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Australia score 10th successive win HAMILTON (New Zealand) — April 3 (Reuters) — Australia polished off New Zealand with a six-wicket win on the fourth day of third and final Test in Hamilton today to complete a clean sweep. Justin Langer ended unbeaten on 122 off 122 balls to see the tourists through to 212 for four after bowling New Zealand out for 229 in their second innings on Sunday. The victory was Australia’s 10th in a row, one short of the world record of 11 Tests held by the West Indies, who will be their next opponents when they tour Australia later this year. Australian captain Steve Waugh said he was looking forward to a break from Test cricket before taking on the West Indies in November. “I think we’re on the verge of something special. I believe this is only the beginning — we can play better than that ... We are going to be fired up and you’re going to see us play some exciting cricket. We’re going to be playing to win.” New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said losing the series three-nil was a disappointment, especially given the chances they had had. “We had opportunities throughout the Test match which is a positive sign, but (we were) not good enough to take them,” he said. “When you play a very good side, a side that is better than you, you have to learn things — you have to learn things or you take nothing from the series.” Starting the fourth day needing just 73 runs to win, Langer and Steve Waugh began the morning in the same aggressive fashion as they had ended the previous afternoon, taking 10 runs off the first over from Chris Cairns. Langer went on to reach his seventh Test century, hitting his 19th boundary to give Australia the victory. Waugh made is before retiring hurt after being struck on the wrist by a delivery from Daryl Tuffey and said he would have an X-ray later on Monday, though the injury did not appear serious. Damien Martyn lasted just 10 minutes before given out lbw for four with the score at 190, but by then the tourists were all but home. After sending New Zealand in to bat on the first morning, Australia bowled the home team out for 232 and had lost one early wicket in reply. The New Zealand pace bowlers reduced Australia to 39 for five early on day two, but a magnificent partnership between Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist rescued Australia and gave them a 20-run lead after the first innings. New Zealand lost regular wickets in the second innings, with Chris Cairns top scoring on 71. Gilchrist took 10 dismissals in the game, one short of the world record, and was named Man of the Match for his contribution with both gloves and bat. New Zealand (Ist innings): 232 Australia (Ist innings): 252 New Zealand (IInd innings): 229 Australia (IInd innings): Hayden c Spearman b Wiseman 37 Slater lbw b O’Connor 9 Langer not out 122 M. Waugh c Sinclair b Wiseman 18 S. Waugh retired hurt 18 Martyn lbw b O’ Connor 4 Gilchrist not out 0 Extras (lb-1, nb-3) 4 Total (41.3 overs, four wickets) 212 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-96, 3-124, 4-190. Bowling Cairns
10-1-60-0, O’Connor 11-1-53-2 (nb-2), Wiseman
9-1-42-2, Tuffey 11-1-52-0 (nb-1), McMillian 0.3-0-4-0. |
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KINGSTON, (Jamaica), April 3 (Reuters) — Wavell Hinds hit a maiden one-day international century at Sabina Park yesterday as the West Indies beat Zimbabwe for the second time in two days in a triangular tournament. Hinds set up the 41-run win by hitting 116 not out and putting on an unbroken partnership of 125 with fellow Jamaican Chris Gayle in 14.3 overs as the home side amassed 280 for three after opting to bat. Zimbabwe were never in the hunt after that. At 80 for three and needing eight an over from their final 25 overs, the only defiance came from Stuart Carlisle with 57 and captain Andy Flower with 52 as the visitors ended on 239 for eight in their 50 overs. West Indies, without former captain Brian Lara who is taking a break from the sport and Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is ill, badly need new heroes and the 23-year-old Hinds and 21-year-old Gayle obliged. Hinds’s innings included 12 fours and a six, while his partner, also a left-hander, struck his 58 off 45 balls. Captain Jimmy Adams contributed 41 off 54 balls before he was run out. Guy Whittal was the bowler to suffer, his six overs of medium pace costing 53. When Zimbabwe batted, pace bowler Reon king excelled with three for 27. West Indies, who also beat Zimbabwe 2-0 in their recently completed Test series, thrashed Zimbabwe by 87 runs in the first match of the tournament on Saturday. Pakistan, the third team taking part, play their first match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday in Antigua. Each side plays four first-phase matches before a best-of-three final. SCOREBOARD West Indies: Wallace b Brent 18 Campbell b Brent 21 Hinds not out 116 Adams run out 41 Gayle not out 58 Extras: (B-4 LB-7 W-10 NB-5) 26 Total: (for three wickets, 50 overs) 280 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-60, 3-155. Bowling: Streak 8-0-51-0 , Olonga 7-0-40-0, Nkala 10-1-38-0, Brent 8-0-34-2, Whittall 6-0-53-0, Vijoen 5-1-31-0, G. Flower 6-0-22-0. Zimbabwe: G. Flower b Ambrose 15 Wishart c Jacobs b King 7 Carlisle c Hinds b King 57 Goodwin b Rose 20 A. Flower c Ambrose b Adams 52 Viljoen c Powell b King 4 G. Whittall not out 29 Streak run out 7 Nkala b Powell 17 Brent not out 3 Extras: (B-4, LB-6, W-9, NB-9) 28 Total: (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 239 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-25, 3-72, 4-141, 5-146, 6-189, 7-208, 8-231. Bowling: Ambrose
10-1-19-1, King 8-3-27-3, Dillon 10-0-58-0, Rose
9-0-52-1, Powell 7-0-42-1, Campbell 1-0-7-0, Adams
5-0-24-1. |
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HAMILTON, April 3 (AFP) — Victorious Australian skipper Steve Waugh today acclaimed Justin Langer as the best batsman in the world on his current form. The West Australian left-hander ended his supreme season in the best way with an unbeaten 122 off 122 balls in Australia’s six-wicket triumph to sweep the series over New Zealand and win their 10th consecutive Test match. “He was down and out going into the Hobart Test (against Pakistan last November) and he’s come away with four centuries,” Waugh said. “At the moment he is the best batsman in the world.” His seventh Test century featured 19 boundaries and capped a gutsy season from the No 3 batsman. Since his heroic revival against Wasim Akram’s Pakistan in Hobart, when he was probably batting for his Test future and helped Australia to come from behind to defy history and win, Langer has rattled up runs at an astonishing rate. The winning runs today pushed him to 1,003 runs from Australia’s 13-match Test season, spiced by the rousing 127 in Australia’s comeback win over Pakistan in Hobart, 144 in the following third Perth Test and a fluent 223 against India in the third Sydney Test. “Over 1000 runs?
that’s sweet, isn’t it,” Langer said. |
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MIAMI, April 3 (AFP) — Pete Sampras survived a gallant effort by Gustavo Kuerten, finally subduing the Brazilian on his seventh match point to win the $ 5.725 million Ericsson Open, his first title of the year. Sampras, a 12-time Grand Slam champion, needed more than three hours to come up with a 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (10/8) victory over the sixth-seeded claycourt expert yesterday, and a little luck at the end didn’t hurt either. “I hadn’t played a match that tough in many, many months,” said Sampras, who has battled niggling injuries since losing to Andre Agassi in the Australian Open. “It was tougher than the semifinal with Andre in Melbourne. Physically it was more demanding.” Sampras, the second seed in the second of the year’s elite Tennis Masters Series events, appeared headed to a quick victory when he won the first set 6-1 in 28 minutes and went up a break in the second set. But Kuerten got the break back and won the second in a tie-breaker, and barely lost the third after each player held serve throughout the final two sets. Sampras had to save two set points in the 12th game of the fourth set to get to the tie-breaker. He rolled to a 6-2 lead, but lost all four match points, three with forehand errors and one with a backhand wide. Sampras went up 7-6 on the next point, although Kuerten thought the American’s backhand was long and drew a warning when he hit a ball into the stands in disgust. “I was ready for a fifth set,” Kuerten said. “On one match point, 7-6, something like this. I had a very bad call on his backhand passing shot. The ball went long and they didn’t call. I am sure if it had been in Brazil we would be playing a fifth set right now.” But Sampras couldn’t take advantage of Kuerten’s discomfiture, doublefaulting to let the Brazilian level again at 7-7. Sampras wasted one more match point with a backhand long, then he nailed a volley to give himself another at 9/8 in the tie-breaker. Kuerten’s forehand clipped the tape and went just long to give Sampras his 61st career victory and the $ 410.000 first prize. “It was really tough and could have gone either way,” Sampras said. “No doubt he is not any more just a one surface player. He can play will everywhere. I got a little lucky. I’m encouraged. To win a tournament of this magnitude, with everyone playing, it’s Grand Slam feeling.” “On the final
point, I thought it was going in but I had a look at the
umpire, he had already his hand open,” Kuerten said.
“So I realised it was out. All that was so close. A
few centimetres.” |
It’s
advantage India this time: Leander New Delhi, April 3— Leander Paes arrived in Delhi at 4 am on Sunday, and by 9 am, he was at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) courts with other members of the Indian Davis Cup squad for a three-hour workout, to show that his commitment to Davis Cup play is total. Leander arrived from Orlando in the USA after “two and half days of flying” with a couple of stopovers in between to join the rest of the Indian squad, who have been sweating it out, under the watchful eyes of non-playing captain Ramesh Krishnan, in preparation of the Asian Zone Group I second round tie against South Korea, to be played at the grass court of the R.K.Khanna Stadium from April 7 to 9. Leander predicted that the Koreans would be dangerous customers as “they are very fit, and fight right till the end, though they don’t play a lot many matches in the international circuit”. He said he was looking forward to the tie with a lot of expectation, as he will be entering the 11th year of his remarkable Davis Cup career after he made his debut against Japan at Chandigarh. “I am trying to do everything to win my two singles matches, but the rest will depend on the other players”, Leander remarked. He said there was excellent team spirit, and Fazaluddin and Srinath were doing very well. He felt India should exploit the home court advantage to the maximum to beat the Koreans, who had given India a 3-2 whipping when the two met the last time, at Chejus Island in South Korea. The Koreans are fielding the same team, for this tie too, but Leander feels that this time around, it’s ‘advantage India’. He pointed out that India must play to the “best of our abilities” to tame the Koreans. Leander said so many years of Davis Cup play had still not whetted his appetite for the game as the “country’s flag is still on my chest” and hopes to bring out his best form against the Koreans though he has had a lean run in the international circuit lately. Leander said “1998 had been a great year for me, both in singles and doubles, and in 1999, it was a fantastic year for my doubles, as myself and Mahesh (Bhupathi) had notched up some remarkable victories.But now that I am refocusing on my singles, it is taking time for me to get adjusted to my singles play”. But he has no regrets at some of his recent defeats in singles as,”as far as I am concerned, I am on the right track”. Leander said since he has been playing with Bhupathi in the doubles circuit during the last four years, his singles suffered. And now his doubles game too has suffered in the absence of Bhupathi “as it takes time to adjust to a new partner”. Leander has been constantly changing partners, to hit the right note, but without much success. However, he was confident that in a couple of month’s time, things will be sorted out, and he would get a definite picture where his career is headed for.Leander said he feels a lot more stronger physically, having played a lot of singles matches. He said Davis Cup play injected fresh energy to his system as “it is a great honour to play for the country”. He was grateful that there was excellent team-spirit in the squad, and his own efforts, he hopes, act as a motivating tonic to the younger members in the team.”That is the reason I opted to train just a couple of hours after landing in Delhi, after a longish flight,”. He was also happy with
Chandigarh boy Sunil Kumar’s replacement in the
squad, Vishal Uppal of Delhi. “He is a good team
man, and the joker in the team, as he keeps everyone
entertained”. Leander said “since none of us
figure in the first 100 in the world, our strength is our
unity and our united effort, I am sure, will bring us the
just rewards”. Regarding Sunil Kumar’s omission
from the squad, Leander observed that “it’s
nice to have selected Sunil for the ITF Futures event, as
it will give him tremendous exposure”. But Leander
admitted that by practising with the Indian squad during
the Asian Zone Group I first round tie against Lebanon at
Lucknow, Sunil gained a lot of valuable experience.
Leander said among the Koreans, Asian Games champion Yoon
Yong-Il is a very talented player, who is very doughty.
The Koreans are all right-handers, and non-playing
captain Ramesh Krishnan said India have no soft options,
but to play to their optimum potential as when it comes
to the crunch, home conditions and grass courts would
work in our favour only upto a point. Ramesh said the
Delhi heat should not pose much of a problem for the
Koreans as they are very good at getting adapted to a new
situation. Ramesh said with the arrival of Leander,
“we have entered the final stretch of the practice
session, and it was a bonus for the other boys that they
got few more days of practice”. |
Anand loses cool as Kasparov triumphs REYKJAVIK, April 3 (PTI) — Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand of India was unable to keep his cool and lost a nerve-wracking final to Garry Kasparov of Russia in the Iceland Rapid Chess Championship which concluded here today. The much-awaited title-clash between the world’s two best players had all the excitement and drama with Anand and Kasparov matching each other move for move. After the two rapid games ended in 1-1 draw, the players went into a Blitz round of two games of five-minutes each, where Kasparov proved his superiority by winning both of them and claiming the title. Earlier, Anand defeated Migeir Petursson of Iceland 1.5-0.5 and Kasparov beat Alexander Wojtkeiwicz by an identical margin in the two-game semi-finals to set the stage for the summit-clash. Anand opted for the
English opening in the first game of the final and
surprised Kasparov by castling on the king side in the
middle game. He then ripped open the queen side and
succeeded in winning a pawn. |
Vijay,
Randhawa for SRF Open golf NEW DELHI, April 3 — Top golfers like Vijay Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and Jyoti Randhawa will participate in the Rs 8.5 lakh prize money 26th SRF Open golf championships to be played at the Delhi Golf Club from April 4 to 7. This tournament forms the 20th stop of the Wills sport Indian golf tour, and a win here will enable the top professionals to position themselves well in the Mahindra rankings. A full field of 95 professionals and eight amateurs are expected to tee-off on the opening day of the four-day championship on Tuesday. Dr Bharat Ram, one of the founding members of the Delhi Golf Club, and the brain behind the SRF Open, earlier known as the DCM Open, said at a press briefing that this year, the prize money had been increased by Rs 80,000 and the winner will pocket a cheque of Rs 1,37,700 while the runner-up will be richer by Rs 95,200. The halfway cut will be applied after two rounds, and the top 50 players and ties will enter the prize money round. He said while the No. 1 and 2 players of the county — Vijay Kumar and Mukesh Kumar — will renew their battle for the ‘Golfer of the Year’ award, the spotlight will be definitely on Jyoti Randhawa, the reigning Wills Indian Open and Hero Honda Masters champion. Randhawa, who has emerged as one of the foremost golfers of the country, will be chasing his fifth successive title on Indian soil, after winning the Wills Southern Open, the $ 200,000 Hero Honda Masters, the ONGC-Noida Golf Club Open and the $ 300,000 Wills Indian Open. Randhawa was confident
of doing well in the SRF Open. “I want to maintain a
perfect record,” he said Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar,
who is leading the Wills Indian golf Tour of Merit, but
is second in the Mahindra rankings behind Mukesh Kumar,
was also optimistic about his chances. “Last year, I
broke my title drought in Delhi in this very tournament,
and I am quite hopeful of repeating the
performance”, said the defending champion. |
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CHENNAI, April 3 (UNI) — Opener Sadagopan Ramesh (77 not out) and skipper S. Sharath (53 not out) guided former champions Tamil Nadu into the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy cricket championship with an impressive seven-wicket win against Punjab in the quarter finals here on the fifth and the final day at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here today. Ramesh (264 mnts, 9-fours) and Sharath (166 mts, 5-fours) who came together after Tamil Nadu, resuming their pursuit of win at the overnight score of 30 for no loss, chasing an easy victory target of 164, put on an unbeaten 127 run stand in 35 overs after Punjab’s star off spinner Harbhajan Singh and medium pacer Sandeep Sharma got rid of overnight batsmen Hemang K. Badani for 11 in 55 minutes and J.R. Madanagopal for a duck. Tamil Nadu were coasting to an easy win when at 84 play had to be stopped as a swarm of bees disturbed from their hive held up play for 20 minutes. Ramesh and Sharath completed the formalities 85 minutes after lunch for Tamil Nadu to set up a contest with 35 times champions Mumbai at Mumbai from April 11. Punjab met with some success when play began on the fifth and final day. In the seventh over of the day, off the third ball, left hander Hemang K. Badani playing half cock edged off spinner Harbhajan Singh to be caught behind for 11 in 55 minutes with two fours. Then a run later in the ninth over new batsman, pinch hitter jr Madanagopal misreading a ball from medium pacer Sandeep Sharma offered no stroke and had his off bail clipped, and fell without scoring after a nine minute stay at the wicket. Tamil Nadu were 3-40, 124 more runs away from victory margin. And as Tamil Nadu were coasting to victory with overnight opener Ramesh joined by captain Sharath at the wicket batting without chancing their arm, an unexpected drama descended on the game. The players, umpires, scorers and a sparse crowd witnessing the game on the pavilion terrace were sent scurrying for cover by a swarm of bees disturbed from their hive, threatened to wrought havoc. Twenty minutes of play before lunch was lost due to the incident which was the third such during a cricket match in the country. The players had to scurry for protection during a Test match between India and England at Bangalore in 1982 and during a one day international between India and South Africa in the recent home series. Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings): 258 Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 461 Punjab (2nd innings): 366 Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): Sriram c Jugnu b R.P. Singh 13 Ramesh not out 77 Badani c Jugnu b Harbhajan 11 Madanagopal b Sandeep 0 Sharath not out 53 Extras (lb-2, nb-12) 14 Total (for 3 wkts in 55.2 overs) 168 Fall of wkts: 1-22, 2-39, 3-40. Bowling: S. Sharma
9-1-24-1, R.P. Singh 9-1-21-1, Harbhajan Singh
21.2-7-58-1, R.S Sodhi 5-2-9-0, Sarandeep Singh 8-0-42-0,
Youraj Singh 3-0-12-0. |
Vasco, Air-India qualify for NFL MARGAO, April 3 (PTI) — Vasco Sports Club of Goa downed Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 to qualify for the premier league along with Air India after the final encounters of the Second Division National Football League (NFL) here today. Mohammedans, needing an outright win, took lead in 38th minute when Vasco keeper Anvar Jabbarov failed to collect the ball cleanly off a powerful shot from medio Hamed Ratia.In another fast-paced match Air India (AI) kept their winning record intact when they beat a fighting Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 3-2.Vasco, needing a draw to qualify because of better goal difference, dominated the first half and after missing four scoring chances, equalised a minute later.Jude Odegah laid a pass to Caetano Pinho into the box, who chipped the ball over keeper Santi Ranjan into the net.Vasco found the match winner in the 82nd minute. Striker Arawade from right sent a cross to Jude, who found the net beating the keeper to his right. Air India surged ahead
in 24th minute through P.J. Jose while HAL fought back
and found the equaliser two minutes later through Sunil.
Anthony Fernandes scored a brace and put his team ahead
in the 35th minute but HAL’s Xavier, who had a good
match, found the equaliser minute before the half-time.AI
brought in Godfrey Pereira in place of Jose after the
break and found match winner off a fine move. Tomba Singh
from the middle passed to Godfrey on the right, who
chipped the ball to Fernandes. Fernandes found the net
with a header.Vasco, with six points from two wins and a
loss, have now qualified for the premier league along
with AI, who topped the league with all wins and has nine
points. Mohammedans have three points while HAL are last
without a point. |
Punjab beat Tripurain Santosh Trophy CHALAKKUDY, April 3 (UNI) — Former champions Punjab began their campaign with a hard fought 1-0 victory over fighting Tripura in a cluster-iv preliminary round match of the 56th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy here today. After a barren first half, midfielder Kuldeep Singh netted the all-important goal for Punjab in the 70th minute. Tomorrow Punjab will take on Pondicherry to decide the pre-quarter finalists from this cluster. Tripura had defeated Pondicherry by two goals in their first encounter and completed their engagement with three points from one win. The other team from this cluster Andaman and Nicobar withdrew from the match. The day belonged to Tripura goalkeeper Arup Mondal, who with his scintilating performance under the bar rescued his team from disaster till the 70th minute. Otherwise Punjab could have started scoring from the 22nd minute itself. Punjab with a bunch of their international players tested the Tripura custodian with long shots and headers. But despite the vigilant guard of the post Punjab midfielder Kuldeep Singh succeeded in beating Arup with a right footer to give Punjab full points. After that Punjab concentrated more on defence. Chandigarh lose to Delhi Delhi won their last league match against Chandigarh (2-1), but it did not help them in gaining a berth in the pre-quarterfinals of the senior national football championship for the Santosh Trophy here yesterday. In the three-team cluster VII, both Orissa and Delhi recorded identical victories over Chandigarh and Orissa qualified in the last 16 stage by draw of lots. Required to win by a clear two-goal margin, Delhi, however, suffered a setback as Chandigarh forged ahead in the eighth minute through striker Vinay Kanwar, whose volley from top of the box caught Delhi custodian Biswanath Deb off guard. After Chandigarh missed a couple of chances, Delhi restored parity 11 minutes from half time when medio Vimal Thapa made most of a defensive lapse as both the teams went into second half on even keel. Delhi mounted offensive
in the second half and created a number of chances. The
match winner came five minutes before the hooter, thanks
to good work by Hitender S. Rawat. |
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CHENNAI, April 3 (PTI) — The fifth and final day’s play in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal between Tamil Nadu and Punjab was abruptly stopped for nearly half an hour today as a swarm of bees invaded the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium forcing the players to run for cover. But the delay could not stop Tamil Nadu from recording a convincing seven wicket victory and set up a semifinal clash with Mumbai from April 11 to 15. Needing 164 for an outright win, Tamil Nadu were 74 for 3 when play was abruptly stopped for over 25 minutes. The umpires advanced ‘lunch’ and when play resumed, another five minutes were lost as the official scorers were not available. They returned and took position near the pavilion area, where the problem was much less than in other areas. The attack by the bees
generated the only excitement on a day when things went
on expected lines for the hosts, who romped home despite
some early hiccups. |
Hyderabad in semis of Ranji Trophy KANPUR, April 3 (UNI) — Hyderabad today made their way to the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy tournament defeating hosts Uttar Pradesh by 92 runs in the thrilling quarterfinal match at the Green Park Stadium here. Chasing the victory target of 311, the host team openers Mohammad Saif and Jyoti Yadav today resumed their second innings from the overnight score of 38 runs without loss but the host batsmen who had put up impressive show in the first innings could not rise to the occasion and the entire team virtually collapsed before the devastating spell of former Indian Test spinner Venkatpati Raju and seasoned Hyderabadi off-spinner Kanwaljit Singh. They returned to the pavilion scoring just 218 runs in the 8th mandatory over. The visiting Hyderabad team had scored 291 in their first innings while the hosts UP had posted 362 runs to secure a 71 first innings lead. But the visitors worked hard to post 381 in their second innings daring the hosts to score 311 runs to win. Hyderabad (1st innings): 291 Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): 362 Hyderabad (2nd innings): 381 for five dec. Uttar Pradesh (2nd innings): Mohd Saif c S. Yadav b Raju 57, Jyoti Yadav b Kanwaljeet 18, Mohd Kaif c Nandkishore b Kanwaljeet 86, R. Shamshad st Sheikh b Raju 0, S. Shukla c Sheikh b Raju 27, G. Pandey c Nandkishore b Raju 0, P. Yadav c S. Yadav b Raju 2, A.W. Zaidi c Raju b Kanwaljeet 0, Musi Raza lbw Raju 6, R. Mishra not out 3, S. Srivastava c Sheikh b Satwalkar 1, Extras (b-5, lb-6, nb-7) 18. Total (all out in 105 overs) 218. Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-100, 3-104, 4-163, 5-163, 6-175, 7-184, 8-205, 9-213. Bowling: N.P. Singh
13-3-22-0, P. Satwalkar 15-4-35-1, Kanwaljeet Singh
36-8-78-3, V. Raju 37-15-57-6, Vanka Pratap 4-1-13-0,
V.V.S. Laxman 1-0-2-0. |
Hingis’ stalker arrested, let off KEY BISCAYNE, (Florida), April 3 (AP) — A Croatian man accused of stalking Martina Hingis was arrested at the Ericsson Open for a second time and charged with trespass after warning, a misdemeanour. Dubravko Rajcevic (45) was arrested trying to enter the tournament on Saturday for the women’s final, which Hingis won over Lindsay Davenport. He was booked and jailed, the police said. Rajcevic, who was also arrested on Thursday and jailed overnight, claims he’s romantically involved with Hingis, 19. Hingis dates defenceman Pavel Kubina of the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning. She said Rajcevic is “maybe a little crazy”. She said she didn’t
fear for her safety “as long as I’ve got guys
like Pavel around me. Anyway, I try not to go anywhere by
myself. In this world, it’s impossible. |
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BANGKOK, April 3 (UNI) — Amidst nerve wrecking tension and high drama India’s H. Srinivas Rao (fly weight) and K. Sanjit Singh (light welter) recorded narrow victories over their rivals to storm into the semifinals of their respective categories in the King’s Cup boxing tournament here today. The tough victories chalked out by Rao and Sanjit Singh has further boosted India’s chances of getting more berths in the Sydney Olympics as the King’s Cup is being treated as the third and final qualifying tournament. For Rao the victory is more creditable as he beat a tough rival in Phy Ong Chol (Korea) and there was another good news for him. In the fly weight the first three boxers will make it to Sydney as there will be a fight for the third place.
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