14 Wednesday 26th October, 2011 Dhoni, Jadeja help India whitewash England KOLKATA, India (AP) one stage with Craig — Captain Mahendra Singh Kieswetter (63) and Alastair Dhoni and all-rounder Cook (60) striking fine form, Ravindra Jadeja starred in but lost 10 for 47 India’s 95-run victory over runs to crash to another England on Tuesday, com- humiliating loss. pleting a 5-0 whitewash in Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane the one-day series. (42), Gautam Gambhir (38) Dhoni struck an unbeat- and Suresh Raina (38) en 75 to lift India to 271-8 in played useful knocks for 50 overs and Jadeja bagged India. 4-33 as England was bowled Samit Patel (3-57) and out for 176 in 37 overs. Steven Finn (2-47) bowled England was solidly well for England before placed at 129 for no loss at Dhoni stole the show.

SCOREBOARD India Innings A. Rahane c Kieswetter b Bresnan 42 G. Gambhir b Finn 38 V. Kohli b Finn 0 M. Tiwary c Kieswetter b Meaker 24 S. Raina run out 38 M. Singh Dhoni 75 R. Jadeja c Bell b Patel 21 R. Ashwin c Bairstow b Patel 7 P. Kumar c Bairstow b Patel 16 V. Kumar not out 0 Extras: (2b, 8w) 10 TOTAL: (for eight wickets) 271 Overs: 50. Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-80, 3-80, 4-123, 5-162, 6-206, 7-215, 8-259. In this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo, Woman's Tennis Association CEO Stacey Allaster, at center wearing black jacket, is joined by tennis players from left, Denmark's Did not bat: Varun Aaron. Caroline Wozniacki, Russia's Vera Zvonareva, Belgium's Kim Clijsters, Allaster, Italy's Francesca Schiavone, Australia's Samantha Stosur, Serbia's Jelena Bowling: Bresnan 9-0-36-1, Finn 10-2-47-2 (1w), Meaker 10- Jankovic, and Russia's Elena Dementieva, at the draw for the WTA Championships, in Doha, Qatar. The WTA announced Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, that Allaster, who 0-65-1 (7w), Patel 9-0-57-3, Swann 8-0-45-0, Bopara 4-1-19-0. has been in charge since 2009, was given a five-year extension after an unanimous vote by its board of directors. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal) England Innings C. Kieswetter lbw b Jadeja 63 A. Cook b Aaron 60 J. Trott c Kohli b Jadeja 5 Former table I. Bell c Dhoni b Ashwin 2 R. Bopara b Raina 4 tennis champion J. Bairstow c Rahane b Jadeja 2 S. Patel c Dhoni b Jadeja 18 Johansson dies T. Bresnan c Raina b Tiwary 0 G. Swann not out 10 STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former world and European table tennis champion S. Meaker lbw b Ashwin 1 Kjell Johansson of Sweden has died. S. Finn c Dhoni b Ashwin 2 He was 65. Extras: (4b, 5w) 9 Walter Ronmark, chairman of the TOTAL: (all out) 176 Swedish Table Tennis Federation, says Overs: 37. Johansson died Monday in Eksjo, Fall of wickets: 1-129, 2-134, 3-137, 4-137, 5-141, 6-155, 7- AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — France captain southern Sweden, after being hospital- 156, 8-167, 9-174. Thierry Dusautoir, who scored his team's only try ized a few weeks ago with an illness. Bowling: P. Kumar 5-0-34-0 (1w), V. Kumar 3-0-21-0, Ashwin Johansson won doubles titles at the in its loss to New Zealand in the World Cup 9-0-28-3, Tiwary 5-0-28-1 (2w), Jadeja 8-0-33-4, Aaron 3-0-19- world championships in 1967, 1969 and 1 (1w), Raina 4-0-9-1 (1w). final, was named the International Rugby 1973. He also won the team title with Result: India won by 95 runs. Board's player of the year on Monday. Sweden in 1973 and lost a close singles Dusautoir, man of the match in France's final in five sets to China's Xi Enting. Series: India won five-game series 5-0. 8-7 loss Sunday, was the only northern Johansson, whose powerful fore- Toss: won by England. hemisphere representative on the six-play- hand earned him the nickname "The Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand and Sudhir Asnani, er short list for the award that included Hammer," collected 10 European cham- India. three All Blacks and two Australians. pionship gold medals, including both TV Umpire: S. Ravi, India. The IRB announced the honor at a ban- the singles and doubles titles in 1966. Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka. quet where New Zealand was named team of the year and the All Blacks' Graham Henry coach of the year for guiding the nation to its first World Cup win in 24 loser in Eden ODI, years. Dusautoir, who made 22 tackles in the final, is the second player from France to only 5,758 tickets sold win the award after former captain Fabien Galthie in 2002. Scrumhalf Piri Weepu, flanker Jerome BY SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY Kaino and center Ma'a Nonu, who played for New Zealand against Dusautoir in the final, were also on the player of the year Kolkata: The fame and aura of short list, as were flanker David Pocock and Eden Gardens has a lot, if not scrumhalf Will Genia of Australia. everything, to do with its fabled The winners were selected by an independ- 100,000-plus spectators known to ent panel of judges chaired by former Australia brim past capacity during interna- captain John Eales and other former internation- tional cricket matches. However, a als with more than 500 caps among them. The panel day before the fifth and final India- deliberated on every major test match played in 2011, England one-dayer played in starting with the first Six Nations match and finishing Kolkata yesterday, only 5,758 tick- with the Rugby World Cup final. ets had been sold. In other awards announced Monday, South Africa's On Sunday, for the fourth ODI Cecil Afrika was named IRB Sevens player of the year and between M S Dhoni and Alastair George Ford of Leicester, a member of the England under-20 Cook’s sides, Mumbai’s Wankhede France captain Thierry team that made it to the final of the 2011 junior world cham- Stadium — that dazzled just a few Dusautoir pionships, was named junior player of the year. months back with a full house dur- Edens Gardens, Kolkota, India. (File Photo) ing the World Cup final — wit- nessed its lowest ever turnout for an international, with just 17,500 “Back-to-back series usually CAB treasurer Bablu Ganguly beat Kiwis tickets sold. kill interest. Fans have seen these echoed Vengsarkar’s sentiments. Kolkata’s low turnout is same set of players playing against “We all know that too much of a despite the fact that it is hosting each other in England just a good thing is bad. Also, people in dramatic chase its first international game in 20 month ago. This is one of the main don’t seem to be very keen on a months (an India-England contest reasons spectators have chosen to cricket match on Diwali eve. Kali BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe SCOREBOARD to be held here during the World stay away,” said Vengsarkar. “Also, Puja and Bhai Duj are big occa- (AP) — Malcolm Waller hit 99 Cup was moved out). The last time the absence of crowd-pullers like sions in Bengal,” Ganguly said. not out to give Zimbabwe a one- New Zealand Innings M. Waller not out 99 R. Nicol c Sibanda b Nicol 14 E. Chigumbura b Oram 47 win over New Zealand Dhoni & Co played a match at Sachin and Sehwag is a reason.” However, BCCI secretary B.J. Watling run out Waller 0 K. Meth b Woodcock 0 with a ball to spare in a dramat- Eden Gardens was in February The capacity of the renovated Sanjay Jagdale contested the “too B. McCullum c Mutizwa b Ncube 18 N. Mushangwe b Woodcock 7 2010, when India beat South Africa Eden Gardens — with box seats in much cricket” argument. “If peo- ic finish to the third one-day R. Taylor b Ncube 119 R. Price c B. McCullum b Oram 2 in a Test match. sync with the ICC’s stadium regu- ple are sick of cricket, then international on Tuesday. J. Ryder c & b Waller 53 N. Ncube not out 0 Waller scored his highest K. Williamson not out 100 Extras: (5lb, 4w, 1nb) 10 While some would attribute lations — is roughly 67,300. Two- Hyderabad and Delhi too should ODI score, and Zimbabwe N. McCullum not out 1 TOTAL: (for nine wickets) 329 this to the festival season, with thirds of the total number of tick- have seen low turnouts. Sparse chased down more than 300 for Extras: (6lb, 15w, 2nb) 23 Overs: 49.5 Diwali/Kali Puja the day after the ets, 40,000, were allocated to the crowds in Wankhede’s stands and the first time in an ODI to over- TOTAL: (for five wickets) 328 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-100, 3-159, 4- match, former cricketer Dilip public, priced at Rs. 500, Rs. 1,000 the lukewarm response to the haul New Zealand’s imposing Overs: 50. 164, 5-183, 6-295, 7-296, 8-308, 9- Vengsarkar blamed an overdose of and Rs. 1,500. The remaining are Kolkata game are surprising. 328-5. Did not bat: Jacob Oram, Luke 328. cricket and a lack of crowd left for members of the Cricket Maybe it’s the festival season.” he Woodcock, Andy McKay, Graeme Bowling: McCullum 7-0-62-1 (1nb), Waller combined for a 112- pullers. Association of Bengal (CAB). said. run partnership with Elton Aldridge. Aldridge 9-0-53-0, Oram 9.5-0-44-3 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-25, 3-41, 4- (1w), McKay 9-0-77-2 (2w), Chigumbura (47) to take 124, 5-319. Woodcock 9-0-58-2 (1w), Nicol 6-0- Zimbabwe toward an unlikely Bowling: Meth 10-0-85-0 (3w), 30-1. victory after it was 183-5. It was Ncube 8.5-1-69-3 (2nb, 3w), Price Result: Zimbabwe won by one wick- Formula 1 race set for New Jersey in 2013 the hosts’ first win of the tour. 10-0-57-0 (2w), Chigumbura 5.1-0- et. Zimbabwe lost four wickets 31-0 (2w), Mushangwe 10-1-50-0, Series: New Zealand won the three- WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey his town of West New York as ic growth to the region. near the end — including Ray Waller 6-0-30-1. match series 2-1. (AP) — A New Jersey official well as neighbouring Weehawken. The U.S. hasn’t hosted a Price in the last over — but Zimbabwe Innings Toss: Won by New Zealand. says a Formula One race will be Roque calls the race the “sec- Formula One race since 2007 in Waller hung on to take a single V. Sibanda c B. McCullum b N. Umpires: Owen Chirombe, held in 2013 along the Hudson ond miracle on the Hudson,” Indianapolis. A race is also off the penultimate ball to win. McCullum 0 Zimbabwe, and Bruce Oxenford, River just minutes from New referring to the 2009 splash land- scheduled for Austin, Texas, in Ross Taylor and Kane H. Masakadza b Oram 36 Australia. York City. ing of a plane in which all pas- 2012. B. Taylor c N. McCullum b McKay 75 TV umpire: Jeremiah Matibiri, Williamson made centuries for Mayor Felix Roque says the sengers and crew survived. More details are expected at New Zealand, which still wins T. Taibu c B. McCullum b McKay 53 Zimbabwe. F. Mutizwa c N. McCullum b Nico l 0 Match referee: Chris Broad, England. Grand Prix event will be contest- He says the race will bring news conference Tuesday after- the series 2-1. ed on a course that runs through worldwide attention and econom- noon in Weehawken.