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Martyn’s ton throws match wide open
Aussie fans miss beer in stadium
Kumble hopeful of victory
Anand stars in Indian win
Punjab cyclists reign supreme
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Punjab rout Tripura, MP upset Delhi
Anu, Vikram clinch table tennis titles
Jalandhar schools to clash in semis
Deepak Thakur declared fit
Maharashtra region bag trophy
Atul claims trophy
Bhupathi-Bjorkman storm into final
Western Railway beat Rail Wheel
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Martyn’s ton throws match wide open
Chennai, October 17 After being at the receiving end on the first three days, Australia changed the complexion of the game as they rode on Martyn's eighth Test century to post 369 in their second innings. In reply, Virender Sehwag (12) and Yuvraj Singh (7) saw off the three overs to take India to 19 for no loss at close on the penultimate day. The hosts now have a daunting task at hand to score the remaining 210 runs on a wearing fifth day track at the M A Chidambaram Stadium. Resuming at the overnight score of 150 for four, the 32-year-old Martyn struck a resolute 104 and shared a record 139-run sixth wicket partnership with nightwatchman Jason Gillespie (26) to not only frustrate the hosts but steer the team to a relatively safe position. The Australian batsmen showed a lot of character as they countered the two Indian spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh quite well to give themselves a chance of taking a 2-0 lead in the four-match series. The sixth pair of Martyn and Gillespie tormented the home team for close to four hours before both of them perished in quick succession shortly before the tea break with Harbhajan Singh providing the breakthrough. But Michael Clarke (39 not out) and Darren Lehmann (31) came up with useful knocks to ensure that the visitors had a sizeable lead. Kumble, who turned 34 today, was again the pick of the Indian bowlers with six wickets for 133 to return a match haul of 13 for 181, an effort which saw him climb to the seventh position in the list of highest Test wicket-takers. Kumble, who has now 415 wickets, overtook former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram (414). It was Kumble's 26th five-wicket haul and the match haul of 13 for 181 was the sixth time he had taken 10 or more wickets. Lehmann became his first victim of the day when he under-pulled a rank bad delivery to be caught behind. Kumble then had Shane Warne caught at silly point before rapping Michael Kasprowicz on the pads. Finally, Harbhajan Singh bowled Glenn McGrath to end the Aussie innings. Although it came late in the day, Kumble's strikes made sure the Australian tail did not wag too long and the target remained achievable. But a tailender did frustrate the Indians early in the day. Gillespie batted for more than four hours and denied them a wicket the whole of morning session. Gillespie's contribution in his record fifth wicket partnership with Martyn was only 26 but their combined resistance drove the Indians to despair until Harbhajan struck twice in an over before tea to bring the hosts back into the match. Martyn eschewed flair as he registered his eighth Test hundred that put Australia in a healthy situation which seemed distant when captain Adam Gilchrist (49) was dismissed yesterday. Martyn, whose 104 came from 204 balls, hit 11 fours and a six during his 261-minute stay at the crease. Martyn coped with the Chennai heat well. Two consecutive fours off Harbhajan saw him reach 50 from 111 balls and also cross the 3000-run mark in Tests. By the 86th over, the Australian lead was worth 100, and the 250 came in the 92nd over. Martyn then stepped out to Kumble and perched the leg spinner into the fifth tier at long off to reach his century. In the meantime, India's fielding nightmares continued. Patel conceded five penalty runs after failing to gather Zaheer Khan down the leg and the ball hit the fielder's helmet. The youngster also missed a stumping chance to dismiss Gillespie off Kumble while Harbhajan Singh failed to hold on to a return catch of the nightwatchman. Rahul Dravid's two catches then came as a huge boost of confidence for the Indians. They also gave Harbhajan Singh his 50th wicket against the visitors in seven Tests. Indians started off their chase confidently with first innings centurion Sehwag hitting three fours off McGrath, two of those came in the last over of the day. Scoreboard
Australia (1st innings): 235 India (1st innings): 376 Australia (2nd innings): Langer c Dravid b Kumble 19 Hayden c Laxman b Kumble 39 Gilchrist b Kumble 49 Katich lbw b Zaheer 9 Martyn c Dravid Gillespie c Dravid b Harbhajan 26 Clarke not out 39 Lehmann c Patel b Kumble 31 Warne c Laxman b Kumble 0 Kasprowicz lbw b Kumble 5 McGrath b Harbhajan 2 Extras (b-19, lb-15, nb-4, Total (all out in 133.5 overs) 369 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-76, 3-121, 4-145, 5-284, 6-285, 7-347, 8-347, 9-364. Bowling: Pathan 12-3-39-0, Zaheer 22-6-36-1, Harbhajan 46.5-12-108-3, Kumble 47-7-133-6, Sehwag 1-0-5-0, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-7-0, Ganguly 3-1-2-0. India (2nd Innings): Yuvraj batting 7 Sehwag batting 12 Total
(for no loss in 3 overs) 19 Bowling: McGrath 2-0-18-0, Gillespie 1-0-1-0. — PTI |
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Aussie fans miss beer in stadium
Chennai, October 17 They are a bunch of Australian cricket fans who travel wherever their team plays. Trevor Folsom from Sydney says, “We love to watch cricket matches while we drink beer. That’s the way it is back home in Australia.” However, with the police not even allowing matchboxes or lighters inside the stadium, there was no question of bringing in beer cans or bottles. However, during lunch and
tea breaks this afternoon, many Australian fans could be seen rushing out of the stadium to the nearest state government-run Tasmac wine shop on the Wallajah Road. They quickly gulped down lager beer straight from the bottle as curious passersby stared at them, even as the policemen on duty turned a blind eye. Dressed in the one-day cricket dress of the Australian team, the fans carried stuffed Kangaroo toys and could be seen waving them as the Australians batted throughout the day. The women cheered Martyn as he scored his century but were upset when Shane Warne was out for a duck. However, being avid sports lovers, many Australians clapped when Virender Sehwag hit two boundaries just before the end of the day’s play. “Tomorrow we will be back with more vigour and cheer our team to victory. We are sure Warne’s magic will work and Australian bowlers will bowl out the Indian team,” said one of the Australian fans. |
Chennai, October 17 “210 runs in 90 overs tomorrow is achievable and we have a decent chance,” Kumble told reporters after India ended day four of the match needing 210 runs more for a series-levelling victory with all their wickets intact. However, the champion spinner, who moved to the seventh place in the top Test wicket-takers’ list, said it was important that the bastmen played well in the first session tomorrow. “It is important that we get a good start. Invariably the pitch has helped the batsmen most during the first session of the past four days and we have a good chance to overhaul the required target,” said the bowler, who turned 34 today. “If we go into lunch placed comfortably, India have a very good chance of winning the Test,” he said. Kumble, who saw a few chances being miffed by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel off his bowling, defended the young Baroda stumper saying that it was tough to keep in such conditions. A lot of things have been said about him. But it is not easy to keep wickets in such conditions where the ball hits the rough. But when such incidents are shown and repeated on television, it makes it look worse. No doubt it is a tough job to keep wickets on such pitches,” he said. — PTI
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Mallorca (Spain), October 17 With the win, India took their tally to a respectable six points out of a possible eight and even though they remain two points behind early leaders like Ukraine and Czech Republic, it turned out to be a far better day than the first round when the fifth seed team could muster just 2.5 points out of 4 in the opening round. Anand outplayed Alejandro Ramirez yesterday from the white side of a French defence game. The victory for the Indian came fast as the game ended in under two hours time. The other Indian men team members Krishnan Sasikiran and P. Harikrishna recorded their first victory in the Olympiad over Gonzalez Bernal and Valdes Leonardo, respectively, while national champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly was held to a draw by Francisco Hernandez on the fourth board. Playing his pet Winawer against the French, Anand gave absolutely no chances to teenager Ramirez. The Costa Rica youngster had absolute no clue as to what had hit him and continued in vain for a long time in the ensuing endgame before eventually calling it a day. Sasikiran was involved in a long duel with black pieces against Bernal who gave the Indian an easy game in the Caro Kann defence. Sasikiran only had to work on a good plan to get the desired complications. — PTI
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Punjab cyclists reign supreme
Anandpur Sahib, October 17 Young Amandeep Singh battled both pain and agony to emerge victorious in the cross country time trial event for under-18 boys. Showing fluid body movements and a near-perfect control over the machine, Amandeep was off to a fluent start. However, a fumble near the water body saw him lose control of the bike and it was with tremendous skill that he managed to get himself back in the reckoning. Already battling pain due to a pulled thigh muscle, Amandeep needed to get a good timing to outclass his rival. He deftly went up the hill and on the home stretch he went all out to finish first with a creditable timing of 14:04.57 s. Rohan Kakar of Chandigarh, winner of yesterday’s two lap mass start cross country for under-16 boys, came second in 14:21.12 s. Amandeep’s colleague Kamal Preet Sharma clocked 13:03.6 s to be placed a distant third. Meanwhile, things heated up on the organisational front when a tiff between the Secretary of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI), Mr J.S Grewal and Mr Charanjit Singh saw the latter being stripped of his duties as Chief Commissionaire of the meet. His fault was that he disallowed extra entries of some participating units in the time trial events held today, a decision which not liked by Mr Grewal. This development forced the organisers to reshuffle some time keepers and referees which was objected to by the manager of the Chandigarh squad Mr Rakesh Mohindru. Amidst the allegations and counter allegations, Mr Mohindru lodged a protest with the CFI after depositing the mandatory fees. Mr Grewal said that Mr Mohindru was spoiling the show and that the CFI had acted as per rules in changing the officials. Senior NIS coach Mr Jagdev Singh, who was the Chief Time Keeper, too alleged that the Chandigarh manager was taking things too far and added that he was not letting the officials perform their duties. The jury on the protest will be out tomorrow where Mr Grewal will pass verdict. Other results: 4 lap mass start cross country (cc): women: Kamaldeep Kaur (Punjab) 1, Kulwinder Kaur (Punjab) 2, C.Saniya Devi (Manipur) 3. Girls U-18 time trial cc: Arshi (Haryana) 1, Gurpreet Kaur (Punjab) 2, Saritha S ( Kerala) 3. Girls U-14 time trial cc: Ritika (Chd) 1, Malveen Kaur (Punjab) 2, Radhika Bisht (Chd) 3. Boys U-14 time trial cc: Akshit Narang (Chd) 1, Gurpreet Singh (Punjab) 2, Y Megha Chandra (Manipur) 3. 4 lap mass start (cc): men: Harpreet Singh (Punjab) 1, Ajay Trehan (Chd) 2, Mohan Singh (Haryana) 3. |
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Punjab rout Tripura, MP upset Delhi
New Delhi, October 17 Ebullient striker Gurjit Singh Atwal scored three goals, though not in a sequence, while Harvinder Singh accounted for a brace to help Punjab notch up their second big victory. Medios Baldeep Singh and Parveen Kumar accounted for the other two goals. Punjab, who pipped Chhattisgarh 5-0 in their opening cluster match, are now sitting pretty, and are virtually assured of a place in the quarterfinal league. Interestingly, Chhattisgarh did them a good turn when they trounced Meghalaya 5-1 in another match of the cluster at the Thyagaraj Nagar ground later in the afternoon. Punjab now require only a draw against Meghalaya, when they meet on Tuesday, to make a smooth sailing into the quarterfinal league. Though Punjab secured victory, they suffered a major setback when dependable mid-fielder Sukhjinder Singh of JCT was sent out with a red card. He fisted rival medio Sandip Das when the latter rough tackled him first. Das was shown the yellow card. Hosts Delhi suffered a setback when they lost to Madhya Pradesh 0-1 in a Group II match at the Nehru Stadium. Delhi, who pounded Gujarat in the inaugural match 6-0, were themselves to blame as they wasted at least six chances to end up as bad losers. To add insult to injury, their defender Pushpinder Kundu was shown the red card in the 88th minute for rough play. Sonu Razak scored the match-winner for Madhya Pradesh in the 17th minute. Gujarat, making an amazing recovery from the mauling they got from Delhi, scored a 3-2 victory against fancied Assam in another cluster II match at the Nehru Stadium. Karir Rajiv put the winners ahead in the 14th minute. He also added the third goal in the 86th minute. In between, Assam equalised through Manoj Boto in the 48th minute (1-1) while Dev Dasan regained the lead for Gujarat in the 56th minute (2-1). Akum Ao brought Assam level once again in the 74th minute (2-2) while Karir produced the match-winner for Gujarat. In Group VI matches at the Model Town Stadium, Karnataka whipped Himachal Pradesh 4-0 while Haryana hit back to defeat Rajasthan 3-1. SK Dayanand, P. Rajendra Prasad and N. Satish Kumar (2) were the goal scorers for Karnataka. Rajasthan forged ahead through Afzal, but Haryana scored three goals in an eight-minute blitz, from the 81st to 89th minutes, to turn the table on Rajasthan. Habib Khan, Vikram and Praveen Arora were the goal scorers. |
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Anu, Vikram clinch table tennis titles
Ludhiana, October 17 In the final, Anu beat Shelly Dhawan of Amritsar 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 while Vikram Aditya fought a pitched battle with Janak Raj, also from Amritsar, before winning 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4. In the sub-junior section (girls), Aruna of Amritsar beat local paddler Kirti 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9 to clinch the title while in the boys section, Kartik of Jalandhar faced a stiff challenge from his city mate Sunit Dogra, whom he eventually defeated 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8. In the junior boys final, Patiala lad Kamaljeet outclassed Sahil of Ludhiana 14-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-4 to bag the title. In the girls section, the title clash between Manisha Sharma of Patiala and Ritika Chopra of Ropar witnessed a tense fight in which the former came out the winner 12-10, 13-11, 11-9. Earlier, in the women’s semifinals, Anu beat Shikha Ghai of Amritsar 11-6, 11-7 and Shelly Dhawan defeated Nitika of Amritsar 11-6, 11-7, 11-9. In the junior boys section, Kamaljeet of Patiala beat Rahul Malhotra of Amritsar 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 and Sahil of Ludhiana beat Amit of Jalandhar 11-6, 11-5, 11-7. In the junior girls section, Ritika Chopra of Ropar beat Jaswinder of Ropar 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 and Manisha Sharma of Patiala beat Dimple of Khanna 11-8, 11-7, 11-9. In the sub-junior girls category, Kirti of Ludhiana beat Nirdosh of Ludhiana 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8 and Aruna of Amritsar beat Harleen of Khanna 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9. In the sub-junior boys category, Sumit Dogra of Jalandhar beat Vaniti of Jalandhar 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 and Kartik of Jalandhar beat Akash Chopra of Ropar 12-10, 11-9, 11-8. Mr Parmod Ban, Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna police district, gave away the prizes. |
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Jalandhar schools to clash in semis
Jalandhar, October 17 The winners will clash with Lyallpur Khalsa School, Jalandhar, in the semifinal tomorrow. The match produced thrilling hockey as both teams tried to open their account. The Jalandhar boys were awarded four penalty corners in the first half, but they failed to convert any of these as their rivals thwarted their attempts. Both teams remained goal-less till half time. In the second half, Rahul Bhardwaj of the Jalandhar team penetrated the rival’s defence line to score a goal in the 49th minute. Though the Jalandhar team was awarded another penalty corner in the 54th minute, it could not capitalise on the opportunity to consolidate the lead. Monday’s fixtures: Semifinals: Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, New Delhi, Vs Luxmi Bai Senior Secondary School, Kurukshetra; Lyallpur Khalsa School, Jalandhar Vs Government Model Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar. |
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Deepak Thakur declared fit
Chandigarh, October 17 On the basis of the reports , Deepak was declared fit. Dr Ahuja said Deepak was now regularly practising at NIS,Patiala. He said the report of his fitness had been sent to the Indian Hockey Federation since the probables for the Champions Trophy were likely to be announced shortly. Deepak is also a trainee of the Centre of Excellence of the Sports Authority of India at Patiala. Deepak had complained of breathlessness during the Athens Olympics and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Athens. He skipped the last two matches which India played. |
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Maharashtra region bag trophy
Karnal, October 17 Pravita Kaushik of Maharashtra was declared the best woman athlete in the tournament. Mr L.R. Dabas, Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner (North Zone), distributed prizes and certificates to the winners. Final results: Carrom men’s singles: 1 Ramesh Kumar (Central Region) 2 MT Ismalkar (western Region). Carrom men’s doubles: 1 AK Mohan & RP Dehta (Western Region) 2. Ramesh Kumar & Radha Krishan (southern region). Table tennis mixed double: 1 Namjoshi Sochnil and Chayya (western region), 2 Vijay Kumar and Kaushalya (Southern Region) Badminton men’s singles: 1 Nitin (western region), 2 AK Manuyal (Southern Region) |
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Atul claims trophy
Shimla, October 17 Badal S. Dosh of Mumbai bagged the second position, while national champion Rehan Khan was relegated to third place. However, Rehan Khan, top seed, won both unmodified and modified bike events. Atul Singh came second in the unmodified bike category, while Vineet of Chandigarh ended up at the third position. In modified bike category, Badal S. Dosh secured the second position. He was followed by Ranjit Singh of Chandigarh. In the 350 CC motorbike category, local lad Shreya Sood bagged the first position. He was followed by Paramvir Singh of Chandigarh and T.M. Desai. The motorsport event was followed by a rock concert. |
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Bhupathi-Bjorkman storm into final
New Delhi, October 17 They tamed Zimbabwean duo of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett in straight sets in the semifinals yesterday. They won the contest 6-2 7-6 (8-6) to set the title clash with Russian pair of Ivor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko.
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Western Railway beat Rail Wheel
Factory Patiala, October 17 In the same pool the North eastern Railway beat east Central Railway while in pool C the Integral Coach factory beat South Central Railway and the south east central railway beat DMW, Patiala. In pool D the team from Central railway beat the Railway Board. In the Women`s section the Central Railway drew with South eastern railway while the second match between eastern railway and South central railway too ended in a draw.
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