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Trescothick puts England on top
Sachin is the man to watch: SA coach
Sachin consults British doctor
Pathan, Dhoni stood out in series
India still seventh on ODI table
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Windies draw with Victoria
Ganguly gets another duck as East stumble
Mongia to lead Punjab Ranji team
Manipuri boy stars in India’s big win
Tania slips to joint second
Karnataka hold Punjab 2-2
Atwal ends up tied 12th
Scholar Fields’ junior
athletic meet
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Trescothick puts England on top
Multan, November 13 England earlier wrapped up Pakistan’s first innings for 274 after the hosts resumed on 244 for six. Trescothick faced 209 balls and hit 16 fours and one six. Nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard was yet to open his account after the umpires ended play early for bad light nine overs short. England lost two wickets in the final session, Bell falling to off-spinner Shoaib Malik and Paul Collingwood caught off Shabbir Ahmed for 10 in the day’s penultimate over. Trescothick swept Malik to fine leg for four in the 56th over of England’s reply to reach his 13th Test hundred. It was his second hundred of the tour after he had scored an undefeated 124 against Patron’s XI in Rawalpindi. Pakistan were dismissed cheaply on the second morning, with captain Inzamam-ul-Haq failing to anchor the innings, falling for 53 off Andrew Flintoff. Hoggard and Steve Harmison, together with Flintoff, performed a clinical clean-up operation to take the last four wickets for 30 runs in 11.2 overs. Scoreboard Pakistan (1st innings) Malik lbw b Flintoff 39 Butt c Jones b Udal 74 Younis lbw b Harmison 39 Yousuf b Flintoff 5 Inzamam c Strauss b Flintoff 53 Raza b Harmison 0 Akmal c Trescothick b Hoggard 28 Sami c Jones b Hoggard 1 Shoaib not out 10 Shabbir b Flintoff 0 Kaneria c Giles b Harmison 6 Extras
(b-1, lb-7, nb-11) 19 Total (all out, 98.2 overs) 274 Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-161, 3-166, 4-181, 5-183, 6-238, 7-244, 8-260, 9-260. Bowling:
Hoggard 22-4-55-2, Harmison 16.2-5-37-3, Flintoff 23-6-68-4, Collingwood 4-1-15-0, Giles 16-3-44-0, Udal 17-3-47-1. England (1st innings) Trescothick not out 135 Strauss lbw b Sami 9 Bell c Butt b Malik 71 Collingwood c Akmal Hoggard not out 0 Extras (b-8, lb-6, nb-14) 28 Total
(3 wkts, 68 overs) 253 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-198, 3-251. Bowling:
Shoaib 15-2-48-0, Sami 10-1-49-1, Shabbir 13-3-32-1, Kaneria 16-2-60-0, Malik 14-1-50-1.
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Sachin is the man to watch: SA coach
Hyderabad, November 13 The South Africans believe that despite all the hoopla surrounding the master blaster in-the-making, Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, it is the champion batsman who holds the key to India’s success in the five-match series. “Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell are doing a good job, but the key is the return to form of Sachin Tendulkar. He can really lift the team,” South African coach Mickey Arthur told reporters after nets here today. “We respect Indian batting under the conditions, but we also back ourselves and our ability to win in India. “We had a series win back home, so did India against the Sri
Lankans, but we have come here to win a one-day series. “India are a fantastic team in this country and it will be a challenge for us to win the series in India,” he said.
Arthur said the team had studied Dhoni’s technique. “It remains to be seen how we execute our plans,” he said.
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Sachin consults British doctor
New Delhi:
Sachin Tendulkar consulted British doctor Andrew Wallace, who operated upon his elbow in London in May this year, here and left for his residence in Mumbai on Saturday night. The batting maestro was on just a few hours’ visit to the Capital to get a routine examination done by the orthopaedic surgeon, who is on a short visit to the country, BCCI sources said on Sunday.
Tendulkar, who had come here immediately after playing in the seventh and final one-dayer in Vadodara on Saturday, also had his elbow examined by team physio John Gloster while batting during the match.
— PTI
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Pathan, Dhoni stood out in series
The jury held Irfan Pathan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni as two stand-out performers for India in the series. It was a popular choice and not based on figures alone.
The only time India pulled up short in Ahmedabad, Pathan did not play and Dhoni was out for
nought. Otherwise, Pathan was nearly always good with bat and ball, Dhoni in front and behind the
stumps. Pathan obviously had watched the action closely while he waited for his turn to bat in the middle. He had realised that the Sri Lankans wanted to test out the top order with short-pitched deliveries. He worked out his strokes, which included upper cuts over point and cover. He also hooked a six, which gives the youngster an impressive array of strokes — drives on either side of the wicket, pulls and cuts and we have a proper batsman in the making. He is also so composed, which is actually a reflection that the batsman has oodles of time to negotiate
deliveries. Dhoni was impressive in the way he eschews his strokes when required. He followed Pathan in the middle, but did not try to bat like him or compete with the pyrotechnics which had preceded him. It is never easy when you can hit the ball a mile. He did try to finish off the match with his signature six, but by then, there was little left in the game. Flexibility, which men like Pathan and Dhoni afford, is key in one-day context. India are blessed in the knowledge that they have unearthed two match-winners. Sachin Tendulkar, in contrast, is an interesting case profile. He began the series like the way he first picked up the bat — using his bat like a sword and moving on his feet like a dancer. Then followed four failures. I watched his final innings in Baroda with interest. It was obvious that the Sri Lankans wanted to bounce him. It was also patently clear that he was not going to take them on. To me it appeared that his instincts are still trying to make a fine balance between attack and defence. It is not always possible and indeed, it can confuse you. It is here why I advocate a clever management of senior, yet essential, members of the side. Travelling, press conferences and requests from fans and the media can test the freshest — leave alone somebody who has been on the circuit for a decade and-a-half. Tendulkar needs to be spaced out well to keep him fresh and hungry. Another thing which I did not like about the Indians was the way they waited for things to happen after the Sri Lankans had got themselves into a tangle at 90 for 5. They did not force the issue and there was not much energy in the field. India have only begun the journey, it is an ongoing process. There is no final resting place in the field, it is only in the junkyard.
— PTI |
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India still seventh on ODI table
Dubai, November 13 The series success at home against Sri Lanka has pushed India’s rating to 107 points, just one point behind sixth-placed New Zealand and only two behind Sri Lanka and England, who occupy fourth and fifth spots, respectively. A clean sweep of their next engagement, a five-match series against South Africa, starting in Hyderabad on Wednesday, will lift them to 114 points — overtaking all the above-mentioned sides as well as South Africa, who will slip to 110 points, and into third place, with only Pakistan and Australia ahead of them. A 4-1 success for India will raise their rating to 112 points and cut South Africa’s to 113, while a 3-2 success for the home team will take them above New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka, to 110 points, with South Africa dropping to 117 points. India’s victory over Sri Lanka has been a triumph not just for the team, but also for several individuals, who have surged up ICC player rankings. Dravid has moved up 18 places during the series and is India’s top-rated batsman, close to his highest-ever rating. Sachin Tendulkar has returned to the top 10, in joint ninth spot, after his long-term elbow injury. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has smashed into the top 20 for the first time on the back of his outstanding form, climbing a whopping 38 places from the start of the series, and he occupies 16th place.
Among bowlers, Irfan Pathan is 10th, Harbhajan Singh 13th and Ajit Agarkar 16th, with Agarkar closing in on his best-ever rating. — PTI
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Windies draw with Victoria
Melbourne, November 13 Both sides agreed to play a Twenty20 match to entertain the crowd at the Junction Oval instead of continuing with the three-day game, which was unlikely to produce a result. Chanderpaul and Samuels were the only West Indian batsmen to score half centuries.
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Ganguly gets another duck as East stumble
Ahmedabad, November 13 The former Indian skipper became the third victim of Zaheer, who had accounted for Ganguly for nought in the first innings, when East came out to bat in the second innings after lunch today. Zaheer also picked the wickets of openers Arindam Das (0) and S.S. Das (13) as East were left gasping at 176 for nine when bad light forced play to be called off early. East could never get into a groove after they bowled out West for 157 in their first innings this morning. After Zaheer’s heroics, it was the turn of Rakesh Patel to show his worth as he had Rohan Gavaskar caught behind by Parthiv Patel for 13. In just over 11 overs into the second innings, the cream of the batting of East had vanished, with the score reading 39 for five. Middle-order batsman Laxmi Ratan Shukla (66) and wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta (61) steadied the innings with a 120-run stand and showed that batsmen could flourish, provided they applied themselves. There were heated exchanges between West bowler Munaf Patel and Shukla after Munaf bowled two short-pitched deliveries which hit Shukla. The umpires had to intervene when Zaheer joined in the spat between the two players. Shukla fell soon after to a brillant stumping by Parthiv off Sairaj Bahutule to leave the East tail exposed on 159 for six. Saurashish Lahiri departed in the next over, becoming Zaheer’s fourth victim for zero, while Dasgupta miscued a half volley from Ramesh Powar to give a simple catch to Bahutule. Ranadeb Bose (0) and S.S. Paul (0) were the not out batsmen. Earlier, efforts by West to improve their overnight position (61 for five) failed, with Neeraj Patel (24) becoming the first of the 15 wickets to fall during the day. Neeraj had a brief partnership going with Parthiv (43), who emerged as the highest scorer for West. West scored 157 to take a slender lead of seven runs. Some last-minute fireworks from Zaheer ensured that West overtook the score of East. |
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Mongia to lead Punjab Ranji team
Mohali, November 13 “The selection of the final 15 will take place before November 20,” said Punjab Cricket Association’s Honorary Secretary M.P. Pandove. Probables: Dinesh Mongia (captain), Reetinder Sodhi (vice-captain), Pankaj Dharmani, Gagandeep Singh, Ankur Kakkar, Ravneet Ricky, Munish Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Navdeep Singh, V.R.V. Singh, Amit Uniyal, Gaurav Gupta, Sarabjeet Singh, Vineet Sharma, Uday Kaul, Sunny Khosla, Bipul Sharma, Hardevinder Singh, Karanveer, Charanjeet Singh, Ishan Malhotra, Karan Goel, Love Abhilish, Gaurav Marwaha, Amardeep Sonkar, Sunny Sohal and Ankur Jund. |
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Manipuri boy stars in India’s big win
New Delhi, November 13 The domination of the Indian boys was so total that they were up by seven goals at the end of the first session. Attacking from the wings, Khangembamthoi displayed uncanny shooting skills to score the first, fourth, fifth and sixth goals to become perhaps India’s first player to score a hat-trick in an international tournament. Never before in the recorded history an Indian had scored three goals in a sequence in an international tournament. The diminutive and shy boy from Imphal, who can barely understand Hindi, had been drafted into the All-India Football Federation fold only six months ago when he was included in a coaching camp at Bangalore, after learning his football basics in his home city of Imphal. But he looks such a sure-footed talent that Indian coach Islam Akhmedov, who was not very pleased with the Indian colts’ overall display, predicted a great future for the lad. Though India notched up a handsome victory, Akhmedov, from Uzbekistan, felt that the boys brought out only 10 per cent of their talent, though they scored at will due to Pakistan’s inept defence. A berth for India in the final round of the tournament will be known only after their match against Tajikistan on November 17. The final rounds will be played in Singapore in March, 2006. Pakistan will take on Tajikistan in their second tie on November 15, and if they lose again, they will be out of contention, leaving the field open for India and Tajikistan. The match was played on an even keel only for the first 10 minutes when both teams probed each other’s territory in turn. India began the goal rush in the 10th minute when Khangembamthoi hit the roof of the net with a controlled shot after captain Hira Lal Chetre and Lal Ram Luaha had done the spade work. Four minutes later came the second goal when Mohammed Moazzam scored off a Lalawmzuala pass. Two minutes later, Malasawmdawngliana made no mistake with a penalty shot, which was awarded after he was roughly tackled by custodian Zaid Afridi and a defender. The Pakistan goalkeeper was clueless as the Indian forward line, efficiently marshalled by Moazzam, Khangembamthoi and Malasawmdawngliana, all belonging to the North East, unleashed a barrage of shots, many of which were bang on target. Though Indian skipper Hiral Lal Chetri was replaced with Arjun Tudu when he suffered a knee injury, there was no let-up in the goal-flow as Khangembamthoi got into his scoring act to blast home three goals in a 12-minute scoring blitzkrieg. Lalawmzuala scored the seventh goal while Mintu Boro and Malasawmdawngliana accounted for the eighth and ninth goals on resumption. Though Pakistan replaced custodian Afridi with Muhammad Irfan, India still managed to fire on target. The Indian team took it easy on resumption, leaving some room for the Pak boys to manoeuvre. The visitors took a couple of shots at the Indian goal, and even forced a corner kick, but the Indian defence held out. |
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Aroor pips Naren to the post
New Delhi, November 13 Aroor, a 22-year old from Mangalore driving a Baleno (co-driver M Chandramouli), pipped former national champion Naren Kumar (co-driver D Ram Kumar) of Team JK
Tyre, also in a Baleno, by six seconds for his first success of the 2005 championship. Meanwhile, Chennai-based Prithveen Rajan (co-driver PVS Murthy) completed a comfortable win in the 1400cc class with his main rivals retiring. The pair of Sandeep Sharma and co-driver Kulbir Singh topped the Gypsy class and took a huge lead in the championship race. Sandeep has 71 points to Sunny Sidhu’s 40.
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Tania slips to joint second
Istanbul, November 13 Playing her second black on the trot, Tania had little difficulty in holding Moloc in the Nimzo Indian defence game after the former Asian junior girls champion from India was pressing hard for an advantage in the middle game. The game ended in a draw after 33 moves following perpetual checks. Indians had a good day overall in both sections. Making the most of her
opportunities was national junior girls champion Kruttika Nadig who took her tally to three points after crashing through the defences of Russian Guseva Marina. Inching to 2.5 was last year’s bronze medallist WGM Eesha Karavade who put it across Viktoria Bashkite of Estonia. On the flip side in the girls section, WGM D Harika yet again failed to find her winning touch and was held to a draw by Shadi Paridar of Iran, while N Raghavi was comprehensively beaten by Irina Vasilevich of Russia. Among the Indian boys, 12-year-old International Master-in-waiting Parimarjan Negi again put up a fine show and held Polish Grandmaster Matesuz Bartel to a quick draw. GM-norm holder Deep Sengupta was the lone winner among Indians in the boys section. He outplayed Nurdin Samakov of
Kyrgyzstan. |
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Karnataka hold Punjab 2-2
Kochi, November 13 Taranjit Singh (27th minute) and substitute Yadwinder Singh (71st minute) scored for Punjab, while S Venkatesh (62nd minute) and substitute Rajendra Prasad (84th minute)
found the target for Karnataka. — PTI |
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Atwal ends up tied 12th
Shanghai, November 13 The tournament saw Tiger Woods crumbling in the face of some fine golf by 30-year-old Englishman David Howell, who won by a huge three-shot margin. Jyoti Randhawa closed with a second nine of 33. |
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Scholar Fields’ junior
athletic meet Patiala, November 13 Results: Nursery race (boys): Navjot Singh-1, Imanjeet Singh-2, Chirag Joshi-3. (Girls): Inderdeep Kaur-1, Mehak-2, Navjot Kaur-3. Prep-1 (boys): Maninder Pal Singh-1, Jaskaran Singh-2, Gurwinder-3. (Girls): Japanjot-1, Manreet Kaur-2. Back race (boys): Gursharan Bir Singh-1, Maninder Pal-2, Gurnoor-3. Jumping (girls): Sukhmanjit Kaur-1 Ekjot-2, Manreet-3. Prep-II - obstacle race (boys): Karanveer Singh-1, Manjot-2, Gurnam Gill-3. (Girls): Lovejot Kaur-1, Sukhpreet -2. Crawling race (girls): Sukhpreet Kaur-1, Harmanpreet Kaur-2, Lovejot Kaur-3.
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