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Cairnsaccuses Indian Cricketers of Match-Fixing Wednesday 7th March, 2012 ADELAIDE, Australia posted 271-6 after winning and strong batting opposition, you Australia (AP) — the toss and batting, with David Warner need to make 300 on that wicket.” Tillakaratne Dilshan hit scoring 100 and Clarke belting 117 from The Sri Lankans also had prob- an impressive century to 91 balls before Lasith Malinga took three lems in the field, dropping five help Sri Lanka to an late wickets to give Sri Lanka some catches, but bowled with more disci- eight-wicket win momentum. pline than the Australians after Tuesday that forced a It was Warner’s second century in opening with off-spinner Dilshan in third final against an three days, following his 163 in a surprising move by Jayawardene. Australian team which Australia’s 15-run win in the first final Malinga’s bowling in the end, could be missing skip- on Sunday, but it was uncharacteristic when Australia could only muster per Michael Clarke for — coming off 140 balls and containing 35 runs in the last five overs, was the tri-series decider. only a sprinkling of boundaries. critical to Sri Lanka leveling the Dilshan shared a Clarke dominated the 184-run third- series. 179-run opening stand wicket partnership with Warner, Australia had been in com- with skipper Mahela stroking five boundaries and four sixes mand of the first final, having Jayawardene (80) and as he tried to lift the sluggish run-rate, Sri Lanka struggling at 144-6 a 55-run second-wick- but also injured his left hamstring and chasing 322 for victory in et partnership with is in doubt for Thursday’s match at Brisbane on Sunday, but Kumar Adelaide and the start of the West Indies slumped in the last 20 overs tour later this month. against an onslaught from the “I have done something to my lower-order batsmen and only left hamstring, I don’t know to ended up winning by 15 runs in what extent,” Clarke said after the last over. the match. “But it’s obviously Defending a low total on not feeling good at the moment, Tuesday, the Australian that is for sure. bowlers again struggled, con- Mahela Jayawardene bats against Australia during their One Day International series match “We leave for West Indies in ceding 30 runs in the first in Adelaide, Australia, Tuesday, March. 6, 2012. three days ... I don’t want to three overs including 11 sun- make a judgment until I make a dries. The Sri Lankan bats- (AP Photo/David Mariuz) scan, I think I would be men took their cue from there, and kept SCOREBOARD silly to do that.” the run-rate up throughout the innings. Australia K. Sangakkara not out 51 Clarke is only two “We bowled really well up front, kept D. Warner c Dilshan b Malinga 100 D. Chandimal not out 17 matches into a come- them to a reasonable total. With the bat, M. Wade b Dilshan 14 Extras: (4b,4lb,9w,3nb) 20 back from a right we had a very positive start, said S. Watson rut out (Maharoof) 15 TOTAL: (for two wickets) 274 hamstring strain Jayawardene, who was fined 10 percent M. Clarke run out (Harath) 117 Overs: 44.2. that kept him of his match fee by the ICC match refer- M. Hussey b Malinga 6 Fall of wickets: 1-179, 2-234 out for three ee for arguing a no-ball call with the D. Hussey b Malinga 7 Did not bat: matches in umpires during Australia’s innings. D. Christian not out 4 Lahiru Thirimanne, Upul Tharanga, Chamara the The Sri Lankans have won four of Extras: (2b,3lb,2w,1nb) 8 Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan league their last five matches against Australia TOTAL: (for six wickets) 271 Kulasekera, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga stage of and overcame two early losses in the Overs: 50 Bowling: Brett Lee 8-1-41-1 (3w), Clint McKay 9- Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored a bril- the tri- tournament to edge World Cup champi- Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-56, 3-240, 4-256, 5-266, 6- 0-51-0 (1nb), James Pattinson 8-1-47-1 (5w,2nb), liant century, was named Man of the series against Sri Lanka and India. on India for a place in the final. 271 Xavier Doherty 9-0-55-0, Dan Christian 4-0-29-0, Match. (AP Photo) Clarke, who will have scans Jayawardene said his team, runners- Did not bat: Brett Lee, Clint McKay, James David Hussey 1-0-8-0 (1w), Shane Watson 5.2-0- Wednesday to confirm the extent of the up at the 2011 World Cup, had proved its Pattinson, Xavier Doherty. 35-0 Sangakkara before he was caught in the damage, said the Australians didn’t per- critics wrong. Bowling: Tillakaratne Dilshan 10-0-40-1, Nuwan Toss: won by Australia outfield off Brett Lee’s bowling in the form in any department in the second “No one gave us any chance when we Kulasekara 10-0-57-0 (1w), Lasith Malinga 10-1-40- Result: Sri Lanka wins by 8 wickets, levels 3- 38th over, with the Sri Lankans needing final. came to Australia,” he said. “As long as 3, Farveez Maharoof 10-0-71-0 (1nb), Rangana match finals series 1-1 only 38 runs for victory. “We didn’t score enough runs, our we’re confident about our game, and Herath 10-0-58-0 (1w) Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford Sangakkara finished unbeaten on 51 fielding was poor again tonight and our play the way we’ve been playing the last Sri Lanka (Aus) when he hit the winning boundary with bowling let us down,” Clarke said. “On a couple of weeks, we’ve got a very good M. Jayawardene lbw b Pattinson 80 TV Umpire: Paul Reiffel (Aus) almost six overs to spare. very good batting wicket, against a good chance.” T. Dilshan c M. Hussey b Lee 106 Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng). Twenty20 franchise, for substan- charge was true. Cairns alleges played seven seasons for fixing. tial libel damages over an that the allegation was “wholly Nottinghamshire, was extremely While Ablish and Uniyal “unequivocal allegation” made untrue” and a very grave libel. concerned about his reputation claimed Cairns had told them to on Twitter. He said that if it was left in Britain. bowl deliberate no-balls, Gupta Modi, who attended Monday’s uncorrected, it would destroy all At the time of the tweet, said he was told to score less trial, had tweeted in 2010, he had achieved over a 20-year Modi was one of the most power- than five runs. TP Singh was “Cairns removed from IPL auc- career, in which he notched up ful men in cricket and any state- also told to fix matches via tion list due to his past record in the rare double of 200 wickets ment of his was likely to be Mongia. match fixing. This was done by and 3,000 runs in 62 Tests. taken seriously, the court was Cairns denied all allegations, Governing council.” In evidence, he said: “The told. saying they were false and The former New Zealand cap- defendant’s allegations have also Lawyers said that, in 2007 inconsistent. tain told the High Court that the had a profound effect on my per- and 2008, Cairns captained the Modi also accused Mongia, accusation of match-fixing had sonal and private life. It put a Chandigarh Lions in three com- Cairns’ team-mate and vice-cap- Cairns accuses Indian cricketers of match-fixing Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns reduced his career to “dust” and strain on my marriage. It hurts petitions in the ICL, which flour- tain of the Lions, of being a co- strained his marriage. that my wife may think that I am ished briefly before the ascen- conspirator in match-fixing. London: Former New Zealand for calling him a ‘fixer’. His lawyer, Andrew not the man she thought I was.” dancy of the IPL. Mongia “may or may not be cor- allrounder Chris Cairns claimed Both Singh and Mongia Caldecott, told judge David Bean, “It hurts me too that friends, The allegation made by Modi rupt - a number of Indian play- the involvement of two Indian played for the Chandigarh Lions who is hearing the case without many of whom are former crick- related to the second and third of ers allege he was,” the court cricketers in match-fixing in the in the ICL, along with Cairns. A a jury, that Modi’s tweet sent in eting foes, will question my these competitions, between heard. now-defunct Indian Cricket member of Punjab’s Ranji January 2010 was picked up by a integrity as a man and a sports- March and April 2008 and The court also heard that the League (ICL) during a trial in a Trophy team, Mongia also repre- cricket website. Cairns com- man and that all I achieved in October and November that year. ‘worm of corruption’ entered the London Court on Monday. sented the national team in 57 plained to the website and it the great game of cricket is Meanwhile, six Indian crick- Lions in 2007 through two Indian Cairns named TP Singh and ODIs, while TP Singh is current- withdrew the report, paid dam- dust.” eters also accused Cairns of fix- players - Sharma and TP Singh - Dinesh Mongia during the trial ly a member of the Mumbai ages and apologised. Caldecott said the all-round- ing matches. TP Singh, Love who knew a corrupt bookmaker of a case in which he is suing Indians in the IPL.
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