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November 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Crowd
trouble mars Indian win Security
beefed up at Motera stadium Kumble,
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Punjab-Baroda
match ends in a draw Dramatic
win for Haryana Pagnis
hits century Confusion
reigns supreme Gurpreet
sets new record Punjab
Police enter semis
All-Jalandhar
final in Nehru hockey PPS
athletes reign supreme Jalandhar,
Amritsar dominate
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Crowd trouble mars Indian win
Rajkot, November 12 India were cruising at 200 for one in the 28th over while chasing West Indies score of 300 for five when the match had to be called off after a couple of West Indian players were hit by bottles thrown from a section of the crowd. Since more than 25 overs had been bowled in the Indian innings, the Duckworth-Lewis system was used to calculate the difference between the scores of the two teams and the hosts were declared winners by 81 runs. The result gave India their first victory in the seven match series after losses at Jamshedpur and Nagpur. Crowd violence had marred the first two matches in Jamshedpur and Nagpur, too, and the disturbing trend continued at this venue despite heavy security arrangements in and around the stadium.
The match came very near to being abandoned in Jamshedpur before better sense prevailed among the spectators and the game was allowed to be resumed. Today, substitute Ryan Hinds was hit by a bottle while fielding at long-off. The West Indians complained to match-referee Mike Procter of South Africa who said he would call the players off the ground if the incident was repeated. Some overs later, Vasbert Drakes, who dismissed Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly for 72, was hit by a bottle when he went to the boundary line to fetch the ball. The West Indians again approached Procter who decided to call the players off. The police vacated the entire stand from where the bottles were thrown but apparently West Indies refused to take the ground untill the entire stadium was emptied. Apart from bringing a bad name to the venue and the country, the disgraceful incidents also overshadowed a blazing century by Virender Sehwag who remained unbeaten on 114. Sehwag and Ganguly put on 196 runs for the opening wicket which put India firmly on course of a victory. The two Indians scored at nearly eight an over, blasting every single West Indian bowler on show. Ganguly started the onslaught but Sehwag soon overtook his captain and entertained the crowd with his big hitting. India raced to 68 without loss in ten overs before adding 52 runs from the next five overs. The West Indians introduced spin in the form of Chris Gayle in the 13th over and Sehwag smashed him for three fours and a six to take 18 runs off it. Sehwag completed his half-century off just 33 balls with seven fours and a six. India, who reached 100 in the 14th over, were 120 without loss when fielding restrictions came to an end but there was no respite for the West Indian bowlers. Ganguly, who was outscored by his partner, also went for the big hits, repeatedly coming down the track to hit the bowlers all around the ground. Sehwag, in the meanwhile, reached his century off just 75 balls when he took a single against Mahendra Nagamootoo. The skipper was finally caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the 26th over. V V S Laxman was still to open his account when play was called off. Earlier, West Indies rode on attacking knocks from Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle and Chanderpaul to register the highest total in the series so far. Sarwan top-scored with 84 off 88 balls while Gayle and Chanderpaul came up with belligerent knocks of 72 and 74 respectively. Gayle and Chanderpaul were associated in a 149-run stand for the fourth wicket to provide the thrust to the West Indian innings. India opted for a three-pronged pace attack while leaving out leg-spinner Anil Kumble but that could not prevent West Indies from scoring freely. Ajit Agarkar went for over ten runs an over, conceding 63 from his six overs and other bowlers were also hardly impressive. Harbhajan Singh, the most successful bowler with two wickets, gave away 59 runs from his 10 overs. West Indies were off to a steady start before Gayle provided the momentum to the innings. After Wavell Hinds (10) was caught by V V S Laxman off Javagal Srinath in the ninth over with the score on 36, Gayle went on the offensive and stepped up the scoring. Gayle struck 12 fours and two sixes in his 68-ball 72 before falling as the third wicket with the score on 119. West Indies: Gayle b Harbhajan 72 W. Hinds c Laxman b Srinath 10 Samuels c Dravid b Ganguly 16 Sarwan c Dravid b Nehra 84 Chanderpaul c Yadav b Harbhajan 74 Powell not out 19 Jacobs not out 9 Extras: (lb-3, w-9, nb-4) 16 Total: (for 5 wkts, 50 overs) 300 Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-93, 3-119, 4-268, 5-272. Bowling: Srinath 9-0-46-1, Nehra 10-0-56-1, Agarkar 6-0-63-0, Yadav 2-0-14-0, Ganguly 7-0-30-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-59-2, Sehwag 6-0-29-0. India: Ganguly c Chanderpaul b Drakes 72 Sehwag not out 114 VVS Laxman not out 0 Extras: (lb-6, w-4, nb-4) 14 Total: (for 1 wkt) 200 Fall of wickets: 1-196. Bowling: Dillon 6-0-40-0, Drakes 6-0-36-1, Cuffy 6-0-41-0, Gayle 1-0-18-0, Nagamootoo 5-0-43-0, Samuels 3.1-1-16-0.
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Security
beefed up at Motera stadium
Ahmedabad, November 12 The match is significant since it will be the first-ever international match to be played under floodlights here and also the first since communal violence broke out here. Senior police officials and members of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) met today to decide on the additional security cover to be provided. At least 200-300 additional police personnel and about 10-15 additional door frame metal detectors will be installed,” said Gandhinagar district superintendent of police and incharge of stadium security Sanjay Shrivastav. GCA sources said 21 metal detectors will be installed to frisk each spectator and a security ring would be thrown around the stadium, comprising 1300 state police personnel, 1000 state reserve police personnel, 200 traffic policemen, 120 Yellow Security persons from Mumbai, 100 private securitymen and 100 police inspectors and sub-inspectors. GCA president Narhari Amin told PTI that 40,000 of the total 55,000 tickets have already been sold out. Frenzied crowds at Jamshedpur and Nagpur pelted bottles and stones at West Indies players when the match
seemed to be going in their favour.
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Kumble, Agarkar
dropped Rajkot, November 12 Tamil Nadu paceman L Balaji and Railways left-arm spinner Murali Kartik have been inducted into the side which also includes wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel as a cover for Rahul Dravid. The team was announced by cricket board secretary S K Nair here. Squad: Saurav Ganguly (capt), Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, JP Yadav, L Balaji, Murali Kartik, Sanjay Bangar, Parthiv Patel.
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Chetan Sharma writes This match may have been awarded to India but the crowd behaviour brought disgrace and shame to the country. It started in Jamshedpur and continued in Nagpur but today at Rajkot was worse as the non-sensical crowd disrupted the match only for it to be called off when Indian were 200 for 1 in 27.1 overs, needing just 101 more in about 23 overs. The Indians won because of the Duckworth-Lewis method. I am not saying that had the match been completed the result would have been any different. India had gone from strength to strength and even the West Indian team knew that they had no option but to go through the motions. But what irked me was that this crowd trouble is becoming a trend in India, regardless of whether the home team is winning or losing. I would strongly recommend to the board and the International Cricket Council to ban the venues, which can’t control the crowd. It may be anyone’s blame, from the staging association to the police but if they don’t have it in them to provide the cricketers full security, they have no right to remain in business. Something drastic has to be done now. Coming back to the match, it was a wonderful batting performance by the Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly. Viru, like he has done in the past, was in punishing mood and completed his 100 in just 75 balls. He had been dismissed cheaply in the first two one-dayers, making some people to say that the opposition had studied his weakness but his century justified the fact that Sehwag is one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world. If I am not mistaken, Sehwag would have been unhappy at the disruption of the match because he must have been looking at a score of 160-170 today. Ganguly also joined in with some beautiful shots around the wicket. He was unlucky to miss his century when he was caught at mid off while trying another lofted drive. However, the Indian bowling disappointed once again. Most of them were short on confidence. |
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Pak beat Zimbabwe Harare, November 12 Pakistan (Ist innings): 285 Zimbabwe (Ist innings): 225 Pakistan (2nd innings): 369 Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Ebrahim b Akhtar 69 Masakadza c Elahi b Akhtar 0 Campbell c Akmal b Sami 30 G Flower c Akmal b Saqlain 69 A Flower c and b Akhtar 67 Whittall c Younis b Saqlain 2 Taibu lbw b Waqar 28 Blignaut c Younis b Saqlain 12 Mahwire lbw b Waqar 3 Price not out 5 Olonga b Shoaib 5 Extras: (b-8 lb-6 nb-5 w-1) 20. Total: 310. FoW: 1-4 2-51 3-162 4-201 5-203 6-256 7-280 8-291 9-301. Bowling: Waqar Younis 16-1-73-2, Shoaib Akhtar 18.3-4-75-4 Muhammad Sami 15-3-50-1 Saqlain Mushtaq 31-4-98-3, Taufeeq Umar 1-1-0-0.
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Punjab-Baroda match ends in a draw Chandigarh, November 12 Earlier in the morning loss of play for 50 minutes before lunch on account of poor light as also extra cautious approach adopted by the hosts, who gave precedence to safety over any thing else, effectively dampened any competitive interest in the match. Punjab declared their second innings only before 19 minutes were left for the lunch break after they were comfortably placed at 327 for eight. With 29-run first innings lead in their kitty, they set tough 358-r un target for Baroda. After the visitors resumed their innings lunch break from eight without loss, Punjab gained two early breakthroughs. First to depart was skipper and the first innings centurion Connor Williams as a result of misunderstanding with the other opener Satyajit Parab. Soon thereafter, former India stumper Nayan Mongia departed snicking a left-arm seamer Amit Uniyal’s delivery into the slips to be taken by substitute fielder Sandeep Sanwal as the visitors were reduced to 18 for two. Satyajit Parab was lucky to get a reprieve as Sanwal failed to hold on to a sitter at the same position otherwise Baroda would have been in deep trouble. The bowler to suffer on this occasion was seamer Gagandeep Singh. Parab and left-handed Rakesh Solanki then batted well and added 32 runs to the total before Parab edged Uniyal to third slip. After that every other batsman contributed which was enough to keep defeat at bay. Tushar Arothe and Solanki strung together a 42-run stand for the fourth wicket. Hard-hitting Atul Badede then played an enterprising knock of 46 runs which contained five fours and two sixes. Ajit Bohite remained on 23 when the play was stopped due to bad light. Punjab’s Uniyal again impressed bowling with control and purpose two claim three wickets, while debutant off-spinner Rajesh Sharma also bowled well though without any wickets. On account of their first innings lead Punjab got one point from the match, while Baroda failed to open their account. Ironically, the new points format as formulated by the BCCI became known to players as well as others in the morning only, the fourth and the last day of the opening match of the national championship. Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings): 220 Baroda (1st innings): 191 Punjab (IInd innings): Ricky c Bohite b Buch 103, Samrat b Buch 33, Kakkar c Mongia b Buch 11, Dharmani c Patel b Buch 59, Sodhi c Parab b Bohite 42, Uniyal c Parab b Buch 14, Harminder lbw Patel 10, Mahajan c Mongia b Patel 9, Navdeep not out 23, Gagandeep not out 15. Extras ( lb 8) : 8 Total (for 8 wickets dec in 120 overs): 327 Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-124, 3-185, 4-238, 5-261, 6-266, 7-283, 8-284 Bowling: Rakesh Patel 24-8-57-0, Irfan Pathan 30-4-70-0, Valmik Buch 34-9-67-5, Sekhar Joshi 14-4-44-0, Ajit Bohite 18-2-81-1 Baroda
(IInd innings): Parab c Ricky b Uniyal 19, Williams run out 3, Mongia c sub b Uniyal 1, Solanki c sub b Gagandeep 38, Arothe c Sodhi b Uniyal 42, Badede c Uniyal b Navdeep 46, Bohite not out 23, Patel not out 1 Extras ( b 16, lb 2, nb 6): 24 Total ( for 6 wickets in 58 overs): 197 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-18, 3-50, 4-92, 5-149, 6-190 Bowling: Gagandeep 17-3-47-1, Uniyal 15-0-61-3, Rajesh 15-5-35-0, Sodhi 7-0-20-0, Navdeep 4-2-16-0. |
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Dramatic
win for Haryana Rohtak, November 12 The uncertainties of the game had indicated an unpredictable end of this match yesterday itself as plethora of action had taken place on the penultimate day of the match culminating into the fall of 17 wickets. Madhya Pradesh who had conceded a lead of 61 runs in the first innings on Monday, were able to dismiss their opponents for 110 and needed only 171 runs to be scored in the last innings for an outright win. But the bowlers bought Haryana back into contention by claiming two early wickets yesterday consuming only 5 runs. Today Haryana bowlers bowled with same hostility and it took them only 106 minutes to dismiss their opponents to give this match a dramatic finish. Amit Mishra and Aparajit Singh took two wickets each. Haryana skipper Ajay Ratra attributed this win to debutant Joginder Sharma. The Haryana skipper said “Joginder really bowled well and the opponents had no answer to their bowling”. Scoreboard: Haryana: 333 and 110 MP (first innings):
272 MP (second innings) Mudassar Pasha lbw Joginder Sharma 0, H.S. Sodhi lbw Amit Mishra 1, Yogesh Golwalkar b Amit Mishra 15, Naman Ozha b Joginder Sharma 1, Amay Khurasia c Manvinder Bisla b Joginder Sharma 8, D.Bundela c Ratra b Joginder Sharma 10, Abbas Ali c Ratra b Joginder Sharma 14, Nikhil Patwardhan lbw Joginder Sharma 10, Jitender Likhar lbw Aparajit Singh 0, Sanjay Pandey b Aparajit Singh 1, Narender Hirwani not out 0, Extras 8. Total (all out in 29.3 overs) 68. FoW: 1/0, 2/5, 3/21, 4/21, 5/31, 6/46, 7/65, 8/66, 9/68 Bowling: Joginder Sharma 14-8-21-6, Amit Suman 6-3-12-0, Amit Mishra 6-2-30-2, Aparajit Singh 3.3-2-1-2. |
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Pagnis hits century
New Delhi, November 12 Pagnis remained unbeaten on 107 with Goud on 86 in Railways’ second innings total of 272 for two in 101 overs when bad light and showers forced the umpires to call off play at the stroke of tea. Delhi bagged one point on account of their big 302-run first innings lead while Railways finished a Ranji tie without a point after a long gap. Resuming at their overnight score of 90 for one, the Railways’ top order put in a determined effort as Delhi, who dismissed Railways for 205 in the first innings before making 505 for four, struggled for success on a placid pitch. SCOREBOARD Railways 1st inngs: 205 Delhi (1st inngs): 507 for 4 decl Railways (2nd inngs): Khanolkar b Bhandari 11, Pagnis not out 107, T P Singh st Dahiya b Sanghvi 57, Y Goud not out 86. Extras (b-2, lb-4, nb-5) 1.1Total (for 2 wkts, 101 overs) 272. FoW: 1-24, 2-131. Bowling: Bhandari 13-3-51-1, Arun Singh 10-1-47-0, Rawat 6-1-20-0, Sarandeep Singh 28-8-54-0, Abhishek Sharma 17-4-43-0, Sanghvi 23-6-46-1, Manhas 4-1-5-0.
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Confusion
reigns supreme Rohtak, November 12 A section of media today had carried the report the point system decided after the Board’s Working Committee meeting in June this year had decided to adopt the new points system. However, this was conveyed to the units on November 11 only. As per this system, the winner of a league match are eligible for two points; one bonus point is to be awarded if a team wins by an innings or 10 wickets; one point for gaining the first innings lead in a drawn tie; no point in case a match is washed out or produces no result; no point if a team takes the first innings lead but loses the match. |
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Gurpreet
sets new record Chandigarh, November 12 The results: (Men): 100 M: 1. Alex Tony (TN), 2. Surender Singh (Har), 3. B.G. Nagraj (Kar). 110 metres hurdle: 1. Naunindh Singh (Pun), 2. Kunal Rai Chaudhry (Mah), 3. Diljot Singh (Pun). 400 M: 1. Sudha Maradi (Jar), 2. Robin P.J. (Kar), 3. Shiv Partap Singh (Raj). 800 M: 1. Robin P.J. (Kar), 2. Bikram Jit Singh (Pun), 3. Sharn Jeet Singh (Pun). 10000 M: 1. Mukesh Kumar (UP), 2. Brij Lal (UP), 3. S. Raghunath (TN). 20000 M walk: 1. Sandeep (Har), 2. Jasveer Singh (Pun), 3. Hakam Singh (Pun). Long jump: 1. Maha Singh (Pun), 2. Rajesh (Ker), 3. Clinton K.J. (Ker). Shot put: 1. Ranvijay Singh (UP), 2. Kulninder Singh (Pun), 3. Babu Kishan Singh (Jar). Discus: 1. Jagjit Singh (Pun), 2. Rajesh Kumar (Har), 3. Deepak (Del). Women: 100 M: 1. Green Maker (Ker), 2. Pinki P.J. (WB), 3. K. Rama Devi (AP). 100 M hurdles: 1. Dipti Vaidya (Mah), 2. Kunmol E.C. (Ker), 3. Sumitmol J. (Ker). 400 M: 1. Sagardeep Kaur (Pun), 2. Pinki P.J. (WB), 3. Shitha Mol VT (Ker). 800 M: 1. S. Shanti (TN), 2. Mini V.B. (Ker), 3. B. Vemkat Lakshmi (AP). 5000 Mt: 1. Swathi Gurmule (Mah), 2. Preejasree Dharan (Ker), 3. Pampa Chanda (Utn). Long jump: 1. Kalpana Dass (WB), 2. Nadini (WB), 3. Tincy Philip (Kar). High jump: 1. Limika Takle (Mah), 2. Malika Mondal (WB), 3. Sumita Nayak (ORI). Javelin throw: 1. Gurpreet Kaur (Har), 2. Kishmir Kaur (Pun), 3. Sheena P.J. (Ker). Discus: 1. Mili Sinha (BH), 2. Baljeet Kaur (Pun), 3. Archana Mandal (WB). |
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Punjab Police enter semis Jalandhar, November 12 In a
high-voltage encounter between Punjab Police and IOC in Pool A, the former dominated the proceedings even as latter too made some good attempts, which were not good enough. The star-studded Punjab Police team opened account in 2nd minute through conversion of a
penalty corner by Olympion Baljit Singh 1-0. While IOC scored the equaliser when Lakhwinder Singh scored a field goal in 6th minute, policemen failed to counter the rival’s onslaught as Deepak Thakur of IOC’s further boosted the morale of his team-mates by scoring a field goal in 26th minute to sound the board. In the second half, Gabbar Singh of Punjab Police dodged the rivals defence to score an equaliser in 39th minute of the game. Though Punjab Police were awarded four
penalty corners in the second half, they failed to convert any of these. Gabbar scored 63rd again minute through a field goal to ensure Punjab Police’s entry to the semifinals with 9 points from three matches. In another league match in Pool B, BSF outclassed Punjab Police Academy 3-2. The match started on a fast note as Academy’s Gurjant Singh opened the account for his team through conversion of a panelty corner 0-1. The equaliser by BSF came in the shape of a field goal through Peter Tirky in 18th minute. Academy’s Kulvir Singh
(Jr) improved the tally by scoring a field goal in 31st minute. In the second half, BSF players entered the ground with full determination as they took full control of the ball whereas academy boys adopted a defensive posture to
counter the onslaught. BSF scored an equaliser in 45th minute, when Marious Lakra easily scored a field goal. Peter Tirky of BSF scored another field goal in 61st minute to lead its team to victory. In women section, Haryana XI crushed Delhi XI 10-0 in a one-sided affair. |
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All-Jalandhar final in Nehru hockey
New Delhi, November 12 The all-Jalandhar final is slated for tomorrow afternoon. In the first semifinal of the day, Govt.Model School scored a goal in each half to oust Baba Farid Public School,Faridkot 2-0. In a keenly contested tie, Faridkot boys missed few good chances while their rivals from Jalandhar captalised on the chances that came their way. Jalandhar school surged ahead in the very 4th minute of the match when Kulwant Singh intercepted a cross and darted past few defenders to shot home a fine goal (1-0). Faridkot boys tried hard to equalise but Jalandhar side defended their citadel well. Jalandhar school sealed the match in their favoure in the 17th minute of the second session when Manpreet Singh made no mistake in converting a stroke (2-0). After that Jalandhar side became defensive and foiled all the attacks of their rivals to emerge winner. In the second semis, Lyallpur Khalsa
School stroked out former champion Birsa Munda Vidyapitha 3-2.
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PPS athletes reign supreme Chandigarh, November 12 The PPS girls contingent won the march past trophy. The B team of PPS won three silver medals Ravinder Singh — high jump, Gurpartap Singh — short put and Nirbhai Singh — discus throw. They won three bronze medals also (Jagjit Singh — 1500m and 3000m) and George Taspreet (pole vault). PPS girls athletes also won one gold medal (Divya Sharda — broad jump), one silver (Komal Dhindsa - high jump) and three bronze medals (Divya Sharda - 200m and 400m relay), Ashpuneet Kaur (javeline throw) and Joshita, Aman and Sarabjot Kaur (4x100m relay). The following schools participated: PPS Nabha (A team), Doon School Dehra Dun, Modern School, New Delhi, YPS Patiala, Lawrence School Sanawar, Bhonsla Military School, Nasik, Sainik School Nagrota, Scindia School Gwalior and PPS Nabha (B team). |
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Jalandhar, Amritsar dominate Ludhiana, November 12 In the boys (u-19) section, Varinder Singh of Sports School, Jalandhar, hurled the discus to a distance of 44.26 m to clinch gold. His school-mate, Dilbagh Singh with a throw of 42.34 m won 5 silver while local lad Amandeep Singh (39.94 m) had to content with the bronze. In 800 m (boys u-19), Mandeep Singh from Sports School, Jalandhar clocked 1.57:20 secs to lift the gold. Parneet Singh of Amritsar with timings of 1.58:13 secs finished runner-up. Sukhwinder Singh of Ludhiana took 1.59:21 secs for the bronze medal. In the girl’s section (u-17), Manpreet Kaur of Amritsar took 2.23:00 secs to finish ahead of others and won gold. She was followed by Rajwinder Kaur, also of Amritsar, who clocked 2.29:03 secs. The bronze medal went to Savita of Gurdaspur who finished it in 2.30:40 secs. Other results:- (Boys U-19)- 800 m: 1 Sukhwinder Singh (GDP) 2.01:41 secs, 2 Amardeep Singh (ASR) 2.02.20 Secs, 3 Amandeep Singh (Khalsa Academy-ASR) 2.02.20 secs. Girls (U-19) 800 m: 1 Iqbal Kaur (HSP) 2.20.09 secs, 2 Sukhjit Kaur (BTH) 2.22.01 secs, 3 Amanjot Kaur (RPR) 2.23.60 secs. Boys (U-14) 600 m: 1 Labh Singh (BTH), 2 Dullah Singh (FZR), 3 Kashmir Singh (GDP) . Girls (U-14) 600 m: 1 Kuldip Kaur (SNG), 2 Balwinder Kaur (PTL), 3 Inderjit Kaur (HSP). Girls (U-17) 800 m: 1 Manpreet Kaur (ASR) 2.23.00 secs, 2 Rajwinder Kaur (ASR) 2.29.03 secs. 3 Savita (GDP) 2.30.40
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India
were declared winners of the third one-day international against the
West Indies in the most unfortunate of circumstances, with crowd trouble
resulting in the abandonment of the match midway through the second
innings.
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