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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,September 26, 2003

Martina aims Athens Communication problem McGrath fit for first Test Tennis legend Martina Navratilova Former England keeper Seaman is all at Fast bowler Glenn McGrath looks set to is determined to crown her career sea in multi-lingual Manchester City. The lead Australia’s attack in next month’s first with an Olympic Games gold multi-national defence consisting two Test against Zimbabwe. The 33-year-old is medal. ‘Initially, I wasn’t sure. But Frenchmen, a German and a Chinese in making sound recovery from surgery on his now I know that I want to play and front of him, is clearly bothering him. He left ankle and will be fit, a Australia win,’ she said hasn’t had a great run yet spokesman said

The Netherlands hockey team to tour India in January

I think Australia’s future ‘Referees need as a cricketing force is very Off-colour Gagan bright. to be tough’ — Former Aussie opener and Opening slot is open IMES EWS ETWORK T N N Zimbabwe coach Geoff Marsh AFP promises to deliver By Solomon S Kumar throats of the Indian bats- New Delhi: Steve Waugh SPORTS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK men. Who knows they wasn’t waiting. Sourav Gan- Kuala Lumpur: Star hockey may not really get anoth- guly still arrived one and a ASIA CUP Junior national kabaddi: The 30th Visakhapatnam: After a forward Gagan Ajit Singh on er opportunity on the en- half hour late. “Blame it on “I had a talk with him this junior national kabaddi championship five-month long siesta, Thursday promised to make the airways,” he joked later. to be held in New Delhi from Septem- the cricket juggernaut tire tour. up for his lacklustre perform- morning. He seems to be up- ber 28 to October 1. This is for the first gets rolling in the country The other area of inter- The Indian skipper was in ance so far in tournament set,” Rajinder Singh said time the junior national kabaddi is be- with the Board Presi- est for the Indian team the Capital to shoot for and assured the team man- without revealing what might ing held in the Capital. Altogether 56 dent’s XI matching wits will be the opener’s spot. ‘ESPN Cricket Show’ along- agement that he would give be the reason for the usually teams of boys and girls will participate against the visiting New With President’s XI cap- with former India skipper more than 100 per cent to see chirpy Punjab forward to feel in this league-cum-knock-out tourna- Zealanders from Friday at tain Virender Sehwag Sunil Gavaskar and former that India make it to the final. down. “But he has promised to ment, to be hosted at the Sarvodhya the newly built ACA- preferring to bat lower England opening batsman During India’s final league Vidhyala ground, Tughlakabad. “The Geoffrey Boycott. make up in the semi-final to- VDCA stadium on the out- down in the order in the match against on eligibility rule for the junior nationals “Given a choice between morrow and has said he will skirts of the city. Tests, the top spots are up Wednesday the forward line, has been slightly changed this year,” domestic and international give more that his 100 per cent As the objective is on for grabs. Even if he con- more prominently Gagan informed Niranjan Singh, the organis- tinues as an opener, the cricket, I would always opt to see India are through (to getting the balance right, Ajit, missed a number of ing secretary. “Now it will be under-19 selectors will look to the for the latter,” he said, even the final),” Rajinder Singh for boys, instead of under-18 and in the Black Caps, who are chances which proved detri- likes of Shiv Sunder Das, as Boycott, stressed the need said. The usually prolific the girls section it will be under-17 in- attempting to achieve a mental as India suffered a 4-2 Wasim Jaffer and Akash to strengthen the Ranji for- Gagan has manged just three stead of under-16,” Sigh stated. Ra- Test series win against defeat. Chopra to produce some- mat. goals in India’s three matches jasthan and Karnataka are the defend- the mighty Indians, On the eve of their semi-fi- thing special. “Let the stars play the so far. ing champions in the boy’s and girls would like to use the tour nal against title-holders VVS Laxman, after the Ranji. Only then, the young- The form of their forwards sections respectively. TNN opener as a launching pad South Korea, Indian coach for their top players. match-winning 99 in the sters will be able to judge the is crucial from India’s point of Yogeshwar wins: India’s Yogesh- Rajinder Singh conceded that view as South Korea, their Knowing fully well that Irani Trophy match last difference,” Boycott war Dutt beat Moustafa Manesh of Gagan has been off-colour in semi-final opponents, will many a side has bitten the week, will be keen to get stressed. Iran 5-4 while Gyanender defeated the tournament and did ap- leave no stone unturned to Ahmad Azami of Iran 5-3 in the 55kg dust on the sub-continent back some more consis- The Indian skipper spoke pear “upset”. check them. PTI category of Choudhary Devi Lal Gold - including their cousins, tency in his . The his mind out on sledging Cup free style wrestling. the mighty Australians, Hyderabad batsman has too. “It’s very much a part of Indianapolis — Facts and Figures Other results: 60kg: Mehadi Nikmanesh (Irn) bt De- the Kiwis are eager to use been guilty of throwing the modern game. But it’s vender 6-4, Bijender bt Farokh Kojori (Irn) 8-6, 66kg: each and every opportuni- away his time and high time, the match refer- Michael Schumacher will attempt to capture a record sixth Hassan Tahmasebi (irn) bt Ramesh Kr 7-6, ees intervened a bit more.” Shokinder Tomar bt Ombir 3-1; 120kg: Anil Mann ty to give their players, es- again. With the battle for crown in Indianapolis come Sunday. Juan Pablo Montoya got w/o Jagdish Kalliraman, Bahman Tayebi (Irn) bt pecially the batsmen, a the middle order getting Ganguly felt, that there are and Kimi Raikkonen will certainly try to him deny that. Amin Rashid Lamir (Irn) 4-0. TNN chance to get in to the hotter and hotter,Laxman too many one-dayers at pres- would be keen to cement ent. “The number should be •Circuit: Indianapolis. Bagan rout Tolly: Mohun Bagan groove. The key to success •Lap distance: 4.192km/2.605 made short work of Tollygunge Ag- on the dusty bowls of the his place in the middle. restricted to 30,” he com- Whatever be the game mented. miles. gragami 4-1 to reach the final of the sub-continent is for the Groundsmen push a roller over the pitch on eve of the of the IFA Shield at the Salt Lake batsmen to get a big score plan of both sides, if the •Total distance: 73 laps (306.016 match between New Zealand cricket team and Board km/190.139 miles). Stadium on Thursday. Delhi-lad Rishi and give the bowlers, es- President’s XI in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. wicket stays true to pre- Kapoor, Barreto (20) and Marcos pecially the spinners, a dictions and the rains Case against •2002 pole time: Michael Perreira scored for Bagan. Isiaka chance to dismiss the op- is clearly specified the management opts for an- stay away then a keen bat- Ganguly dropped Schumacher (Germany) pulled one back for Tollygunge. TNN position twice. Realising weather and the virgin other pace man then Sid- tle between the bat and •Ferrari one minute Mumbai: Percept D’- this fully well, skipper wicket at the stadium dharth Trivedi looks the ball is on the cards over 10.790 seconds (213.182 kph). BETTING METER Fleming is eager to see may scuttle the Kiwi obvious choice. Which the next three days. mark which had sued •Fastest race lap (lap record): FOOTBALL his batsmen especially plans. The wicket promis- means that Mumbai off- Teams (from): New Zealand: Sourav Ganguly for al- Rubens ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Mark Richardson, Nathan es to help the medium spinner Ramesh Powar (capt), , leged breach of con- •Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari Manchester United 5/4 pacers and as such the may have to sit out. Ian Butler, Robbie Hart (wk), Richard Astle, Lou Vincent, Scott tract, on Thursday with- 1:12.738 (207.473 kph), 2002. Arsenal 2/1 visiting batsmen’s plans With Ashish Nehra and Jones, Craig McMillan, Michael Ma- Chelsea 2/1 Stryis and himself get son, , Mark Richardson, drew the suit following a to get acquainted with Javagal Srinath not play- Leading drivers at Indianapolis: Liverpool 16/1 into some kind of form. , , Daniel Vet- settlement with him. some quality spin bowl- ing in the series, the se- tori, Lou Vincent, Paul Wiseman. (as per ladbrokes.com) “Several places are up “We have withdrawn ’02 ’01 ’00 ing may not be realized. lectors are on the look out Board President’s XI: Virender Se- for grabs. This is a tough hwag (capt), Akash Chopra, SS Das, the suit as our rights LIVE ON TV The President’s XI is for medium pacers and a Michael Schumacher 2 2 1 tour and we want all the Wasim Jaffer, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj have been given to us DD 1: 1500 hrs: Asia Cup Hockey semi-final: India loaded with four medium good outing here should Singh, S Sriram, Ajay Ratra, Ramesh Rubens Barrichello 1 15 2 vs S. Korea. DD Sports: 0930 hrs: Board Presi- players to get a chance in Powar, Amit Mishra, Amit Bhandari, Sid- and there is nothing left Juan Pablo Montoya 4 R - dent’s XI vs New Zealand. ESPN: 0025 hrs (Sat): pacers and of them Amit help the big men’s cause. the middle,” New Zealand Bhandari and Tinu The Kiwis pace men dharth Trivedi, Tinu Yohannan, Amit to follow up”, counsel Ralf Schumacher 16 R R English Premier Football League: Arsenal vs New- Stephen Fleming Uniyal. castle United. Star Sports: 0025 hrs (Sat): Formula Yohannan look a certain- will relish the opportuni- Umpires: RK Sharma and Jasbir for Percept D’mark said. David Coulthard 3 3 5 One Qualifying. had remarked. ty. However, if the team ty to have a go at the Singh (both Delhi). Third umpire: VK PTI Kimi Raikkonen R R - But while the objective Ramaswamy (Hyderabad). CRICKET UPDATE BCCI wants stars Inzamam named captain, Latif retained for domestic meet : Inzamam-ul-Haq has been named Wednesday but later changed his mind. Kolkata: The BCCI has de- captain for Pakistan’s five-match One-day The appointment of Inzamam, who has cided to hold the Duleep series against South Africa next month, the scored 9,195 runs in nearly 295 hundred one- Trophy only after return of (PCB) announced on day internationals, completes a remarkable the Indian squad from their Thursday. turnaround in fortunes for the right-handed tour Down Under while con- Inzamam replaces , who was batsman, who was dropped after a miserable sidering participation of a retained in the 16-member squad announced World Cup earlier this year. foreign team for the tourna- by the PCB despite resigning the captaincy Pakistan squad: Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain), , on Wednesday. Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, , Abdul Razzak, Shoaib ment. “It has been recom- Malik, Rashid Latif, , , , mended that the Duleep Latif, 34, had decided to resign as skipper Shabbir Ahmed, , Mushtaq Ahmed, Faisal Iqbal, Trophy this season should and also announced he had quit cricket on . Reuters AFP be played only when the in- ternational cricketers are available,” BCCI sources said here on Thursday. As the Indian team would remain engaged in interna- tional matches till early February, the Duleep Tro- phy would be played during February-March, 2004, only after the return of the Indi- an squad from their over two-month-long tour. PTI UCB rubbishes ICC’s charge Durban: The United Crick- et Board of South Africa on Thursday rebutted the In- ternational Cricket Coun- Zimbabwe coach Geoff Marsh (R), wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu (C) and assistant coach cil’s criticism that it did not Shane Cloete (L) watch a video during practice in Perth. consult the game’s world body before calling off the Pakistan tour. Aussies to help out Lanka SA okay new itinerary “I was personally with Colombo: Australia have agreed to play two Karachi: The South African team will arrive Ehsan Mani (ICC Presi- extra One-day internationals on next year’s in Pakistan next week after endorsing a re- dent) in India when the tour of Sri Lanka to help ease the host vised itinerary rescheduling all five One-day news of the bomb blast (in board’s financial crisis. matches and two Tests, the Pak board said. Karachi) broke and reports Australia were scheduled to play three Revised itinerary: Sept 29 - Arrival in ; Oct 1 - Practice that South Africa was con- One-dayers during their six-week tour of the One-dayer (Lahore); Oct 3 - First One-dayer (Lahore); Oct 5 - sidering cancelling the island in February and March, but this has Second One-dayer (Lahore); Oct 7 - Third One-dayer (Faisal- abad); Oct 10 - Fourth One-dayer (Rawalpindi); Oct 12 - Fifth tour,” UCB CEO Gerasld been increased to five One-dayers after a re- One-dayer (Rawalpindi); Oct 17-21 - First Test (Lahore); October Majola said. AFP quest from the Sri Lanka board. Reuters 24-28 - Second Test (Faisalabad). AFP Utilise our experience, says Prasanna By Shashank Shekhar thusiastic best I’m a member of that. But services of this great leg- TIMES NEWS NETWORK as he gives nothing has happened since spinner at all? His skill New Delhi: The ball be- useful tips to then. It’s like building the went with him. comes a miniature earth, the kids. And foundation without con- ‘‘The board should avail furiously rotating on its when he structing the house. So of the services of experi- axis. The seam never wob- choses to bowl what’s the use of the foun- enced cricketers. And they bles, the flight is tantalis- himself, the dation?’’ should be adequately com- ing, the turn precocious if ease of his action and the Prasanna has been train- pensated for their inputs.’’ not vicious. Erapalli beguiling flight draws gasp- ing youngsters at Macspin Bemoaning the lack of Prasanna can still delight ing praise. Not for nothing in Chennai and has also classical spinners in world the connoisseur with his Ian Chappell has called him contributed at the NCA. But cricket today, Prasanna loop and trajectory. He still the greatest spinner he ever something on a bigger and says: ‘‘Whether it’s Test or enjoys and every- faced. more regular scale has not One-day cricket, a spinner thing else associated with However, Prasanna, happened. The greying man should try to take . it, including sharing the in- whose exploits are part of gets emotional: ‘‘You can And wickets come via spin. tricacies of his craft with India’s cricketing folklore, learn from me as long as I’m So not spinning the ball is young ones. is unhappy that his expert- alive. I can pass on my craft not going to help at all.’’ He On Thursday, at the Bis- ise has not been properly and knowledge. What’ll I adds: ‘‘If the spinners has to han Singh Bedi’s cricket used by the cricket board. give after I;m gone?’’ He bowl straight and fast in clinic here, the master off- ‘‘A spinner’s panel was set goes on: ‘‘Subhash Gupte is One-dayers, why not play spinner, now 63, is at his en- up by the board in June and dead. Could we utilise the five fast bowlers then.

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