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October 22, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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McGrath, Warne wreck Pak
Chetan Sharma writes Parthiv’s heroics augur well for India Sunita stripped of medals Sunil Kumar records quick victory
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SANTOSH TROPHY Midfield must show maturity: Rajinder Crowns for Gurbax, Pranav Excess points awarded to Delhi varsity? Sacred Heart lads win team title DAV, Lyallpur college in final
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McGrath, Warne wreck Pak Sharjah, October 21 McGrath, who became the eighth man to take 400 Test wickets before Pakistan were forced to follow on when dismissed for 221, once again exposed the brittleness of the top order. Pakistan ended the third day on 176 for eight, still 47 runs short of avoiding a second successive innings defeat. McGrath, 32, reached his landmark right on lunch with Waqar’s wicket on his way to figures of four for 41 and added three for 18 in the second innings. He is the second Australian after leg-spinner Warne, to capture 400 Test victims. Warne, who had claimed five for 74 in the first innings, added three for 56. Pakistan’s Hasan Raza, hailed six years ago as the youngest Test player at 14 years and 227 days but who has barely played since, provided the staunchest resistance with 56 not out after making 54 not out in the first innings. The start to the Pakistan second innings was depressingly similar to the first. Australia (Ist innings): 444 Pakistan (Ist innings): (overnight 163-6) Umar lbw b McGrath 5 Farhat lbw b Warne 29 Khan c Gilchrist Iqbal c Gichrist b Warne 9 Misbah lbw b Bichel 11 Raza not out 54 Latif c M. Waugh Saqlain b McGrath 44 Waqar lbw b McGrath 6 Sami lbw b Warne 0 Kaneria st Gilchrist Extras (b-3 lb-10 nb-11 w-2) 26 Total 221 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-50, 3-50, 4-70, 5-76, 6-100, 7-191, 8-198, 9-199. Bowling: McGrath 16-4-41-4, Lee 11-1-47-0, Warne 30.1-10-74-5, Bichel 9-0-31-1, M. Waugh 4-0-10-0, Ponting 1-0-5-0. Pakistan (2nd innings): Umar c Gilchrist b Farhat c Gilchrist b Younis Khan lbw b Iqbal run out 2 Misbah-ul lbw b Warne 17 Raza batting 56 Latif lbw b Warne 17 Mushtaq lbw b Warne 10 Younis c M. Waugh b Sami batting 12 Extras:
(1b-9, nb-6) 15 Total: (for 8 wkts, Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-12, 3-18, 4-30, 5-58, 6-86, 7-102, 8-157. Bowling: McGrath 7-2-18-3, Lee 13-5-24-0, Bichel 7-1-36-1, Warne 21-3-56-3, M. Waugh 10-3-33-0.
Reuters
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Chetan Sharma writes When teams give their best, results follow. The Indians have been working on their weaknesses and problem areas for the last two years since John Wright took charge as their coach and it is now that their hardwork is paying off. One important wheel in India’s success is the fitness of the players which has gone up ever since the foreign physio and trainer were employed by the board. Because of the fitness, our fielding standard has gone up while the medium pacers and batsmen have also become fitter. This augurs well for the Indian team in the future. Honestly, I wasn’t a very keen supporter of Saurav Ganguly’s captaincy but this year he has surprised even his most vociferous critic. He may not be a big strategist but the way he encourages youngsters on the field and backs them up, he has surely become the favourite of the team. That is why most of the players give their best under him. I think the decision to open the batting with Virender Sehwag in both Tests and one-dayers was a brilliant idea. He is not only enjoying himself in international cricket, Sehwag has become the scourge of all bowlers with his simple, yet very effective stroke making. If the rival medium pacers start fearing your opening batsman, it is worth half the battle won. Sehwag picks up quick runs even in Test cricket which means Ganguly and the Indian bowlers have more time to bundle out the rivals. I feel, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh may not be a potent force when India play abroad but on home pitches, their’s is a deadly pair. Both are aggressive in their attitude and their good height helps them to hit the deck, getting more bounce and turn. Till the two are around, teams will not be able to breathe easy against India at home. About our batting, it has to be one of the best if VVS Laxman is batting as low as No 6. With a good opening pair, and Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman to follow, runs just flow. In this form, the Indians are not easy to beat for teams like the West Indies. But that doesn’t mean India should relax now. They should win the next Test which will boost their confidence for the New Zealand tour and the World Cup next year. Good luck to them.
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Parthiv’s heroics augur well for India Chandigarh, October 21 The way the young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel is shaping up, specially as he did in the first two Tests against the West Indies at Mumbai and Chennai, it would be logical to include him in the team for the one-day series against the tourists which begins after the conclusion of the third Test at Kolkata. The Caribbeans are scheduled to play a total of seven one-day matches before they return home. Parthiv’s keeping came in for lavish praise from the match referee Mike Proctor during the prize distribution ceremony at Chennai yesterday. It is , therefore, logical that he should be doing duty behind the stumps in the one-dayers as well to further build up his confidence even if the hosts have to drop a batsman to accommodate this gusty wicketkeeper who can also bat a bit. For quite some time India have been playing Rahul Dravid as a batsman-wicketkeeper in the one-day matches as this move enables the indian team management to play an additional batsman. But this move is fraught with danger specially in South African venues where the ball tends to come high and fast. India needs Rahul the batsman more than Rahul the keeper and this job should be handed over to a specialist like Parthiv Patel and the quicker it is done the better it will be for Indian cricket. The one-day series against the West Indies as well as the seven one-day matches which India will play against New Zealand in New Zealand later this year should help the team management to fine-tune the gameplan for the World Cup. Pundits are of the view that if six specialist batsman cannot do the job for India in a given situation then even seven will not suffice. One must remember that India have players like Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, as well as Rahul Dravid to wield the willow. If they can’t turn a game India’s way no one else can, even if the batting extends till No 7 or even beyond. It will be more prudent to play a specialist keeper in the team who can do a better job behind the stumps than Rahul and keep him free for his main job — batting. And in any case, Parthiv is not a bunny with the bat and has proved so time and again whenever the chips were down for India. |
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Sunita stripped of medals New Delhi, October 21 Consequent upon her testing positive for the banned drug, the OCA has stripped Sunita of her gold and bronze medals, bringing down India’s overall medals tally from 36 to 34. Randhir Singh said “as per the rules laid down in the OCA constitution, I would like to inform that the OCA has withdrawn the medals won by Sunita and is referring the case to the concerned Asian and international federation for further necessary action”. If Sunita Rani is robbed of her 1500m gold, India’s Madhuri Singh, who finished fourth in the race, will be promoted to the bronze slot while Tatiana Borisova of Krygyzstan, who won the silver, now stands to gain the gold. The silver will go to Yoshiko Ichikawa of Japan, who had finished third. Sunita Rani had won the 1500m gold with a record time of 4:6.03 secs. Amateur Athletic Federation of India president Suresh Kalmadi, who is also the president of the Indian Olympic Association and the Asian Amateur Athletic Association (AAAA), yesterday had appointed Sushil Salwan, convenor of AAAA’s legal cell, to probe into the doping case against Sunita Rani, and submit his report within a week. Sunita Rani also faces at least a two-year ban from athletics, though her sympathisers were of the view that India should hire the best legal brain to get her name cleared as the dope-testing facility at Busan was not entirely “fool proof”. They quoted the example of Sri Lanka sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, who was bailed out by her country by hiring the best lawyer in the world, after she tested positive for a banned drug, following a 200m golden triumph at the Sydney Olympic Games. |
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Sunil Kumar records quick victory New Delhi, October 21 In another major upset, Kedar Tembe of Maharashtra stunned fifth seeded Manoj Mahadevan of Tamil Nadu 6-4,7-6 (7-4) in a battle of attrition. Second seeded Nitin Kirtane sailed past fellow-Maharashtrian Nipun Gupta 6-4,6-2, Nitin’s cousin Sandeep Kirtane beat Saurabh Singh of Haryana 6-3,6-1 and Rohan Gajjar of Maharashtra beat Ashutosh Singh of Delhi 6-2,6-3 in other men’s singles matches. However, seedings held good in the women’s singles as all the seeded players who were in the field today, sailed into the next round. Top-seeded Goutham Sheetal of Karnataka downed Ragini Vimal of Bengal 6-4,6-1, second-seeded Radhika Tulpule beat Nandini Perumal of Andhra Pradesh 6-2,6-0, fifth seeded Shruti Dhawan of Chandigarh beat Joy Alice of Tamil Nadu in a hard-fought match at 7-5,6-3, Lata Assudani of Maharashtra beat Meghana Paritaia of Andhra Pradesh 6-0,6-0, Sonia Shelar of Maharashtra beat Vishika Chetri of Delhi 7-6 (8-7), 6-2, Sasha Abraham of Andhra Pradesh beat Medhini Sharma of Maharashtra 3-6,6-3,6-0, eighth-seeded Archana Venkataraman beat R Sai Swapna of Tamil Nadu 6-2,6-0 and Redhina Parekh of Bengal beat K Pooja of Andhra 6-3,7-5 in the women’s singles first round matches. Sunil Kumar has been given the top billing, ahead of defending champion Vijay Kannan, in the men’s singles. Last year’s runner-up Rohan Bopanna, who created a virtual sensation by storming into the final before caving into Kannan in a titanic title clash, has, however, decided to skip the championship as he is presently playing in the $ 100,000 Asian Tennis Championship in Tashkent, where he has set up title clash against Gouichi Motomura of Japan. Mustafa Ghouse, who skipped the DSCL Open last year, has been seeded fourth. Surprisingly, Sunil Kumar is the only player in the men’s fray from among those who did duty for the country at the Asian Games in Busan. Missing from the women’s singles main draw are defending champion Rushmi Chakravarthi and Sai Jayalaxmi, who both were playing in the ITF Women’s Tournament at Giza in Egypt, Sania Mirza, Manisha Malhotra and Nirupama Vaidyanathan, who were in the Indian team for the Asian Games. Last year’s runner-up Sheetal Goutham of Karnataka heads the women’s
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Imphal, October 21 In other matches, Punjab edged past Madhya Pradesh 1-0, while Delhi drew with Nagaland 1-1, Sikkim outplayed Uttar Pradesh 3-0 and Tripura earned a 4-1 win over Gujarat. With today’s win, Karnataka led the table with all six points from two matches and Gujarat and Haryana made exit from the championship in the same group. Karnataka, the finalist in 1975-76, led by S.K. Dayanand’s goal (39th minute) at half time and substitute Gregory Clarke made it 2-0 in the 70th minute. Karnataka, who could not make the quarterfinals last year, had won 4-1 against Tripura in the opener and will now play last league match against Gujarat on October 23 for academic interest. Delhi failed to hold one-goal lead over Nagaland in group VIII as Rajesh Arya netted home at the fag end of the first session. Nagaland restored parity in the injury time through Vizo Peseyie. Delhi drew with Orissa and will have to wait for the Orissa-Nagaland match’s outcome to decide on the quarterfinal standing. In group III, Punjab won through kick by Gurjit Singh Atwal in the 33rd minute. Sikkim thrashed Uttar Pradesh in group VI when Milan Lepcha (34), Ram Rai (45 and 90 minute) scored for the winners. Tripura fired a 4-1 victory against Gujarat in group VII and kept alive their hopes to make to the quarterfinals. Premjit Singh Barua scored twice, Swapan Rai and Sambhu Saha scored once each, lone goal for Gujarat was scored by Ranjit Sisodia. Earlier, Bihar edged past a fighting Andhra Pradesh by a goal from Suresh Kalandi in group VI. Six-time winners, Punjab were rather lucky to get a penalty kick in the 33rd minute when Madhya Pradesh’s Jogen Boro made a nasty foul. Striker Gurjit Singh Atwal had no problem in banging home, defeating rival custodian Joy Prajan. Now Punjab will take on Mizoram on October 23 to decide the quarterfinalist in the group III as Madhya Pradesh earlier lost to Mizoram 2-1.
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Midfield
must show maturity: Rajinder Chandigarh, October 21 Referring to penalty corner conversion, Rajinder said at the Champions Trophy the Indians had a success rate of 50 per cent. "Jugraj Singh and Dilip Tirkey were good in short corners and in the Asian Games there was some improvement. However, at Busan we experienced difficulty in stopping the ball. There is scope for improvement," said Rajinder, who incidentally was also coach of the Indian team which won the Junior World Cup at Hobart in October 2001 and the Asia Youth Cup at Ipoh last year. Talking about the present team who won the silver in the Busan Asian Games, Rajinder Singh said though the squad's performance was more or less satisfactory, no player could take his place for granted. Even seasoned players like Dhanraj Pillay will have to prove their fitness prior to their inclusion in the team in future. Rajinder outlined some key areas that need immediate attention. These, according to him, are goalkeeping, tight defence, better midfield play, and improvement in attack, particularly in one-to-one situations. "Modern hockey has become very fast. Hence we need good replacements as well. Today we require at least 50 players of the same calibre." "When I took over shortly after the World Cup debacle, I observed that the players were resorting to back passes showing little aggressiveness in attack. Hence our priority was to make the attack sharper and this was evident in the Champions Trophy and the Asian Games. The national coach refused to single out any player for praise saying it was a team effort which fetched Indian the silver at Busan though he praised the efforts of his deputy NS Sodhi and Sampat Kumar besides appreciating the encouragement by manager HS Dhillon. Emphasising that fitness was the key to selection, Rajinder said the players should be fit prior to the coaching camps so that no time is wasted in putting them in shape. They should also improve their basics," added Rajinder whose next assignment is the Azlan Shah Cup to be followed by the Champions Trophy at Amsterdam next year. |
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Crowns for Gurbax, Pranav Ludhiana, October 21 In the boys singles final (u-13), Gurbax Singh, a class VIII student of Green Land Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, outplayed his city mate and second seeded Raj Kumar in straight sets 15-5, 15-2 and later, Gurbax in association with Raj Kumar defeated the pair of Bob Sharma of Patiala and Pranav Chopra of Ludhiana 15-9, 15-3 to bag the doubles’ title. Similarly, in the boys singles final (u-10) Pranav Chopra, a class V student of DAV School, Ludhiana, made mincemeat of Jasman of Amritsar 15-1, 15-0 to clinch the title. Pranav then paired with Antarpreet Singh of Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana to beat the Amritsar duo of Jasman and Parth 15-2, 15-3 to lift the doubles’ title. In the girls section (u-10), second seed Steffi of Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana, sprang a surpise by scoring an upset victory over top seed Kulwant Kaur of Nawanshahr 11-3, 11-4 while in the under-13 years age group, Komal Preet of Patiala proved too good for Shruti Bansal of Ropar whom she defeated 11-3, 11-5. Final results:- (boys singles U-16) Varun Arora (Jal) b Gurbax Singh (Ldh) 4-15, 15-1, 15-10. Girls singles (u-16) Sukhman Bhatia (Ptl) b Komalpreet Kaur (Ptl) 13-10, 11-3. Girls doubles (u-16) Sukhman and Komalpreet (Ptl) b Sehar Chadha and Sanya (Asr) 11-1, 11-1. Boys singles (u-13) Gurbax Singh (Ldh) b Raj Kuamr (Ldh) 15-7, 15-2. Boys doubles (u-13) Raj Kumar and Gurbax Singh (Ldh) b Bob Sharma and Pranav Chopra (Ptl & Ldh) 15-9, 15-3. Girls doubles (u-13) Komalpreet Kaur and Shurti Bansal (Ptl & Rpr) b Komalpreet and Dilpreet Kaur (Jal & Rpr) 11-3, 11-3. Boys singles (u-10) Pranav Chopra (Ldh) b Jasman (Asr) 15-1, 15-0. |
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Excess points awarded to Delhi varsity? Amritsar, October 21 Dr S.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, said their university had won the trophy for the past six consecutive years but the discrepancy in calculation had adversely affected their chances of winning the coveted trophy and Delhi University had gained by it. The Vice-Chancellor said according to the rule 4.8 on page No 26 of the latest notification issued on June 22, 1998, by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, clarifies that in individual sports disciplines no weightage would be given for the overall team championship in the games notified by the AIU. He said they had found glaring discrepancies in case of points given to DU, which inflated their total points. In wrestling competition held that year, 200 points were awarded for overall championship and 90 points for individual events. In the archery inter-university championship for the year 2000-2001 no team championship event was held in fita round but still 700 points were awarded to DU. Similarly, in the report of the organising secretary, in the inter-university pistol shooting (men and women) championship for the year 2000-2001, results of individual events were not given. In the absence of these individual results, he said, it was not possible to ascertain the position secured by DU but the points for individual as well as overall championship have been awarded to DU. Dr Singh said they had informed the authorities concerned about the discrepancies in calculations prior to the declaration of the winner of the trophy but no action was taken. Letters in this regard were forwarded to the then Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ms Uma Bharati, Prof K.B. Kapoor, Secretary-General of AIU, Mr Gurdeep Singh, under-secretary (Sports), AIU, Prof B.B. Dhar, Director, Research, Mr S.S. Rana, Director, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr K. Dass, joint secretary, and Mr S.S. Sharma, Secretary, and to Mr Randhir Singh, Secretary-General of the Indian Olympic Association on August 23, 2002. The first letter was written to Prof K.B. Powar, Secretary-General at the AIU on August 7, 2002. He claimed that DU, which won Dr B.L. Gupta overall general championship trophy for the year 2000-2001 with 9280 points should have got 8225 whereas Guru Nanak Dev University secured 6645 points. He writes in this letter “though this difference does not effect the award of Dr B.L. Gupta overall general championship trophy, yet it may effect adversely the award of MAKA for the year 2000-2001. Prof Powar, in his letter dated August 12, 2002, to the Vice-Chancellor says there was no direct relationship between the MAKA and Dr B.L. Gupta trophies. The former is awarded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the latter by the AIU and, moreover, the rules related to these two trophies are different, he added. The comments and observations on the calculation of marks awarded to the first five universities were invited but GND University failed to send its comments on the calculation of marks awarded to it by the stipulated period. In response to this letter, the Vice-Chancellor said the observations on the calculation of marks were invited by the AIU from individual competing university in respect of its own points and they had confirmed in its letter that total points in respect of their university were appropriate. Consequently on the demand of the Amritsar university to appoint an independent committee for fixing responsibility about the alleged lapses for the award of the MAKA Trophy, Professor Powar wrote that it was not appropriate for him to appoint the committee to look into his own functioning, as he himself was a part of the recommendatory process. Therefore, he informed that he was going to place all documents regarding the matter before the president, AAIU, for his consideration. The Vice-Chancellor has now threatened to move the court if an independent inquiry was not conducted into the matter. |
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Sacred
Heart lads win team title Ludhiana, October 21 In the u-14 years group, DAV Public School, Amritsar quelled a strong challenge from hosts Alpine International Senior Secondary School before emerging victorious 3-2 while in the u-16 years age category, Dayanand Model School, Jalandhar outplayed Sri Guru Harkishan Singh School, Amritsar 3-1 to win team championship. Individual category results: (boys u-14): Rohan (DAV Public School, Amritsar) beat Simardeep (Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana) 11-1, 11-6, 11-5; (boys u-16) Pardeep (Apee Jay School, Jalandhar) beat Raghav (DMS School, Jalandhar) 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 and 11-8; (boys u-19) Rahul Batra (Ajanta Public School, Amritsar) beat Sun Ming Chui (Sacred Heart Convent School). Girls (u-14) Arshdeep (Sri Guru Harkishan Public School, Amritsar) beat Deepkamal (Sri Guru Harkrishan School, Amritsar) 11-5, 11-8, 12-10; (girls u-16) Jaspreet (Apee Jay School, Jalandhar) beat Nikita “Apee Jay School, Jalandhar) 11-5, 11-6, 6-11 and 11-9; (girls u-19) Anjali Dhawan (DAV Public School, Amritsar) beat Harsimar (Sri Guru Harkrishan School, Amritsar) 11-9, 8-11, 12-10 and 11-6. |
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DAV, Lyallpur college in final Amritsar, October 21 DAV College, Jalandhar, defeated Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Chandigarh. The first goal was scored by Ravi Pal in the fourth minute of the game, in 29th minute Gagandeep Singh second, the 44th minute Shamsher Singh and in the 51st minute Yadwinder Singh scored to complete the tally. The second semifinal between Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar, and Governor Barjindra College, Faridkot was a neck-and-neck affair. Surjit Singh of Lyallpur Khalsa College scored an early goal through a penalty corner and Lakhbir Singh of the same team scored in the 51st minute. |
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GND varsity record win Amritsar, October 21 |
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