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Aussies all the way
Bangladesh’s Tour of WI
WICB-WIPA contract row continues
Sunny turns 60
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‘I asked Ganguly to quit T20’
Mountain challenge for Lance
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Aussies all the way
Cardiff, July 10 Earlier, during a productive second session on the third day of the first Ashes Test. Michael Clarke batted beautifully throughout with a string of handsome shots to reach 70 at tea. He was ably supported by Marcus North who marked his Ashes debut by reaching his half-century just before the interval. Australia were 458 for four after losing three wickets in the opening session. Clarke drove Stuart Broad to the extra-cover boundary and off-drove Monty Panesar over long-off for six without obvious effort to bring up the 50 partnership. He brought up his half-century with a driven four off Graeme Swann and pulled Andrew Flintoff sweetly through mid-wicket to give Australia the first innings lead. North swept Panesar for four and took further boundaries off Swann with a square-cut and a sweep. Two mistimed sweeps by North off Panesar which fell safely in the fine-leg area were the only obvious blemishes over two hours. Swann, who had come into the match as England's form bowler after impressive displays in India and the Caribbean, suffered in particular. The off-spinner conceded 86 runs from 28 wicketless overs after bowling five consecutive maidens on Thursday. James Anderson took two wickets in 14 deliveries with the second new ball in the pre-lunch sesssion to dismiss Simon Katich and Michael Hussey. Captain Ricky Ponting, whose second wicket partnership with Katich had turned the match in Australia’s favour, was out for 150 when he dragged a Panesar delivery on to his stumps. — Reuters Scoreboard
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Bangladesh’s Tour of WI
Kingstown, July 10 Seamers Tino Best and David Bernard picked up two wickets each with Darren Sammy and Kemar Roach chipping in with a wicket apiece as Bangladesh fell victim once again to loose strokes and lack of concentration. Resuming on 42-0 after the heavily rain-affected first day, the tourists lost both openers in quick succession as Tamim Iqbal went, caught by Wes Indies skipper Floyd Reifer at first slip off the impressive Best. Imrul Kayes, the top scorer so far with 33, then misjudged a Darren Sammy delivery, shouldering arms but being given out lbw as the ball nipped back.
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WICB-WIPA contract row continues
Port of Spain, July 10 A WICB Negotiating Team met with the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) here yesterday after the players, who have not been offered contract for four successive series, boycotted the fifth unpaid series, against Bangladesh. They fielded seven uncapped players in the first Test which started at Kingstown yesterday. “WICB impressed upon WIPA that it was not prepared, consistent with good industrial relations practices, to negotiate under duress, and insisted that before any good faith negotiations commenced, the players’ strike would first have to end,” WICB said in a statement today. The WICB said it would pay the players whatever it had offered during its previous negotiations with WIPA. “As an act of good faith, WICB has determined that, in the best interest of West Indies cricket, it will pay to its former players the sums it had offered to pay during its previous negotiations with WIPA,” the statement said. But the WIPA refused and the meeting, attended by WICB President Dave Cameron along with Gerard Pinard and Derek Ali while Dinanath Ramnarine and Ousman Ali represented WIPA, lasted only 23 minutes.
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New Delhi, July 10 “At the end of the (inaugural IPL) tournament I told something he did not want to hear. ‘I really think your game was off the pace and the more you play T20, the more harm you will do yourself,’ I told him. Sourav responded to my frank assessment by claiming he had at least one more year of 20-over cricket in him. He told me his main aim was to get into the Test side against Australia, an aim he did achieve before announcing his Test retirement,” Buchanan observed. “He basically said to me: ‘Thank you for your concerns, but I don’t agree with what you are saying’.” Buchanan felt the advent of Twenty20 was a bit late for players like him and that it would have harmed the brand that Ganguly himself was. “...Ganguly had created an incredible brand for himself in India. It might seem strange, but this is why I question his suitability for and need to play T20. I am concerned that he will erode his brand, his stature, by playing in the IPL,” Buchanan said. Overall, the Australian finds Ganguly “a man of contradictions” but in the same breath he also says the left-hander is “a fascinating character” and “psychologists would find him intriguing”. The former Australia coach confessed he could not understand Ganguly till the end of inaugural IPL season. “Our captain Sourav Ganguly, the Prince of Kolkata, or Dada as he is affectionately nicknamed, is a fascinating character, a man of contradictions. I am sure psychologists would find him intriguing,” he said. “I found him a gentleman to work with yet I finished the tournament still feeling I didn’t know him,” he said. Buchanan also tried to explain Ganguly’s habit of turning late at toss in the 2004 series against Australia which infuriated rival captain Steve Waugh. “I went into the IPL with an open mind about Sourav, who had been an antagonist of Australian sides I coached. He is a lovely person but he lives in his own world. He used to drive Stephen Waugh crazy by being late for the toss. That might have been partly strategic, but also he was simply unaware of its importance.” “He would be in the rooms, in his own world, when he would be told it was time for the toss. He would not be ready and would have to get changed before meeting his by-now irritated opposing captain,” he said. Buchanan insisted Ganguly’s trait of irritating the opposition was not always pre-meditated. “Ganguly has always had the ability to mentally unsettle his opponents. It was not always by design but Waugh saw it as lack of respect and common courtesy. At times, I feel Sourav is guilty of that, but on the other occasions, I believe he is simply in his own world and loses track of time.” — PTI
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Mumbai, July 10 The first batsman ever to reach 10,000 runs in the history of cricket, Gavaskar had a distinguished career adorned with many landmarks. Playing with his bat very close to his pads, Gavaskar was the epitome of copybook batting as he scored 10,122 runs from 125 Tests with a then record of 34 Test tons in an international career spanning 16 years. The diminutive cricketer-turned-columnist and commentator was also the first batsman to surpass Sir Donald Bradman’s 29 centuries in Tests, an achievement which acquire more significance as it came in the era of tearaway West Indian bowlers. He and Viswanath were the backbone of the Indian batting line-up when the batsmen were not protected with modern-day protective equipment like helmet and there was also no restriction on number of bumpers that could be bowled in an over. One of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, Gavaskar was concentration personified, whose defence was almost unbreachable, making him the most prized scalp of his time. He played a stellar role with Dilip Sardesai and Eknath Solkar to help India to a historic series victory in the Caribbean under the leadership of Ajit Wadekar. His feats in the West Indies also resulted in a Calypso penned in his praise. The Mumbai icon was the part of 1983 World Cup winning squad and also shone in the 1987 World Cup match against New Zealand. — PTI
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Phelps breaks World Record in 100m butterfly
Indianapolis, July 10 Phelps’ power was on display when he went out fast and pulled away after the turn clocking 50.22 seconds, leaving McGill a distance second in 51.06. Phelps now holds five individual world records - 200 and 400 individual medleys, 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 freestyle. He had previously held the 100 butterfly record when he broke the mark in the semifinals of the 2003 Barcelona world championships. — Reuters
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Barcelona, July 10 “I think it’s very possible that he (Contador) sets a tempo nobody can follow, and in that case there is not much I can do,” Armstrong said. “I have to stay with the other favourites, and fulfil my responsibility as a team mate. I can’t chase him down. If he goes alone, then I will just stay with the other favourites.” Spaniard Contador, Tour winner in 2007, will be in his element in the mountains and the scenario of the race will largely depend on his tactics in the final 10.6-km climb to Arcalis at an average gradient of 7.1 percent. Should Contador attack Armstrong, he is likely to claim the yellow jersey from Cancellara and establish himself as a real leader within Astana but it would put the pressure on him and his team mates for two weeks. “I think Lance does not have the physical means to beat Contador in the mountains,” Charly Mottet, who was fourth in the Tour in 1987 and 1991, said on Thursday. “If I am Contador, I don’t take the (yellow) jersey, it would be like committing hara-kiri.” — Reuters
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