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January 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Indian colts triumph in a thriller Ludhiana, January 7 In a thrilling encounter, favourites India after surviving some anxious moments prevailed over title contenders Bangladesh by four runs to record their second consecutive victory on the third day of the first International School Boys (u-19) Cricket Tournament at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today. Row continues over panel formation
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Leeds United crash out of FA Cup Majoli to seek Goran’s advice Punjab trounce
Jharkhand HP’s
first Astro-turf at
Dharamsala Walvalkar go-kart champion
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Murali, Buddika spark Zimbabwe collapse Kandy, January 7 The hosts clinched the three-Test series with their second victory against the tourists, having won the first match by a record innings and 166 runs at Colombo. Zimbabwe were all out for 175 in their second knock after conceding a 269-run lead, giving yet another feeble batting performance against the hosts’ disciplined pace-spin combination. Left-handed Gavin Rennie was the only batsman to offer some resistance with an impressive 68, but received no support from the other end as Zimbabwe lost their second successive Test inside four days. Seamer Buddika finished with 4 for 27 in only his third Test, while ace off-spinner Muralitharan grabbed 4 for 64 to take his match tally to 13 for a record 10th haul of 10 or more scalps in a test. Zimbabwe never looked like avoiding a big defeat despite Rennie’s seventh Test half-century in 21 matches as Buddika and Muralitharan kept striking at regular intervals. The 21-year-old Buddika got two vital wickets in his incisive opening spell to put the tourists under pressure. He trapped Andy Flower (11) leg-before in his second over and then triggered the collapse with the wicket of Rennie. Rennie, who put on 58 for the fourth wicket with Andy Flower, was out leg-before just before lunch by a Buddika yorker after smashing 11 fours in his three-hour knock. Zimbabwe crumbled after Rennie’s dismissal as they lost their last six wickets for 41 runs, with Muralitharan taking three. Zimbabwe headed for a big defeat when they lost three wickets in the morning session after resuming at 68 for 3. Their batting remained too brittle to test the hosts, having variety in bowling. The tourists have yet to score 250 in a Test innings, while Sri Lanka have crossed 500 in both of their innings to expose their opponents bowling limitations in this one-sided series. Buddika and Muralitharan now combined to bowl Zimbabwe to their lowest total in two Tests, never allowing the batsmen to settle down. SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe (1st innings): 236 Sri Lanka (1st innings): 505 Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Masakadza b Vaas 0 Gripper lbw b Muralitharan 21 Carlisle c Atapattu b Vaas 9 Rennie lbw b Buddika 68 A. Flower lbw b Buddika 11 G. Flower c Sangakkara
b Buddika 21 Wishart c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 3 Streak not out 14 Marillier lbw b Muralitharan 9 Friend b Buddika 0 Olonga c Samaraweera
b Muralitharan 1 Extras (lb-6, nb-12) 18 Total (all out, 72.4 overs) 175 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-16, 3-51, 4-109, 5-134, 6-138, 7-160, 8-173, 9-174. Bowling: Vaas 18-5-35-2, Zoysa 10-1-30-0, Muralitharan 26.4-7-64-4, Samaraweera 4-2-2-0, Tillakaratne 1-0-8-0, Jayasuriya 1-0-3-0, Buddika 12-2-27-4.
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‘SA fell below expectations’ Melbourne, January 7 “Players from past and present eras have insisted that South Africa were as good as, if not better than, the great enemy,” the Herald Sun newspaper said. “It is difficult to see that happening again after this series. The past month has represented this team’s heaviest defeats (by 246 runs, nine wickets and 10 wickets). “Most of the players have never been beaten so badly, never mind three times in a row.” Shaun Pollock’s side were also rocked by controversy on the eve of the third Test when United Cricket Board of South Africa President Percy Sonn overruled selectors to promote coloured middle-order batsman Justin Ontong ahead of Jacques Rudolph. They must now regroup for a triangular limited-overs series starting in Australia on Friday, which involves the home team and New Zealand. “The result (of the Test series) is a level of humility they have never experienced before, a modesty that will serve them well in the future and will almost certainly change their approach to future contests against Australia,” the Herald Sun said. South Africa host Australia in a three-Test series starting next month when they will have another opportunity to claim Test cricket’s top ranking from their visitors. But South Africa did not compare well to Stephen Fleming’s New Zealand side who drew a three-Test series in Australia 0-0 in November and December, The Age newspaper reported. “If the Kiwis surprised on the upside, as analysts put it, the Proteas fell well below expectations,” The Age said. “Experience has a lot to do with it. Stephen Fleming is an astute captain of a seasoned team; Shaun Pollock an uncertain leader of a side including players over the hill and in the early stages of their ascent. “Clearly South Africa’s successful team of the 90s has broken up.” The Australian newspaper said, while the Proteas have on-field deficiencies, the Ontong issue was evidence of off-field troubles. “There is no escaping the fact this South African team was seriously under-resourced and inexpertly managed,” The Australian said. “There was no-one, on or off the ground, who was demonstrably in charge.” “It is difficult to see how the South Africans can regroup in advance of the first Test with Australia at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, which is just over six weeks away.”
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Pollock (Sr), Ford face sack Johannesburg, January 7 Pollock (senior), a batting legend of yore, has earned the wrath of the cricket establishment here for his ‘unpatriotic’ role in Australia, reports said. “You can’t be a selector and a radio commentator at the same time”, South African cricket chief Percy Sonn said after Pollock, who opposed Ontong’s selection to Jacques Rudolph for the Sydney Test, disclosed to an Australian radio station that the team had been changed by Mr Sonn.
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Indian colts triumph in a thriller Ludhiana, January 7 Batting first after winning the toss, India were restricted to 156 runs due to some outstanding fielding by the visitors. The main contributions came through their openers Sandeep Yadav (42), Karan Goel (22) and skipper Sushil Kumar (18) and tailender Anant Kumar who made 17. Bangladesh batsmen began their chase on a sedate note and were well placed (97 for 2 after 21 overs) when their mainstay, opener Tanveer
Rashid, lost his patience trying to play a forceful shot and gave a simple catch to Sushil Kumar at mid-off which sparked a middle order collapse. The visitors were all out for 152 runs, falling short of the target by just five runs with 10 balls to go. Defending a meagre total, Indian bowlers, especially spinners Paras Dogra and Anant Kumar did a commendable job claiming three wickets each. Left-arm pacer, Raj Kumar scalped two victims while Sushil Kumar took one wicket. Scoreboard India: Sandeep Yadav lbw b Abdul Bashar 42, Karan Goel st Dhiman Ghosh b Nadif Chowdhary 22, Sunny st Dhiman Ghosh b Nadif Chowdhary 1, Sushil Kumar run out Fariduddind Ghosh 18, Rahul Arora b Nadif Chowdhary 5, Raj Kumar run out Bashar 5, Paras Dogra b Nazmul Hussain 1, Vikram Singh c Gautam Goswami b Narrm Islam 6, Rohit Sharma b Nazmul Hussein 6, Anant Kumar st Dhiman Ghosh b Gautam Goswami 17, Simrandeep Singh Brar not out 2 Extras: 31 (lb-9, nb-3, w-19 ) Total:
156 all out in 37.1
overs. FOW: 1-68, 2-74, 3-96, 4-104, 5-113, 6-115, 7-121, 8-128, 9-139, 10-156. Bowling: Nazmul Hussein 8-0-45-2, Rubaiyat Haq 6-0-24-0, Abul Bashar 8-0-38-1, Nadif Chowdhary 8-1-18-3, Gautam Goswami 5.1-0-13-1, Naeem Islam 3-0-9-1. Bangladesh: Naeem Islam lbw b Raj Kumar 13, Tanvir Rashid c Sushil Kumar b Anant Kumar 45, Ashiqur Rahman b Anant Kumar 7, Dhiman Ghosh c&b Anant Kumar 15, Kafi Khan run out Anant Kumar 2, Abul Bashar st Rohit Sharma b Paras Dogra 9, Fariduddin Masud lbw b Raj Kumar 23, Nadif Chowdhary c Rohit Sharma b Paras Dogra 4, Rubaiyat Haq c Rohit Sharma b Sushil Kumar 1, Gautam Goswami lbw b Paras Dogra 4, Nazmul Hussein not out 4. Extras:
25 (b-1, lb-3, nb-6, w-15). Total: 152 all out in 38.2
overs. FOW: 1-33, 2-63, 3-97, 4-99, 5-106, 6-114, 7-123, 8-129, 9-138, 10-152. Bowling: Sandeep Yadav 1-0-6-0, Raj Kumar 5.2-0-19-2, Sunny 3-0-15-0, Anant Kumar 8-0-36-3, Karan Goel 8-1-27-0, Paras Dogra 8-2-30-3, Sushil Kumar 5-0-15-1. |
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Row continues over panel formation Kolkata, January 7 The ICC was supposed to form a three-member committee by December 25 last to look into Denness’s rulings against six Indian cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar, captain Sourav Ganguly and Virendra
Sehwag, during the second Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in November last. The names of the members decided for the committee were not approved by the BCCI and hence its chief Jagmohan Dalmiya had rejected the proposal, according to news reports.
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Threats will not deter me: Woods Kapalua (Hawaii), January 7 Just days before Woods’ first appearance in New Zealand, police and US Embassy officials in Wellington acknowledged that the embassy received a letter containing cyanide and threats to disrupt the tournament. “I know the tournament officials have done a wonderful job of organising the event. They’ve assured me I’m going to be safe,” Woods, the number one player in the world, said after completing 72 holes at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort with a 281 total, good for joint 10th place in the season-opening US PGA Tour event. “They’ll do the best they can for not only myself, but the rest of the players and all the people coming out to the tournament.” Woods, (26), the reigning Masters champion, said he’s had “his fair share” of incidents and threats to contend with in his career. Last January he said: “I’ve been getting (threats) since I turned pro. It hasn’t changed. I’ve known that all my life.” “Things like this do happen. You have to go on living your life,” Woods said yesterday. “It’s unfortunate that people have these type of views and do these types of acts. (But) I’m going down there, enjoy myself try and play like I did today. “I’m looking forward to getting down there. This is going to be a fun week for all of us. I’m going back to Stevie’s (caddie Steve William’s) hometown and his home turf. I’m looking forward to having fun, competing, playing and hopefully playing well.” Jon White, Wellington assistant police commissioner, said the threats were directed at the tournament, rather than Woods individually, but “it was clear the threats had been made because Woods, the world’s number one golfer, was playing.” White said a small amount of cyanide, a deadly poison, was in the letter mailed in New Zealand and received by the embassy in Wellington in December. Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg of the IMG, said Woods has “round the clock security, but we have stepped it up a little bit,” for this week’s trip.
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Harikrishna joint winner Hastings (UK), January 7 The trio tallied 6.5 points from nine rounds to finish 1.5 points ahead of GM Mark Hebden of England. Among the three winners, Harikrishna’s rating performance was the best at 2694 and the 15-year-old stands to gain more than 20 ELO points. Barsov was next at 2691 as Sasikiran ended close behind at 2686. The last round action went on expected lines as Harikrishna drew comfortably against Hebden and top seed GM Zhang Zhong of China putting up stiff resistance to hold Sasikiran in a marathon game. That gave Barsov a chance to catch up with the Indian duo and he played enterprisingly to win a topsy-turvy game against bottom placed IM Irina Krush of the USA to share the first prize. The fifth and sixth positions went to Zhong and GM Petr Kiriakov of Russia, respectively, who finished with 4.5 points while GM Joe Gallagher of Switzerland finished seventh on 4 points. Harikrishna played the queen’s gambit accepted, an opening in vogue in this tournament. As if taking a cue from Irina, Harikrishna followed a line favoured by her against him earlier in the tournament and had no trouble in equalising as Hebden went for routine exchange of pieces to arrive at a level rook and minor pieces endgame.
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Kolkata, January 7 After a barren first half, the Goan outfit shot into the lead early in the second session with striker Rui Wanderley finding the target but the glamour club managed to find the equaliser through their star striker Jose Barreto to avoid the embarrassment of a defeat on home ground. Bagan, who have not won a match in the last three encounters, were desperate to arrest the slump in front of their home crowd but the team failed to play cohesively and failed to convert the opportunities that came their way. The opening session was played at a fast pace as both teams tried to take control of the proceedings with a series of raids but the goal remained elusive till the interval with the two teams failing to get their act together inside the box. The visitors forged ahead in the 52nd minute through a brilliant effort of striker Rui Wanderley who headed home after the hard-working medio Hemanthan had set up the move with a lovely back header. But the home team managed to find the equaliser midway through the second session thanks to an acrobatic effort by Jose Barreto who dived full length and headed home a rebound of his own header. Bagan never really looked to be in command though they enjoyed territorial advantage for most of the match and the absence of some of their key players like striker Abdulateef Seriki and Debjit Ghosh compounded their misery. The goal by the Goan outfit came as a jolt for Bagan but it helped them to raise their game to some extent and initiate a few forays into the rival citadel. While Barreto, despite not being fully fit for the match, put up a creditable performance, the other striker, RC Prakash, seemed to be totally off colour which took away much of the sting from the firing line. Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharya inducted seasoned Basudeb Mondal to strengthen the midfield in place of RP Singh immediately after the breather but the move did not really work wonders for the team which paid the price for hanging on to the ball for much too long. The local giants, who were held goal-less by ITI in Bangalore in their last match, could have won today had their forwards not muffed a few scoring opportunities that came their way, particularly in the opening session. Bagan could have fired the first salvo in the 30th minute but James Singh failed to control the ball inside the box following a measured centre from Barreto towards the goalmouth. The home team saw another chance go abegging just one minute before the interval when striker RC Prakash misdirected a volley with only the goalkeeper at his mercy.
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Leeds United crash out of FA Cup London, January 7 A dramatic day of Cup action yesterday also saw Manchester United score three times in five minutes late in the second half as they came from 0-2 down for a 3-2 win against Aston Villa. Third division Bristol Rovers produced another shock with a 3-1 win over Premier League trailers Derby. An explosive contest in Cardiff was marred by outbreaks of violence, missiles thrown onto the pitch, a streaker and a post-match pitch invasion. Shortly after the final whistle, riot police baton-charged a group of the several thousand fans who ran onto the pitch and charged towards to the travelling Leeds supporters.
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Majoli to seek Goran’s advice Canberra, January 7 The 1997 French Open winner and eighth seed crashed out of the Canberra Women’s Classic 4-6, 2-6 to Australian Rachel McQuillan in the second round. Majoli had more problems on her mind than the blustery hot conditions as she struggled with an ongoing shoulder injury. The 24-year-old Croatian said she was on the verge of pulling out of next week’s Australian Open — where she made the third round last year — after losing to McQuillan. But before she makes a decision on the Grand Slam opener she’ll phone her compatriot Ivanisevic later on Monday. “I’m going to call Goran because he had a lot of problems with his shoulder ... maybe he has some advice, some ideas about medication”, Majoli said.
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Punjab trounce
Jharkhand New Delhi, January 7 However, the Punjab women were not that lucky as their spirited performance was smothered by Tamil Nadu, who scored a 25-21, 25-14, 25-19 victory in 80 minute’s. Chandigarh women also fared poorly as they caved in to Haryana in 63 minutes at 23-25, 19-25, 13-25. Other results: Men: Andhra Pradesh b Chhattisgarh 25-12, 25-19, 25-14; Maharashtra b Pondicherry 25-18, 25-16, 25-8; Madhya Pradesh b Bihar 25-22, 25-13, 28-30, 25-17; Karnataka b Assam 25-0, 25-0, 25-0, Gujarat b Jammu and Kashmir 22-25, 20-25, 25-18, 26-24, 15-11. Women:
West Bengal b Gujarat 25-7, 25-7, 25-8; Uttar Pradesh b Rajasthan 25-10, 25-4, 25-15; Chhatisgarh b Orissa 25-0, 25-0, 25-0; Maharashtra b Goa 25-10, 25-6, 25-8. |
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HP’s
first Astro-turf at
Dharamsala Dharamsala, January 7 Addressing a press conference here today, the Deputy Director of the SAI, Mrs Lalita Sharma, said the SAI had already sanctioned the construction of an indoor stadium at an estimated cost of over Rs 1.50 crore. Once the work of levelling the ground is completed, a synthetic track for athletics at a cost of Rs 2.50 crore and an Astro-turf hockey field at the training centre here will be laid. Absence of a synthetic track and Astro-turf in the state is a major hinderance in the holding of national-level events in the state. Apart from hockey, athletics, basketball and volleyball, judo has also been started at the SAI centre girls between the age group of 13 to19. She said the 51 students at the centre were continuing their studies and were being provided free boarding and lodging, a
sports kit worth Rs 3000 per training and medical allowance. In order to encourage local sports talent , the SAI has started a scheme for the day boarders. Under this scheme, the local children will be given a stipend of Rs 5,000 per annum, along with training and Rs 2000 for participation in any event at the state or national level. The SAI will hold selection trials in hockey, judo, athletics, volleyball and basketball, at its centre here from January 30 to February 1. Medal winners get automatic selection. |
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Walvalkar go-kart champion Margao, January 7 Walvalkar on Sunday became the second national karting champion after Asif Nazir, also from Mumbai, raced away to glory in the inaugural championship held in New Delhi in 2000. Following Walvalkar in the second and third places were S. Narendran from Chennai and Adil Amman from Mumbai. While the 20-year-old Walvalkar won a dazzling new Ford Ikon car as first prize, the runners-up took home Rs 50,000 and 25,000, respectively.
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