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January 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hewitt crashes out; Sampras through
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Sri Lanka make it eight in a row South Africa win, go on top
England eves pile up 314 England have work-out at Eden
Gardens Trescothick’s love: sausages, Indian tracks Big victory for
Jalandhar school Delhi to host ITF
junior tourney Chandigarh triumph;
Haryana lose Probe ordered into ‘meal scam’
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Hewitt crashes out; Sampras through
Melbourne, January 15 The 20-year-old Australian, last year’s US Open champion, slumped out 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7 (4/7) to unseeded Alberto Martin of Spain. He was the first top seed to lose in the first round at Melbourne since the Open era began in 1968. Hewitt’s departure means the top three men’s seeds have all gone. Hewitt’s defeat opens the door to Pete Sampras, who previously would have had to beat Agassi and Hewitt to win his 14th Grand Slam title. Now his most dangerous opponent before the final is Russian ninth seed Marat Safin, who beat him in the 2000 US Open final and hammered French qualifier Anthony Dupuis in straight sets 7-5, 6-9, 6-2. Sampras, aiming to prove he is not past his best at 30, had earlier proved he still packs a powerful punch as he raced through his opening match against Finnish left-hander Jarkko Nieminen, who was making his Grand Slam debut, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 with as little fuss as possible. Defending women’s champion Jennifer Capriati looked just as impressive with an equally powerful show against Croatian Silvija Talaja, winning 6-4, 6-1. But Anna Kournikova, still seeking that elusive first tournament victory in 94 events, disappointed in 80 minutes against Wimbledon finalist Justine Henin. The terrier-like Henin, seeded to meet fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals and defending champion Capriati in the semifinals, did just enough for a 6-2, 7-5 win. Doubts about the future of Michael Chang 30 next month, were also raised after he lost in straight sets to 20-year-old Roger Foderer of Switzerland. American 19th seed Jan-Michael Gambill, starting to become an eternal young hope with only two titles at 24, left Melbourne without a win in five visits when he lost to 30-year-old South African Wayne Ferreira. Ferreira, a semifinalist here in 1992, had won their last two matches and went through in straight sets. Last year’s beaten finalist Arnaud Clement defeated Brazil’s Flavio Saretta 6-4, 7-6, 6-4; Marcelo Rios defeated Australian Jaymon Gaff 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; Germany’s Rainer Schuettler defeated Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets 2-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Tommy Haas of Germany beat Russia’s Andrei Stoliarov 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 while France’s Nicholas Escude came back after losing the first set to defeat Australian Todd Reid 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. American teen sensation overcame Argentina’s Mariano Zabaleta in four sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. In the women’s section Kim Clijsters made short work of Australian Christina Wheeler 6-2, 6-1 while 10th seed Meghann Shaughnessy survived a barrage of powerful winners to hang in against Alexandra Stevenson with a 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 win.
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Sri Lanka make it eight in a row Galle, January 15 The tourists, set a stiff 395-run target, were shot out for 79 in their second innings on the penultimate day after off-spinner Muralitharan had become the youngest and quickest bowler to take 400 Test wickets. Zimbabwe collapsed twice in the day against the hosts’ double-spin attack to suffer their third successive defeat after losing the first two Tests by an innings in four days at Colombo and Kandy. The tourists lost 15 wickets on the fourth day, with Muralitharan taking seven, left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya six and left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas the last two. Skipper Stuart Carlisle (28) and Douglas Marillier (15) were the only batsmen to reach double-figures in Zimbabwe’s dismal batting performance in the second innings. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (Ist innings): 418 Zimbabwe (Ist innings) Carlisle lbw b Muralitharan 64 Gripper st Sangakkara b
Jayasuriya 83 Wishart lbw b Jayasuriya 1 Rennie c Sangakkara b
Jayasuriya 7 A. Flower c Lillakaratne b Muraliatharan 6 G. Flower lbw b Muralitharan 19 Streak B Jayasuriya 33 Ebrahim c Aronld b Jayasuriya 0 Marillier not out 1 Friend b Muralitharan 1 Olonga b Muralitharan 0 Extras (b-11, lb-8, nb-2) 21 Total:
(all out): 236 Fall of wickets: 1-153, 2-155, 3-161, 4-171, 5-171, 6-232, 7-234, 8-235, 9-236. Bowling: Vaas 19-7-36-0 (1-nb), Fernando 11-1-33-0 (1-nb), Muralitharan 58.3-27-67-5, Jayasuriya 29-10-43-5, Chandana 12-4-24-0, Semaraweera 5-1-14-0. Sri Lanka (2nd) innings: Atapattu not out 100 Jayasuriya c Wishart b Olonga 36 Sangakkara c Gripper b
Marillier 56 Jayawardene not out 17 Extras (lb-1, nb-2) 3 Total (two wickets decl., 212
41 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-170. Bowling: Streak 11-1-35-0, Friend 7-0-39-1, G. Flower 9-0-38-0, Marillier 6-0-34-0, Olonga 7-0-56-1, Rennie 1-0-9-0. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Carlisle lbw b Jayasuriya 28 Gripper lbw b Jayasuriya 3 Wishart c Samaraweera b
Murali 7 Rennie c Aronld b Murali 6 A. Flower c Jayawardene b
Jayasuriya 3 G. Flower lbw b Jayasuriya 0 Streak c Jayasuriya b Murali 7 Ebrahim not out 5 Marillier c and b Murali 15 Friend lbw b Vass 3 Olonga c Fernando b Vass 0 Extra (1bl, nb1): 2 Total: (all out, 43.3. overs) 79 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-30, 3-38, 4-45, 5-45, 6-54, 7-56, 8-72, 9-79. Bowling: Vaas 7.3-2-17-2, Buddika 2-0-6-0, Jayasuriya 18-5-31-4, Muralitharan 16-7-24-4.
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Murali quickest to join the 400-club Galle, January 15 He also joined the 400-wicket-takers club. Nursing a swollen bowling finger, Muralitharan jumped in joy and later embraced his team-mates when his delivery found the gap and dislodged the bail, as Olonga looked on. “You have to play with pain sometimes,” Muralitharan said before the start of the third and final Test against Zimbabwe that gave him the feat. As soon as he bowled
Olonga, fire crackers went up in the stadium in this southern port town. Congratulatory kites were also flown. Across Sri Lanka, tens of thousands of TV viewers watched his feat. Muralitharan (29) claimed his 400th Test wicket in the third delivery of his 4,010th over that he has bowled, in the 72 Tests he has played. “It is definitely a landmark that I want to pass as I really want to take 500 Test wickets. Being just 29, I have plenty of time to take them,” Muralitharan
said. Muralitharan also became the seventh bowler in Test history to achieve the
landmark. Muralitharan is well within the reach of beating West Indian Courtney Walsh’s world record of 519 Test wickets.
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South Africa win, go on top Hobart, January 15 Veteran opener Gary Kirsten, named man-of-the-match, made a typically gritty 97 and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher smashed an unbeaten 30 off 19 balls in South Africa’s 257 for seven at Bellerive Pval after captain Shaun Pollock had won the toss and batted first. New Zealand replied with 231 for nine after their run chase disintegrated following the departure of captain Stephen Fleming for 85 in the 38th over at 170 for four. The New Zealanders lost six wickets for 32 runs before wicketkeeper Adam Parore (21 not out) and fast bowler Shane Bond (17 not out) added 29 for the last wicket. South Africa have scored eight points from their two matches while New Zealand have four points after a win and a loss. SCOREBOARD South Africa: Gibbs c Fleming b Vettori 36 Kirsten run out
97 Dippenaar c McMillan b Bond 37 Rhodes c Harris b Cairns 13 McKenzie c Fleming
b Franklin 22 Klusener b Vettori 5 Boucher not out 30 Pollock run out 0 Kemp not out 10 Extras: (3lb, 3nb, 1w) 7 Total:
257 for 7 wickets 257 Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-157, 3-178, 4-194, 5-215, 6-217, 7-217. Bowling:
Bond 10-0-64-3, Franklin 8-0-42-1, Cairns 10-0-54-1, Vettori 10-0-37-2, Harris 10-0-43-0, Styris 2-0-14-0. New Zealand: Vincent c Pollock b Ntini 23 Richardson c Klusener
b Donald 8 Fleming c Dippenaar b Klusener 85 McMillan c Gibbs b Kemp 36 Cairns c Dippenaar b Kemp 11 Styris c Boucher b Klusener 9 Harris c Dippenaar b Kemp 2 Parore not out 21 Vettori c Kirsten b Donald 0 Franklin c Boucher b Donald 2 Bond not out 17 Extras:
(b-3, lb-8, w-5, nb-1) 17 Total: (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 231 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-71, 3-152, 4-170, 5-181, 6-183, 7-192, 8-196, 9-202. Bowling: Pollock 10-2-38-0, Donald 10-1-40-3, Ntini 10-0-36-2, Kemp 10-0-50-2, Klusener 10-0-56-2.
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England eves pile up 314 Lucknow, January 15 In reply, India were 21 runs without loss at the stumps. The play was stopped 47 minutes before the scheduled time due to bad light today. Resuming from their overnight score of 150 runs, English openers Thompson and Atkins, who turned 21 years today, were not at all pressurised by host bowlers. On the total of 199, Atkins was dropped by Deepa Kulkarni at the forward short leg when she was on 90. She, however, could not build on the opportunity and was run out on the same score from a throw of Arundhati Kirkire.
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England have work-out at Eden Gardens Kolkata, January 15 The visitors, who had been crying themselves hoarse with the demand that they be allowed to tune up at the Eden Gardens, seemed greatly enthusiastic as they settled for an extended net session at the giant stadium since afternoon. While choosing to work on their fielding and bowling in sunlight, the Nasser Hussain-led side opted to bat under floodlights to get a feel of real match conditions. The English batsmen continued practicing the reverse sweep, a shot they seem to be banking on to upset the line and length of the formidable Indian spinners. Tight security arrangements were made at the venue, with a large posting of policemen in and around the stadium. Even mediapersons had to watch the proceedings from the galleries and they were allowed onto the ground only in the evening for a press briefing. Paceman Darren Gough, who has already served a warning to the Indian batsmen and his new ball partner Andy Caddick bowled full blast for long spells. Speedster Matthew Hoggard, who did reasonably well in the Test series last month taking nine wickets, also had a long session. In the fielding department, the visitors continued their emphasis on perfecting their catching abilities. The running between the wickets was another area which was practised at length. Meanwhile, the tempo for the match heightened with the arrival of four Indian players — new stumper Ajay Ratra, off-spinners Sarandeep Singh and Harbhajan Singh and veteran pacer Javagal Srinath — in the city during the day. The other members of the side are expected to reach here by tomorrow morning.
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Trescothick’s love: sausages, Indian tracks Kolkata, January 15 Having landed in India with a reputation of being a consistent performer, England opener Marcus Trescothick lived upto his image with some solid batting in the Test series before Christmas and is now looking forward to have a go at the Indian bowlers in the one-dayers. “The pitches here are very good for batting. Most of the best players in the world come from this part of the world. Everybody should come and play here as it is the best place to learn batting,” Trescothick said during a tete-a-tete with reporters yesterday. Touted as a future England captain, the 26-year-old Somerset lefthander has not been bothered by such remarks and has just concentrated on his game. “I have not bothered about it nor am I thinking about this captaincy thing. Nasser Hussain is doing a great job and is perhaps one of the best captains at the moment. I keep learning from him.” Trescothick, who has a decent average of 38.55 in the Test matches, said that he was quite satisfied with his performance in the Test series against India and found the pitches in all the three matches to be ‘very good’. “We
didn't play well in the first Test but learnt how to handle the Indian spinners in the remaining Tests. I think we did quite well considering that we have a very inexperienced team,” he added. The England opener was looking forward to the one-day series and could hardly wait to set his foot on the hallowed turf of the Eden Gardens. “I am really looking forward to play at the Eden Gardens before 100,000 people. It’s going to be an amazing experience for all of us. I have played in front of 30,000 or even 40,000 spectators but this is going to be a totally different experience,” he said. On England’s prospects in the limited overs series, Trescothick said the team had done well in the past and proved that “we could adapt to different conditions fast.” “We are changing according to the situation very fast. But it’s going to be tough against the Indians as they are very good on their home turf,” he said. On England’s preparations for the 2003 World Cup, the England opener said that there was still some time before the World Cup and the team was scheduled to play some 25 one-dayers before the mega event. “We are scheduled to play a lot of matches in the coming months. It may mean too much cricket, but wetoo play more one-dayers to keep up with the best sides in the world,” he explained. Regarding his dismissal on 99 in the Ahmedabad Test, Trescothick said “It is a fqnnyfeeling. You don’t know whether to feel sad or happy. I got a bit nervous during the tea break as I could not complete my century. I had just water during the break,” he revealed. Asked whether the facilities were really poor at the CCFC ground, the opener said “It’s been a disappointing track for practice... It’s a shame that we were not given permission to practice at the Eden earlier”, he said. Sachin biggest challenge His all-round contributions with the willow and cherry have made him an integral part of Gloucestershires successful one-day side, but for English all-rounder Jeremy Snape this Saturday’s match against India is the biggest challenge of his career so far. “I have never bowled to Saurav or Sachin and the ODI at Eden Gardens will be the biggest challenge of my life as I would get to bowl some of the greatest cricketers in the world,” says the cute looking Snape. “I think Sachin is the most gifted cricketer and I have utmost respect for him. But I never bowled to him, neither did I bowl to Saurav Ganguly and so I am very excited about the match. I am taking tips from the cricketers who played them,” says the pace bowler.
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Big victory for Jalandhar school New Delhi, January 15 Earlier M.G. Inter College, Rae Bareilly, and St. Soldier Divine Public School, Jalandhar, chalked out comfortable victories over their rivals to make it to the quarterfinals. Boys Sports School and Varanasi failed to score in the regulation period leading to tie breaker. Varanasi boys had more share of the ball and they forced five penalty corners but failed to convert any of them. Danapur also muffed two penalty corners. In the tie-breaker Ujjwal Dungdung and Sushil Guria converted their strokes for Danapur. While Varanasi boys failed to hit the target even once. M.G. Inter College, Rae Bareilly, outplayed Dr Sampoorananand School Gwalior 4-0 after leading 1-0 at half time. Punit K. Singh (17th min) Mohd. Shahid (36th min), Sujeet Kumar (51st min) and Vikas Sharma (57th min) scored a goal each for Rae Bareilly side. St. Soldier School routed S.S. High School, Khunti 7-0.The winners were ahead 4-0 at breather. Varinder Kumar, Amit Bhargav (two each), Harshpreet Singh, Jalwinder Singh, Gouravdeep Singh (one each) chipped in for the winners.
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Delhi to host ITF
junior tourney New Delhi, January 15 The countries who have confirmed their participation are Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, England, France, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan. Tournament director Brig R S Randev said here today that there will be 32 players each in the main draw of the boys and girls singles out of which about 24 will be direct entries and the rest wild cards and qualifiers. The qualifying rounds will be played on January 20. The winners of the boys and girls singles titles will earn 60 ITF points each while the doubles winners will gain 50 points. Brig Randev said free hospitality will be provided to the main draw players and their coaches. |
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Chandigarh triumph; Haryana lose Shillong, January 15 Assam drew the first blood through Rajib Das within two minutes of the start followed by a goal by Pabitra Konwar in the 19th minute. Gautom Diamary buttressed the lead in the 28th minute. In the second half, Assam widened its winning margin with Robojit Jigdung (69th minute) and Kubal Rabha (79th minute) being the scorers. Assam had missed a sitter in the 29th minute of the play besides half a dozen other chances. In another match, Punjab defeated Karanata by four goals to one at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. For Punjab two goals were scored by Manjit Singh in the very second minute and in the 77th minute of the game while Rohit netted for Punjab at in the 32nd minute and Sandeep Singh in the 56th minutes of the play. For Karnataka the only reducer was scored by Raju. D in the 63rd minute of the match. In the third match, Uttar Pradesh routed Gujarat by three goals to nil. In the fourth match, Chandigarh outplayed Rajasthan 3-0. Two goals for Chandigarh were scored by Inderpreet Singh in the 13th and 17th minutes of the game in the first half, while the last goal in the second half was netted through Ajoy Kumar in the 56th minute.
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Probe ordered into ‘meal scam’ Ludhiana, January 15 The inquiry has been ordered as the bill pertaining to the journalists meals was stated by the officials concerned to be a whopping Rs 4 lakh. The amount raised suspicion among the officials and the matter was brought to the notice of the government which ordered an inquiry. The government felt that the number of journalists present during the games was quite big but an amount of Rs 4 lakh was more than enough to treat a huge gathering. Sources said in the food bill the number of journalists was shown to be double than those actually present. Moreover the price of a single meal was also allegedly doubled by the officials concerned. Sources also said that the organising committee had expected around 120 journalists and the arrangements were made accordingly. The records, however, show that around 250 journalists were provided meals for around 13 days during the National Games. In the bills every meal costs around Rs 120 and it includes both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian dishes. Sources said that it was a well known fact that the meals were supplied by a caterer in Fountain Chowk who charges Rs 40 for a vegetarian and Rs 60 for a non-vegetarian meal. |
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