West Indian batsman Philo Wallace hits a ball for six off the bowling of South Africa's Derek Crookes in the final of the ICC Wills International Cup in Dhaka on Sunday. Wallace got his century, but was out at 103. AP/PTI

Pak held; Holland upstage Germany
LAHORE, Nov 1 — Olympic champions Holland upstaged defending champions Germany 4-2 in the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament here today.

India, Pak 1-day tie at Mohali likely
DHAKA, Nov 1 — Pakistani cricketers will play their first Test series on Indian soil in 11 years in early 1999 despite threats by a Hindu nationalist party to disrupt the matches, an official said today.

SA beat Windies, lift trophy

DHAKA, Nov 1 (PTI) — Skipper Hansie Cronje weighed in with an invaluable, unbeaten 61 atop his astute leadership as South Africa carved out a thoroughly professional victory over West Indies to claim the Wills International Cup Cricket Tournament here tonight.

Free-stroking opener Philo Wallace struck his maiden one-day century by cracking 103, but Cronje’s ploy to open the attack with veteran off-spinner Pat Symcox and a late collapse triggered by man of the match Jacques Kallis (5 for 30) with his medium-pacers saw the caribbeans bowled out for 245 in 49.3 overs.

South Africa found their smooth progress rocked midway through as they were reduced to 137 for five in the 27th over, but the seasoned Cronje took charge with a neatly paced 61 (n.o) off 77 balls (4 x 4) and goaded young Dale Benkenstein (27) and Derek Crookes (24 n.O) which helped them reach 248 for six in 47 overs.

South Africa, who knocked out World Cup champions Sri Lanka in the semifinals, once again came up with a disciplined bowling and fielding display and did not suffer much by the world’s best fielder Jonty Rhodes’s twice dropping Wallace.

Wallace (103 - 102 b, 11 x 4, 5 x 6), who once again showcased his unorthodox but powerful batting, kept the West Indian innings alive and Carl Hooper contributed a responsible 49, but the other batsmen failed to counter South African tactics before eventually capitulating to Kallis.

West Indies, who could do nothing wrong against India last night, were tentative from the start as they found hard to get going against the tall Symcox, who sent down his quota of 10 overs for a meagre 29 runs.

South African reply was perfectly planned out as openers Daryll Cullinan (21) and Mike Rindel (49) added 54 runs in no time, but Keith Arthurton who ran out Cullinan and Hooper had wicket-keeper Mark Boucher caught behind for just four.

But the left-handed Rindel and Kallis (37) steadied things with a fruitful 58 run stand for the third wicket as South Africa seemed to coast home.

Phil Simmons raised West Indian hopes by having Kallis caught and bowled with his slow seamer and Rindel was run out to a superb piece of pick and direct throw at the striker’s end by Keither Arthurton after Cronje had steered Simmons.

Jonty Rhodes (3) too perished soon after as suddenly West Indies took the upper hand. But Cronje and the 23-year-old Benkenstein (27) playing his first international tournament took full advantage of the surprisingly defensive field placements of West Indian skipper Brian Lara and the poor length adopted by the bowlers.

They steadily raised a 74-run stand by employing the sweep and reverse sweep to good effect on a placid track which offered little bounce for the pacemen Reon King and Mervyn Dillon who had troubled the Indian batsmen no end yesterday.

SCOREBOARD
South Africa:
Cullinan run out 21
Rindel run out 49
Boucher st Jacobs b Hooper 4
Kallis c and b Simmons 37
Cronje not out 61
Rhodes c Jacobs b Simmons 3
Benkenstein c Hooper b Dillon 27
Crookes not out 24
Extras (b-3, lb-3, w-13, nb-3) 22
Total (for six wickets in 47 overs) 248
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-60, 3-118, 4-131, 5-137, 6-211.
Bowling: Dillon 10-0-53-1, King 10-0-42-0, Hooper 10-1-45-1, Simmons 8-0-45-2, Lewis 9-0-57-0.

West Indies:
Wallace st Boucher b Cronje 103
Lambert c Symcox b Elworthy 7
Chanderpaul lbw b Boje 27
Lara b Crookes 11
Hooper c Rhodes b Kallis 49
Arthurton lbw b Kallis 8
Simmons c Rhodes b Kallis 8
Jacobs c Rhodes b Cronje 14
Lewis lbw b Kallis 0
King lbw b Kallis 7
Dillon not out 0
Extras (lb-4, w-7) 11
Total (all out in 49.3 overs) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-94, 3-125, 4-180, 5-193, 6-213, 7-232, 8-232, 9-243.
Bowling: Symcox 10-0-29-0, Elworthy 7-0-48-1, Boje 10-1-44-1, Rindel 2-0-13-0, Crookes 3-0-33-1, Cronje 10-0-44-2, Kallis 7.3-0-30-5.

Anand overpowers Korchnoi

TILBURG, Nov 1 (UNI) — Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand defeated Victor Korchnoi of Russia in the eighth round of the Fontys-Tilburg Chess Tournament here.

Anand, who seems in an unstoppable mood, destroyed the former Russian veteran, who now lives in Switzerland, in one of the quickest games of the tournament, lasting just 19 moves and less than 90 minutes.

With Peter Leko, the Hungarian GM, beating Vesselin Topalov, the Indian, with six points, is still a full point ahead of his nearest rival.

But the other two in the second pack have fallen behind. Mathew Sadler was held to a draw by Joel Lautier, while Vadim Zviaginsev was held by Peter Svidler. Sadler and Zviaginsev have 4.5 points each.

Korchnoi, twice world title challenger in the 1970s and 1980s-opened with an unknown opening and it seemed the veteran was looking for a long game, as has become his style. But Anand simply demolished him in no time. Anand attacked Korchnoi’s king side. A stunned Korchnoi just did not have it to fight it out and resigned after 19 moves shaking his head and not even waiting for the customary post-mortem after the game.

The players have a rest day and then the ninth round resumes tomorrow. After Zviaginsev in the ninth round, Anand has to play Sadler with white in tenth and Svidler with black in the final round.

Leko is in clear second after beating Topalov after the Bulgarian sacrificed very inexplicably and paid the penalty as the in-form Leko pounced on the offer. Leko played the caro-kann defence and won in 48 moves, the longest game of the day. Topalov seems to have suddenly lost concentration after his seventh round loss to Lautier.

Most of the other games were quick draws. Two of them ended after just 17 moves. Jeroen Piket and Michael Adams drew in 17 moves of a nimzo Indian in which Adams had black, while Zviaginsev, who has also not lost a game as yet, drew with Svidler in sicilian game in 17 moves.

Kramnik, who is having a tough time here, was content with a draw against Loek Van Wely in 30 moves of a slav defence. The Dutch player had black and Kramnik, now has 3.5 points unless he can pick up a win or two in the last two rounds.

Joel Lautier, who at one stage had lost four games in six rounds, followed up his win over Topalov in the seventh round with a draw against Mathew Sadler in 20 moves in a sicilian game.

Results of the eighth round: Anand beat Korchnoi, Piket drew with Adams, Svidler drew with Zviaginsev, Topalov lost to Leko, Kramnik drew with Van Wely, Lautier drew with Sadler.

Points after eight rounds: Anand (6), Leko (5), Sadler, Zviaginsev (4.5 each), Piket, Svidler, Van Wely, Adams (4 each), Topalov, Kramnik (3.5 each), Korchnoi and Lautier (2.5 each).

Pairings for ninth round: Leko - Lautier, Adams - Topalov, Van Wely - Piket, Korchnoi - Kramnik, Zviaginsev - Anand, Sadler - Svidler.

Krajicek shocks Pete Sampras

STUTTGART, Nov 1 (Reuters) — Dutchman Richard Krajicek upset world number one Pete Sampras in a tight three-set battle yesterday to reach the final of the Eurocard Open.

Booming serves and blistering returns enabled the Dutch 11th seed to recover from the loss of the first set and snatch a 6-7 6-4 7-6 victory.

That set up a clash in the final against Swede Jonas Bjorkman or Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Both players held serve throughout a tense first set. Sampras opened a 5-2 lead in the tie break before seeing Krajicek hand him four set points by hitting a backhand wide.

The American only needed one, taking it 7-2 with a forehand winner.

The second set followed a similar scenario with devastating serving from both men until the 10th game, in which Sampras double-faulted on set point to allow Krajicek to fight his way back into the match.

There were no breaks in the decider and in the decisive tie break a return long from Sampras gave the Dutchman three match points.

The Wimbledon champion saved two but on the third, Krajicek wrapped it up with a sharp volley, clenching his fists and letting out a loud yell after a hard-fought win.

QUEBEC CITY: Fifth seed Chanda Rubin and seventh seed Tara Snyder advanced to their first WTA tour finals of the year with semifinal victories on Saturday at the $ 1,64,250 Bell Challenge Indoor Event.

Snyder will play her first career final as she bounced back from a disastrous first set to end 128th-ranked Jane Chi’s surprising run 1-6 6-3 7-5.

Rubin, who knocked off top seed Dominique van Roost in the quarterfinals, moved on by eliminating eighth seed Nathalie Dechy of France 6-2 6-4, setting up an all-American final.

After finishing 1997 ranked 113th, the 21-year-old Snyder has vaulted to 45th, thanks to quarterfinal showings in Amelia Island and Madrid. She also advanced to the second round at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Last year, Snyder won her first professional title at a challenger event in Delray Beach, Florida. In 1995, she won the US Open juniors singles title.

Chi, a former two-time all-America at UCLA, also was seeking her first career singles final. The 24-year-old posted the biggest win of her career on Friday by shocking second seed Sandrine Testud of France in straight sets.

Rubin will be seeking her second career singles title, having prevailed in Linz, Austria, last year.

A former top-10 player, the 22-year-old Rubin has posted runner-up finishes in five other events, including the 1996 Lipton Championships, where she suffered a broken wrist which sidelined her for seven months. Earlier that year, she reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open.

LUXEMBOURG, (AFP): Mary Pierce took the $ 164,250 WTA tour event here on Saturday after Italian opponent Silvia Farina was forced to retire from the final.

The French number two seed was leading 6-0 2-0 when Farina pulled out with a groin strain.

It was Pierce’s second successive tournament win after beating Monica Seles in the Kremlin Cup last weekend, and her third of the season.

The world number eight said she would now take time out to prepare for the $ 2 million chase championships in New York next month.

Montreal-born Pierce, 23, plans to concentrate on improving her ranking next year and has ruled out appearing in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Pak held; Holland upstage Germany

LAHORE, Nov 1 (AFP) — Olympic champions Holland upstaged defending champions Germany 4-2 in the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament here today.

Holland now have two wins while the Germans have lost their second match in a row.

All six goals were scored in a fast paced first-half with the Dutch forwards too hard to stop. They broke the German defence at will and scored three field goals.

Bram Lomans opened the scoring for the world champions in the 10th minute with an accurate scoop off Holland’s first penalty corner. A minute later Dirk Buma turned a solo effort into Holland’s second goal, sneaking the ball past German goalie Christopher Reitz.

Holland played without their captain Ronald Janssen, who was suspended by tournament director Eric Donegani for one match after Janssen protested a decision and pushed umpire Surjit Singh of Malaysia in the first match against Spain.

Germany pulled one back through Bjorn Emmerling who converted a penalty corner.

The Dutch team increased the pressure after the German goal and Piet Geeris slammed home another field goal in the 20th minute after a poor clearance from the German defence.

The Germans found the tough Dutch defence hard to break but managed to slip through 27th minute when Christian hit an angular shot to score.

Marten Eikelboom scored the fourth goal for Holland when he converted a beautiful pass from Tuen De Nooijer. Holland’s fourth goal came in the 30th minute.

Pakistan and Spain drew 2-2 in the second match.

For Pakistan the scorers were Sohail Abbas 55th, and Baber Abdullah (63rd) while for Spain Joseph Sanchez (58th), and Juan Esacrre (69th) restored parity.

India, Pak 1-day tie at Mohali likely

DHAKA, Nov 1 (AFP) — Pakistani cricketers will play their first Test series on Indian soil in 11 years in early 1999 despite threats by a Hindu nationalist party to disrupt the matches, an official said today.

Pakistan will play three Tests and as many one-day internationals during the seven-week tour starting January 21, Indian Cricket Board President Raj Singh Dungarpur said here.

"The tour is on and the governments in both countries have been very encouraging," said Dungarpur, who is here to witness the ongoing Mini World Cup cricket tournament.

Pakistan last played Test cricket in India during the 1986-87 season when Imran Khan’s visitors won the five-match series 1-0.

Pakistan twice cancelled scheduled tours in 1993 and 1994, citing security fears, but played in India during the limited-overs World Cup in 1996 and last year’s Independence Cup tournament.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, whose party partly rules Maharashtra, has renewed threats of not allowing the Pakistanis to play on Indian soil.

But Dungarpur said the problem could be handled by not playing a match in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra.

"We have not finalised the venues yet, but it is certain that Mumbai will not be one of them," he said.

Dungarpur said he had discussed the modalities of the tour with Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Khalid Mehmood here.

Sources said Calcutta, Chennai and Bangalore may hold the Test matches, while one-dayers will be played in Mohali, Cuttack and Kanpur.

India, meanwhile, will not take part in the Asia Cup limited-overs tournament in Dhaka if it is held as scheduled from March 20 to April 2, Dungarpur said.

"We won’t be able to fit in the Asia Cup in March because of the busy schedule ahead till the World Cup in England in May," the Indian cricket chief said.

"We can come next October or November, but definitely not in March," he said.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh are the other teams in the regional tournament.

Harbhajan leaves for England

MUMBAI, Nov 1 (PTI) — Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, accompanied by Indian cricket board executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar left for England here today to undergo corrective measures of his bowling action under the watchful eyes of former England off-spinner Fred Titmus.

The 18-year-old offie was not considered for the Dhaka bound Indian team for the on-going Wills International Cup following adverse reports on his action by the International Cricket Council (ICC) referees Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka and Peter van Der Merwe of South Africa recently.

The ICC’s throwing panel asked the BCCI not to consider Harbhajan for future selection until his action was rectified and the young man suddenly found himself in the wilderness.

A relaxed looking off-spinner from Punjab, Harbhajan, told reporters here today that "I am confident of passing the 'Titmus test' and coming back into the Indian team."

"It is very unfortunate that I have missed a chance to play in such a prestigious tournament throughout the Wills International Cup and I have felt that I should have been out there in Dhaka," he added.

The soft spoken sardar said he has been practicing at the nets though he had not prepared himself for any special test in England. "I have been praying a lot and I am confident of correcting my action if it is faulty," added the offie.

However, some of the Indian and foreign Test players who have played with and against Harbhajan Singh, including the Zimbabwean skipper Alister Campbell, felt there was nothing wrong with his action.

Harbhajan is the second Indian offie to come under scrutiny. The ICC's throwing panel had sent former Indian off-spinner Rajesh Chauhan to England to be reviewed by Fred Titmus last year.

Former stalwart Earapalli Prasanna had accompanied Chauhan to England but subsequently the Madhya Pradesh spinner went out of reckoning for a place in the Indian team.

Another former left arm spinner, Bishen Singh Bedi had criticised the Indian board for not backing the young offie like the Sri Lankan board had stood by their two off-spinners Kumara Dharamsena and Muthiah Muralitharan.

Navdeep sends J&K crashing

AMRITSAR, Nov 1 (UNI) — Left arm off-spinner Navdeep Singh sent Jammu and Kashmir crashing to an innings and 183 runs defeat on the fourth and last day of the Ranji Trophy league encounter against hosts Punjab at the Gandhi Grounds here today.

Navdeep who claimed four wickets yesterday added another two this morning to return with career best figures of six for 55. The Chandigarh player had a haul of eight wickets in this match.

This was Punjab's second successive innings victory in as many Ranji matches while, for J and K this was their second loss in their first match of the current season.

Punjab had defeated Himachal Pradesh at Una while J and K had lost to the Services in their first encounter.

Beginning at the overnight score of 133 for seven wickets, the J and K second innings folded up within half-an-hour of play today for the addition of just 23 runs. While Navdeep claimed the wickets of overnight batsman Vijay Sharma and Rajkumar, off spinner Sandeep Sawal got rid of the other batsman Vivek Singh.

The first to go was Vivek Singh (14) with the scoreboard at 152, he played forward to a turning delivery of Sandeep Sawal and was caught in front of the wicket.

Besides Navdeep the other successful bowlers for the hosts were Sandeep Sawal who captured two wickets, and Harvinder Singh and Kailash Sawal, who shared one a piece. Sandeep Sawal who made his Ranji debut in this match balled impressively too and had a haul of five wickets in the match.

SCOREBOARD
Punjab (Ist innings): 475
J and K (Ist innings): 136
J and K (2nd innings):
Rajesh Gill c Sandeep Sawal b Harvinder 0 Ajay Bhatti b Sandeep Awal 8 Kawaljit Singh c Sodhi b Navdeep 30 Ashwani Gupta c Sodhi b Navdeep 54 Vivek Sharma c Sodhi b Navdeep 4 Sanjay Sharma c Harminder b Navdeep 5 Vivek Singh c Mongia b Sandeep Sawal 14 Pardeep Bali c Harvinder b Kailash Sawal 8 Vijay Sharma b Navdeep 28 Raj Kumar c Harvinder b Navdeep 0 Surinder Singh not out 0.
Extras: (NB-2, LB-1, byes-2) 5.
Total: (all out) 156.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-23, 3-53, 4-71, 5-100, 6-105, 7-114, 8-152, 9-156, 10-156.
Bowling: Harvinder Singh 9-3-21-1, Sandeep Sharma 4-2-7-0, Sandeep Sawal 18-8-38-2, Navdeep Singh 29.1-12-55-6, Kailash Sawal 15-6-22-1, Dinesh Mongia 1-0-4-0, N S Sidhu 1-0-6-0.

US Mundy annexes golf crown
From Our Sports Reporter

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — Calcutta’s Uttam Singh Mundy’s luck, more than his skill and nerves, befriended him at crucial moments. This saw him extract the title, Rs 4,664,80 and the beautiful car from the young jaws of Jyoti Randhawa on the fifth hole of the play-off of the Rs 28-lakh Honda-Siel-AGC PGA Golf Championship at the Army course here today.

It was a touch and go for both Mundy and Randhawa. Tall and bearded with stoop, Mundy described his win in one word "great".

The vanquished, Randhawa, about 10 years younger than the victor, looked glorious in defeat. He declined to offer any excuse for going down and showed what a fine 24-year-old youngster he was.

Mundy and Randhawa entered the play-off when the former dropped strokes on the 17th and the 18th to draw level with his young opponent at eight-under 280 after regulation 72 holes.

The see-saw battle in the play off continued. After the first two holes, the 10th and the 18th, were halved, and Mundy had the title within his grasp on the 18th as he had only to make a two-foot putt. But he missed it, to the shock of his many admirers. On the 4th hole (18th), fortunes revered. Randhawa was sitting pretty with only one-foot putt to sink. Mundy was 12 feet away from the hole. It was a difficult task. But Mundy managed it in style.

Came the fifth hole (10th). Randhawa hit his second shot into the fairway tree and went over the green with his third shot. Mundy was favourably placed as he was on the edge of the green after his shot. He chipped in from there to bag the title. He heaved a sigh of relief as pressure was draining him out as much as it was affecting the play of the youngster, Randhawa.

Calcutta’s Rafiq Ali, who had equalled the course record of seven-under 65 yesterday, could not find his touch and poise as he could fire one-over-73 to finish joint third along with Shiv Prakash (Kanpur) seven-under 281. Vijay Kumar (Lucknow) took the fifth place with an aggregate of six-under-282, Gaurav Ghei and Daniel Chopra (Sweden) were joint sixth at two-under-286. Jeev Milkha Singh with a round of level par 72 and an aggregate of 289 saw him placed at 10th position.

It was a great fight-back by Randhawa, who had hit an out-of-bound shot on the fifth hole and a bogey on the third. He looked out of contention at one stage. After 11 holes, he was trailing by six strokes from Mundy. But he snatched an eagle on the 12th and gained birdies on the 13th and the 14th. These superlative feats brought him back into the game.

Randhawa conceded that he had a lot of opportunities to win the title. "But this is a part of the game" said Randhawa, adding, " I am currently concentrating on my swing".

Rafiq was going on superbly until the 14th when he was 10-under with Mundy. But on the par-4 15th, he got a double bogey and went out of the race.

Leading Scores: 280 Uttam Singh Mundy (70,71,68,71), Jyoti Randhawa 280 (71,70,68,71), Rafiq Ali 281 (73,70,65,73), Shiv Prakash 281 (71,69,69,72),Vijay Kumar (72,69,69,72), Gaurav Ghei 286 (73,72,71,70) and Daniel Chopra 286 (75,70,73,68).

Hisar overall champs
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 1 — Hisar won the overall general championship in the 14th Haryana State Yoga Championship which concluded last evening at Faridabad. Sirsa secured the second position in this championship which was organised by District Yoga Association, Faridabad. As many as 500 boys and girls from all over the state participated in this meet. According to Mr KC Sharma, president of the Haryana State Yoga Association four girls and three boys competitors representing Yoga Federation of India will participate in the 7th World Yoga Sports Championship and International Yoga Convention to be organised by International Yoga Sport Federation from November 21 to 29 at Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Mr SK Mishra, chairman, State Tourism Promotion Board and the chief guest applauded the role of HSYF in promoting yoga. He later gave away the prizes.

Results: Girls: 8-11 years: Malvika (Hisar) 1; Payal (Hisar) 2; Rishi (Sirsa) 3. Boys: Karan (Hisar) 1; Gautam (Sirsa) 2; Rahul (Sirsa) 3.

11-14 years: Girls: Lisha (Hisar) 1; Seema (Hisar) 2; Vijay Lakshmi (Sirsa) 3. Boys: Randeep (Hisar) 1; Ram Dass (Sirsa) 2; Kapil Dev (Sirsa) 3.

14-17 years: Girls: Umesh (Sirsa) 1; Shweta (Sirsa) 2; Rajni (Hisar) 3. Boys: Som Dutt (Jhajjar) 1; Ved Prakash ( Hisar) 2; Vijay (Karnal) 3.

17-21 years: Girls: Raj Bala (Sirsa) 1; Tarun (Karnal) 2; Pooja (Yamunanagar) 3. Boys: Ajay (Rewari) 1; Deepak (Karnal) 2; Sunil (Bhiwani) 3.

21-25 years: Women: Sonika (Panchkula) 1; Anu Nagpal (Sirsa) 2; Shashi (Y. Nagar) 3. Men: Surinder (Faridabad) 1; Anand (Rewari) 2; Uday Vir (Bhiwani) 3.

25-35 years: Women: Archana (Hisar) 1; Romi Khurana (Hisar) 2; Vandana (Hisar) 3. Men: Vinod (Hisar) 1; Anup (Hisar) 2; Deep Chand (Faridabad) 3.

35-45 years: Women: Usha (Hisar) 1; Neelam (Ambala) 2; Kamlesh (Hisar) 3. Men: Jasbir Singh (Panipat) 1; Ishwar (Hisar) 2; Brij Mohan (Faridabad) 3.

Above 45: women: Satyawati (Faridabad) 1; Sudershana (Hisar) 2. Men: Partap Singh (Faridabad) 1; OP Arya (Hisar) 2; Tanshukh Ram (Mohindergarh) 3.

India thrash Thailand

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (PTI) — India thrashed Thailand 9-1 to open their campaign on a rousing note in the Four-Nation Hockey Tournament which began at Bangkok today.

The Indians, who led 3-0 at half-time struck through a brace from Samir Dad (9th min, 24th), Anil Aldrin (10th), Gagan Ajit Singh (38th), Sabu Varkey (44th), Tirumalvalavan (49th), Rajesh Chauhan (54th), Dilip Tirkey (55th) and Mohammed Riaz (65th), according to results provided by AFP from Bangkok.

N Nantsukon (50th) scored the consolation goal for the hosts.

In the other match, Uzbekistan edged out Bangladesh 3-2 after going 1-0 at the break. Artur Madjaryan (29th, 45th), Alamgir Alam (70th) for Uzbekistan and Musa Miah (47th) and Arsul Haque (50th) for Bangladesh were the scorers.

Innings win for Delhi

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (PTI) — Feckless batting by Services in the wake of brilliant bowling by speedster Robin Singh (10-85) helped Delhi beat Services by an innings and 75 runs on the last day of the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match at the Ferozshah Kotla ground here today.

With their second outright win in as many matches Delhi’s point tally rose to 16 while Services have only eight points from their outright win against Jammu and Kashmir.

Robin Singh, who scalped five wickets for 59 in the first innings, snapped up another five for just 26 runs off 14 overs as Services, resuming at overnight 68 for three and needing 178 runs to avoid an innings defeat, were bundled out for a paltry 103 in their second innings.

Services scored 288 in their first innings and in reply Delhi posted a massive 466 thanks to skipper Vijay Dahiya’s (137) maiden century and a superb double century by his predecessor Ajay Sharma (213).

None of the Services batsmen showed resoluteness and application to stay at the wicket as Delhi pacemen Robin Singh and Amit Bhandari (3-44), who claimed six wickets for 110 runs in the match, bowled well in tandem to skittle out the opposition.

Of the last seven Services’ batsmen only C D Thomson could get into double figures. Pankaj Maitrey, topscored with 24.

Services (first innings): 288
Delhi (first innings): 466
Services (2nd inning):
Verma c Sanghvi b Robin Singh15, N Singh c and b Sehwag 23, Maitrey c Dahiya b Vhandari 24, S Singh b Sanghvi 5, Pandey lbw Bhandari 2, C Sharma lbw Robin Singh 1, Thomson not out 10, Nadkarni c Dahiya b Robin Singh 2, Rao b Robin Singh 1, Sirshat c Chopra b Robin Singh 0, Arun Sharma b Bhandari 9.
Extras (b-2, lb-4, nb-5) 11.
Total (all out in 51.4 overs) 103.
Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-55, 3-68, 4-76, 5-80, 6-80, 7-88, 8-90, 9-90.
Bowling: Robin Singh 14-5-26-5, Bhandari 16.4-4-44-3, Nehra 8-1-20-0, Sehwag 6-3-4-1, Sanghvi 4-3-1-1, Angurala 3-2-2-0.

MP take 40-run first innings lead

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (PTI)— Madhya Pradesh bowlers ran through the Railway batting to ensure a vital 40-run first innings lead and were 51 for two in their second knock on the third day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league tie at the Karnail Singh Stadium here today.

Railways, overnight a promising 108 for two in reply to MP’s first innings tally of 266, failed to consolidate and were dismissed for 226, about half-an-hour before tea.

In MP’s second knock, opener Harvinder Sodhi (24 batting) and Prashant Dwivedi (13 batting) were crawling after the dismissals of opener J P Yadav (2) and skipper Chandrakant Pandit (1). MP were ahead by 91 runs with a day to go.

The over-defensive approach could perhaps be due to key batsman Amay Khurasia’s inability to bat high in order. The left-hander did not take the field in the morning due to fever and hence can come only at number five.

None of the Railway batsmen could cross the fifty-mark. Sanjay Bangar, overnight on 46, added two more runs before edging medium-pacer Harvinder Sodhi to Abbas Ali at the slips his 48 came in three-and-a-half hours (183b, 4x4, 1x6).

Brief scores: MP 266 and 51 for 2 vs Rlys 226 (S Bangar 48, P Rawat 47, H Sodhi 2/26, S Lahore 2/42, R Chauhan 2/64, N Hirwani 2/71).

St. Kabir, GMS-35 in semis

CHANDIGARH, Nov 1 (BOSR) — St. Kabir School, Sector 26 and Government Model School, Sector 35 have entered the semifinals in the under-16 Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament being played here at St. John's School. St. Kabir won by six wickets against Manav Mangal School, Sector 21 while GMS-35 defeated Mount Carmel School, Sector 46 by 71 runs.

Brief scores: (Ist match) GMS-35: 160 for 8 in 25 overs; (Balvar Pooni 64, Arbinder 19, Mohammed 18, Mandeep 17, Prabhjot 12, Vinod Malok 2 for 29).

M. Carmel: 89 for 9 in 15.4 overs; (John Rao 12, Charanjit 11, Sahil 3 for 5 Mandeep 2 for 10, Jagroop 2 for 22).

Second match: Manav Mangal: 139 for 3 in 25 overs; (Rishi Raj 42, Himanshu 19, Manjeet 16, Shantanu 13, Umang 12, Rahul Nagpal 3 for 17).

St. Kabir: 140 for 4 in 24 overs; (Akshay Sharma 50, Shekhar 19, Karamveer 15, Manjeet 13).

Haryana v'ball

CHANDIGARH, Nov 1 (BOSR) — The Haryana State Senior Volleball II Championships for men and women will be held at Kaul village in Kaithal district from November 25 to 27, according to a press note of the Haryana State Volleyball Association.

During this championship, the Haryana team for the 47th Senior National Volleyball Championship to be conducted at Chinsura (West Bengal) will also be selected.

Entries close on November 20 with Mr Balkar Singh, 1012, Sector 17, Gurgaon.

Students burn kit in protest

ROHTAK, Nov 1 (TNS) — Provoked by the decision of the authorities against participation in the state-level football championship, football players of the Government Senior Secondary School, Sundana, set their uniforms, shoes and footballs on fire.

The state-level football championship (below-19) was held at Sirsa from October 27 to 30. The District Education Officer and the Deputy District Education Officer allegedly refused permission to the team to participate in the championship on grounds of "shortage of funds".

Rajan to lead

LUDHIANA, Nov 1 (FOSR) — Rajan Singh, a student of Sargodha National Public School, has been named captain of the Ludhiana cricket team for the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (u-16) for the ML Markan Trophy to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association, Mr Vinod Chitkara, general secretary, Ludhiana District Cricket Association, has said.

In their first match to be played at SAS Nagar on November 3 and 4, Ludhiana will take on Mohali.

Other members of the team are - Deepaak Dhir, Tavish Gupta, Gaurav Marwaha, Amit Sharma, Tarun Kanish, Salil, Arvind Dhanda, Jimmy Shankar, Rajesh Kumar, Ranbir Rana, Varun Gupta, Tarundip Singh, Vinay Sharma, Baljit Singh and Divesh. Mr Vijay Singh will accompany the team as manager.

Punjab School cricket

PATHANKOT (FOC): The 44th Punjab School Sports Cricket (under-19) meet will be held at Government Senior Secondary School from November 5 to 9, Mr B D Sharma, DEO, has said. Board and lodging arrangements for the players had been made at various schools.

GCC triumph

CHANDIGARH, Nov 1 (BOSR) — A quick knock of 119 runs of 78 balls by Rajesh Patha and his useful partnership with RP Singh who scored 51 runs, gave Godrej Cricket Club a 121-run win over Gymkhana Cricket Club in the 22nd JAL Cup League Cricket tournament at PGI grounds today. The semifinals will be played on November 8 at the Sector 16 cricket ground.

Brief scores: Godrej CC; 212 for 5 in 25 overs; ( Rajesh Patha 119, RP Singh 51, Arun Tuli 25 n.o., Sukhwinder Tinkoo 2 for 24, Banish Singla 2 for 32).

Gymkhana CC; 91 all out (Krisnan Mohan 45, Sanjay Mishra 18, Vinod Binta 4 for 14, Girish Bhanot 3 for 11, Arun Tuli 2 for 8.

Trials

CHADIGARH, Nov 1 (BOSR) — Trials to select the Chandigarh senior athletics team for participation in the 36th All-India Inter-State Senior Athletic Meet to be held at Jamshedpur from November 15 to 17, will be held at Sector 7 sports complex here on November 3 at 2 p.m., according to a press note Amateur Athletic Association of Chandigarh.