Parveen Kumar Go Through Fitness Test

Indian Seamer Praveen Kumar will go through the fitness test as he is having an elbow injury. He had an elbow injury and after having consultation with consultants he has given a fitness test. Now he has to wait for the announcement of the result of the test. He carried an injury during the South African series and after that went back.

On Monday he has given a fitness test but BCCI has still to say on the announcement. Dr Andrew Wallace, a London-based surgeon is giving treatment to him. He has also given consultation to Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar. BCCI is not saying anything about the fitness test of Kumar. They are waiting for full consultation regarding his injury and might be having an option of his replacement.

There is a possibility that Sreesanth might be the option for his replacement. Indian team was also having injuries before the South African tour and they also send their players back home for rest. Gambhir and Sehwag are the main players who got injuries. India is one of the hosts of the world cup 2011. They will play the match on their home grounds and will have benefit of home conditions. The new player chose as replacement will not find it difficult to adjust in home conditions.

Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge

LOS ANGELES: Socialite Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday night and charged with cocaine possession, celebrity website TMZ reported on Saturday.

Hilton, 29, a former reality TV star, was arrested after a traffic stop by police in which an undisclosed amount of cocaine was allegedly found in her purse, the website said.

Hilton was a passenger in the car; the unidentified driver was charged with driving under the influence.

Hilton was released from jail early on Saturday morning, the website reported.

Hilton, the great-granddaughter of Hilton hotels founder Conrad Hilton, has worked as a model, singer, actress, fashion designer and reality TV star. She runs multimillion-dollar businesses based on her name including clothing lines, fragrances and wine.

She spent three weeks in a Los Angeles jail in 2007 for violating her probation

Obama says Iraq war is ending, his promise is kept

VINEYARD HAVEN: President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq could ‘chart its own course’ and told Americans the drawdown of U.S. troops helped fulfill a promise he made during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Obama, who is vacationing on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, declared in his weekly radio and Internet address that “the war is ending” and pledged to take care of troops who are returning home.

The U.S. military recently cut its strength to under 50,000 troops in Iraq, helping to make good on Obama’s promise to end the war launched 7-1/2 years ago by his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush.

Obama’s Saturday remarks may be a preview of a rare, televised address the president plans on Tuesday evening from the White House Oval Office about the troop drawdown.

“On Tuesday, after more than seven years, the United States of America

Sri Lanka choose to bat v India

DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the one-day tri-series final against India on Saturday.

Sri Lanka fielded an unchanged side. India made one change with Rohith Sharma replacing Ravindra Jadeja.

Teams:

India: MS Dhoni (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohith Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera. AGENCIES

Sri Lanka opt to bat against India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday.

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain-wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera.

India: Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wickerkeeper), Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel. AGENCIES

Maharoof”s hat-trick wrecks India

DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka”s Farveez Maharoof grabbed 5-42, including a hat-trick, as India were shot out for 209 in the last league match of the Asia Cup on Tuesday.

The right-arm seamer trapped Ravindra Jadeja leg-before, bowled Praveen Kumar and had Zaheer Khan caught behind off successive deliveries in his ninth over at the Rangiri stadium in Dambulla.

The match is a warm-up for Thursday”s final which the two teams will contest after knocking Pakistan and Bangladesh out of the four-nation tournament.

India suffered a major blow when opener Virender Sehwag was ruled out of both matches after sustaining a hamstring injury against Pakistan on Saturday.

Dinesh Karthik, who flew in from Chennai to replace Sehwag, hit 40 off 43 balls after an opening stand of 58 with Gautam Gambhir.

Sri Lanka, who rested three frontline bowlers in Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera and Muttiah Muralitharan, reduced India to 110-4 by the 23rd over.

Rohit Sharma (69) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41) retrieved the situation by adding 79 for the fifth wicket, before the Indian captain was run out.

Dhoni”s dismissal triggered a collapse as India slipped from 189-4 to 189-8 in the space of four deliveries as Maharoof sliced through the lower order.

India were all out with 7.3 overs still remaining from their allotted 50.

Australia pile up 184-5 against India

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: David Warner smashed a rapid 72 as Australia piled up 184 for five against India in the teams” opening Super Eights match at the World Twenty20 here on Friday.

Australia were given a blistering start by left-hander Warner and fellow opener Shane Watson (54) who put on 104 for the first wicket in 11 overs after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss.

Warner faced just 41 balls and struck seven of the innings”s 16 sixes.

Given such a start, India did well to restrict Australia to under 200.

Left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh (two wickets for 20 runs) checked Australia”s progress. He had Warner well caught by wicketkeeper Dhoni and the duo combined again as Brad Haddin was stumped.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who started the match with a maiden, a remarkable achievement in view of what followed, conceded just 15 runs from his four overs.

But Australia”s openers were severe on left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, whose two overs went for 38.

Jadeja conceded six consecutive sixes, split across those two overs, with both Watson and Warner striking three in a row.

Watson, as in his 81 against Pakistan this tournament, was given an early reprieve when dropped on seven, a difficult chance, by a diving Jadeja at square leg following a miscued sweep off Harbhajan with Australia 12 without loss in the third over.

Watson, who said after his display against Pakistan he liked batting with Warner because the left-hander went for his shots from the first ball, was the one to inflict early damage this time.

He clouted Jadeja”s fourth ball for six, pulled the fifth high over midwicket and sent the sixth soaring over deep backward square.

Jadeja returned for the tenth over and probably wished he hadn”t as Warner flat-batted his first ball back for six over long-on.

The second ball, tossed up, was sent soaring into the gap between mid-wicket and long-on, with the third driven straighter.

Australia were running riot and their paceman received plenty of punishment too with left-arm quick Zaheer Khan, in for the injured Praveen Kumar, seeing 45 runs taken off his four overs.

Watson went to his fifty with a six off a Yusuf Pathan long-hop before he was bowled next ball to end a 32-ball innings featuring six sixes and a solitary four.

Proteas win toss and field against India

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to field against India in a Group C World Twenty20 match at the Beausejour Stadium here on Sunday.

India made two changes from the side that beat Afghanistan by seven wickets here on Saturday.

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with stomach illness and his place was taken by Dinesh Karthik.

And, in a tactical switch, leg-spinner Piyush Chawla replaced fast bowler Zaheer Khan.

This was South Africa”s first match of the tournament and the Proteas opted to use the big-hitting Loots Bosman as captain Graeme Smith”s partner at the top of the order.

Teams
India: Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Ashish Nehra

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Albie Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Morne Morkel, Rory Kleinveldt, Dale Steyn

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Simon Taufel (AUS), TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee Ranjan Madugalle (SL).

Pakistan to face Bangladesh today in Twenty20 clash

PROVIDENCE: Pakistan will face Bangladesh Cricket team today in their first Group A match of the World Twenty20 Cricket at the Saint Lucia in West Indies.

The other team of the Group A is mighty Australia.

Before taking part in the World Twenty20 Cricket against Pakistan, defending champions Pakistan tasted a 12-run defeat in their last Twenty20 warm-up match against Zimbabwe.

On the other hand, Bangladesh played two Twenty20 warm-up matches in the Caribbean Islands.

Bangladesh beat Barbados by 36 runs in the first Twenty20 warm-up match on May 27.

Later, Bangladesh lost to England by seven wickets in the last Twenty20 warm-up match on May 28.

It is mentionable that Twenty20 match is anybody”s game.

According to team manager Yawar Saeed, Pak team include Shahid Afridi (captain), Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Fawwad Alam, Abdur Razzaq, Misbahul Haq, Muhammed Amir, Muhammed Sami, Muhammed Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal and Omar Akmal.

Cricket match tied between LHC and SHC judges

LAHORE: A friendly cricket match played between the teams of the judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the Sindh High Court (SHC) was tied here on Saturday.

The match was played here at the LCCA ground on Labour Day.

Batting first, the SHC judges team made 70 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted ten overs. Justice Anwar Saeed Jamali top-scored with 35.

In reply, the LHC judges team also scored 70. Justice Waqar Mir made 35.

Advocate-General Punjab Khwaja Haris performed wicketkeeping duties.

After the match ended, legal advisor Pakistan Cricket Board Tafazzul Rizvi distributed souvenirs among the judges who participated in the match.

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