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14 Friday 2nd October, 2009 Bracken to have surgery, out of Champions League Dhoni SYDNEY (AP) - Australia pace Trophy squad in Johannesburg because nament in India with his New South Bracken, 32, had mixed success in bowler Nathan Bracken will miss the of the right knee injury. Wales state side. Australia’s recent seven-match ODI Champions League Twenty20 tourna- “Nathan has been booked in for “We’ve ruled him out of the series in England, claiming seven wick- explains ment in India to undergo arthroscopic arthroscopic surgery next week,” Champions League. He’ll be in contact ets at an average of 35.14 in six appear- knee surgery, team officials said Cricket Australia doctor Trefor James with Australia in terms of whether he ances. Thursday. said. “His progress following surgery is available for the one-day series in An economical line and length why he The limited-overs specialist con- will be monitored for a return to train- India (in late October),” Cricket New bowler, Bracken has played in 116 limit- sulted specialists in Sydney and ing in due course.” South Wales spokesman David ed-overs matches, taking 174 wickets at Melbourne this week after being sent Bracken was scheduled to play in Townsend told Australian Associated an average of 24.36, including two five- had a bowl home from Australia’s Champions the $2.5 million Champions League tour- Press. wicket hauls. by Jonhenry Wilson in Johannesburg Mahendra Dhoni explained his Scoreboard decision to grant himself a couple of overs in India’s seven-wicket win over West Indies the West Indies as a thought out A. Fletcher b Kumar 0 process rather than a casual whim. Consolation win K. Powell c Dhoni b Nehra 5 The captain, gloveman and would- D. Smith c Dhoni b Nehra 21 be seamer handed the wicketkeeping T. Dowlin b Dhoni 14 duties to Dinesh Karthik for a short F. Reifer c Karthik b Kumar 1 period during the Windies’ knock, D. Bernard c Dravid b Mishra 22 taking up the attack from the Golf D. Sammy c Mishra b Nehra 23 Course End at the Wanderers in the R. Crandon b Harbhajan 5 deadrubber Champions Trophy for departing India N. Miller not out 17 encounter. K. Roach c Gambhir b Harbhajan 4 He fetched early punishment due by Jonhenry Wilson G. Tonge c and b Kumar 5 to a string of short fodder before in Johannesburg finally tried to get on the big-hitting act a Extras: (4lb, 7w, 1nb) 12 stealing the scalp of Travis Dowlin Axed from the Champions Trophy on couple of overs later, he met his demise. TOTAL: (all out) 129 with a delivery that sniped through the back of fellow Group A competitors The right-hander’s flat-bat down the Overs: 36 the batsman’s defence. Australia’s nail-biting win over Pakistan ground succeeded only in holing out at Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-26, 3-27, 4-31, 5-57, The wicket hardly proved crucial 6-89, 7-99, 8-102, 9-122. earlier in the day, India made sure they mid-on to hand Tonge a late scalp. to India, who were well on their way Bowling: Kumar 9-3-22-3 (2w), Nehra 8- departed the tournament with a painful- Man of the Match Kohli promptly to dismantling the opposition for 129 1-31-3 (2w), Nayar 3-0-17-0 (1nb, 1w), all out anyway,but skipper Dhoni was ly pedestrian win over the West Indies on dropped anchor again and plodded his Dhoni 2-0-14-1 (1w), H. Singh 8-2-14-2, Wednesday. way to an ODI career-best score. IPL pleased the unorthodox move bore Mishra 6-0-27-1 (1w). fruit. Chasing a mere 130 runs for victory graduate Abhishek Nayar - who four India “I bowl regularly in the nets and I under the Wanderers floodlights, the sub- months ago slammed England’s Andrew D. Karthik c Dowlin b Tonge 34 decided that the pitch would be good continental team took all of 32 overs to Flintoff for three sixes in one over - fol- G. Gambhir b Roach 6 for me to bowl on. We had two first- rack up the consolation seven-wicket lowed the half-centurion’s suit and eked R. Dravid run out 4 choice fast bowlers and two spinners win. out all there was to eke. It was truly V.Kohli not out 79 and a reserve bowler in Abhishek Left to ensure a recovery of sorts in unspectacular batting, which threw fuel A. Nayar not out 0 Nayar. So, I thought if I could put in a Extras: (3w, 4nb) 7 the wake of Gautam Gambhir (six) and to the fame that has the 50-over game couple of good overs that would be TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 130 Rahul Dravid’s (four) early departure, under fire. the way to go and the proper bowlers Overs: 32.1 would be left to do the job at the end, Dinesh Karthik - playing in the absence Thankfully, the 31st over saw Nikita Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-12, 3-104. of an ill Sachin Tendulkar - and Virat Miller kind enough to grant 20-year-old if the West Indies batted all the way. Did not bat: S. Raina, M. S. Dhoni, A. So, it worked,” explained the 28-year- Kohli dragged their way through an over- Kohli (79 not out) a six over mid-off and Mishra, H. Singh, A. Nehra, P. Kumar. old, who had previously never bowled Steve Waugh, pictured with his ly dogged 92-run stand. four through midwicket and, when the Bowling: Roach 6-1-27-1 (3nb), Tonge 10- in ODI competition. wife, Lynette, is one of the three Blocking when there were boundaries spinner fetched a single through mid-on a 0-36-1 (1w), Sammy 10-1-25-0, Bernard 3- Knocked out of the tournament in Australian inductees into the ICC’s on offer and defending when the gaps in couple of balls later, the tedious result was 0-22-0 (1nb,2w), Miller 3.1-0-20-0. the wake of a hefty loss to Pakistan, a Hall of Fame. the deep were there for the taking, Kohli sealed. Result: India wins by 7 wickets. washout with Australia and a super- and Karthik milked their dying tourney Earlier India skittled an outfit weak- Toss: India fluous win over the men from the campaign for all its worth, leaving pace ened by striking senior stars for 129 in 36 Caribbean, Dhoni flattered to find Steve Waugh duo Darren Sammy and Gavin Tonge to overs. much before Nehra got rid of Sammy with serious fault in his team. rack up economy beyond their effort. With the Windies’ entire top order back some more handy movement off the pitch, “I do feel disappointed but frankly The 26th over of the innings provided in the hut thanks to the deviant endeavours leaving the wizardry of spinner Harbhajan speaking I find it difficult to say if we were up for this tournament or not. enters ICC brief reprieve from the doldrums as of seam supremos Praveen Kumar and Singh (two for 14) to snap up some belated We were off the boil against Pakistan Kohli cut into David Bernard for three Ashish Nehra (three for 31), middle-order wickets among the tail-enders. and we lost. Then we had a washout Hall of Fame boundaries in the space of four deliveries pair Sammy (23) and Bernard (22) were left (cricket365.com) and we won the match against the and, when sidekick Karthik (34 off 79) to stave off a sub-100 tally.They managed as West Indies. I can’t say if our per- teve Waugh is among three formance was bad,” he added. Australians inducted to the “We will reflect on how our SInternational Cricket bowlers bowled with too much width Council (ICC) Hall of Fame. and how much work we need to put The retired Australian cap- The 3rd Annual Royal-Thomian Badminton Encounter into our fielding department. That tain joined leg-spinner Clarrie needs some work but these things are not going to change overnight. There Grimmett and batsman Victor are quite a few things we need to Trumper alongside Pakistan improve on, really.We have to put in paceman Wasim Akram and late Thomians win overall title much more effort.” England opener Herbert Sutcliffe by Manjula D. Phillips With semi-finalists Pakistan, as new inductees announced England, Australia and New Zealand overnight. left to battle it out for Champs Trophy S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia glory,the Indian captain was hesitant “It is a great honour to be stamped their class in badminton by to back any team in particular. inducted into the ICC Cricket emerging as overall champions in their “All the teams have played really Hall of Fame and to see my name annual encounter against traditional well and it really depends on who feature alongside such greats of rivals Royal College which was worked plays the best cricket on the day.Most the game including the likes of off at the S.Thomas’College Mount of the time the team that plays the Lavinia gymnasium yesterday. Don Bradman,” Waugh said. best on the day will be the team to The Thomians were declared the win- “To be named in the new five beat. It also depends if the pitch is ners by virtue of winning all three age inductions this year alongside suitable to their fast bowlers or not,” group categories.