now play their pre-quarterfinal match against JCT academy tomorrow, a contest which is sure be an acid test for the Patiala outfit.. In the second match, SNC, Banga and DFA Kapurthala played a 1-1 draw in regulation time before the former won 6-4 in the tie breaker.
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India to play 5 ODIs, one T20 game in Sri Lanka
Colombo, January 13 "We have agreed to visit Sri Lanka and play five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match before we go to New Zealand for our pre-fixed tour. The exact dates will be finalised soon and will be released jointly," Srinivasan said in a press conference. Srinivasan also thanked Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge for assuring that Sri Lankan cricketers would be available for the second edition of the Indian Premier League scheduled in April. He also thanked the SLC for supporting the BCCI's stand on the rebel Indian Cricket League. The cancellation of India's tour of Pakistan following the terror attacks in Mumbai provided a gap in the calendar and Sri Lanka too split their hastily arranged Pakistan tour to accommodate this series. — PTI
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Australia batsman Matthew Hayden announced his retirement from international cricket today, drawing stumps on a dazzling career as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.
Having allowed Mumbai to amass 402 runs in their first innings, Uttar Pradesh lost early wickets to be left struggling at 91 for three at close on the second day of the Ranji Trophy cricket final here today.
The one that's in my memory and my soul at the moment is my last Test match (against England)... we won the series 5-0 and walked off together, so it was a fairytale end and one that I'll never forget thanks to my big mate
I don't think there is any doubt about that (being Australia's best opener), you can even look back through the history books and try and see if there has ever been a better opening batsman in the game, let alone Australia.
It's been an absolute honour and a privilege to play with him and even more so to call him a mate. And to me Matty is a legend of the game; he's got nothing left to prove, his career stands alone.
