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Saturday,
February 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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South
Africa clinch series in style
Paes,
Mankad give India winning start |
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High on
confidence, hockey team leaves for Ipoh Windies falter against Pak Punjab
assured of berth in semis
Baroda
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Mandi rout
Kulu in hockey Barreto
shines as Bagan rout JCT Dingko,
Qamar enter finals
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South Africa clinch series in style
Sydney, February 8 Shaun Pollock’s Proteas followed up their eight-wicket win in Wednesday’s first final in Melbourne with another convincing victory in Sydney to win the best-of-three finals series 2-0. Set a revised target of 172 to win from 46 overs after New Zealand collapsed to be all out for 175 in a match disrupted by rain, South Africa coasted to 173 for four off just 38.1 overs. Man-of-the-match Jonty Rhodes finished unbeaten on 61 off 68 balls while Mark Boucher belted 16 not out from six deliveries after opener Herschelle Gibbs had laid the platform for victory with 46 off 51 deliveries. South Africa’s target was reduced by four runs under the Lewis-Duckworth scoring system when the Kiwis collapsed to be all out in just 41.1 overs after their innings was hit by a violent electrical thunderstorm. All-rounder Chris Cairns top scored with 57 off 73 balls while opener Lou Vincent (43), Chris Harris (31) and captain Stephen Fleming (17) were the only others to make double figures. Jacques Kallis (3-23) and Allan Donald (3-29) claimed three wickets each while Donald and Lance Klusener both took wickets in successive balls to set the Proteas a relatively easy target. The game was delayed by 90 minutes in the 17th over when the ground was drenched by showers and pelted with hailstones the size of golf balls. The storm was so destructive that 15,000 suburban homes were blacked out and a woman almost died after her house was struck by lightning. It had seemed certain that the match would be abandoned after the 30-minute storm left giant pools of surface water and a thick cover of hail on the field that looked like snow. But the ground, which had a $1.3 million new drainage system installed just 18 months ago, quickly dried once the showers passed and the sun reappeared. The umpires ordered a re-start an hour and a half after the stoppage once the protective covers were removed, reducing the match to 46 overs-per-team and shortening the tea break by 15 minutes. South Africa, who finished the preliminary rounds in first place despite losing three of their four marches against world champions Australia, were on top from the outset of today’s match despite losing the toss. The Kiwis, needing a win to keep the best-of-three final series alive, failed to score a single run in the first four overs but suddenly had to start chasing quick runs once it became apparent the heavens were about to open. Vincent made an enterprising 43 off just 42 balls, including successive sixes off Pollock and Makhaya Ntini, while Fleming scored his 17 at a run a ball before the rain set in with the Kiwis struggling at 75 for five. SCOREBOARD New Zealand Vincent c Ntini b Kallis 43 Astle c Klusener b Pollock 7 Adams c Boucher b Ntini 1 Fleming c Dippenaar b Donald 17 McMillan c Ntini b Kallis 0 Cairns c Boje b Kallis 57 Harris lbw b Klusener 31 Parore c Gibbs b Klusener 0 Vettori lbw b Donald 3 Franklin lbw b Donald 0 Bond not out 5 Extras: (lb-1 b-2 w-8) 11 Total: (all out, 41.1 overs) 175 FoW: 1-15, 2-17, 3-68, 4-68, 5-72, 6-147, 7-147, 8-157, 9-157. Bowling: Pollock 6-2-24-1, Ntini 7-2-45-1, Donald 8-0-29-3, Kallis 5.1-0-23-3, Boje 8-0-21-0, Klusener 7-0-30-2. South Africa Gibbs b Adams 46 Kirsten c Parore b Bond 2 Kallis c Parore b Adams 10 Dippenaar c Parore b Cairns 29 Rhodes not out 61 Boucher not out 16 Extras: (lb-1 nb-2 w-6) 9 Total: (4 wkts, 38.1 overs) 173 FoW: 1-50, 2-65, 3-68, 4-141 Bowling: Bond 8-2-31-1, Franklin 4-0-29-0, Vettori 4.1-0-25-0, Adams 8-0-33-2, Cairns 7-1-32-1, Astle 2-0-5-0, Harris 5-0-17-0.
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Paes, Mankad give
India winning start Beirut, February 8 Leander Paes toyed with Davis Cup debutant Karim Alayli in the first match, thrashing his opponent 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 in one hour 15 minutes before Harsh Mankad registered his first Davis Cup victory. Mankad, playing his sixth Davis Cup match, defeated Lebanon’s No 1 Ali Hamadeh 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 in one hour 27 minutes in an equally effortless manner to give India a 2-0 lead. Both the matches were totally one-sided and neither of the Indians was broken even once. Paes was simply too strong for his 18-year-old opponent and never allowed him any chance in the match. After being slightly off-colour in the first set, in which he made a few unforced errors, Paes took control from the very first game of the second set and left his opponent totally clueless. A break in the second game of the first set was enough for Paes to pocket it 6-3 even though he was far from his best in that set. Paes was more businesslike in the second set and as he stepped up the heat, Alayli cracked under pressure. Paes broke the Lebanese at love in the first game of the second set and that started the unhindered march of the Indian as he took the next two sets 6-0, 6-0 in only 43 minutes. The second match was expected to be more competitive but Mankad’s fine serve and volley game reduced it to another lop-sided encounter. Like Paes, Mankad too went up 3-0 in the first set after breaking Hamadeh in the second game. The games went with serves after that and Mankad, who wasted a set point when Hamadeh was serving at 30-40 in the eighth game, comfortably took the set 6-3, converting his second set point with a backhand winner. In the doubles match tomorrow, the combination of Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will take on the Lebanese pair of Hamadeh and Patrick
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High on confidence, hockey team leaves for Ipoh
New Delhi, February 8 The 22-member hockey squad had a lengthy practice session at the National Stadium here today, and the players and coaches seemed to be in high spirits, when they assembled for a ‘photo shoot’ with Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president K.P.S. Gill. The squad left for Ipoh late in the evening by a Malaysian Airlines flight for a two-week training-cum-competition camp, to be in ship-shape for the World Cup. Former captain Dhanraj Pillay, the star of the squad, was confident that India would finish in the top bracket at Kuala Lumpur, where India had struck gold, the only time, in the World Cup, way back in 1975, under the captaincy of Ajit Pal Singh. “We hope to repeat that feat”, Dhanraj Pillay said. And he had solid reasons for his optimism. “There are 11 players in the team who were part of the junior World Cup winning team. They had a taste of the World Cup. They now have the confidence to ensure that the seniors can do it too”, Dhanraj explained. Dhanraj said it was within India’s realms to finish among the first four. He said the Indian team had been preparing very hard for the World Cup for the last two years, and had achieved a few notable successes en route by winning the PM’s Cup in Dhaka, qualifying for the World Cup at Milton Keynes and then annexing the inaugural Champions Challenge Trophy at Kuala Lumpur recently. Kuala Lumpur has proved to be a lucky venue for India, and Dhanraj was confident that India’s winning streak would continue in the World Cup too. Dhanraj and captain Baljit Singh Dhillon will be the fulcrum of the Indian attack, though others have been trained to “utilise the gap” whenever either of them is marked by the rival defenders. Dhanraj said he would play as the “right-in, right-out and centre-forward, but inside the ‘dee’, I will always be a striker”. He said the Indian squad were a fine blend of “youth and experience”, and were capable of delivering the cup. But captain Baljit Singh Dhillon was guarded in his optimism “as the World Cup is a tough tournament and no team is easy”. But he felt that the “Indian team have a responsibility as we have to bring results for the hard work we have put in”. Chief coach Cedric D’Souza looked very exuberant, and announced that a conscious effort had been made to iron out the “grey areas” in the team, particularly pertaining to penalty corner conversion. He said there was a purpose of taking 22 players to Ipoh as “we can make two teams of 11 players each and play among ourselves, without depending on other teams for match practice”. Cedric said the Ipoh outing would be basically for acclimatisation, and there was no plan to put the players through a hard grind. “We have to be fresh for the World Cup as we would be playing nine matches in 13 days, and therefore, we have to conserve our energy”, he noted. Cedric said the decision to shift the final coaching camp from Chennai to Ipoh was taken at the behest of IHF president KPS Gill, who felt that the Indian players would be better served if they trained at a place which had similar climatic conditions as Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, very close to Kuala Lumpur, fitted the bill perfectly. The squad would be pruned to 18 players before the World Cup, though Cedric revealed that he had “great difficulty” in choosing 16 from the 18 players at his disposal for the Champions Challenge Trophy “as all the boys were playing equally well”. Mr K.P.S. Gill indicated that junior Indian team coach Rajinder Singh may be drafted as an observor for the World Cup “though we are yet to finalise the names of the observers”.  |
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Windies falter against Pak Sharjah, February 8 The West Indies, replying to Pakistan’s first innings total of 472, were reduced to 164 for four by stumps on the second day, still 109 runs away from making Pakistan bat again. Their hopes of
resurrecting their chances rest on captain Carl Hooper, who was unbeaten on 40 with the help of six boundaries. Nightwatchman Mervyn Dillon was the other batsman at the crease, having successfully defended 17 deliveries without opening his account. Pakistani bowlers picked up wickets at crucial moments to keep the West Indians under pressure even on an easy-paced track that appears full of runs. From 88 for one it soon became 159 for four as leg-spinner Kaneria had Shivnarine Chanderpaul caught at silly point for 16.AFP Scoreboard Pakistan
(Ist innings): Umar c Ganga b Dillon 8
Afridi b Cuffy 107
Khan c Ganga b Collins 153
Haq c Hooper b Ramnarine 36
Youhana b Dillon 60
Razzaq not out 64
Latif c Hooper b Ramnarine 16
Saqlain b Cuffy 5
Waqar b Ramnarine 2
Akhtar c and b Cuffy 4
Kaneria c Gayle b Cuffy 0
Extras (b-12 lb-2 nb-3) 17
Total (all out, 135 overs) 472
FoW: 1-12, 2-202, 3-272, 4-364, 5-393, 6-416, 7-447, 8-454, 9-463
Bowling: Dillon 27-6-63-2, Collins 30-5-99-1, Cuffy 29-4-82-4, Ramnarine 36-5-137-3, Hooper 7-0-41-0, R. Hinds 5-1-24-0, Gayle 1-0-12-0.
West Indies (Ist innings):
Ganga b Afridi 65
Gayle b Akhtar 6
Hinds b Saqlain 25
Hooper not out 40
Chanderpaul c Youhana
b Kaneria 16
Dillon not out 0
Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-4) 12
Total (for four wickets) 164
FoW: 1-19, 2-88, 3-116, 4-159
Bowling: Waqar 3-0-13-0, Akhtar 7-1-47-1, Kaneria 13-2-34-1, Saqlain 12-4-21-1, Afridi 10-0-21-1. |
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Punjab assured of berth in semis SAS Nagar, February 8 The visitors facing a near-impossible task of scoring mammoth 463 runs for victory, started the proceedings on a bright note as both the openers BBCC Mahapatra and India Test player and skipper S S Das struck a couple of boundaries as they raced to 26 in 3.2 overs. But it was dampness all round as a result of the
hailstorm. The supper sopper and the entire groundstaff was pressed into service to flush out the water. They were engaged in the tough task when umpires called off the day’s play at quarter to five. Earlier, Punjab, who resumed their innings from the overnight score of 357 for six, continued to bat and were all out after lunch putting 460 on the board. Speedster Vineet Sharma, the wrecker-in-chief of the Orissa’s first innings with six wickets, enlivened the otherwise lacklustre proceedings when he clobbered seamer Debashis Mohanty to four successive fours in the same over. In the next over he hit a straight four and a six over mid wicket as two overs yielded 29 runs. Overall, he played an entertaining innings of 47 runs off 49 deliveries before handing a simple catch to Mohanty at mid wicket off part-time off-spinner Sanjay Raul. Left-handed Ankur Kakkar was just content to defend even as the bowler could get little purchase from the track. An extremely circumspect Kakkar starting from his overnight score of 50 laboured to reach 77 at lunch break. When he was finally claimed by medium pacer Ajay Barik, caught behind by Gautam Gopal, after the addition of one more run to his total, he had consumed more than six hours at the wicket. Mohanty was the most successful bowler finishing with four wickets in the kitty, while Barik and Raul claimed two wickets apiece. Punjab, in the meantime, were penalised five runs after Kakkar while batting ran on the danger area after having been warned twice by the umpire. The runs have been added to the first innings total of Orissa making their score 205 and not 200.
Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings): 207 Orissa (1st innings):
200 Punjab (2nd innings): Munish c Parida b Mohanty 73, Ricky c Mullick b Bipin 9, Yuvraj c Gopal b Mohanty 50, Dharmani c Mahapatra b Jayachandra 41, Mongia c Mullick b Raul 51, Kakkar c Gopal b Barik 78, Navdeep lbw Mohanty 12,Harbhajan lbw Mohanty 43, Ishan c Raul b Barik 13, Vineet c Mohanty b Raul 47, Harish not out 6.
Extras: (b1, lb 11, nb 25): 37. Total: ( all out in 143 overs) : 460.
FoW: 1-49, 2-129, 3-153, 4-242, 5-242, 6-278, 7-359, 8-381, 9-441. Bowling: Mohanty 37-12-97-4, Barik 23-3-98-2, Bipin 21-4-61-1, Satpathy 19-6-70-0, Jayachandra 21-3-76-1, Raul 22-6-46-2. Orissa (2nd innings):
Mahapatra not out 16, Das not out 8. Extras: (nb 2): 2. Total
( in 3.2 overs): 26. Bowling: Vineet 2-0-12-0, Ishan 1.2-0-14-0. |
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Baroda defeat Hyderabad Vadodara, February 8 In a totally one-sided quarter-final match played at the GSFC ground, the hosts exhibiting superb performance both with the ball and bat, bundled Hyderabad out for a paltry 127 in their second knock to grab victory with one full day and more than two sessions to spare. The champions will take on the winners of Punjab-Orissa match, currently being played at Mohali, in the semifinals scheduled to be played here from February 14. After Hyderabad crashed to 84 for eight in their second knock at close of play on the third day yesterday conceding a massive 383-run first innings lead to the hosts, Baroda’s entry into the last four stage was a forgone conclusion. The winners took just 54 minutes of the first session today to claim the remaining two wickets of Hyderabad through their off spinner Ajit Bhoite conceding 43 runs from 12.1 overs. Skipper V.V.S. Laxman, who fought a lone battle coming at one down yesterday, remained not out with 53 studded with 11 boundaries off 101 balls. Hyderabad (1st innings): 290 Vadodara (1st innings): 673 Hyderabad (2nd innings): Manohar b Khan 0, Kishore c Bhoite 4, Laxman not out 53, A. Singh c Mongia b Patel 10, Vinay c Kale b Khan 0, Arjun Yadav c Bhoite b Joshi 1, Yadav c Arothe b Khan 2, Raju lbw Khan 0, Sabharwal b Khan 0, Vardhan c and b Bhoite 20, N.P. Singh c Joshi b Bhoite 15. Extras: 22. Total: all out for 127 in 32.1 overs. FoW: 1-0, 2-12, 3-30, 4-31, 5-42, 6-45, 7-59, 8-59, 9-97. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-3-30-5, Rakesh Patel 9-2-29-2, Shekhar Joshi 5-1-15-1, Valmik Buch 2-0-9-0, Ajit Bhoite 6.1-0-26-2. Railways tighten grip NEW DELHI: Railways looked well ahead of Tamil Nadu in the race of making into semifinals after the hosts gained a vital 147-run first innings lead over the visitors on the penultimate day of the quarterfinal match at Karnail Singh Stadium. Since the match
appeared to be heading for a tame draw, the first innings lead would decide the fate of the tie and Railways have the upper hand over Tamil Nadu on this count. Though southpaw opener S. Sriram cracked an unbeaten century and gave a sound foundation to his team in the second innings, Tamil Nadu need an extraordinary performance to gain the lost ground tomorrow. Tamil Nadu
(Ist innings): 276 Railways (Ist innings): Sanjay Bangar b Balajee 212, A Pagnis c and b Srinivas 0, Tejinder Pal Kapoor 29, Yere Goud ct Arasu b Balajee 21, Rajan Ali lbw Balajee 0, Abhay Sharma ct Robin b Ram 3, J.P. Yadav b Balajee 32, S. Wankhede lbw Kapoor 16, Murali Kartik b Ram 58, K. Parida st Arasu b Kapoor 2, Harvinder Singh not out 8.
Extras: 42, Total: 423. FoW: 1-4, 2-74, 3-115, 4-115, 5-123, 6-190, 7-237, 8-404, 9-407.
Bowling: Balajee 34.1-6-93-4, Srinivas 12.3-3-39-1, Kapoor 42-10-116-3, Robin11.3-1-33-0, Ram 36-7-84-2, Sriram 23-7-44-0. Tamil Nadu
(IInd innings): S. Ramesh lbw Parida 22, S. Sriram batting 107, Madan Gopal c Parida b Harvinder 56, S. Sharath batting 2.
Extras: 7, Total: 204 for 2, FoW:1-68, 2-201.
Bowling: Harvinder 12-1-37-1, Yadav 9-2-21-0, Parida 15-4-59-1, Bangar 8-0-40-0, Karthik 15-4-35-0. Bengal in strong position KOLKATA: After having taken a 32-run first innings lead, hosts Bengal consolidated their position by reaching a
comfortable 279 for three in their second innings at close on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy quarter final match against Gujarat at the Eden Gardens here today. Resuming at their overnight score of two for no loss, the Bengal batsmen tightened the noose around Gujarat as Deep Dasgupta (84), Devang Gandhi (82) and captain Rohan Gavaskar (74 not out) slammed half centuries to take their overall lead to 311 runs. Bengal
(1st innings): 353 Gujarat (1st innings): 321 Bengal
(2nd innings): A. Chakraborty c Vora b Bhatt 10, D. Dasgupta lbw b Parmar 84, D. Gandhi c sub (Yadav) b Mehta 82, R. Gavaskar batting 74, S. Das batting 21.
Extras: (b-4, lb-2, nb-2) 8 Total: (for 3 wkts in 84 overs) 279
FoW: 1-16, 2-165, 3-208. Bowling: Lalit Patel 17-3-35-0, Bhavin Mehta 24-5-74-1, Shyamal Bhatt 14-4-36-1, Kalpesh Patel 16-3-62-0, Kirat Damani 9-2-40-0, Mukund Parmar 4-1-26-1.
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Mandi rout Kulu in hockey Kangra, February 8 Four matches were played on the opening day of the championship which was inaugurated by the Agriculture Minister, Mr Vidaya Sagar. District Hockey Association, Mandi, kept the rivals under pressure during the entire game and scored goals at frequent intervals. Digvijay Singh of Mandi exhibited a good game and scored six goals. Nitin scored six goals, Jatinder three and Manoj one. In another match Kangra Blues defeated Accountant General, Shimla, 2-0 in a well-contested match. Manjeet Singh and Gurmeet Singh of Kangra Blues scored one goal each. District Hockey Association XI Una, defeated Kangra Reds 1-0 in a well contested match. Una achieved victory when Jagtar Singh succeeded in converting a penalty corner. Hockey lovers witnessed a good match between DHA Chamba and DHA Solan which ended goalless game. |
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Barreto shines
as Bagan rout JCT New Delhi, February 8 Earlier, in a Pool B match, Punjab Police fought back to wipe out a one-goal arrear to hold the other Koltaka giants, East Bengal, to a 1-1 draw. East Bengal, despite having players of the calibre of I.M. Vijayan and Joe Paul Ancheri in their ranks, had to struggle to make their presence felt as Punjab Police looked determined in their approach to give the glamour club a run for their money. East Bengal, hovering around the seventh place in the National Football League (NFL), forged ahead in the 31st minute when Suleiman Musah converted a penalty kick. The spot kick was awarded to the Kolkata team when Punjab Police stopper back Rajesh Kumar brought down East Bengal striker Jose Carlos Da Silva, when he was about to take have a shy at the goal. But the East Bengal lead lasted for only nine minutes as Punjab Police scored the equaliser through Gurvinderpal Singh, who neatly converted a pass from Harnek Singh (1-1), following a free kick, in the 40th minute. Both the teams tried very hard to get the match-winner in the second half, but the defenders played better than the forwards to foil the moves. In the second match, JCT, Phagwara, were on a roll for most part of the first half against NFL leaders Mohun Bagan, after they struck a 10th-minute goal through Shaminder Singh, following a well-crafted pass from Hardip Sangha. The goal injected a lot of verve into the JCT forays, but unfortunately for the millmen, the shots and headers of Hardip Gill, Hardip Sangha and Stephen missed the target very narrowly. And then, unexpectedly, Mohun Bagan booted home the equaliser when Barreto scored a brilliant goal, a minute before half time. R.P. Singh overlapped through the right flank to float a reverse pass to the top of the box, and Baretto curved his right foot to connect the ball high into the goal (1-1). Three minutes into the second half, Barreto latched onto a forward pass near the right flag post, and executed a smashing right-footed grounder, which rolled into the far corner of the goal box, to put Mohun Bagan ahead by 2-1. AIFF Under-19 take on Army XI (1 pm) and Mahindra United meet BSF, Jalandhar (3 pm) in tomorrow’s matches. |
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Dingko, Qamar enter finals New Delhi, February 8 Exhibiting superior skills right from the first gong, Asian Games gold medallist Dingko
widened the 7-1 lead in the first round to 17-1 with accurate left and right jabs by the end of the third round against Navin Dev of Haryana before the referee stopped the lop-sided featherweight category contest. In the final, Dingko will take on Andhra Pradesh’s H. Raju who won a low-quality affair 17-4 against Delhi’s Lalit Singh. The result of the semifinal bout between Qamar and Rosama Colney of Services was a repeat of last year’s nationals final as defending champion Qamar mixed his orthodox south-paw approach effectively to win the light-flyweight battle 13-5. Railway’s Akhil Kumar edged out Andhra Pradesh’s Sundi Raju, who had upset former national junior champion A. Kamesh of Services en route the last four, as Raju lost the momentum which helped him get ahead by six points in the second round. Olympian Suresh Singh and junior international champion Diwakar Prasad also made it to the finals of their respective categories. Diwakar will lock horns with Railway’s Durga Prasad in the bantamweight category, while Suresh Singh tries to quell the challenge of Akhil Kumar in the flyweight category. Though international Dalvir Singh of All-India Police had the crowd rooting for him, thanks to his local-lad status, he left them disappointed as he lost 10-19 to Diwakar, whose right and left-straight punches got the better of Singh’s upper cuts.
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