Ponting smashes LCD in Australia dressing room

Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (PTI) Australian skipper Ricky Ponting smashed a LCD television set in the team''s dressing room here, apparently in a fit of anger, after he got run out against Zimbabwe, sources in the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) said today.
The incident took place immediately after Ponting was run out on 28 yesterday by a direct hit from Chris Mpofu in the Group A clash between Australia and Zimbabwe.
GCA said that they had informed the Australian cricket authorities about the incident
But when the Australian media manager Lachy Patterson was contacted, he said he was not aware of any such incident.
GCA officials said that they would be holding a meeting today to decide on further action in this regard.

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Spurs hold Man United to goalless draw

London: Manchester United survived the late dismissal of Rafael Da Silva to draw 0-0 at Tottenham Hotspur and Kenny Dalglish endured a frustrating return to Anfield as Liverpool were held 2-2 by Everton on Sunday.

Sunderland drew 1-1 with neighbours Newcastle United and Birmingham City and local rivals Aston Villa also shared two goals all four Premier League matches ended in stalemate.

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United's eighth draw in 10 away games took them top on 45 points from 21 matches, ahead on goal difference of Manchester City, who beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 on Saturday and have played two games more.

Arsenal are third on 43, Chelsea fourth on 38 and Spurs fifth on 37. Liverpool stay 13th on 26 points, behind Everton on goal difference.

Tottenham went into Sunday's game with high hopes of securing their first win over United in 20 attempts spanning 10 years but they never did enough to unsettle the impressive visiting defence.

Peter Crouch shot just wide in the breathless early exchanges and Rafael van der Vaart sent an exquisite curler just over the bar once the game had settled.

Brazilian fullback Rafael collected his second yellow in the 73rd minute for a hotly-disputed trip of Benoit Assou-Ekotto but though Spurs threw men forward they never looked like ending United's unbeaten record this season.

"It was tight. I felt we just about edged it without being able to get the goal but I never felt we were going to get beat. It was never a game I could really see them scoring in today," Spurs manager Harry Redknapp he told reporters.

"United are very strong and disciplined at the back and hard to break down but I couldn't say at the moment they are on another level and are going to walk away with the championship.

"You can't be as good a team as you were a year ago when you haven't got (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Carlos) Tevez. Other teams have improved and got closer to them but they've lost players like that and are still up there."

Alex Ferguson thought it was a decent point for his team.

"It was a tough game, they didn't make many chances against us, we were a bit careless with our use of the ball," he said.

"Our defenders were particularly good but when we were in the final third maybe we needed a better pass."

It was a very different type of draw at Anfield, where Kenny Dalglish went through the full gamut of emotions on his emotional first home game in charge.

Liverpool, without suspended captain Steven Gerrard, produced a committed performance and deservedly led their Merseyside neighbours through a crisp strike by Raul Meireles.

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Everton, though, turned the game upside down with two goals in the first seven minutes of the second half from Sylvain Distin and Jermaine Beckford.

Liverpool came back strongly and levelled through Dirk Kuyt's 68th-minute penalty after Tim Howard fouled Maxi Rodriguez.

"The players' attitude and desire to get back in the game was really something," said Dalglish, whose first two games ended in defeats by Manchester United and Blackpool.

"We could have been more than one up but we were really pleased with the way we played and that's great credit to the players who have had to adjust to the new ways of playing and training.

"There is a lot of belief coming back into the players and that is great for us"

Everton boss David Moyes admitted Liverpool were the better team in the early stages.

"I was delighted to come in only 1-0 down after the first half because Liverpool were the better team but I'm disappointed we didn't take all three points after the second half," he said.

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MLB 2K11 sees return of its million dollar challenge

Last year, 23-year-old Wade McGillberry won a million dollars through MLB 2K10's perfect game promotion. This year, another lucky player of 2K Sport's latest baseball game, MLB 2K11, will get the same cash prize.
There are a few tweaks this time around with the promotion. For starters, the start date has been pushed back from release day, March 8, to April 1.
This will prevent anyone from winning by using spring training rosters or stadiums, like Mr. McGillberry had done last year. This will force players to attempt the challenge with Opening Day rosters and actual MLB stadiums, but also give them a chance to practice their pitching craft in the game.
"We wanted to give the competition a more true-to-life experience," says Chris Snyder, 2K Sports' director of marketing. "This year, we wanted the competition to coincide more with opening day, so now fans who buy the game on launch day will have almost a full month to practice before they go for the million dollars.
"You won't be winning in a spring training stadium this year."
The age limit is also being dropped from 18 to 13. The reason why has to do with MLB 2K11 cover athlete Roy Halladay.
Snyder explains:
"Last year, Halladay's son, who is about 13-years-old, was telling us about how he was going for the perfect game and had it through seven innings. We were listening to him, but at the same time we were cringing a bit because the rules last year stated that you had to be 18-years-old to win the million dollars. So this year, we opened it up even further and dropped the age limit to 13. We took this directly from Roy's kid and wanted more people to have the chance to go for the perfect game this year."
All other requirements remain the same as last year. This includes having to record yourself with video playing the game.
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