Thursday 27th March, 2008

Dalmiya arrested

Jagmohan Dalmiya

Former Indian board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya was on wednesday arrested on charges of misapropriation of over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body's funds, but was immediately released on West Indies' plays a shot during the sec- bail of Rs 25,000. ond innings in the fourth day of the first cricket Test Dalmiya was granted bail as match against Sri Lanka at the Guyana National Stadium, in Providence, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. (AP) per the provisions of a High Court order which granted him anticipa- tory bail over two years ago, his laywer Satish Maneshinde said. His secretary K M Chaudhury was also arrested and subsequent- SCOREBOARD ly released on bail on wednesday Sri Lanka 1st Inn 473/8 decl while a third accused, one Gautam Bravo dulls Sri Lanka West Indies 1st Inn 280 all out Bravo dulls Sri Lanka Dutta, was earlier arrested and GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The and managed to claim the only . innings lead when they bowled out the Sri Lanka 2nd Inn240/7 decl West Indies dulled Sri Lanka's bid for vic- The Sri Lankans had little encourage- West Indies for 280. The hosts narrowly released on bail. West Indies 2nd Inn (target: 437 tory Wednesday with Dwayne Bravo and ment in the two-hour session as Bravo avoided the follow on. Dalmiya, who arrived at the runs) hitting half centuries and Sarwan stretched their stand. Economic Offence Wing of the city and sharing a of 134 on the The visitors had to wait until 20 min- Sri Lanka declared on 240 for seven in D. Smith c Mirando b Vaas 10 police along with his lawyer, left fifth and final day of the opening test at utes before lunch for their first success the second innings with Warnapura and D. Bravo c & b Muralitharan 83 for the Esplanade Court after Thilan Samaraweera scoring half-cen- Providence Stadium. when Bravo, in sight of a third test hun- R. Sarwan 51 being released on bail. turies. M. Samuels not out 9 Set an improbable victory target of dred, drove a sharp return catch to The EOW, which is investigat- The teams move to Trinidad for the Extras (b 13, lb 2, nb 2) 17 437, the West Indies went to lunch on 170 Muralitharan. ing the case, is going to file a second and final Test match. A three match Total (for two ) 170 for two after resuming on 96 for one. Bravo's innings lasted just over three chargesheet against Dalmiya, his Bravo, promoted to open the batting hours.West Indies ODI series follows the Tests. Overs: 56 secretary Chaudhury and Dutta at for the first time in tests, struck 10 fours demoted him down the order letting Bravo Sri Lanka have never won a Test Match To bat: C. Gayle, S. Chanderpaul, D. the Esplanade court. and a six in 83 before he fell to ace off- open the innings and the ploy looked to in the West Indies. Ramdin, D. Powell, R. Hinds, J. Taylor, spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. have paid off as the all-rounder showed S. Benn Acting on a case filed by the Sarwan followed his first innings top- character making 83 runs. Earlier the Sri FLASH Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-156 BCCI in March 2006 after the score of 80 with an unbeaten 51. The Lankan first innings was boosted by cen- Bowling: Vaas 10-3-35-1, Mirando 4-1- Union Agriculture minister Guyanese right-hander faced 138 deliver- turions Mahela Jayawardene and West Indies were 178 for four at 31-0 (1nb), Herath 20-6-37-0 (1nb), Sharad Pawar took over as head of ies. Malintha Warnapura. While the Sri the time this edition went to press. Muralitharan 22-2-52-1. the body, the EOW found that Soon after the lunch break, Chaminda Marlon Samuels went to the break on Lankan captain scored his 22nd Test hun- Umpires: B. Bowden (NZ) and S. Dalmiya diverted funds from the Vaas removed Marlon Samuels (10) nine not out. dred, for Warnapura it was his maiden Taufel (Aus) legal fees towards other expenses, and (3) in Muralitharan bowled unchanged for ton. Third Umpire: C. Duncan (WI) including payment for personal quick succession. 16 overs throughout the morning session The Sri Lankans gained a 196 run first Match Referee: C. Broad (Eng) phone bills.

56th National Snooker Championship 2008 Sullivan 0.02 outside 100 meters freestyle world record SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - 50 and the 100 at the European champi- Maestro meets Maestro Australia's Eamon Sullivan missed the onships, beating Sullivan's five-week-old world record in the 100-meter freestyle record in the one-lap sprint. The 56th National Snooker S.H.M.Aslam to win 5-0 in the nine frame by two hundredths of a second Sullivan said he's aiming to get it Championship 2008 now in progress at quarter-final yesterday. Wednesday in qualifying for the Beijing back and has a chance later this week at the Billiards and Snooker Association Sirisoma, the 17 time National Olympics. the Australia's Olympic selection trials, Headquarters at Reid Avenue has now Champion, meanwhile beat S.M.Zulficar Sullivan swan 47.52 seconds to win with the 50 heats starting Thursday. reached its semi-final stage and the 5/3 in nine frame quarter-final. the Australian title, just short of the In other finals Wednesday, Jessicah snooker enthusiasts will have a mouth Results (Quarter-final) record Frenchman Alain Bernard set at Schipper was under her own world watering contest as two of the greatest Susantha Boteju (YMCA) beat the European championships on the record pace for 180 meters before fading cueists Susantha Boteju and K.H. S.H.M.Aslam (MSC) weekend. late in the women's 200 butterfly and fin- Sirisoma will clash in today’s semi-final (60, 31)(72, 42)(88, 17)(69, 29)(72, 27) "It is hard to get so close, I guess it ishing in 2 minutes, 6.82 seconds. for the U.W. Sumathipala Trophy. K.H.Sirisoma (SLPA) beat has been playing on my mind the past She held off fast finishing Unbeaten cueist and ten times nation- S.M.Zulficar (YMCA) 24 hours, it was hard to sleep I was so Samantha Hamill, with both securing al snooker champion Boteju made some (67, 50)(43, 56)(48, 58)(41, 69)(85, 68)(69, Eamon Sullivan excited and ready to race," Sullivan their places on Australia's team for outstanding breaks against his opponent 08)(57, 49)(47, 25) little bit more, it is a bit of a shame." said. "I was really hoping just to find a Bernard set the world marks in the Beijing.

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