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The Sunday Times of India, New Delhi, May 4, 2003 Pete skips Rome Rethink on formula Yao, riches at his feet American veteran Pete Sampras, F-1 governing body FIA said Athletics footwear giants are who hasn’t played since his US that the ban on traction control debating Yao Ming’s shoe-selling Open triumph last September, scheduled to start in 2004 will be potential whose Nike endorsement will not make his long-awaited scrapped. The modification was of $200,000 is expiring. Rivals Adi- reappearance at the Rome proposed to cut escalating costs & das and Reebok are pondering lu- Masters next week, either increase competition in the sport crative offers for the Rockets giant Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu begins today BRIEFLY Work’s cut out SPORT AP Milestones for Steve Waugh AP Bridgetown (Barbados): Steve with recalled opener Chris Gayle Waugh set more personal mile- unbeaten on 47 and youngster De- stones to become the second- von Smith fighting back from a highest run-getter in Test history pair of ducks in the previous Test for Vengsarkar as Australia pounded the West In- to be 34. for Vengsarkar, and by exten- dies in the third Test at Kensing- Waugh, whose Test career was THE SPORTING LIFE sion Indian cricket. Bob ton Oval here. under threat at the start of the Ayaz Memon Simpson, believes that crick- The 37-year-old Australian year before his emotion-charged et talent in India is exciting skipper scored his 30th Test hun- 102 in the fifth Ashes Test against DILIP and flourishing. dred on Friday to overtake Don England in Sydney last January, Vengsarkar’s In Mumbai last week for a Bradman as Australia’s greatest toiled away on a deteriorating landslide vic- clinic for juniors at the CCI, Test century-maker and lie sec- pitch for just over five hours for tory in the where theindefatigable Raj ond only to another famous com- his 233-ball hundred. Mumbai Singh Dungarpur continues patriot Allan Border in most runs Waugh passed Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Asso- his crusade to bring about a scored in Test cricket. (10,122) as the second highest ciation elec- silent revolution at this level, Waugh survived three dropped scorer in Tests with 10,179 runs in tions must, in Simpson said that he was im- catches on his way to scoring 115 his 159th Test match. Border some ways, take him back to pressed with the 14 and 15- as Australia battered the West In- holds the world record Test ag- 1976 when he signalled his ar- year-olds he had seen. ‘‘There dian bowlers for 154.3 overs to gregate of 11,174. Bradman had rival as a precocious 19-year- are batsmen, leg-spinners, amass the country’s fifth-highest stood since 1948 as Australia’s old with a penchant for ag- players with enormous abili- score of 605 for nine declared in greatest century-maker with 29, gressive strokeplay and dis- ty,’’ he said, ‘‘that Indian Tests against the Caribbean Is- but Waugh claimed yet another dain for opponents. cricket should be well-served lands. At the close of the second prestigious landmark to stamp His superb hundred at Nag- in the years to come.’’ day, the West Indies had made a his greatness in the annals of pur that year earned him in- Interestingly,Simpson was Davis Love III chips onto the ninth hole secure start to be 89 without loss cricket. AFP stant comparison with during the second round of the HP Colonel C K Nayudu. More- not exactly gung-ho by Aus- tralia’s supply-line of young Classic of New Orleans on Friday. Love SCOREBOARD over, he had tamed spin wiz- shot a 5-under 67 for a two-day total of ards Bedi and Prasanna, such talent. ‘‘The last major player 12-under 132. Lara now hit by Australia (1st innings): a rare achievement in those to have come through is J Langer c Chanderpaul b Banks 78 days, that Vengsarkar soon Ricky Ponting,’’ revealed M Hayden c Gayle b Drakes 27 Simpson, ‘‘and that was some Johl lying second: South Korean chicken pox? R Ponting run out 113 leap-frogged into the Indian Chung Joon fired a 4-under-par 68 for the D Lehmann lbw b Drakes 96 team in a fascinating hop- years ago.’’ second straight day on Saturday, taking a Fast bowler Jason Gillespie S Waugh b Lawson 115 step-jump. That still does not make grabbedtwo wickets in an out- A Gilchrist c Smith b Banks 65 Australia any less formida- three-stroke lead while India’s Amandeep A Bichel c Lara b Banks 71 But getting into the Indian Johl too retained his joint second place standing spell Saturday as B Lee b Lawson 11 team after that spectacular ble now and for the next cou- after the third round of the US$400,000 Australia maintained control J Gillespie not out 18 start brought in its wake huge ple of years. But India’s se- Maekyung Open golf championship in over the West Indies in the S MacGill b Lawson 0 lectors and talent scouts Extras: (b-3, lb-3, w-3, nb-2) 11 expectations and many pres- Seoul. Chung birdied the 1st hole, sunk third cricket test.Gillespie re- Total (for 9 decl, in 154.3 overs) 605 sures that Vengsarkar discov- must whiff the possibilities an eagle on the par-5 4th hole and added moved both openers as the Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-151, 3-292, 4-331, ered were not easy to fulfil in Simpson’s assessment. 5-444, 6-568, 7-580, 8-605, 9-605 another birdie on the 5th hole at Nam West Indies, resuming on 89 and almost impossible to wish The time is ripe to make an Seoul Country Club.Johl shot a 3-under- Bowling: Lawson 32.3-2-131-3, Best 20-1- without loss, went to lunch at 99-0, Drakes 30-2-85-2, Banks 40-2-204-3, away. Over a long career, assault on Australia’s su- par 69 and was tied with South Korean 149 for two on day three, still Gayle 31-5-79-0, Sarwan 1-0-1-0. which had many intriguing premacy. Choi Yoon-soo. Thongchai Jaidee of West Indies (1st innings) ★★★ 456 in arrears. twists and turns, he had to Thailand and South Korean Shin Yong -jin The West Indies was without C Gayle batting 47 Apropos the drug scandal trailed a stroke behind Choi with just 18 D Smith batting 34 ground out success for him- the services of captain Brian which has rocked Indian ath- more holes to go in the first Asian PGA Extras (b-2, lb-2, nb-4) 8 self. By all accounts he had a Lara, who remained back at Total (for no loss, in 23 overs) 89 letics in recent weeks, the tour held in South Korea this year.AP wonderful innings as an inter- the team hotel with symptoms Australian captain Steve Waugh raises his bat after reaching the Bowling: McGrath 4-2-8-0, Gillespie 5-1-11- most telling comment, ac- century against West Indies on the second day of the third Test 0, Lee 5-1-30-0, MacGill 6-0-22-0, Lehmann national player. But if he has SARS affects soccer results: of chicken pox. AP cording to me, has come from match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Friday. 3-1-14-0. learned anything from his Malaysia have been declared the winner playing days, Vengsarkar will Udaya Laxmi, the double of a pre-Olympic soccer match after op- know that his second innings sprint champion at the last ponent Turkmenistan defied soccer’s Waugh overtakes Gavaskar in cricket — as administrator National Games. world soccer body and refused to travel ‘‘In India, 99 per cent of top to Kuala Lumpur because of Asia’s SARS hen Steve Waugh reached 59 on Friday, he overtook this time — will be as daunt- Indo-Pak cricket: ing and as arduous as his first. athletes take drugs, especial- outbreak, officials said on Saturday. WSunil Gavaskar’s tally of 10,122 (ave. 51.12), and moved ly those who participate in Turkmenistan’s decision gave Malaysia Mumbai is in the Ranji into second place in terms of run aggregate in Test cricket. international competitions, an automatic 3-0 win, and probably a His present tally of 10,179 is exceeded only by Allan Border - Trophy final, but that is not berth in the final rounds of the Asian necessarily a sign of good and all of them get clean be- 11,174 runs (ave. 50.56) in 156 Tests. fore leaving the country,’’ she Olympics qualifying tournament in March Steve also hit his 30th Test ton on Friday to surpass Sir Don cricketing health. The supply next year. Ahmad Khawari, spokesman Optimism in the air line of high-quality players said. The hapless lady later Bradman as the No. 1 Aussie century-maker. Now, only got into a flap under obvious for the Football Association of Malaysia, Gavaskar (34) and Sachin Tendulkar (31) are ahead of him. that made Mumbai the nurs- said the 3-0 win was provided for under By Gautam Bhattacharyya now looks a reality even though the ery of Indian cricket is pressure, and did a flip-flop FIFA rules following Turkmenistan’s no- TIMES NEWS NETWORK representatives of all four nations —Rajesh Kumar choked now with mediocrity. on her various disclosures, show. In Malaysia, the flu-like disease wracked their heads but failed to find but nobody doubts that some- Kolkata: The news of Prime Minis- Vengsarkar’s pitch in the has claimed two lives. AP a slot for the event before next Febru- STEVE WAUGH IN TEST CRICKET thing is rotten in the state of ter Atal Behari Vajpayee receiving an election campaign has been ary.“Dates seem to be a problem now Indian athletics. Fan scare in England: England could invitation from his Pakistan counter- Opp T I NO Runs Hs Ave 100 50 0 Ct that the game had taken a both for the Asia Cup as well as the NZ 23 34 5 1117 151* 38.52 2 7 3 18 The irony is that so much be kicked out of Euro 2004 if the violent, part to visit that country must have back seat to politicking dur- revival of bilateral cricketing rela- Ind 14 24 4 823 150 41.15 2 3 2 12 skull-duggery has taken racist fans who marred its qualifying been music to the ears of the Indian ing the previous regime. tions,” the BCCI president said. Pak 20 30 3 934 157 34.59 3 3 5 14 place for a few lakhs of ru- games against Slovakia and Turkey drag and Pakistan cricket Board man- Eng 46 73 18 3200 177* 58.18 10 14 6 29 That charge is easily made, the team before UEFA’s disciplinary court The four-nation ODI event, the last SA 16 25 2 1147 164 49.87 2 7 2 9 but unless Vengsarkar can pees as incentive in winning darins, huddling in a Dubai hotel on medals at the Nationals or again. Soccer’s European governing Saturday to discuss the resumption of edition of which was held in Dhaka SL 8 11 3 701 170 87.63 3 3 - 7 improve matters substantial- body slapped a $111,000 fine on the Zim 1 1 1 151 151* - 1 - - 1 winning a place in an inter- bilateral cricketing ties. The high- in 2000, was scheduled to be held from ly, it will remain a hollow English Football Association after fans the second week of August in Colom- WI 31 49 6 2106 200 48.98 7 9 3 18 election slogan. national event, but not invaded the field during and after the 2-0 powered meeting of the Asian Crick- Total 159 247 42 10179 200 49.65 30 46 21 108 matching up to world, even bo but it has to be pushed in the back- Home 81 129 17 5048 170 45.07 13 26 8 52 victory over Turkey on April 2 and aimed et Foundation (ACF), which stretched ★★★ Asian standards. Where do for more than seven hours into the burner at least for now.However,now Away 78 118 25 5131 200 55.17 17 20 13 56 offensive chants at the Turks. Although that Pakistan has decided to concede But there is some good news we go from here? the pitch invasions were in celebration evening, was held on a “cordial” note ground (their refusal to play the Asia they still breached UEFA’s regulations, though things will have to wait till a which branded the chanting as racist. formal government nod comes along. Cup was, of course, a direct fallout of First day’s play UEFA didn’t go as far as ordering Eng- Even though the ACF works under India not travelling to Pakistan to land to play their next Euro 2004 game the umbrella of Asian Cricket Coun- play the scheduled Test and ODI se- called off against Slovakia in an empty Riverside cil (ACC), it’s conclave in Dubai had ries), the other nitty-gritty of reviv- stadium, but it issued a bigger threat. assumed tremendous significance in ing the jinxed event may be a matter Kandy: The opening day’s “The FA should take this as a final warn- view of the way the political wind is of time. play in the second and final ing,” said UEFA director of communica- blowing in New Delhi over the last Meanwhile, Morocco and Dhaka Test between Sri Lanka and tions, Mike Lee. AFP couple of days. Speaking to the TNN have emerged as consensus “neutral” New Zealand was called off from Dubai, BCCI president Jagmo- venues where the possibility of re- without a ball being bowled BETTING METER han Dalmiya said: “It was a begin- sumption of the Indo-Pak ties will be due to a slushy outfield at taken up in near future. The BCCI the rain-ravaged Asgiriya MOTORSPORT ning, what with our government also had, in a tactical move, submitted a stadium. SPANISH GRAND PRIX, SUNDAY indicating that they are keen to re- M Schumacher 8/11 sume bilateral sporting ties. Howev- plea to the Union government to al- Umpires Daryl Harper and R Barrichello 4/1 er, we were in no position to commit low them to play ball on neutral ven- Simon Taufel, both from Aus- K Raikkonen 5/1 tralia, had one look at the con- D Coulthard 7/1 anything.” ues only a few days back and the shift JP Montoya 14/1 The possibility of revival of Asia in the government’s stance will only ditions an hour before the as per ladbrokes.com Cup, a jinxed event once Pakistan re- strengthen Dalmiya’s hands in terms toss to abandon play for fused to play even on a neutral venue, of going ahead. the day. AP Tamil Nadu face a test against pace By Pradeep Vijayakar PTI the new ball. If they unleash the rib- TIMES NEWS NETWORK to-temple terrorism, Tamil Nadu’s batting will be in disarray. Their Mumbai: The Tamil Nadu team has batsmen may then go for the slower made history by being the first to Paras Mhambrey. But if they under- stay in five-star comfort for a first- rate his craft and skill, the Mumbai class game in the city. Can they pro- skipper will stand to gain. He can duce five-star cricket and create his- rely on the spin of legspinner Sairaj tory? That will be a moot point as the Bahutule, in dream form with 32 five-day Ranji trophy final gets under wickets in the campaign, and off- way in a cauldron called the spinner Ramesh Powar (18). Powar, Wankhede stadium from Sunday. like Sairaj, has a point to prove as Tamil Nadu have beaten Mumbai also Vinayak Samant, to the national twice in their 16 clashes in the na- selectors who will be in full atten- tional cricket championship. But dance. He will be licking his fingers none of these have been in a final. So as there are half a dozen lefthanders history is against the Chennai side. in the Tamil Nadu line-up. The coun- RANJI TROPHY FINAL try has been moaning about lack of genuine allrounders but Powar But past and future are irrelevant couldn’t even command a regular sometimes and what counts is that Duleep trophy place. Samant, anoth- the two teams are well-matched and Mumbai captain Paras Mahambarey and Amol Muzumdar inspect the pitch at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. er allrounder, played Duleep trophy we should have a good final. That is, for East Zone but missed out on the of course, if one side does not capit- batsmen and later the run-makers. Shetty and Bhavin Thakkar if they new-format one. Tamil Nadu will pin ulate on the opening day itself. Openers Wasim Jaffer and Vinayak answer the call of the occasion as they their hopes on S.Ramesh, who did Ground-in-charge Nadeem Memon, Mane have produced 488 and 485 re- did in the semi-final against Baroda. fine service for India against the says the pitch will be 60-40 in bats- spectively from 14 innings in eight In bowling Mumbai have such rich- fastest bowling till injury sidelined men’s favour. Mumbai’s opponents games when the figure should have es that they can afford to leave out, him. His comeback aspirations will have collapsed in three and a half been in the 700s. There’s hasn’t been a like India do in Test cricket, a left-arm benefit his state. days in all the games this season. decent first-innings opening stand . spinner. Thus, Nilesh Kulkarni, Teams (from): Mumbai: Paras Mhambrey (captain), Sairaj The two teams topped the two sec- Sairaj Bahutule (254), Ramesh Powar among the best bowlers in the recent Bahutule, Wasim Jaffer, Vinayak Mane, Bhavin Thakkar, Nishit Shetty, Amol Muzumdar, Ramesh Powar, Vinayak Samant (wk), tions in the Elite Group in the new (347) and keeper Vinayak Samant Duleep trophy and Rajesh Pawar, his Ajit Agarkar, Avishkar Salvi, Nilesh Kulkarni, Swapnil Hazare, format that pitted equals against (248), who have been batting No 7 on- fellow left-arm spinner, who was Robin Morris, Swapnil Hazare, RobinMorris, Vinit Indulkar. each other in the top tier of the two- wards, have saved Mumbai the blush- once the No. 1 choice, are on the side- Tamil Nadu: S.Suresh (captain), S.Ramesh, S.Sriram, Hemang Badani, S.Sharath, S.Vasant Saravanan, M.R.Shirnivas, L.Balaji, tier competition. They weathered the es after the initial collapses. ‘‘Not lines. Pace hunters Ajit Agarkar and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, D.Dandapani, P.Raju, S.Badrinath, vagaries of the knockout system and again,’’ they will be saying in their Avishkar Salvi (26 wkts),who will be S.Gokulakrishnan, Dinesh Karthik, J.R.madan Gopal, R.Ramku- are here to do battle. mar. minds as the final unfolds. Their wish fighting for an India eleven spot Umpires: Vijay Chopra, Narender Menon. Match referee: Mumbai are lucky that they have could be granted young guns Nishit Down Under later in the year, share Bhairav Ganguly.

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