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Zimbabwe in spotlight for wrong reasonsIt was the emptiness of the streets that struck first as our car approached Harare from the spanking new airport. A few vehicles drove past, none of them hurrying for that is not the Zimbabwean way. Immaculate schoolchildren walked playfully by, ... Time Gayle and Hinds came good BENONI, FEB. 18. The West Indies openers have been short on runs and confidence here unlike on the flat Indian pitches last winter. Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds flopped again at the Willowmoore Park against Bangladesh. This talented pair has ... Kirsten to his skipper's defence JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 18.The splits developing in the South African World Cup squad widened even further today when opening batsman Gary Kirsten hit back at those players who hanker for late, disgraced ex-skipper Hansie Cronje. Kirsten told his ... Batting and bowling statistics JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 17. Batting and bowling statistics after the first 14 matches of the 2003 World Cup. Batting Highest individual scores: Craig Wishart 172* (Zim v Nam, Harare), Andrew Symonds 143* (Aus v Pak, Johannesburg), Herschelle ... Relax! Woolmer tells SA boys JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 18. Former South Africa coach Bob Woolmer advised his former charges today not to try so hard if they want to stay alive at the World Cup. The hosts, regarded as co-favourites with defending champions Australia for the ... Sri Lanka calls for stand-by PAARL, FEB. 18. Sri Lanka on Tuesday requested the national selectors to fly in a stand-by for injured fast bowler Pulasthi Gunaratne whose World Cup hangs in the balance. Gunaratne broke the index finger in the right hand while fielding ... Namibia should be a cakewalk for England PORT ELIZABETH, FEB. 18.But Namibia is unlikely to produce any surprises or unleash any secret weapons when the two teams meet on Wednesday in a Group A match of the World Cup, which will be a mere formality loss for Namibia and an opportunity to ... Whatmore warns against complacency PAARL, FEB. 18. Coach Dav Whatmore warned Sri Lanka against complacency before the World Cup game against minnow Canada at Boland Park on Wednesday. He also urged Sanath Jayasuriya's side to continue winning. The 1996 winner is in with a very ... Sachin and Sehwag should open All is not lost for the Indians, and they can still come back in the World Cup. For this to happen, they will have to believe in themselves, put more fight into their cricket. What was so depressing about the crushing Indian defeat at the hands ... Don't love them or hate them, stay indifferent ABOUT the time a million people from vastly different backgrounds, different skin colour and political persuasion, Christian, Jew, Muslim and Hindu, young and old, marched to Hyde Park in London last Saturday, in one of the biggest anti-war ... Team man Bichel awaits the call JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 18. Every cricket generation throws up at least one — the nearly man, the player who comes close to nailing down a regular place in an international side but, through no fault of his own, does not quite receive his just ... 
Will Ganguly's team get over its blues?HARARE, FEB. 18. It is critical time for Indian cricket and the cricketers. Expectations, bordering on insanity, may have raised visions of an Indian domination at the ICC Cricket World Cup, but it has increasingly become difficult for the team ... Bangladesh to recall Akram Khan BENONI, FEB. 18. Bangladesh is seeking the International Cricket Council's permission to replace injured medium pacer Mashrafee Mortaza with former captain Akram Khan, team manager Abu Sharif Faruque said on Tuesday. Mortaza, 19, suffered a ... Teams split points BENONI, FEB. 18. The West Indies did not get full points from its Group `B' match against Bangladesh at the Willowmoore Park here Tuesday. It had to share the points with the fourth Asian team in the ICC World Cup as the umpires called off the ... Tight security for Indians HARARE, FEB. 18. Zimbabwe is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the visiting Indian cricket team does not face any safety or security hassle during its stay in the country. The organisers are fervently praying nothing untoward happens now or in ... Hondo aiming for Tendulkar HARARE, FEB. 18 Zimbabwe paceman Douglas Hondo wants to rework the magic, which saw him dismiss four frontline Indian batsmen the last time he squared up to them, and claim the prized scalp of Sachin Tendulkar when the two sides clash in a World ... Ganguly may bat at No. 4 HARARE, FEB. 18. Sourav Ganguly will bat at number four even though he side-stepped the question on the batting order for the match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club here. ``We'll find it out tomorrow'' he remarked, moving on to the ... Other Stories
Football Ancheri masterminds JCT win MUMBAI, FEB. 17.Jo Paul Ancheri, inspirational as usual since extending his career with Jagatjit Cotton Textiles, proved his utility and versatility in a 2-1 verdict over Mahindra United in a National Football League game on Monday. The ... Sports : General A fair and fitting advisory In the razzmatazz of the World Cup in South Africa, a very significant and a far-reaching decision on sport has sunk in without any notice. The advisory to the Indian Olympic Association to skip the South Asian Games at Islamabad from March 29 to ... Move to nominate RDOs as Member Secretaries flayed HYDERABAD, FEB. 18. Redefining sports administration in the State? Well, that seems to be the intention. But, the move to nominate Revenue Divisional Officers or Deputy Superintendents of Police as Member Secretaries of the District Sports ... Tennis Akgul Amanmuradova outplays Sheetal Goutham BANGALORE, FEB. 18. Akgul Amanmuradova, the strong built Uzbek, who towers over six feet, is the kind of player who can instil a sense of awe in her rivals. On Tuesday, the strong serving and hard hitting, 19-year-old from Tashkent proved more ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Opportunities | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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