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November 10, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Gayle powers Windies to win
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Chetan Sharma writes Aussies on top
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Baroda restrict Punjab
Khanolkar, Martin prop up Railways
SURJIT HOCKEY Mishra rescues Haryana Sridhar triumphs in Futures tennis Pandey best gymnast Punjab roller skating results Punjab win
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Gayle powers Windies to win
Nagpur, November 9 Chris Gayle struck a brilliant 103 as West Indies overtook India’s 279 for nine with four balls to spare in a match reduced to 47 overs a side. Put in to bat, India posted a decent score thanks to fine contributions from V V S Laxman, skipper Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. Laxman missed his second one-day hundred by just one run but put up century partnerships with Ganguly and Dravid who scored 78 and 51 respectively. But for the second time in this series, the bowlers failed to defend a high total as the West Indians flourished on a perfect batting track. Marlon Samuels struck 52 runs while Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 39 each to complement the effort of Gayle. The match, which was reduced to a 48-overs a side following a 30-minute delayed start due to overnight dew, once again witnessed crowd trouble which held up the game for about 15 minutes. The disruption, which came in the 16th over when some missiles were thrown at Ramnaresh Sarwan, forced the reduction of the game by one more over per side. Unlike in Jamshedpur where they had snatched a last-ball victory after stumbling in the final overs, West Indies sailed smoothly this time with all the batsmen chipping in with useful scores and building partnerships. Gayle put on 42 runs for the opening wicket with Wavell Hinds, who made 27, and 134 runs for the second with Samuels. India suffered once again due to the failure of the two spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to make any impact. The two bowlers were given only six overs each of which Kumble conceded 33 runs and Harbhajan Singh went for 35. Both were heavily punished by Gayle, who struck eight fours and three mighty sixes in his 116 ball knock. After Srinath, who finished with two wickets for 35 runs from 9.2 overs, had dismissed Hinds, Gayle and Samules belted the Indian attack and gathered easy runs. Scoreboard India: Ganguly c Drakes b Sehwag c Dillon b Drakes 1 Agarkar c Sarwan b Dillon 6 Laxman st Jacobs b Gayle 99 Harbhajan c Powell b Dravid run out 51 Yuvraj c Chanderpaul b Kaif not out 12 Srinath run out 2 Kumble b Drakes 2 Nehra not out 2 Extras:
(lb-5, nb-10, w-8) 23 Total: (9 wkts, 47 overs) 279 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-20, 3-148, 4-155, 5-260, 6-260, 7-262, 8-267, 9-272. Bowling: Dillon 10-0-59-1, Drakes 9-0-55-3, Collymore 4-0-35-0, Hooper 9-1-42-0, Nagamootoo 10-0-49-2, Gayle 5-0-34-1. West Indies: Gayle b Srinath 103 Hinds c Agarkar b Srinath 27 Samuels c Kaif b Sehwag 52 Sarwan not out 39 Chanderpaul not out 39 Extras:
20 Total: (3 wkts, 46.2 overs) 280 FoW: 1-42, 2-176, 3-221. Bowling: Srinath 9.2-1-35-2, Nehra 10-0-67-0, Agarkar 7-0-47-0, Harbhajan Singh 6-0-35-0, Kumble 6-0-33-0, Sehwag 8-0-51-1.
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Chetan Sharma writes INDIA
lost another match while defending a good enough total. Nobody expected such a turnaround but the West Indian team has proved their critics wrong with a superlative performance. They are 2-0 up in the series and now the Indians have to do something to save their pride. I think they are trying too many things at a time when they should try and boost their morale with victories under their belt. I was happy with the decision to use Ajit Agarkar as a pinch-hitter at No 3 but by sending Harbhajan Singh at No 5, the Indians under-utilized youngsters like Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif. They are being unfair to these two at least. If they wish to bounce back, they should revert to normal cricket. Another factor against the Indians are the injuries to Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan. Had these two been there, things might have been different but it seems the team is not gelling well in their absence. It also means Tendulkar and Zaheer are two of the important players in the Indian team for the World Cup. Coming back to the match, it was almost like the Jamshedpur game as the West Indians chased successfully a big Indian total. In that match, Wavell Hinds had come close to scoring a century and today Chris Gayle did the job for them. His century was full of strokes and this served the West Indian team well. Again, like in Jamshedpur it was Marlon Samuels who showed his team the way. He is a wonderful talent and should be around for long in West Indian cricket. He will be a threat in the coming one-dayers also. For the Indians, VVS Laxman showed that he can play one-day cricket even though he was unlucky to miss his century by just one run. Saurav Ganguly also got back some form while Rahul Dravid added another half-century to his name. Everything is not lost for India yet. They should see their mistakes and try to solve the problems. They still can win the series. |
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Aussies on top Brisbane, November 9 Steve Waugh’s team took charge of the first of five Tests by restricting England to 325 in their first innings and then building on that in the day’s final session. At stumps, the Australians were 278 runs in front at 111 for two with Matthew Hayden on 40 and Damien Martyn not out 40 and two days’ play remaining. Andy Caddick gave the tourists some early hope by removing Justin Langer (22) and first-innings centurion Ricky Ponting (3) in the first 13 overs but in-form Hayden continued to prove a massive obstacle. Hayden, who made Nasser Hussain’s men pay dearly for three lives on his way to 197 in the first innings, was establishing the platform for a possible innings declaration of around 450 by tea tomorrow, which is the fourth day. England have never won an Ashes Test scoring beyond 332 runs in the fourth innings of a match. Caddick produced two super deliveries to dislodge Langer and Ponting. Langer could only edge a shooter to ‘keeper Alec Stewart and Ponting got a wicket one short of a length which he gloved to Marcus Trescothick at first slip. Scoreboard Australia (1st innings): 492 England (1st innings): Trescothick c Ponting b McGrath 72 Vaughan c Gilchrist b Butcher c Hayden b McGrath 54 Hussain c Gilchrist b Gillespie 51 Crawley not out 69 Stewart b Gillespie 0 White b McGrath 12 Giles c Gilchrist b Bichel 13 Caddick c Ponting b Bichel 0 Hoggard c Hayden b Warne 4 Jones did not bat (injured) Extras (b-2, lb-8, nb-7) 17 Total (all out in 106.5 overs) 325 Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-170, 3-171, 4-268, 5-270, 6-283, 7-308, 8-308, 9-325. Bowling: McGrath 30-9-87-4, Gillespie 18-4-51-2, Bichel 23-4-74-2, Warne 26.5-4-87-1, Waugh 4-2-5-0, Lehmann 5-0-11-0.
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South Africa in command Johannesburg, November 9 Both wickets fell to Sri Lankan debutant Hasantha Fernando, who struck with his second and 14th deliveries to dismiss Smith (73) and Martin van Jaarsveld (three). Kirsten was unbeaten on 50. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (1st innings) 192 South Africa (1st innings) Smith c Tillakaratne b H Fernando 73 Kirsten batting 50 Van Jaarsveld b H Fernando 3 Kallis batting 15 Extras 28 Total (for 2 wkts, 40 overs) 169 Fall of wickets: 1-133, 2-148. Bowling: Vaas 8-2-26-0, Perera 8-2-25-0, D Fernando 7-1-49-0, Muralitharan 12-3-44-0, H Fernando 5-0-18-2.
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Pak lose Elahi
early Harare, November 9 It was a great start for the Zimbabweans seeking their first Test victory of the year with Campbell taking a smart ankle height catch off paceman Andy Blignaut in the third over of the day. Campbell appeared justified in deciding to make Pakistan take first use of a greenish and potentially lively wicket. But rather average bowling by Zimbabwe meant that they failed to press home their advantage, as Taufeeq Umar and Younis Khan dug deep to put Pakistan at 99 for one at lunch. Umar was the dominant partner with 64 not out, including seven fours, while Khan happy to play a secondary role with 29 runs.
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Baroda restrict Punjab Chandigarh, November 9 Vikram Rathore, skipper of the team for the past so many years who had been a source of motivation for the youngsters in the team, opted to play for Himachal Pradesh from this season. Players like Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh of Punjab are regulars in the Indian one-day squad, while Dinesh Mongia has been included in the Indian team following injury to star batsman Sachin Tendulkar. The depleted Punjab team suffered further due to the early dismissals of the key batsmen. Pankaj Dharmani, the most experienced batsman in the side, who scored 41, while new-comer Ankur Kakkar, who contributed 38, were the main scorers from the side as the rest of the batsmen struggled to give any worthwhile contribution to the total. Baroda bowlers led by medium pacer Rakesh Patel made early inroads into the innings from which the innings never prospered. Punjab batsmen, in the early part of the innings, were also unduly subdued as runs came only in trickles. After the early loss of debutant Samrat Sharma, opener Ravneet Ricky and skipper Reetinder Sodhi were content to defend. Sodhi’s one hour stay at the wicket fetched 12 runs, while Ricky fared no better scoring 13 runs in his two hours’ stay at the wickets. The innings picked up the tempo after the arrival of Dharmani who did not lose out on any opportunity to score runs. He played some pleasing strokes as Punjab reached 75 for three at lunch break. Dharmani did not last long after the break and edged seamer Sekhar Joshi behind the stumps to be caught by former India wicket-keeper Nayan Mongia. Dharmani had made 41. Scoreboard Punjab: Ricky c Buch b Patel 13, Samrat c Buch b Patel 4, Sodhi b Pathan 12, Dharmani c Mongia b Joshi 41, Kakkar c Williams b Bohite 38, Harminder b Patel 15, Sanjay c & b Buch 12, Navdeep b Buch 17, Uniyal c Patel b Arothe 37, Gagandeep not out 8, Rajesh not out 1 Extras: ( b 4, lb 4, w 1): 9. Total: ( for nine wickets in 90 overs): 207 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-23, 3-40, 4-96, 5-120, 6-139, 7-141, 8-167, 9-204 Bowling: Rakesh Patel 22-10-43-3, Irfan Pathan Jr 21-10-31-1, Sekhar Joshi 14-7-30-1, Balmik Buch 17-6-55-2, Ajit Bohite 11-5-28-1, Tushar Arothe 5-2-12-1. |
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Khanolkar, Martin prop up Railways New Delhi, November 9 SCOREBOARD Railways (1st innings): Khanolkar c Sharma b Sarandeep 68 Pagnis c Dahiya b Arun 1 Sharma retired hurt 1 T P Singh b Rawat 6 Goud c and b Sanghvi 15 Martin c Bhandari b Arun 56 Raja Ali c Manhas b Sharma 25 Hussain b Bhandari 9 Harvinder batting 7 Saxena batting 0. Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-6) 12. Total (for 7 wkts, 84 overs) 200 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-20, 3-57, 4-121, 5-172, 6-183, 7-200. Bowling: Bhandari 15-4-19-1, Arun Singh 15-4-37-2, Rawat 15-5-40-1, Sanghvi 16-2-43-1, Sarandeep Singh 15-3-38-1, Sharma 8-1-17-1. Gaur slams ton Visakhapatnam: A stroke-filled unbeaten 101 by Nischal Gaur and his 88-run undefeated stand for the fifth wicket with Amit Sharma (34 batting) helped Himachal Pradesh to score 177 for four against Andhra on the opening day of the four-day Ranji trophy match at Ukku stadium here today. Electing to bat, the visitors were struggling at 89 for four at one stage. Gaur has struck 16 boundaries while Sharma’s knock was studded with six fours. V Sankara Rao claimed two for 36. SCOREBOARD Himachal Pradesh (Ist innings): Nischal batting 101 Sandeep c MSK Prasad b RV Ch Prasad 11 Rathore st MSK Prasad Nayyar lbw B Watekar 5 Sangram c Gnaneswara Amit Sharma batting 34 Extras LB-8 8 Total for four wickets 177 Fall of Wickets: 1/18, 2/53, 3/78, 4/89 Bowling: KS Shabuddin 20- 6-39-0, RV Ch Prasad 9- 1-33-1, GN Srinivas 5- 3- 9-0, V Shankara Rao 21- 9-36-2, Watekar 23-12-39-1 Md. Gaiq 4- 2-13-0.
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SURJIT HOCKEY Jalandhar, November 9 Punjab Police, in a coordinated effort, scored the first goal in the ninth minute, when Gabbar Singh easily dodged the rival defence to hit into the box followed by Gagan Ajit Singh, who made it 2-0. Displaying some finer techniques, Jugraj Singh of Punjab Police converted a penalty stroke to make it 3-0. Punjab Police’s Gagan Ajit Singh, once againt scored in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute, Amarjit Singh of PSB Academy converted a short corner to open the account for his team. The policemen continued with the goal spree and Gabbar Singh, Gagan Ajit Singh and Sarabjit Singh (Jr) scored goals in the 44th, 51st and 55th minutes to sound the board 7-1. In a last ditch effort, PSB Academy managed to reduce the margin to 7-2 when Harpreet Singh scored a field goal. Gagan Ajit Singh struck again to make it 8-2. In another league match, defending champions Punjab and Sind Bank outclassed Punjab Police Academy 3-0 to maintain their supermacy in the tournament with two wins. The bankmen were awarded four short corners but it was only in the 30th minute that Ajit Pal Singh converted a short corner. In the second half, PSB’s Baljit Singh improved the lead to 2-0 through a field goal while Jatinder Singh converted a penalty corner to make it 3-0. |
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Mishra rescues Haryana Rohtak, November 9 Earlier, the opening pair in Jitender Singh (35) and Manvinder Bisla (23) gave Haryana a good start by contributing 62 runs for the first wicket after electing to bat first. However, after Bisla’s dismissal Haryana lost wickets in quick succession. In fact, Haryana batsmen failed to apply themselves properly. Amit Mishra and Ajay Ratra, who had been the members of national team, performed the rescue act by adding 75 runs for the 6th wicket before Ajay Ratra was caught by Abbas Ali off Narender Hirwani for 33. The duo added these runs in 88 minutes off 134 deliveries. Debutant Joginder Sharma played a useful knock of unbeaten 43. He hit the ball with authority and hammered six fours and two sixes during his 85 minutes stay at the crease today. Scoreboard: Haryana (first innings): Jitender Singh c Abbas Ali b Harvinder Sodhi 35, Manvinder Bisla c Abbas Ali b N.Hirwani 23, Chetan Sharma run out 2, Ishan Ganda lbw Harvinder Sodhi 13, Shafiq Khan c Abbas Ali b. N. Hirwani 1, Ajay Ratra c Abbas Ali b N.Hirwani 33, Amit Mishra batting 72, Joginder Sharma batting 43. Extras 28, Total for 6 wickets in 90 overs 250. Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-67, 3-89, 4-90, 5-100, 6-175 Bowling: Harinder Sodhi 21-5-47-2, Sanjay Pandey 20-3-75-0, Devender Bundela 4-1-6-0, Narender Hirwani 29-8-65-3, Jitender Likhar 5-1-13-0, Yogesh Golvalkar 8-0-30-0, Abbas Ali 3-1-8-0. |
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Sridhar triumphs in Futures tennis New Delhi, November 9 Vinod Sridhar had lifted the DSCL Open National Hard Court Tennis Championship at the very same venue a fortnight ago. The DSCL Open title win bolstered Sridhar’s confidence level, and it was all too evident when he methodically demolished a big-serving, and hard-hitting Ajay Ramaswamy in straight sets. Sridhar received $1300 and 12 ATP points while Ramaswamy collected $900 and eight ATP points. The Futures triumph was also a sweet revenge for Sridhar as he avenged his defeat at the hands of Ajay Ramaswamy in the last National Games Tennis Championship semi-final at Chandigarh. Sridhar had won the National Games crown at Imphal in Manipur in 1999. Sridhar seems to have made tremendous strides since then, and his confident stroking, and unwavering concentration, helped him gain the upper hand over Ramaswamy, who himself is no mean player. Both the players had cruised into the final scalping many a top gun on the way. Ramaswamy snuffed out the challenge of Pavel Ivanov, who had won the title in the first leg of the Futures at Chandigarh last week while Sridhar’s biggest scalp was that of second-seeded Juraj Hasko in the semi-final. Sridhar asserted that his wins were no flash in the pan when he served and returned immaculately to outmanoeuvre Ramaswamy. Sridhar’s ability to get his first serves going acted as a very big morale-booster, and with Ramaswamy spraying his returns wide of the mark, the going proved good for Sridhar. Ramaswamy was broken in the third game of the first set, when he committed the first of his five double faults in the match, and a series of other unforced errors. His back hands invariably landed on the net, and the deep returns fell beyound the chalk mark, but he executed some delectable cross-court winners, though they were few and far between. Sridhar took full advantage of being a left hander, as he often angled the ball beyond the reach of Ramaswamy. He made Ramaswamy run the length and width of the court, to make him struggle for every point. But his amazing consistency from the backcourt gave very little lee way for Ramaswamy to make any impact. Sridhar broke Ramaswamy again in the fifth game to notch up a 4-1 lead, though in the sixth game, he battled back from two break points down to take the game to
deuce and then retained serve only after it went to deuce four times. Sridhar could have wrapped up the set in the seventh game itself, but he allowed Ramaswamy to crawl back from 15-40 to retain serve. Sridhar won the eighth game to win the set, and the second set too seemed to follow the pattern of the first set when Ramaswamy was broken in the third game. Thereafter, games went with serves, though Ramaswamy had faced some hiccups in the fifth game, before holding serve. In the end, it was the consistency of Sridhar, that won the title for him. “I served really well, though I didn’t expect the title contest to be this easy”, remarked Sridhar. He said Ramaswamy played his normal game “but since I served well, he missed a lot of his shots”. Sridhar said he had the advantage of being a left-hander, and that helped him too. Sridhar noted that the only flaw in his game was that “I was slow on my backhand.” Sridhar said this was a very satisfying title victory as he had to beat players ranked in the vicinity of 500 to ascend the throne. Ramaswamy blamed the “heavy balls and the heavy underfoot conditions” for his defeat. He said the court was apparently given a neat wash, and that made the turf heavy, and the ball bigger and heavier. But the US-based Ramaswamy conceded that Sridhar served well, particularly his first serves, in the second set. “That made all the difference”, he summed up. |
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Pandey best gymnast Bhiwani, November 9 Mr M. S. Malik, Director General, Haryana Police and Chairman, Organizing Committee, honored Bhupinder Singh for winning gold. Mr Malik said the closing ceremony tomorrow, would witness a colourful cultural programme. The results: Gymnastic- 1 BSF 292.05 pts., 2 Punjab Police 278.25 pts. 3 CRPF 270.40 pts. Floor Exercise – 1. Kapil Kaushik (BSF) and Y. Imbomcha (ITBP), both 8.60 pts, 2. Mayank Shiriwastav (CRPF) 8.35 pts, 3.Deepak Sahoo (BSF) & Vinod Kumar (Hr. Police) 8.175 pts. Pommel Horse- 1.Vikash Pandey & Rohit Yadav (Both CRPF) 8.90 pts., 2. Abhinav Dixit (BSF) and Vikram Yadav (CISF) 8.80 pts., 3. Pardeep Saini, Lakhwinder (both BSF) & Paramjeet Singh (PP) 8.15 pts. Vaulting Horse- 1. Kapil Kaushik (BSF) & Mayank Shirivastava 8.35 pts.,2. Abhinav Dixit (BSF), Jai Dev (PP) & Madan Mohan (CISF) 8.20 pts., 3. Avdesh (UP) & Akash Deep (Hr.Police) 8.10 pts. Parellel Bar- 1. Vikash Pandey (CRPF) 870 pts., 2.Rohit Jaiswal & Abhinav Dixit (both BSF) 8.50 pts., 3.Arvind and Naresh (Both CISF) 8.30 pts. Judo: 66 Kg.-1. Bhupinder singh (PP) 2. Rakesh Kumar (PP) 3.Nazeb Aga (BSF) and Jasbir Singh (HAR). Boxing- (Quarterfinals)- light flyweight- Khema Nand (CISF) b Pongthalong (NGL) , Ravi Kumar (BSF) b S.B. Thapa (AR). Fly Wt.-Vikash Yadav (MAH) b Choutlo Mal (Raj.), Khukiya (NGL) b Pramod Kumar (UP), Kalyan Sagar (AP) b Bikram Singh (BSF), Bhim Singh (PP) b Dalbir Singh (CISF). Bantam- Rajnish (HAR) b Ksh Kingson Singh (BSF), D. Bisht (CISF) b Rahul Pradhan (MP), Rin Zing Dorjee (SKM) b Bhajan Chauhan (MP) and Amandeep Singh (PP) b B.D. Mandal (AR). |
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Punjab roller skating results Patiala, November 9 Sugandha (Asr)-3. 8 to 10 years: Kirti (Asr)-1, Simi Nagpal (Asr)-2, Harsheen (Ldh)-3. 10 to 12 years : Karamika (Asr)-1, Jasmeen (Ldh)-2, Suranshi (Ldh)-3. 12 to 14 years : Mansiha (Sgr) and Jasneerath (Pta)- joint first, Astha (Pta)-2, Richa
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Punjab win Patiala, November 9 In Maharashtra versus Haryana match, both teams were forced to share points as the final scoreline read 24-24. Results: pool ‘A’: SAI (West) beat Chattisgarh 23-17. Pool ‘D’: Punjab beat Orissa 24-10. MP beat HP 25-20. Pool ‘E’: Maharashtra drew with Haryana 24-24. Pool ‘F’: UP beat Pondicherry 32-20. Pool ‘C’: Manipur beat Nagaland 22-11. Chandigarh beat AP 21-20. |
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