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Ingrams ton seals SA win

Colin Ingram8217;s 124 on debut set up a 64-run win for South Africa over Zimbabwe in the first ODI at Bloemfontein. Ingram hit the second highest ever score in an ODI debut to lead South Africa to 351-6. Zimbabwe finished on 287-6,with opener Brendan Taylor making 145 not out. Taylor is just the ninth batsman to bat through an entire one-day innings. Only West Indies great Desmond Haynes8217; 148 against Australia in 1978 is a better score by a batsman in his first ODI.

Brief scores: South Africa 351 for 6 H Amla 110,C Ingram 124,H Masakadza 4/86 vs Zimbabwe 287 for 6 B Taylor 145 not out,J Theron 3/62,J Botha 2/41

Ready to fight on: Salman

Pakistan8217;s suspended Test captain Salman Butt says he is confident of having his name cleared in the spot-fixing scandal and looking forward to the appeal hearing being held by the ICC at Doha on October 30 and 31. 8220;I am ready to fight on and I am confident of positive result at the hearing,8221; said. 8220;Everything was going well when this happened and it was very disturbing and disappointing. But it has taught me to differentiate between friends and foes.8221;

Murray reaches Shanghai final

Andy Murray reached his fourth final of the year by beating Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-4,6-1 Saturday in the Shanghai Masters. The fourth-ranked Murray has not dropped a set in four matches in the tournament and will next play the winner between No. 2 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer. 8220;I chased a lot of balls down,he made a few mistakes,Murray said. 8220;Points like that can sort of change matches a little bit. But I was still feeling quite comfortable,even at that stage.8221;

Krumm set to make history

Japan8217;s Kimiko Date Krumm remains on track to become the oldest player to win a WTA singles title,after beating Shahar Peer in the semi-final of the Japan Women8217;s Open on Saturday. Date Krumm,who turned 40 last month,won 3-6,7-6 5,7-5 win. Date Krumm8217;s opponent in the final will be another veteran -the 33-year-old Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand,who upset second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 6-2,7-5. The oldest player to win a WTA singles title was Billie Jean King in Birmingham in 1983 when she was 39 years,7 months and 23 days old.

Man U bench Rooney

Manchester United dropped Wayne Rooney to the bench before blowing a two-goal lead and drawing 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion,while Arsenal came from behind to beat Birmingham 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. United didnt appear to be missing Rooney when Javier Hernandez and Nani scored in the first-half. But after the break,Chris Brunts free kick went in off Patrice Evra before Somen Tchoyi tapped in from six yards after Edwin van der Saar dropped a cross from Brunt. Rooney played the last 20 minutes as United drew a third straight match.

Gangjee tied 20th

Rahil Gangjee turned in an erratic level-par 72 to slip three places to tied 20th after the penultimate round of the USD 1.25 million Iskandar Johor Open. The Kolkata-golfer fired five birdies but stumbled to an equal number of bogeys to total five-under 211. Digvijay Singh carded a one-over 73 to lie tied 31st with a total of three-under 213. A shot behind is the duo of Anirban Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar,who turned in two-under 70 and one-over 73 respectively whch is headed at the top by Padraig Harrington with a four-under 68.