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Tuesday, March 04, 2003
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World Cup Rain halts play DURBAN, MARCH 3.Rain halted play with South Africa, chasing a target of 269, was 229 for six after 45 overs against Sri Lanka, at the Kingsmead, here on Monday. Mark Boucher (45) and Lance Klusener (1) were at the crease. The batsmen dismissed ... Atapattu's century lifts Sri Lanka DURBAN, MARCH 3. Opener Marvan Atapattu smashed a chanceless century to help Sri Lanka set South Africa an imposing target in a vital World Cup group match at Kingsmead on Monday. Atapattu scored 124 off 129 deliveries and shared a belligerent ... Kiwis garner four vital points BENONI, MARCH 3. New Zealand overcame a spirited all-round performance by John Davison to beat Canada by five wickets on Monday in an important World Cup Group B match at the Willowmoore Park. New Zealand won with 27 overs to spare as Scott ... Kloppenburg and van Noortwijk run riot BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTH AFRICA), MARCH 3. Jan Kloppenburg stroked the first limited-overs international century by a Dutchman and then snared four wickets as the Netherlands beat Namibia by 64 runs on Monday to claim its first World Cup win. Klaas ... Stewart keen to avoid waiting game PORT ELIZABETH, MARCH 3. England's Alec Stewart has called for the last round of World Cup group matches to be played on the same day to avoid a repeat of the agonising wait his side faces to see if it qualifies for the Super Six. England, ... I am enjoying the responsibility: Dravid JOHANNESBURG, MARCH 3. His intensity is infectious. As a senior member of the team, Rahul Dravid assumes a very important role in the company of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. As an integral member of the team management, he has his task ... Bichel has a ball PORT ELIZABETH, MARCH 3. Australian Andy Bichel hailed his man-of-the-match performance against England on Sunday as the best of his career. Bichel, playing only because of an injury to Jason Gillespie, took seven for 20, the second best ... Voices Demand for more Indo-Pak matches PRETORIA, MARCH 3. With the India-Pakistan clash living up to its billing at the Centurion Park on Saturday, the clamouring for resumption of cricketing ties between the two neighbouring countries is steadily becoming louder. ``The people of ... Daunting task for Pakistan BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE), MARCH 3. Pakistan takes on host Zimbabwe in its last World Cup league match here on Tuesday needing a big win to make it to the Super Sixes. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, will go through if it defeats a lacklustre Pakistani ... Upbeat Kenyans take on Caribbeans KIMBERLEY, MARCH 3. The Kenyans are upbeat and celebrating their qualification for the Super 6. They defeated a former World Cup champion and upset others' calculations in their group. The result of its last league match against the West ... Andy to play last game for Zimbabwe JOHANNESBURG, MARCH 3. He has not said it and nor has the Zimbabwe Cricket Union but everybody is thinking it. All things being equal, Andy Flower, one of the best batsmen of his generation, will play his last game for his country against ... An ode to a fire fighter and a genius WATCHING the game's greatest fire fighter get down to the business of dousing the flames and steering his men to safety at Port Elizabeth on Sunday, it struck me yet again how central the role of a handful of key players is even in a team sport ... Landmarks for Bichel ** Andy Bichel's wicket of Nick Knight was the 50th of his career in 41 matches. He becomes the 25th Australian and the 140th bowler in LOIs to reach this landmark. ** Andy Bichel's 7-20 was the second best bowling performance by an Australian, ... Other Stories
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Rajwinder sets new 200m recordCHENNAI, MARCH 3. If Sunita Rani faded away on the opening day on Sunday then it was another Busan Asiad gold medallist, Bahadur Singh of Punjab to disappoint on Monday by withdrawing from the shot put event in the All India police athletics ... Chess Anand holds Ponomariov CHENNAI, MARCH 3. Hungary's Peter Leko joined Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the lead after defeating Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan for the second time in the eighth round of the 20th City of Linares super category chess tournament played at ... 
Sasikiran is championKOZHIKODE, MARCH 3. Krishnan Sasikiran did no harm to his rapidly raising reputation as a high class player when he won the fourth Asian individual men's championship in Doha on Sunday night. The Chennai-based Grandmaster won the title outright, ... Tennis Leander on the right track NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. Champions cannot be kept down for long. They soon spring to life, even when they go through bad spells in their career. Leander Paes, the torchbearer of Indian tennis, has signalled an interesting season ahead for himself, ... Shooting Abhinav Bindra shoots a perfect 600 NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. It is going to be an important season for air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, as he prepares in earnest to get the Olympic quota for Athens. The 19-year old, pursuing business studies with emphasis on marketing in the ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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