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OID‰‰†KOID‰‰†OID‰‰†MOID‰‰†C The Times of India, New Delhi, Wednesday,October 22, 2003 Zanardi seventh in comeback Kanoute out for two months Injury forces Ferrero pull-out Italian Alex Zanardi, making his return to motor rac- Tottenham Hotspur’s French striker Frederic Injury has forced world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero ing after losing both his legs in an horrific crash, fin- Kanoute will be out for two months with an ankle to withdraw from the Swiss Indoors in Basle on ished seventh on Sunday in the final race of the FIA ligaments injury. Scans have revealed that Kanoute Monday. The Spaniard, who won in Madrid on European Touring Car championship at Monza. Za- did not break his ankle as had been feared but did Sunday week to take top spot in the ATP Champi- nardi was racing just over two years after his crash damage ligaments when he was tackled badly dur- ons Race, announced he would not play hours be- in a race in September 2001 ing Spurs' 2-1 win at Leicester fore the draw Stephen Harmison shines for England on gloomy first day against Bangladesh I still to this day have to pinch myself to see if I wake up.- Nick Price, Zimbabwean Curators killing our cricket golfer,after being inducted into the World olf Hall of By Javagal Srinath iar conditions, a touring team needs that Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Fame on Monday. The second Test be- extra cushion of runs. Singh had to toil real hard. longed to New The New Zealand batsmen adapt- Virender Sehwag played a gem of SPORTS DIGEST Zealand bowlers. Af- ed to the conditions quickly with the a knock and his partner, the young Ajit Ninan ter their batsmen oc- help of some really batsmen-friend- Aakash Chopra, again proved he is cupied the crease for ly pitches. Our curators contributed here to stay for long. VVS Laxman almost half the a great deal to their success. Lou was regal during his first innings match, the bowlers Vincent and Mark Richardson made hundred and when he is in such built up on the form, the memories of his advantage putting pressure Kolkata knock against the Aus- on the Indian batsmen FAST BOWLERS IN INDIA tralians is refreshed over and throughout with accurate Following are details of the performance of top fast bowlers over again. from each country in India over the last five series bowling, led by Daryl Tuffey Players Opp Mts Overs Runs Wkts Avg Best Season The runs scored in the Test and Daniel Vettori. D.R. Tuffey (NZ) Ind 2 83 231 8 28.87 4-80 2003-04 series bring into focus BCCI’s Tuffy has been a revelation Zaheer Khan (Ind) NZ 2 59 199 4 49.75 4-68 2003-04 attempt to upgrade the wickets in the two test matches. Al- M. Dillon (WI) Ind 3 109.2 275 11 25.00 3-44 2002-03 by relaying it. Sporting wickets though not known for genuine Zaheer Khan (Ind) WI 2 42.4 111 8 13.87 4-41 2002-03 are so important in helping re- pace as Shane Bond is, he H.H. Streak (Zimb) Ind 2 88.1 253 6 42.16 4-92 2001-02 taining interest in Test cricket. Zaheer Khan (Ind) Zimb 2 47 166 6 27.66 3-45 2001-02 demonstrated how good line M.J. Hoggard (Eng) Ind 3 101.5 281 9 31.22 4-80 2001-02 The need of the hour is to re- and length can play a major J. Srinath (Ind) Eng 2 71 221 6 36.83 4-73 2001-02 place ignorant curators with role even on docile wickets. G.D. McGrath (Aust) Ind 3 136.2 261 17 15.35 4-18 2000-01 the knowledgeable ones. Other- He kept the basics simple by Zaheer Khan (Ind) Aust 2 55.4 189 3 63.00 2-89 2000-01 wise it could prove catastroph- not trying for pace. — Anant Gaundalkar ic for Test cricket. It seems the As for Vettori, well, he is changes that were suggested currently the best left-arm spinner the best use of the wicket and gave a over the years have fallen on deaf in the world. And if you thought Vet- solid base for the ever-improving ears. Cricket awards: World Cup final- ists India would be in contention for tori was the bowler of the series, Scott Styris to come in and strut his The fact is, the concerned cura- the coveted title of international team don’t forget he saved the match for stuff. Craig McMillan, one of the few tors are highly incompetent when it of the year at the annual Ceat cricket New Zealand with the bat in Motera! who has played Shane Warne with comes to understanding of soil me- rating awards 2002-03 to be held in I can understand Stephen Flem- ease, was in command here too. chanics. Some of the “maalis’’ Mumbai on October 31. The awards ing’s logic in declaring on the third I thought Zaheer and Laxmipathy (groundsmen) have better practical are based on a points rating system morning in Mohali. A touring cap- Balaji tried too hard for the initial knowledge than the so-called cura- Rain forces England captain Michael Vaughan (left) and his deputy Marcus Trescothick in devised by Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Chap- tain would like to make sure he is in breakthrough and drifted from the tors. The bowlers are the sufferers their dressing room on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu pell and Clive Lloyd. Vying for the in- a position to enforce the follow-on. basics. There was so little purchase and the whole Indian cricket is the National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Bangladesh were one without loss after electing to bat, when sharp showers forced a stoppage of play. ternational cricketer of the year award Against batsmen at home in famil- for the spinners on the first two days casualty. PTI are Australian one-day skipper Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle of West Indies and Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid. Waugh bhai Other awards to be decided at the 53 40 8 5 75.47 star-studded function include interna- Led in Won Lost Drawn Win % Bichel on Mission Sachin tional batsman and bowler of the year Waugh! Sydney: Indian batting champion mer,’’ Bichel said. and international fielder of the year. Australia’s 9-wicket win Sachin Tendulkar will be one of the “So we’re going to be right on our biggest challenges that Australia’s game and try not to give him some Asian women’s boxing: The sec- over Zimbabwe in Sydney ond Asian women’s boxing champi- was Steve Waugh’s 40th new bowling spearhead Andy momentum coming into this sum- onship will be held Hissar from No- Test win as captain, the Bichel will confront on his team’s mer.’’ vember 19 to 22. As many as 70 box- first to reach the figure. cricket tour of the subcontinent. Bichel carried a massive work- ers from nine countries will take part TNN takes a look Australia leave here on Wednes- load in the two Tests against Zim- day for a four-week limited overs babwe after Jason Gillespie, Stuart in this four-day championship. Singa- Steve has won most of pore, Japan, Taiwan, China, Nepal, tournament against India and New MacGill (both in Perth) and Brett South Korea and Sri Lanka have al- his matches by a very Zealand, and with Australia’s bowl- Lee (in Sydney) broke down. ready confirmed participation. comfortable margin. ing stocks drastically depleted by in- The extra pressure meant Bichel By an innings: 14 Tests jury, Bichel takes over as the team’s suffered an infected big toe on his Baseball star to testify: Jason By 8 wkts or more: 9 Tests leading paceman. left foot, the result of sending down Giambi, a star slugger for the New The big-hearted Queenslander 92 overs in two Tests. York Yankees in this week’s world se- By 300 runs or more: 3 Tests said it would be a big challenge as he Australia’s injuries mean Bichel ries, is among 40 athletes subpoe- has never toured India and has and Queensland teammate Michael naed to testify in a federal grand jury S JAYASURIYA S GANGULY S FLEMING BRIAN LARA bowled just once to Tendulkar for Kasprowicz could take the new ball probe into a steroid scandal with (NZ) (WI) his state several seasons ago. in their first match, a day-night global implications. The San Francis- (SL) (India) “That’s the toughest challenge,’’ clash against India in Gwalior on co chronicle reported on Monday that 38 33 53 24 Led in Bichel said on Tuesday about bowl- Sunday. major league baseball star Giambi is among the US sports figures sum- 18 18 19 8 Won ing to Tendulkar on his fancied bat- AUSTRALIA SQUAD ting surfaces. moned to testify in the case against Ricky Ponting (capt), Adam Gilchrist, Michael Victor Conte and his Balco nutritional 12 10 15 13 Lost “We’ve got to play Sachin (in Bevan, Andy Bichel, Nathan Bracken, Michael supplement laboratory. The us anti- 8 10 19 3 Drawn Tests) out here this summer coming Clarke, Ian Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Brad doping agency touched off the scan- up, so it would be nice to get some Hogg, Michael Kasprowicz, Jimmy Maher, dal last week by announcing discov- 47.37 39.39 35.84 33.33 Win % wood on him on his own turf just Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Brad Text: Rajesh Kumar Andy Bichel ery of a steroid that had been previ- coming into the Australian sum- Williams.