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Vol 1, Issue 266 ` 2.00/-
Friday, October 14, 2016
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South Africa sweep Australia
despite Warner heroics
Cape Town: David Warner hit a magnificent
century for Australia but could not prevent
South Africa from completing a clean sweep
by winning the fifth and final one-day international
by 31 runs at Newlands.
Warner hit 173 off 136 balls but received
scant support from his teammates as Australia,
chasing South Africa’s 327 for eight, were
bowled out for 296.
South Africa won all five matches in the series,
the first time Australia have suffered such
a beating in a five-game bilateral series. Australia
will retain their number one ranking in
one-day internationals, however, with South
Africa two points behind in second place.
“Davey was phenomenal but the rest of us
didn’t stand up,” said Australian captain Steve
Smith. “Credit to South Africa, we’ve been outplayed
in all the games.”
Rilee Rossouw hit 122 and JP Duminy made
Fury vacates world heavyweight
titles to focus on recovery
Tyson Fury’s troubled
11th month reign as world
heavyweight champion
came to an end on Thursday
when the British boxer announced
he would be vacating
his WBO and WBA titles
“to fully focus on his medical
treatment and recovery”.
The 28-year-old has
not fought since beating
Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko
to win the titles in November
2015 and has since
admitted taking cocaine to
battle depression.
Fury has twice called off
a fight against Klitschko, in
July because of an ankle injury
and last month for an
unspecified medical condition,
and also briefly retired
from the sport.
“I feel that it is only fair
and right and for the good
of boxing to keep the titles
active and allow the other
contenders to fight for the
vacant belts that I proudly
won and held as the undefeated
heavyweight champion
of the world ...” Fury said
in statement released by his
promoter Mick Hennessy.
“I won the titles in the
ring and I believe that they
should be lost in the ring,
but I’m unable to defend
at this time and I have taken
the hard and emotional
decision to now officially
vacate my treasured world
titles
“(I) wish the next in-line
contenders all the very best
as I now enter another big
challenge in my life which I
know, like against Klitschko,
I will conquer.”
Tyson’s points victory
over Klitschko in Duesseldorf,
Germany at the end of
November last year was one
of the biggest upsets in the
long history of heavyweight
boxing.
It was a first defeat
for Klitschko in 11 years
and the now 40-year-old
Ukrainian immediately demanded
a re-match.
Klitschko expressed his
frustration after Fury called
off a fight for the second
time last month and last
week accused the Briton of
“dragging boxing through
the mud”.
At the start of October,
ESPN reported Fury had
tested positive for cocaine,
citing a leaked letter sent by
the Voluntary Anti-Doping
Agency (VADA) .A couple of
days later, Fury announced
his retirement in an expletive-laden
tweet, only to
abruptly reverse the decision
hours later, saying he
planned to carry on fighting.
In an interview with Rolling
Stone published on Oct.
4, Fury admitted to drinking
heavily and using cocaine
to help him deal with
depression, saying he had
been diagnosed as “manic
depressive”.
In the interview, he denied
ever taking banned
substances before he fought
and said his cocaine use had
started only after he beat
Klitschko.
Fury has also been
charged with an anti-doping
rule violation by UK
Anti-Doping after a urine
sample from February 2015
- nine months before his victory
over Klitschko - showed
traces of the banned stimulant
nandrolone. He denies
any wrongdoing.
Hennessy described the
decision to vacate the titles
as “heartbreaking” and Peter
Fury, the boxer’s uncle
and trainer, said he was convinced
his nephew, who has
a professional record of 25-
0, would return to the ring.
“Tyson will be back
stronger from this
and I will make sure,
no matter what we
have to deal with, Tyson
not only comes back
but will reclaim
what’s rightfully his,”
he said. [Reuters]
73 as South Africa piled up the third-highest
total in a one-day international at Newlands,
making them firm favourites on a ground
where the highest successful run chase was
258.
Warner was dropped by wicket keeper Quinton
de Kock off Kagiso Rabada when he had 11.
He went on to play a thrilling innings, hitting
24 fours, and Australia remained in with a
chance of victory until he was ninth out with
the total on 288, run out by a throw from the
point boundary by Imran Tahir, desperate for
a risky second run in order to keep the strike.
Leg-spinner Tahir had earlier taken two
wickets in his first over, ending an opening
stand of 72 between Warner and Aaron Finch,
then bowling Smith two balls later.
South African captain Faf du Plessis paid
tribute to Warner for an “incredible innings”
but said South Africa deserved their series triumph.
“At different times different guys stood
up. Whatever Australia threw at us we had the
answers. I’m very proud of the team.”
Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head both made
35 but Australia were not able to stage a big
partnership such as the 178 off 170 balls posted
by Rossouw and Duminy after South Africa
had been struggling at 52 for three.[PTI]
Stokes believes in-form
England can top ODI rankings
England will climb to
the top of the one-day international
(ODI) cricket
world rankings if they can
maintain their fine form in
the format, all-rounder Ben
Stokes said after the side
completed a series victory
in Bangladesh.
Stokes played a key role
with an unbeaten 47 as England
won the deciding third
match against the hosts in
Chittagong on Wednesday
to wrap up a third successive
one-day series triumph,
having beaten Sri Lanka and
Pakistan at home earlier
this year.
England are currently
fifth in the ODI rankings, behind
Australia, South Africa,
New Zealand and India.
“It’s really exciting. If
we carry on like this we’ll
achieve our target of being
world number one,” Stokes,
who was named the man of
the series, told Sky Sports.
England’s loss to Bangladesh
in Adelaide, which
knocked them out of the
2015 ODI World Cup,
spurred a string of changes
to the national team set-up
and Stokes felt the squad
are starting to yield the dividends
of the strategy.
“The team we have had
together for the last 18
months have been playing
unbelievable cricket,” the
25-year-old added.
With skipper Eoin
Morgan sitting out the
Bangladesh series over
security concerns, wicketkeeper-batsman
Jos Buttler
was tasked with leading a
young and inexperienced
squad against a side that had
won their six previous home
ODI series.
“Me and Jos work quite
well. We’re quite aggressive
in how we want to play our
cricket, not just with the
bat and the ball, but with
field placings,” Stokes, who
was vice-captain for the
series, said.
Morgan and influential
opening batsman Alex Hales
are expected to return to the
squad when England travel
to India for their next threematch
ODI series in January.
[Reuters]
India to open against Canada in Junior World Cup
Jayaram, Kashyap enter
pre-quarterfinals of Dutch Open
Almere (Netherlands):
Defending champion Ajay
Jayaram and Parupalli
Kashyap continued their
good run to reach the prequarterfinals
of the men’s
singles competition at
Dutch Open badminton
tournament, here.
Top seed Jayaram, who
has clinched the Dutch
Open thrice in his career,
spanked Philip Shisov
of Bulgaria 21-7 21-9 in
his second round match,
while 11th seed Kashyap
beat Denmark’s Rasmus
Gemke 21-11 7-21 21-10
in a 50-minute contest
late last nigth.
Jayaram will next play
Norway’s Marius Myhre,
while Kashyap face sixth
seed Raul Must of Estonia,
who had reached the finals
in the last edition.
However, it was curtains
for Lakhanee Sarang as he
suffered a 17-21 17-21
loss against Raul in the
second round.
Among other Indians
in fray, mixed doubles
pair of B Sumeeth Reddy
and Meghana Jakkampudi
beat German duo of Daniel
Benz and Theresa Wurm
21-11 21-17 to set up a
clash against Dutch combination
of Jelle Maas and
Imke Van der Aar in the
next round.
Fourth seeds Pranaav
Cherry Chopra and Sikki
Reddy, who clinched two
titles this year at Brazil
and Russia, defeated local
pair of Ties Van Der Lecq
and Alyssa Tirtosentono
21-5 21-16 and they will
face France’s Jordan Corvee
and Anne Tran next.
In men’s doubles, top
seeds Manu Attri and B
Sumeeth Reddy will open
their campaign against
Jacco Arends and Ruben
Jille, while Pranaav and
Akshay Dewalkar face German
duo of Bjarne Geiss
and Fabian Holzer. [PTI]
Hamilton misses Barcelona
test to rest sore foot
Triple Formula One
world champion Lewis
Hamilton has pulled out
of a tyre test in Barcelona
to rest a sore foot ahead
of next week’s U.S. Grand
Prix in Austin, his Mercedes
team said on Thursday.
The Briton had been due
originally to test the 2017
Pirelli tyres with a modified
2015 ‘mule’ car on
Wednesday but team mate
and championship leader
Nico Rosberg took on those
duties instead.
A team spokesman said
German reserve driver Pascal
Wehrlein, who races for
Manor, would stand in for
Hamilton on Thursday.
“Lewis had some discomfort
in his foot after
training on Tuesday,” he
said. “It was agreed he
wouldn’t test so he could
rest it and get physio to be
in good shape for Austin,
which he will be. No concerns
on that front.”
Hamilton is 33 points behind
Rosberg in the world
championship with four
races remaining, meaning
that even if he wins everyone
it will still not be
enough if Rosberg finishes
second each time.
The Briton won his third
title, and second with Mercedes,
at Austin’s Circuit
of the Americas last year
when Rosberg started on
pole but made a mistake
that gifted his team mate
the victory.
Rosberg, who is now
heading for his first title,
then went on to win the
three races after that in
Mexico, Brazil and Abu
Dhabi before starting the
new season with four successive
victories.
Both Hamilton and Rosberg
were at the team’s
Brackley headquarters and
Brixworth high performance
engine facility on
Tuesday, with the Briton
seen to be limping slightly
later in the afternoon.
Hamilton triggered a
media spat at the last race
in Japan when he was criticised
for playing around
with Snapchat during a
news conference, taking
pictures of fellow drivers
and complaining of the boring
format of the event.
He then walked out of a
media briefing on Saturday
and hurriedly left the circuit
after the race, flying back to
Europe with non-executive
chairman Niki Lauda and
Mercedes motorsport head
Toto Wolff.
The team said then that
Hamilton had to be back in
Europe as soon as possible
to be ready for Wednesday
testing. [Reuters]
Viral fever rules Raina out of first ODI
New Delhi: India will open
their campaign against Canada
in the FIH Junior Hockey
World Cup to be played in
Lucknow from December 8
to 18.
With only one rest day,
hockey fans will be treated
to 10 days of high-speed,
action packed hockey at the
Major Dhyan Chand Hockey
Stadium. There, the world s
rising stars will battle it out
to be crowned junior men
s world champions in what
will be one of the most competitive
hockey events of the
year.
The pool stages will take
place between December
8-12 before the classification
matches begin on
December 14. The medal
matches will then be held on
December 18.
Besides India taking on
Canada, New Zealand and
Japan kick-off what will be
a hugely entertaining opening
day which will also see
reigning champions Germany
start their title defence
against Spain.
Day two highlights include
Oceania champions
Australia match against
Korea, while the game between
2014 bronze medallists
Netherlands and Pakistan
is sure to offer plenty
of excitement.
Super Saturday then follows,
with a battle between
the Pan-American and Oceania
champions Argentina
and Australia possibly the
pick of the day, followed
later by a renewal of an old
rivalry between India and
England.
Belgium versus Netherlands
is bound to offer a few
surprises on Sunday, with
Pakistan s match against
African junior champions
Egypt another crucial game
as the pool stages near completion.
Amongst the last matches,
some tough challenges
await Austria who play Australia,
and South Africa who
take on India in the concluding
game of the pool stage
on Monday evening.
India are placed in Group
D alongside Canada, South
Africa and England. [PTI]
New Delhi: Indian batsman Suresh Raina,
who was brought back into the ODI side
after a gap of one year, has been ruled
out of the first one-dayer against New
Zealand due to viral fever.
“The BCCI Medical team has confirmed
that Suresh Raina, who is recovering from
a bout of viral fever, is ruled out of the
first ODI against New Zealand. There will
be no replacement in the team,” the BCCI
said in a statement.
Raina was looking forward to feature
in his first ODI since October 2015.
The opening match of the five-ODI series
will be played in Dharamsala on
October 16. India have already swept
the Test series 3-0.
The southpaw was dropped for the ODIs
in Australia and the limited-overs tour of
Zimbabwe earlier this year besides the
two-match T20 series against the West
Indies in USA.
He has not had time in the middle since
the Duleep Trophy where his scores read
52, 35 and 90.
Raina led Uttar Pradesh in the team’s
Ranji Trophy opener against Madhya
Pradesh last week but did not come
out to bat.
Uttar Pradesh ended up suffering an
innings and 64 run defeat at the hands of
Madhya Pradesh. [PTI]