Monday 10th May, 2010

Muralitharan heading home early with groin injury

BY SIMON EVANS ruled out of the tournament. Gayle on song as WI BRIDGETOWN, May 8 - However, the record wick- Sri Lanka’s record-breaking et-taker in test and one-day spinner Muttiah internationals was in pain at Muralitharan is heading home the end of that game and Sri for treatment on his groin Lanka said in a state- thrash India injury and will miss the rest ment he was being sent home of the Twenty20 World Cup. for treatment. Muralitharan was surpris- The International Cricket ingly included in the team Council said it had approved which beat West Indies on Thilan Thushara as a squad Friday, having initially been replacement.

Damned mail that led to furore in cricket circles BY AMOL KARHADKAR

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chair- man Giles Clarke’s allega- tions that Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, had been hobnobbing with the English Counties for a Nehra to Gayle, 1 run, OUT, 137.0 kph, poor, limp throw from deep midwicket, and what a dive from Gayle! Still Gayle is gone! Hit to deep mid- parallel Indian Premier , and Karthik throws in weakly, it bounces twice or thrice before reaching Dhoni. Gayle dives full length, makes it, but the bat bobs up on League has created quite a impact. Unfortunate way to get out. (AP) ruckus. Hindustan Times has accessed the email sent by BY OLIVER BRETT Lalit Modi hris Gayle reignited West Indies' ICC SCOREBOARD Clarke to the BCCI and the subsequent show cause to player availability. World Twenty20 bid with some ferocious West Indies Innings R. Sharma c Ramdin b Pollard 5 notice issued by the Indian UK schedule and season Chitting as India were defeated by 14 runs C. Gayle run out 98 Y. Singh c Chanderpaul b Benn 12 board to Modi. The minutes fits well with India. in the Super Eights in Barbados. S. Chanderpaul c Dhoni b Nehra 23 M. S. Dhoni run out 29 Gayle carved seven sixes in his 66-ball 98 as D. Sammy c Vijay b Jadeja 19 Y. Pathan c Hinds b Taylor 17 of the meeting attached by UK matches could go West Indies posted 169-6. K. Pollard c Pathan b Zaheer 17 H. Singh c Bravo b Roach 14 ECB chairman Giles Clarke out live on Indian TV. India's bowling was not at its best and they D. Bravo c Sharma b Nehra 1 R. Jadeja 5 in his email are addressed fielded poorly, dropping Gayle on 46 as well as R. Sarwan c Sharma b Nehra 0 A. Nehra c Benn b Bravo 0 by Stewart Regan to all the Players Shivnarine Chanderpaul. W. Hinds not out 0 Z. Khan not out 0 Test centres in England. The IPL model relies Suresh Raina (32) and Mahendra Dhoni (29) D. Ramdin not out 4 Extras: (2lb, 15w, 2nb) 19 Excerpts: heavily on ‘star players’ and battled gamely but India rarely threatened, fin- Extras: (4lb, 2w, 1nb) 7 TOTAL: (for nine ) 155 this is why they have been ishing on 155-9, and look unlikely to reach the TOTAL: (for six wickets) 169 Overs: 20 Meeting attendees so successful. They have semi-finals. Overs: 20 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-27, 3-38, 4-80, 5-81, 6- Lalit Modi taken TV and sponsorship Both teams had been heavily beaten in their Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-119, 3-160, 4-163, 5-164, 114, 7-139, 8-150, 9-152. Andrew Wildblood monies from the film and first Super Eights appearances, making victory 6-165. Bowling: Sammy 3-0-16-1 (1w, 1nb), Taylor 4-0- (Executive VP — IMG) soap opera categories and on Sunday a vital requirement for progression Did not bat: J. Taylor, S. Benn, K. Roach. 24-1 (4w), Roach 4-0-38-2 (7w, 1nb), Bravo 4-0-28- Peter Griffiths (Senior brought women into the in the tournament. Bowling: Harbhajan 4-0-16-0, Zaheer 4-0-36-1 1, Pollard 2-0-23-1 (2w), Gayle 2-0-22-1 (1w), VP/ Director of Operations game like never before. India went with the same team hammered by (1nb), Nehra 4-0-35-3 (1w), Y. Pathan 4-0-28-0 Benn 1-0-2-1. — IMG) Matches include fashion Australia at the same ground on Friday, while (1w), Raina 2-0-23-0, Jadeja 2-0-27-1. Result: West Indies won by 14 runs. Plus 3 of us [(Regan, shows, after-match parties West Indies only changed their wicketkeeper, Man of the Match: Chris Gayle (WI) Colin Povey (Warwickshire) and entertainment. They bringing in Denesh Ramdin for Andre Fletcher. India Innings Toss: India. and David Hodgekiss have launched the word But they looked much more energised com- M. Vijay c Pollard b Sammy 7 Umpires: B. Bowden (NZ), S. Taufel (Aus) (Lancashire)] ‘CRICKETAINMENT’ which pared to their limp display against Sri Lanka, G. Gambhir c Ramdin b Roach 15 Third umpire: S. Davis (Aus) I think is really innovative. whereas India did not appear to have recovered. S. Raina c Sammy b Gayle 32 Match referee: J. Crowe (NZ) Deal structure Players are now the new And there were some interesting tactics from Ten existing Indian fran- ‘idols’ in India... opening partner, and after being badly dropped man attempted to take the catch, was now swing- the Caribbean men, with St Lucia all-rounder chise owners offered first Going forward, availabil- by Ravindra Jadeja on 12 he did not really make ing his extra-heavy bat at almost anything he Darren Sammy promoted to number three in the right to buy English fran- ity will be key and Modi good his escape. However it was no great loss to fancied. batting line-up and sharing the new ball with chise as part of the auction predicts a revolution among the West Indies cause when he was caught by Sammy (19 off 10) and Kieron Pollard (17 off Jerome Taylor. process. They would be players if they are not Dhoni off Nehra in the 12th over with the score 11) helped keep the throttle on the floor as the Gayle lost the toss but did not seem to mind encouraged to bring on allowed to get involved. on 80 as he had garnered only 23 off 29 balls in four overs shared by spinners Jadeja and Raina batting first in the slightest. He swept the other- board a 50 per cent UK- Indeed, he will soon launch that time. disappeared for 50. It had been a truly dreadful wise parsimonious Harbhajan Singh for six in based shareholder to allow a new franchise rule stating Gayle, who should have been strolling back week for Jadeja who had also dropped a catch the third over and took Ashish Nehra for a cou- for a UK identity to be pre- that a player has to be avail- to the pavilion after skying a shot off Nehra only and been despatched for several sixes against ple of fours in the next one. sented publicly. able to be auctioned. Given to see Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan collide as each Australia. Chanderpaul was totally dominated by his 80 per cent of gross rev- the earning potential, he enues from commercial expects players to demand activity go to the franchises to be part of it. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - struck as openers Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis struggled to including TV deal monies, If governing bodies try 53 off 33 balls and England’s bowlers followed with a stifling get going. sponsorship, advertising, to block the development of display to set up a convincing 39-run over South Africa in the Kallis compiled 11 off 13 balls and Smith labored to 19 etc. 20 per cent goes to the IPL20 then the franchisees World Twenty20 Super Eights at Kensington Oval on England beat SA off 24 deliveries. clubs (i.e. us!) could simply buy out the Saturday. Both fell trying to lift the run rate and the middle order IPL would GUARANTEE players and create their Pietersen, who blasted eight fours and a six, set up by 39 runs stumbled against Yardy and Swann. NOW a figure of $3m to $5m own structure. Modi England’s challenging total of 168-7 off 20 overs. Duminy lifted hopes briefly in a sixth-wicket stand of 37 per annum to each of us believes that most star play- plus a staging fee for host- ers would take the money The tall right-hander shared a crucial second-wicket Pietersen will miss England’s final Super Eight match with Mark Boucher. ing the games ($1.5m per rather than spend months stand of 94 with opener , who struck 41 off against New Zealand in St. Lucia on Monday. But Sidebottom removed him to a catch at short fine leg annum each) if we were to playing country/state or 42 balls. He is set to fly back to England to be with his wife, and added the wickets of Johan Botha and Morne Morkel to South Africa failed to mount a realistic challenge, slump- seal the victory. support the idea. They are indeed Test cricket. Indeed, Jessica, for the birth of their first child. absolutely convinced we are if he wanted, he could ing to 129 all out off 19 overs. “It’s a hell of an exciting time for me and my family,” Spinners (3-24) and Michael Yardy (2- sitting on a gold mine! launch IPL Tests and ODIs! Pietersen said. Scores in Brief: 31) did most of the early damage. Seamers Why? Pietersen confirmed he is due to be back for the semifi- England 168 for 7 (Pietersen 53, Botha 2-15) (3-23) and (2-26) sealed the victory. No opportunity for fur- (Hindustan Times) nals should England make it that far. South Africa 129 (Duminy 39, Sidebottom 3- ther matches in India due JP Duminy top scored for the Proteas with 39 off 25 South Africa’s reply was stalled by England’s pacers 23) balls. Webber leads Red Bull to victory at Spanish GP

BY PAUL LOGOTHETIS the race before his tire blew out to send race for the two spots behind him. straight race, but struggled with relia- the McLaren driver into the wall short- Hamilton’s front left tire blew out at Red Bull Formula bility problems in Bahrain and BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Mark ly before the finish. Vettel took advan- turn 10 as he appeared to be cruising One driver Mark Australia, while Vettel overtook pole Webber secured a comfortable wire-to- tage to finish third for Red Bull despite toward a second-place finish after over- Webber of sitter Webber to win in Malaysia. wire victory at the Spanish Grand Prix a late driving error. taking Vettel during the first round of Australia cele- Webber made a perfect start this Michael Schumacher of Mercedes pit stops. Hamilton, who was set to time while his three chasers weaved on Sunday, while Ferrari’s Fernando brates after win- Alonso and Sebastian Vettel filled out was fourth after holding off McLaren’s move to within one point of Button, behind him looking for space to pass. the podium after Lewis Hamilton Jenson Button for the seven-time cham- instead stayed stuck on 49 points. ning the Spanish The Australian driver held firm as crashed with one lap remaining. pion’s best finish since his comeback to Vettel nearly missed out on the Grand Prix at the Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso and the Webber made it 10 straight winners the sport this season. podium after losing his brakes to go Montmelo race- rest of the chasing pack got around the Defending champion Button has 70 into the gravel with 10 laps to race and first corner without incident. from pole position at the Circuit de track near Catalunya after the Australian drove a points to lead Alonso by three points in being overtaken by Alonso after having There were problems at the back of flawless race for a 24-second victory the standings, while Vettel improved to to come in to change his tires. Barcelona, the gird, however, as Heikki Kovalainen over Alonso and his third career victo- 60 points and Webber 53. Webber jumped into the champi- Spain, Sunday of Lotus had to retire before the start ry. Although Webber eased to victory, a onship mix after Red Bull finally man- May 9, 2010. (AP with a gear box problem, and HRT driv- Hamilton was second for most of combination of driver error and aged to convert a pole position to a vic- er Bruno Senna slid into a tire wall for mechanical faults made for a dramatic tory. The team started first for the fifth Photo/Paul hite) an early exit.

Monday 10th May, 2010