14 Friday 9th May, 2008 Bowlers set Boycott steps forward up easy win for Mumbai to help Flintoff Indians MUMBAI: had shown respect for big-hitting bats- ngland have turned to pared to put up with his criti- men in the Mumbai Indians line-up, the old guard for help cisms and outspokenness - he stressing about plans for mavericks Eoff the field as they was the first leading figure to Sanath Jayasuriya and Robin debate whether to recall call for Duncan Fletcher's Uthappa among others in the pre- Andrew Flintoff with the removal as the England head match talk show. Test series against New coach - in return for his He did not take into account big- Zealand a week away.As the expertise. He previously hearted bowlers in the rival camp selectors met at Trent Bridge assisted England players, at and whether his batsmen were pre- on Wednesday, The Times can the behest of , pared for serious cross-examina- reveal that , at Lilleshall at the end of the tion. a long-time scourge of the 1980s and in the early 1990s. The questions posed by Man of establishment, has been Hugh Morris, the manag- Match Ashish Nehra’s swing (three approached to work as a part- ing director of England crick- for 13), youngster Dhaval Kulkarni’s time coach. et, intends to employ several bounce (two for 21) and slow teasers Flintoff, who wants to individuals to support the from the seasoned Shaun Pollock play in the match at Lord's coaching structure he has put and Dwayne Bravo went unan- beginning next Thursday, fol- in place. swered on a bowlers day out in the lowed the misery of a second Morris said: “Over the DLF-Indian Premier League sev- successive first-ball County Geoffrey Boycott past six months one of my enth round. Championship duck by tak- key jobs has been to put key Mumbai won by seven ing four for 21 for Lancashire and you miss it. people in the right jobs. Now I after the high-flying visitor was against Durham at Old He is among those who am looking at the support brought down to earth at the D.Y. Trafford, leaving Geoff may be invited to work with England players are going to Patil Stadium, bowled out for 103 in Miller, the national selector, Boycott. The former get. I am very happy with the 16.2 overs. and his colleagues with the Yorkshire and England bats- coaches we have on a perma- most pressing item on their man has told Mike Gatting, nent basis but if we can com- Takawale sizzles agenda. the new England and Wales plement them, we will look to Heading the support cast for Mike Atherton, in the first Board (ECB) manag- do that.” Mumbai bowlers was wicketkeeper of his regular columns for ing director of cricket part- Derek Underwood, who Yogesh Takawale who showcased The Times, says that Flintoff nerships, that he is keen to retired as England's leading his talent and temperament behind should not be recalled imme- take on a role giving regular spin bowler with 297 wickets, and in front of the wickets on his diately, but Stuart Law, coaching sessions to up-and- is another whom the ECB home ground. Flintoff's county , coming England players and would like to employ. The D.Y. Patil Academy student believes that the all-rounder perhaps to the more estab- Since his retirement, pulled off a stumping of captain is ready to return. So does lished batsmen. Underwood has been presi- Shaun Pollock, snapped up three Justin Langer, the Somerset Boycott's knowledge of dent of Kent, his former catches and had enough enthusiasm captain, who said that facing batting is regarded as being county, and has worked for to go out there under the lights and Flintoff a fortnight ago was without equal and his new firms who supply artificial blast the Rajasthan attack for 27 like being in the ring with Joe role, remunerated, would be pitches. He has not worked as runs. Calzaghe. tailored to fit in around a specialist coach and is yet to The home team overhauled the However, Flintoff has media commitments and trips be approached, but Gatting target comfortably in 15.1 overs for bowled fewer than 100 overs abroad. Now 67 and based in said: “There is not an abun- its third back-to-back win of the in all cricket since his return South Africa, he has also spo- dance of spinners involved in event. from a fourth operation on ken to others within the ECB, county cricket so it would be Jayasuriya perished early, his left ankle. His batting, having declared a desire last nice to have a few old players swishing at a ball from Watson with- meanwhile, has become like year to assist England. involved.” out getting in line and holing out to his driving on the road: blink The ECB is evidently pre- (Times online) Andrew Flintoff Yusuf Pathan at mid-. The Lankan marauder had gone, but the 41-run first wicket stand with Takawale, off 45 balls had seen off the first charge from the Nadal and Murray find Rome exit Mountaineers take Olympic torch to the top of Everest Rajasthan pace bowlers, forcing On the evening that Rafael he had them massaged by the BEIJING (AP) - The meter (29,035-foot) mountain silently on the peak with Warne to take over. The first ball Nadal's attempt to win a fourth trainer in a medical timeout and Olympic flame has reached a little more than six hours her torch while other team from the Aussie spin genius floored consecutive title at the Foro his light touch was occasionally the top of the world. later. members unfurled Chinese Takawale, beaten by the flipper, Italico popped like the blister on on the heavy and clunky side, Live television footage The Olympic flame had and Olympic flags. They which skid through to rattle the his foot, Andy Murray's Rome with a number of his drop-shots showed a Chinese moun- been carried in a special then clustered together, stumps. Masters also came to an end last doing him no favours. There were taineering team holding up metal canister during the cheering "We made it," and Earlier, Mumbai proved bowlers night with some erratic tennis also too many unforced errors, a specially designed torch ascent. As the team neared "Beijing welcomes you." can rule in Twenty20, out against Switzerland's Stanislas especially in the tie-break, and he along with Chinese and the top, they used a wand to One person was heard the opposition for 103 after Pollock Wawrinka. Nadal and Murray was beaten 6-2, 7-6. Olympic flags Thursday on pass the flame from the can- breathing heavily, murmur- opted to field. could have played in the third Wawrinka was no slouch the top of Mount Everest. ister to the torch, which had ing "not enough oxygen." round, had it not have been for the either. If you are a male tennis "One World, One Dream," been designed to withstand The climb up Everest Surprise weapons blisters and the bloopers. player in Switzerland then there team captain Nyima Cering the strong winds and low was a spectacular feat that The surprise weapons turned News of Nadal's second-round, is absolutely no shame in being yelled as he was passed the oxygen levels at the top of organizers of the Beijing out to be bustling Kulkarni’s ability 7-5, 6-1 defeat to fellow Spaniard their second best - with Federer torch on final icy incline the world's highest peak. Olympics hoped would to generate bounce, supported by Juan Carlos Ferrero on Stadio around, you are never going to be leading to the peak, repeat- The climbers could be underscore China's ambi- the reflex catches from Takawale. Pietrangeli had earlier reached the biggest bit of bread in that ing the slogan for the heard struggling for breath tions for this August's Swapnil Asnodkar 39 (36b) waged a Murray's court in shock-waves. It fondue. And Wawrinka, a likeable Beijing Olympics. as five torchbearers each games. lone battle at the crease. was only the second time in his 23-year-old from Lausanne, has "We have lit the torch on inched a few meters (feet) Criticized from the out- Pollock stunned Smith with a last 105 matches on clay that been making some steady and top of the world," added before passing on the flame set because of China's often slower ball. The Rajasthan opener Nadal had experienced defeat, assured improvements to his all- another climber. to the next person. A color- harsh rule over Tibet - was deceived on the front foot and with his other loss in that run round game and his ranking; this The 19-member team, ful Tibetan prayer flag lined where Everest is located - gave wicketkeeper Takawale ample having come against Roger week he moved to a career-high dressed in red parkas embla- the path and fluttered in the the event drew more intense time to complete the stumping on Federer in last year's Hamburg mark of 24 in the world. There is zoned with Olympic logos, wind. scrutiny after Tibetans the second attempt. final. more to men's tennis in broke camp at 8,300 meters The final torchbearer, a across western China erupt- Nehra swung one past Yusuf Nadal had defended his titles Switzerland than the brilliance of (27,390 feet) before dawn and Tibetan woman named ed in anti-government Pathan’s flashing blade as Mumbai in Monte Carlo and Barcelona on Federer. reached the top of the 8,850- Cering Wangmo, stood protests in March. wrested early momentum. the first two weeks of his four- Murray gave his opponent a Asnodkar made batting look easy at week stretch, but on waking up in soft first break and he was broken the other end, picking the line early his hotel room on Monday morn- again for the opening set when he against both the new ball bowlers ing, he was in such discomfort struck two forehand errors and and forced shots through the off that he could not even put his foot then finished with a double fault. side. on the floor. "I had no power in my In the second, he led 4-2 with a He escaped once when a mishit legs," said Nadal, who had a first- break, but was broken back to 4-4 fell short off Abhishek Nayar, run- round bye. when an attempted drop-shot went ning in from deep mid-wicket and Murray's section, and also the wide. Although Murray saved four diving in front as Rajasthan crossed entire Rome Masters draw, were match points two games later, and the 50-run mark in the seventh over. thrown wide open by Nadal's one more in the tie-break, he also Pollock’s bowling change paid defeat, but it wasn't to be for the made some costly errors in the off when Bravo broke the 53-run British No?1 against his good shoot-out. stand between Asnodkar and Shane friend Wawrinka, a player he had On Wawrinka's sixth match- Watson 32 (20b). twice beaten on hard courts this point, Murray's forehand took a Kulkarni and Takawale then season. vicious hook wide of the court. teamed up to send back Ravindra Murray's legs felt so heavy that (The Telegraph) Jadeja, who was caught behind fending a short ball.

Magic moment PCB against Hair’s appointment Takawale, watched by D.Y. Patil Academy coach Abey Kuruvilla, Karachi: The name for the tournament,” produced the magic moment with a Pakistan Cricket Board the Chief Operating turn and leap. (PCB) on Wednesday Officer of PCB, Shafqat Warne was Kulkarni’s second hoped that the Naghmi, said. victim, while a frustrated Asnodkar International Cricket “The PCB had made its perished to Rohan Raje. Council (ICC) would not reservations on Hair’s Rajasthan’s plans of posting a consider controversial appointment very clear at challenging score crumbled as Australian umpire the ICC meeting in which Nehra’s swing proved too potent for Darrell Hair In this image made from television released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese Darrell Hair for the he was reinstated. The ICC climbers, carrying the Olympic flame, spurt to the top of Mount Everest at the 8,850-meter the tail. upcoming Asia Cup to be held is aware of how we feel and hope- (29,035-foot) peak in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday, May 8, 2008. Bravo brought the curtain down here. fully they will keep this in mind The Olympic flame launched the final assault on Mount Everest in hopes of reaching the top on the IPL league topper by foxing “As far as Hair is concerned, I for the Asia Cup,” Naghmi said. of the world's tallest mountain around Thursday midmorning, state media reported. tailender Trivedi with a slower one. am sure they will not consider his (PTI) (AP Photo/CCTV via Xinhua) (The Hindu)