Thursday 21st April, 2011 15 Cameron White's complementary Instead, Naman Ojha failed in 31 not out, captain Virender the face of Dan Christian's superb Sehwag and his opening partner line and Aaron Finch (duck) hand- David Warner got the Daredevils' ed Harmeet Singh (two for 27) his chase off to a flier in typical fash- second wicket of the day. ion. Venugopal Rao, so often the Where Sehwag was brutal, glue to hold Delhi's potential Warner was blitzkrieg and togeth- fragility together, stuck 21 runs er, the big-hitting duo had 28 runs off 23 balls and alongside Warner, knocked off in a flash across the looked like orchestrating a fight- slow, low and trying conditions on back. offer in Delhi. However, running out of overs One swipe too many from the and with Warner unable to go it Indian, though, promptly had alone, Rao's wish to beat long-off Sehwag packing for 12, made up succeeded only in giving entirely of fours, leaving the Christian a simple catch and home middle order to pick up Mishra a key wicket. where their captain left off. What Mishra started Pragyan They didn't. Ojha picked up on to duly remove all-rounder Irfan Pathan cheaply and string together a spell of rela- tively economical overs in tandem Deccan Chargers batsmen Kumar with his fellow spinner. Sangakkara, left, and Sunny Sohal With the asking rate balloon- share a moment during an Indian ing and support hard to come by, Premier League (IPL) cricket match half-centurion Warner bit off between Delhi Daredevils and more than he could chew against Deccan Chargers in New Delhi, India, part-timers Shikhar Dhawan and Tuesday, April 19, 2011. found himself trudging back to (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) the pavilion for a vain 51 from 48 balls. James Hopes (17 not out) and Yogesh Nagar (23) provided some belated heroics over the midwicket fence and surrounds, but Deccan's 16-run win was ultimately there for the taking. Earlier, Man of the Match Sohal and skipper Sangakkara thoroughly justified the visitors' decision to bat first. elhi's pursuit of a daunting Their 92-run stand at a rate target was right on track of 8.76 to the over went above Duntil Deccan's slow bowlers and beyond the call of duty on a took the wind out of the hosts' sluggish track thought to sport sails in Tuesday's Indian Premier 140-odd as a par score. League clash at the Feroz Shah Tuesday's result saw the Kotla, cricket365.com reported on Chargers rise to fourth in the 10- its website on Tuesday. team standings, while Sehwag's Chasing a formidable 169 in the team are left languishing at one wake of Sunny Sohal's whirlwind before the last. 62, former Sri Lanka captain (Russ) Kumar Sangakkara's solid 49 and Maiden Windies Vs Springboks select 7 uncapped players in squad JOHANNESBURG (AP) — son. about being Jurie Roux said, “and with the Pakistan T-20 today Springboks coach Peter de The other ready when we support of the provinces our Villiers included seven uncapped two camps are make the final national teams department has Old foes West Indies and nity to bring ourselves back up players Wednesday in an initial scheduled for selections.” been able to plan three squad get- Pakistan face each other in a the ladder - to dig deep, work 51-man squad to meet up next June in Durban South Africa togethers during (the Super 15).” Twenty-20 International for the hard, prove ourselves, and give month ahead of the Tri-Nations and will announce its Stormers flyhalf Peter Grant first time in St. Lucia on back to our fans. and World Cup later this year. Johannesburg, Tri-Nations and Sharks No. 10 Patrick Thursday, cricket365.com report- “People across the world have De Villiers selected winger before South squad in early Lambie also made De Villiers’ ed on its website on Tuesday. been accustomed to the West Lionel Mapoe, flyhalf Elton Africa opens its July and its group, alongside regulars It is hard to believe that Indies providing exciting crick- Jantjies, scrumhalves Sarel season against squad for the Bakkies Botha, Schalk Burger, although T-20 has become popu- et and we must work harder to Pretorius and Charl McLeod, No. Australia in the World Cup on Jean de Villiers, Jaque Fourie, lar in the modern game, the two give that to them,” the man 8 Duane Vermeulen and props Tri-Nations on Aug. 23. Bryan Habana and halfback pair Coenie Oosthuizen and Werner July 23. The three sides have not been fortunate known as Richie Rich of the Fourie du Preez and Morne Kruger in the world champions’ “Our first leading southern enough to cross each other’s Flashing Blade said. Steyn. Injured forwards Juan paths in this version until now. Both sides have made signifi- first squad of 2011. Tri-Nations test hemisphere Smith, Heinrich Brussow and Pakistan manager Intikhab cant changes in personnel since Mapoe, Pretorius and kicks off only teams — South Gurthro Steenkamp were also Alam said there were great the World Cup and have invest- Vermeulen were called up for the two weeks after Africa, New expectations for his side, follow- ed heavily in a number of first time. Jantjies, McLeod, the (Super 15) Zealand and included. ing a strong, if not successful unproven players for the limit- Oosthuizen and Kruger appeared final and I Australia — face Mapoe has been solid for the show in the World Cup. ed-overs portion of the series, for South Africa against the wanted to make a packed calen- struggling Johannesburg-based “We’ve brought some young- which includes five ODIs before Barbarians in December — a sure that we dar in the run-up Lions in the Super 15 having sters with us, and I think it’s a the two Tests. game that did not have test sta- can get straight to the World Cup. joined in the offseason. The 22- golden opportunity for them to Pakistan have dropped wick- tus. to work on the An extended year-old winger is a former make a name for themselves, etkeeper-batsman Kamran Veterans John Smit and field with some In this photo taken Friday June Super 15 ends on South Africa under-20 interna- and to make a career in the Akmal and all-rounder Abdul Victor Matfield were also picked quality prepara- 6, 2010, Springboks head July 9, the Tri- tional. sport,” Alam was quoted as hav- Razzaq, while fast bowler Umar for the session in Cape Town on tion when we coach Peter de Villiers listens Nations runs Pretorius has been the stand- ing said. Gul and the experienced Younis May 1-2 as South Africa begins get together,” during a media conference in July 23 to Aug. 27 out player for the Bloemfontein- “It was a long journey from Khan have been rested. its preparations five months De Villiers said. and the sport’s based Cheetahs as a livewire No. ahead of the defense of its World “By the end Bloemfontein, South Africa. De showpiece tour- Pakistan to the Caribbean, but Wicketkeeper Muhammad Villiers has included seven 9. Vermeulen, a loose forward we travelled well and the boys Salman has been given a Cup title. of this series of nament in New uncapped players in a 51-man with the Stormers, has been a are all happy and well.” chance, while batsmen Hammad The South African Rugby camps, I hope Zealand starts Union said the players would that any of the squad for a national team plan- on Sept. 9. strong contender for a “The people in Pakistan are Azam and Usman Salahuddin, Springboks call-up for the past very happy with us [following as well as left-arm seamer Sadaf attend two days of “meetings and players we call ning session next month. (AP) “SARU’s pri- logistical discussions” at a on will be famil- ority is first and two seasons. the World Cup]. Now, the expec- Hussain have been included in SARU said overseas-based tations are even higher for this the team for the first time. “national team planning ses- iar with our on- and off-the-field foremost with Springbok prepa- players were not considered for tour of the West Indies because Shivnarine Chanderpaul, sion,” the first of three camps systems. These sessions are not rations in this Rugby World Cup the planning sessions. we have never won a [Test] Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh ahead of the international sea- about selection now — they’re year,” SARU chief executive series out here before,” Intikab Sarwan, and Sulieman Benn - Alam added. four high-profile members of West Indies manager and for- the West Indies World Cup mer captain of the West Indies, squad - have all been sidelined New Zealand, Australia Richie Richardson said there by the selectors for this match Eight member team, including have been enough good individ- and the first two ODIs that fol- to meet in June friendly ual performances by his side in low. the last few months to make him The home team have brought Koswatte leave for Thailand Open WELLINGTON, New Ricki Herbert says the feel confident, but they would in the uncapped quartet of bats- Zealand (AP) — New travel schedule for his have to put it all together to man Danza Hyatt, all-rounder BY REEMUS FERNANDO prominent athletes did Zealand and Australia will team will be demanding overcome the Pakistanis. Christopher Barnwell, off-spin- not take part. meet in an international but the chance to play two “We’re about to head into this ner Ashley Nurse and left-arm football friendly at teams ranked in the An eight member athletics Kalhara Seneviratne series, which is very important - fast bowler Krishmar Santokie.