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Aussies poised for victory PERTH, Nov 29 — England were battling to avoid defeat in the second Ashes Test today after another batting collapse triggered by Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming. England, 128 behind on first innings, slumped to 67 for five at one stage in their second innings before reaching 126 for five at the close on the second day. SA need 164 for win JOHANNESBURG, Nov 29 — West Indies debutant Ridley Jacobs (42) and vice-captain Carl Hooper (34) offered the only significant opposition as Shaun Pollock bowled South Africa into a winning position in the first Test today. But with the wicket presenting problems, South Africa will need to bat well to clinch victory. |
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Aussies poised for victory PERTH, Nov 29 (Reuters) — England were battling to avoid defeat in the second Ashes Test today after another batting collapse triggered by Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming. England, 128 behind on first innings, slumped to 67 for five at one stage in their second innings before reaching 126 for five at the close on the second day. Fleming captured four for 16 in 11 overs to add to his first innings figures of five for 46. Mark Ramprakash, who made 26 not out, and Graeme Hick, who responded to the crisis with an aggressive, unbeaten 42, batted through the final 52 minutes of the day in an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 59. That saved England from the prospect of becoming the first team in 53 years to lose a Test within two days. The performance by England’s batsmen ruined what would otherwise have been a glorious fightback from England’s bowler on a bouncy WACA pitch favouring the pacemen. Defending their inadequate first innings total of 112, England cleaned up Australia’s last six wickets for just 31 runs to dismiss the home country for 240. Alex Tudor, playing in his first Test, led the way to finish with four for 89 after taking four wickets in 21 balls in a fiery spell. But Tudor’s good work was undone by another inept performance by some of England’s top order batsmen. Fleming again did the damage, dispatching Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart and Michael Atherton before leaving the field in the final session with a thigh injury. Butcher, who made a duck in the first innings after scoring a century in the drawn first Test, was the first to go when he edged a Fleming leg-cutter straight to Ricky Ponting at third slip for one. Hussain, who made just six in the first innings, followed with the total on 11 when Fleming trapped him leg before wicket for one. Stewart, top scorer with 38 in the first innings, failed to repeat his performance when he was caught by Mark Taylor at first slip for a duck as England slumped to 15 for three. Stewart and Atherton are England’s most experienced and reliable batsmen but are both struggling with their form. Atherton has scored 67 runs in four Test innings in this series while Stewart has made 49. Atherton struggled through to tea today but departed for 35 shortly after the break when he nicked a Fleming outswinger behind to Taylor. Colin Miller chipped in to claim the wicket of John Crawley, caught by Justin Langer at short leg for 15 in the final hour, to complete a miserable day for England. Ramprakash and Hick batted cautiously through most of the last session before Hick launched a furious assault just before the close, smashing two sixes off Jason Gillespie in an over that cost the paceman 23. Earlier, Tudor took his first Test wicket when he bowled Steve Waugh for 33 with a ball that cut back in and hit the top of the off bail. He dismissed Waugh’s twin brother Mark for 36 shortly afterwards when he found the edge with an outswinger, then picked up Ponting and Glenn McGrath to cap a fine debut as Australia collapsed after starting the day at 150 for three. Australia (1st innings) M. Taylor c Slater b Cork 61 M. Slater c Butcher b Gough 34 J. Langer c Crawley b Ramprakash 15 M. Waugh c Butcher b Tudor 36 J. Gillespie c Stewart b Mullally 11 S. Waugh b Tudor 33 R. Ponting c Stewart b Tudor 11 I. Healy lbw b Gough 12 D. Fleming c Hick b Gough 0 C. Miller not out 3 G. Mcgrath c Cork b Tudor 0 Extras (b-1 lb-10 nb-13) 24 Total (89.2 overs) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-81 2-115 3-138 4-165 5-209 6-214 7-228 8-228 9-239 10-240. Bowling: Gough 25-9-43-3 (nb-3), Cork 21-5-49-1 (nb-3), Tudor 20.2-5-89-4 (nb-7), Mullally 21-10-36-1, Ramprakash 2-0-12-1. England (second innings) M. Atherton c Taylor b Fleming 35 M. Butcher c Ponting b Fleming 1 N. Hussain lbw b Fleming 1 A. Stewart c Taylor b Fleming 0 M. Ramprakash not out 26 J. Crawley c Langer b Miller 15 G. Hick not out 42 Extras (nb-6) 6 Total (five wickets) 126 Fall of wickets: 1-5 2-11 3-15 4-40 5-67. Bowling (to date): McGrath 17-6-30-0 (nb-1), Fleming 11-5-16-4, Gillespie 9-1-69-0 (nb-5), Miller 10-4-11-1.
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Olonga, Mbangwa rip apart Pak PESHAWAR, Nov 29 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe were heading for their first Test victory abroad after pace pair Henry Olonga and Mpumelelo Mbangwa routed Pakistan for 103 in their second innings in the first Test today. Needing 162 to win, Zimbabwe batted watchfully to reach 70 for one before bad light forced an early close with 12 overs remaining on the third day. The touring team lost opener Gavin Rennie for six but Murray Goodwin stroked six delightful boundaries in his unbeaten 34 and Grant Flower hit five fours in his 24 not out, the pair adding 57 in an unbroken second-wicket stand. Zimbabwe have never won in 14 Tests outside their country, while their two victories in a total of 31 tests before the current match have been on home soil — against Pakistan four years ago and against India last September. After the touring side were all out for 238 in the morning to trail by 58 on first innings, Olonga and Mbangwa shared seven wickets to bundle out Pakistan for their lowest total against Zimbabwe. Olonga captured four for 42, including the first three wickets in 10 balls. Mbangwa had career-best figures of three for 23 with the wickets of Yousuf Youhana and Moin Khan coming in a space of five balls. Only a fighting 57-run seventh-wicket stand between former captains Saeed Anwar (31) and Wasim Akram (31) spared Pakistan’s blushes. They lifted Pakistan from 41 for six to 98 for six before Akram was out, his dismissal starting a final collapse in which the last four wickets fell in 22 balls. Paceman Heath Streak, who in the first innings became the first Zimbabwean to capture 100 Test wickets, followed up his four for 93 with two for 19. Earlier, Zimbabwe lost their last three wickets for 20 after resuming at 218 for seven. Wasim Akram finished with five for 52 — the 22nd time he has taken five wickets or more in a Test innings but the first in 11 matches. When he removed Neil Johnson (107) with the second ball of the day, he became the eighth bowler in test history to take 350 wickets. Fellow fast bowler Waqar Younis, playing his first Test in eight months after injury, finished with four for 78. Scoreboard Pakistan (Ist innings) 296 Zimbabwe (Ist innings) (overnight 218/7) G. Rennie lbw b Akram 2 G. Flower c Mahmood b Younis 15 Goodwin lbw b Younis 29 A. Campbell lbw b Akram 16 A. Flower b Younis 0 Johnson c Mahmood b Akram 107 Wishart b Akram 3 Streak b Ahmad 24 Whittal c Mahmood b Younis 13 Olonga lbw b Akram 3 Mbangwa not out 1 Extras (6Lb 19nb) 25 Total (all out, 68.3 overs) 238 Fall of wickets: 1-3 2-58 3-63 4-63 5-106 6-115 7-218 8-21 9-236 Bowling: Wasim Akram 23-5-52-5 (13nb); Waqar Younis 20.3-2 78-4; Aqib Javed 14-2-52-0 (3nb); Azhar Mahmood 6-0-28-0; Mushtaq Ahmad 5-0-22-1. Pakistan (2nd innings): Sohail c and b Olonga 2 Azhar c A Flower b Olonga 5 Ijaz c Campbell b Streak 0 Inzamam b Olonga 2 Youhanna b Mbangwa 14 Moin Khan b Mbangwa 6 Anwar c A. Flower b Olonga 31 Akram c Olonga b Mbangwa 31 Mushtaq run out 0 Younis not out 1 Aqib c Wishart b Streak 0 Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-5) 11 Total (for 36.5 overs) 103 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-12, 3-12, 4-15, 5-34, 6-41, 7-98, 8-102, 9-102. Bowling: Streak 12.5-3-19-2, Olonga 11-1-42-4, Mbangwa 7-2-23-3, Johnson 6-2-13-0. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Rennie c Ijaz b Akram 6 G Flower not out 24 Goodwin not out 34 Extras: (lb-2, nb-2, w-2) 6 Total: (for one wkt, 26 overs) 70 Bowling: Wasim Akram 8-3-12-1, Waqar Younis 6-0-31-0, Aaqib Javed 9-2-22-0, Azhar Mahmood 3-1-3-0.
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SA need 164 for win JOHANNESBURG, Nov 29 (Reuters) — West Indies debutant Ridley Jacobs (42) and vice-captain Carl Hooper (34) offered the only significant opposition as Shaun Pollock bowled South Africa into a winning position in the first Test today. But with the wicket presenting problems, South Africa will need to bat well to clinch victory. Pollock, now the fourth fastest player to reach 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test cricket history, bagged four for 49 in the second innings as the tourists subsided to 170 all out, leaving the home side 164 for victory with one day to play. Pollock, who captured five wickets in the first innings, took advantage of the ever-increasing uneven bounce to take two wickets in the morning session before wrapping up the West Indies tail just after tea. Unfortunately, a large crowd of 18,000 were unable to watch their side set off in pursuit of the target after a thunderstorm saturated the playing surface and 23 overs were lost. Jacobs and Hooper had revived West Indies when they put on 68 for the sixth wicket before they were both dismissed in the final six balls before tea. Scoreboard: West Indies (1st innings) : 261 South Africa (1st innings): 268 West Indies (2nd innings) : Lambert c Boucher b Symcox 33 Wallace b Pollock 14 Lara lbw b Donald 7 Chanderpaul lbw b Pollock 1 Williams c Kallis b Terbrugge 12 Jacobs c Terbrugge b Symcox 42 Hooper lbw b Kallis 34 Lewis lbw b Pollock 10 Mclean c Cullinan b Symcox 11 Ambrose not out 0 Walsh lbw b Pollock 0 Extras (b-1 nb-5) 6 Total 170 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-33, 3-38, 4-53, 5-80, 6-148, 7-148, 8-17, 9-170 Bowling: Donald 15-6-28-1, Pollock 20.3-4-49-4, Terbrugge 14-5-23-1, Kallis 14-5-26-1, Symcox 18-9-43-3.
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Sampras ends year with mixed feelings HANOVER, Germany, Nov 29 (Reuters) — Pete Sampras ended 1998 with mixed feelings, losing to Spaniard Alex Corretja in the ATP Tour World Championship semifinals yesterday. Sampras, who wasted three match points on his way to a defeat in three sets, would have loved a fifth triumph in the season’s finale before heading home. But the week in Hanover brought him one great satisfaction the withdrawal through injury of Chilean world number two Marcelo Rios allowing him to finish the year on top for a record sixth consecutive time. "Obviously, coming so close to winning here is a disappointment," he said. "But, you know, the achievement of doing it six years in a row was a good feeling, and so was the fans giving me a nice ovation." The American, who had won his three group matches without losing a set, had his chances against Corretja but made too many unforced errors and was unable to raise his game when it mattered. "I can’t help thinking about what happened a few minutes ago," he said. "It’s a tough way to end it, I must admit. But I’ve just got to swallow this one and go home to enjoy what I’ve done here." Sampras retained his Wimbledon crown this year but did not look quite as awesome as in previous seasons, partly because of injury worries. In 1999, he needs just one more Grand Slam win to equal the record set by Australian Roy Emerson with 12. Sampras, who has spent a total of 248 weeks at number one, could also beat Ivan Lendl’s record with 270 weeks in that position. "There are plenty of things to look forward to," he said. "I’m not that old, I’ve got a few years ahead of me and I still enjoy playing tennis." Asked to name his most dangerous challengers for next year Sampras mentioned Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. "The two British guys, they’re going to be around for years," he said. "Those guys stand out. And then there is Andre (Agassi) who is playing quite well." Tim Henman, now a career-best number seven in the world rankings, believes he can climb even higher in 1999. The Briton bowed out to Spaniard Carlos Moya in the season-ending ATP Tour World Championship yesterday but reaching the semifinals promoted him two places in the order from number nine. "It’s a great ending to the year," he said, "I’m already excited about next year." Henman, who won two titles in 1998 and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, added: "I want to get to the finals of the Grand Slams. "It’s been a great year but if you look at it in detail, I only played good tennis for half of the year. If I can do that for the whole year, my ranking should improve quite a bit. That’s the goal." Against Moya, Henman made a tentative start before picking up his game, playing aggressively and seizing every opportunity to take the net. World number five Moya found himself 3-1 down in the decisive set but he then hit astonishing winners to break back before pulling off a 6-4 3-6 7-5 win. "In the latter part of the third set, he definitely raised his game and came up with some great shots," said Henman, the first British player to appear in the semifinals of the year-end event. "There was a lot of quality tennis," he added. "As the match went on, it got better and better and there were opportunities for both of us. It was just a matter of who would take them." Henman dismissed suggestions that his defeat in straight sets by fellow Briton Greg Rusedski in his final group match on Friday might have hurt his morale. "No. That didn’t have any influence", he said. "After the match with Greg, I went on to practise for an hour or so and felt fine. I went into today’s match with a lot of confidence. But Moya played really well in the end of the third set. You have to give him credit for that."
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Asiad travel plans in a disarray NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (PTI) — The travel plans of the Indian teams for the Bangkok Asian Games from the capital have been left in total disarray following the abrupt cancellation of direct Delhi-Bangkok flights by Indian Airlines. With just two days left for the December 1 departure of the first major contingent for the December 6 to 20 games, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has been jolted by the news that direct flights have been cancelled with effect from December 1. The airlines has given an alternate plan of accommodating the teams in their Bangkok-Bound flights from Calcutta or Chennai, but this is bound to leave all training schedules in a mess apart from the fact that it takes nine hours through Chennai and eight through Calcutta against just four hours from Delhi to the Thai capital. IOA in a release today described as "shocking" the way the national carrier had gone back after issuing confirmed tickets and threatened a boycott of both Indian Airlines and Air-India in future by both IOA and its affiliated federations. "In most countries, national carriers fully sponsor and support their sports teams, but Indian Airlines is not willing to treat them on a par even with ordinary passengers,"the release said. With uncertainty of government clearance of teams ending just two days back, the fresh problem of travelling via Calcutta or Chennai would also force athletes to wait unduly long at the airports. IOA President Suresh Kalmadi was taking up the issue with the Civil Aviation Minister Ananth Kumar and in case the problem was not sorted out, the Indian contingent would be forced to approach other airlines for transporting the Indian contingents directly from Delhi to Bangkok. The statement said it was Air-India which approached IOA in the first week of October requesting it to make them official carriers of the Indian squad for the games. The schedule was worked out with Chef de Mission for the games, g s Mander, but Balmer Lawrie and Company, the travel agents, informed him only yesterday about cancellation of all direct Delhi-Bangkok flights giving the option to fly from Calcutta or Chennai. IOA criticised the airlines for not informing in advance about the cancellation with effect from December 1, and said that the Indian carriers were approached only as a "patriotic duty" despite the Thai International Airways offering a much better package. The biggest batch of 98 participants are scheduled to leave from Delhi on December 1 with the next group of 18 booked for December 5. Another batch of 66 are to leave on December 8 and the last batch of 11 athletes are Bangkok-bound on December 12.
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Cricket gives visually impaired new hope NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (PTI) — South Africa might have won the coveted Kanishka World Cup but in fact all visually impaired players who participated are "real winners" in their struggle for recognition of their "potential" by the people. George Abraham, chairman of the Association for Cricket for Blind in India (ACBI), said "sports gives blind people an ability to dream about something and they can try to do it through discipline and confidence acquired through sports". Only through the medium of sports the visually impaired could be equipped to face the hurdles of the life, Abraham said. Proclaiming the achievements of blind cricketers during the World Cup, Indian captain Anand Sharma said "we don’t feel blind. We play like normal players. This event should change people’s perception towards blind people". "I play cricket for fitness, interaction with other people and for the personal satisfaction," the Indian captain, who lost his sight in a bomb blast, said. Bhalaji Damor, India’s hero of the tournament, said "due to ‘voice ball’ we have overcome the difficulty of playing cricket and I am proud of playing for my country". "If they (handicapped) think that they can not do anything then they are wrong. Nothing is impossible in the world," Bhalaji, a Gujarati-speaking Sachin Tendulkar fan, said. Exhorting people to work with the physically disabled people instead of working for them. Sri Lankan skipper Chandana Suriyaarachchi said: "I feel very proud of my participation in this World Cup for the blind". The 18-year-old Chandana, who lost his father at a very young age, said disabled people facing the socio-economic problems should be given equal opportunity in all fields. Kumudulal Samarasinghe, who lost his sight at the age of 16 on a Christmas Day, said: "As I became blind in the middle of my life, I always wanted to do things like normal people but could not. Through sports I can do all the things I want, and it has given me lot of confidence to take on challenges". Urging disabled to take part in sports, the 34-year-old Sri Lankan school teacher added "through sports they can keep their mind and body perfect and work like normal people". Pakistani captain Syed Shah said he "feels like a normal player," as he gets complete satisfaction and opportunity to intermingle with others. "It is human nature to be never satisfied but ideally within limitations everybody should be happy with his or her achievements," he said philosophically, adding "although life is more difficult than the game but with competition on the field you can learn to get everything with the passage of time". Parents must send their (disabled) children to school so that they can learn to handle problems in life with confidence and lead a normal life with courage, added Pakistan’s best partially-sighted player, Masood Jan. Handicaps are ignored completely. They can also do things "like a normal person but differently and independently" with training, education and opportunity, said Ashraf Bhatti. There are different ways of living and facing challenges. It’s not hard to adapt and get on with life, said English player Neil Prior, who plays cricket by "listening to the ball rather than seeing it". "Sports gives a feeling of competitiveness and camraderie thus enabling me to succeed in life," said the 20-year-old scribe, adding sports has given him belief and confidence that he is best in his chosen area. Neil’s colleague, Andy Fisher said he always wanted to play cricket as it is very exciting, enjoyable and "gives you a chance to test your ability against others". Sports allows you to use your wisdom appropriately giving you a chance to get involved physically, added Fisher, who also plays other games like football, swimming and athletics. New Zealander Andrew McDonald said although cricket has not helped him overcome his disability, it has given him the "skill to wake on" and play a team sport, while performing to the best his ability. Another Kiwi, James Dunn, who wants to be a sports coach, said sports enabled him to get on in the world by doing things himself, although in a "slightly different manner". Dunn added sport provides a chance to to "rub on each other" while bringing them together with others to join and play to win the game thus preparing for the real life. Agreeing with Dunn, Australian Brian Talbot said sports helps in mixing with people who have had same experiences like you and "adapting" you to handle the problems of daily life. Talbot’s team-mate Michael Linke said apart from problems of mobility and familiarity of place, cricket has taught him to "go all out and go for it" in all aspects of life. South African captain Rury Field said he never struggled but adapted to life after losing sight and cricket was "another big step" in the direction of self-reliance and competitiveness. "Don’t try to
look at yourself as disabled but try to do
everything," he added. Not only these players but also other people, associated with them — coaches, feel that given a chance these people are also capable of scaling great heights in life. With cricket (sport)
acting as "great equaliser" for these players
now it remains to be seen how society reacts to them:
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Tendulkar, Paes among Birla awardees NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (PTI) — Star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and tennis ace Leander Paes led a list of eminent sportspersons who were bestowed with the prestigious K K Birla Foundation sports awards at a simple function here today. Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi exhorted corporate houses to come in a big way to supplement government at sports development while presenting the awards at a simple function at the India International Centre. Joshi said the national sports policy was the first step in producing brilliant sportspersons in India and private industrial houses should utilise the incentive of total tax exemption granted for contribution to sports activities to relieve the resource crunch that affected government efforts. Tendulkar and physically disabled woman athlete Malathi K Holla were honoured for their outstanding achievements and veteran middle distance runner Shiny Wilson was given the special award for 1995. Diminutive woman weightlifter Kunjarani Devi, badminton star Pullela Gopi Chand and woman climber Santosh Yadav (special award) were the recipients for 1996. Leander Paes received a special award for his spectacular bronze medal victory at the 1996 Atlanta Games to become the first Indian individual Olympic medallist since bantamweight grappler Kashan Jadhav won bronze in 1952. Tendulkar, Paes and Gopi Chand were honoured in absentia. Tendulkar could not leave the ongoing camp in Mumbai for the coming New Zealand tour, Paes is recovering from injuries in the USA and Gopi Chand is playing in Europe.
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India 'A' bundled out for 103 BANGALORE, Nov 29 (PTI) — India "A" were bundled out for 103 runs in their first innings, giving West Indies "A" a vital lead of 125 runs on the second day of the first Test at Chinnaswamy Stadium here today. The visitors, who made 228 in their first knock, have taken an overall lead of 285 runs, ending the day on 160 for the loss of seven wickets, on a day which saw as many as 16 wickets fall. Resuming from the overnight score of 19 for one, India "A" never really stuck to their task, as skipper Ian Bishop (4/38), Pedro Collins (3/42) and Carl Tuckett (2/19) ripped through the batting. The only saving grace for the home side was a sparkling 41 by Tamil Nadu opener S Ramesh, who hit five fours, including three off a Bishop over. Barring Ramesh and Mumbai’s Amol Muzumdar (15), all the other players failed to reach double figures. The Caribbeans started their second innings on a disappointing note as both the openers — Adrian Griffith and Sherwin Campbell, were dismissed for 14 each. Wavel Hinds followed soon with 10 and Richard Smith for one but the fifth wicket stand of 67 runs between C Gayle and R Sarwan took them to safety. Play was called off with seven overs of the stipulated 90 to be bowled because of bad light. Ian Bishop was batting on 11 and C McGarrel on five. Griffith, who top-scored for the visitors with 93 in the first innings, failed to reproduce the feat, given out lbw to Karnataka medium-pacer Dodda Ganesh, his first wicket of the four-day encounter. Delhi’s Robin Singh (Jr) then dismissed Campbell, caught behind by M S K Prasad, and he also scalped Richard Smith (one) with Ramesh taking the catch at point. Ganesh and Singh (Jr) claimed two wickets each, while bowling hero of the first innings, Rahul Sanghvi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Nikhil Chopra chipped in with a wicket each. Notable scorers for the visitors were Gayle (29), Sarwan (35) and wicket-keeper c Browne (32). Earlier, Browne had a good day behind the stumps taking three catches. First to go in the morning was India ‘A’ night watchman Ganesh for two, caught at square leg by Tuckett off Collins. Bengal’s Rohan Gavaskar (three) was run out after being stranded going for a third run. India have themselves to blame for the poor performance as they lacked discipline in batting, slumping from a comfortable 61 for two to 91 for six by lunch and eventually conceding a good lead, which could turn out to be decisive. A result to the Test appears certain. The first two warm up matches of West Indies "A", against Board President’s XI and Indian Youth side, had ended in a draw. Scoreboard West Indies "A" (1st innings): 228 India "A" (1st innings): Devang Gandhi lbw b P Collins 3 S Ramesh c b P Collins 41 D Ganesh c C Tuckett b I Bishop 2 A Muzumdar c C Browne b I Bishop 15 H Kanitkar c Browne b P Collins 4 R Gavaskar run out 3 A Khurasia c Browne b C Tuckett 8 M S K Prasad not out 8 N Chopra b I Bishop 0 R Sanghvi c P Collins bI Bishop 2 R Singh (Jr) b C Tuckett 2 Extras (lb-4, nb-10, w-1) 15 Total (all out in 34.5 overs) 103 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-26, 3-62, 4-67, 5-71, 6-82, 7-95, 8-95, 9-100. Bowling: Pedro Collins 13-3-42-3 Ian Bishop 11-1-38-4 Carl Tuckett 10.5-4-19-2. West Indies (2nd innings): A Griffith lbw D Ganesh 14 S Campbel c M S K Prasad b R Singh (Jr) 14 W Hinds c & b D Ganesh 10 C Gayle c H Kanitkar b N Chopra 29 R Smith c Ramesh b R Singh (Jr) 1 R Sarwan b R Sanghvi 35 C Browne c R Gavaskar b H Kanitkar 32 I Bishop batting 11 N McGarrel batting 5 Extras (lb-2, w-1, nb-6) 9 Total (in 51 overs, for 7 wkts) 160 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-28, 3-40, 4-41, 5-108, 6-120, 7-151. Bowling: N Chopra 14-0-35-1; H Kanitkar 6-2-7-1; R Sanghvi 13-4-41-1; D Ganesh 9-0-45-2; R Singh (Jr) 9-3-30-2.
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Corretja stuns Sampras HANOVER, Nov 29 (AFP) — Alex Corretja stunned world number 1 Pete Sampras 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7/3) with a tense victory yesterday which set up an all-Spanish final at the $ 3.5 million ATP Tour world championships. Corretja battled to save three points in the 12th game of the final set and succeeded in holding serve as the American sent a backhand wide for 6-6. The Spaniard dominated in the tiebreaker against a visibly tiring Sampras, racing out to 6-1 to give himself five match points. Sampras saved only two before netting a return to lose in two hours, eight minutes. Corretja will meet countryman Carlos Moya in the final. The only other Spaniard to get this far at a season final was Manual Orantes, who won the event in 1976 in Houston. Sampras, already assured of No.1 status for a record-setting sixth straight season, looked to be running out of gas in the closing stages of the dramatic match, wiping his face and looking tired. Moya outfought Briton Tim Henman for a 6-4 3-6 7-5 semifinal victory. Henman, who has improved his ATP Tour ranking from ninth to a career-best seventh, felt the tension in the closing stages of the two-hour, 20 minute battle. Moya sent a passing shot blazing over which the Briton could not touch to yield two match points and produced a superb return winner for victory.
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Faridabad skaters dominate CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — Pallavi and Nikhil of Faridabad were declared victorious in the below six years category of girls and boys respectively on the concluding day of the 12th Haryana State Roller Skating Championship here at the Sector 10 Skating Rink today. Faridabad skaters dominated most of the titles in all age groups. Mr Ram S Verma, Chief Secretary, Haryana gave away the prizes to the winners of different categories. Mr Verma, who is president of the National Adventure Club, announced that to promote skating, their club would organise a competition of skaters on the Himalaya-Tibet road in Himachal Pradesh. He said there was need to construct skating rink in all the district headquarters of the state. Mr Sushil Kumar, President of the Haryana Roller Skating Association said that the skaters who wish to participate in the the competition can forward their entries to the association. Results: Final:- Boys: (below 6 years): Nikhil (Faridabad) 1, Karan Faridabad 2, Abhishek Panchkula 3. (6-9 years): Dhruv Gautam (Faridabad) 1, Bhuvan Mittal (Karnal) 2, Sahil (Faridabad) 3. (9-12 years): Tanmay (Faridabad) 1, Baurav Gulati (Karnal) 2, Piyush (Faridabad) 3. (12-16 years) Daksh Gadi 1, Gautam Narang both Panchkula 2, Anshul Faridabad 3. Girls: (below 6) Pallavi (Faridabad) 1, Poonam Saini (Karnal) 2, Neha Singh (Panchkula) 3. (6-9 years): Akshi Bhargava (Panipat) 1, Neha Narwal (Karnal) 2, Kishma Ahuja (Panchkula) 3. (9-12 years): Reema Bhandar (Karnal) 1, Gitanjali Uppal (Karnal) 2, Geetika Anand (Panchkula) 3. (12-16 years): Neha (Faridabad) 1, Sonia (Sirsa) 2, Priyanka Sharma, (Panchkula) 3. (Above 16 years): Indu Madan (Panchkula) 1, Kadambri (Karnal) 2, Ritu, (Sirsa) 3.
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Paes' may take part in team event only NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (PTI) — Indian tennis spearhead Leander Paes will certainly play in the Asian Games, but might confine his participation to the team event, according to his father Vece Paes. The 25-year-old Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the world number two pair, had to pull out of the Hartford World Doubles Championship last week owing to a painful bone spur in his left heel, raising doubts over his participation in the Asian Games to be held from December 6 to 20. However, a week’s rest in Orlando, and treatment has helped and there was no pain when he was resting. "He will have an MRI scan tomorrow at Orlando and will then start training. Right now, there is no pain while resting which means there is no muscle tear.’ But Vece Paes said his son would have to confine himself to team events as he was also recovering from groin and hip injuries suffered consequent on playing with the painful heel. "The work with his personal physio should help him get back in shape. He will reach Calcutta on November 4 and leave with the team for Bangkok the next day," Paes, who was here to receive the K.K. Birla award on behalf of his son, said. India will be looking up to Leander Paes to deliver them all the four gold medals — men’s team, singles, doubles and mixed doubles. ‘you know how he gets pumped up playing for India. He will play the team event and take it from there,’ his father added. In the 1994 Hiroshima Games, Leander Paes led India to gold in the team event and the men’s doubles with Gaurav Natekar. The Indian squad, with the current status of Paes as the best ranked in Asia and prowess in doubles with Bhupathi, is expected to do better.
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SPS scrape past SAI centre,
enter semis LUDHIANA, Nov 29 — In a ding-dong battle, Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, edged out reigning champions Dhudial Sports Authority of India Centre, Patiala, 4-3 to enter the semifinal of the sixth Harbans Singh Pannu Memorial Hockey Tournament for school boys at the Guru Nanak Stadium here today. The quarterfinal was decided through penalty strokes since both the teams were locked 2-2 after the stipulated 70-minute period and even sudden death rule failed to resolve the issue. Two Jalandhar outfits — Sports School and Surjeet Academy — alongwith Government Senior Secondary School, Kilaraipur, also qualified for the semifinals. The quarterfinal between Dhudial Sai Centre, Patiala, and Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, was a cliff-hanger and both the teams dished out excellent hockey. Chandigarh outfit went into an early lead (11th minute) through centre forward Sandeep Kumar. Stun by this reverse, Patiala lads reorganised themselves and made repeated forays into Chandigarh territory. The equaliser came in the 35th minute when Dominic converted a penalty stroke into a goal (1-1). In the 47th minute, Patiala boys forged ahead through a penalty corner conversion by Satwinder Singh. Just before the long whistle, Sandeep again struck to level the score at 2-2. Then the sudden death goal rule was applied but both the teams failed to click during this period. Earlier in the first quarterfinal, Sports School, Jalandhar, outplayed Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Bahadurgarh, 4-2 after establishing 2-0 lead at half-time. Tejbir Singh of Jalandhar put his team ahead in the 4th minute and full-back Malkiat Singh made it 2-0 in the 31st minute. In the second half, outside right Hardeep Singh found the target in the 50th minute to consolidate the lead 3-0. Two minutes later he added another goal to make it 4-0. Inside right Anmolak Singh and centre forward Harinder Singh reduced the margin for Bahadurgarh. The match between Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, and Government High School, Roomi, proved to be a dull affair in which the former emerged triumphant 6-0. In the fourth quarterfinal, Government Senior Secondary School, Kilaraipur, defeated Hawks Academy, Ropar, 2-0. Both the goals were secord by inside left Satwinder Singh (2nd minute and 65th minute). The two semifinals will be played tomorrow. In the first semifinal (1 p.m.) Sports School, Jalandhar, will clash with Government Senior Secondary School, Kilaraipur, while Surjeet Academy, Jalandhar, will take on Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, in the second semifinal (3 p.m.)
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Nishant, Deepak rescue Haryana ROHTAK, Nov 29 — Fine batting by opener Nishant Goyal and Deepak Joon helped Haryana to score 235 for 9 against Punjab at the end of first day's play of North Zone Inter State Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Vishwarma Stadium here today. Haryana, opened to bat first after winning the toss, soon were in a different situation losing three match for 41. Nishant and Deepak performed the rescue act and added valuable 88 runs for the fourth wicket. He held the crease for 175 minutes and faced 439 balls. His innings was studded with eight boundaries and a six. Deepak scored 55 runs in 126 minutes off 137 balls. For the hosts Joginder Sharma (46) and Devender Rana (20) also batted well to add another 69 runs for the 6th wicket. In a bid to contain the Haryana innings Punjab skipper utilised the services of eight bowlers. Two wickets each were claimed by Harikishan, Harish Puri and Bikramjeet Singh whereas Rajan Singh and Rajiv Jolly took one wicket each. (Scoreboard) Haryana (1st innings): Gaurav Bhardwaj b Harish Puri 1 Nishant Goyal c Harish Puri b Rajiv Jolly 74 Lalit Gupta c Chandan Madan b Bikramjeet 4 Bhuvnesh Sharma b Bikramjeet 0 Deepak Joon c Anit Behl b Hari Kishan 55 Devender Rana lbw Rajan Singh 20 Joginder Sharma c Chandan Madan b Harishpuri 46 Gaurav Vashishta run out 5 Mandeep Sodhi batting 3 Rahul Rathe lbw Harkishan 3 Extra (B-13, LB-3, W-4, NB-4) 24 Total (for 9 wkts) 235. Fall on incidents: 1/16, 2/41, 3/41, 4/129, 5/152, 6/221, 7/227, 8/227, 9/235. Bowling: Harikishan 20. 3-6-34-2 Harish Puri 16-3-29-2 Rajan Singh 4-2-3-1 Bikramjeet Singh 13-5-41-2 Ranjit Singh 19-3-30-0 Rajeev Jolly 22-10-40-1 Vikram Jeet Sodhi 7-2-16-0 Binwant Singh 1-0-6-0
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Sangrur overall champions CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — Sangrur distt. team emerged overall champions with 37 points in the 5th Punjab State Yoga Championship which concluded at Sangrur today. Amritsar team lifted the runner-up trophy scoring 12 points. Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Member of Parliament and president, Punjab Olympic Association, inaugurated the championship yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that all sport disciplines keep the sportsman physically healthy but yoga is the only sport which uplifts the physical as well as mental health. Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, State Minister for Sports, Govt. of Punjab gave the prizes to the winners. He also announced a grant of Rs 30,000 for Punjab State Yoga Association. The results: (Sub-Jr. Girls-1 Megha Mallan (Asr), 2. Eesha Khanna (Asr), 3. Navdeep Kaur (Nawanshahr). Boys: 1 Rahul Mallan (Asr), 2. Raj Kumar (Jal), 3 Manjot Singh (Jal). Junior (girls): 1 Rashmeet (Gurd), 2 Monika (Sangrur), 3 Mehak (Asr). Boys: 1 Dinesh (Ropar), 2 Sunil Kumar (Gurd), 3 Mohit (Ropar). Senior (Girls): 1 Sukhwinder Kaur (Sgr), 2 Jyoti Chowdhari, 3 Pooja (both Asr). Boys: 1 Amarjit (Nawanshahr), 2. Gautam Natta (Jal), 3 Rahul (Ropar). Elderly (women): 1 Nisha Singla (Sgr), 2 Anmol Gupta, 3. Kanta Garg (all Sgr). Men: 1 Krishan Singh (Sgr), 2 Ramtirth Sharma (Jal), 3 Man Manohar Gupta (Sgr). Veteran (women 40-50 yrs) 1. Raj Bala Sekhon, 2. Ragini Thakur, 3. Sarita Gupta, (all Sgr). Women above 50 yrs: 1, Santokh Kaur, 2. Rajinder Kaur, 3. Harjinder Kaur (all Sgr). Men 40-50 yrs): 1. Ram Niwas Sharma (Sgr), 2. Surjit Singh (Gurd) 3, Jit Singh Dhindsa (Sgr). Men above 50 yrs: Raj Kumar Jindal, 2. Krishan Singh Seet, 3. Mohan Singh (all Sgr).
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Bhatia re-elected CGA chief CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 (BOSR) — Mr DV Bhatia was unanimously re-elected president of the Chandigarh Gymnastics Association (CGA) at the annual general council meeting of the association held today. Mr SS Budhwar was re-elected the honorary secretary. Mr Bhatia is also the vice-president of the Gymnastics Federation of India besides being the technical member of the Asian Gymnastic Union. He was also the chief de mission of the Indian contingent in the last SAF Games. The house decided to send its team for the nationals to be held at Calcutta in December this year. The state championship will be held at Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh, from January 8 to 10 next year. The house also proved the participation of Chandigarh gymnastics team for union nationals of next year at Jammu in September 1999 and sub-junior nationals at Jodhpur in October next year. The other office-bearer and members are: vice president: Mr DS Bedi, Comdt BK Uperti, Mr RK Talwar, Mr Satish Gandhi and Wg Comdr Satish Bhatia, jt secretaries: Mr RS Duggal and Mr Ravinderr Sharma; and executive members: Mr JP Sharma, Mr Jagtar Singh, Mr Rajeev Nandra, Mr Sangram Singh, Mr RP Singla and Mr Vinod Kalia. Technical Committee Chairman will be Mr Inderjit Singh. Rajesh in fine nick CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 (BOSR) — Godrej & Boyce XI defeated Jal XI by 38 runs in the Adhunik Cup League Cricket Tournament being played here at the DAV College, Sector 10, today Breif scores: (Godrej XI: 160 for 9 in 25 overs (Rajesh Arora 57, Vaneet Chawla 46, Chander Mohan 3 for 22, Bhushan 2 for 40) Jal XI:- 122 all out (Chander Mohan 36, Dinesh 3 for 28, Naresh 2 for 21, Sandeep 2 for 24) In another match, Mohali Gymknana beat CNS XI by 23 runs. Brief scores: MG; 167 all out in 24.4 overs (Kamal Walia 31, Gurdip 49, Manu Bedi 3 for 21, Vivek 2 for 40) CNS XI: 144 all out (Harinder 34, Satbir 37, Vivek Jain 19, Raj Kumar 3 for 29). Manu Kanwar excels PATIALA, Nov 29 (FOSR) — Fine all round performance by Manu Kanwal (28 and 4 for 19) enabled Khalsa College to beat Ripudaman College, Nabha, by three wickets in the Punjabi University Inter-College Cricket Tournament here today. Scores: Ripudaman College 138 all out: (Sandeep 23, Puneet 17, Sanjeev 12, Manu Kanwal 4 for 19. Harpreet 2 for 19. Hardeep 2 for 20). Khalsa College, Patiala: 140 for 7 (Manu Kanwal 28. Anil Goyal 32 not out. Sandeep 3 for 29. Puneet 2 for 22). Ropar triumph PATIALA, Nov 29 (FOSR) — Ropar beat Bathinda by 16 runs to enter the final of the Sushil Bali Cricket (Under-14) Tournament at the DCW Grounds here today. Ropar will clash with Hoshiarpur in the final scheduled to be played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium on December 1. Hoshiarpur, in the other semi-final, beat Jalandhar. Scores: Ropar 117 all out (Sandeep Singh 23. Amaninder Singh 21, Avtar Singh 14, Imanbir 3 for 16, Arun Kumar 3 for 11) Bathinda: 101 all out (Manjeet Singh 34. Kuldeep Singh 22, Imanbir 14. Suresh Kumar 4 for 15. Sandeep Singh 2 for 17) LKC, Jalandhar, win boxing crown JALANDHAR, Nov 29 (FOSR) — Host Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, won the Guru Nanak Dev University Boxing Championship for the session 1998-99 collecting 50 points, while S D College, Pathankot and DAV College, Amritsar, secured second and third positions with 18 and 12 points respectively. The following are the results. 48 kg: 1. Munish Marwaha (Khalsa College Jalandhar, 2. Sandeep Kumar (DAV Amritsar). 51 kg: 1. Gorav Josane (LKC Jalandhar) 2. Deepak Kumar (DAV Jalandhar). 57 kg: 1. Jasbir Singh (SD Pathankot) 2. Kulwinder Singh (LKC Jalandhar). 60 kg: 1. Gurmit Singh (LKC Jalandhar) 2. Kamaljit Singh (S D Pathankot). 63.5 kg: 1. Attar Singh (LKC Jalandhar) 2. Jasvir Singh (Pathankot). 67 kg: 1. Paramjit Singh (Khalsa College Dumali), 2. Nirvair Singh (SD College Pathankot). 81 kg: 1. Ajit Pal Singh (LKC Jalandhar) 2. Naresh Kumar (S D College Pathankot). 91 kg: 1. Gurdayal Singh (LKC Jalandhar) 2. Jaswinder Singh (Khalsa College Dumali). District TT BATALA, Nov 29 (FOSR) — Open Gurdaspur District Table Tennis Championship will be held on December 2 and 3, Mr Narinder Singh Rampal, honorary general secretary, Gurdaspur District Table Tennis Association, disclosed here that the championship will be held in men, women, senior boys, senior girls, junior boys and junior girls sections. The Gurdaspur district teams for participation in the inter district table tennis championship to be held at Patiala from December 5 to 9 will be selected during the championship. NKH XI triumph LUDHIANA, Nov 29 (FOSR) — NKH XI thrashed Baba Club by eight wickets to register their second consecutive victory in the 6th Veera Devi Memorial Cricket Tournament here today. NKH XI restricted Baba Club to 96 runs in 19 overs and then made the required runs in 13 overs after losing only two wickets. Brief scores: Baba Club 96 all out out (Bunty 20, Govind 2 for 17, Manjit 2 for 21. Satish 2 for 22. Raj Puri 2 for 15). NKH XI 98 for 2 (Puneet 32, Ashwani Rana 31 n.o.). In the second match, Unity Club recorded an emphatic victory by six wickets against FTI Club. Brief scores: FTI Club 107 for 7 (Ashwani 18, Sweeta 2 for 30, Raj Kumar 2 for 14). Unity Club 110 for 4 (Inderjit Singh 21, Sanjay Singla 40 n.o.). Punjab cops champs BEHRAMPUR (Orissa), Nov 29 (PTI) — Punjab Police emerged champions in the men’s section of the 15th Federation Cup Basketball Tournament beating defending champions Tata Steel by 71-51 in the finals played here today. The policemen, who exhibited better shooting power, footwork and speed throughout the game, led 47-29 at the interval. In the women’s final, defending champion Railways retained the title defeating Kerala 76-51. They were leading 42-20 at the half time. Ganesh Kumar and Parminder Singh (jr) of Punjab Police topped the side’s score with 26 and 13 points, respectively. For the Railways Jeo Jose tallied 20 points while her teammate Ivy Cherian scored 12. Orissa’s Minister for
Industries Niranjan Patnaik handed over the trophies to
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