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Thursday,
April 12, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Zimbabwe win
by 36 runs South Africa win, clinch series Sri Lanka beat Kiwis Probe on into ticket
scam Davis Cup: tough draw for
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SBT, Salgaocar score
wins Miandad summoned BFI refuses to acknowledge academy’s
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Top coaches for conference Committees to spot
talent NJPC shuttlers win team title WR thrash RCF
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Zimbabwe win
by 36 runs
Bulawayo, April 11 Zimbabwe, who won the first two matches by seven wickets and 127 runs respectively, totalled 308 for four to which Bangladesh replied with 272 for eight, their highest limited overs total. Much of the credit for the home side’s victory went to Grant Flower, who equalled Zimbabwe’s highest individual limited-over score with 142 not out. Flower’s brother, Andy, scored 81 and the siblings combined to share 148 runs for the fourth wicket — a record for Zimbabwe’s fourth wicket in the seven matches they have played against Bangladesh. For the tourists, Habibul Bashar scored 74 and opener Javed Omar 69. Grant Flower made his runs off 128 balls with 10 fours and two sixes, equalling Dave Houghton’s innings against New Zealand at Hyderabad during the 1987 World Cup. Zimbabwe: Campbell c Khaled
Mashud b Manjura 0 Whittall b Mushfiqur 26 Ebrahim c Akram Khan
b Manjura 5 A. Flower c Sharif b Ashraful 81 G. Flower not out 142 S. Carlisle not out 42 Extras: (lb-4 nb-1 w-7) 12 Total: (for four wickets, 50
overs) 308 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-21, 3-39, 4-187. Bowling:
Manjural Islam 10-1-50-2, Mohammed Sharif 10-0-77-0 (nb-1 w-5), Mushfiqur Rahman 8-0-47-1, Mohammad Rafique 8-0-46-0, Naimur Rahman 10-0-60-0 (w-2), Mohammed Ashraful 4-0-24-1. Bangladesh: Javed Omar run out (Blignaut) 69 Mehrab b Blignaut 13 Ashraful c Ebrahim b Strang 9 Bashar c A. Flower b Strang 74 Akram Khan c Campbell
b Blignaut 25 Naimur run out (Ebrahim) 25 Rafique c G.Flower b Strang 2 Khaled Mashud c
Blignaut b Mutendera 8 Mushfiqur Rahman not out 17 Mohammed Sharif not out 9 Extras: (b-1 lb-6 nb-3 w-11) 21 Total: (for eight wickets,
50 overs) 272 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-55, 3-139, 4-205, 5-205, 6-213, 7-235, 8-242. Bowling: Streak 9-0-58-0 (nb-2 w-7), Strang 10-0-56-3 (nb-1), Blignaut 10-0-41-2 (w-1), Mutendera 8-0-44-2 (w-2), Viljoen 7-0-39-0 (w-1), G.Flower 6-0-27-0.
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South Africa win, clinch series St John’s (Antigua), April 11 It gave South Africa a winning 2-0 lead in the five-match series. South African captain Shaun Pollock made a double breakthrough and followed up with a third wicket as his side became only the second visiting team in 30 years to win a series in the West Indies. The previous side to win in the West Indies were Australia who won a four-match series 2-1 in 1994/95. Before that the West Indies had been unbeaten at home since Australia, captained by Ian Chappell, beat them 2-0 in a five-match series in 1972/73. Brian Lara hit a thrilling 91 as his teammates crumbled at the other end. Lara batted cautiously until Neil McGarrell was the seventh man out. Then he went for his shots, ending up with eight fours and four sixes before being ninth man out when he skied a drive against Jacques Kallis to extra cover. The defeat was a setback for new West Indian captain Carl Hooper, who took the decision to send South Africa in on an under-prepared pitch after gambling on picking two specialist spinners. The pitch deteriorated markedly as the match went on and West Indies were handicapped when Mervyn Dillon, one of only two fast bowlers, was able to bowl only three balls in the second innings because of a sprained right thumb. The South African players were joined by their reserves and team management in a huddle in the middle of the field after completing the most significant triumph since Pollock took over the captaincy from Hansie Cronje as a result of the cricket bribery scandal. The day started reasonably for the West Indies as Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan put on 49 for the fifth wicket, seeing their team through almost until lunch after a 40-minute rain break
interrupted play after a single delivery at the start of play. But Pollock’s entry into the attack proved a crucial move as he dismissed Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs within four balls. With his 13th delivery of the day Pollock had Sarwan caught behind for 26, edging a leg-cutter. Three balls later Jacobs drove at a slower delivery and looped a simple catch to Gary Kirsten at extra cover. Pollock struck again after lunch when Neil McGarrell was caught at silly mid-off. He finished with figures of three for 41. Boje, who took three of the four wickets that fell yesterday, bowled unchanged from the start of play and finally claimed a wicket when Mervyn Dillon was caught at slip off his glove when Boje made a ball bounce steeply. He should have completed a five-wicket haul when Lara, on 68, swept him to deep square leg where Makhaya Ntini got into perfect position but spilled the catch. Lara rubbed it in for Boje in the spin bowler’s next over by slamming him to the legside again for a four and six. Scoreboard: South Africa
(Ist innings): 247 West Indies (Ist innings): 140 South Africa (2nd innings): 215-7 declared West Indies (2nd innings): Gayle c McKenzie b Boje 12 Hinds c Kirsten b Boje 29 Chanderpal lbw b Boje 16 Hooper c McKenzie b Klusener 21 Lara c McKenzie b Kallis 91 Sarwan c Boucher b Pollock 26 Jacobs c Kirsten b Pollock 0 McGarrell c Kemp b Pollock 6 Dillon c Cullinan b Boje 1 Ramnarine c Kirsten b Kallis 9 Walsh not out 4 Extra (b 18, lb3, nb4) Total 240 Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-56, 3-86, 4-89, 5-138, 6-138, 7-155, 8-176, 9-229 Bowling: Pollock 19-5-41-3. Kallis 15, 4-6-23-2. Boje 45-9-118-4. Kemp 6-3-7-0. Klusener 14-6-30.
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Sri Lanka beat Kiwis Sharjah, April 11 Jayasuriya blasted 30 runs in an over in his century knock as he lifted his side to a challenging 269 with able support from Mahela Jayawardene who scored 116 after Sri Lanka had lost two wickets in the first over of the match. Jayasuriya, whose 107 included three fours and six sixes, added 184 runs for the third wicket with Jayawardene, who easily outscored his captain, after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. New Zealand had a solid start and were cruising along nicely in the first 15 overs. However, there was a dramatic collapse once the spinners came on to bowl and New Zealand lost their last seven wickets with the addition of just 53 runs, their innings folding at 163 runs in 42.1 overs. Muthiah Muralitharan was the wrecker-in-chief, claiming three wicket for 12 runs while Jayasuriya, Russel Arnold and Kumar Dharmasena chipped in with two wickets each. Openers Chris Nevin and Mathew Sinclair were the only batsmen to have made substantial contribution to New Zealand innings. Nevin made 48 while Sinclair scored 60. Earlier, Jayasuriya blasted four successive sixes in the 43rd over of the innings by Chris Harris as he equalled his world record 30 runs from an over. Jayasuriya reached his 11th one-day hundred with the fourth six and then hit a four and a two off the last two balls. Jayasuriya had earlier hit Aamir Sohail for 30 runs in Singapore in 1996. He was finally out caught by Matthew Bell off Andre Adams for 107. New Zealand had an excellent start to their match with Daryll Tuffey dismissing Marvan Atapattu and Kumara Sangakkara in the first over itself. But Jaywardena tore apart a new look New Zealand attack as he raced ahead of his captain to complete his century in the 33rd over. Sri Lanka lost Jayawardena and Arnold in successive overs to be 188 for four but Jayasuriya’s fireworks ensured they added 77 runs in the last 10 overs. Sri Lanka had lost to Pakistan in the first match on Sunday. New Zealand play Pakistan in the next game on Thursday. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka: 269 New Zealand Nevin lbw Muralitharan 48 Sinclair lbw Arnold 60 Adams c Saram b Murali 1 McMillan c&b Arnold 11 Vincent b Jayasuriya 2 Oram b Jayasuriya 4 Harris c Jayawardene b Murali 14 Bell c&b Dharmasena 2 Franklin run out 1 Walker lbw Dharmasena 3 Tufey not out 7 Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-4, nb-1) 10 Total: (all out, 42.1 overs) 163 Fall of wicket: 1-82, 2-85, 3-110, 4-116, 5-128, 6-134, 7-137, 8-139, 9-146. Bowling: Vaas 5-0-32-0, Zoysa 5-0-24-0, Dharmasena 10-1-31-2, Muralitharan 7. 1-1-12-3, Jayasuriya 8-0-37-2, Arnold 7-0-22-2.
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Probe on into ticket scam Panaji, April 11 The former CBI Joint Director met the police investigation team, Superintendent of Police (South Goa) I.D. Shukla said. Mr Madhavan asked whether they needed any assistance of the BCCI, Mr Shukla said. At present, the investigations were being carried out by the state police alone. Meanwhile, the five persons arrested in the case, including Goa Cricket Association treasurer Rama Shankardas and ticket contractor Chinmay Fallari, were produced in a court in Margao today for police remand, Mr Shukla told PTI. The other three arrested along with them for alleged forgery and cheating are Fallari’s brother Devdatt Fallari, his “associate” hailing from Tamil Nadu, Jayarajan Ramaswamy, and Gangaram V Bhise.
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Davis Cup: tough draw for India London, April 11 Spearheaded by Leander Paes, India emerged as the Asia Oceania zone group I winners after defeating Japan 3-2 in the second round last week at Tokyo. A depleted US team sans Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, suffered the ignominy of first round exit from the world group for the first time since 1993, when they lost 2-3 to Switzerland in February this year. India last played USA in 1994 in New Delhi, losing the tie 5-0. While the US team was led by Jim Courier, Todd Martin, Patrick McEnroe and Richie Reneberg, the Indian team comprised Leander Paes, Zeeshan Ali and Gaurav Natekar. In the other draws made here today, Britain face Ecuador, Argentina host Belarus, Morroco go to Belgium, Romania visit the Czech Republic, Italy host Croatia, Chile travel to Slovakia and Spain host Uzbekistan.
The matches will be played from September 21 to 23. PTI |
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Miandad summoned Islamabad, April 11 Miandad has been summoned to appear on April 28 before Mr Justice Muhammad Qayyum Malik to explain his allegations of match-fixing by senior players during the recently concluded Test and one-day international series against New Zealand, ‘The Nation’ reported today. The summons issued yesterday, were in response to a PIL praying for action against the cricketers involved in match-fixing. PCB chief General Tauqir Zia has also been asked to file a response to the charges on the same day. The petitioner has said if Miandad was aware of the attempts of match-fixing by the team, he should have informed the PCB immediately and called for action against them. The petition called for a thorough inquiry into the allegations and awarding exemplary punishment to the players if they were found guilty. If the allegations were proved wrong, legal action should be taken against Miandad for damaging the reputation of the Pakistan cricket, the petition said. While charging the senior players of plotting his ouster, Miandad has denied a report quoting his remarks pertaining to the allegations of match-fixing. |
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SBT, Salgaocar score wins
Mumbai, April 11 Both teams, trying to throw off a relegation scare, displayed jittery goalkeepers and weak defence which enabled the forwards to make numerous inroads thus making the game more interesting from the spectator’s point of view. The Kerala team ruled the initial stage of the first half during which Saheer’s right footer grazed Mahindras goalie Rajan’s finger tips and also the upright, and then in the 25th minute Naushad’s grounder beat the inexperienced substitute goalie Rajan before hitting the inside of the right upright base and trickling in for the first goal. SBT would have gone for the break with the lead but just before the whistle Vinu Jose fouled Najeeb in the box and the resultant penalty was driven home by Raman Vijayan for the equaliser. SBT’s second goal came in the 65th minute through the combined effort of Asif, Naushad and Ignatious which broke the off side trap. Ignatious was unchallenged as he smashed the ball in from close range. The local team was then astounded by a tremendous half volley from 35 yards by Shabir Ali which bulged the net. However, Mahindras still managed to bring the game closer when in the injury time Shamshi Raza slided quite a distance to push a Syed Hussein’s long pass home. Mahindras now have 18 points from 19 matches with two to go while SBT have 17 points from 19 matches. Salgaocar win
Margao: A golden goal by Brunho Coutinho in the second half enabled Salgaocar Sports Club
(Goa) to get the better of a spirited local outfit Vasco Sports Club by 1-0 and earn full three points to boost their tally in the fifth edition of the National Football League at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, here today.
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BFI refuses to acknowledge academy’s
existence New Delhi, April 11 There is one fully-equipped, functional academy in the country with all the right attributes, but sadly, the federation concerned has distanced itself from having any association with the most modern academy. And thereby hangs an interesting tale. The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has steadfastly refused to acknowledge the existence of the National Basketball Academy (NBA) at Indore, which has been floated by a group of players-turned-entrepreneurs, in collaboration with the SAI. Though the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the academy should have been a tripartite agreement among the promoters — Corporation (Area) Basketball Trust (CABT), the SAI and the BFI, the BFI has refused to append its signature on the MOU, which has put a spoke in the functioning of the academy, and defeating the very purpose of the setting up of the academy. The one-year-old NBA is still waiting for the BFI to affix its stamp of approval on it so that it can function in full steam. The NBA has on its rolls 25 trainees in the 10 to 18 years age group, with an average height of six feet
plus. These boys were selected after a demanding screening process at the all-India level, with the help of SAI. Besides, about 200 boys selected from all over Madhya Pradesh are trained at the academy free of cost, under the overall supervision of former national and Services coach, Col M. Rajan, who is director of the academy. The NBA has been promoted by eight sports-loving businessmen-professionals team comprising Janak Gandhi, Dr J M Sharma, Jawaharlal Daga, Abhilash Khandekar, Ravi Bhaskar, Avinash Anand, Bhupender Bandi and S.K. Bandi. A source closely connected with the academy told The Tribune that the BFI’s refusal to allow the NBA boys to participate in tournaments has stiffled the growth of the academy “as unless we participate in tournaments, how will we get to update the performance of our trainees?”. The source said most of the sports federations like the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Indian Hockey Federation, the Handball Federation of India and the Table Tennis Federation of India have given affiliation to their respective academies. “We are not asking for affiliation, what we are asking for is permission to field our teams in all the major tournaments. We can participate in tournaments only if we get the go-ahead from the BFI”, explained the source. The NBA spends more than a lakh of rupees on each trainee — on training, boarding and lodging, education, health care and personal insurance. But the players can attain their full potential only if they compete in tournaments. The NBA boasts of infrastructure of international standard, including an indoor stadium, health fitness centre and modern residential accommodation. The SAI pitches in with scientific training inputs and financial grants. The BFI is supposed to do “whatever may be necessary to enable the full participation of the academy’s team(s) in all important recognised basketball championships throughout the country and abroad and will provide full technical assistance as and when required within their stipulated set of norms and conditions”. But the BFI’s spoil-sport attitude has been one of “total detachment”, which has threatened the very existence of the Rs 40 crore ambitious academy established with the intention of producing hoopsters of world class. |
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Punjab sportspersons honoured Chandigarh, April 11 The sportspersons who were given cash prizes for their performance in the 1998
Asian Games were: Sunita Rani — Rs 50,000 ( silver-5000 m and bronze- 1500 m), Paramjit Singh - Rs 25,000 (400 m- bronze and 4 x400 m-silver), Neelam J. Singh — Rs 25,000 (bronze- discus throw), Manjinder Kaur and Amandeep Kaur — Rs 18,750 each (hockey), Ramandeep Singh, Baljit Dhillon and Baljit Saini — Rs 37,500 each (hockey), Manavjit Singh and Zorawar Singh — Rs 25,000 each (silver in trap event- shooting), and Jagjit Singh, Tarlochan Singh, Rampal Singh and Pappi Singh — Rs 12,500 each, (rowing- bronze). The commonwealth medallist were Manavjit Singh — Rs 75,000 (gold medal- shooting) and Sandeep Kumar — Rs 25,000 (weightlifting - bronze). Mr
I.S. Bindra, Principal Secretary, Sports, said they were committed to hold National Games in time and every efforts will be made to hold these in a befitting manner. Earlier Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, appealed to Mr Badal to review the scheme for providing jobs to sportspersons in a more liberal way so that there is no talent drain from Punjab. He also said on April 18, the decision for the final date of the forthcoming National Games will be taken. Mr Badal announced that gold medal winner at the National Games would get Rs 50,000, silver medallist Rs 25,000 and bronze medallist Rs 6,000. He also said Harbhajan Singh of Jalandhar would be suitably honoured and would receive Rs 5 lakh and a plot. He also gave assurance to work out the modalities for reservation of sportspersons in profit-making corporations of Punjab with the guidance of Mr Dhindsa and other sports administrators and
Olympians. Vijaydeep Singh, Thomas Cup player and national men doubles champion, could not make it as he was away to Bangalore for training. His award was received by his brother Navdeep Singh. Top-ranked Sachin
Ratti, who won silver in Manipur National Games losing to All-England champion Gopichand in final, received Rs 10,000. He had also helped his team win bronze medal. Sunita Rani who received Padma Shri later told this reporter that she was aiming high for the Pusan Asian Games - 2002 at Korea to win gold medal in 1500 and 5000 metres and was training hard at National Institute of Sports,
Patiala. Neelam J. Singh, the bronze medallist of 1998 Asian Games, however, felt sad at today’s function being organised so late. She also was not happy with Sunita Rani being honoured with Padma Shri this year while other deserving athletes were
ignored. Manavjit Singh and Zorawar Singh were also not present since they were away to national trap and skeet meet in progress at
Bikaner. Sportspersons in the disciplines of athletics (16), basketball (12), badminton (7), boxing (4), Equestrian (7), fencing (19), gymnastics (14), handball-men (16), women (16), hockey (men) (17), women (16), judo (men) (7), women (7), kabaddi (men) (12), shooting (1), rowing men (6),
taekwondo-women (3), table tennis-women (4), volleyball-men (12), weightlifting (men) (4), women (2), wrestling (14), women (3) were honoured for their achievement in the 1999 National Games. |
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Athletes complain to Chief
Minister Chandigarh, April 11 The athletes who were present here at Punjab Bhavan to receive awards at a function organised by Punjab Sports Department, further alleged that for the past 30 years, Mr Singh was continuing as the president of the association. The election of the association is due in 2001. They said Mr Singh without adopting any procedure got himself unanimously elected at his own residence in January 2001. It was also alleged that 12 member associations had complained in writing to the observer of the Amateur Athletic Association of India about the malfunctioning of the
PAAA. The members also alleged that for the past many years, state team members were deprived of sports kit and other expenses. |
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Top coaches for conference Chandigarh, April 11 Earlier, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, president of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, said such conferences help in greater interaction between the coaches and others connected with badminton to know and update the latest changes in this sport discipline. Mr DK Mukerjee, founder of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, said the role of a coach was vital as it helped a player in coming out of a crisis. Mr Satish Bhatia said coaches should keep themselves abreast of latest trends. Mr Gursharan Singh, secretary of the BCWAI, said the next four days would have key speakers like Dr Ashok Ahuja, Senior Scientific Officer, sports medicine, Patiala, Dr Ashok Ghosh, Senior Scientific Officer, Dr Bhatia, SM Arif, coach, Satish Bhatia, S. Muralidharan, international referee of International Badminton Federation, Manoj Sobat and TPS Puri. Mr Sanjiv Sachdeva, Treasurer of the association, said the conference, which would see the participation of nearly 50 coaches, would be conducted in two sessions, morning from 9.30 am to 1 pm and evening from 4 pm to 7 pm. |
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Committees to spot
talent Chandigarh, April 11 Mr Bhadu said state-level and district-level
committees had been set up in Haryana for searching sports talents in the state. The state-level committee would have Commissioner and Secretary, Haryana Sports Department; Secretary, HOA; Director, Secondary Education; Director, Sports and Youth Welfare; Director, HOA, Deputy Director, Sports and Sports Officer, Secondary Education would be its members. Two Arjuna awardees or international sportspersons would be nominated to the committee by the Chairman. The district-level committees would be headed by the Deputy Commissioners, while its members would be district level officers of Education Department, Sports Department and the Olympic association. Two Arjuna awardees would be nominated for the district-level committees too. The selection criteria has been designed to search talent in the rural areas in the age group of 10 to 15 years. Earlier selection was confined to cities eventhough maximum international players of Haryana hailed from the rural areas. The committees would put the sportspersons through a “battery of test”. The “battery of test” would include 100 meter sprint, 30 meter flying start, standing broad jump, shuttle run, shot put, standing vertical jump and 800 meter jump. Ten teams of officials would conduct the tests for selection of the players thus covering around 200 villages in the first phase. The remaining villages would be covered in July. The state-level committee would collect the results from the districts and prepare a seniority list of players according to their performance in the tests. The students would be enrolled in the nurseries run by the Sports Department as per the seniority list. The state-level committee would also invite names from aspirants for enrolling them in sports academies and sports hostels being run by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). |
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NJPC shuttlers win team title Shimla, April 11 In the singles, Surinder Pal defeated Kulwant 15-3, 15-9 and Rakesh trounced Shashikant 15-1, 15-0. Surinder Pal and Neeraj sealed the fate of NHPC by defeating Kulwant and Salil 15-5, 15-5 in the doubles. In the other matches, Kulwant Singh (NHPC) whipped P.K. Sinha of the PFC 15-2, 15-0, Gurpreet Singh (BBMB) defeated Arunachalam of Power Grid 15-7, 15-8 Rajesh Kumar (NHPC) beat P.G. Dennis of Power Grid 15-6, 15-4 and Aloke Noble of Damodar Valley Corp. edged past Puneet Goel of the PFC 15-1, 15-2. In the doubles, Vipin and Anil Dhiman (BBMB) subdued Ashok Kumar and V.K. Sharma of the CEA 15-8, 15-1, while M.Taj and M.G. Singh (Power Grid) thrashed Puneet Goel and P.K. Sinha of the PFC 15-0, 15-0. In veterans events S.K. Mahajan (NJPC) prevailed over N.N Biswas of (DVC) 15-5, 15-3 S.C. Sharma (Power-grid) beat V.K. Sharma (CEA) 15-4, 15-0, J.S. Jawa (CEA) routed R.K. Aggarwal (NJPC) 15-7, 15-0 M.G. Singh (Power Grid) beat Ashok Kumar (CEA) 15-7, 15-2 and S.K. Mahajan (NJPC) whipped H.C. Narula (CEA) 15-1, 15-2. |
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WR thrash RCF Ludhiana, April 11 Both teams played an offensive game right from the beginning but no team could open their account till the lemon break. The winners got four while the losers got three penalty corners before half time but no one could capitalise on these opportunities. After the breather, inside-left Mamta opened the account for her team in the 49th minute on a parallel pass from Suraj Lata through a field goal. In the 55th minute outside-left Palvina struck a field goal with the help of cross from outside-right Fatima and took the tally to 2-0. After three minutes Mamata increased the lead with a solitary effort. Despite getting three penalty corners before the final hooter, RCF could not reduce the margin. |
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