Assam reach 236/8 against Goa on Day 1
Guwahati: Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad struck an unbeaten 90 as Assam reached 236/8 in their Group C Ranji Trophy match against Goa here on Friday. The 30-year-old batsman made his runs off 171 balls and hit 14 fours. Gokul Sharma made 46 off 157 balls after Goa opted to bowl at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. For Goa, Harshad Gadekar was the most successful bowler, picking up four wickets. Brief scores: Assam 1st innings: 236/8 in 90 overs (Jamaluddin 90 not out; Gadekar 4/28). (PTI)
Hyderabad toil as Tripura score 285/2
Hyderabad: Manishankar Murasingh and Yogesh Takawale added 188 runs for the unbroken third wicket as Tripura cruised to 285 for two on first day against Hyderabad in a Ranji Trophy Group C encounter here on Friday. At stumps, Murasingh was batting on 140 made in 207 balls with the help of 13 fours and four sixes while former Maharashtra glovesman Yogesh Takawale is undefeated on 65 off 153 balls with six boundaries. Tripura openers Samrat Singh (26) and former Karnataka opener KB Pawan (44) added 48 runs for the first wicket while Pawan and Murasingh added 49 runs for the second wicket. After that there were no breakthroughs for the home team bowlers as Murasingh and Takawale played without any hiccups. For Hyderabad, Majeti Ravi Kiran cleaned up Singha while Pawan tried to cut offie Amol Shinde and was caught behind by glovesman Habeeb Ahmed. Brief scores: Tripura 285/2 (MB Murasingh 140 batting, Yogesh Takawale 65 batting, KB Pawan 44). (PTI)
Bravo double ton ensures NZ will bat again
Dunedin: A maiden double-century by Darren Bravo stalled New Zealand’s victory drive on Friday as the West Indies ended day four of the first Test in Dunedin at 443-6, a lead of 47. After an early morning collapse in which the West Indies slumped to 185-4, the defiant Bravo restored order with a controlled performance to pass the 100 mark for the fifth time in his career and be not out 210 at stumps. The 24-year-old left-hander added 122 with Narsingh Deonarine for the fifth wicket and 56 with Denesh Ramdin for the sixth. By the the close of the fourth day he was sharing an unbroken 80-run stand with captain Darren Sammy on 44 and ensured New Zealand would have to bat again. The West Indies were forced to follow on after being all out in their first innings for 213 in reply to New Zealand’s 609-9 declared. (AFP)
Moyes defiant ahead of tricky Newcastle
LONDON: Manchester United manager David Moyes was in defiant mood ahead of the home Premier League game against Newcastle United on Saturday. The champions lost 1-0 to Everton at Old Trafford on Wednesday, their first defeat in 13 matches leaving them 12 points behind league leaders Arsenal. Moyes has struggled since taking over from Alex Ferguson in July, and the visit of Newcastle, who had won four games in a row before losing at Swansea in midweek, could prove to be another difficult match. “Four straight wins is a great record to get.. but obviously they are coming to Old Trafford and we are going to make it as hard for them as we possibly can,” Moyes told a news conference on Friday. United failed to take several good chances against Everton and were punished in full by Bryan Oviedo’s 86th-minute winner but Moyes was happy with his team’s performance. “People who watched the game they would have got lots of belief from it,” he said. “There were chances in the game we didn’t take. It could quite easily have been very different. (Reuters)
Todt reelected as FIA president
Paris: Jean Todt was unanimously reelected for a second term as president of motorsport’s ruling body the FIA on Friday. The result was a foregone conclusion as the 67-year-old Frenchman was unopposed in the election after Britain’s David Ward withdrew from the race last month after failing to secure enough support to be nominated. Todt has been president of the FIA since October, 2009, following a career in motor sport management with Peugeot in world rallying and later, from 1992, with further huge success at Ferrari from 1993 in the Michael Schumacher era. (AFP)