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Tuesday,
March 26, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Kiwis
force draw against England
Humiliating defeat for
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North
Zone take on East Zone without Nehra Churchill
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Bopanna overcomes Gupta DAV, MCM overall champions National School Games in Kolkata, Guwahati Junior national boxing from today
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Kiwis force draw against England Wellington, March 25 England, who won the opening Christchurch Test by 98 runs, dominated the match and gave themselves a chance of forcing a result after almost two days had been wiped out by the weather. The Kiwis, faced with 356 runs to win off 86 overs after a morning England declaration, batted out 84 overs to give them a chance of squaring the series in the final Test match on Eden Park’s drop-in pitch in Auckland, starting on Saturday. When the rival captains agreed to call an end to the stalemate, New Zealand were 158 for four with Nathan Astle on 11 and Craig McMillan not out 17. England got meagre reward for skipper Nasser Hussain’s declaration at 293 for four at morning drinks. The tourists snared the wickets of Mark Richardson, Matt Horne, Lou Vincent and skipper Stephen Fleming on a slow lifeless pitch. Richardson was out just before lunch to a well-judged running catch by Graham Thorpe at backward square leg from a swept top edge off spinner Ashley Giles for four. Andy Flintoff, bowling into the teeth of brisk southerly, completed a fine all-round performance when he got Horne’s wicket in the middle session. Horne was caught behind by James Foster for 38. Vincent batted for 181 minutes for his 71 before he was lbw to Matthew Hoggard late in the day. He scored 57 in the first innings. Circumspect Fleming eked out 11 runs in 143 minutes off 108 balls before he was deceived by Hoggard’s reverse swing and was bowled middle-stump with 19 scheduled overs left. Wicketkeeper Foster had dropped Fleming off Flintoff when he was only one. Earlier, Flintoff bludgeoned a 44-ball 75, the 10th-fastest Test half-century, to set up the England declaration. The Lancashire giant, who slammed his maiden Test century in the first Test in Christchurch, was promoted to number four in the batting order to juice up England’s scoring and set up the declaration. England, who led by 246 runs going into the final day, batted positively and chased quick runs to set up the declaration. Their 293 runs came off 66 overs at a brisk run rate of 4.4. But in doing so the tourists sacrificed wickets along the way. Flintoff hit two huge sixes, one over the sightscreen off Chris Martin, and his 53 exhilarating minutes at the crease was just the tonic England needed to build a sizeable total and attempt to bowl out the Kiwis. His rumbustious innings came to an end just before drinks in the extended morning session when he was caught and bowled by spinner Daniel Vettori. Mark Butcher lasted 15 minutes in the morning today before he holed out to Martin at mid-off off Chris Drum for 60. Fellow opener Marcus Trescothick missed out on his third Test century when he got a top edge sweeping Vettori and was caught behind the wicket by Richardson for 88. Vettori finished with 3-91 off 24 overs. England (1st innings): 280 New Zealand (1st innings): 218 England (2nd innings): overnight 184 for one) Trescothick c Richardson Vaughan c Drum b Vettori 34 Butcher c Martin b Drum 60 Flintoff c & b Vettori 75 Hussain not out 13 Thorpe not out 1 Extras (b-5 lb-13 nb-4) 22 Total (4 wickets declared) 293 Fow: 1-79 2-194 3-209 4-291 Bowling: Butler 6-0-32-0, Drum 16-2-77-1, Vettori 24-1-91-3, Astle 9-4-18-0, Martin 7-1-40-0, McMillan 3-0-17-0. New Zealand (2nd innings): Richardson c Thorpe b Giles 4 Horne c Foster b Flintoff 38 Vincent lbw b Hoggard 71 Fleming b Hoggard 11 Astle not out 11 McMillan not out 17 Extras (b-2 lb-2 nb-2) 6 Total (4wickets, 84 overs) 158 Fow: 1-28 2-65 3-128 4-131 Bowling: Caddick 17-6-31-0, Hoggard 13-4-31-2, Giles 33-11-53-1, Flintoff 16-6-24-1, Vaughan 5-1-15-0.
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Humiliating defeat for India ‘A’ Durban, March 25 The Board XI who dismissed India ‘A’ for 212 in their first innings declared at 411 for eight in reply today and then bundled out the Indians for a paltry 90 in the second innings. Starting their second knock trailing by 199 runs, India ‘A’ were all out in 43.2 overs with Peterson claiming four wickets conceding just nine runs in 7.2 overs. Only skipper Jacob Martin, who top scored with 25 and Rohan Gavaskar (13) reached double figures as India ‘A’ collapsed like a pack of cards. Earlier, the Board XI, who resumed at their overnight 369 for seven progressed to 411 losing just one more wicket of Van Wyk (51). Gerald Dros top scored hitting an unbeaten 117. India ‘A’ meet Easterns at Benoni in Johannesburg in another three-day match on Wednesday. Brief Scores: India ‘A’: 212 and 90 (J Martin 25, R Gavaskar 13; Paterson 4/9, Thomas 2/14, Reddy 2/35). S A President’s XI: 411 for 8 (G Dros 117 no, L. Bosman 62, K. Van Wyk 51; A. Mishra 5/115, R. Patel 2/121).
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North Zone take on East Zone without Nehra New Delhi, March 25 But overnight rain has left the Kotla pitch excessively wet, including the practice strips, and has thrown a spanner in North’s preparations for the third league match. “It is a welcome idea to leave the pitches uncovered as it will encourage the bowlers. “But it should be ensured that the host
association has basic facilities to handle these kind of emergency situations. “They should atleast have mop-up facilities,” said Sushil Kapoor, manager of North Zone, after the team was forced to abandon their practice this morning. Tomorrow’s tie is crucial for North Zone after losing to West Zone by 178 runs in their previous encounter. After making an impressive start in their first match against South Zone, North Zone now are third with five points from two matches. North have made two changes for tomorrow’s match. Shakthi Singh will replace strike bowler Ashish Nehra who has been picked to tour the West Indies. Yashpal Singh, who scored a double century for Services against Punjab in a Ranji Trophy league match will replace Kanwaljeet Singh. East, on the other hand, are buoyant after their thumping 141-run win in their opening match against Central Zone last week. They too will make two changes to their winning combination as both Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta will be rested prior to their departure to the West Indies. Though Devang Gandhi and Zakaria Zuffri are likely to replace the two India stars, Rajesh Bora, manager of the East Zone, said he would decide on the final eleven tomorrow. Assam’s Mark Ingty, who made an impressive debut claiming seven for 86 in the last match against Central, will be the key bowler for East Zone. North Zone: Mithun Manhas (capt), Akash Chopra, Vikram Rathore, Vijay Dahiya, Rahul Sanghvi, Sarandeep Singh, Pankaj Dharmani, Vineet Sharma, Vishal Bhatia, Sangram Singh, Shakti Singh, Yashpal Singh, Shafiq Khan, Kanwaljeet Singh and Vijay Sharma. East Zone: Sanjay Raul (capt), Prabhanjan Mullick, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Subhomoy Das, Utpal Chatterjee, Saurashish Lahiri, Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, Rajiv Raja, Zakaria Zuffri, Mark Ingty, Parag Das, Sanjeev Sanyal, Devang Gandhi, P Jayachandra and Timir Jayachandra. Chennai: Seventeen-time winners West Zone will be vying for their third straight win in the tournament when they take on strong contenders South Zone in their four-day league match here tomorrow. Both teams were hit by absence of some of the key players who have been picked in the national squad to tour the West Indies. The prestigious tournament has lost some of its charm due to absence of the 15 top players. While South Zone will be without Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, V V S Laxman and Tinu Yohannan, West Zone will be missing the services of Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer and Zaheer Khan. West Zone, having secured 16 points from the two comprehensive victories over Central Zone and North Zone, will be looking forward to get full eight points to enhance their prospects of
regaining the trophy. But South Zone, boasting of batsmen like S Sriram, Sharath, Hemang Badani, S Ramesh, Vijay Bharadwaj and Vinay Kumar, are quite capable of upsetting their applecart. While West Zone would miss their opener Wasim Jaffer, who has proved his mettle with 368 runs, including two centuries from four innings, they still have the in-form Connor Williams, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Sairaj Bahatule and Nayan Mongia. Mongia has earned the tag as the ‘mainstay’ for the West, Zone scoring 222 from three innings, including two unbeaten knocks, and Bahutule, the senior most in the team, has impressed both with the willow and the leather. His 141 in three innings with a century plus score and 15-wicket haul in two matches should help the West Zone in their quest for a win. On the bowling front, seamer Irfan Pathan is the pick of the West Zone bowlers as he has so far scalped 17 victims, including a 10-wicket haul against Central Zone, in his debut season. West Zone: Hrishikesh Kanitkar (capt), Connor Williams, Sitanshu Kotak, Nayan Mongia (wk), Sairaj Bahatule, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Valmik Buch, Ajit Bhoite, Amol Muzumdar, Ramesh Powar, Lalit Patel, Siddarth Trevedi, Niranjan Godbole and Kaushik Aphale. South Zone: M S K Prasad (capt-wk), Vijay Bharadwaj, Rowland Barrington, S. Sriram, S. Ramesh, S. Sharath, Hemang Badani, K. Pawar, R V Ch Prasad, H. Watekar, B K Venkatesh Prasad, M R Srinivas, K S Shabuddin, S. Suresh Kumar and Vinay Kumar.
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Churchill pip Mahindras Mumbai, March 25 In a closely-contested match, Yakubu opened his team’s account in the eighth minute when he headed home mid-fielder Noel Wilson’s lob. Seven minutes later Yakubu was bang on target off mid-fielder Tejinder Kumar’s header. The speedy Ghanian scored the hat-trick and gave a 3-0 lead to his side in the 43rd minute when he shot home off Churchill’s Iranian recruit and striker Mousavi Sayed Amin’s pass. Trailing 0-3, Mahindras, however, bounced back and reduced the margin in the 35th minute when Mohammed Najeeb lobbed the ball over Churchill custodian Edward Ansah off defender Habib Adekunle pass. Two minute’s later, Mahindra mid-fielder Jules Alberto Dias’s try off striker Austin Okolo’s back pass hit the side bar and rebounded harmlessly. Four minutes later, Okolo’s try off Defender Suresh’s drive hit the cross bar and rebounded. The teams went in for a break with the match interestingly poised and the local outfit cursing their luck. However, in the 84th minute substitute Abhishek Yadav, who came in for Farook Hyder in the 74th minute scored Mahindras’ second goal off another substitute Bala Usman pass. The local outfit had yet another good chance soon after the half time but Okolo’s header off defender Khalid Siddique lob hit the cross bar and went out. In the 65th minute, Okolo’s try off mid-fielder S. Venkatesh pass just missed the mark. In the 85th minute, Mahindra’s Bernard left footer was well saved by Ansah after he overlapped and took the shot at the goal mouth. Soon after, Ansah again intercepted S. Venkatesh well and stopped Okolo getting the pass in front of the open goal. Mahindra’s got their last chance to equalise in the closing minutes of the game but Ansah again effected a good save to stop Venkatesh from scoring. The next match at the Cooperage will be between Hindustan Aeuronatics Limited, Bangalore, and Kolkata giants East Bengal on March 27.
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Capriati flirts with disaster
Key Biscayne, March 25 But Capriati was shaken by Myskina, ranked 36th in the world who had the luxury of serving for the match at 5-4 of the second set. Capriati, however, didn’t give in, and her tenacity paid off. Capriati continues her pursuit of a first Key Biscayne title - she lost last year’s final to Venus Williams -against Uzbekistan’s Iroda Tulyaganova. Williams made a fleeting appearance on Central Court, advancing when Argentina’s Mariana Diaz-Oliva retired with an injury with Williams leading 6-1 1-0. Serena Williams will face American Marissa Irvin, while Hingis will meet American Alexandra Stevenson. Men’s defending champion Andre Agassi, seeded ninth, advanced with an efficient 6-3 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Augustin Calleri. In the next round he’ll face Sweden’s Thomas Johansson, who cruised past Argentina’s Guillermo Coria.
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Bopanna overcomes Gupta Kolkata, March 25 Fresh from his success at the ITF Men’s Futures tournament in Delhi, the 22-year-old Bopanna started off in brilliant fashion but seemed to lose his rhythm in the second set before carving out a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Gupta in a tussle which lasted about 50
minutees. Bopanna, who claimed his maiden international singles title by defeating Uzbek Dmitri Mazur in the final of the Futures tournament on Saturday, will take on the talented Sunil Kumar Sipaeya in the next round. Second seed and Maharashtra boy Nitin Kirtane, who has 123 points and is the fourth-ranked Indian, also opened his campaign in style with a facile 6-1, 6-2 verdict against Kedar Tembe in what turned out to be a rather lop-sided contest. Third-seeded Vinod Sridhar of Tamil Nadu had no difficulty in brushing aside the challenge of qualifier Satirth Patnaik of Orissa with an easy 6-1, 6-1 scoreline. In the ladies section, top seed Radhika Tulpule of Maharashtra and second seed and statemate Sonal Phadke moved into the pre-quarterfinals in contrasting styles. While Tulpule whipped local girl Pooja Mitra with a ruthless 6-0, 6-0 score, Phadke seemed to struggle a little bit before suppressing local girl Ragini Vimal 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Fourth-seeded Vijay Kannan of Tamil Nadu kept his reputation intact with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Shivang Mishra of Delhi while fifth-seeded Rishi Sridhar of Tamil Nadu got the better of C.D. Ajay of Karnataka 6-4, 6-4. Tamil Nadu’s Manoj
Mahadevan, seeded sixth in the championship, displayed very good form as he spanked Ritesh Chitangiya of Rajasthan 6-3, 6-0 to progress to the pre-quarterfinals without really being tested. Eighth-seeded Punna Vishal of Karnataka relied on a serve and volley game to demolish Vijayendra Laad of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-4 in a match which lasted about 40 minutes. Wild card entrant Saurav Panja kept the Bengal hopes alive by moving into the next round at the expense of statemate Vinod Kumar Sewa who had also got a wild card. Panja displayed an aggressive brand of tennis and kept his cool in crucial junctures before carving out a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over his friend. The script unfolded on expected lines in the ladies singles section with all the seeded players romping into the second round, though some of them had to dig deep into their reserves to get past their opponents. Fifth-seeded Shruti Dhawan of Chandigarh almost got a scare from Karnataka’s
S.K. Tara in a keenly-contested tussle which saw fortune fluctuate from one player to the other. Dhawan had to rely on her experience to pull herself out of the pit and eventually script a gruelling 6-7 (5-7) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) victory.
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DAV, MCM overall champions Chandigarh, March 25 Interestingly, the university authorities honoured officials, sports teachers first while the real stars of the day, the players, had to wait for one hour and a half as the chief guest, Prof KN Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, did not come due to a senate meeting, Monotonous speeches and the slow-moving function did not bring any cheers from the waiting sportspersons. Many were dispensed with just track suits even after toiling hard, said a player from Ludhiana. Few international players were, however, given cash prizes later in the day, based on their performance in all-India inter-varsity meet and in the National Games in Punjab. The boys and girls overall trophy went to DAV College, Sector 10, and MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 respectively. Prominent sportspersons who were honoured included the winners of all-India inter-varsity meets: (cross country) Rajni, Jasvir Kaur, Sukhdeep Kaur, Manju Hooda, Nirmala and Kavita, Sabeeha Dhillon, who bagged two gold medals in the all-India inter-varsity shooting meet and also bronze medal in the National Games, Avneet Kaur, Deepika Kaushal (shooting); Kirandeep, Saroj Bala (rowing) and Mandeep (powerlifting). The runners-up were: cycling: Hardeep Kaur, Manpreet, Rajwant Kaur; badminton: Nazma Praveen, H Sarda Devi, Samaritika and Parnita. basketball: Nivedita, Mandeep, Rajwinder, Balwinder, Kamaljit, Harinder, Sarita, Babita, Harpreet, Aruna Rani, Ranjeeta, Gaganpreet; judo: Manpreet, Narinder, Deepika, Aarti , Neelam. In the boys section winners were: Sundeep Singh Himat, Parveen, Naveen, Amit, Sanjay, Amarjit, Amritpal while the runners-up in basketball, powerlifting, weightlifting, athletics were awarded. Jasdeep Singh, who won gold medal in gymnastics, Mandeep, who won silver medal in judo and wrestlers Rajinder, silver medal, were also honoured. |
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National School Games in Kolkata, Guwahati Chandigarh, March 25 Mr Chhabra said earlier these states wanted to hold these in the first week of March, but since the annual examinations clashed in this region and elsewhere, the games were postponed. Last month, the Punjab Education Department organised the National School Games in nine disciplines as some states could not hold these at the eleventh hour. On the question of grants-in-aid due, Mr Chhabra said the SGFI had already written to various states to send details of expenses incurred on conducting the National School Games so that the respective cases could be forwarded to the Government of India. The calendar for the next year’s National School Games will be finalised in the next annual general meeting of the SGFI to be held in May this year. He said the SGFI was thinking of introducing rifle shooting and netball in the current session. |
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Junior national boxing from today Patiala, March 25 As many as 260 boxers from 30 units affiliated to the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) have confirmed their entries. Boxers from 14 units have already reached the city while the rest are expected to arrive late today evening. Punjab pugilists, who were third in the overall standings in the previous edition of the championship held at Gurgaon last year, will be raring to go in their own backyard. However, the hosts may not find the going as smooth, as is being expected by them, and they will have to overcome some stiff resistance from pugilists of Steel Plants Sports Control Board (SPSCB), Services, who came second at Gurgaon and holders Haryana. Boxers of CISF have also improved tremendously if their performance in the domestic circuit is any indication. The organisers have chalked out elaborate plans for the boarding and lodging of the participants. Accommodation arrangements have been made at the Polo Ground dormitory, Ayurvedic college hostel and the Chiranjeev Ashram. Office bearers of the IABF will be lodged in various government guest houses and hotels. While the bouts will start from the morning, the event will formally be inaugurated the DGP, Mr M.S. Bhullar, at 3.00 pm. |
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