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Adams stars in Kiwi victory Captains Nasser Hussain of England, left, and Stephen Fleming of New Zealand pose with the tour trophy after the last day of the third cricket
Test match between the New Zealand Black Caps and England, played at Eden Park in Auckland, New
Zealand, on Wednesday. Why Parore
quit cricket Aussies continue winning spree India can
beat any team, says Wright Harbhajan Singh does catching exercises
at Georgetown, Guyana, on Tuesday. The team will play Guyana later this week before their first Test match against the West Indies at Bourda Cricket Ground in Guyana on April 11. |
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Manchester United winLondon, April 3 Two late goals in eight minutes gave defending champions Bayern Munich a 2-1 victory over eight-time titlists Real Madrid in the Champions Cup quarterfinal. Roque Santa Cruz (L) of German soccer champion Bayern Munich challenges Real Madrid's Francisco Pavon and team captain Fernando Hierro (R) during their Champions League quarter-final, first leg match in Munich's Olympic stadium on Tuesday. — Reuters photo
Pulella Gopichand returns against Lai Kuan Hung of Taiwan during the men’s singles first-round match at the Yonex Japan Open Badminton Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday. Gopi won 7-4,7-3,8-6.
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heart-to-heart talks between Bhupathi, Paes Easy win
for Anand; Ponomariov loses East
Bengal trounce Tollygunge Captain’s knock by Prasad Chopra helps North to 288 for 6 Amandeep
shocks Mukesh Jude
Menezes retires Punjab
Police start favourites Schools
cricket from April 15
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Debutant Adams stars
in Kiwi victory
Auckland, April 3 Adams removed the defiant James Foster for 23 then caught and bowled captain Nasser Hussain (82) with an acrobatic tumbling catch. Chris Drum had Andy Caddick caught for four and Adams then dismissed Matthew Hoggard for two as England succumbed for 233. After Stephen Fleming had declared New Zealand’s first innings closed at the overnight total of 269 for nine, England made a positive start with Marcus Trescothick driving the first ball of the day for three. But after scoring 14 the tall left-hander was too slow withdrawing his bat from a Drum delivery. The ball hit the bat and cannoned into the stumps and the opener, who had begun in stylish, positive fashion, was gone for 14. Michael Vaughan was in a punishing mood, hitting Drum for six forward of square with his first scoring stroke. He struck five fours in his 42-ball stay for 36 before he played a rash shot to Drum’s first ball of a new spell and was caught at first slip by Fleming. England, needing a decent partnership, added 49 for the third wicket when Mark Butcher was out for 35, getting a thick edge on the shoulder of the bat to a Nathan Astle delivery which popped up to give substitute fielder Brooke Walker a simple catch at backward point. Walker then bungled a chance from Graham Thorpe off the second ball he faced. Thorpe forced Astle to backward point wide of Walker, who appeared to dive and arrive at the ball earlier than he had hoped. The ball struck him on the forearm and was spilled. Unlike Astle’s second ball slip fumble off Thorpe in the first Test at Christchurch when the England left-hander went on to score 200, Walker was let off in the next over when Daryl Tuffey induced a nick by Thorpe (3) for Adam Parore to take his 200th wicketkeeping victim in his final Test. Thorpe looked annoyed but replays suggested he had got the faintest of touches. Andy Flintoff was bowled by Tuffey for a duck and Mark Ramprakash again disappointed, bowled by the same bowler for two. Tuffey, playing his first game of the series, was named man-of-the-match for his nine wickets. Astle was man-of-the-series after his 222 in the first Test and 65 from 51 balls yesterday to set up New Zealand’s victory charge. Reuters SCOREBOARD
New Zealand (1st innings) 202 England (1st innings) 160 New Zealand (2nd innings) 269 for nine declared. England (2nd innings) Trescothick b Drum 14 Vaughan c Fleming b Drum 36 Butcher c sub (Walker)
b Astle 35 Hussain c & b Adams 82 Thorpe c Parore b Tuffey 3 Flintoff b Tuffey 0 Ramprakash b Tuffey 2 Foster c Parore b Adams 23 Giles not out 21 Caddick c Vettori b Drum 4 Hoggard c Astle b Adams 2 Extras
(b-1 lb-8 nb-2) 11 Total (all out, 62.5 overs) 233 Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-73, 3-122, 4-125, 5-125, 6-155, 7-204, 8-207, 9-230. Bowling:
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Why Parore quit cricket
Auckland, April 3 Parore, the long-standing and the most successful New Zealand wicketkeeper, figured prominently as New Zealand hammered England by 78 runs today for its 50th Test win. It enabled the home side to even the three-match series 1-1. In his final match, Parore took five catches to join seven other ‘keepers with 200 dismissals in Tests. He rated it as the biggest achievement of his 78-Test career. He caught Graham Thorpe off man-of-the-match Daryl Tuffey on the last day for his 200th dismissal and finished with 194 catches and seven stumpings since his debut against England at Edgbaston in the summer of
1990. Parore said he’s happy to leave while he is still capable, rather than continuing for as long as possible. “As a wicketkeeper that’s the club to be in,” Parore said of his 200 catches. “Those are the guys who have been my heroes. It was the biggest achievement of my career. I would have been gutted if I didn’t reach the
milestone.” Parore’s enthusiasm appeared to nose-dive after he was dropped from the one-day side against England. He went into a self-imposed break, saying he was exhausted. “It was not the case of I didn’t want to play cricket any more, I wanted to do other things more,” Parore said. “The only thing I ever wanted was to play cricket for New Zealand. “It is a choice I had to make at this stage of my life,” added
Parore, who has a law degree. “It’s not an easy one”. “I want to do things a professional cricketer can’t - have a social life and have a family at some stage. I want to pursue a career in business.” “I am 31, don’t have a job and I’m not married. Chasing a career is very important. I don’t want to be remembered (only) as a cricketer.”
Parore has scored 2,865 runs with two centuries and 14 half-centuries. In 179 one-day internationals, Parore has scored 3,315 runs and has 136 dismissals - 111 catches and 25 stumpings - in the 148 matches he has kept.
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Aussies continue winning spree
Durban, April 3 Needing 268 to win, Australia romped home in 47.5 overs after Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden gave them a rollicking stand of 170. Earlier, an attacking sixth wicket partnership between Jonty Rhodes and Mark Boucher lifted South Africa’s chances. Needing to win the last three games to share the seven-match series, South Africa made 267 for six after Australia won the toss and put them into bat. It was a total which did not seem achievable until Rhodes and vice-captain Boucher came together in a partnership worth 97 off 82 balls. Rhodes, South Africa’s most experienced one-day player, earned the cheers of his home town crowd as he hammered 76 off 70 balls with nine fours before slicing a catch to backward point in the 49th over. Boucher ended a lean spell of form by making an unbeaten 41 off 42 deliveries. Australia, who hold an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the seven-match series, picked leg-spinner Shane Warne for the first time in the series following his recovery from a hamstring injury. Batsman Michael Bevan, who suffered a hamstring strain in the first match in Johannesburg, returned in place of Darren Lehmann, who was rested because of a hamstring strain.
Scoreboard South Africa: Smith c Gilchrist b Warne 46 Gibbs c Gilchrist b Gillespie 25 Boje c and b Lee 22 Kallis c Maher b McGrath 21 Rhodes c Ponting b McGrath 76 McKenzie c Gilchrist b Warne 17 Boucher not out 41 Pollock not out 6 Extras: (b-1 lb-4 nb-1 w-7) 13 Total: (for 6 wickets,
50 overs) 267 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-82, 3-110, 4-125, 5-158, 6-255 Bowling: McGrath 10-0-54-2, Gillespie 10-1-53-1, Lee 10-0-57-1, Harvey 10-0-54-0, Warne 10-0-44-2. Australia: Gilchrist c Kent b Ntini 105 Hayden b Hayward 59 Ponting not out 44 Martyn not out 47 Extras: 16 Total: (for 2 wickts
in 47.5 overs) 271 Fall of wickets: 1-170, 2-180 Bowling: Pollock 10-042-0, Ntini 9.5-0-51-1, Kallis 7-041-0, Hayward 8-0-58-1, Boje 7-0-32-0, Kent 6-0-41-0.
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India can beat
any team, says Wright Georgetown (Guyana), April 3 “I don’t actually believe in favourites, and those sort of tags, but what I do know is we have a side here who when they play as well as they can will win against anyone,” Wright said at the first practice session of the tour yesterday afternoon. Wright believes team spirit would help India achieve good results abroad
consistently. “I think the big question for us is to play good cricket like a team. That for us is the focus.” “I think the belief is a big factor. Believe in ourselves and I think it is a great opportunity. The biggest challenge for us of course is to do well on this tour,” the coach said. Wright also said the team would be helped by the fact the series is five-Test long. “Also, in the conditions here we would feel more comfortable as they are more akin to one back home rather than the one we face in countries such as South Africa, New Zealand or Australia.”
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Bayern, Manchester United win
London, April 3 To make it a grim night for Spanish soccer, Deportivo de La Coruna tumbled 0-2 at home to Manchester United having beaten the Reds twice earlier in this season’s competition. Cameroon midfielder Geremi Njitap gave Madrid an 11th minute lead at Munich’s Olympic Stadium and the Spanish club looked set to take a first leg advantage back to the
Bernabeu. But Steffan Effenberg levelled nine minutes from the end having already missed a penalty and then Peruvian forward Claudio Pizzaro fired a second to turn the match
around. Bayern, who have beaten Real six times out of their last seven meetings, now go to Madrid a goal ahead instead of a goal behind and the matchup is ideally balanced. A stunning first half strike by England captain David Beckham and a tap-in by Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy earned Manchester United a 2-0 victory at
Deportivo. But the victory could be costly for the Reds because both Beckham and team captain Roy Keane were carried off with injuries that could be long term. Beckham was caught late at the back of his ankle by Diego Tristan in the third minute of injury time while Keane suffered a hamstring injury. Today’s quarterfinals are Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield and Panathinaikos vs Barcelona in Athens. The second legs are scheduled for next
week. Geremi struck early in Munich, shaking off Paulo Sergio at the edge of the area and then driving a low bouncing shot past Bayern goalkeeper Oliver Kahn inside the left
post. Bayern earned a dubious penalty but Madrid ‘keeper dived the right way and saved Effenberg’s spot kick. But the Bayern captain made up for it in the 81st minute, firing home from close range from a pass by Giovane
Elber. Two minutes from the end, Pizzaro and Elber teamed up in a series of heading passes for the Peruvian to take the Brazilian’s pass and shoot the winner. The teeming rain at Deportivo’s Riazor stadium stopped just before kickoff but made parts of the surface sodden. There were plenty of chances at both ends before United took a 14th minute lead, Beckham’s power and placement beating goalkeeper Jose Francisco Molina from 30
metres. Deportivo’s top striker, Diego Tristan, swung and missed the ball in front of goal and had an audacious, long-range header saved by Fabien Barthez near the angle of the bar and post. The French goalkeeper also saved from Luis Miguel Ramis and Victor Sanchez before the visitors moved further
ahead. Deportivo only half cleared a Beckham free kick, Mikael Silvestre turned the ball in from the left and Van Nistelrooy found plenty of place between two defenders to prod home from close range. Just before half time United lost team captain Roy Keane with a hamstring problem which will keep the Irish midfielder out of action for up to a month. The ever dangerous Ryan Giggs had two breakaway chances in the second half but Cesar Martin cleared his first off the line and then Molina saved at the Welshman’s feet. French coach Gerard Houllier will be back at the helm when four-time titlist Liverpool takes the field against Bundesliga leader Laverkusen at
Anfield. Holding his first news conference after six months on the sidelines because of major heart surgery, Houllier paid tribute to assistant manager Phil Thompson, who guided the team to the last eight for the first time in 17 seasons and also given Liverpool a chance of the Premier League
title. Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoeller believes his team is creeping along almost unnoticed. “Everyone has been talking about Manchester United, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. But now I think the experts are starting to take us seriously,” he said. The
Panathinaikos-Barcelona game goes ahead in Athens against a background of crowd violence that could ultimately harm the home team’s chances. A post-game melee at the match between Panathinaikos and cross city rival Olympiakos left the referee injured after he had awarded a late penalty to the away team in a 1-1 tie.
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Government
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for New Delhi, April 3 She said henceforth, only a limited number of 15 sportspersons, who have made their indelible mark in international competitions, will be considered for the Arjuna Award, though due weightage will be given to indigenous sports, even if it is not a popular sport in a wider sense. “The indigenous games which have gained international recognition will continue to be considered, even if that game is played only in one foreign country”, she said. Ms Uma Bharati termed the changes that are being contemplated for the selection of the Arjuna awardees as “historic”. Last year, a lot of
controversy was kicked up when ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh refused to accept the award, given tow him in the “lifetime achievement category”. Then Asian medal winner Anil Kumar went to court, challenging the conferment of the award to athlete-turned shooter Rachna Govil and gymnast Kalpana
Debnath. The Dronacharya Award to the weightlifting coach was also challenged in the court, and the
originally scheduled awards function was even postponed, before it was eventually held. Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) Secretary-General Randhir Singh, who is also the president of the Arjuna Awardees’ Association, the Sports Authority of India, and many former international sportspersons had offered their suggestions for the restructuring of the selection
procedure for the Arjuna Award to bring back the prestige and glory to it. The Arjuna Award was once considered as the most coveted sports award to be won, before the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was instituted. The minister said the government had deliberated for over one and a half years before finally deciding “to free the awards of
politics”.
Govt submits guidelines The government today submitted before the Delhi High Court guidelines for selection of sportspersons for the prestigious Arjuna Awards stating that the performance in international competitions will be the basis for nomination and those who test positive for doping would not be considered. The guidelines, limiting the number of persons to be awarded in a year to 15 and enhancing the cash award to Rs 3 lakh, was submitted before a Division Bench comprising Mr Chief Justice
S.B. Sinha and Mr Justice A.K. Sikri. Making a radical departure from the earlier criteria for selection, the guidelines said, the awards will be decided by a selection committee constituted by the government comprising a chairperson and 12 members distinguished in sports. The chairperson must be a sportsperson of eminence and five members should be Olympians from different disciplines, it said adding that four members should be Arjuna awardees from different disciplines and two sports administrators with Director/Deputy Secretary (Sports) in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as Secretary. Asking senior advocate Amrender
Sharan, who was amicus curiae in the matter, to file suggestions within two weeks on the guidelines, the court fixed May 29 as the next date of hearing. Asian discus throw champion Anil Kumar and former powerlifter Brij Bhushan Singh had challenged Centre’s policy on selection of awardees alleging that the awards were being “doled out” to undeserving persons. While Anil Kumar challenged selection of former sportspersons Rachna Govil and Kalpana Debnath for Arjuna Awards, Brij Bhushan Singh had questioned the Dronacharya award conferred on Bhupinder Singh. The petitioners alleged that the awardees did not have creditable achievement to make them eligible for the highest honour in sports. However, the government stated that their names were recommended by the selection committee after due verification. The court had allowed presentation of Arjuna Awards to Govil and Debnath and Dronacharya Award to powerlifting trainer Bhupinder Singh, subject to the final judgement on the writ petitions, filed by Anil Kumar and Brij Bhushan Singh. The
eligibility criteria for the awards have been made strict with national level sportspersons being kept out of the purview of the Arjuna Awards. “To be eligible for the award, a sportsperson should have had not only good performances consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the award is recommended but also should have shown
qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline,” it said. Taking strong view of use of drugs by sportspersons to enhance their performance, the guidelines said “sportspersons found positive for the use of drugs banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in any laboratory accredited by the IOC will not be eligible for Arjuna Awards”. The government also specified the disciplines for which the awards may be conferred, stating that those featuring in Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and those for which World Cup and world championships are held including cricket, would be eligible. The indigenous games and sports for physically challenged have also been kept within the ambit of the awards. The guidelines said not more than one award will be given in each discipline in a particular year subject to deserving sportspersons being
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Gopichand enters second round
New Delhi, April 3 Gopichand, the 2001 All-England champion and seeded joint ninth here, defeated Lai Kuan-hung of Chinese Taipei 7-4 7-3 8-6 to move in to the second round, according to information received here. The Indian star has had an indifferent season so far, failing to make a mark in the international scene after a knee injury. He failed to defend his All-England crown after being ousted in the second round.
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Indian team ready for Davis Cup
Wellington, April 3 Wrapped up well against the cold, India will play New Zealand in the Asia-Oceania group I tie on Friday. Non-playing captain Ramesh Krishnan said his team had been prepared for a chilly greeting and played down talk that Wellington’s weather would be to New Zealand’s advantage. “We came prepared and have plenty of tracksuits and the like to train in. “We know the weather in Wellington can change very quickly but we don’t expect any problems on that front,” he said. “We feel welcome here and the people have been so nice, warm and friendly. We feel like we are at home, even though it’s cold.” Krishnan’s players have come from either India or the USA where temperatures are considerably warmer. New Zealand captain Glenn Wilson said his team would train indoors and also downplayed talk of the cold weather being an advantage, although Wellington was deliberately picked as the venue because of its variable weather. “The tie is obviously outdoors so it’s not ideal preparation for either of us, but we can’t help the weather,” Wilson said. “We don’t want it to be too windy because the tennis just gets too ugly. We want the matches to be good for the spectators and our live television audience, so we hope the conditions improve.”
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No heart-to-heart talks between Bhupathi, Paes New Delhi, April 3 “Communication was never one of our strong points. We’d go out, have dinner, have fun, go to nightclubs. But we’d never sit and have heart-to-heart talks,” Bhupathi said in “Star Talk” programme to be telecast on Star News on April 7. Bhupathi said he was an introvert and “(I) do not express my opinion unless I’m really hurt”. Recalling his successful association with Paes, Bhupathi said when it started, Paes was the number one player in India while he was not even in the top five. “He (Paes) came up to me and said ‘you know the reason I’m asking you to play is because I think we have a good chance of winning. If I didn’t think I wouldn’t play with you’. “So we played and we knew we had some kind of chemistry going,” Bhupathi said. Talking about his days in the wilderness, he said during those days he hardly won a match. “On many occasions, I had to call home in tears to inform that I had lost.”
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Easy win
for Anand; Ponomariov loses
Dubai, April 3 Anand won his first round game quite comprehensively with a 1.5-0.5 margin after drawing the second game with the black pieces quite easily. But the day belonged to woman world champion Zhu Chen of China, who scored a stunning victory over Ponomariov earlier in the day. Ponomariov (18), was shown the exit door by the 25-year- old Chinese after the second game of the first round that Zhu Chen won with brilliant defensive technique. Their first game had ended in a draw.
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East Bengal trounce Tollygunge Kolkata, April 3 Dipankar Roy pumped in two goals while striker Omalaja Olalekin, Bijen Singh and Jose Carlos scored a goal each for East Bengal in a lop-sided contest, which saw the glamour club dictating terms from the very beginning. After being at the receiving end of the East Bengal assaults for most part of the contest, striker Moses Owira scored the consolation goal for Tollygunge Aggragami early in the second session. Despite leading by a comfortable 3-0 margin at the interval, the defending champions continued to torment their hapless opponents with Dipankar Roy slamming in two goals in the span of two minutes to make a mockery of the Tollygunge defence The goal deluge came to an end only after East Bengal were reduced to 10 players midway through the second session with Deepak Mondal leaving for the shower room. Mondal was shown the red card by referee Ravi Shankar for deliberately ‘handling’ a goal-bound ball to prevent a certain goal with the goalkeeper out of position. With this emphatic victory, East Bengal improved their position on the points table having secured 28 points from 19 matches while Tollygunge have logged 20 points from their 19 outings.
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Captain’s knock by Prasad
Bangalore, April 3 At stumps, Vijay Bharadwaj on 19 was giving company to Prasad, who struck 12 boundaries and two sixers in his 183-ball knock. Earlier, Hemang Badani retired due to a backache after smashing 65 off 61 balls. Earlier, resuming at 341 for five, East lost their remaining five wickets adding just 57 with the tailenders failing to emulate the frontline batsmen. Tailenders fell like nine pins as the South bowlers utilised the favourable morning conditions. The parade began when Rajeevkumar Raja (39) was runout by a direct hit from Watekar with the total on 350. Watekar, who claimed one wicket today, was the most successful bowler claiming four for 80. Dodda Ganesh, M R Srinivas and Vinay Kumar shared the other wickets that fell. South Zone got off to a sound start with Prasad putting on 56 runs for the first wicket. SCOREBOARD East Zone (Ist innings) Parag Das b Watekar 78, D Gandhi c V Bharadwaj b Watekar 125, R R Parida c Madhukar b Sriram 41, S Raul c Kiran Pawar b Sriram 10, Subhomoy Das lbw b Watekar 20, Rajeev Kumar Raja run out 39, Z Zuffri c Bharadwaj b D Ganesh 45, L R Shukla c Hemang Badani b M R Srinivas 10, S Lahri c M S K Prasad b Vinay Kumar 5, Utpal Chatterjee not out 5, Mark Ingty c M R Srinivas b Watekar 2. Extras: (b-1, lb- 4, nb 13) 18. Total: (all out) 398. Fall of wickets: 1/127, 2/209, 3/225, 4,/283, 5/294, 6/350, 7/377, 8/390, 9/391. Bowling: D Ganesh 22-7-72-1, N Madhukar 7-0-60-0, M R Srinivas 20-2-74-1, S Sriram 31-6-75-2, Watekar 23.3-4-80-4, Vijay Bharadwaj 5-0-19-0, Vinaykumar 5-0-13-1. South Zone (Ist Innings): S Sriram c Z Zuffri b L R Shukla 34, M S K Prasad batting 93, D Vinaykumar c Z Zuffri b Paragdas 23, H Badani (Retired hurt) 65, Vijay Bharadwaj batting 19.
Extras: (b-4, nb 5) 9. Total (For 2 wkts) 243. Fall of wickets: 1/56, 2/92.
Bowling: Mark Ingty 10-1-51-0, L R Shukla 9-1-29-1, Parag Das 13-2-54-1, Utpal Chatterjee 18-6-40-0, S Lahiri 12-3-45-0, Sanjay Raul
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Chopra helps North to 288 for 6
Indore, April 3 At the draw of stumps, Chopra and Sarandeep Singh (48, 4x7) were at the crease. Earlier, resuming at 339 for eight, the overnight Central Zone batsmen Devendra Bundela and Sanjay Pande started the day’s proceedings on a confident note. But Pande could not last long. Narendra Hirwani too got out cheaply and the team was bowled out for 368 in their first essay, with Bundela remaining not out on 116 (4x20, 2x6). In reply, North Zone openers Akash Chopra and Vikram Rathore started fluently adding 62 runs for the first wicket before Rathore was run out at 33 just before lunch. J.P. Yadav then trapped Sangram Singh (10). Akash Chopra and Shafiq Khan then batted cautiously and added 53 runs for the third wicket. But Sanjay Pande struck and trapped Shafiq Khan (28) leg before. Skipper Mithun Manhas was stumped by wicketkeeper, Rohit Jhalani for a duck to give Pande his second wicket. While Harvinder Singh claimed wicket of Yashpal Singh (1), Pande bowled out Vijay Dahiya (33, 4x6, 6x1). Akash Chopra’s 113 not out included eighteen hits to the fence. Central Zone (Ist Innings): J Yadav c Y Singh b S Singh 80, G Khoda b V Sharma 0, P Sutane b V Sharma 9, Y Gaud c Rathor b S Singh 2, J P Yadav c S Khan b R Sanghvi 68, D Bundela not out 116, R Jhalani c M Manhas b S Singh 11, H Singh lbw M Manhas 31, K Parida c Sangram Singh b S Singh 0, S Pande lbw V Sharma 13, N Hirwani c Sangram Singh b V Sharma 4. Extras (nb-22,lb-10, b-2) 34. Total (all out) 368. Fall of wickets: 1/1, 2/15, 3/38, 4/149, 5/175, 6/217, 7/303, 8/304, 9/342. Bowling: Vineet Sharma 20-4-54-4; Shakti Singh 14-4-52-0, Sangram Singh 2-0-9-0, Sarandeep Singh 31-3-142-4, Rahul Sanghivi 25-6-78-1, Mithun Manhas 7-2-21-1. North Zone
(Ist Innings): A Chopra batting 113, V Rathore run out 33, S Singh lbw J P Yadav 10, S Khan lbw S Pande 28, Manhas c Jhalani b S Pande 0, Y Singh b H Singh 1, V Dahiya b S Pande 33, Sharandeep Singh batting 48.
Extras (nb-17, lb-5) 22. Total (For six wickets) 288. Fall of wickets: 1/62, 2/76, 3/127, 4/137, 5/148, 6/198.
Bowling: Sanjay Pande 15-1-50-3, Harvinder Singh 11-3-49-1, Narendra Hirwani 23-9-65-0, Kulmani Parida 11-0-57-0, J P Yadav 14-2-51-1, Jyoti Yadav 3-0-5-0, D Bundela 2-2-0-0, Yere Gaud 1-0-6-0.
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Amandeep
shocks Mukesh New Delhi, April 3 Johl gained a 15-footer eagle putt on the final hole to go one-up on Mukesh, though Mukesh’s elder brother Dinesh Raghuvanshi registered a shock victory over third seed Feroz Ali. Dinesh was 2-up after the final hole. Suleman Ali, who shocked top-seeded Arjun Atwal in the first round, moved into the pre-quarters with a 3 and 2 victory against Monish Bindra. Johl, who was out of action for almost two months at the start of the year because of a wrist injury, went neck and neck with Mukesh, the Order of Merit leader on the Golf Tour, throughout the match. Mukesh visited almost all the bunkers in the course, and lost three holes from the sand trap. Johl could have gone 1-up on the 17th, but missed a five-footer birdie putt, before sinking the eagle putt on the 18th that sealed the fate of the match. “I found 16 greens in regulation today which proves that I was hitting the ball well. Mukesh was unlucky to find the traps but he made some brilliant up-and-down from them”, said Johl. No 4 Vijay Kumar notched up a big 5 and 4 victory against Raju Ali; No 5 Arjun Singh beat Indrajit Bhalotia 7 and 6 and No 11 SSP Chowrasia beat Akbar Ali 5 and 4 in other matches. The seeds who crashed out by the wayside were No 10 Rohtas Singh and No 14 Yusuf Ali. Rohtas lost by two holes on the 18 to Mohammed Islam of Patna while Dinesh Kumar got the better of Yusuf on the final hole. |
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Jude Menezes retires Mumbai, April 3 Menezes, in his late twenties, had already given a hint before the World Cup that it could be his last assignment for India as he wanted to settle down in New Zealand with his family and, if possible, undergo coaching there. Menezes, though not at his best in the initial matches at the world cup, was replaced by Devesh Chauhan midway through the championship after the coach, Cedric D’Souza, was sacked. Menezes, considered close to the sacked Indian coach, denied charges that his lack of form was the reason for his early retirement. Menezes first caught the eye of selectors while playing as a junior for Mahindras and made it to the 1992 junior World Cup qualifiers in Malaysia. Though he excelled for Bharat Petroleum he could not break into the senior group for another five years till Cedric took over as the coach. He, however, was still not picked for Atlanta Olympics. But he was in the Sydney Olympic team and before that he was selected for the Utrecht World Cup. He performed well in the four-nation tourney in Perth, the Dhaka Gold Cup, the Champion’s Challenge which India won and Sultan Azlan Cup. He told reporters that beating Pakistan in Dhaka Cup was the high point of his five-year career at senior level but the lowest ebb was in the Sydney Olympics when instead of wasting time with long clearances an Indian player tried to dodge and yielded the ball to a Pole, who managed to score. But for that India could have qualified for semi-finals, he said. Former India coach Cedric D’Souza said in Jude Menezes’s retirement India has lost a matured goalkeeper. D’Souza said all goalkeepers take time to mature and Menezes had bloomed into a fine custodian. “Jude was a confident goalkeeper and I have very good memories of him,’’ he added. He was an asset but more than that he was a fantastic teamman D’Souza recollected, and said the big thing about him was that for the past one year he was helping Devesh Chauhan to prepare in taking over and there were times when he would voluntarily vacate the post for the latter.
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Punjab
Police start favourites Kolkata, April 3 On paper, Punjab Police are definitely a stronger side in the final having three of the current World Cup players, including Kanwal Preet Singh and Daljit Singh, in their fold. Besides,
Punjab Police also had a better performance in the quarterfinal league than CRPF, who suffered a defeat against BSF. Punjab Police, earlier, had won the title twice, the last time being in 1997. CRPF, who reached the final twice earlier, had to remain contended being runners-up on both the occasions. But if the semifinals are of any indication, the final is going to be a keenly-contested affair when sprightly CRPF men will go all out to inscribe their name on the glittering cup for the first time here. Against a mighty Indian Airlines who had more than 10 international names in their fold, they put up a fine show going two up within first half. Though Airlines in a late burst managed to draw level during the scheduled period, CRPF, displaying fine marksmanship and opportunism, made their way to the final scoring the golden goal. The Delhi policemen are also having a little advantage psychologically as they have beaten Punjab Police earlier in the All-India Police Hockey in 2000. Besides they have also won two tournaments earlier this season which were played on natural turf like here.
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Schools
cricket from April 15 Chandigarh, April 3 The teams have been divided into two groups A and B, with three teams in each group. Don Bosco High School, Chennai, Salwan Boys School, Delhi, and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, have been placed in group A. While Boys Town School, Hyderabad, St Joseph’s Boys High School, Bangalore, and Spring Field Rizvi School, Mumbai, are in group B. The semifinals and finals will be of 50 overs each. The winners will get Rs 22,500 while the runners-up will get Rs 15,000. Awards will be presented for each match for best partnership man of the match, best bowler, best batsman, best catch, maximum sixers and best fielder. |
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Golf official shot Lucknow, April 3 |
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