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Monday,
January 14, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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India A cruise to Challenger title South Africa turn tables on Aussies
Lanka flourish against defensive Zimbabwe |
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Nasser Hussain critical of practice facilities Indian colts clinch cricket title
Record sweep by Irina Brar Third silver for Abhinav
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India A cruise to Challenger title
Bangalore, January 13 India ‘A’ outplayed the senior team in all departments of the game and cruised past the modest target of 155 in only 32 overs losing just two wickets. India ‘A’ bowlers had skittled out India Seniors for a paltry 154 in 35.5 overs with only Hemang Badani, later declared the best batsman of the tournament, contributing a substantial score. The Tamil Nadu left-hander, who had scores of 41 and 77 in the two league games, remained unbeaten on 52. India ‘A’, who maintained an all-win record in the tournament, did not have any difficulty in achieving the target thanks to a solid 75-run knock from opener Sangram Singh. The other opener Daniel Manohar contributed 25 runs while skipper VVS Laxman was unbeaten on 29. In a totally lop-sided final, India ‘A’ began their run chase on a strong note with Sangram and Manohar putting up 80 runs for the first wicket in 106 balls. The pair started attacking the senior bowling from the very start and scored at a fluent rate. Sangram, who reached his fifty off just 52 balls, finally fell to Harbhajan Singh with Tinu Yohannan coming up with a brilliant catch running backwards. His 75 came off 78 balls and included 11 fours and a six. Earlier, Badani waged a lonely battle for the Seniors as he found little support from his team-mates. Ganguly, who had scores of two and one coming as an opener in the two league matches, decided to come lower down the order today but that did not make much difference to his batting
fortunes. PTI SCOREBOARD India Seniors Das c Ratra b Agarkar 4 Dasgupta b Manohar 12 Martin c Sarandeep b Agarkar 1 Sehwag b Ratra b Zaheer 22 Ganguly run out 22 Badani not out 52 Bangar lbw b Sarandeep 0 Joshi run out 16 Harbhajan lbw b Kartik 4 Siddiqui c Ratra b Kartik 4 Yohannan b Kartik 0 Extras
(b-4, lb-7, nb-2, w-4) 17 Total (all out, 35.5 overs) 154 FOW:
1-4, 2-6, 3-38, 4-62, 5-81, 6-82, 7-116, 8-142, 9-154. Bowling: Agarkar 8-0-30-2, Zaheer Khan 8-2-27-1, Sarandeep Singh 8-1-28-1, Manohar 7-0-30-1, Kartik 4.5-0-28-3. India ‘A’ Manohar c Joshi b Harbhajan 25 Sangram c Yohannan Laxman not out 29 Gavaskar not out 18 Extras (b-4, w-6) 10 Total
(for 2 wkts, 32 overs) 157 FOW: 1-80, 2-126. Bowling:
Yohannan 8-1-31-0, Siddiqui 1-0-12-0, Bangar 4-0-22-0, Harbhajan Singh 9-1-30-2, Ganguly 2-0-19-0, Joshi 8-1-39-0. |
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Ratra to replace Deep Dasgupta, Badani,
Mongia recalled
Bangalore, January 13 Ratra would
replace Deep Dasgupta in the 14-member side announced by cricket board
secretary Niranjan Shah. Team: |
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South Africa turn tables on Aussies Melbourne, January 13
South Africa, chasing 199 to win before a crowd of 62,621, scored 199 for six from 48.3 overs despite some tight bowling from Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne (1-19), in reply to the home side’s 198 all out from 48.5 overs. One-day specialist Rhodes, who top-scored with 43 not out, shared a 65-run partnership with Neil McKenzie for the fourth wicket after South Africa looked vulnerable at 71 for three in the 17th over. With two overs remaining, South Africa were 193 for six, requiring a further six runs to win as Rhodes hit a two through mid-wicket then took four leg-byes trying to evade a short ball from Brett Lee. Australia’s innings fell away from a comfortable 164 for four to 171 for eight. Reuters SCOREBOARD Australia: Gilchrist c Donald b Pollock 0 Hayden c Klusener b Pollock 10 Ponting run out 51 Bevan run out 10 S. Waugh b Kallis 62 Martyn c McKenzie b Kallis 31 Symonds c Gibbs b Kallis 0 Warne c Pollock b Klusener 4 Lee c Rhodes b Donald 0 Bichel lbw b Pollock 17 Gillespie not out 1 Extras
(lb-6, w-6) 12 Total (10 wkts, 48.5 overs) 198 FOW:
1-0, 2-39, 3-64, 4-106, 164-5, 164-6, 170-7, 171-8, 196-9. Bowling: Pollock 9-1-25-3, Donald 10-0-54-1, Kallis 9.5-1-30-3, Ntini 10-0-31-0, Klusener 7-0-33-1, Boje 3-0-19-0. South Africa: Kirsten c Gilchrist b Bichel 22 Gibbs c Gilchrist b Gillespie 38 Kallis c Gilchrist b Gillespie 6 McKenzie c Symonds b Warne 34 Rhodes not out 43 Klusener c Gilchrist b Lee 18 Boucher c Symonds b Lee 11 Pollock not out 5 Extras
(b-2, lb-12, w-4, nb-4) 22 Total (6 wkts, 48.3 overs) 199 FOW: 1-51,1 2-66, 3-71, 4-136, 5-169, 6-187. Bowling: Lee 9.3-1-42-2, Gillespie 10-3-28-2, Bichel 10-1-45-1, Warne 10-1-19-1, Symonds 7-0-41-0, Bevan 2-0-10-0. |
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Lanka flourish against defensive Zimbabwe Galle, January 13 Chandana celebrated his return to Test cricket after more than a year with a career-best 92, while Samaraweera hit a patient 76 as Sri Lanka posted 418 despite Zimbabwe’s defensive bowling tactics. The tourists batted 19 overs to reach 18 for no loss at stumps on the second day, trying to avoid a clean sweep after losing the first two Tests by an innings at Colombo and Kandy. Skipper Stuart Carlisle was batting on 13 and Trevor Gripper on three after their team had failed to restrict Sri Lanka to a modest total. AFP SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka (1st innings): Atapattu c Rennie b G. Flower 50 Jayasuriya b Friend 28 Sangakkara b Marillier 29 Jayawardene c and b G. Flower 76 Arnold c A. Flower b Streak 40 Tillakaratne c A. Flower
Samaraweera run out 76 Vaas lbw b Streak 8 Chandana c Carlisle b Marillier 92 Buddika b Marillier 1 Muralitharan not out 5 Extras (b-2, lb-5, nb-3) 10 Total (all out, 158.4 overs) 418 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-107, 3-125, 4-222, 5-229, 6-236, 7-254, 8-400, 9-413. Bowling: Streak 32-11-70-2, Friend 26-7-58-1, Olonga 18-6-52-0, G. Flower 39-7-89-2, Marillier 34.4.-5-101-4, Gripper 9-0-41-0. Zimbabwe (1st innings): Carlisle batting 13 Gripper batting 3 Extras (b-2) 2 Total
(for no loss, 19 overs) 18 Bowling: Vaas 6-5-1-0, Buddika 3-0-7-0, Murali 6-3-3-0, Jayasuriya 2-1-5-0, Chandana 2-2-0-0. |
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Nasser Hussain critical of practice facilities London, January 13 He admitted it was the first “whinge in over two months” but insisted at the same time that he did not see this complain as “whingeing”. He compared the facilities at Kolkata vis-a-vis “excellent facilities” in Mumbai and found the former wanting. “In fact everything on that tour was laid on immaculately for us by the Indian board, from the nets to the Test grounds, so this is the first whinge I’ve had for over two months — and I don’t really see it as whingeing because if the England captain doesn’t speak up, things won’t change,” Hussain wrote in the Sunday Telegraph. “We had our first net-practice yesterday — or rather we were scheduled to have our first practice at a Kolkata club ground. But the nets were so ordinary that we couldn’t use the quick bowlers’ net and all Andy Caddick could do was bowl in the middle to Duncan Fletcher (coach) with a baseball mitt, while Phil Neale went off to Eden Gardens to see if he could get us some nets there for today,” Hussain wrote in the Sunday Telegraph. “In the original schedule for this one-day series we were due to warm up in Mumbai, where we started the Test tour and found excellent facilities.” Within hours of arriving in Kolkata on Friday, the English team had demanded that they be allowed to practice at the Eden Gardens for the entire duration of their tune-up ahead of the inaugural January 19 tie of the six match one-day series but were politely refused by the Cricket Association of Bengal. The English demand came despite the mutually agreed schedule between the two boards which provided for two days of practice for the visitors at the Eden on January 15 and 18, while fixing the Football Club ground as the venue for the work-outs on the remaining days before the first tie. Hussain also expressed his unhappiness over squeezing in of the extra one-dayer for the cost of a practice match in the schedule. “Our original schedule also included two practice games in Mumbai. Now we have got one, against Bengal in the same club ground where we had to practise yesterday, and there is a big difference between one practice game and two. “Some of us haven’t played for three weeks, others haven’t played for three months, and we all need to practise with the white ball,” he wrote. Without actually naming Indian cricket board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya who insisted on having one extra one-day international and the ECB which agreed to it, he said: “I like to think I’m not being hyper-critical of administrators when saying that in future we have to be very careful when re-arranging tours at short notice.” Referring to Sunil Gavaskar’s description of England team as the “most boring team ever to play in India”, Hussain said “I don’t think that does the game justice”. “He is a legend and I still call him Mr Gavaskar because he has earned that respect. But I don’t think he was making enough allowances for us being a young side with so many players on their first tour,” he said.
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Indian colts clinch cricket title Ludhiana, January 13 Bangladesh began their essay on a cautious note with the openers scoring 31 runs in 12 overs before Tanvir Rashid, trying to
accelerate the run rate was caught in the deep off Raj Kumar. Soon after, Naeem Islam left with score reading 38 for two. Bangladesh never recovered and they were restricted to a total of 136 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 40 overs. Left-arm spinner Anant from Gujrat was the pick of the bowler capturing three wickets for 32 runs in 8 overs. Sunny of Haryana with an average of 144 runs was named the ‘best batsman’ and Karan Goel for his total 221 runs and three wickets in the tournament was declared the ‘player of the tournament’.
Bangladesh’s Nadif Chowdhary for his haul of 11 wickets was adjudged the ‘best bowler’ and Rahul Arora for his outstanding fielding (7 catches) was declared the ‘best fielder’. Scoreboard Bangladesh: Naeem Islam run out 18, Tanvir Rashid c Sushil Kumar b Raj Kumar 11, Ashiqur Rahman run out 6, Dhiman Ghosh c Sunny b Paras Dogra 26, Md Kafi Khan c Rohit Sharma b Anant 8, Abul Bashar b Karan Goel 10, Fariduddin st Rohit Sharma b Anant 20, Nadif Chowdhay c Rahul Arora b Anant 8, Raquibur Rahman c Vijay b Paras Dogra 4, Goutam Goswami not out 3, N Hussain not out 3 Extras: ( b-1, lb-4, nb-1, w-13 ) 19 Total: 136 for 9 in 40 overs. FOW: 1-31, 2-38, 3-53, 4-66, 5-93, 6-97, 7-115, 8-127, 9-133. Bowling: Sunny Behl 8-0-20-0, Raj Kumar 6-0-14-1, Sunny 3-0-12-0, Anant 8-0-32-3, Karan Goel 8-0-27-1, Paras Dogra 7-0-26-2. India:
Sandeep Yadav c Naeem Islam b Md Kafi 6, Karan Goel not out 34, Rahul Arora b Abul Bashar 38, Rohit Sharma b Nadif Chowdhary 22, Sunny not out 5 Extras: (b-3, lb-10, nb-4, w-18 ) 35 Total: 140 for 3 in 29.4 overs FOW: 1-12, 2-83, 3-134 Bowling: Nazmul Hussain 5-1-17-0, Md Kafi Khan 4-1-23-1, Goutam Goswami 5.4-0-26-1, Nadif Chowdhary 5-0-16-1, Abul Bashar 8-1-26-1, Raquibur 2-2-19-0. |
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Venus bids to claim Australian Open Melbourne, January 13
Jennifer Capriati may be the new women’s no.1 and defending champion heading into the year’s first Grand Slam tournament, but Venus is bidding to claim her third straight major here having won last year’s Wimbledon and US Open. Yet while 21-year-old Williams has swept the tennis world her form Down Under has not done her justice. She will be looking to redress the imbalance after her horror semi-final appearance to Martina Hingis here last year, when she won just two games in a 6-1 6-1 thrashing in just 53 minutes. That is the furthest Venus has reached in three Australian Open campaigns and to show her determination to break through this time she arrived before the New Year to prepare. She played in the Gold Coast WTA tournament and beat Belgium’s Justine Henin 7-5 6-2 in the final. Venus bypassed the following Sydney tournament for private practice to tune up for the Australian Open. Like last year Venus will be in the same half of the draw as Hingis and her sister Serena, the 1999 US Open champion.
Venus could play four-time winner Monica Seles in the quarters, while Serena and Hingis are on course to face each other in another quarter-final. Venus starts off tomorrow against American qualifier Ansley Cargill. Former world No.1 Hingis showed she is fully recovered from ankle surgery she underwent in October by outplaying American Meghann Shaughnessy in yesterday’s final of the Sydney International. It was her 39th title and ended an 11-month drought for the 21-year-old Swiss player, who is chasing her fourth Australian Open crown. She is seeking her first Grand Slam title since the 1999 Australian Open. Venus and Capriati shared two Grand Slam titles each last season with Capriati adding the French to her breakthrough Australian triumph. Capriati enters the major as world No.1 having supplanted Lindsay Davenport, who is out for at least four months following a knee surgery last week. Capriati appears to be in the easier side of the draw, but the 25-year-old American rejects any notion of easy going in the top half.
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Record sweep by Irina Brar Chandigarh, January 13 Back in Chandigarh, Irina shared her experiences with mediapersons at the Chandigarh Golf Club. By her side were her parents who have always encouraged this plus-two student of Vivek High School. Starting with the Punjab Open, Irina went on to win the Northern India, Western India, Eastern India, Southern India and the West Bengal Open titles. Her performance this year has been very steady. In fact she has played like the champion and is now all set to defend the All-India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship to be played in Mumbai from
January 29. While winning the West Bengal Open crown, Irina had a four-round (in three days) aggregate of 305. This was four strokes better than the second placed Parneeta Garewal (another Chandigarh girl) who tied for the second spot with Anjali of Delhi. But because of a better back nine, Parneeta clinched the second spot. Playing on the longest golf course of the country, Irina played with the new driver, “thanks to dad”, to full advantage. Her recent stints with the coach, Jessie Grewal, also helped her in executing her swings with a perfect follow through. She set the ball rolling by returning a one-over card of 73 on the opening day. This card also turned out to be the best of the tournament. Two strokes behind her on the opening day was Anjali (75) followed by Parneeta (78). The second day saw all the three leaders returning identical cards of 74. Thus far Parneeta had the upper hand , maintaining her lead. But the next day turned out to be Bengal Bandh. The third day’s play had
to be cancelled. The organisers decided to have the third and fourth rounds on the last day. This was the acid test . It called upon the golfer to maintain a calm approach and not to get ruffled in the nine hours of non-stop 36-hole competition. This is where Irina’s daily yoga exer ises with Mrs Sood came to the fore. Irina feels the yoga exercises helped her to bear the stress of the last day’s play. The 18-year-old sports apprentice with Indian Oil, returned cards of 76 and 77 despite twice being caught in the water hazard. These two double bogies could not stop the Chandigarh golf icon from clinching the title . The other Chandigarh girl, Parneeta Garewal, also gave a good account of herself to finish second because of a better back nine after she had tied with Anjali for the second spot. The defending champion, Vandana Aggarwal, was vanquished on her home ground finishing fifth in the tournament. And after the All-India event at Mumbai, it will be study time for Irina as her plus-two examinations are due from March 1 to April 4. “There are big intervals between different papers, that will give me just the right time to score well, said Irina, who has also been a topper in studies. Does she plan to become a pro.
”Not just now”, says Irina, who plans to go to the USA for a three month stint.”
It is actually a wedding in the family, but I will stay on to meet some coaches. And with Jeev Milkha Singh there I should be able to get a good coach”, added Irina. So watch out, this Chandigarh girl might turn pro if all goes well abroad. |
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Third silver for Abhinav Chandigarh, January 13 Abhinav fired a series of 100, 100, 98, 99, 99 and 99. Trailing him was Von Kannel Phillipe of Switzerland also with a score of 595 and a series of 98, 100, 100, 100, 99, and 98. Abhinav had entered the finals at the top as his last series score was highest and more than that of the Swiss. The close battle was carried into the finals where Abhinav shot a final of 101.8 and in reply the Swiss shot 102.2, clinching the gold. Bronze winner Harmsen Mischa of the Netherlands trailed with a score of 590 and 102.9. |
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