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April 13, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Pakistan rout Kiwis ‘Conspiracy’ to sabotage cricket in Sharjah C’wealth TT: Pak
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Punjab, Haryana
CCAs stake claim for affiliation Carlos Ferrero, Mantilla advance Randhawa in lead Geet Sethi in last
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SER outclass CR
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Pakistan rout Kiwis Sharjah, April 12 Set to score 267 after New Zealand, electing to bat, were helped to a healthy 266 by a maiden one-day century by Matthew Sinclair, Pakistan batsmen stroked at will to reach 270 for two in 42.1 overs for their second successive victory in the series. Saeed Anwar, who topscored with an unbeaten 81 and Inzamam-ul Haq, not out on 71, took their side to victory after Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir had hammered the New Zealand bowlers into submission. Afridi really got after the bowling hitting seven fours and six sixes in characteristic style in his 70 that came off just 43 balls. Afridi and Nazir, who made 35, added 113 runs for the opening wicket to lay a perfect base for Pakistan’s win. Both got out in quick succession at the same total but that was all the New Zealand bowlers got as Anwar and Inzamam continued the onslaught. Earlier, Matthew Sinclair hit 117 to steer New Zealand to 266 for 7 from 50 overs. The right-handed opener, who has two Test double centuries to his credit, batted till the penultimate over during his maiden one-day hundred after 11 matches. Sinclair, Kiwi’s top scorer with 60 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, once again carried the depleted ‘black caps’ on his shoulder after they elected to take first strike in the day-night match. Chris Harris chipped in with 29 off 35 balls towards the end in a match his team must win after losing to Sri Lanka by 106 runs. New Zealand made a flying start, reaching 71 for 2 by the 13th over. Sinclair put on 45 for the first wicket with Chris Nevin in eight overs, before seamer Mohammad Sami had Nevin snapped up low at short cover by Inzamam-ul Haq. After Matthew Bell fell for five, skipper Craig McMillan helped Sinclair add a brisk 80 for the third wicket to lift New Zealand to 151 for 2 in the 30th over. NEW
ZEALAND: C Nevin c Inzamam b Sami 15 M Sinclair c Malik b Razzaq 117 M Bell b Razzaq 5 C McMillan b Afridi 46 L Vincent lbw b Afridi 15 C Harris c sub (Farhat) b Waqar 29 J Oram b Waqar 10 A Adams not out 4 G Bradburn not out 0 Extras: (lb13, w8, nb4) 25 Total (for 7 wkts, 50
overs) 266 Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-71, 3-151, 4-186, 5-251, 6-26, 7-263. Bowling: Waqar 8-0-37-2, Sami 6-0-42-1, Razzaq 7-0-31-2, Saqlain 9-0-46-0, Malik 10-0-48-0, Afridi 10-0-49-2. PAKISTAN: I Nazir lbw b Walker 35 S Afridi c Franklin b Adams 70 S Anwar not out 81 I Haq not out 71 Extras: (lb-7, nb-1, w-5) 13 Total: (for 2 wkts, 42.1 overs) 270 Fall of wickets: 1-113, 2-113. Bowling: Franklin 2-0-23-0, Oram 6-0-24-0, Bradburn 7.1-0-61-0, Adams 8-0-38-1, Walker 9-0-63-1, Harris 4-0-23-0, McMillan 6-0-31-0.
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‘Conspiracy’ to sabotage cricket in Sharjah Dubai, April 12 “There have been concerted efforts to sabotage Sharjah as a cricket venue and this has happened from more than one source,” Mr Bukhatir said, pointing an accusing finger at some elements in the UAE, India and London. Talking to Gulf News, Mr Bukhatir said: “The Indian Government’s decision has been influenced by all these elements to sabotage not Sharjah in particular but Asian cricket in general”. Claiming to be perplexed by the Indian Government’s decision not to send the team to Sharjah, he asked “What have we done wrong? In fact, a lot of people are asking this question. What have we done to deserve this? Nobody has told us that we have done this wrong or right.” He said in the CBI report on match-fixing, “we did not figure in even 1 per cent of the whole report. They also say the ICC is concerned about Sharjah but conveniently forget to mention that the ICC is concerned about the other 99 per cent venues mentioned in the report.” Mr Bukhatir said “We are intrigued. We may be at fault but please tell us what it is.” He said three years ago, he refused to belive that match-fixing was possible in cricket because he believed in the integrity of the players. “However, now match-fixing is prevalent everywhere. It is straight-forward contract between a bookie and a player. The venue and time is not important.” However, he said Sharjah was the most unlikely place to fix matches. “People who are passionate about cricket are watching every player...It is there on television,” he added. Defending Sharjah’s reputation, Mr Bukhatir argued: “Since Pakistan are apparently the most prone to match-fixing, why are they not losing in Sharjah? Either they have never fixed matches or the allegation that Pakistan players fix matches is wrong or Sharjah, as a venue, does not encourage match-fixing. You can’t have two things together,” he pointed out. About the ongoing three-nation championship, featuring Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, Mr Bukhatir, said, “everything was alright ... we are missing India but we will continue”, he appreciated the cooperation he had received so far from India and Pakistan. He insisted that Sharjah was more than a ground for cricketing battle between India and Pakistan. “Sharjah has nothing to do with India or Pakistan, except for their cricketing contribution. We have always had help from them and we will try and get them to help
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C’wealth TT: Pak
cleared to play New Delhi, April 12 TTFI secretary
M. C. Chowhan told reporters here that he had spoken to his counterpart in Pakistan who confirmed that the team would reach here tomorrow by bus from Lahore. Seventeen teams in the men’s section and 16 in the women’s had confirmed their participation and six of them had reached Delhi. The rest were expected to arrive tonight, Mr Chowhan said. Bangladesh had expressed its willingness to participate but was yet to send a written confirmation, he said. India, who won the bronze medal in the team championships last year, have been seeded fourth in both the men’s and women’s sections. England are the top seeds in the men’s event while Singapore head the seedings for the women’s. The matches would be played on a best of nine basis and the proposed best-of-five would be introduced from the next championships, he said. Mr Chowhan said former national champion Manjit Dua has been appointed as coach of the Indian team, led by S Sriram, after the North Korean coach was withdrawn suddenly last month by his government though his term was yet to be completed. Mr Chowhan said the same Indian team was likely to be fielded in the world championships. All the matches will be played on rollable synthetic floors which have been imported from Japan and internationally acclaimed STAG tables will be used. The budget for the tournament has been earmarked at Rs 90 lakh of which Rs 40 lakh would be incurred on hotel expenses alone, he said.
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Injured Boje returns to South Africa Old Towne (Montserrat), April 12 Boje played in the first four Tests of South Africa’s tour of the West Indies, a series in which the tourists took an unassailable 2-0 lead after victory by 82 runs in the fourth Test in Antigua on Tuesday. “Nicky needs surgery on a tendon injury in his left shoulder,” South Africa team physiotherapist Craig Smith said as the squad boarded a ferry for Montserrat where they are playing a one-day game against a Vice-Chancellor’s XI today. “It’s the kind of procedure that requires three to four months of recuperation, but it could be more and it could be less. “He also needs to rest his right knee which has been causing him problems for some time now and is actually the more serious of the two problems.’’
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Punjab, Haryana
CCAs stake claim for affiliation Chandigarh, April 12 In a joint statement issued here today Mr Surinder Singh and Mr Mohinder Singh, secretaries of the HCA and PCA affiliated associations, said the two associations had been working in the Union Territory for the past two decades for the promotion of the game. They had been organising different age-group tournaments, holding coaching camps and preparing boys for the national level tournaments. The CCA affiliated to Punjab had its permanent coaching centre, DAV School in Sector 8 while the CCA affiliated to Haryana had its coaching centre at the Government School, Sector 19. Welcoming the proposed visit by the BCCI’s fact-finding team to Chandigarh, the two associations have requested the team to “see for themselves the
facilities provided by the respective associations and only then grant affiliation”.
Cricket meet New Delhi, April 12 Organising secretary Tony Malhotra announced that in the opening match, Rajinder Pal Cricket Academy will take on Haryana Cricket Academy. |
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Carlos Ferrero, Mantilla advance Estoril (Portugal) April 12 Ferrero (21) will next face another compatriot, Albert Montanes, who put out Karol Kucera of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3. Ferrero’s Davis Cup-title team-mate Juan Balcells became an early victim, falling to unheralded Markus Hipfl of Austria 7-5, 4-6, 4-6. With Spanish No 1 Alex Corretja skipping the event, Ferrero has good chances of success as the top Iberian in the field. And last year’s French Open semifinalist is determined to start taking better advantage of the tennis opportunities which come his way, especially during his preferred clay-court season. “I’m more mature now, this is my third year on the circuit,” said the Spaniard. “I know all about things. I don’t want to miss any more chances, I really let it slip away at Roland Garros.” Ferrero went out in five sets last June to eventual Paris champion Gustavo Kuerten. “I learned a lesson and that’s very important,” said the Spaniard. “It’s important to have these in life.” Former top 10 players Felix Mantilla, still finding full form after shoulder surgery last summer, sprang a 7-5, 6-1 surprise on second seed Tim Henman, sending the Briton to the sunny Estoril practice courts to prepare for next week’s Masters Series in Monte Carlo. There was no hard feeling from the loser, who was surprised to have gotten this far on the alien surface which tests him every spring through the French Open. “I’ve probably trained on clay for as long as this match lasted,” Henman said. “I was pleasantly surprised against a guy who is obviously confident.” |
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Randhawa in lead New Delhi, April 12 Mundy carded a five-under 67 while Digvijay returned four-under 68 for an aggregate of 11-under 205. Randhawa, the only player to lead on all the three days, shot his second successive three-under 69. Mundy, who was in seventh spot yesterday with six-under 138, played a good golf today. He carded six birdies on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 12th, 17th and 18th, three of them resulting from admirable 10 feet putting efforts. His only bogey on the 3rd came after he failed to sink a five feet par putt. Randhawa had birdies on the 1st, 4th, 12th, and 18th and a single drop on 13th to add a three-under 69 to his earlier eight-under 136. Digvijay Singh brought himself in the reckoning with a level par first nine after a birdie on the 5th and bogey on 8th. On his return journey, he carded three consecutive birdies on 10th, 11th and 12th and finished his round with another birdie on 17th for a tally of four-under 68. Yesterday’s joint leader Vishal Singh slipped to the fourth position with a card of two-under 70 for an aggregate of ten-under 206. Vishal started with a drop shot and had birdies on 3rd, 5th, 12th and 14th and bogeys on 6th and 10th. Other joint leaders after round two. Arjun Singh and Amritinder Singh, were placed joint fifth along with Vivek Bhandari with a score of nine-under 207. Arjun Singh had four birdies on 1st, 5th, 12th, and 18th and bogeys on 4th and 14th, while Amritinder carded an eagle on 12th but his three bogeys on 13th, 16th and 17th got him just one-under 71 in today’s round. Among the amateurs, Ashok Kumar continued to lead with a score of six-under 210. He had five birdies on 5th, 7th, 12th, 16th and 17th but his bogeys on 13th, 15th and a double-bogey on the last hole got him one-under 71. Score (after 54 holes): 205-Uttam Singh Mundy (71, 67, 67), Digvijay Singh (69, 68, 68), Jyoti Randhawa (67, 69, 69); 206- Vishal Singh (69, 67, 70); 207- Vivek Bhandari (68, 71, 68), Amritinder Singh (68,68, 71), Arjun Singh (68, 68, 71) Amateurs: 210- Ashok Kumar (68, 71, 71); 214- Amit Luthra (72, 74, 68).
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Sandhu, Madhu Brar win title Chandigarh, April 12 The finalists were all square till the ninth hole. But then the team of Col I.P. Singh and Bhupinder Singh took the lead and were two up at the 14th hole. Trailing by two holes and with just four holes to go, the winners struck a bright patch scoring points on the 15th, 16th , 17th and 18th holes to clinch the trophy. |
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Mumbai, April 12 In a late night match, eighth seed Nalin Patel became the first Indian to make it to the last eight stage when he crushed Indian qualifier Dhruv Sitwala 601-320, after trailing 186-232 at the breather. Sethi, who led 377-241 after one hour of play, had the game’s proceedings well under control against the current national champion Joshi. He started off with a 239 break in his third visit to the table while Joshi struggled till he got a break of 126 in his 13th visit. However, Sethi suddenly lost his touch and could total just 39 points between his seventh and 26th visit to the table missing a couple of easy canons and red pots before he struck form with breaks of 64 and 63 in his 27th and 29th visits, respectively. Joshi too found the going tough and between his 14th and 28th visits to the table, he could muster just 51 points before getting a century break of 169 in his 30th visit which proved a bit too late. Sethi told reporters after the match that he was more than satisfied with the way he played against a good opponent. “I think I started off well with a break of 239 but I ran into trouble in the middle of the game and was not concentrating as much as I should have but came through in the end,” he added. Sethi will now play against sixth-seeded Robby Foldvari of Australia in the quarterfinals tomorrow. Foldvari, who had won the world championship in 1986, defeated Indian qualifier Subhash Agrawal 520-169, after leading 264-78 at half time. The Aussie got breaks of 80 (4th visit), 50 (6th), 51 (18th) and 87 (22nd) while the Indian’s highest break was a pathetic 21 in his 15th visit. In the Patel-Sitwala encounter, the former clawed back into contention from a very poor position. Sitwala had breaks of 70 (5th visit), 70 (6th) and 49 in the first hour of play while Patel’s highest break was 99. However, Patel came up with a break of 143 in his 15th visit to the table which helped wrest the lead from his rival at 331-274 and with breaks of 89 (19th) and 104 (24th) he sealed his opponent’s fate to win 601-320. In yet another pre-quarterfinal match, third seed Peter Gilchrist of England drubbed his countryman Paul Bennet 738-336, after leading 350-186 at half time. Results (pre-quarterfinals): Nalin Patel (Ind) 601 (99, 143, 89, 104) b Dhruv Sitwala (Ind) 320 (70, 70, 49); P. Gilchrist (Eng) 738 (60, 124, 60, 172) b P. Bennet (Eng) 336 (41, 29); Geet Sethi (Ind) 544 (239, 64, 63) b D. Joshi (Ind) 472 (50, 126); Robby Foldvari (Aus) 520 (80, 50, 51, 87, 46) b Subhash Agrawal (Ind) 169 (21).
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Badminton coaches’ conference begins Chandigarh, April 12 Earlier, Mr SM Arif, vice-president of the association, welcomed the chief guest and spoke about various efforts made by assocation in promoting the game. Others who spoke included Mr Gian Gupta, Mr DK Mukerjee, Mr TPS Puri and Mr Raj Parmar. Dr Ashok Ghosh, Senior Scientific Officer, Sports Psychology, National Institute of Sports, Patiala, in his paper said a coach must identify the kind of strokes a player was using. He said overhead tosses were less demanding and in the light of the intensity of the game, the rest pause ratio had reduced. Dr Ghosh who had also performed these tests on former badminton players like Prakash Padukone, late Syed Modi, Uday Pawar and L’D Sa, said the thermal load was high in case of a badminton player since this game was played indoors. Sweating was enormous and after a game, approximately 1.5 to 2.5 litres of sweat was lost. He said body absorption differs from player to player but a badminton player should always consume adequate quantity of water, possibly accompanied by sodium and potassium so as to come back for the next match. |
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Margao, April 12 Striker Francise Silveira in the 44th minute and Igor Shkvirin in the 87th minute scored for Churchill Brothers while Anthony Fernandes reduced the margin for Air-India in the 75th minute. Churchill could have easily romped home by a much bigger margin, had they utilised gilt edged opportunities that came their way specially in the first session. With this win Churchill boosted their points tally to 31 points with nine wins, four draws and five defeats but remained on the same fourth place below East Bengal (39 points), Mohun Bagan (36 points) and FC Kochin (33 points). Air-India, Mumbai, remained on same 17 points with four wins, five draws and 10 defeats. Churchill started with full steam in the first half with mid-fielders feeding their forwards with well calculated passes but they did not gain enough dividend as goal line save by rival defenders and the cross bar came in their way. Not a single noticeable move was seen from Air-India during the first 45 minutes. Churchill could have surged ahead in the 22nd minute but Francis Silveira’s shot went wide, off a pass from Rocky Barreto. Two minutes later Barreto’s try, hit the goal post following a flag kick taken by Somatai Shiaza. In the very next minute Air-India’s defender Henry Picardo brought off a fine goal line save off a header from Andre Requena. In the 38th minute in one to one situation Churchill’s Igor Shkvirin missed a sitter as his try hit Air-India’s goalkeeper Isret Kamal and went wide. Churchill shot into the lead a minute before the breather through striker Silveira, who was well fed by Barreto 1-0. After change of ends Air-India improved their performance and attacked relentlessly and restored parity in the 75 th minute through Anthony Fernandes, when Ratan Singh from the right flank sent a cross. The ball touched latter’s leg and
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How Indu Puri defied asthma to excel in TT New Delhi, April 12 She overcame, to an extent, her asthma problem by shifting base from the humid Calcutta to the comparatively dry weather condition of Delhi. The former Indian national champion and Arjuna awardee, however, admitted that the fast changing sports scenario had made the role of sports medicine very vital in shaping the talent of young players. Indu Puri made this observation in a reveting interactive session, in which Bishan Singh Bedi and Dinesh Khanna also spoke, on the concluding day of the Indian Sports Medicine Congress at the Scope auditorium here today. Indu Puri said sports training should be individualistic and advocated the coaches to adopt an “individualistic approach” as one method of training many not be ideal for all the trainees. “Each to himself herself” should be the motto, taking into consideration the physical parametres of each trainee. This view of her’s was echoed by former Indian cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi, who said though he was not a fitness freak, circumstances forced him to become a fitness fanatic as the village he was born and brought up in Punjab did not have many facilities, and he had to trudge long distances even for small, small things. He said this daily walk made him fit physically, which stood him in good stead in his later years as the master of spin magic. Bedi attributed his physical strength to his mental strength, which he derived from spirituality. Bedi also advised the coaches not to be “possessive” about their trainees, and quoting the recent example of spin sensation Harbhajan Singh, the former India captain remarked that at least five coaches were claiming credit for Harbhajan’s achievements, as they claim to have trained the young Sikh to cricket stardom. Former Asian badminton champion Dinesh Khanna said he had battled with a serious knee trouble, like the one faced by Gopichand, in the sixties. But since arthroscopic surgery was not very much in vogue then, he put up with a cartilege (meniscal) tear and worked with determination to produce the best badminton of his career then. But Khanna said the players today should be given the full benefit of the advancement made in sports medicine. Like Indu Puri, a former squash champion and now a practising doctor,
B. I. Singh, advocated the use of “specific stamina” training methods, as each sport discipline required a different kind of training method. Elaborating further he said the fitness level of a defensive player is vastly different from an attacking player. Summing up the three-day conference as one of the best witnessed in recent times, almost all the delegates, including doctors and coaches, wanted proper follow-ups for the deliberations of the congress to reach one and all. President of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Dr PSM Chandran, said deliberations in the congress would be published in book form, for the larger benefit of the practitioners of sports medicine and coaches, and all others connected with sports. He said the interactive sessions with sports persons were the salient features of the congress as all the former sports stars wanted modern sports medicine methods to be made available to the new generation, which they were not lucky to benefit themselves in their time. Dr Chandran said nutritious diet for sportspersons should be a continuous process and advocated a drastic change in the government’s policy of providing Rs 200 worth of food every day to each athlete during the national camp, and then leave the
athletes to fend for themselves when the camps are over, which means a sportsperson may not be able to afford food not worth more than Rs 25, on his own. “If our sportsmen and women have to do well at international competitions, they should be given proper diet, not unlike the present setup when they get Rs 200 worth nutrition for two months and Rs 25 worth food for the rest eight months in a year”, Dr Chandran
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SER outclass CR Ludhiana, April 12 Both the teams played an attacking game right from the word go. Just three minutes into the game, Northern Railway opened the account when inside-left Kamla Dalal struck a field goal. In the ninth minute left-back Suman Bala increased the lead to 2-0 by capitalising on a penalty corner. Northern Railway got five penalty corners while RCF got only one before the breather. After one minute of the lemon break, centre-half Seema from RCF reduced the lead by scoring a field goal (2-1). In the 58th minute right-back Amandeep Kaur made use of a penalty corner and took the tally to 3-1. RCF played an aggressive game to restore parity and luckily they got a penalty corner in the 70th minute. Outside-right Sarika converted that penalty corner into a goal (3-2) and made the defeat respectable. In another match, South Eastern Railway (SER) defeated Central Railway in a close match by one goal to nil. Centre-forward A. Karketta scored a field goal in 22nd minute (1-0). Both teams got as many as seven penalty corners each to change the fate but none could convert these opportunities into a goal. |
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