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Saturday,
October
18, 2003,
Chandigarh, India
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Kiwis pile up record total against India
A day of statistical importance
Technically not the best knock, says Richardson |
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Mongia axed from 1-day squad; Laxman, Kartik included S. Africa 320 all out Carlisle hits ton Hockey
team for Afro-Asian Games
Vidya Stokes elected
IWHF chief Himachal girls crush J&K Highest prize money kabaddi
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Kiwis pile up record total against India Chandigarh, October 17 By the time the second day's play in the second and the final Test ended at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, the Black Caps had amassed their highest-ever score of 536 against India with only half the side in the pavilion. Worse still, there looked no signs of the Kiwis declaring their innings as throughout the day they looked more concerned about preserving their wickets than going after the bowling even when there were enough runs on the board. The Black Caps, with a huge total on the board, have virtually ensured that India can not win the two-Test series from here. On a laborious day for the hosts when Scott Styris became the third centurion of the innings, the Kiwis' total also surpassed the previous highest score by any team on this ground during the day. The Indians had piled up 515 for 9, the highest on the ground, against Sri Lanka in 1997-98. After openers Lou Vincent and Mark Richardson had completed their centuries yesterday, it was the turn of Styris to torment the Indians today. He notched up 119, before he fell to leg-spinner Anil Kumble. This was only for the seventh time in the history of the game when first three batsmen scored centuries in an innings. The Indian bowling attack showed a palpable lack of bite. The seamers in particular looked clueless against the motivation and the doggedness of the batsmen as Kumble was introduced into the attack after just eight overs in the morning. New Zealand batsmen added 69 runs to the total in 30 overs in a fruitless session before the lunch break. When overnight century maker Mark Richardson finally departed after making his career best 143, he along with Styris had added 151 runs to the total for the second-wicket stand. Richardson was at the crease for 548 minutes. Dravid did whatever he could to achieve the breakthrough, which proved difficult to come by. Kumble bowled a marathon spell of 59 overs and had just two wickets in his kitty. The leg-spinner was unlucky not to have scalped Richardson earlier in the morning but a thick outside edge eluded the hands of Dravid at the first slip. Richardson was the batting on 111. Harbhajan Singh, who also failed to have an impact on the batsman, bowled 44 overs but could get only two wickets. Harbhajan, however, had the satisfaction of crossing a personal milestone as he took his 150th wicket when he dismissed Astle. This was his 35th Test and he became the 10th Indian bowler to achieve the feat. Styris, however, deserves credit for grafting a flawless innings and played some pleasing strokes. He hoisted first Harbhajan and then Kumble for two towering sixes. He delicately steered Tendulkar to third man to complete a well-deserved century. Fleming and Styris added 51 runs off 74 balls before Fleming was castled by wily Tendulkar. McMillan with scores of 54 and 83 not out behind him in the first Test was unbeaten on 57-ball 50 and looked in great touch. With declaration not looking round the corner, further struggle looks imminent for the Indians when the play resumes tomorrow.
Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson c Kumble
Vincent lbw Kumble 106 Styris lbw Kumble 119 Fleming b Tendulkar 30 Astle c Patel b Harbhajan 18 McMillan batting 58 Hart batting 10 Extras:
(b 21, lb 25, w 1, nb 3): 50 Total (5 wkts, 180 overs): 536 Fall of wickets:
1-231, 2-382, 3-433, 4-447, 5-507 Bowling: Zaheer Khan 26-8-95-0, Balaji 25-10-56-0, Tendulkar 22-3-55-1, Kumble 59-16-149-2, Harbhajan 44-7-131-2, Sehwag 3-1-3-0, Yuvraj 1-0-1-0. |
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A day of statistical importance If Thursday was a bad day for the Indian team then the second day of the decider Test was worse. Ambushed at large by the Kiwi batsmen, Rahul Dravid and his meagre bowling company took yet another brutal sun tan on a day of statistical importance, with every milestone concerning the two teams needing a coat of fresh ink. It took a patient 3 1/2 hours before the dismissals of Mark Richardson and Stephan Fleming in quick succession triggered a sense of artificial excitement among the crowd but the damage had been well and truly done by then. Looking to go one-up on the Indians (pun intended), New Zealand broke the 500 run barrier posted by India at Ahmedabad and contrary to popular expectations, skipper Fleming decided his bowlers would not be on view till Saturday at least. I would not really appreciate this idea of delaying the declaration. It amounts more of a negative approach from the Kiwis and any fears of a possible backlash on this decision are grossly unfounded. We can expect some neat fireworks Saturday morning since the Kiwis have made it clear that will look to step on the gas before inviting India at the crease. The possibility of India forcing a win here is hugely remote but that shouldn't desist the home team. The Indians need to score runs and score them fast, if we look to step in that direction. The wicket, as the opposition has shown, is ideal for getting some good scores and the key remains in how openers negotiate the new ball attack of Tuffey and Butler. Coming back to our performance on the field, the team cut a sorry figure by repeating all the mistakes they committed on day one. The faster bowlers bowled on both sides of the wicket and put paid to Dravid's hopes of restricting the run flow with a packed off-side field. The sluggish attitude of the fieldsman added to the woes while Parthiv Patel's performance behind the stumps made his selection in the limited over version paradoxical. Though Kumble and Harbhajan cut a small tear in the Kiwi tent, they were far from being their dominant self. Now that the Indian team for the first three ODIs has been announced, I am extremely happy that VVS Laxman made it through after spending almost a year in wilderness. He is a class act and a good value addition to the Indian middle order although there are still doubts lingering over his inclusion in the starting XI. On the flip side, it's sad that Hemang Badani and Sanjay Bangar couldn't convince their case. I understand that selectors have decided to tread on familiar lines, given the reverses suffered in the Test series but it wouldn't be bad if a few experimentations come through the early part of the series.
— Dronacharya Sports Promoters Association |
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Technically
not the best knock, says Richardson Chandigarh, October 17 "Obviously at some stage, though the decision would be taken by Stephen," he replied when asked what the Kiwis were thinking about the declaration tomorrow. "We want to do the job with the bat. Once we work ourself in a good position, we would declare the innings closed," he replied. "The score is not indicative of the total that has been put there on the board. There is still some assistance for the seamers. We were lucky to some extent as some of the edge off the blade did not go in right areas," he stated. He said it was difficult sometimes to get a stranglehold on the opposition in a two-Test series. "He has grown by leaps and bounds," he said when asked about the valuable century Scott Styris, the all rounder, notched up against India on the second day today. "He has been given more responsibility as he is a quality batsman." Asked what he thought about the captaincy of Rahul Dravid as he was seen during the Test, he said it was always tough if the things did not go as planned. "It must be frustrating for him," he replied as the Kiwis piled up 536 for 5 after the end of the second day's play. |
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Mongia axed from 1-day squad; Laxman, Kartik included Chandigarh, October 17 Middle-order batsman Dinesh Mongia, who had a poor outing in the World Cup as well as the subsequent Dhaka series, can only blame himself for the axe. Sanjay Bangar, who lost his Test berth to Delhi opener Akash Chopra, has also lost his one-day slot. The selection committee meeting was also attended by Saurav Ganguly as also team coach John Wright. Hyderabad’s middle-order batsman VVS Laxman, who has been in terrific form this year, and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik, also of the Railways, have made it to the 14-member team, which was announced by Mr S.K. Nair, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The team is for the first three matches at Chennai, at Gwalior against Australia on October 26 and at Mumbai, again against Australia, on November 1. The selectors will meet again at Mumbai on November 1 to make any changes in the squad, if necessary. The name of another batsman Hemang Badani was also discussed, according to Mr Nair, but it was the Tamil Nadu player who finally got the nod of the selectors. Laxman, who is a regular member of the Test squad, makes a comeback into the one-day squad after missing the World Cup and the Dhaka tri-series this year while Murali Kartik returns to the national one-day squad after a gap of one year, having last played for the country against the west Indies last year The selectors have included wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the squad but there is every indication that overburdened vice-captain Rahul Dravid might be asked to don the gloves in the matches. This will be in spite of the fact that Dravid has gone on record to say that he is not at all keen to keep wickets in the one-dayers and did so till the World Cup only in the interest of the team. The selectors, according to reports, did not discuss the name of any other stumper. The following is the team — Saurav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, V.V. S. Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Murli Kartik and Avishkar Salvi. The name of Asish Nehra, who had a terrific World Cup, was considered for selection but it was decided to give the left-arm pacer more time to be completely fit. Nehra is yet to resume playing after suffering an ankle injury in the course of the World Cup. “Physiotherapist Andrew Leipus’ report says he is not fully fit. After taking into account the report it was decided that Nehra should be given more time to recover fully”, Mr Nair said. The BCCI secretary also made it clear that the Delhi bowler would have to prove his fitness by playing domestic matches. Saurav Ganguly, who has a painful abscess in his upper left thigh, and Avishkar Salvi, who missed in the ongoing second Test between India and New Zealand after hurting himself while fielding at the Ahmedabad Test, have been included in the squad. As far as Ganguly is concerned the doctors are of the view that the Indian skipper should recover fully by October 23. However, the Mumbai bowler will have to undergo a fitness test on October 21, under the eyes of Andrew Leipus. “Hopefully Salvi will be fit by the time the tournament starts. But we are ready for eventualities as we will consider other options in case he fails to pass the fitness test,” Mr Nair added. The 28-year-old Laxman, who started his career in 1997, played in the first three matches against New Zealand last year before being dropped from the side for the remaining matches as well as the World Cup. The middle-order batsman from
Hyderabad, who has modelled his batting on former captain Mohammed Azharuddin, also from the same city, has so far played 51 matches for his 1250 runs, which includes just one century, against Australia. Kartik, who turned 27 last month, was on the fringe of selection for quite some time now, though he never got an opportunity to play in the one-dayers since donning the Indian colours for the last time against the West Indies at Vijaywada in 2002. The Railways player has fetched four wickets at 59 runs with a best of three for 36 during his short five-match international stint. |
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S. Africa 320 all out
Lahore, October 17 SA (1st innings): Smith c Kamal b Sami 33 Gibbs c Umar b Kaneria 27 Kirsten retd hurt 53 Kallis c Moin b Kaneria 29 Dippenaar c Farhat
b Malik 24 McKenzie lbw b Akhtar 0 Boucher c Farhat b Malik 7 Pollock b Malik 28 Adams not out 18 Nel lbw Shoaib Akhtar 0 Ntini c Kamal b Malik 8 Extras
(lb-5, nb-23) 28 Total: (all out 83 overs) 320 Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-84, 3-154, 4-159, 5-229, 6-282, 7-302, 8-307, 9-320. Bowling:
Shoaib Akhtar 14-1-62-2, Mohammad Sami 13-2-66-1, Mushtaq Ahmed 18-1-30-0, Danish Kaneria 21-2-65-2, Shoaib Malik 17-4-42-4.
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Carlisle
hits ton
Sydney, October 17 Zimbabwe (1st Innings): Ebrahim b Lee 9 Gripper c Gilchrist
b Bichel 15 Vermeulen lbw
Carlisle c Ponting
Wishart c Gilchrist
Taibu c Gilchrist b Hogg 27 Streak lbw b Hogg 14 Ewing c Martyn b Lee 2 Blignaut not out 9 Price not out 7 Extras:
24 Total: (8 wkts, 90 overs) 256 Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-45, 3-47, 4-95, 5-151, 6-218, 7-222, 8-243. Bowling:
Brett Lee 20-4-64-2, Brad Williams 18-4-43-2, Andy Bichel 21-7-59-2, Brad Hogg 17-4-35-2, Steve Waugh 4-0-7-0, Simon Katich 7-0-25-0, Damien Martyn 3-1-9-0.
— Reuters
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Hockey team
for Afro-Asian Games New Delhi, October 17 Tirkey was captain of the Indian squad before Dhanraj Pillay took over. The team, announced here today after a 10-day training-cum-coaching camp, includes promising defender Harpal Singh, mid-fielder Len Aiyappa and forward Arjun Halappa. The team: Goalkeepers:
Devesh Chauhan, Bharath Chetri. Fullbacks: Dilip Tirkey (captain) Kanwalpreet Singh, Harpal Singh. Mid-fielders:
Bimal Lakra, Vikram Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, Prabodh Tirkey, Viren Rasquina, Len Aiyappa. Forwards:
Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Michael, Arjun Halappa Chief coach:
Rajinder Singh Coach: Baldev Singh G.K. Coach: A.B. Subbaiah Trainer: Sampath Kumar. Manager: V. Ramchander Rao Stand-byes: Kuttappa (GK) Vinay V.S. (half-back) Tushar Khandekar and Hari Prasad (forward).
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Vidya Stokes elected
IWHF chief Solan, October 17 The secretary, Ms Amrit Bose was also elected unanimously. While talking to mediapersons after the elections she said elections to the posts of eight vice-presidents, one treasurer and eight executive committee members would be completed within a week. The term of the earlier members had expired about four months back. She said the committee had been empowered to elect the remaining members. |
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Himachal
girls crush J&K Kangra, October 17 In another matches Rajasthan girls thrashed Goa in a one-sided match 58-14 while Andhra Pradesh beat Manipur by 45-23. B. Sandhya of Andhra Pradesh was the highest scorer with 14 baskets. In the boys section Chandigarh crushed Jammu and Kashmir 59-18. Sukhpal and Ashish of Chandigarh played a well coordinated and controlled game and scored 12 and 11 baskets, respectively. Sukhpal was the highest scorer of the match. Gujarat overcame Manipur in a well-contested match 66-62. Madhya Pradesh boys and girls both emerged victorious defeating Haryana boys and Jammu and Kashmir girls with 55-28 and 52-6, respectively. Sishir and Praful scored 19 and eight basket respectively, for the winners while Ashok Kumar of Haryana scored nine baskets. Tamil Nadu girls crushed Uttaranchal 64-9. Deepthi and Dhanalaxmi scored 19 and 14 points, respectively. In other matches Kerala boys beat Manipur 67-52. While Tamil Nadu lost to Rajasthan 43-83. Deepender and Bhupinder of the winning team scored 18 points each. |
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Highest
prize money kabaddi Chandigarh, October 17 Talking to The Tribune over the telephone, the chief organiser of the tournament, Mr Harjinder Singh Dhanoa, an NRI from England, said the main purpose of organising the kabaddi tournament was to
attract spectators as he planned to organise Disabled Children Punjab Championship that day in the village. Special children from all over Punjab and nearby states are expected to participate in the championship in which competitions in various track and field events will be held. Simultaneous conduct of the Special Children’s Meet and kabaddi tournament, he said, were being organised to commemorate the memory of his mother, Mata Chanan Kaur. Mr Dhanoa said that for the kabaddi tournament, no individual clubs or organisations would be permitted. Only the three belts would be allowed to field their unified teams. The runners-up would get Rs 1.41 lakh and the third placed team would get Rs 1,21 lakh as prize money. |
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PSB win title Mumbai, October 17 Four minutes after the half time, Parminder Singh increased the lead when he scored off skipper Sandeep Singh pass. Five minutes later Jatinder Pal Singh made it 3-0 when he converted the third penalty corner.
— PTI |
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Sports festival
results Yamunanagar, October 17 In national style kabaddi for women, Faridabad beat Hisar by18-10 points and Jhajjar beat Yamunanagar by 37-31 points. Similarly, Rohtak beat Kurukshetra by 69-32 points and Panipat routed Jind by 26-8 points.
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