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Monday,
February 4, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Aussies
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Have faith
in players: Waugh SA colts
defeat India Pak-Windies Test evenly
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Punjab
boxers in limelight
Abhinav
claims silver Indian
Oil move into semifinals Indian
Navy bow out
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England
snatch win, level series Mumbai, February 3 England were all out for 255 in 49.1 overs and then restricted
India to 250 in 49.5 overs. Virender Sehwag (31) and Dinesh Mongia (35) were the other notable contributors while Hemang Badani was left stranded at 27 as he ran out of partners. Earlier, career-best figures by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh notwithstanding, England posted a competitive 255. Harbhajan scalped four wickets in a space of 11 balls during the fifth and sixth overs of his uninterrupted 10-over spell as England crashed from 150 for two in the 21st over to 255 all out in 49.1 over. Marcus Trescothick (95) and skipper Nasser Hussain (41), who elected to bat after winning the toss, flayed the Indian attack despite the loss of opener Nick Knight in the first over of the innings, scoring at above seven runs an over. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who came as the second change bowler, produced an inspiring spell and dismissed Hussain and Michael Vaughan but Trescothick, centurion in the first game at Kolkata, ensured that runs kept flowing for England. After being comfortably placed at 153 for two in the 22nd over, England received a sudden jolt to their impressive progress when Vaughan was dismissed for 16. The next 10 overs yielded just 26 runs for the loss of four wickets which put paid to England hopes of reaching a score beyond 300, a distinct possibility at one stage. Of the four victims of Harbhajan, who had gone for 22 runs in his first four overs, was Trescothick and when the off-spinner claimed his fifth wicket to reduce England to 205 for eight in the 38th over, it looked all over for the visitors. But Andrew Flintoff produced a defiant 40 and added 37 runs for the last wicket with Andrew Caddick (16 not out), to ensure a challenging score. Earlier, Trescothick, who was dropped by Hemang Badani at point off the very first ball of the innings, and Hussain tore apart the Indian attack, with Ajit Agarkar taking the maximum punishment. Scoreboard England Trescothick c and b Harbhajan 95 Knight c Ratra b Srinath 0 Hussain c Harbhajan b
Ganguly 41 Vaughan st Ratra b Ganguly 16 Thorpe st Ratra b Harbhajan 6 Collingwood c Sehwag b
Harbhajan 2 Flintoff c Agarkar b Srinath 40 Giles c Sehwag b Harbhajan 0 Foster c and b Harbhajan 13 Caddick c Kumble b
Tendulkar 7 Gough not out 16 Extras: (b-2, lb-3, w-14) 19 Total:
(all out, 49.1 overs) 255 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-88, 3-153, 4-172, 5-173, 6-174, 7-174, 8-205, 9-218. Bowling:
Srinath 7.1-0-37-2, Agarkar 5-0-47-0, Kumble 10-0-43-0, Ganguly 8-0-40-2, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-43-5, Tendulkar 7-0-30-1, Badani 2-0-10-0. India Sehwag c Thorpe b Caddick 31 Tendulkar c Foster b Gough 12 Ganguly b Giles 80 Mongia st Foster b Vaughan 35 Kaif c Hussain b Flintoff 20 Badani not out 27 Ratra c Giles b Vaughan 8 Agarkar c Foster b Caddick 0 H. Singh c Collingwood
b Flintoff 5 Kumble run out 5 Srinath b Flintoff 0 Extras:
(b-1 lb-10 w-11 nb-5) 27 Total: (all out, 49.5 overs) 250 Fall of wickets:
1-36 2-88 3-155 4-191 5-206 6-224 7-224-238 9-250 Bowling: Caddick 10-1-61-2, Gough 10-0-56-1, Flintoff 9.5-1-38-3, Giles 10-0-47-1, Vaughan 10-1-37-2.
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Aussies beat SA but fail to reach final Perth, February 3 The host nation missed out because they were unable to beat the Proteas by a sufficient margin to snatch a crucial bonus point. This leaves New Zealand to take on South Africa — who had already qualified for the showdown — in next week’s best-of-three deciders. New Zealand and Australia finished level on points (17 each), but New Zealand claimed the second place in the finals because they had a 3-1 head-to-head advantage over Australia in qualifying games. Despite today’s loss, South Africa top the qualifying ladder with 18 points. It was a bitter day for Australia, who failed in their mission despite making 283 for seven wickets in their innings today. South Africa replied with 250 for five in their 50 overs, with Jacques Kallis proving the backbone of the innings with 104, as the home country won by 33 runs. To snatch the bonus point that would have pushed them to the finals, Australia had to restrict South Africa to 226 runs. South Africa sailed past that score with only five wickets down in the 48th of their 50 overs. Australia reached their imposing total - the highest by any side in the contest - thanks to a savage late assault on the South African attack by Brett Lee and Darren Lehmann. Coming together with Australia a wobbly 195 for seven wickets, the eighth-wicket pair thrashed the bowling in the last 10.4 overs, putting together 88 priceless runs from 64 balls. Lee smashed an unbeaten 51 (four sixes, two fours) from 36 balls, while Lehmann hammered an unconquered 49 (two fours) from 47 deliveries. Lee crashed 26 from one over by star fast bowler Allan Donald that yielded 27 runs, making it the equal most expensive over in a one-day international in Australia. Scoreboard Australia: Gilchrist b Ntini 31 M. Waugh c Kallis b Donald 34 Ponting run out 26 Martyn c Boucher b Boje 29 S. Waugh b Boje 42 Bevan c Pollock b Ntini 1 Lehmann not out 49 Warne b Pollock 0 Lee not out 51 Extras
(b-1, lb-12, w-6, nb-1) 20 Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) 283 Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-76, 3-117, 4-150, 5-157, 6-194, 7-195. Bowling: Pollock 9-0-44-1, Ntini 10-1-58-2, Kallis 9-0-52-0, Donald 9-2-62-1, Boje 10-0-38-2, Klusener 3-0-16-0. South Africa: Gibbs c Bevan b Bichel 34 Kirsten c Martyn b Lee 10 Kallis not out 104 Dippenaar c Gilchrist b
McGrath 33 Rhodes c Martyn b Lehmann 20 Boucher c Bichel b Lehmann 12 Klusener not out 25 Extras
(lb-1, w-6, nb-5) 12 Total (for five wkts, 50 overs) 250 Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-66, 3-129, 4-172, 5-198. Bowling: McGrath 10-3-21-1, Lee 10-1-66-1, Bichel 9-0-38-1, Warne 10-0-53-0, S. Waugh 4-0-26-0, Bevan 2-0-17-0, Lehmann 5-0-28-2.
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Have faith in players: Waugh Perth (Australia), February 3 Australia beat South Africa by 33 runs in today’s final pool match, only to miss out on a place in the finals because of a quirk in the rules. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand all finished the round-robin phase with four wins and four losses. South Africa ended up on top with 18 points after collecting two bonus points with Australia and New Zealand tied for second with 17 points. Although Australia had the best run-rate of any team in the competition, New Zealand advanced to the finals because of their superior head-to-head record against Australia. Waugh said Australian fans should not be too critical of his team for missing out on the finals. "South Africa are probably entitled to be joint favourites (with Australia) for the next World Cup and we beat them three times out of four pretty convincingly," Waugh said. "You have to keep on looking at the big picture and we played pretty well today." Waugh said he hoped the selectors would not make any rash decisions because of Australia’s failure to reach the finals of what was an extraordinarily tight series between possibly the three best one-day teams in the world. "You lose a couple of games and everybody wants to be an expert, everyone wants to change the team. You have got to have faith in your players," Waugh said. "I have got a lot of faith in those guys (Australia), I think they have done well over a long period in time." New Zealand were heavily criticised for deliberately allowing South Africa to get a bonus point in their clash on Friday night to hinder Australia’s chances of making the finals. Australia needed to beat South Africa and gain a bonus point today to pip New Zealand for the second spot. They gave themselves a good chance of claiming the bonus when they amassed 283 for seven from their 50 overs -- the highest score by any team during the tournament -- but failed to restrict the Proteas to 226 or less, the cut-off margin for the bonus. South African finished with 250 for five in their 50 overs after an unbeaten 104 by Man-of-the-Match Jacques Kallis. Waugh joined New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming in calling for a review of the tournament’s bonus point system. "At the start of the series, it seemed like a very good idea," Waugh said. "But, at the end of the series, you have got to see how it affected the games and whether that is good for cricket. "I think they need to have a good look at it."
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SA colts defeat India Christchurch, February 3 South Africa made 268 for 5 in 50 overs and then bowled India out for only 156 in 37.4 overs. India entered the 16-team tournament as top-seeds and had validated that ranking with a series of imposing performances in the competition’s group and super league rounds. But they were comprehensively outplayed today by South Africa, who progressed at a measured pace to a total which was always likely to test India. It was 59 for 1 after 15 overs and 128 for 2 after 30. Opener Greg Smith produced his highest score of the tournament to hold together the top of the South African innings. Smith, whose previous highest score was 20, batted for 13 minutes and faced 91 balls to make 61. He shared partnerships of 52 with Chad Baxter for the first wicket, 53 with Riel de Kock for the second and 42 with Hasim Amla for the third. It was David Jacobs, who smashed 69 from only 45 balls batting at No. 5, who did most to ensure South Africa’s total would be a heavy one. Jacobs joined Amla in an 88-run fourth wicket partnership to boost the innings in the last 20 overs. India paid heavily for poor fielding, dropping three catches within the first 15 overs. Maninder Bisla, one of the tournament’s most consistent batsmen, gave his team a good start in reply as India made 86 for 2 after 15 overs and was well ahead of South Africa’s early run rate. But when Bisla was out for 37, having shared productive early partnerships with Parthiv Patel and Deepak Chougule, India crumbled and lost their last eight wickets for 63 runs. AP |
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Pak-Windies Test evenly
poised Sharjah, February 3 Set a fourth innings target of 342, West Indies openers Daren Ganga and Chris Gayle overcame 10 overs under a thick cloud cover to close fourth day’s play on 24 for no loss. When play resumes on the final day tomorrow, Pakistan need 10 wickets and the West Indians a further 318 runs on a track that shows no signs of cracking up. Pakistani captain Waqar Younis pressed off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq with the new ball in a desperate bid to break through, but Ganga and Gayle played him out
confidently. Ganga was unbeaten on 19, including two boundaries off leg-spinner Danish
Kaneria, while Gayle was on five. On a day dominated by Pakistan, the performances of skipper Waqar and wicket-keeper Rashid Latif stood out. Waqar claimed four wickets in 28 balls as the West Indies slumped from 352 for 5 to 366 all out in their first innings 35 minutes before lunch.
Scoreboard Pakistan (1st innings):
493 West Indies (1st innings):
Ganga lbw b Saqlain 20 Gayle b Saqlain 68 Campbell lbw b Kaneria 6 Hinds st Latif b Kaneria 59 Hooper lbw b Razzaq
56 Chanderpaul b Waqar 66 Hinds c Latif b Waqar 62 Jacobs c Kaneria b Waqar 6 Dillon run out
5 Cuffy b Waqar 0 Collins not out 1 Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-12, w-1) 17 Total
(all out in 125.3 overs) 366 Fall of wickets: 1-88, 2-96, 3-126, 4-180, 5-231, 6-352, 7-353, 8-362, 9-363. Bowling:
Waqar 25.3-4-93-4, Shoaib 18-4-68-0, Razzaq 18-2-49-1, Kaneria 26-5-75-2, Saqlain 36-12-71-2, Taufiq 2-0-6-0. Pakistan (2nd
innings): Umer run out 23 Latif c Jacobs b Dillon 20 Khan c Jacobs b Cuffy
32 Haq c Hooper b Dillon 48 Youhana c Dillon b Cuffy 12 Razzaq c Ganga b Collins
29 Latif not out 47 Extras (nb-3) 3 Total (for 6 wkts
decl,
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-54, 3-101, 4-134, 5-146, 6-214. Bowling: Dillon 17-3-46-2, Cuffy 19-3-78-2, Collins 14.4-1-56-1, Hooper 5-0-23-0, W. Hinds 2-0-11-0. West Indies (2nd
innings): Ganga not out 19 Gayle not out 5 Extras 0 Total
(for no loss, 10 overs) 24 Bowling: Waqar 4-1-11-0, Saqlain 5-3-5-0, Kaneria 1-0-8-0.
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Hingis beats Seles, clinches title Tokyo, February 3 The Swiss world number four, winner here in 1997, 1999 and 2000, improved her record this year to 14-1 with a convincing performance in her sixth straight final at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Her only loss of 2002 came in the final of the Australian Open against Jennifer Capriati last weekend. Hingis, who now owns a 14-4 record against Seles, recovered from 1-5 down in the first-set tie-break to take it 8-6 as she pressed her American opponent into a series of errors from the baseline. The third-seeded Seles fought back in the second set, securing a break in the seventh game thanks to a mishit return. Hingis struck back immediately, forcing Seles into a backhand error on break point to level at 4-4 but Seles broke again in the next game with a crunching forehand pass and held serve to take the match into a third set. Hingis, who beat Seles 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinal in Melbourne, came back to dominate the third set, breaking the American in the second game and holding for 3-0. Seles came back from a break down in the third set against Anna Kournikova on Saturday but the world number 10 had no answer to the precision and depth of Hingis’s groundstrokes. Hingis never faced a break point in the deciding set and closed out proceedings with a service winner on her first match point after one hour 38 minutes to secure her 40th singles title since turning professional in 1994. The 21-year-old Hingis earned $ 182,000 for winning her second title of the season. She also won the Sydney International event the week before the Australian Open, her first victory since undergoing ankle surgery last October.
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Punjab boxers in limelight Patiala, February 3 While Pawan Kumar was successful in the light flyweight category when he managed to pin down his opponent J.P. Yadav of Maharashtra on points, both Sandeep Dutta and Pritpal Singh won RSC verdicts in the flyweight and featherweight categories respectively. However, the hosts had to eat a humble pie in the bantamweight category when Pawan (junior) was beaten on points by a spirited S. Rao of Andhra Pradesh. The other
results Athletics: 100m (girls, u-14): Rajni (Kerala)-1, Jeetu Shah (Kerala)-2, Aditi Shah (M’tra)-3. (boys,u-14): J.Usha Raj (Kerala)-1, R.H Tribuvan (M’tra)-2, P.Shanker Rao (A.P)-3. 800m (girls, u-19): Iqbal Kaur (Punjab)-1, Sarin Thomas (Kerala)-2, Sarita Molkas (Kerala)-3. High jump: (boys, u-19): Vinod Kumar (Haryana)-1, Shri Nath (Kerala)-2, Dalbir Singh (Haryana)-3. (boys, u-17): Gagan Barua (Assam)-1, Fregi Jose (Kerala)-2, Somvir Singh (Haryana)-3. (boys, u-14): Malkit Singh (Punjab)-1, Parkash Mandal (W.B)-2, Bhanu Partap Patel (U’chal)-3. Discus throw: (boys, u-19): Arvind Yadav (Gujarat)-1, Simranjeet Singh (Punjab)-2, Deepak Drall (Delhi)-3. Shot put (girls, u-17): Monica Joone (Delhi)-1, Aplesh (Haryana)-2, Vandana (M’tra)-3. Long jump: (girls, u-17): Malika Mandal (WB)-1, Shalu Chowdhury (UP)-2, Shilpa Sunder (K’tka)-3. 5000m walk (girls,u-19): V.S Swathi (AP)-1, Rajwinderjeet Kaur (Punjab)-2, Sandhya V.J (Kerala)-3. (boys,u-19): Gurmeet Singh (Punjab)-1, Anil Kumar (Haryana)-2, Neeraj Gaud (M’tra)-3. Basketball: (boys,u-19): UP beat Uttaranchal 62-55, Delhi beat Maharashtra 88-52, Karnataka beat W.Bengal 65-53, NVS beat J&K 30-28, Punjab beat UP 72-25, Delhi beat MP 73-32. (girls, u-19): Punjab beat MP 48-13, AP beat Delhi 4-14, Uttaranchal beat J&K 38-08. Handball (boys, u-19): Gujarat beat Haryana 21-17, HP drew with AP 17-17, Maharashtra beat Kerala 16-07, UP beat NVS 23-14, Punjab beat Uttaranchal 26-18, Delhi beat Chattisgarh 26-18, Chandigarh beat Rajasthan 24-11. |
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Ferreira-Leach duo lifts title Bangalore, February 3 Ferreira and Leach, seeded number six, came from behind to beat the fourth seeded Czech pair 6-7, (6-8), 7-6, (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 in a three hour, four minute-duel at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association Courts. The winning pair took home $ 1,45,000, including $ 72,000 for their title round victory. The Czech pair have collected $ 73,000. It was not the day of the Czech pair after their dream run in the championship that saw them ousting the Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, as well as top seeded Don Johnson and Jared Palmer (USA). After losing the first set, Ferreira and Leach clawed their way back into the match, raising their level of game notches higher. In fact, they bagged the last two sets without much difficulty. But it was Pala and Vizner, the brothers-in-law combination, who initially took control of the match as they took the first set. The first set went on serves and meandered to a tie break, which was also a touch-and-go affair. The Czech combine employed their game plan to good effect by taking calculated risks. The teams were tied three-all and six-all and then Pala earned a service point to 7-6 and forced Leach to net a return after three rallies. However, in the second set, Leach-Ferriera pair kept the Czechs on a leash, hitting their volleys low and placing their returns. On few occasions, Leach succeeded in finding the gap between the rivals to score points. Ferriera was a shade better than Leach in his service returns and later, a concerted effort helped them break Pala. Two great volley returns from Ferriera took the fourth game to deuce. Pala, who was under tremendous pressure, double faulted and was down 1-3. Then on, the rivals chose to proceed cautiously. However, the Czechs were able to raise their game when it mattered most. They broke Leach in the seventh game with two break points and drew level with Pala holding his eighth game (4-4). The second set too went into a tie-break and the more experienced Leach and Ferriera clinched the set 7-6.
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Abhinav
claims silver Chandigarh, February 3 He took the silver medal in the individual event and easily bagged the gold in the team event joining hands with Indian shooters Ashok Kumar Shahi and Charan Singh. In the preliminary round, Abhinav scored 595 and was trailing by three points behind Sweden's Marcus Aker, who had a score of 598. In the finals, Abhinav displayed nerves of steel under full control and shot 103.9 with a magnificent final series of 10.2, 10.4, 10.5, 10.4, 10.3, 10.3, 10.3, 10.3, 10.3 and 10.9. This took him to a total of 595+103.9=698.9 and he covered the lead of three points. The Swede could shoot only 101 in the finals but was lucky enough to keep him hanging at the first slot with a total score of 598+101=699 which barely kept him ahead with 0.1 point, a hairline difference. Abhinav has now won four gold and five silver medals. The next leg of the circuit is in The Hague, Holland, from February 6 to 10. |
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Indian Oil move into semifinals New Delhi, February 3 Indian Oil finished the pool A league assignment with six points while Delhi XI failed to earn any. In the semifinals to be played tomorrow, Indian Oil will face BSF while Punjab and Sind Bank takes on Northern Railway. Indian Oil led 2-1 at the breather. Delhi took the lead in the 20th minute through Navbeer Singh who made no mistake in converting a penalty stroke which was awarded following a penalty corner (1-0). The lead lasted barely 10 minutes as Khandekar captalising on a defensive lapse drew parity for Indian Oil(1-1).Two minutes before the lemon break, Sunil gave the winners a lead when he scored off the second penalty corner (2-1). Nine minutes into the second half, Indian Oil further consolidated their lead with Nitin scoring a fine goal(3-1). The local side fought back and in the 45th minute Amardeep Negi reduced the margin (2-3). Navbeer Singh converted a stroke in the 57th minute to draw parity (3-3). A minute before the final whistle, Indian Oil earned a stroke following a penalty corner melee and T.Khandekar made no mistake to send the ball in the cage (4-3).
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Indian Navy bow out New Delhi, February 3 While Indian Navy bowed out of the tournament having lost to Border Security Force 0-4 in yesterday’s inaugural pre-quarterfinal league tie in the three-team group-I, Tarun Sangha, despite drawing their match today, also suffered elimination as they were earlier drubbed 0-6 by Army XI in group II.
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