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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
India vs Australia, 2nd One Day International - Quick Scorecard
October 28, 2009
Australia Tour of India 2009-10
India vs Australia, 2nd One Day International
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (D/N)
Umpires: A Saheba (IND) and S Tarapore (IND) Third Umpire: S Hazare (IND)
Match Referee: C Broad (ENG)
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| Toss: Australia (Elected to Field) | Session: 1st innings | ||||||||||||
| Summary: Innings Break | Target: Req. R/R: | ||||||||||||
| India : 354 / 7 in 50.0 overs (RR: 7.08) | Australia : (RR: ) | ||||||||||||
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | Eco. |
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| Peter Siddle * | 10.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.50 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | Mitchell Johnson | 10.0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7.50 |
| Partnership: | Last 18 Balls: 2 1 | 1 4 . . 1 4 | Y 1 1 W 1 W 1+W | | ||||||||||||
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | NoBall | Wide | Eco |
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| Ben Hilfenhaus | 10.0 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8.30 |
| Peter Siddle | 10.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.50 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10.0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7.50 |
| Nathan Hauritz | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Adam Voges | 5.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.60 |
| Shane Watson | 5.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.40 |
Australia elect to field against India
Nagpur, Oct 28 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field against India in the second One-day international cricket match here Wednesday.
India have made one change in the team that lost the first One-dayer at Vadodara. Yuvraj Singh has returned to the side, replacing Virat Kohli.
Australia have replaced injured Brett Lee and James Hopes with Ben Hilfenhaus and Shaun Marsh.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Adam Voges, Cameron White, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus.
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India have made one change in the team that lost the first One-dayer at Vadodara. Yuvraj Singh has returned to the side, replacing Virat Kohli.
Australia have replaced injured Brett Lee and James Hopes with Ben Hilfenhaus and Shaun Marsh.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Adam Voges, Cameron White, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus.
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Tight security for India-Australia ODI in Nagpur
Nagpur: Police will use latest gadgets, including night vision devices to monitor crowd as tight security arrangements were made for the day-night ODI match between India and Australia here on October 28.
Adequate police personnel will be deployed in and around the venue equipped with hands free walkie talkie, door frame metal detectors, hand held metal detector, under vehicle mirror and night vision devices to ensure a trouble-free event, Inspector General (Nagpur Range) Surinder Kumar and Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) President Sudhir Dabir told reporters here today.
The match will be held at VCA's new stadium at Jamtha, about 25 kilometre from the city and will be the first day-night encounter at the new stadium. Kumar said that about 1,000 personnel, three SP level officers, eight Deputy SPs, 22 Inspectors, 84 Sub-Inspectors, 150 women staff and 80 traffic staffers will be deployed along with a company of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF).
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Prasad and Robin sacked from coaching roles
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Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh have been sacked from their respective positions of bowling and fielding coaches with immediate effect. A terse one-line release, issued on the eve of the Diwali festival, did not offer any explanation for the decision but a board official said the reason was the team's performance in the last two tournaments (the ICC World Twenty20 and the Champions Trophy).
Prasad, the former India new-ball specialist, told Cricinfo he had not been notified by the Indian board (BCCI) about his axing. "I have been not been informed about this but if this is true, I am deeply disappointed and hurt," he said. "I have no doubt that I have done my job for the Indian team to the best of my abilities. I will try to contact the BCCI and find out what I did wrong that has led them to take this decision."
The decision was taken by the BCCI's office-bearers on Wednesday and confirmed by the president and secretary, the official said, adding that the captain and coach were not part of the process. The vacancies, he said, would be filled shortly.
Prasad and Robin, it is understood, were working without a formal contract and on a retainer payment basis, but both had alternate jobs: Robin recently signed up with Mumbai Indians, and Prasad with Chennai Super Kings.
The two have been part of the coaching staff since the tour to Bangladesh just after the disastrous World Cup campaign in 2007. There hasn't been much improvement in India's fielding standards over the last two years, and there have been some embarrassing moments in the past few months. That makes it a concern for a team aspiring to become the best in the world and the board's decision on Robin is plausible.
Prasad's axing, though, couldn't have been that straightforward, especially on a day Praveen Kumar thanked him for helping him grow as a bowler at international level. It seems he has paid the price for the dip in Ishant Sharma's form, and a general depletion in the fast-bowling reserves. The BCCI is also understood to have been unhappy with him airing his views in the media repeatedly. Prasad has also been criticised in various quarters - former India swing bowler Manoj Prabhakar being the latest - for asking the bowlers to cut down on their pace.
Indeed the fast bowlers, with their additional baggage of poor fielding and fitness, have been India's main worry in the limited-overs game. It seems a long time ago but it was only last year that Prasad was being given credit for the bowlers' extraordinary show in Australia and in the home Tests against the same opposition, when they would start getting lethal reverse-swing as early as the first hour with the new ball.
The apparent paucity of fast-bowling reserves has to do with the recurring injuries to the fast bowlers too: Zaheer Khan is currently out, Munaf Patel is exasperatingly injury-prone, Sreesanth has had problems besides physical fitness to sort out over the last few years, and RP Singh has spent time out due to injury too. And it is common knowledge that the rehabilitation, the training schedules and fitness tests of injured players are not always communicated to Prasad - or any national coach.
Ishant's decline has been almost spectacular, from being one of the most exciting fast bowlers in the world to a point where he is being considered lucky to still be in the team. Sources close to Prasad claim Ishant's downward spiral began during the IPL, when he got into a few bad habits - bowling away from the stumps and losing his head and wrist positions. Coming on the back of a remarkable first season, the second-season blues have put him under extra pressure. The major criticism against Prasad here is that he hasn't been able to identify and arrest the technical flaws early enough. Ishant, experts point out, has lost the big off-cutter and the wrist position, and has started breaking away to his left just before getting into the delivery leap, and has consequently lost pace too.
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Dravid dropped for Australia ODIs
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Rahul Dravid, brought in to shore up the middle order in bowler-friendly conditions in South Africa, has been dropped for the first two ODIs against Australia, a home series expected to be played on flat tracks. Both Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh made comebacks from their injuries, taking the places of Dinesh Karthik and Dravid.
Yusuf Pathan and RP Singh - struggling for form - and Abhishek Nayar, tried only for three overs in three games, have been dropped for Ravindra Jadeja, Munaf Patel and the uncapped Sudeep Tyagi. Ishant Sharma has been persisted with despite his struggles in the limited-overs format.
The thorniest question of the selection, though, remained Dravid. Since his comeback, he has scored 14, 47, 39, 76 and 4 in five innings; the 39 came in a crucial 95-run opening stand in the final of the tri-series in Sri Lanka. It was expected that Sehwag and Yuvraj would replace Karthik and Virat Kohli, their original replacements, but the selectors put faith in Kohli.
RP and Yusuf have been disappointing and added to India's struggles in the last few months. RP, after his comeback in the West Indies, averaged 53.20 and gave away 5.91 runs an over. Yusuf, in his last 11 innings, reached double-figures twice, and in 30 matches overall has sent down 111.2 overs. It does not reflect his captain's faith in his bowling. The same applied for Nayar, who has been in the squad for three different series did not score a run or take a wicket.
Jadeja, Munaf and Tyagi, their replacements, all impressed during the Irani Cup and Challenger Trophy. Jadeja's 77, scored with the lower order in company, and Munaf's five-for got Rest of India the match-winning first-innings lead in the Irani tie. Munaf was the highest wicket-taker in the Challenger Trophy, while Tyagi's five wickets came at 18 apiece and Jadeja bowled 20 overs at an economy-rate of 3.7.
India squad MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore v Victoria, CL T20, League B, Bangalore
20 overs Royal Challengers Bangalore 127 for 6 (Pandey 39, Dravid 33, McDonald 4-21) v Victoria
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Victoria might have changed venues going into the second phase of the Champions League, but the conditions on offer were uncannily similar to what they faced in Delhi. It was their medium-pacers, led by allrounder Andrew McDonald, who put them in a position of control after Royal Challengers Bangalore had threatened to continue the trend of high scores at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The absence of Jacques Kallis meant Bangalore had to strengthen their line-up on two fronts; Manish Pandey made up with the bat, delivering a fiery start, while it remains to be seen if Dale Steyn can be as effective with the ball.
Victoria's seamers had thrived on a Delhi pitch that was sluggish, kept low, played slow and catered more to a game of patience than power. The track in Bangalore, on the other hand, initially appeared more suited to the demands of the Twenty20 format. The extra yards of pace from Shane Harwood and Peter Siddle were evident from the bounce and movement they were able to extract early on. But it also meant that they were countered with aggression, for the Bangalore openers, who fancied the ball meeting the bat at the desired pace, took advantage of any scoring opportunity.
Harwood has been among the most frugal bowlers in this competition, but a change of venue damaged his figures somewhat; he was struck for two boundaries in his first over, Pandey smashing one over his head for slapping one past mid-off.
Robin Uthappa, not one to restrain himself too often, deferred to the belligerence of his junior partner, who displayed shades of his IPL brilliance with two delectable on-drives off Siddle followed up by an audacious late-cut in his next over.
But the introduction of the other two seamers, and spinner Jon Holland, wrecked the solid foundation laid by the openers. Clint McKay shrugged off two boundaries off successive deliveries to bowl Uthappa with an offcutter; Pandey's aggressive disposition prompted him to slap a catch back to Andrew McDonald off a ball that didn't come on quickly and Virat Kohli holed out in the deep after failing to get the desired elevation.
Though the bounce remained true, the pitch proved highly conducive to spin and slowed down considerably. Holland, showing glimpses of what he could offer on the subsequent ODI tour of India, kept one end quiet. McDonald, in the meantime, maintained a tight line and his sly cutters, backed up by a frustrating length, earned him two significant breakthroughs. Ross Taylor, a nemesis for bowlers at the death, was caught plumb, while Rahul Dravid, whose exclusion from the ODI squad against Australia was the talking point of the day, was trapped in front while trying to force the pace.
Suddenly, the medium pacers made the conditions appear reminiscent of the Kotla, bowling slower deliveries with consistency and chipping away with wickets as one batsman after another succumbed to frustration. Only 55 runs were scored in the last ten overs, incredibly for the loss of just four wickets. Though Bangalore have their own share of bowlers capable of replicating the Victorian effort, they are up against a side more experienced batting in such conditions.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Mediation option in new anti-racism code
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The ICC has included a mediation process in its new anti-racism code to help cricketers settle such conflicts amicably between themselves. This mediation process, which will be the first step towards any resolution if agreed upon within 48 hours of the incident being reported, could lead to voluntary suspensions and a public apology.
The ICC board approved the new anti-racism code on October 6, more than a year after the controversial incident between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds in Australia that nearly led to India pulling out of the tour. The enhanced code includes a conciliation procedure to prevent "confusion, misunderstanding, ignorance or language and translation barriers" that could lead to such disputes. The code has also been supported by the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), the players' lobby group, which termed it a "superior process" and one that "promotes a better understanding of the whole issue of racism".
The issue of racism in cricket came to the fore last January, when Symonds accused Harbhajan of calling him a monkey during the second Test in Sydney. The Indian off-spinner was ultimately cleared after the BCCI's legal team argued that the offensive word in question was a Hindi term that had no racial connotations. In this case, the matter was first heard by the match referee, Mike Procter, who imposed a three-Test ban on Harbhajan; the sentence was overturned by an ICC-nominated inquiry commission after the Indian board appealed.
It's believed that it was Cricket Australia that subsequently pushed for the inclusion of mediation as an intermediate step in such cases before the disciplinary process. The ICC, however, is clear that it would be unfair and misleading to imply that the improved code is a direct response to one specific incident; rather, it's the result of a full and comprehensive review.
"It was felt that alleged issues of racism across the wide range of cultures that make up cricket's group of stakeholders could arise out of confusion, misunderstanding, ignorance or language and translation barriers," James Fitzgerald, the ICC spokesperson, told Cricinfo. "In those cases, provided both parties agreed, it was felt that the best way to resolve them was through a non-adversarial process such as a conciliation with an expert in the field. If that fails to resolve the matter satisfactorily for all parties, then we go back to the disciplinary process."
Tim May, the FICA chief executive, said the mediation process allows better player understanding of the related issues. "We have studied other models in other sports and the preferred models are those that offer a process of mediation as the initial stage of addressing these issues," May told Cricinfo. "It provides the opportunity for the vilified player to explain to the other player, why such vilification causes offence. It promotes a better understanding of the whole issue of the issue of racism. We believe that it is a superior process than one which just relies on sanctions to address the issue."
The new anti-racism code specifies that the mediation process has to be agreed to by all parties involved within 48 hours of the incident being reported, including the ICC, or the usual disciplinary process will be initiated. In case of mediation, the code states: "The ICC shall appoint one independent conciliator who will oversee the conciliation sitting alone. For the avoidance of doubt, the appointed conciliator may be from a country participating in the international match during, or in relation to which, the alleged offence was committed, provided that the conciliator remains independent of the relevant parties and the ICC at all times."
Apart from the conciliator and players or team support staff members involved, the process will also include a representative of the ICC's legal department and either captain, vice captain or manager of both sides to provide support and assistance.
The conciliator will "discuss the circumstances of the alleged offence with the relevant parties and explore the possibility of reaching a consensual resolution". The sanctions such a process could lead to include a "voluntary imposition of a period of suspension", public or private apologies and an agreement to undertake a specified counseling programme.
If the process fails, disciplinary procedures will begin and that could lead various sanctions ranging from a minimum of four suspension points leading up to a lifetime ban, and a mandatory counseling procedure. For instance, one suspension point amounts to a ban of one ODI or Twenty20 international and two such points could lead to a one-Test ban.
As per the new code, the ICC has empowered the umpires, the match referee, the team manager or chief executive of either of the two national boards involved and the ICC CEO to report an alleged offence. However, the code does not cover spectators who are still bound by the existing requirements of the existing anti-racism policy for ICC members. In such cases, offenders can be ejected from the ground, or even banned for life from the venue, and identified on camera to be included in a database to enable prosecution as per local law.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
McGrath sought to replace Vettori
The Delhi Daredevils have added former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath to their roster for the Champions League and are awaiting approval from the tournament's technical committee.
The Australian will serve as a replacement for Daniel Vettori who had to pullout from the Champions Trophy final on Monday due to a hamstring injury.
According to Delhi Daredevils' Chief Operating Officer, Amrit Mathur, McGrath's name has been sent for to the tournament's technical committee for approval. "We have approached the committee for approval. McGrath's name has been sent as a replacement for Vettori and the approval is in the process," Mathur told the Hindustan Times.
'Shocked' Younus says wouldn't hesitate to quit if feels so
Karachi: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said he would not tolerate the slur of match-fixing levelled against him and his teammates and would resign from the captain's job if he felt so.
Younus was stunned by allegations levelled by Chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on sports MNA Jamshed Dasti that Pakistan tanked matches against Australia and New Zealand, a statement which the parliamentarian later back-tracked from.
"It came as a shock to me that such allegations have been made without any evidence or concrete proof to back them up," a hurt Younis said, adding he would speak to Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaj Butt about the issue and would have no problem quitting the captain's job if he felt so.
"I have struggled all my life, so I am not bothered about losing the captaincy or not being able to play for the team. I am always prepared to face any situation," he said.
Insisting that there was no lack of commitment on the players' part, he said, "I don't know how anyone can make such baseless allegations without realising how much it affects the players and their fans. The team did its best in the tournament and there is no question of deliberately losing any match. The players gave 100 percent in every match."
And even though Dasti claimed that the Younis, coach Intikhab Alam and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaj Butt would be summoned before the assembly committee to explain the debacle, a defiant Younis also said he had not decided as yet whether he would go to attend the hearing.
"So far I have received no summons or invitation and at the moment I have not made up my mind whether to go and attend such a hearing," he said.
The Pakistan skipper, however, conceded that dropping New Zealand's in-form batsman Grant Elliot at a crucial stage hurt Pakistan's chance in the semifinal and he was not at his best because of a fractured finger.
"I played with a fractured finger and maybe that affected my performance," he said on his own dismal batting form in the tournament that saw him score just 53 in four matches. Younis said he had offered not to play because of his injury but the tour selection committee insisted he must play.
Responding to the statement of former captain Shoaib Malik that the team management should not have shuffled the batting order too much in the tournament, Younis said every player was now required to play at any position in modern day cricket.
Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam also agreed and said that Malik should not be complaining as anyone who wanted to play for Pakistan would have to bat according to team requirements.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
There's a place for both T20 and 50-50 cricket: Ponting
On a few previous occasions, I felt there were a lot of other associate nations and it had kind of devalued the Champions trophy. But this time a couple of weeks and it was over. The little changes which ICC made here, the players really enjoyed it," Ponting said after the six-wicket win over New Zealand in the final last night.
The Champions Trophy had been dubbed meaningless by quite a few former cricketers like Shane Warne but Ponting felt having a shorter tournament minus the minnows has helped make it exciting.
Ponting said the event produced some excellent cricket and proved a good advertisement for one-dayers, which are struggling to pull in the crowds in the face of a Twenty20 storm.
"There's certainly place for both Twenty20 and 50-over cricket. Tournaments like this would certainly help the game. 50 over cricket gets full endorsement from me," he said.
On Monday's win, Ponting lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, who struck his second successive hundred to steer Australia to victory after a wobbly start.
"In the last couple of months we have started to see the real Watson. He wasn't accustomed to opening the innings but given an opportunity in the Ashes, he played brilliantly and shown everybody how good a cricketer he can be," said Ponting.
Ponting was delighted how two young members of his side, Watson and Cameron White, who produced a match-winning 128-run stand for the third wicket, came good in the finals.
"It doesn't get any harder. A big game, chasing a low score, being down on 2 for 6 and with two young guys at the crease. It's one of the strengths of the Australian team that when big names don't produce the goods, somebody else puts up his hand," he said.
"I am ecstatic. It's a great reward for all, whether coaches or guys. We have been five months on the road and to be able to finish off in this manner¿there sure would be some good celebrations tonight," he added.
Ponting said winning the Champions Trophy is the high point of a tumultuous 18 months during which the Aussies lost the coveted Ashes series to England.
"Looking at the last 18 months, this has been a real positive for us. The way we have performed is a really good sign for us," he said.
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