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German Grand Prix
Fedrigo wins ninth stage
Bangladesh Tour Of WI
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The
Ashes
Cardiff, July 12 Victory seemed assured for the Australians when Paul Collingwood was dismissed for 74 after five hours 43 minutes of dogged resistance with England still needing six to make Australia bat again and a minimum 11.3 overs remaining.
The day began brightly for Australia when Ben Hilfenhaus, bustling in from the River End, captured the wicket Australia prized most by knocking over Kevin Pietersen's off-stump in the fourth over of the day. Pietersen, on eight, moved half forward and opted to leave alone a delivery he calculated would swing away. Instead it went straight on. Hauritz took over from Hilfenhaus and immediately troubled captain Andrew Strauss and Collingwood with four fielders clustered close around the bat. Strauss square-cut the first boundary of the day but was out off the next ball caught behind by Brad Haddin for 17 attempting a similar shot from a delivery which bounced a little higher. Hauritz was gifted a second wicket when Matt Prior (14) made the elementary error of trying to cut an off-spinner which turned appreciably and succeeded only in guiding the ball to Michael Clarke at first slip. Andrew Flintoff (26) and Collingwood added 57 in a fighting sixth-wicket partnership with the former playing a thumping drive to the cover boundary and a clip for four to long-on. He was out edging Mitchell Johnson to second slip where Ponting took a smart, low catch. Collingwood, taking no risks at all, reached 50 from 167 balls but lost Stuart Broad lbw for 17 to Hauritz 20 minutes before tea. Graeme Swann rallied after the interval, playing one lovely drive to the extra-cover boundary off Hilfenhaus. He reached 31 from 81 minutes when he was lbw playing across a full delivery from the same bowler. Collingwood fought on, but when he was caught off Siddle at gully by Michael Hussey at the second attempt, England seemed doomed. — Reuters Scoreboard
England (1st innings) 435 Australia (1st innings) 674-6, decl. England (2nd innings) Straussc Haddin b Hauritz 17 Cook lbw b Johnson 6 Bopara lbw b Hilfenhaus 1 Pietersen b Hilfenhaus 8 Collingwood c Hussey b Siddle 74 Prior c Clarke b Hauritz 14 Flintoff c Ponting b Johnson 26 Broad lbw b Hauritz 14 Swann lbw b Hilfenhaus 31 Anderson not out 21 Panesar not out 7 Extras
(b-9, lb-9, nb-11, w-4) 33 Total (nine wickets; 105 overs) 252 Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-31, 4-46, 5-70, 6-127, 7-159, 8-221, 9-233. Bowling:
Johnson 22-4-44-2, Hilfenhaus 15-3-47-3, Siddle 18-2-51-1, 37-12-63-3, Clarke 3-0-8-0, North 7-4-14-0, Katich 3-0-7-0. |
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Pakistan shot out for 90 in 1st innings
Opener Malinda Warnapura was trapped lbw by seamer Umar Gul for 11 runs with the total on 28 before Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara partnered with Tharanga Paranavitana for a determined 54-run partnership for the second wicket. Paranavitana was out for 26 when he edged a ball from offspinner Saeed Ajmal to wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal. Sangakkara, who completed his 31st test half century, went on to join Mahela Jayawardene for a 51-run third-wicket stand until Jayawardene was caught at forward-short leg by Khurram Manzoor off Ajmal for 19. Ajmal was the pick of the Pakistani bowlers with figures of 2-45. Earlier, seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekera claimed four wickets to bundle out Pakistan in the second session as they struggled against the new ball on a seaming pitch after captain Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first. Kulasekera first dismissed Manzoor for three when the opener pushed at an inswinger and was caught by wicketkeeper Dilshan with the total on four. Khan was out for a duck off a ball from left-arm seamer Thushara, while Yousuf reached 10 before playing a square-drive against Kulasekera only to be caught at cover-point by Rangana Herath. Misbah edged a Kulasekera delivery to Dilshan without scoring as Pakistan collapsed to 19-4. Opener Alam and Shoaib Malik tried briefly to resurrect the innings with a 32-run, fifth wicket stand, before Mathews trapped Alam lbw. — AP Scoreboard Pakistan 1st innings Manzoor c Dilshan b Kulasekara 3 Fawad lbw b Mathews 16 Younis b Thushara 0 Yousuf c Herath b Kulasekara 10 Misbah c Dilshan b Kulasekara 0 Malik not out 39 Kamran c Dilshan b Thushara 9 Rauf lbw b Kulasekara 0 Gul c Samaraweera b Mendis 1 Aamer lbw b Mendis 2 Ajmal lbw b Mendis 0 Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 2) 10 Total: (all out; 36 overs) 90 FoWs: 1-4, 2-6, 3-17, 4-19, 5-51, 6-67, 7-74, 8-80, 9-90. Bowling: Kulasekara 9-3-21-4, Thushara 8-3-23-2, Mendis10-3-20-3, Mathews 3-0-15-1, Herath 6-3-5-0. Sri Lanka 1st innings Warnapura lbw b Gul 11 Paranavitana c Akmal b Ajmal 26 Sangakkara batting 81 Jayawardene c Manzoor b Ajmal 19 Samaraweera batting 13 Extras: (b 8, lb 1, nb 5) 14 Total: (3 wickets; 48 overs) 164 FoWs: 1-28, 2-82, 3-133. Bowling: Gul10-1-28-1, Aamer 9-2-30-0, Rauf 8-1-31- 0, Ajmal15-1-45-2, Younis 6-1-21-0.
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Webber drives home the points
Nuerburgring, July 12 Brawn GP's Button has 68 points, Vettel moved up to second on 47 and Webber third on 45.5. The normally calm Webber allowed all the years of pent-up emotion to pour out as he took the chequered flag, bellowing his jubilation across the team radio as he won for the first time in 130 starts. Barrichello, second on the grid, stole the lead at the start for Brawn but finished sixth to drop to fourth place overall on 44 points. Nico Rosberg was fourth for Williams in front of his home crowd, his best result of the season. Spaniard Fernando Alonso took two points for Renault while Finland's Heikki Kovalainen ended McLaren's four-race drought with a point in eighth place. Britain's world champion Lewis Hamilton's hopes evaporated when his McLaren picked up a puncture on the first lap. He finished 18th, last of the runners, and lapped. — Reuters Heartbreak again for
Force India
Kimi Raikkonen dashed Adrian Sutil’s fairytale home race. In a repeat of last year’s Monaco Grand Prix, Raikkonen bruised Sutil’s VJM02 just when the German, running second, was coming out of the pit and knocked off the front wing to force a pit-stop that dashed Sutil’s hopes. Sutil finished 15th while teammate Fisichella finished 11th.
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Fedrigo wins ninth stage
Tarbes, July 12 Italian Rinaldo Nocentini retained the leader’s yellow jersey. Astana’s Alberto Contador stayed second overall six seconds adrift with team mate Lance Armstrong third, two seconds further back, after none of the favourites attacked in the stage’s two climbs. The riders rushed from the finish to Tarbes's airport to catch their flights to Limoges for the race’s first rest day on Monday. Fedrigo, national champion in 2005, and Pellizotti were the last remaining riders of a break launched after 12 km in the final stage in the Pyrenees.
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Bangladesh begin fightback
Kingstown, July 12 Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings) 238 West Indies (1st innings) Richards lbw b Shakib 13 Phillips c Raqibul b Rube 94 Austin c Imrul b Rubel 17 Dowlin lbw b Shakib 22 Reifer c Shakib b Mahmudullah 25 Bernard c sub b Shahadat 53 Waltonc Shakib b Mahmudullah 0 Sammy b Mahmudullah 48 Miller c Mushfiqur b Rubel 0 Roach c sub b Ashraful 6 Best not out 1 Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 19) 28 Total: (all out; 95.1 overs) 307 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-94, 3-142, 4-176, 5-227, 6-227, 7-267, 8-267, 9-306,10-307. Bowling: Mortaza 6.3-0-26-0, Shahadat 13-2-48-1, Shakib 35-10-76-2, Rubel 15-1-76-3, Mahmudullah 19.4-2-59-3, Ashraful 6-0-15-1. Bangladesh (2nd Innings) Iqbal batting 14 Kayes batting 11 Extras (nb 1) 1 Total (no loss, 7 overs) 26 Bowling: Roach 3-0-11-0; Best 2-0-13-0; Austin 2-0-2-0.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting put his faith in off-spinners Nathan Hauritz and Marcus North for the final overs after taking pace bowler Peter Siddle out of the attack. Anderson (21 not out) and Panesar (seven not out), playing resolutely straight, defied the bowling with the former negotiating the final over from Hauritz to tumultuous applause.
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