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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,November 28, 2003

Phelps-Thorpe no face-off Welcome to Beijing! Chouki vows to fight on US swimmer Michael Phelps will take part in The China Open tennis event will be held French middle-distance runner Fouad 5 events in World Cup shortcourse in Mel- in Beijing in, believe it or not, September Chouki has vowed to take his fight to clear bourne but will not meet Ausssie Ian Thorpe 2004. But the Chinese have already begun his name to the courts after seeing his as both have entered different events. showcasing the event. Thai tennis star doping ban reduced from two years to 18 Phelps is on a $1m incentive to match Mark Paradorn Srichaphan and Russian Marat months plus six months suspended. “I Spitz’s record haul of 7 Olympic golds Safin are the chief promoters am convinced of my innocence,’’ he said Manchester United, Chelsea advance in Champions League ties

If the Indians treat the Queensland game like a glorified centre- game, then they are S.O.S. to Dalmiya: Give us Reid as coach nowhere Melbourne: With the Indian spoken to Reid and it is learnt the tall The choice of Reid has brought the Khan and Laxmipathy Balaji on — David Hookes, former team getting a taste of things to come in reed-like fast bowler is not averse to the matter on bowling coach to a complete Wednesday morning about the length Decision on Sunday Australian cricketer the gruelling four-Test series ahead, it idea. Reid had earlier helped out Zim- circle after speculation over names of they should bowl on this tour. SPORTS DIGEST has made a frantic call babwe on their recent tour to Australia Pakistan’s Wasim Akram, recently re- Tendulkar sought the three pacemen TIMES NEWS NETWORK back home asking for the and provided “inside informa- out at the MCG before the start of Ajit Ninan Kolkata: Indian cricket Board services of former Aus- tion’’ to the tourists, something the second day’s play against Victo- Assistance needed — quick sources in Kolkata confirmed tralian left-arm speed- which the Indians expect to come ria and put on two red markers at that they have received requests ster as the handy for the four-Test series. the adjoining pitch asking the fast from Sourav Ganguly bowling coach for the 84- Reid’s contribution was not so bowlers to pitch it thereabout or so. and coach John Wright to employ day tour. obvious in the first Test when the But the hard grounds and bouncy the services of left-arm medium- Bruce Reid Informed sources in Australians ran up a score of 735, pitches in Australia take a massive pacer Bruce Reid. the team revealed on Thursday that the including a world record 380 by toll on a fast bowler’s physical and “The request is under consid- team management has spoken to cricket but Zimbabwe mental abilities and it would take eration,’’ said the source. “A deci- Board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya about bounced back in the second Test more than the helping hand of Ten- sion may be taken at the working the need for a bowling coach and that by restricting the Australians to dulkar to guide the pacemen through committee meeting in New Delhi they would prefer to have Reid for the 403, including a 300-plus score for a gruelling tour. Sourav Ganguly ar- on Sunday. Reid may be asked to job before the first Test in Brisbane themselves. Reid has also been Zaheer Khan Ashish Nehra Ajit Agarkar rived in Australia and immediately help the Indian left-armers only starting on December 4. credited for the astonishing rise said he would have loved to have for the current series against Dalmiya has promised to get back to of , a left-arm paceman tired Javagal Srinath and MRF’s pace di- someone like Wasim Akram as the bowl- Australia. But the Board is open the team in another day or two. Appar- who was, on Thursday, picked for the rector T A Sekar. The Indians are con- ing coach. The Indians have been dealt a to extending his contract further ently, the only thing standing between first three Tests against India. cerned about the inexperience of their lesson or two already in the three-day if the plan is successful.’’ Reid and his appointment as India’s Reid coaches Hampshire in the sum- bowling attack, comprising three left- tour-opener against a Victoria line-up The financial modalities are bowling coach is the financial matter mer for the English county circuit, a arm seamers, and senior batsman which piled on a massive 518 for eight af- yet to be worked out, said the which needs to be cleared by the BCCI. team he played for as an overseas pro- was seen directing ter restricting the visitors to 266 for nine source. Indian coach John Wright has already fessional in the 1980s. the pace trio of Ashish Nehra, Zaheer in their first knock. PTI

AFP Jugraj nominated FIH’s Young Player of the Year: Drag-flicker has been nominated for Indians suffer the FIH’s Young of the Year Award. Apart from Jugraj, strikers and ’s name also figure among the list of nomi- nees. Indian defender and Hodge humiliation goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan have been nominated for the Senior Player Melbourne: The Indians were left There was also some drama in the of the Year Award. The winners, de- with a lot of soul-searching to do af- final half an hour when the Victori- termined by a secret ballot amongst ter the unfancied Victoria ans wanted to walk off with six the panel members, will be an- Bushrangers piled on a massive 518 overs remaining. The two Indian nounced on December 5 in Sydney. built around a record 264 by Brad batsmen decided to stay put with no The nominations for Young Player of the Year: Hodge on the third and final day of signal coming from the dressing Floris Evers (Neth), Alex Fabregas (Spain), Till Kriwet the tour-opening cricket match here room. Obviously the Indians, (Ger), Matias Paredes (Arg), Grant Schubert (Aus), Gagan Ajit Singh (Ind), Jugraj Singh (Ind), Prabhjot on Thursday. chaffed at Victoria’s continuation of Singh (Ind), Taeke Taekema (Neth), Eduard Tubau With Victoria deciding to bat their innings this morning, wanted (Spa); Senior Player of the Year: Sohail Abbas through the third day before declar- to make their own point. But they fi- (Pak), Waseem Ahmad (Pak), Pablo Amat (Spa), De- ing on 518 for eight minutes before vesh Chauhan (Ind), Troy Elder (Aus), Brent Liver- nally decided to call it off, with an more (Aus), Jorge Lombi (Arg), Teun de Nooijer tea break, the Indians hardly had over remaining. (Neth), Xavier Ribas (Spa), Dilip Tirkey (Ind). time Scoreboard to Honour for Waugh: , make Indian (1st innings): 266 for 9 decl. who announced his plans to retire af- Victoria (1st innings): Jason Arneberger c KANGAROO up for ter the series against India, has been Dravid b Nehra 8, Matthew Elliott c Chopra b their named the Aus- HUNT Harbhajan 48, Brett Hodge c Dravid b Sehwag tralian of the Year for his contribution earli- 264, Jonathan Moss run out 42, to sports, humanitarian causes and erc Dravid b Nehra 21, Andrew McDonald lbw b charity. The award means Waugh is lapses. In fact, their first innings Harbhajan 1, lbw b Balaji 71, in the running for the national Aus- disaster returned to haunt the Indi- c Patel b xxx 39, Peter Roach tralian of the Year honour. ans as they lost two , includ- 0, Brett Harrop not out 0. Extras (b-1, ing that of (20), lb-8, w-1, nb-14) 24. Total (for 8 wkts decl in Brazilian set for Chelsea: Brazil before making 116 for two. Ramesh, teenager Nilmar is poised to join Eng- 134 overs) 518. who made 87 in the first knock, lish Premiership side Chelsea for $7m, Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-85, 3-192, 4-231, 5- his club Internacional has said. Nilmar logged a few more points for his 232, 6-383, 7-518, 8-518. (full name Honorato da Silva) would be Test selection with 36 while Aakash Bowling: Zaheer 24-5-75-1, Nehra 29-6-91- loaned out to Cska Moscow for the Chopra remained unbeaten on 55. 2, Balaji 29-4-122-1, Harbhajan Singh 37-5- 159-2, Virender Sehwag 9-2-30-1, Sachin rest of the season. Nilmar would be But it was Hodge who continued unable to obtain a work permit in Eng- Tendulkar 2-0-10-0, Ganguly 4-0-22-0. to hog the limelight at the MCG India (2nd innings): A Chopra not out 55,V Se- land for a year as he did not have rewriting the record books in com- enough international appearances. hwag lbw Harrop 20, S Ramesh c Joseland b piling 264 studded with 39 fours and McDonald 36, R Dravid not out 1. Extras (b-1, BETTING METER a six. It was the highest ever score lb-2, nb-1): 4. Total (for 2 wkts, 42 overs): 116. by an Australian batsman against a Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-114. CRICKET touring side in a first class game in Bowling: Matthew Innes 10-3-27-0, Brett Sri Lanka vs England, 1st Test 75 years. It was second only to Bill Harrop 12-3-34-1, Jonathan Moss 8-3-18-0, Sri Lanka 11/10; England 5/1; Draw Woodfull’s 275 for Victoria over MCC Andrew McDonald 6-2-15-1, Andrew Hussey of Victoria steps out to drive off-spinner Harbhajan Singh during the three-day match at the on Thursday. Hodge scored 264 as the tie ended in a draw. as per ladbrokes.com on the 1928-29 tour. 5-0-17-0, Peter Raoch 1-0-2-0. PTI ATHLETICS RANKINGS Bracken,Williams MEN’S 200 METRES Looking at more time with Steveda for first Test Wicketkeeper is the Name Nation Pts By Sujata Dugar much needed impetus to the cause city by Waugh, Rev. Stevens rues: “I 1 Darvis Patton USA 1334 TIMES NEWS NETWORK of providing shelter to these chil- wish he had played for another year Melbourne: Pacemen unofficial captain 2 Shawn Crawford USA 1322 Kolkata: Australia skipper Steve dren. His unstinted support and and ended his career at Eden Gar- Nathan Bracken and Brad By Syed Kirmani Zealand where the wickets 3 John Capel USA 1315 Waugh may be on the verge of quit- fund raising efforts have helped al- dens.” Williams have were conducive to pace and 4 Stiphane Buckland MRI 1308 ting international cricket, but look- most 300 boys and 100 girls lead a Shamlu Dudeja, chairperson of been reward- or a wicket-keeper, play- bounce. Then I went to the 5 Frank Fredericks Nam 1305 ing forward to a long innings from sheltered life within the safety of Calcutta Foundation and the person ed for their Fing in Australia can be no West Indies where the tracks 6 Joshua Johnson USA 1291 him are some of his close friends in ‘Udayan’. who brought Waugh and ‘Udayan’ to- consistent different because he has to were shinier and bouncier. 7 Marlon Devonish GBR 1283 this city. The Waugh’s efforts led to the estab- gether, is willing to see the bright performance make sure that he enjoys All that experience helped. 8 Christian Malcolm GBR 1250 38-year-old’s lishment of the ‘Nivedita Bhavan’ - side. “He has always been closely in- in India with keeping wickets in all condi- It does not need reiterating 9 Darren Campbell GBR 1248 TODAY’S decision to home to almost 80 girl children of volved with the cause and now he will berths in the tions and not just on tracks here that a wicket-keeper is 10 Bernard Williams USA 1244 doff the ‘bag- leprosy patients - and an addtional be able to devote time and his visits 12-member he is familiar with. For, each pivotal to the success of the source: iaaf.org gy green’ one five-bed sick ward and a medical will become more frequent,” she says. Bracken Australian pitch will have its own iden- SPECIAL bowlers or that he is a cata- last time unit. “The children, especially the A similar opinion is shared by Raju squad for the tity and character and will be lyst in being the unofficial TODAY’S ACTION from a Test arena at the end of the boys, look upon him as an icon. Bharat, managing director of The Ke- first three Tests of the forth- different to the others he has captain. upcoming series against India has They eagerly await his visits to the nilworth hotel who has been part of coming series. kept wickets on and he is ex- NATIONAL It is a pity that the system evoked mixed feelings here. home,” said Rev Stevens. He is their several charity projects with Waugh, Bracken and Williams, pected to do well in any case. CRICKET: Cricket: India vs New Zealand, of sending an understudy to “We were expecting it but the ‘Steve da’, and would often pray for among them with the establishing of who impressed in the recent Technical adjustments women’s ‘Test’, Day 2, Vapi (Live on DD the first-choice wicket-keep- news came as a bit of a shock,” said his success whenever the Aussie ‘Ashray’ - home for 200 children of triangular series in India, like standing a yard or so fur- Sports 10 am). er on tours had been discon- Reverend J. Stevens of ‘Udayan’, skipper stepped out on a cricket leprosy patients and destitutes at found an easy passage into ther back and/or wider to the FOOTBALL: Mohun Bagan vs Mo- tinued. Modern touring and the home for children of leprosy pa- field. Waugh too reiterated while an- Nepalganj in north 24 Parganas. “He the team with regular fast quicker bowlers and decid- hammedan Sporting, 8th NFL, Kolkata. schedules don’t allow young tients, at Barrackpore in North 24- nouncing his retirement in Sydney will be able to find more time to con- bowlers Glenn McGrath and ing how long to stay wicket-keepers the time to be INTERNATIONAL Parganas. Established way back in on Wednesday that the children will tribute to social work and fulfill his still recovering crouched before rising will groomed and gain confi- BASKETBALL: New York Knicks vs Indiana 1970 by Rev Stevens, it was Waugh’s be the “pursuit of my life”. commitments,” said Bharat. from their injuries. Both Lee all have to happen on the job dence. Having said that, we Pacers, NBA (Live on Star Sports, 6 am) involvement in 1999 that gave the Though retirement will open up An Aussie loss will soon be gain and McGrath are recovering in Australia. All aspects will opportunities for more visits to the for many. from surgeries on their left have to come instinctively. A have to make the best of PTI ankles. RANJI TROPHY “Williams has now been exposed to and his performance along with Bhatia replaces Bracken was nothing short of outstanding,’’ said Trevor Hohns, chairman of the se- Varun for match lection committee. Also returning to the side, against Punjab led by Steve Waugh, were leg- spinner Stuart MacGill and wicket-keeper’s class will be- what we have and young TIMES NEWS NETWORK paceman fol- come obvious in how well he stumpers must be ready to thrown into the deep end. sNew Delhi: Middle-order batsman lowing injuries which forced reads the bounce and carry Parthiv Patel is still raw Rajat Bhatia has been recalled to the both of them out of second and how soon he adapts him- but has shown talent and Delhi Ranji Trophy squad at the ex- Test against Zimbabwe in self to those conditions. much promise and I reckon pense of wicketkeeper-batsman Sydney in October. I remember making the he will grab this chance to do Varun Kumar by the selection com- Young also three trips to play Tests in well in Australia. Deep Das- mittee which met here on found favour with selectors Australia. Someone recently gupta is a bit more experi- Thursday. This squad of 15 is for the after his all-round perform- pointed out that I had made enced in that he has a Test fourth round Elite Group A match ance against Zimbabwe in as many as nine stumping hundred under his belt and against Punjab in Mohali from De- Sydney. Besides picking six dismissals. I kept wickets to has improved as a wicket- cember 1. wickets, Katich contributed the world’s best spinners BS keeper from the time he first Delhi have just one point to show 65 runs. Chandrasekhar, Bishan Bedi played for India. from three matches this season. They Katich’s ability with the and EAS Prasanna the first opened with two points against Uttar ball would allow the team to time around. Men like Dilip It is an important tour for Pradesh but had to sacrifice one when play with four specialist fast Doshi and Shivlal Yadav took both wicket-keepers in the they lost outright to Mumbai in the bowlers if needed. their places capably. India squad. The bonding in second game at home as per the rules. THE TEAM The key thing is that I had the Indian team is strong and On Wednesday, Delhi were beaten by Steve Waugh (capt), , picked up a fair amount of I am sure that the two wicket- three wickets by Railways. Andrew Bichel, Nathan Bracken, experience of playing over- keepers will help one anoth- The Squad: Pururaj Singh, Salil Oberoi,Vijay Dahiya (wick- , Jason Gillespie, seas and that helped when I er out, even if a guide or a et-keeper), Ajay Jadeja, Mithun Manhas (captain), Rajat The second-string Pakistani hockey side, which will be playing in Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament under Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, went to Australia. After four mentor can be of assistance Bhatia, Pradeep Chawla, Narender Singh Negi, Sarandeep the name of Star Hockey Club, at the Wagah border on Thursday. The team has eight junior and four senior all the time. We are hoping Singh, Rahul Sanghvi,Abhishek Sharma, Sanjay Gill, Kunal Justin Langer, Stuart MacGill, Damien years as an understudy, I Lal, Saket Bhatia and Rajan Gupta. international players. Martyn, Brad Williams. PTI made my debut in New that they will come good. TCM

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