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July 18, 2001
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The Ashes Test series
England's bubbly fast bowler Darren Gough may have rubbed the Yorkshire officials on the wrong side. Gough was left out of Yorkshire's Norwich Union League match by his county coach who felt he needed a break leading up to the second Test. Gough however, participated in a charity match in Surrey playing for the Bunbury Cricket Club. A not so happy Yorkshire cricket chief said he had spoken to Gough who said it was an impromptu event and Gough's only intention was to help out on a charity event. 
India touring Sri Lanka
The Indian cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday for a month long tour of the Island nation. India goes into the tournament on the back foot right away with star batsman Sachin Tendulkar staying back at home resting a niggling injury.
The cricket fever has reached maximum heights in the war torn island of Sri Lanka. The catch phrase formed by the sponsor leading up to the tournament, 'one day cricket tastes good in these parts' has caught on and all Sri Lanka is excited, what with the home team going into the tournament as favorites. The Ceylon Electricity Board have been gripped by a power crisis but have promised to offer uninterrupted power supply to the day night affair to be played today at the Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Miscellaneous : Canada qualified for the 2003 World Cup in South after they won a keenly fought match defeating favorites Scotland by 5 wickets. Batting first after winning the toss Scotland could only manage 176-9 in 50 overs. S Thuraisingham (5-25) was chiefly responsible for the batting collapse. Canada in reply knocked off the required runs with about 10 overs to spare, useful contributions coming from I Maraj (50) and D Chumney (36) An Australian first class cricketer Corey Richards suffered a near fatal vein thrombosis on a flight back home from England. The cricketer who was asleep said he was rudely awaked by a pain in the calf muscle. On arriving home an ultra sound showed a clot in the calf. Richards has been put on anti coagulant drugs and told to try and avoid getting cuts or bruises. Medical opinion states that about 10 percent of long distance travelers are prone to developing this condition on flights. They could be fatal. Hampshire's left arm spinner Zac Morris was handed down a three-match suspension after he was found misbehaving in a drunken state. The police arrested Morris when they caught him urinating on a roundabout at Southampton. The cricketer was fined £120 by the police and later handed another punishment by his county authorities.
Cricket lovers who had hoped the weekend summit at Agra between the Pakistan and Indian delegations would see a revival of cricket ties are disappointed. India's foreign minister made it clear that there were bigger issues to be settled. Sports Minister Uma Bharati who has been leading the group who are against playing cricket with Pakistan however is reported to have dashed of a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs that if playing cricket would help normalize relations between the countries she would have no objection to a bilateral series. Some of the teammates of the banned South African cricketer Hansie Cronje have come out and voiced their willingness to support his return to competitive cricket. Former fast bowler Fannie deVilliers said he felt Cronje had been punished enough. Cronje's former skipper Kepler Wessels too said he has no objection to a Cronje comeback. Cronje is due to fight the ban slapped on him in a Pretoria Court in September. The super league system has been reintroduced into the Ranji Trophy for the next season. The BCCI joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai said the super league system was being brought back after it was scrapped last year to give more competitive matches to the zonal players. The Duleep Trophy also will be played on a knock out basis from next year. The existing league format will be discarded. Yesterday's News ......................... News Roll archive |
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England middle order batsman Graham Thorpe confirmed that he will be fit enough to play the second Test against Australia beginning at Lord's tomorrow. Thorpe who tested himself with extended net session said he felt good after that and was experiencing no problems.
New Zealand meet Sri Lanka in the first match of the triangular tournament to be played at Colombo today. New Zealand go into the encounter with almost no match practice. However some of their players including captain Stephen Fleming have been playing on the county circuit. But the Kiwis coming into totally different conditions in today's game are unlikely to cause an upset.
The Sri Lankan cricket Board said it needed at least 3 weeks to give a final verdict on the match fixing allegations against former captains Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva. The report that was leaked to the press a few days ago cleared the duo of all charges on the grounds that there was no evidence against them.