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The Siddle Riddle
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Zaheer out till the end of the year
Bhullar fares miserably
Champions League Qualifier
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The Siddle Riddle
Leeds, August 7 Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting shared a quickfire second-wicket partnership of 119 and the touring side ended the\ day on 196 for four, a lead of 94 runs as they bid to level the series. Michael Clarke was unbeaten on 34 at the close with Marcus North on seven. England's day started badly when all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out through injury but their captain Andrew Strauss won the toss. He survived a huge shout for lbw to the first ball of the match but lasted only 17 balls and scored three runs before edging Siddle to third slip where North took a brilliant one-handed catch. Ravi Bopara made one before he tamely prodded Ben Hilfenhaus to Michael Hussey at gully and Ian Bell, on eight, failed to avoid a short ball from Mitchell Johnson and gave wicketkeeper Brad Haddin a simple catch. Paul Collingwood edged a vintage Clark outswinger straight to Ponting at second slip for a duck and Alastair Cook's resistance ended on 30 when he edged Clark to Clarke at first slip. Stuart Broad was caught at short mid-wicket by Simon Katich off Clark for three to leave England reeling on 72 for six at lunch. The procession continued in the afternoon as Graeme Swann, Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Graham Onions fell in quick succession to Siddle, who finished with test-best figures of five for 21. Clark took three for 18. Watson smashed the first two balls of Australia's innings for four but the touring side lost Katich for nought when he fended a rising Harmison delivery to Bopara at leg gully. Ponting batted aggressively from the start, pulling Onions's first ball for six and taking 17 off his opening over. The Australian captain and Watson completed the first 50 partnership of the match off only 69 deliveries. Watson had just reached his third successive half-century since being promoted to open when he was trapped lbw by Onions for 51. Ponting moved on to 78 and looked on course for another test century but he misjudged a full delivery from Broad and was adjudged lbw. Hussey also started well but he too was fooled by Broad's line and trapped lbw for 10. Clarke was struck a fierce blow on the helmet by a Harmison bouncer but he and North grimly took Australia through to stumps without further loss. Reuters Scoreboard Australia (1st innings)
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Pakistan Tour of Lanka
Colombo, August 7 Umar's maiden international century and a dogged 89 from skipper Younus Khan lifted Pakistan to 321-5 after the tourists elected to bat in the day-night match at the Premadasa stadium. Seamer Rao Iftikhar then grabbed 5-30 as Sri Lanka were shot out for 175 in 36.1 overs, handing Pakistan a badly-needed win after they were beaten 2-0 in the Test series and lost the first three one-dayers. The fifth and final match will be played at the same venue on Sunday. Umar, 19, younger brother of the team's wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, pounded four sixes and five boundaries in only his third international. Younus stayed rock-solid at the other end as Umar punished the wayward Sri Lankan attack during a fifth-wicket partnership of 176 runs after Pakistan slipped to 130-4. Sri Lanka appeared to make light of the daunting target when they moved to 101-1 in the 16th over, before losing their last nine wickets for 74 runs. AFP Scoreboard Sri Lanka:
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Zaheer out till the end of the year
BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan announced today that Zaheer, who suffered a shoulder injury while playing for Mumbai Indians in the IPL-II in South Africa earlier this year, will be able to resume cricket only by the end of this year as he underwent a surgery last month and is rehabilitating in the African nation. "Zaheer Khan had an arthroscopic labral repair in his left shoulder on July 13 done by the Johannesburg-based Dr Mark Ferguson," Srinivasan said in a statement. "Zaheer is undergoing rehabilitation in South Africa and is recovering very well. He is expected to return to international cricket by the end of this year," he said. During the period, the 30-year-old bowler will miss tri-series in Sri Lanka, also involving New Zealand (September 8-14), Champions Trophy (Sept 22-Oct 5), seven-match home ODI series against Australia in (Oct-Nov) and three-Tests and five ODI-series against visiting Sri Lankans (Nov-Dec). Zaheer had featured in India's brief Twenty20 World Cup campaign in England before missing the four-match ODI series in the West Indies. "Zaheer will be back to India from South Africa on August 9 for 10 days. He will then return to South Africa for further rehabilitation on his shoulder," the statement said. Meanwhile, explosive opener Virender Sehwag has also been advised to rest his shoulder till September 17. Sehwag had sustained the injury during Delhi Daredevil's semifinal match during the IPL in South Africa following which he missed the Twenty20 World Cup and the series against West Indies. PTI
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Bhullar fares miserably
Gaganjeet Bhullar was certainly not his self. The 21-year-old Kapurthala lad came back with two eagles on the second and sixth of the back nine after firing a miserable six over 41 at the turn to finish at the tailend of the Indian pack as Gaurav Ghei and C.Muniyappa took the lead among the Indians at three uinder 211 to be tied 13th on the penultimate day of the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters at the Seri Selangor Golf Club in Malaysia today. Asian Tour rookie Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand opened up a two-shot lead as the former world junior amateur champion broke clear from the chasing pack following a two under par 69 for a three-day total of nine under par 204 in the $ 3 lakh Asian Tour event. Malaysia's S.Siva Chandhran also battled to a 69 to lie in second place.. Five golfers - Kodai Ichihara of Japan, Simon Griffiths of England, Malaysian Shaaban Hussin, joint overnight leader Noh Seung-yul of Korea and South African James Kamte - are tied third on 208, four off the pace. Teeing off from the 10th Bhullar triple-bogeyed the very first hole and bogeyed four times to be six over 41 at the turn. Two eagles on the second and sixth of the back nine failed to restore his image as he finished with a three over par 74 to be tied 64th at six over 219. C Muniyappaa fired the best card among the Indians, a five under 66 to be tied with Gaurav Ghei on the 13th slot. Bangalorean Anirban Lahiri and Rahil Gangjee of Kolkata were tied 27th at eve par 217 with Digvijay Singh two strokes behind at tied 43rd place.
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Champions
League Qualifier
Nyon, August 7 Atletico Madrid must face Panathinaikos while other ties include Olympique Lyon v Anderlecht and Sporting Lisbon v Fiorentina. Sheriff Tiraspol were drawn against group stage regulars Olympiakos in the meeting of the Moldovan and Greek champions. The group stage will also feature a club from either Austria or Israel after Salzburg and Maccabi Haifa, the champions of the respective countries, were drawn together. Latvia or Switzerland will also be represented after FK Ventspils were paired with FC Zurich and one of Bulgaria or Hungary will feature after Levski Sofia were drawn with Debreceni. Reuters
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