Andrew Symonds hit a half-century to inspire the Deccan Chargers to a six-run victory over the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League at Cuttack.
Symonds hit a fine 53 off 38 deliveries ? his second half-century of the tournament ? as the Chargers amassed 170 for seven after being sent in to bat.
Irfan Pathan then kept Kings XI in the hunt with a power-packed 60 off 29 deliveries, but his innings only proved a consolation as the Kings XI were restricted to 164 for eight.
It was the Chargers' first win at home in IPL and their first ever win over the Kings XI.
Adam Gilchrist (33) had begun in explosive fashion, clouting Shanthakumaran Sreesanth for two sixes and two fours in an over that yielded 24 and dominating an opening stand with VVS Laxman that yielded 43 in just three overs.
But Gilchrist's stay was brief and Laxman's innings too ended abruptly, the Indian having to retire hurt after being struck a painful blow on the forearm by a wayward throw from Salabh Srivastava.
Symonds and Herschelle Gibbs (23) consolidated with a 57-run stand, but that partnership was cut short when Yuvraj Singh bowled Gibbs through the gate.
Rohit Sharma was then brilliantly run out by Mahela Jayawardene, Anirudh Singh was caught behind for a duck and Symonds' innings ended just past the half-century mark as the Chargers lost steam.
From a rousing start, the Chargers had slipped to 142 for five in just under 17 overs and only a timely knock of 26 from Tirumalasetti Suman helped them achieve a defendable total.
In reply, the Kings XI wilted and the chase all but fizzled out quickly. The opener Manvinder Bisla was run out for a duck and Chaminda Vaas again weighed in strongly with the new ball, removing Kumar Sangakkara for a duck and Yuvraj Singh for four.
Vaas conceded only 13 from his first three overs and the spinners too chipped away with a regularity that made Kings XI's task all the more harder.
Symonds extracted Jayawardene (14), Pragyan Ojha removed debutant Adrian Barath (seven) and Ravi Bopara's fighting innings of 38 was ended when lofted Rohit straight to Symonds in the deep as the Chargers crashed to 68 for six.
Irfan then offered a glimmer of hope by racing to a half-century off only 25 deliveries and his powerful hitting left the Kings XI needing 33 from the last two overs.
RP Singh conceded 14 off the penultimate over, but Irfan succumbed first ball of the final over and the Kings XI fell agonisingly short. They have lost all three games are only marginally ahead of bottom-placed Rajasthan Royals on net run rate.
Deccan Chargers:
Adam Gilchrist c Jayawardene b Srivastava 33
V.V.S. Laxman retired hurt 10
Herschelle Gibbs b Yuvraj Singh 23
Andrew Symonds c Bipul Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 53
Rohit Sharma run out (Jayawardene) 1
Anirudh Singh c Sangakkara b Bipul 0
Tirumalsetti Suman run out (Sangakkara) 26
Chaminda Vaas c Bipul b Pathan 16
Jaskaran Singh not out 3
Rudra Pratap Singh not out 4
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 170
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-100, 3-102, 4-112, 5-142, 6-161, 7-163
Bowling:
Irfan Pathan 3-0-16-1
Sreesanth 4-0-51-0
Shalabh Srivastava 4-0-39-1
Piyush Chawla 3-0-24-0
Bipul Sharma 2-0-19-1
Yuvraj Singh 4-0-21-2
Kings XI Punjab:
Ravi Bopara c Symonds b Sharma 38
Manvinder Bisla run out (Suman) 0
Kumar Sangakkara b Vaas 0
Yuvraj Singh c Gibbs b Vaas 4
Mahela Jayawardene b Symonds 14
Adrian Barath c Sharma b Ojha 7
Irfan Pathan c Symonds b Jaskaran 60
Piyush Chawla c Ojha b Singh 9
Bipul Sharma not out 8
Sreesanth not out 12
Extras (lb 10, w 2) 12
Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-11, 3-22, 4-46, 5-57, 6-68, 7-104, 8-152
Bowling:
Chaminda Vaas 4-0-27-2
Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-43-1
Andrew Symonds 4-0-22-1
Prgyan Ojha 4-0-31-1
Rohit Sharma 3-0-19-1
Jaskaran Singh 1-0-12-1
Man of the match: Andrew Symonds
For the table, see IPL statistics
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The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
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