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Thursday,
February 14, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Punjab in
dire straits Railways
in command Ganguly
remains team captain Zimbabwe
look to target Indian top order
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Tyson
gets licence in Georgia
DURAND CUP BCCI to
discuss affiliations Dharam
Vir chief of yoga federation Deodhar
Trophy ties shifted to Gurgaon Deepak
shines
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Punjab in dire straits Vadodara, February 13 At close, Baroda without showing nerves, however, fought their way back into the game by claiming four Punjab wickets for 95 runs in 25 overs. The visitors would have been in a more precarious situation had Dinesh Mongia (batting 36) and skipper Vikram Rathore (batting 16) not stemmed the virtual collapse of the side with a valuable unbeaten 56 runs fifth wicket stand. Young Zaheer Khan, who helped Baroda move into semifinals bagging five Hyderabad scalps in each innings, repeated his steller performance when he sent Punjab openers Ravneet Ricky (zero) and Munish Sharma (24) and one-down Yuvraj Singh (5) back to pavilion with the side’s score reading 39. Earlier having won the toss and electing to bat first, the hosts made a disastrous start as six of their top order batsmen — Connor Williams (13), Sudeep Kale (13), Nayan Mongia (29), skipper Jacob Martin (7), Tushar Arothe (14) and Atul Bedade (5) fell cheaply at the lunch score of 95 in a wicket considered as batting friendly. However, young Ajit Bhoite made a brilliant 85 off 103 balls and put on 66 runs for the last wicket partnership with Sekhar Joshi (not out 6) to take the side’s score to a respectable position. His breezy 125 minutes knock had 11 boundaries and four towering sixes. Baroda’s innings folded up in 64.2 overs, eight minutes before the scheduled tea time, as Bhoite fell to Punjab left-arm spinner Navdeep Singh being caught by Rathore. Baroda (first innings): Connor Williams b V. Sharma 13 Sudeep Kale c V. Rathore b H. Singh 13 Nayan Mongia c Pankaj b V. Sharma 29 Jacob Martin c D. Mongia b H. Singh 7 Tushar Arothe c Pankaj b A. Uniyal 14 Atul Bedade c D. Mongia b H. Singh 5 Ajit Bhoite c V. Rathore b N. Singh 85 Rakesh Patel c Pankaj b A. Uniyal 12 Zaheer Khan b A. Uniyal 11Valmik Buch c D. Mongia b H. Singh 13 Shekhar Joshi not out 6 Extras: 14 Total: 222 all out in 64.2 overs Fall: 1/29, 2/35, 3/55, 4/77, 5/88, 6/88, 7/119, 8/135, 9/156, 10/222 Bowling: Vineet Sharma 11.4- 4 -44-2 Amit Uniyal 20.2-7-77-3 Harbhajan Singh 25-6-68-4 Navdeep Singh 5.2-1-4-1Harish Puri 2-0-17-0 Punjab (first innings): Ravneet Rickey c S. Kale b Z. Khan 0 Munish Sharma c N. Mongia b Z. Khan 24 Yuvraj Singh c N. Mongia b Z. Khan 5 Pankaj Dharmani c N. Mongia b R. Patel 0 Dinesh Mongia batting 36 Vikram Rathore batting 16 Extras: 14 Total: 95 for 4 in 25 overs Fall: 1/1, 2/39, 3/39, 4/39 Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-1-42-3 Rakesh Patel 11-3-27-1 Shekhar Joshi 3-2-5-0 Ajit Bhoite 1-0-1-0.
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Railways in command
New Delhi, February 13 On a day when only 44 overs were bowled due to a slippery outfield, Amit Pagnis and Sanjay Bangar kept their heads down and stuck to basics to ensure Railways stayed on course of a good first innings score. Left-handed Pagnis remained unbeaten on 60 and put up 124 runs for the first wicket with Bangar who fell short of his half-century by just two runs after Railways had won the toss and elected to bat first. At stumps, T.P. Singh (2) was giving company to Pagnis. It was Saurav Ganguly who provided ample excitement on an otherwise lacklustre day with all his trappings of an international star. Not only did he open the bowling attack, he completed 13 overs in three spells and also got the only breakthrough for his team. Just when Bengal bowlers were beginning to get frustrated by the patient Railway openers, Ganguly seduced Bangar to play a rash shot, the only one of the innings, and the attempted hook resulted in Sourashish Lahiri taking a simple catch at long leg. Bangar looked in good nick smacking six-well struck fours in his 48-run knock that came off 125 balls. Ganguly, who opened the attack, surprised the Railway batsmen with his pace and short pitched deliveries initially. In his first spell of six overs, two were maidens and only 10 runs were scored off them. The India skipper was unlucky when in the third over Bangar was dropped on two with Deep Dasgupta flooring a caught behind chance. Dasgupta was erratic today failing to collect the ball on quite a number of occasions. And not only Dasgupta, other Bengal players also looked off colour in the field. With the Bengal fielders lazy in their approach, Pagnis and Bangar made merry, sneaking in quick singles and punishing the loose deliveries with boundaries. Pagnis reached his 50 (81b, 5x4) in style, hitting a point boundary off veteran spinner Utpal Chatterjee. The Railway opener did not look perturbed even once during his 200-minute stay at the crease as he negotiated the Bengal attack with expertise and patience. Seamer Shabbir Ali, who looked genuinely quick, was also not spared for his waywardness in the 15th over when Pagnis hit him for consecutive fours, first a neat leg glance and the other a flowing cover drive. Earlier, the umpires delayed start of play by almost four hours citing a slippery patch in the outfield. To make up for the 46 overs lost today, play would be extended by one hour on the remaining four days. Scoreboard Railways (first innings:) Bangar c Lahiri b Ganguly 48, Pagnis batting 60, T.P. Singh batting 2. Extras: (b-5, nb-8, w-6) 19 Total: (for 1 wkt, 44 overs) 129 Fall of wicket: 1-124. Bowling: Ganguly 13-3-34-1, Shabbir Ali 6-1-31-0, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 7-1-23-0, Saurashish Lahiri 5-0-18-0, Utpal Chatterjee 8-4-9-0, Sanjib Sanyal 5-1-9-0.
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Ganguly remains team captain Mumbai, February 13 Selection committee Chairman Chandu Borde told reporters here that Ganguly was chosen to lead as he did pretty well against England in the recently concluded series despite his not so impressive batting performance in the Tests which India won 1-0. “I think Ganguly did well in the series against England and we decided to give him another chance against Zimbabwe,” Borde said. “However, we discussed two other names, that of Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble in the 30-minute meeting but we decided to stick with Ganguly as he has lost just one Test series, against South Africa, in the past 15 months or so,” he said. “Though I am satisfied with his captaincy, I am really not happy with his batting performances in the Tests, ” Borde added. Meanwhile, selection committee convenor and cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters that the team for the first Test against Zimbabwe would be picked in Delhi on February 17 after the selectors watch the two Ranji Trophy semifinal matches being played at Delhi and Baroda. |
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Zimbabwe look to target Indian top order
Mumbai, February 13 Skipper Stuart Carlisle told reporters that he would like to take a leaf out of England’s book who returned jubilant with a 3-3 draw in the on-day series after trailing 1-3. “We would like to play positive cricket like the Englishmen did during their tour of India, which concluded recently. We have been watching the series keenly and we have observed that the Englishmen came here as underdogs but still played positively to put the Indians under pressure,” Carlisle said. “We too would like to catch India on the wrong foot by never letting them settle down,” he added. “We know that Indian middle order is a bit suspect. Hence we would first like to go after the top order which has world class players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag and then work our way through the middle order,” Zimbabwe’s new skipper said. Zimbabwe’s Australian coach Geoff Marsh said “it is always a challenge to play in India.” “I have come here as a player, coach of the Australian team and now with this young side and I am looking forward to this challenge. We have some very talented guys and I think this tour will help them to become real tough cricketers for the future,” Marsh said. Asked if they had any game plan to tackle Tendulkar and co, Carlisle said: “Yes we do have, but I cannot discuss it with you.” Carlisle, however, sounded confident about facing the Indian spin challenge on tailor-made tracks. “We have just come from the tour of Sri Lanka where we found their off spinner Muthiah Murlitharan a hard nut to crack. We know India has two world class spinners in Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. However, many of our batsman have played them quite well and we would like to do the same this time as well,” he added. Coach Marsh said “The team wants to win in India though both the Tests and one-dayers would be tough.” Marsh, who was consultant for the Indian juniors before taking over as Zimbabwe coach, said, “Young players like Travis Friend, Trevor Gripper, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Raymond Price, Tatenda Taibu and Brighton Wataambwa would benefit a lot from this tour especially after playing against world class players like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. Captain Carlisle was all praise for Marsh and said the Australian’s arrival as coach had helped the players tremendously. “He knows how to get the best from the players and is always there to help us with his enormous experience of playing all over the world with probably the best side. “He has also coached Australia and has a very good knowledge of Indian conditions which will definitely help during his tour”, Carlisle said. Carlisle denied there was pressure on him to deliver the goods with as many as three former skippers in the side. “There is absolutely no pressure captaining a side with three or more former skippers. On the contrary it is a big help as I can always seek their advice and share their vast experience when needed”. The Zimbabweans will play two tests (at Nagpur and Delhi) and five one-dayers apart from a three-day game against the Board President’s XI. The team: Stuart Carlisle (capt), Heath Streak (vice-capt), Alister Campbell, Dion Ebrahim, Andy Flower (wk), Grant Flower, Travis Friend, Trevor Gripper, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Raymond Price, Gavin Rennie, Tatenda Taibu, Brighton Watambwa and Craig Wishart.
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ACB dumps Steve Waugh Sydney, February 13 The 36-year-old will not be picked in the squad for the seven one-day matches in South Africa starting next month, said Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns, adding that he hoped the move would prolong Waugh’s Test career. Waugh said he was disappointed with the decision. Waugh, a veteran of 145 Tests and 325 limited overs internationals, will still captain Australia’s Test squad of 15 due to fly from Sydney to Johansnesburg on Thursday for a three-Test tour. “This I see as a setback and a challenge,” he said. “I’ll do everything in my power to get back into that one-day side.” Waugh, who led Australia to victory in the 1999 World Cup final, has recently faced a backlash from local media over his side’s failure to qualify for the finals of the triangular limited overs series against New Zealand and South Africa in Australia. “My campaign starts from today,” he said. “I’ve got to get the performances on the board. So I’m certainly still looking forward and ahead to the 2003 World Cup (in South Africa). “I’ll definitely remain available for Australia for one-day cricket. It’s disappointing at the moment, but it’s a good challenge ahead. “I’ve never shied away from a challenge. I’m a pretty determined sort of person.” Hohns said the new captain for the one-day side would not be named until the limited overs squad for the South African tour was chosen in the next seven days. Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist and former vice-captains Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting are considered contenders for the job. “It was the selectors’s unanimous view that there were now other players ahead of Steve for a place in the one-day team,” Hohns said. “Now is the appropriate time to do some serious planning for that World Cup. “We are very hopeful this decision will prolong Steve’s Test career.” Waugh made 187 runs at 31.17 in the recent triangular one-day series after leading Australia to a 3-0 Test series win over South Africa and a 0-0 drawn series against the Kiwis. Waugh made 141 runs at 35.25 in the three home Tests against the Proteas and 78 at 19.50 in the Test series against New Zealand. His overall one-day international record is 7,569 runs at 32.91 with three centuries. Waugh’s twin brother Mark, who made 126 runs at 21 in the triangular series, has also been the subject of intense media scrutiny in recent weeks as Australia’s selectors tried to re-focus their World Cup campaign following the disappointing series against New Zealand and South Africa. Steve Waugh took over from Mark Taylor as Australia’s full-time limited overs captain in 1997-98 and succeeded Taylor as Test captain in the 1999 series against the West Indies. Waugh, who is Australia’s most successful captain with 24 wins from 34 Tests, led his country to a world record streak of 16 Test wins between October 1999 and March 2001. He is also the third highest run-scorer in Test cricket, boasting 9,505 runs at an average of 50.83. Only former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin (334) has played more one-day internationals than Waugh, who appeared in Australia’s 1987 and 1999 World Cup-winning sides.
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Warne, Ponting,
Gilchrist in race Sydney, February 13 Australian Cricket Board chief executive James Sutherland said today that 36-year-old Waugh would not be chosen in the team for the seven-match one-day international series in South Africa starting next month. Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said Waugh had been dropped as the selectors make a priority of the 2003 World Cup title defence after the disappointment of not making the finals of this month’s Tri Series against South Africa and New Zealand. Warne’s credentials shape as the most interesting if selectors want him to lead Australia in its World Cup defence in South Africa. His captaincy is still rated highly by selectors but he will again have to win over the A|CB Directors.
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New Zealand win
Christchurch, February 13 Replying to England’s 196 all out in the rain-reduced 42-over match, Nevin and Astle rode their luck to share a 99-wicket opening stand to set the hosts well on their way to victory. England: Trescothick lbw b Butler 1 Knight c Adams b Tuffey 73 Hussain c Nevin b Adams 35 Thorpe run out 41 Flintoff c Vincent b Cairns 12 Collingwood c Tuffey b Vettori 9 White c Cairns b Vettori 0 Foster c Vincent b Vettori 3 Giles c Harris b Cairns 2 Caddick c Harris b Adams 2 Gough not out 5 Extras: (lb-6, w-6, nb-1) 13 Total: (all out, 40.2 overs) 196 FOW: 1-2, 2-84, 3-156, 4-170, 5-181, 6-181 7-183, 8-188, 9-189. Bowling: Butler 5-0-37-1, Tuffey 8-0-48-1, Cairns 9-1-43-2, Adams 6.2-1-25-2, Astle 1-0-9-0, Vettori 8-1-17-3, Harris 3-0-11-0. New Zealand Astle not out 67 Nevin c Collingwood b Flintoff 55 Fleming c and b White 10 McMillan c Foster b Gough 15 Cairns b Gough 8 Vincent c Flintoff b Gough 0 Harris c Foster b Gough 0 Adams not out 28 Extras: (lb-9, w-6) 15 Total: (for 6 wkts, 38.3 overs)198 Fall of wickets: 1-99, 2-111, 3-136, 4-144, 5-144, 6-144. Bowling:
Gough 9-1-44-4, Caddick 7.3-0-51-0, Flintoff 8-0-30-1, White 5-0-36-0, Giles 9-1-28-0.
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Tyson gets licence in Georgia
Georgia Boxing Commission administrator Tom Mishou told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘‘Shelly Finkel, Mr Tyson’s manager, contacted my office, he asked if I would send him a licence application that he could get Mr Tyson to fill out. ‘‘I said sure. I sent it to him, Mr Tyson filled it out, they sent me the required medicals, they sent me the money, we issued the licence.’’ Gary Shaw, whose Main Events company promotes Lewis, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today that he had heard nothing about the fight in Atlanta, Georgia. He added: ‘‘Who knows? Atlanta may not have to compete with anybody, depending if an offer is made and how it is made.’’ But, in a separate interview, Mishou told USA Today that the Georgia Dome had put up a site fee $13 million and a date of June 8 pencilled in. Lewis’s former manager Frank Maloney says he believes the authorities in Georgia agreed to give Tyson a licence to fight in order to put that state on the boxing map.
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Chandigarh, February 13 In the third World Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia finished fourth after losing the battle for the bronze to West Germany. In the fourth edition at Buenos Aires, the Malaysians once again went hurtling towards the bottom, finishing 10th among 14 contestants. At Bombay in the fifth edition, the position remained unchanged as they were placed 10th among 12 contestants. In the sixth edition at London, seventh at Lahore, and eighth at Sydney, Malaysia went unrepresented. It was at Utrecht during the ninth edition that Malaysia once again made an appearance in the prestigious tournament but finished a poor 11th among 12 teams. In the tenth edition at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will make their sixth appearance. 3. Australia (1 gold, 4 bronze)
The Australians made an unimpressive debut in the inaugural edition of the World Cup at Barcelona where they finished eighth among 10 contestants. After missing the second edition at Amsterdam, Australia came back to claim the fifth spot in the third World Cup at Kuala Lumpur scoring 16 goals. Thereafter, at Buenos Aires in the fourth edition in 1978, Australia snatched the bronze relegating West Germany to the fourth position with a hard fought 4-3 victory. The team was led by the legendary Richard Charlesworth. The same position was maintained in the fifth edition at Bombay where in the fight for the bronze, the Australians prevailed over Holland 4-2. Craig Davies and Terry Walsh with seven and six goals, respectively, were among the leading scorers. The much-awaited gold came Australia’s way at London in the sixth edition when the team led by Charlesworth edged out England 2-1 in the final. The Australians scored 31 goals and conceded only seven. However, at Lahore in the seventh edition, Australia under Craig Davies’ captaincy failed to defend their title and settled for the bronze beating West Germany 2-1. The third position was maintained at Sydney in the eighth World Cup but at Utrecht in the ninth edition in 1998, the Australians had to settle for the fourth position.
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DURAND
CUP New Delhi, February 13 Mahindra United await the winners of the second semifinal between East Bengal and Zee Churchill tomorrow, in the final to be played on Saturday, February 16. This is Mahindra United’s fourth entry into the Durand final. They were runners-up in 1990 and 2000, and champions in 1998. Mahindra United, who looked out of depth in the first session and were lucky to escape unscathed from the furios assaults of ITI, were a completely transformed lot after half time, though the final score line looked a little overblown, as ITI were not thoroughly outplayed, not by a long shot. But Mahindra United converted their chances into goals with quick-silver reflexes to make the match look one-sided in the end. The first Mahindra goal materialised in the 17th minute when Austin Okolo and Khalid Siddique played a wall pass before the former sent a measured cross into the box for Julies Alberto Dias to head in (1-0). ITI could have neutralised the Mahindra lead three minutes later when George Ekha took the ball down the right wing and essayed a fine cross into the goal area but Mike Okoro’s well-angled header was anticipated by Mahindra custodian Virender Singh to effect a fine diving save. In the 34th minute, Mahindra muffed an easy chance to enhance their lead when Julies Alberto Dias, after a fine dribble down the middle beating a number of defenders and goalkeeper Balaji on his way, delayed in taking a shot and Syed Hussain of ITI dispossed him. But the lapse did not prove very costly as a minute later, Julies made up for his mistake by chipping the ball into the box for substitute S. Venkatesh to head in (2-0). The third goal was scored by lanky forward Austin Okolo three minutes before the final hooter when his rather casual shot deflected into the net off a defender’s leg (3-0). |
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BCCI to discuss affiliations
Kolkata, February 13 The working committee meeting will go through the report submitted by the two-member panel which had been set up to look into the credentials and cricketing activities of the new applicants before taking the final decisions, BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters here today. Apart from the two associations from Bihar, applications for affiliation from Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chandigarh were pending with the board.
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Dharam
Vir chief of yoga federation He was chosen president at the general body meeting of the federation held at Hyderabad recently. Mr S.K. Tunkur of Andhra Pradesh was also unanimously elected general secretary of the federation. Both the president and the general secretary were authorised by the house to nominate other office-bearers. The new team of office-bearers includes 10 vice-presidents, one secretary-general, five assistant secretaries, treasurer and two organising secretaries. The vice-presidents and Dr R. Bhowmick (Tripura), Mr A.K. Mullick (West Bengal), Mr R.N. Behera (Orissa), Dr Ishwar Bhardwaj (Uttranchal), Prof A.N. Khodaskar (Maharashtra), Prof G.D. Sharma (Himachal Pradesh), Dr Babulala Dayama (Rajasthan), Dr Asana Anidiappan (Tamil Nadu), Mr R.J. Jadeja (Gujarat) and Mr Brijbhushan Purohit (Andhra Pradesh), Dr Niren Majumdar of West Bengal will be the secretary general. The assistant secretaries are Dr B.G. Radhakrishna (Karnataka), Dr H.D. Kaushik (Haryana), Mr Ajay Shastry (Delhi), Mr J.S. Sodhi (Jammu and Kashmir), Mr Tekchandani (Chandigarh). Mr Pawan Kumar Gupta (Chandigarh) will be the treasurer. The two organising secretaries are Mr B.G. Amarnath (Karnataka) and Mr Gautam Chakarborty (Meghalya). There will be 12 Executive members, including two co-opted members. |
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Deodhar
Trophy ties shifted to Gurgaon Rohtak, February 13 Out of the 10 matches to be organised, four are to be hosted by Punjab at Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana are to host two matches each. The fixtures: Feb 20 : North Zone vs West Zone at Amritsar, Central Zone vs East Zone at Jalandhar; Feb 22: South Zone vs West Zone at Jalandhar, East Zone vs North Zone at Ludhiana; Feb 24 : Central Zone vs North Zone at Una, East Zone vs South Zone at Mandi; Feb 26: East Zone vs West Zone at Delhi, Central Zone vs South Zone at Gurgaon; Feb 27: Central Zone vs West Zone at Gurgaon, North Zone vs South Zone at Delhi. |
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Deepak shines Chandigarh, February 13 Stating this here today, the president of Indian Yoga Federation, Mr Dharam Vir, said Deepak had given a good performance in all the postures and scored 128.5 points out of 130 points. The results: Junior boys: 1 Deepak Bhardwaj (Haryana), 2 T. Shatish (AP), 3 Mritunjay Das (WB). Senior boys: 1 Sushanta Pal (WB), 2 Amlan Kiran Mallick (Karnataka), 3 Mahender Kumar (Haryana). Junior girls: 1 C.H. Malathi (AP), 2 Urjaswathi (AP), 3 Jayshree Karmakar (Orissa).
Senior girls: 1 Sanchita Chatterjee (WB), 2 Poli Das (WB), 3 Bithika Mohanthi (Orissa). Gurbaz
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