Please close the ball-tampering chapter now: Afridi

| at 1:36 AM


Karachi, Feb 23 (PTI) Ball tampering and infidelity are not even remotely connected but Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi feels if golf superstar Tiger Woods can apologise and move on after his numerous affairs, he too should be forgiven for his "stupid" ball-biting antics during a match.Afridi hit out at critics calling for his head over the ball tampering incident in the fifth and final one-day international against Australia earlier this month in Perth."Look at golf super star Tiger Woods. He made a mistake and he apologised to his followers and chapter may shortly be closed," he remarked.Afridi, who returned from Dubai yesterday, said he was deeply hurt and disappointed by the "smear campaign" launched against him."I think the ball tampering incident was blown out of proportion by some quarters who wanted to damage my reputation and hurt my career," Afridi said

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TENDULKAR BREAK THE RECORD OF HIGHEST RUNS IN ODI

| at 7:21 PM


Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his record-breaking innings during the ODI between India and South Africa in Gwalior, India, yesterday. Tendulkar finished with 200 not out in eclipsing the previous highest score of 194, jointly made by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry against Bangladesh in Bulawayo last August and Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar against India at Chennai in May 1997.Tendulkar reached the landmark in the last over off 147 deliveries — featuring 25 boundaries and three sixes — and carried his bat through, helping India amass 401-3 in the allotted 50 overs.The nearly 30,000 in the partisan crowd went delirious as he surpassed the previous highest score in one-day internationals.Tendulkar’s previous best was 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad in November 1999.He plundered runs from the Proteas almost at will with some dazzling cover drives and pull shots. He picked up deliveries from outside the off stump and hit them over mid-on for sixes and fours.Tendulkar was involved in a record 194-run second-wicket partnership for India with Dinesh Karthik, who scored 79

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