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March 20, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Pakistan, Kiwis draw second
Test Donald strikes for South
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Anand settles for
draw French Open b’minton title for
Gupta Near-perfect Agassi thrashes
Sampras GND varsity honours 250
players Punjab-Mumbai tie from
today Punjab Police
win Yamunanagar XI start with win
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Harbhajan wrecks
Australians
Openers Das and Sadgopan Ramesh showed the Australians how to play spin as they put on 123 for the first wicket before leg spinner Shane Warne snapped up the left hander for 61. Das was in great form to be unbeaten with 84 at close but Laxman assaulted the Aussie bowlers with an unbeaten 59 in 69 balls. Earlier, Aussie captain Steve Waugh was out in a bizzare fashion after adding just four runs to his overnight score of 43 which started a collapse that saw four batsman being dismissed without opening their account. Waugh was adjuged out while trying to palm off the ball after it hit his pad and bounced towards the stumps. Harbhajan then dismissed Ricky Ponting (0), Adam Gilchrist (1), Shane Warne (0) and Jason Gillespie (0) in quick succession to reduce the Aussies to 374 for eight. Amidst all this ruin, opener Matthew Hayden stood like a rock and continued with his confident knock to post his maiden Test double century. Hayden, who was 147 overnight, was let off by Harbhajan Singh, who dropped a simple catch at the boundary line, at 192 and reached his milestone soon after with a three off Sairaj Bahutale. Hayden, who has had a tremendous run in this series scoring a match-winning 119 in the first Test at Mumbai and knocks of 97 and 67 at Kolkata, batted for 474 minutes and hit 15 fours and six sixes in his marathon knock. He was the last man out when he mistimed a lofted drive off Harbhajan to give an easy catch to Saurav Ganguly at deep mid-on. Harbhajan finished with figures of 7-133 from 38.2 overs and his final spell read an excellent 12.2-3-33-6. The Indians started on a confident note with Das and Ramesh bringing up their highest opening wicket stand in this series so far. Das in particular looked in very fine touch using his feet to good effect against the spinners Warne and Colin Miller. Ramesh, who was a bit tentative early in his innings, too executed some beautiful drives on both sides of the wicket. The pair was hardly perturbed by paceman Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie who kept testing both the batsmen outside the off-stump. Warne effected the much-needed breakthrough for Australia when the ball took the inside edge of Ramesh’s bat, hit his pad, and landed in the hands of Ricky Ponting at silly point. Ramesh made 61, his first half-century in this series. That brought Laxman to the crease and the stylish Hyderabad batsman started from where he left off in Kolkata. He looked cool and calm and punished anything lose as he raced to his fifty which was brought up by his tenth four. Das, meanwhile, continued with his solid performance and looked well set for his century. He has so far hit 10 fours and a six for his 84. Scoreboard Australia (1st innings): (overnight 326-3) Slater c Laxman b Zaheer 4 Hayden c Ganguly b Harbhajan 203 Langer c Dravid b Harbhajan 35 M Waugh c sub (Badani) 70 b Bahutule S Waugh handled the ball 47 Ponting st Dighe b Harbhajan 0 Gilchrist lbw b Harbhajan 1 Warne c Das b Harbhajan 0 Gillespie c Ganguly b Harbhajan 0 Miller c Bahutule b Harbhajan 0 McGrath not out 3 Extras (b-8, lb-10, nb-10) 28 Total (all out, 115.2 overs) 391 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-67, 3-217, 4-340, 5-340, 6-344, 7-374, 8-376, 9-385. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 15-5-57-1, Ganguly 2-1-11-0, Harbhajan 38.2-6-133-7, Kulkarni 23-5-67-0, Bahutule 21-3-70-1, Tendulkar 16-1-35-0. India (1st innings): Das batting 84 Ramesh c Ponting b Warne 61 Laxman batting 59 Extras (b-4, nb-3) 7 Total (for one wkt, 64 overs) 211 Fall of wicket: 1-123. Bowling: McGrath 14-5-36-0, Gillespie 12-2-34-0, Miller 18-3-64-0, Warne 20-0-73-1.
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Waugh 6th player out handling ball Russel Endean of South Africa (against England in 1956), Andrew Hilditch of Australia (against Pakistan 1978-79), Mohsin Khan of Pakistan (against Australia in 1982-83), Desmond Haynes of West Indies (against India in 1982-83) and Graham Gooch of England (against Australia in 1993-94) are the other players who have been given out in similar fashion.
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Pakistan, Kiwis draw second Test Christchurch, March 19 After Pakistan closed their first innings on 571 for eight declared, New Zealand, trailing by 95 runs, scored 196 for one in their second innings before the two captains decided to call an early close to the match. Pakistan will go into the third and final Test at Hamilton on March 17 with a 1-0 lead following its crushing 299-run victory in the series opener in Auckland. There was no hope of a result on this unresponsive portable pitch in Christchurch after Pakistan ground out the New Zealand attack for 210 overs over 12 hours in its first innings to post its second highest total ever against the home side. This was the first draw between the two nations in 12 Tests since the third Test in Auckland in the 1988-89 series when Pakistan posted their highest total in head-to-head, 616 for five declared. Opener Matthew Bell (40) became leg-spinner Younis Khan’s first Test wicket and was the only Kiwi wicket to fall today. Mark Richardson remained unbeaten on 73 and Mathew Sinclair was not out on 50. This was after Sinclair’s second Test double century - an unbeaten 204 runs in almost nine hours - had enabled New Zealand to hit up 471 after being sent into bat. It was a courageous batting effort by New Zealand here after they had lost 10 second innings wickets for 40 runs in the first Test batting collapse. Pakistan were in early trouble here but vice-captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, who hit 130 after a three-week lay off due to groin injury, ensured the visitors didn’t have to follow on. Saqlain, unbeaten on 101, and Yousuf Youhana’s career-best 203 prolonged the Pakistan first innings as the seventh wicket pair shared 248 runs over six hours. Saqlain, who had resumed the day on 98, took 24 minutes and 24 balls to post his career-best innings in his 33rd Test appearance. He had spent 95 minutes in the nervous 90s. “I was confident I would get a century,” Saqlain, 24, said. “Even if I had missed out it wouldn’t have mattered. I had done my bit for the team.” “I think I can improve on my batting,” added Saqlain, who had hit two other Test half centuries. “It was a good batting pitch. It was a dream come true. I’ve batted with Yousuf a lot in the past and we’ve complemented each other well.” Scoreboard New Zealand (First innings) 476 Pakistan (First innings): Farhat c Drum b Martin 4 Ijaz hit wicket b Drum 11 Faisal c Fleming b McMillan 63 Inzamam c Fleming b Martin 130 Youhana c and b Richardson 203 Younis c Parore b Tuffey 0 Moin c Martin b Bradburn 28 Saqlain not out 101 Waqar c Parore b Tuffey 12 Fazle Akbar not out 0 Extras (b5, lb8, nb6) 19 Total (for 8 wkts, in 210 overs) 571 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-25, 3-157, 4-259, 5-260, 6-304, 7-552, 8-569. Bowling: Tuffey 49-13-152-2, Martin 41-9-153-2, Drum 8-1-21-1, Bradburn 42-10-124-1, McMillan 31-13-47-1, Astle 30-12-45-0, Richardson 9-0-16-1. New Zealand (second innings) Richardson not out 73 Bell lbw b Younis 40 Sinclair not out 50 Extras (b-15, lb-4, nb-14) 33 Total (for 1 wkt) 196 Fall of wickets: 1-69. Bowling: W Younis 8-1-18-0, M. Sami 11-3-32-0, Fazl-e- Akbar 7-0-26-0, S. Mushtaq 24-5-44-0, Younis Khan 21-6-47-1. Yousuf Youhana 1-0-3-0, Faisal Iqbal 1-0-7-0.
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Donald strikes for South Africa Port of Spain, March 19 West Indies finished the day on 250 for seven, 36 runs behind South Africa’s first innings total of 286. It left the match evenly poised, with three days left and every prospect that one team will gain a victory that will put them ahead in the five-match series. It could have been better for the home side if Donald had not ended the efforts of four leading batsmen, all of whom were threatening to make a big score, including West Indian captain Carl Hooper, who looked in superb form and made 53 before falling victim to the second new ball. Donald’s first breakthrough ended a second wicket stand of 70 between Wavell Hinds and Marlon Samuels when Samuels (35) edged a drive to third slip in Donald’s first over after lunch. He then had Hinds caught behind for 56. He followed up by having Ramnaresh Sarwan caught at first slip for 34 after Sarwan and Hooper put on 75 for the fifth wicket. Donald finished the day with figures of four for 67. Hinds looked surprised to be given out by Australian umpire Darrell Hair and replays suggested there was a gap between bat and ball as the left-hander pushed at a delivery outside the off-stump. Hinds hit 12 fours in a 114-ball innings, almost all of them from hooks and pulls. In between playing some powerful strokes, Hinds survived several lbw appeals and could have been run out on 28 when, after a big appeal for lbw by Jacques Kallis, he set off for a run. He was sent back and Gary Kirsten at cover missed the stumps from about 10m. Samuels was dropped before he scored when wicketkeeper Mark Boucher could not hold a low edge, diving to his right. When Boucher later caught Hinds it was his 153rd dismissal, one more than the previous South African record set by Dave Richardson. Star batsman Brian Lara received a noisy reception from his home crowd but made only 12 before edging a catch to second slip off Makhaya Ntini when he went for an extravagant drive. Lara’s dismissal reduced about 20000 spectators to silence for virtually the only time all day. Sarwan and Hooper tilted the game back towards the West Indies with skilful batting on either side of tea before Sarwan was out tamely, driving at a wide ball from Donald and edging the ball hard to Daryll Cullinan at first slip. Hooper, meanwhile, was looking in top form in his second Test match since returning as captain following a retirement which lasted almost two years. He made 69 and 35 in the drawn first Test in Georgetown, Guyana, and followed up with an untroubled innings yesterday. Hooper reached his 50 when he drove Donald through the covers for three in the first over with the second new ball. Donald was convinced he had Ridley Jacobs lbw with his next delivery when the wicketkeeper played across the ball and was struck low down on the pad in front of his stumps. But umpire Hair was unmoved and Jacobs promptly hit the next ball through the covers for four. Scoreboard South Africa, (1st innings) 286 (J. Kallis 53, D. Cullinan 103, N. McLean 3/60, D. Ramnarine 3/57) West Indies, (1st innings) (overnight 2-0) Hinds c Boucher b Donald 56 Gayle lbw b Pollock 10 Samuels c Klusener b Donald 35 Lara c Kallis b Ntini 12 Sarwan c Cullinan b Donald 34 Hooper lbw b Donald 53 Jacobs not out 26 Mclean c Ntini b Pollock 3 Ramnarine not out 2 Extras (b5, lb4, w3, nb7) 19 Total (7 wkts, 91 overs) 250 Fall-of-wickets: 1-24, 2-94, 3-118, 4-123, 5-198, 6-235, 7 -242. Bowling: Donald 22-4-67-4 (3w), Pollock 22-8-40-2 (2nb), Ntini 12-2-43-1, Kallis 16-9-30-0 (2nb), Boje 12-0-47-0, Klusener 7-2-14-0 (3nb)
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Anand settles for draw Monte Carlo, March 19 Anand took the rapid game comfortably but the Yugoslav played a tactically brilliant game in the blindfold to sqaure the tie. Anand has now 2.5 points from two rounds, each of which consists of a rapid and a blindfold. GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and GM Peter Leko of Hungary share the lead jointly with 3.5 points each and are followed by Braingames champion GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia on 3 points. Playing black in the rapid game, Anand showed immense character and superior positional understanding to outclass Ljubojevic in a Semi Slav defence. The game featured the established theoretical manoeuvres and Ljubojevic was the first to deviate. Anand allowed his opponent to seize the Bishop pair advantage in a semi open position and launched an attack against the weakened kingside with the aid of his two knights. Ljubovic came under pressure and wrongly sensed some advantage with his passed Queen Bishop pawn and that spelt his doom. Anand invaded the opposition territory with his queen to force checkmate. The blindfold game saw Ljubojevic at his tactical best from the black side of a Sicilian Scheveningen defence. Anand played a relatively less played variation and had to pay the price for his over ambition in the middlegame. Experts opined that Anand’s 18th move turned out to be an error as Ljubojevic got control of the center with his Bishops menacingly placed. The ensuing complications favoured the Yugoslav in a big way and Anand had to call it a day after 25 moves, giving Ljubojevic a very big victory. Topalov was a picture of perfection in the rapid game against Alexei Shirov of Spain. In a Ruy Lopez opening where Topalov had the advantage of white pieces, a new idea on the ninth move left Shirov surprised and he could not come up with the best replies in his allotted time.
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French Open b’minton title for Gupta Bangalore, March 19 Gupta’s 7-1 7-3 7-3 victory over Germany’s Xie Yang Chun in the final yesterday, comes only days after P. Gopichand won the All-England Badminton Championship. According to Badminton Association of India sources here, last year’s winner Siddharth Jain lost in the semifinals to Xie, a Chinese player settled in Germany, in a close match. Gupta’s best performance in an international event so far had been his runner-up finish in the Sydney Olympics Test event in 1999. He had reached the quarter-finals of the French Open during the last two years, a BAI press note said here. Gupta, along with Gopichand, played a stellar role in clinching the silver medal in the team championships in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. He also won all his three matches in heroic fashion to take India to the final rounds of the Thomas Cup during the preliminaries held in February last year. French Open has implemented 7 points x 5 games format for the first time and it was considered difficult for Gupta, ranked 97 in the world. The Indian is one of the most defensive players in the world to do well in the new format, according to BAI. According to BAI, Jain, the defending champion, upset top seed and world number 20 Oliver Pongratz in the quarter-finals 7-4, 7-5, 4-7, 7-1 before losing to Xie in the semis. Indian women’s national champion and 1998 French Open champion Aparna Popat lost in the pre-quarter-finals to Tracey Hallm of England 3-7, 7-8, 5-7. The other Indian to do well was Chetan Anand who reached the quarter-finals where he lost to belgium number one Ruud Kuijten 7-8, 3-7, 7-1, 4-7. Gupta had been the most consistent player in the domestic circuit after Gopichand. A former national junior champion in 1995 and 1996, he finished runner-up to Gopichand in 1998 and 2000, and third in the nationals ‘held in 1996 and 2001.
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Near-perfect Agassi thrashes Sampras Indian Wells (California), March 19 The Australian Open champion, little more than a month shy of his 31st birthday, showed that he’s playing perhaps the best tennis of his long and roller-coaster career. He had just 10 unforced errors in the two-hour, eight-minute match yesterday and was delighted to capture his first crown at this desert event after runner-up finishes to Stefan Edberg in 1990 and Sampras six years ago. “It’s incredible, I’ve been on the losing end so many times with Pete,” Agassi said. “It’s more enjoyable at this stage of my career to play against him and to win a big match. “It feels just wonderful, I feel very proud of the way I’ve played this week, especially today,” he said. Agassi has now won two of the four events he has entered this year. The seven-time Grand Slam champion reached the title match at San Jose only to lose to Briton Greg
Rusedski. He was beaten in the first round at Scottsdale last week by Spain’s Francisco
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GND varsity honours 250
players Amritsar, March 19 In the ‘A’ division men’s section, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, lifted the Sardar Teja Singh Samundri overall championship trophy securing 86 points, Khalsa College, Amritsar, bagged Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma Memorial runners-up trophy while DAV College, Jalandhar, were third. In the ‘B’ division, Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College,
Mukandpur, won the overall general championship while Master Gurbanta Singh Memorial Janta College,
Kartarpur, finished runners-up and Baba Budha College, Bir Sahib (Amritsar), finished third. In women’s ‘A’ division, Hansraj Mahila
Mahavidyala, Jalandhar, annexed the overall general championship trophy with 99 points, BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, stood runners-up with 58 points and Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, remained third with 29 points. Similarly, in ‘B’ division Guru Nanak National College, Nakodar, bagged the overall general championship trophy securing 29 points, Shahzada Nand College for Women, Amritsar, finished runners-up with 26 points and Bibi Nanaki Khalsa College for Women, Dhariwal, (Gurdaspur) was third with 19 points. The Vice-Chancellor, Dr H. S.
Soch, presided over the function and gave away prizes to the winners. Dr
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Punjab-Mumbai tie from today Mumbai, March 19 The Mumbai team to be captained by middle order batsman Amol Muzumdar, in the absence of regular skipper Samir Dighe, doing duty for the country in the Chennai Test, will be looking forward to their openers Wasim Jaffer and Vinayak Mane to laying a solid foundation. The middle order consists of Jatin Paranjpe, Vinod Kambli, Muzumdar, wicketkeeper Amol Rane and Kunal More. The two spinners sure to play would be left arm Rajesh Pawar and offie Ramesh Powar, also a good hitter of the ball. The new ball will be in the hands of former India seamer Paras Mhambrey and Santosh Saxena or allrounder Robin Morris. The Punjab team led by former Test opener Vikram Rathore has some exciting young stroke makers like opener Ravneet Ricky, middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, centurian in the last match Pankaj Dharmani and allrounder Ritender Sodhi. Their two spinners Sandeep Sanwal and Babloo Kumar bowled very well in the pre-quarter final against Rajasthan. The bowling department also consists of pacers Vineet Sharma and Gagandeep Singh while the eleventh spot will be a toss up between allrounders Munish Sharma and Sandeep Sharma.
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Punjab Police
win New Delhi, March 19 Punjab Police, who scored their third successive victory, started on a furious pace, and mounted moves from both the flanks, to put the Chandigarh cops on the defensive from the word ‘go’. Punjab Police got quick rewards when inside-left Jitender Singh scored in the sixth minute, and veteran Narinder Kumar added the second goal five minutes later. Having taken a comfortable lead, Punjab Police played at a relaxed pace, but on changing ends, they mounted aggression, and scored the third goal through striker Harjinder Kumar, in the 36th minute. In the second match, the Jammu and Kashmir bankmen were lucky that the Gorkha boys proved prodigal with their target practice, and could escape with a goal-less draw, which suited them fine, as they had needed only a draw to move into the semifinals, on a better goal difference. The Gorkhas had collected four points from three matches, the same as the bankmen, with one goal in favour and three against, where as the bankmen had two in favour and two against. In the semifinals on Wednesday, Punjab Police take on Indian Nationals of Delhi, while Border Security Force, Jalandhar clash against J and K Bank. |
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Yamunanagar XI start with win Yamunanagar, March 19 R. Tiwari of Punjab Sports Club scored the first goal in the 39th minute. The 65th minute D. Kaushik scored the second goal to make it 2-0. In the second match Yamunanagar XI defeated Lions Club Ambala 1-0. Gurnam Singh, in his 78th minute, scored the lone goal through a penalty kick. The others team participating in the tournament are: Punjab Armed Police (Jalandhar), Rabani Kampatti (Nagpur), Gharwal Rifles (West Bengal), Mecons (Ranchi), City Young (Dehra Doon), Indian National (Delhi) FCI (Delhi) DVB (Delhi), Student Club (Bokaro), Gorkha XI (Lucknow), J & K Police (Jammu) and CFC (Chandigarh). |
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