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India in Sri Lanka
ICC stumps WADA
Australian tail spoils Pak script
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Saina gets two good
744 cr from welfare fund ‘diverted’ for CWG
Maintaining CWG infrastructure a ‘challenge’
Santosh Trophy
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Draw ends India’s torture
Warmup match ends in a draw Indian bowlers put up a better show Restrict BPXI to 260 for 6 First Test starts from Sunday
Colombo, July 15 For the hosts, opener Lahiru Thirimanne scored 102 and top order batsman Dinesh Chandimal (69) chipped in with a useful contribution but the rest of the batting line-up failed to impress. Thilina Kandamby (9) and Sachithra Senanayake (6) were at the crease when both captains decided to call off play early at the Colts Cricket Club Ground here. After bundling out India for 291 on Wednesday, Sri Lanka Board President's XI could have enforced the follow-on but the hosts decided to bat and straightaway suffered a jolt, losing inform opener Upul Tharanga to Ishant in the fifth over. However, Thirimanne and Chandimal ensured there were no more hiccups and started scoring at a fast-pace, with the latter dealing in boundaries. The duo kept the scoreboard ticking and forged a 113-run second wicket partnership in quick time. Ojha then put the brakes on the scoring when he cleaned up the dangerous-looking Chandimal in the 21st over. Nine overs later, Sehwag had Prasanna Jayawardene caught by Laxman as the hosts succumbed to 172 for three. In the 33rd over, Ojha struck again dismissing Kaushal Silva with Dhoni taking the catch. Thilan Samaraweera then gave company to Thirimanne as they tried to stem the rot with a 63-run partnership but the opener could not stay longer after completing his century. — PTI Scoreboard Sri Lanka BPXI's (1st innings): 514 for 9 decl India (1st innings): 291 all out Sri Lanka BPXI's (2nd innings): Tharanga c Laxman b Ishant 21 Thirimanne c Ishant b Ojha 102 Chandimal b Ojha 69 Jayawardene c Laxman b Sehwag 12 Silva c Dhoni b Ojha 4 Samaraweera st Dhoni b Mishra 25 Kandamby not out 9 Senanayake not out 6 Extras (nb 12) 12 Total (6 wickets, 61.1 overs) 260 Bowling: Ishant 5-0-26-1, Mithun 6-0-42-0, Ojha 22-2-85-3, Mishra 11.1-1-55-1, Sehwag 16-2-52-1, Laxman 1-1-0-0.
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ICC stumps WADA
Dubai, July 15 The more rigorous application of the rule - including compelling athletes to nominate their whereabouts for an hour every day over a quarterly period - would only apply to cricketers placed on a registered testing pool. These would be confined to players with past doping offences, those unfit or with injuries that sideline them for at least three months and those demoted from the National Player Pool for whereabouts-related violations. The code, which has already been distributed to member nations for sign-off, follows more than a year of wrangling between the ICC and cricket boards, with opposition to the whereabouts rule led by the powerful Indian Board of Control. Indian media reports on Thursday cast the relatively lenient code as a victory for its cricketers, who in particular had objected to the rule, citing security and privacy concerns in a country where the sport enjoys a fanatical following. An ICC spokesman refuted the reports and said the code had been drafted in consultation with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and had the body's full endorsement. He would not provide further comment. Canada-based WADA was unavailable for comment while a spokesman from Cricket Australia confirmed they had received a copy of the anti-doping code. “We support WADA and its codes and its objectives but there is a challenge when you're trying to come up with a code that fits every single sport in the world, and our sport has particular characteristics that are sometimes hard to package up in a homogenised way,” the spokesman said. “We’re confident that we can work an outcome that satisfies WADA and allows cricket to keep operating the way it is.” — Reuters |
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Australian tail spoils Pak script
London, July 15 Simon Katich added 83 to the 80 he scored in the first innings, batting for more than seven hours in total, before he fell to the fifth ball after lunch from Umar Gul. The dogged left-hander edged Gul to wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who took a similar catch two balls later off Mohammad Asif to account for Marcus North (20) Debutant wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who took four catches in Pakistan's first innings, kept the scoreboard moving with an enterprising 47 after taking a painful blow to the groin from a delivery by Gul. Paine became Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi's first victim of the match when he was bowled after adding 74 in 79 minutes for the ninth wicket with Ben Hilfenhaus. Afridi took the second new ball without any effect as Hilfenhaus, whose previous highest test score was 20, slashed Asif over point for six and went on to reach his highest first- class score of 56 not out. He added 52 for the last wicket with Doug Bollinger, who also recorded his highest test score of 21 before he was bowled by Danish Kaneria. Nightwatchman Mitchell Johnson was the only batsman dismissed in the morning session, shortened by 20 minutes because of light rain after Australia resumed on 100 for four. — Reuters Scoreboard Australia (1st innings) 253 Pakistan (1st innings) 148 Australia (2nd innings) Watson c Farhat b Asif 31 Katich c Kamran b Gul 83 Ponting lbw b Asif 0 Clarke b Gul 12 Hussey c Farhat b Gul 0 Johnson b Gul 30 North c Kamran b Asif 20 Paine b Afridi 47 Smith lbw b Kaneria 12 Hilfenhaus not out 56 Bollinger b Kaneria 21 Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 2, nb 9) 22 Total (all out; 91 overs) 334 Bowling: Aamer 18-3-67-0, Asif 21-3-77-3, Gul 21-5-61-4, Kaneria 17-2-74-2, Afridi 14-0-44-1. |
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Saina gets two good
New Delhi, July 15 “It will be difficult to hold on to the ranking but I hope to continue my hard work and win more titles and become the number one player soon,” said the Hyderabadi shuttler, who is down with fever and cold. The 20-year-old Saina made a meteoric rise following her back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series, reaching the world number three last month. And after the Indian defended her Indonesian Open Super Series crown to complete her hat-trict of titles, it was just a matter of time that she jumped to the second place. By virtue of the consecutive title wins, Saina now has 64791.2637 points and is just behind Chinese Yihan Wang, while Xin Wang of China is in the third place. Saina’s father Harvir Singh also expressed happiness and hoped her daughter can continue her good work for the country. “God has been kind. It is a marvellous achievement. I hope she can continue to work hard and win more laurels for the country,” Harvir Singh said. In March, Saina had attained the fifth position after becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All England Super Series Championships. However, she dropped to the sixth position in the subsequent weeks. — PTI |
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744 cr from welfare fund ‘diverted’ for CWG
New Delhi, July 15 An NGO, Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), citing the RTI reply said today that the Delhi government’s department for the welfare of SC, ST, OBC and minorities diverted the money from the Schedule Caste Sub Plan of Delhi between 2006 and 2010 amounted to Rs 744 crore. The NGO had earlier disclosed that that the cost of games had inflated to around 1,500 per cent since the time of bidding, which had invited strong reaction from many, especially those who have not been very enthusiastic about the National Capital hosting the CWG for a host of reasons. Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, though, told the group that the money spent on games was not out of any welfare schemes. “CWG is an expensive affair but we have not compromised on any welfare programme,” she said. The NGO in its report has also claimed that India’s bidding for the games was not transparent. “The bidding was non-transparent and non-participatory and has raised critical questions over the functioning of government and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA),” Shalini Mishra, a senior researcher and member of the group, said. The RTI reply said the CWG Organising Committee had organised a sight-seeing trip to Agra for the international athletes and delegates costing Rs 1.7 crores. “There are lots of freebies offered to athletes, which will add to the already huge cost of the games. India also offered to spend $7.2 million to train athletes of the entire commonwealth nation, an offer which allegedly clinched the bid in India’s favour,” said Mishra. According to the report, the 2.5 million jobs that have been created in Delhi due to CWG are not substantiated. “While 1.5 million migrant labourers are working on CWG sites, they will not have any place to go after the games. Forty-four slums are listed for demolition before the games, which would result in almost 20,000 persons losing their homes,” she said. The Delhi government’s department for the welfare of SC, ST, OBC and minorities diverted the money from the Schedule Caste Sub Plan of Delhi between 2006 and 2010
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Maintaining CWG infrastructure a ‘challenge’
New Delhi, July 15 “I am happy to inaugurate this beautiful venue where the Rugby 7s discipline will be held during Commonwealth Games. It is really good that such a sprawling complex has come up in the University campus within two-year time,” Gill said. “But I think, it’s a challenge to maintain the facilities those are coming up for the Delhi Games. It is one of the main challenge before organisers of big international events all around the world and so to India,” Gill told reporters. However, Gill assured that a proper strategy for the same would be formulated soon. — PTI
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AP, K’taka start on winning note
Kolkata, July 15 In a cluster I match at Khardah Stadium, Meghalaya held Karnataka for most part of the game before Don Bosco (89th minute) scored a late goal to give the southern state a 1-0 win. Maharashtra, however, dished out a dominating performance against Chandigarh and registered a thumping 4-0 victory at the Howrah Stadium in a cluster II match. Substitute Surojit Bose, a former Mohun Bagan player, sparkled in his 33 minutes of play, scoring two goals while Reuben D’Souza and Alex Ambrose found the rival net once each to complete Chandigarh’s rout. D’Souza gave Maharashtra the lead in the 35th minute when he scored from a Paresh Shivalkar pass from the right. After the changeover, Maharashtra looked more ominous and struck thrice in nine minutes to complete the tally. Bose opened his account from a Jatin Bisht cross in the 80th minute, while he scored his second in the 89th minute. In between, Ambrose found the back of the net in the 87th minute. In another cluster II match, Andhra Pradesh scored a 2-1 victory over Tripura to occupy the second spot behind Maharashtra. Vijay Kumar and Faisal scored for Andhra, while Tripura reduced the margin through Liton Majumder. — PTI
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Indian bowlers put up an improved performance to restrict Sri Lanka Board President's XI to 260 for six in their second innings in the three-day warm up game which ended in a tame draw on Friday. 
record 440 to win the first test at Lord's after they were dismissed for 334 in their second innings on the third day on Thursday. West Indies' 418 for seven against Australia in 2003 is the record while Pakistan's highest winning total against any test nation was 315 for nine against Australia in Karachi in 1994. 
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is just a step away from realising her goal of becoming the world's numero uno player as she jumped one place to a career-best second in the latest international rankings. “I am very happy to achieve the world number two so soon in my career. The last three wins have really helped me. It is a great feeling but I feel my priority still will be to win more tournaments for India rather than focussing on ranking,” Saina told PTI.
Sports Minister MS Gill today inaugurated the Rugby Stadium at the Delhi University campus, one of the Commonwealth Games venues, and admitted maintaining the magnificent structures after the October 3-14 showpiece event here is going to be a big “challenge”.
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