 |
|
| Saturday,
January 13, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
|
Millennium Cup Indonesians
return with heavy hearts India kick
off campaign today
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Ramesh
manages creditable draw Azhar
challenges life ban Mumbai cricketers not
questioned properly: Azhar Alec
Stewart interrogated National
Games: no selection, no camp, no preparations Martina
Hingis, Davenport in final
Kanitkar
props up West Zone S.
Africa trounce Lanka by 99 runs Australia
‘A’ thrash Zimbabwe Vidyut
steers Indian colts to victory TN champs; Punjab
3rd
|
|
Millennium Cup KOLKATA, Jan 12 (PTI) — Uzbekistan exploited a sloppy defence to trounce Bahrain 5-0 in a group-iv league match of the Sahara Millennium Soccer Cup at the Salt Lake Stadium here today. Medio Bahadir Annamatov and striker Oibek Usmankhodjaev pumped in two goals each, while forward Aleksey Zhdanov completed the tally with a deft strike, in the grossly lop-sided encounter. The Uzbeks, who went down 0-2 to a young Japanese side in the tournament lung-opener two days ago, put up an improved performance, building up their attacks with square and short passes to fox their opponents. The winners shot into the lead in the 15th minute when Bahadir’s delectable right footer from the right of the box following a measured Zhdanov pass landed in the net. They tightened their grip over the match 11 minutes later as Zhdanov converted a penalty with elan, placing the ball to the right of Bahrain custodian Rahman Abdulla. Leading 2-0 at the breather, the Hiroshima Asian Games gold medallists kept up the pressure striking thrice in the second session to complete Bahrain’s cup of woes. The scoreline became 3-0 in the 52nd minute, with Usmankhodjaev heading home following an incisive centre from Bahadir. In the 66th minute, Bahadir struck again heading home a Evgeny Zakutilin lob, with Abdulla out of position. A minute from the final whistle, a fast Uzbek counter attack saw Shukrat Mirkholdarshov essay a pass to Usmankhodjaev who scored with a deft left foot placement. Bahrain, who have brought a rather young and inexperienced team for this tournament, were totally outplayed in all departments of the game against the Uzbeks who seemed quite determined to make amends for the reversal against Japan. The Uzbeks enjoyed territorial advantage for most part of the proceedings and could have won by a bigger margin had their forwards not muffed a few gilt-edged opportunities that came their way. Turning on the heat from the beginning, the Uzbeks shot into the lead in the 15th minute through a brilliant goal by medio Bahadir Annamatov who excelled today, taking much of the workload in the midfield. The Bahrain defenders, who looked very tentative right through the match, allowed too much room for manouvering inside the box and paid a heavy price. The second goal came as a gift for the Uzbeks as Bahrain defender Abdulla Marzooki tripped Aleksey Klikunov inside the box and Indian referee Binod Kumar Singh had no hesitation in pointing to the dreaded shot. Zhdanov converted the penalty without much fuss. |
|
Indonesians return with heavy hearts KOCHI, Jan 12 (UNI) — With malice to none, but with grieving hearts, the Indonesian team will be packing their bags at the earliest possible time after they were invited here and were denied a chance to play in the Kochi leg of the hiccup-ridden Sahara Cup tournament. Terming it totally, “unfortunate”, Indonesian team manager John Pardede told UNI yesterday that “they will not be taking back any grudge against towards anybody”. After landing here on Monday and going through the practice sessions, Indonesia had to pull out of the championship on the eve of their scheduled opener with India yesterday. |
|
KOCHI, Jan 12 (UNI) — Two out of the three teams in group II, involving India, can march into the quarter-final stage of the Sahara Cup Millennium Soccer Tournament following the withdrawal of the fourth team, Indonesia. And in the Uruguay-Iceland opener on Thursday, the second string stars failed to rise to even to the international standards. But that has not cut the task any less difficult for India, who are to take on Iceland in their first encounter in the Kochi leg of the the biggest football extravaganza of the continent, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here tomorrow. Their tasks are multiple. Indian players are carrying the hopes of over a billion people on their shoulders for some proud moments and they have the responsibility to raise the sagging spirits of football buffs. Basudev Mondal and company also have to prove the words of their association bosses and organisers with a spirited performance. For, their claims have been vociferous: if India get a chance to meet the foreign stalwarts on home turf, it can learn a few tips and above all give a creditable performance. Indian coach Islam Ahmedov believes the same. Indians have the talent and what is lacking is the exposure to international football. And above all the football-crazy city is turning impatient to test the claims. Kochiites, in the absence of the more impressive Japan and Chile in the tournament, want nothing less than sheer magic from their local heroes I M Vijayan and Joe Paul Ancheri. Iceland players were yet to acclimatise themselves with the ground conditions, but they could give a stiff challenge to Uruguay in the opener, before going down 1-2. Led by Gudmundsson, the young team has good strikers in Hinriksson, who scored in the opening match, and Sverrison. Gudmundsson, the top scorer in the Norwegian league, is looking forward to picking up his game in the coming days. Iceland coach Atli Edvaldsson has sent a veiled threat to India when he said that if his players had got more time to come to terms with the climate, they would have fared better in the opening match. The coach, who was forthwith to admit that his boys had made some mistakes on the field on Thursday would not like them to repeat the same. This definitely is not good news for India. Moreover, the short passes and the advantage of height would lend a helping hand to the visitors over the hosts, which means Ancheri and friends would have a hard time. On the other hand, Indians are going into the match with just expectations after strenuous coaching in Goa under the Uzbek coach. The tournament is of significance to Islam, who is looking forward to resting his boots in March with some fond memories. However, he could get an extension purely on merit. He also brushed aside the age factor of Indian team saying that 25 to 35 years would be the prime time to play ‘thinking football.’ “If Uruguay can do it, why not India?” was the morale-boosting poser from Islam to his men. As local fans had sweet memories of the home team’s splendid performance in the now-defunct Nehru Cup, the Indian players too had fond memories to boost their morale. In the absence of the services of Baichung Bhutia, India will once again look up to the magic boots of FC Kochi’s Vijayan to unleash his mercurial ways of scoring. Besides, Joe Paul Ancheri, for whom the ground is home turf too, is a favourite of the crowd. If the forward line of three former captains, Bruno Coutinho, Vijayan and Carlton Chapman, gets support from Mendal-led midfield and Ancheri-led defence, fans can look forward to some memorable moments. |
|
|
Ramesh manages creditable draw LINARES (Spain), Jan 12 (UNI) — Amidst a tough fourth day’s play for the Indians at the Linares International Chess Tournament here, International Master R.B. Ramesh stood out with creditable draw against the third seed, Grandmaster V. Zvjaginsev of Russia. In the major upsets of the day, unfancied IM Zulfigarli of Azerbaijan beat GM Vladimir Epishin of Germany while GM Robert Kempinski of Poland defeated the eight seed GM Vadim Milov of Switzerland. The marathon 77-move encounter commenced with the English opening and later transposed into the Pannov-Botvinnik system of the Caro-Kan defence. Following the lines of the recently played Kramnik-Kasparov game until the 13th move, Ramesh deviated to achieve a comfortable position with the black pieces. In the ending which ensued, it seemed as if white had an advantage in view of his double bishops. However, Ramesh sacrificed a pawn to establish an impregnable fortress. Since it was impossible to make further headway in the resultant ‘wrong-coloured bishop’ endgame, the players agreed to a draw. Sriram Jha who took on GM Elianov of Ukraine with the black pieces chose the seni-slav defence. The Grandmaster responded with the Moscow variation and made a timely sacrifice of a pawn to gain control of the centre. Jha then equalised the situation by returning the pawn. After a series of exchanges, the players entered a rook and pawn endgame where black was temporarily behind by a pawn. Soon the material balance was restored and the game ended in a draw after 41 moves. Young IM Sandipan Chanda self destructed in his game against Grandmaster Sturua of Georgia in the Breyer system of the ruy-lopez opening. Playing with the white pieces, Chanda played well until his 27th move when he suddenly sacrificed a knight on the ‘f5’ square. Having realised that he had miscalculated and found no compensation for his material loss, he gave up another piece for an attack on the enemy king. However, Black returned one of the pieces to win the game in 47 moves. Dinesh Kumar Sharma, too, had a bad day in losing to Meijers of Germany in the black side of the exchange variation of the ruy-lopez opening. In an equal rook and pawn endgame, Sharma blundered to lose the game in 45 moves. IN-elect Rahul Shetty went down quickly to GM Franco
Ocampose. |
|
Azhar challenges life ban MUMBAI, Jan 12 (UNI) — Mohammed Azharuddin has at last hit back by challenging the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI, after the CBI report indicted him in the match-fixing episode, in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. However, the question whether this petition would stand the test in the high court is still not known. The Attorney General of India, Mr Soli Sorabjee, had expressed an opinion that the life ban imposed on Azharuddin cannot be challenged in court. Mr Jaywant Lele, secretary of the BCCI, speaking from Baroda asked how the players could deny their connections with the bookmakers. The CBI report had proved that there was a nexus between the players and bookmakers. The code of conduct framed by the BCCI states that there should be no connection between the players and bookmakers. Since the players violated the code, we slapped the ban on them, Me Lele said. Mr Lele said that though the nexus may not be a cognisable offence, it is enough for a ban which they had imposed, adding that the BCCI had taken written opinion from legal luminaries like Kapil Sibal and Ashok Singhal before proceeding with the ban. Mumbai lawyers opined that it was well within the board’s right to impose a life ban on any player if it felt that a particular player had violated any terms of contract with them. A Mumbai lawyer, Mr Satish Maneshinde, however, was non-comittal about Azharuddin’s chances of winning the writ petition. He suggested that if Azhar had got disproportionate income than his legal earnings, he could be grilled in the court of law and forced to explain the source. Another lawyer, Mr P.R. Vakil, felt that Azhar did not have a legal leg to stand on to challenge the ban. The maintainability of a writ petition in this case is very much in doubt. A writ petition lies only against a state or a statutory body appointed by the state government, and the BCCI is neither, he added. Mr Vakil felt that the best legal remedy available to Azharuddin was to file a suit for defamation on the grounds that his reputation has been harmed in the eyes of the public and was likely to be harmed further by the ban. |
|
Mumbai cricketers not questioned
properly: Azhar NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (PTI) — Former cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, facing a life-ban, has hit out against some Mumbai players saying they were not “investigated properly” by agencies probing match-fixing in India. “Nobody talks of the Rs 70 lakhs cash found in Sunil Gavaskar’s gymkhana locker. What about Ravi Shastri’s Ali Bagh farm house and other costly properties? How did Vinod Kambli lose his money from a locker?” Azharuddin asked in an interview to Outlook magazine. Claiming that there was a “malicious campaign” against him when he was made captain, Azhar said. “The present BCCI president, Mr A.C. Muthiah, opposed my candidature”, according to a release from a magazine. Asked what was his first reaction to the CBI report, he said, “I took the report as any other blackmailing tactic.” On Sachin Tendulkar’s reported statement to the CBI that Azhar did not give his 100 per cent as a memberof the team, he said. “Thatis completely untrue. Under his (Sachin’s) captaincy. I scored more runs than he had while captain.” |
|
Alec Stewart interrogated LONDON, Jan 12 (PTI) — Former England captain Alec Stewart has been interrogated by Sir Paul Condon, head of the anti-corruption unit of the International Cricket Council in connection with match-fixing allegations levelled against him by an Indian bookie. However, both ACU and Stewart refrained from making any comments regarding yesterday’s questioning. A subsequent statement issued by the ICC said Stewart confirmed his willingness to co-operate with the inquiry. "Mr Stewart confirmed that he is fully prepared to cooperate with the ACU’s ongoing investigations". "If necessary a further meeting, involving more detailed discussions, will take place at some point in the future", the statement read. Mr Mukesh Gupta, who has reportedly admitted about his dealings with former South African skipper Hansie Cronje and Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, claims he paid Stewart £ 5,000 for details relating to pitches, weather conditions and team composition and morale. Stewart has maintained he "never knowingly" met Mr Gupta but said he was introduced to the bookie by Manoj Prabhakar, recently banned for five years by India’s cricket board for his involvement in the match-fixing scandal. England cricket board chief Lord MacLaurin had accepted Stewart’s denial after a brief interview over the phone during the recent England tour of Pakistan. |
|
|
National Games: no
selection, no camp, no preparations Chandigarh, Jan 12 — Just in case the shooting events of the 31st National Games cannot be held either in Chandigarh or at SAS Nagar then the organisers would have to look around for an alternate venue because the shooting events (a discipline where India did well in the Sydney Olympic Games) just cannot be scuttled. The only place in Punjab where the event can be conducted is the Punjab Police shooting range in Phillaur which has hosted a number of national events. But to take the events to Phillaur would need the permission of the Indian Olympic Association which already has allowed the Punjab Olympic Association to spread the National Games over five centres. And it must be remembered that the National Games are allotted to one centre and not to one state. The past games have been allotted to cities and not states although the Karnataka Olympic Association did host the event over two venues — Bangalore and Mysore. Let us admit the fact. Whatever the Punjab Olympic Association, the National Games Organising Committee or the Punjab Government might say to buttress their claim that the National Games will be held as scheduled in March next, there are clear indications that the games will be postponed. The first clear indication that the state of Punjab is not ready to host the games in March is the fact that no Punjab association, who are in overall charge of preparing teams for the National Games, has yet got down to the task of selecting probables, what to speak of conducting coaching camps. This gives a clear indication of the mind-set of the officials who must be more than sure that the National Games cannot be held in March. As hosts, Punjab can field teams in all disciplines and this should give them an opportunity to head the medal tally. In the past, the host state has always tended to do well in the National Games. What a great pity it will be if in this case Punjab are unable to do well on their own homeground. And it must be remembered that Punjab have always done well in the National Games right from the first one held in Patiala way back in 1924 at Lahore. One thing which seems to have escaped the minds of those in charge of holding the National Games is the fact that swimming, which is a compulsory event in all multi-discipline game right down from the Olympics, cannot be held in Punjab in March given the weather conditions. Since no swimming pool in Punjab, or for that matter in Chandigarh, has heating arrangements (the swimming events are scheduled to be held at Patiala) no swimmer would find the water temperature fit for use. True, the organising committee is of the view that the “minimum” water temperature will be there but what about the weather conditions? Swimmers are most likely to get an attack of cramps as they come out of the water in March, the time the National Games are now scheduled to be held. So what do we do? Cancel the swimming events — which offers the largest number of medals — or postpone the games? It is difficult to understand the insistence of the powers that be that run the Indian Olympic Association that the games must be held in March. They seem to forget that March is not the best time for sports, given the fact that boys and girls are usually busy with their annual examinations. And this year, it must be remembered, that due to the national census the annual examinations at all levels are to be held in March. This obviously, will keep away some of the top sportsmen and women of the country away from the National Games. The examination season might also deprive the young boys and girls of the state for whom the games are primarily organised from even viewing the event. And if that were to happen the whole purpose of holding the games would be defeated. Not only that, the original plan of action of the National Games Organising Committee was that all participants, who should number more than 10,000, would be housed in the various colleges and schools in the state. But with examinations now scheduled to be held then, where will the participants be lodged? This is one area which needs the attention of the organising committee in case the Indian Olympic Association insists that the games must be held in March as scheduled. And given the resource crunch it will be difficult for the organising committee to house the participants in hotels\rest houses etc. And in any case if the participants are not kept together the logistics and transportation would turn out to be yet another big headache. Much will depend on the report which Mr R.L. Anand and Air Vice-Marshal S.M. Mayor, who are to reach Chandigarh tomorrow afternoon and are scheduled to visit Ludhiana on Sunday, submit to the Indian Olympic Association after their inspection of the various sites. But these two officials of the Indian Olympic Association have been associated with sports for most of their lives and therefore should they not take into consideration other factors which go into making a successful sporting event? (To be concluded) |
|
Martina
Hingis, Davenport in final sydney,
Jan 12 (dpa) —
Martina Hingis dominated former Wimbledon winner Conchita Martinez while Lindsay Davenport didn’t have to lift a racket today as the top two women in world tennis reached the final of the $ 915,000 Adidas International. Hingis, the top seed, set up the battle betweeen former holders with her 6-3, 6-2 victory over Spain’s Martinez, who went to the net just five times during the contest as she stayed at the baseline. Davenport moved into the Saturday title match when defending champion Amelie Mauresmo fell victim to a back problem which kept her from competition for four months last year. The French woman, a 1999 Australian Open finalist against Hingis, withdrew after testing the problem which arose during her Thursday semifinal upset of Monica
Seles. |
|
|
Kanitkar props up West Zone SAS Nagar, Jan 12 — Most of the North Zone venues are not the right place to host cricket matches during this time of the year. The venues at this time are invariably enveloped by the thick layer of fog that engulfs the region. The fog does not disappear before the noon resulting in the loss of precious time of the match. Besides, smaller days prevent the play to be extended beyond 5 pm. Only 30 overs could be bowled during the entire day yesterday as the dense fog prevented the start of the play before tea time. The situation improved today but only marginally as the play could be started half-an-hour after the lunch break. Fortysix overs were bowled out of 90 overs that are normally bowled during the course of the day as West Zone crawled from their overnight sore of 67 for one to 174 for five on the second day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here today. West Zone batsmen not used to playing in such severe cold conditions and foggy weather were circumspect in their approach. Eschewing all extravagance they concentrated more on survival as two hours of the play in the initial session before the tea-break produced 72 runs as West progressed to 139 for the loss Wasim Jaffer's wickets. Things, by and large, did not improve thereafter as a total of 107 runs were scored for the loss of four more wickets during the day in which 46 overs were bowled. Former India all rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar, eying a comeback to the national squad, displayed good technique and temperament and played a chanceless innings of 61 studded with 10 crisp shots to the fence. Middling the ball well and timing it sweetly Kanitkar played most of the strokes in the arc from long-off to point boundary. With valuable experience of playing at the international level the mumbai southpaw was instrumental in holding the innings together as no other batsman was able to stay put at the wicket and build the innings. Overnight not out batsman Wasim Jaffer added 15 more runs to his overnight score before he was consumed by Ashish Nehra. West, when appeared to be on way to a healthy total, suffered a twin blow when seamer Reetinder Sodhi consumed Jacob Martin and Kanitkar fell to alacrity shown by Akash Chopra at the second slip as West were reduced to 155 for four. Nehra struck at the fag end of the day inducing an outside edge of Abhijit Kale's blade to be caught behind. Left-arm medium pacer Surinder Singh hit the deck hard and got appreciable lift from the track putting the batsmen in a spot of bother. What impressed about him the most was the fact that he invariably was right on target and made the batsmen play most of the time. Sodhi also rarely erred in line and length and bowled a miserly spell getting one wicket. Niraj Patel, left-handed batsman who was one of the key performers in the Junior World Cup which was won by India in Sri Lanka last year, looked compact in his nearly one-hour stay at the wicket denying any further success to the rival bowlers. Keeping him company was former India wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia who was not out on one. West Zone:
Wasim Jaffer c Akash Chopra b Nehra 39, C Williams lbw Surinder 21, H Kanitkar c Akash b Surinder 61, J Martin lbw Sodhi 17, Abhijit Kale c Dharmani c Nehra 6, Neeraj Patel not out 11, Nayan Mongia not out 1. Extras: (b1, lb 7, w 10): 18 Total:
( for five wickets in 76 overs): 174 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-100, 3-155, 4-155, 5-170. Bowling:
A Nehra 15-1-51-2, Gagandeep Singh 17-6-34-0, Surinder Singh 20-6-41-2, Reetinder Sodhi 19-10-26-1, Sarandeep Singh 5-0-14-0. |
|
S. Africa trounce Lanka by 99 runs CAPE TOWN, Jan 12 (AFP) — South Africa eased to their ninth successive one-day victory when they crushed Sri Lanka by 99 runs in the fourth limited over international at Newlands here on Thursday to clinch the six-match series. South Africa’s victory — which gave them a 4-0 lead — was virtually assured after they piled up a total of 290 for seven. Opener Romesh Kaluwitharana made a spirited 74 but Sri Lanka could only manage 191 all out in reply with fast bowler Makhaya Ntini claiming career-best figures of five for 37. The strength in depth of South Africa’s pace bowling made it impossible for Sri Lanka to sustain the required run rate despite allrounder Lance Klusener limping off with an injured right knee after bowling only three balls. Apart from taking five wickets in an innings for the first time, Ntini was involved in a run-out and held a catch. Boeta Dippenaar, Jacques Kallis and Jonty Rhodes all made half-centuries — which for the latter was his fifth successive and established a South African record — as South Africa piled on the agony to maintain their winning run which started with the 5-0 win over New Zealand late last year before the series against Sri Lanka. Dippenaar gave South Africa an ideal start after they won the toss and batted on a perfect batting pitch in hot weather. Dippenaar hit a fluent 77 off 86 balls with 12 fours and a six and dominated stands of 53 for the first wicket with Herschelle Gibbs, who failed for the third successive time since returning from the six month ban imposed for his part in the Hansie Cronje matchfixing scandal and 67 for the second wicket with Nicky Boje. Before making a hash of his first attempt at a reverse sweep, Dippenaar played a wide range of strokes to most parts of the ground as he again took advantage of a broken left hand which sidelined regular opener Gary Kirsten for the rest of the series. The 31-year-old Rhodes, who decided earlier in the season to retire from Test cricket and play only in one-day games with a view to extending his international career to the 2003 World Cup, played a typically feisty innings. South Africa Dippenaar c Sangakkara
b Muralitharan 77 Gibbs c Weeraratne b Vaas 13 Boje b Jayasuriya 32 Kallis c Muralitharan b Zoysa 82 Rhodes c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 53 Klusener c Jayasuriya b Vaas 2 McKenzie c Wickramasinghe
b Zoysa 18 Boucher not out 5 Pollock not out 1 Extras
(3 lb, 1 w, 3 nb): 7 Total (for 7 wickets): 290 Overs: 50 Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-120, 3-133, 4-217, 5-219, 6-283, 7-284 Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 10-0-44-3 (1 nb), Nuwan Zoysa 7-0-52-2 (1 w), Pramodya Wickramasinghe 5-0-31-0, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2-0-24-0 (1 nb), Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-53-1 (1 nb), Sanath Jayasuriya 10-0-50-1, Russel Arnold 6-0-33-0 Sri Lanka Jayasuriya c Gibbs b
Telemachus 12 Kaluwitharana b Ntini 74 Weeraratne b Ntini 13 Atapattu c Pollock b Kallis 11 Sangakkara c Boucher b Ntini 1 Jayawardene c Pollock
b Telemachus 37 Arnold c Ntini b Kallis 21 Vaas run out (Ntini) 1 Zoysa not out 3 Wickramasinghe c Boucher
b Ntini 2 Muralitharan c Boucher b Ntini 0 Extras (lb 5, 1 nb 1, w 11): 17 Total: 191 Overs: 42.2 Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-63, 3-98, 4-101, 5-150, 6-174, 7-178, 8-187, 9-191 Bowling:
Shaun Pollock 8-0-29-0 (1 nb, 1 w), Roger Telemachus 8-0-44-2 (w 3), Jacques Kallis 8-0-31-2 (2 w), Makhaya Ntini 8.2-0-37-5, Lance Klusener 0.3-0-0-0, Neil McKenzie 2.3-0-6-0, Nicky Boje 7-0-39-0. |
|
brisbane,
Jan 12 (Reuters) — Greg Blewett lashed 131 off 122 balls as Australia A thrashed Zimbabwe by 216 runs in a one-day match today. Australian Test and one-day team discard Blewett powered the A side to 321 for four from their 50 overs after being put in by Zimbabwe, who opted to rest senior players Grant and Andy Flower and captain Heath Streak for the first match of their Australian tour. Zimbabwe were bundled out for 105 in 30 overs by the swing bowling of Adam Dale who, on his home pitch at the Gabba, took four for 31 off 10 overs. Blewett and Australia ‘A’ captain Simon Katich, who hit 80 off 84 balls, added 167 for the second wicket, taking the score to 224 before Blewett’s dismissal in the 36th over. Blewett’s innings included six sixes and nine fours in 138 minutes. Test opener Michael Slater, batting at number four, also joined in the run spree with 52 in 51 minutes. Zimbabwe play their first match in the triangular limited overs series when they face West Indies here tomorrow.8 (Scoreboard) Australia A Blewett c Mackay b Nkala 131, Hayden c & b Friend 18, Katich c Marillier b Viljoen 80, Slater b Mackay 52, Hodge not out 24, Lee not out 0. Extras (b-1 lb-4 w-10 nb-1) 16. Total (for four wickets, 50 overs) 321. Fall of wickets: 1-57 2-224 3-260 4-320. Bowling: Friend 6-0-25-1, Strang 7-0-61-0 (nb-1), Mackay 8-0-48-1 (w-1), Nkala 10-0-76-1 (w-8), Viljoen 10-1-39-1, Marillier 5-0-39-0 (w-1), Rennie 4-0-28-0. Zimbabwe Campbell c Hayden b Wilson 31, Madondo c Hodge b Fleming 8, Carlisle lbw b Dale 29, Rennie st Seccombe b Dale 6, Whittall c Seccombe b Wilson 1, Viljoen c Hayden b Dale 7, Marillier c Katich b MacGill 6, Nkala lbw b Dale 0, Friend not out 5, Mackay c Katich b MacGill 4, Strang c Seccombe b Macgill 1. Extras (lb-1 w-2 nb-4) 7 Total (30 overs) 105 Fall of wickets: 1-23 2-63 3-76 4-78 5-80 6-93 7-93 8-94 9-103 Bowling:
Fleming 5-1-17-1 (nb-2), Wilson 10-1-49-2 (w-1), Dale 10-1-31-4 (nb-2), MacGill 5-2-7-3 (w-1). |
|
Vidyut steers Indian colts to victory MUMBAI, Jan 12 (UNI) — Left arm spinner Vidyut Shivaramakrishnan’s sensational eight for 38 today gave the India under-19 team a 167-run win over England in the dying minutes of the fourth and last day of the first Test here. He was well supported by off spinner M. Dharmichand, who took 2 for 46. When Shivaramakrishnan trapped young Sikh Monty Panesar leg-before-the-wicket for nought, and England were bowled out for 183, only six minutes were left. England looked like saving the match by the skin of their teeth, when they were 172 for six at the start of the 15 mandatory overs. |
|||||
|
BANGALORE, Jan 12 (UNI) — Excelling in all departments of the game, Tamil Nadu men humbled Railways 111-66 in the finals of the 51st Senior National Basketball Championship here tonight to extend their lease on the glittering Todd Memorial Trophy. Today’s defeat deprived the Railways, who had lifted the women’s title yesterday, a chance to bag double laurels. Setting a scorching pace, pre-tournament favourties, Tamil Nadu set the trend of the battle in the first quarter itself by racing to 27-8. Thereafter they led 56-25 at half-time and marched victorious to etch their name on the trophy for the fourth time in the last nine years. In the match between the losing semi-finalists, mighty Punjab men quelled a late challenge from hosts Karnataka to win 75-71. In the women’s section, Tamil Nadu bounced back from the first half deficit to score a nail biting 56-54 win over Madhya Pradesh to take the third place. |
|||||
|
Chandigarh lose in national v’ball KOZHIKODE, Jan 12 (UNI) — Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka entered the last eight stage of the National Volleyball Championships here today. In the play-off match, Uttar Pradesh defeated group “D” winners Himachal Pradesh 25-23, 28-26, 25-16 while Karnataka beat “C” group toppers Chandigarh 25-19, 25-18, 24-26 and 25-20. |
|||||
Sports academy
at HAU Chandigarh, Jan 12 — The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will establish a sports academy at Haryana Agriculture University at Hisar. In this connection a memorandum of understanding between the SAI and HAU would be signed at the Olympic Bhavan site at Panchkula on January 14, Mr M.S. Malik, DGP Haryana, who is also secretary-general of the Haryana Olympic Association (HOA), informed here today. Other programmes on January 14 include release by Mr Abhay Singh Chautala, MLA and president of the HOA, of a calendar of sporting events scheduled for 2001, and a seminar on promotion of traditional and rural games.
EME, ITBP triumph PATHANKOT, Jan 12 — EME Jalandhar, ITBP and District Police Patiala, won their matches against STC Jabalpur, Thapar Academy and Army XI Jalandhar by 1-0, 2-1 and 1-0, respectively, in the 11th State Invitation Hockey Tournament at SD School here today. The final match and prize distribution function will be held on January 14, according to Mr Bladev Raj Yaduvanshi, organising secretary.
Abhinav bags silver medal CHANDIGARH, Jan 12 — Olympian Abhinav Bindra added another feather in this cap by winning a silver medal in the first competition RIAC 2001 of the European circuit held at Luxembourg, according to a report available here. Abhinav had a score of 692.4. A German and a French bagged the gold and bronze scoring 693 and 690 points, respectively. Abhinav is being sponsored by the Sports Authority of India and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He is preparing for the coming Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games and the Athens Olympics-2004. Shooting in biting cold Abhinav displayed his charisma and nerves of steel, as a young 18-year-old scoring 692.4. Following the Nissan Cup on January 12, Abhinav is scheduled to take part in the Baltic Cup at Denmark, Intershoot Den Haag 2001, International Competition in Air Weapons at Wiebaden and the competition in air weapons at Munich. He is scheduled to return to India on March 5. |
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 120 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
