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strongly in the same England over to force the batsman to play on. V.V.S. Laxman remember looked shaky and Sehwag did not last long, Sehwag beaten by pace and Key and call some late swing from Asif. Symonds impressed leaves Deccan with a powerful pull off up Rashid leaves Deccan McGrath only to depart soon, chasing an away deliv- Rob Key, who last played for ery from Maharoof. - England three years ago, and the keeper Dinesh Karthik took a uncapped trio of Michael Carberry, ChargersChargers gaspinggasping brilliant catch diving to his right. Adil Rashid and James Tredwell In between, Venugopala Rao have been included in a 26-man holed out to the deep off Maharoof England Performance Squad. HYDERABAD: Virender Sehwag ting first on a good pitch and was while attempting one of his many The England and Wales fashioned Delhi Daredevils’s restricted to 142 for eight in 20 desperate strokes. (The Hindu) Board have added 14 names to the emphatic nine-wicket win over overs. dozen players who are centrally Deccan Chargers in the DLF-Indian The fireworks were missing contracted. Up to four more players Premier League at the Rajiv from the big guns, but Rohit can be added to the squad in the Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday. Sharma came up with a cameo (66, Scoreboard course of the summer. It was a clinical demolition by a 36b, 6x4, 4x6). The highlight of The name of Key, 29 next man in form as the Daredevils cap- Rohit’s knock was his assault on Deccan Chargers month, is the most interesting tain treated every bowler with con- Sri Lankan fast bowler Ferveez A. Gilchrist b Asif 8 given the chaotic nature of tempt. There was an opportunity Maharoof when he hit two sixes Y. Venugopala Rao c Dhawan b Maharoof 14 England's recent top-order , for the home team but the local lad and three fours in the 18th over to V.V. S. Laxman b Asif 2 which is expected to see another Pragyan Ojha failed to latch on — provide some late thrusts to the A. Symonds c Karthik b Maharoof 12 change this summer with the open- running to his left at deep square- innings. Rohit c McGrath b Bhatia 66 er Michael Vaughan swapping leg — to a mistimed pull off Rohit could not have timed his S. Afridi lbw b Bhatia 2 places with No3, Andrew Strauss. Chaminda Vaas in the third over of innings better, as even a total of S. Bangar (run out) 8 Key, who last played for England the innings. 120-plus did not look possible Arjun Yadav c Gambhir b Yomahesh 12 during the tour to South Africa in But after that escape, the Delhi at one stage for Deccan C. Vaas () 12 2004-05, said: "This squad is picked star played some awesome shots (94 Chargers. The technically- R.P. Singh (not out) 1 by the Test selectors, so this is n.o., 41b, 10x4, 6x6). He picked the perfect player came up Extras (lb-3, w-1, nb-1) 5 telling me they consider me to be gentle medium-pace of Andrew with classy strokes to Total (for eight wkts) 142 amongst the best 26 players in Symonds for special treatment, hit- take his team to 142. Fall of : 1-9, 2-23, 3-36, 4-45, 5-60, 6- England and one of a handful of ting him for 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6 in his sec- 82, 7-123, 8-129. top batsmen. ond over and the 13th of the Good spells Bowling: McGrath 4-1-22-0, Asif 4-0-19-2, "It's not like being told you're innings. The home team was Maharoof 4-0-36-2, Yomahesh 4-0-35-1, Bhatia back in the squad and playing for Shikhar Dawan (25 n.o., 23b, done in by the high 4-0-27-2. England again but it is a step in 3x4) played perfect foil to Sehwag’s quality opening spells the right direction. I only found hurricane innings during the 112- of Glenn McGrath Delhi Daredevils out when Graham Ford [the Kent run stand for the second wicket and Mohammad Asif. G. Gambhir c Gilchrist b R.P. Singh 12 coach] rang me this morning." which knocked the host out of the The flamboyant ON THE RAMPAGE: V. Sehwag (not out) 94 Last season Key, who has 15 match. Adam Gilchrist S. Dhawan (not out) 25 Test caps, was Kent's leading bats- There was no stop- It was the second straight defeat started off Extras (w-7, pen-5) 12 man, with 1,250 championship for Deccan Chargers, while Delhi in style, ping Virender Sehwag Total (for one wkt) 143 runs at an average of 56.81, and Daredevils registered its second whip- in the IPL match at Fall of wicket: 1-31. was also voted their player of the win in as many matches. ping Asif Hyderabad on Bowling: Vaas 3-0-22-0, R.P. Singh 3-0-27-1, season. He has started this season over mid- Tuesday. (Pic Files) Bangar 2-0-30-0, Afridi 2-0-17-0, in good form and almost carried Batsmen fail wicket for a his bat in scoring 79 in Kent's open- Earlier, Deccan Chargers failed huge six. But, Symonds 2-0-35-0, Ojha 1-0-7-0. ing championship fixture against to drive home the advantage of bat- the bowler came back Nottinghamshire at Canterbury. He added: "I had a decent year for Kent and I've always felt that in this game you stand a chance of achieving what you deserve if you're among the runs. If I'm scor- MEXICO CITY (AP) - Sprinter Healthy Life project aimed at Mexico City Mayor Marcelo ing shed-loads of runs for Kent, I'll Alonso frustrated Ana Guevara says she won't run getting busy capital residents Ebrard said it will give capital be in with a good shout at being for anything: Neither on the involved in sports. The program residents a "better quality of picked for the Test team again." track nor for public office. will try to create more public life." A more recent England discard, by lack of options Guevara, one of Mexico's spaces for athletics, better- "Part of the reason I got Matthew Prior, has been included most celebrated involved with as one of three wicketkeepers, Fernando Alonso's hopes of a sports figures, the project I'm alongside Tim Ambrose and Phil quick fix at Ferrari have been said on Tuesday presenting Mustard. But in terms of dashed by the Scuderia's presi- she accepted a Ex-world sprint champ today was England's long-term future, dent. Luca di Montezemolo put job as sports because I expe- Rashid, Carberry and Tredwell are an end to speculation linking and recreation rienced up the most significant names. e Renault's double world champi- coordinator for close the Carberry is a dashing left-handed y on with his team in a simple Mexico City's Guevara accepts sports job bureaucracy opener who left Surrey for Kent in one-line statement. government and and problems 2003 and, when he failed to break "To line up a [Kimi] has no plans to as a young ath- through there, went to Hampshire Raikkonen-Alonso double act return to com- lete," Guevara in 2006, where he has been out- would mean wanting to dam- age yourself. I want two petitive sports said. "I'm a lit- standing. equal drivers that work or enter the tle tired and The progress of Rashid, 20, has together," Di political arena. frustrated that been monitored since he took six Montezemolo said ahead Bumpy ride: Fernando "My retire- there hasn't for 67 with his leg-spinners on his of this week's Spanish Alonso is exploring his ment is perma- been improve- Yorkshire debut in 2006. Many sus- Grand Prix. options as Renault strug- nent," Guevara ment and that's pect he is a better batsman than That will come as gle to maintain the pace told The what prompted bowler but, if England were to play marvellous news to Associated Press me to retire." two spinners on a turning pitch Raikkonen's team-mate Felipe Massa, whose victo- in a phone inter- She tomorrow, he would be on the short ry in Bahrain a fortnight ago eased the pain of suc- view. "I'm not described the list. Tredwell, an off-spinner, is cessive failures in the opening two races. Alonso appears to conduct a daily review of his planning to project as "100 more experienced at 26 and is also situation at Renault. Technical director Bob Bell, return to the percent sports- a useful late-order batsman. But whose scientific weight was behind Alonso's two world of sports." related" and there is no room for Durham's world titles, promises a significant 'step' for the Guevara said she has no highly rated fast bowler Graham Spaniard at Barcelona. announced her plans to run Onions. The problem is, Ferrari, McLaren, BMW et al retirement from for public Geoff Miller, the national selec- will be loaded with aerodymanic updates. It may be athletics in office. tor, said yesterday: "The squad is that Renault have to wait until the radical revisions January, saying In her 11- designed to allow Peter Moores of 2009 to rejoin the mix. she was tired of year career, [the England coach] to closely mon- So on plods one of the great drivers, rather like corruption and Guevara won itor the development of interna- Fernando Torres turning out for Tranmere Rovers. He wouldn't do it, which begs the question why did cronyism in the 400 meters tional players and better prepare Alonso saw his legs off over the situation at Mexican athlet- Mexican athlete Ana Guevara raises her hands with a group of children during at the 2003 them for the demands of the inter- McLaren? It wasn't the management structure that ics. the launching of a new city program to promote sports in Mexico City Tuesday, world champi- national game. The selectors can did for Alonso but himself, as Di Montezemolo's She said her April 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) onships, the name up to 30 players in the EPS comment appears to recognise. He allowed the frustration with silver at the but we have decided to keep four eccentricities of team principal Ron Dennis to get Mexican athlet- Athens places vacant at present in order to to him. Instead of controlling the plot, he lost it, ics led her to take on the new trained city coaches and Olympics and was a three-time give ourselves greater flexibility." and is paying the price now. job, where she will head the new improved equipment. Pan American Games champion. (The Guardian) As his season unravelled last year one was reminded of Mike Tyson II, the version that came back after his incarceration. He employed a trainer called Tommy Brooks to whip him into shape. The truth is the boxer was running the trainer. As a result he was nowhere for five rounds against Frans Botha before a left hook from Tyson's past Oz stars could miss next IPL put the South African down. For all we know Alonso could be performing better than ever. Unlike the boxer, the driver is Australian players could miss country. to play for Australia and so far we "We often talk about program- dependent on means other than his own agency to next year's That means those currently have not had any problems." ming being played like chess in prosper. Had he had someone in his camp last year campaign due to a fixture clash. playing in the IPL may be forced to With Australia's top stars set to three dimensions," Brown added. to advise him he was making the wrong move, he It was revealed on Monday by miss the Twenty20 competition join England's players in being "At this stage we have a program would have been racing to win his home grand Cricket Australia that the recently because of international commit- unable to play in the 2009 competi- that goes through until 2011-12. prix. cancelled tour to Pakistan has been ments. tion, calls will grow for the cre- "The difficulty (in creating a Alonso is not the only one missing out. We all rescheduled for next year. "Playing (in Pakistan) probably ation of a slot in the cricket calen- window for the IPL) is there would are. Sport needs its top performers fighting for vic- Ricky Ponting's side are due to inhibits players playing in the IPL dar for the IPL to be played. be so many groups that would want tories. play five one-day internationals (next year)," CA operations manag- However, with the future tours to be involved in such programs. All eyes are on the practice sessions.Have and one Twenty20 match in April er Michael Brown told The Sydney programme laid out by the "The bread and butter of cricket Ferrari's rivals added sufficient developments to next year - and those centrally con- Morning Herald. International Cricket Council until is based around the future tours catch them? If not, then the season will almost cer- tracted to CA are expected to meet "Under their contracts players the start of 2012, options are limit- programme and we have to make tainly have a red look about it. their obligation to play for their have to make themselves available ed. sure that is protected." (The Daily Telegraph)