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Bruno Fernandes scored a wonderful goal to give Manchester United a 2-0 lead in their crucial Champions League match against Galatasaray.

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Fernandes scored amazing goal for UnitedGave visitors 2-0 lead against GalatasarayEnglish team need three points from matchWHAT HAPPENED?

United got off to an awesome start in Istanbul as Fernandes teed up Alejandro Garnacho for the opening goal just 11 minutes into the match. Fernandes doubled the visitors lead seven minutes later, sending the ball sailing into the top corner from distance.

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The United captain's strike gives United an important early lead in the Champions League clash. United are in need of three points to keep their dream of staying in the competition alive. The Red Devils were on three points at the bottom of the group, with Galatasaray and Copenhagen sitting a point ahead of them.

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United will try to hold onto their advantage and overtake Galatasaray in the table. A win would give them six points from five matches ahead of their final game of the group stage against Bayern Munich, who are top with four wins from four.

Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than capacity crowd may be there to watch after safety concerns were raised about the rugby stand at Headingley

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Feb-2015Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than-capacity crowd may be there to watch.Four 56-metre floodlights, complete with innovative “white rose” head frames, are being installed but the Rugby Stand may have seen its final spectators after concerns were raised over safety.Part of the stand, built in 1932, has been condemned due to corrosion and a structural engineer is due to report on the remainder of the somewhat iconic stand which doubles up to provide accommodation for spectators watching both the cricket and rugby on the opposite side.Rugby fans are unaffected by the corrosion because they use a separate entrance.If the stand was forced to be closed, Headingley’s capacity would reduce to around 14,000, around 3500 lower than present, and lost ticket sales could see the club lose around £130,000.The rugby stand was due to be developed anyway from 2017 and if the cost of repairs is too high, that side of the ground could remain empty until the renovations are completed in 2019.”If it’s going to cost over £100,000, we’re not going to spend that money and throw good money after bad,” Mark Arthur, Yorkshire chief executive, told the . “It’s a blow, but only potentially for two days of the year, which is for the one-day international and the T20 match against Lancashire, which are the only days that we really sell out.”It might be possible to just use the ground floor of the stand, the bottom tier, but when you get people in stands you get what’s known as vibration. It’s not just a question of roping an area off.”If you’ve got a lot of vibration, and suddenly a great lump of concrete comes off the front and bangs on somebody’s head…We simply wouldn’t open the stand unless it was absolutely safe to do so.”

ESPNcricinfo previews the third ODI in Centurion

Firdose Moonda29-Nov-2013Match facts Saturday, November 30, 2013
Centurion, 10.00 (08.00 GMT)David Miller will be expected to take up some of the slack left from the absence of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis•AFPBig Picture Usually once a series is won there is not much to get excited about but this is a little different. Pakistan, who have already racked up what their captain Misbah-ul-Haq called “a really big achievement” by beating South Africa for the first time in a bilateral series, stand to add to it. Victory at Centurion will make them only the second team to whitewash South Africa in an ODI series of three matches.Although South Africa will be concerned with avoiding that fate, they also have the smaller picture to consider. While the Twenty20 side has found its rhythm, the ODI outfit cannot seem to do the same. Batting inconsistencies continue to work against them and even though one game cannot help them fix it, it may be an opportunity to solve some problems.Without Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, some of South Africa’s next generation will be on display and with public speculation mounting about whether there is space for the two stalwarts in the set-up, this will be the chance to see. The middle-order focus will be on David Miller, who hasn’t been his usual destructive self, with the bowling expected to perform as they have throughout the recent ODI matches.Pakistan will also want batting improvements if there are to seize their chance for total domination. Even if their top-order fail again they will back their bowlers to make up for any lapses, as has been the case in the opening two rubbers.Along with a South Africa revival, Pakistan’s goal may be spoiled by afternoon thunderstorms which have come down all week and are forecast for Saturday. Should the heavens open again, it may put an early end to the series which is now in its sixth week of limited-overs clashes.Form guide
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South Africa LLWWWIn the spotlight The promising start Henry Davids made to his international career unravelled in his last six T20s. He has only managed single-figure scores, appeared to be struggling on subcontinental surfaces and against quality spinners but was also asked to bat in the middle order, where he was more exposed. He has not played an ODI for South Africa yet, although he has the domestic record that suggests he should have, and it may be a chance to show he has what it takes to play at the highest level. On his home ground in a dead rubber, Davids will be faced with pleasant pressure although he may still bat outside of his preferred position in the top two.Mohammad Hafeez has not contributed significantly with the bat in seven ODIs, all against South Africa, since his undefeated 136 against Zimbabwe. Without Dale Steyn in the opposition attack, Hafeez will fancy his chances of registering a worthwhile score and breaking a run drought against a team who has not been able to assert himself over with bat in hand.Team news South Africa are without three of their biggest names which will force them to make substantial alterations to their XI. Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis are out with injury niggles while Graeme Smith has been given compassionate leave after his grandmother died.Quinton de Kock is an opener by trade and could replace Smith in the top two but because he has shown he can adjust to the No. 3 position as well, it may make allow Henry Davids to bat in his usual position as an opener. Vernon Philander will likely come back in for Steyn while Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell will have to fight it out for the allrounders’ spot.South Africa: (possible) 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Henry Davids, 3 Quinton de Kock (wkt) 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 Wayne Parnell, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Lonwabo Tsoosbe, 11 Imran TahirAlthough changing a winning combination isn’t the done thing, Pakistan may still have reason to make one change to their XI. With Nasir Jamshed continually misfiring and no Steyn to trouble Mohammad Hafeez early on, they could pair Hafeez with Ahmed Shehzad at the top and bring Umar Amin into the middle order to bolster the batting.Pakistan: (possible) 1 Ahmed Shehzad, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Sohaib Maqsood, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Umar Akmal (wkt), 7 Umar Amin, 7 Shahid Afridi, 9 Bilawal Bhatti, 9 Anwar Ali, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Junaid KhanStats and trivia The last time South Africa lost all the matches scheduled in a one-day series was against Sri Lanka in 2004 when they were defeated 5-0 away from home. Before that, they were last swept in England in 1994.Excluding series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, Pakistan last swept a one-day series away from home in 2005, 3-0 against West IndiesQuotes “There’s a lot to play for. From an opportunity point of view, it’s really good for the other guys to get a go. We know we’ve got India in a few days’ time. To create winning momentum is going to be important for us.”

Tired of the incessant questions about his retirement, Sachin Tendulkar has insisted that the decision of when to quit cricket is his alone

Nagraj Gollapudi25-Mar-2012Tired of the incessant questions about his retirement, Sachin Tendulkar has insisted that the decision of when to quit cricket is his alone. He said it would be “selfish” to make an exit when he was “on top” of his game. Tendulkar also lashed out at some of the former India cricketers who had suggested he should follow Rahul Dravid in retiring, saying they had no business making decisions for him.”When I feel I don’t have that, on that day, I will think of retirement,” Tendulkar said at a media conference in Mumbai, convened by his brand managers World Sports Group to celebrate his achievement of scoring 100 international hundreds. “I feel those who say you should retire at the top are selfish,” he said, “because when you are at the top, you should serve the country instead of retiring.”When I retire is something I will decide because when I started it was not decided by someone else. Those who are advising me about retirement did not bring me into the team. I get my strength from my coaches and family.”Earlier, in a special hour-long meeting with editors from the Indian media, which preceded the press conference, Tendulkar had said he had already lived out all his dreams. “I don’t have any other dream now. There were two big dreams: one was playing for India and the second was to lift the World Cup. That was my biggest dream.”At the same time, Tendulkar insisted his repeated statements that he had not at all thought about retirement were genuine and he was not trying to conceal anything from the media. “Maybe you guys have not understood properly. I have always said that when I decide to retire I will let you know. Where is the question of not answering?”Tendulkar said he was not looking too far into the future and hence could not predict whether or not he would be available for the 2015 World Cup, which would be his seventh appearance in the tournament. “When this question was asked in 2007 [about the 2011 World Cup], it was tough for me to answer. It’s the same situation: I don’t know what to say about 2015. If people keep praying for me that means a lot. I will keep trying, the rest is in god’s hands. I just want to enjoy the game. I don’t want to set targets.”After a 33-innings long wait for the 100th century, Tendulkar got it in anticlimactic circumstances, with India losing to Bangladesh, after Tendulkar’s 114 off 147 balls had built a total of 289, and consequently missing out on the Asia Cup final. Tendulkar said the events being held to commemorate his achievement were not just to celebrate that single century but all the work he has done in his career.”I don’t think we are celebrating just that game. Where I have reached today, it has taken me 23 years to be at that place. Results are very important for me. Yes, it was a disappointment for us to not make the final, and let me tell you there was no major celebration after I scored a hundred as we had lost the match.”Edited by Dustin Silgardo

In what has already been a champagne year for Test cricket, Chanaka Welegedara and Rangana Herath set Sri Lanka up for what could be the biggest Test upset of 2011

The Report by Siddarth Ravindran27-Dec-2011
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Chanaka Welegedara dismissed four of South Africa’s top five•Associated PressIn what has already been a champagne year for Test cricket, Chanaka Welegedara and Rangana Herath set Sri Lanka up for what could be the biggest Test upset of 2011. There were no signs of Durban’s famed Green Mamba – tides which are rumoured to make the Kingsmead track juicy – but that didn’t prevent South Africa from being knocked over for their lowest total against Sri Lanka. While the lower order had to deal with some sharp spin, the specialist batsmen didn’t have to face any snorters, which makes the collapse more baffling.An assured stand of 76 for the fourth wicket between Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers showed how few gremlins there were in the surface, but collapses on either side of that partnership had South Africa scrambling to avert the follow-on. Their tail managed to achieve that, before Welegedara completed his five-for and ended the innings by getting Marchant de Lange to edge to the keeper. de Lange’s 7 for 81 had limited Sri Lanka to 338 in the morning, but instead of a well-earned rest after becoming the eighth debutant to take a five-wicket haul this year, he had to bat in the gloom towards the end of the day.The substantial lead of 170 did not seem likely even after Thilan Samaraweera became only the second Sri Lanka batsman to make a Test century in South Africa. de Lange had ripped out the final three batsmen for three runs, but unfortunately for the home fans the wickets continued to tumble even when South Africa were batting.Two overs after lunch, Jacques Rudolph continued the trend of batsmen throwing away their wickets, by helping a short ball on leg stump to deep-backward square leg. Graeme Smith followed minutes later, as he fished without footwork at a Chanaka Welegedara delivery to give wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal his first Test catch. It got a lot worse in Welegedara’s next over as Jacques Kallis edged to slip to collect a rare Test duck, leaving South Africa at 27 for 3.South Africa still had two of their most bankable batsmen in the middle – Amla and de Villiers – and they revived the home side by comfortably playing out the rest of the session. de Villiers was subdued, but Amla showed his wide range of whiplash shots through the off side. There were several punches through cover for four and the point boundary was peppered as he pounced on the wide deliveries offered. Dilhara Fernando, regarded as the spearhead of the Sri Lankan attack, was only brought on as the fourth-change bowler, but even his introduction didn’t stop Amla, who lashed three fours in one over to cruise towards another half-century.If South Africa were breathing easier at tea, when they were 100 for 3, they were left gasping by what followed after the break. de Villiers chased a half-volley so wide that he ended up on his knees as he edged the ball to second slip. Welegedara had his fourth important wicket two overs later when Amla was caught behind pushing at a delivery angling across.That put Sri Lanka in charge, and two players whose places in the South Africa side are under scrutiny were left to launch a rescue effort. Questions over Mark Boucher’s batting ability will intensify after his poke to gully off Rangana Herath for 3, but there will be even more pressure on Ashwell Prince after his botched reverse-sweep against the spin, that too when South Africa were 119 for 6. With Herath proving too good for Morne Morkel, South Africa had lost five for 16.Dale Steyn didn’t get a wicket in a completed Test innings for the first time since 2008, but he still made a crucial contribution as he shepherded South Africa past the follow-on mark. The final two wickets put on 49, again showing that this wasn’t a pitch impossible to bat on.South Africa’s capitulation made Samaraweera’s century – only his second outside Asia -even more significant. He and Herath defied the home side for more than an hour in contrasting style: Samaraweera was 14 short of his hundred overnight and was in no hurry to reach the landmark, while Herath swung at everything, playing some comical yet effective flat-batted swipes against the hulking fast bowlers.Samaraweera got to his century soon after drinks, pushing the ball towards cover for two, before exuberantly celebrating the milestone by pretending to shoot at someone in the dressing room. Herath was also enjoying himself, with consecutive boundaries, both confident steers past cover point as Sri Lanka moved to 335 for 7 before de Lange’s burst brought the innings to a quick end.South Africa had some cheer late in the day, when Tillakaratne Dilshan perished for 4, but Sri Lanka are still in pole position to extend the home side’s Durban jinx.

Phillip Hughes’ fine form in county cricket has helped win him a call-up into the Australia A side to side to play England Lions at Edgbaston

George Dobell11-Aug-2012Phillip Hughes’ fine form in county cricket has helped win him a call-up into the Australia A side to side to play England Lions at Edgbaston, following an injury to Peter Forrest.Hughes, 23, who is in England playing for Worcestershire as their overseas player, scored a century at the same ground this week and became the first Worcestershire opener to carry his bat in a first-class game since 2008. He is leading the club’s averages in all formats of the game, with a first-class average of 45.12, a T20 average of 100.50 and a List A average of 97.80.Kevin Sims, Australia’s A rehabilitation manager, said: “Peter Forrest sustained a minor side strain in the match against the England Lions at Old Trafford and with only one match remaining we have decided to send him home to prepare for the upcoming season.”Hughes, who has not played Test cricket since December, missed out on the original selection for the A tour, but has continued to work on his technique after it was exposed at the top level. His century against a strong Warwickshire attack this week was his first in first-class cricket since September.His call-up is not such good news for Worcestershire. Sitting at the foot of the Division One table, they are already struggling for reliable batsmen and face an uphill battle to avoid relegation. Hughes will miss their Championship match against fellow strugglers Lancashire at New Road, but should be back ahead of the CB40 game against Leicestershire.The first unofficial Test of the two-match series between Australia A and England Lions ended in a draw. The second begins at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

Mushtaq Ahmed is to join Surrey as ‘coach and mentor’ on a month-long contract

ESPNcricinfo staff16-May-2012Mushtaq Ahmed is to join Surrey as ‘coach and mentor’ on a month-long contract. Mushtaq, the former Pakistan legspinner and current England spin bowling coach, will link up with Surrey on June 20 and depart on July 20.The deal will reunite Mushtaq with his former captain at Sussex, Chris Adams, who is now team director at Surrey. The pair combined to take Sussex to the club’s first County Championship title in 2003. They won it again in 2006 and 2007.”He will be a magic guy to have around in terms of the environment in the dressing room and is one of the best people I’ve ever come across in terms of assessing the mood of a side and having a positive influence on tactics both before and during a game,” Adams said.”We have a few young spinners at the club at the moment so there is also plenty of work to be done there as well – and I also want to use him with the Second XI and PG Academy, as well as setting up some sessions with batsmen from throughout the club on how to play spin.”We’ve got him here for a month and we’ll make sure we’ll work him hard – I’ve told him it’s going to be the same as when I captained him, he’ll be getting through 45-50 overs a day.”

Western Australia crashed to an 84-run defeat against Queensland in their opening match of the Ryobi One-Day Cup in Sydney. Set a middling total of 203 to chase, WA scored 118 in 42.5 overs

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Oct-2013
ScorecardNathan Reardon held Queensland’s innings together with a 110-ball 92•Getty ImagesWestern Australia crashed to an 84-run defeat against Queensland in their opening match of the Ryobi One-Day Cup in Sydney. Set a middling total of 203 to chase, WA scored 118 in 42.5 overs.Queensland, who chose to bat first, had a quiet start as Chris Hartley and Usman Khawaja added 33 off 12 overs. Khawaja fell to Ashton Agar in the 13th over, but the arrival of Joe Burns didn’t get the Queensland score accelerating. Burns was eventually out for 1 off 13 balls, dismissed by Andrew Tye, and Queensland had another setback a couple of overs later when Michael Beer dismissed Chris Lynn.That brought Nathan Reardon and Hartley together and the pair put together the highest stand of the match – 106 runs in 155 balls. Reardon took 18 balls to get off the mark but did it with a four of Ashton Agar, which he followed up with a four and a six off Beer in successive overs. Hartley settled well after a scratchy start and also hit a few boundaries as the pair focused on ensuring that Queensland reached a challenging total. By the time Hartley fell for 64 off 112 balls, Queensland were a relatively stable 150 for 4 in the 44th over. Reardon and captain James Hopes then added a brisk 52 off the remaining six overs to push Queensland past 200.The run-outs of the WA openers, Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris, in the first three overs was a setback, and the side didn’t recover well enough thereon to challenge Queensland. WA were a shaky 62 for 4 in the 20th over and in the next 10 overs, they could add only 20 runs for the loss of another four wickets to limp to 82 for 8. Ben Cutting and Nathan Hauritz took a wicket each but it was offspinner Jason Floros’ over – the 30th of the innings – that sealed the match in favour of Queensland, as the bowler dismissed Ashton Agar and Nathan Rimmington off successive balls. A 27-run partnership between Marcus North and Jason Behrendorff delayed the inevitable result, stretching the match until the 43rd over before Lynn dismissed last man, Michael Beer.

The first-ever Twenty20 at the Queens Sports Club ground in Bulawayo was a thriller with the home team squeezing home by six runs

The Report by Mohammad Isam11-May-2013
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Shakib Al Hasan was superb with bat and ball, but it wasn’t enough for Bangladesh•AFPThe first-ever Twenty20 at the Queens Sports Club ground in Bulawayo was a thriller with the home team squeezing home by six runs. Zimbabwe fought back mightily when it mattered and Bangladesh imploded just when they could smell the win. The visitors collapsed from 120 for 1 in the 15th over to being kept down to 162 for 8. Tinashe Panyangara bowled a terrific final over, giving away just three runs as the Bangladesh lower-order failed to play smartly.Zimbabwe had earlier made 168 for 5 after deciding to bat first. Hamilton Masakadza struck his seventh fifty while captain Brendan Taylor made a quickfire 40 as they put Zimbabwe on course for a big total. Bangladesh were brought back into the game by their spinners after the Taylor-Masakadza partnership ended, with Shakib Al Hasan getting both wickets and bowling economically in between.Shakib was doing the job with the bat too, hammering 65 off 40 balls and helping add 118 for the second wicket with Shamsur Rahman. He struck eight disdainful fours and two sixes while Shamsur ended up with his maiden fifty, after a slow start.The pair had taken Bangladesh to within 49 of the target with 34 balls to go, but the moment Shakib was dismissed, the Bangladesh batsmen started to make a meal of the chase.Shamsur fell two balls later and it was down to the Bangladesh captain, Mushfiqur Rahman, to steer the chase. He began badly though, involved in two mix-ups that ended in run-outs of Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah in the 16th over. Nasir was inches short of safety as Tinotenda Mutombodzi broke the stumps. Mahmudullah was far from the crease at the other end after he got mixed calls from Mushfiqur; Mutombodzi swooped on the ball to his left and scored a direct-hit.Then the pressure got to Ziaur Rahman, the Twenty20 specialist who had a torrid time connecting bat on ball. He frustrated Mushfiqur, with whom he almost had a collision, before falling to Panyangara’s clever length in the 18th over. This wicket, and the eight runs from the over, perhaps swayed Taylor into picking Panyangara to bowl the last over.Mushfiqur hit two sixes in the melee of wickets, before holing out to deep square-leg off the first ball of the final over when 10 runs were required. Panyangara was more resourceful in his last two overs than his first two, keeping it full to choke the runs. Sohag Gazi has some batting credentials but looked out of his depth towards the end of the chase while Abdur Razzak missed everything even though he was given room to swing.Panyangara took three wickets while Prosper Utseya broke the Shakib-Shamsur partnership, taking both wickets. Brian Vitori was also excellent, giving away just 24 from his four overs and picking up the wicket of Tamim Iqbal in the first over.This, after the Bangladesh spinners brought them back into the game with some control over the big-hitting in the last seven overs. Taylor and Masakadza put on 74 for the second wicket with the Zimbabwe captain severe on anything pitched on legstump. He made 40 off 25 balls with six fours and a paddle-swept six. He fell in the ninth over, after which Masakadza tried to up the run-rate but wasn’t too successful.He was dismissed after making 59 off 48 balls with four boundaries and a six. They failed to get the big hits away in the last five overs, with Shakib taking 2 for 20 and one wicket apiece for Gazi, Shafiul Islam and Mahmudullah.Bangladesh now have a final shot at redeeming the tour on Sunday. Mushfiqur will be under some pressure as he was in charge after the Shakib-Shamsur partnership broke, but couldn’t see the team through.

With three out of the four quarter-finals ending in high-scoring draws, Harbhajan Singh has backed the idea of playing knockout games on neutral venues in the Ranji Trophy

Amol Karhadkar in Jamshedpur10-Jan-2013391 overs. 1133 runs. 13 wickets. The summary of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finalbetween Jharkhand and Punjab is more than enough to indicate what kind of wicket wasoffered for a knock-out game of the premier domestic championship at the KeenanStadium in Jamshedpur.And it’s not just about Jamshedpur. The numbers in Rajkot and Mumbai – two of theother three quarter-final venues – are also similar, if not worse, in terms ofcompetition between the bat and the ball. This, in a season when the BCCI has issueda diktat to all the state associations for producing ‘sporting’ tracks.The only quarter-final that saw a result was, not surprisingly, played at a neutralvenue. With England based at the Palam ground in Delhi, Services hosted favouritesUttar Pradesh at the Holkar Stadium in Indore in what turned out to be a fascinatingcontest with David eventually overcoming Goliath.If the four quarter-finals were an indication, isn’t it high time the BCCI returnsto the policy they adopted during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons? That of playingall knockout games at neutral venues, thereby negating any home advantage andreducing the possibility of a flat-bed. Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh supported theneutral venue theory despite ending up on the better side.”Yes. Why not? We’re playing the premier domestic competition where all the teamshave got an advantage of playing at home in the league stages. When it comes toknockout stages, why not have Punjab playing in Mumbai and Mumbai playing in Gujaratand Haryana,” Harbhajan said, after Punjab progressed to the semi-final on the basisof the first innings lead against Jharkhand. “It will also be good for the game.Imagine someone like Sachin Tendulkar going and playing in Haryana or in Delhi,people will come to watch and it will be a big thing for the game, so why not!”The game in Jamshedpur turned out to be a torrid experience for the bowlers. Thewicket – which neither offered movement or bounce for seamers nor turn for spinners- surprised Shahbaz Nadeem, the Jharkhand captain. “The two home games we playedhere, the wicket was so much better. The ball was coming off the deck much quickerand the spinners came into the game on the third and the fourth day. Such kind of awicket came as a real surprise. It negated all sorts of home advantage we had.”With literally no help from the strip, the bowlers had nothing else to do but “hope”as Harbhajan said. But he expressed his displeasure with some of the umpiringdecisions that went against him”A few decisions didn’t go my way and for that I have been fined. Otherwise, I could have had three-four wickets in my account,” he said. “I hope that the umpiring standards improve. At least those who are out should be given out. On these kind of wickets, you’re going to get a batsman out only once. And if you’re not given the wickets you’ve earned, then perhaps you have to toil for another 20-odd overs.”If Keenan was bad, Khanderi could be worse for Punjab as they prepare for theirsemi-final against Saurashtra. With Rajkot renowned for flat pitches, Punjab couldbe in for yet another tough week ahead.”It (the Rajkot pitch) would be more or less similar to this,” Harbhajan said.”Let’s hope we get a result-oriented wicket. Whether it’s a seaming track or aspinning track, it should produce a result. That too on the fifth day, not thesixth. Sixth day will be like… I don’t know. I have never seen it, I have neverplayed it. If there is no result in six days, then what’s the point. The best thingis to get a result in five days. It would be better to produce a wicket thatproduces a result in five days rather than extending the match by another day.”Over to Rajkot!