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Modi wiped out on home turf
SA face an improbable task
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S’kara, S’veera hit tons
Sarwan thwarts England
India win 4th Test, clinch series 2-0
Anand held, stays joint fourth
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Jaipur, March 1 It was a complete whitewash of Modi and Co. as they could not win even a single post of the 21 at stake in the elections conducted under the supervision of Justice (retired) N M Kasliwal. Modi, a BCCI vice president and the brain behind the highly successful Indian Premier League, lost the election 13-18 to Dixit, who is an IAS officer and is known to have the backing of the state government. Modi's embarrassing exit from the RCA, however, will have no bearing on his position in the BCCI as well as the chairman and commissioner of the IPL, BCCI chief Shahank Manohar asserted. Modi blamed the state government his defeat but assured the outcome the election will have no bearing on the IPL matches. "I paid the price of being close to Vasundhara Raje (former chief minister of Rajasthan). The state government did whatever it could to defeat me. "But it will not affect the IPL matches. They will be held in Jaipur only," Modi said after the results were announced. Dixit however countered Modi's allegations and termed their victory as historic. "It is a historic moment today that we have been able to end Modi's reign. He is one of the most corrupt men. If a man like Lalit Modi talks about the support of the government, it is like pot calling the kettle black," Dixit told newsmen after victory. Meanwhile, BCCI President Shashank Manohar said the result of the RCA elections will have no bearing on his position in the Cricket Board and the IPL. "The RCA elections have nothing to do with Modi continuing as vice-president of the BCCI and as Chairman and Commissioner of the IPL," Manohar told PTI from Nagpur. The elections were originally scheduled for February 22 but were re-scheduled when Modi sought Apex Court's intervention for free and fair contest. Ameen Pathan lost the secretary election 12-19 to Ashok Kumar Ohri, who is president of Churu District Cricket Association. Shiv Charan who is believed to be close to Chief Minister got the better of Kuldeep Srivastav with the same margin in the election for the post of deputy president. The post of treasurer was retained by C P Ojha who also won 19-12 against The run-up to the RCA election was marked by a series of allegation and counter allegations between the rival groups which fought a fierce battle to gain control of the association. Ahead of elections, Modi faced allegations of cheating and forgery. A complaint was filed by the state convener of
the Nagrik Morcha Pandit Suresh According to the complaint, Modi had reportedly made a public statement that he would donate Rs 6 crore from the sponsors of IPL for the victims of the Jaipur blasts in May last year. The complaint followed a forgery allegation related to land purchase. It was alleged that he acquired a piece of land in Nagaur district through unfair means. — PTI
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Gets full Shashank backing
"The RCA elections have nothing to do with Modi continuing as vice-president of the BCCI and as Chairman and Commissioner of the
IPL," Manohar told PTI from Nagpur. Modi lost an acrimonious election to Sanjay Dixit in the RCA elections by five votes, losing 13-18 in the race to become the new president in
Jaipur. Modi was elected vice-president of the BCCI for three years in 2008 and as Chairman of the IPL for five years and will continue in that post till 2013. He will also attend all the BCCI meetings but would not be representing the RCA at At the AGM too he will not have a vote as the BCCI vice-president do not have a vote. Whoever is sent as the RCA representative will have a vote at the
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Blames Gehlot govt for defeat
Jaipur, March 1 Modi, who lost 13-18 to IAS officer Sanjay Dixit for the Rajasthan Cricket Association president's post, alleged that the Ashok Gehlot led government had a role in his defeat. "I paid the price of being close to Vasundhara Raje (former chief minister of Rajasthan). The state government did whatever it could to defeat me," Modi told reporters after the results were declared. However, the IPL chairman said he was happy to have contributed something to the game's development in the state. "At the end of the day my contribution has been to the game of cricket. We will continue and have lots more to do," said Modi, who became RCA president in 2005. The outgoing president also said the outcome of today results would have no bearing on the IPL matches in the state. "This will not affect the IPL matches. They will be held in Jaipur only. As far as the Rajasthan Royals are concerned, they are going to decide on the matches. Asked whether it was a prestige battle, Modi said, "No... (But) it was a battle without doubt. Any election is a battle," he told NDTV. Dixit, who alleged that Modi had offered huge sums of money to lure his supporters, hit back saying it was really strange that someone like Modi would talk about government support. "If a man like Lalit Modi talks about the support of the government, it is like pot calling the kettle
black," Dixit told newsmen after his victory. Meanwhile, Ashok Kumar Ohri, who defeated Amin Pathan 19-12 in the RCA secretary election, was, however, not critical of Modi. "He has developed the infrastructure. Everything was there but the standard of cricket slipped because the emotional bonds were missing," Ohri said.
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Johannesburg, March 1 Australia disposed of South Africa's openers Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie, but all four top-order batsmen for the hosts made reasonable contributions to guide their side to 178-2 at the close in pursuit of a victory target of 454. The record for a successful fourth innings test run-chase is 418. Both teams have a realistic chance of winning the opening test, with the match delicately poised. South African captain Graeme Smith scored a gritty 69 that included seven fours in his three hours at the crease, adding 76 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie (35) and 54 with Hashim Amla (43 not out) for the second. Amla faced 88 balls and hit six fours. Batting conditions were good, as afternoon sunshine dried out the pitch and removed some of its life. Amla was tested by Australia's Peter Siddle, who subjected him to a barrage of short-pitched bowling from around the wicket. But South Africa's No.3 survived, and added 58 to the close with Jacques Kallis (26 not out), in 14.5 overs. Earlier, South Africa made a solid start in their second innings. Neil McKenzie and captain Graeme Smith were both on 28 not out at the interval. Australia collapsed to 207 all out in their second innings but remained in a powerful position on a pitch which has helped the bowlers throughout. New cap Phil Hughes top-scored for Australia with 75. Hughes - out for a duck in the first innings - was twice given not out despite gloving balls from Morne Morkel to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, with South Africa failing to refer the decisions to the television umpire. The tourists reached 99 for one but lost three wickets in the space of four balls without another run added. Another four wickets fell for the addition of 48 runs before the last two wickets added 60 runs. Brad Haddin made a successful appeal against an lbw decision given to left-arm spinner Paul Harris by umpire Billy Bowden when he had 15. He went on to hit 37 before he was caught behind off Makhaya Ntini shortly before lunch. All-rounder Jacques Kallis took three for 22 and Makhaya Ntini three for 29. Kallis sparked the Australian collapse when he dismissed Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey off successive deliveries. Ponting pulled a short ball to deep midwicket and Hussey made a mess of an attempted pull to sky the ball to square leg. Australia (1st innings): 466 South Africa (1st innings): 220 Australia (2nd innings) (overnight 51-1) Hughes c De Villiers b Harris 75 Katich c Boucherr b Morkel 10 Ponting c Amla b Kallis 25 M Hussey c Ntini b Kallis 0 Clarke c Kallis b Harris 0 North b Kallis 5 Haddin c Boucher b Ntini 37 McDonald c Boucher b Ntini 7 Johnson c Kallis b Ntini 1 Siddle not out 22 Hilfenhaus b Steyn 16 Extras (lb 5, nb 3, w 1) 9 Total (53.4 overs) 207 Fall of wickets : 1-38, 2-99, 3-99, 4-99, 5-104, 6-138, 7-145, 8-147, 9-174. Bowling: Steyn 16.4-5-51-1, Ntini 11-3-52-3, Morkel 10-1-41-1, Harris 11-0-36-2, Kallis 5-0-22-3. South Africa (2nd innings) McKenzie c Haddin b Johnson 35 Smith c Johnson b Hilfenhaus 69 Amla not out 43 Kallis not out 26 Extras: (1lb, 1w, 3nb) 5 Total: (2 wickets, 55 overs) 178 Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-130. Bowling: Johnson 13-0-59-1, Hilfenhaus 16-4-47-1, Siddle 12-2-32-0, McDonald 9-3-16-0, North 5-0-23-0. — AFP
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‘Johnson can be a Kapil or a Botham’
Sydney, March 1 Former Australian opener Mark Waugh asserted that ''He has the ability to bat at six and play a role like
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Lahore, March 1 The duo shared a 204-run stand for the fourth wicket to help their team end the day at 317 for four after sent in to bat. Sangakkara departed at the fag end of the day when Yasir Arafat had him caught behind. Samaraweera and Tilakratne Dilshan (3) were at the crease when stumps were drawn. The Lankan stumper batted with patience, facing 210 balls and hitting eight boundaries in his 334 minute stay at the crease. Samaraweera batted beautifully for his 133-run knock, adorned with 19 boundaries. Pakistan pacer Umar Gul was the most successful bowler with his three wickets. Gul dismissed both the openers Malinda Warnapura (8) and Tharanga Paranavitana (21) to give Pakistan a good start. Samaraweera, who hit a double hundred in the first Test, along with Sangakkara took the responsibility to steady the rocking boat and came out triumphant as their team was tottering at 97 for three at one stage. It was Gul, who drew the first blood when he dismissed Warnapure as early as in the fifth over of the match when Misbah-ul-Haq took a brilliant catch in the slip region. Gul dealt another blow to the visitors when he had Paranavitana caught at gully by former skipper Shoaib Malik, leaving visitors struggling 35 for two. Sri Lanka (1st innings): Warnapura c Misbah b Gul 8 Paranavitana c Malik b Gul 21 Sangakkara c Akmal b Arafat 104 M Jayawardene c Akmal b Gul 30 Samaraweera batting 133 Dilshan batting 3 Extras (b-4, w-2, nb-12) 18 Total (for four wickets, 86.4 overs) 317 Bowling: Gul 19.4-2-67-3, M Talha 11-0-50-0, Arafat 13-2-53-1, Kaneria 24-1-89-0, Malik 17-2-45-0, Younis 2-0-9-0. — PTI
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The home team, resuming on 398-5, went to the break on 483-5, within 117 runs of England's formidable first innings total of 600-6 declared. The 28-year-old Sarwan, overnight 184 not out, carried on to an unbeaten 229 against a flagging England attack. The stylish right-hander struck 24 fours and two sixes off 369 balls in just short of 10 hours. England (1st Innings): 600 dec for 6 West Indies (1st innings) (overnight 398-5) D. Smith lbw b Swann 55 Gayle lbw b Anderson 6 Sarwan not out 229 Hinds lbw b Swann 15 Chanderpaul lbw b Anderson 70 Nash lbw b Swann 33 Ramdin not out 56 Extras: (b-8 lb-7 w-1 nb-3) 19 Total: (five wickets, 138 overs) 483 Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-121 3-159 4-281 5-334. Bowling: Anderson 26-6-91-2; Sidebottom 27-4-99-0; Broad 26-4-93-0; Swann 39-8-107-3; Pietersen 7-1-28-0; Bopara 7-0-33-0; Collingwood 6-0-17-0. — AP
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India win 4th Test, clinch series 2-0
Auckland, March 1 After a barren first-half, veteran Indian ace Dilip Tirkey struck in the 43rd minute, while Sandeep sounded the board in the 67th minute to settle the issue a day after the teams fought out a 1-1 draw at the same venue in the third Test. The visitors were perhaps fortunate not to be behind at half-time after the New Zealanders felt they should have had a goal two minutes before the interval. New Zealand were instead awarded a stroke after the ball hit an Indian player, stopping a certain goal. The Indians successfully appealed on the grounds that the ball had hit a New Zealand player’s foot earlier. A 16-yard hit was awarded to the Indians, much to the consternation of a India played a little one dimensionally in the first half and New Zealand's cover The second half was a different story altogether with India mounting pressure. Dilip Tirkey nailed a penalty corner strike in the 43rd minute as the umpiring calls continued to go against the Black Sticks. From there the Indians opened up and were spectacular on the counter attack. Expert drag-flicker Sandeep Singh scored the match winner in the 67th minute after finding the top left of the goal with apparent ease. Inexperience showed at times in the New Zealand side, with too many players guilty of turnovers which the Indians capitalised on. Captain Dean Couzins said it was a disappointing way to finish the series and felt his side could have won. ''In the first half we played well enough to be leading by one or two so first of all we didn't take our chances,'' he said after the game. ''Towards the end of the game we just weren't good enough, we made a lot of basic errors and turned the ball over way too much,'' he observed.
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Anand held, stays joint fourth
Linares, March 1 On a day when Levon Aronian of Armenia accounted for Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Russian Alexander Grischuk hung on to his full point lead after settling for a draw with Lenier Dominguez of Cuba. In the other game of the day, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk played out a draw with Wang Yue of China. With six rounds to go in the super Grandmasters event, Grischuk has 5.5 points in his kitty and the nearest contenders now are Ivanchuk and Aronian, both of whom have 4.5 points each. Anand remained in joint fourth spot on 4 points and giving him company is Carlsen. Dominguez on 3.5 holds the sixth spot while the seventh position is shared by Radjabov and Wang Yue half a point behind. For Anand it was a missed opportunity as the Indian ace had the advantage amid the complexities against Radjabov. The Semi Slav by Anand as black led to a new position on move 16th after Radjabov produced a 'novelty' but the Indian came out unscathed. — PTI
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