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August 3, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Indian
eves expect to keep up momentum Hockey
officials slam umpire Anjali, Rana claim gold medals
2 Indian boxers in
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Gopi ousted
in quarters Indian paddlers defeated
England eves
stun Aussies
Tendulkar hits unbeaten ton Ganguly
retained captain Harbhajan
set for talks with Sussex Azhar
planning legal action against Wisden Pak
threatens boycott of Aussies Punjab triumph
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Indian eves expect to keep up momentum
Manchester, August 2 The Indian eves, who staged a remarkable comeback to bring themselves within sniffing distance of the coveted gold medal after almost being out of the championship, will have their task cut out against the hosts in what promises to be an exciting contest of skill and nerves at the Belle Vue Regional Hockey Centre. The Indians had finished third in pool-B but the two come-from-behind victories against South Africa and title aspirants New Zealand had assured them a medal for the first time in the history of the Games. But the Indians, despite their fine showing in the last two matches, can hardly afford to be complacent against the hosts who sent the reigning champions Australia packing with a 2-1 victory in the semi-finals. The poor ratio of penalty corner conversions notwithstanding, the Indians would go onto the field with a great deal of confidence and the pressure no doubt will be on the home team. England will have the advantage of playing in front of a home crowd but the Indians, who have reached the final for the first time, will leave no stone unturned to clinch their first-ever gold medal in the event. The Indian eves began their campaign with a solitary goal win against Canada but lost to New Zealand 1-3 in their second group league match. The 1-1 draw against England in their last group encounter gave them the third position in pool-B but things began to change remarkably from the play-off stage. In one of the best fightbacks in Commonwealth Games history, the Indians bounced back from a three-gold deficit to stun South Africa 4-3 via golden goal to romp into the last four stage. The Indians displayed the same fighting spirit against the Kiwis in the semi-finals as they conceded an early goal but tilted the scale in their favour with a 2-1 verdict despite inclement weather and some controversial umpiring decisions. But the final will be a different game and the Indians will have to raise their game level a few notches more if they hope to win the gold medal. The Indians, who have never been known for their consiste- ncy, will have to improve upon their penalty corner conversion ratio since that is a vital department in modern hockey. The defenders also need to tighten their game to keep the strong English forwards at bay. The hard-working Jyoti Kullu, Mamata Kharab, Suman Bala, Sita Gossain, Pritam Siwach and Amandeep Kaur have been quite impressive right through the championship and coach Gurdial Singh Bhangu will be hoping his girls deliver the goods when it matters most.
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Hockey officials
slam umpire Manchester, August 2
The officials, incensed by the controversial decision by umpire Dawn Henning which robbed the Indians of a vital penalty stroke, said they were still puzzled by the decision but did not intend lodging an official complaint. Umpire Henning awarded a penalty to the Indians but disallowed Jyoti Kullu, who stood ready to take the stroke, from going ahead with her attempt on the ground that she was delaying time. The umpire claimed that Kullu, who only speaks Hindi, had not confirmed she was ready to take the stroke even though she stood over the ball. The Indians eventually scripted a 2-1 victory to romp into the final for the first time in the Games but coach Gurdial Singh Bhangu has not been too amused with the penalty stroke fiasco. “The penalty stroke was rightly awarded. The normal procedure is that the umpire blows the whistle and then the players takes the stroke,” a livid Bhangu explained. The rules state that the umpire must satisfy himself or herself that both players are ready. “The player who was to take the stroke did not hear the whistle. Normal procedure was not followed. The player does not have to say she is ready,” Bhangu said. He said the incident served as a blessing in disguise in some way as it charged up the players to give their best. “Once the players missed the chance to win, naturally they were fired up. It gave us a boost.” All the post-match discussions were centered around the controversial decision with many in the Indian contingent feeling the decision was too harsh. The player in question Jyoti Kullu seemed totally dumb-founded as the umpire
overruled the penalty stroke and she kept looking helplessly at the team bench, where the coach and officials were seated, for instructions.
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Anjali, Rana claim gold medals
Manchester, August 2 Anjali and Rana continued their dominance with gold-winning efforts while their teammate Raj Kumari bagged silver to take India’s overall tally to 22 gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medals on a relatively lean day which saw the premature exit of star shuttler Pullela Gopi
Chand. Having already recorded their best-ever haul of 57 medals in any international event outside the sub-continent, the Indians were expected to grab a few more medals in the two remaining days of competitions. The 31-year-old Anjali was again the star performer for the largest ever Indian contingent by taking the honour in the women’s 50 m rifle three position with an aggregate of 678 points on a day which saw the Indian shooters taking part in just three of the six events. Rana claimed his third gold medal in the competitions by logging 574 points in the men’s 25 m standard pistol taking the shooting tally to twelve gold, seven silver and two bronze medals. Raj Kumari aggregated 662.2 points to win silver in the women’s 50 m Rifle 3 Position while Neelam Sethi Laxmi won three silvers to the swelling kitty with her performance in the women’s upto 69 kg category weightlifting category.
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2 Indian boxers in final
Manchester, August 2 In the semi-finals, Pun defeated Namibia’s Veikko Josua when referee stopped fight in the up to 57kg category and will meet his Pakistani opponent, who outpunched Canadian Benoit Gaudet on points, in the final. There was more success for India in the ring as Mohammad Ali Qamar reached the final in the light fly weight 48 kg class. The 20-year old Pun is India’s reigning national champion and was a quarter-finalist at the World Junior Championships held earlier this year. But Ali also boasts of winning a bronze in the last Asian Games and the experience of having participated in 2000 Sydney Olympics. Qamar beat Nigeria’s Ajabe Taoreed 27-13 in a fight that lasted the full four rounds. In Saturday’s final the 22-year-old Indian will be up against England’s Darren Langly who staged a superb rally to beat Malaysia’s Z Mohamad 19-18. Qamar was slow to start with but then took a 4-3 lead with 10 seconds in the first round. At the bell for the first round he was up 5-3. The second round saw him in full flow against Nigerian teenager unleashing a barrage of punches and exhibiting superb defence. At the end of the second round he was out of Taoreed’s reach leading 15-5 and then eased through the next two rounds. He went into the last round up 20-12.
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Pratima
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two gold Manchester, August 2 Pratima won the clean and jerk and overall gold medals of the women’s 63kg weight category but had to settle for silver in snatch. She lifted 87.5kg in snatch, the same as Canada’s Pascale Dorcelus who was awarded the gold medal due to lower body weight. Pratima, however, left her competitors way behind with a massive lift of 117.5kg in clean and jerk that gave here a total of 205kg. Prasmita Mangaraj won two silver medals and a bronze in the same weight category with a total lift of 195 kg (snatch 85, clean and jerk 110
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Indian wrestlers impress Chandigarh, August 2 Mr M.S. Malik, President, Wrestling Federation of India, informed that Anuj Chaudhary (84 kg), Krishan Kumar (54 kg) and Ramesh (66 kg) defeated their rivals from Cameroon and South Africa on the first day of wrestlings competitions by big margins to move into second round. Results show that Indian grapplers are expected to put up better show in this edition of the Games. |
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Gopi ousted
in quarters Manchester, August 2 Gopi Chand, one of the main medal contenders in the men’s section, appeared totally off colour as he succumbed to Malaysia’s Choong Hann Wong in straight sets. The former All England Champion could never really find his rhythm against the Malaysian who capitalised on a number of unforced errors by the highly-rated Indian to carve out a facile 7-1 7-1 7-4 victory. Gopi Chand has not played upto his awesome reputation in the Games and the story was no different today as he struggled to match his Malaysian opponent in every department of the game. Aparna Popat kept herself on course for a medal by romping into the semi-finals of the women’s singles section. Aparna had no difficulty in brushing aside the challenge of Canada’s Denyse Julien with a fluent 7-1 7-0 7-0 verdict.
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Indian paddlers defeated Manchester, August 2 In a hard-fought match, Baboor and Raman were defeated by Baggaley and Herbert in five tough games, the scoreline reading 5-11 13-11 11-9 11-13 11-8 in favour of the English pair. In the title clash, Baggaley and Herbert will take on R Jenkins and A Robertson of Wales who defeated the Canadian pair of Y J Duan and T Y Zhang 5-11 11-5 12-10 5-11 11-8 in another keenly contested semi-final. Earlier in the day, the womens’ team of N R Indu and Mantu Ghosh lost to the Australian pair of Miao Miao and Jian Fang Lay, bowing out 9-11 6-11 11-13 in the quarter-finals.
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Golden night for English swimmers
Manchester, August 2
The English won three individual races and a relay to take their tally of gold medals to six after the first three days of competition. The four gold medals in one night was their finest single night performance at any major championships England has entered. “I think we’ve given the Aussies a scare,” England’s James Goddard said after winning the men’s 200 metres backstroke final. “You can see all the flags on the side, your team-mates and everyone cheering,” said Georgina Lee, a member of the English 4x200m relay team that won gold. “This is a whole team effort and was won by everybody.” The Australians won five gold medals yesterday to take their total to 11, but there was no doubt they took notice of the host-nation’s haul yesterday. “We knew they were on the way up,” said Australian Geoff Huegill, winner of the 50m butterfly title. “British swimming fell into a bit of a hole for a while but they’re definitely getting better now.” After the British failed to win a medal of any description in swimming at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Britain turned to Australia for help and hired Bill Sweetenham as their national performance director. The results were felt immediately when Britain won seven medals, including a gold at the 2001 world championships in Japan, matching their best ever effort. England’s haul of six gold medals from the first three days in Manchester is one better than their entire total at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
“What a night for England,” said Stephen Parry, who won a bronze in the men’s 4x200m relay yesterday behind an Australian team anchored by Ian Thorpe. “I was in tears before we even went out there, and I just hope that with this fantastic crowd, we manage to keep things going.” England’s fantastic night began when Goddard won the 200m backstroke after the gold medal favourite, Australian Matt Welsh, was disqualified for a false start in his morning heat. Welsh protested but the appeal was rejected despite his insistence that the video evidence proved his innocence, suddenly throwing the race wide open. “I’m glad I could contribute to England’s medals,” Goddard said. “I think everyone had a chance of gold after Welsh was disqualified.” Sarah Price made it two for England with victory in the women’s 100m backstroke then Adam Whitehead gave the host-nation their third when he won the men’s 100m breaststroke.
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England eves stun Aussies Manchester, August 2 The English team converted two penalty corners through Kate Walsh (17th minute) and Helen Grant (25th) to take a 2-0 lead by half-time. The lone goal for Australia, who are also the reigning Olympic champions, came in the 66th minute when Louise Dobson converted a penalty corner four minutes from the end.
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Medals tally Manchester, August 2 G
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1 Australia 52 36 42 130 2 England 39 34 35 108 3 India 22 21 14 57 4 Canada 21 26 33 80 5 South
Africa 6 10 8 24 6 Cameroon 6 1 2 9 7 Kenya 4 8 4 16 8 Scotland 4 6 11 21 9 Jamaica 4 6 4 14 10 Bahamas 4 — 4 8 11 Malaysia 3 5 7 15 12 Wales 2 13 7 22 13 New
Zealand 2 6 6 14 14 Nigeria 2 2 5 9 15 Cyprus 2 1 — 3 16 Northern
Irelan 1 1 1 3 17 Singapore 1 1 1 3 18 Namibia 1 — 2 3 19 Fiji 1 — 1 2 20 Tanzania 1 — 1 2 21 Bangladesh 1 — — 1 22 Guyana 1 — — 1 23 Mozambique 1 — — 1 24 St
Kittsand Nevis 1 — — 1 25 Zimbabwe 1 — — 1 26 Pakistan — 3 1 4 27 Samoa — 1 2 3 28 Botswana 0 1 0 1 29 Nauru 0 0 8 8 30 Cayman
Islands — — 1 1 31 Ghana — — 1 1 32 St. Lucia — — 1 1 33 Malta — — 1 1 Reuters |
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Haas survives to oust Sampras, Safin triumphs
Toronto, August 2
Haas pounded Sampras with 24 aces in the 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) victory. After losing the first set in a tie-breaker and taking the second set, Sampras found himself serving at match point in a third-set tiebreaker. Sampras double-faulted to end his week in Canada early. Haas moves on to face Frenchman Fabrice Santoro today. “He’s on the way back,” said the Haas of Sampras. “He’ll be dangerous over the next few weeks heading to the US Open.” Haas has now won his last three matches with Sampras and stands 3-4 in their series. “I am disappointed about the result,” said Sampras. Marat Safin duelled for two hours to overcome an opponent playing through the pain barrier, scoring a 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7/3) third-round win over Marcelo Rios. Second-seed Safin missed out on a chance to confront countryman Yevgeny Kafelnikov as the 28-year-old double Grand Slam champion lost to Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-2 6-2. “The first two matches took a lot out of me,” said Kafelnikov, who ousted Max Mirnyi and Younes El Aynaoui in his previous two rounds. I felt really flat today. “There’s not much I can say, I got beaten easily. I had a small chance for a comeback at the start of second set. But he played well on the important points, that was the key to this victory.” Safin said Rios, of Chile, is a natural talent on the court. “Tennis is too easy for him,” said the Russian, the 2000 US Open champion and finalist at this year’s Australian Open. “The guy was No 1, he has five Masters titles and he played a final in Australia. For me, he’s the most talented player in the world.” Fourth seed Tim Henman squandered three winning chances and paid the price a set later with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 5-7 loss to Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian in the third round. Britain’s Henman had not dropped his serve coming into the contest. But 20-year-old Nalbandian showed his tennis pedigree as he rallied after saving three Henman match points late in the second set. Three straight unforced errors off the Briton’s racket - the last a costly double-fault - threw the Argentine a lifeline a month after losing in the title match at the All England Club to Lleyton Hewitt. Squaring the match was a tonic for Nalbandian, who broke in the final game of the third to clinch the upset in two hours, 50 minutes. Henman admitted he threw the match away. “It was obviously a match I should have won,” said the first man this season to claim 40 match victories on the ATP. “I didn’t play particularly well. “My game was not as good as it was in the first two matches. It happens,” said Henman. You can’t always play your best tennis. “We’re not machines out on the court. You play better some days and not others. I got close to winning — you can’t get much closer than three match points.” Nalbandian is playing just his second full season on the ATP circuit and now stands 28-16 on the season. Beating Henman in the pair’s first meeting put the South American into his first career Masters Series quarterfinal. Steady Czech Jiri Novak, seeded 14th, ousted Taylor Dent 7-5 6-3, preventing the American from matching the quarterfinal appearance achieved by his father Phil here in 1979 when he lost to Ivan Lendl. Frenchman Santoro stopped American veteran Todd Martin 6-2 6-4.
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Tendulkar hits unbeaten ton
Tendulkar was unbeaten on 168 with the help of 30 fours as India scored 389 for eight. Ajit Agarkar, who made a century in the first Test at the Lord’s made 14 which included three fours. Rahul Dravid who made 41 retired as play finally started in the match after the first two days had been washed out due to rains. Ajay Ratra failed to get into form and fell lbw to Sheriyar after he had made four after being at the crease nearly one hour. The Indians, who were 122 for three at lunch, lost two more wickets in the second session with skipper Sourav Ganguly being dismissed for 24 and the young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel out for six. Both the wickets were taken by Alamgir Sheriyar, who has claimed three scalps so far. The Indians were off to a fine start with Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag putting up 99 runs for the opening wicket before three successive dismissals jolted the team. Jaffer (43) and Sehwag (42), both of whom played attractive shots especially on the off-side, were claimed by off-spinner Gareth Batty. All-rounder Sanjay Bangar failed to score and was caught by James Pipe off Sheriyar as the Indians lost their first three wickets at the same score of 99. Tendulkar was initially troubled by the uneven bounce and movement of the damp pitch but settled down later to compile 64 runs with nine fours. He has so far faced 159 balls. Dravid faced 64 balls for his 41 and hit five boundaries. Scoreboard Indians (1st innings): Jaffer c Pipe b Batty 43 Sehwag c Mason b Batty 42 Bangar c Pipe b Sheriyar 0 Tendulkar batting 168 Ganguly c Pipe b Sheriyar 24 Patel b Sheriyar 6 Dravid retired 41 Ratra lbw Sheriyar 4 Agarkar c Hick b Ali 14 Harbhajan not out 17 Extras: (b-6, lb-12, nb-8) 26 Total: (for 8 wkts, 100.1 overs) 389 FoW: 1-99, 2-99, 3-99, 4-160, 5-168, 6-242, 7-292, 8-327. Bowling: Matts Mason 20-8-32-0, Alamgir Sheriyar 25-3-109-4, Kabir Ali 19-4-9-1, Gareth Batty 16-2-58-2, Matthew Rawnsley 13-1-42-0, Ben Smith 7.1-2-27-0.
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Ganguly retained captain Mumbai, August 2 Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters here today that the selectors also included J P Yadav of Railways and pace bowler L Balaji of Tamil Nadu in the 20-member probables’ list for the tournament. “The 15-member team would be selected here either on August 9 or 10 as we have to send the list of the players before August 12 to the host nation,” Mr Shah added. Mr Shah said Ganguly had been handling the team quite well, particularly in the one-dayers - winning the one-day series in the West Indies 2-1 and the NatWest series in England recently — and hence the selectors decided to retain him as captain. When asked whether pace bowler Javagal Srinath, who announced his retirement from Test cricket recently, was discussed, Mr Shah said “the selectors discussed Srinath’s name but did not consider him in the probables’ list.” “The selectors have picked the players keeping in view the 2003 World Cup in South Africa and all the players who did duty in the NatWest series have been retained after their good showing,” Mr Shah added. List of probables: Saurav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Ashish Nehra, Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra, V V S Laxman, Murali Karthik, J P Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, L Balaji and Tinu Yohannan.
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Harbhajan set for talks with Sussex
London, August 2 First Division Sussex are ready to offer Harbhajan (22), who was left out of India’s 170-run first Test defeat against England on Monday, a one-year deal. The Hove-based club could face opposition for Harbhajan’s signature from Lancashire. They too have expressed interest in having the ‘Turbanator’ on board if first-class counties ratify proposals to increase the number of overseas players from one to two per club at a meeting on August 12. However, Sussex are due to have talks with Harbhajan later this week before the second Test starts at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Thursday, August 8. Sussex captain Chris Adams said: “A look at his record tells you that Harbhajan is a quality performer. “He averages nearly five wickets per Test at the moment and is the sort of bowler who is consistently going to get good players out. “Our batting unit is already pretty solid, we have depth and talent in seam bowling but spin is an area where we are deficient and Mark Davis has carried us since Umer Rashid died.” Sussex’s current overseas player is former Zimbabwe batsman Murray Goodwin. Harbhajan’s India team-mate Sachin Tendulkar has already been linked with a move to Sussex’ first division rivals Hampshire.
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Azhar planning legal
action against Wisden
New Delhi, August 2 Azhar, who was one of the 16 nominees for the award, alleged that without assigning any reason, Wisden had told him at the last minute that he was not required at the awards ceremony in London on July 23. “They called me up to say that they had made a mistake and that they would not be sending me the air tickets. There was no explanation for this decision,” the former India captain, who has been given a life-ban by the cricket board for his alleged involvement in match-fixing activities, said in an interview in the latest issue of Outlook which hits the stands
tomorrow. Azhar said the contract he had signed with Wisden stipulated that he would be invited to the presentation ceremony and would have to give some media interviews. After withdrawing the invitation, Wisden did not as much as
apologise, Azhar alleged. “You can’t treat a person so shabbily. Why did Wisden start the process in the first place? If they had problems then why go through the motions at all? “This is humiliating to say the least. And finally, Wisden did not have the courtesy to inform me or write to me why they did not invite me,” he said while hinting that some among the other nominees might have worked against him. “It was disgusting. That is all I will say. It leaves a bad taste in the
mouth.” Azhar was the only living nominee missing at the function though he was reportedly in London on that day.
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Pak threatens boycott of Aussies
Karachi, August 2 Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Tauqir Zia said President Pervez Musharraf had personally intervened in the row. “It is no longer a matter between two boards,” Lt-Gen Zia said, firing a warning shot at the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). “The heads of the states are involved and if ACB can’t trust General Musharraf’s words, then I am afraid we will have to review our relationship,” General Zia said. “General Musharraf talked to Australian Prime Minister John Howard for 25 minutes (last week) and urged him to convince ACB to send the team.” The fate of the October 1-24 Test tour has been in the balance after Australia’s players expressed fears for their safety in violence-torn Pakistan. The New Zealand team cut short a tour of Pakistan without playing the second Test in Karachi after an explosion outside their hotel here on May 8. Pakistan have been forced to shift the venue for next month’s tri-series one-day tournament involving Australia from Karachi to Nairobi after New Zealand pulled out. Kenya are now the third team. Leading Australian players Shane Warne, Mark Waugh and Glenn McGrath have already ruled out touring Pakistan saying they do not want to risk their lives, but Test captain Steve Waugh has said he will tour if ACB gives the go-ahead. General Zia warned of reprisals if the tour fails to happen. “If Australia don’t tour then we might decide against making a return tour to Australia in 2004,” he said. “India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding and if Australia don’t tour Pakistan, then I don’t think any Asian country will be visiting them.” The four Asian Test nations signed the MoU in Sharjah in April vowing to boycott any country that refuses to tour any one of them. But General Zia added: “We are optimistic about the tour going ahead and have good relations with the ACB.” Australia cancelled a tour of Zimbabwe in April this year over security fears. Australia granted a walkover to Sri Lanka rather than play a 1996 World Cup match in Colombo after bomb attacks in the city. Cricket in Pakistan has suffered badly since the September 11 terror attacks in the USA and the resulting US military action in Afghanistan, as well as from tensions with India. Pakistan were forced to play a home series against the West Indies at a neutral venue in Sharjah in February-March this year.
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Punjab triumph SAS Nagar, August 2 Coast Cricket Team won the toss and elected to bat. Punjab bowlers exploited the turning track to their advantage by restricting CCA XI to 129 for 9. Sanjay Patel (36) and Azim (20) were the main scorers for the home team. Sandeep Sawal 5 for 26 and Amit Kakria 2 for 13 were the main wicket taker for Punjab. Punjab got a flying start with Munish Sharma and Ravneet Ricky scoring 75 in 10 over before both got out in quick succession. Munish scored 50 (7x4, 3x6) while Ravneet Ricky made 26. Amit Kakria (40 not out) and Reetinder Sodhi (9 not out) carried the total to 135 in 20 overs, trouncing CCA XI by 8 wickets. |
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Worcester (England), August 2
Saurav Ganguly has been retained as the skipper of the Indian cricket team for the ICC Champions Trophy limited overs tournament at Sri Lanka from September 12 to 30.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is set to have talks with English county Sussex as the ambitious south coast club look to make him their second overseas player for next season.
SAN DIEGO:
Unseeded Russian Anna Kournikova staged a spirited comeback to beat Spain’s Conchita Martinez 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 in Thursday’s third-round match at the $ 750,000 WTA tennis event. Martinez won the first set in 23 minutes as she broke Kournikova’s serve twice.“ I was stiff and cautious. I guess it was in the back of my head,” Kournikova said. The Spaniard committed 22 errors in the third set as Kournikova broke her serve twice to win the match in 85 minutes. Kournikova advances to quaterfinals, where he will meet Israel’s Anna Smashnova, the tournament’s 12th seed.
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