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Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka
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‘England hurt spirit of game’
HC dismisses Muthiah’s plea against Srinivasan
Kaka defends Real spending spree
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Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka
Colombo, July 13 Left-handed Alam led the way with a determined 102 not out to give Pakistan a lead of 28 runs with nine wickets in hand on a dry pitch that appeared to have eased out under the hot sun. The fearless 23-year-old from Karachi moved to 98 by lofting left-arm spinner Rangana Herath for a six over mid-wicket and then flicked the next ball for two runs to reach the coveted century. Alam put on 85 for the first wicket with Khurram Manzoor, before he was caught behind by wicket-keeper Tillakaratne Dilshan off Herath. Skipper Younus Khan, who was dismissed for zero in the first innings, was unbeaten at stumps after adding 93 for the unbroken second wicket with Alam. Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara rotated his seam and spin attack in short bursts to gain quick breakthroughs, but Pakistan’s batsmen were not found wanting a second time. Pakistan’s fightback was launched by seamer Umar Gul and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took four wickets each to keep Sri Lanka’s first innings in check. The hosts lost their last seven wickets for 63 runs after starting the day at a comfortable 164-3. Gul extracted reverse swing with the old ball on the dry wicket to rip through the innings, including the wickets of Nuwan Kulasekera and Herath off successive deliveries. Thilan Thushara denied Gul a hat-trick and Angelo Mathews hit a defiant 27 towards the end to boost Sri Lanka’s total from 220-8 before the innings ended 20 minutes after lunch. The hosts lost the overnight pair of Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera within the first hour for the addition of 24 runs. —
AFP Scoreboard Sri Lanka (1st Innings) Overnight: (164-3) Warnapura lbw b Gul 11 Paranavitana c Akmal b Ajmal 26 Sangakkara b Gul 87 Jayawardene c Manzoor b Ajmal 19 Samaraweera run out 21 Dilshan c Akmal b Ajmal 20 Mathews c Yousuf b Ajmal 27 Kulasekera c Misbah b Gul 11 Herath c and b Gul 0 Thushara lbw b Rauf 1 Mendis not out 0 Extras (b 8, lb 1l, nb 8) 17 Total:
(all out in 80 overs) 240 Fall of Wickets: 1-28, 2-82, 3-133, 4-177, 5-188, 6-203, 7-220, 8-220, 9-227, 10-240. Bowling:
Gul18-1-43-4, Aamer 13-2-36-0, Rauf 11-1-38-1, Ajmal 31-5-87-4, Younis 7-1-27-0. Pakistan (2nd Innings) Manzoor c Dilshan b Herath 38 Fawad batting 102 Younis batting 35 Extras
(b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3 Total: (for one wicket in 53 overs) 178 Fall of wickets:
1-85. Bowling: Kulasekera 9-2-25-0, Thushara 10-0-32-0, Mathews 6-0-20-0, Mendis 11-0-43-0, Herath 16-1-53-1, Paranavitana 1-0-3-0. |
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‘England hurt spirit of game’
Cardiff, July 13 That added drama to the proceedings but Ponting was clearly unimpressed. He directed heated words to Shafayat and McCaig while they were on the ground and then said at his post-match press conference the interruptions were disrespect to the spirit of the game. “I don’t think it was required. I was unhappy with it. Anderson changed the gloves the over before, I don’t think they’d be too sweaty in one over,” said Ponting. “I’m not sure what the physio was doing out there. I didn’t see anyone call for the physio to come out. As far as I’m concerned, it was pretty ordinary really. But they can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. It’s up to them to do what they want to do.” Ponting, however, said he would not make any complaint to match referee Jeff Crowe. “I don’t want to make that big a deal of it. I am sure others will be taking it up with the England hierarchy as they should. But it is not the reason we didn’t win. I won’t think about it again when we leave here,” said Ponting. Meanwhile, England skipper Andrew Strauss cast aside the allegations that they were trying to waste time. “Our intentions were good. We weren’t out there to waste a huge amount of time,” Strauss said. “There was a lot of confusion. We first of all sent out the 12th man to let Jimmy (James Anderson) and Monty know that there was time left rather than just the overs. And then a drink spilled on his (Anderson’s) glove. There was a lot of confusion to be honest,” he added. — PTI |
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Bangladesh Tour Of WI
Kingstown, July 13 The target, with a minimum of 62 overs remaining, requires a reachable 3.4 runs per over but Bangladesh will also fancy theirchances of getting the eight wickets needed for their second win in Tests. After West Indies rattled through Bangladesh’s tail onMonday to dismiss the tourists for 345 the tourists responded well. West Indies opener Richards was dismissed in amateurish fashion as while waiting for the verdict on an lbw appeal, he strolled out of the crease and was run out. — Reuters Scoreboard Bangladesh (2nd Innings) (overnight 26 without loss) Tamim c Dowlin b Bernard 128 Imrul c Roach b Austin 24 Junaid c Richards b Sammy 78 Raqibul b Sammy 18 Ashraful lbw b Roach 3 Shakib batting 26 Mushfiqur batting 28 Extras (lb8, w1, nb7) 16 Total: (5 wkts, 105 overs) 321 Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-228, 3-258, 4-261, 5-267. Bowling: Roach 18-1-61-1, Best 13-3-49-0, Austin 30-4-78-1, Sammy 23-5-53-2, Miller 17-4-40-0, Bernard 4-0-32-1. West Indies (2nd innings) Richards run out 14 Phillips lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 14 Dowlin not out 17 Reifer not out 18 Extras (lb-1, nb-2) 3 Total (two wickets; 18 overs) 66 Fall of wickets: 1-20 2-33 Bowling: S. Hossain 5-0-22-0, R. Hossain 5-0-27-0, S. Al Hasan 7-2-11-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-5-0.
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‘England hurt spirit of game’
Cardiff, July 13 James Anderson and Monty Panesar held out for the final 40 minutes to salvage an unlikely draw but twice during the 10th wicket pair’s 69-ball stand, England sent 12th man Bilal Shafayat and physio Steve McCaig with three overs to play for what appeared to be no other reason than to waste time. Shafayat ran onto the field to offer Anderson batting gloves while McCaig was eventually ordered off by the umpires after making it to the middle on the second occasion. That added drama to the proceedings but Ponting was clearly unimpressed. He directed heated words to Shafayat and McCaig while they were on the ground and then said at his post-match press conference the interruptions were disrespect to the spirit of the game. “I don’t think it was required. I was unhappy with it. Anderson changed the gloves the over before, I don’t think they’d be too sweaty in one over,” said Ponting. “I’m not sure what the physio was doing out there. I didn’t see anyone call for the physio to come out. As far as I’m concerned, it was pretty ordinary really. But they can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. It’s up to them to do what they want to do.” Ponting, however, said he would not make any complaint to match referee Jeff Crowe. “I don’t want to make that big a deal of it. I am sure others will be taking it up with the England hierarchy as they should. But it is not the reason we didn’t win. I won’t think about it again when we leave here,” said Ponting. Meanwhile, England skipper Andrew Strauss cast aside the allegations that they were trying to waste time. “Our intentions were good. We weren’t out there to waste a huge amount of time,” Strauss said. “There was a lot of confusion. We first of all sent out the 12th man to let Jimmy (James Anderson) and Monty know that there was time left rather than just the overs. And then a drink spilled on his (Anderson’s) glove. There was a lot of confusion to be honest,” he added. — PTI |
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HC dismisses Muthiah’s plea against Srinivasan
Chennai, July 13 Rejecting the prayers, Justice K Chandru held that Muthiah had not made out any prima facie case and the very locus standi of the plaintiff in maintaining the suits themselves was doubtful. “The balance of convenience is not for grant of any interim order,” he observed dismissing the applications, including a prayer for interim injunction to restrain Srinivasan from functioning as Secretary till the disposal of the suits. The judge also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the plaintiff and ordered it to be paid to the Tamil Nadu State Legal Aid Services Authority within four weeks. Muthiah in the main suit filed ahead of the Annual General Meeting of the BCCI on September 28, 2008, had contended that Srinivasan had committed breach of code of conduct for administrators by bidding for the Chennai team in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He had submitted that Srinivasan attracted disqualification under Clause 6.2.4 of the BCCI Regulations, which, he said, barred administrators from having any direct or indirect commercial interest in any of the BCCI events. — PTI
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Kaka defends Real spending spree
Madrid, July 13 “If Real Madrid have decided to pay so much money for us it is because we are worth it, isn't it? Because we have shown it with our football in recent years,” he said in an interview published yesterday in sports daily Marca. “We are in a sport which pays these kinds of figures and within this sphere it could be that we are worth this investment,” the 27-year-old added. Real signed Kaka from AC Milan for 65 million euros and paid a record fee of around 94 million euros to sign Ronaldo from Manchester United. “In the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the most expensive player, he has shown that he's number one and that he's worth this money,” said Kaka. Ronaldo, 24, has also said the astronomical sum paid by Real for him made business sense. But the hefty amounts paid for the two most recent winners of the FIFA World Player of the Year award have sparked controversy, with UEFA president Michel Platini calling the transfers "a serious challenge to the idea of fairplay". Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano also weighed into the debate, saying in its Saturday edition that Real's spending splurge runs the risk of pushing football clubs towards bankruptcy by inflating transfer fees. —
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Colombo, July 13
Ticked off by England’s time-wasting tactics on the final day of the dramatic opening Ashes Test here, Australia captain Ricky Ponting has accused the home side of not playing in the spirit of the game.
James Anderson and Monty Panesar held out for the final 40 minutes to salvage an unlikely draw but twice during the 10th wicket pair’s 69-ball stand, England sent 12th man Bilal Shafayat and physio Steve McCaig with three overs to play for what appeared to be no other reason than to waste time. Shafayat ran onto the field to offer Anderson batting gloves while McCaig was eventually ordered off by the umpires after making it to the middle on the second occasion. 
The Madras High Court today dismissed a suit and connected applications by former Indian Cricket Board President A C Muthiah seeking to restrain N Srinivasan from functioning as Board Secretary on the ground that he had breached the code of conduct for administrators.
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