Wednesday 15th October 2008 13 Ballack questionable NZ wins third match, for Wales game FRANKFURT, take to underestimate Wales. Germany (AP) - Germany History shows we’ve had clinches ODI series Michael Ballack problems with them and could miss Wednesday’s tough games,” Bierhoff said. CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh World Cup qualifying game Germany has won seven (AP) - scored a hundred against Wales, which has a matches, drawn six and lost and , and history of troubling the two against Wales, with most claimed two apiece three-time champions. of the games close. in a 79-run win over Bangladesh on Ballack missed practice Wales won 1-0 in a friend- Tuesday that gave New Zealand a late Monday due to a right ly in 2002, Germany won 2-0 comeback 2-1 series victory. calf injury and team officials in Cardiff last year in Chasing a target of 250, were unable to say whether European Championship Bangladesh’s top order started solidly he would train before the qualifying with the two with Tamim Iqbal making 35 but the game in Moenchengladbach. teams drawing 0-0 in the hosts lost four wickets for 10 runs and “He is being treated all return leg in November. collapsed to 59 for five in the 17th over. the time by our physiothera- Germany had already quali- Nayeem Islam salvaged the pists,” team manager Oliver fied by then for the tourna- innings and ended unbeaten on 46 as Bierhoff said Tuesday. “It’s ment, where it finished run- Bangladesh reached 170-8 in reply to an hour-by-hour process to ner-up to Spain. New Zealand’s 249-7. see how he reacts to treat- Germany coach Joachim Kyle Mills struck first to claim ment. He knows his body the Loew has also had to deal Siddiqui in the third over while Jacob best. We’ll just have to wait with backup striker Kevin Oram picked up the second in and see.” Kuranyi, who was upset the 12th, sparking a collapse. The Chelsea midfielder about being left out against Mills also dismissed Mashrafee was hurt during Saturday’s Russia and left the stadium bin Murtaza, and Patel ousted Iqbal 2-1 win over Russia, in which at halftime. Loew has said and (1). Oram Ballack scored the second the Schalke striker will bowled Mohammad Ashraful for goal. never be invited again. eight, putting extra pressure on the The win put Germany on Germany put on an Bangladesh when it needed quick top of Group 4 with seven impressive display against runs. points from three games. Russia in the first half but Earlier Taylor’s 103 from 119 balls Wales is second with six. faded in the second, allowing Bierhoff, who is about to Russia to come close to SCOREBOARD New Zealand’s captain holds the champion trophy as he poses leave for South Africa to look equalizing. with team members after winning the final limited overs international at possible hotels and prac- Striker Miroslav Klose New Zealand Innings S. al Hasan c Ryder b Patel 1 against Bangladesh at Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct.14, 2008. New tice facilities, won’t write off said Germany had to show J. Ryder b Rasel 3 N. Islam 46 Zealand won by 79 runs and clinched the three-match series 2-1. (AP) Wales. the same determination it B. McCullum lbw Murtaza 6 M. Rahim c How b Southee 15 “It would be a big mis- had against Russia. J. How lbw Islam 73 M. Murtaza c McCullum b Mills 9 R. Taylor c Rahim b Murtaza 103 A. Razzak c McCullum b Ryder 27 and his vital 125-run third-wicket end of the innings. S. Styris lbw Hasan 12 S. Hossain not out 12 stand with (73) set the Shakib Al Hasan removed Scott J. Oram c Iqbal b Hasan 3 Extras: (4w) 4 platform, reviving the New Zealand Styris (12) and Oram (3) to return 2-41 D. Flynn c Islam b Razzak 5 TOTAL: for eight wickets 170 innings after it slipped to 13 for two in and Murtaza finished with figures of D. Vettori not out 19 Overs: 50 the seventh. 2-50. K. Mills not out 18 Fall of wickets: 1-13,2-49, 3-49, 4- His third ODI century contained Bangladesh won the first match Extras: (4lb,3w) 7 57, 5-59, 6-77, 7-98, 8-144. four big sixes and five boundaries as by seven wickets in an upset after Total: for seven wickets 249 Did not bat: S. Rasel he shared partnerships with six bats- restricting New Zealand to just 201-9 Overs: 50. : Mills 8-1-24-2, Southee 10- men before he was the last to fall, last week in Dhaka but the Black Caps Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-138, 4- 0-40-1 (3w), Patel 10-3-29-2, caught behind off Murtaza, with the squared the series with a 75-run win 172, 5-179, 6-201, 7-219. Oram 8-2-16-2, Vettori 10-0-39-0 total at 219-7. on Saturday. Did not bat: T. Southee and J. Patel (1w), Ryder 2-0-16-1, Flynn 1-0-6-0. Bangladesh struck quickly in the The first match of a two-test beginning by claiming two openers - series starts here Friday. Bowling: Murtaza 10-2-50-2, Rasel Toss: NZ. (3) and Brendon 10-0-40- 1, Razzak 10-0-52-1, Result: NZ won by 79 runs. McCullum (6) - in 6.1 overs but Hasan 10-0-41-2, Islam 8-0-50-1 Series: NZ 2-1. New Zealand rallied via the (1w), Hossain 2-0-12-0 (2w). Umpires: D. Harper (Aus) and E. third-wicket pair, which boosted Bangladesh Innings Haq (Ban) the total to 138 before Islam T. Iqbal c McCullum b Patel 35 TV Umpire: A.F.M. Akhtaruddin trapped How (73) lbw in the 32nd J. Siddique c Ryder b Mills 1 (Ban) over. I. Kayes c McCullum b Oram 12 Match Referee: Javagal Srinath Daniel Vettori (19) and Kyle M. Ashraful b Oram 8 (Ind) Mills (18) were unbeaten at the Aussie media tear into Ganguly, Umpires Intentionally or inad- “Please! Can’t you be this great game’s Bradmans, vertently, Sourav timed out in this game?” Gavaskars, Tendulkars and Ganguly continues to rub he asked. According to Pontings will also be soon forgot- Australians the wrong him, the spectators were ten... Even by their mothers-in- way and the media here the obvious losers in the law!” poured vitriol on the for- entire exercise. Meanwhile, a ‘Fox Sports’ mer India skipper, accus- “The players got some- cricket commentator went on to ing him of indulging in thing out of it. Pedantic demand amendments in delaying tactics to ensure officials got their moment International Cricket Council’s the Bangalore Test ended of the glory. But billions existing light rules. in a draw. of fans and more impor- “I thought the light was fine The popular belief in Sourav Ganguly tantly — the game itself and they really need to change Australia is that the — got nothing out of this the rules regarding that aspect of tourists were destined to win the farcical finish in Bangalore,” he the game,” he said. Bangalore Test but the existing remarked. “There has to be some pres- light rule, coupled with Ganguly’s Criticising umpire Asad Rauf sure placed on the ICC over this delaying tactics, denied Ricky and Rudy Koertzen, he said, as there was no danger at all out Ponting’s men victory in the first “With the match in the balance, a there. I’m standing out here half of the four-match Test series. crucial hour’s play on the final an hour after play has finished, A member of the ‘National day was lost, with not one, but and while it’s getting a bit dark Nine News’ sports team took a pot- two stoppages for bad light — now, it was fine half an hour ago shot at anyone and everyone but when at times the sun was shin- and they first came off several was particularly harsh on ing! hours ago. People come to the Ganguly, whom he described as a “Umpires strutted about like ground to watch and “serial offender”. Emperor Penguins, holding out the light was pretty good and not “Serial offender Sourav their light metres — a device that dangerous at all,” he asserted. Ganguly firstly persuaded the like performance enhancing ‘Fox Sports’ also invited read- umpires to go off. Then when play drugs should be banned.” ers to comment whether poor resumed, Ganguly made Asserting that such finishes light should be allowed to influ- Australia’s fielders and partner would do no good to the game, he ence the outcome of a game and V.V.S. Laxman wait an eternity went on to say, “If Test cricket whether India played the match because he’d apparently ‘forgotten continues to produce farcical fin- in the right spirit. to put his thigh pad on’. ishes like this one in Bangalore, PTI ECB reject proposal to launch high visibility pink balls by Paul Bolton were little better than the white ing to hear back from them,” balls we use at the moment,” Stephenson said. The MCC conducted trials Stephenson said. “I have also been in contact using pink balls, which they “The decision was that the with Clare Connor, the ECB’s head believe are easier for batsmen and pink balls didn’t add anything of women’s cricket, and the ICC spectators to see, during the sea- visually although they were some- about the possibility of using pink son, most recently in the national thing different.” balls in the women’s World Cup club Twenty20 finals which were The ECB are now considering next year, so that’s another possi- played under lights in Cardiff two experimenting with fluorescent bility. weeks ago. yellow balls, similar to the colour “We will continue to use pink John Stephenson, the MCC’s used on tennis balls, in non-coun- balls because we believe that they head of cricket, submitted a ty matches next season. retain their colour longer than report to the ECB’s cricket com- The MCC have not given up on white balls. mittee recommending the use of their pink ball experiment and are “If we are going to play pink balls in county limited overs hopeful that they might be used in day/night Test cricket in the and Twenty20 cricket from next the and in future then we are going to have to season, but received little support. women’s international one-day find a solution.” “We thought that the pink balls cricket. worked but the view of the ECB “The IPL are quite interested (C) The Telegraph Group, cricket committee was that they in using pink balls and I am wait- London, 2008