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Elite Championship Sixth RoundTamil Nadu 240 (Sriram 58, Viswanathan 50, Vishnuvardhan 5-79) and 37 for 1 trail Hyderabad 447 by 170 runs
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Tamil Nadu folded for 240, largely due to Sankinani Vishnuvardhan’s five-for, and were forced to follow on at Hyderabad. Despite half-centuries from Sridharan Sriram and Sunil Vishwanathan, Hyderabad’s 447 was always a daunting target. Vishnuvardhan, the left-arm medium-pacer, followed up his breezy 59 yesterday with an effective bowling performance, while Faiz Ahmed and Jogram Yadav chipped in with two wickets each. Tamil Nadu lost the wicket of Dinesh Kartik when they batted again, and need to summon their entire batting prowess to prevent an outright defeat tomorrow.Baroda 249 (Mongia 85) and 69 for 4 trail Uttar Pradesh473 by 155 runs
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Baroda were forced to follow on after a modest batting performance at the IPCL Stadium in Vadodara. After chasing leather for almost two days, Baroda began disastrously, and were reduced to 74 for 6, but Nayan Mongia, first with Tushar Arothe (34) and then with Shekhar Joshi (33), nudged them towards the follow-on mark. In the end they fell short by 24 runs as Ashish Zaidi and Rajneesh Mishra, the medium-pacers, grabed seven wickets between them. There was no change in the script the second time around, and Baroda found themselves in a deep hole as stumps were drawn, although Mongia was still there in the middle.Mumbai 388 and 82 for 3 lead Railways 198 by 272 runs
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The last seven Railways batsmen could muster only 97 runs, as Mumbai gained a huge lead on the third day at the Wankhede Stadium. Ramesh Powar followed up his heroics with the bat with a four-wicket haul, and was supported by Swapnil Hazare and Usman Maulvi – who snapped up two apiece. Mumbai lost quick wickets in the second innings – all to Jai Prakash Yadav (3 for 13) – and were reduced to 28 for 3. But Vinod Kambli and Amol Muzumdar steadied the ship with a 54-run stand and remained undefeated at stumps.Delhi 108 for 0 (Gambhir 61) trail Kerala 371 (Kudva 123, Oasis 63*) by 263 runs
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Ajay Kudva and Sunil Oasis propped up the Kerala innings at the Harbax Singh Stadium in Delhi. Kudva completed a patient century which included 13 fours. But Sarandeep Singh and Rahul Sanghvi ensured that the tail did not wag, before the Delhi openers made a strong statement before stumps. Gautam Gambhir and Rajat Bhatia got them off to a rollicking start, adding 108 runs in only 20 overs. Gambhir smashed nine fours in his 57-ball 61, while Bhatia summoned the strength to clear the ropes once.Gujarat 210 and 152 for 5 (Modi 53, Joshi 5-51) lead Karnataka 353 (Rowland 150) by 9 runs
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Sunil Joshi’s fine bowling performance gave Karnataka the distinct advantage on the third day at Ahmedabad. Joshi snapped up all the five wickets to fall, after Nilesh Modi and Akash Christian had set up a solid platform. Modi remained unbeaten on 53, complied in 216 balls. Earlier, Barrington Rowland added 28 runs to his overnight score to finish with a round 150. He received valuable support from Joshi and Venkatash Prasad towards the end. Siddharth Trivedi’s medium-pace brought him four wickets, while Salil Yadav, the legspinner, snapped up three this morning.Punjab 209 (Sahabuddin 5- 52) beat Andhra30 and 84 (Gagandeep 5-32, Sharma 4-32) by and innings and 95 runs
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After being run over for 30 yesterday, Andhra were demolished again as Punjab wrapped up the match (with a bonus point) at Mohali with two days to spare. Punjab’s batting was characterised by some quick cameos by Yuvraj Singh (38), Dinesh Mongia (38) and Pankaj Dharmani (39), which gave them a mammoth lead of 179. That proved to be more than enough, as Andhra crumbled to only 84 with none of the batsmen passing 25. The bowling heroes were again Gagandeep Singh and Vineet Sharma taking nine wickets between them.Plate Championship Fourth RoundTripura 255 for 8 (Chanda 73*) trail Madhya Pradesh 454 by 199 runs
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Yogesh Golwalkar, the legspinner, finished with 4 for 73, and enabled MP to move towards the first-innings lead at Indore. Timir Chanda stood tall with a 137-ball unbeaten half-century, but the rest of the Tripura batsmen frittered away their starts. T Roy, Sadagoppan Mahesh and Chetan Sachdev managed to pass 30, but failed to kick on to something bigger. Chanda stroked 11 fours in his 154-minute knock and needs all the support from numbers 10 and 11 to eke out as much as possible tomorrow.Vidarbha 379 beat Jammu & Kashmir 111 and 163 (Mahajan 51, Gandhe 5-49) by and innings and 112 runs
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Dhruv Mahajan made a sedate 51, but that only delayed the inevitable as Vidarbha wrapped up the match at Nagpur with a day to spare. The J&K batsmen fell to the wiles of Pritham Gandhe, the offspinner, who bagged five wickets. J&K had folded for 111 yesterday and none of their batsmen could match the exploits of Vidarbha’s Faiz Fazal, who hammered 151 on the first day. And that was after Vidarbha lost the toss…Himachal Pradesh 111 and 230 for 8 (Mannu 58*, Sandeep Sharma 53) lead Goa 312 (D’Sousa 74, Jakati 66) by 29 runs
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Amit Dani, who had rocked HP on the first day, picked up four wickets in their second innings and Goa inched towards their first victory of the season at Dharamshala. Ajay Mannu and Sandeep Sharma provided some resistance, but HP finished the day just 29 runs in front, with only two more wickets remaining. Shadab Jakati, the left-arm spinner, was also in the thick of things with 3 for 41.Services 287 for 7 (AP Singh 144, Yashpal 58, Kulkarni 6-47) trail Maharashtra 403 by 116 runs
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At Pune, Amit Pal Singh slammed a fine 144 and Yashpal Singh contributed 58, but Maharashtra clawed back into the match through Charudatta Kulkarni’s medium-pace. The two Singhs added 94 runs to the third wicket, before Yashpal was out to Iqbal Siddiqui. Kulkarni devoured the other six that fell, as Amit Pal lost partners at regular intervals. Amit Pal hit 22 fours from 386 balls, and fell at the fag end of the day, with Services still 116 runs adrift.Orissa 320 for 8 (Raul 107, Mullick 60, Subrat Behera 50) lead Saurashtra 228 by 92 runs
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Orissa put on a solid batting display at Cuttack, with Sanjay Raul leading the way with a steady century. Raul, the captain, stroked 14 fours in his 242-ball effort and was ably supported by Pravaranjan Mullick (60) and Subrat Behera (50). Though a result is unlikely, Orissa have done enough already to take away two points from the game.

Australia must have been concerned when scoring only 200 against the West Indies in their crunch Group D game in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Dunedin today.No Australian batsman managed to dominate against the lively West Indian attack, but the secret of ultimate success in their 42-run win was in the consistency of the batting through the order.George Bailey’s 39 off 61 balls was the highest score for Australia but it was bolstered by 27 from Mark Cosgrove, 28 from Beau Casson and 23 from Xavier Doherty.At one stage Australia were 94/6 but some consistent partnerships held the West Indians at bay until the last over when they were all out.Ryan Nurse’s right-arm fast-medium bowling caused all manner of problems for the Australians as he finished with five for 28 off 9.2 overs while Narsingh Deonarine proved handy while taking three for 27 off his 10 overs.The West Indies started well enough in reply in reaching 39 before the first wicket fell, and at 75/2 they were looking in a strong position. However, a middle and lower-order collapse proved costly as the Australians employed seven bowlers in a bid to make their breakthrough. The last eight wickets fell for 83 runs.Fourth bowler Doherty took three for 24 off his 8.5 overs while Jarrad Burke’s slow left-armers really pinned the West Indians down. He conceded only 14 runs in his 10 overs and took two wickets. Casson also contributed with three for 48.Leeward Islander Tonito Willett was the best of the West Indians in reaching 34 with the only other scores of note being 29 from Dwayne Bravo and 25 by Lorenzo Ingram.

The first triple century of the 2000-2001 Ranji Trophy was scored by23 year old Punjab southpaw Dinesh Mongia at Burlton Park in Jalandharon Tuesday. Mongia caned a hapless Jammu & Kashmir attack, finishingwith an unbeaten 308 as Punjab declared at 587/5. Their opponents whotrailed by a humongous 419 on first innings were en route to aninnings defeat at stumps, closing at 118/3 in their second essay.Resuming at 366/3, Mongia and Pankaj Dharmani extended their fourthwicket association to 388 before the latter presented perseveringseamer Surendra Singh with his fourth wicket. Dharmani’s 176 came off253 balls and was studded with 13 fours and 3 sixes. Last season thisIndian ODI discard had hoisted a triple ton against the sameopponents. This time it was Mongia’s turn.Although Mongia lost wicket keeper Harminder Jugnu cheaply, wristspinning allrounder Sandeep Sawal proved to be a more reliablepartner. The duo raised an undefeated 133 run stand for the sixthwicket. Mongia completed his 300 in just over eight hours at thecrease and when he finally trudged off the field, he had 15 fours and5 sixes to his credit in his 409 ball knock. Sawal for his part hadstruck a breezy half century off only 56 deliveries. The only J&Kbowler who escaped the mauling was Surendra Singh who retained therespectable figures of 4/97 in 27 overs.Off spinner Harbhajan Singh, currently out of favour with the nationalselectors, ran rings around the J&K top order in their reply. Hedespatched both openers Vidya Bhaskar and Ranjit Bali and added thescalp of one-drop Kanwaljit Singh, top scorer in the first innings,for good measure to leave J&K at 73/3. Ashwani Gupta (33) and DhruvMahajan (24) perked up the innings with an unbeaten 45 run stand,which left the visitors needing a further 301 to avoid an inningsdefeat.

Speaking to Football Insider, Paddy Kenny has made a West Ham United exit claim involving Vladimir Coufal following some news this week.

The Lowdown: Ben Johnson contract extension triggered…

As broken by reliable journalist Jack Rosser of The Evening Standard, the Irons and GSB have just made a big contract move this week regarding one of their outstanding talents.

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Indeed, West Ham have apparently activated a two-year extension clause in Ben Johnson’s deal as they look to fend off rival interest in the Premier League.

The Englishman has been a revelation under manager David Moyes overall this season while Coufal, having struggled with fitness issues, has been questioned by comparison.

Amid this development, Kenny has made a possible exit claim regarding the Czech defender.

The Latest: Kenny makes Coufal exit claim…

Speaking to Football Insider, the pundit and former Sheffield United goalkeeper claimed that Johnson’s extension could plunge the Czech Republic international’s future at West Ham into doubt.

He explained: “He’s [Coufal] an unbelievable player who might be losing his place.

“West Ham clearly believe this young lad is going to be the future.

“It’s a long season so there will be plenty of chances for the both of them to play.

“If Moyes starts picking Johnson over Coufal, then Coufal might just think about leaving.

“He probably has another big move in him and he won’t want to spend the next few years on the bench.

“West Ham have to make a choice about who their number one left-back is.

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“If Coufal thinks he’s number two he will be off and he will definitely be able to find a move.”

The Verdict: Good point?

Depending on Johnson’s form in Coufal’s absence, with the latter having undergone surgery on a hernia, it could be a long fightback for one of Moyes’ heroes of last season.

However, we certainly shouldn’t discount the 29-year-old as being able to battle with Johnson for a place under Moyes, and in an ideal universe, both players would be comfortable rotating as solid right-back options for West Ham in the near future.

In other news: ‘My understanding’…West Ham transfer reveal out of Rush Green involving ‘exceptional’ star, find out more here.

	Chris Gayle will participate in a six-day training camp despite not having fully recovered from his groin injury © AFP

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, will join a six-day training camp starting May 12 despite not having fully recovered from a groin injury which he picked up during the one-dayers against Sri Lanka last month. Gayle subsequently missed out on taking part in the Indian Premier League, though he travelled to India to briefly join the Kolkata Knight Riders, who had signed him on for US$800,000.West Indies’ manager, Omar Khan, said Gayle’s fitness will be assessed by team physiotherapist CJ Clarke before a final decision is made regarding his availability for the first of three Tests against Australia, which begins on May 22 in Sabina Park. “Chris will be part of the camp and the physio will do a full assessment to see how quickly he will be able to rejoin the team and play again,” Khan told CMC.”We are happy that he will be at the camp because he is a very experienced player and would be able to share his knowledge in the various planning sessions we will have,” he said. “We are hopeful that Chris will be ready to face the Australians. As we know this will be a very important series for us. We are confident of doing well, and we hope to continue the good work we have started.”Gayle will join 17 other players in the training squad which does not include Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo – all of whom are taking part in the IPL. West Indies will announce their 14-man squad for the first Test after the end of the camp.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have issued a fresh warning to the Indian players threatening them with severe action if advertisements involving them and flouting the ambush marketing clause continued.On Friday, lawyers representing the ICC’s commerical arm brought to the Indian team-management’s attention ads being aired by Samsung India Electronics Limited, a rival of LG Electronics, an official sponsor of the 2003 World Cup.”It is extremely regrettable that the IDI (ICC Development International) has been compelled to interrupt the Indian players and management during the tournament to address this problem,” ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said in a statement issued to explain the action.He went on to add that their was clear evidence that Samsung is blatantly flouting the World Cup agreement between ICC and the Board of Control for India (BCCI).”This is a pre-meditated campaign designed to infringe and devalue the rights secured by IDI’s commercial partners. It cannot and will not be tolerated,” Speed observed.The Indian players who feature in Samung advertisement are Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Ajay Ratra and Javagal Srinath.

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How they were out

Andrew Flintoff was simply unstoppable as England ran away to a famous win © Getty Images

Missing six frontline players, dogged by injury and health problems, England defied all odds and pulled off a magnificent series-levelling 212-run win, their biggest victory in the subcontinent since that memorable performance in Karachi in 2000-01. Requiring 313 for an unlikely win, India were never in the hunt in the face of a superb bowling performance, and capitulated to 100, losing seven wickets for 25 in a manic 75 minutes after lunch, as England quite emphatically ended their 21-year winless streak in IndiaAndrew Flintoff, England’s talisman throughout the series with bat, ball, and in the field, starred on the final day as well with spells of sustained hostility, taking 3 for 14. But the bowler who finished with most wickets was the one who was reckoned to be the least threatening of the lot. Shaun Udal, who turned 37 on the first day of this Test and who had a tally of three scalps in three matches before this one, found appreciable turn and bounce from the fifth-day pitch and spun out four batsmen, including the most crucial one of them all, Sachin Tendulkar, to set the Indian innings into a tailspin and hasten England’s march to victory.A target of 313 was never likely to be an easy one, but till lunch, which India took at 75 for 3, the contest was on, with Tendulkar – showing signs of returning to form with a fluent 34 – and Dravid putting together 42 after two early setbacks. After the break, though, the contest turned in a mere 15.2 overs of breathless action.Flintoff, with two innings of exactly 50 and a wicket in the Indian first innings, started the slide. Having already bowled two outstanding spells in the morning, troubling Wasim Jaffer no end and then finally putting him out of his misery, Flintoff now came back and removed the batsman who was most capable of batting India to safety. He got one to pitch perfectly in the corridor, and forced Dravid – whose 100th Test went horribly wrong – to nick it to the wicketkeeper.That was the third delivery after lunch, and it set the cat among the pigeons. Next over, Tendulkar offered a bat-pad catch to short leg off Udal, stunning the crowd into silence and effectively ending the Indian resistance. James Anderson then did his bit, winning an lbw verdict against Virender Sehwag, who was clearly hampered by back spasms.

Matthew Hoggard gave England their first wicket of the morning © Getty Images

The Indian innings was now spiralling downwards rapidly, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had resisted the England attack for more than three hours in the first innings, was in no mood to repeat that performance, offering two chances, before being out to the third, all within nine deliveries. After being reprieved in the slips off Anderson, Dhoni faced up to Udal, and was clearly intent on demonstrating his ability to hit the ball far and wide. The first slog hovered over mid-off for an eternity, before Monty Panesar, easily England’s weakest link in the field, made a complete mess of it – the ball actually landed three metres to his right. Satisfied that Panesar wouldn’t hold on to any offering, Dhoni charged again when he next came onto strike, miscued again, but this time – shock, horror – Panesar did latch onto the ball.Yuvraj Singh attempted to bat sensibly, playing all of 46 deliveries for 12 runs, but on this day England, and Flintoff, were not to be denied. A waft outside off ended safely in the slips cordon, before Udal wrapped it up even as the Indians seemed in a tearing hurry to get the match done with and leave the field. And when Matthew Hoggard pouched another miscue off Munaf Patel to give Udal his fourth of the innings, England had pulled off a result which had seemed impossible only five days ago.

IndiaAnil Kumble lbw Hoggard 8 (21 for 2)
Wasim Jaffer lbw b Flintoff 10 (33 for 3)
Rahul Dravid c Jones b Flintoff 9 (75 for 4)
Sachin Tendulkar c Bell b Udal 34 (76 for 5)
Virender Sehwag lbw b Anderson 0 (77 for 6)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Panesar b Udal 5 (92 for 7)
Harbhajan Singh c Hoggard b Udal 6 (99 for 8)
Munaf Patel c Hoggard b Udal 1 (100 all out)

Geraint Jones: not guilty © Getty Images

England’s wicketkeeper, Geraint Jones, has been cleared of a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct after a hearing relating to the dismissal of Bangladesh’s opener, Nafees Iqbal, during the second Test at Chester-le-Street on Sunday.Jones, whose nine dismissals was a record for an English wicketkeeper in a home international, was called before the ICC match referee, Alan Hurst, after claiming a controversial catch to end a spirited 50-run opening stand between Iqbal and Javed Omar.With the match already in the bag and Bangladesh fighting to avoid a two-day defeat, Nafees walked after gloving a low catch off Andrew Flintoff, but stopped and attempted to resume his innings after the TV replay screen suggested that Jones had taken the catch on the bounce.The Bangladeshis lodged an official complaint through their tour manager, Col Latif Khan, but Jones was found not to have breached Rule C2, Level 1 of the ICC Code which relates to conduct that brings the game into disrepute.”On the evidence presented, the actions of the player did not breach the ICC Code of Conduct,” said Hurst. “Video evidence of the incident was inconclusive, and the player’s intent was not proven.”The hearing was attended by Jones, Latif and Nafees, along with Dav Whatmore and Duncan Fletcher, the respective coaches. All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee.

Bushrangers opening bowler Mathew Inness has this morning been ruled out of Victoria’s Pura Cup match against the SpeedBlitz Blues starting at the MCG today.Inness has a mild case of glandular fever and is expected to be sidelined from between one to four weeks.Shane Harwood who has recovered from a side strain replaces Inness in the 12.

Two comprehensive victories over the last week have seen the CLEAR Black Caps move up the ICC Test Championship ladder.The Test in Hamilton produced a magnificent wicket considering that when we turned up two days before the Test the groundsman had not even cut it!Hamilton is I believe the best cricket wicket in New Zealand and Doug Strachan has to take all the credit for giving the players a surface to play attractive, aggressive cricket on.Gone are the days of the low slow New Zealand wickets and it will be better for our game if all major grounds can follow the Hamilton example.Mark Richardson and Craig McMillan dug us out of a hole in the first innings in Hamilton and the way they went about their run scoring was highly entertaining. I know Macca loves playing at Hamilton and his fifth Test hundred was great.After getting a couple of starts in Aussie Richie was also happy to convert into a hundred.We knew when we bowled that patience was required but the Bangladesh batsman came out and surprised us with their cavalier attitude. After a slight hiccup we managed to force the follow-on, then reach a comprehensive victory on the fourth morning.It was pleasing for me to get a haul of wickets in this Test and to close in on the 200 Test wicket/2000 Test run double. I felt the ball was coming out well and I am getting the bounce back in my bowling which was lacking in Australia.We flew down to Wellington knowing that the outdoor practice facilities were non-existent as the rain that had fallen made it impossible for the ground staff, and getting a Test match wicket was going to be hard enough.Christmas Day was spent with our families at the hotel and we were treated to a beautiful lunch. The Boxing Day Test has made Christmas a little different for us now as the normal frivolities Christmas Day brings are a distant memory.Christmas Day for us is now about preparing for a Test match the following day, but we all love playing this Test as there is a great feeling during the game because of the support from the Wellington public and the history that the Basin Reserve provides.Considering the rain, the wicket wasn’t too bad but ill discipline from the Bangladesh batsmen meant that their first innings collapsed to open the door wide open for us to secure a big first innings lead and put the pressure back on. This is exactly what happened and we managed to wrap up the Test in just over two days for the second successive time.I think the Bangladesh side faces some tough times in the next few years but their plight could be helped by the host countries by agreeing to give them more warm-up games prior to any Test matches. This will give their players exposure to foreign wickets and will help them learn how to go about playing the longer version of the game.In New Zealand I felt they were pretty much thrown in the deep end, good luck to them and it won’t be too many years I’m sure before they are competitive.For the CLEAR Black Caps the attention turns to the one-day game with a big diet of One-Day Internationals over the next two months. The VB Series in Aussie is shaping up to be a beauty. While in the past Aussie have dominated their own competition and rightly so will be favourites for this one there will be two very good sides biting at their heels. On their day each side is capable of winning and the shorter game brings sides closer together. The New Zealand selectors have for the first time in ages the hard task of selecting a team with lots of candidates and there are some exciting players out there. Personally I can’t wait for it to start.