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Reuters Dambulla: Pace spearhead Shoaib get second class Akhtar sparked Pakistan’s 79-run vic- tory over Sri Lanka in the opening match of a tri-series on Satur- day. treatment in India Akhtar, who was warned last month by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman THE SPORTING LIFE pen if the greed in the Indian that he needed to improve his perform- cricket system is replaced by ance, ripped open the Sri Lankan top Ayaz Memon a vision that promotes long- order as the home team faltered chas- At least for term excellence. In both cas- ing a modest target. the first four es, money can be the conse- Replying to Pakistan’s 199 for eight days, the Ran- quence, but one is so much from 50 overs, which featured a fighting ji Trophy fi- more meaningful. half- from opener Mohammad nal was a In the meanwhile, there Hafeez, Sri Lanka were bowled out for gripping are some fine memories of 120 in 43.1 overs after Akhtar dismissed game of this year’s final to treasure. attacking batsman Sanath Jayasuriya cricket. For- Hemang Badani had a plum for a first-ball duck in the opening over. tunes fluctuated almost match, following up a half-cen- Jayasuriya flashed at a rising deliv- every session, there were tury with the full thing. He ery outside the off-stump and was some outstanding perform- was gritty and strokeful, caught by leaping second-slip Younis ances, and a result that did showing the right attitude to Khan. Akhtar ended with figures of 2 Mumbai proud, but did not match his ability with the bat. Tim Montgomery of the United States for 19. Sri Lanka’s new One-day cap- shame Tamil Nadu a whit. It Sadagopan Ramesh made a bright 80-odd to suggest that dashes to victory in the IAAF Osaka GP tain, Marvan Atapattu, who got the job was a wonderful match with the flame still burns in him. on Saturday. He pipped Australia’s after Jayasuriya’s resignation last one hugely annoying aspect: Wasim Jaffer was elegance Patrick Johnson by 0.01 second. month, said the match’s outcome did where were the spectators? personified in scoring two half not make this a happy day for him. Mumbai in May is hot, hu- centuries. His driving on ei- O’Neill tipped as United coach: ‘‘Batting has let the side down,’’ he said. mid and a ruddy sweat bowl, ther side of the was a Martin Edwards, whose 23 year reign as ‘‘The bowlers did a good job, but the I agree. The timing of the match was flawed, though treat to watch and only Sachin Manchester United chairman ends this batsmen failed to deliver. We need to do the fixtures committee may and Sehwag make batting look weekend, has tippe d Celtic coach Martin much better if we want to perform well O’Neill as a likely successor to Alex Fer- have had little leeway consid- easier on the domestic circuit. in this series.’’ guson. “One person you would have to ering that this was a World Two young fast bowlers, put in the frame is Martin O’Neill,” Ed- Pakistan Rashid Latif was Cup year. Even so, first-class Balaji and Salvi, were per- wards said on Saturday. “He won two delighted at the way his bowlers had re- cricket deserves better — haps overwhelmed by the oc- League Cups with Leicester City. Then he sponded to the challenge. from administrators and casion and became too errat- went on to Celtic and all the success he ‘‘It wasn’t an easy wicket to bat on,’’ spectators. ic. But their potential is un- has had there. He broke Rangers domi- Latif said. ‘‘We were confident of de- In the first session on the doubted. nance and has now reached a Uefa Cup fending our total, but the credit goes to opening day I counted 198 The pick of the bowlers for final, so he is doing it in Europe.” AFP the bowlers.’’ Atapattu only played the heads. Okay make that 200, if me was the crafty Ajit George returns to spark Lakers: game after getting doctor’s approval for you include the two who ar- Agarkar and never-give-up- Devean George scored nine points in the his recovery from injuries suffered in a rived at the stroke of lunch. man Sairaj Bahutule. They first quarter and Kobe Bryant scored 14 of mid-pitch collision with New Zealander On the decisive fifth day, a brought Mumbai back from his 39 points in the fourth as the Los An- Daniel Vettori in a Test on Monday. He more reliable arithmetician the brink when Tamil Nadu geles Lakers got off to a quick start and struggled against Akhtar during a 61- accounted for 708. For the five threatened to open up a huge rolled to a 110-95 victory over San Anto- run second-wicket with days, the turnstiles may have first- lead, then bam- nio in Game Three of their second round Kumar Sangakkara, but it was medi- clicked for 1500 spectators. boozled the opponents in the playoff series. “I have always said that we um-pacer Abdur Razzaq who dislodged That’s appalling for the final second outing to make the are undefeated in situations where we Atapattu by trapping him leg-before of the national championship. win for Mumbai both em- must win,” said Shaquille O’Neal. After For three days, there was spraining his left ankle in game one and with an inseaming for a 77-ball phatic and memorable. not a soul in the Sachin Ten- missing game two, George was expected 26. The Sri Lankan innings then fell These are guys in con- dulkar stand. As a matter of to come off the bench on Friday. AFP apart, with the last seven tention for a spot in the na- falling for just 22 runs. fact, Tendulkar himself was tional side. There is little that Shoaib Akthar bowls during the triangular One-day cricket tournament against Sri Lanka at Greek athlete tests positive: Greek Akhtar struck a crucial blow when absent, having flown to the can be done about truant athlete Maria Tsirba tested positive for the Dambulla on Saturday. He took the prized scalps of S Jayasuriya and K Sangakkara. he had Sangakkara caught by Shoaib US for an operation on his spectators, but I hope that the stimulant ephedrine at the 2003 World In- finger. His presence would selectors were awake. door Athletics Championships in Birming- Malik at backward point. Sangakkara top-scored with a 57-ball 29 that con- have added lustre to the final, ●●● ham, , the Greek Athletics Federa- BCCI conclave and the finger injury was in- tion said on Friday. Tsirba, who was eighth tained three boundaries. AP Lara holding the fort Talking of indulgent spec- opportune. But the need for in the 3,000 meters final, breaking the Kolkata: The Indian cricket tatorship, Ian Peebles, the St Johns: West Indies were 140 who was ruled out with a flu- ‘stars’ to play domestic crick- Greek record in the process, failed tests SCOREBOARD board has decided to convene celebrated English writer re- for six in reply to Australia’s like viral infection. Agencies a conclave of skippers and et cannot be overstated. on March 12 and 15. Third in the Euro- Pakistan: counts this story of Denis pean Cup last year, Tsirba faces a two- M Hafeez c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 53 first innings 240 at lunch on the coaches of all Ranji trophy There is something to Compton who was addressed year suspension and being stripped of her T Umar c Kaluwitharana b Nissanka 9 second day of the fourth and fi- SCOREBOARD sides to get a feedback about learn from the Australian to by an aged, coloured man - F Iqbal c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 21 national record. AFP nal Test here on Saturday.Skip- new format for the tourna- Y Youhana c Jayawardene b Lokuarachchi 1 Australia (1st innings): system beyond high-voltage clearly a great fan of the per was unbeaten on J Langer c Banks b Lawson 42 ment as also other matters Delhi referees promoted: Five Delhi Y Khan c Lokuarachchi b Muralitharan 29 fitness regimens and the art three Ws — while fielding in S Akhtar run out 5 40 with who was M Hayden c Drakes b Lawson 14 pertaining to domestic crick- of sledging. For instance a the deep during a match in referees, Ashoke Ghosh, Sitendu Saha, S Malik run out 20 yet to score. M Love b Banks 36 D Lehmann c Jacobs b Lawson 7 et. “The meeting will enable calendar that balances Trinidad in 1953-54. Bikramjit Purakayastha, Hari Chand and A Razzaq 24 Earlier, fast bowler Jermaine Mohd. Kamil have been promoted to the R Latif st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 14 S Waugh c Jacobs b Dillon 41 us to ascertain the views of a enough international crick- ‘‘Mistah Compton,’’ said M Sami not out 8 Lawson took career-best figures A Gilchrist c Chanderpaul b Dillon 33 cross-section of players aul, 38.5 national grade, the All India Football Fed- et, and enough participation the old spectator, ‘‘Mistah Extras: (b-2, lb-6, nb-2, w-5) 15 of seven for 78 Australia out for A Bichel c sub Samuels b Lawson 34 about our new format for eration informed on Saturday. The five Total: (For 8 wkts, in 50 overs) 199 B Lee c Jacobs b Lawson 9 of international players in Worrell, Mistah Weekes and who were examined in the annual exami- a low total on Friday. The 23- J Gillespie c Jacobs b Lawson 6 Ranji trophy,” BCCI presi- domestic cricket without Mistah Walcott comes first, Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-69, 3,70, 4-115, 5-125, 6- nations will now get a chance to supervise year-old Lawson, who took a S MacGill c Sarwan b Lawson 2 dent Jagmohan Dalmiya. PTI causing burn-out. It can hap- den comes de Lawd above.’’ , Bichel 146, 7-158, 8-181. split hat-trick in the third Test, G McGrath not out 5 NFL matches. TNN Extras: (b-2, lb-3, w-2, nb-4) 11 Bowling: Vaas 8-1-22-0, Nissanka 9-0-26-1, Weer- removed opening pair Matthew eratne 4-0-14-0, Lokuarachchi 10-0-40-1, Muralitha- Total: (All out, in 72.1 overs) 240 BETTING METER ran 10-0-38-3, Jayasuriya 9-0-51-1. Hayden and Justin Langer be- Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-80, 3-93, 4-128, 5- Sri Lanka: fore lunch, dismissed Darren 181, 6-194, 7-224, 8-231, 9-233. CRICKET M Atapattu lbw b Razzaq 26 Lehmann after the break and Bowling: Dillon 18-2-53-2 (3 nb), Lawson S Jayasuriya c Younis b Akhtar 0 19.1-3-78-7 (2 w), Drakes 15-2-42-0 (1 nb), West Indies vs Australia, then mopped up the last four Banks 20-2-62-1. 4th test match K Sangakkara c Malik b Akhtar 29 M Jayawardene lbw b Sami 22 wickets. West Indies (1st innings): West Indies 11/5 C Gayle b McGrath 0 Australia 8/11 R Arnold c Iqbal b Hafeez 13 took the key R Kaluwitharana c Younis b Malik 0 D Smith batting 21 Draw 7/2 wickets of captain D Ganga c Gilchrist b Bichel 6 as per ladbrokes.com L Lokuarachchi run out 2 C Vaas run out 1 and Gilchrist, while Omari V Drakes lbw b Lee 21 K Weereratne c Hafeez b Malik 1 Banks took the other wicket to BC Lara not out 40 LIVE ON TV P Nissanka not out 5 RR Sarwan c & b Bichel 24 M Muralitharan b Sami 1 fall as West Indies exploited a S Chanderpaul b McGrath 1 ESPN: 1930 hrs: Australia vs West Indies - 4th Test (Day Extras: (lb-4, nb-4, w-12) 20 bouncy Recreation Ground RD Jacobs not out 0 3). Total: (All out, in 43.1 overs) 120 Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 3) 11 pitch. Total (6 wkts, 42 overs, at lunch) 140 Star Sports: 1600 hrs: FIM World Motorcycle Champi- Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-62, 3-75, 4-98, 5-99, 6-107, Australia, 3-0 up in the four- onship: 2003. 1925 hrs: English Premier Football League 7-110, 8-111, 9-118. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-30, 3-73, 4-80, 5-137, 2002/03. 0000 hrs: Spanish Football League: 2002/03. Bowling: Akhtar 8-2-19-2, Sami 7.1-1-19-2, Gul 8-1- match series and attempting to 6-140. Ten Sports: 0900 hrs: Triangular Series in Sri Lanka - 2nd 28-0, Razzaq 7-0-22-1, Malik 10-1-23-2, Hafeez 3-1- hand West Indies their first Bowling: McGrath 11-3-23-2 (2nb, 1w), Gille- ODI: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka. 5-1. spie 12-3-36-0, Bichel 9-4-30-2, Lee 9-1- whitewash at home, were with- 42-2 (1nb), MacGill 1-0-2-0. out vice-captain Ricky Ponting, Black or white: How to make chess a hit By V Anand Chess is probably one of the few sports that seem to be vs Woman matches, Man vs Machine surviving, in fact doing rather well, even without being or the recent one in Spain in which ndia has taken huge strides in myself, Judith Polgar and Anatoly chess. A number too high on the popularity charts. We already have eight Karpov played against the local I of very talented Grand Masters, a number of IMs, WGMs and WIMs. It Basque team are also very essential young players have has the potential to surge higher. Anand, the country’s to promote the game. It is important emerged in the last to keep changing the format and few years. I think first GM, outlines a few steps to popularise the sport among the masses coming up with new ideas regularly most of them have the too. potential and ambi- tion’ in a game of chess. But it can build a huge ‘offline’ audience too In India, there are lots and lots of tion to make it really children who are taking to the game big. I do agree though that the game definitely be made more interesting but one has to understand that, un- by having a running commentary by like other popular sports, chess has and all steps have to be taken by still has not filtered down to the com- keeping them in mind. You have to mon man; that it doesn’t attract big fluent Grandmasters. They can certain limitations. It is basically an make the game simpler by explain- indoor sport and can be played only think up of ways to channelise all crowds. that enthusiasm. The system is al- It is in this area, primarily,that lot ing exactly what’s happening on the in halls or auditoriums (in case of board, the planning behind a move big tournaments). So we can’t have ready working nicely as can be seen of work needs to be done. from the progress the sport has al- The All-India Chess Federation and even the possible next step. Such mammoth crowds, like we see at big a model can fur- football or cricket ready made. We just need to stream- has indeed done very well on the or- INDIAN SPORT line it and make it better. ganisational front. It keeps conduct- ther be enhanced matches. I think ing various tournaments that give a through live even 1000 people As told to B Shrikant footage. coming to watch a platform to young players. It proba- SLEEPING Vishwanathan Anand is easily one Various medi- game is good bly just needs to do some work on the of the most successful Indian ums, like the inter- enough for the corporate side. GIANT sportspersons; he is probably richer net, the press, and sport as there are The AICF has to take concrete than even , consid- television should many thousands steps to market the sport better, to ering all the big prize money events be used more effectively to promote more following the action ‘live’ rope in the big sponsors. It would that he keeps winning. He also com- the game among the masses. on the net. That is what we should help on two levels: one, it would mands huge appearance money, un- aim for. bring in more money into the sport Actually,chess is already a specta- like other Indian stars. Despite all and two, it would also help in making tor sport on the internet with a huge The internet is a very important that he doesn’t have a fan following as the sport popular among the masses. audience base. There are often more tool for promoting the game, both big or as fanatical as the one that Ten- Overall, there is a need to package than 20 to 30 thousand people watch- among the people and the sponsors. dulkar has. Why? What can be done to the sport better in the country. The ing important games ‘live’ on the net In European countries corporates ensure that all our winners and audiences will come once there is an every day.And then, there are bigger have realised chess’ potential on the champions are treated as equals? Af- interesting ‘module’ in place. chess events that attract 10 to 12 mil- net and are regularly advertising on ter all, aren’t they all special? I agree that unlike most other lion people all over the world, follow- chess sites. The organisers design Readers are invited to send their an- sports, it’s not easy for a first-timer ing every move on the net, day websites for their tournaments and swers and innovative solutions to to understand the nuances of the or night. sponsors get their money’s worth. [email protected]. Or game. In fact, there is hardly any ‘ac- It would be really nice if we could Interesting formats like the Man even fax them at 23323346 or 23324173.

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