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November 3, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Tendulkar keeps India afloat Chetan Sharma writes A lot remains to be done: Tendulkar Sachin’s 1st ton at Eden |
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Railways clinch Irani
Cup HP beat J&K Goa-Manipur semis to be replayed today Thumping victories for India Hind Kesari title for Jagdish Rahul Dahiya, Nadia Saini win TT titles Chandigarh
all out for 225 Patiala rural competition
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Tendulkar
keeps India afloat
Kolkata, November 2 Tendulkar struck his 31st Test century and remained unbeaten on 114 as India reached 195 for four in their second innings when play was called off due to bad light 18 overs before schedule. V V S Laxman, who added 108 runs for the unfinished fifth wicket partnership with Tendulkar, was the other not out batsman at stumps, having scored 30 runs. The West Indies, who were all out for 497 in their first innings to take a 139-run lead earlier in the day, were in complete command of the match when India had been reduced to 87 for four at one stage.
But Tendulkar and Laxman batted sensibly after that to deny any further success to the West Indies. Tendulkar, who had been lying low for some time, shrugged off his poor record at the Eden Gardens to notch up his first century at this historic ground. The duo, who came together midway into the second session, batted for the remainder of the day with Tendulkar doing the bulk of the scoring. Tendulkar played an array of delightful strokes - his wristy steers, majestic drives and powerful pulls executed with impeccable timing leaving the West Indian bowlers, who had their tails up after their early successes, totally exasperated. The master batsman reached his century half an hour into the last session when he hit Darren Powell through covers to take two runs which received a loud applause from a big weekend crowd. Tendulkar has so far faced 195 balls and hit 17 boundaries in his sterling innings. Laxman, whose epic 281 at this ground against Australia last year is still fresh in the memory of the locals, played a supportive role to carve out a patient 30-run knock which came off 105 balls and included four fours. India’s second essay started on a highly inauspicious note with first innings top-scorer Sanjay Bangar being dismissed off the very first ball of the innings. India could not even recover from that loss when Dillon gave another jolt to the hosts by sending back dashing batsman Virender Sehwag. Both Sehwag and Bangar were caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul and India had lost both the openers with just 11 runs on the board. Then came two controversial leg before decisions against Rahul Dravid and skipper Saurav Ganguly which left India panting at 87 for four. Dravid was at the receiving end of a rough decision for the second time in this match. Like in the first innings, he was adjudged leg before wicket against Powell by umpire Asoka de Silva of Sri Lanka who failed to notice an inside edge off his bat He was given out in a similar fashion in the first innings too by the other umpire, David Shepherd of England. Dravid made 17 and India had lost their third wicket at 49 just before the lunch break. The lanky Cameron Cuffy struck again for the West Indies 38 runs later when Ganguly, who scored 16, was adjudged leg before wicket to a delivery that TV replays showed had pitched outside the leg-stump. The West Indies were all fired up at this stage and sensing victory before Tendulkar and Laxman poured water over their hopes. Earlier, the West Indies first innings folded with the addition of 51 runs to their overnight 446 for five with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh coming up with his 11th five-wicket haul. Marlon Samules duly completed his maiden Test hundred but Chanderpaul could only equal his previous Test best of 140. Chanderpaul, who resumed at his overnight 136, could score just four runs this morning before falling to Virender Sehwag who surprisingly opened the bowling for India today, in his first over itself. Scoreboard India (1st innings): 358 West Indies (1st innings): Gayle c Sehwag b Kumble 88 Hinds c Ganguly
Sarwan st Patel b Harbhajan 2 Dillon b Harbhajan 0 Chanderpaul c Harbhajan
Hooper c Patel b Nehra 19 Samuels c Sehwag
Jacobs not out 22 Powell lbw b Kumble 0 Lawson lbw b Kumble 5 Cuffy c Laxman b Harbhajan 0 Extras: (lb-7, nb-6, b-4) 17 Total: (all out in 171.3 overs) 497 Fall of wickets: 1-172, 2-186, 3-186, 4-213, 5-255. 6-450, 7-469, 8-470, 9-496. Bowling: Srinath 19-3-62-0, Nehra 23-9-66-1, Harbhajan Singh 57.3-15-115-5, Kumble 54-9-169-3, Bangar 6-3-14-0, Tendulkar 7-0-33-0, Sehwag 5-0-27-1. India (2nd innings): Bangar c Chanderpaul b Dillon 0 Sehwag c Chanderpaul
Dravid lbw b Powell 17 Tendulkar batting 114 Ganguly lbw b Cuffy 16 Laxman batting 30 Extras:
(b-4, lb-4) 8 Total: (for 4 wkts, 64 overs)195 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-11, 3-49, 4-87. Bowling: Dillon 17-5-63-2, Cuffy 8-2-24-1, Lawson 10-1-41-0, Powell 10-2-19-1, Hooper 12-1-30-0, Sarwan 1-1-0-0, Gayle 3-1-5-0, Samuels 3-1-5-0.
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Chetan Sharma writes It is left to the pair of Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman to bail out India in the last Test of the series against West Indies. But for their 108-run fifth-wicket partnership, India would have lost the Test on the fourth day itself. This didn’t seem likely when this Test began but charged-up West Indian bowlers and a couple of shocking decisions by the umpires have made an Indian defeat possible. Tendulkar’s century not only saved the day for India, it must have also silenced his critics. I wasn’t very lucky in the sense that I didn’t play much international cricket alongside him, but I am sure Tendulkar must be an inspiration for his teammates. Even today, he calmed down Laxman, who started in a nervous fashion but went on to play with responsibility. Now what the two need to do is start afresh tomorrow morning and extend their 56-run lead to more besides spending time in the middle. I don’t know whether to criticize the Indian batsmen for their collapse in the second innings or not. No doubt Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag were victims of the moving ball but as for Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly, I would be fair to put the blame on the umpire Asoka de Silva. In my book both were not out but once the umpire gives a batsman out the opinion of people like us, who are sitting outside makes no difference. India were 87 for four at that stage and an early end was on the cards before Tendulkar took control. Tendulkar wasn’t afraid to play his shots though the situation demanded caution. But such is his greatness that he makes even tense situations look easy. He had not been making runs in the series and there could not be a better opportunity for him to strike form than this. Well played Tendulkar and carry on with the job as it is not finished yet. India may not be able to win this Test now unless there the West Indians have a dramatic fall on the last day but if they were to lose this, it would have been very embarrassing for them. Harbhajan Singh picked up yet another five-wicket haul and as I have been saying all along, he is our match winner on Indian wickets. What he needs is support from the other end and is time we groomed another young spinner in the side. In fact India could have played the leg-spinner from my state, Haryana in the team in this Test. For all you know the West Indians may not have scored around 500 runs in their first innings and put pressure on the Indians.
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A lot remains to be done: Tendulkar Kolkata, November 2 “This innings is only half the job done. Plenty of things are to happen tomorrow,” said the master batsman, who now has a rich haul of 31 Test tons, only three less than world record holder Sunil Gavaskar. Looking relaxed but focussed after the day’s play, Tendulkar said he always wanted to get a Test hundred at Eden and was happy that he had made it in the end. “I am very happy. Because this is a kind of home for Indian cricket. Every time I used to leave this place, I felt a bit disappointed... it had to happen and that it just what happened today,” Tendulkar said.
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Sachin’s 1st ton at Eden Kolkata, November 2 *** Are Azhar and Jadeja returning back in the cricket world again? Both have now been in the exile after their “involvement” in the match fixing. The CCI chief wants them to be utilized “otherwise” with the cricket. CCI chief says he would like both Azhar and Jadeja to train the “new” cricketers at cricket academy and would personally make a move in this direction. But it is not sure if his attempts would be of any success. *** For Sourav Ganguly it was a coincidence that in this Test series he had been out lbw in all the three matches — Mumbai, Chennai and lastly, at the Eden Gardens today. And in all the matches, it was the Sri Lankan umpire Ashoka D’Silva who was umpiring. Sourav says he is happy about the performances of his “boys”, particularly, Sachin and Laxman. He feels the victory in the series would give encouragement to the team due to play in New Zealand after the series. |
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Railways clinch Irani Cup
New Delhi, November 2 Chasing a target of 243 runs with one full day’s play in hand, Railways stuck to the task with the dependable Yere Goud, who hit a superb unbeaten 87, scoring the winning runs with a four at long on in the 71st over, about 45 minutes after tea. Rest of India, winners of the Cup for the last three editions, were left rueing lost chances and overall mediocre performance. The team effort, which has seen Railways produce tremendous results in the last couple of domestic seasons, was once again highlighted as the hosts wriggled out of difficulties - they were three down for 98 at one stage - to eventually carve out a convincing victory. J P Yadav did, however, stand out in the Railways team on account of his performance both with the bat and ball. As Railways coach Vinod Sharma said though officially there was no man-of-the-match in an Irani Cup tie, Yadav would have been the apt choice. After helping Railways gain an invaluable 50-run lead with a 104-run knock that saw his side score 316, Yadav produced a brilliant second spell, bowling 17 overs on a trot, and scalped six wickets. Rocked by the Yadav juggernaut, Rest were sent packing for 292 in their second knock after scoring 266 in the first. The Rest side showed its class in patches - Akash Chopra scored a 92 in the first innings and skipper Yuvraj Singh a 50, Wasim Jaffer scored 116 runs in the second essay and Chopra again contributed a well-made 59. But that was about all as others simply seemed to go through the motions without any motivation. And as Yuvraj said later, the side missed the services of an additional and experienced spinner and they dropped too many catches. “Our batting was bad and the middle order just collapsed in both the innings. Our team was decent but we could have performed better,” he said. Railways skipper Abhay Sharma praised Yadav for his all-round effort and admitted it was his six-wicket haul that turned the game in their favour. Scoreboard Rest of India (1st Innings): 266 Railways (1st
Innings): 316 Rest of India (2nd Innings): 292 Railways (2nd Innings): Yadav lbw b Yohannan 25 Pagnis c and b Sarandeep 15 A Sharma c Dahiya
Goud not out 87 Martin c Dahiya
R Ali c sub (Rayudu)
Khanolkar not out 18 Extras: (b-3, lb-1, nb-3, w-6)13 Total: (for 5 wkts in 70.2 overs) 244. Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-45, 3-98, 4-139, 5-184. Bowling: T Yohannan 19-5-56-2, I Pathan 6-0-23-0, Sarandeep Singh 23-2-81-1, T Patel 9-2-1-32-1, S Lahiri 10-1-29-1, R Gavaskar 1-0-2-0, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-10-0, A Chopra 1-0-7-0.
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HP beat J&K Chamba, November 2 Scores: J&K
(Ist innings): 76 all out. Himachal (Ist innings): 242 all out. J&K (2nd innings): 203 all out, Asif b Paras 31, Abid b Mohinder 10, Virnesh lbw Paras 9, Ravi Pandit c Sushant b Kapoor 10, Shajid lbw Paras 8, Abid c Munish b Kapoor 19, Adil lbw Mohinder 11, Mudashar senior not out 55, Mudashar junior c Munish b Mohinder 2, Amit c Saroj b Mohinder 13, Vijay Dogra lbw Kapoor 7. Extra 28, Total 203. Bowling: Mohinder 15-3-54-4, Puneet 3-2-7-0, Varun 1-0-8-0, Paras 15-2-62-3, Kapoor 13-5-40-3. Himachal (2nd innings): 38 for 1. Paras Dogra run out 26, Varun 9 not out, Sobar 2 not out. Extra 1. |
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Goa-Manipur semis to be replayed today
Imphal, November 2 After a marathon meeting later in the evening, Hardev Jadeja, chairman of AIFF’s disciplinary committee, announced that the match will be replayed “in the larger interest of the game.” A controversial Goan goal triggered scenes of violence as a section of the capacity crowd at the Khuman Lampak Stadium hurled bottles and brickbats to disrupt the proceedings. The incensed crowd refused to allow the match to get going despite repeated requests by the officials and the players, forcing an abandonment. The trouble broke out shortly after the interval when substitute Climax Lawrence scored off a lob pass from Covan Lawrence to make it 1-0 for the last year’s runners-up. The home crowd started pelting stones and water bottles in protest against the goal. Television replays also suggested the Climax was off-side but referee S.M. Balu and assistant referee Biswajit Bera did not relent. After about 45 minutes stoppage, the match resumed when the players appealed to the restive local crowd to maintain calm. But the game came to a halt again only after a minute as the crowd violence restarted. Later Hardev Jadeja, Chairman of the AIFF’s Disciplinary Committee, told reporters that the match had been abandoned and the winner would be decided after consulting the AIFF president and secretary. Jadeja ruled out replay of the match till the All-Manipur Football Association, organisers of the Santosh Trophy match here, gave a written assurance that such incidents would not recur. The crowd shouted “referee go away” and “foul goal” as security men cordoned off the stadium after some of the spectators in the gallery set some portions of the stand on fire. The organisers made a frantic appeal to the crowd, who were hurling bottles, to maintain peace even as the press photographers and players were seen running for safety. Later Jadeja termed the incident as the handiwork of a few spectators. “Only a handful, may be 100 spectators, wanted the match to be abandoned and it was shameful for the game.” Earlier, the match saw both the teams playing cautiously putting more emphasis on defence rather than attacking on the opposition’s post which resulted in couple of missed chances. Goa’s captain Denis Cabral attempted some good shots at the Manipur goal but an alert custodian Noren Singh thwarted the moves. The famed Manipuri forwards consisting of Bijen Singh, Bungo Singh and Tiken Singh combined well to make forays into the tight Goan citadel but their attack fizzled out due to some poor finishing. Goa was unlucky to score a goal in the 49th minute when Menino Fernandes, taking advantage of a faulty clearance by a Manipuri defender, unleashed a powerful drive which hit the upright. In the very next minute, Cabral got a through pass but faltered near the goalmouth and shot wide. This was Manipur’s maiden appearance in the semifinals of the Santosh Trophy. PTI
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Thumping victories for India
Bled (Slovenia), November 2 The men’s team, led by grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and international master S S Ganguly beat the Philippines 3-1, while the women’s team whitewashed Equador 3-0. In the men’s section, Russia stayed in the lead with 21.5 points after defeating Poland 3-1. Garry Kasparov and Alexander Khalifman scored full points for Russia with the white pieces. Hungary, Romania and the Netherlands were joint second with 19 points each. Georgia continued to lead with 16.5 points in the women’s section drawing with Russia, while China blanked France 3-0 to move to the second position with 16 points. Earlier, the Indian women simply crushed their lower-rated opponents with Aarthie Ramaswamy delivering the first blow with a 19-move win over Vasquez Ramirez with white pieces. Facing the Sicilian defence, Aarthie played in copybook style centralising her forces and castling on the queen’s wing. Anticipating a fearsome attack on her uncastled king, black went in for an early resignation. The Indian captain, S Vijalakshmi who was rested yesterday, played with renewed vigour to outplay Martha Fierro from the black side of the Sicilian Grand Prix attack. Vijayalakshmi thematically stopped white’s kingside play while simultaneously training her pieces on the exposed white king. UNI
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Hind Kesari title for Jagdish Chandigarh, November 2 The second position for the title of Hind Kesari was bagged by Sohan Singh of Haryana Police, the third position went to Rajbir Singh of Bhiwani and the fourth position was won by Virender Singh of Haryana Police. For the title of Mahila Hind Kesari, Gursharan Preet Kaur won the second position, Neeru Pangal came third and Preveen Sihag won fourth. The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who was the chief guest during the closing ceremony, said the Haryana Government had taken a number of steps to promote sports in the state. The Chief Minister awarded a cash prize of Rs 4 lakh to the winner of Hind Kesari title Jagdish Kali Raman. The other prizes were given by the President of Haryana Olympic Association, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala. The other results are: Hind Kumar: Sujit Mann (Haryana), 2 Jaibhagwan (Haryana), 3 Vijender (Haryana) 4 Sandeep Kumar (Haryana), Hind Kumari: Sonu Jain (Haryana), 2 Nirmala (Haryana), 3 Manju Shekhawat 4 Sunny (Punjab), Hind Abhimanyu: I Sushil Kumar (Delhi), 2 Dilbag Singh (Haryana), 3 Sandeep Kumar (Delhi), 4 Jagmohan Singh of (Haryana). Gurgaon Kumar: Jaginder (Daulatabad), 2 Naveen (Khandeewla), 3 Jitender (Sohna) and 4 Navinder
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Rahul Dahiya, Nadia Saini win TT titles Yamunanagar, November 2 The junior boys title was won by second-seeded Manuj Sharma of Gurgaon, who beat fifth-seeded Viney Yadav in an exciting final. The girls title went to second-seeded Nadia Saini of Sirsa, who outclassed top-seeded Monika Singhal of Sirsa by 12-10, 9-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7. In the women singles final top-seeded Monika Singhal took revenge beating second-seeded Nadia Saini of Sirsa 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 to clinch the title. The mixed doubles title went to the Sirsa pair of Ganesh Ahuja and Nadia Saini, who beat Faridabad pair Jinender Jain and Shweta Jain. The results: Sub-junior boys single pre-quarterfinals: Satish (Sirsa) b Nishant (Bhiwani), Puneet Yadav (Gurgaon) b Maman (Rohtak), Pardeep (Rohtak) b Mukul Yadav (Gurgaon), Aman (Faridabad) b Navreet Singh (Bhiwani), Rajat (Sirsa) b Lalit Yadav (Gurgaon), Rahul Dahiya (Rohtak), b Divanshu Bhiwani, Porus Gulia (Gurgaon) b Sandeep Dangi (Rohtak), Parteek Gupta (Panchkula) b Nikunj (Faridabad). Quarterfinals: Satish (Sirsa) b Puneet Yadav (Gurgaon), Aman (Faridabad) b Pardeep (Rohtak), Rahul Dahiya (Rohtak) b Rajat (Sirsa), Parteek Gupta (Panchkula) b Porus Gulia (Gurgaon). Semifinals: Satish (Sirsa) b Aman (Faridabad), Rahul Dhiya b Parteek Gupta (Panchkula). Final: Rahul Dahiya (Rohtak) b Satish (Sirsa). Aman (Faridabad) b Prateek Gupta (Panchkula), for 3rd, 4th positions. Boys singles quarterfinals: Manikant (Panchkula) b Deewakar Tiwari (Faridabad), Vinay Yadav (Gurgaon) b Deepak Malik (Rohtak), Vikram Saini (Rohtak) b Parteek Gupta (Panchkula), Manju (Gurgaon) b Prashant (Karnal). Semifinals: Manju (Gurgaon) b Vikram Saini (Rohtak), Vinay Yadav (Gurgaon) b Manikant (Panchkula). Final: Manuj (Gurgaon) b Viney Yadav (Gurgaon). Men’s singles pre-quarter finals: Naveen Kholi (Faridabad) b Gaurav Jain (Sirsa), Sunil Ahuja (Sirsa) b Harmeet Singh (Yamunanagar), Ganesh Ahuja (Sirsa) b R.K. Dogra (HPSG), Pradeep (Faridabad) b Manikant (Panchkula), Nalin Somani (HPSG) b Sandeep yadav (Sirsa), Jinender Jain (Faridabad) b Piyush (Rohtak), Parvesh (Sirsa) b Neeraj Chaudhary (Panchkula), Anoop KC (Yamunanagar) b Manuj (Gurgaon). Quarterfinals: Naveen Kholi (Faridabad) b Sunil Ahuja (Sirsa), Ganesh Ahuja (Sirsa) b Parvesh Dagar (Sirsa), Anoop KC (Yamunanagar) b Jinender Jain (Faridabad), Pardeep (Faridabad) b Nalin Soomani (HPSG). Semifinals: Pardeep (Faridabad) b Naveen Kohli (Faridabad), Ganesh Ahuja Sirsa b Anoop KC (Yamunanagar). Mixed doubles quarterfinals: Jinender Jain /Shweta b Sandeep Yadav/Chinu, Sunil Ahuja/ Monika b Satish/Richa, Ganesh Ahuja/Nadia b Kumar Gaurav/Pushpa, Sandeep Kaushik/ Renu b Parvesh/Sidhi. Semifinals: Jinender Jain/Shweta b Sandeep Kaushik/Renu, Ganesh Ahuja/Nadia b Sunil Ahuja/Monika. |
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Chandigarh
all out for 225 Amritsar, November 2 After winning the toss Chandigarh were all out for 225 in 78.3 overs in the 90-over match. The top-order could not withstand the bowling but the lower order prove their worth and put up a brave front. Gaurav contributed 52 runs and Karanveer 44 to take the total to 225. For Ludhiana Rattan, Sachin and Ashish took two wickets each. At the end of play Ludhiana were playing 7 without loss. |
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Patiala rural competition Chandigarh, November 2 Results: Athletics (girls): 100 m race- Rajwinder Kaur 1, Mandeep Kaur 2. 200 m: Mandeep Kaur 1, Narinder Kaur 2. 400 m: Balminder Kaur 1, Rajinder Kaur1; 800 m: Balwinder Kaur 1, Amarjit Kaur 2; 3000 m: Manjit Kaur 1, Amarjit Kaur 1. Boys: 100 m race: Manjit Singh 1, Kamaldeep Singh 2; 200 m: Parminder Singh 1, Manjit Singh 2; 400 m: Parminder Singh 1, Gurmeet Singh 2; Javelin throw: Gurjit Singh 1, Manpreet 2; Shot put: Harvinder Singh 1, Jaspinder Singh 2. Discus throw: Harinder Singh 1, Anttarjot Singh 2. |
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Seaman
to stay LONDON: Arsenal’s England goalkeeper David Seaman on Friday ruled out any plans to retire from international football. The 39-year-old has been under fire since his mistake allowed Artim Sakiri open the scoring as Macedonia claimed a 2-2 draw .
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