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Aussies record 12th
win Australia can get
better: Waugh England struggle
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Anand held;
Gelfand wins Narrow win for Jammu &
Kashmir
Easy win for Delhi Punjab overcome
BSF, top group BSF lift football
title All-round show by Sachin Rana Sangrur boxers
dominate PU win
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PERTH, Dec 3 (AFP) — Steve Waugh’s Australian side set a new world record 12 successive Test wins here today when they thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 27 runs on the third day of the second Test at Perth’s WACA Ground. It is the greatest winning sequence in the sport since Test cricket began 123 years ago, beating the 11 victories on the trot by Clive Lloyd’s champion Caribbean team of the mid-1980s. The West Indies, ousted for 196 in the first innings, were skittled for 173 in the second after Australia hammered 396 in their knock. The end came in front of a ecstatic crowd of 11,057 when express bowler Brett Lee trapped veteran tailender Courtney Walsh leg before wicket 19 minutes after tea. Earlier in a dramatic final over, Lee snared Nixon McLean (11) and Marlon Black (0) to finish the innings with 5-61. Immediately Walsh was dismissed, Australian players formed in a huddle on the field, congratulating each other. Stumps were souvenired and players walked round the ground waving to the crowd. The massive win, following a victory by an innings and 126 runs in the first Test in Brisbane eight days earlier, gives Australia a 2-0 lead and an apparent stranglehold on the five-match series. Australia’s remarkable winning sequence under skipper Steve Waugh began in Zimbabwe where they won a one-off match in Harare 14 months ago. This was followed by 3-0 clean sweeps over Pakistan and India in Australia last summer and a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand there shortly after. Australia equalled the old record in Brisbane and surpassed it with another irrepressible performance here which underlines the side’s claims as by far the best in current Test ranks. There was early promise today of a stern fight by the West Indies as they resumed with 16 for two. Opening batsman Daren Ganga and left-hander Wavell Hinds kept out the Hungry Australian attack for 44 minutes. Ganga fell to speedster Jason Gillespie for 20 when third slip Matthew Hayden pouched a superb diving catch. But the crucial dismissal of the morning was that of champion batsman Brian Lara, bowled by leg-spinner Stuart MacGill for 17 as he attempted a pull through mid-wicket. Lara fell to the rash shot after courageously surviving a ferocious assault by the Australian pace attack, led by Glenn McGrath, the man who dismissed him in his three previous Test failures on this tour. Lara made 0 and 4 in Brisbane and 0 in the first innings. It was a memorable wicket for MacGill, the third in a line of first-class cricketers from his family to have snared a prize wicket in Perth. His late grandfather, Charlie MacGill, dismissed Donald Bradman - regarded as the greatest batsman of all time - in a game for Western Australia in Perth before World War II, and his schoolteacher father, Terry MacGill, captured West Indies great Garfield Sobers in a match against a World Eleven at the WACA 29 years ago. It was also MacGill who rattled Hinds’ stumps on the stroke of lunch to make the tourists a hopeless 95 for five. Hinds, who hit a half century in the first innings, made 41 in almost two hours, with six thunderous boundaries. The procession continued after lunch as fast bowler Brett Lee sent back the luckless Ramnaresh Sarwan (1), who now has three runs from four innings in the series. Skipper Jimmy Adams, who finished with an unbeaten 40, and Ridley Jacobs (24) offered stern resistance in a 54-run stand before Jacobs was run out. However, the lower tail succumbed meekly once more. Scoreboard West Indies: (1st innings) 196 Australia:
(1st innings) 396 for 8 decl West Indies (2nd innings) Campbell c Gillespie b Lee 4 Ganga c Hayden b Gillespie 20 Dillon c Gilchrist b McGrath 3 Hinds b MacGill 41 Lara b MacGill 17 Adams not out 40 Sarwan c Gilchrist b Lee 1 Jacobs run out 24 Mclean b Lee 11 Black b Lee 0 Walsh lbw Lee 0 Extras (lb 8, nb 3, b1) 12 Total
(all out, 66 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-16, 3-42, 4-78, 5-95, 6-96, 7-150, 8-173, 9-173. Bowling: McGrath 18-7-26-1, b Lee 15-2-61-5, S MacGill 17-6-37-2, J Gillespie 12-4-26-1, M Hayden 2-0-9-0, M Waugh 2-1-5-0. |
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Australia can get better: Waugh PERTH, Dec 3 (AFP) — Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh today predicted his side, which set a new world record of 12 successive Test wins by beating the West Indies at the WACA Ground, can still improve. “I think this is still the beginning and we can get better,” Waugh said after Australia had crushed the Windies by an innings and 27 runs shortly after tea today to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The 12 wins in a row is the greatest winning sequence in the sport since Test cricket began 123 years ago, beating the 11 victories on the trot by Clive Lloyd’s champion Caribbean team of the mid-1980s. “We don’t want to take our foot off the accelerator now,” Waugh said. “We want to keep improving. “You get the feeling among the side that it is a special team and we can really go places,” he said, adding the team get so much joy out of playing well and winning “that we don’t want to lose that feeling.” He said the team had never set out to win 12 Tests in a row. “We simply set a target to win the next Test we play, now that won’t change,” he said. “Now we have the opposition 2-0 down, we must fancy our chances of winning the next three. “This was a really good professional win,” he said. “We are doing the job and doing the little things right and following our plans really well.” “When that last West Indies wicket fell we felt something very special. Walking around the ground we sang out team song - and that is something we will take with us for the rest of our lives.” Australia’s win was made all the sweeter because it was the first time the home country had beaten the West Indies here in six Test tussles between the sides. It was the West Indies’ 15th loss in their past 17 away tests. West Indies’ captain Jimmy Adams said he was sad Australian had beaten his side’s record. Asked if Australia were the best team he had played against, Adams said: “They are playing a pretty high standard of cricket at the moment. You have to give them that. They are playing real pressure cricket, which is what it is all about.” Adams admitted everyone in the West Indies’ camp was desperate for an away win. “There are no two ways about it, but at the end of the day it comes down to making plans as you see them, getting everybody to follow them and trying to put it together in the pressure of Test match cricket.” |
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England struggle
to draw Test FAISALABAD, Pakistan, Dec 3 (Reuters) — The ever dependable Mike Atherton’s cool head helped England to a draw in the second Test against Pakistan today. Pakistan had the scent of victory in their nostrils when they took three wickets in six overs in the afternoon session to leave England rocking on 57 for three in pursuit of a target of 244. Two more wickets fell in quick succession soon after the 100 had been raised but Atherton, who scored an unbeaten 65 off 178 balls, and Craig White steered England to 125 for five when the match was called off half an hour early. Pakistan (1st innings): 316 England (1st
innings): 342 Pakistan (2nd innings ) Elahi c Stewart b Giles 72 Afridi c Giles b Gough 10 Razzaq not out 100 Haq c Hick b Salisbury 71 Akram not out 4 Extras: (b6, lb5, nb1) 12 Total: (decl for 3wkts in 80.2 overs) 269. Fall of
wickets: 1-13, 2-111, 3-259. Bowling: Darren Gough 10.2-1-32-1, Andrew Caddick 18-1-49-0, Ashley Giles 26-3-90-1, Craig White 19-3-55-0, Ian Salisbury 7-0-32-1. England (2nd innings) Atherton not out 65 Trescothick b Saqlain 10 Hussain c Moin b Khan 5 Thorpe b Khan 0 Stewart c Youhanna b Afridi 22 Hick b Afridi 0 White not out 9 Extras: (lb-4, nb-10) 14 Total: (for 5 wkts, 57 overs) 125 Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-57, 3-57, 4-108, 5-110 Bowling: Wasim Akram 5-1-13-0, Abdur Razzaq 1-1-0-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 19-4-26-1, Danish Kaneria 7-0-30-0, Arshad Khan 13-4-31-2, Shahid Afridi 12-3-21-2. |
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Anand held;
Gelfand wins NEW DELHI Dec 3 (UNI) — Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw with some solid play by Armenian grandmaster Smbat Lputian in the first game of the third round at the FIDE World Knock-out Chess Championships here today. The Indian had black pieces and the game ended in just over two and half hours and only 19 moves were played. Clearly, the Indian was content to follow his plan of the previous round. He had taken a quick draw with black pieces against Viktor Bologan of Moldova and then crushed him in the second game with white pieces. Tomorrow Anand will have white pieces and he would be the odds-on favourite to take the match. As the early results trickled in, Boris Gelfand of Israel beat Jeroen
Piket, while Evgeny Bareev of Russia beat Belarussian Aleksej
Aleksandrov. Both Gelfand and Bareev had white pieces. They only need a draw to enter the fourth round. The women's world champion, Xie Jun also played out a draw in the first game. |
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Narrow win for Jammu & Kashmir NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (UNI) — Last batsman Surender Singh kept his cool and nerves to guide Jammu and Kashmir to a one-wicket victory over Himachal Pradesh with just one ball to spare in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day league match at Harbaksh Singh Stadium here today. Put into the bat, Himachal Pradesh made 176 for nine in 50 overs and Jammu and Kashmir crossed that target scoring 177 for nine in 49.5 overs. Himachal were in all sorts of trouble as they lost five wicket for 44 runs. It was Sangram Singh who scored 71 runs (1x6,7x4) to give respectability to Himachal’s total. Rajiv Nayyer (13) Varinder Sharma 24 (2x4) and Pankaj 23 not out(1x6) were the other main scorers for Himachal. Spinner Vijay Sharma claimed 5 wickets for 20 runs in 10 overs. In reply Jammu and Kashmir started poorly losing two wickets for 21 runs, but opener R. Bali (22,1x6,2x4) and Ashwani Gupta steadied the innings with 36 run third-wicket stand. Jammu and Kashmir lost four wickets in a space of 15 runs and Himachal sensed victory when Gaur trapped Aslam leg before when was 173 for 9 in 49.2 overs. However Surendra Singh managed to defy the bowler and hit two runs in the penultimate ball of the match to help his team earn full two points. This was Himachal’s second successive defeat while for J&K it was first win in two matches. Scoreboard Himachal Pradesh: Extras (lb 7, w 11) 18 Total (in 50 overs) 176 for 9 Fall of wickets: 1-3,2-9,3-34,4-44,5-44,6-75,7-75,8-92,9-150 Bowling: A.Qayoom:10-0-39-0, Surendra Singh:10-2-30-2, Ashwani Gupta:10-2-33-1 Vijay Sharma:10-2-20-5, Sanjay Sharma:8-0-36-0 Kanwaljeet Singh:2-0-11-1. Jammu and Kashmir: Extras (lb 9, w 8) 17 Total ( 49.5 overs) 177 for nine Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-21, 3-57, 4-73, 5-110, 6-158, 7-160, 8-172,9-173. Bowling: R.K. Panta: 7-3-12-0, A.Sharma: 8-1-21-0, Pankaj: 3-1-9-0 R.Thakur:4-0-22-0, Amit Sharma:10-0-36-3 Nischal Gaur: 9.5-1-32-2, Varinder Sharma: 8-0-36-0. |
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Punjab trounce Services NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (UNI) — Seamer Vinit Sharma ripped through the batting line up claiming five wickets while opener and skipper Vikram Rathore scored unbeaten 64 to enable Punjab trounce Service by seven wickets at Palam Ground here today to notch up their second straight win in the Ranji Trophy one-day league championship. Electing to bat, Services were all out for 147 in 45 overs and Punjab scored 151 for 35.2 to pick up two points. Only opener M.S. Reddy and tailender Sudhaker Ghag showed courage and defied Punjab bowling by hitting 50 and 41 runs respectively. At one stage Services were tottering at 77 for eight but a 45-run ninth wicket stand between Reddy and Ghag saw Services scoring some what respectable total as other batsmen threw in the towel without offering any resistance. Reddy faced 116 balls and hit four boundaries in his half century while Ghag hit 41 off 60 balls hitting a six and five fours. Punjab had little difficulty in crossing the target. They lost three batsmen, Sandeep Sharm 24, 4x4) Ankur Kakkar (24, 3x4) and Pankaj Dharmani (16, 1x4) on their way to victory. Rathore faced 89 balls and hit five boundaries in his 64. He and Dinesh Mongia added 34 runs for fourth wicket without getting separated. Mongia’s 18 came off 16 balls and included two hits to the fence.
Scoreboard: Services: M.S. Reddy c Dharmani b Vineet Sharma 50, Sachin Nadkarni b Vineet Sharma 0, D Sehrawar c Dharmani b Sandeep Sharma 13, Sarabjit Singh c Dharmani b Sandeep Sharma 0, Sanjay Verma lbw b Vineet Sharma 2, A. Nadkarni run out 14, K.K. Dixit b Navdeep Singh 0, S. Javed c Mongia b Navdeep Singh 0, P. Maitrey c and b Sharandeep Singh 3, S.V. Ghag b Mongia 41, Arun Sharma not out 7; Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 10, nb 2) 17 Total ( in 45 overs) 147 all out Fall of wickets: 1-2,2-21,3-21,4-32,5-64,6-64,7-65,8-76,9-121. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma:6-0-21-2,Vineet Sharma:10-2-33-3, Navdeep Singh:10-0-34-2, Sanjay Mahajan:4-1-6-0, Sharandeep Singh:6-0-27-1, Harbhajan Singh:8-1-17-0, D.Mongia:1-0-4-1. Punjab V. Rathour not out 64, Sandeep Sharma c and b Sudhakar Ghag 24, A. Kakkar st Sarabjit Singh b S. Nadkarni 24, P. Dharmani c Reddy b S.D. Nadkarni 16, D. Mongia not out 17 ; Extras (b 2, w 2, nb 2) 6 Total (3 wickets, 35.2 overs) 151 for 3. Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-85, 3-117 . Bowling: S.Ghag: 9-0-28-1, S. Javed: 5-0-29-0. Arun Sharma: 7.2-0-19- 0, Sachin Nadkarni:9-0-45-2, Pankaj Maitrey: 5-0-29-0. |
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Prerak
beats Gaurav, enters third round CHANDIGARH, Dec 3 — Prerak Sharma, a student of
Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, representing Haryana upset
fourth seed Gaurav, also of Haryana, in straight games to enter the
third round of the sixth Tara Chand Memorial Cash prize North Zone
Badminton Tournament which began here today at Sector 7 community
centre, Panchkula today. The matches for boys section in under-13, 16,
19 and men singles were conducted at Sector 42 indoor hall while for
girls and under-10 boys at community centre. The results are, boys singles (Ist round): Puneet (Har) b Vicky (Chd) 15-8, 15-2; Dhruv (Har) b Varun Saini (J&K) 15-7, 15-2; Prerak Sharma (Har) b Pranav Chopra (Pb) 15-1, 15-10; Akshit Mahajan (Har) wo Harry (Chd); Maheep Singh (Pb) b Prateek (Har) 15-10, 17-15. 2nd round: Dhruv (Har) b Karan (Del) 15-12, 15-7; Prerak Sharma (Har) b Gaurav (Har) 15-13, 15-9; Tapan (Har) b Abhinav Bahri (Pb) 15-4, 15-4; Abhishek (Har) b Manan Soni (Pb) 15-0, 15-0; girls 13 (singles): Meenakshi (Del) b Neha Sethi (Chd) 11-1, 11-4; Harleen (Chd) b Komalpreet (Pb) 11-2, 11-3; Smridhi (Chd) b Kannu Priya (HP) 11-5, 11-9; Sukhman Bhattal (Pb) b Mudita Sood (HP) 11-9, 11-6; 10: Mohini Sharma (har) b Surbhi (har) 11-0, 11-3; 13 (boys): Vipul Saini (J&K) b Adhiraj Neogi (Har) 15-4, 15-10; Jasvinder Singh (Pb) b Oscar Bansal (Chd) 7-15, 15-12, 15-12; Nikhil (Raj) b Vikas Kaul (Chd) 15-12, 15-3; Abhinav Prakash (Del) b Nitin (har) 15-5, 15-4; Munish (Chd) b Anubhav (J&K) 8-15, 15-9, 15-7; Gurbhakash (Pb) b Mudit (har) 17-14, 11-15, 17-16; Anshul (har) b Ankit (Pb) 15-0, 15-0; Hitesh (Pb) b Pratik Mittal (Har) 17-16, 15-13; Raj Kumar (Pb) b Ankit (del) 15-2, 15-4; 16 (singles): Mandeep (Har) b Harpreet (Pb) 15-2, 15-4; Robin (Chd) b Ankit (J&K) 15-5,15-4; Rohit Bhakar (har) b Vikram Saini (J&K) 15-13, 15-6; Harun (har) b Surinder (Pb) 15-9, 15-9. |
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Easy win for Delhi NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (UNI) — An unbeaten 58 by wicketkeeper Pradeep Chawla and his 60-run sixth-wicket partnership with Harender Chowdhary helped Delhi defeat Haryana by 87 runs to record their second straight win in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day league match here today. Electing to bat Delhi made 262 for 7 in stipulated 50 overs and in reply Haryana were all out for 175 runs in 44.1 runs. Delhi were off to a good start as openers Vishal Sharma and Akash Chopra put up 46 runs for the first wicket. But then in a space of one run the host lost both the openers as medium pacer Feroz Ghyas struck claiming both of them. Sharma made 12 (2x4) and Chopra contributed 28 (5x4). Another useful 71-run fourth-wicket partnership between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag proped up Delhi’s score to 136 before Sanjay Dalal broke it. He had Sehwag caught by skipper Parinder Sharma. The batsman made 32 (3x4). Gambhir was consumed by veteran Pankaj Thakur who clean bowled him. Ghambir’s 47 included only one boundary. At that stage Delhi were 145 for 5. Delhi: Vishal Sharma c P. Jain b Ghyas 12 , A. Chopra b Ghyas 28, G. Gambhir b Thakur 47, M. Minhas c Dalal b Thakur 5, V. Shewag c Parender Sharma b Dalal 32, P. Chawla not out 58, H. Chaudhary b Sonu Sharma 37, R. Sanghvi b Dalal 14, S. Dyama not out 0. Extras: (b 9, lb 8, w 7, nb 5) 29. Total: (in 50
overs,) 262 for 7. Fall of wickets:1-46,2-47,3-65,4-136,5-145, 6-205, 7-235. Bowling: V. Jain:8-0-31-0, F. Ghyas:10-1-45-2 , Sonu Sharma:10-0-43-1, P. Thakur:10-0-39-2 , P. Jain:7-0-46-0, S.
Dalal: 5-0-41-2, Haryana : P. Sehrawat c Bhandari b Shewag 58, Jasvir Singh b Bhandari 21, Parender Sharma lbw B. Dyama 1, S. Dalal c Minhas b Sanghvi 14, Rajesh Puri run out 0, S. Ohlan run out 6, P. Thakur b Bhandari 36, F. Ghyas run out 10, P. Jain run out 3, V. Jain c Chopra b Sanghvi 0, Sonu Sharma not out 5. Extras: (b 4, lb 1, w 12, nb 4) 21. Total: ( in 44.1
overs) 175 all out. Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-61, 3-105, 5-111, 6-117, 7-141, 8-147, 9-147. Bowling: Ashish Nehra:5-0-34-0, Amit
Bhandari: 8.1-0-29-2, S. Dyama: 4-0-19-1, Rahul Sanghvi: 10-2-28-2, H.
Chaudhary: 8-0-34-0. Virender Shewag: 9-3-26-1. |
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10 new records in
jr athletic meet HISAR, Dec 3 — As many as 10 new records were created and one was equalised on the second day of the 12th inter zonal junior athletic meet here today. This brings the tally of broken records to 12. A local Jat High School student Surinder Kumar (U-16) created a new record in 100m hurdles, clocking 13.5 seconds erasing the existing record of 13.6 seconds. He also erased the existing record for pentathalon scoring 4650 points. He also figured in the 4x100 m relay race team, which set a new mark of 43.8 seconds. The earlier record stood at 46.6 seconds. This young lad equalised the record for 100 m clocking 11 secs. Two other athletes from Haryana created new records in this category. Parveen Kumar broke the previous record of 4.55 m in pole vault leaping to a record 4.60 m. The old record stood in the name of Shamsher Singh who set it in 1998. Suresh Kumar set a new mark in discus throw. He hurled the plate 63.73 m erasing the earlier record of 58.76 m that stood in the name of Akash Singh (Rajasthan) and was created last year. In the U-20 category Vijay Gehlot (NZ) also created a new record in 10 km walk clocking 42.58 minutes. K. Devenand created the previous record of 46.06 minutes four years ago. |
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Punjab overcome
BSF, top group JAMMU, Dec 3 (UNI) — Fancied Punjab overcame Border Security Force (BSF) 2-0 to top pool ‘G’ with four straight victories in the preliminary league matches of the 60th Senior National Hockey Championships here today. Despite the defeat, BSF also qualified for the main draw of the championship as they finished second in the pool. In a tough
contest, both the goals came in first half. Punjab surged ahead in the ninth minute when Jagraj Singh converted a penalty corner. Nine minutes later Daljeet Singh capitalised on a defensive lapse to send the ball home for the second goal. After that Punjab became defensive and security men mounted the offensive. They earned eight penalty corners but failed to convert any of them. Punjab were awarded six penalty corners. Baldev Singh scored two goals as Chandigarh downed Haryana 2-1 after being levelled 1-1 at half time. The winners dominated the proceedings but wasted many chances. They earned as many as 10 penalty corners but could convert only one of them. Haryana could earn only one penalty corner. Baldev struck in the 23rd minute off a penalty corner but nine minutes later Sunil equalised for Haryana. Baldev scored the winner in the 51st minute. Hosts Jammu and Kashmir routed Himachal 4-0 after leading 1-0 at half time. Inderpal Singh scored the first goal for Jammu and Kashmir in the ninth minute. Inderpal was again on target in the 49th minute to make it 2-0. Mandeep Singh (52nd) and Gurjeet Singh (69th) scored a goal each to complete the tally. MUMBAI
(PTI): S.K. Vashist converted two penalty corners, one each in either half, to give his team Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) a 2-0 win over Bombay in the last but inconsequential tie in the group 'D'. Vashist hit a powerful shot in the 25th minute of the match to convert the first penalty corner for the policemen and put them into lead. Though the hosts made valiant efforts to equalise, they failed miserably in every attempt they made at rival’s goal. With this loss, Bombay has failed to reach the Super League of the prestigious tournament which is to be played at Jammu later this month. Indian Oil Corporation
(IOC) who thrashed Tata Sports Club 8-2 earlier in the morning, emerged as the toppers in the group while crpf finished second. In another match Maharashtra beat Gujarat 3-2. |
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BSF lift football
title KURALI, Dec 3-- Border Security Force, Jalandhar, overcame
a spirited Punjab State Electricity Board challenge to emerge deserving winners in the 13th Master Mehar Singh Memorial Football Tournament which concluded at the Khalsa Senior Secondary School grounds here
today. The two teams were level 1-1 at half-time. After a cautious start, Border
Security Force started dictating terms and took the lead midway through the first half when star striker Dharminder Singh's power-packed shot from inside the box gave PSEB custodian Jatinder Singh absolutely no
chance. However, PSEB hit back through Sukhvir Singh shortly before the interval with the equaliser after medio Parminder Singh centred following a combined move on the left
flank. The match winner came late in the second half through new recruit Sukhbir Singh's fine effort from the top of the box following a square pass from the left. Border Security Force seem to have found their touch after a lacklustre showing in the previous
season. Lack of quality strikers proved to be their bane in the National Football League last
year. In the 22 matches that the team played in the NFL, they could score only nine goals before Indian Telephone Industries elbowed them out of the high-profile
league. But in new recruit Dharminder Singh, BSF seem to have found their trump
card. His lightning speed coupled with aggressiveness upfront makes him stand out from the
rest. Along with Sukbir, also a new recruit from Mahilpur, Dharminder proved to be a constant threat to the rival teams here over the past few days. Like
yesterday, the promising striker was at his devastating best today, tearing
down the flanks in rapid succession. PSEB, relying on experienced players like Manpreet Singh and Sandeep Saini did put up stiff resistance but the sturdy BSF
defence, which also proved its mettle in the NFL last year, withstood the test with
fortitude. In fact the midfield and defence have never been a problem with the security men. The first goal for BSF which came in the 17th minute was partly due to a defensive lapse and the agile Dharminder after gaining control of the ball inside the box unleashed a powerful kick to bulge the
net, giving the PSEB goalie little time to react. PSEB launched a counter attack soon after but striker Sandeep Saini only managed to shoot straight at the BSF custodian Bibhas
Saha. This was followed by a strong BSF offensive. After Dharminder failed to
connect, the ball came to Harbinder but he only managed to despatch a feeble kick into the hands of Jatinder under the PSEB bar. PSEB's sustained efforts eventually bore fruit in the 38th minute when midfielder Parminder centred and Sukhvir provided the finishing touches (1-1). After the lemon
break, BSF went all out to gain the upper hand. However ,they had to wait for a some time before new recruit Sukhbir
Singh, finding himself in an enviable position at the top of the box following a square
pass, unleashed a powerful kick with confidence to which the PSEB custodian had no answer. PSEB did try to come back into the game with some quick attacks but the BSF defence proved impregnable. Mr Ravi Inder
Singh, MLA, and former Speaker in the Punjab Assembly, who was the chief
guest, gave away the prizes. Among those present on the occasion were Sukhwinder Singh,national coach who is also coach of JCT
Phagwara, and former international Parminder Singh. |
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All-round show by Sachin Rana ROHTAK, Dec 3 — An all round performance by Sachin Rana helped Haryana to gain first innings lead over Jammu and Kashmir on the opening day of the three-day North Zone Vijay Merchant match at Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium here today. After putting Jammu and Kashmir in to bat first, Haryana managed to dismiss their opponents at 154. Opener Kapil Dev scored 52 and Zibran Hassan contributed 38. In reply, Haryana surpassed the total in 33rd over at the loss of two wickets only. Sachin Rana who had bagged 5 wickets while bowling for Haryana, went on to hammer a century off just 99 balls with 15 fours and a six. At draw of stumps today Haryana were 183 for 3.
Scoreboard Jammu & Kashmir (Ist innings): Extras: 23 Total: (al out in 47.4 overs) 154 Fall of
wickets: 1-25, 2-35, 3-41, 4-50, 5-101, 6-102, 7-102, 8-102, 9-138, 10-154. Bowling: Sachin Rana 15.4-8-32-5, Imran 9-3-29-0, Kapil Bali 10-1-31-2, Hemant Bansal 9-3-28-3, Neelap Thamman 2-0-15-0, Nitin Mehtani 2-1-1-0. Haryana (Ist innings): Extras: 11 Total for 3 wickets: 183 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-145, 3-176. Bowling: Anil Balgotra 8-1-38-2, Abid Nabi 5-0-22-0, Zibran Hassan 4-0-22-0, Vimarsh Kaw 13-2-42-1, Sumit Silwal 12-0-48-0. |
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Sangrur boxers
dominate SANGRUR, Dec 3 — Kamaldeep Datta of Patiala entered the semifinal in fly wt. category in the Punjab state junior boxing championships here. Kamaldeep faced stiff resistance from Rakesh Kumar of Sangrur. Both the boxers were evenly matched but Dutta’s quick reflexes helped him in defeating his opponent. Sangrur boxers dominated the proceedings on the second day of the championships as most of Sangrur’s boxers moved to the semifinal stage.
Results: Light Welter Wt: Harvinder Singh (Pta) beat Harminder Singh (Sunam), Sunny (Sang) beat Rohit (Jal), Amandeep (T. Sabo) beat Pawan Kumar (Sang), Neeraj (Pta) beat Rohit (Mansa). Welter Wt:
Harpreet Singh (Barnala) beat Jasbir Singh (M.Kla), Lakhwinder Singh (Sang) beat Karminder Singh (Pta), Didar Singh (Mastuana) beat Gurpreet Singh (Pta), Rajinder Singh (Sunam) beat Avtar Singh (Sunam). Light Fly Wt: Amandeep
(Ldh) beat Gurdeep Singh (T. Sabo), Sarabjit (Sang) beat Gaurav (Hsp), Randip (Pta) beat Krishan Kumar (Bth). Dinesh Kumar (Pta) beat Kashmir Singh (Mansa). Bantam Wt: Gurlal Singh (Asr) beat Gurpreet Singh (Bnl), Sarabjit Singh (Sunam) beat Pramod Kumar (M.Kla), Gurpal Singh (Ldh) beat Kiran Pal (Dhuri), Gopal Singh (Pta) beat Kailash (Bth), Rahul Kumar (Pta) beat Shiv Ram (Pta), Gurdeep Singh (Khanna) beat Munish Kumar (M. Kla), Narinder Singh (Sang) beat Rajinder Singh (Bnl), Umrinder Pal (Sang) beat Vikram (Asr). Feather Wt: Pankaj Kumar (Ropar) beat Pradeep Kumar (Sang), Pritpal Singh (Mastuana) beat Gurtej Singh (Sang), Amrinder Singh (Sunam) beat Rajan Kumar (Mastuana). |
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PU win CHANDIGARH, Dec 3 — Panjab University, Chandigarh, today bagged the title in the All-India Inter-Varsity Football (Men) Tournament beating Calicut University 3-2 in a controversial result. Both the teams failed to score any goal in first half. PU players opened the account in second half through Parveen in 52nd minute which was levelled by Jobish of Calicut in the 59th minute. Later visiting team surged ahead in 82nd minute when the goal was scored by Vinoy. In dying minutes a penalty shootout was awarded to PU and Lakhvir Singh scored the goal. |
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PERTH, Dec 3 — Steve Waugh’s Australian side set a new world record 12 successive Test wins here today when they thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 27 runs on the third day of the second Test at Perth’s WACA Ground.
