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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

I still to this day have to pinch myself to see if I wake up.- Nick Price, Zimbabwean Curators killing our 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 , led by Daryl Tuffey Players Opp Mts Overs Runs Wkts Avg Best Season The runs scored in the Test and . 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 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 is, he H.H. Streak (Zimb) Ind 2 88.1 253 6 42.16 4-92 2001-02 taining interest in . 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 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, 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 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 (left) and his deputy in devised by , 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 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 , Chris Gayle of West Indies and Indian vice-captain . 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 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 ’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 , 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), , Michael Victor Conte and his Balco nutritional 12 10 15 13 Lost “We’ve got to play Sachin (in Bevan, , , Michael supplement laboratory. The us anti- 8 10 19 3 Drawn Tests) out here this summer coming Clarke, , , Brad doping agency touched off the scan- up, so it would be nice to get some Hogg, , , dal last week by announcing discov- 47.37 39.39 35.84 33.33 Win % wood on him on his own turf just , , Brad Text: Rajesh Kumar Andy Bichel ery of a steroid that had been previ- coming into the Australian sum- Williams. AFP ously undetectable by current testing and saying several US national cham- Bowlers will pay soon: Langer: Australian opener Justin Langer warned on Tuesday pionship competitors tested positive Pakistan win that bowling attacks will soon be made to pay for his poor start to the international season. for it. Harmison shines on Day 1 “I agree it has been a slow start to the season for me, but someone is going to pay very soon,” the left-hander said, with an eye on the upcoming four-Test home series against In- Ganguly recovering: Indian cricket Dhaka: English paceman Stephen Bashar followed soon after, trying to over Proteas Harmison took two quick wickets as drive and edging to Marcus Trescoth- dia starting in December. AFP captain Sourav Ganguly is slowly re- Lahore: Pakistan defeated covering following back-to-back sur- Bangladesh struggled on a rain-hit ick at first slip. opening day of their first-ever Test If Harmison was quick off the wick- South Africa by eight wick- geries to cure an abscess in his left ets on Tuesday to win the thigh, doctors said on Tuesday in against England on Tuesday. et, his new-ball partner Matthew Hog- first Test and go 1-0 up in the Kolkata. “The pain seems to have re- Harmison surprised the batsmen gard moved the ball appreciably to duced considerably,’’ said Pradip Ton- with both pace and bounce as the hosts trouble the batsmen time and again. two-match series. Pakistan don, administrator of a nursing home were reduced to 24-2 in the 64 minutes Opener (18) and Ra- scored their maiden victory where Ganguly was admitted on Sat- of play at the Bangabandhu National jin Saleh (nought) were the against the Proteas at home. urday. Dr Sukumar Mukherjee who is Stadium. batsmen when the umpires offered to Pakistan’s Taufeeq Umer treating the cricketer, said Ganguly’s Electing to bat, Bangladesh saw off stop the game for the day because of shared the Man of the Match Leucocyte count, which was much the first four overs early in the morn- bad light. The umpires had decided to award with Danish Kaneria. above normal when he was admitted, ing without any loss, but were pushed have 19 overs after resumption but SCOREBOARD has come down. “The count is now back on resumption after more than were forced to call off play for the day South Africa (1st innings): 320. near normal. The indications are that two sessions were lost due to wet after just 11 despite the support of Pakistan (1st innings): 401. he is improving, albeit slowly,’’ ground conditions. floodlights in that session. South Africa (2nd innings): 241. Mukherjee said. Opener Javed Omar (three) was Earlier, sharp showers in the morn- Pakistan (2nd innings) (overnight beaten by bounce and prolific batsman ing hampered play for a major part of 137 for 1): T Umer b Adams 63, I RANKINGS (two) by pace as the day. It rained for just over 15 min- Farhat c Gibbs b Smith 58, Y TEST CRICKET Bangladesh stuttered in their effort to utes but the loss of play amounted to Hameed not out 20, S Malik not out cope with rising expectations after a well over two sessions. 8. Extras: (lb-6, w-5, nb-4) 15. Rank Team Points Total: (for 2 wkts in 40.1 overs) 164. 1 Australia 130 recent spirited display in Pakistan. Bangladesh 1st innings: Hannan Sarkar batting 18, Javed 2 South Africa 116 Omar was surprised by the bounce Fall of wickets: 1-134, 2-141. Omar c Clarke b Harmison 3, Habibul Bashar c Trescothick b Bowling: Pollock 7-2-21-0, Ntini 6- 3 New Zealand 104 of a Harmison around the off Harmison 2, batting 0 0-24-0, Nel 5-0-13-0, Kallis 6-1- 4 England 104 stump, failing to keep the ball down as Extras: (b-1) 1 5 India 95 Total (for two wickets, 15 overs) 24 30-0, Adams 11-1-57-1, Smith 5.1- debutant Rikki Clarke pouched the 6 Pakistan 92 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-24 2-13-1. AP 7 Sri Lanka 91 catch safely at gully. Bowling: Hoggard 8-3-14-0, Harmison 7-3-9-2. AFP 8 West Indies 83 9 Zimbabwe 57 10 Bangladesh 0 as per ladbrokes.com BETTING METER Time for instant fun, night cricket FOOTBALL By Bobbilli Vijay Kumar Or should they hit the bottle and individual score; Sachin Ten- CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIMES NEWS NETWORK belt out a few songs from Devdas dulkar, on the other hand, is strug- Rangers vs Manchester United Rangers 12/5; Draw 9/4 (the old film, gling to be the highest scorer in the New Delhi: No . No of course)? team. Ricky Ponting and Adam Manchester United 10/11 Glenn McGrath. No Jason Gille- TODAY’S as per ladbrokes.com After all, Gilchrist are also hitting runs by spie. No Shane Bond. No Javagal they would the ton; Virender Sehwag, VVS Srinath. No Ashish Nehra. A few TODAY’S ACTION SPECIAL have less Laxman and Rahul Dravid are, years down the line, if somebody than a week however, fighting other demons. NATIONAL bothers to revisit the scorecards of to savour the victory (or banish the Sehwag has to conceal his flaws to FOOTBALL: Gold Cup, Sikkim. the Tri-series, starting in Chennai defeat from their minds) before survive down under; Laxman has on Thursday, he might well think INTERNATIONAL they embark on the rough and to consolidate his position in the that fast bowlers were on mass- tough tour to Australia. team by scoring in the One-dayers BASEBALL: New York Yankees Vs Florida strike. Let’s not worry about that at the too; Dravid will be hoping to en- Marlins Game # 4, MLB World Series 2003 Mi- Maybe, it isn’t an accident: the moment though. Let’s just get sure that he doesn’t have to wear ami, FL USA (Live on ESPN 5.30 am) pitches in India have already ready for some runathons. Big hits, the big gloves ever again. CRICKET: England vs Bangladesh, Day 2, 1st proved that it’s a huge curse to be big scores and big victories. Yes, Andy Bichel will be happy to Test, Dhaka ( Live on Star Sports 8.52 am). born a fast bowler; maybe, some FOOTBALL: Lokomotiv Moscow Vs Inter- the country’s multitudes, who lead the attack for the Aussies; the players have deliberately chosen to went through the cricketless sum- Indian bowlers, on the other hand, nazionale Fc Group Phase 1, (On ESPN 9.30 abstain. am), Real Madrid Cf Vs Fk Partizan Group mer like zombies, are showing will be seeking to win the vacant Worse, the drawl in Motera and signs of life again. It’s time for in- berths to Australia first. Phase 1 (On ESPN at midnight), Chelsea Vs the crawl in Mohali have made life S.S. Lazio Group Phase 1 (on ESPN 2.30 am); stant fun. In this conflicting scenario, tougher for the Indian team. All its The wickets are going to be nice don’t be surprised if the Kiwis Glasgow Rangers Fc Vs Manchester United hopes of avenging the Kiwis in the Group Phase 1 (live on Star Sports midnight) and easy; the stands are going to be spring a major surprise or two. Af- Tests and setting up a fitting Uefa Champions League colourful and noisy; the nights are ter all, they have come here very RUGBY: Argentina Vs Romania grudge-match against the World going to be bright and lively.At the well prepared. They have already World Cup,Sydney (Live on ESPN 4 pm) Cup champions at the Eden Gar- end of ten matches, we might even accomplished the first part of their TENNIS: ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, dens have vanished. get an inkling of who the best (or at mission (drawing the Test series); Switzerland, ATP St Petersburg Open, St Pe- One is not even sure what the least most prolific) batsman in the they are now working on its second tersburg, Russia, ATP if... Stockholm Open, Men in Blue must make of this world is. part: beating the World Cup final- Stockholm, Sweden, WTA Tour Seat Open, strike by fast bowlers: should they ists in the same tournament. Luxembourg, WTA Tour Generali Ladies Linz jump in joy and thrash the life out Matthew Hayden has already presented by Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Linz. of the Kangaroos and the Kiwis? cracked the record for the highest It’s not imposssible.

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