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38 NT NEWS. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. www.ntnews.com.au PUB: NT NEWS DATE: 5-MAR-2013 PAGE: 38 COLOR: C M Y K 1080127v7 FOOTROT FLATS SPORT l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ntnews.com.au Anger over African Caviar BLACK Caviar is set to contest a 1000m race at Durbanville in South Africa tomorrow night, spark- ing international outrage. Australian racing authorities are up in arms that an unraced South African two-year-old colt has been named after the world’s most famous racehorse. There is a tacit agreement among racing jurisdic- tions around the world to protect the names of elite racehorses. For example, you won’t see Phar Lap’s name used in England, while Australian owners will not be able to register Frankel. Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys said he would take steps to ensure the identity of Austra- lia’s greatest sprinter was protected. CRICKET By PETER BADEL SCORES Australia 1st innings 9(dec)-237 India 1st Innings M VIJAY c Cowan b Maxwell 167 V SEHWAG c Wade b Siddle .. 6 C PUJARA c Doherty b Pattinson .. .. .. .. 204 S TENDULKAR c Wade b Pattinson .. .. .. .. .. 7 V KOHLI c Cowan b Maxwell 34 M DHONI c Doherty b Maxwell 44 R JADEJA c & b Maxwell .. 10 R ASHWIN c Hughes b Doherty 1 H SINGH c Maxwell b Doherty .. 0 B KUMAR st Wade b Doherty 10 I SHARMA not out .. .. .. 2 Sundries (1b 13lb 4w) .. 18 Total .. .. .. .. .. 503 Fall: 17 (Sehwag), 387 (Vijay), 393 (Pujara), 404 (Tendulkar), 460 (Dhoni), 484 (Jadeja), 485 (Ashwin), 489 (Singh), 491 (Kohli), 503 (Kumar). Bowling: J Pattinson 29-11-80-2 (2w/3), P Siddle 31-6-92-1, M Henriques 21-7-45-0 (1w), X Doherty 46.1-15-131-3, G Maxwell 26-2-127-4, D Warner 1-0-14-0. Batting time: 655 mins. Overs: 154.1. Australia 2nd Innings E COWAN not out .. .. 26 D WARNER b Ashwin .. 26 P HUGHES b Ashwin .. .. .. 0 S WATSON not out .. .. .. 9 Sundries (7b 6lb) .. .. .. 13 Two wickets for .. .. 74 Fall: 56 (Warner), 56 (Hughes). Bowling: B Kumar 6-4-7-0, R Ashwin 15-6-42-2, H Singh 8-5-10-0, R Jadeja 3-2-2-0. Batting time: 113 mins. Overs: 32. Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Kumar Dharmasena (SRL). Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG). Third Umpire: S Ravi (IND). It’s a new series of survivor PHIL Hughes risks being dropped for the third time in his career after his latest duck yesterday left Australia on the brink of an embarrassing innings defeat in the second Test against India. At stumps on day three, Australia (2-74) are going down the gurgler, still trailing by 192 runs after India’s innings of mass destruction finally ended yesterday at 503 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. First-Test tormentor Ravi Ashwin struck twice in the final session, bowl- ing David Warner (26) and Hughes (0) around their legs to leave Ed Cowan (26) and Shane Watson (9) fighting to hang on in the Hyderabad furnace. Today will be D-Day for Australia’s batsmen. Per- form, and they might pull off Mission Impossible and save this Test. Perish, and some careers may go bust before the Ashes. Hughes is in the latter category. In his third incarnation as a Test bats- man, he is struggling to cope with the spin in his maiden series in India. Coming to the crease at 1-56, Hughes lasted nine balls. He now has scores of 6, 0, 19 and 0. Another milestone for untiring Giggs SOCCER RYAN Giggs is poised to reach yet another milestone in his extraordinary career today when he is expected to make his 1000th appearance in senior football. The indefatigable Welsh- man took his tally of appear- ances to 999 last month with a goal-scoring turn in a 2-0 win at Queens Park Rangers that helped Manchester Unit- ed stay clear at the top of the Premier League. That advantage seems des- tined to turn into a 13th Eng- lish league title for Giggs, which would then solidify his place as the most decor- ated footballer ever in the English game. No man can compete with his 12 league titles and he has also amassed two Champions League trophies, four FA Cup titles and three League Cup winners’ medals, as well as a clutch of other prizes, in his illustrious 22-year Old Trafford career. A willowy winger when he blazed on to the scene in the early-1990s, Giggs has refined his game in recent years and now operates more often than not as an elegant mid- field playmaker. Giggs is 40 in November but last week he penned a new one-year contract which will keep him playing at Old Trafford until June 2014. Ahead of the big Champ- ions League clash with Real Madrid in Manchester to- night (NT time), teammate Rafael da Silva says the Unit- ed players continue to be as- tonished by Giggs’s ability. ‘‘He is an unbelievable player,’’ Rafael said. ‘‘Every game you see him, he works hard, scores, makes assists. It is getting boring. He is just such a good player. ‘‘He is the same in train- ing; he just loves to play the game,’’ he said. ‘‘He is one of the top players I have played with. He gives us experience, con- fidence, and when you are feeling bad he comes and helps you, especially young players.’’ United manager Alex Ferguson added: ‘‘What can I say about Ryan that hasn’t al- ready been said? He is a mar- vellous player and an excep- tional human being. Ryan is an example to us all, the way in which he has, and con- tinues to, look after himself.’’ His appearances include 931 United games, 64 for Wales and four for the Olym- pic team. GI-normas cloud over Sonny day Rabbitoh John Sutton at Redfern Oval yesterday sounds the warning for rivals over the ‘‘freakish’’ Greg Inglis Picture: TIM HUNTER RUGBY LEAGUE FORGET the Roosters’ Sonny Bill Williams, South Sydney are ready to unleash their own NRL goliath in Thursday’s season-opener in the form of a fit and firing Greg Inglis. Never before has Inglis entered a season more pre- pared to wreak havoc, team- mate John Sutton describing some of his pre-season work as freakish ahead of the derby against arch-rivals the Sydney Roosters. ‘‘He’s been freakish at training and on the field the last few weeks,’’ Sutton said. ‘‘(He gives the players) heaps of confidence. ‘‘When he is bringing the ball back, he’s 110kg – he gets a 30-metre run-up before he meets the line and he is not stopping. ‘‘He gets all the boys buzz- ing and he drives our team.’’ While they play vastly different roles, the clash between Inglis and Williams reunites two of the NRL’s most impressive physical specimens. Both stand in the vicinity of 195cm and 105kg – and have the ability to off- load in traffic. With no end-of-season Test tour or off-season surgery, Inglis is rested and injury- free heading into a season for the first time since his early days at Melbourne. He has also had a full off- season to grow into the full- back role.
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Anger over African CaviarBLACK Caviar is set to contest a 1000m race atDurbanville in South Africa tomorrow night, spark-ing international outrage.
Australian racing authorities are up in arms thatan unraced South African two-year-old colt has beennamed after the world’s most famous racehorse.
There is a tacit agreement among racing jurisdic-tions around the world to protect the names ofelite racehorses.
For example, you won’t see Phar Lap’s name usedin England, while Australian owners will not be ableto register Frankel.
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys saidhe would take steps to ensure the identity of Austra-lia’s greatest sprinter was protected.
CRICKET
ByPETERBADEL
SCORESAustralia 1st innings 9(dec)-237
India 1st Innings
MVIJAY c Cowan bMaxwell 167
VSEHWAG cWade b Siddle . . 6
C PUJARA c Doherty
b Pattinson . . . . . . . . 204
S TENDULKAR cWade
b Pattinson . . . . . . . . . . 7
VKOHLI c Cowan bMaxwell 34
MDHONI c Doherty bMaxwell 44
R JADEJA c & bMaxwell . . 10
RASHWIN c Hughes b Doherty 1
HSINGH c Maxwell b Doherty . . 0
BKUMAR stWade b Doherty 10
I SHARMA not out . . . . . . 2
Sundries (1b 13lb 4w) . . 18
Total . . . . . . . . . . 503
Fall: 17 (Sehwag), 387 (Vijay), 393
(Pujara), 404 (Tendulkar), 460
(Dhoni), 484 (Jadeja), 485 (Ashwin),
489 (Singh), 491 (Kohli), 503
(Kumar).
Bowling: J Pattinson 29-11-80-2
(2w/3), P Siddle 31-6-92-1, M
Henriques 21-7-45-0 (1w), X Doherty
46.1-15-131-3, GMaxwell
26-2-127-4, DWarner 1-0-14-0.
Batting time: 655mins.Overs:
154.1.
Australia 2nd Innings
E COWAN not out . . . . 26
DWARNER b Ashwin . . 26
PHUGHES b Ashwin . . . . . . 0
SWATSON not out . . . . . . 9
Sundries (7b 6lb) . . . . . . 13
Twowickets for . . . . 74
Fall: 56 (Warner), 56 (Hughes).
Bowling: B Kumar 6-4-7-0, R
Ashwin 15-6-42-2, H Singh 8-5-10-0,
R Jadeja 3-2-2-0.
Batting time: 113mins.Overs: 32.
Umpires:Marais Erasmus (RSA),
Kumar Dharmasena (SRL).
MatchReferee: Chris Broad (ENG).
Third Umpire: S Ravi (IND).
It’s a newseries ofsurvivor
PHIL Hughes risks beingdropped for the third timein his career after hislatest duck yesterday leftAustralia on the brink ofan embarrassing inningsdefeat in the second Testagainst India.
At stumps on day three,Australia (2-74) are goingdown the gurgler, stilltrailing by 192 runs afterIndia’s innings of massdestruction finally endedyesterday at 503 at RajivGandhi Stadium.
First-Test tormentorRavi Ashwin struck twicein the final session, bowl-ing David Warner (26) andHughes (0) around theirlegs to leave Ed Cowan(26) and Shane Watson (9)fighting to hang on in theHyderabad furnace.
Today will be D-Day forAustralia’s batsmen. Per-form, and they might pulloff Mission Impossibleand save this Test. Perish,and some careers may gobust before the Ashes.
Hughes is in the lattercategory. In his thirdincarnation as a Test bats-man, he is struggling tocope with the spin in hismaiden series in India.
Coming to the crease at1-56, Hughes lasted nineballs. He now has scoresof 6, 0, 19 and 0.
Another milestonefor untiring GiggsSOCCER
RYAN Giggs is poised toreach yet another milestonein his extraordinary careertoday when he is expected tomake his 1000th appearancein senior football.
The indefatigable Welsh-man took his tally of appear-ances to 999 last month witha goal-scoring turn in a 2-0win at Queens Park Rangersthat helped Manchester Unit-ed stay clear at the top of thePremier League.
That advantage seems des-tined to turn into a 13th Eng-lish league title for Giggs,which would then solidifyhis place as the most decor-ated footballer ever in theEnglish game.
No man can compete withhis 12 league titles and he hasalso amassed two ChampionsLeague trophies, four FACup titles and three LeagueCup winners’ medals, as wellas a clutch of other prizes, inhis illustrious 22-year OldTrafford career.
A willowy winger when heblazed on to the scene in theearly-1990s, Giggs has refinedhis game in recent years andnow operates more oftenthan not as an elegant mid-field playmaker.
Giggs is 40 in Novemberbut last week he penned anew one-year contract whichwill keep him playing at OldTrafford until June 2014.
Ahead of the big Champ-ions League clash with RealMadrid in Manchester to-night (NT time), teammate
Rafael da Silva says the Unit-ed players continue to be as-tonished by Giggs’s ability.
‘‘He is an unbelievableplayer,’’ Rafael said.
‘‘Every game you see him,he works hard, scores, makesassists. It is getting boring.He is just such a good player.
‘‘He is the same in train-ing; he just loves to play thegame,’’ he said.
‘‘He is one of the topplayers I have played with.He gives us experience, con-fidence, and when you are
feeling bad he comes andhelps you, especially youngplayers.’’
United manager AlexFerguson added: ‘‘What can Isay about Ryan that hasn’t al-ready been said? He is a mar-vellous player and an excep-tional human being. Ryan isan example to us all, the wayin which he has, and con-tinues to, look after himself.’’
His appearances include931 United games, 64 forWales and four for the Olym-pic team.
GI-normascloud overSonny day
Rabbitoh John Sutton at Redfern Oval yesterday sounds the warning for rivals over the ‘‘freakish’’ Greg Inglis Picture: TIM HUNTER
RUGBY LEAGUE
FORGET the Roosters’Sonny Bill Williams, SouthSydney are ready to unleashtheir own NRL goliath inThursday’s season-opener inthe form of a fit and firingGreg Inglis.
Never before has Inglisentered a season more pre-pared to wreak havoc, team-mate John Sutton describingsome of his pre-season workas freakish ahead of thederby against arch-rivals theSydney Roosters.
‘‘He’s been freakish attraining and on the field thelast few weeks,’’ Sutton said.
‘‘(He gives the players)heaps of confidence.
‘‘When he is bringing theball back, he’s 110kg – he getsa 30-metre run-up beforehe meets the line and he isnot stopping.
‘‘He gets all the boys buzz-ing and he drives our team.’’
While they play vastlydifferent roles, the clashbetween Inglis and Williamsreunites two of the NRL’smost impressive physicalspecimens. Both stand in thevicinity of 195cm and 105kg –and have the ability to off-load in traffic.
With no end-of-season Testtour or off-season surgery,Inglis is rested and injury-free heading into a season forthe first time since his earlydays at Melbourne.
He has also had a full off-season to grow into the full-back role.
