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VOL.26 :: NO.12 :: Mar. 22 - 28, 2003
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.26 :: NO.12 :: Mar. 22 - 28, 2003 |
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BEFORE the World Cup began, Kenya was considered an also-ran and not expected to progress beyond the preliminary stage. But pundits are baffled by the sequence of events which has placed the East African country — more renowned for its exploits in athletics — in the knockout phase of a team sport as sophisticated as cricket.
A stunning transformation"I don't know what brought about this transformation but I'm far more focussed in playing my role of a match-winner," said Javagal Srinath. He has come to realise late in his career that the essence of good bowling lies in enjoying the job, writes VIJAY LOKAPALLY.
Nine out of nine for the AussiesThis World Cup match had some memorable moments. First it was Brett Lee's hat trick, and then a fighting knock from Steve Tikolo, followed by the audacious hitting of Adam Gilchrist, for Australia, and then a dream spell, which went in vain, for the left-arm spinner Aasif Karim of Kenya. SRI LANKA V ZIMBABWE Atapattu rises to the occasion, yet again Only a win could carry Sri Lanka to the next stage and the occasion brought the best out of the team, which had struggled to get things together all through. INDIA V NEW ZELAND Confidence makes all the difference The emphatic statement, scripted by Zaheer Khan and Mohammad Kaif, was a fascinating tale of how confidence can make all the difference. KENYA V ZIMBABWE 
This underdog is going placesTHE Goodyear Park was drenched in rain even as the Kenyan players celebrated their grand victory over Zimbabwe. It was certainly a moment to cherish for the unsung Kenya team and even the rain gods joined the party. AUSTRALIA V NEW ZELAND 
Pace bowlers call the shotsTHE score-sheet will aptly tell the tale of this match between the Tasman rivals. There were three main players in the skirmish that did not really go to the wire. INDIA V KENYA Beaten, but not disgraced The competitive flair of the match kept the interest alive until the last moments when Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh carried India to the target. NEW ZELAND V ZIMBABWE 
Astle shows the wayIt was a day when Astle played a steady and purposeful innings and recorded his 13th century. He had Chris Cairns for company and the aggressive allrounder, too, put his head down and helped Astle raise 121 for the fourth wicket. It was a partnership that won the match for New Zealand. When the Black Caps returned to Bloemfontein for the Super Six league match against Zimbabwe, they were reminded about the tentative start they had made in the competition. Sanath Jayasuriya's century had taken the match and four points away from them. NEW ZELAND V ZIMBABWE A mismatch at The Wanderers India was in an unrelenting mood but then none expected the Sri Lankans to succumb in such a manner. AUSTRALIA V SRI LANKA 
Ponting gets goingRICKY PONTING promised to play bright cricket after the off-colour batting display against England in the last league match at Port Elizabeth. The Australians are generally not off the mark when they make statements and Ponting carried out his plans to near perfection.
The unsung heroesThey are the unsung heroes. They don't receive awards. They always remain in the backstage. Cricket coaches are not like soccer coaches, who always hog the limelight.
'The time has come to move on'Allan Donald bid adieu from international cricket. He chose the 45-minute lunch break, during the New Zealand-Zimbabwe ICC World Cup Super Six league match at the Goodyear Park, to make the announcement.
English selectors left with an impossible taskNASSER HUSSAIN stepped off a golf course in Port Elizabeth unsure about his next move, even though he knew that England had been knocked out of the World Cup by a seasonal rainstorm in Bulawayo.
MARCH 3. In 1947, we had Mahatma Gandhi. Now we have Sachin Tendulkar. Gandhi rattled the English, and now Tendulkar does it in a different field.
A great cricketing career has come to an end. Allan Donald, the White Lightning, has bid adieu to the game.
AS `The World' comes to an end with the Monday dawn of March 24, off comes the Mandira warpaint too!
THE enigma which is English cricket has been fully exposed during the World Cup.
Australia, invincible?As the Indian team watched Australia play New Zealand, spirits may have run high and stomachs churned in nervousness; confidence may have been bolstered and mouths run dry in disbelief.
Sunil Joshi spins Karnataka to victory SUNIL Joshi lent an emphatic hand to Karnataka's return from the wilderness. 
TENNIS INDEX - PAUL FEINWhat hockey star Sergei Fedorov compared falling in love with Anna Kournikova to: "Worse than having a bad bout of flu." Family member who, until recently, did not know that Anna Kournikova and Sergei Fedorov were briefly married in ...
Mikhail Youzhny needed just one match to become an instant national hero after he clinched Russia's first Davis Cup title with a dramatic 3-2 victory over holder France in the Paris final.
Coulthard finally ends Ferrari runON an afternoon filled with enough incident, drama, special effects and quick-fix excitement to fill a James Bond movie, David Coulthard cruised through a bedraggled field to seize the 13th win of his career in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
After seeing big lead slip, Woods tops Toms in finalSIX world-class players attempted to beat Tiger Woods at the Accenture Match Play Championship. Six world-class players were reminded how difficult he is to beat.
For Jones, victory only adds to legacyThe first hint of history being made came early, and forcefully. It came behind the super-quick fists of Roy Jones Jr., who once again proved one of sport's oldest adages — speed devastates.
Sasikiran pockets a prestigious titleHALFWAY through the Asian individual chess championship in Doha, there was a change of venue. From Hotel Oasis the tournament was moved to Hotel Ramada after the fourth round. The top-seed Krishnan Sasikiran hoped that with that change of venue there could well be a change of fortune too. ASIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP `I have a long way to go' HE was sleeping when we knocked on the door of his room at the Taj Residency in Kozhikode. But Krishnan Sasikiran was happy to keep his word and talk to us, though he had arrived only a few hours earlier from Doha after playing a tough ...
Indian riders to the foreIT is still early days for summer but for the men on horseback, an Indian summer was a distinct reality in the vast expanse of Agram Grounds at the ASC Centre here in Bangalore.
Kerala, a runaway winnerAN old tale was repeated as Kerala emerged winner in the 48th National School Games athletics championship held at Bangalore's Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Kerala (216.5 pts) triumphed for the sixth consecutive year while West Bengal had to be ... THRISSUR Karnataka regains title THAT Indian football wallows in mediocrity will be to state the obvious. The 39th edition of the National junior football championship for the Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy, held in Thrissur, was another grim reminder of this truth. The under-19 ... CHENNAI 
Easy for SaravananTHE Tamil Nadu Chess Association (TNCA) found a unique way of honouring its past President and patron, Dr. N. Mahalingam who will soon be 80. With the sponsorship of Chess Mate, it organised the Dr. Mahalingam Sathabishekam FIDE-rated Open ...
Kahn knocked off pedestal by affairKahn, voted Best Player of the World Cup tournament, admitted that he had extra-marital affair days before his wife was due to give birth to their second child, a revelation which has caused a storm of condemnation. "I know myself how ...
Frenchman has matured to be an inspiring Arsenal captainA boy called What! It is hard to believe that Patrick Vieira, Arsenal's captain, one of the greatest midfield players in the world, a football machine made of silk, was once a gangly 20-year-old novice at Highbury having such trouble with the speed of Ray Parlour's vowels that he was temporarily nicknamed `What.'
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