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Pakistan v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Abu Dhabi

Eye on the future in dead rubber

Will Brendan Nash get another chance?

Match facts
Nov 16, 2008
Start time 3pm (1100 GMT)

Big Picture
The series is in hand but having faced a lot of criticism since he was appointed captain last year, Shoaib Malik will be keen to complete a whitewash to boost the side's confidence ahead of India's tour of Pakistan early next year. The first two matches have been fairly close, with West Indies holding the edge at half-time. A nerveless performance from Kamran Akmal, when his side needed 17 off the last over, gave Pakistan the series lead while a disciplined and tight performance from the seamers handed them the series win. It's now time for the others to step up.

West Indies are not unfamiliar with a series whitewash, having lost 5-0 to Australia at home only five months back. But they head to New Zealand in December and will prefer to have a win under their belt before tackling the month-long tour. Players from both sides will want to use the dead rubber to make a case for selection for future series.

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Saeed Ajmal: He dropped two catches off Shivnarine Chanderpaul but also picked up a wicket while bowling an economical nine overs for 38 runs. He made his ODI debut against India in the Asia Cup and will be keen to make the squad for the five-match one-day series against the same opposition in February 2009.

Sohail Tanvir: He troubled the West Indies batsmen by swinging the ball both ways and dismissed the openers, Chris Gayle and Sewnarine Chattergoon, for ducks in the second game.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul: He averages 84 in his previous 10 ODIs but his only century in those games came in Friday's loss. He will hope for another big score, preferably one that will not only keep him on top of the run-getters list but also hand West Indies a consolatory win.

Team news
Pakistan are unlikely to change a winning combination despite it being a dead rubber. Saeed Ajmal is likely to keep his place over Fawad Alam, who went wicketless in the first match, as is Iftikhar Anjum, who was unlucky not get more than one wicket in the second ODI - Chanderpaul was dropped off his bowling. Malik said Shoaib Akhtar was struggling with a calf injury and his fitness will be assessed ahead of the final match. But Pakistan would not want to risk straining Shoaib in a match that holds no consequence for them.

Pakistan (probable): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Khurram Manzoor, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul Haq, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Kamran Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Iftikhar Anjum, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal.

Will West Indies give another chance to Brendan Nash, who was run out for 9 in the first game? Nash, who moved to Jamaica after not receiving a contract with Queensland in 2007, was called up to the Test squad against New Zealand. Although Nash is more of an accumulator than a one-day dasher, Gayle may want to give him some experience before the Test tour.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Sewnarine Chattergoon, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Xavier Marshall, 6 Carlton Baugh (wk), 7 Brendan Nash, 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Nikita Miller, 11 Lionel Baker.

Stats & Trivia

* Sohail Tanvir has been the most economical bowler among those who have bowled more than 15 overs in the series so far. He has conceded 3.89 an over for his five wickets at 14.80. Lionel Baker is the next-best, having given away 4.31 an over for four wickets at 20.50.

* In the second ODI, Pakistan gave away 22 extras while West Indies conceded only six.

Quotes
"We will do our best because my aim has always been to improve and be among the world's top two teams. Here is an opportunity for us to do that."

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

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India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 3rd day


India took the honours on day two in Mohali, amassing 469 and then putting Australia under extreme pressure by claiming four wickets before stumps. Sourav Ganguly, who scored his 16th Test century, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted in contrasting fashion to force Australia on the defensive, and debutant Amit Mishra struck twice to maintain the intensity created by India's new-ball pair.

Ganguly, who had struggled in the series against Sri Lanka, put on 109 for the seventh wicket with Dhoni to maintain the advantage built on the first day. Ganguly fell for 102 but Dhoni continued to attack, forcing Ricky Ponting to spread his field far and wide. Australia's bowlers struggled to make breakthroughs and most of their wickets came when India tried to up the momentum.

There was a lot of speculation before the series began that Ganguly wouldn't survive four Tests, but he is a man few can predict. Not long after lunch, he tucked Cameron White off his pads towards deep midwicket boundary and indulged himself. His hundred-watt smile and fist-pumping celebration was far from smug; and it seemed it was meant more for himself than anyone else. He had scratched his way into the nineties, while Dhoni entertained at the other end with powerful pulls and drives, and his celebrations signified the achievement of a personal goal.

Ganguly batted with restraint in the morning, watching the ball carefully, playing late, and letting several deliveries pass outside off. He batted 122 deliveries yesterday, and wasn't about to throw it away. He didn't thrust the bat much, took the short-pitched deliveries on merit, and nudged the singles around. He began by pulling Brett Lee for four but was also made to look ungainly by other bouncers. His concentration never wavered.

Taking a leaf out of coach Gary Kirsten's book - keep out the straight ones and try to ignore the others unless you can cut or drive - Ganguly was an almost unnoticeable accumulator. His second century in Mohali came 11 years after his previous one here, and like that hundred against Sri Lanka, this was scored at a strike-rate of just over 45.
Ganguly's stodgy approach, however, was complemented by Dhoni's aggression. He pulled his first ball - a short one from Lee - for four and then hooked Siddle for six before turning his attention back to Lee for two more fours in an over. Repeatedly getting inside the line of the short deliveries, Dhoni picked off runs into yawning leg-side spaces at a steady clip. He also waited for the ball, steering backward of point and driving in the V. His running was, as always, excellent and he urged Ganguly to be alert as well.

Batting remained easy, with no swing or variable bounce to speak of, and the two contrasting approaches from Ganguly and Dhoni frustrated Australia in what was almost a perfect morning for the home team.

As has been the case in the past, a shuffle down the track just after a hundred was Ganguly's undoing and Lee tumbled backwards at long-off to take the catch. The wicket was against the run of play, but Dhoni didn't let it hinder him. He passed 1500 Test runs, brought up his 10th fifty with a six over long-on, and hit three more later. He was the last wicket, lbw for 92, and gave the persevering Siddle his third wicket.

The Australians had spent nearly five sessions in the field and, when it was their turn to bat, Zaheer Khan ensured that Matthew Hayden did stay very long under the hot Mohali sun. He nailed Hayden for the third time in three innings - and seven overall - by forcing an inside edge on to the stumps with his third delivery.

A short while after tea, Ishant Sharma had a close shout against Ponting which Rudi Koertzen turned down. A few balls later another sharp inswinger hit Ponting on the pad, and this time he was on the back foot, leaving Australia 17 for 2. Zaheer and Ishant attacked through their opening spell and the change to spin didn't release the pressure.

Mishra's 18th ball in Test cricket resulted in a wicket. Katich, who had gone to 33 with some soft-handed strokes, played on. Mishra tied down the batsmen by mixing googlies with flippers and pitching them on a length. The spinners turned the ball sharply; Michael Hussey had one thick edge bypass slip and was reprieved by Dhoni on 25 off Harbhajan Singh. Hussey rode his luck to 37 by stumps, looking on as Mishra struck in the last over of the day, hitting Michael Clarke on the pad with a googly from round the stumps. India were without Anil Kumble in this game but Mishra has filled the gap impressively so far.

India's bowling efforts will, however, be a postscript. This was Ganguly and Dhoni's day.

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Although its Mideast trappings have become terribly familiar in any number of recent movies from Syriana to The Kingdom to director Ridley Scott’s own Black Hawk Down, William Monaghan’s (The Departed) tight script still has pertinent things to say about the lies and deceptions inherent in our covert operations in the region. Cloaked in a cat and mouse thriller format, the story centers on Roger Ferris (DiCaprio)--a top CIA operative, fluent in the Arab language-- who roams from country to country trying to penetrate top secret terrorist cells and uncover plans for mayhem. In trying to smoke out a shadowy terrorist who has been directing a series of key bombings against civilian targets in Europe, Ferris comes up with the ingenious idea to create a phony rival group that appears to be taking credit for the “real” Al Qaeda-type organization’s business. Complicating matters for Ferris is his boss, Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), back at CIA headquarters, who sees the world in black and white and believes there is no such thing as going too far to achieve goals in the best interest of the U.S. Both must also deal with the head of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam (Mark Strong), who recognizes that each is useful for his own counter-terrorism efforts.

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There can be no question Ridley Scott is a master of the film medium. Body of Lies moves very well and thanks to the Scott style manual has lots of urgency. Employing his usual use of multiple cameras getting simultaneous angles in every scene, Scott doesn’t rely on actors having to do a lot of takes and in the process manages to give the film a documentary kind of feel. Although the filmmaking approach sometimes leads to more confusion than we would like, it also puts us right in the center of the action. And there’s plenty of that. Working for the fourth time with Crowe, the two clearly have a rapport and similar seat-of-the-pants way of working, which DiCaprio seems to have picked up nicely. If this isn’t as impressive an overall achievement as Black Hawk Down, it’s still an entertainment that is a cut above some of the other recent spate of Middle East-set thrillers. Locations are well used too, with Northern Africa and specifically the Moroccan environs filling in for the some dozen countries identified on the screen.

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