India loses first T20

India loses the first T20 against Sri Lanka here in Nagpur by 29 runs, despite a brilliant 55 off just 26 balls by Indian opener Gautam Gambhir. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara played a splendid knock of 78 runs in just 37 balls to take Sri Lanka to a mighty 215-5 in their allotted 20 overs.

Having won the toss, Dhoni decided to bowl first, keeping in mind the dew factor, which could have played a huge role in the latter part of the game. Sri Lanka were off to a flying start, as the veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and Tilakaratne Dilshan started off brilliantly. Though Jayasuriya gave the debutant Ashok Dinda, his first international T20 wicket, he took Sri Lanka to a flyer. From there, Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara took over and started making the mockery of the Indian bowling attack. He was superb with the bat and scored 78 runs off just 37 balls with 11 fours and two sixes. He got able support from the other end in the form of Dilshan(34), Chamara Kapugedera(47) and Angelo Matthews(15 not out). The Indians on the other hand were sloppy in the fielding, as the newly appointed fielding consultant Mike Young was a mere spectator of the sloppy Indian fielders in the middle.

For India, debutants Ashish Nehra and Ashok Dinda took a wicket each. Also, Yousuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma shared a wicket apiece. Ishant Sharma, though didn’t took a wicket, but he was the most impressive Indian bowler as he gave only 22 from his 4 overs. Nehra was the most expensive who gave away 52 runs in his 4 overs.

In reply, Indian were too off to a flyer as Virender Sehwag continued his form of Test Cricket into T20 and started off in his typical style. He scored a quickfire 26 runs. Gautam Gambhir – the most consistent Indian batsmen in all the levels of cricket for India, took the toll on the Sri Lankan bowlers, especially Lasith Malinga and posted a pacy 50 off just 19 balls. He however, failed to stretch his innings and is bowled around his legs by Angelo Matthews, when he was on 55. The Indian middle order failed dramatically after the departure of the openers and Dhoni(9), Yuvraj(6), Rohit Sharma(3) and Yousuf Pathan(0) could only manage 18 runs among themselves. Only Suresh Raina tried to defy the Lankan attack with 21. The defeat could have been more shameful, if Ashish Nehra and Ashok Dinda wouldn’t have shared a useful partnership between themselves. Nehra scored 22 and Dinda scored 19.

For Sri Lanka, Kulasekara, Dilshan and debutant Pushpakumara took a wicket apiece, but the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka was the veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, who took 2 wickets for just 19 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

Gautam Gambhir became the first batsmen to complete 6 half centuries in T20 internationals. There were four debutants (two from each side) in the game. For India, Ashish Nehra and Ashok Dinda made their debuts and For Sri Lanka, Chinthaka Jayasinghe and Muthumudalige made their debuts in T20.

Pakistan Tottering in First Innings

Pakistan was tottering at 165-6 in the first innings of the second Test. The first day of the second Test match was truncated due to rain and bad weather. Umar Akmal, though tried to play a match saving knock, but he was dismissed for 46. Daniel Vettori took 3 wickets and the pacers did excellent job, as all the major Pakistani batsmen fell cheaply. When the day’s play was called off, Pakistan was in trouble, as they were reduced to 165 for the loss of 6 wickets. Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Aamer were at the crease, when the play was called off.

Sehwag Mauls Sri Lanka

Virender Sehwag hit the second fastest double century to send Sri Lanka into complete disarray, as India take a lead of 50 runs in the third Test match against Sri Lanka here in Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

Earlier, in the morning Sri Lanka resumed their first innings and was all out for 393. Young all rounder Angelo Matthews missed what could have been his first hundred in Test Cricket. He was run out when he was on 99, thanks to a brilliant throw from Sachin Tendulkar. Harbhajan Singh finished with 4 wickets; Pragyan Ojha took 3, whereas pacers Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth took a wicket each.

India began their innings in style; thanks to a brilliant innings from Virender Sehwag and replacement opener Murli Vijay. The usual roles get reversed, as Vijay started to hammer the Sri Lankan pacers, whereas Sehwag started off cautiously. Soon Sehwag came out of his skin and started to dominate the bowlers with cuts, pulls, drives, hooks, inside-out shots and every other shot mentioned in the book. Vijay was also elegant with his timing and the shots he played were simply exquisite. Vijay got out when he was trying to play a sweep shot against Rangana Herath. He made 87 off 122 balls with XX and 1 six off Muttiah Muralitharan. Rahul Dravid then joined Sehwag. But the dismissal of Vijay didn’t seem to disturb Sehwag, as he continued to play shots all over the park. Soon he completed his hundred and rose to 150 in no time. Rahul Dravid continued to play good shots as well and never seem to give a chance to the Lankans. Sehwag then completed his 6th double century. He became the 1st Indian to hit 6 double centuries. As soon as his double hundred came, he became crazy and started to play amazing shots. There was no respite for any Sri Lankan bowler. It can be seen from the economy rate of all the bowlers; the lowest being 4.56 of Welegedara. The Indian run rate was 5.61 at the end of the day’s play. Be it Muralitharan, or Herath, Matthews, Welegedara or ODIs best bowler Nuwan Kulasekara; there was no respite for any bowler.

India finished the day at 443-1 off just 79 overs. It would be very interesting to see, whether or not Virender Sehwag would be able to complete his third triple hundred or not. If he does so, he would not only be the first Indian in the world to do so, but the first batsmen in the world as well.

Records that were either broken or are on the verge of it:

• Sehwag’s 200 off just 168 balls is the second fastest double century in Test Cricket, behind New Zealander Nathan Astle off 153 balls.
• Sehwag is the first Indian to register six double centuries, outstripping Rahul Dravid’s five. Only Sir Don Bradman (12), Brian Lara (9) and Wally Hammond (7) have more.
• 284 is the 3rd most runs scored in a single day, behind Bradman’s 309 in 1930 and Wally Hammond’s 295 in 1933.
• First Indian to post four 250-plus innings. Only Sir Don Bradman (5) has more.
• Sehwag has made 200 runs in a day thrice. No other Indian has done it even once.
• Reached 6,000 runs from 123 innings, the 3rd fastest Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (117) and Sachin Tendulkar (120)
• Sehwag has a strike rate of 80.48, the best among the batsmen with over 6,000 Test runs. Viv Richards has the next best strike rate of 69.28
• India’s 443-1 is the most they’ve ever got in a single Test-day. Add Lanka’s 27 and an amazing 470 runs were scored on Thursday.

Shane Bond out of Test Series

New Zealand fast bowler and Man of the Match in the first test against Pakistan, Shane Bond is ruled out of the ongoing Test series due to a torn abdominal muscle. Shane Bond took 8 wickets against Pakistan in the first test at Dunedin. Bond suffered minor abdominal discomfort following the first test & scans on Tuesday revealed a one-centimetre tear in an abdominal muscle.

Kiwi team manager David Curry said that Bond will be 'rested' for the second and third test as a precaution. It is been said that he is expected to recover in time for New Zealand home series against Bangladesh early next year. Meanwhile, Kiwi selectors would be naming the replacement for Bond by Wednesday for the remaining Test Matches.

Indian Team Declared for Sri Lanka Series

Indian Cricket Team has been declared for the Test Series against Sri Lanka. Injured pacer Zaheer Khan is back in the Indian squad for the three match series against Sri Lanka. Also, pacer S. Sreesanth is back in the Indian team. Sreesanth has been in out of the Indian team from a long time back.

The team is as follows:

Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Vice Captain: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, S. Sreesanth, S Badrinath, Amit Mishra.

India loses the ODI Series

India, after losing to Australia by 6 wickets at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, lost the ODI Series against Australia. Earlier, India also lost the Hyderabad One Day by just three runs chasing a massive target of 351 runs.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and surprisingly chose to bat on a pitch that was looking green and also, the morning freshness of the wicket was bound to help the fast bowlers. Soon, it started to show it’s nature, when Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir got out when the score was 7. The centurion of the last game and only batsman to score more than 17,000 ODI runs – Sachin Tendulkar got out when the score was just 23. Soon, Yuvraj Singh got out in a strange fashion, when he dragged the ball to his own stumps, in an effort to get back to the crease. Soon followed Suresh Raina and India almost lost the game st this juncture, having been reduced to 27-5. Captain M S Dhoni and Ravinder Jadeja tried to settle the things, but they had to sacrifice the run rate for the same.

Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh’s wicket pushed India further down. Then cam Praveen Kumar, who scored a record 85 runs for the 8th wicket with Ravinder Jadeja. Praveen Kumar went on to score a half century, but India were unable to play their full quota of overs and got out on the score of 170 in 48 overs. Left arm pacer Doug Bollinger took 5 wickets.

In reply, Australia though lost the wicket of Shaun Marsh early, but after that patient innings of Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting, Cameron White and Michael Hussey played useful innings and took Australia to the victory target easily.

Dhoni make India bounce back

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of India hit a brilliant century to win the game for his side. He hit a splendid 124 off 107 balls and had two excellent partnerships, first with Gautam Gambhir (76 off 80 balls, 6 fours) and then with Suresh Raina (62 off 50 balls, 6 fours 1 six).

It was all started with Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bowl first. Virender Sehwag (40 runs off 31 balls, 6 fours 1 six) smashed Aussie bowlers all over the park, however Sachin Tendulkar missed out today, as he scored just 4. Sehwag then joined hands with Gautam Gambhir and they took the score to 67. Here, Sehwag gave a catch off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson. The returning Yuvraj Singh came and started hitting strokes all over the park. But his stint was short lived, as he scored run-a-ball 24 and was caught by Peter Siddle off his own bowling. Then came the ‘Captain Cool’. He started taking quick singles, hit the odd boundary and along with Gambhir, he took the score to 216. This partnership witnessed the fifties of Gambhir and Dhoni. Dhoni and Gambhir hit the Aussies to all corners of the ground. With a confusion between both of them, Gambhir’s innings ended with a direct hit. Gambhir made 76 runs off 80 balls, with 6 fours. Once Gambhir departed, Dhoni attacked the Aussie bowlers even more fiercely; his partner was Suresh Raina. Raina also supported his captain with some lusty blows. Both of them added 136 runs off 93 balls. Raina’s fifty came in just 42 balls. Dhoni completed yet another ODI hundred in style by hitting Shane Watson for a big six. He hit one more six on the very next balls. His century came off just 94 balls, as he finished on 124 runs off just 107 balls. India finished on 357-7 off their 50 overs. With Dhoni’s century, it was the first century by an Indian captain against Australia. Mitchell Johnson took 75-3.

In reply, Australia started in a similar fashion and soon lost the wicket of Tim Paine, when he was dismissed off the bowling of Praveen Kumar. Shane Watson and captain Ricky Ponting took the innings from there, but were never able to cope with the rising run rate. Soon, Watson perished off the bowling of Ishant Sharma. Soon, Praveen Kumar dismissed Ricky Ponting and Australia slipped further down. Within a few overs, it was clear that Australia would not be winning this match. Indian spinners, especially Yuvraj Singh and Ravinder Jadeja bowled well and never allowed the Aussie batsmen took the upper hand. Michael Husey was the highest scorer for Australia, as he scored 53. Ravinder Jadeja took 3 wickets for 39 runs. Ashish Nehra took 2 wickets, so did Ishant Sharma.

Indian Captain was the obvious choice for the Man of the Match award.

With this victory, India level the series 1-1 and would be keen to win the third game and take 2-1 lead in the series.

Cricket News

Pak allow Razzaq to play for KKR

Pakistan Cricket Board allowed all rounder Abdul Razzaq to sign a contract with Kolkata Knight Riders for next year’s Indian Premier League. PCB officials had a meeting with the lanky all rounder, on Tuesday, at the board’s headquarters in Lahore, and after that chairman Ijaz Butt allowed the cricketer to join the Knight Riders. Razzaq had informed Butt that the IPL team is seeking his services for the 2010 edition of IPL.




Graham Onions to replace Flintoff

The International Cricket Council said on Tuesday that fast bowler Graham Onions can replace injured all rounder Andrew Flintoff in the England squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy starting September 22, in South Africa.









Uthappa stands tall in AI – Red Victory

Powerful opener Robin Uthappa carried his bat through out the innings of Air India – Red, scoring 157 not out. Due to his heroics Air India – Red managed to beat Air India – Blue by a massive margin of 93 runs in the finals of Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy, here in Bangalore. Uthappa was declared the Man of the Match and Chandan Madan was declared the Man of the Series.









Sehwag to lead Team Delhi

Virender Sehwag will lead Team Delhi in the T20 Champions League, which is scheduled to be held from October 8 to 23 in India. Shwag, who had undergone a surgery in England during the T20 World Cup, will miss the ongoing triangular series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa. The other teams from India in the League are Team Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.

West Indies found a new Tendulkar

If former West Indies batsman Keith Arthurton’s words should be believed, one should certainly watch out for a seven year old West Indian kid Aidan George. Keith Arthurton, who was busy conducting a three-day coaching clinic this weekend on the islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda, saind, “While he was batting, I heard someone in the crowd shout out that he looked like Sachin Tendulkar and I thought the same thing because of the way he bats, his stance and his attitude.” He is in no doubt that he has discovered the ‘Next’ Tendulkar.

Keith Arthurton continue saying, “You don’t really see that in kids who are that young but he has something special in him and the local coaches should work with him so that he can develop his cricket skills”.

Youngest participant of the camp, Aidan looks older than his age and has a stance which is almost a replica of Tendulkar’s, according to a report in the ‘Anguilla News’

Talking about the kid’s technique, Keith Arthurton said, “His stance is very good and he moved his feet at the right times and with ease. I certainly would like to work with him in future as I think he has the potential to develop into a very good player.”

Ponting Has to Face the Music

James Sutherland - the Chief Executing Officer of Cricket Australia said that sacking Ricky Ponting from the post of Australia's test captaincy would be unfair. "Ricky's had a very, very good series," Sutherland told reporters. "He's been under incredible pressure. I thought the dignity and poise that he showed in defeat was something that all Australians should be very proud of." He also dismissed the blames made on the selection committe about the non inclusion of the off spinner Nathan Hauritz. "I think everyone will be looking for people to blame. I don't think that in any way we can hold the selectors accountable for us losing the Ashes," Sutherland said. "At the end of the day, the players go out and do the business on the field".

Sutherland is also hopeful that good days for Australian cricket would return soon an he is very hopeful of coming strong in the tournaments to come.

Ex Australian players and former greats of the game has to say a lot of positive and negative things about Ricky Ponting, The Australian team, Selection Committee and other issues related to the humiliation Australia and Ponting received after the Ashes debacle.

Advantage Australia

Australia managed to restrict England to 307-8, thanks majorly to Peter Siddle’s scintillating fast bowling, which got him 4 English wickets. Though, for England Captain Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell & debutant Jonathan Trott played well scoring 55, 72 & 41 respectively. After the first three wickets, wickets fell at regular intervals. Sadly for English fans, Andrew Flintoff managed to score only 7 in what would be his last test match. He however has second innings to make it a memorable farewell. Stuart Broad was batting on 26, at the stumps. England need the last two batsmen to score at least 50 runs + the important time so that they can bank on their bowlers to restrict Australia.

Cricket News

Morne Morkel left out

South Africa declared their ODI squad for upcoming Champions Trophy. They left out fast bowler Morne Morkel from the 15 men squad. Left arm pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe has returned to the squad. The squad for the Champions Trophy is:

Graeme Smith (Captain), Johan Botha (Vice-Captain), Herschelle Gibbs, J P Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla, AB De Villiers, Mark Boucher, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Makhaya Ntini & Wayne Parnell.

Afridi turns down Tasmanian offer

Pakistan all rounder & T20 Captain Shahid Afridi turn down Australia’s state Tasmania’s offer as he wants to concentrate on the upcoming series against New Zealand, followed by the tour of Australia. “I declined as Pakistan is already due to tour Australia in December and I want to focus on that”. Afridi said

Dale Steyn caught in Doping Web

Dale Steyn - the lanky fast bowler from South Africa has been caught in the vicious web of Doping. It is said that he took some painkillers during IPL 2, when he was injured.

"We are aware of the result and submitted a report immediately to the IPL on why this has happened," said Gerald Majola, CSA's chief executive. "There was a marginal increase in the presence of morphine in the sample and that was due to painkillers he took during that period. We are awaiting a reply from the IPL authorities.

Steyn was however out of action for the most part of IPL 2, where he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, a Royal Challengers Bangalore official said that the franchise had no insight of this development. "Till Sunday night, Royal Challengers had no information or knowledge on this," Prakash Mirpuri, a vice-president of the UB Group, which owns the Bangalore franchise, told Cricinfo. "We can only comment if we receive official communication from CSA/IPL."

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, said Steyn had not failed in any dope test and that the procedure was at the clarification stage. "From what I gather, the agency that conducts these tests for IPL (ITDN) may have asked Cricket South Africa for a clarification on the results of Steyn's test since he is contracted to that board," he said. "The next step is taken only when the agency is not satisfied with the explanation provided. In Steyn's case, this process is at the clarification stage. Officially, the IPL is yet to come into the picture."

Dale had taken a painkiller on the day of the test and the morphine level in his sample was found to be slightly higher (1.1 to 1.3 microgram per ml) than the 1 microgram per ml that is permitted.

Dale Steyn is the 2nd pacer to come under the scrutiny for a failed drug test in the Indian Premier League; Pakistan's pacer Mohammad Asif was banned for a year after testing positive for nandrolone, which is a banned substance, in the inaugural season in 2008.

Northamptonshire can't play Champions League

Northants will not be allowed to take part in the upcoming Champions Trophy even if they qualify for the finals. The League chairman Lalit Modi said in a statement citing the reason of inclusion of rebel ICL league players Nicky Boje, Johan Wan Der Wath & Andrew Hall in Northants team. These three South African players have not severed their ties with the rebel ICL league.

"Champions League rules are very clear that no team with players connected to any unauthorised cricket can be a part of it. Northants will be disqualified from the league if they enter the final (of England domestic T20 cricket) and there would be a vacant slot," Modi said.

If there will be a vacancy, Chennai Super Kings, who finished fourth in the second season of Indian Premier League. Bangalore Royal Challengers, Deccan Chargers & Delhi DareDevils have already qualified for the Champions League.

John Wright may take charge of KKR

Former Kiwi batsman & India Coach John Wright is a strong contender to replace controversial coach John Buchanan as the new coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. Wright’s name arrived in a discussion between KKR’s franchise & co-owner Shahrukh Khan & Captain Saurav Ganguly in UK recently, where both of them are to collect their respective Doctorate Degrees.

Saurav Ganguly shared a cordial & successful relationship with John Wright when the former was Indian Captain & the latter was the Coach. However, there are other contenders too for the job; Wright looked the most formidable of all. Knight Riders sacked their Coach John Buchanan, after poor show of the team in IPL Season 2, earlier this year in South Africa.

The other names that were discussed include National Cricket Academy Director & former Sri Lankan Coach Dave Whatmore, former Indian opener W V Raman, former stumper Chandrakant Pandit, former Pakistan’s Coach Richard Pybus & former Indian pacer Paras Mhambrey.

Akhtar out for Champions Trophy, Asif is in

Speedster Shoaib Akhtar was excluded from an extended 30 player squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa in September. However, another paceman Mohammad Asif was recalled for the same. Incidentally, his doping ban would end on the day, the tournament starts.

Shoaib Akhtar tried two times earlier to come out of blues, since 2007. The Indian Premier League banned Asif for a year as he tested positive for the steroid Nandrolone. His ban will end on September 22, the day Champions Trophy starts in South Africa. He was also fined $12,250 (1 Million rupees) for possessing a small amount of Opium in Dubai lat year.

Pietersen out of Ashes

Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of Ashes as he had a surgery on the Achilles tendon injury & he has been ruled out of all sorts of Cricket for six weeks. It had also hit England’s hopes of regaining Ashes, as he was one of their key players.

“Following a consultation, involving scans and testing, with world’s leading Achilles specialist Kevin Pietersen underwent surgery on his right Achilles tendon” the England and Wales Cricket Board’s chief medical officer Nick Pierce said in a statement.

Ian Bell could be the most favourite batsman to replace KP. KP was however, very disappointed to ruled out of the series at this juncture as according to him, he was at his pinnacle of game.

More Cricket News

West Indies Struggling

West Indies were against Bangladesh in the 2nd test match as they were 8 down for 195 with a lead of 197. It will be really interesting to see how much can they stretch their lead. Any score near 250 would be a really competitive one for Bangladesh.


Pakistan Lose Late Wickets

Pakistan lose three late wickets to go down to 289/7 from a comfortable position of 202/2. Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq & Umar Gul lost their wickets in quick interval, wasting the efforts of young Khurram Manzoor(93 runs, 10*4) & veteran Mohammad Yousuf(90 runs, 7*4 & 1*6). These two added an impressive 167 for the third wicket.

For Sri Lanka, returning veteran pacer Chaminda Vaas took 1 wicket & Thilan Thushara took 3 wickets. Nuwan Kulasekara chipped in with 2 wickets.

Andrew Flintoff to Retire from Test Cricket

Andrew Flintoff has announced that he will retire from test cricket after the ongoing Ashes series; though he intends to remain available for ODIs & T20. The 'Big Freddie', who have missed 25 out of England's last 48 Tests, suffered another soreness & swelling in the same right knee, which rued him out of the IPL Season 2, earlier this summer.

"It's not something I have just thought of overnight, it's something that's been on my mind for a while regarding this series," said Andrew Flintoff. "With the knee flaring up again and getting the injections on Monday, now is a time I felt comfortable with doing it. There's been a lot of speculation over my future for the past few weeks, so I wanted to get it out there, and concentrate on playing cricket. I've had four ankle operations and knee surgery, so my body is telling me things, and I'm actually starting to listen. I can't just play games here and there while waiting to be fit. For my own sanity, and for my family's, I've got to draw a line under it. I've been going through two years of rehab in the past four, which is not ideal."

The Knee injury again came to haunt him when he gave away 128 runs & was managed to take only 1 wicket in the 1st Ashes test at Cardiff.

Meanwhile, England players (both present & current) have hailed 'Freddie' for his achievements, especially for his heroics in the 2005 Ashes series, which Engalnd managed to won.

Surprisingly, since Andrew Flintoff started missing Test cricket from 2005 Ashes series, Engalnd have performed better in his absence. England have won 12, drawn 10 and lost on only three occasions in his absence. In the 23 matches in which he has been present, the numbers are almost exactly reversed - won 3, drawn 7, lost 13.

Crisis in West Indies

Due to a strike called by West Indies Players Association (WIPA), almost all the star cricketers of West Indies are on strike & are not taking part in the first test against Bangladesh. Though things are not looking good at the moment, still West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is hopeful of reaching on an agreement.

Meanwhile this is the squad which is playing against Bangladesh in the first test headed by Flyod Reifer: Floyd Reifer (capt), Omar Phillips, Travis Dowlin, Dale Richards, Darren Sammy, Chadwick Walton (wk), Ryan Austin, Kemar Roach, Nelon Pascal, Tino Best, Kevin McClean, Kraigg Brathwaite, Andre Creary, Nikita Miller, David Bernard.

Meanwhile things are not looking good for the Bangladeshis at the moment. They are 121/6 (till the last news came in). The returning Tino Best took 2 wickets & D. Bernard also chipped in with two wickets. The highest scorer from Bangladesh was Imrul Kayes, who scored 33.