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Tuesday,
September 17, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Lanka toy
with minnows Holland CHETAN
SHARMA WRITES ‘Windies will be under pressure’ Pak-Lanka tie: ICC
reviews tapes
Nair to
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Ganguly,
Sachin return home Bernard
Williams upstages Greene
Fitzgerald
undecided SAI
Hostel boxers dominate All-India
rural meet at Ludhiana Unseeded
Thai upsets Shravan Sunita
included in Asian Games squad PPS
Nabha win Patiala
basketball
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Lanka toy with minnows Holland
Colombo, September 16 Helped by a fine century from Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka piled up 292 for six, though not in the most authoritative fashion, after electing to bat and then skittled out Holland for a mere 86 runs in 29.3 overs for their second successive win in the tournament. Sri Lanka, who had earlier defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the opening game of the tournament, will take on the winner of group A, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh, in the semifinal on September 27. Off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan ran through the inexperienced Holland batting line-up, claiming four wickets for 15 runs from just 5.3 overs. Only three Holland batsmen were able to move into the double figures with Tim de Leede, who earlier in the day had taken an unbelievable catch to dismiss Aravinda de Silva, top-scoring with 31. Holland lost their first three wickets for just four runs before de Leede and Reinout Scholte added 42 runs for the fourth wicket to put up a semblance of a fight. Captain Sanath Jayasuriya (36) and Atapattu gave their team a good start and the later order batsmen maintained a decent run rate throughout but it wasn’t exactly a cakewalk for the former world champions. Holland had their moments of brilliance — like the stunning catch Tim de Leede took to dismiss Aravinda de Silva (23) or the brilliant return catch by captain Ronald Lefebvre that ended the innings of Chaminda Vaas - and that prevented Sri Lanka from crossing the 300-run mark. Holland were particularly impressive during the slog overs, and did not allow the Sri Lankan batsmen to hit many boundaries or sixes. It was Atapattu who anchored the Sri Lankan innings through most of the stipulated 50 overs. Coming as an opener, he batted till the 42nd over by which time Sri Lanka had reached 234 runs. Atapattu put on 59 runs in 9.4 overs with his captain before Jayasuriya drove straight into the hands of Bas Zuiderent at short covers. Jayasuriya scored run-a-ball 36 with six boundaries. Scoreboard Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya c Zuiderent b Grandia 36 Atapattu c Van Oosterom
b Lefebvre 101 Sangakkara b Raja 41 De Silva c De Leede b Raja 23 Jayawardene run out 14 Arnold not out 22 Vaas c and b Lefebvre 16 Muralitharan not out 1 Extras:
(b-6, lb-9, w-18, nb-5) 38 Total: (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 292 Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-175, 3-223, 4-234, 5-347, 6-287. Bowling: Schiferli 7-0-29-0, Grandia 5-0-40-1, Lefebvre 10-0-59-2, De Leede 8-0-37-0, Esmeijer 5-0-36-0, Raja 10-0-50-2, Van Troost 5-0-26-0.
Holland: Van Oosterom c Sangakkara b Gunaratne 0 Van Bunge lbw b Gunaratne 3 Zuiderent lbw b Vaas 0 De Leede c Sangakkara b
Fernando 31 Scholte c Sangakkara b Dharmasena 12 Van Troost b Dharmasena 0 Esmeijer c Fernando b Murali 7 Raja c Sangakkara b Murali 2 Schiferli st Sangakkara b Murali 15 Lefebvre not out 4 Grandia b Murali 0 Extras: 12 Total (all out in 29.3 overs) 86 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-46, 5-52, 6-57, 7-59, 8-81, 9-82. Bowling: Vaas 6-2-11-1, Gunaratne 4-0-19-2, Fernando 5-0-21-1, Dharmasena 9-3-14-2, Muralitharan 5.3-2-15-4.
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CHETAN
SHARMA WRITES Sri Lanka beating Holland was no big shock and the hosts are the first team to officially make it to the semifinal. The happiest man after today’s one-sided match must have been the Sri Lankan vice-captain Marvan Atapattu, who was rewarded with a century. Holland are here just for experience and going by their performance, it will take them years and years to even get to the likes of Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bangladesh. Today they made a mockery of the competition, gifting the Sri Lankans an easy route to the next round. There was a debate as to whether Sanath Jayasuriya would skip today’s match so as to give some rest to his injured shoulder but I wasn’t very surprised to see him walk out to open the innings with Atapattu. After all, which batsmen would like to miss an opportunity of piling up a big score. He was looking good for his second century in two matches before he got out but Atapattu was determined not to throw the chance away. In the end the century would have done his confidence a world of good. Sometimes, because of lack of intensity players find little motivation in such matches to concentrate and that is the biggest chance a weaker side has against a fancied rival but the Lankans did not fall for complacency. Under the conditions they were on the spot because champion teams never relax. That is a lesson I want the Indians to imbibe. Almost all of the Sri Lankan batting spent some time in the middle and even if the total of 292 for six in 50 overs was little less than what was expected of them, their bowlers came out well in the evening to put an end to Holland’s hopes. Like in batting, the Lankan bowlers too used the time to get into the thick of things. Muthiah Muralitharan, especially enjoyed himself immensely as he got four wickets and helped his team beat Holland by 206 runs. Judging by the way the Sri Lankan team has been playing in the tournament, their likely rivals in the semifinal, Australia, will find them a hard nut to crack. The home supporters are with them, cheering them on so they will be all fired up. |
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‘Windies will be under pressure’
Colombo, September 16 After losing their first match to South Africa, West Indies know their only chance of progressing to the semi-finals is to beat Kenya convincingly and then hope the Kenyans can spring a major surprise by beating Shaun Pollock’s team. This is a situation Tikolo feels his players can exploit. “We know the West Indies position but it doesn’t affect our game plan,’’ he told Reuters today. “They are the ones under pressure to try and bowl us out cheaply or get a lot of runs. In the process they might make mistakes and that might work in our favour’’. “We still have two games left and they have already played one and lost one and the pressure is back on them,’’ he said. West Indies captain Carl Hooper is equally aware of the situation but promised his side would not be taking Kenya lightly. “I don’t think we’re in a position where we can afford to be complacent,’’ he said. “They are in a situation where everyone expects us to win so they will come out and give it a good shot and we have got to be ready to play some good cricket.’’ West Indies have good reason to be focussed going into the match at the Sinhalese Sports Club. In 1996, they were involved in one of the biggest upsets in cricket history when they lost to Kenya by 73 runs in a World Cup match in Pune, India. Since then, in August 2001, West Indies have played a three-match one-day series in Kenya and won it 3-0. Given that recent form, Hooper was keen to play down the significance of the World Cup result, but he stressed the need for a professional performance from his players. “I haven’t got the World Cup of 1996 in my mind,’’ he said. “But I can remember a number of games where shocks have taken place like Bangladesh beating Pakistan in 1999 and if we turn up on the day not focussed and play poorly we will get beaten.’’ Teams: Kenya: Steve Tikolo (captain), Joseph Angara, Hitesh Modi, David Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Maurice Odumbe, Collins Otieno, Kennedy Otieno, Ravindu Shah, Martin Suji, Tony Suji. West Indies (probable): Carl Hooper (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Mervyn Dillon, Vasbert Drakes, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Brian Lara, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ramnaresh Sarwan.
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Pak-Lanka tie: ICC reviews tapes
Colombo, September 16 “The ACU has confirmed that as part of the security protocol put in place for the event, it has requested that the host broadcaster supply it with tapes of all matches played by all 12 teams competing in Colombo,” the ICC said in a media release here. “Specifically, it has reviewed a number of incidents that took place in the opening match of the tournament between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on September 12,” the release said. ICC spokesman Mark Harrison declined to elaborate on the specific incidents involved, telling mediapersons that he could neither discuss them nor speculate on the outcome of the exercise. He said the viewing of these tapes was part of the “security protocol” and it could be repeated in relation to any match in the tournament. “If anything looks odd, they will look into it,” Harrison said. Harrison, however, denied that any meeting of the anti-corruption unit took place here today. “The message is that they are looking at this tournament with great scrutiny.” A news report had said this morning that the tapes were viewed in relation to the run-out of Pakistani batsman Yousuf Youhanna and a charge of ball-tampering by one of their bowlers. The media statement said: “The role of the ACU at this tournament is to provide all players and teams with an effective anti-corruption infrastructure. That will include detailed monitoring of all matches including, when appropriate, reviewing any incidents that take place during matches that may look unusual.” It quoted ACU chief Paul Condon as saying none should be surprised at this approach, and that the unit would be looking at other incidents in other matches in the remaining games of the tournament. Harrison said the reviewing of the tapes would have been confidential normally, but it came into the public domain because of a remark on air by television commentator Tony Greig. The ACU’s security protocol for the ICC Champions Trophy includes the presence of regional security managers at every game and control of access to dressing rooms and other player areas. The disclosure that the ICC’s anti-corruption unit had indeed called for tapes of a specific match for a “number of incidents” has brought back the spectre of match-fixing that haunted the game two years ago. ICC officials had earlier said the ICC Trophy had been identified as a ‘high risk’ tournament by the anti-corruption division.
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Nair to contest post of secretary Chandigarh, September 16 While the fact remains that the ruling group does enjoy an overwhelming majority, at least till now, but certain contentious issues which will come up for discussion may make the going tough for them. Most of the sitting office-bearers of the BCCI are eligible for re-election, and barring some last-minute “adjustments” should not face much difficulty in retaining their posts. Although Mr Dalmiya should face no challenge to his authority the same cannot be said about his entire team. With just a few days to go for the meeting it should surprise no one, knowing the volatile nature of the BCCI and the storm it has been going though in recent times, if there is a contest for certain key posts. The Sahara India group’s decision to withdraw its sponsorship of the Indian cricket team after the International Cricket Council raised questions about the logo being worn by the Indian players in the ongoing Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka will come up for discussion at Kolkata. Here also Mr Dalmiya will have no difficulty in explaining the board’s position since there are very few members in the BCCI who understand the intricacies of sponsorship and logo money. The one person who understands these issues in depth is the former President of the board, Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra of Punjab. He will not attend the meeting as he is undergoing a two-year ban from attending all meetings of the board, The ban ends in February, 2003. The meeting is almost certain to witness a contest for the all-important post of Secretary. The current incumbent, Mr Niranjan Shah of Gujarat, who won last year after being put up by the Sharad Pawar group, may be embroiled in a contest against Mr S.K. Nair, of Kerala, a former Treasurer of the BCCI. Mr Nair is a close confidant of Mr Dalmiya. How this contest shapes up will be known over the next couple of days as the group opposed to Mr Dalmiya plan their strategy and are keeping their cards close to their chests. There are also indications that Brijesh Patel, former India cricketer and Secretary of the Karnataka Cricket Association, is keen to contest for the post of Joint Secretary. Of course, it is a welcome sign if former Test cricketers do come into the board, but in this case Mr Dalmiya’s problems will only increase since the sitting Joint Secretary, Mr Jyoti Bajpai of Uttar Pradesh, is also among his close confidants. In case Patel insists that he be taken in the board then Mr Bajpai may be adjusted in the post of Treasurer. But this step will obviously be opposed by Mr Kishore Rungta, the current Treasurer of the board. The Rungtas have a fair amount of clout in the board and such a step is also fraught with danger. Mr Dalmiya will have to do some tight rope walking if everybody is to be pleased. Along with the office-bearers the Kolkata meeting will also constitute the various committees of the board. One such committee is the senior selection committee where the north zone nominee, Madan Lal of Delhi, has completed his tenure of four years. Among the names being discussed as possible replacement are Kirti Azad of Delhi as also Chetan Sharma and Yash Pal Sharma from Haryana. With Delhi’s nominee having served for four years it is Haryana’s turn to have a national selector and therefore the choice could be between Chetan and Yash Pal. But then Kirti’s supporters will not give up easily. Also, another former Haryana player, Ashok Malhotra, who is a member of the senior selection committee from east zone, has also completed his tenure of four years and will also be replaced at the Kolkata meeting. The other national selectors are eligible to continue. |
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Ganguly, Sachin
return home New Delhi, September 16 Cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI that the players returned to their home towns with the board’s permission to attend their “personal work.” The players, however, have been advised by the board to join their team-mates in Colombo on September 19 ahead of their league match against England on September 22, Mr Shah said. “The players returned with the board’s permission. Since all of them were in England for two months and had to fly to Colombo immediately after reaching India, they took our permission to visit their home,” Mr Shah said. The other players to come back are VVS
Laxman, Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag, Ajit Agarkar and Ashish Nehra. PTI |
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Bernard
Williams upstages Greene
Yokohama, September 16 Williams posted a time of 10.21 seconds in rainy conditions at International Stadium Yokohama, edging Japan’s Nobuharu Asahara by 0.07 seconds. American Darvis Patton was third with 10.33 seconds. “I just wanted to beat Maurice to get a little attention,” said Williams. “I wish I could have run a little better up until now but this will make me even hungrier for next year.” Greene, who pulled out of last week’s Grand Prix final in Paris to save energy for this event, finished fifth in 10.56 seconds but said he wasn’t concerned. “I just felt tired,” said Greene. “I felt like my body was asleep. It was a long flight from Paris, I didn’t get any sleep last night and it was tough to come in here after all the travel.” The former 100m world record holder, Olympic gold medallist and world champion has had a shaky season, winning in only three of seven prestigious Golden League events. American Tim Montgomery broke the 100m world record mark on Saturday in Paris with a time of 9.78, and Greene said he expects to take it back. “World records are made to be broken,” said Greene. “Tim has been running very well all year long but I definitely feel like it’s my record and I want it back.” In the men’s 110m hurdles, American Allen Johnson posted the fastest time of 13.28 seconds. Anier Garcia was second in 13.35 while world record holder Colin Jackson of Britain was third in 13.44. “The weather didn’t cooperate but other than that I was pleased,” said Johnson. “I was able to break a sweat and the only down side was that I false started and felt bad about making the other racers stand around in the rain.” Like Greene, Johnson said the world record will be one of his goals at the world championships next year in Paris. “I think I’m close to Colin,” said Johnson. “It is one of my goals but it isn’t my main goal. My primary goal is to win the world championships and if I can break the record there that would be even better.” Johnson was pushed by Olympic champion Garcia here and said he was aware of the Cuban runner during the race. “With Garcia you can’t be confident until you cross the finish line,” said Johnson. “He’s probably the best in the world over the last 50 metres — but fortunately I was able to hold him off today.” American men also dominated the 200m final. Patton finished first with a time of 20.29 while Shawn Crawford was third with 20.79. Japan’s Shingo Suetsugu was second with 20.55. In the women’s 200 metres, Sydney bronze medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka cruised to victory with a time of 22.91. Ukraine’s Zhanna Pintusevich-Block was second in 23.32, while Italy’s Manuela Levorato was third in 23.51.
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undecided Adelaide, September 16 World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt is one of the single players, but Fitzgerald said on Monday he hasn’t decided whether Wayne Arthurs or Scott Draper will play the other opening singles match on Friday. The draw will be held Thursday. The winner of the best-of-five series will remain in the 16-team World Cup next year. They played a lot of tennis on the American circuit, most of our guys —particularly
Lleyton,” Fitzgerald said. But Wayne has had a lot of tennis and Scott also.”
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SAI Hostel boxers dominate Chandigarh, September 16 Mr R.S. Dalal, president, Haryana Boxing Association and IGP, Haryana, said that more than 200 boxers from all the districts, HAU, Hisar and SAI Hostel Bhiwani are participating in this championship. The gold medal winners in this meet would be given special intensive coaching for the coming national boxing championships, he said. The results:
Lt Fly weight 48 kg — Sonu (SAI Bhiwani) b Deepak (Narnaul) on points, Manoj (HAU) b Nishant (Kaithal) on points.
Fly weight 48-51 kg; Bajinder Singh (SAI Bhiwani) b Manoj Kumar (Bhiwani). RSC, Mukesh (HAU) b Dinesh (Rohtak) RSC.
Bantam weight 51.54 kg: Sandeep Malik (HAU) b Rajinder (Hisar) knockout, Kapil (SAI Bhiwani) retired Surinder (Rohtak).
Feather weight 54-57 kg: Sanjeet (Hisar) b Maninder Singh (Bhiwani) on points, Satish (SAI Bhiwani) b Sandeep (Gurgaon) on points.
Light fly weight 57-60 kg: Jaigobind (Rohtak) b Rakesh (Jhajjar) knockout, Bajinder Singh (SAI, Bhiwani) b Kuldeep (Hisar) on points.
Light Welter weight 60-63.5 kg — Pawan (SAI, Bhiwani) b Amarjeet (Kaithal) on points, Pardeep Singh (Hisar) b Sikander (Kurukshetra) RSC,
Welter weight 63.5 to 67 kg: Amit (Bhiwani) b Rakesh (Faridabad) knockout, Surinder (SAI Bhiwani) b Kaptan Singh (Rohtak) RSC,
Light middle weight 67-71 kg: Kuldeep (Gurgaon) b Rajiv (Panchkula) by 10-3 points, Krishan (HAU) retired Vikrant (Jhajjar).
Middle weight 71-75 kg: Ravinder (HAU) b Arun (Rohtak) by RSC, Navin (SAI Bhiwani) b Paramjeet (Hisar) RSC.
Light heavy weight 71-81 kg: Naveen (Rohtak) b Suresh (Bhiwani) RSC, Vinod Sumra (SAI Bhiwani) got walkover against Saroop Singh (HAU),
Heavy weight 80-91 kg: Kuldeep (Bhiwani) b Varinder (Panipat) on points, Pankaj Atry (SAI Bhiwani) b Vinod (HAU) by 9-4 points.
Super heavy weight above 91 kg: Narinder (SAI Bhivani) b Ashish Malik (Rohtak) RSC, Deepak Thakran (Gurgaon) retired Abhisekh (Faridabad). |
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All-India rural
meet at Ludhiana Ludhiana, September 16 Giving this information at a press conference here today, Mr Kartar Singh, Director Sports, Punjab, said this mega event would be organised by the Punjab Sports Department in association with Sports Authority of India in which boys and girls below-16 years of age would compete in five
disciplines- archery (boys and girls); football (boys); kho-kho (boys and girls); volleyball (boys and girls) and weightlifting (boys and girls). He said in weightlifting, competition would be conducted in 56, 62, 69, 77, 89, 97, 105 and plus 105kg categories for boys while in the girl’s section, competition would be held in 48, 53, 58, 63, 69, 75 and plus 75kg categories. In archery, competition would be for 40 and 30 metres only. “To conduct this championship successfully, the district administration had been involved and different committees had also been formed for the smooth conduct of the games. Qualified officials of national and international level have been invited to supervise these games,” the director said. The Director said prior to this meet, the Punjab Sports Department would organise block, district and state level competitions in these disciplines and on the basis of their performance during these meets, Punjab contingents would be finalised for coaching camps to prepare the state team for the meet. |
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Unseeded
Thai
upsets Shravan New Delhi, September 16 Another Indian girl, Sandhya
Nagraj, also bowed out when she lost to Wu Shuang of China 3-6, 3-6. In other girls matches, Varsha Shivdankar of India beat Porntip Mulsap 6-4, 6-4; fourth-seeded Krushmi Cheda beat Vandana Murali 7-5, 6-1; Sandra Sasidharan beat Shweta Kakhandki 6-1,6-0 and Nidhi Shah beat Sanjana Kapur 7-6, 6-4. In the boys section too, there was one upset when unseeded Kwon Sungh Baek of Korea shocked sixth-seeded Natapong Pongkunsub of Thailand 6-4, 7-6 (9-7). In other boys matches, top-seeded Somdev Dev Verman of India outplayed Kripakar
Mahalingam, also of India, 6-2,6-1, Rupesh Roy beat Arka Mondal 6-1, 6-0; Varun Giri lost to G Arjun 5-7, 6-2; fifth-seeded Nihal Advani beat Sumit Prakash Gupta 6-4, 6-3; fourth-seeded Divij Sharan beat V M Ranjeet 6-4, 6-0; Jitin Bishnoi beat Abhinav Grover 6-1, 6-2 and J. Vishnu Vardhan beat Sabyasachi Bose 6-1,6-3. In the boys doubles, Vikash Punna and Chhatwinder Singh, seeded third, beat Arka Mondal and Saurav Sukil 6-1,4-6, 6-1. |
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Sunita included in Asian Games squad
New Delhi, September 16 The Amateur Athletic Federation of India decided to include the top Railways athlete in the team after her case was discussed in detail with the coaches in Patiala where the Busan-bound athletes are undergoing a camp. “She has joined the national athletic coaching camp and her matter has been discussed with the coaches. She has been found fully fit to perform at the Games”, AAFI secretary Lalit Bhanot said. The Federation had announced a 42-member squad on September 10 but had deferred the selection of Sunita Rani on grounds of fitness though she met the qualifying mark in women’s 1500m more than once this season. The decision to defer her selection was taken after the athlete did not participate in the National Open Athletic meet in New Delhi and the AAFI said they had “no information” about her. Bhanot said the fitness trials of the Busan-bound athletes, earlier scheduled for September 25 in Patiala, has been postponed by a day.
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PPS Nabha win Patiala, September 16 In the other matches of the day, YPS Patiala beat Scindia Kanya Vidayala, Gwalior, by nine wickets while in a second round match DPS, R.K.Puram downed Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya by 32 runs. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mr R.P Devgun, Principal of YPS, Patiala. Mr M.S Bedi, Headmaster of PPS, Nabha, welcomed the chief guest. |
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Patiala
basketball Patiala, September 16 This was stated by Mr G.S Chahal, president of the Patiala District Basketball Association in a press note issued here today. The two-day meet will also act as trials to select the Patiala district basketball teams for boys and girls that will take part in the junior Punjab state meet slated to be held at the same venue in November. |
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