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Cricket
By G. Viswanath
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh successfully appeals for an lbw decision against Andrew Flintoff on the third day of the third Test at Headingley, Leeds, on Saturday. -- Photo: N. Sridharan
The proceedings on the third day pointed to a clear Indian victory march the first big hurdles of which have already been crossed though Alec Stewart was uncompromising as ever and prevented the completion of England's first innings on Saturday. The seamers and spinners shared the responsibility of taking over from where the batsmen had left an all time high of 628 scored outside India's border. A fielding lapse by Sanjay Bangar when he allowed a dipping catch at third slip roll out of his fingers let Alec Stewart occupy the crease beyond the first ball he faced off Zaheer Khan. The stage was just about perfect for the seamers and the spinners to come into their own after the batsmen had left an imposing total on the scoreboard. Though Kumble was scored off at three runs an over before the rain-stopped tea break, he was responsible for pushing England to a pressure situation. He deserved a bigger slice of compensation than the one he got trapping Mark Butcher leg before after lunch and Ashley Giles after the latter and Stewart had forged a partnership of 70 for the eighth wicket. Seamers have found the Headingley pitch their ally, but anyone who had seen Ashley Giles bowl in a proper and conventional way in the first two days of the Test match would not have been fooled that the pitch would not help the Indian spinners. Hussain himself was in deep contemplation on the best way to deal with the like of Kumble after he won an appeal for leg before against left-handed Butcher from umpire Dave Orchard, who might not have been convinced 110 per cent, but 100 per cent, when the leg spinner and the close in cordon yelled a shout for a leg before against Michael Vaughan soon after he had reached his half century. Hussain was in considerable discomfort facing Agarkar who bowled a brilliant second spell of eight overs, rapped the England captain hard on his knuckles. A fortuitous stroke while trying to leave a short ball from Agarkar was another stroke of luck Hussain enjoyed before the teams proceeded for tea. Eventually he was adjudged leg before by Sri Lankan umpire Ashoka De Silva. Hussain and England would have reason to be upset that umpire Dave Orchard was quick to hand out a decision that sent Andrew Flintoff out of the ground after the first ball he had faced from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. The Sardar caused enough damage by removing Crawley and Flintoff off successive balls.
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