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April 12, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hooper's
ton gives Windies head start Pak win by
51 runs Urgent need to groom
youngsters, says Krishnan Korea, Japan ready for World
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Beckham may make it to World
Cup Aussies relieved but wary of
Indians Mahindras blank Punjab Police East Bengal win Punjab Police
beat Air-India Suresh helps South take lead Rain restricts third day’s
play Isha stuns Tulpule Snooker tourney from May 1
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Hooper's ton gives Windies head start
Georgetown, April 11 Electing to bat, West Indies finished 270 for four. Skipper Carl Hooper was batting on 108 while Shivnaraine Chanderpaul was on 57. Earlier, Srinath struck thrice in his opening spell to reduce the hosts to 44 for three by the 11th over of the innings. The 32-year-old struck when left-hander Gayle could not remove his bat from the path of a ball outside off-stump and edged straight to wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta for 12. But skipper Carl Hooper and Ramnaresh Sarwan put up a determined effort and added 111 runs for the as yet unfinished fourth wicket stand to take the West Indies to 155 for three at tea. Hooper was batting on 54 while Sarwan was on 53 when the tea break was taken. India went wicketless in the second session which saw the addition of 69 runs to the West Indies total in 27 overs. Sarwan, making a comeback into the national squad, played a fine knock and was more fluent of the two. He has so far faced 167 balls and hit seven boundaries. Hooper looked a bit edgy and survived a couple of chances early in his innings but hung on nevertheless to prevent a collapse for his side. He completed his half-century in the last over before tea with his seventh boundary, a hook to the square leg fence off Srinath. He then whacked the next ball to the long-on fence to celebrate the occasion. Earlier, Srinath had dismissed both openers, Chris Gayle (12) and Stuart Williams (13) in his first four overs. He then produced the big wicket of Brian Lara, coming back after recovering from an injury, who however was a little unlucky to have been adjudged caught behind since television replays suggested his bat hadn’t made any contact with the ball. Lara was out for nought. Lara, playing his first serious match in over three months due to an elbow injury, arrived to a huge roar from the crowd but was soon on his way back, judged caught behind by umpire Daryl Harper to a rising Srinath delivery. Lara, looking unhappy with the decision, lingered at the crease for a few seconds before making his way back. Television replays suggested he may have been unlucky. The lanky paceman from Bangalore gave away 31 runs in seven overs for his three scalps. PTI Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings): C. Gayle c Dasgupta b Srinath 12 S. Williams lbw b Srinath 13 R. Sarwan c Khan b Singh 53 B. Lara c Dasgupta b Srinath 0 C. Hooper not out 108 S. Chanderpaul not out 57 Extras (b-1 lb-3 nb-21 w-2) 27 Total (for four wickets, 90 overs) 270 Fall of wickets: 1-20 2-37 3-44 4-157 To bat: J.Murray, M.Dillon, C.Cuffy, A.Sanford, M.Nagamootoo. Bowling: Srinath 18-4-55-3 (nb-3), Khan 18-3-61-0 (nb-12 w-1), Bangar 16-4-33-0 (w-1), Kumble 23-3-78-0 (nb-4), Ganguly 2-1-2-0 (nb-1), S.Singh 13-5-37-1 (nb-1).
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Pak win by
51 runs
Sharjah, April 11 Afridi and Younis Khan made 56 each while Inzamam weighed in with 68 as Pakistan, batting first after winning the toss, scored a challenging 288-6. New Zealand were restricted to 237-8. Waqar Younis did most of the damage, taking three wickets while Saqlain Mushtaq and Shoaib Akhtar shared four. Pakistan: Nazir c Nevin b Styris 47 Afridi b Styris 56 Razzaq c Nevin b Styris 0 Inzamam c Horne b McMillan 68 Youhana c Nevin b Styris 15 Younis Khan b Tuffy 56 Wasim Akram not out 28 Rashid Latif not out 7 Extras (lb-3 w-3 nb-5) 11 Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 288 FoW: 1-98, 2-98, 3-115, 4-146, 5-251, 6-253. Bowling: Tuffy 9-0-53-1 (w-1, nb-3), Franklin 4-0-28-0 (w-2), Butler 4-0-30-0 (nb-2), Oram 6-0-36-0, Styris 10-0-30-4, Harris 7-0-35-0, Astle 4-0-27-0, McMillan 6-0-46-1. New Zealand Nevin c Waqar b Akhtar 40 Astle c Latif b Akram 12 Sinclair b Waqar Younis 0 McMillan b Saqlain 51 Harris c Afridi b Saqlain 54 Oram b Waqar Younis 6 Horne lbw b Waqar Younis 1 Styris not out 27 Franklin b Akhtar 13 Tuffy not out 5 Extras: (b-4 lb-12 w-12) 28 Total: (8 wkts, 50 overs) 237 FoW: 1-32, 2-34, 3-65, 4-177, 5-182, 6-186, 7-187, 8-222. Bowling: Wasim Akram 10-2-42-1Waqar Younis 10-0-43-3, Abdur Razzaq 8-1-39-0, Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-33-2, Saqlain Mushtaq 9-0-41-2, Shahid Afridi 3-0-23-0.
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Urgent need to groom youngsters, says Krishnan Chennai, April 11 Paes, the flag-bearer of Indian Davis Cup team for over 14 years, has carved a niche for himself and acquired the distinction of being the most successful active Davis cupper. While all this pleases Krishnan beyond doubt, he has realised that Paes can not go on forever and is frantically looking for new talent. “Leander Paes has shouldered the brunt of the load. He has his own plans also. It is time we groomed youngsters as a support system as Paes has been around for over 14 years. He has proved to be our mainstay. But one cannot be sure as to how long more he could continue with the same zeal,” Krishnan told PTI in an interview here. “Some support system could ease our anxiety... We can only pray and hope that Paes carries on. But we have to slowly start looking at younger people too.” But for the moment Paes is there and Krishnan is hopeful he would see India through in the September 20 to 22 World Group qualifiers against Australia. “This is the third year we are reaching this stage. The chances (of India winning) are very slim. But with Paes playing, you never lose hope. The important thing is to give it our best shot,” the former Davis cupper said. It is not as though there are no options before Krishnan but there is no ready-made solution as such. “Rohan Bopanna seems to be playing well and Harsh Mankad is already in the team. We have other youngsters like Sunil Kumar and Manoj Mahadevan, who won the national title last month. But all these players need to be groomed.” Krishnan knows the task at hand is anything but easy. “It (grooming) is a gradual process. The more exposure we give to our players the better it will be. I also feel they will help each other and push each other to improve. You need to give such healthy competition for players as each one plays better and the others work hard and I think we need to bring that kind of a culture in to our team’s performance.” The All-India Tennis Association is working towards such a programme and Krishnan is hopeful of a positive outcome. “I know AITA has been working towards certain goals. Prahlad Srinath is working with some of the younger boys.” Krishnan admits the new crop is yet to show the spark that distinguished Paes from his generation in the early days. “But you have to look at the change in the world scene. The rest of the world has changed its system. “During my father (legendary Ramanathan Krishnan)’s time, there were only two countries, who were really at it. Then the Europeans came strongly on the scene. And, now amongst the Asian countries, the competition is very high. Look at Thailand, they have god players. Korea and Japan have good players. So the Asian Zone is also
getting progressively tough. “There is no denying that fact that more and more countries are taking it more seriously, which makes it tougher for us,” he said.
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Korea, Japan ready for World Cup: FIFA
Seoul, April 11 FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, has as much riding on the 2002 tournament as the Asian co-hosts, neighbours yet rivals with different approaches to sport’s biggest single event. Never before have two countries hosted the finals and never before has the event been staged in Asia, where more than 60 per cent of the world’s people live. ‘’They’re ready,’’ FIFA director of communications Keith Cooper told Reuters by telephone. ‘’We’re counting the days now.’’ An unprecedented 20 stadiums have been built or substantially upgraded to host the 32-country finals that kick off with reigning champions France taking on Senegal in Seoul on May 31. The final will be in Yokohama, Japan, on June 30. ‘’In both countries the stadiums, as far as the construction is concerned, are perfect.’’ FIFA officials were this week touring Japan and South Korea for a final inspection. Preparations now are focused on the nitty-gritty of how three million fans, players, VIPs and journalists will get around each country and stadium once the event kicks off.
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Beckham
may make it to World Cup London, April 11 Manchester United said today the England captain had broken the longest metatarsal bone in his left foot and would be out of action for six to eight weeks. But Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier said he understood Beckham would be out for six weeks. An eight-week lay-off would rule the Reds star out of England’s three World Cup group games against Sweden, Argentina and Nigeria. But a six week period would mean he should be fit in time for England’s opening game against Sweden on June 2. “I have spoken to the Club this morning. I understand that the prognosis is slightly better than it was last night — about six weeks,” Crozier said the day after Beckham was injured in United’s 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna.
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Aussies
relieved but wary of Indians
Melbourne, April 11 Knocked out of the World Cup after a loss to Argentina in the first round in February, Fitzgerald hinted last year’s beaten finalists Australia had been handed a far more winnable tie against the Indians. “It could have been a heck of a lot worse, there were a couple of really nasty draws there,” Fitzgerald said here. “India are not to be underestimated but to draw a team that we can play at home was a major positive I think. “But having said that, they’ve got one of the better doubles combinations in the world and a couple of players who are a bit dangerous.” The tie will be played at a venue yet to be determined by Tennis Australia. India are expected to be led by Leander Paes who, with Mahesh Bhupathi, provides the doubles danger. Fitzgerald said he expected world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt to be available but was uncertain about Mark Philippoussis, who continues to be hampered by a leg injury. “Lleyton called me before the draw and said you better call me straight back with the result. He’s very keen,” Fitzgerald said. “With Mark, it’s impossible to know how his body is going to be. If he can’t spend a lot of time on the court over a period then it’s hard to reach a peak. He has definitely said if his body’s fine, he wants to play for Australia but he’s also said I have to get my leg right.” Scott Draper is still to be considered for a singles berth along with Andrew Ilie, despite his dismal failure in Argentina. “I tried to take a few positives out of Argentina, even though we got beaten there,” Fitzgerald said. “Scott was a bit of a revelation and I think he’s still untapped. “After what he’s been through the last three years (following the death of his wife) to go in and nearly win his first match against their best player — I thought that gave us a lot of heart for his future. “He’s obviously there in the mix. But with Pat (Rafter) gone it cuts our numbers down a little bit, but you’ve got to look forward to the next generation. “Andrew, I think he’s got to find form as well. He’s struggled over the past few months and that was a tough eye-opener for him in his first Davis Cup experience.” Fitzgerald said that while on paper Australia should win, there would be no complacency. “There won’t be any of that, believe me, there’s too much at stake,” he said. The tie will be played on a hard court, in part to favour Hewitt but also to disadvantage dangerman Paes. “My guess is if you asked Leander Paes what his favourite surface is, he’d probably say grass,” Fitzgerald said. “You go with the strength with your combined players against their combined players. It might be a fine line but I think he’d choose hard court first,” he said.
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Mahindras blank Punjab Police
Jalandhar, April 11 Nigerian striker Austin Okolo, who had a good game, opened the score for the winners and Mohammed Najeeb scored in the closing stages of the game to wind up the tally in favour of Mahindras. With this victory Mahindras now have 33 points from 21 matches and are currently lying in the fifth position in the 12-team league table. Punjab Police with just two victories to their credit are placed at the bottom with nine points. The Punjab Police side is the first to be eliminated from the senior division league for the next season. Mahindras shot into the lead in the second minute, when Okolo after dispossessing a rival defender, dodged past three other defenders and rammed in a right-footer high into the net, giving no chance to custodian Satish Kumar. Mahindras controlled the game, and their strikers led by Okolo time and again beat the cops defence but the goal eluded them. In the second half Mahindras again launched a series of attacks but had to wait till the 75th minute of play when Najeeb headed in a flag kick to put Mahindras in a safe position. The only chance that the cops got was in the last minute of the game but striker Praveen Kumar’s header was flicked over the goal post by Mahindras custodian Naseem Akhtar. Mahindras play their last match in Mumbai against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore, on April 15. Punjab Police play their last match here against ITI on the same day. East Bengal win KOCHI: A chancy second half goal by substitute Dipendu Biswas helped reigning champions East Bengal defeat fighting FC Kochin 1-0, in the penultimate round match of the Tata National Football League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday evening. After a barren first half, the all-important goal came in the 35th minute of the second session. Hardworking Omolaja Olalekan made a mesmerising solo run from the centre and lobbed it on to Jose Carlos De Silva, who set unmarked Dipendu up in the middle of the box. Dipendu, who had replaced Soumitra Chakraborty, had to just place it into net. With only one more game to go, the local side still languish at the penultimate position with 17 points from 21 outings in the 12-team league while the Kolkata outfit improved upon its tally to 35 from equal number of matches, albeit remaining at the same fifth position. Struggling for survival in the premier league, the Kochin side did everything and adopted a tight defence. They were aided by a superlative performance under the bar by Ali Abubacker. Bagan lose MARGAO: Mohun Bagan’s hopes of winning the National Football League received a jolt today as they went down to former champions Salgoacar Sports Club 3-4 in the crucial penultimate round match played here at Nehru Stadium Fatorda here. Trailing by three goals, Salgaocar produced excellent football scoring four goals in a row to emerge winners. Bagan played at full steam and were leading by three goals in the first 27 minutes through Jose Barreto’s brace in the 3rd and 15th minute and through Basudev mondal in the 27th minute. However, they then collapsed like nine pins conceding four goals scored by Salgaocar’s Sunday Seah (32nd and 76th) Alvito D’Dunha (42nd) and Alex Ambros (73rd minute).
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Punjab Police beat Air-India
Bangalore, April 11 This is the third successive victory for Punjab Police though Air-India has won only one but has lost two. Jagbir Singh put Punjab Police in the lead in the 15th minute and Air-India equalised in the 30th minute when Roshan Tete netted the goal off a cross from Gavin Ferreira. Both teams were one-all at half time. Punjab police men virtually opened up in the second half with aggressive play and scored through Jurgraj Singh (42nd) and Baljit S Dhillon (51st), who converted penalty corners, to enable the policemen get a 3-1 victory. In the other group “A” league, IOCL, Mumbai, virtually ended the CISF challenge in the tourney, when they handed out a 1-0 defeat. IOCL scored the lone goal in the tenth minute through Kamalesh K Singh. In another fixture, IHF XI held Army XI 1-1 in group “B”.
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Suresh helps South take lead
Jaipur, April 11 South, who had made 241 in their first knock, were at 99 for two in their second innings at close of play to take an overall lead of 147 runs. South Zone opener S. Sriram, who scored a ton in the first innings, seemed to carry on from where he had left and was unbeaten on 57 when stumps were drawn for the day. Arjun Yadav was giving him company on eight. Sriram wasted no time and went on the offensive right from the word go. He raced to his half-century off 58 balls in 63 minutes with the help of seven exquisite boundaries. Sriram’s knock somewhat made up for the poor showing of M.S.K. Prasad (6) and Nand Kishore (19), who were dismissed cheaply. Earlier, it was mainly through the efforts of Suresh Kumar (5/54) and H. Watekar (3/51) that South were able to send packing the Central batsmen cheaply. A resolute knock of 67 by in-form Jyoti Yadav was hardly enough to salvage the central innings as the rest of the batsmen struggled on the turning wicket. South zone have 11 points from three matches and are expected to go all out for an outright win tomorrow to secure second place in the competition. Scoreboard South Zone (1st innings): 241 Central Zone (1st innings): J Yadav b Watekar 67, G Khoda c Sriram b V Prasad 0, P Sutane c V Prasad b Bharadwaj 32, Yere Goud lbw b Suresh Kumar 23, J P Yadav c Nandkishore b Watekar 33, D Bundela c Sharath b Suresh Kumar 2, R Kanwat c and b Watekar 0, R Jhalani c Bharadwaj b Suresh Kumar 2, Harvinder Singh lbw b Suresh Kumar 7, S Pandey not out 10, K Parida lbw b Suresh Kumar 10.
Extras (b-3, nb-3, w-1) 7. Total (all out, 65.2 overs) 193.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-84, 3-124, 4-136, 5-159, 6-160, 7-163, 8-169, 9-181.
Bowling: V Prasad 12-3-34-1, Doda Ganesh 7-2-30-0, H Watekar 17-3-51-3, Suresh Kumar 19.2-4-54-5, Arjun Yadav 3-1-10-0, Bhardwaj 7-3-11-1. South Zone (2nd innings): S Sriram batting 57, M S K Prasad run out 6, Nandkishore lbw b Kanwat 19, Arjun Yadav Batting 8.
Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-2) 9. Total (for 2 wkts, 22 overs) 99.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-85. Bowling: Sanjay Pandey 3-0-17-0, Harvinder Singh 3-0-14-0, K Parida 8-0-28-0, R Kanwat 6-1-20-1, G Khoda 2-0-13-0.
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Rain restricts third day’s play
Kolkata, April 11 Just six overs were possible during the later stages of the day after the pitch, which was left uncovered as per the decision of the cricket board’s technical committee, dried up sufficiently for action to resume. Resuming at the overnight score of 526 for six, West Zone declared their first innings close with the addition of three more runs and played just two overs. Nayan Mongia remained unbeaten on 15 and Sairaj Bahutule remained not out on 35. With the rain-drenched track getting much livelier with the odd ball jumping up, East Zone batsmen faced a torrid time in the four overs that were bowled to them. East Zone reached three for no loss when play was called off due to poor light. Opener Debang Gandhi (1) and Rashmi Ranjan Parida (0) were at the crease at stumps. The other opener Parag Das had to retire hurt for one after a nasty delivery from Ajit Agarkar hit him on the elbow. With just a day’s play left, the match seems to be heading towards a tame draw which will help West Zone win the coveted title. West Zone 1st innings (overnight 526 for 6): N. Modi lbw b Raul 118, N. Godbole c Zufri b P. Das 18, H. Kanitkar b Raul 197, S. Kotak lbw b Chatterjee 50, K. Aphale b Lahiri 51, A. Mazumder c Zufri b Chatterjee 10, N. Mongia not out 15, S. Bahutule not out 35. Extras (b-17, lb-7, nb-11) 35 Total (for 6 wkts decl, 182 overs) 529 FoW: 1-33, 2-353, 3-354, 4-460, 5-462, 6-471. Bowling: Mark Ingty 22-4-86-0, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 18-4-63-0, Utpal Chatterjee 50-14-132-2, Parag Das 7-1-18-1, Sourashish Lahiri 46-10-116-1, Sanjay Raul 39-5-90-2. East Zone 1st innings: P. Das retd hurt 1, D. Gandhi batting 2, R.R. Parida batting 0.
Extras: 0 Total (for no loss) 3. Bowling: Agarkar 2-1-2-0, Irfan Pathan (Jr) 2-1-1-0.
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Isha stuns Tulpule
Nagpur, April 11 The other seeds, however, had an easy time with national grass court champion and third seed Sai Jayalaxmi, fourth seed Sonal Phadke and eighth seed Liza Periera also booking their semifinal berths. Isha was all over Tulpule not giving the second seed any chance with a power-packed game as she blanked out her more fancied opponent 6-0 in the first set. In the second set Isha played a patient game waiting for Tulpule to make unforced errors. The second seed was erratic in her play and made numerous unforced errors on her forehand. Isha broke Radhika’s sixth service game to gain the set at 7-5, finishing the match in a little over an hour. After a relatively easy first set 6-2 against Sheetal Goutham, Jayalaxmi had to ward off a spirited challenge from the Karnataka girl to win the second set at 7-6 and with it the match.
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Snooker
tourney from May 1 Chandigarh, April 11 Briefing newspersons, Alok Kumar said the first prize winner in snooker will get Rs 50000 while in pool the first prize winner would get Rs 30000. Alok said the basic objective of the tournament is to generate more enthusiasm among to youth for the sport. Alok said he was the first player from North India to don national colours in the sport which began in the year 1992. He said the sport will be promoted in a big way and efforts made to nurture fresh talent. Geet Sethi, Michael Ferreira, Yasin Merchant, Ashok Shandilya, Devendra Joshi, Dharminder Lally, Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra would be invited to play exhibition matches. |
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