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œND‰‰†‹K SPORT SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 12, 2003 19 BRIEFLY Same old tail: India almost lose their head SPORT AFP Reuters By Ahmed Abbas Rizvi TIMES NEWS NETWORK SCOREBOARD Auckland: If you ever won- New Zealand: dered what the Japanese S Fleming c Dravid b Nehra 14 Kamikaze pilots were like, M Sinclair b Srinath 18 C Harris lbw b Agarkar 0 watch a rerun of Saturday’s C Cairns b Srinath 13 One-day International cricket S Styris c Bangar b Ganguly 42 between India and New Zealand L Vincent not out 53 at the Eden Park here. The eras B McCullum run out 0 K Mills c Dravid b Srinath 0 are different and the two per- A Adams b Zaheer 2 formed on different spheres, D Tuffey run out 1 but the intentions of the Indian S Bond not out 31 Extras: (b 4, lb 11, nb 8, w 2) 25 batsmen and the Japaese were Total: (For 9 wkts, in 50 overs) 199 identical: suicidal. Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-28, 3-47, 4-50, 5- And no, it can’t be called 130, 6-131, 7-134, 8-144, 9-147. hara-kiri, for that was a ritual Bowling: Srinath 10-2-13-3, Zaheer 10-0- 53-1, Nehra 10-1-31-1, Agarkar 8-0-34-1, to avoid disgrace; the Indians Bangar 4-0-22-0, Ganguly 8-2-31-1. were instead dying to embrace India: disgrace. It’s just fate, and S Ganguly c McCullum b Adams 23 V Sehwag c Fleming b Mills 112 Virender Sehwag’s virtuosity, R Dravid lbw b Styris 21 that defeated their efforts and S Tendulkar c McCullum b Tuffey 1 Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Y Singh c Fleming b Harris 8 Garnett reacts to a foul call during their M Kaif b Adams 7 NBA game against the Sacramento S Bangar lbw b Adams 1 A Agarkar run out 0 Kings at the Target Centre in Z Khan run out 1 Minneapolis on Friday. Minnesota won J Srinath not out 0 115-109 in overtime. A Nehra not out 1 Extras: (lb 4, nb 9, w 12) 25 Maldives thrash Bhutan: A brilliant Total: (For 9 wkts, in 49.5 overs) 200 Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-142, 3-159, 4-182, hat-trick by Ali Shiham helped Maldives 5-187, 6-194, 7-194, 8-197, 9-198. trounce newcomer Bhutan 6-0 in the Bowling: Tuffey 10-0-46-1, Bond 6-1-20-0, South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Adams 9.5-0-41-3, Mills 10-1-43-1, Styris 10-1-40-1, Harris 3-0-6-1. soccer championship in Dhaka on Satur- New Zealand’s Daryl Tuffey is airborne as he is run out by Rahul Dravid at Auckland’s Eden Park on Saturday. India won by one wicket. day. Host Bangladesh defeated Nepal 1-0 in the second match.Maldives dominated taking India to victory single- batsmen had struggled against Styris, which brought to an end with four goals in the first half of the match handedly, and he actually did. some disciplined Indian bowl- a defiant 80-run fifth wicket at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The The second highest contributor ing, led once again by the many- partnership. Viru da jawaab nahin Bhutanese, playing their first international to the Indian score was Mr Ex- medalled Karnataka speedster Srinath finished with an im- match, were helpless against the Maldives India emerged victorious by tras at 25. The end did no justice Javagal Srinath. Even the slog pressive analysis of 10-2-13-3 — MAN OF THE MATCH If there is one Indian who attacks, led by striker Ali Umar. PTI one wicket and a ball to spare. to Sehwag’s majestic effort. overs didn’t prove too produc- the most economical effort by has redeemed himself in the It was the most thrilling Rarely do you see such mag- tive for the Black Caps as they an Indian against the Kiwis and one-dayers against the Kiwis, it’s Virender Sehwag. The Kerala on top: In Shimoga, three new match of the tour, bizarre nificent, nah contemptuous, crawled from 132 for six at the the 10th against any country. It dashing opener hit his second century of the series in Auck- national records were set in hepthathlon, though. Chasing 200 for victory, land to ensure that India made the scoreline respectable at 2- javelin and penthlon events on the final batsmanship as the 21,000-week- end of the 40th over to 147 for wasn’t surprising because he Sehwag with a masterful 112 day of the 18th National junior athletics end crowd witnessed on Satur- nine in 46.4 overs. has been the one constant Indi- 4 with one to go. Batting was by no means easy on the Eden and an opening partnership of meet on Saturday today with Kerala win- day as Sehwag blasted away to But Bond’s career-best, un- an success story on this tour, Park track and Shane Bond was breathing fire from the word ning the team championship with a haul 70 with Sourav Ganguly,had set his fifth One-day International beaten 15-ball 31 — and his 52- having taken 16 of the 43 New go. Sehwag who has shown definite signs of maturing on this of 56 medals, including 20 gold. Hosts the stage for an emphatic win. century and the third against run partnership for the last Zealand wickets to fall in the six difficult tour, not only weathered the early storm, but also Karnataka took the third spot in the medal When Sehwag departed, the Kiwis. His 139-ball knock of wicket with Lou Vincent off One-day Internationals of this kept the scoreboard moving in typical fashion. The unique tally with 28 medals, behind Tamil Nadu fourth out, the Indians needed 112 was a kaleidoscope of bril- just 3.2 overs — took the Black series — the highest thus far on aspect of his innings on Saturday was the amount of runs he just 18 runs from seven overs. It who bagged 50. (PTI) liant, blazing strokeplay — the Caps score zooming to 199. either side with Daryl Tuffey accumulated behind the wicket on the off-side with trade- seemed that the one over that bat sashaying down in an arc The Kiwis scored 48 runs second at nine wickets. His mark slashes over the slips and ferocious cuts towards the Enev wins title: Fifth seed Todor Enev the Indians were docked for and ruthlessly dismissing the from the last three overs of combined bowling figures read point region. When he was dismissed for a brilliant 112, India of Bulgaria won the ITF men’s futures ten- slow over-rate wouldn’t matter ball from its presence. And the their innings and 37 from the 57.4-8-173-16 — that means a were only 17 runs adrift of the target which was achieved de- nis tournament in Lucknow with an upset at all. But the notorious Indian three maximums he hit — each last two as Bond hauled Sourav wicket every 21.62 balls at an av- spite a late-order collapse. It was clear that for India Sehwag straight-set victory over third seed Satoshi witlessness came to the fore and one of them high into the Ganguly high into the stands erage of 10.81. was the difference between victory and defeat. Iwabuchi of Japan on Saturday. Enev they lost the next five wickets stands — were cruel excesses of twice in the penultimate over, The other success story for dominated proceedings right from the for just 16 runs. And Shane his mastery. and then he and Vincent took a the Indians has been Sehwag. word go for a 6-2 6-2 win. PTI Bond wasn’t even there to bowl! Aside Sehwag, the only other maximum each off Zaheer in He has scored two centuries and The wickets just fell inexpli- batsman to make an impact the final over which was worth 295 runs in this series when BETTING METER cably in a heap and defeat was, rather surprisingly, Shane 19. most batsmen have looked TENNIS loomed large. But last man Bond. His fearsome reputation Ganguly,whose strike-rate in weepy and apologetic. All the Ashish Nehra pulled the penul- Australian Open with the ball walks before him, limited overs cricket (42.2) is as other Indian batsmen combined Hewitt 5/2 timate delivery to the ropes for but few, if any, had any inkling good as Harbhajan’s (41.2), fin- have scored 631 runs. Sehwag Agassi 5/1 victory and saved India from of how frightening his willow ished with one for 31 from eight also leads the run aggregates Safin 10/1 disgrace. could be. overs. But he had much impres- for the One-day series by far Sehwag is off side king Srichaphan 16/1 Who would have envisioned It was probably just a sive figures earlier with just with Mathew Sinclair second at such an end when Sehwag was as per ladbrokes.com slugfest, but even then it was eight runs from his first five 143 runs. Third man at the crease? He seemed to be impressive. For all the Kiwis overs and the scalp of Scott On to Hamilton now. Fine leg 39 runs 5 runs Point Square leg On Side On I played my natural 10 runs Side On India will participate despite row: Dalmiya 7 runs Off Side Off Cover Mid wicket game, says Sehwag TIMES NEWS NETWORK out the vexed issue.