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Ambush before the final assault
Auckland, February 8 Tim Southee claimed the only wicket to fall in India's second innings when Murali Vijay (13) got a faint touch to a leg-side delivery and wicketkeeper BJ Watling held a diving catch to reduce the visitors to 36 for one. Dhawan, who had earlier looked like he was trying to slog his way out of a poor run of form, settled down to finish the day on 49 not out while Pujara was on 22 with India needing a further 320 runs in two days to complete a remarkable victory. Ball Dominant
The ball dominated the bat on Saturday with the drop-in pitch offering seamers both swing and lateral movement if they stuck to a fuller length, with the quicks claiming 16 of the 17 wickets to fall in the day's play. New Zealand had taken six wickets for 72 runs in the morning session to bowl India before lunch but captain Brendon McCullum did not enforce the follow-on after they scored 503 in their first innings. McCullum's decision not to enforce the follow-on however will be heavily debated among pundits and armchair critics after his bowlers had their tails up and having bowled 21 overs on the day probably plenty of energy left to carry on. The visitors' bowlers learned from their New Zealand counterparts and bowled a much fuller length to spark a remarkable collapse. Mohammed Shami blasted the top off their batting order with three wickets to reduce the hosts to 25-5 shortly after lunch before Ross Taylor, who scored 41, and Watling, who faced 72 deliveries for 11 runs, provided some resistance. Ishant Sharma then captured three wickets, including two in the first over after tea, to mop up the innings early in final session. Only an entertaining 25-run partnership between Wagner (14) and Trent Boult (seven not out) for the final wicket pushed New Zealand past their lowest Test score of 94 against India and the psychological barrier of a lead in excess of 400 runs. The highest successful fourth innings run chase in New Zealand was the 348 for five West Indies scored in 1969. New Zealand were bowled out for 94 in Hamilton in 2002, which is their lowest total against the visitors. Four of the five lowest scores for New Zealand against India have come at home, with two of them being in Auckland.
— Agencies Scoreboard New Zealand 1st innings 503 India 1st innings (overnight 130/4) Rohit b Boult 72 Rahane c Taylor b Southee 26 Dhoni c Watling b Wagner 10 Jadeja not out 30 Zaheer c Watling b Wagner 14 Sharma c Boult b Southee 0 Shami c Fulton b Wagner 2 Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 3) 17 Total (all out; 60 overs) 202 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3, 3-10, 4-51, 5-138, 6-138, 7-167, 8-188, 9-189 Bowling Boult 17-2-38-3 Southee 19-6-38-3 Anderson 5-0-29-0 Wagner 11-0-64-4 Sodhi 6-0-13-0 Williamson 2-0-9-0 New Zealand 2nd innings Fulton c Jadeja b Shami 5 Rutherford lbw b Shami 0 Williamson c Jadeja b Zaheer 3 Taylor c Rahane b Zaheer 41 McCullum run out (Jadeja) 1 Anderson b Shami 2 Watling b Sharma 11 Southee c Pujara b Jadeja 14 Sodhi c Rohit b Sharma 0 Wagner c Jadeja b Sharma 14 Boult not out 7 Extras (b 4, w 1, nb 2) 7 Total (all out; 41.2 overs) 105 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-9, 3-11, 4-15, 5-25, 6-63, 7-78, 8-78, 9-80 Bowling Shami 12-1-37-3 Zaheer 9-2-23-2 Sharma 10.2-3-28-3 Jadeja 9-4-10-1 Rohit 1-0-3-0 India 2nd innings Vijay c Watling b Southee 13 Dhawan not out 49 Pujara not out 22 Extras (w 1, nb 2) 3 Total (1 wicket; 25 overs) 87 Fall of wickets: 1-36 Bowling Boult 6-0-28-0 Southee 5-0-18-1 Wagner 6-2-11-0 Anderson 3-0-8-0 Sodhi 4-1-17-0 Williamson 1-0-5-0
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Big Three have their way: get greater powers, bigger share of ICC revenues
Singapore, February 8 Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting, citing need for more time to discuss the proposals, while other eight full members backed the reforms, the ICC said in a statement. “The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC,” the governing body's president Alan Isaac said. The proposals had invited widespread criticism with some suggesting that the ‘Big Three’, who will get a major share of the revenue, will take over the sport at the expense of the other cricketing nations. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke will continue to head the finance and commercial affairs committee in the new structure. “These roles will be for an initial two-year transitional period to 2016 only,” the ICC said. The existing Future Tours Programme paved way for “contractually binding” bilateral agreements between countries to play test matches until 2023. The financial restructuring will see India, cricket's biggest fund generator, as well as England and Australia pocketing greater share of the ICC revenue. “Full members will gain greater financial recognition based on the contribution they have made to the game, particularly in terms of finance, their ICC history and their on-field performances in the three formats,” the governing body said. The ICC said a Test cricket fund would be introduced to help its members sustain the health of the five-day format. “The structure of the model will ensure that none of the full members will be worse off than they are at present and — if forecasts of revenue generation prove to be correct — all will be significantly better off,” the ICC added. The proposed world Test championship has been scrapped and replaced by the 50-overs Champions Trophy tournament in 2017 and 2021. — Agencies Key elements of ICC resolution
CSA’s change of heart paved way for Big 3
Cricket South Africa president Chris Nenzani has explained their last-day change of mind, in which they voted in favour of the ICC revamp. Nenzani had a long meeting with N Srinivasan — it's speculated that the BCCI offered CSA a deal which just could not be turned down. When the proposals first became public, CSA was the first full member to publicly oppose the revamp, terming it "fundamentally flawed". Nenzani now says that all members, including the Big Three, had to “rethink and make concessions” during the ICC Board meeting. PCB, SLC abstain
The Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket, the only full members to abstain from voting in the ICC Board meeting, said they had abstained from voting due to changes in the “comprehensive resolution” that required the approval of their respective governing boards and stakeholders. Their decision however did not stop the ICC Board from approving a large number of changes affecting the governance and structure of international cricket. |
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On-fire Warriors thrash Mumbai Magicians 4-1
Mumbai, February 8 The visitors were aggressive in the first half which led to the second goal, when Dharamvir Singh scored in the 17th minute. Affan Yousuf scored the third goal in the 25th minute, through a deflection. Things went bad to worse for the hosts when goalkeeper PR Sreejesh tackled Affan Yousuf on the edge of the D, a minute later, to award the visitors a penalty stroke, which Sandeep Singh converted with ease. The Magicians could go past the goalie only once, four minutes later through a field goal from V S Vinaya. Delhi Waveriders beat
UP Wizards 4-3
Lucknow: Delhi Waveriders continued their impressive run as they beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4-3. The match was expected to a be an exciting affair, especially after the two teams had played a 1-1 draw in their previous encounter. The Waveriders pumped four goals in the opening 20 minutes to stun the home team. Talwinder Singh opened the scoring in the eighth minute before Rupinderpal Singh converted a penalty corner six minutes later to take a 2-0 lead in the first quarter. Simon Child scored two goals in quick succession to rattle the Wizards at the start for the second quarter. The Wizards, however, did not give up hope and produced a spirited fightback to find the opposition net thrice in the last two quarters.
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Harbhajan, 33, feels as good as 20-yr-old
Bengaluru, FEBRUARY 8 “I don't think about being dropped. Every match is an opportunity to get better at my game. That will open the door for me when it comes to the national team,” he said on the eve of the Irani Cup match against Karnataka here at Chinnaswamy stadium. Harbhajan said the hunger in him is still there and and that he has a lot of cricket left in him, else he wouldn't been here. “I am 33 and believe I can still do what 20-year-old players can do. As long as I believe in myself, nothing else matters.” Harbhajan said all the players are looking forward to the match as it gives great opportunity for them to compel the selectors to take note of them. The senior off-spinner said Karnataka were by far the best side throughout the season and it was a fantastic achievement for them to lift the Ranji Trophy this year. “Lokesh Rahul, Vinay Kumar and Karun Nair have done well. Karnataka is a good side and we will be looking forward towards doing well against them,” he added. The skipper was full of praise for young Jiwanjot Singh terming him a future India prospect. “Jiwanjot Singh likes to bat for long time. It is good to see a youngster having that kind of mindset,” he added. Karnataka captain R Vinay Kumar said his side has an advantage over Rest of India in the Irani Cup as it has been been playing as an unit, unlike their opponents who have come together to play this one-off match. “Rest of India is a good side. But we have a big advantage that we have been playing as a team throughout the season, whereas they have only come together now from different states,” Vinay said. “They will need time to gel as a group. We have played as a family. It will not be easy coming from different states and playing now. We have not lost a single game and our confidence is high,” he added. — PTI
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Bjoergen wins fourth gold
ROSA KHUTOR (Russia), Feb 8 Bjoergen, dubbed the 'Iron Lady,' tucked herself into the leading pack for most of the race, which combines 7.5km in classic style and 7.5km in freestyle, until outsprinting Sweden's Charlotte Kalla in the race to the finish. Another Norwegian, Heidi Weng, took third place just ahead of World Cup leader and compatriot Therese Johaug, who paid the price of working tirelessly at the front of the pack in the second part of the race. All four of the Norwegian skiers in the race were wearing black armbands after receiving the news that the brother of cross-country team mate Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen had died on Friday, the day of the opening ceremony. Bjoergen came home in a time of 38:33.6, 1.8 seconds ahead of Kalla. "One gold was my goal, so now I can relax a little bit. I can enjoy the rest of the Games," Bjoergen, who still has five events to take part in, said. Shiva 37th after two runs
Shiva Keshavan slipped to the 37th position after two runs in the Luge men's singles event. After clocking 53.905 in the first run, Shiva was 35th, but his second run of 55.203 saw him slip to 37th. With a total of 1:49.108, the 31-year-old was 4.959 seconds behind the leader, Felix Loch of Germany.
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