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WORLD
CUP — Track record
Bakken, Flowers ride to bobsleigh gold Punjab Police hold
JCT
Chitra, Daleep
best athletes
Inter-college meet
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India’s reputation at stake
Nagpur, February 20 Though skipper Saurav Ganguly said the final 11 would be announced only tomorrow morning, sources in team management ruled out any major experimentations and indicated that only four bowlers — Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh — would be played. They said off-spinner Sarandeep Singh, fast bowler Tinu Yohannan and all-rounder Sanjay Bangar would have to be left out. However, Ganguly said there could be a toss-up between Bangar and explosive batsman Virender Sehwag. The performance of a lot of Indian cricketers, starting from Ganguly himself, who is still struggling to find form in Tests, would be keenly watched as India seek to re-establish their supremacy on the home turf. Despite the 1-0 win in the Test series against England recently, it was the tourists who walked away with the honours especially after they levelled the six-match one-day series after trailing 1-3. Zimbabwe, who come in this series after
receiving a battering against Sri Lanka, may not be the most formidable of opponents but they have a history of troubling India. On their last trip to this country two years ago, Zimbabwe lost the Test series 0-1 but not before Andy Flower almost single-handedly defied the Indian attack with a sparkling double century to earn a draw in the second Test. Flower was back in business on India’s return trip last year when Zimbabwe came from behind to level the two-Test series 1-1. Keeping the prolific left-hander, who is not in great touch as of now but has an awesome record against India, in check would be the key to the home team’s chances against Zimbabwe.
Asked whether he had any new plans to tackle Flower, Ganguly said, “We are a much stronger side now than what we were when we played them (Zimbabwe) here last time.” “Moreover, it will not be easy for Flower and company to reverse sweep Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh as they are bowling very well,” he said. Ganguly ruled out any change in the batting order as he had promised a few days back. “I don’t think there is any need to change the batting order in Tests though I hinted at a change in the one-dayers”. That would mean wicketkeeper batsman Deep Dasgupta, who was given a second lease of life after being dropped for the one-day series against England, will open the innings with Shiv Sunder Das. Das hasn’t been in great touch of late and he would definitely like to make the most of this series. Ganguly defended Dasgupta. “He had a poor game in Ahmedabad (second Test against England). You cannot drop someone who has shown lot of guts and determination in South Africa, just because he had one poor match.” Another man keen to prove himself all over again is V.V.S. Laxman. The stylish Hyderabad batsman, who played one of the greatest Test knocks against Australia, suffered the ignominy of being dropped from the one-day series against Zimbabwe. However, as Ganguly said a few days back, Laxman was probably too good a batsman not to make a comeback and he has done that. Now it is up to him to justify the selectors’ faith in him. Speaking about his own form, Ganguly said he was looking forward to getting big runs. “I have thrown my wickets many a time in the recent past and I think this is a good opportunity for me to get a big score and get back my confidence. I know I have lot of cricket still left and I hope I will get a big score here like I did last time,” he said. “As a captain I want to win the series and as of now I am not worried about the margin of victory,” he said. Zimbabwe skipper Carlisle said his team would like to bat first. “The pitch looks good for batting and we would like to bat first. I think this is a similar pitch as the one we played on last time around and I think it is full of runs,” he said. “I only hope our top order get good runs so that we can put pressure on the Indian batsmen when they bat. Andy Flower played very well last time and I hope he will do the same this time as well,” Carlisle said. Zimbabwe announced their 12-man team, leaving out Dion Ebrahim, Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Craig Wishart, who is likely to be the 12th man for tomorrow’s match. Carlisle will open the batting with Trevor Gripper, the pair having a very good series against the Sri Lankans before coming here. Teams (from): India: Saurav Ganguly (capt), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman, Shiv Sunder Das, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Deep Dasgupta, Tinu Yohannan, Sanjay Bangar and Sarandeep Singh. Zimbabwe:
Stuart Carlisle (capt), Heath Streak, Alistair Campbell, Dion Ebrahim, Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Travis Friend, Trevor Gripper, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Raymond Price, Gavin Rennie, Tatendu Taibu, Brighton Watambwa and Craig Wishart. Umpires: David Shepherd and S. Venkatraghavan. Third-umpire:
Jasbir Singh. Match-referee: John Reid (New Zealand). Timings: 9.30 am to 11.30 am, 12.10 pm to 2.10 pm and 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
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Collingwood emerges unlikely hero
Napier, February 20 New Zealand still hold a 2-1 advantage in the five-match series, but their hopes of wrapping up the rubber today were ended by a far more determined England side than had been on show in the previous two encounters. Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood proved to be an unlikely hero taking four for 38 as New Zealand capitulated from 140 for four to 201 all out. Fleming made an unbeaten 76 in vain as England coasted to a comfortable victory that belied their form going into the game and kept the one-day series alive. Earlier, Nick Knight scored 80 and Graham Thorpe 52 as England posted 244 for five from their 50 overs to erase the nightmare of their 89 all out on Saturday. Knight, who needed three stitches in his chin after top edging a pull off Ian Butler into his face, compiled a patient knock to anchor his side’s innings. The left-hander hit four boundaries during his 129-ball stay and shared two vital partnerships, a characteristic that had been missing from England’s game during the first two matches. England got off to a good start with Knight and Marcus Trescothick adding 71 for the first wicket before chris Cairns made a breakthrough in the 13th over. Trescothick cut to point to end an innings of 41 and a 20-minute stoppage for rain ensued. The interruption seemed to put a dampener on the England innings, with Knight and Nasser Hussain getting stuck in a rut. However, Knight persevered and after Hussain’s removal put on 65 for the third wicket with Thorpe. It was a partnership that ensured England would set New Zealand a competitive target for the first time in the series. England made two breakthroughs with the new ball, dismissing openers Nathan Astle and Chris Nevin with 31 runs on the board. Astle was unlucky to have been adjudged caught behind by umpire Billy Bowden for two, with the ball passing between bat and pad. England: Trescothick c Harris b Cairns 41 Knight c Nevin b Cairns 80 Hussain b Harris 24 Thorpe c Astle b Cairns 52 Flintoff c Vincent b Adams 19 Collingwood not out 9 Shah not out 0 Extras: (b-1,lb-5,nb-8,w-5) 19 Total:
(for 5 wkts, 50 overs) 244 FOW: 1-71, 2-127, 3-192, 4-231, 5-240. Bowling: Butler 4-0-21-0, Tuffey 10-0-39-0, Cairns 10-1-51-3, Adams 9-1-49-1, Vettori 10-0-49-0, Harris 7-0-29-1. New Zealand: Nevin c sub b Hoggard 21 Astle c Trescothick b Gough 2 Fleming not out 76 McMillan c Collingwood
b Hoggard 14 Vincent c White b Collingwood 29 Cairns c Flintoff b Collingwood 7 Harris lbw b Collingwood 3 Adams c Shah b Collingwood 2 Vettori lbw b Giles 9 Tuffey b Giles 1 Butler b Gough 3 Extras: (b-1, lb-16, w-15, nb-2) 34 Total: (all out in 46.3 overs) 201 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-31, 3-70, 4-128, 5-140, 6-152, 7-168, 8-180, 9-186. Bowling:
Gough 8.3-0-21-2, Hoggard 10-0-44-2, Flintoff 7-0-34-0, White 3-0-15-0, Giles 10-0-32-2, Collingwood 8-0-38-4.
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Munish, Bhandari sparkle Amritsar, February 20 Opener Manish Sharma from North Zone scored unbeaten 99 to steer his team to victory. Amit Bhandari took four wickets for 29 runs to bundle out West for only 181 in 45 overs. Winning the toss North Zone decided to take the field and put the West Zone to bat on a cloudy morning. For West Connor Williams and Altaf Merchant opened the innings, Braving the initial burst they managed to score 42 runs when Bhandari scalped Connor Williams who was brilliantly caught by Ajay Ratra. Immediately thereafter Vinod Kambli was clean bowled for nought without adding any score to the total. Amit Bhandari took his third wicket when he had Altaf Merchant again caught by Ajay Ratra for 14 as West were three down for 43. West Zone captain Jacob Martin was joined by Rishikesh Kanitkar. Both added 41 runs when Jacob was caught by Vijay Dhaiya wicketkeeper bowled by left arm spinner Sonu Sharma for 17. Kanitkar showed some character and tried to stabilise the tottering West Zone innings. He scored 73 quick runs with four fours and two sixes before he was run out. The later batsmen fell cheaply and the team was all out for 18 in 45 overs. Sonu Sharma bowled excellent line and restricted the West Zone taking two wickets for 23 runs. West Zone:
Williams c Ratra b Bhandari 23, Merchant c Ratra b Bhandari 14, Kambli b Amit Bhandari 0, Martin c Dhaiya b Sonu 17, Kanitkar (run out) 73, Kale c Sonu b Mishra 4, Bhoaite c Ratra b Yuvraj 15, Bahutule lbw Sonu 13, Agarkar lbw Minhas 2, P.O. Patel not out 3, B. Patel b Bhandari 6. Extra: 11 Total (in 45 overs): 181 Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-42, 3-43, 4-84, 5-101, 6-133, 7-168, 8-170, 9-172 Bowling: Ashish Nehra 8-0-34-0, Amit Bhandari 9-2-29-4, Sonu Sharma 9-2-23-2, A. Mishra 10-0-31-1, Yuvraj Singh 4-0-31-1, Mithun Minhas 3-0-12-1, D. Mongia 2-0-18-0. North Zone: Gambhir c & b Bhoaite 45, Munish not out 99, Mongia c Martin b Bahutule 3, Minhas not out 19. Extras: 17 Total: 183 Fall of wickets: 1-94, 2-114 Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 8-0-49-0, Lalit Patel 8-0-24-0, A. Merchant 6-0-29-0, S. Bahutule 10-0-24-1, A. Bhoaite 10-0-39-1, H. Kanitkar 2.2-0-18-0. |
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Khurasia fashions Central victory Jalandhar, February 20 Opting to bat on a surface tailor made for batting, the Central zone innings revolved around the knock by Amay Khurasia who was left stranded in the nervous nineties as the innings came to an end after the stipulated 50 overs. Khurasia’s shot making, particularly on the off side, proved to be highly entertaining with every shot of his being a notch better than the previous one. The Madhya Pradesh left hander was slow to start but once he slipped into a groove, there was no stopping him and towards the end of his innings he virtually shredded the attack to ribbons. After playing 24 successive dot balls, Khurasia opened up with a majestic pull off Debashish Mohanty, followed it up with an imperious tap behind point and ended the over with a immaculate cover drive, all three shots racing to the ropes like a bullet. Even as wickets were regularly falling at the other end, Khurasia stood tall amidst the ruins and intelligently mixed aggression with caution. However, without taking anything away from Khurasia’s credit, rival skipper Rohan Gavaskar left too may gaps in the field to aid Khurasia’s cause. Taking advantage of the heavy cloud cover and the early morning dew, both Mohanty and L.R. Shukla exploited the conditions well and had Central on the back foot with the scoreboard at one time reading 34 for 2. A lot was expected from skipper Mohammad Kaif who hit 6 boundaries in his breezy knock of 27. Devindera Bundela’s cameo run-a-ball knock of 30 also came in handy as Central ended up scoring 239 for 9 in their stipulated 50 overs. The East batsmen, started their reply disastrously and their opening batsmen, Devang Gandhi and Parag Dass were back in the pavilion with just 14 runs on the board. Medium pacer Harvinder Singh was particularly impressive in his first spell. Scoreboard: Central Zone: 239 for 9 ( J.P. Yadav b D. Mohanty 8, Jyoti Yadav c S. Raul b L.R. Shukla 23, A. Khurasia 96 n.o, M.Kaif c Sumit Pande (sub) b Parag Dass 27, Raja Ali c&b S. Raul 29, D. Bundela c R. Gavaskar b D. Mohanty 30, R. Kanwat c Z. Zakaria b U. Chatterjee 0, N. Ohja c P. Mallick b L.R Shukla 0, Harvinder Singh c Z.Zakaria b U. Chatterjee 3, S.Srivastva 6 n.o, M. Karthik run out 0. Extras: 10 Total 239 for 9 Bowling: D. Mohanty 10-1-44-2, L.R. Shukla 7-0-34-1, P. Dass 10-1-44-1, S. Raul 10-1-34-1, U. Chatterjee 9-0-40-3, Sukhwinder Singh 2-0-17-0. East Zone:
148 all out (P. Dass c N. Ohja b Harvinder 6, D. Gandhi c A. Khurasia b S. Srivastva 8, L.R. Shukla c N. Ohja b Harvinder 10, R. Gavaskar c M. Kaif b R. Kanwat 45, R.R. Parida lbw Harvinder 0, S. Raul b M. Kartik 15, P.R. Mallick c M. Kaif b M. Kartik 21, Z. Zulfi c M. Kaif b R. Kanwat 6, U. Chatterjee c J.P. Yadav b S. Srivastva 1, Sukhwinder Singh 13 n.o, D. Mohanty c&b M. Kartik 0. Extras 23. Total 148 all out. Bowling: Harvinder Singh 9-2-29-3, S. Srivastva 7-1-24-2, J.P. Yadav 5-0-18-0, M. Kartik 7-1-22-3, R. Kanwat 6-0-25-2, D. Bundela 5-1-19-0. |
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WORLD CUP — Track record Chandigarh, February 20 In the second World Cup at Amsterdam in August/Sept 1973, 12 teams took part and India led by MP Ganesh won the silver, losing 2-4 to Holland in the tie-breaker after being locked 2-2 in regulation time. In the semifinals, India beat Pakistan 1-0. The third World Cup at Kuala Lumpur in March, 1975, was contested by 12 teams, and India under the captaincy of Ajitpal Singh clinched the gold beating arch rivals Pakistan 2-1 in a pulsating final. In this competion, India scored 19 goals, conceding eight. The Indian team comprised Ajitpal Singh(capt)Leslie Fernandez, Ashok Dewan, Michael Kindo, Surjit Singh, Aslam Sher Khan, Virender Singh, Onkar Singh, Mohinder Singh, VJ Phillips, Harcharan Singh, Shivaji Pawar, Ashok Kumar, BP Govinda, Harinderjit Singh Chimni, and PE Kalaiah. The fourth World Cup at Buenos Aires in March/April, 1978, was contested by 14 teams and India finished a poor sixth. The gold was won by Pakistan, who beat Holland 3-2 in the final. Bombay hosted the fifth World Cup in December/January 1982, which was contested by 12 teams and India were placed fifth. Pakistan successfully defended their title, beating West Germany 3-1. India’s Rajinder Singh was among the top scorers with 12 goals. The others included Pakistan’s Hassan Sardar(11)and Kaleemullah(8). The sixth World Cup held at London in October, 1986, produced a new champion as Australia beat England 2-1. India’s performance touched an all-time low as in a field of 12 teams, the Indians finished last. Incidentally Pakistan led by Kaleemullah, were placed eleventh in this edition. At the seventh World Cup in Lahore in February, 1990, India once again put up a dismal showing and finished tenth in a field of 12 teams. Holland won the gold, beating Pakistan 3-1 in the final. The eighth World Cup at Sydney from November 23 to December 4, 1994, featuring 12 teams brought some cheer to Indian hockey fans as India under the captaincy of Jude Felix and coach Cedric D’Souza, who incidentally is also the coach of the present team, finished fifth. The gold was won by Pakistan who beat Holland in the final. The ninth World Cup organised at Utrecht from May 21 to June 1, 1998, saw India plummeting towards the bottom once again as the team under the captaincy of Dhanraj Pillay finished a poor ninth among 12 contestants. The gold was won by Holland while Spain took the silver medal. In a nutshell, India have participated in all the nine editions so far but have won the World Cup only once. In the Amsterdam edition, India led by MP Ganesh bagged the silver. But after the 1975 title win, the Indians have largely disappointed. (Concluded) |
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Bakken, Flowers ride to bobsleigh gold Salt Lake City, February 20 With Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld looking on, Derek Parra yesterday won the men’s 1,500m speedskating gold in a world record time as the US medals tally rose to 21 — one more than the optimistic 20 projected last April by US Olympic 500m competition. In the longer race, Parra broke the record first and then conceded both the record and the gold to Dutch skater Jochem
Uytdehaage. Yesterday he turned the tables as Uytdehaage lowered the mark then could only watch as Parra lowered it further, leaving Uytdehaage the silver and 1998 Olympic gold medallist Adne Sordal of Norway the bronze. “Right now, I don’t know where I’m at emotionally,” a tearful 31-year-old Parra said. “I don’t know where I was during the race. I was just hanging on. I couldn’t believe it.” At Utah Olympic Park, Bakken and Flowers outshone their more highly ranked team-mates — Jean Racine and Gea Johnson — as well as both strong German
sleds. Bakken set her team up for victory with an electric first run that left the rest of the field in shock. She and Flowers, a former track and field athlete who took up bobsleigh in response to a recruiting poster at the US Olympic Athletics trials in 2000, flew down the latter section to clock a new track record of 48.81 seconds and take what proved to be an unbeatable .29 seconds lead over German driver Sandra
Prokoff. The US pair were again fastest on the second run, as Prokoff and partner Ulrike Holzner took silver and Germany’s
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Punjab Police hold JCT Ludhiana, February 20 JCT and Punjab Police are at the bottom of the table holding 11th and 12th positions with six and four points respectively. The two teams put up a poor show and there was no combination between the players. JCT missed a couple of chances to gain the lead. In the first half Kuldip Singh senior’s effort was foiled by the rival custodian Satish Kumar. In the second half the efforts of Ram Pal to gain the lead for JCT proved futile. The cops, in the last minute of play made an attempt to get the all important-goal through Parveen Kumar, who managed to beat the JCT defenders, but rival goalkeeper Arvind Kumar cleared the ball. JCT were handicapped due to the absence of Stephen Gill and Hardip Gill, who had to miss the match as they had got yellow cards in their previous match. JCT take on Salgaocar in their next match here on March. East Bengal win KOLKATA: Defending champions East Bengal showed signs of reversing their sliding fortunes with a 2-1 victory over a spirited Tollygunge Aggragami at the Salt Lake Stadium here. The experienced Suley Mussah and Jo Paul Ancheri struck the goals for the glamour club while a costly goalkeeping lapse from rookie custodian Sudipta Sarkar allowed Tollygunge Aggragami to reduce the margin in a fast-paced encounter.
HAL drub ITI BANGALORE: Local league champions HAL returned to winning ways beating arch-rivals ITI by a first-half solitary goal here. In a well-contested match, the all-important goal came in the 26th minute, thanks to a lapse by custodian N.Balaji. The goalkeeper was a little late to clear a backpass as charging HAL striker Mulisa Jimmy pounced on the ball and tapped it in. With this victory, HAL took their points tally to 18 and are just a point behind from table toppers Mahindra United, ITI and Mohun Bagan. Mahindra and Mohun Bagan play their 11th round match in Mumbai tomorrow.
Vasco triumph MARGAO: A second half brace by medio Marcos Pereira guided Vasco Sports Club to their fifth win as they beat FC Kochin 2-0 in the Tata National Football League match at the Nehru Stadium here today. Vasco, which had ball possession throughout, failed to impress especially in the first half as their midfield failed to play a cohesive game.
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best athletes Bilaspur, February 20 HPSEB organised women sports meet for the first time. Results: 50M:
1 Chitra, 2 Savita, 3 Nisha (Hq): Throwball: 1 Nirmala, 2 Vidiya, 3 Chitra (all Hq). 1 km walk: 1 Meera Thakur, 2 Veena Metha (both OP/CZ), 3 Kamla Gupta (Tran/Gen.) 1.5 km walk: 1 Chitra Kanwal, 2 Jatindra Sharma, 3 Vidya Parmar (all Hq, Shimla). Badminton: 1 Suman, (OP-CZ), 2 Kamlesh (Hq). Men: 100 M: 1 Sanjay, 2 Dharamapal (both OP-CZ), 3 Pawan Sood (OP-South): 200 M: 1 Dharampal (CZ), 2 Piarchand (North), 3 Naresh Bakshi (Hq): 400 M: 1 Durgadass (CZ), 2 Piarchand (North), 3 Sanjay Kumar (CZ): 800 M: 1 Munish (Largy), 2 Durgadass (CZ), 3 Piarchand (North). 10 km walk: 1 Prakash Chand (CZ), 2 Jagmel Singh (CZ), 3 C.R. Guleria (Largy). Long Jump: 1 Daleep Singh (South), 2 Kuldeep Singh (South), 3 Ramlal (CZ). High Jump: 1 Bhag Singh (Largy), 2 Bhim Singh (South), 3 Kuldeep Singh (South). Shotput: 1Daleep Singh (South), 2 Krishan Singh (Trans/Gen), 3 Gajender Singh (Largy). 4x100 m relay: 1 Central Zone (Mandi), 2 North Zone (Dharamsala). Men Hockey: 1 (North Zone), 2 Central Zone Mandi. Football: 1 Central Zone (Mandi), 2 South Zone (Shimla). Kabaddi: 1 CZ (Mandi), 2 South (Shimla). Basketball: 1 South (Shimla), 2 CZ (Mandi). Volleyball: South (Shimla), 2 North (Dharamsala). |
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Inter-college meet
results Amritsar, February 20 Results: Women: 10,000 m:1 Sarabjit (HMV, Jal), 2 Harpinder Kaur (BBK DAVC, Asr). 1500 m: 1 Naginder Kaur, 2 Tejinder Kaur (both HMV, Jal). 4x100 m relay: 1 BBK DAV Asr, 2 HMV Jalandhar, 3 RR Bawa DAV College for Girls, Batala. High jump: 1 Kulwinder Kaur (RR DAV College for Girls Batala), 2 Pawanpreet Kaur, (HMV, Jal). Men’s section: 10,000 m: 1 Satnam Singh, 2 Rajesh Kumar (both Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Daroli Kalan). 200 m: 1 Vikas Prasher (Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jal), 2 Manjinder Singh, (Khalsa College, Asr). javelin throw: 1 Harpreet Singh (Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jal), 2 Ramandeep Singh (Khalsa College,
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Kerala, Haryana eves win Bongaon (W. Bengal), February 20 In the Kerala-Goa tie, the all-important goal came in the 16th minute with striker Subidha poovatta scoring. In the Madhya Pradesh-Haryana tie, the latter took time to settle down despite their major share of exchanges and domination over Haryana, Madhya Pradesh failed to score. The Haryana team, which arrived here shortly before noon scored their lone goal in the 68th minute through medio Sonika, who capitalised on a flick by Sudhakumari from Madhya Pradesh.
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