England in India

India needed just five runs to win, and got them in two deliveries, straight after tea.
Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly was all praise for leg-spinner Anil Kumble who took six wickets for 81 runs, after he bowled his side to an emphatic victory over England in the first Test on Thursday.
"He has won us so many games and I can see him doing that for many, many games more," Ganguly said after his side claimed the game by 10 wickets with over a day to spare.
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India have recalled batsman Virender Sehwag and fast bowler Javagal Srinath for the second Test against England which starts next Tuesday (Dec 11).
Sehwag missed the Mohali game to serve the one-match ban incurred in South Africa last month. His inclusion in the squad for the first Test started a major row between the Indian cricket board (BCCI) and the ICC which at one time threatened the future of the England tour. The BCCI eventually omitted Sehwag from the final 12 after obtaining certain concessions from the ICC.
Srinath, India's main strike bowler, missed the first Test because of a broken finger. "He informed the board secretary Niranjan Shah he has recovered," chief selector Chandu Borde told reporters.

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Match referee Denis Lindsay decided to take no action over an incident involving England's Andrew Flintoff and Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on the third day of the first Test. Flintoff and Ganguly exchanged words after the lefthander miscued a pull against the paceman.

"The incident in question was handled on the field of play by the umpires and nothing was untoward," said Lindsay, a former South Africa international. "You can't have a game of cricket and not have the odd chirp here and there. As long as it's not personal, that's what the game is all about. You're looking for a bit of banter, not a faceless game."

Miscellaneous

The West Indies' tour of Pakistan has once again been thrown into doubt after conflicting statements from the two countries' cricket boards.
Pakistan Cricket Board director Brigadier Munawwar Rana said on Thursday that the West Indies had finally approved a tour schedule after initial security fears arising from the 11 September terror attacks in the US.
But the West Indies Cricket Board later declared that although it was keen to go ahead with the series, the tour had not yet been finalised.

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Hussain said the mental approach to batting was the thing England needed to focus on, having been bowled out for under 250 in both innings. "I think the final session of the first day is where we lost the game, that and the missed chances. "We were 170 for two in the first innings when myself and Thorpe were in, and to be 238 all out batting first in India is shooting yourself in the foot. We should have scored 350 or 400," said Hussain.

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Glamorgan's search for an overseas player for the 2002 season could lead them to former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram. The Welsh county have already spoken to the 35-year-old Test all-rounder, but were initially put off by his wage demands. With the retirement of Steve Watkin they are concentrating their search on a bowler, but Wasim could also provide some vital lower order runs.

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Fast bowler Steve Elworthy took four for 26 as South Africa eased themselves into their Australian tour with a convincing victory.
The 36-year-old justified his selection ahead of younger rivals like Andre Nel and Charl Langeveldt and there were two wickets each for Allan Donald, Lance Klusener and spinner Claude Henderson.

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Seam bowler Chris Drum took five for 34 as New Zealand completed the pre-Christmas leg of their Australian tour with a win at the Manuka Oval.
Drum marked his first appearance since joining the squad as a replacement with four wickets in five overs and returned later to dismiss home skipper Greg Blewett for 41.
The Kiwis will face Australia and South Africa in a triangular one-day series, which starts in the New Year.

SCORES AT A GLANCE

India v England (1st Test) - Day 4
Played at Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Toss: India

England: 238 (ME Trescothick 66, N Hussain 85; Harbhajan Singh 5-51)
India: 469 (D Dasgupta 100, Dravid 86, Tendulkar 88, S Ganguly 47; Dawson 4-134, M Hoggard 3-98, 169 overs)
England: 235 (Thorpe 62, Trescothick 46; Kumble 6-81; 77.4 overs)
India: 5/0 (I Siddiqui 5*; 0.2 overs)

Result: India won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: A Kumble

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