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hope to get going Shooters
continue dismal run
Record-breaking
China continue winning streak
Japan
think positive
Wasim Akram steers Rest of World to victory Rampaging Herschelle Gibbs falls short of record ONGC pip
Colts in a close finish Strokeful
140 by Sarwan Harwinder’s
hat-trick nets trophy for JCT
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Shiv ends dry run, wins gold
Busan, October 6 Apart from Kapur’s gold, India also won a silver in the billiards doubles event through the pair of Geet Sethi and Alok Kumar as the medal hunt resumed today after a dry day yesterday. After the eighth day of competitions, India have two gold, two silver and three bronze medals and are placed 12th in the medals tally which is being led by China with 92 gold medals. South Korea were a distant second with 32 gold medals while Japan followed in the third place with 28 gold medals. Kapur was the toast of the nation as he battled inclement weather to win the golf gold for the country after a gap of 20 years. Lakshman Singh had won India’s previous gold in the event in the 1982 Delhi Games. The Indians could have secured another gold medal but the duo of Geet Sethi and Alok Kumar, who were billed as favourites, unexpectedly lost the billiards doubles final to Thailand’s Praput Chaithanasakun and Mongkhon Kanfaklang. The Thais registered a 62-100, 100-14, 100-69 victory to snatch the gold medal from India, who had won the event in the previous edition of the games in Bangkok. Kapur’s superb show was not matched by the other three Indians in the fray and the country failed to win a medal in the team event. India aggregated 902 to finish fourth, 17 strokes behind bronze medal winner Japan. Chinese Taipei (874) and South Korea (884) won the gold and silver medals, respectively. “I am proud that I could achieve the gold medal for my country and I love that,” Kapur said after his career-best performance. Kapur has been training in Purdue in Indianapolis in the USA for two years now under famous coach Devon Brouse. The other Indians finished way down the ladder. Manav Das with a four round aggregate of 307 finished 22nd, Keshav Misra ended 35th with a total score of 317 and Harendra Prasad Gupta was placed 47th in a field of 63 with a total of 331. Kapur, who ended day one with a two-under 70 before falling back with a three-over par score in the second round, also had to battle bad weather on his way to glory today. With rain drops falling right from the time he teed off, Kapur began steadily, as he parred the first hole and birdied the second before landing a bogey on the third. The Indian returned a par on the next four holes but dropped a stroke on the eighth. Kapur was rattled on the par-four eighth hole where he had his second shot on the greens but his 12-ft uphill putt took a rightish turn and rolled down just missing the cup. But he came back strongly and finished the front nine with a birdie in the par-five hole. Kapur, who started playing at the age of nine, has been representing India for the last seven years.
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Harpal Singh enters quarterfinals Heavyweight pugilist Harpal Singh became the third Indian to move into the quarterfinals in the boxing event. Displaying excellent technique and agility, Harpal kept his medal hopes alive beating Lebanon’s Mansour Ali 20-16 in a keenly contested plus 91 kg category bout at the Masan Gymnasium. The Indian made full use of his reach against the Lebanese, who never allowed himself to be bogged down despite the early barrage of punches unleashed by Harpal. Harpal, who opened up a good lead in the early stages of the contest, later conceded a few points but still managed to latch on to the lead to eventually win by a four-point margin. The going, however, turned out to be much too tough for the other Indian in the fray today as Som Bahadur Pun stumbled at the first hurdle itself. Pun started on a promising note but could not maintain the rhythm to go down to China’s Tongzhou Chen 14-29 without posing much of a challenge in the feather weight (57 kg) category.
Mixed day for grapplers India’s Pawan Kumar lost to Po Song Hwang of North Korea in the quarterfinals of the 66kg freestyle wrestling. The Indian lost an extremely close bout 4-5 to bow out of the competition. Earlier in the day, Pawan had beaten Alan Niyazmengliev of Turkmenistan 5-2 in round 1 and then pinned China’s Liang Cl in round 2 winning a 6-3 verdict at the Yangsan Gymnasium. In the 120kg class, Palwinder Singh Cheema stayed alive for a medal even after he was outclassed 0-10 by Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan in round 1. The lanky Cheema came back strongly trouncing Nurberdy Hekimov of Turkmenistan 10-0 in round 2 and then got the better of Mongolia’s Gelegiants Usukhbayar 5-4. In the repechage round 1, Cheema beat Akihito Tanaka of Japan 12-1. In the women’s 55kg freestyle category, Alka Tomar lost to China’s Dongmei Sun of China 5-9 in the direct elimination third round. She also lost to Na Lae lee of South Korea in the second round after beating Naidan Otgongargal of Mongolia 7-4 on points in the direct elimination first round. In the men’s 55kg class Kripa Shankar Patel went down to Nurdin Donbaev of Kyrgystan 0-4 in the preliminary round 3. In round 2, Patel lost to Chikara Tanabe of Japan 2-6 after beating Turkmenistan’s Rovshan Seyidov 8-5 in round 1. Anuj Kumar also found the going tough in the 84kg category, losing to Aslan Sanakoev of Uzbekistan in round 1 and to Yousuf Zaghloul Alla of Qatar in round 3.
Kabaddi players on track Defending champions India kept themselves on track for a coveted gold medal by trouncing Sri Lanka in their penultimate league match to register their fourth successive win in the kabaddi event. India will now play their last match against arch-rivals Pakistan, which would determine the champions. The Indians, who had won the gold medal in the last three editions of the games, had no difficulty in brushing aside the challenge of the Sri Lankans to record an emphatic 50-21 victory. The Indians had defeated Malsaysia, Japan and Bangladesh by huge margins in their first three round robin league matches. The defending champions secured four lona points in the first half and then got two more in the second half while the Sri Lankans could not secure any lona point. In the other matches, Japan prevailed over Bangladesh 22-15 while Pakistan showed little mercy as they thrashed Malaysia by a 29-7 margin. Sri Lanka, in an earlier match, scraped past Malaysia 18-16 in a closely contested encounter.
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Tough task for Indian eves Busan, October 6 ‘’Yes it is going to be very tough challenge,’’ admitted Indian coach G.S. Bhangu but added ‘’It is not impossible to beat the hosts.’’ A win against Korea will keep India in contention for the gold, because first two teams of the league will battle it out for the top medal, but a defeat will mean that they will have to fight for the bronze. The fourth team in the fray is Japan, with whom India played a 1-1 draw at Bangkok Asiad. Korea had beaten India in the final 2-1 at Bangkok, but India took the revenge in the Asia Cup held in New Delhi, beating the them 3-2 in the league. However, Koreans had the last laugh as they beat India 3-2 in the sudden death to lift the Asia Cup also. ‘’We just can’t afford to play the way we did against China,’’ Bhangu told UNI,’’ Koreans will not let go the chances which the Chinese missed. In the opener against China, Indian defence was seen in poor light while the forwards looked jaded and that made one wonder how this team won the Commonwealth Games title only a month back. The Chinese totally outpaced Indians in all departments of the game and Bhangu was candid enough to confess that ‘’We got away with light punishment’’. Indians also missed a penalty stroke, though it would not have made much difference on the result, but experienced player like Manjinder Kaur failing to convert raising question of the mental preparedness for such level. ‘’The Koreans are very fast and play hit and run game,’’ said Bhangu and added, ‘’Our girls will have to counter with some swift counter-moves’’. He was confident that his girls will last full 70 minutes against the fast rivals after beating Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa in Manchester, two of the matches went into extra times. The coach was not able to explain what happened to his side yesterday, ‘’It was just one off day which can befall on any team, but it befell on us in a crucial match.’’ He hoped that Indian forward line spearheaded by Jyoti and Mamta Kharab along with Pritam Rani will regain its Manchester form.
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hope to get going Busan, October 6 “We have a good chance, we are well prepared,” said chief coach Bahadur Singh. Talking to UNI here he exuded confidence of doing well than the previous Games. “Some of our athletes, including Anju George and K N Beenamol are in good shape. And if they reproduce the form, we are in for a good haul.” Admitting that the competition was very tough, he said: “China is the major power horse in the continent and hosts South Korea are also strong. Central Asian countries are also there and one can’t even underestimate Sri Lanka.” “I think we do have good chance in throws,” the coach said, adding “There will be no excuses in case of failures.” One of the main medal contenders for India is K M Beenamol, who will compete in the women’s 400m and 800m event. She has run a 2:02.01 sec this season for the 800m, which is the best timing for the event in Asia this season. Beenamol had not been running the 800m at the highest level in the nationals for three years, but experts feel that she has a very good chance for striking gold this time. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar had won this event in the 1998 Bangkok Asiad, where she had also won the 1,500m. Beenamol should also have a bright chance of aiming
for the gold in the 400 metres, though here, unlike the 800m, she has a tougher rival in Sri Lankan Damayanthi Darsha. The Sri Lankan missed the Asian meet in Colombo because of an injury. Her fitness and race preparations will be in doubt. A very powerful runner, she won the 200m and 400m at the last Asian Games in Bangkok. She also won the 2000 Asian championships in Jakarta, beating Beenamol. She has beaten Beenamol twice this season and lost once in the Asian Grand Prix circuit in May. Beenamol has a time of 51.47 sec in the 400m, which again is the best in Asia this season. Tatyana Roslanova of Kazakhstan should be the other main contender. She won in Colombo in 52.61 sec. In the 1,500m, India’s challenge will be spearheaded by Sunita Rani who clocked a 4:08.60 sec at the Federation Cup in Chennai. That is the leading time in Asia this season. Coming back from a two-year gap due to injuries, her form during the last few meets has been ordinary. Coaches, however, expect the gold without much problems. The Chinese, Japanese and Kyrgystan athletes should test her. If she could get near the 4:08 sec mark, Sunita should win; but if she manages to get into the 4:10-4:12 sec region, she maybe lucky to get a medal. Again, this being a tactical race; timings will not matter. In high jump, Bobby Aloysius has cleared 1.90m this season. She won the silver at Colombo at 1.84m, behind Tatyana Efimenko of Kyrgistan (1.92m). Efimenko is expected to win in Busan. Others in contention are Miki Imai and Yoko Ota of Japan and Kazakhstan’s Svetlana Zalevskaya and Marina Korzhova. On current form, Bobby should get a medal, though she has a poorer record than all others. In the long and triple jump events, Commonwealth medallist Anju B George is a medal prospect. Her 6.74m long jump that equalled her national record in the Open national in Delhi, is the leading mark in Asia this season.
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Shooters continue dismal run Busan, October 6 The Indian team of Anjali Bhagwat, Deepali Deshpande and Kuheli Gangulee finished a poor seventh in the women’s 50m rifle three position team event with a total of 1701 points much to the disappointment of their team-mates as the strong Chinese shooters continued to rule the roost picking up most of the gold medals on offer. Anjali, who was tipped as one of the medal contenders before leaving the country, seemed to be off-colour today and returned with a rather poor score of 569 while Deepali managed a score of 574, the best among the three. Kuheli, who has also been struggling to find her form here, managed a score of 558. The gold medal in the event was expectedly claimed by the Chinese trio of Li Du, Xian Wang and Hong Shan, who had an aggregate of 1754 to not only establish a new Asian Games record but also equal the world record. The trio tied the four-year old world record also set by China. Hosts South Korea clinched the bronze medal with the team comprising Sun Min Lee, Hyun Ah kong and Jung Mi kim scoring 1742 points while the Kazakhstan team of Olga Dovgun, Galina Korchma and Varvara Kovalenko took the bronze with 1729 points. In the individual events, the Indian shooters also fared badly with none of them finishing in the top eight. In the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team event, the Chinese team comprising Guohui Liu, Yongqiang Chen and Haping Ji clinched the coveted gold medal with a record breaking total of 1757 points. In the individual event, Guohui Liu claimed the gold medal with a total of 690.8 points to establish a new Asian Games record. The Indians have won just two silvers medals from the shooting range so far. While the women’s team of Anjali Bhagwat, Suma shirur and Deepali Deshpande had claimed the silver in the 10m air rifle team event, Manavjit Singh, Mansher Singh and Anwar Sultan won the silver in the men’s trap event. Archers fail to impress Indians failed to make much of an impact in the archery event with the South Koreans occupying the top positions in the FITA round qualifications. Satyadev Prasad was the pick of the Indian archers as he took the 10th position in the men’s individual FITA round 90m and 70m preliminaries with a total of 636 points on a rather dismal day for the Indians. The seasoned Limba Ram also did not perform upto expectations to be pushed to the 14th position with a total of 633 points while compatriot Kailash was placed in the 19th position with 624 points. Prasad shot 309 in the 90m target and collected 327 in the 70m while Limba Ram had scores of 305 (90m) and 328 (70m). Kailash had scores of 295 (90m) and 333 (70m). In the women’s section, Dola Banerjee was placed in the 10th position in the FITA round preliminaries with an effort of 649 points. She managed 318 in the 70m target and 331 in the 60m target. Another Indian Chekrovolu Swuro put up a rather poor performance to be in the 23rd position with a total of 618 points, with efforts of 302 in 70m and 316 in 60m. South Korea’s Kyong-Ho kim was leading the points table in the men’s section with 669 while compatriot Mi Jun yun was at the top in the women’s section with 674 points.
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Record-breaking China continue winning streak Busan, October 6 Liu Chunhong broke world records in the snatch, clean and jerk and total in women’s 69 kg division weightlifting, and Chinese also tied a world mark in shooting. With 198 gold medals decided so far, the score was China 92, rest of Asia 106, with eight days left in the 16-day games. But the Chinese, long dominant in table tennis, suffered their second loss in three events. Both their mixed doubles pairs lost in the semi-finals, and Hong Kong’s Cheung Yuk and Tie Ya Na came back from the verge of defeat to beat South Korea’s Ryu Seung-min and Ryu Ji-hae for the gold. China lost the gold medal women’s team match to North Korea earlier. Rain forced postponements in cycling, baseball, sailing and tennis, and cancellation of two softball games. Japan were awarded the gold medal in softball based on their unbeaten record in preliminary games, where they yielded no runs. China and Taiwan shared the silver. Those two were to have played to decide who would meet Japan in the gold-medal match. But golf went ahead in the rain. Japan’s Ai Miyazato won the women’s title, finishing with a two-under-par 70 for a two-under 286 total, five shots better than South Korea’s Kim Joo-mi, who slumped to a closing 78. South Korea gained gold from their women’s golf team, who edged Japan 577-579; bodybuilder Kang Kyung-won in the 85 kg division, and a trio of women bowlers, who scored 3,805 and beat Taiwan by nine pins. The South Koreans stood second in gold medals with 32, and Japan had 28. Singapore won three gold today. Abdul Halim bin Haron and Simon Chua were judged best in 65 kg and 75 kg division bodybuilding, and Remy Ong, Lee Yu Wen, Goh Heng Soon outscored 30 other teams in men’s trios bowling. Lebanon won their first gold when bodybuilder Mohammed Anouti was awarded top place in the over-90 kg class. Thailand won both the men’s and women’s team gold in the acrobatic Southeast Asian sport of sepak takraw, with 2-0 victories over Malaysia in the men’s competition and over Vietnam in the women’s. Chinese weightlifter Liu lifted 115.5 kg in the snatch and 148 kg in the clean and jerk — a total of 263.5 kg. She had set the old clean and jerk mark of 147.5 kg in June. Russia’s Valentina set the former marks of 115 kg in the snatch and 257.5 kg in total last November. “It’s wonderful,” the 17-year-old Liu said. “My parents, who watched the match on TV in China, said they were very happy for me. Next, I want to become an Olympic champion in 2004.” Du Li, Shan Hong and Wang Xian tied the four-year-old world record of 1,754, also set by Chinese, in winning the women’s team 50 m rifle three-position competition. Du Li won the individual event. China’s shooters have won 24 of their 32 events so far. Pak beat Malaysia
Seven-time Asian Games champions Pakistan set up a semifinal clash with traditional rivals India by beating Malaysia 6-1 to lead their group in the men’s hockey competition here today. Pakistan, who have failed to make the Asian Games final since winning their last gold medal in 1990, played at a blistering pace despite the rain-affected waterlogged pitch causing problems for both teams. Inside-left Mudassar Ali and center-forward Kashif Jawad scored two goals each in open-field play to lead Pakistan’s charge, while wing strikers Muhammad Nadeem and Salim Khalid had one goal each. Malaysia got their only goal through a penalty corner conversion by skipper Kuhan Shanmuganathan. Completing their third consecutive easy win in poll B, Pakistan topped the group with nine points while Malaysia took the second spot with six points from three matches.
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Japan think positive BUSAN: Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) officials are trying to put a positive spin on their demoralising defeat by China in the Asian Games swimming competition. The Chinese exorcised the ghosts of Bangkok in 1998 by finishing with 20 gold medals to 11 for Japan, who were also overtaken by hosts South Korea in the overall medal standings on a bleak Saturday for the Japanese delegation. But the JOC refused to down-size their target of 65 gold medals on Sunday, despite having collected just 26 at the halfway point. “(Kosuke) Kitajima set a world record in the swimming and we are hoping for the same kind of results as the baton passes to our track and field athletes,” said Japanese chef-de-mission Teruji Kogake. “There are still a number of events left in which we expect medals, so 65 gold medals will remain the target until the end.”
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Pak in sight of win
Colombo, October 6 Chasing 316 for victory after fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar had destroyed the Australia batting yesterday, Pakistan need only 137 more to win tomorrow with seven wickets in hand. Openers Taufeeq Umar and Imran Nazir put on 91 for the first wicket as Pakistan reached 103 for one at lunch after Imran was caught by Glenn McGrath off Shane Warne for 40.Imran survived a chance to Mark Waugh at second slip off paceman Jason Gillepsie before Pakistan had opened their account. The ball flew to the boundary for the first of his seven fours. He had a second life after scoring 25 when wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist missed a stumping chance off Warne. Imran, who was smacked on the helmet by Brett Lee, was finally dismissed when he lofted Warne to McGrath at mid-off. Right-hander Abdur Razzaq became Warne’s second victim when he was dismissed lbw for four. Waugh then redeemed himself just before tea with a leaping catch at second slip off fast bowler Brett Lee. Taufeeq had struck 16 boundaries. Australia had a comfortable first innings lead of 188, having scored 467 as Pakistan’s bowlers struggled to find their line and length on the first day. Australia (1st innings): 467 Pakistan (1st innings): 279 Australia (2nd innings): 127 Pakistan (2nd innings): Nazir c McGrath b Warne 40 Umar c. M.Waugh b Lee 88 Razzaq lbw Warne 4 Younis not out 32 Misbah not out 4 Extras (b-3 nb-8) 11 Total (for three wickets) 179 FoW: 1-91, 2-117, 3-173 Bowling: McGrath 14-7-15-0, Gillespie 15-6-46-0, Lee 12-1-49-1, Warne 18-3-58-2, M.Waugh 2-1-8-0.
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Wasim Akram steers Rest of World to victory
Cardiff, October 6 Britain’s batting pair Robert Key and Nasser Hussain were set a target of 18 off the final over as they chased 141 to win yesterday. Hussain smashed a six off Akram who bowled well to restrict Britain to 138 for 8. With the Rest of the World winning the first match on Friday, Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva gave them a solid base for victory in this second match with 61 runs as they reached 142 for 7 from their first 15 overs. The Rest picked up the £ 50,000 “winner takes all’ prize money. Despite sparse crowds in the 74,000-seater stadium which is more used to staging rugby union internationals, the first ‘Power Cricket’ matches played in Britain received an enthusiastic response from the players. “Everybody was excited and I enjoyed every bit of it,” said Akram. Power Cricket differs from conventional forms of the game in several ways. A match consists of two 15-over innings per side and batsmen also score bonus runs when they hit the ball into different tiers of the stadium’s stands. A hit straight into the lower tier was a six but balls landing directly in the middle section were classed as an eight with those going in to the top deck were worth 10 runs.
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Rampaging Herschelle Gibbs falls short of record
Benona, October 6 The South African opener slammed 97 not out off 66 balls as his team raced to a victory target of 155 in just 20.2 overs. He seemed set for his century when he faced leg-spinner Alok Kapali with his score on 96 and six needed for victory. Gibbs charged the first ball of the over and Kapali sent it far down the legside. It was called wide and went to the boundary — five runs in total — and the scores were level. Two balls later Gibbs hit powerfully to long-on but the ball was cut off and the single run ended the match. Gibbs’ chances of setting the record seemed slight after Bangladesh struggled to a modest 154 for nine off 50 overs. But he played a series of outrageous shots, charging down the pitch to attack the Bangladesh new ball bowlers and hitting the ball to all parts of the ground as he thrashed 19 boundaries. The South African opening batsman described the closing moments, “He saw me coming (down the pitch) and pushed it down the legside — it was just one of those things.” Asked when he had starting thinking of his fourth successive century he replied, “Last night”. He said of going out to bat chasing a low target: “There was nothing to lose. The first 70 or 80 came quicker than I thought but it was not to be.” Scoreboard Bangladesh: Omar c Boucher b Klusener 24 Sarkar c Boucher b Ntini 7 Sahariar b Ntini 0 Hossain lbw b Donald 8 Imran c Boucher b Benkenstein 23 Kapali c Pollock b Klusener 0 Mashud b Ntini 15 Mahmud c Boucher b Pollock 18 Baisya not out 35 M. Islam run out 13 Jubaer not out 0 Extras (lb-5, w-6) 11 Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 154 FoW: 1-26, 2-26, 3-46, 4-46, 5-57, 6-74, 7-102, 8-117, 9-154. Bowling: Pollock 10-0-16-1, Ntini 10-5-28-3, Klusener 9-2-23-2, Donald 10-1-38-1, Ontong 7-0-27-0, Benkenstein 4-0-17-1. South Africa G Smith not out 48 H Gibbs not out 97 Extras (lb-1, nb-2, w-7) 10 Total (20.2 overs) 155 Bowling:
M. Islam 7-1-46-0, Tapash Baisya 6-0-37-0, Talha Jubaer 3-0-33-0, Kapali 2.2-0-19-0, Khaled Mahmud 2-0-19-0.
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ONGC pip Colts in a close finish Chandigarh, October 6 ONGC, who were put in by the PCA Colts, could, in fact, never get going. Gagan Khoda displayed a lot of application and perseverance and held the innings together though a virtual procession of the batsmen to the pavilion with regularity from the other end. Sandeep Sharma who played a superb innings yesterday was dismissed when he had yet to get off the mark. Mithun Minhas was out in a similar fashion, caught behind off medium pacer Harish Puri, when he had just reached five. Manoj Mudgil and Amit Sharma were back in the pavilion due to smart piece of fielding without contributing much to the total. And when skipper Rizwan Shamshad was dismissed, caught and bowled by left-arm spinner Amit Kakria, half the side was dismissed with nearly 100 runs on the board. Khoda, on the other end, continued to bat well and played some well-executed strokes. When set for a big score he played an extravagant shot and was caught by S.P. Singh at deep square leg off off-spinner Kailash Sanwal. Khoda made 72. Mohammad Saif then played some bold strokes and hit a huge straight six in an aggressive knock of 48 runs while the tailenders succumbed without putting up a fight as ONGC were all out for 199. While chasing this total, in-form opening batsman Samrat Sharma again came a responsible knock of 70 runs, while India international Yuvraj Singh hit a 30-ball 34 with the help of six fours. None of the other batsmen was among the runs as Colts were reduced to 175 for nine in the 41st over. No 11 batsman Harish Puri and Amit Kakria made valiant efforts and added valuable runs to the total. A victory looked within reach with the team needing five runs in two overs. Puri played the penultimate over maiden. As the pressure mounted in the last over, Kakria in an attempt to clear the fence gave a simple catch to Rahul Sanghvi stationed at square leg as the team fell short by four runs. Winners ONGC were given a cheque of Rs 75,000 by Ms I.S. Bindra, president of the PCA who was chief guest at the closing ceremony, while the runners-up Punjab Colts were richer by Rs 45,000. Gagan Khoda was adjudged “Man of the Match”, while Reetinder Sodhi was given the “best batsman” award, Sanjay Gill the “best bowler” award, Mohd Saif the “best fielder” award and Samrat Sharma won the award for the “Man of the Tournament”.
Scoreboard ONGC: Gagan c S.P. Singh b Kailash 72, Sandeep c Madan b Puri 0, Mithun c Madan b Puri 5, Manoj run out 15, Amit run out 8, Rizwan c and b Kakria 17, Saif c Uniyal b Navdeep 48, Rajeev c Uniyal b Kailash 2, Bhandari lbw Kailash 5, Sanghvi c Yuvraj b Navdeep 7, Sanjay not out 0 Extras ( b 9, lb 5, nb 5, w 2): 21 Total ( all out in 48.4 overs): 199 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-20, 3-40, 4-74, 5-108, 6-162, 7-169, 8-180, 9-197 Bowling: Amit Uniyal 7-2-21-0, Harish Puri 8-1-38-2, Sanjay Mahajan 7-1-27-0, Navdeep Singh 7.4-1-14-2, Amit Kakria 5-0-25-1, Yuvraj Singh 6-0-23-0, Kailash Sanwal 8-0-37-3. PCA Colts: Samrat c Amit b Sanghvi 70, Navdeep run out 2, Yuvraj c Mudgil b Amit 34, S P Singh c and b Sanghvi 23, Sanjay c Mudgil b Gill 12, Gaurav run out 5, Chandan c Mudgal b Sanghvi 0, Kakria c sub b Rathod 16, Kailash lbw Gill 5, Uniyal c Sanghvi b Gill 6, Puri not out 10 Extras (b 4, lb 1, w7) :12 Total ( all out in 49.2 overs) : 195 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-62, 3-130, 4-136, 5-151, 6-152, 7-159, 8-165, 9-175. Bowling: Amit Bhandari 5.2-0-28-0 Sanjay Gill 10-2-36-3 Amit Sharma 10-0-41-1, Rajeev Rathod 7.2-0-25-1, Rahul Sanghvi 10-0-36-3 Mithun Minhas 6.4-1-24-0. |
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Strokeful 140 by Sarwan Bangalore, October 6 Ramnaresh Sarwan became the second batsman to hit a century in the West Indian innings which remained unfinished at 606 for four when the two captains decided to stop the match after six mandatory overs had been bowled on the third and final day today. Sarwan made a strokeful 140 with 18 fours and a six in nearly seven and a half hours before retiring hurt in the second session of play. His century followed the 147 scored by Wavell Hinds yesterday. Other batsmen also chipped in with handsome contributions as the West Indians took a massive 331-run lead over Board President’s first innings score of 275 for eight declared. Captain Carl Hooper scored 67 while Ryan Hinds made a solid 74 before retiring. Wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs also completed a half-century and the match was called off immediately after he reached his fifty. For the home team, left-arm spinner Murali Kartik was the most successful bowler claiming two wickets for 92 runs while off-spinner Saran Deep Singh and medium-pacer Laxmipathi Balaji took one wicket each. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the only batsman to miss out on a big score in this West Indian innings, the left-hander being dismissed by Balaji in the second over of the day after adding just five runs to his overnight 20. Board President’s XI (1st inning): 275-8 decl West Indians: (Ist innings) Gayle c Bangar b Sarandeep 62 W Hinds lbw Kartik 147 R Sarwan retired hurt 140 Chanderpaul c Patel b Balaji 25 Hooper c Patel b Kartik 67 Hinds retired hurt 74 Jacobs not out 50 Nagamootoo not out 3 Extras: (b-17, lb-8 nb-13) 38 Total: (4 wkts, 176 overs) 606 Fall of wickets: 1-128, 2-278, 3-350, 4-435. Bowling: Bangar 17-3-59-0, Balaji 24-6-58-0, Sarandeep Singh 36-4-119-1, Yohannan 26-2-103-0, Kartik 31-7-92-2, Amit Mishra 26-4-114-0, Badani 11-2-21-0, Kaif 5-1-15-0.
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Harwinder’s hat-trick nets
trophy for JCT Nabha, October 6 Harwinder (Jr) slotted in four goals, including a superb hat-trick, to make mincemeat of a listless display put up by the cops. Punjab Police were not helped by the fact that most of their key players were not on the field as they are doing duty for their outfit in the ongoing Governors Cup at Gangtok. Harwinder (Jr) went on to bag the highest scorer award by taking his overall goal tally to seven, one better than six scored by Gorkha Brigade’s striker Bika Gautam. The inevitable for the cops came, but before substitute Sandeep Sharma completed the cops’ rout. With just a solitary goal lead acting as a cushion for the millmen and even as the cops were making some incisive forays, the half time whistle came as a welcome respite for both the teams. However, immediately on resumption the fireworks started when Harwinder (Jr) chested down a floater sent from the right flank by Jaswinder Singh and stunned the keeper Sunil Kumar by sending home a brilliantly executed scissors kick. The hat-trick came when an exasperated Punjab Police defender Sarabjit Singh pulled Harwinder’s shirt just as he was about to shoot the ball into the empty netting with the custodian completely out of position. The following penalty was converted by the striker when he sent the custodian diving towards his right before neatly pushing the ball to the left. |
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Busan, October 6
