Waugh’s century, his first in a Test in India, lifted him to fifth in the overall standings of Test centurions and third among Australians, behind Sunil Gavaskar (34), Don Bradman (29), Allan Border (27) and Garry Sobers (26). Having won the first Test by 10 wickets, Australia look on course to win their first series in India for 31 years.The Indian batsmen floundered in the chase as Jason Gillespie provided the early break by inducing a tame edge from Sadagopan Ramesh into the hands of Ricky Ponting at second slip with the scorers yet to be troubled. Glenn McGrath struck two quick blows after tea to trigger the collapse. He had the opener Shiv Sundar Das (20) edging to the wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and then trapped Sachin Tendulkar leg before for 10. Rahul Dravid revived Indian hopes with 40 runs for the fourth wicket with Sourav Ganguly, before Shane Warne entered the battle to deceive Dravid with flight.Ganguly, leading India for the first time in front of his home crowd, looked uncomfortable against Michael Kasprowicz’s outswingers. He had scored 23 when he leaned to drive a widish ball and Steve Waugh took a low one-handed catch in the gully.Second day of five, Australia won tossAUSTRALIA – First Innings (Overnight: 292 for 8)S R Waugh lbw b Singh 110 J N Gillespie c Ramesh b Singh 46 G D McGrath not out 21 Extras (b19 lb10 nb7) 36 Total (131.5 overs) 445Fall (cont): 9-402Bowling: Khan 28.4-6-89-2; Prasad 30-5-95-0; Ganguly 13.2-3-44-1; Raju 20-2-58-0; Singh 37.5-7-123-7; Tendulkar 2-0-7-0.INDIA – First InningsS S Das c Gilchrist b McGrath 20 S Ramesh c Ponting b Gillespie 0 R Dravid b Warne 25 S R Tendulkar lbw b McGrath 10 S C Ganguly c S Waugh b Kasprowicz 23 V V S Laxman not out 26 N R Mongia c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 2 H Singh c Ponting b Gillespie 4 Z Khan b McGrath 3 S L V Raju not out 3 Extras (lb2 nb10) 12 Total (for 8, 46 overs) 128Fall: 1-0 2-34 3-48 4-88 5-88 6-92 7-97 8-113To bat: B K V Prasad.Bowling: McGrath 11-7-13-3; Gillespie 8-0-39-2; Kasprowicz 10-2-18-2; Warne 17-3-56-1.Umpires: S K Bansal and P Willey.. South Africa yesterday applied the brake to the free-scoring start the West Indies had made to their second innings of the first Test, limiting them to 44 runs in exchange for two wickets in the 28 overs to lunch on the fourth day.
South Africa yesterday applied the brake to the free-scoring start the West Indies had made to their second innings of the first Test, limiting them to 44 runs in exchange for two wickets in the 28 overs to lunch on the fourth day.
At the interval, the hosts had inched to 94 for 2 from their promising overnight 50 without loss, losing the opening pair of Wavell Hinds and Chris Gayle while extending their overall lead to 66. Brian Lara tried to seize the advantage after the break, benefiting from a sharp chance to Neil McKenzie at short-leg off the left-arm spinner Nicky Boje before he had scored. Forty minutes into the second session Lara was on 37, Marlon Samuels on 18 and the West Indies at 128 for 2 had extended their advantage to 100.The South Africans, restricted to a negligible first innings advantage of 28 after losing their last six wickets for 56 on the third day, were stunned by the aggression of Hinds and Gayle in the 15 overs available to them. The Jamaican left-handers pounded nine boundaries between them in racing to 50.
Aware that any more of the same would have heightened the pressure on them in the last innings on a deteriorating, unpredictable pitch, the South Africans settled for tight defence that usually involved a split off seven fielders on the off-side.They claimed Hinds to the eighth ball of the day, touching an extravagant square-drive off Allan Donald to the wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. Gayle and Marlon Samuels showed restraint that belied their age and inexperience in keeping the South Africans at bay. Gayle is in his fifth Test, the right-handed Samuels in his fourth. They are the future of West Indies batting and have been handed the challenging task of going in at the top of the order against one of the most effective attacks in world cricket.Both are strokemakers to whom the watchful defence demanded of them did not come naturally. Gayle, tall and a powerful striker, struck 14 fours in his first innings topscore of 81 and had pounded six in his overnight 26. Samuels, more a touch player, impressed in his debut series in Australia and confirmed his level-headed temperament with 40 in the first innings.Their challenge yesterday was a test of patience as much as technique as the South Africans pegged away with unerring accuracy.
They had seen off the fast bowlers Donald, Makhaya Ntini, the captain Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis when the spin of Boje finally made the break.Attempting an indeterminate cut, Gayle was given out to a catch to Boucher after two hours 40 minutes that was further confirmation of his potential. It was Boucher’s 152nd dismissal, carrying him past Dave Richardson as the most by a South African wicket-keeper.Fourth day of five; West Indies won tossWEST INDIES – First Innings 304 (C H Gayle 81, C L Hooper 69)SOUTH AFRICA – First Innings 332 (G Kirsten 150, M V Boucher 52, J H Kallis 50). WEST INDIES – Second Innings (overnight: 50-0)W W Hinds c Boucher b Donald 14 C H Gayle c Boucher b Boje 44 M N Samuels not out 10 B C Lara not out 12 Extras (b5 lb4 w1 nb4) 14 Total (for 2, 43 overs, lunch) 94Fall: 1-51 2-78To bat: C L Hooper, R R Sarwan, R D Jacobs, N A M McLean, M Dillon,D Ramnarine, C A Walsh.Bowling: Donald 11-6-12-1; Pollock 9-2-29-0; Kallis 9-1-23-0; Boje 7-3-12-1; Ntini 7-3-10-0.Umpires: J H Hampshire (Eng) and E A Nicholls.. Turkey
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Gheorghe Hagi’s career in Turkish football could be at an end after the Romanian maverick launched an astonishing physical and verbal attack on a referee at the weekend. The temperamental 35-year-old midfielder, who plays for Galatasaray, spat at referee Erol Ersoy during his club’s 2-1 win over Genclerbirligi, after a goal by his team-mate Hasan Sas had been disallowed.Hagi also stamped on the official’s feet and had to be dragged from the pitch by fellow players and Galatasaray’s coach, Mircea Lucescu. But Hagi then compounded the offence by lsirecting a verbal assault at the referee “The ref’s a thief He came to steal three points from us but couldn’t He does this all the time.
The [Turkish Football] Federation want Fenerbahce to win the league,” Hagi said before renewing threats to retire.Galatasaray, the reigning champions, are eight points behind their Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce, who lead the league with 57 points. Galatasaray have one game in hand.The Federation is waiting for the referee’s report before punishing Hagi, but the suspension will be a long one and may stop him playing again before his contract with Galatasaray expires in June. He has already spoken of returning home to Romania to take up coaching.ArgentinaDiego Maradona, the scorer of the infamous “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup, has criticised European football’s governing body for punishing the Real Madrid striker Raul for his handball goal last week.”The Uefa directors have never played football,” Maradona said “As far as they’re concerned, the ball is a UFO. It’s time to kick them all out.”Uefa banned Raul for one game and fined him 20,000 Swiss francs (around £8,000) after he scored Real’s opener in their 3-2 Champions’ League win against Leeds United last week by diverting a free-kick into the net with his hand.Maradona punched the ball into the net during Argentina’s quarter-final win over England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, but was not punished.. BBC Two tonight intends to regale us with the story of “The Men Who Changed Football” My advice is to check out a movie channel. BBC Two tonight intends to regale us with the story of “The Men Who Changed Football”. My advice is to check out a movie channel.
The BBC will tell us about the entrepreneurial brilliance of men like Martin Edwards of Manchester United and David Dein of Arsenal, and the wondrous marriage they have made with the big bucks of television.But the people who really changed football didn’t wear pinstripe suits.