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March 25, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Trescothick puts England on top
Saqlain, Waqar shocked at death |
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Maher fashions Aussie win Pakistan rely on
experience Sampras survives a scare; Venus wins
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Shandilya Asian champion Defending champions Railways lift hockey title
Diving queen set to
take the plunge Wrestling squad
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Trescothick puts England on top Wellington, March 24 At close of the fourth day England were 184 for one, an overall lead of 246 with nine second innings wickets in hand on a pitch likely to offer plenty of assistance to their left-arm spinner Ashley Giles. Trescothick was on 77, his 10th Test half-century, while Mark Butcher had scored 57. New Zealand, who had realistic hopes at the start of the day of pushing for the win which would have squared the three-Test series, collapsed from 70 for one to 218 all out with Andy Caddick taking six for 59. Giles took four for 102 then the bowlers put their feet up as England went a long way to batting the home side out of the match. Trescothick has struggled on tour, with his highest score being 41 in England’s victorious third one-day international in Napier. But on Sunday he dominated the New Zealand attack and helped nail the coffin shut on New Zealand’s chances. A belligerent batsman who punishes anything short or full. Trescothick cashed in as the New Zealand bowlers struggled on the benign pitch. Only left-hand spinner Daniel Vettori looked likely to get wickets, though Trescothick was lucky. Umpire Steve Dunne may have been a little hard of hearing as television showed Adam Parore had caught him off Nathan Astle in the last over of the day. Butcher also benefited from Dunne’s off day when he looked to have got a tickle to a Craig McMillan delivery soon after he hit his 50. Trescothick and Michael Vaughan put on 79 for the first wicket before Vaughan was well caught by Chris Drum backward of square off Vettori. Earlier, New Zealand squandered a sound start to the day from Mark Richardson (60) and Lou Vincent (57). A desire to score at a quick pace to give themselves a better chance of getting a lead over England in good time proved their downfall. The England bowlers kept a vice-like grip on the scoring with some excellent line and length, but when the bit was loosened things went awry for the New Zealanders. Three batsmen perished trying to push the score. Vincent went attempting a rash sweep off Giles, Stephen Fleming scored only three before he blasted a short ball from Andy Caddick into Graham Thorpe’s midriff and Vettori (11) did the same with the ball before lunch just after driving Caddick to the cover boundary. The other victims in the morning session when New Zealand went from 135 for one to 178 for seven at the break, were more intent on survival as Caddick and Giles bowled superbly. Nathan Astle came down to earth after his record-breaking 222 in the Christchurch Test when he scored just four, while Adam Parore continued a nightmare series with nought to go with nought and one in Christchurch. Craig McMillan hit an enterprising 41 as the long New Zealand tail tried to make amends but the home side still lost their last nine wickets for just 83 runs. Scoreboard England (1st innings): 280 New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson c Giles b Caddick 60 Horne b Caddick 8 Vincent c Thorpe b Giles 57 Fleming c Thorpe b Caddick 3 Astle c Hussain b Giles 4 McMillan lbw b Caddick 41 Parore c Ramprakash b Giles 0 Vettori c Thorpe b Caddick 11 Drum c Trescothick b Giles 2 Butler c Foster b Caddick 12 Martin not out 0 Extras (lb-9, b-6, nb-5) 20 Total (all out, 88.3 overs) 218 Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-135, 3-138, 4-143, 5-147, 6-149, 7-178, 8-201, 9-207. Bowling: Caddick 28.3-8-59-6, Hoggard 13-5-33-0, Giles 37-3-102-4, Flintoff 10-4-9-0. England (2nd innings): Trescothick batting 77 Vaughan c Drum b Vettori 34 Butcher batting 57 Extras (b-1, lb-13, nb-2) 16 Total (For 1 wkt, overs 48) 184 Fall of wickets: 1-79 Bowling: Butler 6-0-32-0, Drum 10-2-33-0, Vettori 16-1-55-1, Astle 9-4-18-0, Martin 4-1-15-0, McMillan 3-0-17-0.
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Saqlain, Waqar shocked at death Lahore, March 24 “It’s a personal loss of a friend because for the last five years I have been so close to Ben,” Saqlain told AFP. The police said the Australian-born Hollioake, 24, died when the Porsche car he was driving spun out of control as he came off a freeway in Perth, Western Australia, in the early hours yesterday. “I am shocked and it’s hard to believe he would no more be there when I go to play for Surrey in a month’s time.” All Pakistan players, currently in a training camp here for Sharjah tri-series next month, learned of the news at the stadium and showed grief. “(He) would call me in the evening and we would go out for a dinner and he would always drive the car,” Saqlain, who is playing for Surrey since 1997, said. “The Hollioake brothers and I would go to matches in the same car,” Saqlain said, referring to Hollioake’s brother Adam, also a cricketer. “Just five days ago I had a dinner with Ben and his girlfriend was with us in Perth,” Pakistan’s express pacer Shoaib Akhtar said. “The news has left me very very sad.” Hollioake’s car crashed through a metre-high fence and travelled about five metres across a footpath before ploughing into a brick retaining wall at the back of a block of flats after he came off a tight left-hand bend. Pakistan’s captain said England has lost a future star. “I have seen his career progress at Surrey. He was in colts when I used to play for the county and found him an exciting and energetic talent,” Younis said. “England has lost a future star.” Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said Ben was bright young man. “Ben was there in the Hong Kong sixes event last year and like always gave me good company,” Akram said. “He was a young boy who wanted to play cricket and enjoy life but sadly it was a very short life.”
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Pretoria, South Africa, March 24 Maher, who was replacing the injured Michael Bevan, featured in an 85-run stand for the second wicket with Matthew Hayden and a fourth-wicket partnership of 93 with Damien Martyn as Australia reached 226 for eight. The tourists then bowled South Africa out for 181 in 46.2 overs. Lance Klusener was again the man South Africa relied on to give their innings some credibility. The big-hitting left hander top-scored with 59 runs off 59 balls, including four sixes and three fours. South Africa captain Shaun Pollock won the toss and put Australia into bat. The tourists lost their first wicket as early as the second over when Adam Gilchrist was caught at mid-on by Gary Kirsten for seven off Pollock. But Maher and Hayden consolidated the Australia innings with a methodical partnership off 142 balls. The stand ended when left-arm spinner Nicky Boje claimed the first of two crucial wickets in the 26th over. Scorebard Australia Gilchrist c Kirsten b Pollock 7 Hayden c Rhodes b Boje 38 Maher c Kallis b Telemachus 95 Ponting c and b Boje 0 Martyn c Boucher
b Telemachus 42 Lehmann not out 13 Watson c Gibbs b Pollock 2 Bichel b Pollock 7 Gillespie lbw b Pollock 4 Hauritz not out 2 Extras: (lb-8 nb-7 w-1) 16 Total: (for eight wickets,
50 overs) 226 Fall of wickets: 1-14 2-99 3-99 4-192 5-201 6-206 7-216 8-220 Bowling: Pollock 10-1-32-4, Ntini 9-0-43-0, Kallis 9-0-38-0, Telemachus 10-0-42-2, Klusener 4-0-26-0, Boje 8-0-37-2. South Africa: Gibbs c Hauritz b McGrath 5 Kirsten c Ponting b
Gillespie 21 Kallis c Ponting b McGrath 14 Dippenaar run out 21 Rhodes lbw b Gillespie 0 Boucher b Hauritz 16 Klusener c Hayden b Lehmann 59 Pollock run out 17 Boje c Gilchrist b Gillespie 18 Telemachus lbw b Gillespie 2 Ntini not out 2 Extras:
(lb-2, nb-3, w-1) 6 Total (all out, 46.2 overs) 181 Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-30, 3-42, 4-45, 5-80, 6-81, 7-110, 8-177, 9-177. Bowling: McGrath 7-2-14-2, Gillespie 9.2-1-43-4, Watson 6-0-21-0, Bichel 10-1-33-0, Hauritz 8-0-46-1, Lehmann 6-0-22-1.
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Pakistan rely on
experience Karachi, March 24 The selectors also included batsmen Faizal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq and opener Imran Nazir as they made several changes to the team which lost this month’s Asian Test Championship
(ATC) final to Sri Lanka in Lahore. Iqbal, nephew of former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad, was suprisingly omitted from a squad of 15 initially announced, but his name was added a few hours later without explanation. He had been out of favour with the selectors, despite an impressive run of scores as a makeshift opener in Pakistan’s domestic one-day championship. Misbah made his debut for Pakistan in New Zealand early last year, but has not been selected since. Nazir, a specialist one-day opener, has been ignored since last year’s series in England. “It’s a very balanced team and we have based our selection on the recent performances of the players in the national one-day championship,’’ chief selector Wasim Bari told Reuters. “Wasim has been included as the selectors are satisfied with his fitness and form in the one-day game.’’ Wasim was controversially overlooked for the ATC final, while off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was also left out of the Pakistan team which lost to Sri Lanka by eight wickets. All-rounder Azhar Mahmood has been sidelined by the Pakistan selectors since last year’s Test and one-day series in England. But there was no place in the squad for wicketkeeper Moin Khan, who was invited to the national training camp in Lahore for the Sharjah tournament. Squad: Shahid Afridi, Imran
Nazir, Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Rashid
Latif, Abdul Razzaq, Waqar Younis (Capt), Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad
Sami, Saqlain Mushtaq, Azhar Mahmood. Reuters |
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Sampras survives a scare; Venus wins
Miami, March 24 Looking to end a nearly two-year title drought that stretches back 23 tournaments to 2000 Wimbledon, Sampras arrived in Miami buoyed by a respectable performance at the Indian Wells Masters where he worked his way through to the semifinals before being swept aside by world number one Lleyton Hewitt. A three-time winner on the Miami hard courts, Sampras received a loud ovation from the near capacity crowd when he stepped on to centre court and appeared in complete command when he broke the 66th ranked Finn to take a 3-1 lead in the opening set. But Nieminen, a player Sampras disposed of with a minimum of fuss in the opening round of the Australian Open, proved a much sterner challenge in their second meeting as he immediately broke back and again to go in front 4-3 to take control of the set. A tentative Sampras began the second set slowly but the 13-time Grand Slam winner would not be broken again. The second set featured a single break but that was all Sampras needed to level the match. Now playing with the confidence that had been missing earlier in the contest, Sampras stamped his authority on the match breaking the Finn to open the second set and again to take command 5-2. With the match approaching midnight, Sampras stepped to the service and blasted three aces past the stunned Finn, including one to close out the match. “It’s good to come through when you’re not playing that well,” said Sampras. “But I managed to pull it out and I’ll get better. “The first match out I fell a little unsettled out there. “I feel like I can play better.” In the third round Sampras will play Chilean qualifier Fernando Gonzalez, who advanced with 6-4 6-2 win over 21st seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya. KEY BISCAYNE: Defending champion and second seed Venus Williams rallied from a set down to beat Danish qualifier Eva Dyrberg and reach the third round of the $6.345 million men’s and women’s tennis tournament here yesterday. “I haven’t played in a few weeks, it can be tough to get your rhythm,” said Williams, who emerged with a 4-6 6-2 6-1 victory and said she felt her game improving as the match progressed. “I think I played better, smarter,” she said. “I served better (74 per cent) than I thought I would, because I haven’t been practising my serve at all hardly.” In the next round, the three-time winner of this event will meet Argentina’s Mariana Diaz-Oliva. Williams, like all the seeds here, had a first-round bye. Her opening match was then postponed when rain washed out Friday’s night session. She faltered early, dropping her first service game of the opening set. Williams took control for good, however, with a break of Dyrberg’s serve for 4-2 in the second, and never looked back. “I didn’t feel particularly off or anything,” Williams said of her slow start. “I just felt she was playing good tennis, and I felt I was playing OK, too, but just on some of the key points I was missing my shots.” “That doesn’t bring in a win. So I had to tighten it up throughout the second and the third.” Reuters, AFP |
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Shandilya Asian champion Bangalore, March 24 He defeated Advani, the junior national champion, 0-102, 28-100, 100-0, 101-6, 2-100, 100-0, 102-0, 29-102 and 100-10 in the final in about two hours. Shandilya showered praise on 16-year-old Pankaj after the deciding frame, saying: “There is no doubt that he will be the future world champion, if he maintains the same skill and cool.” “He made me sweat,” Shandilya said in praise of the young talent and the wild card entrant, who was the cynosure of all eyes in this championship. By this victory, Shandilya not only added another glittering trophy to his cap, but also ensured that India retained the Asian billiards trophy, which the former world champion, Geet Sethi had won 16 years ago. Advani said: “Ashok is known for his style of bouncing back into the game. That’s what he did today also. He played well in the last frame”. Pankaj began his campaign on a positive note, winning the first two frames without giving any chance to Shandilya. In the first frame, Pankaj recorded unfinished break of 98 in his second visit. In the second frame, he notched up a break of 80 in his fourth visit. Shandilya took the third frame with ease, registering an unfinished century break and took the fourth one (101), levelling the scores 2-2. The gritty Karnataka lad took the lead taking the fifth frame 3-2. But his joy was shortlived, as Shandilya, after posting an impressive 89 break on his second visit, drew level taking the sixth frame. Thereon, the clash became exciting with Shandilya taking the seventh (4-3) and Pankaj restoring parity at four-all. Shandilya survived anxious moments in the deciding ninth frame when he was on 73. Luck also seemed to favour him as the yellow he had cued bounced and slowly rolled into the pot. This shot helped him post the 93 break and clinch the trophy. his favour. In the playoff for third and fourth places, Geet Sethi defeated Devendra Joshi 3-1 (101-77, 101-2, 27-100, 100-87).
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Defending champions Railways lift hockey title Jalandhar, March 24 Punjab were at the receiving end throughout while Railways maintained the pressure. Railways opened their account in the third minute when forward Surinder Kaur made no mistake in converting a penalty stroke (1-0). Though Punjab were awarded a penalty corner in the 11th minute, Railways thwarted the attempt to score an equaliser. The lead was 2-0 in the 20th minute when Railways forward Jyoti Kullu displaying technical skill found the target with a solo effort. The scoring tempo was maintained by Railways as forward Jyoti Kullu once again took a nice pass from captain Manjinder Kaur and took a hit in 30th minute (3-0). The score was 3-0 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Punjab appeared demoralised as Railways repeatedly attacked their citadel. Railways captain Manjinder Kaur improved the tally to 4-0 in 38th minute when she scored off a penalty corner. In 53rd minute the Punjab players staged a walkout in protest against the umpire’s decision to award a stroke to Railways. The organisers consulted both the team captains and the Punjab players later agreed to continue. Railways again scored through Jyoti Kullu who converted a stroke in the 53rd minute (5-0). After this Railways’ Suraj Lata converted a penalty corner in the 55th minute to make it
6-0. Jubliant Railways captain Manjinder Kaur said that the credit for title went to all team members who worked hard throughout the championship. “ Right now I am missing my grandfather who inspired me to play hockey during childhood,” Manjinder said. Earlier in the morning, Haryana secured the third place defeating rivals Mumbai 3-2 in a closely contested match. |
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Trophy missing Jalandhar, March 24 The winners Railways were awarded the Smt Ranjana Kohli trophy, by the organisers of the tournament, the Punjab Women’s Hockey Association (PWHA). Railways had defeated Punjab 6-0 in the finals. The organising secretary of the tournament, Mr Sanjay Kohli when questioned about the whereabouts of the running trophy, said the PWHA had not received the trophy from the Indian Women’s Hockey Association. As a replacement to the ‘original’ trophy, the organisers instituted a trophy in memory of the late Mrs Ranjana Kohli, mother of Mr Sanjay Kohli.
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Diving queen set to
take the plunge Beijing, March 24 The 50-year-old Leung, a divorcee, said he would marry the 23-year-old, four-time Olympic medal winner within a year. “I am very happy to confirm to you all that Fu Mingxia and myself are dating. The contents of the media reports (speculating on the affair) are basically accurate,” Leung, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was quoted as saying in the ‘Sunday Morning Post’. Leung, however, dismissed suggestions that the two of them were living-in together or that he had felt the pressure to reveal their relationship. It is understood the lovers will marry after Fu completes her business studies course at Beijing Tsinghua University. Leung, who divorced his wife in 1998, plans to continue his political career in Hong Kong while Fu will eventually settle there. Fu, dubbed the diving queen, became the youngest world champion diver at the age of 12. She has won four gold medals in two Olympics, including the one in Sydney last year after coming out of retirement.
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Wrestling squad Patiala, March 24 The grapplers who were selected after trials conducted by the WFI at the NIS here on March 16, left for New Delhi en route to Minsk today. The selected mat men are: Manoj Kumar (55 kg), Sikandar Tomar (60 kg), Ramesh Kumar (66 kg), Sujit Mann (74 kg), Anuj Chowdhury (84 kg), Rakesh Patel (96 kg) and Palwinder Cheema (120 kg plus). Stanislov Harlow and Sandeep Kumar will accompany the squad as chief coach and assistant coach, respectively. Patiala |
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