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Johnson Strikes Late but Gayle Force Rules The Tuesday 8th December, 2009 Johnson strikes late but Gayle force rules the day ton of Chris Gayle defiance gifted West measured knock which went against his nat- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (27), Brendan Nash Indies an edge before late Australian ural flamboyant grain. (24) and Dwayne Bravo (22) all failed to capi- Astrikes returned the second Test to the The controlled batting of the Windies talise once set. balance. skipper contrasted with his exuberance on Barath was unfortunately run out when The Windies were 8-284 at stumps on day reaching his 11th Test century, and first Gayle powered a straight drive from Nathan four at Adelaide Oval, an overall lead of 296 against Australia. Hauritz which clipped the spinner’s finger en runs. The laconic lefthander jumped into the air route to crashing into the bowler’s end Captain Gayle’s resolute unbeaten 155 and pumped his fist skyward to mark his stumps - the teenage batsman had barely afforded his side control until Mitchell milestone before a joyful jig and further bat turned to return to his crease on impact. Johnson (4-85) collected three wickets and pumping rounded his celebration. Johnson claimed a struggling Ramnaresh Doug Bollinger (2-36) another late in the day. Gayle, who battled forearm cramp in the Sarwan (seven) with a rising short ball which Chris Gayle gets in The late wicket flurry raised Australian latter stages of his gritty performance, domi- the West Indian gloved to ‘keeper Brad the swing after hopes of an achievable last day run chase nated without any substantial support. Haddin, before Chanderpaul added 72 runs reaching three fig- after Gayle batted throughout Monday in a His opening partner Adrian Barath (17), with his skipper until falling lbw to Bollinger. ures on the 4th day The left-arm quick was later responsible of the 2nd Test Scoreboard for a melodramatic moment when an emphat- against Australia at ic lbw shout against Nash was refused. Adelaide, 07 West Indies 1st innings 451 S. J. Benn c Siddle b Johnson 05 Nash didn’t offer a shot to an in-dipper December,2009. Australia 1st innings 439 R. Rampaul not out 00 which appeared destined for the stumps but West Indies 2nd innings 23 for no Extras (8b, 2lb, 1w,6nb) 17 was given not out, prompting Bollinger to the- wickets overnight Total (for 8 wickets) 284 atrically kick the turf in anger. C. Gayle not out 155 Overs 93 Nash’s wicket ultimately went to medium Bollinger soon had allrounder Darren A.B Barath run out (Hauritz) 17 Still to bat: KJ Roach pacer Watson, the lefthander missing an Sammy (10) caught by captain Ricky Ponting inswinger which brushed leg stump and Lalit Modi loses R.R. Sarwan c Haddin b Johnson 07 Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-61, 3-133, 4-194, at second slip and Johnson struck again in the removed a solitary bail. last over of the day by dismissing Sulieman state election S. Chanderpaul lbw b Bollinger 27 5-251, 6-251, 7-277, 8-284 First innings centurion Bravo looked Benn (five). B.P. Nash b Watson 24 Bowling: Johnson 19-1-85-4(1w), comfortable until slashing an edge from Australia’s bowling efforts were ham- JAIPUR, India D.J. Bravo c Hauritz b Johnson 22 Bollinger 14-3-36-2(3n), Hauritz 27-4-68- Johnson’s bowling to Nathan Hauritz at gully pered by hamstring tightness to seamer Peter (AP) - Indian D. Ramdin b Johnson 00 0(2n), Siddle 8-2-28-0, North 14-2-42-0, and two balls later the fast bowler clean Siddle, who hobbled through eight wicketless Premier League D.J.G. Sammy c Ponting b Bollinger 10 Watson 11-5-15-1(1n) bowled Denesh Ramdin for a duck with a overs for the day. (SMH) chairman Lalit searing swinger. Modi lost his bid to regain the presiden- cy of his state crick- et association in an election marred by scuffles between supporters of rival contestants. Modi Modi lost 19-13 to Indian Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi, who also hails from western Rajasthan state. Modi’s position in the IPL will not be affected and will remain IPL chairman until 2013. On Monday,votes were cast by repre- sentatives of district cricket associations. Modi alleged that his car was attacked by his rival’s supporters as he came to vote at the state cricket academy.His car windows were smashed, but he escaped unhurt, he said. “This is hooliganism,” Modi said. “Politicians have started dominating cricket bodies and this is the result.” Police escorted Modi to the polling booth. The Press Trust of India news agency said the supporters of rival groups clashed as the voting began, but police separated them. Joshi said his supporters were not involved in the attack on Modi’s car. “Whatever has happened is unfortu- nate,” Joshi said. Modi’s four-year tenure as Rajasthan Cricket Association president ended in March after he lost the election 18-13 against career bureaucrat Sanjay Dixit. A second election was called after nine months following a split in the crick- et body. Commonwealth weightlifting medalist Asiri dies by Reemus Fernando Young weightlifting prospect Asiri de Silva, who won a silver medal (junior catego- ry) at the recently held Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship has died after suffering from a brief illness at the Kegalle General Hospital during morning hours yes- terday. The former St. Mary’s College (Kegalle) weightlifter won the silver medal in the 105kg weight category when he lifted a total of 255 kgs at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Malaysia recently. “I was deeply moved by the news of his untimely death. He was a sure prospect for Sri Lanka,” R.B. Wickramasinghe, his coach told ‘The Island’ yesterday. Wickramasinghe said that the weightlifter was admitted to General Hospital in Colombo with fever a week ago and left the hospital on his own a day later feeling he has sufficiently recovered. “I heard that he had been admitted to Kegalle Hospital this morning and died there- after at the intensive care,” Wickramasinghe said. De Silva who finished his education at St. Mary’s College joined Sri Lanka Navy recent- ly and was training under R.B. Wickramasinghe. The cause of his death was not known when this edition went to press. Sources close to the sportsman said that he had complained of stomach disorders and fever in the morning yesterday and was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital early morning where he died. Tuesday 8th December, 2009.
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