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Becks coming to Asia Satellite launch stalled Martinez wants to continue Football-mad Asia will have their fill of David Bad weather has delayed the launch of Veteran Conchita Martinez is not ready to give Beckham in June. During his 5-day tour of Hellas Sat, the satellite which will help up tennis, despite the young and hard-hitting the region the England skipper will put his carry the broadcast signal of the 2004 opponents she must face at every turn. sublime skills on display during a series of Athens Olympics. It is the second time Martinez, 31, proved she can still play solid football festivals in Japan, Malaysia, that an effort to put Greece’s first tennis during her victory over Jelena Dokic in Thailand and Vietnam satellite in orbit has been put off the Italian Open first round on Monday Aravinda de Silva is elected vice-president of the Sri Lankan board

Both umpires asked me to get some review on Lawson’s bowling action after the first innings. Windies leave Port of Pain behind — Mike Procter,Match referee AP Australia-WI series St John’s (Antigua): Record- breaking West Indies made the ‘Aussies ain’t so SPORTS DIGEST highest-ever fourth innings win- ning total to beat Australia by PTI three in the fourth and hot under fire’ final Test on Tuesday and avoid Sydney: Australia’s cricket team an unprecedented home white- had a tendency to lose compo- wash. sure in the heat of battle, nation- West Indies, set 418 to win and al coach John Buchanan said on 3-0 down in the series, reached Tuesday. The latest in a series of the historic target with an un- on-field confrontations came beaten eighth- partner- during Monday’s fourth day of ship of 46 from lower order bats- the final Antigua Test. men Omari Banks and Vasbert Paceman Glenn McGrath Drakes. launched a barrage of expletives Drakes’s winning hit set off at West Indian Ramnaresh Sar- wild celebrations when he cut a wan in an explosive mid-pitch four down to backward point off tirade, which needed the inter- costly leg-spinner Stuart vention of English umpire David MacGill. Shepherd. The triumph surpassed the McGrath believed that the previous record - India’s 406 for West Indies vice- had four to beat West Indies in Port of made a derogatory comment Spain in 1976 - and handed - YOUNG GUN: Indian cricketer Yuvraj about his wife Jane, who began tain his first success Singh arrives at the Patna airport treatment last month for cancer. on his way to Darbhanga to play in his second stint as captain. But teammates, who also in the Mithilanchal Cup cricket Drakes made 27 and 20-year- tournament on Tuesday. old Banks, in only his second heard the heated conversation, test, a battling 47. thought the comment had been a Against the best bowling at- routine sledge and was not espe- De Silva elected: Aravinda de Sil- tack in world cricket, it was a re- cially hurtful. va, who from cricket after the and Justin World Cup, has been elected vice- markable performance by West Indies, who early on the fourth Langer later shook Sarwan’s president of Sri Lankan cricket hand when he scored his board. He was elected unopposed. day had slumped to 74 for three before they were boosted by cen- three overs later as did Steve Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s former World Waugh when he was dismissed. Cup-winning captain Arjuna turies from Guyanese pair Ranatunga on Tuesday entered the (105) and The McGrath eruption fol- race for the leadership of the coun- (104). lowed Windies skipper Brian try’s cricket control board, officials West Indies resumed on Tues- Lara’s heated challenges to sever- informed. The elections are slated for day on 371 for six, needing 47 to al Australian fielders including June 6. AP win, but suffered a quick blow Waugh on Saturday’s second day. when they lost Chanderpaul, Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies kisses the ground after completing a century on the fourth day of the final Test at the Antigua “It happens to us occasionally Live telecast: Doordarshan will Recreation Ground against Australia on Monday. when either individuals or the telecast live the semifinals and finals their last recognised batsman. other side basically confronts us of the French Open grandslam tennis In a tense atmosphere, Brett steered the West Indies home in and finishing with an aggregate tournament, it was announced in Lee made the early break- a dramatic session which includ- of 523 at an average of 130.75. SCOREBOARD in a sense of challenging the New Delhi on Tuesday. The matches, through in the fourth over of the ed several loud appeals and a Ponting, the Australian skipper emotions of the players and ... we tend to lose our composure,” on June 5-8, will be telecast exclu- morning. Bowling around the massive six by Drakes off in the One-day version contracted Australia (1st innings): 240 R Jacobs c Gilchrist b Lee 0 wicket, Lee delivered a ball West Indies (1st innings): 240 O Banks 47 Buchanan told a Sydney radio sively on DD Metro. Besides the sin- MacGill who ended the innings a virus and did not play in the fi- gles semifinals and finals, Doordar- around two feet wide of the off- Australia (2nd innings): 417 V Drakes not out 27 station from Antigua on Tuesday. with just one wicket for 149 off nal Test but will lead Australia in West Indies (2nd innings): Extras: (b-9, lb-9, w-1, nb-6) 25 shan also has plans to air live the stump which found the edge of “When it happens we tend to 35.5 overs. the seven One-day international C Gayle c Waugh b Lee 19 Total: (For 7 wkts, in 128.5 overs) 418 mixed doubles matches if India’s Chanderpaul’s bat and Adam D Smith c Gilchrist b Gillespie 23 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-50, 3-74, 4-165, 5- move away from game plans and leading players - Mahesh Bhupathi Gilchrist took a low catch to his Australian vice-captain Ricky series against the West Indies D Ganga lbw b McGrath 8 288, 6-288, 7-372. Bowling: McGrath 25-10- at that particular point teams and Leander Paes - make it thus far. left to remove the Guyanese left- Ponting was named as the man which begins in Kingston, Ja- B Lara b MacGill 60 50-1, Gillespie 25-10-64-1, Lee 23-4-63-4 can take advantage of that and of the series after hitting three maica on Saturday Chanderpaul R Sarwan c & b Lee 105 (nb-3), MacGill 35.5-8-149-1, Bichel 15-3- Rains cause venue shifts: hander. But Drakes and Banks, S Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Lee 104 49-0 (nb-3, w-1), Waugh 5-0-25-0. that’s partly what happened to- Unexpected monsoon has forced Sri playing with great maturity, centuries in the first three Tests was the man of the match. Reuters day. AFP Lanka’s cricket officials to shift ven- ues for the limited-overs tri-series Lawson’s bowling against New Zealand and Pakistan to ensure the series isn’t washed out Kiwis’ turn to slump and lose action questioned ACB tells Waugh by heavy rain that has lashed AFP Colombo. ‘‘The early arrival of mon- Dambulla: Opener Romesh St Johns: Highly-rated West soon has upset our plans. It had Kaluwitharana steered Sri Lanka to Indies paceman Jermaine to rein in his boys forced us to amend the schedule Lawson has been reported to a five-wicket win over New Zealand Sydney: Australian Cricket finger-pointing and swearing slightly and move the matches away on Tuesday after Prabath Nissanka the sport’s governing body from rain-hit Colombo,’’ cricket Board chief aggressively in an apparent and offspinner Muttiah Muralitha- the International Cricket board’s chief executive Anura Ten- Council (ICC) over his bowl- James response to something that ran had put the hosts in control of Sutherland nakoon said. AP ing action, it was announced was said to him. the tri-series limited-overs interna- told Test cap- on Monday. The confrontation was ex- Border guards play ball: Border tional. tain Steve The 21-year-old was report- pected to be investigated by guards of India and Bangladesh will Nissanka and Muralitharan took Waugh to rein South African match referee ed by match umpires David play a volleyball match as part of ef- five wickets between them as New in his players’ Mike Procter, who was forts to improve the ties which are Shepherd and Srinivas Zealand were skittled for 139 in 43.1 emotions on watching the high drama strained due to recurring infiltration Venkataraghavan after re- overs after being sent in to bat first Tuesday after from the stands. and exchange of fire in recent times. viewing footage of his action by Sri Lankan skipper Marvan Ata- an angry mid-pitch outburst Sutherland said he spoke Border Security Force (south Bengal taken on the first day of the pattu, who won the toss in a rain-de- by paceman Glenn McGrath to Waugh and both agreed frontier) and the Bangladesh Rifles, fourth Test with Australia in layed match that was shortened to a during the fourth Test the incident was unfortunate for the first time, have arranged the Antigua where he rattled 46-over contest. against the West Indies in and bordering on inappropri- friendly volleyball match at the BSF through the Aussie Kaluwitharana, returning to the Antigua. ate behavior. “It’s all very outpost at Haruadanga under Rani- order taking 7-78. nagar near Sheikhpara. PTI opener’s role he filled during Sri McGrath lashed out at West well to be playing the game in Lanka’s 1996 World Cup triumph, ICC Match Referee, Mike Indian vice-captain the right spirit when things Award for Habib: Tamil Nadu chief compiled a 119-ball 48 on a difficult Procter has since informed Ramnaresh Sarwan after tea are going your way, but if minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday batting track, as Sri Lanka coasted both the ICC and the player’s on Monday as Sarwan was things are not going your presented a cheque of Rs 20 lakh to to 143 for five in 43.4 overs. team management of the de- building his second Test cen- way, that’s when the real test Rafath Habib, who bagged a gold in Kaluwitharana shared a brisk 68- cision, as per the ICC regula- tury amid a fighting comeback the Busan Asian Games in the snook- is on,” Sutherland said. run opening stand with former skip- tions governing the report- against the Australians on the er doubles event. The government UNITED WE STAND: Sri Lankan team celebrates the of New Zealand’s “If you can’t carry your- per , who scored Scott styris during a tri-series match in Dambulla on Tuesday. ing process. penultimate day of play. self in the true spirit of the had announced incentives schemes Lawson will not be suspend- for sportspersons from the state, who a strokeful 33 from 52 balls before As the West Indies bats- game at those times, perhaps ed immediately but instead won medals in international and na- hooking Kiwi medium-pacer Jacob SCOREBOARD men closed in on the huge you need to have a good look placed on stage one which en- target of 418 set by Australia, tional events.PTI Oram to Daniel Vettori at deep at yourself,” he further fineleg. New Zealand: Gamage 5-1-26-1, Dharmasena 8-0-28-1, tails him to work alongside McGrath tore into Sarwan, added. AFP BETTING METER Oram went on to claim the wick- C Nevin 12 Muralitharan 8.1-1-16-3, Jayasuriya 8-1-19-1. specialist advisors to be ap- ets of (1) and S Fleming c Sangakkara b Nissanka 2 Sri Lanka: pointed by his home Board TENNIS L Vincent lbw b Jayasuriya 32 S Jayasuriya c Vettori b Oram 33 and a human movement spe- Kaluwitharana to finish with three S Styris c Sangakkara b Nissanka 0 R Kaluwitharana c McCullum b Oram 48 Wimbledon women’s singles for 12 from nine overs as Sri Lanka’s cialist from an ICC specialist Cut down on the C Cairns c & b Gamage 14 K Sangakkara hit wkt b Oram 1 Serena Williams 8/13 panel to review his action dur- Venus Williams 9/4 middle order struggled before the J Oram c & b Muralitharan 20 M Atapattu c Vincent b Styris 18 Kim Clijsters 7/1 home team secured its first win of C Harris not out 20 M Jayawardene c McCullum b Tuffey 2 ing a six-week period. Jennifer Capriati 16/1 the series. B McCullum lbw b Muralitharan 0 T Dilshan not out 18 However should after that recruits: Stewart K Mills b Dharmasena 6 C Vaas not out 5 Lindsay Davenport 20/1 In earlier matches, Pakistan de- period he be reported again (as per ladbrokes.com) D Vettori run out 5 Extras: (b 2, lb 8, nb 6, w 2) 18 London: England stalwart “We’ve got two top-class feated Sri Lanka by 79 runs before he goes on to stage two of the D Tuffey lbw b Muralitharan 2 Total: (For 5 wkts, in 43.4 overs) 143 Alec Stewart said on Monday overseas internationals at losing by seven wickets to New Extras: (b 4, lb 12, nb 1, w 9) 26 Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-69, 3-116, 4-116, 5-120. procedure which can lead to that the country’s chances of Surrey this year in (Pakista- LIVE ON TV Zealand. Sri Lanka’s nerves were ev- Total: (All out, in 43.1 overs) 139 Bowling: Tuffey 7-0-37-1, Mills 5-0-32-0, Oram a ban of up to a year or until international success were nis) Azhar Mahmood and ESPN: 0000 hrs: UEFA Champions League ident as they lost three wickets in Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-18, 3-18, 4-46, 5-94, 6- 9-4-12-3, Vettori 9-1-19-0, Harris 10-0-27-0, the ICC’s Bowling Review 102, 7-108, 8-127, 9-135. Styris 3.4-2-6-1. being damaged by the deci- Saqlain Mushtaq,” Stewart semifinal -- Real Madrid vs Juventus Group (BRG) is satisfied he the space of four runs, but reached Bowling: Vaas 9-2-23-0, Nissanka 5-0-11-2, Man of the match: Romesh Kaluwitharana. sion to allow county teams to told Monday’s edition of the home with 14 balls to spare. AP has corrected his action. AFP pick two overseas players London Evening Standard. each. “But for the good of English In recent seasons the 18 cricket I would like only one Spirit of adventure: When one conquest is not enough first-class counties have been per team, especially when you allowed to field just the one consider some counties al- By Bula Chowdhury You have heard of many young sportswomen who have excelled at a particular 6), I would like to see all my beloved foreign star in their line-ups. ready have several players Life is full of problems; it is also game and then have faded quietly into oblivion, or into domicile bliss at the people. Because I know if I don’t But now English cricket who can earn a living here be- has reverted to the system cause they hold European full of challenges. right time. But have you heard of any woman, an Indian at that, who has simply come out alive they will take care of Just because there my son and my husband. that was in place when wick- passports but are not eligible are problems you widened her horizons. This is the story of Bula Chowdhury and her transition As told to Raju Bhattacharjee et-keeper/batsman Stewart, for our England teams. That is don’t stop looking from pool queen to conqueror of seas Bula Chowdhury, a little girl from a 40, began his Surrey career seriously affecting tennage for challenges or for By the time I came under the ea- to do it again. And this time, to do it small industrial town near Kolkata, 22 seasons ago. prospects.” AFP dreams. I didn’t. gle eye of a foreign coach it was too INDIAN SPORT to and fro. My idol, Arati Saha, was sizzled in the pools during the eight- I must confess late. I couldn’t do anything about the first Indian lady to cross it; it ies. Once she was India’s undisputed Pressure causing problems: Hall that I am a very am- my faulty technique, my ‘starting SLEEPING has made her immortal. Since queen in the pool; today she is the St. John’s (Antigua): The Lawson’s seven wickets for 78 bitious lady. Even and turning’ too. Even today,I jump then, many Indians, not counting star of the seas. Her spirit of adven- pressure to break the 100 on the first day of the test during my competition days I al- into River Ganga (for my acclimati- GIANT the pioneer Mihir Sen, have ture and heart of steel pushed her mph (161 kph) bowling barri- against Australia. ways wanted to be on top. I always sation and training) before I have to crossed it. But I wanted to do some- into uncharted waters. She didn’t er is causing some bowlers to Under the rules, the ball wanted to win. I guess that’s why I take on the seas. In 1995, when I retired, many thing different; I wanted a separate get bogged down by family problems fall out of line with cricket’s must be bowled not thrown, have already conquered six seas; thought that I had done that simply place for myself in history.The sev- or society compulsions. She crossed I believe I have succeeded only the English Channel twice, Strait of throwing rules, West Indies and the player’s elbow must only the seventh is left. No woman because I wanted it very badly. I to settle down to ‘a happy family ens seas beckoned. has even thought about it. life.’ I retired because there were no Gibraltar, Zurich Lake, Gulf of Cricket Board President Wes not be straightened once at was also aware of my limitations. I may be lucky that I got lot of Toroneous, Catalina Channel and Hall said Tuesday. shoulder level. Pakistan Like every sports person, I too more challenges left for me in the You may not believe it but I did- pool. I had ruled for almost a support from my family,my friends Crook Channel despite being the Hall’s comments came af- paceman Shoaib Akhtar also dreamt of winning an Olympic and especially my husband, Sanjib n’t learn to swim in a pool; I learnt decade. The 100m butterfly record mother of a 10-year-old son. Clearly, ter the International Cricket faced such problems. gold when I started off. But I re- Chakraborty. My son was barely Council on Monday ordered ‘‘It is quite possible with it in a little pond in my hometown that I set in the 1984 nationals was here’s a role model for aspiring alised, probably at the right time, three years when I attacked the West Indies fast bowler Jer- all the hype surrounding 100 near Kolkata. It obviously meant still intact. I just wanted to do sportspersons. that I just wasn’t equipped for that. English Channel for the second maine Lawson, 21, to spend mph (161 kph), youngsters that there were many technical something that would fill my veins Readers ar invited to write in Yet, I couldn’t stop myself from time. I was very worried; after all, six weeks correcting his will strive and go beyond the flaws in my action. After all, there with adrenaline all over again. their thoughts and solutions to was hardly any scope for proper dreaming about greater glory. the mission was very risky, even [email protected] bowling action. bounds,’’ said Hall, the fiery training or coaching during those That’s when I started looking for I had crossed the English Chan- dangerous. But now,whenever I set even fax them at 23323346 or Two ICC umpires reviewed fastbowler who set records days. new horizons. nel in 1989. In 1999, I made my mind for the last leg (probably December 23324173. television footage during between 1958 and 1969. AP

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