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July 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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India on verge of defeat Chetan Sharma writes Jayasuriya steadies Sri Lanka Indian shooters win 2 more gold
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Ramanand bows out Caribbean’s Collins creates history
HOCKEY
Tanwar wins chess title PBA selects
30 probables
for camp Badminton championship
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India on verge of defeat
London, July 28 Chasing a mammoth target of 568, India had been reduced to 232 for six by the end of day’s play and needed another 336 runs with VVS Laxman the lone specialist batsman remaining. England, who had chosen not to impose the follow-on yesterday after India were shot out for 221 in their first innings to concede a 266-run lead, progressed from 184 for three overnight to 301 for six before declaring their innings. Both Michael Vaughan and James Crawley, the two overnight batsmen, helped themselves to centuries as India found themselves an avalanche of runs. Then just as in the first innings, the Indians wasted a promising start and lost their way in the middle with two of the pillars of their batting — Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Sourav Ganguly — getting out to successive balls for scores of 12 and nought respectively. Opener Wasim Jaffer hit an attractive 53 and Rahul Dravid played a characteristic knock of 63, apart from Laxman who remained unbeaten on 38, but these were hardly enough for a side that was chasing a total that has never been overhauled in the history of the game. India were rocked by a brilliant spell from Mathew Hoggard who sent back Tendulkar and Ganguly off successive deliveries although there was an element of doubt in the leg before wicket decision by umpire Rudi Koertzen against the Indian skipper. The ball had pitched outside the line of the leg stump and Ganguly was clearly puzzled to see the umpire’s finger go up. Tendulkar missed the line of the previous ball and was clean bowled for 12, the second time he failed in this game, thus prolonging his troubled relationship with the Lord’s cricket ground. When Dravid played on to his stumps while trying to cut Ashley Giles 25 runs later, all hopes of a Kolkata-like miracle in the company of Laxman also evaporated. Indeed, at five down for 165 and still more than one hour remaining in the day’s play, the possibility of India being bundled out today itself looked quite high. But Laxman and Ajit Agarkar put up 62 runs for the as yet unfinished seventh wicket — the highest of the innings so far — to defer the last rites to the final day tomorrow. Agarkar was unbeaten on a convincing 28. Earlier, Virender Sehwag and Jaffer gave India a flying start. Both batted unmindful of the herculean task that lay ahead of the team and scored at a very brisk pace. Boundaries flowed from the bats of the two Indians and at one stage, 29 runs came off two overs. But it was too good to be sustained over a long period and soon both were back in the pavilion. Resuming at 184 for three, England continued to pile on the agony of the Indian bowlers who it seemed were merely waiting for the declaration to come. Vaughan had a slice of luck on 86 when the third umpire gave him the benefit of doubt against an appeal for caught behind off Ashish Nehra. And Vaughan made the most of it, lifting Anil Kumble over the top for a four, and then repeating the shot for a three to long on to reach his hundred.
PTI SCOREBOARD England (1st innings): 487 India (1st innings): 221 England (2nd innings) (overnight: 184-3) Butcher lbw b Kumble 18 Vaughan c Wasim b Nehra 100 Hussain c Ratra b Agarkar 12 Thorpe c Ganguly b Kumble 1 Crawley not out 100 Flintoff c Tendulkar b Nehra 7 Stewart st Ratra b Kumble 33 White not out 6 Extras: (b-5, lb-14, nb-5) 24 Total:
(6 wkts dec, 64.4 overs) 301 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-65, 3-76, 4-213, 5-228, 6-287. Bowling: Nehra 14-1-80-2, Zaheer 11-1-41-0, Kumble 24-1-84-3, Agarkar 11.4-1-53-1, Tendulkar 2-0-14-0, Sehwag 2-0-10-0. (India 2nd innings): Jaffer c Hussain b Vaughan 53 Sehwag b Jones 27 Dravid b Giles 63 Tendulkar b Hoggard 12 Ganguly lbw b Hoggard 0 Laxman not out 38 Ratra c Butcher b Hoggard 1 Agarkar not out 28 Extras
(b-4 lb-2 w-1 nb-3) 10 Total (6 wickets, 68 overs) 232 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-110, 3-140, 4-140, 5-165, 6-170 Bowling: Hoggard 14-5-45-3, Flintoff 13-2-62-0 (nb-2), White 9-1-32-0 (nb-1), Jones 11-0-38-1 (w-1), Giles 16-5-42-1, Vaughan 5-2-7-1.
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Chetan Sharma writes Just when we thought the Indian cricket team was good making progress, came the performance in the first Test at Lord’s. All the good work done will be undone after this reck less, irresponsible and directionlesscricket by the team. They collapsed in the first innings like a bunch of cards and today was like watching it once again and it shows that none of the batsmen was willing to learnand make amends. This is a weak English bowling attack, minus Andrew Caddick and Darren Gough. Before the match began, there was a feeling that the Indian batsmen would pile on the runs because England did not have the bowlers to restrict them but Nasser Hussain’s plan has worked out well. Sachin Tendulkar is a victim of one such plan. English bowlers play on his ego and when they don’t give him room to play his strokes, Sachin gets frustrated. He has developed a habit of trying to play across the line and has been getting out repeatedly on that stroke. He is world’s best batsman at present but now people like Sunil Gavaskar have begun questioning his role within the team. I agree with Gavaskar that Sachin is too good a player for the scores he has been getting these days. He has to bat with patience and show the world that he can win matches for his country. Even Saurav Ganguly needs a big score under his belt. In the Test matches he does not bat with confidence as his footwork shows. He has been getting out caught in the slips or getting lbw. He is a talented stroke maker but he has to tighten his defence if he wants to be counted among the better batsmen in the world. It is a pity that the Indian batting cannot even last for a full 90 overs in an innings. In the past, great players like Gavaskar, Vishwanath and Vengsarkar would bat for hours and hours and today we don’t have a batsman who can play for a full day. It is not that the present batsmen are not talented, I would say they have to realise their responsibility otherwise India will keep losing matches like this. I was also very disappointed with Ajay Ratra in this Test match. To tell you, I had great hopes from him, especially when he scored a century in the West Indies but in both the innings here so far, he has come a cropper. His wicket-keeping is also not upto the mark yet and I doubt if the selectors will keep giving him a chance in all the Test matches. This Test match will be too difficult to save even though VVS Laxman is still at the crease. But the point is who will give him company? Even at 232 for six, there are still 335 more runs to be made, so the idea of India winning the Test is too crazy for us to entertain. In fact, even a draw at this position is impossible. In the scenario, India can only pray for rain tomorrow. Nothing else can save them now.
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Jayasuriya
steadies Sri Lanka Colombo, July 28 Sri Lanka, with nine senior players sitting out the match, were 301 for eight at stumps after a day of fluctuating fortunes. Sri Lanka (first innings): Vandort lbw Kopali 61 Mubarak lbw Baisya 24 Nawaz c Mashud b Muntasir 21 Tillekeratne c & b Muntasir 18 Jayasuriya c Mashud
Samaraweera c Bashar
Jayawardena c Mashud
Chandana c Bashar b Kopali 20 Fernando not out 2 S.de Silva not out 1 Extras
(b-1 nb-6 lb-4) 11 Total (for eight wickets,
FoW: 1-60, 2-90, 3-131, 4-133, 5-260, 6-260, 7-298, 8-298. Bowling:
M. Islam 17-4-35-3 (nb-2), Jubair 16-2-41-0, Baisya 9-1-53-1 (nb-4), Muntasir 18-3-46-2, Kopali 27-2-111-2, Bashsar 3-1-10-0. Reuters
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Indian shooters win 2 more gold
Manchester, July 28 The Indian marksmen, who had made their presence felt in the shooting ranges in Bisley with a gold and silver medal yesterday, continued their medal-hunting mission with a renewed vigour to take the overall tally to three gold and one silver. The Indian pair of Anjali and Suma aggregated 795 points to clinch the coveted yellow metal as the shooters, who have traditionally been the medal suppliers in multi-sport games, put up a dazzling show for the second consecutive day. While Anjali and Shirur displayed superb skill and concentration to maintain their lead right through, the Canadian pair of Sharon Bowes and Jacklyn Mecredy finished 14 points behind the Indian duo to take home the silver medal. England’s Louise Minett and Victoria Eaton claimed the bronze with 776 points. The duo of Moraad Ali Khan and Rajyavardhan Singh aggregated 184 to take the coveted gold but faced a stiff challenge from the Australian pair of Michael Diamond and Russel Mark. The highly talented Abhinav Bindra and Sameer Ambekar had been the toast of the Indian shooting contingent by fetching the first gold medal for the country with a record-shattering performance in the men’s 10 m rifles pairs event yesterday. PTI
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Indian eves go down to Kiwis
Manchester, July 28 The Indian eves, desperately trying to win their first ever medal in the Commonwealth Games, failed to counter their much faster opponents in what turned out to be a rather one-sided contest. The Indians fired the first salvo in the early stages of the proceedings through Jyoti Kullu but failed to keep the momentum going as they conceded three goals, paying a heavy price for their defensive lapses. The hard-working Jyoti Kullu raised hopes of a dream Indian victory by putting her team in the lead as early as the 16th minute of the contest but the euphoria was shortlived as the Kiwis staged a brilliant comeback to take the game away from the Indians with Suzie Pearce (25th), Colleen Gubb-Suddaby (40th) and Moira Senior (70th) scoring for their team. The Indians, who had won their opening encounter against Canada by a solitry goal, have no option but to win their last league match against England tomorrow to keep their semifinal hopes alive. New Zealand, who had held England to a 2-2 draw in their opening league match, are now in a strong position to make it to the semifinals as the champions team from pool B. Both teams played a little defensively in the initial stages of the contest before Jyoti Kullu displayed superb stickwork to produce a gem of a goal. Kullu outwitted as many as five defenders to break through the Kiwis’ defence to find the target, giving no chance at all to the rival goalkeeper.
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Ramanand bows out
Manchester, July 28 Ramanand, who had moved into the second round after defeating Jules de Gannes of Trinidad yesterday, could not counter his stronger English rival to go down 16-25 on points in the upto 60 kg weight category. With Ramanand’s second round exit, four of the seven Indian pugilists have already bowed out of the competitions. The Indians, who had clinched a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, have not really made much of an impact in the first three days of the competitions. While two of the glovesmen Dingko Singh and Harpal Singh lost against their first round opponents by slender point margins, Dalvir Singh failed to live upto expectation as he went down by a huge margin to bow out of the championship on the first day itself. PTI
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Caribbean’s Collins creates history
Manchester, July 28 The 26-year-old captured the tiny countby’s first title in the 72-year-old history of the Commonwealth Games when his two English rivals Mark Lewis-Francis and Dwain Chambers pulled up with injury in the second half of the race. Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas made it a sprint double for the Caribbean when she took the women’s 100m with the fastest run of her life while Kenyan, South African and Australian athletes also grabbed centre stage from hosts England. Stephen Cherono led a Kenyan sweep of the medals in the 3,000 steeplechase final, giant South African Frantz Kruger won the men’s discus and Jane Jamieson led an Australian one-two in the women’s heptathlon. But it was the men’s 100m, already the most eagerly-anticipated race at the games, that provided the drama. The final was expected to be fought out between the two Englishmen but it was Collins who came through to win the gold in 9.98 seconds with Nigeria’s Uchenna Emedolu taking silver in 10.11, 0.01 ahead of bronze medallist Pierre Browne of Canada. The two Englishmen both succumbed to leg injuries and are now in doubt for the 4x100m relay and next month’s European championships in Germany, where they were also joint favourites. Collins was involved in a fierce tussle with Lewis-Francis after 60 metres, before the teenager clutched his right hamstring, crossing the line in seventh position then crashing to the track holding his face in agony before being stretchered off. “I don’t know when it exactly happened. I felt a sharp pain in the back of my leg which got much worse when I fell down,” Lewis-Francis said. Chambers also broke down in the second half of the race with cramp, hobbling across the line in last place then limping off in front of a stunned 38,000-capacity crowd. Jason Gardener, also of England, said it was tragic to see his two team-mates injured in such a way. “They’ve been in fantastic shape all season. There was a lot of expectation on them but you can’t underestimate the rest of the competitors,” said Gardiner, who finished sixth. “The rest of the Commonwealth has some very good sprinters, and all credit to Kim Collins, he did what had to be done.” Collins opened up a half metre gap on the field in the first half of the race and was still in front when the Englishmen both clutched at their legs near the finish. “I can understand it because you push yourself too hard and then it takes its toll because your body is being pushed beyond its limits,” Collins said. “I was just so relaxed and, as I said yesterday, it is not good to shine too bright too early — your wings can be clipped,” he said. Ferguson (26) won the women’s 100m in less dramatic circumstances, overpowering her rivals to win in 10.91 seconds 0.05 quicker than her previous best. Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell took the silver in 11.00 seconds while veteran Bahamas sprinter Sevatheda Fynes was third in 11.07 seconds. “It was a good field out there and my hat goes off to them,” Ferguson said. “The stadium was sold out and it felt like it was the Olympics.” Cherono led a predictable Kenyan sweep in a steeplechase that resembled a run in the park for the Africans. The 19-year-old Cherono took gold in the relatively slow time of eight minutes 19.41 after a sprint finish between his older brother Abraham and Ezekiel
Kemboi. Jamieson made the most of the absence of England’s world and Olympic champion Denise Lewis to win the heptathlon with a total of 6,059 points from her fellow Australian Kylie Wheeler. Kruger won the discus with a throw of 66.39 metres. Reuters |
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HOCKEY Manchester, July 28 Having now beaten their two toughest group rivals, the World Cup silver medallists are expected to gain maximum points in their pool with their final game against a weak Barbados side tomorrow. South Africa, who beat Australia in the previous Commonwealth Games tournament in 1998, were unable to recover from their opponents scoring three goals in just over three minutes early in the second half. Australia’s Matthew Smith opened the scoring in the 20th minute before their goal spree began in the 41st minute when Jamie Dwyer converted a chance from open play. Craig Victory then turned in a pass from Dean Butler before Ben Taylor made it 4-0 from a corner rebound almost immediately afterwards. South Africa, who were without injured marksman Greg Nicol, twice had the ball in the Australian net without it counting before they pulled back a late goal with a penalty stroke by Justin King. “We are not playing particularly well but overall the results are good for us,’’ said Australian coach Barry Dancer. “We had to grind them down but I felt confident that eventually the goals would come.” South African coach Rob Pullen said his side had lost after losing concentration for a few minutes. Devastating flicking from corners by Pakistan full-back Sohail Abbas yesterday sent fancied England crashing to a 0-3 defeat in their opening match of the men’s hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games. Abbas scored all three goals with unstoppable shots and all to different parts of the English goal. New Zealand came from behind to beat India 3-1 while, after a scoreless first half, England achieved their biggest win over Canada in nearly 50 years with a 6-1 victory. England’s Jane Smith scored a hat trick in the match, which was enlivened by the appearance of a male streaker on the pitch when England were leading 4-0.
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Tanwar wins chess title Panchkula, July 28 Mahesh, with black pieces, adopted the Sicilian Najdorf variation. M.P. Verma of Kurukshetra finished second (6) ahead of second-seeded Ashok Gajwani of Bhiwani, scored 5.5 points. Mr Pardeep Chaudhary, member H.P.S.C., distributed prizes to the winners. Before the prize distribution all the officials and participants mourned the sudden death of Vice-President Krishan Kant. Top four winners in this Championship will participate in the National Chess Championship (B) to be held from September 15 to September 22 at Jalandhar. The results: Round six: Ashok Gajwani (Bhiwani) held Mahesh (Bhiwani), Stinder Sharma (Kkr) held Sanjay Dugal (Amb), M.P. Verma (Kkr) b Sulekh Man (Kkr), Satpaul (Pkl) b Ram Niwas Malik (Kkr), Arun Dalal (Rtk) b K.K. Vaid (Pkl), Sanjam Veer (Amb) b Amit Single (Amb), Swapan Kumar (Pkl) b Ojasvi Mann (Rtk), Deepak Bansal (Amb) b Shrey Sharma (Pkl), Lakshaman Malik b Niklesh Tanwar (Bhiwani), Ashutosh (Pkl) b Munish Verma (Pkl), Deepak Charher (Rtk) b Vinod Kokhar (Rtk), Vikram Singh (Pkl) b Ajay Kumar (Pkl), Dinesh Tondon (Pkl) b Pritpal (Amb), Shivanshu Tandon (Pkl) b Shilpa (Pkl), Subodika Malhotra (Pkl) b Neeraj Gautam (Pkl), Amit Seth (Pkl) b Akhil Garg (Pkl), Lokesh (Pkl) b Saurb Nanag (Pkl), Varun Bhatia (Pkl) b Anshul Kaushal (Pkl), Sukvinder (Pkl) b Udyavir Cheema (Karnal) and Mandeep Chaudhary (Pkl) b Anshul Kadyana (Pkl). Final round: Mahesh (Bhiwani) b Naveen Sharma (Ambala), M.P. Verma (Kkr) b Ashok Gajwani (Bhiwani), Satinder Sharma (Kkr) b Satpal Verma (Pkl), Sanjeev Dugal (Amb) b Vikram Ranolia (Hisar), Arun Dalal (Rtk) b Swapan Kumar (Pkl), Sanjam Veer Singh (Amb) b Deepak Bansal (Amb), Shinshu Tandon (Pkl) b K.K. Vaid (Pkl) and Sulekh Malik (Kkr) b Lakshman Malik (Kkr). |
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PBA selects
30 probables for camp Ludhiana, July 28 More than 80 boys and 25 girls took part in these trials. After the trials, Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, PBA said the players (girls) from some districts could not attend the trials and the association would hold another round of trials shortly. The list of these probables would be reviewed after the state championship which is scheduled to be held next month as some more players would be picked up on the basis of their performance in that meet. The selection panel of Dr S Subramaniam, former director, NIS, Mr Sajjan Singh Cheema and Mr Kuldeep Singh Cheema selected the following players:- (boys)- Jagdeep Singh and Yadwinder Singh of Ludhiana, Sweetpal Singh of Bathinda, Mandeep Singh of Gurdaspur, Bharat Vashist of Kapurthala, Prabhjot Singh of Bathinda, Vijay of Ludhiana, Manav of Patiala, Sahiljeet Singh of Gurdaspur, Bhupinder Singh of Gurdaspur, Sukhpal Singh of Faridkot, Davinder Kumar of Faridkot, Karan of Kapurthala, Ramesh of Ludhiana and Parmveer of Gurdaspur. (Girls)- Payal Pathak, Sarabjeet Kaur, Satinder Kaur and Rishmas of Jalandhar, Manpreet Kaur, Mahak Dhillon, Jyoti, Mandeep Kaur and Gurpreet Kaur of Faridkot, Anu, Harjeet Kaur and Palwinder Kaur of Kapurthala, Princy Dhaliwal and Amandeep Kaur of Bathinda, Taranjit Kaur and Gagandeep Kaur of Ludhiana. |
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Badminton
championship Ambala, July 28 On the second day today, in men doubles (above 35 years) quarterfinals, Mahesh and Dinesh beat A.S. Punia and B.S. Kamboj. In the second match, Kuldeep and Ravi beat Dinesh and Ashwani. In singles (above 35 years), A.S. Punia beat Dr Dinesh, B.S. Kamboj beat Devendra Ahuja, Mahesh beat Dinesh and Anil beat Ashwani. In women singles, Jagjit beat Gurdeep Kaur, Meenakshi beat Pooja and Deepti beat Simran. In girls (under 19 years) quarterfinals Poornima beat Damanjeet, Latika beat Khushbu and Garima beat Kanchan. In under-16 boys second round, Tarun beat Ankur, Manmohan Singh beat Anand Bharadwaj, Prakhar beat Sumit Suri, Kuldeep beat Abhishek, Harinder beat Vineet. Mukul beat Sudhanshu, Anubhav Gupta beat Prabhpreet, Kapil beat Tushar Kapoor, Inderjeet Singh beat Abhishek, Rahul beat Ishan, Deepak beat Karan and Kapil beat Rajat Jolly. In under-19 second round, Deepak Bisht beat
Mohak, Kapil beat Rajat Jolly. Anubhav beat Ankush Puri, Rahul beat
Ashish, Tarun Kapoor beat Harinder, Virat beat Tarun Jain, Manmohan beat Mayank and Sidharth beat Manpreet.
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Punjab club held Singapore, July 28
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It was all over bar the shouting as India showed no stomach for a fight and collapsed for the second time in the match to be left staring at a certain defeat on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against England here today.
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