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Sharjah, Oct 30:
A totally dejected Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly did not
have any words to explain his side's abject surrender to
Sri Lanka in the Coca Cola tri-nation trophy final on
Sunday night saying the result was "difficult to
explain." "It is difficult to explain such
things. It is better to forget this quickly and come back
a better side. It was just a bad day," he said after
the match. [more]
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A magnificent
knock |
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| Vaas
and Muralitharan leave Indians tottering 54 all out ! |
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Sharjah, Oct 29:Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas
chosen to play demons for India; as India, chasing 300, was all
out for 54 runs in the 26.3 overs. If the Indian bowling display
in the first session was sloppy, the batting in the second was
nothing short of appalling even as Vaas hit just the rhythm he
would have hoped for. [more]
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| India
bows to Murali's magic spin, he took seven wickets |
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Sharjah, Oct 27:Sri
Lanka defeated India by eight wickets in the last prelims
matches here in Sharjah today. Playing first Sri Lanka made 294
runs. Both Jayawardane and Attapatu scored a century each.
Whereas Muralitharan destroyed the Indian batting attack. He
bowled brilliantly taking seven wickets and giving just 30 runs
in his 10 overs.
[more]
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| India
made to work hard for a win against Zimbabwe
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Sharjah,
Oct 27:
India were made to sweat out again by Zimbabwe in order
to clinch a place in the finals of the Coca Cola
Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka. In the end India
managed to win the match by 3 wickets. Skipper Sourav
Ganguly reached a personal milestone of 6,000 one-day
runs as India limped to a win over Zimbabwe.[more]
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| SL
defeat ZIM by 123 runs |
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Sharjah, Oct.25:Sri
Lanka scored
a
thumping victory of 123 runs over
Zimbabwe
and entered the finals of the Coca-Cola Cup Trophy.
Zimbabwe won the toss and put Sri Lankans to bat first.
Jayasuriya gave the best possible start to Sri Lankan
innings. He hit Paul Strang for 4 fours and 1 six in his
one over, He scored 87 of 86 balls. He was also declared
man of the match. In reply, Zimbabwe were all out for
153. [more]
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| Dravid
out of the tournament |
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Sharjah, Oct 25: Indian Vice-Captain Rahul Dravid
is out of the ongoing Coca Cola Cup tri-series and will
be replaced by Uttar Pradesh all-rounder Mohammad Kaif
who is reaching here on Wednesday, a day before India
play Zimbabwe in the second phase league. ``Dravid is
out of the tournament with a broken finger,'' skipper
Sourav Ganguly said after the nets here on Tuesday
afternoon.
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more ]
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| India
defeats Zimbabwe by
13 runs
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Sharjah, October 22: India
defeated Zimbabwe in an exciting finish by 13 runs. Zimbabwe
requiring 266 runs to win in their respective 50 overs lost two
quick wickets in form of Douglas Marillier and Grant Flower.
But, then Andy Flower and Carlisle took charge and added over
100 runs in the third wicket partnership. At 25 overs of
Zimbabwean innings the match was evenly poised except the
constantly rising run rate for the Zimbabweans. Zaheer Khan was
declared the man of the match as he went on to take three
crucial wickets. [
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| Sri
Lanka defeats Zimbabwe by 7 wickets |
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Sri Lanka once again proved their mettle and went on to win
the second ODI against Zimbabwe in the Coca-Cola Champions
Trophy in Sharjah. They defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets with
three overs to spare. However Andy Flower got the man of the
match for his brilliant 120 not out. [
more ]
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Sri Lanka beat India by 5 wickets |
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Mumbai, Oct 20: The favourites for the Coca-cola
Trophy were defeated by the level headed Sri Lankans by
5 wickets in the opener of the Coca Cola Trophy in
Sharjah.
India made a measly 224 in their innings which was
not enough for the Lankans. A Brilliant century from the master
blaster, Sachin Tendulkar saved India from a possible humiliation as
none of the other batmen could make a substantial
contribution. [
more
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