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Shahid Afridi rocks Australia KARACHI, Oct 22 — Eighteen-year-old Shahid Afridi made a dream Test debut for Pakistan today, snapping up three wickets in 13 balls to restrict Australia to a total of 207 for six. Aussies have depth to counter English SYDNEY, Oct 22 — England’s cricket team arrives in Australia tomorrow with captain Alec Stewart, the latest to believe the land of perpetual hope might be able to get a little glory."We’ve got a good squad of players going out to Australia. If we play to our full potential we’ll be very competitive with the best team in the world,’’ said Stewart before leaving home. Sampras, Pat Rafter advance LYON, Oct 22 — U.S. Open champion Pat Rafter scored his second successive straight sets victory as he stormed into the last eight of the $ 725,000 Lyon Grand Prix here last night. |
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Shahid Afridi rocks Australia KARACHI, Oct 22 (Reuters) — Eighteen-year-old Shahid Afridi made a dream Test debut for Pakistan today, snapping up three wickets in 13 balls to restrict Australia to a total of 207 for six. He marked his country’s call for the decisive final match of the series by dismissing the Waugh twins in three balls. Ten balls later he bowled Darren Lehmann’s for a first day haul of three for 37. The left arm spinner and attacking one-day opener was a last-minute replacement for the ill Saeed Anwar. Pakistan, 0-1 down, have not lost a home series to Australia since 1959-60. Nor have they tasted defeat in a Karachi Test in 44 years — 32 games. Australia suffered another body blow after Afridi’s demolition when opener Michael Slater fell just four runs short of his ninth Test century. He was smartly stumped by Moin Khan off the recalled Arshad Khan for a fighting 96. Slater, dropped on 25 and 45, batted for 330 minutes and faced 257 balls. His innings was studded with nine boundaries and two sixes off off-spinner Arshad. Slater, who reached 3,000 Test runs when he had made 52, was hit twice on the temple in the first session when Wasim Akram gave him a barrage of bouncers. Afridi, veteran of 66 one-day internationals, accounted for Mark Waugh (26) off a brilliant catch by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Two balls later he left Steve Waugh (0) stranded in front of the wickets off a faster one. Lehmann (3) dragged the ball on to his stumps while trying to play a forceful drive. "There can’t be a more satisfying feeling than to represent the country in Test cricket. I am sure I will not be labelled one-day specialist any more," Afridi said. Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail said: "He is a very busy cricketer. He was lucky to get into the side but he grasped the opportunity with both hands." Mark Taylor, electing to bat on a slow and turning pitch, was the first to go. Australia’s captain, who made 334 not out and 92 in the drawn second Test, tried to pull a delivery from Arshad and was caught at mid-wicket by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Justin Langer was the only Pakistan success in the post-lunch session when he was trapped in front off Shoaib Akhtar. Langer (30) put on 67 for the second wicket with Slater in 117 minutes. The third wicket partnership between Slater and Mark Waugh yielded 64 in 117 minutes. But the dismissal of Waugh triggered a collapse as Australia lost their last four wickets in a space of 38 runs. Scoreboard:
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Aussies have depth to counter English SYDNEY, Oct 22 (AP) — England’s cricket team arrives in Australia tomorrow with captain Alec Stewart the latest to believe the land of perpetual hope might be able to get a little glory. "We’ve got a good squad of players going out to Australia. If we play to our full potential we’ll be very competitive with the best team in the world,’’ said Stewart before leaving home with the job of preventing Australia’s sixth-straight Ashes series victory. England’s hopes might be shaped by events in Pakistan over the next few days. If Australia can get a win or draw against the hosts in Karachi it will mean a first series victory on the subcontinent in 39 years. If Mark Taylor should lead his men to that landmark, after his Australian record 334 in the second Test, he will bring home a buoyant team which would be unbackable favourite to beat the tourists. Should Pakistan win to level the series, it might send Australian spirits tumbling after a trying tour, and boost England’s chances. But Australia appear to have the depth to counter an English team which is dreadfully inconsistent from beating South Africa in a home series to losing a one-off test against Sri Lanka. The Sheffield Shield competition opened this week and some familiar names made the early moves to get in position should those on the Pakistan tour falter. To many who saw Matthew Elliott on last year’s Ashes tour to England it must come as a surprise that he is no longer part of Australia’s Test squad. He topped Australia’s scoring in that 3-2 series win with 556 at 55.60 including a 199. Greg Blewett was Australia’s second-best batsman on that tour, his century in the first Test was his third from his first three Ashes Tests, but like Elliott has found himself relegated to Shield cricket. Australia’s limited-overs wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist is the heir-apparent to Ian Healy, who set a world record for dismissals in the first Test victory in Pakistan. All three fringe players made imposing starts to the season. Blewett, opting to parade his skills as a potential opener, scored a dashing 175 for South Australia against New South Wales. Elliott, who said his passion for the game disappeared last season, made a determined hundred for Victoria yesterday, while Gilchrist scored a century for Western Australia. Australia’s main bowler, spinner Shane Warne, is in serious doubt for the opening two Tests because of a shoulder injury but paceman Glenn McGrath has performed well on unsuitable wickets in Pakistan and appears over his injury problems. McGrath was the chief weapon in last year’s Ashes series. He took 36 wickets, 12 more than Warne, including a lethal 8-38 at Lord’s. But England team manager Graham Gooch has high hopes for his team. "We want to be the best and most respected team in the world. There’s no shame in saying that,’’ Gooch said before his departure. Gooch has warned his players that they will need to act professionally to beat the Australians, even dispensing advice on how much to drink. Gooch wants his team to go into the five-Test series with confidence — not clutching at straws.
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Sampras, Pat Rafter advance LYON, Oct 22 (AFP) — U.S. Open champion Pat Rafter scored his second successive straight sets victory as he stormed into the last eight of the $ 725,000 Lyon Grand Prix here last night. The second-seeded Australian downed Hicham Arazi of Morocco 6-3 6-3 in the second-round match after dropping only four games against Steve Campbell in the first round. Rafter trailed 0-2 in the first set and then won five straight games to take a grip he never relinquished against a nervous-looking opponent. Pete Sampras, aiming to hold on to his world number one spot at the end of the year for the sixth time in succession and a three-time champion here, struggled to a 6-4 1-6 6-4 win over fellow American Todd Martin in a first-round match. The pair have met on 18 occasions with Sampras having won 12 straight times since 1995. This time, however, he was made to fight. Sampras, who beat Martin in last week’s Vienna final, served superbly and moved well to take the first set 6-4 thanks to a break in the third game. Martin then reeled off five straight games from 1-1 in the second set to level at one-set-all with Sampras looking lacklustre. The decisive set went on serve to the 10th game when Sampras sealed his win with the aid of a Martin double fault on match point. Third seeded Marcelo Rios of Chile, who this week overhauled Rafter to move to second in the ATP Tour ranking list, won his first-round match 6-3 6-3 over American Jeff Tarango. In other first-round matches played yesterday, Andrei Pavel of Romania beat Frenchman Lionel Roux 6-3 6-1 and Australian Todd Woodbridge struggled past Johan Van Herck of Belgium 6-4 6-7 (4/7) 7-6 (7/0) in 2hr 22min. Woodbridge, ranked 62nd in the world now faces Sampras in the second round. Ostrava: Second-seeded Andre Agassi breezed to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark in the first round of the $ 975,000 Czech Indoor Championships here on Wednesday. The American will face Sweden’s Magnus Norman in the last 16. Third-seeded Karol Kucera of Slovakia also advanced to the second round with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine was another player in first-round action and he defeated Holland’s Sjeng Schalken 6-0, 6-4. Russian teenager Marat Safin, who dispatched top seed Petr Korda in the first round, found himself unable to sustain that form when he faced Sweden’s Nicklas Kulti in a second-round match. The Swede won 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1). Kulti will face his compatriot Thomas Enqvist in the quarter-finals after seventh-seeded Enqvist defeated local favourite Bohdan Ulihrach 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4.
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Haryana bundled out for 139 ROHTAK, Oct 22 — Haryana were bundled out for 139 in 58.5 overs on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy match against Delhi being played at Maharaja Aggarsen Cricket Stadium here today. At the draw of stumps Delhi had lost two wickets for 67 runs. Opener Ashu Dhani and Ajay Sharma were not out on 23 and 18, respectively, at the end of the day. The match started 45 minutes late due to dew in the outfield. Haryana won the toss and elected to bat. The decision proved costly as both openers Jatinder Singh and Parinder Sharma were cheaply dismissed. Jatinder scored one run and Parinder only 5 (1x4). The score on the board read 17. First to leave was Jatinder who was caught by Akash Chopra off the bowling of Robin Singh (jr). Parinder was clean bowled by pacer Amit Bhandari. Both Haryana and Delhi have made one change each in their respective teams that played the one-dayer yesterday. While Nitin Goel has been included in place of Dhaka-bound Ajay Jadeja, Delhi brought in Akash Chopra in place of Nikhil Chopra. The Delhi medium fast bowlers took maximum advantage of the morning dew as they had Haryana struggling at 72 for 2 at lunch. Haryana suffered a setback when the veteran batsman Amarjit Kaypee (1) also returned to pavillion when the total was only 24. Nitin Goel and Safiq Khan resisted the Delhi attack and put on 58 runs for the fourth wicket partnership before Nitin was caught and bowled by pacer Amit Bhandari. He hit three boundaries in his score of 34 runs. Haryana's score was 82 at that stage. On the same score Shafiq was bowled by Rahul Sanghvi for 29 runs. He hit one four and two sixes. The bowlers to suffer were Robin Singh (jr) and Sandeep Angrulla. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals and Haryana were bundled out for 139 in 58.5 overs just before the tea. Robin Singh (jr), Amit Bhandari, Sandeep Sehwag and Rahul Sanghvi took two wickets each while Ajay Sharma and Sandeep Angrulla got one each for Delhi. Delhi started its innings on a dismissal note when they lost opener Akash Chopra (17) at the total of 35. Chopra hit two fours during his 51 minutes stay in 46 balls. The Delhi skipper Vijay Dahiya joined opener Ashu Dhani but was out without opening his account. Akash Chopra fell leg before to Pankaj Thakur and Vijay Dahiya was caught by Parinder off Vineet Jain. Delhi needs 73 runs to take a first innings lead with eight wickets in hand. In all 87 overs were bowled today as the day's play was called off at 5.30 p.m. due to bad light. Haryana (Ist innings): Parinder Sharma b Amit
Bhandari 5, Jatinder Singh c Akash b Robin Singh 1, Nitin
Goel c and b Bhandari 34, Amarjit Kaypee lbw Robin Singh
1, Shafiq Khan b Sanghvi 29, Vijay Yadav c Robin b
Sanghvi 2, Dhanraj lbw Sandeep Sehwag 20, Pardeep Jain b
Sehwag 12, Vineet Jain b Angrulla 9, Pankaj Thakur lbw
Angrulla 12, Sonu Sharma not out 0.
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P. Srinath rallies to beat Panja HYDERABAD, Oct 22 (PTI) — Prahlad Srinath of India, Patrick Erhardt of Germany, Johan Hede and Federico Rovai both of Sweden moved into the men’s singles semifinals in the second leg of ITF-GVK Indian Satellite Tennis Circuit played at SAAP-APLTA tennis complex here today. Top seed Prahlad Srinath quelled a stiff challenge from Indian qualifier Sourav Panja 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 taking one hour 52 minutes. Second seeded Federico Roval of Sweden outplayed Danai Udhomchoke of Thailand 6-3, 6-2. Patrick Erhardt of Germany (third seed) dropped a set before defeating qualifier Mustafa Ghouse of India 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 while fourth seeded Johan Hede of Sweden triumphed over fifth seed Timo Nigri of Germany 6-2, 6-3. In an evenly contested encounter, Srinath, showed guts playing with slight fever and occasional cramps. Though he claimed the first at 6-3 without much sweat, he had a tough time in the next. In the second set, Saurav Panja took a lead of 3-1. But Srinath put his physical discomfort behind and suddenly opened up with a good serve and volley game to draw level at 4-4. In the next set, the games went with serves till 5-5 and then Panja broke Prahlad’s serve to lead 6-5 and held on to his to win the set at 7-5. In the decider, both players levelled at 3-3 but Srinath suffered cramps on his right calf muscle. He, however, continued and Panja taking advantage lead 4-3. But the never-say-die Srinath rallied to make it 4-all. Panja then double faulted and Srinath made it 5-4 in his favour. He then comfortably held on to his serve to win 6-4 and pocket the match. Fourth seeded Hede took one hour 25 minutes to outplay a frustrated Timo Nigri of Germany in straight games at 6-2, 6-3. Both players were engaged in long baseline rallies. Hede played a tactful game by avoiding negative points and trapping Nigri to make silly mistakes, to score an easy victory. Indian qualifier, Mustafa Ghouse put up a brave fight against third seed Patrick Erhardt before bowing out of the championship. Erhardit scored most of his points with good returns while Mustafa’s returns fell on the net. Erhardt took the first set at 6-4 and in the second he played erratic shots and by the time he could made amends, Mustafa clinched the set at 7-5 to level set score to 1-all. In the deciding, Erhardt played very carefully and his serve and volley attack gave him the victory at 6-2 to move into semis. In the semifinals, Prahlad Srinath will take on Johan Hede while Federico Rovai will clash with Patrick Erhardt. Results (quarterfinals): Men’s singles: Prahlad Srinath (Ind) bt Saurav Panja (Ind) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Patrick Erhardt (Ger) bt Mustafa Ghouse (Ind) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Johan Hede (Swe) bt Timo Nigri (Ger) 6-2, 6-3 Federico Rovai (Swe) bt Danai Udhomchoke (Thai) 6-3, 6-2. Men’s doubles: Nitin Krtane and Sandeep Kirtane (Ind) bt Vishal Gupta and Praven Sreenivasan (Ind) 6-4, 6-4.
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Prasanna ready to help Harbhajan BANGALORE, Oct 22 (PTI) — Renowned offspinner EAS Prasanna does not foresee much difficulty for Harbhajan Singh to change his action and has offered his services towards achieving this end. Prasanna told PTI today that he was ready to help the Punjab offspinner and the board could utilise my services and make the best use of it at any time. I have proved myself in the case of Rajesh Chauhan whose bowling action too came under cloud last year. "It is very difficult to say seeing from a distance and it is very nice on the part of the BCCI and the ICC to come forward to assist and stand by the young offspinner financially to correct his action", Prasanna said. "It may not be difficult for him to correct his action as he is young and a lot more is expected from him and I am sure he will be back in the national reckoning," he said. Rajesh Chauhan’s case is different, "I am happy Rajesh’s bowling action was cleared and he could overcome the mental and physical stress". Prasanna’s
contemporary, leg spinner BS Chandrashekar said, "I
have not watched much of cricket now a days and I am not
the right person to comment. One thing is sure if any
bowler changes his action it is difficult to get back his
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Lankans arrive in Dhaka DHAKA, Oct 22 (PTI) — World Cup champions Sri Lanka, led by Arjuna Ranatunga, arrived amidst an opposition-sponsored strike here today for the Wills Mini World Cup Cricket Tournament beginning on Saturday. The 14-member Lankan squad was escorted to its hotel by military police personnel as there had been sporadic incidents of violence in the capital since the morning, police sources said. Opposition activists and government supporters were involved in clashes after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called a day-long strike for today. Sri Lanka open their campaign with a quarterfinal match against the winner of the New Zealand-Zimbabwe tie scheduled for Saturday. Sri Lanka are the fourth team to arrive here for the nine-nation tournament. The England and Zimbabwe teams arrived on October 18, while New Zealand arrived yesterday.
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"Shocked" Kapil seeks transparency NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (PTI) — Ace all-rounder Kapil Dev today expressed his "shock" at the International Cricket Council’s verdict on off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s bowling action and demanded transparency in the functioning of cricket administration both international and national. The world’s highest Test wicket-taker told PTI here that he had received a letter from ICC about the teenaged offie’s action a few months ago and after that there was nothing. "I was surprised with the announcement of the decision to which I am not a party," he said. The former India captain demanded greater transparency in the actions of ICC and said the Indian board must clarify the position. "Young Harbhajan and the entire country have the right to know what is happening. One cannot mess around with the career of a young player like this," Kapil Dev added.
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Punjab sport festival begins PATIALA, Oct 22 — Sangrur steamrolled Mansa 2-0, while Amritsar demolished Gurdaspur by an identical margin in badminton at the Punjab State Sports Festival for Junior Boys which commenced at the local Polo Grounds here today. For Sangrur, young Tauseef played a stellar role as he easily beat Vikramjit Singh 15-1, 15-0 and then combined with Akram to rout the Mansa pair of Gagandeep Singh-Mandeep 15-2, 15-4. In another match Ropar beat Moga 2-0 in a lop-sided encounter. For Ropar Bhupinder Singh showed fine reflexes and good footwork to make short work of Ramneek 15-0, 15-1. In the doubles Bhupinder paired with Inder Preet Singh to drub the Moga pair of Sukhjinder and Mandeep 15-0, 15-3. In athletics, Sanjeev Kumar of Hoshiarpur won the first gold medal of the games winning the 1500-m race clocking 1:54.83 seconds. Although Jasbir of Ludhiana and Rajesh of Kapurthala stood second and third, respectively, they were way behind the winner. Earlier, the three-day sport meet was inaugurated by Mr BR Bajaj, Principal Secretary, Sports. A pleasant surprise at the opening ceremony was the decision of the organisers to break off from tradition by putting a stop to the ritual of speaker after speaker delivering long speeches extolling the virtues of sport. This time, in a gesture appreciated by all, Mr Bajaj, came to the dais, spoke a few words of encouragement and then quipped "speeches and sports do not go hand in hand" and immediately inaugurated the meet. Taking a cue from the chief guest others followed suit. A new speed fund scheme launched by the Punjab Sports Department was also announced. Under this scheme, an individual medal winner will get Rs 3,000 per month for the benefit for his or her studies. A sum of Rs 7,000 per year will also be given to such medal-winning sportspersons as kit allowance.
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Mohun Bagan win, FC Kochin held NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (PTI) — Strong contenders Mohun Bagan hung on to an early first-half goal to register their first win against Vasco Sports Club, Goa 1-0 while title holders and New look FC Kochin were held to a goalless draw by Air-India in the group ‘A’ quarterfinal league tie of Durand Cup football here today. Basim Yonnan headed home for Mohun Bagan in the eighth minute, which turned out to be the winner, as Bagan picked up three points. FC Kochin and the former Mumbai league champions shared one point each. Both matches never rose to expectations and failed to inspire a sparse crowd. Bagan’s face saving win came off when a free kick was awarded early in the first half. Cheema Okerie’s powerful shot deflected off the rival defence wall and landed in front of Khemtang who relayed it to Basim to apply the finishing touches and the gritty midfielder made no mistake. FC Kochin with just a few experienced players in their ranks had to fight hard to contain the marauding airmen. The Kerala club side are without 10 of its regular players - two are attending the Asian Games preparatory camp and the rest doing duty for India in the Asian junior football in Thailand. "The boys played well. They could create openings but failed in final finish. We have to improve up on the new combination with most of them playing the first match for the club," Babu Mather, manager FC said after the match. While coach Sridharan and captain K.V. Dhanesh were desperate over those missed opportunities, their new recruit A Sidiki, also playing his first match in India missed a sure chance in the 64th minute. His powerpacked shot off a Pappachan cross flew over the bar. The tournament also witnessed some rough play as the referee M. Balu had to book three with yellow cards. With Air-India captain Godfred Pereira one among them. Debdas Sen and FC Kochin's C.V. Pappachan were also shown yellow card. Experienced Pereira combined well with Nitish Shetty to raid FC Kochin's goal mouth at frequent intervals but ended with a shoddy finish. Bagan could also have won by a better margin against Vasco Goa in the second match of the day. But the Goan custodian Joaquin Palha denied the Calcutta giants any chance of increasing the lead. Bagan coach Amal Dutta also gave full credit to rival goalkeeper for his superb saves and said his players played well though failed in improving the goal margin. Bagan's attacking combination Cheema Okeri and Friday Elahio missed two chances each while Khemtang's two quick moves were taken comfortably by the rival custodian. The Goan side also fought tooth and nail to draw parity but again failed to score. Gegory Clark and Lowis Nickson combined well for the Vaso Goa.
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SGFI invited to field team CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 — The School Games Federation of India being a member of the International School Sports Federation has received an invitation to sponsor a school team of the country for the ISF-Swim Cup, to be held at Castres (France) from April 30 to May 3 next year, according to Mr B.D. Gandhi, Secretary-General of the School Games Federation of India. Each school team can field a maximum of six swimmers but the participating countries may participate with a minimum four swimmers. School teams of the same school, or mixed teams are not allowed and each team has to register at least two swimmers in each event and one team for each relay. Thus each swimmer will be required to take part in at least two individual races and one relay. Swimmers born between 1982 and 1985 can participate in this international meet. The events to be organised are 50 metre free style; series-final; 50 metre back stroke; series; final' 50 metre breast stroke; series-final, 50 metre butterfly; series-final; 4x50 metre medlay; direct final/relay; 6.50 metre freestyle; direct final/relay. As the Ministry of Sports, Government of India, has been requested to sponsor the team, the state units have been asked whether they can bear the board and lodging expenses besides fare of the swimmers individually. The last date for entries is November 30.
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Shakti Singh betters national mark MUMBAI, Oct 22 (PTI) — Delhi-based Railway athlete Shakti Singh bettered his own national record in men’s shot put with a hurl of 19.38 at the National Athletic Circuit Meet at the Priyadarshini Park here today. Shakti Singh erased his mark of 19.08 set in 1995 at Delhi. Bahadhur Singh of Punjab finished second with a throw of 18.88 m while Delhi’s Kuldip Singh (16.23 m) was third. In the women’s section, Harbans Kaur of Punjab won the shot-put gold with a throw of 17.33 m, while Jyotirmoyee Sikdar of West Bengal bagged a double, winning gold in the 1000 and 400 sprints. The 36-year-old Shakti, who has two Asian track and field bronze medals to his credit, has bettered his own record set at the Permit Meet in Delhi. He also has the distinction of improving his own marks on four occasions starting with his first national record at a domestic meet in Mandya, Karnataka. Shakti is also the record holder in discus throw. Local girl Rachita Mistry pushed sprint queen PT Usha of Kerala to second position in the 100 dash with a timing of 11.55 seconds. Usha clocked 11.63 to finish ahead of Vinita Tripathi of Delhi, who clocked 11.85 seconds.
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National School Games begin JALANDHAR, Oct 22 — The 44th National School Games commenced at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium amidst fanfare, here today. As many as 2500 sportspersons from 18 states are participating in events like kabbadi, handball, boxing and fencing during the six-day meet. The games were inaugurated by the chief guest, Mr Sawarna Ram, Minister for State for Higher Secondary and Primary Education. Addressing sportspersons he said to improve the standard of sports at the state and national level children should be imparted training in schools. The state government had also chalked out a new policy to organise primary-level sport meets at district and state levels. The state government would also set up stadiums at block levels in the state to rope in children from rural areas as well, he added.
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Harvinder wrecks Himachal MANDI, Oct 22 — Harvinder Singh of Punjab took seven wickets as Himachal were bundled out for 116 on the opening day of Pepsi four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match here today. The former India bowler picked up seven wickets for just 25 runs as Himachal team was all out in 58.1 overs. Punjab were 79 run at the loss of five wickets at the close of play today. Himachal, who won the one-day match yesterday, lost their opener Nischal Gaur (4) at the score of 4 when he was caught by Vikram off Harvinder. Other opener Rajiv Nayyer played some attractive square cuts and took Himachal past the 50-run mark before he fell leg before to Navdeep. Harvinder took wicket after wicket and run through the innings. Only R. Panta batted confidently and slammed 43 runs off 61 balls. Punjab lost its first wicket at the score of two when star batsman Vikram Rathore was back in pavilion. Other batsmen who came in to bat next at the Paddal ground, betrayed the expectations. D. Mongia (22) and Kailash (0) saw off the day without any further loss. Score
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Services win by 2 wickets JAMMU, Oct 22 (PTI) — An unbeaten 61 by C D Thomson helped Services defeat hosts Jammu and Kashmir by two wickets in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day match here yesterday. Services scored 178 for 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs with hard-hitting middle-order batsman C D Thomson, scoring 61 in just 70 balls. They then skittled out Jammu and Kashmir for 133. Chinmay Sharma (3/16) and Arun Sharma (2/24) were the wreckers-in-chief. Hosts skipper Sanjay Sharma won the toss and put Services into bat. The visitors made light of the early dismissal of N Singh for 4 with Survejeet Singh (29) and S Verma (22) putting on 61 runs for the second wicket. After Chinmay Sharma (11), the only other batsman to get into double figures got out, Thomson kept one end intact even as wickets fell like nine pins on the other to take Services to a respectable score. On the contrary Jammu and Kashmir team after putting on 32 runs for the opening wicket just crumbled to the guiles of Chinmay and Arun Sharma. Indrees Gandroo with 28 was the highest scorer. Brief scores: Services 178 for 8 (C D Thomson 61 n.o. S Singh 29, S Verma (22). A Gupta 2/36, S Sharma 2/29, P Bali 2/29) J and K 133 all out (I Gandroo (28). C Sharma 3/16, A Sharma 2/24).
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SPS-41 spikers bag title CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 (BOSR) — Hosts Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, and Sports Complex, Sector 46, bagged the sub-junior boys and girls titles, respectively, in the Chandigarh State Sub-Junior Volleyball Championship which concluded here today. SPS-41 boys routed Coaching centre, Sector 7, in three straight sets 15-8, 15-11, 15-10. However, in the girls section it was not a cakewalk for Sports Complex, Sector 46, who were extended to five thrilling sets by Coaching Centre, Sector 18, before the former could win at 14-16, 15-9, 17-15, 3-15, 15-12. Mr DS Bedi, Principal gave away the prizes. Other results; Boys; Coaching Centre-7 beat SGGS-35 15-6, 15-4, 15-6, CC-7 b Sarvhiktari Sharda-40 15-3, 15-7, 11-15, 15-3,. SPS-41b CMHS-26 15-6, 15-1, 15-3. Girls; CC-18 b GGSS-8 CC-18 b GMHS-19 15-10, 15-7, 15-8, SC-46 b 15-10, 15-12, 6-15, 15-3, GGSS-8 beat GMHS-26 15-10, 15-3, 15-6. Sarandeep fashions Amritsar victory PATIALA, Oct 22 (FOSC) — Although off spinner Sarandeep Singh deserves credit for bowling a tight line and length to return with magnificent figures of 7 for 65, the hosts batsmen plotted their one downfall with a combination of indiscreet shots and an indifferent attitude to be all out for 203 runs as Amritsar entered final of the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Tournament (under-19) here today. Resuming at the overnight
score of 17 for no loss it was only Mohammad Shahid who
held up one end while wickets fell like nine pins at the
other. After M. Shahid (65) fell, it was left to middle
order batsman Harman Harry to salvage whatever he could
from the ruins. He put his head down to play a doughty
little knock of 57 while the rest of the batting simply
fizzled out. PTU table tennis JALANDHAR, Oct 22 (TNS) — Engineering College, Longowal, and Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, entered the final in the women's section of the second Punjab Technical University Inter-College Table Tennis Championship at Longowal Engineering campus today, according to Dr Gurmej Singh Dhaliwal, Director Sports, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. In the men's section Beant Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana, Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, and SBSCET, Ferozepore, reached the semifinal stage. UBC (Blue) win title AMBALA, Oct 22 (FOC) — The first United Basketball Club Invitational Tournament held at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium here was won by United Basketball Club (Blue) who defeated City Coaching Centre 62-50, yesterday. In an earlier match, City Coaching Centre beat SDCollege. Cricket trials HOSHIARPUR (FOC): Trials to select the district under 16 cricket team for the M.L. Markan Trophy will be held at the outdoor stadium near Lajwanti Complex on October 24 at 3 p.m., according to Mr Jang Bahadur Bahl, president of the District Cricket Association. Players born after September 1, 1982, are eligible to participate. HISAR (FOC): Trial to select the Hisar district cricket team for the Rajender Goyal under-16 trophy will be held here at Giri Centre of Haryana Agricultural, University, (HAU) on October 25 at 9 a.m., Mr N.C. Jain, president, District Hisar Cricket Association, has said.
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