Aussie-NZ ODI in city today By Our Sports Reporter GUWAHATI, Nov 8 � World champion Australian team was accorded a warm reception in the city today after their arrival for the TVS Cup triangular series match against New Zealand tomorrow. It is the third visit of official Australian cricket team to the city. Bill Lawrie led the first Australian team to Guwahati in 1969 to play a three-day match against East Zone team and after that in 1996 second official Australian team under the leadership of Mark Taylor visited the city to play a One-day international match against Hanse Cronji�s South African team in the Wills Triangular series match at the Nehru Stadium here.
The Nehru Stadium in the RG Baruah Sports Complex is all set to host tomorrow�s match. The entire complex was given a bridal look for the One-day international which will be the eleventh match in this stadium. When Australia already entered the final of the triangular series New Zealand are still struggling for a berth in the title clash. Tomorrow�s match for the Black Caps is counted to be most vital one as they are in a must win situation. The Kangaroos have lost their only ODI played here earlier while the Kiwis had lost one against one win in previous two outings. The Nehru Stadium pitch is likely to favour the medium pacers in the morning session but the medium pacers and spinners might get favour in the later part of the match. According to curator Dr Sunil Baruah they are trying to lay a rock solid track and he hoped that the bowlers will get sufficient bounce off the pitch. But everything will depend on tomorrow�s climate as cloudy sky may delay start and dampen the wicket. Both the skippers � Ricky Ponting of Australia and Stephen Flemming of New Zealand expressed their satisfaction over the conditions of wicket and outfield and if everything goes all right Guwahatians may expect an entertaining match tomorrow. Meanwhile, immediately after their arrival at Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi Airport from Delhi, the team was whisked away to the Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok depriving all the cricketing fans from having a glimpse of their favourite players. Immediately after their arrival at the hotel, captain Ricky Ponting and coach John Buchanan went to Nehru Stadium and had a look at the pitch and outfield. The team did not go out for work out and preferred to stay at their hotel rooms. Later addressing a press conference at their hotel lounge this evening the Australian captain expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements here for the match. Asked why they skipped the practice session this afternoon, the stocky Australian leader said that skipping practice did not mean that they we taking the match lightly, but they consider every game as good practice sessions and moreover, they had some useful workout sessions during their stay in Delhi after the Pune match. Ponting believes that New Zealand is a tough opponent and with some initial hiccups in the series the Black Caps are making remarkable improvement. On the final line-up of his team tomorrow Ponting said that Jimmy Maher and Michael Kasparowicz are almost sure to make into the final eleven. He also hinted that Ian Harvey and Andrew Symonds are fully fit. Ponting, however, refused to name the playing to squad for tomorrow�s match. The shrewd Australian One-day match captain believes that in the morning session all the pace bowlers will get tremendous favour on the track as moistures on the pitch will help them in getting movement. On his team�s batting strategy, Ponting said that if in first 10 overs they lose a couple of wickets they will concentrate on shining off the ball and then will go on an attack. Describing his own and Mathew Hayden�s form, Ponting said that there should not be any problem in their batting form in the series as they are confident enough to tackle any kind of bowlers. When asked about replacement of great pace bowler Glenn McGrath, the captain opined that Nathan Bracken is coming up in a big way and in near future he will be a dreaded pace bowler. Hailing Saurav Ganguly for his superb leadership quality, Ponting said that under Saurav�s captaincy India can do well in the remaining part of the series. On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 Alpana Sarangapani wrote : >Thank you and a happy 'Durga Puja' to you and everybody else too. >Like every year, Durgabari in Houston (in Sugarland now, actually) is also >celebrating Durga Puja on Oct 3, 4 and 5. http://www.durgabari.org/index.php > >I like this time of the year - the beginning of the festivals of most >religions that I know of. > >With best wishes, >A. Sarangapani & family. >Houston, Texas. > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: "buljit bura gohain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:39 AM >Subject: [Assam] Happy Puja > > > > Wishing all of you a very Happy Puja. > > Buljit Buragohain. > > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > > Art meets Anesthesia; Shefali Weds Dr. Raman. > > Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! > > Visit http://matchmaker.rediff.com?1 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Assam mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >
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