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McGrath puts Aussies in command KARACHI, Oct 23 — Paceman Glenn McGrath took four wickets against Pakistan today to keep Australia on target for their first Test series win in Pakistan for 39 years. Agassi in q-finals; Corretja survives OSTRAVA (Czech Republic), Oct 23 — Second-seed Andre Agassi of the USA outplayed Magnus Norman of Sweden 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the $ 1 million Czech Indoor ATP Tennis Tournament. A great loss for team: Gaekwad NEW DELHI, Oct 23 — The Indian cricket team, preparing here for the nine-nation Mini World Cup in Dhaka, will "sorely" miss the services of teenage off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who was dropped from the squad on an ICC directive. |
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McGrath puts Aussies in command KARACHI, Oct 23 (Reuters) — Paceman Glenn McGrath took four wickets against Pakistan today to keep Australia on target for their first Test series win in Pakistan for 39 years. At the close of the second day of the third and final Test Pakistan were 170 for six in reply to Australia’s first innings score of 280. Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail led a recovery with an unbeaten 83 after his side had slumped to 54 for four. McGrath produced two blistering spells on a slow track to finish with four for 41 from 15 overs. He captured the scalps of Shahid Afridi (10), Ijaz Ahmad (5), Inzamam-ul-Haq (9) and Moin Khan (20) to take his tally of wickets to 177 in 40 Tests. McGrath was also involved in the dismissal of Salim Malik. He caught him at point off Stuart MacGill to leave Pakistan in dire trouble at 54 for four. McGrath had Afridi caught by Mark Taylor as he attempted a cover drive while Ijaz tried an over-ambitious hook to be caught by Ian Healy. Inzamam was snapped up by Darren Lehmann at short extra-cover. McGrath ended Moin’s resistance with a short-pitched delivery which the Pakistan wicketkeeper clipped to Michael Slater at square leg. Sohail’s invaluable 155-ball knock included 11 fours and a six. He and former captain Wasim Akram put on 54 in an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership. Earlier, 18-year-old wrist spinner Shahid Afridi took the wickets of Gavin Robertson (5) and Glenn McGrath (6) to become Pakistan’s fifth bowler to capture five wickets or more on his Test debut. Ian Healy made 47, sharing a 55-run ninth-wicket stand with MacGill after Australia had lost two quick wickets when they resumed on 207 for six. Australia (1st
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Zimbabwe raring to go DHAKA, Oct 23 (PTI) — A confident Zimbabwe clash with experienced New Zealand in the inaugural tie of the Mini World Cup Cricket Tournament here tomorrow even as fears loom large of unseasonal rains ushering in the new tie-break rule. The last thing rival captains Alistair Campbell of Zimbabwe and Stephen Fleming of New Zealand want is their pre-quarterfinal match truncated or decided by the tie-breaker. Under the rule, being applied for the first time in a major tournament, in the event of 25 overs-a-side not being completed in a match, five bowlers from either side will aim at a set of stumps and the team scoring most hits will be declared the winner. Echoing the fears of many of his counterparts in the nine-nation tournament, Campbell said "basically, it is a knockout tournament. It could be one game, it could be more". He, however, felt Zimbabwe had turned the corner after their dramatic one-off Test victory over India earlier this month. "We won against India, the guys are confident and are playing good cricket." In one-day games, nobody is an underdog. We are taking it very seriously", he said. "It’s a 50-50 opportunity", said Fleming, who led New Zealand to the Commonwealth Games bronze medal. The winner of tomorrow’s pre-quarterfinal match will go on to meet World Cup champions Sri Lanka, seeded directly into the quarterfinal along with Australia, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies. India ready to take on Australia Formidale Australia and ICC’s "tricky" new tie-break rule do not dampen India’s campaign for the nine-nation mini cricket World Cup as the newly-knit team prepares for the tournament in Dhaka. Coach Anshuman Gaekwad is confident as ever and harbours a dream of watching India in the final whoever the opponents may be. "We are going to win the cup in Dhaka and get into the right frame of mind for the coming tours before the cricketing extravaganza in England - the 1999 World Cup," Gaekwad said. "We have been doing well in one-dayers and we should be doing well in Dhaka also," he said about the recent form of Indian cricket team. "Let’s hope we do the best and continue with where we had left in Dhaka at the start of the year," Gaekwad said during the team’s conditioning camp at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium grounds. India won the three-nation silver jubilee Independence Cup beating Pakistan in Dhaka. Captain Mohammad Azharuddin, who would be playing his 300th one-dayer on October 28 - India’s mini World Cup campaign opener against Australia was buoyant about the prospects of scoring triple century of one-day matches. "I am quite happy and it is because of lot of hard work that I put in during my school and college days," he said. Refusing to comment about India’s chances at the cup, Azharuddin, however, said: "we will go out and play our natural game. Our morale is always high." The skipper said though Australia were a good side, India had beaten the kangaroos in the recent past. "We’ve beaten them in India and then in Sharjah," he said, but added: "On a given day, one team is going to play better than the other and whoever does better will be the winner." About the recent changes introduced in the national side, he said changes were good for the team. "This will help us find the right combination for the England World Cup." Unlike other skippers, who have expressed fears about the new tie-break rule, Azharuddin took a practical view. "We are practising at the nets to get the feel of new rule and it is fairly justified on the part of ICC to introduce it and save matches being washed out due to rain or bad light." In the tie-breaker, being enforced for the first time in a major tournament, five bowlers from either side aim at a set of stumps and the team securing the most hits wins.
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A great loss for team: Gaekwad NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (PTI) — The Indian cricket team, preparing here for the nine-nation Mini World Cup in Dhaka, will "sorely" miss the services of teenage off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who was dropped from the squad on an ICC directive. "It is a great loss for me and the team as a whole. I hope to get him back in the squad as soon as possible," coach Anshuman Gaekwad told reporters during the team’s conditioning camp at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium grounds. "He is almost like our main bowler, I would surely have liked to play him," Gaekwad said when asked whether Harbhajan’s absence would blunt India’s spin attack. Captain Mohammad Azharuddin echoed his coach’s views, saying: "it is very unfortunate he is out of the team and I can understand it would be very tough for him to take this at such a young age. He’s just 18." Both Gaekwad and Azharuddin said it was for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to take steps to get the bowler back on the field. Asked why the board had not backed the offie and picked him for the team as the Sri Lankans had done with Muttiah Muralitharan, Azhar said: "It is for the board to decide." While the team is awaiting Harbhajan’s return, coach Gaekwad is philosophical. "I would very much like him to be back, but after such a shock, his morale is bound to be down and we will have to give him more time to reorganise himself." "His bowling was never questioned by any of the umpires on the field," he said, expressing shock over ICC’s directive asking the BCCI not to select the young off-spinner for future tournaments till he underwent corrective measures.
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Agassi in q-finals; Corretja survives OSTRAVA (Czech Republic), Oct 23 (AP) - Second-seed Andre Agassi of the USA outplayed Magnus Norman of Sweden 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the $ 1 million Czech Indoor ATP Tennis Tournament. Agassi broke Norman’s serve in the first and fifth game of the first set despite playing in a practice tempo. Norman improved his performance in the second set and both players held on to their serves until the tenth game, but Agassi finally managed to break the Swede and win the match in straight sets yesterday. Meanwhile, home favourite Martin Damm rallied to beat fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Kafelnikov, number 10 in the world, broke Damm’s serve in the fourth game and comfortably won the first set, but gradually grew nervous as Damm started to rush the net. Kafelnikov tried to stick to his aggressive tennis, but Damm, the only remaining Czech in the tournament, improved both his serve and returns and eventually won the match. "It would be nice if I could repeat my 1996 result here, that is semifinals," Damm said after the match. In the next round, Damm will face Wayne Black of Zimbabwe who beat the 1996 Czech Indoor champion David Prinosil of Germany 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Black, ranked 92nd on the ATP tour, crushed the Czech-born Prinosil with a dashing serve, often faster than 200 km per hour. In other action yesterday, Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine defeated third seed Karol Kucera of Slovakia 6-4, 6-7 (4-7) 6-4, and Jan Kroslak of Slovakia downed Guillaume Raoux of France 7-5, 6-2. LYON: Looking for the form that took him to this year’s French Open final, Alex Corretja survived a tough second-set scare to beat Romania’s Andrei Pavel 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 at the Lyon Grand Prix. Spain’s Corretja, seeded fourth here and ranked seventh in the world, made a vital service break in the sixth game of the final set, when Pavel put a powerful forehand return from his opponent into the net yesterday. In the next game, Pavel failed to convert on a break point, and the Barcelona-born player held on in his remaining service games to win the match, qualifying for the final eight. In the first set, Corretja stormed back from 2-4 behind with a series of blistering forehand returns. However, the 23-year-old Pavel, ranked 73rd in the world, was a revelation in the second set, breaking the Spaniard’s serve twice to take the set 6-2. "It wasn’t pretty tennis today," Corretja said. "The match was really tough for me, especially in the second set, when Pavel hit four consecutive winners at one stage." "But it is the first time that I have won two successive matches indoor on the tour, so I am very pleased." In the next round, Corretja will face surprise quarterfinalist Olivier Delaitre. The 31-year-old French qualifier, ranked a lowly 227th, lost the first set to Gianluca Pozzi, but stormed back to take ten consecutive games and win 1-6, 6-0, 6-4. Germany’s Tommy Haas squeezed past Fabrice Santoro, the defending champion here and number eight seed, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, in just under two hours. MOSCOW: Venus Williams took only 50 minutes to eliminate Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-3, 6-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. The American faltered slightly in the first set when she dropped two games after going up 4-1. However, she quickly regained control and powered through the rest of the match yesterday. Her only gift to Likhovtseva was in the sixth game of the second set. Leading 5-0, Williams double-faulted and committed three unforced errors to lose the game. Williams was pleased with the quick match, after playing well past midnight on Wednesday in a doubles match she won with her sister, Serena. "It was nice to have an easy match like that because I had a long match yesterday in the doubles," she said. In other second-round matches at the $ 1 million tournament, second seed Monica Seles of the USA downed Barbara Schett of Germany, 6-3, 6-4. In the first set, Seles broke Schett in the fourth game to go ahead 3-1, but double-faulted and lost at love in the next game. Seles regained her balance, however, sending a two-handed backhand down the line to clinch the set. Seles said she still had her eyes on the WTA Tour’s number one ranking. "I have to improve a couple of things to be No. 1 and I’m trying to do that", she said. "The competition is very hard but that is one of the reasons why I’m still playing." After two days of upsets, yesterday saw one more surprise, with ninth-ranked Patty Schnyder losing to Spain’s Magui Serna, 6-7 (3-7), 4-6.
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Indian hockey team’s selection on Oct 26 CHENNAI, Oct 23 (PTI) — The Indian hockey team for the November 1-5 pre-Asian Games Four-Nation Tournament in Bangkok will be picked at Bangalore on October 26 and 27. The tournament will be the basis for selection of the squad for the Bangkok Asian Games, Mr K. Jyothikumaran, secretary of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), said here today. The selection committee will pick a 16-member team with four stand byes for the tournament. Talking to PTI here, Mr Jyothikumaran said. "In fact Malaysia are also keen to play and confirmation of their participation will be known shortly". He said his Malaysian counterpart had confirmed that they had never called off the tour. The Test matches would be played from November 23 to 28 — two each in Chennai and Hyderabad. The Indian team would also participate in the six-nation tournament in Cairo in the middle of November, he said. The final squad for the Asian Games would be sent to the Indian Olympic Association before November 6, the last day for giving entries. With the inclusion of Gavin Ferrira, the senior probables number 30 and for the first time the IHF has 58 players, including 28 in the second string team, to rotate for best results.
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'Pak cricket tour of India on' ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (PTI) — Pakistan cricket team’s first full-fledged tour of India in nearly 12 years will go ahead as scheduled early next year, according to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Majid Khan. The PCB is in constant touch with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and it is hoped that the tour would proceed as planned, Majid was quoted as saying by the media here today. Pakistan, scheduled to reach India on January 21, are to play three Test matches and five one-day internationals during the tour. They will launch their
campaign with a Test starting on February 3, and the tour
will end with the fifth one-dayer on March 15, according
to information available here. Sampras pulls out LYON, Oct 23 (Reuters) — World number one Pete Sampras has pulled out of the Lyon tennis tournament because of a painful back, organisers said in a statement today. Sampras, who has been complaining about his back since the beginning of the week, was to have played German Tommy Haas in a quarterfinal today.
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East Bengal, Mahindras score wins NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (PTI) — Riding on a quick brace by Sreekanta Dutta, Calcutta superleague champions East Bengal outwitted Army XI in the group ‘B’ quarterfinal league of the Kelvinator Durand Cup Football Tournament today. In another action-packed encounter, Mahindra and Mahindra, fresh from their triumph in the just-concluded Chief Minister’s Cup, defeated Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) 3-2 to bag three points at the Ambedkar Stadium here. Captain PJ Jose (33rd minute), Shamsi Raza (40th), and substitute Mohd Shakil (88th) scored for Mahindra and Mahindra while Sukhbir Singh (34th) and substitute Kuldip (85th) netted in favour of PSEB, quarterfinalists in the Federation Cup. Runners-up in the Federation Cup East Bengal sealed the fate of a struggling Army XI early in the first half. Basudev Mondal, who has come away from the Asian Games preparatory camp at Bangalore to bolster his side in the absence of Baichung Bhutia, Raman Vijayan, Carlton Chapman and Tushar Rakshit, paved the way for the first goal. His fifth-minute corner curled into the Army goal mouth and Renedy Singh headed it on to Sreekanta Dutta, who stopped the ball and tapped it into the right corner of the net. Two minutes later, Dutta carved out a brilliant move along with his attacking partner Bijen Singh to give East Bengal an unassailable 2-0 lead.
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Pushpa Thakur wins easily HAMIRPUR, Oct 23 — National-level athlete Pushpa Thakur of this district maintained her supremacy in the first HP Prize Money Athletic Championship that started here today. She won the 100 m and 800 m final with ease. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Mr Anil Sharma, MP and the president of the HP Amateur Athletic Association. Nearly 150 athletes in various categories are participating in the championship from all districts of the state, except Lahaul and Spiti. Following are the final results on the opening day: 800 m women: Pushpa Thakur (Hamirpur) 1, Geeta Sharma (Bilaspur) 2, Suchi Gupta (Bilaspur) 3. Under-20 girls: Vanita Thakur (Bilaspur) 1, Suresh Kumari (Bilaspur) 2, Bhagwati (Mandi) 3. Under-16 girls: Khursheed (Kangra) 1, Anita (Kangra) 2, Urmila (Mandi) 3. 800 m men: Ajay Lakhanpal (Mandi) 1, Chander Mohan (Police) 2, Rakesh (Bilaspur) 3. Under-20 boys: Anil (Hamirpur) 1, Ravi (Mandi) 2, Lalchand (Bilaspur) 3. Under-16 boys: Abbas Ali (Bilaspur) 1, Achhar Singh (Una) 2, Chandan (Una) 3. 100 m women: Pushpa Thakur (Hamirpur) 1, Suchi Gupta (Bilaspur) 2, Kaura (Mandi) 3. Under-20 girls: Suchi Gupta (Bilaspur) 1, Promila (Mandi) 2, Mamta (Mandi) 3. Under-16 girls: Khursheed (Kangra) 1, Tripta (Kangra) 2, Ranjna (Mandi) 3. ADD...INDIA READY TO TAKE ON AUSTRALIA.... Though unhappy over Harbhajan Singh's absence, Azharuddin said it afforded Delhi off-spinner Nikhil Chopra a good chance to prove himself. "He is a good striker of the ball and a decent off-spinner and I hope he does well in Dhaka". On India’s preparations for the 1999 World Cup, Gaekwad said: "It is a long way off, but we have it at the back of our minds. We cannot be worrying about it from now on with so many tours lined up." "We cannot just ignore them and go to the World Cup without substantial wins behind our back." On the team’s performance on the recent tour of Zimbabwe, where India won a one-day series 2-1 but lost the one-off Test by 61 runs, Gaekwad said there was nothing to worry about. "We have beaten Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe (one-dayers) and were the only team to do it. Both England and Pakistan were beaten by the hosts handsomely," he said. The coach said the final strategy for the opener against Australia will be chalked out after reaching Dhaka and getting a feel of the wicket. On Australian spin wizard Shane Warne’s absence, Gaekwad said: "when he was there (in India and Sharjah), he didn’t make any difference." The 14-member Indian team, which had four-hour long nets today, is considering delaying its departure to Dhaka by a day. "We can have an extra day’s practice here rather than wasting one day in Dhaka where unseasonal rains are hampering other teams’ practice matches." India is scheduled to leave for Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
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Joyner's death due to epileptic seizure SANTA ANA (California), Oct 23 (AP) — Olympic sprint champion Florence Griffith Joyner suffocated from an epileptic seizure in her sleep last month, authorities have said. They said yesterday an autopsy found no indication of drug use in the death of the 38-year-old dazzling track star known simply as Flojo. "In layman’s terms, she suffocated," said Dr Richard Fukumoto, Chief of Forensics for the Orange County Sheriff’s-Coroner Department. Lt. Frank Fitzpatrick, head of forensic sciences for the Sheriff’s office, said toxicology tests showed she had taken about one tablet each of the over-the-counter painkiller tylenol and antihistamine benadryl, but "there was nothing unusual in terms of drugs." The seizure involved a congenital blood vessel abnormality. Dr Barbara Zaias said Griffith Joyner had a "cavernous angioma" on the front left part of her brain, a condition found in about 25 per cent of the population. Many people with the condition live their whole lives without knowing they have it, but in others it can cause headaches and seizures, she said. Fukumoto said Griffith Joyner apparently had been lying on her stomach and the seizure possibly caused her limbs to stiffen and turn her head to the right, where her breathing was constricted by covers and pillows. The medical experts said
the abnormality has never been associated with any banned
or illegal substances. Griffith Joyner had been shadowed
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P. Srinath, Rovai to clash for title HYDERABAD, Oct 23 (PTI) — Top seeded Prahlad Srinath of India will clash with second seeded Federico Rovai of Sweden in the men’s singles final of the second leg ITF-GVK Indian Satellite Tennis circuit here tomorrow. In contrasting semifinal matches at SAAP-APLTA Tennis Complex today, Indian Davis cupper and world number 549 Srinath had to fight a grim one-hour-48-minute battle to outplay fourth seeded Johan Hede of Sweden 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. In the other match, Rovai scored an easy victory over Patrick Erhardt of Germany 6-2, 6-1 in just 52 minutes. In an evenly fought first semifinal, Srinath broke Hede’s service in the first game itself, but Hede struck back in the fourth and levelled the score 2-all. In the fifth game, Srinath again broke Hede’s service, to lead 5-3 and then won the set after the Swedish player held his service in the ninth game. In the next set, Srinath broke Hede in the fifth game to take 3-2 lead. Hede won the eighth game and as Srinath lost concentration. The Swedish world number 629 levelled the score at 4-all with fine double-handed backhand volleys. Capitalising on Srinath’s shoddy display, Hede took a 5-4 lead and then broke the Indian to equal the set score at 1-1. In the deciding set, both players shared games till 3-all but, Srinath won the next three games to pocket the match. After both the players held their serves till the sixth game, Srinath broke Hede in the seventh to lead 4-3. Up with his own serve, Srinath showed his true form by sending down powerful aces to take 5-3 lead. Keeping the same tempo, the Indian raised to two match points in his favour and won the set and match with a fine ace on the second occasion. In the other semifinal, Rovai held the whip over the match with well calculated shots to notch up a facile victory.
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Panjab University men enter final CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Hosts Panjab University beat Guru Nanak Dev University 3-1 to advance to the final in the men's section of the North Zone Inter-University Badminton (men and women) Tournament being played at the PU Gymnasium here today. Results: Men (semifinals): Panjab University, Chandigarh, bt Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, 3-1 (Amit Sachdeva bt Jaideep Kohli 13-15, 15-13, 15-9, Ashish Sharma lost to Rohan Kapoor 10-15, 14-17, Amandeep & Sunil bt Sumit & Ankush 15-4, 15-8, Rajat Johal bt Gagandeep 15-9, 15-7). Delhi University, Delhi bt Allahabad University, Allabahad 3-2 (Hemant Duggal bt Swarnjeet 15-9, 15-7 Rudra Kaushik bt Anoop Mehrotra by 15-13, 10-15, 15-13, Subhash & Hemant Duggal lost to Amit & Swarnjeet by 7-15, 3-15, Satwinder Singh lost to Amit Mehrotra 5-15, 9-15 points, Satwinder Singh & Sukhwinder bt Anoop Mehrotra & Vivek 15-0, 15-3). Women (semifinals): Punjabi University, Patiala bt Delhi University 2-0 Meeta Bhandari bt Gaytri 11-8, 11-4 Meeta Bhandari & Navdeep Kaur bt Krishma & Kanika 15-13, 2-15, 15-0. Guru Nanak Dev University bt Panjab University 2-0 Saloni Kundra bt Bhawna 11-4, 11-3 Saloni Kundra & Sandhya bt Bhawna & Pallavi 15-1, 15-2.
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Delhi have Haryana struggling ROHTAK, Oct 23 — Haryana were struggling at 60 for two at the end of the second day's play today to avoid an innings defeat in the Ranji Trophy league match against Delhi being played at Maharaja Aggarsen Cricket Stadium here. Delhi scored 299 runs in the first innings thereby taking a vital lead of 160 runs over Haryana who were dismissed for 139 runs before tea on the opening day yesterday. Resuming their overnight score of 67 for two, Delhi batsmen took the score to 80 when Ajay Sharma was caught at silly point by Shafiq off Vineet Jain. He hit two boundaries to his individual score of 22. Overnight not out batsman Ashu Dani and Ajay Sharma contributed 44 runs for the third wicket. The highlight of the Delhi innings was a chanceless score of 118 by all-rounder Virender Sehwag. He hit 16 boundaries and three sixes in his maiden century. He frustrated all Haryana bowlers and the worst to suffer was Pardeep Jain who conceded 41 runs in just three overs. Though young Sehwag was playing only his second Ranji Trophy match, today's was the first inning he played in a first class match. Sehwag was in the Delhi eleven that was scheduled to play against Tamil Nadu last year. That match was abondoned due to a controversy over pitch conditions. The opening batsman Ashu Dani looked comfortable against Haryana bowlers. He scored 52 runs with the help of seven fours and took Delhi's score to 142 for five. After his departure Delhi lost Akash Malhotra (18) Sandeep Angrulla (0) and Rahul Sanghvi (9) in quick succession. The Delhi total was 199 for 8 at that stage and it appeared that the Delhi innings may fold soon. However, the partnership for the ninth wicket between Amit Bhandari and Sehwag made a fruitful contribution of 36 runs. But the climax of the Delhi innings was a partnership of 64 runs between Sehwag and Robin Singh (jr). This was the highest partnership of the innings. Delhi were all out before tea for Scoreboard Haryana (2nd
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Punjab humiliate Himachal Pradesh MANDI, Oct 23 — Himachal's batting failed to click today as the hosts slumped to a humiliating innings and a 16-run defeat with two days to spare in the Pepsi four-day Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Himachal in Padal ground here today. The visiting batsman made heavy weather as they resumed on 179 for 5 today. D. Mongia who was playing on 22 yesterday slammed an unbeaten 114 and enabled Punjab to score 22 runs. Punjab seized the initiative in the second innings with early blows and had the top order — Nischal Gaur (7), Ajay Kumar (20) Rajiv Nayyar (0), Rishi Kapoor (1) — back in the pavillion with the score reading 30 for 4. Arun Verma (16) and R. Panta (15) tried to stem the rot but did not succeed much as the visitors did not let the initiative slip. Sanjay Kaushal (13) could not do much. Sangram, who was hero of the one-day match was sent back to the pavillion with no score. Vishal and Pravin finished with one run each as Himachal hustled out at a score of 90 runs. In all Punjab added 106 runs in the morning. D. Mongia reached his third century in the Ranji matches with 12 boundaries. He made his second century on the same ground two years back. Mongia's century was backed up by a 90-run partnership between him and Navdeep, who made brilliant 80 runs. Punjab bowler, Retinder Sodhi, made his best haul in Ranji matches by taking four wickets for 33 runs. Score Board
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ITBP, Signals score wins CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Penalty shootouts were ordered in two of the three matches decided on the second day of the second Dr Sadhu Singh Hamdard Memorial All-India Hockey Tournament at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, today. Indo-Tibetan Border Police beat ASC, Jalandhar, 6-5 via tie-breaker after the two teams failed to resolve a 2-2 deadlock at the end of the stipulated period.The game played on a fast note witnessed some good moves from either side but none of the teams could convert the open chances coming their way. ASC had recently won the Army Hockey Championship. On the other hand, Corps of Signals recorded a splendid 2-1 win over Sikh Regiment centre, Ramgarh. Signals, who dominated the proceedings throughout the game, took the lead in the 34th minute when fullback Avtar Singh made no mistake from a penalty corner award. Three minutes in the second half saw Ghan Shyam making full use of an opening created by Avtar Singh to make the issue safe for Signals. The Ramgarh boys did not give up and fought till the end. Their efforts bore fruit in the 66th minute when Vinay Kumar converted a penalty corner to reduce the margin. In the third game of the day, young Nawanshahr XI took full measure of yet another Services squad, EME. After playing a 2-2 draw in the regulation period, Nawanshahr boys emerged winners in the tie-breaker by 5-3 to move into the next round. Saturday's fixtures : RCF vs Nawanshahr XI; 2 p.m.; CISF vs ITBP; 3.30 p.m.
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Rohtak, Bhiwani in volleyball semis SIRSA, Oct 23 (UNI) — Rohtak entered volleyball semifinal in the 6th Haryana State Rural Sports Championship beating Sirsa at Maharana Pratap Stadium here today. The match was extended up to five sets in which Rohtak triumphed 7-15, 15-10, 3-15, 15-13, 15-12. In the other quarterfinal volleyball matches Mahindergarh routed Jajjar by 15-3, 15-3, 15-3, while Kurukshetra defeated Ambala 15-6, 15-1, 15-9. Bhiwani prevailed over Gurgaon 13-15, 15-8, 15-6, 15-8 to make their way into the semis. In kho-kho quarterfinal matches, there was a neck-and-neck fight between Kaithal and Rohtak. The teams were level at 15-15 after the normal time and a decision came in the extra time of 1-1 innings when Kaithal pipped Rohtak with a close margin of 8-7 points. In another quarterfinals, Hisar defeated Karnal 17-10 and Jind beat Bhiwani by 14 -13. In handball Jind outclassed Jajjar by 19-3 goals, Gurgaon outclassed Kaithal by 28-11, Hisar defeated Faridabad by 18-10 and Rohtak got the better of Rewari by 13-10 goals to secure their places in the semifinals. Panipat kabaddi team registered victory over Bhiwani with a close margin of 25-23 points to enter into the semifinal while Jajjar outplayed Gurgaon by 44-22 points for a place in semifinal. The results: Athletics (discus throw)-1 Suresh Kumar (Hisar) 47.38 mtr, 2 Sandeep (Bhiwani) 45.80 mtr, 3 Surinder (Hisar) 44.74 mtr. High jump — 1 Hukam Singh (Mahindergarh) 1.65 mtr, 2 Gobind Ram (Mahindergarh) 1.60 mtr and 3 Rohit (Karnal) and Sardhanand (Jajjar) joint 1.60 mtr. Kabaddi (pre-quarter final): Panipat b Kaithal 50-26, Sonepat b Fatehabad 19-5, Gurgaon b Ambala 30-10 and Rewari b Mahindergarh by 17.12 points. Hockey (pre-quarter final): Hisar b Bhiwani 3-0, Gurgaon b Panipat 3-0, Kurukshetra b Sonepat 8-6, Jajjar b Jind 2-0 and Faridabad b Fatehabad by 2-0. Football (pre-quarter final): Jajjar b Yamunanagar 2-0, Rohtak b Sirsa 1-0, Gurgaon b Hisar 3-0, Kurukshetra b Karnal by 3-2 and Rewari b Faridabad by 3-0.
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Sangrur overcome fancied Ludhiana PATIALA, Oct 23 — Sangrur caused a flutter as they managed to overcome hot favourites Ludhiana in the semifinals of the badminton event of the Punjab State Sports Festival for junior boys here today. With a hard earned 2-1 win over Ludhiana, Sangrur cruised into the finals where they will cross swords with Jalandhar for the title. Jalandhar had an easy outing against Patiala beating them 2-0 on their way to the final. The match between Sangrur, which over the years has produced some fine shuttlers, and Ludhiana was a hotly contested one and could have gone either way. After Sangrur's Kazim lost to Dilpreet 0-15, 6-15, the hard-working duo of Tauseef and Akhtar managed to level the tie beating the Ludhiana pair of Dilpreet and Ankit 1-15, 15-9, 17-15. With the tie level 1-1 it all boiled down to the match between Tauseef and Ranbir which eventually turned out to be a cliffhanger of a contest. After taking the first set comfortably Sangrur shuttler Tauseef showed better footwork and courtcraft to clinch the second set 17-16, but only after his rival Ranbir gave him some anxious moments. In the other semifinal the Jalandhar duo of Ramanjit and Harmanjit combined well to win the second match of the tie beating the hosts pair of Harinder and Iqbal 15-9, 15-12. Earlier Ramanjit had given his team a flying start beating Harinder in a three-setter 2-15, 15-12, 15-11. Other results: Table tennis: (semifinal): Jalandhar b Ferozepur 3-0, Amritsar beat Ropar 3-1. Volleyball (quarterfinals): Amritsar b Sangrur 15-6, 15-5, Patiala b Mansa 15-4, 15-4, Jalandhar b Gurdaspur 15-2, 15-2, Ropar b Ludhiana 15-4, 15-11. Swimming: 400 metres free style: Jaspreet Singh (Sangrur) 1, Manmohan Singh (Sangrur) 2, Harmandeep (Patiala) 3, 100m butterfly Jaspreet Singh (Sangrur) 1, Madhav (Ludhiana) 2, Kuldeep Singh (Sangrur) 3. 200m backstroke: Jaspreet (Sangrur) 1, Rahul (Hoshiarpur) 2, Jaswinder (Patiala) 3. 50m freestyle: Jaspreet Singh (Sangrur) 1, Harminder Singh (Fazilka) 2, Paras (Gurdaspur) 3. Athletics: 400m final: Varinder Singh (Gurdaspur) 1, Satwinder (Hoshiarpur) 2, Manpreet Singh (Patiala) 3, discus throw: Manpreet (Ludhiana) 1, Gurjant Singh (Moga) 2, Kanwarjit (Ludhiana) 3, long jump: Mohan Singh (Sangrur) 1, Vikramjit Singh (Muktsar) 2, Jaspreet Singh (Amritsar) 3. High jump: Jaskaran Preet Singh (Jalandhar) 1, Daljeet Singh (Patiala) 2, Daveninderjit (Sangrur) 3. Gymnastics (team championships): Patiala 1, Gurdaspur 2, Jalandhar 3. Kho-kho (quarterfinals): Sangrur b Mansa by 11 points, Ludhiana b Patiala by 5 points, Hoshiarpur b Moga by 6 points, Gurdaspur b Kapurthala by 1 point.
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Facile win for Chandigarh CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — A number of upsets were witnessed in basketball competitions for boys in the 44th National School Games at Jalandhar today. Madhya Pradesh was upset by Delhi in a closely-contested match by 54-48. Madhya Pradesh team was leading by a solitary point (25-24) at the half time. With just three minutes to go for the match Delhi established a 10-point lead. But Madhya Pradesh lads applied pressure and reduced the margin scoring three successive baskets. Dilip Kumar (12 points) and Manish Sangwan (20) played well for Delhi, while Sukhdayal (20) was the highest scorer for the victors. Reigning champions Gujarat struggled hard to prevail over Kerala by 67-66. Both the team were level at 66 points when roughly 28 seconds remained for the match to finish. One of the Kerala players committed a foul at this juncture which proved costly for the team. Shyam (16), Vineet (11) and Ritesh (17) shared the maximum points among themselves for Kerala, while Mukesh Yadav (33), Prithiviraj (7) and J. Patel (13) did the bulk of the scoring for the winners. The hosts Punjab had little difficulty in defeating Andhra Pradesh. Punjab gained an early lead. Showing good defence and playing aggressively surged ahead by 16 points at the half time score being 26-10. After the break, their rivals regrouped themselves and displaying better coordination reduced the margin. However, Punjab taking advantage of their superior physique prevailed 43-34. Sarabjit (17) and Bikram Singh (09) excelled for Punjab whereas Pandu Rang (12) and Pankaj (11) helped Andhra reduce the margin of defeat.
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Amritsar on top against Chandigarh PATIALA, Oct 23 (FOSR) — Chandigarh were precariously placed at 31 for 3 in reply to Amritsar's score or 300 all out on the first day of the final match for the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Tournament (under-19) played here today. Amritsar were jolted in the early party of their innings but a 127-run partnership for fifth wicket between Harshdeep Singh (91) and Chandan (71) enabled Amritsar to reach safety. Scores: Amritsar (Ist innings) 300 all out (Harshdeep Singh 91, Chandan 71, Sanjay 50, Pankaj Behl 28., Anurag 3 for 35, Yuvraj Singh 2 for 59, Sanjay Dhul 2 for 82). Chandigarh: 31 for 3 (Deepak Thakur 17 not out. Pankaj Behl 1 for 10, Ranjeet 1 for 0, Harshdeep Singh 1 for 0). Hoshiarpur cops defeat PSEB SHIMLA, Oct 23 (TNS) — Hoshiarpur police defeated Punjab State Electricity Board in a thrilling contest on the opening day of the All India Dr Y.S. Parmar Memorial Volleyball Tournament here today. The powermen completely dominated the first set which they won comfortably. However, the Hoshiarpur cops came back strongly win the next three sets and wrapped up the match 6-15, 15-12, 15-5, 16-14. A.G., Himachal, beat, Heros Club, Haryana 15-9, 15-10, 15-13, while Ferozepore Club trounced Himachal 15-6, 15-9 and 15-3. In another match Andhara
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