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INDIA-AUSTRALIA ODI Series
Umpire David Shepherd dies
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INDIA-AUSTRALIA ODI Series
Nagpur, October 28 Besides tearing visiting attack to shreds to notch up his fifth ODI ton in 147 matches, Dhoni clobbered two century stands - 119 with Gambhir for fourth wicket and 136 with Raina for the fifth, pushing India score past earlier highest against Australia - 315 all out in Bangalore in March 2001. Australia were never in the hunt to chase down the mammoth target as they were just 115 for four by the 25th over and the asking run rate climbed to 11 plus by the 31st over. Michael Hussey top-scored with a 60-ball 53 and he tried in vain to make a match out of it by sharing a 47-run stand for the fifth wicket with Adam Voges. Young Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of Indian bowlers with figures of 3 for 35. He nipped in bud any chances of an Australian middle order fightback. Pacers Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma were also impressive with 2/37 and 2 for 34 respectively. The two teams will now travel to Delhi for the third one-dayer on Saturday. Earlier, Dhoni blazed his way to his first ODI ton in more than a year to lead India to a record 354 for six. Dhoni completed his century in 94 balls, studded with two sixes and seven fours, as he simply tore the visiting team's attack to shreds on a good batting track. He was finally out for 124 after hitting three sixes and nine fours in 107 balls. Meanwhile, BCCI today announced that the same Indian squad will be retained for the next two ODIs. National selection panel chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth announced here after India’s 99-run victory in the second one-dayer that the same squad will play in Delhi (October 31) and Mohali (November 2). “We have decided to retain the same squad for the next two ODIs in Delhi and Mohali,” Srikkanth said in the presence of BCCI joint secretary Sanjay
Jagdale. — PTI Scoreboard India Sehwag c Hilfenhaus b Johnson 40 (31) Tendulkar c White b Siddle 4 (8) Gambhir run out 76 (80) Yuvraj c & b Hilfenhaus 23 (24) Dhoni c Paine b Johnson 124 (107) Raina c Paine b Johnson 62 (50) Harbhajan not out 1 (1) Parveen run out 1 (1) Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 14, nb 2) 23 Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-67, 3-97, 4-216, 5-352, 6-353, 7-354. Bowling: Hilfenhaus 10-0-83-1, Siddle 10-0-55-1, Johnson 10-0-75-3, Hauritz 10-0-54-0, Voges 5-0-33-0, Watson 5-0-47-0. Australia Watson c Tendulkar b Sharma 19 (41) Paine b Kumar 8 (22) Ponting lbw b Kumar 12 (24) White c Raina b Harbhajan 23 (55) Hussey b Jadeja 53 (80) Voges b Jadeja 36 (64) Marsh st Dhoni b Jadeja 21(25) Johnson b Nehra 21 (26) Hauritz not out 30 (44) Siddle c Dhoni b Sharma 3 (5) Hilfenhaus run out 16 (17) Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total: (all out; 48.3 overss) 255 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-41, 3-45, 4-93, 5-140, 6-180, 7-194, 8-223, 9-230. Bowling: Parveen 8-1-37-2, Nehra 7-0-40-1, Ishant 8-0-34-2, Harbhajan 10-0-62-1, Yuvraj 8-0-39-0, Jadeja 6.3-0-35-3, Raina 1-0-3-0.
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Umpire David Shepherd dies
London, October 28 One of the most affable umpires of his era, ‘Shep’ had officiated with distinction in 92 Test matches and 172 One-Day Internationals, including three World Cup finals. “I feel very saddened this has happened,” a grief-stricken Dicky Bird told of his umpiring colleague. “He was a fine umpire, we spent many happy hours together. He was a great man and a tremendous man to umpire with. He was a good bloke, he’ll be sadly missed and he was a great friend,” Bird said. Shepherd played county cricket for Gloucestershire, making his first-class debut in 1965. After dropping curtains on his playing career in 1979, Shepherd made his international umpiring debut in the 1983 World Cup and stood in three successive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 2003. Renowned for his good humour, Shepherd was hugged by the West Indian players after a Jamaica
Test and the then home side captain Brian Lara presented him with a bat with the message “Thank you for the service, the memories and the professionalism.” He would be remembered more for his habit of hopping on one leg whenever a team reached 111 or “Nelson” score.
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Dempo beat JCT 2-1
It was not easy pickings for Dempo, who had to press all their resources to earn a win against the relatively local lads. Had it not be the providential free kick to Dempo, the match would have ended in a draw. The match got so intense in the dying minutes that the Dempo star striker Ranti Martin, who was given rest in today’s match came out of his room and was scene supporting his teammates. Though, the Goa outfit playing with the likes of Roberto Silva aka Beto, former JCT striker Sunil Chhetri and Joaoquim Abranches followed by Clifford Miranda, Climax Lawarence and Anthony Pereira in the mid- field put the host JCT on the back foot from the word go and earned the three corners in less than 15 minutes from the start of the play. JCT earlier showed some sign of vulnerability, but slowly gathered momentum. The plan ‘A’ of JCT proved fruitful in the earlier half of the game as they did not let Chhetri open his legs and put six foot tall defender Sunil Kumar on the job to keep a tab on Chhetri. |
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CWG 2010
London, October 28 Mike Fennell who was in New Delhi less than a fortnight ago to see for himself the preparations the Indians were making and had strongly disapproved of Kalmadi’s ability to deliver the accompanied paraphernalia in time for the games in October 2101, was singing an entirely different tune here in London today. Fennell, Kalmadi and a host of others associated are here to sort out matters related to games preparations. Sitting alongside Kalmadi, Fennel said many a good thing about Kalmadi who came and met him here yesterday. A large contingent of Indians Sports and Olympics is here in London to witness the Queen handing over the Games Baton to President Pratibha Patil here tomorrow. Kalmadi is carrying around with him a statement purportedly written by Fennel in which he said, “Despite being behind in building the infrastructure for the games, we feel that the venues will be ready in time for the necessary overlay installations and the test events to be held.” Fennell has also started believing that, “There is commitment to security; everyone in the General Assembly has felt that they have been operating in a safe and secure environment; good progress is being made on security.” He also gave a clean chit to Kalmadi in other controversial areas saying, “Good progress in some areas and international experts appointed to village operations, press operations, transport, ticketing and accreditation.” Kalmadi claimed that he had narrowed the areas of differences from 18 as they existed a few months ago to just five including the opening and closing ceremony, venue operations and some infrastructure components.
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Agassi admits to using crystal meth
New York, October 28 According to an excerpt of the autobiography posted on The Times of London Web site yesterday, the eight-time Grand Slam champion writes that he sent a letter to the ATP tour to explain the positive test, saying he accidentally drank from a soda spiked with meth by his assistant “Slim.” “Then I come to the central lie of the letter,” Agassi writes. “I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim’s spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs. I ask for understanding and leniency and hastily sign it: Sincerely. I feel ashamed, of course. I promise myself that this lie is the end of it. The ATP reviewed the case - and threw it out.” The ATP did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Agassi retired in 2006. Excerpts from his autobiography, which comes out November 9, are being published this week in the London newspaper, as well as Sports Illustrated and People magazines. Agassi says, “I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything as an escape, you have a problem.” According to the Times of London Web site, Agassi writes in his book that “Slim” was the person who introduced him to crystal meth, dumping a small pile of powder on the coffee table. “I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed,” Agassi writes. “There is a moment of regret, followed by vast sadness. Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head. I’ve never felt so alive, so hopeful - and I’ve never felt such energy.” “I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.” Among the most successful and one of the most popular tennis players in history, Agassi drew attention not just for his play, but also for his outfits, his hairstyles and his relationships with women, including a failed marriage to actress Brooke Shields.
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CWG 2010
Ludhiana, October 28
