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The Times of India, New Delhi, Wednesday,January 7, 2004

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TESTS: 168 M, 260 I, 46 NO, 10927 RUNS, 200 HS, 51.06 AVG, 32 100S, 50 50S, 112 CT ODIs: 325 M, 288 I, 58 NO, 7659 RUNS, 120* NO, 32.90 AVG, 3 100S, 45 50S, 111 CT TESTS: 1300.5 OVERS, 332 MDNS, 3445 RUNS, 92 WKTS, 37.45 AVG, 5-28 BEST ODIs: 1480.3 OVERS, 56 MDNS, 6761 RUNS, 195 WKTS, 34.67 AVG, 4-33 BEST India salvage pride,Waugh a draw for Aussies; Kumble finishes with 12 in Test Reuters : and before aries before throwing his at alarming angles. Kumble scored a fighting half-centu- tea. Scoreboard away in a last ditch took 8-141 in Australia’s first ry in his But they eventually fin- India (1st innings) 705 attempt to snatch a century. knock, the best return by a farewell Test ished 86 short of their target Australia (1st innings) 474 With only five overs re- bowler in a Test at the SCG to help Aus- with four wickets in hand af- maining and needing anoth- India (2nd innings) 211-2 decl for 106 years, and added the tralia save the ter Waugh, who received a er 20 for a 33rd Test hundred, Australia (2nd innings, overnight10-0) R B 4 6 second innings scalps of fourth and fi- standing ovation on his ar- Waugh’s last innings came c Sehwag b Kartik 47 58 8 0 Hayden, Martyn, Waugh and nal Test with rival at the crease and again Mathew Hayden c Dravid b Kumble 30 49 2 0 to an end when he was India on Tues- when he walked off, came to c & b Pathan 47 104 7 0 caught by Tendulkar off Gilchrist to give himself 12 day and draw the series. the rescue. Damien Martyn c sub (Yuvraj) b Kumble 40 96 4 0 Kumble. for the match. Waugh made 80 to finish Steve Waugh c Tendulkar b Kumble 80 159 15 0 Australia lost Adam The 38-year-old batted al- Simon Katich 77 96 9 0 Waugh’s departing hero- his career in a blaze of glory most three hours, sharing a st Patel b Kumble 4 3 1 0 Gilchrist in the same over ics were enough to save Aus- while Simon Katich finished for four but Katich, whose fifth-wicket partnership of Jason Gillespie not out 4 11 1 0 tralia from their first series 77 not out as Australia re- 142 with Katich, to deny In- Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 2, nb 13) 28 first innings century helped covered from an early bat- Total (for 6 wkts, 94 overs) 357 Australia reach 474 in reply loss at home in 11 years, but dia their first series win in Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-92), 3-170, 4-196, 5-338, 6-342 he was powerless to stop the ting collapse to reach 357 for Australia and ensure him- Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 10-2-45-0 (2w); 42-8-138-4 (8nb); Irfan Pathan to India’s mammoth 705-7, tourists from retaining the six when the match ended at self a heroic farewell. 8-1-26-1; Murali Kartik 26-5-89-1; 6-0-36-0 (5nb); Virender Se- steered Australia safely the Sydney Ground. hwag 2-0-10-0. through to the end. Border-Gavaskar trophy. Waugh’s half-century was Result of 4th Test: Match drawn. Series: 4-Test series drawn 1-1 Reuters Set 443 to win, Australia the 50th of his career and Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar. Man of the Series: Waugh and Katich briefly appeared to be in took his final aggregate to had come together be- MORE ON OUR WEBSITE danger of losing the match fore tea with Australia 10,927 runs, second only to He survived a few early ed midway through the day, after losing Justin Langer in trouble at 196-4 and India-Australia Test his former skipper Allan and prior scares after coming to the but steadily grew in confi- leg spinner Kumble Action in Pics India (right) receives the Border- Border, at an average of to lunch then Ricky Ponting starting to turn the ball Gavaskar trophy from Sunil Gavaskar (left) and Allan Border. 51.06. wicket when Martyn depart- dence, striking 15 bound- visit www.timesofindia.com AND SO SAID TUGGA... Indians still lose On the game: A draw is a fine as it gets. That is something I will On the series: The series was achievement. It was a tough series never forget. played in extremely good spirit. To and India played very well. We loved On his retirement: At the mo- be sure, when I walked in there was their shirts... the challenge during the series ment it has not sunk in yet that it is some bantering but it was all friend- Sydney: With just three days to which was a fantastic one. I congrat- over. May be tomorrow morning I ly.I don’t think it is right to say India go for the cricket tri-series, India ulate (Sourav) Ganguly and India would realise it all. It has been an dominated us in the series. I would have a pressing problem at hand. for retaining the Border-Gavaskar amazing support, a very special oc- say it was an even series. The team is struggling to arrange Trophy. casion for me. In a way I have been On the Indian batting: It was its coloured clothing in time for On his career: When I started my very lucky and the reaction today sensational and their line-up is the the start of the series, involving career, I scored a few runs in the first just confirms cricket remains peo- best I have ever seen in my career. hosts Australia and Zimbabwe. Test. But today when I see I have ple’s game. The way they batted was a good les- According to reports, the played 168 matches, it is a huge On chasing 443: I thought it was son for us as well. clothes, sent through a courier bonus. Thanks selectors for selecting a bit late and 440 was too huge a tar- On India-Australia rivalry: agency, are missing. The dresses me and having faith in my abilities. get. I would say India gave us only 2 The way the last six-seven Tests were to reach here on Saturday On captaining Australia: It is a percent chance of winning. have been played between the two but the courier agency later in- pleasure to captain the side. Cer- On his knock: I was extremely teams, it is fair to say there have formed the team management tainly the talented bunch of crick- nervous but strangely when I walked been some amazing contests. It is that the container was broken eters made my job easier. I think I up to the crease, I felt tranquillity. I certainly a very prestigious series open and the material was stolen. have achieved quite a lot during my was very relaxed and wanted to do now. is important and It was not immediately known playing career. my stuff. It was a dangerous situation the Frank Worrell trophy too, but what contingency measure is be- On the lap of honour: The lap of and some special innings was needed there is no reason why the Border- ing taken. PTI honour around the stadium, on the and I was happy I could bat long. In Gavaskar trophy cannot be put shoulder of my mates, was as good some ways, I owed it to the crowd. alongside it. Agencies Stevie wonder’s gone but his legacy will carry on Ajit Ninan London: Wearing his beloved Australian cap Back in the modern world, Waugh also suc- and allowing himself a rare smile, Steve Waugh cessfully challenged the cultural barriers which left the on Tuesday with prevent so many teams from performing at their an imperishable legacy to the international best on the Indian sub-continent. Instead of re- game he graced for 18 years. Waugh’s singular treating to their air-conditioned hotel rooms or contribution was to blend both ancient and mod- seeking refuge by the pool, Waugh urged his ern in an Australian team, who at their peak team mates to embrace the local culture and wel- could plausibly claim to be the best in history. come rather than reject diversity. Ancient was one appropriate word for a cap Again there was substance behind the rheto- threatening to fall apart when the Australian ric. Waugh helps support an orphanage in In- captain finally retired. The battered, Baggy dia. He has also raised money for leper suffer- Green represented a conscious effort to connect ers. Golden ages by definition exist in the past the modern generation with their predecessors, with time and nostalgia softening their harsh- who had built and nurtured their nation’s sum- er contours. mer game. Typically Waugh went even further Pushing back the boundaries in his sport as in his efforts to instil a sense of tradition into he had in his life, Waugh persuaded the Aus- team mates, who were still small children when tralian team to embrace a policy of all-out at- he made his international debut in 1986. tack with astonishing results. Three hundred For the first Test of the new millennium, runs a day was once thought an impossible against India in Sydney on January 2, 2000, the dream. Waugh’s Australians made it a norm. Australians donned replicas of the skull caps “For most of the past 126 years, worn by Joe Darling’s 1901-02 side. was conducted at a leisurely pace,’’ noted last Again, typically,Waugh was not content with year’s Wisden almanac. “Nowadays, Test cricket mere symbolism. En route to yet another suc- may be more entertaining now than it has ever cessful Ashes defence in England a year later, been.’’ Waugh took his team to the Gallipoli peninsula. Waugh has MORE ON OUR WEBSITE There they re-enacted a 1915 photograph show- now gone ing Australian soldiers playing cricket towards but his lega- Waugh retires the end of their tragic eight-month campaign in cy will en- End of an era which nearly 9,000 Australians perished. dure. Reuters visit www.timesofindia.com

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