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December 1, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Aussies
poised to clinch series Pakistan win Cairns ruled out of first India
Test Ranji Trophy: Punjab snatch 89-run victory Haryana, Maharashtra settle for draw |
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Sandeep saves HP NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEG, JCT (Academy) to meet in final Haldar on top Kerala in
final Railways establish lead in bridge Football tourney
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Aussies poised to clinch series Perth, November 30 The Australian batsmen flayed England’s depleted attack in making a first innings total of 456, 271 ahead of the visitors’ paltry 185. Then Australia snapped up opener Marcus Trescothick (four) as England lurched to 33 for one wicket at stumps, leaving them needing another 238 runs to make the home team bat again. Trescothick fell to demon paceman Brett Lee, England’s first-innings tormentor. Together at the end of another traumatic day for Nasser Hussain’s side were Michael Vaughan and nightwatchman Richard Dawson, who each have eight runs. The only England player to emerge from the day with a full measure of credit was persistent medium-pacer Craig White, who toiled for 23.1 overs in warm conditions to snatch five for 127 - his second five-wicket haul in Test ranks and first against Australia. As England laboured without paceman Chris Silverwood - sidelined from the match with an ankle injury - and two more catches were squandered, all of the Australian batsmen contributed to their team’s formidable score. Home town hero Damien Martyn led the way, fashioning a cultured 71, a three-and-a-half-hour knock embellished with 13 sweet boundaries. Martyn, a stylish right-hander enjoying his most successful patch in international company, would have been annoyed to flick a catch to gloveman Alec Stewart when only 29 runs short of his sixth Test century and his third against England. Number three Ricky Ponting, who resumed with 43, completed an exciting 68 (10 fours, one six) before playing on to his stumps a delivery from White early in the day. Left-hander Darren Lehmann, striving to establish a secure place in the side, began like a tornado, clubbing seven fours and a six. But over-exhuberance cost him his wicket when he had rattled up 42 from 61 balls. He fell to the last ball before lunch, hooking a short one from White to Steve Harmison at fine leg. Skipper Steve Waugh, who was troubled overnight with an upset stomach, seldom looked completely comfortable as he put together 53 in just over two hours, but there were several convincing drives among his 10 boundaries. AFP SCOREBOARD England (1st Innings): 185 Australia (1st innings): J. Langer run out 19 M. Hayden c Tudor b R. Ponting b White 68 D. Martyn c Stewart D. Lehmann c Harmison S. Waugh b Tudor 53 A. Gilchrist c Tudor S. Warne run out 35 B. Lee c Key b White 41 J. Gillespie b White 27 G. McGrath not out 8 Extras
(b-4, lb-5, nb-15) 24 Total (all out, 99.1 overs) 456 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-85, 3-159, 4-226, 5-264, 6-316, 7-348, 8-416, 9-423. Bowling: Silverwood 4-0-29-0, Tudor 29-2-144-2, Harmison 28-7-86-1, White 23.1-3-127-5, Butcher 10-1-40-0, Dawson 5-0-21-0. England (2nd Innings): Trescothick c Gilchrist Vaughan batting 8 Dawson batting 8 Extras
(b-4, lb-2, nb-7) 13 Total (1 wicket, 11 overs) 33 Fall of wicket:
1-23. Bowling: Brett Lee 5-1-21-1, Glenn McGrath 5-2-5-0, Jason Gillespie 1-0-1-0. |
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Harare, November 30 Zimbabwe Vermeulen lbw b Shoaib 9 Ebrahim b Shoaib Akhtar 2 Campbell c Misbah b Sami 0 A Flower c Inzamam b Sami 0 G Flower not out 105 Ervine c Younis Khan b Zahid 5 Taibu c Kamran Akmal b Muhammad Sami 0Friend b Shahid Afridi 48 Brent b Sami 8 Murphy c Akmal b Zahid 7 Hondo c Zahid b Mushtaq 5 Extras (lb-7 nb-3 w-11) 21. Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 210. FoW: 1-11 2-12 3-12 4-12 5-36 6-41 7-123 8-149 9-164. Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-41-2, Muhammad Sami 10-1-41-4, Mohammad Zahid 10-1-35-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-41-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 9.5-0-45-1. Pakistan: Akmal c Taibu b Hondo 44 Faisal not out 100 Younis Khan run out 56 Misbah not out 1 Extras: 10. Total: (2 wkts; 35.4 overs) 211. AFP
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Cairns ruled out of first India
Test Auckland, November 30 Cairns, who underwent his second serious knee operation in March, was back playing a first class championship match for Canterbury against Otago yesterday but only bowled five overs without success. The medium-fast bowler and attacking batsman had earlier informed the chairman of selectors, Sir Richard Hadlee, that he was doubtful for the full two-match Test series against India, and was targeting the one-day series which begins in Auckland on December 26.
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Ranji Trophy: Punjab snatch 89-run victory
Guwahati, November 30 After being outplayed for first three consecutive days Punjab had the last laugh when they bundled out hosts Assam for 196 in the second innings even after conceding a 53-run first innings lead. Assam began their innings today and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and little less than one hour before scheduled time, the Assam innings folded mostly due to brilliant pressure tactics, positive bowling from Punjab and some pathetic batting display. Assam brought upon themselves the pressure and went straight into the vice like grip and showed total lack professionalism chasing a gettable 285 runs for victory. Even a draw would have been satisfying for Assam since they had taken the crucial first innings lead. But that was not to be and the first sign was shown by Parag Das who once again fell to a rash shot. Opener Sunil Vishwnathan was the next to go adding another 11 runs. Then the spinner took over the game and on a turning fourth innings, the Assam batsmen were dancing around the wicket to the tune of Navdeep Singh and Rajesh Sharma. At lunch Assam was precariously positioned at 78 for three wickets with Mrigen throwing his wicket when he was comprehensively bowled by Rajesh Sharma. After lunch Kiran Power and Manoj Jogelkar gave some ray of hope to Assam with a defiant stand of 78 runs, but it was Navdeep who broke the partnership on his way to end the innings with five for 59 runs. With a fast delivery which kept low, Navdeep Singh trapped Power plumb leg before wicket. Power scored 55 invaluable runs in his 219-minute stay in the wickets with seven boundaries. His fall opened the floodgates as Assam’s wicket keeper captain Zakaria Zuffri failed again when he edged Navdeep Singh to Manish Sharma. His departure saw Manoj Jogelkar momentarily lose his concentration and Rajesh Sharma trapped him lbw with a very low delivery. He scored 49 and his dismissal gave the scent of victory for Punjab boys and they kept up the pressure. They brought back Sukhvinder Singh and their gameplan worked and Saurabha Bhagawati did not last long, but the final nail into Assam’s coffin was hammered in when Sukhvinder Singh went for a non existent run at point and in a horrible mix-up he was left stranded in the middle of the pitch. His departure saw all hopes of Assam to save the match crumble and it was just a matter of time before Punjab wiped off the tail. They did not disappoint their small but boisterous circle of fans and picked the last four wickets conceding just two runs. For Dinesh Mongia personal prestige was at stake as they had unexpectedly conceded the first innings lead to Assam and he himself twice failed, as Assam bowlers never allowed the Punjab innings to flourish in both the innings. UNI
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Haryana, Maharashtra settle for draw Rohtak, November 30 Resuming their innings at overnight score of 124 for 2 Maharashtra raised their total to 262 before declaring their second innings closed 35 minutes after lunch. The highlight of the day was a century by Abhijit Kale who went on to score an unbeaten 104 compiled in 211 balls after staying at the wicket for 268 minutes. He hit 14 fours and a six. He got the distinction of scoring century in both the innings of this match. H.Kanitkar, repeating his first innings performance scored another half century. His 63 runs came in 158 minutes off 114 balls. Kanitkar and Kale were associated in 97 runs partnership for the third wicket compiled in 153 minutes off 223 balls where as Kale and Khirid were associated in 105 runs stand without being sepeated for the 5th wicket. Haryana were given a target of 276 runs to be scored in 48 overs. For Haryana Gaurav Vashishta and Amit Mishra took two wickets each giving away 82 and 59 runs respectively. At close of play today, Haryana could score 121 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 42 overs when stumps were drawn. Naveen Negi and Sumit Sharma made 55 and 33 runs respectively and contributed 93 runs for the third wicket to nullify the chances of any outright victory to the visitors. Mandar Dalvi took two wickets for 27 runs. Scoreboard Maharashtra (Ist Innings): 298 Haryana ( Ist Innings):
285 Maharashtra (2nd innings) Yogesh Pawar b Mishra 29, Dhiraj Jadhav c Negi b Vashist 20, H.Kanitkar c Jitender b Vashishta 63, Abhijit Kale not out 104, Kaushik Aphale lbw Mishra 4, Ranjit Khirid not out 24 Extras (B-15, Lb-2, NB-1) 18 Total 262 for 4 decl. Fall of wickets : 1/55, 2/55, 3/152, 4/157. Bowling: Joginder Sharma 9-4-24-0, Suman 15-5-37-0, Gaurav Vashishta 34-8-82-2, Amit Mishra 17-2-59-2, Aparajit Singh 7-2-40-0, Manvinder Bisla 1-0-3-0. Haryana (2nd innings): Jitender lbw Aradhya 11, M.Bisla lbw Khirid 14, Sumeet Sharma b Dalvi 33, Naveen Negi b Dalvi 55, Gaurav Vashishta not out 1, Aparajit Singh not out 0, Extras (B-5, Lb-1, NB-1) 7. Total: 121 for 4. Fall of wickets 1/26, 2/26, 3/119, 4/120. Bowling: Ranjit Khirid 8-3-14-1, Sachin Aradhya 12-6-29-1, K.Khadkikar 7-1-30-0, Mandar Dalvi 8-1-27-2, Manhar Sane 7-1-15-0. |
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Sandeep saves HP
New Delhi, November 30 Himachal, who needed to bat through the final day to salvage at least a draw after Delhi took a huge 262-run first innings lead, finished on 331 for eight to force the draw. Resuming at the overnight score of 50 for no loss, Himachal found themselves in a spot of bother losing four quick wickets for 136 runs soon after lunch. But Sandeep Sharma stood tall among the ruins and crafted a fine knock studded with 24 boundaries and two towering sixes. Himachal Pradesh (1st innings): 244 Delhi (1st innings): 506 for 6 decl. Himachal Pradesh (2nd innings): N Gaur c Dahiya b Arun Singh 22, Sandeep Sharma c Siddharth b Manhas 170, V. Rathore run out 21, R. Nayyar c Sidddharth b Sarandeep 12, Sangram Singh b Bhandari 13, Amit Sharma c Gambhir b Abhishek 27, Virender Sharma c Chopra b Bhandari 48, A. Kapoor c Chopra b Sanghvi 4, R. Panta not out 0. Extras: (b-2, lb-9, nb-3) 14. Total (for 8 wkts decl., 111.4 overs) 331. Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-82, 3-105, 4-136, 5-193, 6-283, 7-315, 8-331.Bowling: Bhandari 26-4-100-2, Arun Singh 15-1-72-1, Sarandeep Singh 29-10-72-1, Abhishek Sharma 17-4-43-1, Sanghvi 22-12-28-1, Manhas 2.4-0-5-1. PTI
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Kolkata, November 30 The visitors, who looked insipid in the opening half to fall behind 0-2, took advantage of a porous Bagan defence and raised their game by several notches in the later session to pump in three goals and snatch their first point in the tournament. Bagan’s Nigerian recruit George Ekeh earlier fired the first hattrick of the current edition of the high profile league, when he found the target in the fourth and 32nd minutes of the first half and followed them up with another strike 15 minutes after changeover. For the millmen, Harvinder Singh scored a brace while Ghanaian K. Yeboah netted once in the Salt Lake stadium match. The local side, which looked formidable in the first half weaving patterns through fine passing bouts among Jose Barreto, Ekeh and Baichung Bhutia, faded out in the later stages of the second half when JCT held sway over the proceedings playing a good team game. Bagan, who now have five points from three outings, also paid for a sloppy defence, which left large gaps and looked agonisingly slow in reacting, besides being out of position on several occasions.
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BEG, JCT (Academy) to meet in final Chandigrh, November 30 In the first semifinal today, BEG Roorkee defeated Shimla Youngs, New Delhi 5-3 in the tie-breaker today. The match was played at a fast pace and both the teams matched each other in every department BEG Roorkee had a slight edge over the rivals. In the second seminfal JCT (Academy) outplayed Mittal Memorial Trust Club, Fatehgarh Sahib 4-0. Charanjit Kumar scored the first goal in the 15th minute followed by Baldeep Singh who scored the second. Thereafter Charanjit scored two more goals to make the contest one-sided.
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Haldar on top Gurdaspur, November 30 Intense competition was obvious between West Bengal and Punjab. Rohika of the home state took the lead at the start. She forged ahead from the vaulting table and kept the lead in the second uneven bars but could not keep her balance on the balancing beam and fell down to lose points. She got 33.05 points whereas the winner Haldar collected 33.85. The third position was snatched by Sukhbir Kaur of Punjab with 32.05 points, fourth by Trina Chaterjee of West Bengal with 31.95 points, fifth by Chitale Asmita of Maharashtra with 31.05 points and sixth by Priti Das of West Bengal 31.20 points. Jaiswal with 51.603 points in his kitty remained first in artistic boys individual allround championship. The second and third positions were also bagged by UP boys Deepesh Sahu and Udai Bhaskar Singh with 50.510 and 50.080 points, respectively. Manoj Bera of West Bengal was fourth with 48.386 points, while N. Ramesh of Andhra Pradesh (47.916) and Ramesh Chandra of SSCB (47.448) stood fifth and sixth, respectively. In the final of boys’ floor exercise UP boys dominated the field by winning the first and second positions. Vivek Mishra and Deepesh Sahu got 8.800 and 8.725 points, respectively. The third and fourth positions went to Manoj Bera and Raja Ray of West Bengal with 8.550 and 8.300 points, respectively. P. Rajeshwar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh got the fifth position with 8.150 points while the sixth position went to Ramesh Chandra of SSCB with 8.075. In rhythmic gymnastics for girls (allround individual championship) Komal of Maharashtra stood first with 40.35 points, while Manju Sharma of Pujab with 39.50 points stood second. |
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Kerala
in final Chautala, November 30 International spiker Tomy Joseph was the cog around whom the fortunes of the Kerala team revolved and whenever the youngsters found themselves in a spot they looked up to the experience of Tomy Joseph. The law of averages seemed to have caught up with Punjab, as after six successive wins, their game finally fell apart with setter Suraj Parkash and libero Manoj Kumar being totally off colour and basically it was this factor that forced the team to put up a disjointed performance. The Punjab spikers repeatedly slipped into errors making things all the more easier for the winners. Railway’s crushed Karnataka 25-14, 25-18, 25-17 to enter the final. Once again Geetha Raju, Salomi Ramu and Hemlatha Usra came up with a flawless performance for the winners. Earlier, the quest of the railmen, for a second successive title, ended in agony as the Uttaranchal boys virtually toyed with defending champions 25-21,25-19,25-18. Yesterday, Railways had beaten Uttaranchal in a four setter but the jury of the Volleyball Federation of India, annulled the result citing a major infringement by a Railways player during the crucial fourth set. Despite the fact that the Uttaranchal boys were physically and psychologically drained after having beaten Railways in the replayed quarterfinal match in the morning, they sprung a surprise by beating last year’s runners up Tamil Nadu 21-25, 25-21, 25-10, 25-18. Uttaranchal now square off with Kerala, who got the better of Punjab in the other semifinal, in the summit clash. For the winning team, attacker Y. Subba Rao, standing 6’11’ combined well with setter Mithelsh Kumar Singh. In the women’s section, Kerala downed West Bengal 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 15-9. The Kerala eves will cross swords with holders Railways in the title clash. |
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Railways
establish lead in bridge Ludhiana, November 30 The now second string of the Railways team, which on earlier occasions had won the Ruia and the Guru Dutt Trophies, seemed to have been slighted by their demotion. They looked like proving a point, as , with a lead of 48 international match points
(IMPs) and only 16 more boards to go, it is more or less a foregone conclusion. In the third session, though Formidables fought back to recover 20 of the lost 68 IMPs (34-14), it will be an uphill task for them to break down the Railways’ citadel, who seemed a determined lot to pocket the title. Railways who took a lead of 16 IMPs (45-29) during the first set of 16 boards, demolished their opponents over the next segment of 16 boards picking up as many as 52 IMPs (73-21) to take a commanding lead of 48
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Football
tourney Yamunanagar, November 30 Mr Chopra said the winners would be given a cash award of Rs 10,000 whereas the runners-up would be given Rs 5,000 in cash besides the trophy. Teams who have sent their approval including JCT, Phagwara, DFA, Patiala, PSEB, Hoshiarpur, AG Punjab, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Delhi, Rabbani Club, Kampati, Eleven Gorkha, Lucknow, MEG, Bangalore, ONGC and Garhwal Rifles. |
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Basketball
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