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DI-P14- 13-03-(City)-Csl.Qxd 14 Thursday 13th March, 2008 Safs win by seven Two rookie spinners wickets DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - South Africa beat in Windies squad Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Benn, 6-foot-7 (2.01 meters) the cloud of a bowling ban limited-overs inter- tall, has 22 wickets at 21.31 in from the International Cricket national Wednesday (AP): Rookie spin bowlers at Dhaka's Sher-e- Amit Jaggernauth and five Carib Beer Cup matches Council as well as a match-fix- Bangla National Sulieman Benn were named in this year and was impressive ing charge hanging over his Stadium, taking a 2-0 the 15-man West Indies squad during the Stanford Twenty20 head. lead in the three- on Tuesday for the opening test tournament in February. Former skipper Ramnaresh match series. against Sri Lanka in Guyana Chris Gayle captains the Sarwan makes a comeback Scores: starting on March 22. team for the first time in a after a catalog of injuries while South Africa Offspinner Jaggernauth, a home test after first taking left-hander Ryan Hinds returns 179-3 in 48.1 overs standout for Trinidad and charge on the winter tour of after a three-year exile. (A.B. de Villiers 69 not out, Tobago over the last three South Africa last December. Sri Lanka arrives in the Abdur Razzak 2- regional first-class seasons, and Fellow left-handers Devon Caribbean on Friday for a 32) def. Barbados left-arm spinner Smith and Sewnarine series of two tests and three Bangladesh 173 Benn have were called up for Chattergoon, both 26, compete ODIs. (Raqibal Hasan 63, international duty for the first to partner him at the top of the West Indies: Chris Gayle Shakib time. order. (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Peter Sampras hands his racket to golfer Tiger Woods during a tennis match Al-Hasan 52, The 24-year-old Jaggernauth Smith has failed to impress Sulieman Benn, Sewnarine Andre Nel 4-27, Charl against Roger Federer at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, March helped bowl Trinidad and in 20 tests while Chattergoon, Chattergoon, Shivnarine Langeveldt 3-31) 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Betz) Tobago to victory over the yet to play a test, was assured Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Windward Islands on Monday in five one-day internationals Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, with figures of 12 for 133 in in South Africa and will be Amit Jaggernauth, Darren New manager brings business experience their Carib Beer Cup match. keen to debut in front of his Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Newly installed West Indies approach to managing the West was looking forward to the chal- The haul took his 2008 season home fans in Guyana. Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh manager Omar Khan says he will Indies cricket team. It has worked lenge of dealing with the regional total to 23 at an average of Marlon Samuels fills one of Sarwan, Devon Smith, Jerome be bringing a business-like with the TT cricket team and squad and playing his part in help- 16.26. the middle-order spots despite Taylor. approach to his role with the although the situation is now differ- ing to turn around the fortunes of regional team. ent, I think it will work for the West the team. Khan, who has successfully Indies team as well,” Khan said. “Dealing with the players on the managed the Trinidad and Tobago “Once players take the business TT team is a lot easier because they Nicolas Cage impersonator fools Real and gets star treatment senior team over the past five years, approach to any sport, their level of come from one culture basically. recently replaced former West professionalism increases and However, I now have to deal with MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Nicolas presenter, watched the match with from the first moment everyone Indies captain Clive Lloyd for the hence their output increases, which players from different territories Cage impersonator was treated Madrid president Ramon was friendly with me," Calabresi upcoming tours to the Caribbean will lead to greater success.” around the West Indies, with differ- like a star as he watched Real Calderon from his box at the told Marca newspaper on by Sri Lanka and Australia. A civil engineer by profession, ent backgrounds and it will be a lot Madrid play AS Roma last week in Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Wednesday."We knew there would “Sport is big business and I Khan admitted that it was easier to more challenging,” Khan pointed Champions League match. "The truth is I was a little be many repercussions. My phone intend to use a business-like manage the TT team but said he out. Paolo Calabresi, an Italian TV scared they would find me out, but won't stop ringing." Gough sticks up for Kiwis continue to under-fire Harmy target KP hris Martin is relishing his return battle with Kevin Pietersen as New Zealand attempt to Ckeep England's leading batsmen deflated long Former England fast began." enough for them to secure a Test series triumph. bowler Darren Gough has Malcolm, who played New Zealand's most experienced seamer has backed Steve Harmison to in 40 Tests for England, enjoyed his duels with Pietersen so far during this tour, where the Hampshire batsman has struggled to bounce back after a dis- also hopes Harmison can live up to his reputation as one of the most talented mal performance in the overcome his problems, strokemakers in the world. first-Test loss to New particularly with another Pietersen averaged only 33 during the one-day Zealand. Ashes series coming up series with a top-score of 50 and scored only 48 runs Harmison has been next year. in his two innings as England slumped to a compre- well below par on the cur- He added: "If he gets hensive 189-runs defeat in the opening Test at rent tour and was trusted his head right he is a fan- Hamilton last week. His failure to score more heavily is regarded as to bowl just four overs in tastic bowler and he has one of the key reasons why New Zealand won the the second innings of the all the talent. one-day series 3-1 and dominated the opening Test humiliating defeat in "But your fast bowler and Martin is hoping to maintain Pietersen's strug- Hamilton over the week- in the team is your confi- gles for some time yet. end. dence pin and when he "He's definitely a presence, confident type of play- Yorkshire captain knocks the openers over er," said 33-year-old Martin. "It was quite nice to see Gough told Sky Sports: it has a positive effect on that missing a little bit in that last game. "We've got some great the whole side, but when "I'm sure he'll come out (in the next game) with his players there, led by a he isn't stamping his Pietersen's cur- shoulders back and his good captain - Michael authority on the opposing presence will be felt, it's Vaughan - and Steve batsmen it sends negative rent loss of form just a matter of how we Harmison is a quality feelings throughout the attack him and whether we bowler. whole team. I'm talking continues a disap- continue the plans that "He's obviously started Darren Gough from experience. have been going well the tour slowly but he's a "We need to get him fir- pointing run hav- against him." Martin was particularly quality bowler and I'll Bigstarcricket.com:"I ing, confident again and ing failed to score pleased with the way New back him as a team-mate, played against Harmy in get him going. It's impera- Zealand dismissed which I've been in the county cricket and I kept tive that if we are to chal- a half-century in Pietersen for just six in the past, and as a mate. saying this guy is going to lenge for the Ashes, second innings in "Let's hope he recovers be a lovely bowler Harmy is ready." his last eight Test Hamilton as England well because when you because of his pace and England have little innings while he slumped to 110 all out chas- get Steve Harmison bowl- the steep bounce he gets. time to dwell on the ing a victory target of 300. ing well England are a "But I noticed early on events of Hamilton with has scored only Unsettled by a bouncer in the previous over by better side." that he had a problem the second Test beginning one century in his Martin, he was given lbw Harmison has been a with homesickness. He on Wednesday evening in the next over attempting notoriously bad traveller thought the north east (GMT). last 12. to shoulder arms to a Kyle throughout his interna- was the world. A fine bowling per- Mills delivery which tional career and has "As soon as he had to formance from Ryan clipped his pad. often complained of play in Northampton or Sidebottom on the fourth "I was pleased with that homesickness. Leicester, he seemed to day had put England in over," admitted Martin. "I think I got him off the ball quite nicely, but he'll definitely be back with a Another former struggle. contention to win but little bit more composure perhaps in this next game. England paceman, Devon "I got that impression they were skittled for just "I think he felt the pressure at 30 for three and Malcolm, fears he could from the early days, that 110 to lose by 189 runs at perhaps I ruffled him with a short one.
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