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A. Flower powers Zimbabwe to win 3 DD men cheated Govt
of Rs 21 crore: CBI
England's Mike Atherton hooks for a boundary off Pakistani pacer Abdul Razzak on the first day of the first Test in Lahore on Wednesday. England, who have already lost a series of three one-day matches against Pakistan, were 76 without loss at lunch. — AFP
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Prasanna’s tips helped
Sarandeep improve Walsh, Lara ‘ready’ for series Azhar to meet
Madhavan today Kotla pitch okay
for Test
Stage set for jr b’minton Williams for higher
share in windfall Ludhiana athletes shine Patiala, Gurdaspur enter last four Ghouse-Uppal duo
enters semis
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A. Flower powers Zimbabwe to win FARIDABAD, Nov 15 (UNI) — Opener Gavin Rennie (72) and star batsman Andy Flower (92) powered Zimbabwe to an imposing four-wicket victory over Board President’s XI in the three-day tie at Nahar Singh Stadium here today. Chasing an achievable target of 262 for a win, Zimbabwe lost two early wickets, but Rennie and Andy steadied the innings by scoring on a placid and dry wicket. Both captains Guy Whittall and Hrishikesh Kanitkar tried to infuse some life into the match which, from the outset, seemed to be heading for a draw. Zimbabwe, tasting their first win of the series, will face India in a Test match at Ferozeshah Kotla, New Delhi, three days later. Earlier, Board President’s XI had declared their second innings at 183 for two 15 minutes after lunch and set a target of 262 for victory. Andy and Rennie had added 116 runs for the third wicket and took the score closer to the target. Rennie was caught by wicketkeeper Abhijit Kale off Ashish Kapoor for 72. Andy and Whittal carried on the batting cautiously after the fall of Rennie. The former was out by Kanitkar off Rahul Sanghvi at 92 while the team score was 220, needing another 42 runs. When the mandatory overs began, Zimbabwe needed another 83 runs for the win. Grant Flower, who had opened the innings with Rennie, was clean bowled to an incutter off Santosh Saxena at 4. Stuart Carlisle (18), who came at the fall of the first wicket, tried to accelerate the pace but failed as spin was introduced from either end. Going for a hit and missing the line, he gave a catch at silly point off Sanghvi’s bowling. Abbas Ali, though fumbled initially, caught hold of the ball in the second attempt. The bowling was opened by medium pacer Debashish Mohanty and Saxena who failed to impress much. Spinners Rahul Sanghvi and Kapoor proved very effective. Sanghvi claimed three scalps whereas Ashish took one. Nkala was run out by Kale. In the second innings, Kanitkar and middle order batsman Virendra Sehwag remained not out at 33 and 58, respectively. Both scored swiftly, adding 91 runs for the third wicket. In the morning, stumper Vijay Dahiya, who has been selected to don the national cap, did not come out to bat because of a minor injury. Kale emerged with overnight batsman Ravnet Ricky to start the day. For Zimbabwe, Henry Olonga and Brian Murphy opened the bowling. Olonga, with better line and length, did not give any room to both to score at liberty. In the first hour they could score barely 33 runs. Immediately after drinks, Mluleki Nkala was introduced, who, in the very first over removed Abhijit. The batsman, who was uncomfortable since morning, could not gauge the pace of the ball and sneaked it to wicketkeeper Travor Madundo. The Board President’s XI skipper stepped in but in the very next over, with a similar delivery, Nkala forced Ricky to supply another catch to first slip. Without any mistake, fielder Paul Strang grabbed the ball. Sehwag joined his captain to accelerate the score by attacking the bowler and scored 39 from 35 balls. The next 50 runs came off 48 deliveries. Spinner Strang gave away 29 runs in a couple of overs. SCOREBOARD Board President’s XI (1st innings) 314-5 decl. Zimbabwe (1st innings) 236-5 decl. Board President’s XI (2nd innings): Rickey c Strang b Nkala 44 Vijay Dahiya retired 23 Abhijit Kale c A Flower b Nkala 14 Kanitkar not out 33 Virender Sehwag not out 58 Extras
(b-6, nb-5) 11 Total (for 2 wkts decl) 183 Bowling: Olonga 11-1-44-0, Nkala 15-7-27-2, Friend 7-2-26-0, Murphy 15-3-35-0, G Flower 2-1-1-0, Strang 4-0-44-0. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): G. Flower b Saxena 4 Rennie c Kale b Kapoor 71 Carlisle c Ali b Sanghvi 18 A. Flower c Kanitkar b Sanghvi 94 Adondo c Kanitkar b Sanghvi 17 G. Whittal not out 26 Nkala run out 22 P. Strang not out 4 Extras: 6 (lb-3, nb-3) Total: (for 6 wkts) 262 Fow: 1/5, 2/50, 3/166, 4/197, 5/220, 6/256 Bowling: Mohanty 10-3-35-0, Saxena 7-0-29-1, Sanghvi 17-0-93-3, Kapoor 15-2-55-1, Sehwag 3-0-27-0, Kanitkar 2-0-20-0. |
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3 DD men cheated Govt of Rs 21 crore: CBI NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (PTI) — The CBI has alleged that three senior officials of Doordarshan cheated the government of about Rs 21 crore and showed undue favours to two private television networks and certain officials of the London-based International Cricket Council (ICC) and its subsidiary ICC Development International (IDI) regarding grant of telecast rights for the ICC knockout Tournament at Dhaka in 1998. In an FIR filed in a city court, the CBI alleged that Mr Rakesh Bahadur, Deputy Director General (Commercial and Sales), Mr K. Kunhikrishnan, Deputy Director General (Sports), P.K. Seth, Deputy Director General (Finance) had entered into a criminal conspiracy with the Bangalore-based Messers Worldtel and Delhi-based Stracon India and dishonestly enhanced the bid for the telecast of the tournament. The CBI alleged that against global tenders invited for the telecast rights cricket, Doordarshan submitted its bid of $ 8.5 million, including $ 0.5 million as production charges, but in conspiracy with some ICC and IDI officials, “dishonestly” enhanced the bid to $ 10 million, excluding production charges of $ 1 million. The initial bid of $ 8.5 million submitted by the Doordarshan officials was itself the highest, the FIR alleged. The officials of ICC and IDI in conspiracy with the Doordarshan officials introduced a condition of bid guarantee of 10 per cent to be submitted alongwith the bid document just a week before the opening of the bid, the CBI alleged. The three Doordarshan officials in conspiracy with Messers Stracon and Messers Worldtel and certain officials of the ICC and IDI asked Stracon to give such a guarantee and in process dishonestly passed on the charge of overseas rights to Stracon. The Delhi-based Television company, in turn, passed the same rights to Messers Worldtel, who submitted the bank guarantee and fraudently obtained the overseas rights of the ICC knockout Tournament putting Doordarshan to a substantial pecuniary loss of about Rs 21 crore. On November 13, sleuths of the anti-corruption branch carried out searches at the residential and official premises of six Doordarshan officials, including the three mentioned in this FIR, the premises of three private television companies and former chief of ICC Jagmohan Dalmiya in five cities. |
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Saqlain strikes with four wickets LAHORE, Nov 15 (Reuters) — Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq hit back with four quick wickets after England had made a fine start on the first day of the first Test today. Mike Atherton and Marcus Trescothick put on a century for the opening wicket before the off-spinner took his wickets in the space of 49 runs to reduce the tourists to 183 for four. The left-handed Trescothick top-edged a pull just before tea and was caught at backward short leg by Salim Elahi with the score on 134. Atherton, who passed 7,000 Test runs during his innings, followed for 73 soon after the break, also getting a top edge and being caught at short square leg. His innings lasted just over six-and-a-half hours and 190 balls. Alec Stewart was trapped lbw on the back foot for three and England captain Nasser Hussain, attempting a lofted drive, got an outside edge and was caught by Wasim Akram, running back at cover, for seven. Graeme Hick joined Thorpe as England moved on to 195 for four. SCOREBOARD England (Ist innings): Atherton c Youhana b Saqlain 73 Trecothick c Elahi b Saqlain 71 Thorpe not out 22 Stewart lbw b Saqlain 3 Hussain c Akram b Saqlain 7 Hick not out 6 Extras: (b-3 lb-3 nb-7) 13 Total: (for four wickets) 195 Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-169, 3-173, 4-183. Bowling: Wasim Akram 9-4-12-0, Razzaq 11-4-29-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 30-7-61-4, Mushtaq 23-4-69-0, Afridi 9-3-17-0, Abbas 2-1-1-0. |
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Prasanna’s tips helped
Sarandeep improve AMRITSAR, Nov 15 — It was celebration time at Sarandeep’s house and at his college — DAV College — here after the news of Sarandeep having been selected for the first Test against Zimbabwe to be played at Delhi from November 18. The lanky right arm off spinner, who was trained at National Cricket Academy for seniors at
Bangalore, was groomed by India’s ace spinners E.A.S. Prasanna and Vasu
Prainje. Talking with great deal of confidence to The Tribune here this morning, Sarandeep popularly known as
Nanoo, said that he was inspired by his father Manmohan Singh, who was a Ranji player during the early 70’s and a left arm spinner who had captained the Panjab University cricket team. Nanoo took to cricket at an early age, was coached by Balwant Singh Bhanot who found his high arm action effective for spin bowling. Sarandeep came into limelight when he was selected for the junior Indian team against Sri Lanka, who toured India last year. In the Deodhar Trophy, as member of the North Zone team, he picked up eight wickets. Later as a member of Indian team in a triangular one-day series involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan, played at Abu Dhabi he picked up two wickets for 34 runs against Sri Lanka and enabled his team to win the match. Nanoo felt that the tips and the guidance provided by the world famous flight master Prasanna helped him to be more effective in both one day matches and in the longer version of the game. He expressed his gratitude for being selected in the National Cricket Academy. Sarandeep says it is by the grace of almighty and the well wishes of his parents and friends that he has been selected to represent the country for the current home series. Nanoo feels grateful to his coach Bhandari Lal, a custom inspector, under whom he has trained for the last two years. His coach had told his father that one day Nanoo would improve and get into the national squad. And he was proved right last night. Nanoo left this morning along with his Punjab team-mates for Delhi to join the India camp for the first Test. |
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Walsh, Lara ‘ready’ for series MELBOURNE, Nov 15 (AFP) — Courtney Walsh and Brian Lara will both be ready to face Australia in next week’s first Test despite lack of match practice, West Indies captain Jimmy Adams said today. Walsh and Lara have yet to play a first-class match on tour, settling for Friday’s four-day game against Victoria here as their only hitout before the first Test begins at Brisbane’s Gabba ground next Thursday. Lara has hamstring trouble but he has kept in form with centuries in two festival matches while the 38-year-old Walsh has bowled just six overs on tour. But the world’s leading Test wicket-taker looked as smooth as ever when he conceded just four runs against a Northern Territory Invitation XI in Alice Springs yesterday in his first workout. Walsh was satisfied and that was good enough for Adams, who needs the veteran strike bowler to guide the Windies through a Test series he has labelled “the greatest challenge in world cricket”. “Courtney calls the shots and tells me how he feels,” Adams said. “He bowled six overs and said he was grooving pretty well. At his age that would do for me”. “If the rhythm is there, he’s happy. I’ve seen Courtney not play before Test matches but he goes to the nets and comes away saying ‘the rhythm is there, the rhythm is there — I feel good’.” That was the case in England earlier this year when Walsh rested from all three lead-up matches before the first Test in Edgbaston. He then came out and rattled England with figures of 5-36 in the first innings before finishing the series with 34 wickets at an average of 12.82 — lifting his career tally to 483 Test scalps. Lara didn’t have as much fun in England, scoring 239 runs at 26.55, but the influential left-hander has convinced Adams he is ready for the battles with the likely Australian pace trio of Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie. Lara’s hamstring is still causing problems, making him look tentative in Alice Springs, but Adams is not worried. “It’s different for batsman than bowlers because you need that confidence of spending time in the middle, hitting balls and hitting balls,” Adams said. “Batsmen might have rhythm in the nets but they still want that time and pressure in the middle and Brian recognises that.” Lara has batted for almost four hours on tour and the 31-year-old has already said he wants to match that total during the Victoria game. Adams said the Windies would name a line-up “as close to the Test team as possible” but he was non-committal about the spots up for grabs. Rookie paceman Kerry Jeremy is the only player unavailable while he recovers from a broken jaw suffered in the Windies’ seven-wicket loss to Western Australia last week. |
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Azhar to meet
Madhavan today NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (PTI) — The BCCI’s Anti-corruption commissioner K. Madhavan would be examining former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin in Hyderabad tomorrow and he has also sought comments from the BCCI chief, A.C. Muthaiah on observations made in the CBI report against working of the board, BCCI sources said here today. Mr Madhavan left for Hyderabad this evening and was likely to examine Azharuddin tomorrow at an undisclosed place due to security reasons, the sources said. Azharuddin was earlier scheduled to meet Mr Madhavan in Chennai on Saturday but failed to keep the date. The BCCI officials are tightlipped on whether any contact had been established with Azharuddin, who has been elusive ever since the CBI report on betting and match-fixing in cricket was submitted to the government. The 162-page report names Azharuddin and four other cricket players besides the former physiotherapist Ali Irani. When contacted, Mr Madhavan told the PTI that he would soon be taking a decision about Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma. |
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Kotla pitch okay
for Test NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (PTI) — The cricket board’s pitch committee today gave the green signal to the Ferozeshah Kotla ground which will host the first of the two-Test series between India and Zimbabwe from November 18 to 22. BCCI chief curator and pitch committee chairman G. Kasturirangan told PTI that the two-man committee surveyed the pitch conditions over two days before giving the go ahead. “The pitch is in superb condition. Other facilities are also fine,” Mr Kasturirangan said. Mr Kasturirangan, who along with Mr Dheeraj Parsanna carried out the inspection, said the committee had allowed the Indian team management and the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) to decide on what type of wicket they would like to make. “We don’t want to give any opinion on the kind of wicket. We have left it to the local association,” he said. The Kotla ground will be hosting a Test match after a gap of 21 months. India won the last match played on the ground, against Pakistan when leg-spinner Anil Kumble made history by taking 10 wickets in the second innings. |
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Kuerten, Kafelnikov win; Norman loses PARIS, Nov 15 (DPA) — Top seed Gustavo Kuerten and number 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov earned straight-set victories into the third round of the $ 2.95-million Masters Series Paris, but Swede Magnus Norman crashed to an opening defeat. Two-time French Open champion Kuerten of Brazil held off American qualifier Chris Woodruff 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) yesterday, regaining a measure of confidence after a stinging loss on Friday. “Guga” came to Paris reeling from a hammering he took in the quarter-finals at Lyon at the hands of Patrick Rafter. The South American made personal history as he won his first match at the Bercy Omnisport in his third year of trying. Against Woodruff, Kuerten raced unhindered through a second-set tiebreaker to book into the third round after an opening bye, sending down an ace for a match point and another to complete the job in one hour, 17 minutes. Kuerten expressed contentment at finally getting a Bercy victory. “I’m happy that I won on this court,” he said. “I’m not the favourite; I don’t win often on this (carpet) surface. For me, this is good.” Kafelnikov, the reigning Olympic champion, ousted Swedish veteran Magnus Gustafson 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the second round. But there was no luck for third-seeded Norman, who has not performed well since last month, when he took a title outdoors in Shanghai, then slumped once back in Europe. The Swede — already qualified for the eight-man Masters final in Lisbon this month along with Kuerten, Marat Safin, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Kafelnikov — couldn’t match French crowd favourite Santoro. He went down and out 6-2, 6-4, leaving himself only next week’s home Stockholm Open to turn his sagging game around. Stuttgart Masters champion Wayne Ferreira of South Africa, seeded 10th, defeated Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Swiss Marc Rosset, beaten on his birthday last week in Russia, turned in an upset of French number 14 Cedric Pioline 7-5, 7-5. American Jan-Michael Gambill moved into the second round when Romanian Andrei Pavel quit because of an injury as he was trailing 4-1. Dominik Hrbaty ousted Swiss hope Roger Federer 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Brits took a double dose of defeats on the day, with both ninth-seeded Tim Henman and former champion Greg Rusedski going out in their first matches. Frenchman Arnaud Clement followed up on his first career title in Lyon over the weekend as he controlled Rusedski 7-6 (7-5), 7-5. Henman lost to Spaniard Albert Costa 6-4, 6-4 in the second round. The defeat — Costa’s first after winning not so much as a set against the Brit in three previous meetings — put Henman out of contention for a place in the year-end championships. “There weren’t too many bright spots,” Henman said. “I felt like I was always playing uphill.” Australian Lleyton Hewitt pulled out Tuesday because of a mystery allergy, which has baffled doctors all over the world. It’s a complaint he has been carrying for three months. “It’s annoying that they can’t put their finger on it,” the 19-year-old said. “I have stomach pain all the time, I don’t have a lot of energy. It’s a struggle to get my breath back. I’m disappointed, especially to have to pull out.” Hewitt, who lost the four-hour final in Stuttgart last month to Ferreira, said he still hoped to compete in next week’s Stockholm Open — if resting this week will help his condition. “I’m disappointed that I’m not 100 per cent coming into such big events (Paris and Lisbon),” he said. “Over the next few months, we look straight after the Davis Cup finals (against Spain in December) into the Australian summer.” |
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Stage set for jr b’minton CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — Twelve teams, six each in the boys and girls sections, respectively, will vie for top honours in the Servo - Indian Oil 56th Junior National Inter-State Badminton Championship for the Narang Cup and the Shafi Quereshi Cup scheduled to begin from November 17 at Sector 42 badminton hall here, according to Mr MP Singh, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, and chairman of the organising committee. He said more than 350 players drawn from various affiliated units of the Badminton Association of India will be seen in action in the nine-day meet for players under-19. Mr KAP Sinha, joint secretary, Finance, UT, and joint chairman of the committee, said the team championship will end on November 18 and on the following day the individual events for the 25th Servo-Indian Oil Badminton Championship will begin. The Yonex brand of shuttlecocks as approved by International Badminton Federation will be used in the meet. Mr Gian Chand Gupta, president of the organising committee, said three Hova courts had been laid on the wooden courts in the hall and at the recently renovated third court. Mr Nursrat Ali Khan, Punjab’s Minister for Sports, will inaugurate the team championship while Ms Vineeta Rai, Adviser to the UT Administrator, will be the chief guest on the finals of team championship on November 18. Mr TPS Puri, organising secretary, said in the boys section Air-India will defend their title. Mr S.M. Arif, chief national coach felt happy that top-level players would be taking part in this meet. They are Arup Sridhar, SDS Krishu (Air-India) and PV Sajith (Kerala) in boys and Tripti Murugan (Air-India), Parul Priyadarshini (Rlys), and Shruti Kurien and Jwala Gutta (AP) in the girls section. Qualified umpires from the Badminton Association of India have arrived for the meet. Meanwhile, the qualifying matches in boys singles began here today. Vikas Kundu of Haryana moved into the second round when he downed Rohit Kapoor of Punjab. The results are: Shaben Rawat (Mah) b Loveneesh Ahuja (Dli) 21-17; Gaurav Singh (UP) b Harjot Singh (Pb) 21-17; Ram Karan (Har) b Amit Upadhyaya (UP) 21-9; VR Harish Kumar (Ktk) b Nitin Sood (Chd) 21-1; TS Bisht (UP) b Varun Khanna (Pb) 21-19; Abhishek Patil (Mah) b Arvind (Har) 21-17; Sahir Arora (Pb) b P Arjun Reddy (AP) 21-4; Ritesh Kumar (Dli) b K Ravi Babu (AP) 21-13; Navneet (UP) b Amit Kumar (Pb) 21-6; Siddharth Wag (Mah ) b A. Saptankar (Ktk) 21-8; Bidin Balan (Ker) b Thomas Fernandez (Goa) 21-12; Vikas Kundu (Har) b Rohit Kapoor (Pb) 21-16; Manish Gupta (UP) b Rasik Ahuja (Pb) 21-10; Praveen (Mah) b A. Maliakan (Dli) 21-10; V Reddy (AP) b Akash Sethi (Chd) 21-12. |
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Williams for higher
share in windfall MIAMI, Nov 15 (AP) — Venus and Serena Williams have brought excitement and “a ton of money” to women’s tennis, and the family deserves more of the WTA Tour’s windfall, their father says. “Venus and Serena are not sharing in the revenues packages that the WTA is collecting because of them,” Richard Williams said. “It’s very unfair, and something should be done. I should share in that package too.” Williams’ remarks came in the wake of complaints last week by Tiger Woods about marketing rights. Woods didn’t rule out leaving the PGA Tour if the issue isn’t resolved. Speaking from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the family lives, Williams said he wanted an equal partnership with the WTA. If the issue isn’t addressed soon, he said, his daughters might skip tournaments they would otherwise play. “They might do a slowdown here and there,” he said. As it is, the sisters rarely play in the same events. The impact the Williams sisters have made in tennis is comparable to Woods’ effect on golf, Richard Williams said. “I look at it as being exactly similar in the exposure they bring, the tickets, the money they generate,” he said. “Any place Venus and Serena go, they sell out everything, even if they play doubles. No one has been able to sell out a doubles match before.” Bart McGuire, chief executive officer of the WTA Tour, responded by saying all players share in the revenue generated by the tour. “The WTA is a not-for-profit organization, with the tour’s share of revenues being used for overall tour operations and the day-to-day running of the tour,” he said in a statement. McGuire said he was always willing to discuss operations with players and their parents. |
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Ludhiana athletes shine LUDHIANA, Nov 15 — Despite a slow start, Ludhiana athletes proved their mettle today on the second and concluding day of the 77th Punjab State Senior Athletics Championship here. Yesterday, Ludhiana could win only three gold and three silver
medals where as today, they took their tally to 12 gold, 11 silver and two bronze medals. The results: 10 km walk (men): Jasvir Singh (Sgr) 1, Narinderpal Singh (Asr) 2, Juggar Singh (Sgr) 3; 110 m hurdles: (U-22 boys): Gurpreet Singh (Ldh) 1, Diljot Singh (Ldh) 2, Ranjot Singh of (Jal) 3; men: Jaspinder Singh (PP) 1, Dharampal Singh (BSF) 2, Satbir Singh (Ldh) 3; Long jump (Men): B.C. Roy (BSF) 1, Hargobind Singh (Asr) 2, Aaya Singh (Ldh) 3; (U-22 boys): Amritpal Singh (Ldh) 1, Lovroop Singh (Sgr) 2, Navjeet Singh (Moga) 3; Women: Reeta Rani (PP) 1, Malkiat Kaur (Asr) 2, Paraminder Kaur (Jal) 3; U-22 girls: Manisha Lehal (Ldh) 1, Jawinder Kaur (Jal) 2, Harpreet Kaur (Asr) 3; 100 m (men): Subhash Chander (Gdr) 1, Sukhwinder Singh (Fdk) 2, Manjit Singh (Hrp) 3; 800 m (U-22 boys): Kashmir Singh (Asr) 1, Ravinder Singh (Ldh) 2, Rajish (Jal) 3; women: Sukhdeep Kaur (Ldh) 1, Tejinder Kaur (Jal) 2, Gurkirpal Kaur (Jal) 3; U-22 girls: Tejinder Kaur (Jal) 1, Harjit Kaur (Jal) 2, Manjit Kaur (Ldh) 3; 400 m hurdles (men): Surinder Kumar (PP) 1, Ranjodh Singh (Jal) 2, Harinderjit Singh (Jal) 3; U-22 boys: Sukhjinder Singh (Jal) 1, Sukhjinder Singh (Ldh) 2, Harmeet Singh (Jal) 3; women: Baljit Kaur (Ldh) 1, Disha Pannu (Jal) 2, Shabnam (Jal) 3; Hammer throw (men): Rupinder Singh (PP) 1, Gurinderjit Singh (PP) 2, Baljit Singh (Mkt) 3; U-22 boys: Veekram Singh (Fth Sahib) 1 , Harpal Singh (Asr) 2, Prahalad Singh (Ldh) 3. 200 m (U-22 girls): Rajwinder Kaur (Jal) 1, Manjir Kaur (Jal) 2, Lakhwinder Kaur (Kpa) 3; women: Jaswinder Kaur (Jal) 1, Akwinder Kaur (Ldh) 2, Harpreet Kaur (Asr) 3; Shot put: (men): Bahadur Singh (PAP) 1, Navpreet Singh (Ldh) 2, Baldip Singh (BSF) 3; U-22 boys: Kulwinder Singh PAP, Bhupinder Singh (PP) 2,Amarjit Singh (PAP) 3; women: Rita Rani (Ropar) 1, Monika (Ropar) 2, Lukbir Kaur (Jal) 3; 4x100 mt relay (U-22 women): Jalandhar 1, Ludhiana 2, Muktsar 3; 4x400 m relay (men): Amritsar 1, Jalandhar 2, Hoshiarpur 3; women: Jalandhar 1, Kapurthala 2, Muktsar 3; girls: Jalandhar 1, Ludhiana 2, Amritsar 3; high jump (women): Kirandeep Kaur (Jal) 1, Sandeep Ghuman (Mkt) 2, Mamta (Jal) 3; U-22 (girls): Balwinder Kaur (Jal) 1, Navdeep Kaur (Jal) 2, Kamaljit Kaur (Mkt) 3; 10000 m (men): Gobind Ram (Fth Sahib) 1, Avtar Singh (Mansa) 2, Bakshi Ram (Kpa) 3; U-22 boys: Jasbir Singh (Ldh) 1, Bhupinder Singh (Ldh) 2, Gurdarshan Singh (Mansa) 3; U-22 girls: Amarjit Kaur (Ldh) 1, Sarabjit Kaur (Jal) 2, Sarabjit Kaur (Sgr) 3; 100 m hurdles: U-22 (girls): Veerpal Kaur (Ldh) 1, Balwinder Kaur (Jal) 2, Manpreet kaur (Jal) 3; women: Baljit Kaur (Ldh) 1, Disha Pannu (Jal) 2, Kamaljit (Jal) 3; 5 km walk: (women): Jyoti (Jal) 1, Daya Verma (Rpr) 2, Amandeep (Asr) 3; U-22 girls: Rajwnderjit Kaur (Asr) 1, Sandeep Kaur (Jal) 2, Baljinder Kaur (Jal) 3; discuss throw (women): Sukhwinder Kaur (Asr) 1, Lakhvir Kaur (Jal) 2, Amanpreet Kaur (Asr) 3; U-22 girls: Narinder Kaur (Jal) 1, Rajwinder Kaur (Jal) 2, Gulshan Kaur (Mkt) 3; 10 km walk (U-22 boys): Gurmeet Singh (Jal) 1, Balwinder Singh (Asr) 2, Jagga Singh
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Patiala, Gurdaspur enter last four LUDHIANA, Nov 15 — Patiala, Gurdaspur, Muktsar and Jalandhar reached the semifinals of 46th Punjab School Inter-District Cricket Tournament here today. In the first
quarterfinal, Patiala defeated Hoshiarpur by a margin of 17 runs. Hoshiarpur won the toss and invited Patiala to bat first. Patiala made 141 all out in 20 overs. Hoshiarpur fell way short and were all out for 124 in 19.2 overs. Suraj and Varun took four and three wickets, respectively for Hoshiarpur. In the second
quarterfinal, Gurdaspur defeated hosts Ludhiana by nine runs. Gurdaspur won the toss and elected to bat first, making 151 in 20 overs. In reply Ludhiana could score only 142 in 20 overs after loosing five wickets. Lalit Kumar of Gurdaspur scored 73 runs. In the third
quarterfinal, Muktsar defeated Ferozepore by seven wickets. Ferozepore won the toss and elected to bat first. They made 103 all out in 17.3
overs. Muktsar achieved the target in just 14.4 overs and scored 107 runs for three wickets. Rajinder and Bharat Sharma of Muktsar scored 38 and 43 runs, respectively. In the last
quarterfinal Jalandhar defeated Amritsar by four runs in a closely contested match. Amritsar won the toss and invited Jalandhar to bat first. Jalandhar made 160 runs in 20 overs and lost nine wickets. Amritsar managed only 156 runs in 20 overs and lost nine wickets. Amit Behal of Jalandhar scored 53 runs in just 33 balls while Amarjit and Ishan scored 39 and 17 runs, respectively. Rajesh, Ishan and Amarjit of Jalandhar took two wickets each. Tomorrow, in the semifinals, Muktsar will face Jalandhar while Gurdaspur will play Patiala. |
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Ghouse-Uppal duo
enters semis CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 —It was a day of big upset when top seed Juraj Hasko of Slovakia fell victim to spirited Russian Sergei Krotiouk who sailed into the semifinals of the $10000 ITF Men Futures Tennis Tournament being played here today at CLTA Courts, Sector 10. Hasko lost one of the toughest matches of the tournament in three sets with two extending into tie-breakers. The others who made it to the last four of men singles are Viktor Bruthans of Slovakia, Branislav Sekac also of Slovakia and John Doran of Ireland. In the doubles event, the semifinals entrants were, Viktor and Branislav of Slovakia, Mustafa Ghouse and Vishal Uppal of India, Nitin Kirtane and Saurav Panja also of India and Tomas Janci and Michal of Slovakia. Results: QF — Viktor Bruthans (Svk) b Kamil Patel (Mauri) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; Branislav Sekac (Svk) b Vincent mackey( USA) 5-3 (retd); Sergei Krotiouk (Rus) b Juraj Hasko (Svk) 6-7(2-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-3; John Doran (Irl) b Efe Ustundag (Tur) 6-4, 6-3. Doubles:QF — Nitin and Saurav Panja (Ind) b Ben Gudzelem and Jonathan Marray (GBR) 6-4,6-4; Tomas and Michal (Svk) b Kamil Patel (Mauritius) and Efe Ustundag (Tur) 6-3, 7-5. |
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