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October 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Sarwan blames Windies batsmen
A disappointing tour: Hooper Waugh dropped for first Test Mark Waugh bids adieu to international cricket
Saeed Anwar hints at retirement |
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Chance for hopefuls to prove mettle Manvinder Bisla slams century Sunil, Rohan Bopanna advance Punjab Open Ladies Golf opens today Goa trounce Punjab HSIDC spikers to be honoured India maintain
winning spree PPS Amritsar triumph
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Sarwan blames Windies batsmen
Kolkata, October 28 “Our batsmen started off well on several occasions, but then could not convert the good starts to big scores,” Sarwan, who was yet to make a hundred in Tests though he had scored 14 half-centuries, told newspersons here. “Moreover, they have been too negative. They should have been more attacking and positive,” the 22-year-old right hand middle order batsman said. Sarwan also disagreed that the team had suffered for its lack of preparation before embarking on the tour to India where conditions were different from the Caribbeans. “There was nothing wrong with our preparations. As professionals, we need to adjust to all kinds of situations. So, it’s no use blaming the conditions.” The Guyanese said that the wickets in India were not much different from those in the West Indies. “Only they turned a bit more and had less bounce.” Sarwan, who would be playing his first test at the Eden, said that he found the atmosphere wonderful during the morning net session. “I have been told that we will have a large crowd. And I am looking forward to playing here,” he said. Sarwan said that his side would try to salvage some pride at the Eden Test beginning on October 30. West Indies seamer Merv Dillon today expressed satisfaction with his performance during the ongoing trip to India, saying he had achieved his target of being consistent in the two tests. “On the personal front, I have achieved targets which I had set for myself by being consistent. However, I’m looking forward to improving,” he told newspersons here. The 28-year old Trinidadian has captured six wickets -three each in the first innings of the Mumbai and Chennai Tests. He did not get a chance to bowl in the second innings of the first test as his side suffered an innings defeat, while at Chennai India needed only 81 runs in the second innings to win. Asked to spell out his side’s strategy for the Eden Test, the right arm medium pacer said, “Our only strategy is to play better.” On whether he would put the blame for the side’s dismal performance on the batsmen, Dillon said, “I don’t want to single out any player. Our overall performance was disappointing. We have paid the price for all-round failure.” He said that the absence of the indisposed Brian Lara, now recuperating from a Hepatitis B infection, had affected his team’s performance. “It has been a crucial factor, because Brian is an asset for any team. But it’s no use dwelling on that.” Dillon said that the relaid Eden Gardens wicket looked “good” at first sight. PTI
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Powell, Colleymore, Drakes in MUMBAI: Batsman Ricardo Powell, who once slammed a match-winning knock against India a few years ago in a triangular one-day contest, has along with medium pacers Vasbert Drakes and Corey Colleymore been included in the West Indies squad for the seven-match one-day series beginning at Jamshedpur on November 6. According to the information received here, Ricardo, Colleymore and Drakes replace off-spinner Gareth Breese and medium pacers Darren Powell and Jermaine Lawson who are in the present Test team. UNI
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A disappointing tour: Hooper Kolkata, October 28 *** The tired-looking and disappointed West Indies skipper, Carl Hooper who arrived with his contingent last evening in the city, admits he is not hoping any better at the Eden Gardens Test, where wicket will have some bounce. After all they have already been defeated in Mumbai and Chennai which prompted him to call it a “disappointing tour” for West Indies. To be back at the Eden Gardens is nostalgic for Hooper who had scored his first Test century during his first tour in India in 1987-88. But now after their two successive defeats in the series, he is totally shattered and upset and in no mood to remember about his past glory at the Eden Gardens is. *** For Parthiv Patel, it will be a historic event to take part in the Eden Test. The 17-year-old “boy” is exited that his dream is now going to be fulfilled! Parthiv says this is also his first visit to Job Charnock’s city about which he has heard so many things from others. Some told him it is a dirty city, some saying it a city of procession. But after steeping into the city and seeing Eden Gardens, Parthiv says it is also a “cricket city” and he is proud to be in Kolkata. *** For the “sweet Punjabi boy”, Eden has been a lucky ground. Harbhajan still remembers about his historic performances at the Eden in 2001 March against Australia when he claimed a hat-trick by taking prestigious wickets of Pointing, Gilchrist and Warne. Harbhajan says he has been looking for another victory for his team at the Eden Gardens. *** Most of the “star players” are now in the city with their “special belongings” which they plan to put at an auction on October 31 evening. The auction has been arranged by the players themselves for raising funds for the players association they plan to form. Part of the money will also go to two different charitable organizations which are doing social welfare works. The prominent cricketers whose “belongings” will be exhibited at the auction include
Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Anil
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Waugh dropped for first Test
Melbourne, October 28 Waugh lost his place to South Australian left-hander Darren Lehmann after an indifferent run of form. The 37-year-old has averaged just over 30 in his last 12 tests and has not scored a century since the last Ashes test against England 14 months ago. ‘’I am obviously sad for Mark who has been such a great player for Australia for so many years,’’ said Lehmann, who played the last of his five tests in January 1999. ‘’But at the same time I am delighted and very grateful to get another chance at Test level.’’ But he has been under intense pressure to hold his place after being dropped from the one-day squad earlier this year and struggling to score in the Test arena. Squad: Steve Waugh (captain), Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel.
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Mark Waugh bids adieu to international cricket
Sydney, October 28 Mark, the twin brother of Australian Test skipper Steve Waugh, was replaced by Darren Lehmann for the first match against England beginning in Brisbane on November 7. The 37-year-old Mark said he had been led to this decision after having been left out of the current Test team. The Waugh brothers had earlier this year been excluded from the Australian one-day squad with Ricky Ponting being appointed the skipper. “While I feel very disappointed not to be playing for Australia again, I’ve been extremely lucky to have played for so long in such a great era of Australian cricket, which included the 1999 World Cup victory,” a calm-looking Mark told newspersons at the Sydney Cricket Ground here. He scored heavily against all Test playing countries, including India in a career spanning 12 years. He scored 698 runs from 14 matches with one hundred and four half-centuries at an average of 33.43 against India. His highest Test score of 153 not out also came against India. His reputation took a beating in the match-fixing scandal when he admitted to having taken money for providing pitch and weather information to an Indian bookmaker during Australia’s 1994-95 tour of Sri Lanka. He, along with leg-spinner Shane Warne who too admitted to committing a similar offence, was fined and reprimanded by the Australian Cricket Board but escaped a ban. Mark, who scored 8029 runs at an average of 41.81 from 128 Tests, admitted that he was not sure of his place in the team for the Ashes because he had not scored much in the recent series against Pakistan. He contributed only 80 runs during Australia’s 3-0 series win over Pakistan recently. Mark, whose 107 consecutive Test appearances was next only to Allan Border’s 153, also confessed that he did not make the most of opportunities last season against New Zealand and South Africa to consolidate his position in the team. He said he was informed of his omission by Australia’s chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns on Saturday. “I was a bit emotional. But I thought I’ve had a great career so why worry? It had to come to an end and there are many people worse off than me. I’d like to be remembered as someone who gave 100 per cent to Australia.” “At this stage I will continue to play first-class cricket,” he said. Mark said the highlights of his career were when he scored a century during his debut against England in Adelaide in 1991 and when Australia beat the West Indies in the Caribbean 2-1 in 1995. Australian Cricket Board (ACB) Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland acknowledged Mark’s record and said he was one of the finest batsmen Australia has produced. “On behalf of the Chairman and directors of the Australian Cricket Board, I congratulate Mark on his outstanding international career. His 14 years at the elite level have been studded with records and he will be remembered as one of the finest cricketers this country has ever produced,” Sutherland said. Since his one-day international debut against Pakistan in 1988-89, Mark has been a near-permanent fixture in an Australian side that has enjoyed outstanding success, including the win in the 1999 World Cup and the record-breaking streak of 16 consecutive Test wins.” Sutherland said Mark would be honoured at the fifth and final match of the Ashes series in Sydney. Brother Steve Waugh, who played 108 Tests with Mark, said, “It has been a pleasure and a privilege to have played alongside my brother at Test level for the past 12 years spanning more than 100 matches together, and it will seem very strange not to have him with us when we walk out in Brisbane”. “Mark has been an inspiration not only to his team-mates but also to a host of young players because of the way he has played the game — hard but fair and in a positive way,” Steve said. Born on June 2, 1965, Mark has been a right hand batsman and right arm off-spin bowler, who made his debut against England in Adelaide. He is Australia’s third highest run-scorer in Test history behind Stephen Waugh (9734) and Allan Border (11,174). He is the leading out-fielder in Test cricket history, Australia’s leading run-scorer in one-day international history ahead of Stephen Waugh (7569), Allan Border (6524) and Dean Jones (6068) and also holds the record for Australia’s highest individual one-day international score of 173 which he achieved against West Indies in Melbourne in 2000-01.
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Saeed Anwar hints at retirement Lahore, October 28 “If Pakistan has a better opener than me he must be selected, but I can’t understand how they ignored me by saying I lack confidence,” Anwar told AFP in an interview. “I am consulting my seniors and may opt for retirement if the situation remains the same.” Anwar, 34, who holds the world record for the highest one-day score of 194, failed to find a place in Pakistan’s Test and one-day squad for next month’s tour of Zimbabwe. Chief selector Wasim Bari reasoned Anwar lacked confidence in batting, noting he only scored three runs in a recent trial match. Anwar, who last year became a devout Muslim after the death of his only daughter, blamed selectors for not giving him a chance in this month’s series against Australia.
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Chance for hopefuls to prove mettle
New Delhi, October 28 Railways have had a glorious run in the last two years, reaching the Ranji Trophy final on each
occasion. And if their performance against the touring West Indians in the three-day tour match is anything to go by, the six-month gap between the end of the previous season and the start of current one hardly seems to have affected the players’ form. “I have told the players that what ever happened last year is history. This is a new season and we have to start afresh again,” said Railways’ coach Vinod Sharma. The match against the Caribbeans turned out to be a boon for Sharma, in that he was able to discover two stop-gap opening batsmen accidentally. With Amit Pagnis fracturing his thumb during practice on the morning of the match and J P Yadav injuring his middle finger while fielding, Sharma asked Murali Kartik and Shreyas Khanolkar - both lower order batsmen - to open the innings. His hunch turned out right as Khanolkar and Kartik went on to make 167 runs for the opening wicket, the former scoring a century in 92 balls. The Rest of India, led by the dashing Yuvraj Singh and containing some established names, is also a formidable unit. The Mumbai opening batsman Wasim Jaffer conceded that he was ‘back to square one’ after being dropped from the Test team, and made no efforts to hide his disappointment at not being picked for the West Indies series. A good knock here and the upcoming Ranji matches could convince the selectors of his value on the New Zealand tour. Rohan Gavaskar is another player who would be hoping that his six-year toil in the domestic scene - and being the son of a legend at that - would finally bear fruit.
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Manvinder
Bisla slams century Rohtak, October 28 The highlight of the day was a three-figure knock by Haryana skipper Manvinder Bisla. Resuming his innings at overnight score of 71, Bisla went on to score 120. He batted for 298 minutes and faced 194 balls. His innings was studded with 3 sixes and a dozen fours. (Scoreboard): Himachal Pradesh (first innings): 107 Haryana (first innings): Mayank lbw Mohinder 0, Manvinder c Barun b Paras 120, Sunny b Mohinder 3, Vikram b Upender 44, Pradeep c Sushant b Mohinder 46, Mandeep lbw Paras 9, Sachin c Upender b Pankaj 43, Sunny lbw Pankaj 12, Sabi not out 2, Sandeep b Mohinder 1, Aparajit not out 9. Extras 32. Total for nine wickets (declared) 321. Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-8, 3-97, 4-182, 5-200, 6-281, 7-302, 8-308, 9-309. Bowling: Mohinder Sharma 29-10-96-4, Puneet Dhatwalia 3-0-11-0, Barun Sharma 2-0-17-0, Upender 19-3-66-1, Paras Dogra 15-0-68-2, Bhaskar Sharma 7-0-35-0, Saurabh Rattan 1-0-1-0, Pankaj Thakur 10-4-18-2 Himachal Pradesh (second innings): Saurabh b Sachin 1, Barun c Aparajit b Sunny 20, Deepak c Bisla b Pradeep 3, Sushan batting 23, Paras lbw Bisla 32, Pankaj batting 32, Extras 17. Total for 4 wickets 128. Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-24, 3-36, 4-78 Bowling: Sachin Rana 8-4-22-1, Manvinder Bisla 9-0-33-1, Aparajit Singh 11-5-19-0, Pradeep Sahu 8-2-32-1, Sunny 4-1-7-1, Mandeep Singh 3-2-1-0. |
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Sunil, Rohan Bopanna advance Chandigarh, October 28 Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, the No 4 seed and fifth-seeded Vijay Kannan had easy victories while third seed Mustafa Ghouse was shown the door by Harsh Mankad, who won 6-4, 7-6 (7/4). Bopanna had no difficulty dispatching Amanjot Singh 6-2, 6-3. Amanjot could not match the firepower of his opponent, whose powerful serves and groundstrokes left him reeling. Sunil Kumar steamrolled Somdev K. Dev Varman 6-1, 7-5 while Vijay Kannan crushed Saurabh Singh 6-2, 6-2. Hasko overcame a one-set deficit to get past Kamala Kannan 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-0. Hasko started strongly but lost the way in the first set with unforced errors. Kamala took control early with deceptively angled shots. Late in the set Hasko broke back to bring the set to a tie-breaker but Kamala held on to take the set. After that there was no stopping Hasko, who began timing his shots and cut down on his unforced errors. In the next two sets Kamala barely managed to win one game, bringing the match to an anti-climatic end. Vishal Punna of India belied his seeding (No 29) to get the better of seventh-seeded Boris Borgula of Slovakia. Punna began shakily but soon ran away with the set with his powerful volleys and cross-court shots.
Continuously berating himself, he lost the second set 2-6. Trading breaks in the third set, Punna, pumping himself, upset Borgula’s rhythm with his sliced backhand stokes. The heat took its toll on both the players as Punna took two breaks and Borgula also called for medical attention for his cramps. The break proved decisive as Borgula lost both the games after that to hand the match to Punna 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Harsh Mankad started strongly and took the first set with a single break of serve 6-4. Frequently coming to the net, he was always in control of the match despite being broken in the second set. He promptly broke back and the set went to the tie-breaker with Ghouse barely managing to hold serve. In other matches Shivang Mishra of India lost to Hayato Furukawa of Japan 0-6, 1-6; Evgueni Smirnov of Russia crushed Vinod Sridhar of India 6-2, 6-1; Nitin Kirtane got past Rishi Sridhar 6-2, 6-1; Ashutosh Singh advanced 6-4, 2-0 as his opponent Christian Persico of Italy retired hurt and Pavel Lobanov of Russia ended Shriranga Sudhakar’s campaign with a 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 victory. |
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Punjab
Open Ladies Golf opens today Chandigarh, October 28 More than 50 entries have already been received, of which 25 are outstation. Big names in ladies golf, including Shruti Khanna, Anjali Chopra and local Parneeta Garewal, who is fresh from her recent win of the Sri Lanka Open, will be seen in action. The youngest participant is 10-year-old Nikita Jadeja of Jaipur and the oldest will be the venerable Darsh Narang. Mrs Gaitri M.M.Singh, the Lady Captain of the CGC, and her team are all geared up for the conduct of the championship which includes a plethora of prizes and trophies covering eight categories, from the Super Seniors Bowl for the above 65 to the Subjunior Trophy for the under 14, in addition to the main championship shield for the best gross. Nearly everyone participating has a real chance of winning a prize, making this tournament an immensely popular one on the Ladies Circuit. The Captain of the Golf Course, Col H.S. Baidwan, has worked unstintingly for producing the perfect playing conditions for the Ladies Golf Tournament. The ceremonial tee-off by Mr A.P.Pandey, Chief Director (Vigilance) , will be held at 7.30 a.m. tomorrow. Mr Y.S. Ratra, Chief Secretary, Punjab will be the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony on November 1. |
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Goa trounce Punjab
Imphal, October 28 Goa will now meet Karnataka in group ‘C’ on October 30 to decide the group champion for the last four. Karnataka, on October 26, defeated Punjab 2-0. Punjab were the first to exit from the quarterfinal league. All three goals in today’s match were scored in the first half. While defender Covan Lawrence scored the equaliser for Goa in the 42nd minute, Alvito D’ Conha, who was shown the red card in the second half, scored the winner a minute before the lemon break. Punjab’s solitary goal came from midfielder Sher Singh in the 15th minute. The second half was almost a one-sided affair with the Goan players making some good moves. However, they were reduced to 10 men when Alvito d’ Conha was given the marching order in the 67th minute for altercation with referee A. Arjunan of Services. D’ Conha had abused the referee so loud that it was even audible from the galleries. Skin-head defender Covan Lawrence was declared the man of the match. TN beat Orissa Last year’s semifinalist Tamil Nadu opened the 58th National Football Championship for LG Santosh Trophy with a 2-1 victory over Orissa in the group ‘D’ of the quaterfinal league at Khuman Lampak Stadium here today. The winners will meet host Manipur in the second and last quarterfinal league match on October 30. Earlier, Manipur defeated Orissa 4-1 in the first quaterfinal league match on Saturday. Both Manipur and Tamil Nadu collected full three points from one match but the hosts have a better goal average.
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HSIDC spikers to be honoured Chandigarh, October 28 According to Mr Randhir Singh, General Manager, HSIDC, their star player Amir Singh who captained the Indian volleyball team on various occasions will be honoured with a cash prize of Rs 51000, while Om Prakash, Senior Manager, Sports, and Raghubir Singh, Manager, will be given Rs 10,000 each. Sunil Kumar, would be given three advance increments. The decision was taken by the board of directors of HSIDC. |
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India maintain
winning spree Bled, October 28 The Indian men’s team seeded 24th had the better of 51st seed Columbia, scoring 3.5-0.5 to take their tally to seven points from eight games, while the women defeated the 28th seeded Mongolia to move to 4.5 points from six games yesterday. IM Surya Sekhar Ganguly who was rested for the first round picked up the point in 37 moves from IM Alzate Dario while GM Praveen Thipsay took 40 moves to vanquish Uribe Maurico in a French defence game, giving him his second win. Indian captain Krishnan Sasikiran got the third point for the team after patiently outplaying GM Zapata in Ruy Lopez game.
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PPS Amritsar triumph Amritsar, October 28 In the final of girls section, General Gurnam Singh Public School, Sangrur, bagged the first position thrashing Mintgumri Guru Nanak Public School Jalandhar. The three-day basketball cluster concluded today. Mr M.S. Bhullar, DGP, Punjab, was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the winners.
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Rural
games Amritsar, October 28 Competition in athletics and weightlifting will be held at Guru Nanak Stadium, wrestling at Golbagh Wrestling Stadium and kabaddi at Town Hall here.
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