The Island, Wednesday 19th April, 2006 Three-wwicket Malik restricts India ABU DHABI, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - he hit just three fours in his 93-ball Shoaib Malik grabbed three wickets to knock. SCOREBOARD boost Pakistan’s chances of ending a dis- Pakistan’s fielders backed their India mal run against India as they restricted bowlers remarkably well, bringing off R. Uthappa c Yousuf b Rana 12 their arch-rivals to 197 in the first one- four run-outs. R. Dravid run out 20 dayer here on Tuesday. India’s problems began when skipper I. Pathan run out 26 Pakistan, who lost the last four match- Rahul Dravid (20) and Irfan Pathan (26) Y. Singh c Akmal b Anjum 7 es at home against India in February, were caught short of the crease in quick S. Raina c Anjum b Afridi 40 bowled and fielded with discipline in the succession. The innings also ended in a V. Rao not out 61 first of two day-night games held here to pair of run-outs, victims being M. Dhoni b Malik 3 raise funds for last year’s earthquake vic- Harbhajan Singh and Shanthakumaran A Agarkar c Anjum b Malik 12 tims. Sreesanth. R. Powar c Anjum b Malik 5 H. Singh run out 3 India, fresh from a recent 5-1 triumph Rao gave a good account of himself on S. Sreesanth run out 0 against England at home, found runs a difficult track, steadying the innings Extras (lb3, w5) 8 hard to come by on a slow Zayad stadium with a 64-run stand for the fifth wicket Total 197 pitch where the stroke-making was diffi- with teenager Suresh Raina (40) after his Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-47, 3-65, 4-72, 5-136, cult. team had been reduced to 72-4. 6-149, 7-171, 8-180, 9-196. Off-spinner Malik made the Indian Proceeds from Tuesday’s match will be Bowling: Asif 8-1-24-0, Rana 9-0-51-1, Anjum batsmen struggle with his tidy line and donated to the survivors of the massive 7-1-24-1, Razzaq 6-1-13-0, Afridi 10-0-42-1, length and finished with 3-40, including earthquake that hit Kashmir last October Malik 10-0-40-3. the wicket of in-form aggressive batsman killing more than 73,000 people in Overs: 50 Mahendra Dhoni (three). Pakistan and 1,300 in India. Toss: India Middle-order batsman Venugopal Rao Revenues from the second game on Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Brian Jerling (RSA) top-scored for India with an unbeaten 61, Wednesday will be shared by the Indian TV umpire: Tyron Wijewardena (SRI) his best in 14 one-day internationals. and Pakistan cricket boards after a mil- Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI) Even he was not allowed to score freely as lion dollars is given to the hosts. Golden ball for World Cup final First BERLIN (Reuters) - A golden ball will be start of a new tradition for the final match,” used at the World Cup final on July 9, organ- he told Reuters. “We’ll do this again but try to meeting of ising committee president Franz come up with something special for each Beckenbauer said on Tuesday. final.” ‘Thurstan “It only surprises me that no one thought The sets of 15 balls for each match at the of it before,” Beckenbauer said at a bizarre tournament that runs from June 9 to July 9 ceremony at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, will for the first time have the names of the Cricket’ where he removed a golden wrap off the 2.2- teams, venue, date and kickoff time. Past cricketers and well- metre diameter ball with help from gold- They will all be made in Thailand, with wishers of Thurstan painted Greek warriors. the exception of the 15 balls for the final College, Colombo will meet “The final is such a special occasion for which will be produced in Germany. on Friday, April 21 at 6.00 the players, the coaches and the fans around Hainer denied a newspaper report the p.m. at the College Hall to the world. World Cup winners would be entitled to play discuss the future plans for “Creating a special ball for this match, the with gold balls for the next four years. the development of the game most important match every four years, was All 32 sides in the finals will receive a pre- at school. a great idea.” tournament shipment of 20 balls for training They will also elect a Abu Dhabi, - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Pakistani bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan celebrates the Adidas chairman Herbert Hainer said the purposes. working committee for the golden ball would be identical to those used The 1966 World Cup was the last tourna- Indian captain Rahul Dravid’s run out during the first ODI against India at the Zayad Cricket establishment of ‘Thurstan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, yesterday. Proceeds from the match will be donated to the survivors of throughout the month-long tournament in ment to feature a ball without any company Cricket’. For further details Germany except six of the 14 panels would be logo. Adidas has provided the balls for the contact the Manager, OBU the massive earthquake that hit Kashmir last October killing more than 73,000 people in coloured gold. tournament since 1970 and has the rights Secretariat, on 0114723748. Pakistan and 1,300 in India, while revenues from the second game (today) will be shared by “We would definitely like to see this as the until 2014. the Indian and Pakistan cricket boards. - Pic. Rabih Moghrabi, AFP. Gillespie ton shocks Bangladesh Weather delays South African victory bid CENTURION, South Africa, April for the day. 18, 2006 (AFP) - Makhaya Ntini and The weather gave New Zealand CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, April 18, Australia’s opening bowler began his He brought up his well-deserved ton Dale Steyn bowled South Africa to with- some respite after a disastrous morning 2006 (AFP) - Jason Gillespie was the innings as a night-watchman near the in style by driving left-arm spinner in sight of victory on a weather-hit in which they crashed to 34 for six. unlikely hero with the bat for Australia end of Sunday’s opening day after earlier Abdur Razzak for a four through the cov- fourth day of the first Test against New Opening batsman Hamish Marshall on Tuesday,striking a maiden Test centu- starring with the ball by picking up three ers just before the tea break. His previous Zealand at Centurion Park Tuesday. and hard-hitting wicketkeeper Brendon ry as the visitors took control of the sec- of the Bangladesh top order before lunch. Test best was 54 not out against New New Zealand were 98 for seven at McCullum staged a minor recovery,put- ond Test against Bangladesh. The paceman, who turns 31 on Zealand at Brisbane in 2004. the close, with their victory target of ting on 45 before McCullum was the Six days after narrowly avoiding a Wednesday and was dropped by Australia “Me getting a century is bizzare. I 249 seemingly a distant dream. only man to be dismissed during the humiliating defeat at the hands of the after their surprise Ashes defeat in had decided to go out there and bat for as Ntini took four for 41 and his new shortened afternoon. Test minnows, normal service was England last summer, enjoyed his promo- long as possible but never thought that I ball partner Steyn three for 35 as New McCullum made 33 off 38 balls, hit- resumed for the world’s best side as they tion up the batting order smashing 17 could remain not out for so long or get a Zealand’s hopes crumbled on an unpre- ting sixes off both Ntini and Steyn, finished the third day on 364-3 in reply to fours in his 300-ball knock. century,” said Gillespie. dictable pitch under a heavily overcast before he edged Steyn to first slip. Bangladesh’s paltry 197. sky. Marshall remained unbeaten on 24 Gillespie, normally a star with the Bad light and rain restricted the after batting for 145 minutes and facing ball rather than the bat, was unbeaten on afternoon’s play to an hour, delaying 77 balls. It was a courageous innings 102 alongside Mike Hussey on 92 at tea the resumption after lunch and causing because he took a heavy blow in the ribs before rain brought an early end to the the umpires to take the players off five from Ntini and was then hit on the left day’s play with the tourists 167 ahead. minutes before the re-scheduled tea glove by Ntini’s next ball. break. Only nine balls were bowled Ntini started the collapse when he SCOREBOARD after tea before bad light stopped play took two wickets in his second over. Bangladesh 1st innings: 197 (Rajin Saleh SCOREBOARD 71, Khaled Mashud 34 not out, Gillespie 3-11, Warne 3-47, MacGill 3-68). South Africa, first innings, 276 6-64-1, Mills 21-5-57-1 (1nb), Oram 17-3-44-2, Australia 1st innings (overnight 151-2): New Zealand, first innings, 327 Vettori 15.1-0-42-2 (1nb), Astle 5-1-15-1, Styris M. Hayden c sub (Kapali) b Rafique 29 South Africa, second innings (overnight 280-9) 2-0-3-1. P. Jacques c Nafees b Rafique 66 G. Smith lbw b Martin 7 New Zealand, second innings J. Gillespie not out 102 H. Gibbs c Styris b Franklin 2 H.