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January 22, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Complaint
no big issue: Lindsay Indian colts win West Indies tour from April 2 Sampras bows out of Australian Open
Mathew struggles for victory Pakistan
rout Japan 9-1 Makhan Singh dead Abhinav confident of winning gold Aparna Popat joins camp Big victory for Chandigarh team
Maharashtra, WB lead in gymnastics meet
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India need to put up improved show Cuttack, January 21 Having managed to snatch a lucky win with a late fightback in the first one-dayer, the Indians will have to pull their socks up for tomorrow’s match. Marcus Trescothick’s heroics and some erratic bowling by the Indians had almost put the visitors on course for a stunning victory but the England opener’s controversial dismissal changed the complexion of the game and the home team bounced back snapping up the last six wickets for just 35 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the six-match series. The scare at the jam-packed Eden Gardens should serve as a wake-up call for captain Sourav Ganguly and his men, determined to stamp their authority in the shorter version of the game after the elements saved them some embarrassment in the Test series before Christmas. Despite having a rather inexperienced team, the Englishman have proved that they are no push-overs and are quite capable of giving the Indians a run for their money even in their own backyard. The first one-dayer thus predicted of things to come in the series and going by the standards in the Kolkata match, a lot of thrilling cricket looks to be in store for fans. The Indians, who have paid a heavy price for their butter fingers in the past, would have to hold on to all the chances that come their way if they want to be really successful in the one-dayers, particularly when the track favours the batsmen. England’s performance at the Eden Gardens also proved that the visitors, who had reached Kolkata more than a week in advance to prepare for the series, not only acclimatised to the conditions but also learnt quickly how to tackle Indian spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. The home team will, as usual, look up to Sachin Tendulkar for posting a big total and the maestro, who seems to have curbed his natural attacking instincts to some extent, will be determined to contribute in a bigger way with the bat. The opening pair of Tendulkar and Ganguly had stitched a brisk 78-run opening partnership but both batsmen could not stay at the crease for long. Ganguly, woefully short of runs in recent times, did give a fairly good account of himself in front of his home crowd with a confidence-boosting 42, showing signs of regaining his touch once again. The left-handed Dinesh Mongia showed he could make an impression at the highest level by scoring a career-best 71 and he will have to continue the good showing right through the series to make up for the absence of the dependable Rahul Dravid. The stylish V.V.S. Laxman has more often than not failed to produce a substantial knock after getting his eye in and it is high time the Hyderabad batsman did justice to his potential. Comeback man Hemang Badani also proved he could use the bat to good effect as he chipped in with a quickfire 35 off 33 balls to prop up the Indian innings towards the end. Teams (from): England: N. Hussain (capt), M. Trescothick, N. Knight, G. Thorpe, M. Vaughan, P. Collingwood, A. Flintoff, J. Snape, A. Giles, J. Foster, D. Gough, A. Caddick, M. Hoggard and O. Shah. Umpires: V.K. Ramaswamy and K. Parthasarthy. 3rd umpire S.R. Singh. Match referee: Dennis Lindsay (South Africa).
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Slow over-rate penalty
Cuttak, January 21 Speaking to newsmen Dennis said that both India and England would be fined part of their match fees for falling behind the stipulated over rate. England, having bowled first at Eden Gardens, had already been penalised by an over, would also lose match fee for one over, he said. The England team was set a target of 282 that they had to achieve in 49 overs instead of the stipulated period of 50 overs.
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Lindsay summons Ganguly Kolkata, January 21 He was sad that his three-month-old daughter was unwell. He was aggrieved that he had been summoned and grilled by the series match referee, Denness Lindsay on the charge of his failure to properly ‘manage’ his players during the match at the Eden Gardens, which India won. Lindsay alleged the Indian skipper encouraged his players to “have slow overrate” for delaying the match, despite the referee’s specific instructions for speeding up the game. “No this is very unfair and unethical and can not be tolerated”, Lindsay censored Saurav and made it clear to him that this sort of activities would not be allowed in the future. Surprised and perplexed for being suddenly summoned at the hotel Lindsay was staying, Saurav tried to plead with Lindsay that nothing had been done deliberately, if at all there was anything ‘unfair and unethical’. But this did not satisfy the match referee. Incidentally, Indian coach, John Wright had been earlier called and censored on the same charges by the match referee at the clubhouse on Saturday night itself at the end of the play. Lindsay had been posted at match referee in place of Mike Denness after the latter’s controversial judgement at the Centurian Test at Port Elizabeth in last November last. In his controversial judgement. Denness suspended six Indian players including Saurav and Sachin which caused much uproar in the international cricket world. The controversy still persists and the BCCI and the ICC are now locked in a ‘clash’ over the composition of the referee’s committee to prove the ‘rightness’ of Mike Denness’ punishing the Indian players. BCCI president, Jagmohan Dalmiya who had a sitting with Lindsay also tried to convince him that the Indian players did not do anything wrong during the match and what did happen, happened automatically, Dalmiya argued. Dalmiya later met the players and cheered them up for the rest of the series. |
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Complaint
no big issue: Lindsay Cuttack, January 21 Lindsay confirmed having received a letter from the England team and said he had forwarded it to the Indian board which, being the host, was responsible for the appointment of umpires in the series. “The letter mentioned the general standard of umpiring in the match.... Its not a big issue. I have forwarded it to the BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya,” Lindsay said. Asked whether the ICC could intervene in the issue, he said, “It is doubtful whether they will do so though they have a right”. Lindsay, however, did not say whether he had mentioned the complaint in his customary post-match report to the ICC. “It’s supposed to be a confidential report,” he said. England were disappointed with umpire Surender Sharma’s leg before wicket decision against opener Marcus Trescothick.
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Indian colts win Christchurch, January 21 Powered by a brilliant 128 by Maninder Bisla, the Indians notched up a massive 356 for five in their 50 overs and then bowled out Canada for 114 in 40.2 overs to register a resounding win in a Group A contest. P. Patel (74) and P. Valthaty (50) were the other useful scorers for the Indian team while N. Richards emerged the most successful bowler for Canada with figures of three for 70. For India, A. Sharma and S. Trivedi claimed three wickets each conceding 13 and 28 runs, respectively. In a Group C match, a five-wicket haul by off-spinner Paul McMahon saved England from potential embarrassment against Nepal. England won by 37 runs but were made to work hard for their victory by a spirited Nepal side that restricted their opponents to just 204 for six from 50 overs. The total was to prove adequate enough though as Nepal were dismissed for 167. Man of the Match McMahon finished with five wickets for 25, but it was a far from convincing performance by England, who struggled to combat the slow pace of the pitch. Hosts New Zealand, whose opening game against Sri Lanka was washed out, dismissed Zimbabwe for just 71 with pace bowler Michael Bates taking four for 26. However, New Zealand lost four wickets on their way to victory with opener Jesse Ryder top scoring on 41. West Indies crushed Scotland by 301 runs in a Group D encounter.
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West Indies tour from April 2 Mumbai, January 21 The Indians will play the first Test at Bourda in Guyana from April 11 to 15 after arriving on April 2 and then proceed to Trinidad to play the second Test from April 19 to 23, according to the itinerary released by the Indian Board
(BCCI) here today. The visitors will play a three-day match against the West Indies Academy XI from April 26 to 28 followed by the third Test at the Kensington Oval (Barbados) from May 2 to 6 and the fourth Test at Antigua from May 10 to 14. The fifth and final Test will be at Sabina Park (Jamaica) from May 18 to 22. Sabina Park in Jamaica will also host the first two
one-dayers on May 25 and 26 while the third will be at Kensington Oval on May 29 and the last two matches at Trinidad on June 1 and 2 before the Indians leave for home on June 3. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe, who are scheduled to arrive here on February 12 on their 36-day tour of India will kick-off their campaign with a three-day match against the Board President’s XI at Vijayawada from February 15 to 17. The first two Test matches between Zimbabwe and India will be held at Nagpur (February 21-25) and Delhi (February 28-March 4). The five
one-dayers will be at Faridabad (March 7), Mohali (March 10), Cochin (March 13), Hyderabad (March 16) and Guwahati (March 19). The Mohali and Hyderabad
one-dayers would be a day-night match, while the remaining three would be day matches. The following is the itinerary (India’s tour of West Indies): April 2: Indian team’s arrival. April 11-15: First Test at Bourda (Guyana). April 19-23: Second Test at Queen’s Park Oval (Trinidad). April 26-28: vs Academy XI at Kensington Oval (Barbados). April 2-6: third Test at Kensington Oval (Barbados). May 10-14: Fourth Test in Antigua. May 18-22: Fifth and final Test at Sabina Park (Jamaica). May 25: First
one-dayer at Sabina Park. May 26: second one-dayer at Sabina Park. May 29: third
one-dayer at Kensington Oval. June 1: fourth one-dayer at Queen’s Park Oval. June 2: fifth and final
one-dayer at Queen’s Park Oval. June 3: Departure. Zimbabwe’s tour of India: February 12: Arrival at Mumbai. Feb 15-17: three-day match against Board President’s XI at
Vijayawada. Feb 21-25: first Test at Nagpur. Feb 28-March 4: second Test at Delhi. March 7: first
one-dayer at Faridabad. March 10: second one-dayer at Mohali. March 13: third
one-dayer at Cochin. March 16: fourth one-dayer at Hyderabad. March 19: fifth and final
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Indian eves beat England Mumbai, January 21 English women, failing to match the tenacity of their male cricketers also playing in India, collapsed from 89 for no loss to a paltry 142 all out off 48 overs. Neetu David, the leg spinner, did most of the damage returning with figures of 4 for 13 off 10 overs. Opening bowler Jhulan Goswami gave good support with 2 for 26. India reached the winning target of 143 in the 42nd over. Left handed wicket-keeper batsman Anjum Chopra slammed an unbeaten 49 off 96 balls with six fours to guide India home. Brief scores: England 142 all out off 48 overs (A.Thomson 55, C.Atrins 28, L.Newton 14, N.David 4-13, J.Goswami 2-26, Deepa Kulkarni 1-27) lost to India 143 off 41.5 overs (A.Chopra 49 not out, M.Raj 27, L.Pearson 2-24) by five wickets.
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Sampras bows out of Australian Open Melbourne, January 21 Safin, who won the first four games, finally won 6-2 6-4 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (10/8) in three hours 33 minutes and plays South African Wayne Ferreira in Wednesday’s quarter-finals. Sampras saved one match point in the tie-breaker when Safin netted an easy forehand but Safin clinched victory with a spectacular passing shot. Sampras was flat and out-of-sorts for the first two sets dominated by Safin but his game picked up in the third set which he took with two service breaks in the tie-breaker only to lose a tense 18-point fourth set tie breaker. Safin had beaten Sampras in the 2000 US Open final but lost to him in a re-match in last year’s semi-finals at Flushing Meadows. Jennifer Capriati and Amelie Mauresmo were given the type of workouts today they felt were essential fine-tuning for what both expect to be a demanding quarter-final in the Australian Open. The defending champion and top seed beat Italy’s Rita Grande, seeded 20, 6-3 7-6 (11/9) while Mauresmo, the seventh seed and 1999 finalist, had to dig deep when 3-4 down in the third set to overcome unseeded German Marlene Weingartner 6-0, 4-6, 7-5. However, Belgian pair Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, either of whom meet the winner in the semi-finals, raced through their fourth round matches. Henin, seeded six, beat 12th seeded Russian Elena Dementieva 6-0 6-3 while fourth seeded Clijsters dropped only two games to unseeded Slovakian Janette Husarova, 6-0, 6-2. Germany’s Tommy Haas was the highest ranked player left in the men’s tournament when the seventh seed overcame 11th seed Roger Federer of Switzerland in a pulsating five-set battle that gave him only a day to get ready for a Wednesday quarter-final with Marcelo Rios of Chile. Haas, a semi-finalist here three years ago, looked headed for defeat when he lost the third set but saved a match point and rallied to win 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 in three hours 35 minutes. Rios, who lost to Petr Korda here in the 1998 final, has only dropped one set to reach the last eight, reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final since the 1999 French Open when he outplayed Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapenti 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. The other quarter-final in this half of the draw sees confident Wayne Ferreira through to the last eight for the first time since 1992. “I think I can beat anybody. I’ve beaten Sampras numerous times,” the 30-year-old South African said after he came from behind to beat Spain’s Albert Costa 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, (4/7) 9-7, in four hours 10 minutes. He last made the quarters here in 1992 when he beat John McEnroe. Capriati was bubbling after overcoming a tenacious Grande who saved four match points in a tension-filled second set tiebreaker. “I look at a match like this as a way to build my fitness even more in a tournament, not to tire me out,” Capriati said. “It was good to pace myself. If I wasn’t fit I probably wouldn’t have been able to pull this match off. I think this match has made me sharper.”
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Mathew struggles for victory New Delhi, January 21 Mathew finally emerged victorious due to his persistence and the lack of consistency and experience of Ranjeeth. Both players faced some difficulty in adjusting to the cold weather of Delhi, but as the match progressed in balmy condition, they seemed to have taken care of the weather aspect, to slug it out till Mathew found his winning strokes in the final set to clinch the match. Seedings held good in the boys section, barring the fall of eighth seed Ivan Kovalev (Kazakhastan, who was beaten by Fawin Gerard (USA) by 6-4, 6-4. Unseeded Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh scored one of the quickest wins witnessed on the day when he disposed of Vikas Punna at 6-2, 6-3. India suffered a big setback when wild card holder Parantap Chaturvedi was overpowered by Cohen Asaf of Israel 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. In the girls section, top seed Isha Lakhani and second-seeded Sanaa Bhambri had an off-day, having received first-round byes, but three seeded players bit the dust. Sixth-seeded Filna Arutyunova of Uzbekistan was knocked out by Hsin-Wen Hsu of Taipei 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, seventh-seeded Nivedita Venkatesh lost to Olexandra Verkhniatska 1-6, 0-6 while eighth-seeded Sandra Sashidharan was shown the door by Jan Young Chan of Taipei with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. The followings are the other results: Boys: Dor Wetherimer (Isr) b Viraj Bhargava 6-0, 6-1; Arka Mondal (Ind) b Eduard Khan (Uzb) 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-1; Somdev K Devvarman (Ind) b Divij Sharan 6-1, 6-2; Saurabh Singh b L.S. Ananthbhaskar 6-2, 6-1; M.V. Abhyaprakash b Prakoso Imanuel of Indonesia 6-3, 6-4; Barbash Lior of Israel b Aziz Abdurazakov (Uzb) 6-0, 6-4; Prabowo Imanuel (I’sia) b Saurabh Kohli (Ind) 3-6, 7-6 (7-6), 7-5; Nandkumar Karankumar b Arish Narang 6-1, 6-4; Tushar Liberhan b Miki Lasser (Isr) 6-2, 6-2; Ivan Kokurin (Uzb) b Vikramaditya Menon (Ind) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Nihal Advani b A.Inbar (Isr) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Girls: Ankita Bhambri b Parul Goswami 6-2, 6-2; Saranya Pattabi b Mariya Kovaleva (Kazakh) 6-1, 6-2; Vandana Murali b Reenu Jayakumar 6-4, 6-0; Isha Toor b Jilka Nelord 6-3, 6-1; Kartiki Bhat b Asha Nandkumar 6-1, 6-2; Sandri Gangothri b Dina Senkina (Rus) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Punam Reddy b Monika Goel 6-1, 6-1 and Swetha Devraj b Satvika Saboo 6-0,6-1. |
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Pakistan rout Japan 9-1 Kuala Lumpur, January 21 Japan took a surprise lead in the sixth minute through Takahiko Yamabori, but it lasted no more than five minutes when Sohail Abbas scored off a penalty corner. Eight minutes later Pakistan were 4-1 up with Khasif Jawad scoring in the 16th minute followed by two goals by Sameer Hussain in the 18th and 19th minutes. Pakistan continued where they left off after the half-time by scoring another five goals. Skipper Sarwar Muhamad started the goal rush when he scored in the 39th minute. Khasif got his second in the 45th minute before Shahbaz Ahmad scored the seventh for Pakistan in the 61st minute. Khasif completed his hat-trick in the 67th minute and Sarwar completed the rout in the 70th minute. Pakistan take on New Zealand in their next game on Wednesday. Yesterday, Pakistan quickly managed to find their form and defeated hosts Malaysia 4-1. The home team was content to remain on their side of the pitch, with only an occasional foray into the Pakistani half allowing the visitors to dominate the game. Pakistan was awarded their first penalty corner in the 30th minute and made full use of it to go one up. Knowing that Malaysian keeper Roslan Jamaluddin was coming out as the first runner, the Pakistanis let the ball pass the stopper. Shahbaz Ahmad relayed the ball to Khasif Jawad who in turn squared it for saqlain mohamad to deflect it into an empty goal. Fifteen minutes later Shahbaz made it 2-0 capitalising on a costly hesitation by the Malaysian defence in the semi-circle by sending a hefty hit past Roslan. The Malaysians doggedly fought back and were rewarded when Tajol Rosli Mohammad deflected past Qasim Mumammad in the Pakistan goal in the 62nd minute to make it 2-1. But any hopes of equalising were dashed when Khasif Jawad scored the third goal for Pakistan just three minutes after.
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Makhan
Singh dead Chandigarh, January 21 Known to be terror during his hey day, Makhan had the unqiue distinction of beating the legendary Milkha Singh in 400m in the Calcutta nationals in 1962. A former Army man, Makhan rose to fame after winning the gold in the 1962 Asian Games. Thereafter he was conferred the Arjuna Award but a tragedy soon after changed his life forever. Having left the Army, Makhan had purchased a truck to earn his livelihood at Nagpur but an accident in which he lost his leg, forced him to come back to Punjab. However, another tragedy befell the
athlete thereafter when his son was murdered by a cousin over a property dispute. Makhan was heartbroken but his all time rival of the track, Milkha Singh, was a source of inspiration. According to ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh, Makhan was perhaps the only athlete whom he feared the most. “I owe my success to Makhan Singh”, was all that the distressed Milkha Singh could say today. He helped him to get a kerosene outlet and since then he was also busy in running a stationery shop in his village. The cremation will be held at Chabbewal village tomorrow at 3 p.m. |
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Abhinav confident of winning gold Chandigarh, January 21 Abhinav had been training under the Uwe Reisterer of Germany who has now laid emphasis on muscle building. His training schedule also includes watching video recordings of the top shooters. The rest of the Indian squad will also be competing along with Abhinav in the 10th Baltic Cup from January 30 at Aarhus (Denmark), folowed by the 25th Inter-Shot Den Haag Meet at The Hague (Netherlands) from February 6. Abhinav will be the sole participant in the International competition in air weapons at Weisbaden (Germany) from February 13. It may be recalled that the Indian shooting team, which earlier had 24 members for the European Circuit, was finally pruned to 12, as the government had expressed its inability to bear the expenses of all the shooters. Many promising junior shooters of the country were thus deprived of the much needed exposure. Meanwhile Mr Shekhar Dutt, Director General, Sports Authority of India, in a letter to Abhinav, commended his fine performance. |
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Aparna Popat joins camp Chandigarh, January 21 According to Mr Rajinder Kalsi, secretary of the Punjab Badminton Association, other prominent players who have arrived for the camp include, Deepti, P.V.V. Lakshmi, G. Jwala, Shruti Kurien, Neelima Chowdhry, D. Swetha and Madhumita Bisht. One woman player, Trupti Murgunde, expected to join tomorrow. Among men, those who have joined the camp are, Chetan Anand, Jaison Xavier, Sanave Thomas, V. Diju, Sachin Ratti and Arvind Bhatt along with three others selected for the training camp, Ravinder Singh, Mitesh and J.B.S. Vidyadhar. Nikhil Kanetkar, Jaseel Ismail and Abhinn Shyam Gupta are expected for the camp in the next couple of days. P. Gopi Chand, the All-England champion, will not be joining the camp due to injury. The coaches who have reached Jalandhar are, S.M. Arif and Leroy D’ Sa while Sanjay Sharma and Roman Ghosh, the other two coaches, are likely to arrive in the next few days. The camp will conclude on February 13. |
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Big victory for Chandigarh team New Delhi, January 21 Union Academy defeated Bhonsle Military School, Nasik, 14-0 after leading 9-0 at the half-time in a pool III match. In a pool II match, Pushpinder Singh pumped in six goals including a hat-trick while Damandeep Singh scored five to propel Shivalik Public School to an emphatic 12-0 win against Kendriya Vidyalaya,Pachmarhi, Khushwant Singh scored the other goal for the winners who led 5-0 at the half-time. Khalsa High School, Kolkata, thrashed G.V. Raja Sports School, Trivandrum, 9-1 in pool V. Hardeep Singh was the leading scorer for the winners with five goals, including a hat-trick.
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Maharashtra,
WB lead in gymnastics meet Ambala, January 21 In boys under-14, team position after compulsory exercise were: Maharashtra in first place, followed by West Bengal in second place and Andhra Pradesh in third spot. While Haryana was in the fifth position, Punjab was ninth. In girls under-14, West Bengal was first, followed by Maharashtra in second spot and Punjab in third place. While Haryana was in fifth spot, Delhi was seventh. |
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