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India keen on clinching series GUWAHATI, Nov 13 — Brimming with confidence after two consecutive morale-boosting victories, India will be keen to clinch the series by taking an invincible 3-1 lead when they lock horns with New Zealand in the fourth tie of the five-match limited overs cricket series here tomorrow. Pak bowler fails to clear action KARACHI, Nov 13 — Pakistani pace sensation Shabbir Ahmed failed to clear a suspect bowling action yesterday when the technical committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to keep him under scrutiny, officials said. |
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 HARARE: South African batsman Daryll Cullinan walks off the field after being bowled out for a duck by Zimbabwean Brian Strang, who is congratulated by his teammates on the second day of the Test match at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. — AP/PTI |
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Shakti wrecks Haryana ROHTAK, Nov 13 — Useful contribution by tailenders helped Haryana to stage recovery on the opening day of North Zone Trophy league match against Himachal Pradesh at Vishwakarma Stadium here today. Sita Gossain to lead team in Asia Cup PATIALA, Nov 13 — Midfielder Sita Gossain, who led India to the fourth position in the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games but then found herself sidelined for the Bangkok Asian Games where Pritam Rani Thakran was the captain which won the silver medal, has now again been selected by the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF) to lead the country in the prestigious Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from December 1 to 10. Boucher,
Pollock in big stand Mukesh
comfortable winner Jeev
happy after win over Westwood Johl
slips to 53rd; Campbell leads Bhupinder’s
hat-trick in PSB win Khalsa school lads champ Punjab
basketball squads announced Unbeaten
ton by Reetinder 66-year-old
bags cycling gold No
further changes in team: Lele
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India keen on clinching series GUWAHATI, Nov 13 (PTI) — Brimming with confidence after two consecutive morale-boosting victories, India will be keen to clinch the series by taking an invincible 3-1 lead when they lock horns with New Zealand in the fourth tie of the five-match limited overs cricket series here tomorrow. The Indians kept their cool in the crucial stages to carve out a thrilling 14-run victory in the last match at Gwalior and Sachin Tendulkar and his men will be eager to maintain the winning streak in what promises to be an exciting battle of skill and nerves. Fighting with their backs to the wall, the visitors are bound to put up a far more inspired performance in an effort to square the series again at the Nehru Stadium, staging an international match after a gap of almost two years. The Kiwis have shown the tendency to choke under pressure in the last two one-dayers and barring opener Nathan Astle, none of the other batsmen have shown the desired consistency in the series, which the hosts lead 2-1. The Indian batsmen, on the other hand, have been going great guns on the placid tracks and Tendulkar will be hoping that the top order fire on all cylinders again on the morrow to put their opponents under considerable pressure. Although the Indian batting looks solid with Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Ajay Jadeja among runs, the bowling lacks experience with the senior players being rested ahead of the tough Australian tour. The gangling Orissa swing bowler Debashish Mohanty and Mumbai speedster Ajit Agarkar, back in action after a long injury lay-off, will get the opportunity to prove their worth again on benign tracks in the absence of pace spearheads Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad. While Agarkar bowled a tidy spell in the last match at Gwalior after his return to the team, Mohanty seemed to be a little rusty after being on the sidelines for long. But the morning conditions at the Nehru Stadium here should help the pace bowlers who will be keen to exploit the early juice in the track before the batsmen start calling the shots. With the wily leg-spinner Anil Kumble also rested for the last two matches, the relatively inexperienced Indian bowling attack will be put to test and Tendulkar will have to handle his resources well. Uttar Pradesh all-rounder Gyanendra Pandey, who has been inducted in the squad in place of Kumble, or left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi may come into the team for Kumble. Off spinner Nikhil Chopra was a trifle off colour in the first two ties, but put up a decent show in the last match. The Indians will be relying on the batting prowess of Tendulkar, who was in devastating form in the Hyderabad match scoring a classy unbeaten 186 to steer India to a comfortable win. With both the openers Tendulkar and Ganguly in very good form, the hosts will be hoping to get off to a flying start. The Kiwis managed to contain the Indians in the early stages in Gwalior with good line and length and it remains to be seen whether they can remove the dangerous Tendulkar cheaply to put some pressure on the Indians. Dravid, who has now shown that he is equally proficient in the shorter version of the game, Jadeja and Robin Singh have also shown their capability to wield the willow effectively and giving the team a respectable score even if there were some early jolts. With captain Stephen Fleming struggling to get a big score in the series so far, the New Zealanders will be pinning their hopes on in-form batsman Nathan Astle to do the bulk of the scoring. The lack of consistency of the other top order batsmen will be a worrying factor for the visitors who, despite getting a solid foundation for the run chase in the last match at Gwalior, buckled under pressure to lose the tie narrowly. The injury to key player
Dion Nash has come as a major setback for the Kiwis as
the other bowlers have struggled to keep the formidable
Indian batsmen on a leash on the docile tracks prepared
for this series. |
Pak bowler fails to clear action KARACHI, Nov 13 (AFP) — Pakistani pace sensation Shabbir Ahmed failed to clear a suspect bowling action yesterday when the technical committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to keep him under scrutiny, officials said. “The ICC technical committee which had a telephonic conference on Thursday decided Shabbir’s action has a marked improvement, but it still has a problem,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Secretary Shafqat Rana told AFP. Chief selector Naushad Ali and the fast bowler held conversations with the committee members. The decision dashed selectors hopes of sending Shabbir to Australia to strengthen Pakistan’s bowling attack. The nine-member panel advised the PCB to help the youngster further improve his action. The 23-year-old lanky bowler was unveiled in the Pakistan-West Indies three match one-day series in Toronto in September where he took three wickets, but ICC match referee Peter Van der Merwe raised suspicions over his bowling action. Shabbir, dubbed as Pakistani Joel Garner due to resemblance in bowling action with the West Indian great, played in the Sharjah Cup in October and was initially named in Pakistan’s squad currently touring Australia. However, his name was dropped following the ICC advisory panel’s advice. The ICC technical committee was formed last year after Sri Lankan off-spinner Mutiah Muralitharan was called during the Australian tour. The committee cleared
the Sri Lankan as well as Indian off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh. |
Shakti wrecks Haryana ROHTAK, Nov 13 — Useful contribution by tailenders helped Haryana to stage recovery on the opening day of North Zone Trophy league match against Himachal Pradesh at Vishwakarma Stadium here today. Their last three wickets added exactly one hundred runs to enable Haryana to reach a respectable total of 222. Haryana won the toss and elected to bat first. Opening pair of Jitender Singh and Sanjay Balwan added 47 runs for the first wicket before Balwan was caught behind off medium pacer Shakti Singh. Balwan made 14 runs in 112 balls. Five over later it was Jitender’s turn to leave the ground. He was adjudged leg before wicket to Rahul Panta for 26 compiled with the help of four boundaries . Parinder Sharma and Sanjay Dalal contributed 24 and 23 runs, respectively before being dismissed by Shakti Singh. Amarjeet Kaypee scored 35 to emerge the highest scorer of the innings. After his dismissal Haryana were in deep troubles with seven wickets down for 122 runs. A strokeful innings of 30 runs in 34 balls by Vineet Jain and a knock of 28 runs by Pankaj Thakur enabled Haryana to reach a respectable figure of 222. Shakti Singh was the wrecker-in-chief. He dismissed 6 Haryana batsmen. He was ably supported by Rahul Panta who bagged 3 wickets. Himachal Pradesh made 32 for 2 wickets in the remaining 9.5 overs of play. Sandeep Moudgil was bowled by Vineet Jain for 3 in the 5th over of the innings. Off spinner Pankaj Thakur struck on the fifth delivery of his second over to get rid of Sat Prakash for 14 when the stumps were drawn today. Haryana (Ist innings): Jitender lbw Rahul Panta 26, Sanjay c Arun Verma b Shakti 14, Parinder lbw Shakti 24, Sanjay b Shakti 23, Rajesh lbw Shakti 9, Amarjeet c Arun Verma b Rahul 35, Pradeep c Arun Verma b Skakti 1, Ajay b Shakti 0, Pankaj c Shakti b Jaswant 28, Vineet not out 30, Feroz b Rahul 14. Extras: (b-9, lb-3, w-1, nb-5) 18. Total: (All out in 77.1 overs) 222. Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-55, 3-93, 4-100, 5-120, 6-122, 7-122, 8-160, 9-190, 10-222. Bowling: Shakti Singh 32-6-85-6 (3 nb), Praveen Sharma 8-3-14-0, Rahul Panta 13.1-0-54-3, Jaswant Rai 22-6-51-1, Nischal Gaur 2-0-6-0. HP (Ist innings): Nischal batting 13, Sandeep b Vineet 3, Sat Parkash c Parinder b Thakur 14. Extras: (lb-2) 2. Total: (for 2 wkts in 9.5 overs) 32. Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-32. Bowling: Vineet Jain
5-1-13-1, Feroze Ghyas 3-0-13-0, Pankaj Thakur 1.5-1-4-1. |
Sita Gossain to lead team in
Asia Cup PATIALA, Nov 13 — Midfielder Sita Gossain, who led India to the fourth position in the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games but then found herself sidelined for the Bangkok Asian Games where Pritam Rani Thakran was the captain which won the silver medal, has now again been selected by the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF) to lead the country in the prestigious Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from December 1 to 10. The versatile Sita Gossain recently had the proud distinction of being the only Asian player to have found a place in the world eleven team selected by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to play an exhibition match against the reigning world champions Australia held at Alexandira (Egypt) on October 27 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the FIH. Despite the fact that selection trials were held at the National Institute of Sports here last week where the 18-member squad was selected the IWHF, for unknown reasons the IWHF decided to defer naming the squad, saying that the same would be announced formally in New Delhi. However, today in the absence of federation president Mrs Vidya Stokes and secretary general Mrs Amrit Bose, the chief coach of the national squad Mr G.S. Bhangu announced the team today evening on orders of Mrs Stokes. Another surprising thing in the composition of the national squad is that all the 18 members are from the Railways. Incidentally, the Railways had lost this year Federation Cup held at Tirupati in August to Haryana. Meanwhile the FIH has named senior SAI sports medicine expert Dr Ashok Ahuja as the Asia Cup tournaments official doctor. The team is : Sita Gossain (captain), Tingolima Chanu and Helen Mary (both goal keepers), Marystilla Tirkey, Amandeep Kaur , Sandeep Kaur, Sunita Dalal, Samurai Tete, Agnochia Lugan, Kamala Dalal, Manjinder Kaur, Pritam Rani Thakran, Jyoti, Sunita Kullu, Suraj Lata Devi, Ferdinna Ekka, Papki Devi, Pauline and Surinder Kaur. Stand-byes: Kanti Baa, Mamta Kharab, Kiran Bala, Neha Singh. Chief coach: Mr G.S. Bhangu, assistant coach: Mr Jaswinder Singh. Manager: Mrs Rapa Saini. Official tournament
doctor: Dr Ashok Ahuja. |
Boucher, Pollock in big stand HARARE, Nov 13 (Reuters) — Mark Boucher and Shaun Pollock piled on the agony for Zimbabwe with an unbroken eighth wicket stand of 146 on the third day of the Test in Harare today. At tea South Africa were 427 for seven in reply to Zimbabwe’s first innings 102. Boucher completed his second Test century after 270 minutes, having faced 195 balls and hit 16 fours. He was 113 not out at the break with Pollock on 60. Their stand was just one run short of the South African Test record for the eighth wicket. The pair added 133 runs during the afternoon session as the limited Zimbabwean attack wilted in the sun. The closest Zimbabwe
came to a breakthrough was when Pollock, on 38, appeared
to edge a ball from left-arm orthodox spinner Grant
Flower to his brother, wicketkeeper Andy. Umpire Darrell
Hair was unmoved by the appeal. |
Mukesh comfortable winner FARIDABAD, Nov 13 — Mukesh Kumar of Mhow comfortably won the Rs 5-lakh Tiger Sports Marketing Open and broke the existing record of lowest four-round aggregate on the Wills Sports Golf Tour despite playing a level-par final round on Saturday. At the Aravalli Golf Club, Faridabad, Mukesh aggregated 20-under 268, the best total ever recorded since the formation of the PGA Indian Tour in 1995-96. That beat the second placed Feroz Ali by a massive margin of seven strokes. Feroz played a four-under 68 final round to finish at 13-under 275. Twice Indian Open champion Ali Sher was third at eight-under 280, followed by Vijay Kumar and Amritinder Singh at fourth and fifth place. Shiv Prakash and Gaurav Ghei were tied for the sixth place at four-under 284. As an acknowledgement to his stupendous performance as a pro and services rendered to Indian professional golf. Tiger Sports Marketing invited veteran Rohtas Singh, winner of over 100 professional titles, to give away the prizes to the winners. Mukesh received Rs 81,000 for his effort, while Feroz Ali was richer by Rs 56,000. Mukesh had taken the charm out of the competition by the third day itself when he opened a lead of eight strokes going into the final round. While he played safe and defensive golf from the first hole itself, his closest pursuer, Amritinder hit the self destruction button going for broke in an effort to catch up with the leader. While Mukesh kept making his pars, Amritinder found the water hazard on the first hole for a bogey, and then made a triple bogey on the third by again entering the water body. While he bravely came out of the water, his caddie inadvertently dipped the towel into the water which incurred a two-stroke penalty for the Chandigarh pro under rule 13.4 for testing the condition. Amritinder then made a double bogey on the par- 48th when he went out of bounds from the greenside bunker. Mukesh relied heavily on his favourite two-iron and resisted from the driver whenever possible. Instead of aiming for the pin as he did on the first three days, he aimed for the fat of the green and was satisfied making a two-putt from there for pars. He did scramble a bit but saved pars in interesting fashion. On the par-34th, his only blemish during the front nine, his ball almost rolled back into the water hazard but was stopped by two loose rocks which he could not remove while hitting his second shot. But Mukesh somehow managed to hit a decent chip and almost made a nine-footer putt for par before settling for a bogey. On the 7th, he went deep into the right bushes but recovered remarkably with an amazing chip shot. He made his first birdie of the day at the 9th and even though he dropped a stroke on the very next hole, the title was well and truly his by that time. Results: (after 72
holes): 268 Mukesh Kumar (66,64,66,72), 275 Feroz Ali
(65,73,69,68), 280 Ali Sher (70,72,67,71), 281 Vijay
Kumar (69,63,78,71), 283 Amritinder Singh (66,69,69,79),
284 Shiv Prakash (75,69,70,70), Gaurav Ghei
(74,67,70,73), 285 Arjun Singh (72,69,72,72), Sanjay
Kumar (73,72,69,71), 286 Amit Dubey (72,72,71,71), Pappan
(71,70,73,73); 287 Rafiq Ali (71,70,73,69); 289 Rohtas
Singh (75,74,72,68), Basad Ali (73,72,72,72): Amateurs:
297 Simarjeet Singh (71,76,76,74). |
Jeev happy after win over
Westwood NEW DELHI, Nov 13 — A superb win over world number five Lee Westwood of England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup followed by a playoff victory at the Lexus International in Bangkok has secured India’s Jeev Milkha Singh the Johnnie Walker Asian Golfer of the Month Award for October. Jeev, the first non-Japanese Asian to qualify for the European Tour, also won the coveted award in January after his great start to the 1999 season. The ambitious Jeev polished his reputation by outscoring Westwood at St Andrews, Scotland, in early October and the following week posted his first win in three years by defeating Zaw Moe of Myanmar and Pakistan’s Taimur Hussain at the third extra hole to win the Lexus International at Windmill Park Country Club. The triumph in the $ 200,000 Lexus International on the Davidoff Tour took his tally of Asian PGA wins to four. Singh had endured a barren spell since winning the 1996 Philip Morris Asia Cup in Korea. Jeev was in confident mood during the Lexus International after his exploits at St Andrews, where he defeated Westwood by three shots and then helped India to a 3-0 win against China with a triumph over Cheng Jun. The 27-year-old Indian had the chance to win the Lexus International title in regulation play but three-putted the last to tie with Moe and Hussain on 13-under-par 275. Hussain was eliminated at the first extra hole and after squaring the second hole in sudden death, Jeev holed a 14-foot birdie putt to edge out Moe. Jeev had lost his four previous playoff encounters as a professional and was relieved to have beaten the jinx. “It feels great to
win this victory will stay with me for a long time. It
means a lot,” said Jeev. “I had a good week at
the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the victory over Lee Westwood
gave me a great feeling. I felt it was something I could
built on.” |
Johl slips to 53rd; Campbell leads TAIPEI, Nov 13 (PTI) — India’s Amandeep Johl plunged head-long from overnight 12th to 53rd after a bogey-strewn round while overnight leader Kiwi Michael Campbell consolidated his lead with a three-stroke leeway going into the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic Golf Tournament here today. The 30-year-old Johl had a disastrous third round with two double bogeys and triple bogeys each as he wilted in particular on the tough greens. That left even US world No. 1 Tiger Woods frustrated, to card seven-over 79 (aggregate 220) while the other Indian Jeev Milkha Singh shot a steady 71 for a par 216 to lie joint 29th. A consistent Campbell shot his third straight sub par round, a superb three under 69, to clinch sole leadership and be three strokes ahead of Geoff Ogilvy, who jumped to second with the day’s best round of 68 for an overall 209. Leading scores: 1 Michael Campbell (NZ) (66 + 71 + 69) = 206. 2 Goeff Ogilvy (Aus) (70 + 71 + 68) = 209 3 Angel Cabrera (Arg) (70 + 71 + 69); Ernie Els (SA) (70 + 67 + 73), Tiger Woods (US) (68 + 72 + 70) = 210. 6 Vijay Singh (Fiji) (71 + 72 + 68) = 211 7 Steen Tinning (Den) 69 + 71 + 72), Peter Lonard (Aus) (69 + 73 + 70), Peter O’Malley (Aus) 72 + 70 + 70) = 212 10 Marcus Wheelhouse (NZ) (72 + 69 + 72), Frank Nobilo (NZ) (72 + 71 + 70), Nick Faldo (Eng) (72 + 72 + 69), Peter Senior (Aus) ( 67 + 72 + 74) = 213. Select: 29th. Jeev Milkha Singh (71 + 74 + 71) = 216. 53rd. Amandeep Johl (71
+ 70 + 79) = 220. |
Bhupinder’s hat-trick in PSB
win JALANDHAR, Nov 13 — In group I Central Industrial Security Force, Delhi, upset Air-India, Mumbai 3-1 in the 16th Indian Oil Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here. Today’s defeat for Air India cleared the way for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd in the last four group-I. The CISF ended their league programme with three points. Last year champion BSF Jalandhar have already qualified for semifinal from group-I. BPCL Mumbai lost in their last league encounter to the BSF 0-2. But by getting the second place with six points in the group-I, managed to enter the semi-final. The other three teams who have already reserved their berth in the semi-finals are — Punjab Police, BSF and Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi. In the other matches of group-II league fixture Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Patiala, edged out Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala by 5-4 and in last league encounter a fine hat-trick by Bhupinder helped Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi to defeated Punjab Police 3-2. Both the semi-finals will be played on November 15. There will be no match on November 14. In the match between BSF and BPCL superiority of the former was never in doubt. They exhibited mobility and depth in their attacks. Their speedy moves along the flanks and the accurate passes made the exchanges brim with life. BPCL went in to the offensive and earned two penalty corners in the 9th and 19th minutes of the game which proved abortive. BSF lads counter attacked and they came in sight of demolishing the BPCL fortress when inside right Peter Tirkey on getting the ball from the right flank in the circle, sent a stringing shot which missed the target by a whisker. Both teams were playing goalless draw at half time. After a barren half, securitymen were on the offensive right from the start on the second half and had their first kill in the 41st minute of the game through inside left Marinus Ekka (1-0). In the 65th minute of the game international out side left Harbhajan Singh sounded the board with a solo effort to complete the tally (2-0). In the last match of the day, in group-II between former champion Punjab Police and last year’s runners-up Punjab & Sink Bank (Delhi) was played on very fast paced. The bankmen displaying good stickwork and coordination took the lead in the 4th minute. It was inside right Bhupinder Singh who took full advantage of a pass from their centre half Sandeep Ghuman and sounded the board (1-0). Three minute later Punjab Police had a chance to neutralise the lead but their inside right Daljit Singh Dhillon missed the golden chance when the rival goalkeeper Teja Singh was totally beaten. Bankmen increased the lead in the 22nd minute through a field goal and this time the scorer was again Bhupinder. Policemen reduced the margin in the 32nd minute through their left back Olympian Jagdev Singh who concerted a penalty corner with a power drive (2-1). At half time bankmen were leading by 2-1. After the breather,
Policemen got the equaliser in the 65th minute through a
penalty stroke when their forward Kuljinder Singh, who
made a solo efforts, after receiving a ball near 25 yard
line, entered the striking circle and tried to score the
goal but bankmen left back Rajinder intentionally blocked
his stick. Resultantly, umpire Tony Golding from England
made no hesitations to award a penalty stroke in favour
of Punjab Police. Daljit Dhillon converted the penalty
stroke in to goal (2-2). Bankmen again increased the lead
in the 68th minute when there Bhupinder Hayer scored
another goal on the indirect hit of a penalty corner
(3-2). |
Khalsa school lads champ NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (UNI) — Lyallpur Khalsa Sr Sec School, Jalandhar, today emerged champions of the 17th Nehru Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament defeating Birsamunda Vidyapitha, Rourkela, 3-1 here. With this win Jalandhar became after winners 12-year long wait. Khalsa school lads applied pressure on the rival defence from the word go and in the third minute managed to force a penalty corner. Parladh Singh’s direct hit put Khalsa school boys ahead. More attempts were made by Jalandhar lads to breach the rival defence but it made no difference to the scorecard. In the 23rd minute Khalsa school boys got their fourth penalty corner and Harjit Singh’s direct hit sounded the board to put them 2-0 ahead. In the opening minutes of the second half Rourkela team made attempts to reduce the lead. They forced two penalty corners in quick succession but none could be converted. Rourkela’s Rosen Minz had a chance in 39th minute when he got the ball at the top of the striking circle but his reverse flick missed the target. In the 51st minute Jalandhar’s Joga Singh’s reverse flick made the score 3-0. Three goals down and just nine minutes to go Rourkela team mounted attacks in quick succession. Their persistence was rewarded in the 55th minute when their captain’s field goal brought down the margin. In the remaining five minutes no team managed to alter the scoreboard which read 3-1 at close. Earlier last year’s winner St Ignatious High School, Gumla, defeated Sat Guru Partap Singh Academy, Ludhiana, 1-0 to claim the third spot. Theodre Baa scored that lone goal. It was a field goal. The winners took away a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 while the runners-up and the team which came third took Rs 60,000 and Rs 40,000 respectively. Parladh Singh of
Lyallpur Khalsa Sr Sec School was adjudged Best Player of
the Tournament and given cash prize of Rs 5000. Anup
Trophy and cash prize of Rs 2,000 for the best youngest
player was cornered by Sandeep Antil of CRZ Sr Sec
School, Sonepat. |
Punjab basketball squads
announced CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — More than 30 teams have arrived at Sri Anandpur Sahib to participate in the National Sub Junior Basketball Championship, both for boys and girls, which gets underway tomorrow. According to Mr G.P.S. Bhullar, president, District Basketball Association, some more teams are expected to arrive either late this evening or tomorrow morning to be in time for the opening ceremony at 2.30 p.m. The Deputy Commissioner of Ropar, Mr G.S. Grewal, will formally inaugurate the championship at 2.30 p.m. The teams would be divided in five pools each in both boys and girls sections and top two teams from each pool would qualify for the knock out stage. Mr Bhullar said that more than 50 officials deputed by the Basketball Federation of India for the smooth conduct of the championship have already reached Ropar. Meanwhile, Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, released the lists of names of players who will represent Punjab in this championship. The teams are: Boys — Prabhjot Singh (captain), Talwinder Singh, Sweetpal Singh, Sahiljit Singh, Karan Kumar, Yadavinder Singh, Jagtar Singh, Mandip Singh, Gurprit Singh, Tejpreet Singh, Jagdeep Singh and Ajitpal Singh. Coach— Rajinder Singh; and manager — Nirbhai Singh. Girls— Ravneet Kaur
(Captain), Reena, Nimrata, Mala, Anu, Satwinder Kaur,
Prabhjot Kaur, Minal Gupta, Teena, Rekha, Taranjit Kaur
and Shivani Goyal. Coach— K.K. Jaggi; and manager
— Gurdev Kaur. |
Unbeaten ton by Reetinder LUDHIANA, Nov 13 — Punjab, capitalising on dropped catches, reached a healthy score (276 for 2) against Delhi on the first day of four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today. Dropped by Robin Singh Jr on the second ball of the match, Punjab skipper Vikram Rathore went on to score 75 runs (129 balls). Punjab’s star batsman, Pankaj Dharmani, got ‘life’ twice when his individual scores were 13 and 17 runs. On both these occasions the bowler was Sandeep Angurala, Dharmani, making full use of these chances, was unbeaten on 77 while all rounder, Reetinder Sodhi had completed his century (104 n.o.) when the stumps were drawn on the first day. Scoreboard Punjab (Ist innings): Vikram Rathore c Mithun Minhas b Harinder Chaudhry 75, Reetinder Sodhi batting 104, Yuvraj Singh b Aashish Nehra 0, Pankaj Dharmani batting 77. Extras: (nb-7, lb-7, b-6) 20. Total: 276 for 2. Bowling: Aashish Nehra
26-6-67-1, Robin Singh Jr 13-3-45-0, Sandeep Angurala
21-1-64-0, Harinder Chaudhary 27-5-69-1, Virender Sehwag
2-0-10-0, Ajay Sharma 1-0-8-0. |
66-year-old bags cycling
gold CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — Pritam Singh Saini (66) has got the unique distinction of securing six gold medals in road cycle races and that too after retirement. The name of the ‘youngman’ of Bohan Patti village in Hoshiarpur (Pb.), district was included in the 1993 edition of Guinness Book of World Records, on the recommendations of the Cycling Federation of India. Pritam Singh clinched gold medal in the 7th Australian Masters Games held at Adelaide from September 25 to October 3 clocking one hour, four minutes, and 17.1 seconds in the 65-69 years age group. The other participants in the category were from Italy, Australia, Germany and the USA. A father of four
children and grandfather of five, Pritam got his first
gold medal in World Masters Games in Australia in 1994,
second in 1996, third in 1997 and fourth in Feb. 1998 in
New Zealand and 5th in the USA in August 1998. Pritam
retired as a headmaster in November 1991 and his daily
diet includes two litres milk with almond oil. No further changes in team: Lele MUMBAI, Nov 13 (PTI) — Cricket board Secretary Jayawant Lele yesterday said there would be no more changes for the last two one-dayers against New Zealand after leg-spinner Anil Kumble was rested ahead of the Australian tour at his own request. Lele told PTI over phone from Baroda that the ace bowler had sought the brief break and Uttar Pradesh all-rounder Gyanendra Pandey would replace him in the 14-member squad. Both pacemen Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad as well as left-handed opener S. Ramesh, nursing a sore shoulder, were rested after the first two matches. Lele confirmed there would be no more changes in the side for the Guwahati (November 14) and Delhi (November 17) matches and said the BCCI would in future also consider requests for a brief rest by players ahead of such long tours. Lele said Kumble wanted to rest after the Gwalior tie to be fresh when the team leaves for the 76-day Australian tour on November 22. Pandey, left arm spinner and middle-order bat, had played in a couple of matches in the triseries at home in March against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. “So far no other
player has sought permission to rest and I think there
won’t be any more changes for the remaining two
matches. Even in future the board would grant permission
to those who want to skip a couple of matches before an
important tour”, Lele said. |
Parminder guides Punjab into final JALANDHAR, Nov 13 — Tall and sturdy Parminder Singh again proved a towering figure by his splendid showing as he guided last year’s champion Punjab into the men’s final of the 16th Federation Cup Basketball Championship being played at PAD Sports Complex, Jalandhar cantonment, under floodlight. Punjab Police will meet Indian Bank, Tamil Nadu, in final. In the other semifinal Indian Bank beat Army by 69-65. Parminder Singh top scored with 36 provided an early lead to Punjab Police. Police team was leading by 45-36 till the half time Central Bank team showed some good game in the first half and came close to them very soon. But Parminder Singh Sr once again proved his supremacy in the ground and earn some more points to their team in a row. Thereafter Punjab Police did not look back and made the game a one-sided affair. Besides Parminder,
Ganesh (24), Gursharan (14) and Mandeep (1) scored for
the winners while G. Ravi Kumar (23) and Venkatesh (21)
were the main contributors for Central Railway. |
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Punjab Open T.T.
from Nov 15 The general secretary of the district association, Mr M.L. Sharma, told The Tribune today that Vikas Mahajan of the PSEB had been given top billing while other-seedings include Vineet Chopra of the State Bank of Patiala second, Rama Kant of Customs third and Pankaj Sharma seeded fourth for the men’s event. Mr Sharma added that among the senior women. Shikha Ghai had been top seeded while Rajni Gupta was second seeded, Shelly, Dhawan third all from Amritsar and Kuldip from Jalandhar fourth. Among the top teams were Punjab State Electricity Board followed by the bankers team, Amritsar and Jalandhar while amongst the women, Amritsar heads the table followed by Jalandhar and Fatehgarh Sahib. The general secretary said that over 350 participants had confirmed their entries for the tournament. The finals will be held on November 19 followed by the prize distribution ceremony. Gurmukh upsets
Rohan Displaying fine pace and down the line smashes, Gurmukh Singh did not allow the champion to settle down. Though Gurmukh Singh lost the first set 12-15, he came back into the match with a bang clinching the second set 15-8 and overpowed Rohan 15-9 in the third one to wrap up the match. In the second semifinal, Ludhiana lad Dilpreet Singh outplayed former Punjab champion Ram Lakhan of Jalandhar in straight games 15-8, 15-7. In the women’s section Nazma of Ludhiana and Sonali of Amritsar scored easy victories to storm into the final. Nazma drubbed Sandhya of Jalandhar 11-0, 11-1 while Sonali defeated Kashmir Kaur (Hoshiarpur) 11-2, 11-5. Results: Men’s singles (semis) Gurmukh Singh (Ldh) b Rohan Kapoor (Jal) 12-15, 15-8, 15-9, Dilpreet Singh (Ldh) b Ram Lakhan (Jal) 15-8, 15-7. Men’s doubles (semis) Navdeep And Manish (Ptl) b Gurmukh and Saleem (Ldh) 15-8, 15-5, Jaideep and Rohan Kapoor (Jal) b Chanderdeep and Amandeep (Ldh) 15-7, 7-7 conceded. Women’s singles (semis): Nazma (Ldh) b Sandhya (Jal) 11-0, 11-1, Sonali (Asr) b Kashmir Kaur (Hsr) 11-2, 11-5. Women’s double (semis): Sapna and Nazma (Jal) b Navneet and Indermeet (Hsr) 15-5, 15-7, Kashmir Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur (Hsr) b Sandhya and Anu (Ldh) 15-3, 15-1. Golf
championship The participants have been asked to confirm their participation and reach the venue on November 22 by 12.30 pm for a golf clinic and a practice round. Ludhiana Police
victorious In the second semifinal, Football Club, Rourkakalan, got the better of Navbharat College, Panshta 2-1. The match was decided via tie- breaker. Chandigarh win
trophy With the Chandigarh boys already enjoying the advantage of a formidable first innings lead, the Jalandhar went for a possible outright win by bowing out the Chandigarh batsman cheaply. They found Amardeep and the Manav Asopa hard nuts to crack and gave up the match in the second session itself. The rest of proceedings were only for academic interest. Scores: (Chandigarh Ist innings): 337 for 7 Jalandhar Ist inning): 241 all out Chandigarh (IInd
innings): 164 for 4 (Amardeep 79. Manav Asopa 51 n.o.,
Sunny Bajaj 2 for 31, Rajesh Sharma 1 for 21). |
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