Jackie, Big B, Mammootty spellbound over Kamal\'s \'ten\'
CHENNAI: Ahead of the launch of its audio, Hollywood actor Jackie Chan and Indian icons Amitabh Bachchan and Mammootty watched ace actor Kamal Hassan's magnum opus ''Dasavatharam'', at an exclusive screening in the city.

According to sources, the actors watched the film, in which Kamal Hassan plays ten different roles, at a special screening yesterday in a star hotel, where Jackie was staying.

Sources close to Kamal said Jackie, ''Big B'' and Mammooty were bowled over by Kamal's performance in the ten roles ranging from American President George Bush to a 12th century AD staunch Vaishnavite saint.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi,who had recently seen the trailer of the film, was also awe struck by Kamal's performance. ''Are those people(the ten roles) really you?'', Mr Karunanidhi, himself a celebrated dialogue and script writer, had asked Kamal.

Meanwhile, Jackie Chan, one of the world's most popular action heroes, was accorded a rousing reception when he arrived here last night by a Singapore Airlines flight. After a red carpet reception at the Anna International airport amidst tight security, Jackie, on his maiden visit to the city, and his 10-member entourage were taken to the five-star hotel, where a battalion of Tamil Nadu police were deployed on securityduty.

Jackie launched the audio of 'Dasavatharam' at a grand function at the Nehru indoor stadium last evening ,in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Mammootty and others participated.

Source:asianetglobal.com

I forget how I wanted to begin this story. That's probably because my mind, just like everyone else's, can only remember a few things at a time. Researchers have often debated the maximum amount of items we can store in our conscious mind, in what's called our working memory, and a new study puts the limit at three or four.

Working memory is a more active version of short-term memory, which refers to the temporary storage of information. Working memory relates to the information we can pay attention to and manipulate.

Early research found the working memory cut-off to be about seven items, which is perhaps why telephone numbers are seven digits long (although some early telephone dialing started with a two- or three-letter "exchange," often the first letters of a community name, followed by four or five figures, e.g. PEnnsylvania 6-5000). Now scientists think the true capacity is lower when people are not allowed to use tricks like repeating items over and over or grouping items together.

"For example, when we present phone numbers, we present them in groups of three and four, which helps us to remember the list," said University of Missouri-Columbia psychologist Nelson Cowan, who co-led the study with colleagues Jeff Rouder and Richard Morey. "That inflates the estimate. We believe we're approaching the estimate that you get when you cannot group. There is some controversy over what the real limit is, but more and more I've found people are accepting this kind of limit."

The study was published April 14 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Masters of memory

To prevent subjects from grouping or using other memory-aids, the researchers presented people with arrays of different-colored squares. The subjects were then shown an array of the same squares without the colors. Afterward, they were shown a single colored square in one location, and asked if the color matched that of the square in the same position at the beginning.

"What's nice about this visual task that they used is that it really makes it difficult to use some of those common strategies that are helpful with verbal lists," said Michael Kane, a psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who was not involved in the new study. "I think Cowan's work has really been convincing in this."

While the average person may only be able to hold three or four things in mind at once, some people have achieved amazing feats of working memory. Contestants at the World Memory Championships (most recently held in Bahrain in September 2007) often recall hundreds of digits in order after only five minutes. But even these masters of memory seem to start with the same basic capacities as everyone else, and improve their abilities with strategies and tricks.

"A very famous study was a test done of a long-distance runner who learned to associate digits together in ways that were meaningful to him with respect to running times," Kane said. "He could repeat back lists of up to 80 digits in the right order, but if you gave him a list of words, he was at seven plus-or-minus two like everyone else."

The new working memory study builds on previous research, but provides the most rigorous mathematical test of the three- to four-item estimate, Cowan said. The team used a mathematical model that assumed people have a fixed number of slots in their working memory, each one of which can only hold one item. When those slots are filled, the model predicted, people would make random guesses. Based on this assumption, the model was able to forecast the various results of the trials with impressive accuracy.

"It is a pretty simple mathematical model but it predicted a very exquisite pattern of data," Cowan told LiveScience. "The results really were simple. With a single value of working memory capacity we could really account for all those different scenarios."

Working memory and intelligence

Although there seems to be a cap on the average number of things a person can remember at once, basic working memory capacity does vary among individuals. Interestingly, those that test well on working memory tasks also seem to do well at learning, reading comprehension and problem solving.

"People accept that intelligence seems to be related to working memory," Cowan said. "The information you can hold in your mind at one time is the information you can interrelate. If you have a better working memory we believe that your problem-solving abilities are better."

Researchers don't know what causes these variations in working-memory abilities - perhaps they are genetic, perhaps they arise from differences in early childhood environments or education.

The good news is people can improve their performance on certain working-memory tasks with training. When children practice these tasks, over time they get better. And not only do their scores on the memory tasks improve, but their scores on tests of attention and reasoning can also rise.

"The jury is still out on how useful this will be, but it's at least suggestive that you can train skills at these tasks, and that this improvement can affect other things," Kane said. "We don't know quite how they work together, but attention and working memory seem to be very close cousins."

It's all in there

Researchers debate the relationship between working memory and long-term memory. While some hold that the two are independent storage facilities, others say working memory is simply the part of long-term memory that we can currently access.

Many scientists believe that almost all of our experiences are encoded into long-term memory, and that forgetting is simply a matter of not being able to access that memory.

"It's in there somewhere, the problem is just getting to it," Cowan said. "Everything gets encoded into long-term memory almost immediately, but it gets encoded in a way that may not be distinct enough to be retrieved."

Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080428/sc_livescience/mindslimitfound4thingsatonce;_ylt=AqUlG13P15wKqMPCyaFYHpwDW7oF

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According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian economies such as China and India would be able to survive even if there is a recession in the USA. The recession in the USA now seems imminent and the global slowdown has already affected markets across the world. It is feared that current economic slowdown may be worse than the Great Depression of 1929.

The IMF made it clear that emerging and developing economies have not been largely affected by financial market developments and will continue to grow at a rapid pace. India and China will lead the pack. The IMF expects 9.3 percent growth in China and 7.9 percent growth in India in 2008.

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Breaking News! The Supreme Court has upheld the 27% OBC Quota in educational institutions including the IITs and IIMs. The Court removed the creamy layer from the quota and said the quota would be reviewed in every five years. Earlier, the SC and STs enjoyed 22.5 per cent reservation.

After the implementation of the OBC quota, the reservation percentage would go up to 49.5%. The five-member bench of the SC have given a unanimous judgement over this issue. However, media reports suggest that at least one Judge differed on this issue.

While the apex court termed the 93rd Amendment bill as valid, it asked the government to identify people who should actually get the reservation. The removal of creamy layers means children of MLAs, MPs and other higher profile people won't get reservation even if they belong to OBC category.

The Supreme Court's judgement has come as a major relief for the government. Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh and Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj have welcome the verdict and termed it as "Historic", but expressed disappointment over the removal of "creamy layer".

Source: http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/

Breaking News! The Supreme Court has upheld the 27% OBC Quota in educational institutions including the IITs and IIMs. The Court removed the creamy layer from the quota and said the quota would be reviewed in every five years. Earlier, the SC and STs enjoyed 22.5 per cent reservation.

After the implementation of the OBC quota, the reservation percentage would go up to 49.5%. The five-member bench of the SC have given a unanimous judgement over this issue. However, media reports suggest that at least one Judge differed on this issue.

While the apex court termed the 93rd Amendment bill as valid, it asked the government to identify people who should actually get the reservation. The removal of creamy layers means children of MLAs, MPs and other higher profile people won't get reservation even if they belong to OBC category.

The Supreme Court's judgement has come as a major relief for the government. Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh and Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj have welcome the verdict and termed it as "Historic", but expressed disappointment over the removal of "creamy layer".

Source: http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/

The sensational Akola Sex Scandal took an interesting turn, as Deepak Pandey, the controversial IPS officer, has been suspended by the Maharashtra Government. Earlier, he was asked to go on a compulsory leave for his alleged involvement in the sex scandal. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra R R Patil made this announcement on the floor of the Assembly. The government has already a CID probe into the scandal.

Source: http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/2008/04/akola-sex-scandal-ips-officer-deepak.html

BEIJING: Officially "atheist" with the Communist Party discouraging religious practices, China is opening up its doors afresh to Buddhism and that, the Indian government believes, would be the high point to make Mao's followers hit the "incredible" trail that Hieun Tsang charted circa 5th century. ( Watch: Incredible India campaign reaches China )

The Oriental giant has changed and unbelievably at that. The strides aren't just economic; they are social and religious too. India realises its potential and the government is already aiming for the skies.

To get even 1% of China's 1.32 billion people to India is an ambitious target but tourism minister Ambika Soni said by aiming that high, the government would hit the treetop at least. She was inaugurating the India Tourism office in the heart of Beijing as part of the high-voltage 'Incredible India' campaign.

"Work on an Indian-style Buddhist temple at Luoyang in Henan province should be over by June," said ambassador Nirupama Rao, indicating that Buddhism could be the new means to re-link the two civilisations.

The MoU for the shrine — to be styled as Sanchi with a Buddha statue modelled after Sarnath — was signed in 2005 by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the visit of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao to India.

Located inside White Horse Monastery, the shrine is being built in the memory of two Indian monks who came to China with a white horse carrying Buddhist sutras and figures on its back. This was the first time Buddhism appeared in China.

Last year, then Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing had inaugurated a memorial for Hieun Tsang at Nalanda in the presence of hundreds of red-robed monks from China — distinct from the regulation saffron or the Thai white — in attendance.

"Buddhism is not the sole attraction we offer to the Chinese. They are interested in our forts, palaces and heritage too. The high-end travellers are drawn by Indian fashion and jewellery and the new generation is impressed by our achievements in information technology," tourism joint secretary Leena Nandan told TOI.

The ministry has already reserved space at the China Outbound Travel Mart beginning on April 14. A trade delegation is accompanying Soni as the ministry believes that awareness about business would be another way to attract tourists to India. It is also organising an Indian food festival in Shanghai on Tuesday.

"We also want to present India as a short-halt destination for the Chinese. This would involve showcasing 20 ‘representative destinations’ with affordable package plans. Chinese travel all over the world and I do not see why they wouldn’t opt for India too," the minister said.

Provisional figures show that 62,330 tourists came to India in 2006 although the corresponding number of Indian visitors to China was an impressive 405,091. "It is a challenge. We are taking all steps, including creating more hotel rooms and home-stay accommodation, to make India attractive," Soni said.

India’s task is well cut out because attracting tourists from a pragmatic China, which seems to have everything except perhaps Communism, is a tall order. The tourism ministry realises as much. "We will involve everyone, including those representing the travel industry, in this job," Soni said, a day after announcing in Singapore that the visa-on-arrival scheme could start next year.

Source: TOI

The Olympic torch relay should be confined to the host country at future games, a senior International Olympic Committee member said on Tuesday, after the Beijing flame encountered serious disruptions in Europe.

IOC press commission chief Kevan Gosper said it would be wrong to alter or stop the ongoing 137,000-km Beijing relay
after violent protests in London and Paris, but added he believed the IOC should look at scrapping the international leg next time.

"I am a firm believer that we had the right template in the first place, that the torch should go from Olympia, Greece, to the host country, and I would expect that the executive committee will review that," he told reporters.

An IOC spokeswoman later confirmed no discussions were taking place about curtailing the Beijing torch relay and "the
expectation as we speak is that the relay will continue as planned".

Before the 2000 Sydney Games the torch went to some Pacific islands and in 2004, when the Games returned to their ancient home, the flame travelled to all previous host cities before returning to Athens for the opening ceremony.

Asked whether Beijing organisers had gone ahead with their ambitious torch relay plan against the advice of the IOC
coordination commission, Gosper said they had not.

"The Beijing Co-ordination Commission discussed the concerns with what could happen on the torch relay route but the decision had already been taken and we simply moved to a state of preparedness," said the Australian, a vice-chairman of the commission.

Officials in Paris on Monday were forced to extinguish the Olympic flame and carry it by bus when protesters against
Chinese policy in Tibet tried to seize it.

In London the day before, activists waving Tibetan flags and shouting "Shame on China" also turned the event into a
torrid obstacle course.

Gosper denounced the protesters as "professional spoilers" who were "filled with resentment and hate" and said the relay should continue.

"My belief is the torch relay will stay on course," he said. "There might be adjustments, but I think it would be
wrong, actually, to try and do anything more than try to get torch through to its ultimate destination.

"But certainly, the IOC executive board should review the torch relay programme for the future."

Another member of the coordination commission, Alex Gilady, said he expected the IOC executive board to discuss
international torch relays, but not at this week's Beijing meeting.

British IOC member Craig Reedie said the torch relay for the 2012 London Games had not yet been discussed, and a day
after the violent demonstrations around the Beijing relay in the British capital was not the best time to make decisions.

"Instant legislation is almost always bad legislation," he said. "Let it settle down. I would have thought the IOC would also like to think about it as well after the Beijing Games.

"The Athens torch relay was such a huge success," he added.

"This one appears to have had a few problems, but we're only a third of the way through it.

"Let's wait until we've got the whole picture until we make up our minds on that one."

Source: TOI

NEW YORK: This isn't funny at all. Sexist humour is more than chaff and exposure to such "jokes" can lead to hostile feelings and discrimination against women, a new study has revealed.

According to the study's lead author Thomas E Ford of Western Carolina University, "Sexist humour is not simply benign amusement. It acts as a 'releaser' of prejudice.

"Our research demonstrates that exposure to sexist humour can create conditions that allow men — especially those who have antagonistic attitudes towards women — to express those attitudes in their behaviour."

The researchers came to the conclusion after analysing two experiments. In the first one, they asked a group of male participants to imagine that they were members of a work group in an organisation. In that context, they either read sexist jokes, comparable non-humorous sexist statements, or neutral jokes.

They were then asked to report how much money they would be willing to donate to help a women's organisation.
"We found that men with a high level of sexism were less likely to donate to the women's organisation after reading sexist jokes, but not after reading either sexist statements or neutral jokes," Ford said.

In the second experiment, the researchers showed a selection of video clips of sexist or non-sexist comedy skits to another group of male participants. In the sexist humour setting, four of the clips contained humour depicting women in stereotypical or demeaning roles, while the fifth was neutral.

The men were then asked to participate in a project designed to determine how funding cuts should be allocated among select student organisations. Ford said: "We found that, upon exposure to sexist humour, men higher in sexism discriminated against women by allocating larger funding cuts to a women's organisation than they did to other organisations."

Source:TOI

ICC Rankings
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The LG ICC Test Championship | Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1 Australia 33 4650 141
2 India 38 4206 111
3 Sri Lanka 32 3490 109
4 South Africa 40 4345 109
5 England 44 4771 108
6 Pakistan 33 3107 94
7 New Zealand 25 2277 91
8 West Indies 28 2053 73
9 Bangladesh 24 23 1

The LG ICC ODI Championship | Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1 South Africa 43 5478 127

2 Australia 44 5597 127
3 New Zealand 38 4312 113
4 India 56 6330 113
5 Pakistan 33 3595 109
6 Sri Lanka 44 4716 107
7 England 40 4200 105
8 West Indies 37 3567 96
9 Bangladesh 35 1684 48
10 Ireland 11 217 20
11 Zimbabwe 31 552 18
12 Kenya 6 0 0

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1 J.H. Kallis SA 504
2 D.L. Vettori NZ 340
3 A. Flintoff ENG 320
4 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 300
5 D.J.J. Bravo WI 265
6 J.D.P. Oram NZ 258
7 I.K. Pathan IND 254
8 C.H. Gayle WI 251
9 B. Lee AUS 239
10 A. Kumble IND 233

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1 Shoaib Malik PAK 347
2 A. Flintoff ENG 337
3 J.D.P. Oram NZ 335
3 C.H. Gayle WI 335
5 J.H. Kallis SA 334
6 Shahid Afridi PAK 323
7 P.D. Collingwood ENG 311
8 S.T. Jayasuriya SL 309
9 S.B. Styris NZ 304
10 D.L. Vettori NZ 292

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2 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 912 912 v India, 24/01/2008
3 R.T. Ponting AUS 899 942 v England, 01/12/2006
4 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 880 933 v West Indies, 27/11/2006
4 J.H. Kallis SA 880 935 v New Zealand, 18/11/2007
6 M.L. Hayden AUS 860 935 v England, 07/11/2002
7 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 844 844 v West Indies, 22/03/2008
8 Younis Khan PAK 799 856 v England, 04/08/2006
9 S. Chanderpaul WI 785 838 v South Africa, 02/01/2008
10 K.P. Pietersen ENG 784 909 v West Indies, 28/05/2007
11 M.J. Clarke AUS 744 761 v India, 26/12/2007
12 V. Sehwag IND 733 854 v South Africa, 28/11/2004
13 R. Dravid IND 727 892 v Pakistan, 16/03/2005
14 S.P. Fleming NZ 725 725 v England, 22/03/2008
15 S.R. Tendulkar IND 718 898 v Zimbabwe, 21/02/2002
16 G.C. Smith SA 705 756 v New Zealand, 26/03/2004
17 A.N. Cook ENG 679 711 v Sri Lanka, 18/12/2007
18 V.V.S. Laxman IND 676 753 v Australia, 02/01/2004
19 I.R. Bell ENG 674 684 v Sri Lanka, 01/12/2007
20 P.D. Collingwood ENG 668 730 v Australia, 01/12/2006
21 A.G. Prince SA 657 756 v Pakistan, 11/01/2007
22 A. Symonds AUS 656 666 v India, 16/01/2008
23 A.J. Strauss ENG 629 769 v South Africa, 13/01/2005
24 H.M. Amla SA 627 627 v India, 26/03/2008
24 A.C. Gilchrist AUS 627 874 v South Africa, 08/03/2002
26 S.C. Ganguly IND 622 713 v Australia, 10/12/1999
27 C.H. Gayle WI 616 663 v South Africa, 29/04/2005
28 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK 597 597 v India, 08/12/2007
29 D.L. Vettori NZ 596 608 v England, 05/03/2008
30 P.A. Jaques AUS 587 631 v India, 02/01/2008
31 R.R. Sarwan WI 579 697 v England, 12/08/2004
32 D.J.J. Bravo WI 566 579 v England, 15/06/2007
33 Kamran Akmal PAK 562 583 v England, 13/07/2006
34 M.P. Vaughan ENG 552 876 v Australia, 02/01/2003
35 A.B. de Villiers SA 546 636 v Australia, 26/12/2005
36 N.D. McKenzie SA 544 626 v Australia, 08/03/2002
37 T.M. Dilshan SL 539 630 v Pakistan, 26/03/2006
38 Wasim Jaffer IND 534 608 v Pakistan, 30/11/2007
39 A. Flintoff ENG 515 645 v Sri Lanka, 11/05/2006
40 J.D.P. Oram NZ 513 606 v Australia, 18/11/2004
41 M.V. Boucher SA 507 566 v England, 14/08/2003
42 H.H. Gibbs SA 506 825 v West Indies, 16/01/2004
43 Imran Farhat PAK 503 575 v South Africa, 11/01/2007
44 B.B. McCullum NZ 492 519 v South Africa, 16/04/2006
45 M.S. Dhoni IND 489 548 v Pakistan, 30/11/2007
46 L. Vincent NZ 486 558 v Zimbabwe, 15/08/2005
47 Shahriar Nafees BAN 479 479 v South Africa, 29/02/2008
48 Shoaib Malik PAK 462 509 v West Indies, 11/11/2006
49 M.N. Samuels WI 461 488 v South Africa, 10/01/2008
50 M.G. Vandort SL 458 460 v England, 09/12/2007
51 T.T. Samaraweera SL 453 665 v India, 02/12/2005
52 Mohammad Ashraful BAN 449 491 v Sri Lanka, 03/07/2007
53 R.L. Taylor NZ 441 441 v England, 22/03/2008
54 Salman Butt PAK 437 540 v England, 20/11/2005
55 M.J. Prior ENG 435 448 v Sri Lanka, 18/12/2007
56 Habibul Bashar BAN 432 656 v Pakistan, 03/09/2003
57 Yasir Hameed PAK 424 529 v India, 24/03/2005
58 I.K. Pathan IND 422 450 v Australia, 16/01/2008
59 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 419 419 v West Indies, 22/03/2008
60 D. Ganga WI 408 480 v England, 17/05/2007
61 Rajin Saleh BAN 407 475 v Sri Lanka, 25/06/2007
62 K.K.D. Karthik IND 401 461 v England, 09/08/2007
62 B.S.M. Warnapura SL 401 401 v West Indies, 22/03/2008
64 D. Ramdin WI 398 437 v England, 17/05/2007
64 C.D. Cumming NZ 398 434 v South Africa, 18/11/2007
66 Yuvraj Singh IND 389 506 v Pakistan, 29/01/2006
66 L.P.C. Silva SL 389 489 v New Zealand, 15/12/2006
68 M.S. Sinclair NZ 387 649 v Pakistan, 15/03/2001
69 W.U. Tharanga SL 372 508 v Bangladesh, 08/03/2006
70 Javed Omer BAN 352 434 v Zimbabwe, 19/04/2001
71 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 351 417 v England, 17/08/2006
72 T.R. Ambrose ENG 345 381 v New Zealand, 13/03/2008
73 Faisal Iqbal PAK 341 365 v Australia, 03/10/2002
74 H.H. Dippenaar SA 337 451 v England, 06/01/2005
75 Aftab Ahmed BAN 335 335 v South Africa, 29/02/2008
76 H.A.P.W. Jayawardene SL 330 341 v England, 09/12/2007
77 J.M. How NZ 326 339 v England, 05/03/2008
78 A. Kumble IND 319 328 v Australia, 24/01/2008
78 D.S. Smith WI 319 407 v Australia, 03/11/2005
80 R.S. Morton WI 314 323 v England, 07/06/2007
81 B. Lee AUS 300 338 v England, 01/12/2006
82 J.E.C. Franklin NZ 293 314 v Sri Lanka, 15/12/2006
83 G.O. Jones ENG 292 478 v Pakistan, 20/11/2005
84 A.J. Hall SA 290 408 v India, 20/11/2004
85 G. Gambhir IND 287 457 v Zimbabwe, 20/09/2005
86 T.G. Southee NZ 282 282 v England, 22/03/2008
87 Zunaed Siddique BAN 281 319 v South Africa, 22/02/2008
88 Khaled Masud BAN 272 331 v Sri Lanka, 19/09/2005
89 C.K. Kapugedera SL 271 297 v New Zealand, 15/12/2006
89 M.D. Bell NZ 271 379 v Bangladesh, 04/01/2008
91 G.B. Hogg AUS 266 275 v India, 02/01/2008
92 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 262 262 v South Africa, 29/02/2008
93 Mohammad Rafiq BAN 260 361 v Australia, 16/04/2006
94 M.F. Maharoof SL 246 288 v South Africa, 04/08/2006
95 D. Mohammed WI 242 265 v Pakistan, 19/11/2006
96 Tamim Iqbal BAN 241 432 v New Zealand, 04/01/2008
97 Harbhajan Singh IND 240 257 v England, 13/03/2006
98 O.A. Shah ENG 221 441 v India, 18/03/2006
98 R.O. Hinds WI 221 298 v Pakistan, 07/02/2002
100 D.J.G. Sammy WI 217 219 v South Africa, 10/01/2008

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3 S.R. Clark AUS 829 843 v India, 16/01/2008
4 B. Lee AUS 795 795 v India, 24/01/2008
5 M. Ntini SA 753 863 v India, 26/12/2006
6 A. Kumble IND 731 859 v Sri Lanka, 26/01/1994
7 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 717 800 v India, 02/12/2005
8 S.E. Bond NZ 688 778 v West Indies, 09/03/2006
9 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 684 855 v New Zealand, 26/12/2003
10 R.J. Sidebottom ENG 665 665 v New Zealand, 22/03/2008
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12 M.J. Hoggard ENG 637 795 v Sri Lanka, 28/05/2006
13 Zaheer Khan IND 632 689 v Pakistan, 26/11/2007
14 A. Flintoff ENG 621 810 v Pakistan, 12/11/2005
15 Mohammad Asif PAK 619 710 v South Africa, 26/01/2007
16 M.S. Panesar ENG 617 721 v West Indies, 15/06/2007
17 Danish Kaneria PAK 614 723 v England, 12/11/2005
18 C.S. Martin NZ 609 643 v England, 24/05/2004
19 I.K. Pathan IND 602 761 v Sri Lanka, 10/12/2005
20 J.E.C. Franklin NZ 594 679 v Sri Lanka, 07/12/2006
21 J.H. Kallis SA 573 742 v England, 21/08/2003
22 Umar Gul PAK 572 627 v West Indies, 27/11/2006
23 D.L. Vettori NZ 570 681 v Australia, 11/03/2000
24 Harbhajan Singh IND 569 765 v New Zealand, 12/12/2002
25 A. Nel SA 567 763 v Australia, 02/01/2006
26 S.J. Harmison ENG 543 875 v West Indies, 19/08/2004
26 S.C.G. MacGill AUS 543 728 v West Indies, 13/03/1999
28 C.R.D. Fernando SL 509 543 v Bangladesh, 03/07/2007
29 J.D.P. Oram NZ 502 507 v England, 13/03/2008
30 S. Sreesanth IND 497 577 v England, 09/08/2007
31 S.L. Malinga SL 495 546 v Bangladesh, 03/07/2007
32 J.E. Taylor WI 482 482 v Sri Lanka, 22/03/2008
33 D.J.J. Bravo WI 468 468 v Sri Lanka, 22/03/2008
34 Mohammad Rafiq BAN 460 587 v Zimbabwe, 06/01/2005
35 K.D. Mills NZ 454 459 v England, 13/03/2008
36 R.P. Singh IND 448 528 v Australia, 16/01/2008
37 J.M. Anderson ENG 439 473 v New Zealand, 13/03/2008
38 Shahadat Hossain BAN 431 431 v South Africa, 29/02/2008
39 P.L. Harris SA 425 478 v West Indies, 26/12/2007
40 F.H. Edwards WI 410 448 v South Africa, 26/12/2007
41 C.H. Gayle WI 408 413 v England, 15/06/2007
42 Mashrafe bin Mortaza BAN 390 459 v India, 18/05/2007
43 M.G. Johnson AUS 387 387 v India, 24/01/2008
44 D.B. Powell WI 359 413 v South Africa, 26/12/2007
45 Mohammad Sami PAK 354 425 v England, 29/11/2005
46 M.M. Patel IND 317 396 v West Indies, 10/06/2006
47 M.R. Gillespie NZ 316 319 v England, 13/03/2008
47 C.T. Tremlett ENG 316 367 v India, 27/07/2007
49 A.J. Hall SA 314 410 v England, 14/08/2003
50 A. Symonds AUS 305 305 v India, 24/01/2008
51 D.J.G. Sammy WI 289 334 v South Africa, 26/12/2007
52 Shahid Nazir PAK 269 374 v Zimbabwe, 24/10/1996
53 Abdur Rehman PAK 265 273 v South Africa, 08/10/2007
54 H.M.R.K.B. Herath SL 259 358 v Bangladesh, 19/09/2005
55 Enamul Haque jnr BAN 247 382 v Zimbabwe, 14/01/2005
55 J.S. Patel NZ 247 247 v England, 22/03/2008
57 L.E. Plunkett ENG 242 285 v West Indies, 28/05/2007
58 Yasir Arafat PAK 237 237 v India, 08/12/2007
59 V. Sehwag IND 235 235 v South Africa, 26/03/2008
60 I. Sharma IND 221 223 v Australia, 24/01/2008
61 S.I. Mahmood ENG 217 268 v Pakistan, 17/08/2006
62 P.D. Collingwood ENG 205 216 v New Zealand, 13/03/2008
63 S.C.J. Broad ENG 198 198 v New Zealand, 22/03/2008
64 R.R. Powar IND 190 212 v Bangladesh, 25/05/2007
65 I.E. O'Brien NZ 182 188 v Bangladesh, 12/01/2008
66 D. Mohammed WI 180 197 v Pakistan, 19/11/2006
67 Syed Rasel BAN 178 186 v Sri Lanka, 08/03/2006
68 Naved-ul-Hasan PAK 172 203 v India, 13/01/2006
69 R.J. Peterson SA 170 179 v Bangladesh, 01/05/2003
70 T.G. Southee NZ 163 163 v England, 22/03/2008
71 M.F. Maharoof SL 155 207 v Pakistan, 26/03/2006
72 U.W.M.B.C. Welegedara SL 144 145 v England, 18/12/2007
72 M.T.T. Mirando SL 144 144 v West Indies, 22/03/2008
72 S.R. Tendulkar IND 144 235 v Australia, 11/03/2001
75 W.R.S. de Silva SL 136 210 v Bangladesh, 28/07/2002
76 R.R. Sarwan WI 135 294 v Bangladesh, 04/06/2004
77 G.B. Hogg AUS 122 151 v Zimbabwe, 17/10/2003
77 S.C. Ganguly IND 122 239 v South Africa, 16/01/1997
79 M. Morkel SA 119 179 v Bangladesh, 22/02/2008
80 M.J. Clarke AUS 98 265 v New Zealand, 18/03/2005
81 Mohammad Ashraful BAN 95 98 v South Africa, 22/02/2008
81 Aftab Ahmed BAN 95 108 v New Zealand, 12/01/2008
81 Shoaib Malik PAK 95 133 v England, 29/11/2005
84 T.T. Samaraweera SL 92 239 v Bangladesh, 28/07/2002
85 V.R. Singh IND 81 91 v Bangladesh, 18/05/2007
86 Sohail Tanvir PAK 77 78 v India, 30/11/2007
87 Mehrab Hossain jnr BAN 73 77 v Sri Lanka, 03/07/2007
88 J. Botha SA 72 73 v Bangladesh, 22/02/2008
89 T.M. Dilshan SL 71 170 v South Africa, 11/08/2004
90 G.C. Smith SA 60 78 v Australia, 26/12/2005
91 S.W. Tait AUS 56 108 v England, 08/09/2005
92 R.N. Lewis WI 52 53 v South Africa, 02/01/2008
93 S.J. Benn WI 50 50 v Sri Lanka, 22/03/2008
94 M.N. Samuels WI 49 59 v Australia, 15/12/2000
95 Yuvraj Singh IND 45 62 v Pakistan, 08/12/2007
96 R.O. Hinds WI 44 77 v South Africa, 31/03/2005
97 S. Chanderpaul WI 42 59 v Bangladesh, 08/12/2002
98 M.P. Vaughan ENG 37 60 v South Africa, 28/07/2003
99 Sajidul Islam BAN 36 40 v New Zealand, 04/01/2008
100 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 34 37 v West Indies, 11/11/2006

The LG ICC ODI Batting Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 G.C. Smith SA 792 792 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
2 S.R. Tendulkar IND 777 887 v Zimbabwe, 13/11/1998
3 R.T. Ponting AUS 770 832 v New Zealand, 20/12/2007
4 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 752 777 v South Africa, 10/10/2003
5 M.L. Hayden AUS 740 854 v India, 15/02/2003
6 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 736 863 v New Zealand, 28/01/2007
7 K.P. Pietersen ENG 735 834 v Australia, 08/04/2007
8 A.B. de Villiers SA 733 733 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
9 M.S. Dhoni IND 728 806 v West Indies, 18/05/2006
10 S. Chanderpaul WI 721 754 v South Africa, 27/01/1999
11 H.H. Gibbs SA 718 750 v Sri Lanka, 03/03/2003
12 M.J. Clarke AUS 717 756 v Sri Lanka, 22/02/2008
13 K.C. Sangakkara SL 716 760 v India, 11/02/2007
14 A. Symonds AUS 713 778 v India, 14/10/2007
15 R.R. Sarwan WI 692 798 v India, 23/05/2006
16 Yuvraj Singh IND 691 739 v West Indies, 20/05/2006
17 C.H. Gayle WI 690 804 v Zimbabwe, 30/11/2003
18 J.H. Kallis SA 688 816 v West Indies, 04/02/2004
19 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 678 737 v West Indies, 19/12/2001
20 I.R. Bell ENG 657 705 v India, 27/08/2007
21 P.D. Collingwood ENG 651 658 v Ireland, 30/03/2007
22 S.T. Jayasuriya SL 641 838 v Bangladesh, 14/02/2003
23 Shoaib Malik PAK 639 685 v India, 13/02/2006
24 B.B. McCullum NZ 638 638 v England, 23/02/2008
25 S.B. Styris NZ 634 663 v Bangladesh, 28/12/2007
26 G. Gambhir IND 615 636 v Sri Lanka, 26/02/2008
27 P.G. Fulton NZ 610 633 v England, 09/02/2008
28 R. Dravid IND 609 754 v West Indies, 18/05/2006
29 M.V. Boucher SA 602 642 v Scotland, 20/03/2007
30 J.M. How NZ 596 604 v England, 20/02/2008
31 Younis Khan PAK 591 636 v Bangladesh, 09/09/2003
32 T.M. Dilshan SL 587 587 v Australia, 29/02/2008
33 L.P.C. Silva SL 582 590 v England, 13/10/2007
34 W.U. Tharanga SL 573 688 v New Zealand, 28/12/2006
35 Shahriar Nafees BAN 572 697 v Bermuda, 25/02/2007
36 R.S. Morton WI 571 605 v South Africa, 20/01/2008
37 R.L. Taylor NZ 564 564 v England, 23/02/2008
38 M.S. Atapattu SL 542 739 v Zimbabwe, 15/03/2003
39 Aftab Ahmed BAN 535 599 v Bermuda, 25/02/2007
40 E. Chigumbura ZIM 533 573 v South Africa, 22/08/2007
41 Shahid Afridi PAK 532 663 v India, 02/10/1997
42 A. Flintoff ENG 531 749 v Sri Lanka, 18/09/2004
43 A.J. Strauss ENG 530 697 v Pakistan, 10/12/2005
44 J.D.P. Oram NZ 528 541 v England, 15/02/2008
44 B.R.M. Taylor ZIM 528 579 v Bangladesh, 04/08/2006
46 H.H. Dippenaar SA 526 718 v Sri Lanka, 31/01/2006
47 M.N. Samuels WI 524 632 v Sri Lanka, 11/06/2003
48 V. Sehwag IND 522 774 v New Zealand, 11/01/2003
49 J.M. Kemp SA 521 607 v Australia, 03/03/2006
50 S.C. Ganguly IND 511 844 v South Africa, 17/03/2000
51 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 509 559 v England, 11/04/2007
52 Mohammad Ashraful BAN 505 526 v Australia, 25/06/2005
52 Salman Butt PAK 505 547 v India, 06/02/2006
54 A.R. Uthappa IND 503 509 v Pakistan, 05/11/2007
55 R.N. ten Doeschate HOL 501 501 v Bermuda, 20/08/2007
56 J.P. Duminy SA 500 500 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
57 V. Sibanda ZIM 499 525 v Pakistan, 21/01/2008
58 S.O. Tikolo KEN 498 535 v South Africa, 30/09/1999
59 A.N. Cook ENG 488 488 v New Zealand, 23/02/2008
60 Yasir Hameed PAK 484 724 v Bangladesh, 17/07/2004
61 S.M. Katich AUS 483 637 v West Indies, 12/09/2006
62 L. Vincent NZ 482 565 v Australia, 16/02/2007
63 D.J.J. Bravo WI 481 494 v Zimbabwe, 07/12/2007
64 S.C. Williams ZIM 476 479 v Pakistan, 30/01/2008
65 A.G. Prince SA 475 581 v Asia, 17/08/2005
66 S. Matsikenyeri ZIM 469 501 v West Indies, 02/12/2007
67 Tamim Iqbal BAN 468 468 v Ireland, 22/03/2008
68 T.M. Odoyo KEN 467 481 v Canada, 18/10/2007
69 Kamran Akmal PAK 461 518 v England, 02/09/2006
70 T. Mishra KEN 460 490 v Canada, 14/03/2007
71 R.P. Arnold SL 458 769 v England, 23/03/2001
72 L.O. Cann BER 457 482 v Kenya, 25/10/2007
73 C.J. Chibhabha ZIM 450 459 v West Indies, 30/11/2007
74 H. Masakadza ZIM 444 476 v Pakistan, 24/01/2008
75 R.R. Watson SCO 443 443 v India, 16/08/2007
75 H.J.H. Marshall NZ 443 628 v Australia, 05/03/2005
77 I.K. Pathan IND 438 540 v Pakistan, 19/04/2006
77 S.R. Watson AUS 438 491 v New Zealand, 20/04/2007
79 O.A. Shah ENG 437 437 v New Zealand, 23/02/2008
80 N.J. O'Brien IRE 435 435 v Bangladesh, 22/03/2008
81 I.S. Billcliff CAN 424 430 v New Zealand, 22/03/2007
81 K.J. O'Brien IRE 424 451 v Bangladesh, 15/04/2007
83 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK 423 423 v Zimbabwe, 02/02/2008
84 M.S. Sinclair NZ 420 552 v Sri Lanka, 17/04/2001
85 P. Mustard ENG 413 423 v New Zealand, 20/02/2008
86 Imran Farhat PAK 412 609 v New Zealand, 07/01/2004
87 J.M. Davison CAN 410 440 v New Zealand, 03/03/2003
88 R. Sharma IND 408 423 v Australia, 02/03/2008
88 Habibul Bashar BAN 408 486 v Zimbabwe, 29/07/2006
88 M. Kaif IND 408 602 v New Zealand, 06/09/2005
91 B.J. Haddin AUS 406 436 v India, 02/10/2007
92 D.J. Reekers HOL 399 409 v Canada, 03/07/2007
93 Imran Nazir PAK 397 550 v South Africa, 12/08/2002
94 J.D. Ryder NZ 393 393 v England, 23/02/2008
95 W.W. Hinds WI 392 594 v Australia, 01/06/2003
96 R.D. Shah KEN 391 525 v India, 29/09/1999
97 J.R. Hopes AUS 390 390 v India, 04/03/2008
98 D. Ramdin WI 389 418 v Zimbabwe, 07/05/2006
98 A.M. Samad CAN 389 403 v England, 18/03/2007
100 M.F. Maharoof SL 388 424 v Pakistan, 18/05/2007

The LG ICC ODI Bowling Rankings | Rankings
Rank Player Country Rating Career High
1 D.L. Vettori NZ 790 790 v England, 23/02/2008
2 N.W. Bracken AUS 770 806 v Sri Lanka, 16/04/2007
3 S.E. Bond NZ 736 811 v South Africa, 14/04/2007
4 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 699 861 v South Africa, 20/08/2004
5 K.D. Mills NZ 683 694 v Bangladesh, 31/12/2007
6 A. Nel SA 682 685 v Bangladesh, 12/03/2008
7 D.B. Powell WI 673 673 v South Africa, 03/02/2008
8 B. Lee AUS 671 853 v South Africa, 03/02/2006
9 M. Muralidaran SL 668 913 v New Zealand, 09/04/2002
10 J.E. Taylor WI 660 688 v South Africa, 25/01/2008
11 M.F. Maharoof SL 653 671 v England, 07/10/2007
12 G.B. Hogg AUS 636 687 v India, 14/10/2007
13 M. Ntini SA 635 782 v West Indies, 25/01/2004
14 A. Flintoff ENG 634 755 v Bangladesh, 12/11/2003
14 J.D.P. Oram NZ 634 768 v Australia, 16/09/2004
16 M.G. Johnson AUS 632 659 v Sri Lanka, 22/02/2008
17 Abdur Razzak BAN 622 711 v England, 11/04/2007
18 S.L. Malinga SL 621 687 v Bangladesh, 23/07/2007
19 Harbhajan Singh IND 615 735 v West Indies, 29/05/2002
20 P.J. Ongondo KEN 610 610 v Bermuda, 27/10/2007
21 Shahid Afridi PAK 607 637 v South Africa, 23/10/2007
22 C.R.D. Fernando SL 603 628 v England, 13/10/2007
23 C.K. Langeveldt SA 592 595 v Bangladesh, 12/03/2008
24 J.M. Anderson ENG 591 689 v Bangladesh, 12/11/2003
25 Mohammad Rafiq BAN 581 650 v Zimbabwe, 03/12/2006
26 Mashrafe bin Mortaza BAN 580 678 v India, 17/03/2007
27 S.R. Clark AUS 578 586 v India, 24/02/2008
28 Iftikhar Anjum PAK 576 601 v India, 18/11/2007
29 A.J. Hall SA 573 655 v England, 17/04/2007
30 Zaheer Khan IND 570 700 v South Africa, 13/04/2003
31 P. Utseya ZIM 564 651 v Bangladesh, 06/08/2006
31 Syed Rasel BAN 564 588 v Sri Lanka, 25/07/2007
33 S.C.J. Broad ENG 563 575 v New Zealand, 20/02/2008
34 C.D. Collymore WI 562 644 v South Africa, 28/01/2004
35 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 561 699 v Australia, 19/06/2002
36 I.K. Pathan IND 548 772 v England, 03/04/2006
37 Mohammad Asif PAK 547 607 v Sri Lanka, 20/05/2007
38 Shoaib Malik PAK 543 658 v Sri Lanka, 06/10/2004
39 Umar Gul PAK 541 555 v India, 18/11/2007
40 Naved-ul-Hasan PAK 540 743 v India, 06/02/2006
41 T.M. Odoyo KEN 538 538 v Bermuda, 28/10/2007
42 S.W. Tait AUS 537 565 v New Zealand, 20/12/2007
43 F.H. Edwards WI 535 552 v Scotland, 12/07/2007
44 A.B. Agarkar IND 533 676 v West Indies, 20/09/2006
45 J.R. Hopes AUS 520 520 v India, 04/03/2008
46 D.J.J. Bravo WI 519 549 v Bangladesh, 11/10/2006
46 S. Sreesanth IND 519 563 v Australia, 10/02/2008
48 Sohail Tanvir PAK 517 517 v Zimbabwe, 02/02/2008
49 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 507 507 v Ireland, 22/03/2008
50 Mohammad Sami PAK 504 681 v New Zealand, 03/12/2003
51 M.J. Mason NZ 500 508 v England, 12/02/2008
51 J.E.C. Franklin NZ 500 536 v Sri Lanka, 24/04/2007
53 J.S. Patel NZ 496 496 v England, 23/02/2008
54 J.H. Kallis SA 486 641 v West Indies, 09/05/2001
54 C.H. Gayle WI 486 656 v England, 05/05/2004
56 S.T. Jayasuriya SL 482 591 v New Zealand, 26/10/1998
57 D.R. Smith WI 480 570 v Pakistan, 13/03/2007
58 S.B. Styris NZ 479 610 v Australia, 19/02/2005
59 P.D. Collingwood ENG 477 526 v Pakistan, 12/12/2005
60 M.M. Patel IND 476 540 v Sri Lanka, 23/03/2007
61 R.R. Powar IND 473 551 v England, 05/09/2007
62 M. Kartik IND 472 546 v South Africa, 19/11/2005
62 S. Dhaniram CAN 472 472 v Kenya, 20/10/2007
64 T. Mupariwa ZIM 469 486 v Bangladesh, 02/08/2006
65 R.J. Sidebottom ENG 468 468 v New Zealand, 23/02/2008
66 R.P. Singh IND 467 494 v Pakistan, 15/11/2007
67 G.B. Brent ZIM 464 513 v Bangladesh, 25/11/2001
67 W.K. McCallan IRE 464 467 v Bangladesh, 20/03/2008
69 S.O. Tikolo KEN 455 465 v Canada, 14/03/2007
69 J. Botha SA 455 455 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
71 L.E. Plunkett ENG 454 494 v West Indies, 07/07/2007
72 M.S. Panesar ENG 451 462 v Sri Lanka, 13/10/2007
73 J.A. Morkel SA 450 450 v Bangladesh, 14/03/2008
74 S.R. Watson AUS 447 561 v West Indies, 05/11/2006
75 D.M. Leverock BER 443 443 v Kenya, 28/10/2007
75 A.C. Botha IRE 443 443 v Bangladesh, 22/03/2008
77 M. Morkel SA 442 450 v West Indies, 25/01/2008
78 P.S. Kumar IND 441 441 v Australia, 04/03/2008
79 J. Lewis ENG 438 502 v New Zealand, 23/01/2007
80 C.M. Bandara SL 437 496 v India, 14/02/2007
81 H.A. Varaiya KEN 436 436 v Bermuda, 28/10/2007
82 R. Rampaul WI 433 462 v South Africa, 20/01/2008
83 M.N. Samuels WI 430 495 v Australia, 05/11/2006
84 M.R. Gillespie NZ 429 468 v Australia, 20/02/2007
85 J.M. Davison CAN 426 432 v New Zealand, 22/03/2007
86 D.R. Tuffey NZ 423 692 v India, 06/11/2003
87 A.J. Ireland ZIM 419 453 v Bangladesh, 10/02/2007
88 S. Mukuddem BER 418 429 v Bangladesh, 25/03/2007
89 K.M.D.N Kulasekara SL 412 412 v Australia, 29/02/2008
89 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 412 445 v South Africa, 10/10/2003
91 E.C. Rainsford ZIM 411 472 v Bangladesh, 13/10/2006
92 E. Chigumbura ZIM 410 412 v Pakistan, 30/01/2008
92 D. Langford-Smith IRE 410 413 v Bangladesh, 20/03/2008
94 C.S. Martin NZ 408 409 v England, 20/02/2008
95 R.N. ten Doeschate HOL 405 405 v Bermuda, 20/08/2007
96 T.M. Dilshan SL 404 471 v England, 28/06/2006
96 S.I. Mahmood ENG 404 468 v Bangladesh, 11/04/2007
96 D.N.T. Zoysa SL 404 712 v England, 23/03/2001
99 U. Bhatti CAN 400 400 v Kenya, 20/10/2007
100 J.K. Kamande KEN 399 399 v Bermuda, 28/10/2007

The South African spinner Paul Harris reduced India to 273/7, a deficit of 145 runs, on the third day of the second test at Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Live Scoring

81st over: Anil Kumble is bowled by the left-arm spinner Paul Harris for 5, as India is reduced to 273/7. South Africa is on the verge of victory. Irfan Pathan, on 23, is joined by Harbhajan Singh.

78th over: MS Dhoni is caught by Graeme Smith off Makhaya Ntini for 52 (132 balls, 5x4) and India slumps to 268/6. Irfan Pathan (23*) is joined by Anil Kumble.

74th over: MS Dhoni scores a single off Dale Steyn and moves to 50, off 122 balls, with five fours. Irfan Pathan is with him on sixteen. It is Dhoni's ninth fifty in Tests.

70th over: Sourav Ganguly plays at a wide delivery by Dale Steyn and is caught behind by Mark Boucher for 87 (149 balls, 8x4). MS Dhoni is with him on 42. Steyn set up the dismissal of Ganguly very well, as he peppered him with short deliveries before feeding him with a fuller, wider delivery. The partnership between Ganguly and Dhoni produced 110 runs for the fifth wicket.

66th over: Sourav Ganguly plays a beautiful back-foot drive through the covers for three off Morne Morkel as he moves to 84 and India's score goes to 225/4. With that shot he completes the 100-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Mahendra Singh Dhoni (37*). The two have added 100 for the fifth wicket off 175 deliveries.

65th over: Sourav Ganguly plays a drive to long on off the left-arm spinner Paul Harris and moves to 81. With him is MS Dhoni, on 32. India moves to 218/4, still a deficit of 200 runs.

61st over: Sourav Ganguly plays a delightful late cut off the left-arm spinner Paul Harris as he guides his own total to 70 and that of India to 202/4. MS Dhoni is on 28 and the two have added 77 runs for the sixth wicket.

Tea: India moved aggressively but shakly to 191/4 at tea on the third day of the second test against South Africa at Ahmedabad on Saturday, still a deficit of 227 runs.

Sourav Ganguly (59*, 103 balls, 5x4) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (28*, 84 balls, 4x4) will resume after the break.

India scored 96 runs in 32 overs between lunch and tea,. Dhoni and Ganguly added 66 runs for the fifth wicket, but were offered reprieves on two occasions.

Dhoni was dropped on the square leg boundary by Makhaya Ntini with his score on 18 and India on 160/4. Dale Steyn was the bowler.

He also survived when Mark Boucher missed a stumping chance with Dhoni on 22 and India on 184/4. Dhoni used his feet and was deceived by a faster delivery, but Boucher could not get his gloves to the delivery with Dhoni more than a metre out of his crease.

India resumed on 95/3 after lunch and VVS Laxman and Ganguly survived an accurate opening spell by Steyn and Ntini early on.

It looked as if Laxman was moving into his stride as he played a couple of strong drives through the covers and past point.

The South African fast bowlers tried to target Ganguly with the odd short delivery, but he used his wrists well to counter this strategy.

Ganguly found the gaps past point almost at will as the conditions that were conducive for swing and seam bowling, eased up somewhat after lunch.

Morne Morkel had troubled the top-order batsmen with his pace and especially the steep bounce he created.

In the opening over of his new spell he produced a wide delivery to Laxman. Laxman, rocked on the back foot and static and expecting another bouncer, played away from his body to this wide delivery and was caught behind by Mark Boucher for 35, off 45 deliveries, with six fours.

He and Ganguly had added 55 runs for the fourth wicket. Their 50-partnership came off 73 balls, but the dismissal of Laxman left India in trouble.

Dhoni came to the crease and generally used his feet well to dispose of the left-arm spinner Harris past mid wicket.

He also played a delightful cover drive off Morkel after the latter had targeted him with some short deliveries.

Steyn, in his second spell after lunch, seemed to generate a lot of pace and also produced some reverse swing.

With the score on 160/4, he let fly with a short delivery and Dhoni miscued his hook shot. But Ntini came off the boundary ropes too early and misjudged the catch completely.

He tried to catch it with one hand and missed it completely as it went over his head for a four. Steyn was angry and bemused as what should have been a regulation catch at square leg was fluffed by Ntini. Dhoni was on 18 when he was offered this reprieve.

South Africa declared their fist innings closed on 494/7 overnight, a first-innings lead of 418 runs. AB de Villiers was undefeated on 217 (333 balls, 17x4, 2x6). He and Jacques Kallis (132, 275 balls, 14x4, 1x6) featured in a record-breaking fifth-wicket stand of 256 runs (record in Tests against India).

In the morning spell, South Africa bowled with speed, bounce and swing to remove the cream of India’s top-order.

Ntini trapped Virender Sehwag leg before wicket for 17 with a delivery that came back into the right-handed batsman as India slipped to 31/1.

Morkel then produced a spell of sustained hostility and troubled all the batsmen with his bounce and speed. His fastest delivery was 149.7 km/h and he kept his pace above 145 kmgh, Sree Sreesanth.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini.

Source:http://www.supersport.co.za/cricket/article.aspx?id=250221&headline=Half-century%20for%20Dhoni