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Monday,
September 17, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Zimbabwe declare
at 419 for 9 wkts Sharjah
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Zidane
shines for Real Madrid Madrid, September 16 Zinedine Zidane should have been a happy man in the early hours of this morning. Real Madrid’s world record transfer signing, after several weeks of publicly-aired questions over how he would fit into the Spanish champions’ playing scheme, and indeed whether the world ‘Player of the Year’ was match fit after his summer move from Juventus, scored his first official goal for his new club.
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Moin-ud-Dowla
Trophy for Indian Cements Cronje
has “clear conscience” Asian
school soccer
China
beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in Cup qualifier Giant
TV screen for PCA Stadium Amritsar
beat Patiala by 2 wickets
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Zimbabwe declare at 419 for 9 wkts Bulawayo, September 16 In reply South Africa were 26 without loss at close. Left-arm spinner Claude Henderson took four wickets for 143 in 67 overs, including the dismissals of Guy Whittall and Heath Streak, who had shared a seventh-wicket stand of 47 after three Zimbabwe wickets had fallen between lunch and tea. Whittall and Streak were both dismissed with the score at 377 and then Travis Friend was bowled by fast bowler Shaun Pollock for four to make the score 406 for nine. Paul Strang, however, defied South Africa and was 38 not out at the declaration. Yesterday’s play had been abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain and a wet outfield and Zimbabwe resumed on 154 for two. South Africa took the new ball in the second over of the day and in the seventh over Hamilton Masakadza edged a delivery from fast bowler Andre Nel and was caught by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 13. That was the visitors’ sole success of the morning session, which ended with Zimbabwe on 255 for three. In the fourth over after lunch Andy Flower, who had scored 142 and 199 not out in the first Test in Harare, was dismissed for 67 — his 12th score of 50 or more in his last 15 Test innings. A delivery from Henderson bounced steeply and turned sharply to hit the left-hander’s glove before looping to Neil McKenzie at silly point. Flower, who had attacked the bowling and often found the gaps square on both sides of the wicket, was at the crease for just over two hours. He faced 99 balls and hit 10 fours. His dismissal ended a fourth-wicket stand of 86 of which Stuart Carlisle scored just 19.
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SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe (1st innings overnight 154-2) Campbell c Gibbs b Klusener 77 Ebrahim c Pollock b
Henderson 71 Masakadza c Boucher b Nel 13 Carlisle lbw b Pollock 49 Flower c Mckenzie b Henderson 67 Flower run out 44 Whittall c Pollock b Streak c Klusener b Strang not out 38 Friend b Pollock 4 Price not out 0 Extras
(lb-8, nb-1) 9 Total (for 9 wkts dec) 419 Fall of wickets:
1-152, 2-154, 3-175, 4-261, 5-327, 6-330, 7-377, 8-377, 9-406. Bowling:
Pollock 28-14-40-2 , Nel 21-3-73-1, Ntin 25-9-68-0, Klusener 37-10-87-1, Henderson 67-24-143-4. South Africa (1st innings): Gibbs batting 15 Kirsten batting 11 Extras:
0 Total (for no wkts, 13 overs) 26 Bowling:
Streak 5-2-10-0, Friend 3-1-5-0, Strang 3-1-8-0 Price 2-1-3-0. |
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Sharjah meet as planned Dubai, September 16 “There is absolutely no change in the schedule all the three teams — Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe — have committed to play here and they will stick to the plan,” CBFS Chief Executive Zahid Nooraniwas quoted as saying in Khaleej Times. He said: “We keep talking to the officials of the participating teams on a regular basis but our discussions are mainly confined to administrative matters.” Mr Noorani was reacting to a query whether any of the participating teams had shown reluctance to participate in the tournament, to be staged in October-end, following the incidents in the USA. New Delhi has already postponed the Afro-Asian Games, which were to begin on November 3, in the aftermath of the incidents in New York and Washington on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Mr Noorani said the CBFS would be more than willing to implement the recommendations of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to combat corruption in the game.
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MDU wrestlers
are champions Rohtak, September 16 The finals of 58, 69, 85 and 97 plus weight categories were held today. All the four bouts were exciting. In 58 kg category Balraj of Nagpur University defeated Mandeep of Kurukshetra only after the ‘sudden death’. Trailing behind by 2 points, KU grappler fought back and the game was locked at 3-3 at the end of stipulated time. In the ‘sudden death’, Nagpur wrestler managed to garner the winning point after showing a lot of stamina on the mat. The bout lasted seven minutes. Hari Ram (CSJM Kanpur won bronze). In the 69-kg section Mohider of Punjabi University defeated international wrestler Ramesh Chand of Kurukshetra University by 6-4 margin. The bronze was claimed by Gore Vinod of Shivaji University. In the 85-kg weight category Krishan Chander of MDU Rohtak won the final getting better of Udai Pratap of MGKV Varanasi by fall. The bout lasted only two minutes. Ravi Kumar of the GNDU Amritsar bagged the bronze medal. The gold in the heaviest category (97 plus) was decided when Arvinder of Punjabi University crowned himself with success by registering a victory over his rival Rajinder of Panjab University, Chandigarh by 6-1. Sham Avadh of Varanasi University lifted bronze beating Kardus of Aurangabad University. Mr M.S. Malik, Director-General of Police, Haryana, gave away prizes and trophies to the winners. The Vice-Chancellor Major Gen (Retd.) B.S. Suhag was also present. |
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Zidane shines for Real Madrid Madrid, September 16 Real Madrid’s world record transfer signing, after several weeks of publicly-aired questions over how he would fit into the Spanish champions’ playing scheme, and indeed whether the world ‘Player of the Year’ was match fit after his summer move from Juventus, scored his first official goal for his new club. He was also, in many pundit’s view, the best player on the pitch for Real Madrid last night. However, Madrid crashed 1-3 at newly-promoted Real Betis and the eight-time kings of Europe returned to the Spanish capital with their tails between their legs. The pictures in the Spanish newspapers today showed Zidane celebrating his goal, a precise right foot shot from the edge of the area, but only in among a collection of snaps of Real Madrid players with their heads in their hands and looking downcast. “He had a great first half but the result was very negative,” Spanish sports daily Marca commented on its front page, below a picture of Zidane. “He had his characteristic elegant touch but had no support,” another sports paper said. Zidane was voted best of Real Madrid’s disparate and disappointing dozen by media as varied as the television channel TeleMadrid, the national radio stations Onda Cero and Cadena Ser, as well as Marca and As. However, As, despite praising Zidane’s individual efforts, also held him and Real Madrid coach Vicente Del Bosque responsible for the crushing defeat. Del Bosque made five changes to the side which drew a week ago with Malaga.
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Spain beat Oman Port of Spain, September 16 In other matches, Burkina Faso pulled off a major upset, holding Argentia to a 2-2 draw, Paraguay beat Mali 2-1 and Coasta Rica defeated Iran 2-0. In Group C in Couva, Oman’s Mohammed Al Hinai opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Spain’s Sergio Torres equalised in the 51st minute, before Melli headed a corner kick into the goal minutes before the final whistle to clinch the Spanish victory. In Group D in Malabar, Ramon Lopez put Paraguay 1-0 up in the 51st minute. Mali struck back in the 76th minute with a graceful goal by striker Claude Traore. But minutes later, Paraguayan Aldo Jara scored the winner off a penalty after being fouled in the 18-yard box.
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Moin-ud-Dowla Trophy for Indian Cements Hyderabad, September 16 Indian player Sehwag, who claimed three wickets for 38 to reduce MRF to 208, hit a breezy 92 off 91 balls in the company of Rahul Dravid (51 n o) and helped his team score 212 for three wickets in just 33.3 overs. Electing to bat, MRF were all out for 208 in 48.2 overs with Vikram Rathore topping the scorecard with 55 runs which included six hits to the fence. However, their other batsmen could not stay long as offie Sehwag spun the magic web and teased them with flighted deliveries. India Cements skipper S. Suresh also chipped in with two wickets for 26 run to demolish MRF innings. Chasing an easy target, India Cements had a solid start with Sehwag blasting the ball on either sides with equal ease and fluency to compile a quickfire 92 with the aid of 11 boundaries and two huge sixes. Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid also enthralled the small gathering with his unbeaten 51 off 56 balls laced with four boundaries while S. Sharat was unbeaten on 26 when India Cements went past the winning total. With this win, India Cements bagged the coveted trophy and cash of Rs 1 lakh while MRF XI became richer by Rs 50,900. Brief scores: |
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Cronje has “clear conscience” Durban, September 16 Cronje, who has been banned for life from cricket by the United Cricket Board of South Africa, was speaking in Pretoria at a charity function. Cronje, studying towards his Masters in Business Leadership, admitted that he committed some “horrendous mistakes” in his life. “And hopefully, by me being here tonight, I can start making up for the mistakes I made,” he said. The King Commission report into match-fixing has been handed to the National Director of Public Prosecutions who is yet to decide whether or not to take action against Cronje. Cronje’s application against life ban will be heard in the Pretoria High Court over three days from September 26 to 28.
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soccer Chandigarh, September 16 He said the Centre had cleared the Indian team’s participation in the meet. The trials for the selection of Indian team will be conducted at polo ground, Patiala on September 23 while the shortlisted players will attend the camp to begin from next day at Patiala. Mr Chhabra said this year the SGFI in collaboration with the Punjab Education Department would organise the international school cricket tournament for boys and the dates finalised for the same will be from December 8 to 17. He said the main venue will be Ludhiana. On the participation of countries in this mega event, he said England had given its consent and they were in the process of getting more entries. Mr Chhabra said by next month the website of the SGFI would also be launched. On the finalising of dates for this year’s National School games in various disciplines, he said carrom would be held at Chandigarh from November 4 to 7 while gymnastics in all age groups will be organised by the Haryana Education Department. |
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China beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in Cup qualifier Shenyang, September 16 The win yesterday in front of 60,000 frenetic fans and a nationwide television audience put the unbeaten Chinese side in first place with 10 points, followed by Uzbekistan with six and Qatar with five after the fourth round of Group B matches. “I’m very happy with this 2-0 win, everyone played well and we made a great effort as a team,” said China’s Yugoslav coach Bora Milutinovic following the match. “Since coming to China this has to be my most satisfying win, with 10 points we are now in a good position,” he said. Following a scoreless first half largely dominated by China, Chinese defender Li Weifeng stepped up to knock in a ferocious header off Wu Chengying’s corner kick to break the draw in the 63rd minute. Uzbekistan managed only three attempts on the goal during the whole match as a tight Chinese defence kept Uzbekistan’s star midfielder Vladimir Maminov in check. Following China’s first strike, Uzbekistan’s luck turned further for the worst when defender Sergey Lushan was sent off in the 65th minute with his second caution. But Uzbek picked up their attack and nearly leveled the score when a direct shot on goal, fired by a streaking Nikolai Shirshov, was bobbled by Chinese goalie Jiang Jin, who recovered just as a charging Maminov arrived. China kept up their attack and were rewarded in the 80th minute when striker Fan Zhiyi’s free kick from just outside the penalty area skirted to the right of the Uzbek wall and into the right corner of the goal. “China was the strongest team tonight, for us we just weren't lucky so we lost,” disappointed Uzbek coach Vladimir Salkov said. “I was satisfied with the play of Maminov and (Mirdjalal) Kasimov, they both worked hard but just weren’t lucky,” Salkov said. During the first half China’s strikers outplayed the Uzbek defence, constantly bringing the ball forward and setting up several good chances. Their first came in the 32nd minute when defender Wu Chenying caught a deflection off of a corner kick and slammed a left-footed howitzer off the extended hand of diving Uzbek goalie Aleksey Polyakov. In the 42nd minute, Polyakov came charging out of the box only to deflect a shot by Chinese midfielder Qi Hong whose ensuing rebound trickled out of bounds just right of the goal mouth. BANGKOK: Saudi Arabia came from behind a 0-1 deficit to beat hosts Thailand 3-1 in an Asia World Cup group qualifying match at the Rajamangala National Stadium. The victory propelled the visitors from No 3 position in the group to No 2 with seven points behind group leader Iran, which has eight points. In the three previous matches, Saudi Arabia had drawn 1-1 with Iraq, lost to Iran 0-2 and beaten Iraq 1-0. Thailand came into the match with a 0-4 loss to Iraq, a 0-0 tie with Iran and a 1-1 tie with Bahrain to finish bottom in the group. The two teams observed a minute’s silence before the match to pay their respects to the victims of the terrorist attacks in the USA on Tuesday. The hosts got off to a great start when Anurak Srikerd fired a fierce shot from the 30 yard line but Saudi goalie Mohamed S. Babker did not let it go. Two minutes later, Anurak made another attempt only to be denied by Babker again. In the 28th minute, Thailand broke the Jinx when Kiartisa Senamuang beat the Saudi defence before passing the ball to Sakesan Pituratana, who did not hesitate to go for the first goal of the day.
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Giant TV screen for PCA
Stadium Chandigarh, September 16 Mr Bindra said a giant TV replay screen, a speed gun, electronically operated side screens, a projection screen for AC lounge and a mechanical scoreboard were some of the features which the PCA was contemplating to add to the stadium. Besides, conversion of 18,000 square feet of basement into an AC performance centre, major maintenance works and purchase of technical equipment were other features which the PCA was keen to add to the stadium. “The PCA will raise a loan worth Rs 3 to Rs 4 crore from a bank, while a similar amount was likely to be raised from subsidy the BCCI gives to the state units,” revealed Mr Bindra as an amount of Rs 8 crore was likely to be incurred on these projects. The PCA has already availed of the subsidy worth Rs 1 crore from the board. The board had recently raised the amount of subsidy which an affiliate can get from Rs 2 to Rs 6 crore. Therefore, the PCA was entitled to get an additional subsidy of Rs 3 to Rs 4 crore. The replay screen, which besides displaying scoreboard will show run outs, third umpire decisions and major replays would cost around Rs 3.5 crore. Mr Bindra said henceforth, the association would entrust all works like gate management, reception of guests at the airport, looking after mediamen and catering, etc to professional agencies. “All arrangements concerning the conduct of the matches will be done in a professional manner,” he emphasised. Mr M P Pandove, honorary secretary, PCA, announced that dates and venues of three Ranji Trophy matches will be played in the state had been finalised. Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh match scheduled to start from November 1 to 4 will be played at Mohali, while Amritsar will play host to Punjab vs Services and Punjab vs Delhi matches from November 7 to 10 and November 30 to December 3, respectively. Two Deodhar Trophy matches out of the four allotted to the PCA will be benefit matches for former Ranji players Krishan Mohan and Arun Sharma. While Krishan Mohan has been allotted the match between West Zone and North Zone (February 20 at Amritsar), Arun Sharma has got North Zone vs East Zone match (February 22 at Ludhiana). This year North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day matches will be played in Punjab. The matches slated to be played from December 15 to 23 will be played at Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Mohali. Elaborating on the ticket rates, Mr Pandove informed that seasonal ticket for AC lounge would cost Rs 5000. The pavilion block tickets would be available for £ 50 each and have been reserved for the big band of England supporters likely to visit the city. VIP block tickets have been priced at Rs 250 (season). Tickets for family (VIP block) meant for four persons would be available for Rs 500 (season) each. General block tickets and the tickets for students have been priced at Rs 50 and Rs 30 (both season), respectively. A two-minute silence was observed in memory of those killed in terrorist attacks in the USA before the start of the executive committee meeting. |
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Amritsar
beat Patiala by 2 wickets Patiala, September 16 Brief scores: Patiala: 217 all out ( Munish Bali 55, Anoop Kumar 36, Lakhbir Singh 33, Rajiv Sirhindi 21, Ravneet Ricky 5 for 44, Varun Mishra 2 for 43, S.P Singh 1 for 37, Sandeep Sanwal1 for 45) Amritsar: 219 for 8 ( Munish Sharma 95, Tarun Gupta 40, S.P Singh 30, Sandeep Sanwal 15, Amit Kakria 2 for 26, Hardevinder 2 for 64, Babloo Kumar 3 for 73). |
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