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July 4, 2001
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Coca-Cola Triangular in Zimbabwe :
Sachin Tendulkar's 29th one-day hundred was the jewel in the crown of India's fourth consecutive win in the Coca-Cola Triangular series match at Harare. India won by six wickets while chasing 230 West Indian pace bowler Cameron Cuffy has been ruled out for the remainder of the series due to a stress fracture in his left foot. Cuffy, perhaps, the team's best bowler, will not only miss the final on Saturday, but also the two Test matches against Zimbabwe. No decision has been taken on his replacement, as yet. After Brian Lara, Cuffy became the second casualty for the West Indies on this tour. 
The Ashes Tour : Australia meet England at Birmingham today in the first Test of the Ashes series. McGrath, Gillespie, Lee and Warne lead the Australian bowling while the batting will be spearheaded by the Waugh brothers Mark and Steve, in form batsmen Ponting and Martyn. A depleted England side will be looking to play with pride and the confidence of having won the last two Test series they played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Australian skipper Steve Waugh was presented with the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test Championship trophy at Edgbaston, Birmingham yesterday. The Championship launched by the ICC this year began with the two match Test series between England and Pakistan that concluded recently. A special coin that has been issued in a mark of respect to the late Sir Donald Bradman will be used at the toss for the first Test between Australia and England. The Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint in association with the Bradman Foundation have issued the coin. The Bradman Association suggested the special coin be used for the toss as a mark of respect for the great cricketer who passed away in February this year. Spectators running on to the field of play at Edgbaston, the venue of the first Test between England and Australia will be fined £1,000. Although crowd problems have never been a part of Ashes matches in England, the Warwickshire County Cricket Club said they are taking this step in the wake of the recent troubles in England during the NatWest Triangular.
Miscellaneous : The Pakistan Cricket Board today denied that it has sacked the selection committee headed by Wasim Bari. The board however has decided to dissolve the advisory committee in which former cricketers like Wasim Raja and Javed Miandad were members. While dissolving the advisory committee, the selection committee will continue to function. A decision has also been made to appoint 'paid' selectors in future. They would be provided a salary for the services rendered by them.
Meanwhile former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has still not sought any clearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board for taking up a two weeks coaching assignment with the Bangladesh cricket team. It is reported that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would pay Miandad a daily allowance The chief of the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, will be shortly launching his own sports channel and production company, Taj Sports Limited, which would basically concentrate on cricket coverage specially in the South Asia region. Pakistan will host New Zealand for three Tests and three one-day internationals in September-October. The one-dayers will be played in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi while the Tests will be held in Peshawar, Faisalabad and Karachi. The BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele while denying reports alleging Indian cricketers took steroids to enhance performance said that the BCCI was contemplating legal action against the Delhi based Outlook magazine for their "reckless report" on the issue. The matter will be taken up at the working committee meeting of BCCI scheduled to be held in August. The condition of former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar seems to be stable, after he was admitted to the hospital in Haldwani, following a suspected brain stroke. The 37 year-old Prabhakar was earlier remanded to a 14-day judicial custody for his involvement with a finance company, which has duped many investors of millions of rupees. Meanwhile, the Indore police has also sent a team to Uttaranchal to question Prabhakar in connection with this fraud case. The South African World Cup Organising Committee, has decided to give away free more than 50,000 tickets during the World Cup in 2003 to cricketers from the poor South African communities. This gesture is seen as an attempt to use the sport as a unifying factor among the various communities in South Africa.
SCORES AT A GLANCE
India V West Indies (6th match)
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runs for a win. Earlier, Ganguly, winning the toss, yet again put the opposition in on a wicket that looked far superior to all the others of this one-day series where winning the toss has been of such crucial importance. The West Indies progressed steadily beginning with a good opening stand from Daren Ganga (55) and Chris Gayle (23) who put on 47 for the first wicket. Hinds' top scored with a smartly complied 66 off 90 balls. Tendulkar (122 not out) and Ganguly (62) started of the Indian chase in a hurry and put on 133 for the first wicket and that was foundation enough for the team to go through to victory without any fuss.
Australia were considered winners taking into account the results over the last five years. Accepting the trophy, Waugh said he and his team were proud to be the first holders and hoped to see a similar championship for the one-dayers as well. Australia has 1.62 points from 13 series, followed by South Africa (1.47) and England (1.14).
of 4600 takas (approximately 785 US dollars), besides providing him with five star accommodation, transport and other perks. Miandad is expected to earn around 11,000 US dollars for his two weeks coaching assignment with the Bangladesh team. The former West Indian fast bowler Andy Roberts has also been hired by the BCB for a daily allowance of 500 US dollars for three weeks.