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14 Tuesday 5th October, 2010 Under-19 Cricket India stumbles to 55-4 Chamod’s five wickets restrict chasing 216 to win Test Dharmapala BY REEMUS FERNANDO MOHALI, India (AP) - Paceman Ben Hilfenhaus struck Paceman Chamod Pathirana picked in his first over and added two up five wickets for S. Thomas’ College more wickets to give Australia the to restrict Dharmapala College to 112 edge in the first cricket Test as runs on the first day of their Under-19 India struggled to 55 for four at match which started at Mount Lavinia stumps Monday,chasing 216 to yesterday. win. In reply the Thomians were 135 for Australia was bowled out for six wickets when bad light stopped play 192 in its second innings late on early. day four, with Zaheer Khan taking Scores: the final three wickets to fall. Dharmapala 112 all out in 35 overs But India was in trouble early, (Isuru Gunathilaka 25, Chanuka with Hilfenhaus (3-22) trapping Mapatuna 20n.o; Chamod Pathirana Gautam Gambhir lbw in the first 5/21, Nilaksha Fernando 2/41) over - although there was some S. Thomas’ 135 for 6 in 51.2 overs doubt about the decision. (Nuwan Kavinda 59, Sachin Peiris Hilfenhaus then had Virender 47n.o, Rasitha Gamage 2/20, Kavindu Sehwag caught out for 17 with a Lakshan 4/19) short-pitched ball and, after Doug Bollinger had Rahul Dravid (13) Roy, Eranga hit half-centuries caught behind by Tim Paine, for Bens Hilfenhaus got Suresh Raina An unbeaten 54 runs from Roy caught at slip with another short Sheran and a half-century from Eranga delivery. Ratnayake helped St. Benedict’s Sachin Tendulkar, unbeaten College post 237 for five wickets at close on 10, holds India’s best chance of on the first day of their Under-19 an unlikely win. Khan, who was match against Isipatana College which promoted up the order to No. 6 got off to a delayed start at Kotahena because VVS Laxman has an yesterday. injured back, was unbeaten on Scores: five at the close. St. Benedict’s 237 for 5 wickets in “We knew we had to come in 64 overs (Waruna Fernando 40, Jeson hard in that session,” Hilfenhaus Perera 30, Roy Sheran 54 n.o, Eranga said. “I wouldn’t say we are few Ratnayake 64, Arjuna Perera 16 n.o; runs short; we have to wait for Kelum Uganthara 2/16, Sidath that tomorrow. Vimukthi 2/44) “We had individual plans against their batters and we stuck to that. It was nice to get a couple of wickets and we are very keen Australia’s Ben Hilfenhaus, second left facing camera, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of India’s Suresh Raina, unseen, during Wenger insists his to get stuck into them tomorrow.” India’s batsmen will return to the fourth day of their first cricket Test match in Mohali, India, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP) team had Chelsea the crease needing a further 161 India on 48-3 and the Australians SCOREBOARD for victory,setting the stage for a tightened their grip on the match tantalizing last day’s play at the by getting Raina in the dying min- on the ropes Australia 1st Innings: 428 India, 2nd Innings PCA Stadium. utes of the day’s play.Raina was BY JEREMY WILSON India 1st Innings: 405 G. Gambhir lbw b Hilfenhaus 0 “The mood in the Indian dress- caught in the gully without scor- Australia, 2nd Innings V.Sehwag c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 17 ing room is tense. We lost four ing a run. Arsène Wenger saw his Arsenal S. Watson b Sharma 56 R. Dravid c Paine b Bollinger 13 important wickets in quick suc- Earlier, Khan (3-43) and Ishant team lose for the fifth consecutive time S. Katich c Dhoni b Ojha 37 S. Tendulkar not out 10 cession,” fast bowler Ishant Sharma (3-34) were India’s best against Chelsea and admitted that they R. Ponting c Raina b Sharma 4 S. Raina c North b Hilfenhaus 0 Sharma said. “But everyone is in bowlers as the visitors failed to will never regain the Premier League M. Clarke c Dhoni b Sharma 4 Zaheer Khan not out 5 good frame of mind for the final reach 200 in their second innings. title without becoming more clinical both day.I hope Sachin and Zak bat Shane Watson was again M. Hussey lbw Harbhajan 28 Extras: (4b, 6w) 10 in attack and defence. M. North c (sub) b Harbhajan 10 well and help chase the target.” Australia’s top scorer, the opener Total: (for four wickets) 55 In a match that bore similarities to T. Paine c (sub) b Ojha 9 In a dramatic final session hitting a rapid 56 from 59 balls to Overs: 17 their past 10 unsuccessful attempts to M. Johnson c Dhoni b Zaheer 3 Gambhir was the first to go, go with his 126 in the first Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-31, 3-48, 4-48. N. Hauritz b Zaheer 9 adjudged lbw by umpire Billy innings. beat either Chelsea or Manchester Still to bat: V. V. S. Laxman, M. S. Dhoni, B. Hilfenhaus b Zaheer 6 Bowden without a run on the Sharma started the trouble for United, Arsenal controlled possession D. Bollinger not out 5 Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, P. Ojha. board, even though the ball Australia, taking three wickets for significant periods but succumbed at seemed to have taken an inside just before lunch after the tourists Extras: (12b,4lb,5nb) 21 Bowling: Hilfenhaus 7-2-22-3, Bollinger 4-0-17-1, the critical moments. edge onto his pads. had raced to 87 without loss. Total: (all out ) 192 Johnson 5-1-11-0, Hauritz 1-0-1-0 Wenger expressed his surprise at Toss: Aus Dravid and Sehwag had moved “Dhoni and I planned the dis- how “easy” it had been for his team to Overs: 60.5 the score along to 31 when the for- missals. I just bowled in the right Umpires: B. Bowden (NZ) and I. Gould (Eng) dominate and claimed they should have Fall of wickets: 1-87, 2-91, 3-96, 4-138, 5-154, 6-165, mer fell to left-arm seamer areas with accurate line and TV umpire: S. Hazare (Ind) 7-165, 8-170, 9-183, 10-192 Bollinger. length. And that worked out very had the match won within a minute. Bowling: Zaheer 11.5-1-43-3; Ishant 9-2-34-3 (5nb); Match Referee: C. Broad (Eng) Sehwag was then caught in the well,” he said. “I just wanted to “The game should have been over Harbhajan 23-7-40-2; Ojha 17-1-59-2. gully by Michael Hussey to leave bowl consistently” before we started it,” he said. “We had the first two chances in the first minute. I don’t know how we managed to miss a BY ANDREW DAMPF “It was a fair result. It was a In Naples, Slovakia captain header from six yards. You have to be ROME (AP) - European champi- very tactical match,” said Inter Marek Hamsik put the hosts ahead more clinical to win championships. You on Inter Milan was held to a 0-0 midfielder Dejan Stankovic. “No in the 72nd and Roma defender cannot win championship like that.” draw at home to Juventus on two seasons are the same. Sure, Juan then doubled the lead with an The aggregate score between Sunday after Diego Milito once over the last few years maybe we own goal in the 83rd. Chelsea and Arsenal over the past 18 again failed to find the target. already had a big lead at this point, Milan won 1-0 at Parma on months is 13-2 in favour of the Premier The draw left Inter second in but then we got caught later on. It’s Saturday with a superb strike from League champions, but Wenger believes the table, two points behind Serie A better like this, more balanced.” Andrea Pirlo. his team were dominant on Sunday and leader Lazio, which beat Brescia 1- Lazio leads with 13 points and Chievo Verona also has 10 can still overcome a seven-point deficit. 0. Inter, Napoli and AC Milan are level points after drawing 0-0 with “Chelsea finished with cramps and Milito scored nearly all of Cagliari. were on the ground because they had to Inter’s key goals in leading the club Elsewhere, Luca Toni scored run a lot,” Wenger said. “I believe to an unprecedented treble last sea- the winner five minutes into added Chelsea suffered a lot. They were on the son, but his two strikes this cam- Inter held time as 10-man Genoa beat Bari 2-1. ropes for long periods. We dominated paign both came in a 4-0 rout of Palermo won 2-1 away at this game, quite surprisingly in my opin- Bari two weeks ago. Fiorentina with Slovenia midfielder ion. Still recovering from a leg to 0-0 Josep Ilicic and Argentina sensa- “Surprisingly easy, but we go home injury, Milito began the night on tion Javier Pastore each scoring with zero points. Chelsea are a candi- the bench but came on midway their third goals of the campaign. date to win the title but it is not a deci- through the first half when Palermo goalkeeper Salvatore sive position.” Jonathan Biabiany left with a mus- draw by Sirigu blocked a penalty from Adem Ray Wilkins, the Chelsea assistant Ljajic in the 64th. cle problem. manager, accepted that the performance Also, Daniele Portanova scored Milito couldn’t pounce on a lacked a certain aesthetic appeal but cross from Samuel Eto’o near the Juventus an own goal for Sampdoria and stressed how efficient the team had post in the 45th minute and wasted Uruguay defender Miguel Angel been.
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