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January 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Yuvraj, Manohar help India A win England arrive today for
one-dayers Razzaq, Latif hammer Bangladesh
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Involve zonal players in talent hunt: Azad
Aussies face Kiwis Karan helps India storm into final Hingis on track for Sydney title Wrestling
calendar released Abhinav in finals East Bengal face tough challenge FC Kochin
beat HAL Abhinn to meet
Bhatt in final Dhindsa has right to call meeting: court
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Yuvraj, Manohar help India A win Bangalore, January 10 Ganguly though shone with the ball, taking four wickets while Yuvraj Singh topscored with 55 for India A. Ganguly, who has been struggling to regain his form for more than a year now, made just two runs before getting out in his trademark fashion. He chased an outgoing delivery from speedster Ajit Agarkar to give a regulation catch to rival captain V.V.S. Laxman at second slip. Ganguly, who opened the innings with Shiv Sunder Das, was out when the total read only 13 runs and his team plunged into further crisis when Daniel Manohar claimed three big wickets in successive overs to reduce the senior side to 64 for four. Left-hander Hemang Badani, who top-scored with 41, and Harbhajan Singh, who made 36, came up with useful contributions to give some respectability to the score. Das scored 34 runs while Sunil Joshi made 25. For India ‘A’ Manohar finished with three for 26 while off-spinner Sarandeep Singh had figures of three for 36. Agarkar claimed two wickets. Ganguly elected to bat first but his team was not able to utilise the advantage, thanks to Manohar, who sent back Deep Dasgupta, Virender Sehwag and Das in quick succession after coming on as the first change bowler after 12 overs. Dasgupta, who hardly looked confident during his stay at the crease, spooned a simple catch to Rohan Gavaskar at mid-on after making 10 and adding 35 runs for the second wicket with Das. Gavaskar was instrumental in the dismissal of Sehwag as well, snapping up the batsman who played a loose shot after scoring just four runs. In his next over, Manohar dimissed Das too, trapping him leg before wicket. Das had compiled a patient 34 off 49 balls with three fours. Badani, who came at the fall of Sehwag’s wicket, batted well and looked set for a big score. He played his strokes fluently, even lofting left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for a huge six. Badani and Jacob Martin put on 62 runs for the fifth wicket to take the score to 126 before the senior team lost two quick wickets. Badani, whose 41 came off just 36 balls with four fours and a six, was brilliantly caught by Laxman in the covers in the first over off Sarandeep. India Seniors: Das lbw b Manohar 34 Ganguly c Laxman b Agarkar 2 Dasgupta c Gavaskar b Manohar 10 Sehwag c Gavaskar b Manohar 4 Badani c Laxman b Sarandeep 41 Martin lbw b Sarandeep 23 Bangar c Kartik b Sarandeep 17 Joshi c Ratra b Agarkar 25 Harbhajan b Kartik 36 Siddiqui not out 8 Yohannan not out 11 Extras (b2, lb1, w4, nb11) 18 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 229 Fow: 1-13, 2-48, 3-55, 4-64, 5-126, 6-127, 7-155, 8-197, 9-211. Bowling: Agarkar 10-0-32-2, Khan 10-0-56-0, Sodhi 7-0-30-0, Manohar 4-0-26-3, Kartik 10-1-46-1, Sarandeep 9-1-36-3. India ‘A’: Manohar b Bangar 37 William b Bangar 19 Laxman lbw b Ganguly 13 Gavaskar c Dasgupta b Ganguly 4 Yuvraj c Dasgupta b
Yohannan 55 Ratra c Siddiqui b Ganguly 36 Sodhi c Dasgupta b Ganguly 14 Agarkar c Yohannan b Bangar 11 Kartik not out 9 Sarandeep Singh not out 12 Extra: (lb 2, w 21, nb 2) 25 Total: (8 wickets, 48.1 overs) 235 Fow: 1-43, 2-83, 3-91, 4-91, 5-179, 6-196, 7-209, 8-220. Bowling: Yohannan 10-1-35-1, Siddiqui 5.1-0-45-0, Bangar 10-2-43-3, Ganguly 10-1-40-4, Harbhajan 10-0-44-0, Joshi 3-0-26-0.
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England arrive today for one-dayers
London, January 10 The tourists were expected to undergo the humiliation of a 3-0 whitewash in the Test series in December last year but did well to draw the remaining two after the 10-wicket drubbing in the first Test at Mohali. But one-day statistics weigh heavily in favour of Indians who in the past two years have lost only one one-day series at home, that against world champions Australia in 2001. England, on the other hand, lost 11 successive matches prior to their successful trip to Zimbabwe in October when they effected a 5-0 whitewash. England will again field a raw side with only four -skipper Nasser Hussain, Darren Gough, Nick Knight and Graham Thorpe — having played more than 50 one-dayers. A media report tilted the balance in favour of India on the eve of the English team’s departure. “India should win even more easily than they appeared likely to in the Test series,” a report in The Times said today. “Containing Sachin Tendulkar by bowling on one side of the wicket will not be so easy in matches in which wides will be called much more liberally,” it said referring to the bowling tactics adopted by the English bowlers in the Tests. “India have far greater experience but England will hope to exploit doubts about their captain Sourav Ganguly who is becoming Michael Bevan of the side — a brilliant one-day stroke player who has been found wanting against fast bowling in Tests,” the report said. Ganguly has made only three 50s in 27 Test innings since taking over as captain late in 2000 but has maintained his one-day form, scoring two hundreds and six 50s from 22 innings last year. England’s Chairman of selectors, David Graveney said the upcoming tours of India and New Zealand would be a good way to assess England’s world standing. The 15-man squad is not particularly experienced but is seen by many people as being the first step towards forming the squad for the World Cup next year. “These one-day internationals in India and New Zealand are important preparations for us,” Mr Graveney said. “They give us a guide as to where we are in relation to the world’s best”. Coach Duncan Fletcher was confident there was enough raw material to fashion a side at least capable of being competitive next year. “In Zimbabwe the way we organised the net sessions was real eye-opener to many of the youngsters,” he said. “These included a lot of discussions both as a unit and individually.” “It was after the first game there that I first got excited by the response I was getting and I could see the formation of a nucleus of the team I was looking to create for the World Cup,” he said. Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood said, “I know it is going to be hard but I think we can go out there and win.” “I really believe we can do well and above all, be as positive as we can be because there is a lot at stake over the next year or so.” “The selectors are looking for a side to play in the 2003 World Cup and the more this squad stays together, the better we are going to get because continuity is important. Everyone of us wants to play in the World Cup and although players will come and go, hopefully we can all do enough to form the basis of this squad,” Collingwood said. Team: Nasser Hussain (capt), Andrew Caddick, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, James Foster, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Matthew Hoggard, Ben Hollioake, Nick Knight, O Shah, Jeremy Snape, Graham Thorpe, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Vaughan. (Craig White to join the squad in New Zealand). Itinerary: January 11: arrival in Kolkata; January 17: one-day practice match vs Bengal, Kolkata; January 19: 1st ODI vs India, Kolkata (day/night); January 22: 2nd ODI vs India, Cuttack; January 25: 3rd ODI vs India, Chennai (day/night); January 28: 4th ODI vs India, Kanpur; January 31: 5th ODI vs India, Delhi; February 3: 6th ODI vs India, Mumbai (day/night). PTI
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Razzaq, Latif hammer Bangladesh
Dhaka, January 10 The 22-year-old all-rounder’s third Test century in 16 matches enabled Pakistan to post 436 for six in reply to Bangladesh’s 160 at stumps on the second day. Inzamam-ul-Haq was batting on 22. Razzaq struck three sixes and 14 fours in his 216-ball knock to surpass his previous best of 110 not out against Bangladesh in an Asian Test Championship match at Multan last year. He was involved in a 175-run stand for the sixth wicket with wicketkeeper Rashid Latif, who also compiled a career-best 94 on a day when the hosts struggled for wickets. Bangladesh attack was too mediocre to contain Pakistan, who scored 310 in 90 overs after having resumed at 126 for three. Left-arm spinner Enamul Haque finished with three for 134 and seamer Mohammad Sharif two for 86, but their efforts were not good enough to restrict the flow of runs. Razzaq and Latif made the most of the Bangladeshi attack, gathering runs comfortably against both pace and spin to put their team in a commanding position. The 33-year-old Latif hit two sixes and 10 boundaries to better his previous best of 71 against England at Old Trafford last year. Before this match, Test newcomers Bangladesh had played nine Tests and lost eight — five by an innings and the other three by eight wickets or more. All-rounder Razzaq’s 114 not out, his third Test century, included 14 fours and three sixes and spanned just over five hours. Wicketkeeper Latif, meanwhile, fell six runs short of three figures when he flicked a slow delivery from medium pacer Mohammad Sharif to Al-Sahariar at mid-off on 94. Bangladesh (1st innings): 160 Pakistan (1st innings): Umar lbw b Sharif 53 Kabir b Haque 55 Khan c Masud b Haque 0 Youhana run out 72 Saqlain lbw b Haque 9 Razzaq not out 114 Latif c Al Sahariar b Sharif 94 Haq not out 22 Extras: (lb12, w2, nb3) 17 Total: (for 6 wkts, 126 overs) 436 Fall of wickets: 1-100, 2-100, 3-116, 4-162, 5-221, 6-396. Bowling: Manjural 26-4-82-0, Sharif 28-7-86-2, Muntasi 32-6-109-0, Haque 39-9-134-3, Ashraful 1-0-13-0. AFP
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Involve zonal players in talent hunt: Azad Chandigarh, January 10 Due to the tight schedule of various age-group tournaments Mr Azad said: “It is not physically and practically possible for the five zonal selectors to watch all matches personally”. In his letter Azad has said: “In these circumstances the selectors have no option except to mostly rely on scorebooks. The records can sometimes be misleading”. He says “I am afraid they (selectors) may not be in a position to justify the entire selection on merit. A player scoring a century or taking five or more wickets in a match in the absence of the selectors, can easily get into the selectors’ book. Here the most important point is the circumstances in which the batsman had hit the ton or bowler had taken more than five wickets”. “I strongly feel that former zonal players will be available to watch all the matches the BCCI conducts in their area. If the board assigns them the duty to spot and report to the board directly, without interference of the zonal selectors, it will act as a check and balance,” says the letter. Azad has however, clarified: “I am not against the selectors. In fact they have a bigger role to play. My stress is on enlarging the scope of talent hunting”. |
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Aussies face Kiwis
Melbourne, January 10 The first of 12 qualifying matches leading up to the best-of-three finals in February gets underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when the home country take on New Zealand in a day-night encounter. Waugh has made it clear his side will continue to experiment with tactics and players in preparation for the World Cup in South Africa early next year. The cup holders have won their last 19 matches in the Australian limited-overs competition in a run dating back to early 2000. Waugh said today the team owed it to the likes of one-day specialists Michael Bevan, Ian Harvey and Andrew Symond's for taking the abbreviated form of the game just as seriously as Test matches. “We’ve been trying things for the World Cup for the last 18 months and we won’t change,” he said. “We have an eye to winning this series, obviously that is our priority, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t plan and look ahead as well.” “We would be stupid not to look towards the World Cup, because it’s only 12 months away and we’ve got to try some things now.” An important aspect of Australia’s one-day success has been the rotation of players in a bid to keep them fresh. Fiery paceman Brad Williams will make his Australian debut tomorrow as part of a three-pronged pace attack with proven Test performers Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee, while regular one-day pairing Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist have been reunited at the top of the order. AFP
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Karan helps India storm into final Ludhiana, January 10 Batting first, hosts piled up a good total of 244 runs after losing seven wickets in their stipulated 40 overs. Sunny Behl hammered 45 runs in just 30 balls. His innings was studded with three fours and a six. Apart from Karan Goel, Rahul Arora and Sunny only two other batsmen Paras Dogra (15) and captain Sushil Kumar (13) could reach the double figure mark. Nepal began their essay on a dismal note losing their opener Sarfraz Ansari, bowled by Sunny Behl on the third delivery. Mahesh Chetri (20) and Sagar Pant (16) steadied the innings and in the process added 34 runs for the second wicket. Sagar was bowled by Sunny at his individual score of 16 and after that Nepal continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. Their innings ended in 37.3 overs at 141. For India, Sunny, Anant Kumar, Sushil Kumar and Paras Dogra claimed two wickets each. Scoreboard India: Sandeep Yadav c Manoj Bhandari b Meraj Ansari 8, Karan Goel c Mahesh Chetri b Krishna Kumar 80, Rahul Arora st Manoj Bhandari b N Patel 54, Sushil Kumar lbw b Sagar Pant 13, Sunny Behl not out 45, Vijay Kumar c Manoj Bhandari b Sagar Pant 2, Paras Dogra c Sanjay Wanjan b Meraj Ansari 15, Rohit Sharma lbw b Sanjay Wanjan 5, Anant Kumar not out 1. Extras: 21 ( lb-3, nb-3, w-15). Total: 244 for 7 in 40 overs. FOW: 1-16, 2-142, 3-159, 4-181, 5-191, 6-221, 7-230. Bowling:
Meraj Ansari 8-0-56-3, Niraj Bhtrai 8-2-29-0, Imran Khan 5-0-30-0, Narayan Patel 6-0-37-1. Krishna Kumar 7-0-38-1, Sagar Pant 6-0-51-2. Nepal: Sarfraz Ansari b Sunny Behl 0, Mahesh Chetri st Rohit Sharma b Anant Kumar 20, Sagar Pant lbw b Sunny Behl 16, Sanjay Wanjan lbw b Sushil Kumar 17, Mustafa Hawani b Anant Kumar 7, Krishna Kumar c Sunny Behl b Sushil Kumar 3, Manoj Bhandari lbw b Paras Dogra 5, Niraj Bhatrai c Rahul Arora b Paras Dogra 23, Imran Khan b Karan Goel 13, N Patel not out 6, Meraj Ansari run out 6. Extras: 30 ( lb-2, nb-5, w-23 ) Total: 141 all out in 37.3 overs. FOW: 1-0, 2-34, 3-55, 4-67, 5-82, 6-87, 7-100, 8-125, 9-138, 10-141. Bowling: Sunny Behl 6-1-27-2, Simrandeep Brar 4-1-17-0, Anant Kumar 8-3-15-2, Sushil Kumar 8-0-36-2, Paras Dogra 8-0-30-2, Karan Goel 3.3-1-14-1.
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Hingis on track for Sydney title
Sydney, January 10 The second-seeded Swiss star took just 70 minutes to beat Testud. She will now play third-seeded Kim Clijsters of Belgium -who beat her fifth-seeded compatriot Justine Henin 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 in one hour 24 minutes - in tomorrow’s seminal. “It was a good score to beat Testud by today,” Hingis said. “I’ve had closer matches against her. I played very smart and didn’t make many unforced errors and that was the key. “I’m very happy the way I am playing, where I am at this point.” Clijsters was delighted to beat her compatriot Henin in a close encounter. “I felt good out there and this was an important match for me to win,” she said. “It could have gone either way.” Eighth-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy of the USA ended the giant-killing run of US qualifier Alexandra Stevenson with a 6-4, 6-1 quarter-final triumph. Stevenson had upset top seed jennifer Capriati in the second round but Shaughnessy raced to victory in just 61 minutes as Stevenson lost control of her power game and made 37 unforced errors. Shaughnessy now plays fourth-seeded Serena Williams in the final four. The American beat sixth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-4 ,7-6 (8/6) last evening. AFP
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Wrestling
calendar released Chandigarh, January 10 According to the president of the Wrestling Federation of India, Mr M.S. Malik, a training schedule of 40 days (freestyle-men) has been fixed for 32 wrestlers, five coaches and one massaur from today at NIS Patiala. The team of seven wrestlers, two coaches and a massaur will be sent to Teheran for the Takhti Cup to be held there from February 20 to 22. The camp for the Alexander Medved International Tournament would be organised at Patiala from March 1 to 28 for 32 wrestlers, five coaches and one massaur. Preparations for the Mustafa Cup International Tournament would commence from April 5 at Patiala. The team will take part in the three-day Grand Prix Ibrahim Mustafa Tournament from April 16 to 18 to be held at Alexandria (Egypt). Preparations for the Grand Prix Allemagne would be made at Patiala from May 5 to 30. The team will be sent to Lepzig. Two teams will be sent for the 5th World University Wrestling Championship to be held at Edmonton from June 21 to 25 and the International Wrestling Tournament to be held at Pyongyang (DPR Korea) from June 27 to July 1, 2002. The camp for the Commonwealth Games will be held at Patiala from July 5 to 23. The team will take part in the Commonwealth Games to be held at Manchester from July 25 to August 4. Camps to prepare for the World Championship will be held from August 16 to September 2. The team will be sent to Teheran for participating in the World Championship commencing from September 4 to 7. The camp for the Asian Games will be held at Patiala from September 10 to 30. |
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Abhinav in finals Chandigarh, January 10 World Cup champion Dick Boshman leads with a score of 597 and Abhinav is at the second spot with 593. Abhinav had claimed three gold and a silver in the RIAC and the Nissan Cup last year. The rest of the Indian team will join Abhinav for the next leg of the circuit on January 22. The team will compete at Munich, Arhus and The Hague and will return to Delhi on February 10. Abhinav Bindra will stay back. |
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East Bengal face tough challenge Kolkata, January 10 The glamour outfit, who suffered a stunning defeat against ITI at the same venue in their last match, have to put up a far more inspired performance to keep their rivals under pressure. The home team can hardly afford to be complacent against the Goans who have the reputation of being fighters in what promises to be an exciting contest. Vasco, who held two-time champions Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw, will be more than content to settle for a draw against East Bengal, who will be looking to garner full points from this home match.
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FC Kochin
beat HAL Bangalore, January 10 With this win, FC Kochin increased their points tally to eight from six encounters. Kochin’s striker, Shaji made no mistake in driving into the nets off a pass from Mohammed in the 21st minute and gave his team a 1-0 lead at the lemon break. HAL, who had lost to Punjab Police earlier, put all their might to find an equaliser in the second half but in vain. HAL miffed at least a couple of chances.
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Abhinn to meet Bhatt in final
Lucknow, January 10 Gupta, who is now the favourite for the title after the exit of top seed Chetan Anand, overcame a determined Kanitkar 7-5, 3-7, 5-7, 7-3, 7-6 in a match that lasted over 75 minutes. In the other semifinal, fourth seed Arvind Bhatt of Karnataka knocked out fifth seed Ravindra Singh of Uttar Pradesh 7-1, 7-5, 7-1 in a rather one-sided match. In the women’s section, top seed Aparna Popat of PSCB drubbed fourth seed C.H. Seepti of Andhra Pradesh 4-7 7-1 7-0 7-1. PTI
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Dhindsa has right to call meeting: court Patiala, January 10 The meeting called by Mr Dhindsa for tomorrow to elect new office-bearers of the association was objected to association honorary secretary Arvind Khanna, who approached the court to get it nullified. Mr Khanna, in his petition, claimed that only the POA secretary could call a meeting of the association and that an illegal notice had been put out for a meeting of the association. However, it was argued by the Dhindsa group that the President had only excercised his rightful power in calling tomorrow’s meeting. The judge dismissed the petition clearing the way for the meeting. |
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