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Salgaocar beat East
Bengal, lift Durand Cup
Andrew Flintoff leads England to series win
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Railways wrest two points from Andhra Punjab collect 2 points in Ranji Trophy
BSF hold Air-India in Surjit hockey Pinegrove win hockey crown Punjab contingent for rural games Kangra college win basketball title
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Salgaocar beat East Bengal, lift Durand Cup
New Delhi, November 10 The two teams, who finished as the champions and runners-up in the last National Football League, were locked 1-1 at the end of the full time and golden goal extra time. No goals were scored in the exciting first half and after changing ends, Tomba Singh suerpbly scored from a set piece to put the Goans ahead at the hour mark. But three minutes later the stadium, packed with supporters of the red and gold brigade, erupted when Mahesh Gawli put the 15-time title winners back on level terms with a fine header. In the penalty shootout, Bhutia missed East Bengal’s crucial fourth penalty, with the teams locked 3-3, managing only a weak grounder which was easily saved by Rajat Ghosh Dastidar. Bhutia’s miss came after Jathin Bisht missed from the spot for the Goans. The Goans went 4-3 up through Bello Rasaq before Dastidar leapt high to his right and saved a powerful shot from Okoro and ran to the centreline, where he was floored by the entire team who joined in to celebrate their second Durand Cup victory. Suley Musah, Chandan Das and Malsawmtluanga were the three scorers for East Bengal, playing their 25th final, in the shootout while Climax, Tomba Singh, Dharamjit and Rasaq made no mistake from the spot for Salgaocar. The final at the Ambedkar Stadium today was a virtual replay of the 1999 clash when Salgaocar won their first title beating East Bengal 3-2 via tie-breaker. The first goal today came after the two teams failed to score in the first session. Nine minutes into the second half, East Bengal coach Subash Bhowmick sent in Bhutia, who missed the semifinal with a calf muscle injury, in place of Subhas Chakraborty but it were the Goans who went ahead at the hour mark. Salgaocar’s attacking medio Dharamjit Singh began the move going up through the right as East Bengal’s Shasty Duley conceded a free kick and picked up a yellow card trying to stop the move. Soon a second free kick resulted from the top of the penalty box which was brilliantly curved in by Tomba leaving the East Bengal ‘keeper Sangram Mukherjee with no chance as the East Bengal supporters were stunned into silence. Tomba’s goal was enough insult to the ASEAN club champion and they restored parity in exactly three minute’s time. Nigerian Okoro, who had an indifferent tournament despite scoring three goals, split the Goan defence through the right side and found Gawli who beat Dastidar with a fine header to make it 1-1. —PTI
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Andrew Flintoff leads England to series win
Dhaka, November 10 Paceman Richard Johnson picked up three for 22 as the hosts were restricted to 134 for nine from their 50 overs after electing bat in the day-nighter. But England got into early trouble against the seaming ball during their reply, losing Vikram Solanki (0), Marcus Trescothick (9) and Paul Collingwood (11) to slump to 37 for three, before Flintoff took matters into his own hands. The Lancashire all rounder punished the Bangladesh bowlers and was particularly severe on left-arm quick Mohammad Rafique as he celebrated his 10th one-day international 50 from just 37 balls. England had won the first match of the series by seven wickets in Chittagong last week. The third and final game will be played in Dhaka on Wednesday. Scoreboard Bangladesh H. Sarkar c Collingwood N. Iqbal c Read b Johnson 4 M. Moniruzzaman c R. Saleh c Giles b Clarke 37 A. Kapali c Read b Johnson 2 M. Rahman b Johnson 22 K. Mahmud lbw b Giles 4 K. Mashud c Read b Flintoff 4 M. Islam run out 8 M. Rafique not out 27 T. Baisya not out 12 Extras
(b-5 lb-1 nb-1 w-7) 14 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 134 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3, 3-5 4-7, 5-60, 6-69, 7-77, 8-80, 9-112 Bowling:
Anderson 10-4-17-2, Johnson 10-0-22-3 (w-2), Flintoff 10-2-17-1 (w-2), Clarke 10-3-35-1 (nb-1 w-3), Giles 9-1-32-1, Blackwell 1-0-5-0. England M. Trescothick b Rahman 9 V. Solanki lbw b Baisya 0 M. Vaughan not out 37 P. Collingwood b Baisya 11 A. Flintoff not out 70 Extras
(b-4 lb-2 nb-2 w-2) 10 Total (3 wkts, 27.4 overs) 137 Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-19, 3-37 Bowling: Tapash Baisya 7-0-35-2 (nb-2), Mushfiqur Rahman 10-4-28-1 (w-1), Mohammad Rafique 5-0-39-0 (w-1), Khaled Mahmud 3.4-0-22-0, Manjural Islam 2-0-7-0.
— Reuters
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Kiwis suffer from psychological block No Adam Gilchrist. No Brad Williams. Mathew Hayden joined them in the sidelines at Guwahati but still the Australian second-string side had enough firepower to outgun the New Zealand side. Does that mean the Aussies are indomitable? Or simply, did the Kiwis suffer from a psychological block of playing against their trans-Tasman rivals? I would rather vouch for the second reason why the Black Caps let slip away a relatively advantageous position to surrender. How else could you explain the 44-run defeat on Sunday, third in a row of humiliating defeats at their hands. Fleming got the first thing right in the morning, winning the toss and inviting the opposition to bat first under conditions that gave plenty of assistance to seamers. It would be unfair to say the Kiwi fast bowlers didn’t utilise the conditions but definitely failed to derive maximum out of it. Irrespective of Australia four down with nothing much to show on board, it’s impertinent to take wickets at regular intervals to peg back them back. The Kiwis failed in that department. They let things to drift apart, allowed Micheal Bevan and Ricky Ponting to build up a partnership and paid a heavy price for it. Bevan is a respected man in ODI circles purely on his abilities to deliver under trying circumstances and once again, he reiterated that faith with a mature and responsible innings, which helped Australia cross the 200 mark and post a defendable total. Ponting, finally got among the runs in this series and what a crucial time it was for his team. In fact, both skippers haven’t scored much in the series, (I am talking about the runs with the bat) though they have proved quite a hit with their accented Hindi commercials. Fleming looked like getting into the groove but once again perished trying to pull the accelerator, foxed by a superb slow ball from Ian Harvey. I have a fascination for this bowler; I mean the way he bowls those innocuous slower ones. Believe me, it’s very difficult to control those back-of-the-hand stuff but he gets that right, dead right, on most occasions. Nathan Bracken is another one who earned my admiration. Getting the ball to zip a lot, dominate batsmen right through the series with his excellent line and length; you need to be real special to earn those respects against top quality batsmen in sub continental conditions. Back on Kiwis, I thought they had every chance in the world to get the required 226 and it was some inexplicable batting sense stemmed by Aussie-phobia and the mysterious and now, seemingly incurable loss in form from top-order batsmen that made them stare defeat. Scott Styris waged a lone battle but after his dismissal, all hell broke loose. New Zealand innings set in quickly like the evening sun and Fleming is now left to find new excuses to explain his defeat.
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Railways wrest two points from Andhra New Delhi, November 10 According to the new Ranji Trophy points system, a team will fetch four points for an outright victory and two points for taking the first innings lead. If a team record a victory by 10 wickets or by an innings, they will earn an additional bonus point. Andhra Pradesh, who had conceded a 179-run first innings lead, and were 72 for 1 at the draw of stumps yesterday, kept their cool, and despite losing wickets at regular intervals, managed to take their second innings score to 337 for 7 off 108 overs when the stumps were drawn a few minutes earlier than the scheduled close of play. Captain
M.S.K. Prasad and Shankar Rao notched up their second successive half centuries to steal the spotlight for Andhra. Resuming at 72 for 1, with M. Suresh unbeaten on 29, Andhra lost four more wickets in the pre-lunch session. Suresh was the first to depart, after adding nine runs to his overnight total, when he was trapped by Harvinder Singh. Though Hemal
Watekar, who was unbeaten on 4, stayed put to score 31, Harvinder had Fayaz Ahmad lbw, to reduce Andhra to 104 for three wickets. Watekar and Y Venugopal Rao then put their heads together to cobble 65 runs for the fourth-wicket before Watekar was held at mid off by Raja Ali off
Khanolkar, for 31 which contained three boundaries and came off 92 balls. Andhra were reduced to 169 for four, and Rao also fell at the same score when he was bowled neck and crop by Harvinder. Andhra were struggling at 174 for five at the lunch break Rao made a quickfire 45 off just 57 balls, with eight boundaries. Then
M.S.K. Prasad took charge, and despite the exit of Syed Shabuddin and
R.V.C.H. Prasad quickly, he kept one end going and found an ideal foil in Shankar Rao. The duo put on an unbroken 77-run partnership for the eighth wicket to guide Andhra to an honourable draw. Though Railways took the new ball after the 94th over, with Andhra on 272 for seven, Prasad, who was on 43 and Shankar Rao, who was on 5, played with confidence and authority to flog the Railway bowlers to foil their designs of recording an outright victory. Prasad remained unconquered on 58, and his tenure at the wicket lasted 261 minutes. His half century, which came off 140 balls, was studded with seven boundaries. Shankar Rao’s blazing unbeaten 53 came off 86 balls and in even time with nine fours and one six.
SCOREBOARD Andhra (1st innings): 262 Railways (1st innings): 441 for 8
decl. Andhra (2nd innings): A. Pathak lbw b T.P. Singh 39, M. Suresh lbw b Harvinder Singh 38, H. Watekar c Raja Ali b Khanolkar 31, Fiaz Ahmed lbw b Harvinder Singh 0, Y. Venugopalarao b Harvinder Singh 45,
M.S.K. Prasad not out 58, K.S. Shahabuddin c Parida b Khanolkar 15,
R.V. Ch Prasad c Goud b Harvinder Singh 36, G. Shankararao not out 53. Extras (b-6, lb-10, w-6) 22 Total (for 7 wickets in 108 overs) 337 Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-97, 3-104, 4-169, 5-169, 6-190, 7-260. Bowling: Harvinder Singh 28-7-76-4, J.P. Yadav 20-8-44-0, Sanjay Bangar 12-1-41-0, Kulamani Parida 20-3-60-0, Tejinder Pal Singh 9-1-28-1, Sidharth Verma 5-0-28-0, Shreyas Khanolkar 12-1-44-2, Yere Goud 1-1-0-0, Amit Pagnis 1-1-0-0. |
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Punjab collect 2 points in Ranji Trophy Palakkad, November 10 Earlier, Kerala, resuming at 213 for four, were bowled out for 344 in reply to Punjab’s 541 for seven declared. Dinesh Mongia was the most successful bowler claiming four for 34, while Vineet Sharma (three for 70) and Rajesh Sharma (three for 106) shared the other wickets. Sunil Oasis topscored with 82 and Ajay Kuduva made a fine 53. Brief scores: Punjab 541 for seven declared drew with Kerala 344 (Sujit Somasundar 27, Vipin Lal 26, Hemantkumar 61, Sunil Oasis 82, Srikumar Nair 37, Ajay Kuduva 53, Vineet Sharma 3-70, Rajesh Sharma 3-108, Dinesh Mongia 4-34) and 131 for two (C M Deepu 37, Sujit Somasundar 39, Vipin Lal 36 n.o) Two points for Delhi KANPUR: Delhi earned two points by virtue of a first innings lead over Uttar Pradesh in the four-day Elite Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy match which ended in a draw here today. Delhi will now host Mumbai while Uttar Pradesh will face Punjab at Meerut in the second round starting on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh failed to avoid the follow-on after being bundled out in their first innings for 243 in reply to Delhi’s strong 478 in their first essay. At close on the final day today, Uttar Pradesh had scored 141 for the loss of one wicket in their second innings. Resuming at 206 for 7, the valiant fightback by former UP captain Gyanendra Pandey (84) came to an end after he had added 24 runs to his overnight score.
Mumbai beat Baroda MUMBAI: Mumbai speedster Avishkar Salvi and opening batsman Wasim Jaffer fashioned their team’s five wicket win over Baroda on the fourth and final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A cricket match here today. Salvi broke Baroda’s middle order with a four wicket haul to dismiss the visitors for 270 before Test batsman Jaffer led the chase with an unbeaten 86 off 114 balls to help the reigning champions reach the target of 160. Baroda, who had
conceded 111 runs’ first innings lead, resumed their second innings at their overnight score of 219 for four but lost Tushar Arothe early, caught behind by wicketkeeper Vinayak Samant off Salvi for seven. Former India stumper Nayan Mongia was gone off the next delivery, edging an outswinger to Vinayak Mane in the first slip, off Salvi for no score and the Mumbai paceman was on a hat-trick.
Rajasthan win JAIPUR: A penetrative spell of off spin bowling by debutant Shamsher Singh (4-52) supported by medium fast bowler Sanjeev Sharma (3-55) helped Rajsthan beat Bengal by 152 runs in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘B’ cricket match here today. Chasing a mammoth target of 404, Bengal were skittled out for 251. Despite a 126 run partnership between captain Rohan Gavaskar (96) and Sanjeeb Sanyal (60), the visitors were found wanting at crucial moments. If 20-year-old Shamsher Singh was the most successful bowler, Sanjeev Sharma was impressive in the overall analysis with match figures of 9 for 73. P. Krishnakumar (2-28) and Mohammad Aslam (1-31) were the other wicket takers for Rajasthan who grabbed four points from the match.
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BSF hold Air-India
in Surjit hockey Jalandhar, November 10 The match between BSF, Jalandhar and Air-India, started at a fast note. Air-India took an early lead in the fourth minute as Harish Kumar moved the ball tactically and dodge the rival defence before pushing it straight into the box 0-1. Though Air-India were awarded two penalty corners in the 33rd and 35th minutes, they failed to convert any. The score was 0-1 at lemon break. In the second half, BSF made some hostile attacks and scored the equaliser in the 44th minute, when Peter Tirkey easily dodged the defence to convert a penalty corner 1-1. In the 66th minute, Air-India consolidated the lead through an impressive field goal by Gavin Ferrira 1-2. In the 68th minute, Davinder Kumar, who received a pass from Habil Topno, netted the ball from the right flank (2-2). In the women’s section, Dhanoa Punjab Club virtually failed to utilise opportunities and finally lost to Chandigarh XI 0-1. Dhanoa Punjab Club were awarded two penalty corners in the fourth and 11th minutes of the first half, but failed to convert the same. On the other hand, Chandigarh eves, who earlier failed to convert a penalty corner in the 15th minute, opened their account when centre forward Parkash Devi took advantage of the weak defence to net the ball. Subsequently, Dhanoa Punjab Club tried their best to score, but their attempts were thwarted by Chandigarh XI. The score was 0-1 at half time. In the second half, Dhanoa girls lost control of the ball on four different occasions near the box, which could have otherwise saved from a possible defeat. In the 45th minute, Baljeet Kaur and Manpreet Kaur of Dhanoa Punjab Club made some tactical moves to score, but Chandigarh’s goalkeeper Neha thwarted their attempts. After this victory, both the teams have three points each from as many fixtures: Women’s section: Northern Railway v Air-India, Mumbai Men’s section:
Indian Oil, v Punjab Police, BSF v Punjab and Sind Bank |
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Pinegrove
win hockey crown Chandigarh, November 10 In the first match of the day Lawrence defeated
YPS, Patiala, 2-0. Vibhor scored twice for the winners and led his team to a comfortable victory. In the second match PPS Nabha defeated YPS Mohali by a huge margin of 11-0. Harinderjeet scored six goals, Gurkanwal two, Simratjeet and Jaskarandeep scored one goal each for the winning
team. Akashdeep of Pinegrove School was adjudged the best player while Vibhor of Lawrence School,
Sanawar, was given the highest scorer award. Navanpreet of PPS Nabha was adjudged the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Dr H.S. Dhillon, Principal
YPS, Mohali who was the chief guest at the closing ceremony gave away the prizes. |
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Punjab contingent
for rural games Sangrur, November 10 Football:
Daljit Singh, Upinderbir, Amit, Arun, Baljit Singh, Manjit Singh, Dilshad, Pradeep Singh, Mumtaj Akhtar, Gurnavdeep, Tarndeep, Amritpal Singh, Pradeep Singh, Sandeep Jagpreet, Suraj. Tug of war:
Gursahib, Jatinder, Sulakhan, Parminder, Hardeep, Mangaldeep, Manjit, Parminder Singh. Volleyball (boys):
S. Singh, Monish Tewari, Gurjit, Dilpreet, Navjit, Jagvir, Baljinder, Kamaljit, Aemin Khan, Gagan Deep. Volleyball (girls)
Amritpal Kaur, Beant Kaur, Ramanjit Kaur, Manjot Kaur, Lavedeep, Rajvinder, Kuldip Kaur, Saroj Bala, Amritpal Kaur, Rimple Sidhu and Richa. Weightlifting (girls) Rajbir Kaur, Neha Dhawan, Harpreet Kaur Neeru Bala, Rajvir Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Ramandeep Sharma. Weightlifting (boys)
- Pradeep, Gurjivan, Harninder, Gaurav, Anurudh, Vikasdeep, Manpreet, Jagjit.
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Kangra college win basketball title Kangra, November 10 MCM DAV College Kangra scored 53 against 30 by the rival. In the first quarter the match was well balanced with both the teams scoring 4 baskets each and for the next 10 minutes both teams worked hard for victory. It was 10 minutes before half time that MCM DAV College excelled through Vivek Thakur, Sandeep Choudhary and Kamaljit and took the score to 33:13. For the winning team Vivek scored 18, Kamaljit 13 and Sandeep Coudhary 11. Kuldeep of Dharamsala College scored 10 points. Government College Dharamsala finished runners-up in the championship. Earlier in the quarterfinals Government College, Sanjauli, defeated Government College Bilaspur by 55:36, DAV College Kangra, defeated Government College Ghumarwin 64:45; Government College Dharamsala beat Government College Mandi 57:41 and Post Graduate College Shimla beat Government College Solan 60:32 to entre the semifinals. In the semifinals Government College Dharamsala defeated Government College Shimla and MCM DAV College defeated Post Graduate College Shimla to entered the finals, Kangra defeated Shimla by 85: 56. |
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