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Aussies beat England, clinch series
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Rich medal haul by Jaiswal, Halder Uttaranchal, Rlys spikers win Irina off golf for 3 months Railways steam through to title Himachal athletic meet from today BEG lift football trophy
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Aussies beat England, clinch series
Perth, December 1 Trailing by 271 runs on the first innings after making a paltry 185 before the home country cracked 456, England made 223 in their second innings at the WACA Ground. This gave Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after their 384-run victory in Brisbane and by an innings and 51 runs in Adelaide. In the England second innings, only skipper Nasser Hussain (61), veteran Alec Stewart (66 not out) and Robert Key (23) provided major resistance. Hussain bravely held up Australia for almost four hours, making light of a painfully cramped left arm which caused him to call for help from the dressing room. Stewart, in his 125th Test, hit out aggressively in a two and half hour innings yielding 10 boundaries. Hussain had a life before he had scored, while Stewart was missed on six. Pace pair Brett Lee (2-72), and Glenn McGrath (2-24) and leg-spinner Shane Warne (2-70) took the bowling honours for the triumphant Australian side. Resuming their second innings today with 33 for one wicket, England began the third day disastrously, losing three wickets for one run - and it would have been four wickets but for a missed catch. Nightwatchman Richard Dawson (eight) fell without addition when he was snapped up by skipper Steve Waugh at backward point off the bowling of speedster Jason Gillespie. Opening batsman Michael Vaughan (nine) had added a single when he was run out in the second mix-up of the match with Mark Butcher. Vaughan was metres out of his crease as Brett Lee’s return to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist enabled the gloveman to remove the bails as the batsmen attempted a second run. In the first innings, it was Butcher who was run out (for nine) in a misunderstanding with the same team-mate. Butcher, apparently upset by the second avoidable mishap of the match, was then immediately dismissed by champion paceman Glenn McGrath, who trapped him lbw for a duck. When umpire Rudi Koertzen raised his finger to signal his dismissal, Butcher angrily smashed his bat into his stumps — an act of petulance which could have a costly sequel. AFP SCOREBOARD
England (1st Innings): 185 Australia (1st Innings): 456 England (2nd Innings): Trescothick c Gilchrist b Lee 4 Vaughan run out 9 Dawson c S Waugh b Gillespie 8 Butcher lbw b McGrath 0 Hussain c Gilchrist b Warne 61 Key lbw b McGrath 23 Stewart not out 66 White st Gilchrist b Warne 15 Tudor retired hurt 3 Harmison b Lee 5 Silverwood absent hurt 0 Extras
(b-8, lb-5, w-1, nb-15) 29 Total (all out, 82.1 overs) 223 Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-33, 3-34, 4-34, 5-102, 6-169, 7-208, 8-223. Bowling: Lee 18.1-3-72-2, McGrath 21-9-24-2, Gillespie 15-4-35-1, Warne 26-5-70-2, Martyn 2-0-9-0. |
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Tudor carried off on stretcher Perth, December 1 There was no immediate indication of the seriousness of the injury. A very short ball from Lee — the second with a new ball — struck number nine batsman Tudor on the helmet as he appeared to take his eye off the lightning delivery. Tudor was wearing a helmet, but TV replays suggested the ball had burst through the grille. Tudor initially fell to the ground, then stood up and went down again. Alec
Stwaert, batting at the other end, and Australian players ran to help Tudor before a doctor was called to the middle of the ground and he was carried off on the stretcher.
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Waugh keen to win in India Perth, December 1 Waugh, six months short of 38, said: “At the back of my mind is still winning in India. “That is ambitious because it is 18 months away.” Waugh, who has played in 154 Tests since he made his debut in 1985, said he was still comfortable in the leadership role. The Australians were beaten 2-1 when they last toured India last year. There is still some conjecture here about whether Waugh will be retained by the selectors for the Australian side’s Test tour of the West Indies next year. He has already been axed from the leadership of the one-day side and is expected to be overlooked for next year’s World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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7-wicket win for Sri Lanka BENONI, South Africa, December 1 Chasing South Africa's 253 for 7 in the stipulated 50 overs, Sri Lanka raced to 258 for 3 in 41.4 overs. Jacques Kallis scored 87 to help South Africa post a total of 253 for seven against Sri Lanka. Kallis’s runs came off 117 balls with 10 fours and one six after he had come to the wicket with the hosts reeling at 15 for two. It continued the all rounder’s rich vein of form following knocks of 38 not out in the first match and 53, scored off only 26 balls, in the second. Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss, sending the South Africans into bat and watched as his opening pair of Chaminda Vaas and Chamila Gamage shared four wickets inside the first 10 overs. South Africa dipped to 35 for four and 71 for five before captain Shaun Pollock joined Kallis in a stand of 81 for the sixth wicket. Vaas trapped Herschelle Gibbs lbw for a duck and Boeta Dippenaar was bowled by Gamage for five. Vaas struck a second time in the ninth over when Graeme Smith (16) was bowled off the inside edge and Gamage put the hosts further on the back foot when he had Jonty Rhodes caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara (0) in the next over. SCOREBOARD South Africa: Smith b Vaas 16 Gibbs lbw Vaas 0 Dippenaar b Gamage 5 Kallis c Jayawardene b
Nissanka 87 Rhodes c Sangakkara b Gamage 0 Boucher b Nissanka 14 Pollock c Jayawardene b
Jayasuriya 39 Klusener not out 60 Boje not out 11 Extras
(b-4, lb-2, nb-3, w-12) 21 Total (for seven wickets, 253 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-15, 3-28, 4-35, 5-71, 6-152, 7-209. Bowling: Vaas 10-1-39-2, Gamage 7-0-37-2, Fernando 9-0-58-0, Nissanka 10-0-61-2, Jayasuriya 10-1-37-1, De Silva 4-0-15-0. Sri Lanka: Atapattu not out 123 Jayasuriya c Rhodes b Ntini 22 Sangakkara c Boje b Donald 10 De Silva b Pollock 71 Jayawardene not out 15 Extras
(b-4 lb-4 nb-1 w-8) 17 Total (for three wickets, 41.4 overs): 258 Fall of wickets: 1-40 2-73 3-213 Bowling: Pollock 10-0-42-1, Ntini 10-0-56-1, Donald 7-1-45-1, Klusener 7-0-38-0, Boje 3.4-0-35-0, Kallis 4-0-34-0
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Pakistan complete whitewash HARARE, December 1 SCOREBOARD Pakistan: Akmal c Taibu b Friend 3 Iqbal c G. Flower b Olonga 25 Misbah c and b Friend 0 Inzamam c and b Murphy 27 Youhana run out 88 Khan c A. Flower b Hondo 90 Afridi run out (Olonga) 8 Akram not out 24 Mushtaq not out 13 Extras
(lb-2 nb-1 w-19) 22 Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 300 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-16, 3-39, 4-90, 5-219, 6-238, 7-267. Bowling: Friend 10-0-57-2, Olonga 10-0-53-1, Hondo 10-1-58-1, Murphy 9-0-64-1, G. Flower 8-0-49-0, Evans 2-0-17-0. Zimbabwe: Vermeulen c Younis b Akhtar 5 Ebrahim run out 36 A.Flower c Akram b Mushtaq 72 G.Flower c Misbah b Afridi 28 Campbell c Younis b Mushtaq 3 Evans c Younis b Afridi 8 Taibu c Younis b Afridi 6 Friend c sub b Younis 6 Murphy run out 4 Olonga c and b Sami 31 Hondo not out 15 Extras
(lb-4 nb-2 w-10) 16 Total (all out, 45.3 overs) 230 F oW:
1-14 2-117 3-134 4-140 5-162 6-171 7-1718-181 9-183 Bowling: Wasim Akram 7-1-14-0, Shoaib Akhtar 7-0-34-1, Muhammad Sami 8.3-1-51-1, Shahid Afridi 10-0-45-3, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-1-41-2, Younis 2-0-24-1, Faisal Iqbal 1-0-17-0.
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Ganguly
hopeful of India winning series
Kolkata, December 1 While leaving for NSC Bose International Airport from his home with his wife Dona and girlchild Sana, Sourav said: “We hope to win the series and continue the streak of the last 14-odd months, but it will not be easy. They are very professional and playing at home.’’ He added that the New Zealand tour would be the right kind of preparation before the World Cup. “The hard bouncy tracks could lend support to the bowlers who would certainly need some confidence after the West Indies series. We will also closely watch out for the position of the all rounder that the ODI side needs,’’ he said. The fact that Zaheer and Sachin are back has certainly made him more comfortable. The Test squad also included Mohammed Kaif and Tinu Yohannan. Shiv Sunder Das continued to be present in the squad as a reserve opener, now that Bangar and Sehwag are doing satisfactorily. While Kaif comes into the side as a prize for his ODI prowess, Tinu will get a chance to prove his talent. Ratra goes in as a second keeper. Sourav, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter to New Zealand, met the other players at the airport. The other players had started coming into the city from last evening. BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya had gone to see off the team and said that the team was preparing for the World Cup as the countdown had already begun. However, the Royal Brunei flight was half an hour late. the Indians will reach New Zealand via Bangkok. They will participate in two practice matches in Christchurch and then in Napier against the Central districts. The two Test series begins on December 12 at Basin Reserve in Wellington followed by the second Test a Westpack Trust Park in Hamilton. The 48-day tour will also include seven ODIs beginning December 26. The 16 member Test squad for India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid (vice-captain), Virender Sehwag, Sanjay Bangar, Sachin Tendulkar,V.V.S. Laxman, Parthiv Patel (WK), Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Md Kaif, Shiv Sundar Das, Ajay Ratra (WK) and Tinu Yohannan. Indian cricket coach John Wright feels that the New Zealand tour would be an opportunity to improve upon the worrying aspects of bowling and fielding in the build up to the World Cup in South Africa. Former New Zealand captain said, “The two tests and seven ODIs in New Zealand would be crucial to the build up for the World Cup in South Africa.” New Zealand is a professional side and very tough at home. Besides they have done very well recently in Australia and South Africa against the Ausiies and Proteas. This would be a tough tour, he added. “Its time for all the teams to prepare in anticipation of the World Cup. We would like to keep up the momentum of England and Sri Lanka. The seven ODIs would be especially crucial as it would give us a chance to work on our weaknesses,” he said. John made it clear that the pace quatret of Ajit Agarkar, Ashis Nehra, Tinu Yohannan and spearheaded by Zaheer Khan will have to come good along with Sanjay Banger during the tour . “They will play a vital role. The wickets in New Zealand wont be as flat as it was in India. The tracks are hard and bouncy. These bowlers will have to utilise the conditions effectively,” the Indian coach added. The Indian coach, however did not mince words while stressing that bowling and fielding were the two departments that the team would have to work upon very hard. “Bowling has to improve. Our fielding standard has also dropped a notch or two and that has to be lifted,” he said. Asked if he felt that the team had peaked a bit too early, John was flat as a bullet, “It can be a concern for some people. But from where I see there is no scope for any staleness, tiredness or lapse in concentration.” The World Cup is just round the corner and the performance here will definitely add to the credentials for being selected for the Cup. Getting selected to represent the country for the World Cup is a huge honour and motivation. So that excuse really does not work. We would like to keep up the momentum.” UNI
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Netherlands
beat Aussies, top pool
Perth, December 1 “Australia played better than us; they attacked more but we were smarter with our possessions than Australia,” said Dutch coach Marc Lammers. “The quality of our circle penetrations was better than Australia and every time we were in the attacking circle we had good chances to score. We closed down the centre of the pitch and Australia’s forward passes to Katrina Powell. In defence we were happy that Australia play a one-on-one defence as we know that Mijntje Donners is quicker than her marker, Louise Dobson.” Australia coach David Bell said Dobson had been “let down a bit” by other players today. Femke Kooijman shocked Australia’s supporters to silence with Netherlands’ second goal eleven minutes from the end of the first half. Karen Smith earned Australia’s first penalty corner, carrying into the circle to draw the Dutch infringement, then struck the corner herself, getting a deflection off a Dutch defender’s stick into goal for Australia’s first goal, eight minutes into the second half. In the middle of the second half, Australia pushed players forward, won good possession through a more open midfield and had two unsuccessful shots. Smabers stopped the pass by throwing herself flat on the pitch and flicked the ball into the net from that position to seal the match for Netherlands. In the earlier pool A match Germany beat New Zealand 3-1 to secure fourth place in pool A. New Zealand led after four minutes, converting a penalty corner. Although not stopped at the battery, Diana Weavers controlled and hit to the right post where Michelle Turne deflected in along the goal line, where the ball hit the inside edge of the left post. Denise Klecker rebounded in Germany’s first penalty corner nine minutes later, picking up Fanny Rinne’s flick which hit high up on the right post. Klecker drove the bouncing ball into the right of goal. Anneke Bohmert scored a brilliant goal four minutes before the break to give Germany the lead. Bohmert weaved through the right of the circle to the
backline, worked along straight at goal then took two steps infield to be in front of goal, spun, and dragged the ball into the net as two
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Rich medal haul by Jaiswal, Halder Gurdaspur, December 1 Rupali Halder, who got six medals — five gold and one silver — in the last Junior National Gymnastics held at Rajasthan, had to be satisfied with three gold, two silver and one bronze at this time. Rohit Jaiswal who had the distinction of clinching six gold and one silver in the junior national in 2000, not only got first position in pomel horse but also in horizontal bar with 8.875 points. The second and third position in Pomel Horse were clinched by Udai Bhaskar Singh of UP and R C Behera of the SSCB with 9.300 and 8.850 points, respectively. In second and third position in horizontal bar were grabbed by Deepesh Sahu of UP and T R Reddy of AP with 8.075 and 7.825 points in their kitty. In other events of the boys in parallel bars Raja Roy of WB bagged first position with 8.85 points and second and third were taken away by Rohit Jaiswal of UP and J Arun of Andhra Pradesh with 8.70 and 7.85 points, respectively. In the final of Roman Rings Saurav Sharma of the home state took first position with 8.925 points. The second position was secured by V K Gaud with 8.550 points, while the third position was shared by Akashdeep of Punjab and N Ramesh of AP with 8.125. In the finals of Vault competition Deepesh Sahu of UP got first with 8.062. The second and third positions were won by Manoj Bera of WB and Udai Bhaskar of UP with 8 and 7.687 points, respectively. In the final of girls uneven bar Halder was first, while the second and third positions were seized by Priti Das of WB and Chitale Asmita of Maharashtra with 8.40 and 8.37 points, respectively. In the balancing beam second and third positions were taken by Sukhbir Kaur and Rohika of Punjab with 8.650 and 8.125. In the Vaulting Horse event Sukhbir Kaur of Punjab stole the show with 7.9875, closely following her were Rupali Halder who got second position with 7.950 points and Meenakshi of home state who won third with 7.6875. In the rhythmic gymnastics Manju Sharma of Punjab dominated the scene as she clinched first position in Rope and Ribbon events. Anita of Punjab bagged first position in Hoop event with 12.35. In Ball event Sonal Gupta of J&K remained first with 11.35 points. |
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Uttaranchal, Rlys spikers win Chautala (Sirsa), December 1 The Railways eves stuck to the basics to squeeze past Kerala 25-27, 25-19, 25-19, 25-9 to clinch the title for the 16th time in record 19 appearances in the final of the national championship. Kerala stunned the winners by winning the first set 27-25. However, this reverse was enough to jerk the Railways out of their slumber as they wrapped up the next three sets without having to stretch themselves much. In the men’s final, the summit clash, much against expectations, proved to be a rather tame affair as the Uttaranchal team gave little elbow room to their opponents to manoeuvre, before finally establishing their supremacy in style by winning the match in just 46 minutes-probably one of the shortest matches seen in the tournament. The final, played in front of 25,000 spectators, was palpably devoid of charm and turned out to be a totally monotonous affair. For the winners, the tall and lanky Y. Subba Rao was once again the star performer as he peppered the rival defense with some delectable drops, strong smashes and solid blocks. It was Uttaranchal’s first title win ever since the state was created in November 2001. It was indeed a terrific performance by the Uttaranchal team as both their endurance and determination were at test since the team had played and beaten two of the country’s top outfits-Railways and Tamil Nadu-within a time span of just six hours yesterday. Today’s title win for the Uttaranchal team speaks volumes of the resolve and determination of their spikers. If Y. Subba Rao was their star, credit should also be given to attackers Abhijit Bhatacharya and Avinish Yadav for the supporting roles they played. The Punjab men, who went down tamely to Kerala yesterday, raised the level of their game by a couple of notches to redeem some of their lost prestige by beating Tamil Nadu 28-26, 25-20, 19-25, 25-6 to earn the third spot. In the women’s section, Karnataka eves bagged the third spot by scrapping past a dispirited West Bengal 25-13, 25-22, 22-25, 25-13. Each member of the Uttaranchal men’s squad was awarded a Hero Honda motor cycle while each of the Railway women was presented a Kinetic scooter by the organisers. |
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Irina off golf for 3 months The BA Part I student of MCM DAV College, who won all the major national titles last year will be forced to undergo bed rest for three months on the advise of doctors, who include Dr Mandeep Dhillon, Dr Jaswant Rai and Dr Ravinder Chadha. Irina appeared a determined girl when she faced a couple of newspersons at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Sitting by her side was her mother, Mrs Madhu Brar. These days she is on a reading spree, polishing off one book a day. And, of course, she will be catching up on her studies. But she will continue with her special exercises to tone up her hand and leg muscles, “so that my return next year is like a duck in a pond” Irina’s troubles started a little before the Punjab Open. While playing in the pro-am event at the Forest Hill Golf and Country Club on October 20 she hurt her tendon in the left knee. The tendon
injury saw her gulping down ‘brufins’ to kill the pain and wearing the knee cap. The result was a record score in the Punjab Open held at the Chandigarh Golf Club. But the excruciating pain in the lower spine struck her while practising at the Delhi Golf Club. With her was the Kolkata girl Manwi Halwasiya. Her mother rang up from Chandigarh and advised her to pull out of the tournament. But the fighter in Irina entered the arena. The competition was too much. The pain was diagnosed by the doctors as multiple stress fracture in the lower lumber area. This three month lay-off has come at a time when this 19-year-old Chandigarh girl was all set to retain the titles she had won last year. These include tournaments such as the Eastern India, Western India, West Bengal Ladies Open, Southern India, Billoo Sethi Cup and the All-India Ladies Golf Championship. “Lekin aab sab satyanaash ho gaya”, were the words of Irina as she smiled, but she could not hide the slight dampness in her eyes.
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Railways
steam through to title Ludhiana, December 1 Formidables, Delhi, ran out of steam after their spirited show in the third session when they reduced the margin to 48 international match points (IMPs). It was not a good day for them as they failed to cash in on the mistakes committed by the Railways and squandered away the advantage of turning the tables on them. This ended up in their finishing as the losing finalists for the fourth time. In the last session of 16 boards, Indian Railways added 25 IMPs more to take their score difference to 73 IMPs (185-112). The score line read 53-28 IMPs in their favour. They have exhibited consistency as their earlier title wins have been over the last five years only and that they did well in all the other nationals. Indian Railways ‘B’ were represented by Manas Mukherjee, Pritish Kushari, Rana Roy, Amar Nath Banerjee, Subir Majumdar and Sumit Mukherjee while the battle for the Formidables was fought by Kiran Nadar, Rajesh Dalal, Subhash Gupta, K.R. Venkataraman, B. Stayanartayana and Sunit Choksi. The semifinal of the ‘open pairs’ for the Holkar Trophy with 60 pairs in the field is in progress out of which 30 pairs will qualify for the finals slated to be held on December 3. The board-a-match will be fought out by 21 teams tomorrow and the winner will get a place in the ‘Indian selection trials’ to select the team to represent the country during the forthcoming international meets. |
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Himachal
athletic meet from today Hamirpur, December 1 He said Arjuna Awardee and state secretary of the association, Suman Rawat, would inaugurate the meet. Mrs. Anuradha Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Hamirpur would close the meet on December 3. Hamirpur district is hosting the meet for the second time. Earlier, it had hosted the meet at Sujanpurtira in year 1996. Prominent athletes taking part in the meet are Aman Saini, an international athlete in 5000 and 10000 m, races, Vanita Thakur, 5000 m and Pushpa Thakur, Himachal champion in 100, 200, 400 and 800 m races for the last five years. |
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BEG lift football trophy Chandigarh, December 1 BEG built pressure from the beginning and their efforts bore fruit when striker Chiranjee Lal scored a brilliant goal. JCT made inroads into BEG territory but the equaliser eluded them. BEG got the second goal in the 20th minute of the second half when their right-half converted a spot kick. Earlier, in an exhibition match Haryana girls eleven beat Chandigarh girls 2-1. |
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