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Vol. 4 Num 99 Wed. September 03, 2003  
   
Sports


Yuvraj plots NZ fall using Flemo's tips!


India's Yuvraj Singh is planning to use tips picked up from New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming against the Kiwis on their tour of India next month.

Yuvraj and Fleming were teammates for Yorkshire in the English County Championship this season.

"I became good friends with Fleming in Yorkshire," Yuvraj, who returned from England last week, told reporters on the first day of a week-long Indian training camp here on Monday.

"I learnt a lot from him, he helped me a lot. He's a very experienced player and an excellent captain. I've picked up lots of important tips for the future."

The 21-year-old left-hander hit a miserable patch of form for Yorkshire, scoring just 145 runs from seven first-class matches, but he said the experience was still valuable.

"I didn't do well in the last three months but learnt a lot of things which make you a good cricketer.

"It was a good experience playing county cricket. The first month was pretty good, I played a couple of good knocks, but later on I was struggling."

Yuvraj also had a poor run in one-day cricket in England, managing only 196 runs at an average of 21.77.

But the explosive middle-order batsman is confident of getting back to scoring runs.

"I've done well in domestic cricket," Yuvraj said. "I just have to try and be consistent in India's one-day games and then try to get into the Test team."

Yuvraj has scored 1644 runs in 73 one-day internationals at 31.01 but is yet to win a Test cap.