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November 25, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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India crash to 135-run defeat Chetan Sharma writes Innings win for Aussies
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Akram guides Pak to impressive win ‘Ban tobacco sponsorship’ Punjab establish early domination East Bengal cross
a stiff hurdle West Bengal Circle win three gold
Emphatic win for Uttaranchal Punjab cops, IA in final
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India crash to 135-run defeat
Vijayawada, November 24 The team, which had successfully chased 320-plus totals twice this year — one just a couple of days back in this very series — was shot out for a mere 180 in 36.5 overs in the first one-sided match of the series. Man-of-the-match Marlon Samuels, who came up with a swashbuckling unbeaten knock of 108 off just 75 balls with 10 fours and five sixes, and Jermaine Lawson, who rocked the Indian innings with four early wickets, were the stars of the day which saw the team setting the target winning for the first time in the series. The victory helped the West Indies avenge their 0-2 loss to India in the Test series earlier on this tour and also the 1-2 defeat in the one-dayers at home earlier this year. India’s undoing was a combination of some outstanding bowling and fielding display by the West Indians coupled with a few injudicious shots played by the home batsmen. The confidence of having chased such big totals with success meant that the Indians were not intimidated by the huge score of the West Indies and even when they lost first four wickets for just 67 runs there was an outside chance that they would be able to pull it off. At the crease were Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh, the heroes of India’s stupendous victory in the final of the NatWest series against England at the Lord’s in July. But the quick dismissals of Kaif and Sanjay Bangar, who played two outstanding knocks in this series, washed away all hopes of India even offering a decent fight. Yuvraj Singh waged a meaningless battle before being the last man out for a 69-ball 68. Lawson, who was rested for the one-day series before being recalled as a replacement for the injured Ryan Hinds, bowled a devastating opening spell and put his side on road to victory with the crucial wickets of Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, V V S Laxman and skipper Rahul Dravid. Sehwag was caught by West Indian skipper Hooper in the slips after making 12 runs from 15 balls. Laxman and Mongia put on 33 runs for the second wicket before both were out within three runs of each other. Laxman made 22 while Mongia scored 20. Dravid, who lost his first match as skipper today, was out to a stunning catch by Ramnaresh Sarwan at short mid-wicket which left India panting at 67 for four in the 14th over. Kaif and Yuvraj then tried to build a partnership and added 32 runs in 5.3 overs before disaster struck. With the asking rate nearing seven runs an over, the pressure to hit boundaries was increasing and during one such attempt to find the boundary, Kaif was clean bowled off an inside edge to a Corey Collymore delivery. Kaif managed just 10 runs and India’s fifth wicket fell at 99 in the 19th over. Bangar fell just eight runs later, trapped leg before wicket by Collymore, leaving Yuvraj Singh, who was batting well, without any genuine batsman as partner. Indian innings lingered on for 16 more overs after that but the fate of the home team had already been decided. PTI Scoreboard West Indies Gayle c Kaif b Srinath 5 Hinds b Sehwag 58 Chanderpaul c Kartik Sarwan lbw b Agarkar 83 Samuels not out 108 Powell st Dravid Hooper c Kaif b Sehwag 13 Jacobs not out 0 Extras:
(lb-6, w-1, nb-5) 12 Total: (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 315 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-16, 3-132, 4-182, 5-291, 6-307. Bowling: Srinath 9-0-55-1, Agarkar 10-1-56-2, Bangar 5-0-39-0, Kartik 9-0-69-0, Sarandeep Singh 10-0-31-0, Sehwag 7-0-59-3. India Sehwag c Hooper b Lawson 12 Mongia b Lawson 20 Laxman c Jacobs b Lawson 22 Dravid c Sarwan b Lawson 3 Yuvraj b Gayle 68 Kaif b Collymore 10 Bangar lbw b Collymore 2 Agarkar c Collymore b Gayle 4 Kartik b Gayle 2 Sarandeep c sub b Drakes 19 Srinath not out 3 Extras: (b-3, lb-2, w-9, nb-1) 15 Total: (all out, 36.5 overs) 180 FoW:
1-23, 2-56, 3-59, 4-67, 5-99, 6-107, 7-121, 8-126, 9-158. Bowling:
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deserved to win: Dravid Vijayawada, November 24 “They played better cricket than us and deserved to win the match,” stand-in skipper Dravid said after India were bowled out for 180. A disappointed Dravid refused to blame either his batsmen or bowlers for the loss. “I asked the boys to give their 100 per cent in the last two matches. I can’t complain because everyone tried their best. “We were simply outplayed in all departments of the game,” Dravid, who lost his first match as a skipper in four matches, said. Dravid said India were in control of the match till the 40th over when Marlon Samuels unleashed a flurry of shots to propel West Indies to a mammoth total.
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Chetan Sharma writes If I were to say that the Indians were humiliated in the deciding match of the one-day series, I would not be off the mark. It was a truly disgusting performance by the Indian team and though our batting also crashed, it was the failure of the bowlers in the slog overs which cost India the match and the series. I wouldn’t recommend selectors to get worked up due to the defeat but there definitely is some scope for analysing the manner in which the Indian bowlers have bowled in the series. Apart from the last match at Jodhpur, the West Indies batsmen have treated the Indian bowlers with disdain. They have been hammered like anything and today again, the match was lost the moment Indian bowlers gave away so many runs in the slog overs. It is not everyday that a team can chase totals in excess of 300 and though our batsmen have done it some times in the past, I knew the bubble had to burst some day. Unfortunately, it happened today when nothing went right for the Indians and they gave away the series to a side which was at their mercy in the Test series before the one-dayers. If India are to do well at the World Cup in South Africa, the bowlers will have to improve a lot, especially when it comes to bowling in the first 15 and the last 10 overs. The Indian bowlers had started very well in the morning when they got the wickets of Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul but as I stressed in my earlier columns, they have a wonderful talent in Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marlon Samuels. After Wavell Hinds bailed West Indies out in the early overs, Sarwan and Samuels played outstanding knocks. When they were on song, they were dealing only in fours and sixes and even though Sarwan was unlucky to be dismissed short of his century, Samuels used the opportunity to tell his team management how foolish they were in not playing him in the first two Test matches. To me, Samuels was the find of the series for West Indies though Gayle and others also plundered runs. I was also impressed with the bowling of Jermaine Lawson. He bowls fast and today he kept picking wickets whenever West Indies needed. The result was that the Indian batsmen were always under pressure and without the experience of Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly, the could not produce any miracles. Yuvraj Singh again scored a half-century and this time he would have been disappointed that he finished on the losing side. All in all, it was a closely contested series and West Indies were the rightful winners. They were the underdogs and I was mighty pleased to see them smiling again. They should now try and build from these positives.
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win for Aussies
Adelaide, November 24 The Australians, comprehensive 384-run winners of the first Brisbane Test are now one match away from claiming the Ashes for an eighth consecutive series and that’s likely to come in the third Perth Test, starting on November 29. On the evidence from the opening two matches, both completed inside four days, there is a considerable gap between the two traditional Ashes foes. England were all out for 159 in their second innings. The day was memorable for McGrath’s stunning diving catch to dismiss first innings centurion Michael Vaughan prior to lunch. McGrath sprinted around the boundary rope at deep square leg to swoop full length and take a catch inches off the ground to end a stubborn rearguard partnership with Alec Stewart. Vaughan swept legspinner Shane Warne high but McGrath made his ground and lunged with his arms outstretched to pluck the catch with his right hand in mid-air. McGrath got to his feet and ran with his arms raised in jubilation to be swamped by his team mates in acclaim of one of the great catches of recent times. The fast bowler received a standing ovation from the crowd when he returned to his fielding position in front of the members’ stand. It was a remarkable catch and incredibly bad luck for Vaughan, who had defied the Australians with a knock of 177 in the first innings to prematurely raise England’s hopes of being competitive against the world champions. SCOREBOARD England (1st innings): 342 Australia (1st innings): 552 for 9 England (2nd innings): Trescothick lbw b Gillespie 0 Vaughan c McGrath b Warne 41 Butcher lbw b McGrath 4 Hussain b Bichel 10 Key c Lehmann b Bichel 1 Stewart lbw b Warne 57 White c Lee (sub) b
Dawson c Gilchrist b
Hoggard b McGrath 1 Harmison lbw b Warne 0 Caddick not out 6 Extras
(b-3, lb-4, nb-8) 15 Total (all out ) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-17, 3-36, 4-40, 5-114, 6-130, 7-130, 8-132, 9-134 Bowling: McGrath 17.2-6-41-4, Gillespie 12-1-44-1, Warne 25-7-36-3, Bichel 5-0-31-2.
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Akram guides Pak to impressive win
Bulawayo, November 24 Scoreboard
Pakistan Umar c Rogers b Evans 76 Elahi b G Flower 107 Afridi c A Flower b Akram c G Flower b Evans 1 Mahmood c G Flower b Akmal not out 24 Extras:
(lb-1, w-10, nb-1) 12 Total: (for 5 wkts) 344 Fall of wickets: 1-159, 2-204, 3-252, 4-270, 5-310. Bowling:
Ervine 10-0-61-1, Nkala 9-0-76-0, Mwayenga 9-0-74-0, G Flower 10-0-54-2; Sims 10-0-60-0, Evans 2-0-18-2. Zimbabwe: Campbell c Iqbal b Afridi 32 Matsikenyeri lbw b Akram 0 A. Flower b Akram 0 G. Flower b Akram 1 Rogers c Akmal Evans c Inzamam b Younis 4 Taibu not out 30 Ervine not out 61 Extras
(lb-2 nb-2 w-8) 12 Total (6 wickets, 33 overs) 140 Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-3 3-20 4-20 5-27 6-64 Bowling:
Wasim Akram 7-0-22-4, Waqar Younis 6-2-20-1, Shahid Afridi 10-1-43-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 6-1-30-0, Azhar Mahmood 4-0-23-0.
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‘Ban tobacco sponsorship’ New Delhi, November 24 “The rule is still in force, but it’s not strictly enforced”, observed AICS Chairman Vijay Kumar Malhotra, who chaired the first meeting of the fully constituted AICS, which was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at his official residence “Panchawadi” here yesterday. The Prime Minister has given 10 solid suggestions for the “development of sports”, and has asked the AICS to prepare, within the next 100 days, an effective “national action plan to achieve excellence in sports” after holding wide consultations with “all the stake holders”, including the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. The Prime Minister was “distressed” to learn about the drug use cases among the Indian athletes, but added that “I do not believe that there is truth in all these cases”. Mr Vajpayee’s wise counsel to Indian sportsperons was that “let no player or athlete take a short-cut in trying to achieve success in sports. Our sportspersons should keep away from such temptation”. The AICS meeting took a serious view of the drug use cases and suggested stringent action against the offenders. “Now anybody who tests positive for banned drugs will face the strictest possible punishment”, Mr Malhotra warned. He said the meeting also suggested the introduction of dope testing at the National School Games, inter-university competitions, national championships and National Games “to detect the menace of doping among sportspersons and root out the evil at the end itself”. The fully constituted AICS comprises seven sportspersons—Sydney Olympic Games 2000 bronze medallist in weightlifting Karnam Malleswari, chess champion Viswanathan Anand, former All-England badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, shooter Jaspal Rana and tennis ace Leander Paes in the “eminent sportspersons” category, and former sprint queen P.T. Usha, football veteran P.K. Banerjee and hockey legend Ajit Pal Singh in the “ex-international sportspersons” category. However, Ajit Pal Singh and Leander Paes could not attend today’s meeting due to their preoccupation elsewhere. |
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Punjab establish early domination Anandpur Sahib, November 24 In football, Punjab first edged out Gujarat 2-0 and then made mincemeat of Jammu and Kashmir through a 6-0 verdict. In girls’ kho-kho, Punjab trounced Delhi by one turn and seven points while in girls’ volleyball, Punjab routed Uttaranchal 25-9, 25-2. Neighbours Haryana, too, had a field day. In football, Haryana beat Karnataka 2-0 while in kho-kho for boys, Haryana beat Jammu and Kashmir by one turn and four points. The Haryana eves also followed suit with a 9-1 win over Uttar Pradesh in kho-kho while in boys’ volleyball Haryana prevailed over Madhya Pradesh 25-11, 25-18. In volleyball for girls, Haryana beat UP 25-14, 25-14. Punjab’s stupendous success in football on the opening day was largely due to some enterprising soccer by youngsters from Mahilpur, many of whom came from Government Senior Secondary School located in the nursery of the game. Reduced to a team of 10 after six players were declared overage, Punjab got past Gujarat through goals by Tariq Salim and Sandeep Sangha. Later the 6-0 thrashing of J & K almost ensured them of a berth in the quarterfinals. The scorers were Ali Iqbal (two), Mumtaz Akhtar, Inderpal Singh, Navdeep Singh, and Navtej Singh. The
meet, being organised under the aegis of the Punjab Sports Department and
SAI, features competitions in football, kho-kho, archery, weightlifting, and volleyball. However, what has caused consternation is the ineligibility factor with the SAI medical board declaring many participants overage after medical examination. Accordingly many teams have been hit hard. For instance, Gujarat were reduced to a team of nine in football after four players were declared overage. The fate of the Punjab weightlifting and volleyball(boys) teams also hangs in the balance. Earlier, the four-day meet was declared open by Punjab’s Minister for Sports, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang. After a group of school girls recited “Deh Shiva Var Mohe Ehe..”, the participating teams took part in march past followed by ‘giddha’. The torch was carried from the holy precincts of Keshgarh Sahib by prominent sportspersons, including Arjuna awardee Gurdev Singh, basketball star Parminder Singh, Sukhpal Singh, Rajbir Kaur, and Balbir Singh. Outstanding contribution by organisers like Gursharan Singh also received due recognition. Among those present were the Punjab Health Minister, Dr Ramesh Dutt, the Secretary Sports, Mr Arun Goel, and the Ropar Deputy Commissioner, Ms Seema Jain. The entire route from Chandigarh to Anandpur Sahib was decorated with welcome arches in consonance with the Punjabi spirit of hospitality. Results: Football: Haryana b Karnataka 2-0; Bihar b MP 1-0; Punjab b Gujarat 2-0; Lakshadweep b J & K 3-2; Delhi d Uttaranchal 1-1. Kho-kho (boys): Punjab b Chhatisgarh 13-5 and one turn; Haryana b J & K by one turn and 4 pts; Maharashtra b Bihar 18-6; Karnataka b MP 8-4; Goa d Orissa 13-13; Goa d Kerala 5-5. Girls: Karnataka b Orissa by one turn and 7 points; Punjab b Delhi by one turn and seven points; Haryana b UP 9-1; Maharashtra b Gujarat 9-3; Bihar b Chhatisgarh by one turn and 5 points; MP b TN 12-2; Kerala b Delhi 9-8. Volleyball (boys): UP b Rajasthan 25-22, 25-12; Orissa b Gujarat 25-23, 25-18; Haryana b MP 25-11,25-18; TN w/o Uttaranchal; J & K b Chhatisgarh 25-18, 25-21; Rajasthan b Kerala 25-17, 25-19. Girls : TN b Gujarat 25-6, 25-7; Karnataka w/o Rajasthan; Kerala w/o Chandigarh; Punjab b Uttaranchal 25-9, 25-2; Chhatisgarh b J & K 25-6, 25-15; Haryana b UP 25-14,25-14. |
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East Bengal cross a stiff hurdle
Kolkata, November 24 The goal that earned full points for the red and yellow brigade was beautifully netted by striker Alvito D’Cunha around midway through the first half. With this victory, runners-up East Bengal continued their winning spree and moved to the top of the league table with six points from two matches, while Mahindra managed to earn just three points from as many outings they had so far. East Bengal put up a better show today than what they did against Tollygunge a few days before here, but that was not enough to get the better off the hosts in their home match. East Bengal custodian Sandeep Nundy also brought off a number of good saves to keep their forte in tact. Badly requiring at least one point from their away match Mahindra went all out right from the kick off and forced a corner in the very second minute which, however, went abegging. The Mumbai side got a good opportunity to forge ahead in the 20th minute but their striker Samson shot feebly from close after he received the ball from a R.C. Prakash centre off a R.P. Singh pass from left. East Bengal after missing a chance to score in the 22nd minute finally took the lead three minutes later through Alvito D’Cunha who capitalising on a neat pass from medio Chandan Das beat rival keeper Firoz with a crisp left-footer (1-0). UNI
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West Bengal Circle win three gold Ludhiana, November 24 In 800m (men), Jogeshwar Hembran of West Bengal clocked 1.59.00 to win the first gold medal for his Circle. In the women’s section, Mumtaz Kahtun of West Bengal, with an attempt of 1.51 metres secured a gold while Deepali Biswas of West Bengal Circle took 2.39.20 to bag a gold. Earlier, Mr Vijay Bhushan, Principal Chief Postmaster General, Punjab and Chandigarh, inaugurated the three-day meet in which about 150 participants from 13 circles were taking part. The results - Men: 800m: 1 Jogeshwar Hembran (WB) 1.59.00, 2 Ch. Venkateshwar Rao (AP) 2.03.00, 3 G. Samudra Pandian (TN) 2.06.40. 5000m: 1 Ch. Venkateshwar Rao (AP) 15.51.20, 2 Bablu Ghosh (WB) 16.09.50, 3 R B Yadav (Army Postal Service) 18.03.10. Shot put: 1 P Devesingh Amani (TN) 12.32m, 2-Nachhatar Singh (Raj) 11.48m, 3- K Ramulu (AP) 10.52m. Javelin Throw: 1 Vincent Paul Ebenezer (Kerala) 50.19m -2- K. Ramulu (AP) 45.38m, 3- Q N Siddique (Army Postal Service) 40.75m. Women: shot put: 1 Tilugogoi (Assam ) 8.92m, -2- Pratima Das (WB) 8.70 m, 3- Nivedita Gogoi (Assam ) 7.94 m; high jump: 1 Mumtaz Khatun (WB) 1.51m, 2 Rita Biswas (WB) 1.30 m, 3- J Angelina Pettricia (TN) 1.25 m; 800m: 1 Deepali Biswas (WB) 2.39.20, 2 Chandana Mukherjee (WB) 2.56.40, 3- K C Prabha (Kerala ) 3.07.70.
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Emphatic
win for Uttaranchal Chautala (Sirsa), November 24 Uttaranchal had the services of Y. Subba Rao, the tallest spiker in Asia at 6’11”, Abhijit Bhatacharya and Avinash Yadav — all three who turned up for the country at the Busan Asiad. Junior India international Rahul S.A. complimented the efforts of his senior colleagues and virtually made the contest a mismatch as Uttaranchal bagged full points from their opening encounter. Madhya Pradesh eves played a marathon opening match before subduing a fighting Uttar Pradesh in a thrilling five setter 25-12, 19-25, 14-25, 26-25,15-10. Bengal eve’s had an easy lung opener as they went about their task in a workmanlike manner to demolish Gujarat 25-5,25-9,25-5. The results: (men) (pool D): Uttaranchal b Gujarat 25-14, 25-12, 25-14. Pool E: AP b Goa 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 25-12. Orrisa b J&K 21-25, 25-17,24-26,25-18,15-13. Chandigarh b AP 25-10, 25-11, 25-15. (Women): Pool A: Railways walk over AP. WB b Gujarat 25-5, 25-9, 25-5. MP b UP 25-12, 19-25, 14-25, 26-25, 15-10. |
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cops, IA in final New Delhi, November 24 In the semi-finals here today, Punjab Police whipped another Jalandhar outfit, Border Security Force 3-0 while Dhanraj Pillai-inspired Indian Airlines blanked Punjab and Sind Bank 2-0. Punjab Police, led by India star Gagan Ajit Singh, found BSF easy fodder as they slotted in three goals, after taking some time to settle down, to sail into the final. Gagan Ajit led from the front, as it were, as he himself scored the first goal in the 22nd minute. It was a peach of a field goal, and before the din had died down when Baljit Singh Dhillon came up with the second goal in the 29th minute, converting a penalty corner. With two goals in their kitty, Punjab Police did not go for an overdrive in the second half, but played it at their own pace, though Baljit Singh Dhillon once more exhibited his skills in penalty corner conversion to slot in the third goal, in the 64th minute, to enable the cops record a convincing victory. In the second match, Indian Airlines, enjoying territorial supremacy, scored once in each half to short change Punjab and Sind Bank. Indian captain Dilip Tirkey scored off a penalty corner in the 14th minute to give Airlines a flying start. |
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