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September 18, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Windies overcome spirited Kenya Chetan Sharma writes Brian Lara hospitalised |
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ICC ‘pressurised’ Shah to sign contract Kolkata, September 17 Barely two days before the Annual General Meeting of the BCCI, board president Jagmohan Dalmiya today accused the International Cricket Council of interfering in the internal affairs of the Indian board and having pressurised its secretary to sign the contract that became controversial recently.
England wary of Zimbabwe Pak players have done no wrong: PCB ‘No mercy for underdogs India’ India
take on Uzbekistan today SAI Hostel boxers overall champions Bhiwani, Kaithal eves in final CISF, Haryana XI lift trophies Baba Farid school hold Gobind school North
Zone badminton Indian spikers face Iran in final
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Windies
overcome spirited Kenya
Colombo, September 17 Brian Lara’s painstaking 111 and Wavel Hind’s pyrotechnics in the slog overs saw West Indies posting a competitive 261 for six in their stipulated 50 overs after captain Carl Hooper had elected to bat. Captain Steve Tikolo spearheaded his side’s run-chase with a brilliant 91-ball 93 with nine boundaries but the Kenyans were bowled out for 232 in the 49.1 overs. Pedro Collins was the star of the West Indian bowlers claiming three wickets for just 18 runs off 9.1 overs. The Kenyans were in the hunt till their captain was at the crease. In fact, they were ahead of the West Indies in terms of runs scored till the 45th over. However, they were to rue the 57 runs they conceded in the last five overs of the West Indian innings and a number of catches that they dropped. Once Tikolo was out in the 47th over as the seventh batsman, the Kenyans ran out of steam and their innings folded in another 16 deliveries. Tikolo, who came at the fall of opener Ravindu Shah (27) in the 17th over, waged a lone battle with the only support coming from Brijal Patel who made 35 runs. The two added 50 runs in eight overs before Patel was caught by Hooper off leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo. Kenya did not have any worthwhile partnerhsip after that as wickets kept tumbling at one end. Tikolo, however, kept up his end and played some fine shots to defy the West Indies attack for more than two hours. Kenya required nearly six runs an over in the last 15 overs but some accurate bowling prevented the batsmen from scoring easily. The required run rate kept rising steadily and the Kenyans found it very hard to get the boundaries. In desperation, they attempted to slog and lost their wickets. Earlier, Lara fought acute tiredness and dehydration to bring up his 15th one-day century. He was dropped on at least three occasions but more than that it was fatigue that troubled the star batsman most. He had to be hospitalised after his innings due to suspected hepatitis that might put him out of the tour of India beginning next month. He is due to undergo several tests in the next 24 hours. Despite the problems, Lara continued to bat and provided the much needed impetus to the West Indian innings after they had slowed down considerably in the middle overs. Scoreboard West Indies: Gayle c T Suji b Odoyo 33 Chanderpaul c D Obuya
b Odumbe 43 Lara b Tikolo 111 Hooper c Otieno b Tikolo 20 Sarwan run out 20 W. Hinds run out 20 Jacobs not out 2 Nagamootoo not out 0 Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-3, nb-3) 12 Total
(for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 261 Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-115, 3-179, 4-236, 5-246, 6-258. Bowling: M Suji 9-1-49-0, Odoyo 9-0-63-1, T Suji 5-0-16-0, Odumbe 10-1-21-1, C Obuya 10-0-57-0, Tikolo 7-0-49-2. Kenya: Otieno b Collins 0 Shah b Nagamootoo 27 B. Patel c Hooper b
Tikolo b Dillon 93 Odumbe lbw b Dillon 9 Odoyo c Hooper b Collins 15 D. Obuya run out 3 C. Obuya c Chanderpaul
T Suji c Collins b Gayle 7 M Suji b Collins 1 Angara not out 0 Extras (b-6, lb-14, w-2, nb-1) 23 Total
(all out, 49.1 overs) 232 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-51, 3-101, 4-143, 5-170, 6-178, 7-219, 8-231, 9-231. Bowling: Dillon 10-2-45-2, Collins 9.1-3-18-3, Drakes 9-0-38-0, Nagamootoo 8-0-47-2, Hooper 4-0-26-0, Gayle 9-0-38-2.
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Chetan Sharma writes West Indies may have won the match but Kenyans ruled the hearts of the spectators who turned out today. Only if Steve Tikolo had more worthwhile support from his team, Kenyan may have even repeated their upset win of 1996 over the former world champions. In all fairness, both Kenya and West Indies are out of reckoning of the Champions Trophy now as South Africa look a certainty to go from the pool into the semifinals. I am sure Kenya beating South Africa in the last league match of the group will remain just a dream for them. Brian Lara finally showed why he was once regarded as the world’s best batsman. Even though the conditions did not favour strokeplay, Lara dug it out. He was dropped a couple of times but luck was on his side today and nothing could stop him from getting to a century after a long wait. The weather was very humid and the price Lara had to pay for his effort today was a visit to the hospital after he was completely exhausted of his energies. Lara’s timing was not all that perfect but experience taught him to place the ball in the gaps and wait for loose balls. Later on in his innings, Lara hit a few boundaries and sixers to give West Indies a good total under the conditions. I would like to add here the effort from the Kenyan bowlers and fielders. They gave away a lot of runs in the slog overs but till then, they appeared very alert on the field and their bowling was also superb. But for Lara’s batting Kenya would not have allowed West Indies to score as many runs as they eventually got. When Kenya came out to bat in the afternoon not many must have expected them to make a match out of it. However, their captain Tikolo was not going to be bothered by the reputation of the West Indian bowlers and he treated them with utter disdain. Apart from Pedro Collins, the other West Indian bowlers were all massacared as Tikolo scored his 93 in only 91 balls with nine boundaries. Where the Kenyans lacked was their lower order not supporting Tikolo’s effort. Had one of their batsmen come up with a good knock, Kenya would have won the match. But that was not to be. Tomorrow’s match will be watched with interest in India. The Indians want Zimbabwe to beat England as it would make India’s task of qualifying for the semifinals easier.
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Brian Lara hospitalised
Colombo, September 17 Lara complained of feeling unwell before the day’s ICC Champions Trophy match against Kenya, but overcame his unease to make 111. He was taken to hospital after a preliminary medical examination at the end of the West Indian innings, the ICC said in a statement. “At this stage, the mostly likely diagnosis is hepatitis, but this is yet to be confirmed,” West Indian team manager Ricky Skerritt said. Lara will spend at least 24 hours in hospital undergoing tests. This is the second time that Lara has had ill-luck hitting him in Sri Lanka. Last year, he collided with Sri Lankan batsman Marvan Atapattu in a one-day match at Kandy and dislocated his shoulder bone. On field, however, Lara’s good run continued. He had made three centuries in the three-Test series last year, including 221 and 130 in the last. His innings of 111 off 120 balls against Kenya paved the way for a West Indian score of 261 for six today. Skerritt said Lara had been feeling unwell for a couple of days, but was well enough to take part in the game. When he came in from batting, he was in obvious discomfort and the doctor was consulted. PTI
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ICC ‘pressurised’ Shah to sign contract
Kolkata, September 17 In a letter faxed to ICC President Malcolm Gray, Dalmiya referred to recent media reports and said “from the tone of these reports it appears that the ICC President and the ICC chief executive (Malcolm Speed) are interfering with the internal affairs of the BCCI.” He also claimed that the BCCI secretary (Niranjan Shah) was pressurised to sign the Participating Nation’s Agreement (PNA) during several telephonic discussions with ICC oficials. Emphasising that the statements attributed to the ICC bosses were not only “factually incorrect but also has serious ramifications”, Dalmiya urged the world cricket’s governing body to issue a denial on the press reports. Dalmiya’s strong reaction came after media reports quoted Gray as saying that the controversial Players’ Terms, which had led to the recent standoff between the Indian Board and top players, had been signed by the present board chief and not by his predecessor A.C. Muthiah. Incidentally, the sponsorship controversy cantering around the Players’ Terms is expected to figure prominently in the two-day AGM beginning on Thursday. Contending that the PNA could not have been signed in December last year when he was in office, Dalmiya referred to the minutes of the ICC Cricket Committee (Management) on February 10, 2002, at Christchurch to buttress his point. “It was also noted that IDI was in the process of producing the Host Agreement and would hold detailed operational discussions in Sri Lanka in early March 2002. It was noted that the PNA for the event would be sent to the teams by the end of March and that a signed copy is required to be returned within 45 days,” the letter said quoting the minutes. “If this was the discussion in the ICC Cricket Committee (Management) meeting in February, there could be no question of signing the PNA for Champions Trophy in December, 2001. In fact, the PNA for the tournament was received by the BCCI secretary (Niranjan Shah) some time in April 2002,” Dalmiya said in the missive. He said that on receiving the PNA, the BCCI had noted certain objectional clauses and took legal opinion on them. Claiming that the BCCI secretary was pressurised to sign the PNA, Dalmiya said: “When he (Shah) said that certain clauses were not acceptable, he was told that he was bound to sign the PNA because the BCCI had already signed the Cricket Events Agreement in May last year.” The letter said that under the circumstances, the BCCI secretary signed the PNA on June 22 this year, but “under very strong protest”. Dalmiya said Shah had then written to the ICC that it would not be possible for the Indian board to agree to certain provisions of the PNA, including the controversial conflicting advertisement clause 13 barring players from endorsing products potentially in conflict with those of official sponsors during and 30 days on either side of ICC tournaments. “We do not interfere with such rights of the players because it directly affects their fundamental rights under the Constitution of India,” Dalmiya wrote in the letter, quoting Shah’s missive to the ICC on June 22. Dalmiya also claimed that the BCCI was perhaps the only board to have signed the PNA for the Champions Trophy ‘conditionally and under protest’. The BCCI chief requested Gray to confirm the sequence of events as mentioned in the letter, “contrary to what is published in a section of the media quoting you as ICC president or the Chief Executive (Speed)”. Stressing that such “wrong reportage” was creating a lot of confusion, Dalmiya said: “This is further compounded by quotes from you and the ICC Chief Executive.” PTI
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Hand over trophy, BCCI tells ECB
Mumbai, September 17 India had won the triangular tournament for the NatWest Trophy beating England in the final by two wickets on July 13. Mr Shah told UNI that sometimes it become difficult for the players to carry such a big trophy and this caused the delay in bringing it here. UNI
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England wary of Zimbabwe
Colombo, September 17 The well-balanced pool-B is the only one in the tournament that seems to hold an even chance for all three sides, and Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak believes that his team can still make it to the semifinal despite the 14-run defeat to India on Saturday night. Zimbabwe were not far behind India’s 288 for six, but the batsmen ran out of steam in the end overs. Fletcher said the fact that Zimbabwe had already played one match in the tournament and got acclimatised to the conditions here gave them a slight advantage. “They may have a slight advantage, as they have already played here, they have a feel of the tournament already.” England are without key players like Michael Vaughan, Darren Gough and Andy Flintoff, but there is some expectation about newcomer Ian Blackwell, a 24-year-old left-handed all- rounder. Blackwell’s left-arm spin may come in handy in the middle overs on the slow wickets here. All-rounders Ronnie Irani and Craig White will lend balance to the side, which has quick-scoring Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight at the top of the order. PTI
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Pak players have done no wrong: PCB Islamabad, September 17 Neither the team management in Colombo nor the board had been contacted by the ICC in this regard, PCB Director Chisti Mujahid said. Mujahid said he had spoken to team manager Yawar Saeed and he too had not been contacted by the ICC. “Yawar said that he has not been contacted by any official of the ICC anti-corruption unit and it is just a rumour nothing else.” “There is no truth in it. In fact, some Indian newspapers have stooped too low and they have ran baseless stories,” Mujahid said. “The Indian newspapers should have shown a degree of responsibility in this respect.”
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‘No mercy for underdogs India’ Adelaide, September 17 Australian coach Wally Masur and captain John Fitzgerald today warned there would be no sympathy for the lowly-ranked Indians on the Memorial Drive centre court. “This tie, we just see it as a means to an end,” Masur said at a press conference. “It’s a relegation tie and that’s not the situation Australia would like to be in, so it’s business — three days of business and back to where we belong in the World Group next year. “Australia has only been out of the World Group once in all these years so it’s not an option we really want to entertain.” Fitzgerald said the hardline approach would combat any Australian complacency against a squad which has no player ranked in the top-400 in singles. “We want to win this tie badly so we are going to leave no stone unturned in trying to do it,” Fitzgerald said. “We are not going to underestimate them at all, we believe that we have got a competitive opposition.” Masur said the presence of world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt served notice of Australia’s intentions. “That just shows the level of respect that we and our players have for this competition,” he said. Australia will announce its singles and doubles combinations at the draw on Thursday, with Wayne Arthurs and Scott Draper competing for the other singles spot. Todd Woodbridge is likely to partner Arthurs or Hewitt in the doubles against an Indian team whose top-ranked singles player is Rohan Bopanna, ranked 405th in the world. India’s other team members are 22nd-ranked doubles player Leander Paes (singles ranked No 984), Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (539) and Vishal Uppal (755). India’s hopes of an upset have been set back by the injury-enforced loss of doubles star Mahesh Bhupathi. Bhupathi, winner of three Grand Slam doubles titles this year, withdrew on Sunday with a shoulder injury. He has been replaced in the squad by Uppal. AFP
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India take
on Uzbekistan today New Delhi, September 17 Bhutia himself fired home both the goals, narrowly missing a hat-trick. The fans are now expecting an encore from Bhutia when India take on the Uzbeks in the second exhibition tie to be played at the Ambedkar Stadium tomorrow afternoon. The AIFF claims that the Uzbeks have been invited to give “match practice” to the Indian team, though the truth is that the federation wants to impress the government, to strengthen its case for the clearance of the soccer squad for the Asiad. The Indian team, ranked around the 126th position in the FIFA list, do not stand a chance in the Asian Games. The team also do not fulfil the qualification criteria laid down by the government. No wonder, the government has kept the clearance of the soccer team in abeyance. India are likely to field their best lineup comprising Bhutia, Jo Paul Ancheri, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, S Venkatesh, Rennedy Singh, Bijen Singh and goalkeeper Naseem Akhtar, for tomorrow’s match. Ancheri, who was nursing an injury, did not figure in the first match, though he was present on the bench. The Uzbeks did not stretch themselves fully, and India had cantered home with a facile victory. Whether the visitors will allow the hosts such a pleasure tomorrow looks a doubtful proposition, unless they want to push up the case of the Indian team’s clearance for the Asian Games. The kick off is at 3 pm. |
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SAI Hostel boxers overall champions Chandigarh, September 17 Pardeep Sihag, a promising boxer of boxing nursery run by Haryana Tourism Corporation at Hisar clinched the best boxer title. Jai Singh of Narnaul was declared the best losing boxer of the championship. Mr Bahadur Singh, Education Minister, Haryana, gave away the prizes to the winners. He announced a grant of Rs 21,000 for Narnaul District Amateur Boxing Association. Mr Shankar Kumar Jha, District Sports Officer, Narnaul, was honoured for his outstanding contribution in organising this meet. The final results: Lt fly: 1 Manoj (HAU, Hisar), 2 Sonu (Bhiwani), 3 Deepak (Narnaul), Nishant (Kaithal); Fly weight: 1 Mukesh (HAU, Hisar), 2 Bajinder (SAI, Bhiwani), 3 Manoj Kumar (Bhiwani), Dinesh (Rohtak); Bantam wt: 1 Sandeep Malik (HAU, Hisar), 2 Kapil (SAI, Bhiwani), 3 Rajinder (Hisar), Surender (Rohtak); Feather wt: 1 Sanjeet (Hisar), 2 Satish (SAI, Bhiwani), 3 Maninder (Bhiwani), Sandeep (Gurgaon); Light wt: 1 Bijender Singh (Bhiwani), 2 Jai Govind (Rohtak), 3 Rakesh (Jhajjar), Kuldeep (Hisar); Light welter wt: 1 Pardeep Singh (Hisar), 2 Pawan (SAI, Bhiwani), 3 Amar Jeet (Kaithal), Sikander (KKR); Welter wt: 1 Surender (SAI, Bhiwani), 2 Amit (Bhiwani), 3 Rakesh (Faridabad), Kaptain (Rohtak); Light middle wt: 1 Krishan (HAU, Hisar), 2 Kuldeep (Gurgaon), 3 Rajiv (Panchkula), Vikrant (Jhajjar); Middle wt: 1 Naveen (SAI, Bhiwani), 2 Ravinder (HAU, Hisar), 3 Arun (Rohtak), Paramjeet (Hisar); Light heavy wt: 1 Vinod Sumra (Bhiwani), 2 Naveen (Rohtak), 3 Suresh (Bhiwani); Heavy wt: 1 Pankaj Atry (SAI, Bhiwani), 2 Kuldeep (Bhiwani), 3 Varinder (Panipat), Vinod (HAU), Super heavy wt: 1 Narinder (SAI, Bhiwani), 2 Deepak (Gurgaon), 3 Ashish Malik (Rotak), Abhishek (Faridabad).
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Bhiwani, Kaithal eves in final Chandigarh, September 17 The last year’s champions Kaithal women’s team prevailed over Shah Satnam School, Sirsa by 23-17 goals in a tough contest. In other semifinal match of women’s section Bhiwani edged out Hisar team by 14-12 in a keen finish. In the first semifinal in men’s section Hisar outclassed HAU, Hisar by 24-20 goals. The second semifinal match was played between the last year’s champion Jhajjar and beat team Bhiwani. In this close match, Bhiwani joint pipped Jhajjar by a narrow margin of 28-26 goals. The best eight teams in the women’s section — Bhiwani, Hisar, Kaithal, Shah Satnam School (Sirsa), Jind, Gurgaon, Ambala and Rohtak and in the men’s section Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Hisar, HAU (Hisar), Jind, Sirsa, Panipat and Haryana Police team have qualified for Haryana State Games being held from October 20 to October 23 at Hisar. The results: (quarterfinal): Women: Kaithal beat Jind by 25-7, Shah Satnam School (Sirsa) beat Ambala, by 13-9, Hisar beat Gurgaon by 22-13 and Bhiwani beat Rohtak by 17-7 goals, Men: Bhiwani beat Jind by 26-21, HAU beat H.P. by 22-19, Hisar beat Panipat by 18-2, Jhajjar beat Sirsa by 24-10 goals.
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CISF, Haryana XI lift trophies Mandi, September 17 The semifinal and final matches were delayed due to heavy rain yesterday afternoon. The day’s first match was played between Punjab and Sind Bank and Northern Railway for the final berth. Railmen dominated the game and frustrated bank team’s Bhupinder was shown a red card in the 38th minute. The spirited railmen earned a penalty corner in the 64th minute, which was duly converted for 1-0 lead. The score remained the same till the final whistle and railway team entered the final. In the first match of the women’s section HMV College, Jalandhar took on HP XI. In the second minute of the game HMV College earned a penalty corner, which Manjeet converted. In the 35th minute Sanjeevan of the same team scored to take the lead to 2-0. The score stood till the end. The match between Haryana XI and Khalsa College was a one-sided show where Haryana girls thrashed Khalsa girls 4-0. Sunday’s hat-trick girl Balwinder netted the ball in the first minute of the game. In the 42nd minute Ramnik Kaur scored through a penalty corner to make it 2-0. In the 49th and 54th minutes Kiranbala and Simranjit Kaur powered the ball into the net to take the score to 4-0. With the win Haryana XI were declared the champions while Khalsa College were the runners-up on points basis. The men’s final between CISF and Northern Railway saw powerful hockey, where both the teams were locked goalless till half time. In the second half, the game picked up race and in the 43rd minute Kuljit Singh scored a field goal for Northern Railway but soon after eight minutes, Partik of CISF equalised the score at 1-1. The score remain 1-1 and the tie-breaker was applied. In the tie-breaker Northern Railway missed two strokes while CISF missed only one, making them the champions of the tournament. The final score read 5-4 for the
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Baba Farid school hold Gobind school Jalandhar, September 17 Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot, and Gobind Convent School, Ferozepore were locked in a 1-1 draw. The Ferozepore boys showed some fine stickwork by moving the ball into all the corners of the ground. In the ninth minute center forward Navdeep Singh netted the ball from the right flank for the Ferozepore school. The score was 1-0 at the lemon break. The equaliser came through a field goal, when Faridkot’s Surinder Singh succeeded in breaking rival deence. In other matches Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School, defeated Doaba Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar. The goals were scored by Daljit Singh (29) and Pardeep Kumar (58). PAP Government Senior Secondary School, defeated Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Mandi Ahmedgarh, 3-1. While Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Ropar defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Gurdaspur 2-0. The goals were scored by Baljinder Singh (11) and Satwant Singh. |
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North Zone badminton Chandigarh, September 17 Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh will take part in the event. The competitions will be held for Rahimtulla Cup for men, Chadha Cup for Women, Narang Cup for boys (below-19) and Shafi Qureshi Cup for girls (below-19). As many as 140 participants will be seen in action. The meet was originally scheduled to be held from September 7 to 9 but was then postponed to September 17, and again put off to September 28 as renovation work was in progress at the venue. The hall has still not been handed over to the CBA to hold trials. |
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spikers face Iran in final New Delhi, September 17 India, who were clubbed together with Iran and Yemen in Group A, began on a shocking note when they were trounced by Iran 25-10, 25-19, 25-18. But they bounced back to beat Yemen 25-16. 25-8, 25-19, Qatar 25-16, 25-8, 25-19 and Chinese Taipei 25-20, 25-19, 25-23 to qualify for the semifinal. In the semifinal, India outgunned China 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10 to meet Iran in the final. China, Bahrain, UAE, Japan, Australia, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Pakistan, Kuwait and Thailand were the other teams who participated in the championship, which began on September 10. |
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Colombo, September 17
Colombo, September 17
