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Indian bowlers, batsmen falter again Indian SOS to psychologist Gordon
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Pak school cricket team in India
Sri Lanka 'A' 255 for three
Indian Oil beat Pakistan club Orissa rout Mizoram World class field for
FIA-Asia Pacific Rally
Vasco, Haywards split points in NFL Punjab Police, PSEB in final
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Indian bowlers, batsmen falter again
Brisbane, November 29 The ragged Indian bowling attack once again let a batting reputation grow at their expense and their batsmen did little better in the seven possible overs to crumble to 17 for 3 at close against Queensland Academy of Sports XI. Lee Carseldine, playing his first game of the season after recovering from a knee injury, smashed a brilliant century as the home team cheekily declared at 304 for 6, half an hour before close of play. The hosts backed their decision sensationally, removing Indian openers and wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta in the space of seven balls. Scott Bryant, a left-arm paceman of Zimbabwe-origin, removed Akash Chopra and Deep Dasgupta off successive deliveries in his second over though the Indian stumper was unlucky as he had played fully stretched forward. India suffered another blow at the other end when Virender Sehwag (6) edged a flick down the legside off Joe Dawes for wicketkeeper Chris Hartley to complete a very good catch. Earlier, the Indians misfielded, overthrew and dropped catches and perhaps the only thing in their defence was they kept an attacking field throughout with no fielder in the deep. Anil Kumble picked up four wickets but neither he nor any other Indian bowler looked particularly threatening on a placid pitch with short boundaries and fast outfield. Carsledine walked in to bat in the second over of the day and stayed till well after tea break when he was smartly caught by Dasgupta who kept brilliantly against both pacers and spinners. Dasgupta showed his concentration was still good at the fag end of a hot day when he made a difficult stumping look easy against Craig Philipson who at 85 was looking good to be the second centurion of the day for the hosts. Philipson made 85 in 161 minutes from 138 deliveries with 12 fours and a towering six off Kumble when he came down the track and lifted the leg-spinner right to the sightscreen.
Scoreboard Queensland Academy of Sports (1st inngs): Simpson c and b Agarkar 43, Payne lbw b Pathan 0, Carsledine c Dasgupta b Kumble 112, Nye c and b Kumble 15, Philipson st Dasgupta b Kumble 85, Farrell lbw b Kumble 9, Hartley not out 21, Le Loux not out 5. Extras:
(b-4, lb-1, w-2, nb-7) 14. Total: (for six wkts, 81 overs) 304 Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-65, 3-137, 4-222, 5-256, 6-283. Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 18-4-73-1, Irfan Pathan 17-2-70-1, Laxmipathy Balaji 11-3-36-0, Sourav Ganguly 4-0-16-0, Anil Kumble 26-4-74-4, Virender Sehwag 5-0-30-0. Indians (Ist Innings): Chopra c Carseldine b Bryant 0, Sehwag c Hartley b Dawes 6, Dasgupta lbw b Bryant 0, Laxman batting 1, Ganguly batting 5. Extras: (lb-5) 5, Total:
(for three wkts, seven overs) 17. Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-7, 3-11. Bowling: Joe Dawes 4-1-10-1, Scott Bryant 3-2-2-2.
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Indian SOS to psychologist Gordon Brisbane, November 29 The Indian team management today confirmed that the message has gone around to Gordon to arrive in Brisbane on Monday where he is expected to have at least two sessions with the team — most likely on Monday and Wednesday — before the Test match. The team management has also deferred the selection of the "Team Theme" till they catch-up with Gordon after failing to arrive at any consensus in at least one meeting on the issue on the tour so far. Indians have had a disastrous lead-up to the first Test, having conceded over 800 runs in two unfinished innings to the opponents and few runs to key players like Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. As their worst nightmares on the present tour are beginning to get real, the visitors have sought to plug the leaks in their unit by seeking assistance on two fronts in the last one week.
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Razzaq inspires Pak
win Lahore, November 29 Coming in with 69 still needed from 45 balls, Razzaq smashed 47 from 22 balls and with Muhammad Sami (17 from eight balls) turned the match as the home side sped to victory on 292 for seven in 48 overs. New Zealand conceded 34 runs in the last two overs bowled by Michael Mason and Chris Cairns. Razzaq struck three fours and two sixes in all while tailender Sami hit two sixes. Scoreboard
New Zealand: Cumming c Farhat bSami 25 Jones b Abdul Razzaq 16 Sinclair st Moin b Malik 55 Marshall lbw b Shabir 55 Cairns not out 84 Oram c Misbah b Razzaq 35 McCullum not out 0 Extras:
(lb-5, nb-8, w-8) 21 Total: (5 wkts, 50 overs) 291 Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-57, 3-156, 4-178, 5-268. Bowling: Sami 10-0-67-1, Shabbir 10-0-30-1, Razzaq 10-1-71-2, Kaneria 10-0-76-0, Malik 10-0-42-1. Pakistan: Hameed c Sinclair b Oram 52 Farhat c McCullum b Mason 0 Youhana run out 42 Haq lbw b Cairns 49 Khan c McCullum b Vettori 43 Haq c Cumming b Oram 21 Malik c Walker b Walmsley 9 Razzaq not out 47 Sami not out 17 Extras: (lb-7, w-2,nb-3) 12 Total:
(7 wkts, 48 overs) 292 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-92, 3-95, 4-194, 5-196, 6-223, 7-227 Bowling:
Mason 9-0-61-1, Walmsley 10-0-64-1, Cairns 6-0-52-1, Oram 8-0-33-2, Vettori 10-0-50-1, Walker 5-0-25-0.
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Windies
beat Zimbabwe Harare, November 29 West Indies Gayle c Taibu b Ervine 51 Hinds not out 127 Lara c Taibu b Brent
14 Sarwan c Vermeulen b Streak 47 Chanderpaul not out 3 Extras
(nb-1, w-13) 14 Total (for 3
wkts, 45 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-96, 2-124, 3-231 Bowling:
Streak 8-0-46-1, Blignaut 8-0-47-0, Ervine 10-1-49-1, Brent 9-0-65-1, Price
10-0-49-0. Zimbabwe: Sibanda c Jacobs b Edwards 7 Rogers b Edwards
0 Vermeulen c Chanderpaul
Wishart lbw b Edwards 0 Matsikenyeri c Collymore
Streak c Powell b Gayle
9 Taibu b Edwards 66 Ervine not out 38 Blignaut not out 1 Extras:
(b-4 lb-5 nb-1 w-8) 17 Total: (7 wickets, 32
overs) 150 Fall of wickets: 1-5 2-10 3-10 4-15 5-22 6-47 7-146. Bowling:
Dillon 5-0-18-0 Edwards 7-1-22-6 Rampaul 6-0-35-0 Gayle 7-2-17-1 Powell 5-0-28-0 Hinds 2-0-21-0
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BCCI plea on Kale upheld Pune, November 29 The city civil court had yesterday restrained the BCCI from suspending Kale from playing matches without holding an inquiry into the bribery allegations against him.
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Kale probe report
in four days Visakhapatnam, November 29 Apart from the three, Mr Subba Rao also summoned national cricket selector from the central zone, Mr Sanjay
Jagdale, for a hearing since the two selectors had wrote to the commission that they had discussed the issue with him. “The preliminary inquiry is complete. I hope to submit my report in three or four days,” Mr Rao told reporters after the hearing.
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Pak school cricket
team in India Wagah, November 29 Mr Khurram Ilyas, manager of the team, said all members of the team were very excited to visit India and to see people across the border. He said all players were under 17 and had never come to this country. “Whatever they (players) know about this country and its people is through reading television,” he added. The 16 players are Zain Shah (captain), Haris Nazar, Ali Mahmood, Zain Haris, Ali Mahmood, Zain Abubakr, Imran Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Usman Tariq, Osama Tawassal, Ahmad Shahzad, Waqas Aslam, Imran Liaqat, Ajmal Khan, Mohsin Latif, Mirza Faisal Ali, Rameez Shahid and Asim Abbas. Besides Mr Khurram, two other officials are Mr Ilyas Mahmood, Principal, and Mr Nadeem Zafar, coach. Zain Shah, captain of the team, has also played in the under-15 Pakistan cricket team. He said ever since they came to know about their visit to India, they had been having sleepless nights. He said they did not find any major difference between the people across the border. Ms Sangeeta Singh, Principal, DPS, Amritsar, welcomed the team. She said it was the second team from Pakistan and four more teams from there would come to take part in the tournament. The first school cricket team of Pakistan came yesterday. It was the 20-member team of City School,
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Sri Lanka 'A' 255 for three Pune, November 29 Skipper Naveed Nawaz on 17 and Lanka Silva on 8 remained undefeated at stumps. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (first innings):
Prasanna Jayawardane c G Gambhir b A Bhandari 40 Ian Daniel run out 111 Jehan Mubarak b R Powar 64 Naveed Nawaz batting 17 Lanka de Silva batting 08 Extras:
15 Total: (3 wkts, 90 overs) 255 FoW: 1/100, 2/212, 3/236 Bowling: Munaf Patel 12-3-35-0 Amit Bhandari 20-7-53-1 Murli Kartik 26-6-73-0 Ramesh Powar 27-7-74-1 S Sriram 3-0-8-0 R Gavaskar 1-0-3-0 G Gambhir 1-0-2-0
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Davis Cup: Aussies take 2-1 lead
Melbourne, November 29 Before Saturday’s match, Australian officials played the current Spanish national anthem, trying to reverse an embarrassing gaffe at the opening ceremony that saw an outdated one played. On Friday, Spanish officials were furious in the stands while the old version was played by a lone trumpeter _ Australian jazz legend James Morrison. They later demanded and received an apology from Australian officials, who admitted they gave Morrison the wrong anthem to learn. On Saturday, the Spanish players stood quietly while the current anthem was played without incident. Minutes later, Corretja had his service broken for the first time and the Australian rout was on, giving the capacity crowd of just under 15,000 only 82 minutes of tennis. The title will be decided on Sunday when Mark Philippoussis takes on Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first reverse singles, followed by Lleyton Hewitt’s match with Carlos Moya. Hewitt gave Australia a 1-0 lead with a five-set win Friday over Ferrero while Moya beat Philippoussis in four sets to level the final after the first day. Arthurs and Woodbridge, playing in their sixth Davis Cup match, broke veteran Corretja’s serve fourth game of the opening set to go up 3-1. Lopez, playing in his first Davis Cup match, had only played one previous doubles match with Corretja. — AP
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Indian Oil beat Pakistan club New Delhi, November 29 Prabhjot Singh opened the scoring in the second minute of the match when he converted a penalty stroke. He slotted in a field goal five minutes later and added the third goal in the 59th minute. But he was denied a hat-trick by Rajpal Singh who scored the third goal in the 40th minute. Pakistan reduced the margin through Mudassar in the 25th minute as Indian Oil led by 2-1 at half time. The visitors pulled off their second goal after the Oilmen had taken a comfortable 4-1 lead when Rizwan Bhatt found the mark at the fag end. The Pakistan club put tremendous pressure on the Oil defence, but the Indian club put up a stout defence to baulk 10 penalty corners and one penalty stroke. Prabhjot was declared 'man of the match' for his brilliant display. It was a sudden slump in the fortune of the Pakistan team as they had begun in style, sinking Indian Navy by five goals to one in their opening match yesterday. In the other matches, Air-India outplayed Indian Navy 4-2 while Indian Airlines defeated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd 2-0. Airlines got their goals just before half time and a minute into the second session through Girish Pimpale and Arjun Halappa respectively.
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Orissa rout Mizoram Jalandhar, November 29 Orissa opened their account in 13th minute, when S.S. Kujar scored a field goal. The lead was further consolidated in the next minute through a field goal by J.
Mihz. Closely following the rivals, Mizoram managed to reduce the lead in the 32nd minute when Nangra Gola took the benefit of the week defence and netted the ball. In the second half, Orissa struck again in the 47th minute through an impressive field goal by B.
Ekka. Ekka again controlled the ball in the 67th minute and scored a field goal from left flank. Mizoram managed to reduce the lead in the very next minute as
Lalchawliana, made no mistake in converting a penalty corner. In another match, Delhi tasted their second defeat in a row while surrendering to Jammu and Kashmir who won 7-0. The star for J&K was Mandeep Singh, who scored four goals. Kulbir Singh, Gurjit Singh and Surinder Pal Singh scored a goal
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World class field for
FIA-Asia Pacific Rally New Delhi, November 29 MRF General Manager A. Rodricks said here today that the entry list for the APRC round boasted of the best in the region, including Malaysia’s Karamjit Singh with Allen Oh as co-driver, the 2002 World Rally Championship winner in production car class, and also the 2002 APRC title winner. The Indian interest in the event will revolve around the two Team MRF Tyres entries of Armin Kremer with Fred Berssen of Germany as co-driver and David Doppelreiter of Austria with Ola Floene of Norway as co-driver. Kremer, three times German champion and winner of the 2001 European Championship, is in a strong position to bid for both the overall and group N titles that would give MRF the honour of being the first Indian firm to achieve this feat with home-developed tyres. Mr Rodricks said the competition would be at its stiffest as witnessed in the previous four rounds of the APRC held in Canberra (Australia), Rotorua (New Zealand), Hokkaido (Japan) and Rayong (Thailand). Australia and New Zealand, which enjoy an enviable track record of producing world class rally drivers, will have strong representation at Pune. Meanwhile, moves are afoot to bring an Indian Rally Championship next year. Plans are also on the anvil to make north India, Chandigarh and Delhi in particular, the hub of go-carting and other motor sports events as most of the top motorsport practitioners hail from this region. However, motor sport, strangely, does not have a ‘home ground’ in north India and this lacuna too will be tackled. |
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Vasco, Haywards split points in NFL Margao, November 29 Vasco took the lead in the eighth minute through a penalty by Brazilian recruit Edson T De Castro after Amaechi Tochukwu was tripped inside the box by Sporting defender Akshay Das. A few minutes later, Vasco had a chance to increase the lead but Tochukwu from inside the box hit the post off a pass from Cabral. Sporting drew parity two minutes before half time when Bibiano Fernandes’ 35-yards shot beat keeper Ramos all ends. Earlier, Francis Andrade who initiated most of Sporting moves saw his shot going inches over the bar. After change of ends, Sporting who played an organised game in the midfield pressed hard and took the lead in the 83rd minute when Louis Aniweta's header was bang on target off a flag kick taken by Andrade from the right. Vasco, then pressed hard for the equaliser and restored parity five minutes before the final time. Sushant Mathew who broke free on the right after he was fed by a long pass by defender Agnelo Colaco send a measured cross to Kamal Thapa who sent a powerful header to the far end of the net. — PTI
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Punjab Police, PSEB in final Jalandhar, November 29 In the 27th minute, Amarjit Singh of PSEB netted the ball from the left to make it 1-0. The equaliser for the RCF came in the 43rd minute, when forward Amandeep Singh scored a goal. In the 57th minute, PSEB managed a planned attack and Jasvir Singh centered for Kuldeep Singh who headed the ball into the net to make it 2-1. In the match between Punjab Police and BSF, Harish Kumar of Punjab Police dodged the defence and netted the ball. The lead was consolidated as Harjinder Singh of Punjab Police scored a goal in the 58th minute (2-0). BSF’s Babu Singh gave a pass to substitute Vijay Kumar, who scored in the 67th minute.
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Jalandhar men win
basketball title Ludhiana, November 29 Today, Baba Lodhiana Academy defeated Bathinda 85-79. The match was played on a fast pace with both the teams trying to take the initial lead. |
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Squash court SANGRUR: A long-standing demand of the citizens of Sangrur have been met with the completion of squash court in the premises of historic Ranbir club. The squash court has been completed in record time at the cost of about eleven lakh. The court is of international standard and is having all the facilities. Sarvjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner, who is also the president of the club, informed that any student by paying little amount can use this court.
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