OID‰‰†‹KOID‰‰†‹OID‰‰†‹MOID‰‰†‹C The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,October 17, 2003 Barthez set for Marseille ‘Golden Goal rule stupid’ Davenport’s season ends Out of favour Manchester United goalkeeper Although three German teams have benefited World No. 4 women’s tennis player Lindsay Fabien Barthez is on his way to former club from golden goals to win titles, German soccer Davenport of the US underwent surgery for a Olympique Marseille, according to French daily legend Franz Beckenbauer believes it’s the nagging left foot injury on Wednesday and l’Equipe on Thursday. The paper said the ‘dumbest rule ever invented.’ Calling it the will miss the remainder of the season. Dav- French club is planning to take Barthez from “biggest nonsense of all time.” He said the cru- enport had planned to play the season end- the Premiership giants on loan cial moments always came in extra time ing championships in LA Yousuf Youhana lashes out at PCB over team selection I wanted to bow out with gold Rayudu to lead at the African Games but I reckon I had to run fast at the Under-19 team age of 36 to achieve it. Double trouble on flat Mohali track — Athletics legend Frankie on Pak tour Fredricks announcing his Vincent, Richardson slam centuries, construct record opening partnership for New Zealand Mumbai: Middle order bats- retirement after winning the man A T Rayudu of Hyder- 200 metres silver medal in By Dinesh Chopra partnership for New AFP abad will lead the 14-member the African Games in Abuja. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Zealand for any wicket Scoreboard: Day 1 Indian cricket team on their Mohali: There was just too against India. 2nd Test, Punjab C.A. Stadium, SPORTS DIGEST much spice out there on Thurs- All this added up Mohali, Oct 16-20, 2003 seven-day tour of Pakistan to Toss: New Zealand. Test Debut: participate in the four-nation Ajit Ninan day. Opening batters Lou Vin- to make it by far Yuvraj Singh (Ind). cent and Mark Richardson the best day on Videocon Asian under-19 lim- Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and ited overs tournament from gave a sumptuous batting dis- this tour for DR Shepherd (Eng). play. Indian opening bowler L. the Kiwis. TV Umpire: I Sivaram. October 31 to November 6. Balaji was red-hot almost all Each one of Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL) Sahil Kukreja is the lone through the day. The glitterati, the Black Mumbai player in the side Caps can tell you NZ (1st innings) R B 4 6 including Punjab chief minis- Mark Richardson picked by the junior selection ter Amarinder Singh, left a about Stephen Fleming’s expe- batting 102 284 14 0 committee headed by good taste too. And we haven’t rience with the tosses. But on Praveen Amre after two-day Thursday he won an important Lou Vincent even mentioned a word about lbw Kumble 106 227 14 2 trials at the Brabourne stadi- how seductive the chicken one and batted. But Dravid, the (tries to sweep a fuller delivery, misses) um. Sri Lanka and stand-in Test skipper, won’t lababdar or those tikkas were. Scot Styris Bangladesh are the other two All of this came sizzling on the know whom should he blame batting 7 31 1 0 teams in the fray. beautiful platter by the name of for his poor first day in the hot seat. Balaji bowled well. He Extras: (b 13, lb 16, w 1, nb 2) 32. THE TEAM: Punjab Cricket Association Total: (for 1 wicket, 90 overs) 247. stadium here. Burp. was getting the zip off the A T Rayudu (captain), Dinesh Kartik wicket, bowled a good line but To Bat: Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Amongst all this, no one Craig McMillan, Robbie Hart, Daniel Vet- (vice-captain), Robin Uthappa, Shiv- knew when sloppiness gate- at times went down the leg side tori, Paul Wiseman, Darrly Tuffey, Ian kant Shukla,Avinash Yadav, S uresh crashed. Rahul Dravid dropped as well. Zaheer seemed to be hit Butler. Raina, Piyush Chawla, Sahil Kukre- eventual centurion Richardson by those typical mood swings. Fall of wickets: 1-231 (Vincent). ja of mumbai, Sunny Singh, Vikram He was there sometimes and Bowling: Zaheer Khan 18-7-62-0 (1nb, Veer Singh, Rakesh Solanki, Irfan FIFA monitors hearing: World at first slip even as the chick- 1w); Laxmipathy Balaji 17-7-39-0 (1nb); ens were still being marinated. elsewhere at others. Anil Kum- Pathan, Raiphi Gomez And Saurav football officials are monitoring the ble bowled with persistence of Sachin Tendulkar 9-3-12-0; Kumble 28- English Football Association’s investi- Richardson was then on ten 10-57-1; Harbhajan Singh 17-3-48-0; Sarkar. an interviewee. He kept query- gation into Manchester United star and Zaheer Khan was doing Sehwag 1-1-0-0. ing the batsmen with some Itinerary: Oct 31: India vs Sri Lan- Rio Ferdinand’s failure to take a rou- just the third over of the first India team: V Sehwag, A Chopra, R challenging and some ordinary ka, Pakistan vs Bangladesh. Nov 2: tine drugs test. Michel Hooge, head day. Then Vincent must have Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, PA questions. It was one of those Patel, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Z Pakistan vs India, Bangladesh vs Sri of FIFAs medical committee and the felt his lucky charm when um- ordinary ones that Vincent Khan, Yuvraj Singh, L Balaji. Lanka. Nov 4: India vs Bangladesh, man in charge of their anti-doping pire David Shepherd chose to swept to raise his hundred and Sri Lanka vs Pakistan.Nov 6: Final. programme, confirmed the 30-million gave him the benefit of very lit- a challenging one that got him pound defender could face a two tle doubt. The right-handed lbw six runs later. year ban if found guilty of wilfully batter had not even got off the Kallis ready for Pak challenge missing the test. AFP Despite cramps, dizziness and blocks when one Balaji deliv- back strain, Richardson carried Lahore: Jacques Kallis said ka and India and our record Olympic security: Greece boost- ery thudded into his pads. on like the Energiser bunny.He’s on Thursday South Africa shows we can play spin. I be- ed the Athens 2004 Olympics securi- Later, when those chicken known to go on and on with his could handle the pace of ex- lieve we can counter them ty budget by around 25 percent to recipes had taken their rightful high elbow and an uncomplicat- press bowler Shoaib Akhtar here too,’’ said Kallis, who $755 million in a surprise move on places in those bellies, Parthiv Thursday expected to calm interna- ed technique. If that’s the case, and Pakistan’s spinners has healthy average of 49.20 Patel let one luscious run out Indians have a tired Friday in when the first Test starts in 69 Test matches and tional concerns over safety arrange- chance slip. After benefiting ments. Until Wednesday, government store. Once again a lot depends here on Friday. “It’s a tough fetched 151 wickets with his from all this, Vincent would be on what the Indian bowlers dish officials were saying the cost of secu- a cruel man to crib about the New Zealand’s Mark Richardson (facing) celebrates the century of teammate challenge to face him (Shoaib right-arm medium pace. “I rity, the organisers’ top priority, would out when the wicket is fresh in Indian hospitality.By the end of Lou Vincent on day one of the second Test in Mohali on Thursday. Akhtar),’’ Kallis, who cele- have quite a bit of experi- be about $600 million. AFP the morning. the day’s play the guests had brated his 28th birthday said ence having been to the sub- Experts feel Balaji needs to consistency. Off-spinner Harbhajan bore out the batsmen. Jockeys suspended: Licenses helped themselves to 247 for one on Thursday. “I think you continent quite a lot of time bowl from a lot closer to the Singh needs to be out of that comfort With all this and Tawa Chicken on granted to four jockeys by the with Vincent out for 106 and can never count Shoaib off and we knew we got to tackle stumps. Zaheer would be the zone and enjoy bowling around the Friday’s menu, the spice could still be Madras Race Club have been sus- Richardson still going strong at and Pakistani spinners as their spinners when we come first to admit that he lacked in wicket. Kumble’s perseverance could finger-licking. Burp. pended following an inquiry ordered 102. This was the highest Test well. I have played in Sri Lan- here,’’ he said. Agencies by the Stewards into the running and riding of the “Hardinvast Plate”, the first race. The inquiry had been or- Laxman likely to make ODI comeback Pankaj Roy IAK Pataudi dered based on a report from the Fathers and sons D Gaekwad 43 (1951-52 to 60-61) 3 (1932-33 to 1946). TIMES NEWS NETWORK cided to give him one more look in for Stipendiary Stewards. The jockeys Yuvraj became the 11 (1952 to 64-65) Pranab Roy 2 (1981-82) Played 3 Tests for whose licenses stand suspended Mohali: Middle-order batsman VVS the triangular One-day series that will 9th Indian to emulate England too with immediate effect are: Md Anzer Laxman is expected to make a come- see Australia as the third team besides a Test-playing father when MAK Pataudi Alam, Sham Kumar, B Ananda and I hosts India and New Zealand.