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Kiwis humiliate India
Colombo, July 20 The Kiwis scored 211 for eight after electing to bat first but India managed only 127 in reply on a slow, turning wicket. India were 13 for two and then 50 for five as Dion Nash, making a return after a year-long back injury, grabbed three quick wickets. Vangipurappu Laxman, with 60, was India’s highest scorer. Chris Harris cleaned up India’s tail-enders to finish with three wickets for 23 from eight overs. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was India’s most successful bowler, picking up two wickets for 25 from 10 overs. Sri Lanka had beaten New Zealand by 16 runs in the tournament’s opening game on Wednesday. Earlier, India restricted New Zealand to a modest 211 for eight wickets from their allotted 50 overs today, despite opener Nathan Astle smashing 117. Astle’s 148-ball knock on a turning track included nine fours and a huge six over extra-cover. New Zealand lost Matthew Sinclair off the first ball of the triangular tournament match when he was trapped lbw by left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan with a delivery that straightened after pitching on off-stump. But captain Stephen Fleming, who elected to bat first after winning the toss, and Astle rescued the side with a 70-run stand for the second wicket. Fleming hit Khan for a one-bounce four to mid wicket and cut him to the point fence for two fours in an over. He was finally out for 25 when he misread a ball from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and edged it to first slip, where Virender Sehwag took a sharp catch to his right. Astle batted aggressively, cutting Nehra for two fours to the point region before bringing up his 50 sweeping occasional left-arm spinner Hemang Badani for four and raising his 10th one-day century with a quick single to short fine-leg. But Harbhajan Singh caused plenty of problems for the Kiwi batsmen with his accurate floaters. He picked up the wicket of Lou Vincent, deceiving him in the air and having him caught in the deep by Yuvraj Singh for 16 to finish with figures of two for 25 from 10 overs. Occasional left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh had Craig McMillan stumped by wicketkeeper Sameer Dighe for 17. Chris Harris was run out for one after a mix-up with Astle over a sharp single to gully and Badani had Adam Parore stumped for nine. Astle was finally run out going for a second run in the last over. Scoreboard New Zealand M.Sinclair lbw b Khan 0 N. Astle run out 117 S.Fleming c Sehwag b H.Singh 25 C.McMillan st Dighe b Y.Singh 17 L.Vincent c Y.Singh b H.Singh 16 C.Harris run out 1 A.Parore st Dighe b Badani 9 D.Nash b Khan 5 D.Vettori not out 5 K.Mills not out 1 Extras (lb-4 nb-2 w-9) 15 Total (for eight, in 50 overs) 211 Fall of wickets: 1/0 2/70 3/106 4/158 5/163 6/190 7/198 8/208. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 9-1-41-2 (w-4), Ashish Nehra 7-0-35-0 (w-1 nb-2), Reetinder Singh Sodhi 1-0-7-0, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-25-2 (w-3), Virender Sehwag 8-1-31-0, Yuvraj Singh 10-0-43-1 (w-1), Hemang Badani 5-0-25-1. India Yuvraj lbw b Mills 6 Ganguly c Harris b Tuffey 5 Laxman c Harris b Vettori 60 Dravid c Sinclair b Nash 15 Badani c Parore b Nash 2 Shewag c Harris b Nash 0 Sodhi b Harris 18 Dighe c Nash b Harris 9 Harbhajan c & b Harris 0 Z Khan c McMillan b Vettori 2 Nehra not out 2 Extras 8 Total (all out, 41.1 overs, 175 mins) 127 FoW: 1-13, 2-13, 3-41, 4-50, 5-50, 6-88, 7-118, 8-123, 9-125, 10-127. Bowling: Tuffey 7-2-7-1, Mills 7-1-24-1, Nash 6-0-13-3, Vettori 8.1-0-39-2, Harris 8-1-23-3, Astle 5-0-16-0.
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Security for Sourav Ganguly Colombo, July 20 The Indian team had made a special request for additional protection for Ganguly, who arrived here with his team on Monday to take part in a tri-nation one-day international series and three Test matches. “We agreed (with the Indian) side on the number of police personnel to be posted and they asked for one special security official to be assigned on a 24-hour basis for Ganguly,” said a spokesman for the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL). He said 35 police men from the special Ministerial Security Division (MSD) had been detailed to tag the team and the wives of Ganguly and Reetender Singh Sodhi who are accompanying their husbands. About 60 others will patrol the Taj Samudra hotel and its grounds. “The police has virtually taken control of the hotel,” the board official said. Some 200 police men will be on duty at the venues of matches to keep an eye on the crowds. All telephone calls to the team members were being screened by the hotel’s switchboard, not only for security reasons but also to prevent attempts to fix matches. “The screening is being done at our (the BCCSL’s) request and that of the ICC (International Cricket Council),” the spokesman said.
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England all out for
187
London, July 20 Mark Waugh scored a magnificent 108 before he was caught by Stewart off Cork while his brother Steve contributed a valuable 45 runs. Earlier, McGrath finished with five for 54 from 24 overs as England’s tail was put to the sword by the Australian attack. Ian Ward was 23 not out off 67 balls at the end. The only England batsman to dent McGrath’s figures was Dominic Cork who riled the New South Wales quick into bowling short and hooked him for six. Surrey pair Alec Stewart and Graham Thorpe, England’s remaining two frontline batsmen, were the first to depart on Friday. Stewart, zero not out overnight, went for a duck when to the 15th ball of the morning he was squared up and edged to give opposing wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist a routine catch. In all Stewart faced 10 balls. England were now 126 for five in the 43rd over and in desperate need of a major innings from Thorpe. However, 11 balls after Stewart’s departure, the left-hander helped bring about his own downfall after adding a mere four runs to his first day 16 not out. He fended at a wide, high bouncing, McGrath delivery. The ball took the edge and Gilchrist did the rest as Thorpe’s fifty-ball stay ended. Then 19 for six became 131 for seven when Yorkshire all-rounder Craig White edged an intended drive off McGrath to Matthew Hayden in the gully for a 14-ball duck. McGrath now had five for 31 in 19.5 overs, the 19th time in his 72nd Test that he had taken five wickets in an innings. Such was his dominance from the pavilion end that captain Steve Waugh gave him a field of four slips and two gullies. Scoreboard England (first innings) (overnight 121-4) Atherton lbw b McGrath 37 Trescothick c Gilchrist b Gillespie 15 Butcher c M.Waugh b McGrath 21 Thorpe c Gilchrist b McGrath 20 Ramprakash b Lee 14 Stewart c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 Ward not out 23 White c Hayden b McGrath 0 Cork c Ponting b Gillespie 24 Caddick b Warne 0 Gough b Warne 5 Extras (b-7 lb-8 w-2 nb-11) 28 Total (all out, 63.3 overs) 187 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-75, 3-97, 4-121, 5-126, 6-129, 7-131, 8-178, 9-181. Bowling: McGrath 24-9-54-5, Gillespie 18-6-56-2 (4nb), Lee 16-3-46-1 (7nb 1w), Warne 5.3-0-16-2 (1w). Australia: Slater c Stewart b Caddick 25 Hayden c Butcher b Caddick 0 Ponting c Thorpe c Gough 14 M Waugh run out (Gough) 108 S Waugh c Stewart b Cork 45 Martyn not out 24 Gilchrist not out 10 Extras: 29 Total: (in 67 overs, 255 for 5 wickets) Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-27, 3-105, 4-212, 5-230. Bowling: Gough: 15-1-69-1, Caddick: 22-3-67-2, White: 12-1-54-0, Cork: 15-3-46-1, Butcher: 3-1-12-0.
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Windies in command against Zimbabwe
Bulawayo, Jul 20 Opening batsman Gayle was outstanding as the West Indies reached 393 for 3 in 119 overs at stumps. At the break Shivnarine Chanderpaul was not out seven as Zimbabwe’s bowlers trudged off after another joyless session against the Caribbean batsmen. Desperately needing to make inroads on the West Indian batting order to haul themselves back into the match after their first innings collapse, Zimbabwe again failed to make a breakthrough. West Indies: Ganga c&b Price 89 Gayle c Price b Streak 175 S Chanderpaul c Whittall b
Streak 7 Sarwan not out 47 Hooper not out 66 Extras: 9 Total: (in 119 overs,
for 3 wickets) 393 FOW: 1-214, 2-261, 3-389. Bowling: Streak: 30-8-95-2, Blignaut: 24-8-91-0, Strang:29-11-63-0, Price: 25-4-99-1, Flower: 10-1-35-0, Whittal: 1-0-2-0.
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Gold medal for Japanese pair Fukuoka, July 20 The Japanese pair won the gold with a combined points score of 98.910 after a near-perfect final performance at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka. They received full marks from four of the five judges for their artistic performance as well as another perfect score of 10 from one of the five technical judges. “We were a little bit nervous because the crowd was so loud but we just tried to enjoy ourselves,’’ Takeda said. Russia’s Anastasia Davydova and Anastassia Ermakova collected silver with a total of 98.390, which included a 10 for artistic impression from the Russian judge Marina Roschina. Canada’s Clair Carver-Dias and Fanny Letourneau claimed the silver with 96.704. Japan had never before won a gold medal at World Championship level in either swimming, diving, water polo or synchronised swimming although the country had won some minor medals. Tachibana and Takeda finished second behind the Russian pair of Olga Sedakova and Olga Brusnikina at the last World Championships in Perth in 1998 and also finished second at last year’s Sydney Olympics. They went into the final round leading on points, of which a percentage carry over, and won easily, impressing the judges and the capacity crowd with their quirky routine.
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Gopi crashes out of Malaysian Open New Delhi, July 20 Gopichand lost 6-8 3-7 5-7 to unseeded Indonesian Rony Augustinus in the pre-quarter finals in Kuala Lumpur last night, according to information recieved here. Against Augustinus, Gopichand played too aggressively and committed a number of errors. The Indonesian weathered the early attack from his Indian rival and then slowly took control to win in straight games. Playing his first tournament in the new seven-point scoring system, the Indian champion failed to adjust to the new format against Augustinus, the Asian championships silver medallist. He had reached the last 16 with a laboured 7-2 0-7 8-7 7-3 victory over Sairul Amar Ayob of Malaysia in the second round earlier in the day. Gopichand’s exit ended the Indian campaign in this four-star tournament as Indian number two Abhinn Shyam Gupta, men’s doubles pair of Sanave Thomas/V Diju and the mixed pair Chetan Anand/PVV Lakshmi went out in the second round. Gupta lost in straight sets to eighth seed Ong Ewe Hock of Malaysia, 1-7 2-7 2-7. Sanave/Diju, who reached the second round with a 6-8 7-4 6-8 7-3 7-0 win against Fairuzizuan Mohammed B. Tazari and Woon Fui Lin of Malaysia, went down to giant-killers Nathan Robertson and Anthony Clark of England, who had upset the second seed Chinese pair Zhang Wei and Zhang Jun in the first round. The Indian pair lost 3-7 4-7 4-7. In mixed doubles, Chetan Anand and Lakshmi went down tamely to eighth seeded Michael Lamp and Ann Lou Jorgenson of Denmark 7-0 7-0 7-5. Three Indians — Chetan Anand, Sachin Ratti and B.R. Meenakshi — were ousted in the first round itself. Anand showed his mettle as he took top seed Chen Hong to extra points before going down 0-7 2-7 7-8. Ratti, who made it to the main draw following the withdrawal of second seed Taufik Hidayat, could not make the most of the chance, going down 6-8 7-4 4-7 0-7 to Pei Wei Chung of Malaysia. Meenakshi, the lone Indian in the women’s singles main draw, put up a stiff fight before losing 1-7 8-7 5-7 8-6 3-7 to Yuli Marfuah of Indonesia.
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‘Who’s Pele ?’ London, July 20 Gungor Tekin, a 48 year-old former Galatasaray player, was asked: “Did you ever play with Pele?” Before Tekin could answer Dunn intervened with the question: “Who is Pele?” Laughter filled the court as Dunn let his ignorance be known to a packed court. From the beginning of Pele’s international career in 1958 at the age of 17, until its peak with World Cup victory in 1970, the legendary Brazilian seems to have simply slipped the judge’s attention.
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PEA in search of a
coach Patiala, July 20 This development may cost the host riders dearly as far as their placing in the final medal tally in the forthcoming National Games is concerned. In the last National Games held at Imphal in 1999, Punjab riders had a field day and ended as champions with a total of six medals-all of them gold. This time, considering their preparations due to the absence of a good coach, indications are that the riders may not be able to end up with such a rich haul. The PEA is frantically on the lookout for a good coach and the Association is trying to rope in former Olympian, Wing Commander T.S Lamba. The host riders, who will be taking part in all three events in the National Games — show jumping, dressage and tent pegging, will be attending a camp at the PAP complex in Jalandhar from August 1 to September 14. Earlier, the riders have already attended two preparatory camps at the PAP. The equestrian events are scheduled to take place at the PAP complex from September 19 to 28. The preparations suffered a major setback when a top class stallion died due to illness at Jalandhar yesterday. The seven-year-old stallion was taken to a veterinary hospital where it was to be operated upon but, unfortunately, it died before the operation. |
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Indian shuttlers fail to put up a
fight Chandigarh, July 20 Except Sagar Chopra, who gave a tough fight to Liew Wah Sam of Malaysia at 14-17, 9-15, others faltered and did not play with much confidence. Sagar won his first match against Ng Wei Pin of Singapore at 15-0, 15-10. Another Indian M. Vineeth lost to Malaysian Hasbullah Hafiz at 8-15, 4-15, who later lost in the semifinals. In the girls singles, P. Shalini was beaten by Thitiporn of Thailand in preliminary rounds 9-11, 5-11, while B. Bibari stretched her opponent Yao Ku Jun of China 2-11, 12-13 before losing. In the boys doubles preliminary rounds, the Indian pair of S. Chopra and G. Rajeeb were crushed by the Malaysian pair of Jack Koh and Ong Soon Hock 15-1, 15-1. China had won the girls team championship title while Indonesia won the boys title. The camp for the preparation of the Indian team was held at Chandigarh from June 11 to July 7 and it turned out to be controversial due to the selection criteria adopted by School Games Federation of India officials, which was objected to be certain players. The results of the individual championship were: Boys
singles: finals— Fu Haifeng
(Chn) b Ye Jun kai (Chn) 15-7, 15-13; semi-finals: Fu Haifeng (Chn) b R. Purnomo (Ina) 12-15, 15-1, 15-5; Ye Junkai
(Chn) b Hasbullah Hafiz (Mas) 15-13, 15-6. Girls singles (finals): Zhu Jing Jiong
(Chn) b Yao Kuo Jun (Chn) 11-7, 11-3; Semi-finals: Zhu Jingjing (Chn) b Maria Elvira (Ina) 11-5, 11-0; Yao Guojun
(Chn) b Fitria Firdaus (Ina) 13-10, 11-3. Boys doubles: finals— Fu Haifeng and Ye Juna Kai
(Chn) b Jack Koh and Ong Soon (Mal) 15-12, 15-11; SF: Jack Koh and Ong soon
(Mas) b V Nilyok and C Boonyod (Tha) 15-4, 15-12; F Haifeng and Y Junkai
(Chn) b P. Ngensirusuk and N Narkthonng( Tha) 17-16, 15-5. Girls doubles: Finals: Zhu Jingjing and Wang
Shuinping( Chn) b Png Yu and Yao Guo Jun (Chn) 15-13, 15-9; SF: Zhu and Wang
(Chn) b I Boonkridsa and Dariga (Tha) 15-1, 15-7; Peng Yu and Yao (Chn) b Wong Wai and Anita Raj
(Mas) 15-12, 15-9. Mixed doubles: finals: Suherelan Ad and S Mahorh (Indonesia) b N Nuttaphon and Vathu Wangthaira
(Tha) 15-6, 15-3. S Ade and Siuti Mahoroh (Ina) b Ong soon (Mas) 15-13, 13-15, 15-2; N Narkthong and Vathu
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NCZ lift TT
title Shimla, July 20 Parag won both his singles matches to seal the fate of the East Zone in the thrilling final which North Central won 3-2. Veteran East Zone player P. Dutta turned out an excellent performance extending both Parag and Zabarjit. However, East Zone won the women team championship defeating North Central Zone 3-1. In men’s singles top seed R. Rajesh and second seed Ranjan Chakarborty sailed into the semifinal. While Rajesh had an easy victory over D. Lepcha, Ranjan had to sweat is out against Parag. The results: (Men’s team championship final): East Zone b North Central Zone 3-1 A. Sinha b Sarjini 21-12, 21-14; C. Ganguly lost to Deepali 16-21, 21-16, 16-21; A. Bramchari b Prem Kumari 21-19, 21-11; A. Sinha b Deepali 21-16, 13-21, 21-13. Men’s team finals: North Central Zone b East Zone 3-2. P. Aggarwal b Prabir Dutta 21-19, 15-21, 21-14; Zabarjit Singh lost to Ranjan 16-21, 19-21; Heman Thakur lost to G.S. Sett 11-21, 17-21; P. Aggarwal b Ranjan Chakraborty 21-14, 21-14; Zabarjit b Prabir Dutta 17-21, 21-14, 21-19. Men’s pre-quarter
finals: R. Rajesh (SZ) b Hemamtn Talwar (NCZ) 22-20, 21-10, 21-18; D. Lepcha (EZ) b V. Ghosh (CZ) 21-13, 21-13, 11-21, 21-13; Praga Agarwal (NCZ) b C.E. Pankhe (WZ) 22-20, 21-16, 21-11; R. Chakraborty (EZ) b Pramod Gangrade (CZ) 21-12, 21-14, 21-11; Malay Thakkar (WZ) b Prabir Dutta (EZ) 21-12, 22-24, 21-19, 21-16; Zabarjit Singh (NCZ) b Satnam Singh (NZ) 21-9, 20-22, 18-21, 21-19; G.S. Sett (EZ) b Deepank Dass (NZ) 25-27, 21-18, 21-14, 21-23, 21-15; Vinay Vaiswade (CZ) b Dilip Sen (NCZ) 21-10, 21-19, 21-27. Men’s quarter final: R. Rajesh (SZ) b D. Lepcha 21-12, 21-11, 21-18; Vinay Vaiswade (CZ) b G.S. Sett (EZ) 21-14, 21-13, 21-8; Ranjna (EZ) b Parag Agarwal 23-12, 21-14, 18-21, 21-14. |
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