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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,September 12, 2003

Berger to say adieu Coria to sit out Fergie’s no to Chelsea Gerhard Berger, motorsport World No. five Guillermo Coria will Man United manager Alex Ferguson director of BMW at present, will not figure in next week’s Davis Cup is reported to have rejected an offer bring down the curtain on his 25 semifinal against Spain. According to take over as Chelsea boss. The years in racing at the Italian Grand to doctors, the top Argentine has United boss insists it would take Prix. The 44-year-old raced in no torn his adductors. Mariano something ‘catastrophic’ to make less than 210 Grand Prix races Zabaleta will be the replacement him leave Old Trafford.

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Fans have always great to me — David Beckham Seniors in SPORTS DIGEST AFP the dock By Madhu Jawali CHALLENGER TROPHY TIMES NEWS NETWORK off 97 balls and was decorat- Bangalore: If Rohan ed with 13 hits to the fence Gavaskar and S Sriram of In- and one over it. dia ‘A’ had denied the Sourav Dravid and Agarkar, pro- Ganguly-led India Seniors moted to one-drop, com- on Wednesday, pounded the Seniors’ situa- and Co (India ‘B’) made them tion. The duo authored the miserable on Thursday. most productive partnership Leading the assault was cap- of the innings, 136 runs off tain Dravid himself, who 125 balls, which paved the carved a brilliant . A way for a huge total. string of cameos by the rest It was, however, Vijay helped India ‘B’ put up a Bharadwaj’s 29-ball 41 which Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, whopping 338 in 50 overs in took the cake. He was brutal WBA World Champion Vitali Kl- the second day-night en- itschko with his wife Natalya Kl- against Balaji, carting the counter of the NKP Salve itschko during the launch of a medium-pacer to the fence book ‘Our fitness’ in Kiev on Challenger Series for the thrice in an over. Bharadwaj Wednesday. TVS Cup at the M Chin- hit four boundaries a six. naswamy stadium here on Opener Mongia perished ear- Thursday. Thongchai Jaidee leads: Thai- ly while an unusually flashy land’s Thongchai Jaidee fired a 4- In the end it was 63 runs Shib Sundar Das promised under-par 68 to take the lead on too many for the Seniors as more than he could do (33, Thursday after the first round of the their 50 overs could reap 275 43b, 5x4). for seven. ,Amit SCOREBOARD Asian PGA Tour’s $300,000 Taiwan India B: Das b Balaji 33, Mongia c Laxman Masters. Lu Wei-chi and Lin Wen- Bhandari, JP Yadav all took b Zaheer 4, Agarkar c Balaji b Karthik 57, tang, both from Taiwan, were one India Seniors Saurav Ganguly watches from slips as India B batsman sweeps during their Challenger Trophy match at the a each. For the losing Dravid b Balaji 107, Yuvraj b Rayudu 30, stroke behind the leader at the side Sanjay Bangar made a Bharadwaj 41, Yadav not out 16. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday. Extras: (lb22, nb9, w19) 50. 6,324-meter (6,950-yard) Taiwan scratchy 63 while Hemang Total: (for five wkts in 50 overs) 338. Golf and Country Club in the Taipei UPDATE Badani (61 not out) and Fall of : 1-32, 2-65, 3-201, 4-225, suburb of Tamsui. AP Reetinder Singh Sodhi (51) 5-281. Bowling: Zaheer 5.1-0-26-1; Balaji 10-0- Basketball team announced: played innings of substance. 76-2, Bangar 7.5-0-43-0, Sodhi 5-0-31-0, The Basketball Federation of India BCCI to institute Kiwis OK Pak tour Dravid was a revelation on Karthik 10-0-47-1, Ganguly 2-0-15-0, retained 11 of the 12 players who keen to extend lead this day.The 30-year-old, who Mishra 7-0-51-0, Rayudu 3-0-27-1. Faisalabad: Details of New India Seniors: A Rayudu c Das b Agarkar played in the ABC qualifiers for 22nd walked in to a boisterous annual awards Faisalabad: Pakistan will look to extend their lead over in Zealand’s One-day series in Pak- 4, P Patel c Y Singh b Bhandari 30, R Sodhi Asian Basketball Confederation their One-day series on Friday when they meet at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Sta- welcome from his home c S Singh b Yadav 51, S Ganguly st Naidu b championships, to be held at istan in November have been set- S Singh 25, VVS Laxman b Bahutule 18, H TIMES NEWS NETWORK dium for the second match of the five-match series. Pakistan claimed a crowd, was confident from Harbin, China from September 23 to tled. “New Zealand have confirmed Badani not out 61, S Bangar st Naidu b crushing 137-run win over the cricketing minnows in the opening One- the first ball. He on-drove Mongia 63, A Mishra c & b Mongia 0, M October 1. However, the reigns of Jaipur: The Indian cricket board the short tour after we agreed to day match at Multan on Tuesday. Laxmipathi Balaji and then Kartik not out 1 6 the team have been taken away (BCCI) is going to set up annual some minor changes they had sug- Extras : (b1, w 6, nb 4, lb 11, p 0 22 “We want to capitalize on our first win and perform in a similar fash- leaned forward to cover- from forward Gagnesh Kumar of awards for best performers in the gested in the tour itinerary,” a Pak- Total : (in 50.0 overs, for 7 wickets ) 275 ion,” captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said. All Pakistan’s top ranked batsmen drive the Tamil Nadu bowler. Fall of Wickets: 1-11, 2-49, 3-119, 4-127, Punjab and handed over to point senior, junior and sub-junior cate- istani Cricket Board spokesman were among the runs in Multan’s opening encounter. Yasir Hameed - in That set the tone for the 5-150, 6-263, 7-272 guard S Robinson of Tamil Nadu. gories from December this year. said. Bowling: Agarkar 8-1- 34-1, Bhandari 9- his new role as opener - scored his maiden one-day century,while Inza- evening. He was eventually Mihir Pandey of Railways comes in According to Kishore Rungta, New Zealand are playing five 0- 55-1, Yadav 10- 0- 47- 1, Singh 7- 0- mam and Younis Khan blazed quickfire half centuries to mount an im- castled by Balaji after scor- 46- 1, Bahutule 10- 0- 50- 1, Mongia 6- 0- place of Tinu Joseph, relegated to BCCI treasurer, awards will be giv- One-dayers in lieu of the Test pressive total of 323 for three. Hameed batted at number three in all ing a sparkling 107 that came 33-2 standby, as the lone change. en to the best in , bowling, match they pulled out of in three Test matches against Bangladesh and, after scoring centuries in The squad: S Robinson (TN - captain); S Gopinath fielding, wicketkeeping and the in May last year after a each innings of his debut Test at Karachi last month, was dropped down (TN); S Sridhar (TN); Gagnesh Kumar (Pun); Par- best all-rounder. bomb blast outside their hotel. The minder Singh (Pun); Snehpal Singh (Pun); Murli Kr- the order for the One-day-internationals. ishna (Utr); Desraj (Utr); Riazuddin (Rly); Trideep Rai The final decision in this regard games will be played in Lahore, (Rly), Mihir Pandey (Rly), S P Kadam (Ser). Stand- will be taken in the annual general Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, , Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Ju- Faisalabad and Rawalpindi during by: Tinu Joseph (Ser); Binod Chowdhury (Jhr). Offi- naid Zia, (wicketkeeper), Shabbir Ahmad, Umer Gul, Shoaib Malik,Abdul Razzaq,Younis Khan, Patel will vie for body meeting (AGM) of the board the November 19-30 tour. cials: K K Chansoria (chief coach); P Ramar Danish Kaneria and Salman Butt. (coach); Ch. Ramesh (coach); K P Changoiwala scheduled to be held on September Bangladesh : (captain), , , , Mohammad (manager); Milan Dasgupta (FIBA referee). TNN 27 and 28 in Kolkata. The amount Ashraful, Razin Saleh, , Mohammad Rafique, , Tapash Baisya, Alamgir Kabir, of the cash award will be decided Mashrafe Bin Murtaza, Mushfiqur Rehman, and . AP ...but SA not sure Naidu to meet F1 chief: To woo jt. secretaryship AFP Formula One to Hyderabad, chief in the AGM, he informed. Faisalabad: South African securi- minister Chandrababu Naidu will When asked about the basis of ty officials would visit Pakistan By Bobbilli Vijay kumar term vision and dy- spend nearly five hours at the Monza the selection of awardees, Rungta this week to evaluate security in TIMES NEWS NETWORK namism. He has actively said that the board will rate the encouraged the concept of racetrack, watch the F-1 race and Karachi and , venues for Bangalore: With the little hold discussions with officials during players much on the lines of Ceat NCA and the use of mod- their team’s Test matches, officials game of musical chairs al- his two day visit to Italy, commenc- cricket ratings. ‘‘The board will en- said on Wednesday. ern technology and novel ing on Sept 13. According to gage selectors, former cricketers most over,the Indian crick- methods in cricket. “Three security officials from et board is getting ready sources, Naidu will have a dinner and board officials in the awards would come later this “Our future lies among meeting with the chairman of the for the big battle. process,’’ Rungta said. week to ascertain security for their the juniors. We need to cre- Motor Sports Federation Bernie Ec- Chairman of the nation- ate a good system for clestone and representatives of For- cricket team’s tour of Pakistan,” al selection committee Bri- (PCB) them,” he said. He also be- mula I on Sept. 13. TNN jesh Patel took the first Gough angered spokesman, Samiul Hasan said. lieves that the quality of step by jumping into the umpiring needs to be im- Bowling team:A five-member bol- Pakistan is under pressure from fray for the post of joint wing team will represent India at the proved at the junior and by omission the United Cricket Board of South secretary.The post falls va- worl tenpin bowling championship Africa to relocate the fixtures senior levels to improve to be held at the Kuala Lumpur, London: Fast bowler Darren cant as Jyoti Bajpai finish- the quality of cricket in scheduled for the southern port es his term as joint secre- Malaysia from September 12. Gough said he was an “easy tar- city of Karachi and northwestern the country. Team: Men:Sheikh Abdul Hameed (Del), Ganesh get” after being omitted Wednes- tary; Kishore Rungta too According to informed Yadav (AP), Sethumadhavan (Karnataka), Jayaku- Peshawar, bordering Afghanistan. completes his stint as sources, Mumbai’s Rat- mar (Mahrashtra). Women: Sabeena Saeem (TN). day from England’s one-day squad PCB last week allayed security Manager: R. Kannan. TNN treasurer. nakar Shetty is also eyeing to tour Bangladesh and . fears saying it would try to con- “Yes, I will be contesting the joint secretary’s post. No change in Wimbledon “I’m bitterly disappointed. vince the South African side not to They’ve picked that many bowlers for JS,” Patel confirmed to He is not expected to give dates: Wimbledon officials have change the venue. AFP this summer they had to fit them Times News Network on in without a fight though. ruled out moving the tournament Thursday. “There’s a lot of back a week in 2005 to give players in somewhere so they’ve shared If everything falls into work to be done,” he added, more time to adjust to grass after them out and I was the easy target Jayaprakash, Shepherd place, Syed Kirmani is ex- the French Open. The All-England to miss out,” Yorkshire’s Gough in an informal chat. pected to become the selec- Club said on Thursday it had decid- told Sky Sports. to officiate in final The elections are slated tor from South. ed to retain the traditional dates for Gough, 32, was a mainstay of for the last week of this Patel, meanwhile, ex- Mumbai: India’s A V Jayaprakash 2004 and 2005. AFP England’s home one-day successes month. pressed happiness with the against Pakistan and in the follow- and International Cricket Council In the musical chairs, two camps that were held BETTING METER ing triangular tournament with (ICC) panel David Shep- Bajpai is expected to be ac- in Bangalore. “The best herd of England will officiate in FORMULA ONE South Africa and Zimbabwe earli- commodated as treasurer; thing is that it gave every- the One-day tri-series final to be Italian Grand Prix er this season. Rungta will have to bide body an opportunity to get held in Kolkata on November 11. J P Montoya 7/4 In all he took 14 wickets at 22.42 some time before a post is together. The seniors and R Schumacher 5/2 Cricket Board Secretary S K having missed most of the previ- created for him. juniors worked and played M Schumacher 7/2 Nair informed that Jayaprakash K Raikkonen 7/1 ous two years of international Patel, though, will have side by side. Something and K Hariharan of Delhi are the R Barrichello 10/1 cricket with a knee injury. to give up his current posi- like this is going to pro- D Coulthard 16/1 two Indian umpires selected for Later in the season he retired tion as selector.“Let’s see,” mote team spirit,” he said. F Alonso 16/1 the tri-series involving India, Aus- (as per ladbrokes.com) from but insisted he he said, none too seriously, “It gave the team man- tralia and New Zealand. Shepherd was still fit enough for one-day in- when asked about his agement, including John and Rudi Koertzen of South Africa LIVE ON TV ternationals where bowlers are re- predicament. “I would like Wright, will officiate in two Tests. DD Sports: 10.00 hrs: All-india U-19 CK Naidu stricted to a maximum of 10 overs to focus on two things,’’ he and Rahul Dravid, the op- cricket final. Fixtures: Sept 26-28: New Zealand vs Board Presi- said. “Junior cricket and portunity to see the ESPN: 0700 hrs: Major League Baseball Thursay: per match. dent’s XI at Vishakhapatnam, Umpires: S K Sharma Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks. In his last limited overs interna- and Jasbir Singh. Oct 2-4: New Zealand vs India ‘A’ umpiring. Both need a lot younger players. It also Star Sports: 1725 hrs: Formula One Qualifying. tional appearance, against South at Rajkot, Umpires:V K Chopra and S C Gupta. Oct 8- of attention and concen- gave the new trainer, Allen Ten Sports: 1000 hrs: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 2nd 12: First Test at Ahmedabad, Umpires: Rudi Koertzen tration,” he explained. King, an opportunity to ODI. Africa in July, Gough was named Pakistan bowler Abdul Razzak during a practice session in Faisalabad (South Africa) and (England). Third man-of-the-match. AFP on Wednesday. umpire: I Shivaram, fourth umpire: S K Porel. PTI The former Test bats- check out so many play- man is known for his long- ers,” he said.

‘I was thrilled when Ganguly opted to bowl in final’ Ajit Ninan

By Nitin Naik helps that the guys in the was confused myself about the toss as there is to motivate us all the time and to make the TIMES NEWS NETWORK team respect me. was a cloud cover and the wicket was moist. game enjoyable. Cricket is a long lonely But that wasn’t the case But 10 minutes before the toss the sun came game and a bit of banter makes it fun on the Mumbai: Ricky Ponting likes everything some years ago... out and I had no hesitation about batting field. We do talk to the opposition batsman a quick. He loves to play quick bowling, he You’re right. I guess every- first. I was thrilled when Ganguly said ‘we’ll lot but that doesn’t mean we are sledging. If loves fast food and he talks really fast ala thing happened just too bowl’. people think everytime an Australian open Monica Seles. Psst... Did anyone say fast quickly and I was just too You’re touring India soon. You didn’t his mouth he is sledging it is unfortunate. bucks? Yep, he is raking them quick too by en- young to handle success have a great time on the last trip. You are a natural successor to Steve dorsing a host of products in India. Times and international expo- It was a disaster. My in the first Waugh for the Test captaincy. Is the wait News Network caught up with him during a sure. It took me a while to realise what it Test in Mumbai put doubts in my mind and frustrating? photo shoot for Seagram’s Royal Stag at a means to play for Australia and how lucky I after that I just didn’t trust my technique suburban hotel. Excerpts from an interview. am to represent my country. Once that hap- Not at all. I don’t even think about it. Steve is enough and kept making the same mistakes. Post World Cup your popularity in the pened everything turned around. Of course doing a great job leading the Test side and he I’m hoping things will be different this time. eyes of your team, media and the public being the captain of the World Cup winning is also scoring hundreds consistently. The has shot up. side helps you get popular (laughs). Your comments on the sledging debate whole team wants him to keep going for as It’s always nice to be appreciated. But I have You played a blinder against India in the and how the Aussies seem to be the main long as possible. I am no different. Right now an incredibly talented team that loves to fight World Cup final. What do you think India culprits. I am enjoying the One- day captaincy and be- hard for Australia. When you have such a did wrong? It is very disappointing if people feel that ing the vice captain of the Test team. I’ll try fierce combination of desire and talent, it’s way. In sport all over the world there are and think of succeeding Steve if and when always easy to be captain. Of course, it really I think bowling first was a blunder. Frankly I words spoken. One thing which we try to do my turn comes.

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