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Zaheer to replace Kartik Former New Zealand cricket captain and current coach of the Indian team John Wright (R) speaks to Indian vice captain Rahul Dravid on the eve of the second Test between India and Zimbabwe in Nagpur on Friday. — Reuters photo ACC urges govt to
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Australia poised to win
Test Vijay Kumar forges
ahead Nehru hockey title
for Indian Oil Thapar in race for AIFF presidentship Anila, Sunil Joon
winners Cases against Azhar,
Ajay likely Gagandeep wrecks
Delhi Asian rowing in December Una skittled out for
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Zaheer to replace Kartik NAGPUR, Nov 24 (PTI) — Medium pacer Zaheer Khan will replace left-arm spinner Murali Kartik in the playing eleven when India take on Zimbabwe in the second and final Test match for the Pepsi Cup here tomorrow. Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly, talking to reporters after the practice session today said the spinners did not bowl as well as was expected of them and the burden fell on Indian spear-head Javagal Srinath in the first Test at Delhi which the hosts won by seven wickets. “I made a mistake by not including Zaheer for the first Test and it is too much to ask Srinath to bowl 40 to 50 overs every match. As I have a lot of faith on Zaheer and Ajit (Agarkar) I want to play all three seamers tomorrow,” he said. “After seeing the pitch tomorrow I might play off-spinner Sarandeep Singh as Zimbabwe has quite a few left handers in their side,” the stylish left-hander said. Queried about his views on the wicket, Ganguly said “it looks like a flat wicket and if we bat well we can force a result on it. “Though I had requested the host association, through Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Jaywant Lele for a turning track, they have not given us one,” he said. “However, I am not complaining and I don’t want to start a controversy and I can only say we are satisfied with the wicket,” Ganguly added. The first foreign coach for the Indian team, John Wright of New Zealand, however, did not give much importance to the state of the wicket and said the team should play and try to win on any wicket. “The most important thing the Indians should improve is their catching. In Delhi, the Indians dropped a few simple catches and I hope there will be improvement in the next game,” he added. When Ganguly was asked how important was winning the toss in tomorrow’s game, he said, “it is important to win the toss but I have hardly won the toss and we won the last two Tests quite convincingly”. “So I personally think winning the toss would not make much of a difference to the outcome of the match. Against Bangladesh in Dhaka we played two good days of cricket and won the Test while in Delhi against Zimbabwe we had four good days and won quite convincingly,” he added. “We have a very good track record at home but we should play better when we go out and that is the reason I might play an extra bowler tomorrow so that the burden should not be too much on regular bowlers,” Ganguly said. “In fact, Sachin and I should bowl at least 15 overs each in Test matches to reduce the burden on our strike bowlers, who otherwise might lose their sting,” he added. This is the sixth Test match to be played at this venue. The home side had beaten Sri Lanka in 1994 but had lost to New Zealand in the late 80s while the remaining three Tests, including the last Test played here in 1996 against the Lankans, have been drawn. The Indians will be leaving out Uttar Pradesh batsman Mohammed Kaif, Murali Kartik and either Sadagopan Ramesh or Sharandeep Singh from the playing eleven. The Zimbabweans who reached here in the afternoon had a workout immediately and are all set to take on the hosts. The Zimbabweans’ skipper Heath Streak told reporters just before the practice session that the same eleven would be played tomorrow. “I think we played very positively in the first Test and would like to play the same way in the second as well so that the two-match series would be an interesting one,” he added. Teams (from): India: Saurav Ganguly (captain), S Ramesh, Rahul Dravid, Shiv Sunder Das, Sachin Tendulkar,
V V S Laxman, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Ajit Agarkar, Vijay Dahiya (wicket-keeper), Sarandeep Singh, Sunil Joshi, Murali Kartik and Mohd Kaif. Zimbabwe: Heath Streak (captain), Guy Whittall, Alistair Campbell, Stuart Carlisle, Andy Flower (wicketkeeper), Grant Flower, Travis Friend, Trevor Madondo, Douglas Marillier, Brian Murphy, Mluleki Nkala, Henry Olonga, Gavin Rennie, Bryan Strang and Paul Strang. Umpires:
A.V. Jayaprakash (India) and Steve Dunne (New Zealand). Third umpire: Suhas Phadkar. Timing: 9.30 am to 11.30 am. 12.10 pm to 2.10 pm and 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. |
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ACC urges
govt to review Pak tour DUBAI, Nov 24 (UNI) — The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has appealed to the Indian government to review its decision on the cricket team’s tour of Pakistan in December "in the interest of the sport". At a special general meeting in Sharjah yesterday, the ACC, which is represented by cricket board chiefs of various Asian countries, expressed confidence that the Indian tour of Pakistan "will help promote regional harmony and cooperation". The ACC constituted a three-member team to meet Indian officials and convince them to go ahead with the tour during which India and Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and five one-day internationals. The team comprises Mr Saber Hossain Chowdhry, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Mr Thilanga Sumathipala, president of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board and Mr Tunko Imran, vice-president of the ACC and president of the Malaysian Cricket Board. The ACC appeal came amid reports that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is making renewed efforts to get the government’s nod to go ahead with the tour. |
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BRISBANE, Nov 24 (AFP) — Brett Lee’s free-spirited hitting and demon strike bowler Glenn McGrath today left Australia poised to win the first Test against the West Indies inside three days. Fast bowler Lee clubbed seven boundaries, a five and a straight-hit six in his highest Test score of 62 not out off 80 balls to be the unlikely topscorer of Australia’s first innings of 332. That gave the rampant Australians a formidable 250-run lead over the tourists with three scheduled days still to play and fine weather forecast. McGrath, who captured 6-17 in the West Indies’ abysmal first innings of 82, further weakened the Caribbean team’s resolve by taking the demoralising wickets of leading batsmen opener Sherwin Campbell and Brian Lara in the 13 overs left to stumps. It was the 12th time McGrath had captured Lara’s prized wicket in Tests and took the bowler’s total Test haul to 296. At close, first innings topscorer Darren Ganga was not out eight with Shivnarine Chanderpaul on seven and the West Indies 25 for two - trailling by 225 runs. Campbell lasted just four balls before McGrath had him caught behind for a duck and Lara extravagantly attempted to hook the Australian spearhead only to dolly a catch to the waiting wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist for four. The West Indies were groggy at 10 for two. The last rites are expected to be carried out during the third day tomorrow with the West Indies going through a crisis of confidence after plummeting to their fifth sub-one hundred total in two years in yesterday’s diabolical first innings. Victory will give Australia their 11th consecutive Test win, which would equal the West Indies’ record set back in 1984. But earlier in the day the tourists stalled the Australian run advance with Test debutant Marlon Black claiming four wickets. Black, a strapping 25-year-old tyro, removed Michael Slater (54), nightwatchman Andy Bichel (8) and Justin Langer (3) in an inspired opening spell. He later grabbed the wicket of in-form Ricky Ponting for 20 to finish with 4-83 off 28 overs. Black, who was well supported by fellow Trinidadian Mervyn Dillon (3-79), had Australia restricted to 186 for six and a deficit of 104 runs nearing the third hour of play, but their hopes were blown away by pugnacious knocks by Lee and Gilchrist. Gilchrist, coming in at No 8, slammed a belligerent 48 off 66 balls while Lee made merry surpassing his previous highest Test score of 27 last summer against India. Lee brought up his first Test half-century when he scampered off for a single, dived to make his ground only for Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s throw at the stumps to go for four overthrows. Lee frustrated the tiring West Indians with partnerships of 61 with Gilchrist and 50 with legspinner Stuart MacGill (19) before last man in McGrath gave world record-holder Courtney Walsh his first wicket of the innings and 484th in Tests. SCOREBOARD West Indies (1st innings): 82 Australia (1st innings): overnight 107 for 1 M.J. Slater c Campbell b
Black 54 M.L. Hayden run out 44 A.J. Bichel c Jacobs b Black 8 J.L. Langer c Jacobs b Black 3 M.E. Waugh c and b Dillon 24 S.R. Waugh c Campbell
b Dillon 41 R.T. Ponting c Jacobs b Black 20 A.C. Gilchrist c Jacobs
b Dillon 48 B. Lee not out 62 S.C. MacGill run out 19 G.D. McGrath b Walsh 0 Extras: (lb-5, nb-4) 9 Total: (all out, 114.4 overs) 332 Fall of wkts:
1-101, 2-111, 3-112, 4-117, 5-179, 6-186, 7-220, 8-281, 9-331. Bowling: Walsh 31.4-7-78-1, Black 28-5-83-4, Dillon 25-8-79-3, McLean 25-5-79-0, Adams 5-2-8-0. West Indies (2nd innings): S.L. Campbell c Gilchrist
b McGrath 0 D.Ganga not out 8 B.C. Lara c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 S. Chanderpaul not out 7 Extras: (b-4, lb-1, nb-1) 6 Total: (2 wkts, 13 overs) 25 Fall of wkts:
1-0, 2-10 Bowling: McGrath 5-3-7-2, Lee 4-2-12-0, MacGill 2-1-1-0, Bichel 2-2-0-0.
Send WI team back
home: Colin Croft SYDNEY, Nov 24 (AFP) — Former West Indies Test great Colin Croft today described the side dismissed for 82 by Australia as a disgrace and said they should be sent home. The retired fast bowler wrote in a column for the Australian newspaper. The broadside by one of the West Indies blistering pace attack of the 1970s followed one of the worst performances on record by his compatriots in the first Test. Croft said after having experiencing the West Indies debacles against Pakistan (3-0), South Africa (5-0), New Zealand (3-0) and even England (3-1), what happened yesterday was hardly a surprise. “But, while the level of performance in their 82 all-out was not unexpected, it has become an embarrassment. With this approach this Test series could become a pointless exercise. “It has come to such a sorry state of affairs now that as this Test series is likely to be so devalued the best course of action would be to send the current team home.” He said the entire team had become “a joke”, adding: “No side that was so great in the past has descended so quickly to such a low level .” |
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KATHMANDU, Nov 24 (PTI) — Vijay Kumar, winner of the Order of Merit on the Wills Sport Golf Tour for past three seasons, looked all set for his second title of the season when he shot a four-under 68 on the penultimate day of the Rs 7.5-lakh Surya Nepal Masters. He has now earned a two-stroke lead over second-placed Mukesh Kumar. At the par-72 Gokarna Forest Golf Resort today, Vijay tallied 10-under 206 after three days, while Mukesh, 'player of the year' last season, jumped up to second place with the day’s best card of six-under 66, thus matching the course record set by Vijay yesterday. Nepal’s Deepak Acharya displayed consistency as he shot a level-par 72 to stay put at third place with a 54-hole aggregate of four-under 212. Overnight leader Uttam Singh Mundy, however, fared miserably at the course with a shot a seven-over 79 to slip down to tied sixth place along with Delhi’s Pappan at one-under 215. Shiv Prakash was fourth at three-under 213, while another Nepali pro, Deepak Thapa Magar was fourth at two-under 214. Vijay, struggling with his putter for the third successive day but exceptional off the tee, started with a par and made a three-putt bogey on the second. On the par-5 third, he reached the green in two and made a birdie, then drove 20 feet past the pin on the 365-yard par-4 fourth and made another birdie which was negated by a three-putt bogey on the sixth. On the seventh, he reached the par-5 green in two and two-putted for a birdie and then unleashed a bit of magic on the par-3 eighth where he sank a 30-footer for birdie. On the ninth, he missed a four-footer birdie putt to make the turn at two-under which gave him a four-stroke lead over the overnight leader Uttam Singh Mundy. On the back nine, Vijay had another three-putt for par on the par-5, before making birdies on the 13th, 15th and 18th, where he almost spun back the ball into the hole for an eagle from 80 yards and a bogey on the 14th to finish at four-under 68. "I have nothing to say. I am hitting the ball like a dream, but my putting is atrocious. I needed 33 putts to complete my round today. Simply put, that’s bad golf. Thankfully, my hitting has been saving me and I hope it remains that way tomorrow if I have to win the second title of the season," said Vijay whose last victory was at the season-opening Hindu Open in Chennai in August. Mukesh finished with a flourish by doing what Vijay could not. He holed his 90-yard second shot with a sandwedge on the par-4 18th hole, which proved to be a perfect icing on his earlier six birdies and two bogies. Both the bogies came because of three-putts, but he also made some long putts during the round. "It’s going to be an interesting battle with Vijay tomorrow. I saw his hitting today and it was awesome. I just hope that my putting evens out things between us," said Mukesh. Acharya, who represented Nepal this year at the Asia Nations Cup at Chegu Islands, made a birdie on the third hole, but drove into the right jungle for a double bogey on the very next hole. A birdie on the seventh was followed by bogies on the eighth and ninth as the talented Nepali pro made the turn at two-over. On the back nine, Acharya recovered well to finish at level-par 72. Deepak Thapa Magar, winner of Surya Nepal Western and Eastern Open, shot a one-under 71. He played the first 11 holes to par before making three birdies and two bogies on next five holes. India’s promising amateur, Rahil Gangjee, shot his second successive three-under 69 to lead the amateur’s section with a three-day tally of six-over 222. Gangjee led the second-placed Bijesh Shahi by a massive margin of 11 strokes. Scores (after 54 holes): 206 - Vijay Kumar (72,66,68); 208 - Mukesh Kumar (69,73,66); 212 - Deepak Acharya (70,70,72); 213 - Shiv Prakash (72,70,71); 214 - Deepak Thapa Magar (74,69,71); 215 - Pappan (71,72,72), Uttam Singh Mundy (69,67,79); 218 — Ajay Gupta (74,74,70), Sanjay Kumar (70,78,70), Rohtas Singh (76,72,70), Amish Jaitha (74,74,70), 219 — Zai Kipgen (71,78,70); 220 — Rahul Ganapathy (71,75,74); 222 — Vinod Kumar (78,74,70), Rafiq Ali (78,73,71), Monish Bindra (75,73,74) Amateurs: 222 — Rahil Gangjee (84,69,69); 233 — Bijesh Shahi (80,77,76); 237 — CB Bhandari (80,81,76); 248 — Mani Rai (79,77,92). |
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Nehru hockey title for Indian Oil NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (UNI) — Indian Oil XI stroked out francied Bharat Petroleum 5-3 today in the penalty shootout to win the 37th Nehru-ONGC Hockey Tournament. When the regulation period produced a 1-1 tie, the penalty shootout was resorted to without going into extra time because of fading light. The second push by Bharat Petroleum’s Anurag Raghuvanshi was wide off the mark and the fourth attempt by Shamsuzha was saved by goalkeeper Davesh Chauhan to give his team the title. Both the teams began on an aggressive note but gradually Bharat Petroleum wrested the initiative. Despite the slightly upper and enjoyed by Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil were the ones to go into the lead. Kamlesh Kumar tore away from the pack and ran through the middle and reached the goalmouth where he had only goalkeeper Boppana to contend with. Kamlesh Kumar was obstructed by Boopana wrongly and Indian Oil got a penalty stroke which Prabhjot Singh converted for a 1-0 lead. Bharat Petroleum had to wait till the 52nd minute to get the equaliser. Sabo Varkey tore away from the pack on the 25-yard line and ran into the striking circle where he had only the goalkeeper to beat and his push found the mark. Earlier in the day, in a match to decide the third place holder, Army XI beat last year champions Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) 2-1 by a golden goal in seventh minute of extra time. Both the teams were tied 1-1 at the end of mandatory 70 minutes. Both the goals came in the first half. PSB went into the lead in the second minute through a field goal by Tejbir Singh. The equaliser for Army XI was scored by K. Horo. In extra time, Horo again struck to seal PSB’s fate. The winners took away a purse of Rs 1 lakh. The runners-up and third and fourth place holders were given Rs 60,000, Rs 40,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively. Gagan Ajit Singh of Bharat Petroleum, Shamsuzuha of Indian Oil, I Tirket of Army XI and Rajinder Singh of PSB were adjudged the best players of the tournament. |
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Thapar in race for AIFF presidentship NEW DELHI, Nov 24 — Punjab Football Association (PFA) president Samir Thapar has announced his decision to contest for the presidentship of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) against incumbent Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, who is all set to seek re-election, at the elections to be held in Delhi on December 16. The Thapar team, comprising incumbent secretary Kedar Nath Mour, Indian Football Association joint-secretary Ranjit Gupta and Delhi Football Association (DFA) president Umesh Sood, claimed here today that they enjoyed a “winning majority” among the 31-member AIFF constituent units-29 plus Services and the Railways. Mr Thapar, who is the joint-managing director of JCT Ltd, said he enjoyed the support of the newly-formed Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA), headed by business tycoon Vijay Mallaya, but he did not consider the “IPFA a parallel body, though my sympathies are with them”. With Samir Thapar throwing his hat into the ring, a new equation has emerged in the AIFF as it’s more or less clear that Thapar heavily relies on the 13 odd votes Mr Mour may be able to mobilise, and some other votes from the North, while Mr Das Munshi relies on the support of the South in general, and Mr P P Laxman of Kerala and Mr Alberto Colaco of Goa, in particular. Mr Dasmunshi has his own little vote bank, and he also hopes to cash in on the division in the Delhi body, though Mr Sood claimed that “there will be no split in the DSA”. “Team Thapar” will field Mour for the post of secretary, while Mr Ranjit Gupta and Mr Umesh Sood may be made vice-presidents, or either of them as treasurer. They also hope to wean away either Laxman or Coalco from the Dasmunishi camp, as the AIFF president has not yet made his mind clear as to whom would he field for the secretary’s post. Both Laxman and Colaco are keen to become the secretary, and if one of them is denied the nomination, the Thapar group hopes to cash in on the dilemma in the other side. As of now, Mr Thapar hopes to bag about 17 of the 31 votes, though according to sources, anything can happen, and nothing can be predicted till the election is over. Mr Thapar, who has represented the country in shooting in the Commonwealth Games, said he decided to enter the fray as he felt that “a lot more can be done to improve the standard of Indian football than what has been done in the last 12 years (the period in which Mr Munshi has been the president)”. He said: “National League today has no exposure as nobody watches it on television”. Spelling out his agenda if elected the AIFF president, Mr Thapar, the force
behind the JCT team, said his immediate priority would be to “develop football at the grassroot level, thus raising the standard of the game in the country with international standard in mind”. Mr Thapar said: “The league needs to be played over a longer period of time, say five months, to suit the physical needs of the players”. He said the IPFA, which is a body of top clubs, was born due to the “frustration of all these top clubs who were driven to desperation due to the unprofessional attitude of the AIFF”. He said for the successful conduct of the national league, it required a lot of discussion and the “clubs need to be taken into confidence, instead of relying on individual likes and dislikes”. Mr Thapar said the league required the “right type of marketing and development to rejuvenate football as the sponsors, who pump in crores of rupees, expect proper mileage for their investment”. Mr Thapar said secretary Mour had been rendered “redundant” under the present AIFF dispensation and Mr Mour himself claimed that the president was doing everything, and “I was very little in touch with financial matters”. |
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Anila, Sunil Joon
winners PANIPAT, Nov 24 — In the opening competitions of the athletics in the 14th Haryana State Women’s Festival here today Anila of Bhiwani won gold in 800 metres (under-16 age group) clocking 2:28.75 minutes while Renu of Sonepat and Bhawna of Rohtak got second and third positions with 2:29.97 and 2:35.19 minutes, respectively. In 1500 metres women final race, Sunil Joon of Jhajjar emerged winner clocking 4:58.72 minutes while Suman of Karnal and Renu of Rohtak got second and third place with 5:05.06 and 5:19.12 minutes, respectively. Inaugurating the festival president of Haryana Olympic Association Abhey Singh Chautala said that the state government had formulated a number of schemes to boost sports activities specially in the rural areas of the state. He said that three per cent reservation in government services granted by Devi Lal government in 1987, which was rescinded by the Bhajan Lal Government after 1991, had been restored by the Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. He said that the state government had also directed the heads of boards and corporations to prepare al least one sports team in any one of sports disciplines, adding that the HOA would extend all financial help to those sportspersons who go outside the state or abroad for getting coaching. The Director of Sports Haryana, Dr B.K. Sinha, said that the state government had granted a number of facilities to sportspersons like enhancement of diet money, 75 per cent concession in bus fare, etc. Dr Sinha said the number of sports nurseries had been increased from 10 to 25. Similarly national sports academy is also being set up with the total financial assistance of SAI to provide training to 100 boys and 100 girls. The ASI centre would be first of its own kind in the country. |
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Cases against Azhar,
Ajay likely NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (UNI) — The CBI is evaluating the probability of registering cases against cricketers Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the match-fixing scandal, the Rajya Sabha was informed during question hour today. The CBI after consulting various legal experts
including Solicitor General of India has indicated in its report that no criminal charges under the Indian Penal Code or Public Gambling Act, 1867 can be filed against anyone because of the “nebulous position of law in this regard, as well as the improbability of investigating agency being able to obtain
sufficient legal evidence”, Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs P. Radakrishnan said in a written reply. The views of the Law and Justice Ministry have been obtained and they have expressed almost similar views about the likely prosecution of the indicted persons, as indicated in the CBI report. The BCCI has also been given a copy of the report for taking necessary action against the indicted persons as per its rules and code of conduct. |
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Gagandeep wrecks
Delhi NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — In a match of dramatic twists and turns, Punjab were 74 for 3 in their second innings, after dismissing Delhi for 104 on the second day of their crucial Ranji Trophy tie at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium here today. Resuming at the overnight five for no loss, Delhi would have in a much worse situation but for the double-figure knocks Gautam Gambhir (21), Virender Sehwag (21) and opener Akash Chopra (17). Medium-pacer Gagandeep Singh wrecked the Delhi innings with a 6\34 spell, after the hosts had done well at one stage, by making 71 for the loss of three wickets. Bharat Bhushan claimed 2\29 as Punjab took an 84-run first innings lead. In their second innings, Punjab were 74 for 3 at close with Pankaj Dharmani batting on 21 and Dinesh Monga batting on 14. Ravneet (9), Sodhi (9) and Vikram Rathore were back in the pavilion (15) as they failed to cope with the early pace generated by Ashish Nehra (2\25) and Robing Singh Jr. 1\3). |
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Asian rowing in December CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 — The VIth Asian Junior Rowing championship will be held at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh from December 14 to 17. As many as 14 countries, including China, Japan, Singapore, Taipei and Pakistan have so far confirmed their participation. The participants will be reaching Chandigarh by December 11. Hong Kong and Pakistan will be bringing their own boats while for other contestants boats will be provided by the organisers. Twentyfour boats in four categories — single scull, double scull, coxless pair and coxless fours — have been purchased by the Sports Authority of India for this meet. The UT Administration has widened the rowing course to provide for five lanes and has met the basic requirements of rowing course of international standards, being the best in India and one of the finest in Asia. According to Mr P.S. Gill, organising secretary, the present meet will be one of the best organised international
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Una skittled out for
99 CHAMBA, Nov 24 — Fine bowling by Ranji player Ajay Manu of Chamba bowled out Una for 99 runs in the final match of the Himachal Pradesh (Under-22) Inter-District Cricket Championship here today. Ajay Manu got six wickets. Chamba won the toss and put Una to bat first. Una players could not face the off spin bowling of Ajay Manu. At one stage Una were 62 for 7. The last wicket partnership was of 23 runs. Una were all out for 99 runs. Ajay Manu of Chamba so far has collected 25 wickets in the tournament. Chamba also did not start off well and at close were 53 for 3. Ajay got all the three wickets. Scores: Una (first innings) 99 all out. (Rahul 20, Puneet Rath 17, Vijay 17 not out, Ajay Manu 6 for 31, Umesh 3 for 27. Chamba (first innings):- 53 for 3. (Parshant batting 30, Umesh batting 0, Vijay 3 for 25) |
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NAGPUR, Nov 24 — Medium pacer Zaheer Khan will replace left-arm spinner Murali Kartik in the playing eleven when India take on Zimbabwe in the second and final Test match for the Pepsi Cup here tomorrow.
