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Sachin’s heroics not enough Jitender, Shafiq fashion Haryana win Gambhir hits ton Sandeep’s efforts go
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Vasco halt Indian Bank’s run
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Nurlan strike sees HAL through Korea keep semifinal dream alive
Haryana
cadet girls in semis Sanam moves up Feroze Ali’s team wins Tata golf GND
varsity, PU enter semifinals Mandi, Solan win
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Sachin’s heroics not enough
Christchurch, December 4 Playing in the unique format of the game for the first time, the Indians did well to take the lead in the 10-over per innings match played under lights but lost way in the second essay. India rested captain Saurav Ganguly and his deputy Rahul Dravid from the game but Tendulkar turned up the heat on the hosts by slamming a record 72 and picking up five wickets to be adjudged man-of-the-match. Tendulkar, returning to international cricket after missing the one-day series against the West Indies back home last month due to a hamstring niggle, thrashed his runs off only 27 balls with 10 fours, two eights and a 12. He also claimed the home captain Chris Cairns in both innings but it was not enough for the visitors. New Zealand batted first on winning the toss and secured 123 for five on the board from their 10 overs but trailed the visitors by 10 runs in the first innings as Tendulkar showed blistering form with the bat. New Zealand seemed down and out when on 70 for five in the second innings with just two overs remaining to recover lost ground. But part-time off spinner Virender Sehwag then went for 31 runs in his only over to turn the tide in favour of the hosts. New Zealand’s first innings was largely a handiwork of two experienced batters, opener Nathan Astle (42 off 23 balls) and Craig McMillan (34 off 18). Scoreboard New Zealand (Ist Innings): Nevin c Yohannan b Zaheer 18 Astle b Yohannan 42 McMillan b Tendulkar 34 Cairns c Sehwag b Tendulkar 7 Styris not out 1 Oram c Laxman b Sehwag 5 Adams not out 3 Extras:
(b-1, lb-6, w-6) 13 Total: (5 wkts, 10 overs) 123 Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-98, 3-105, 4-113, 5-120. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 2-0-21-1, Agarkar 2-0-26-0, Bangar 1-0-13-0, Yohannan 2-0-10-1, Kartik 1-0-23-0, Tendulkar 1-0-15-2, Sehwag 1-0-8-1. India (Ist Innings): Sehwag c Adams b Bond 9 Tendulkar c Nevin b Hitchcock 72 Das b Adams 25 Laxman b Adams 9 Kaif c McCullum b Hitchcock 2 Bangar not out 6 Agarkar not out 0 Extras: (lb-4, w-6) 10 Total:
(5 wkts, 10 overs) 133 Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-108, 3-121, 4-122, 5-128. Bowling: Bond 2-0-20-1, Oram 2-0-33-0, Canning 2-0-34-0 Adams 2-0-18-2, Hitchcock 2-0-24-2. New Zealand (2nd innings): McCullum c Agarkar b
Astle c Bangar b Agarkar 12 McMillan b Zaheer 2 Cairns c Kaif b Tendulkar 7 Styris c Bangar b Yohannan 6 Oram st Ratra b Tendulkar 0 Adams run out 3 Canning not out 8 Extras: (b-1, w-12) 13 Total: (7 wkts, 10 overs) 118 Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-43, 4-63, 5-65, 6-90, 7-119. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 2-0-10-1, Agarkar 2-0-26-1, Yohannan 2-0-10-1, Tendulkar 3-0-40-3, Sehwag 1-0-31-0. India (2nd innings): Sehwag c Styris b Canning 23 Tendulkar c Styris b Oram 5 Das c Styris b Adams 28 Agarkar b Adams 6 Kaif c Harris b Adams 2 Bangar c Harris b Hitchcock 6 Laxman not out 7 Ratra not out 0 Extras: (lb-2, w-8) 10 Total: (for 6 wkts, 10 overs) 87 Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-39, 3-63, 4-74, 5-74, 6-83. Bowling: Bond 2-0-14-0, Oram 2-0-25-1, Canning 1-0-9-1, Astle 1-0-6-0, Adams 2-0-15-3, Hitchcok 2-0-16-1.
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Zaheer may be rested Christchurch, December 4 McCullum crunched a shot to mid-off in the closing minutes of New Zealand’s second innings at the Jade Stadium and it hit Zaheer bang on his right knee. So forceful was the shot that despite the ball hitting Zaheer, it still nearly cleared the long-off fence. The left-arm paceman immediately signalled to the pavilion and limped off the field at the end of the over, assisted by physio Andrew Leipus. He left the field immediately and coach John Wright later confirmed that the bowler was quite badly bruised and would probably be rested from the three-day practice game against Central Districts starting at Napier on Friday.
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Jitender, Shafiq fashion Haryana win Rohtak, December 4 Earlier Haryana bowlers managed to restrict the visitors at a moderate total of 174 scored in 49.5 overs. Ashwani Gupta and Dhruv Mahajan scored 32 and 48 runs respectively. From Haryana side Joginder Sharma claimed three wickets whereas Sumeet Narwal, Amit Mishra and debutant Ajay Sikka bagged 2 wickets each. Naveen Negi effected five dismissals in the innings and became the first wicket keeper of the state to achieve this distinction in Ranji Trophy one dayers. Earlier Vijay Yadav had taken four victims in a match for the state against Punjab at Gurgaon in 1993-94 season. Haryana, middle order batting once again fumbled today and it gave the hosts some anxious moments before they finally emerged winners. After making a disastrous start, Haryana recovered as skipper Jitender Singh, who hit eight boundaries in his knock of 63 runs. He added 67 runs with former skipper Parinder Sharma for the second wicket. Thereafter, Haryana lost some quick wickets and at one stage they were struggling at 127 for 6 before Shafiq Khan performed the rescue act. Batting at number 4, he not only kept his end intact but also kept the scoreboard moving. He got some good support from Sumit Narwal. The duo added 48 runs for the unbroken 7th wicket partnership. Shafiq Khan’s knock contained 3 hits to the fence while Sumit Narwal hoisted one huge six over long on and two boundaries in his unbeaten knock of 29. Surinder Singh claimed 3 Haryana wickets giving away 37 runs in stipulated 10 overs. Haryana got four points from this victory. Scoreboard Jammu and Kashmir : Arshad Bhatt c Negi b Joginder 19, Vikrant Taggar b Joginder 1, Kanwaljit Singh c Negi b Narwal 10, Shammi Salaria c Narwal b Vashishta 14, Dhruv Mahajan c Joginder b Mishra 32, Ashwani Gupta c Negi b Narwal 48, Gurupartap Singh st. Negi b Mishra 4, Vijay Sharma b Joginder 13, Samiullah Begh not out 13, Surinder Singh b Sikka 4, Jagtar Singh c Negi b Sikka 0. Extras:
(lb-9, nb-4, w-3) 16 Total: (all out in 49.4 overs) 174 Fall of wickets:
1/15, 2/22, 3/41, 4/57, 5/104, 6/111, 7/145, 8/169, 9/174 Bowling : Joginder Sharma 9-1-38-3, Sumit Narwal 9-1-31-2, Sonu Sharma 10-1-23-0, Gaurav Vashishta 10-0-23-1, Amit Mishra 10-1-38-2, Ajay Sikka 1.5-0-12-2 Haryana : Jitender Singh c Kanwaljit b Surinder 63, Chetan Sharma lbw Surinder 0, Parender Sharma c Mahajan b Jagtar 18, Shafiq Khan not out 46, Naveen Negi c Bhatt b Gupta 6, Joginder Sharma b Surinder 1, Amit Mishra run out 2, Sumit Narwal not out 29. Extras:
( lb-2, w-8) 10. Total: (for 6 wickets in 46.3 overs) 175. Fall of wickets:
1/8, 2/75, 3/113, 4/122, 5/124, 6/127 Bowling: Surinder Singh 10-0-37-3, Vijay Sharma 9.3-1-36-0, Samiullah Beigh 6-0-28-0, Jagtar Singh 10-1-38-1, Ashwani Gupta 10-0-27-1, Dhruv Mahajan 1-0-7-0.
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Gambhir hits ton
Gurgaon, December 4 Jasbir Singh with his 62 off 87 balls with six hits to the fence and Yashpal Singh with 40 off 49 balls with four hits to the rope were the main scorers for Services. K K Dixit was the only other batsman to reach double digit score of 16. Amit Bhandari three for 37 and Sanjay Gill three for 35 were the main wicket takers for Delhi. Scoreboard Services: Krishna Chawda b Gill 27, Sarabjeet run out 43, Jasbir lbw b Sarandeep 62, Yashpal b Bhandari 40, Dixit b Gill 16, Sanjay run out 3, C.D. Thomson c Manhas b Bhandari 1, Ghag b Gill 6, Sanjeev c Dahiya b Gill 3, Arun b Bhandari 0, Manisha not out 4. Extras (b-5,lb-1,nb-3,w-10) 19. Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 224. FoW: 1-49, 2-111, 3-167, 4-204, 5-204, 6-208, 7-215, 8-216, 9-218, 10-224. Bowling: Amit Bhandari 10- 1-37- 3, Sanjay Gill 9.5- 0- 35-3, Sarandeep Singh 10-0-37-3, Saket Bhatia 2-0-17-0, Abhishek Sharma 8-0-47-0, Rajiv Rathore 10-0-45-0. Delhi: Chopra c Chawda b Ghag 06, Dahiya c Chawda b Ghag 18, Gambhir not out 118, Manhas c Mishra b Arun 38, Chawla c Chawda b Arun 05, Bhatia c Yashpal b Arun 03, Rathore c Verma b Ghag 15, Sarandeep not out 13. Extras: ( lb-4,w-4,nb-1) 09. Total: (for 6 wkts, 45.2 overs) 225. FoW: 1/14, 2/33, 3/132, 4/156, 5/170, 6/203. Bowling: S.V.Ghag 10-2-27-3, Manish Jha 9.2-0-48-0, K.K. Dixit 3-0-22-0, Sanjeev Mishra 4-0-24-0, C.D. Thomson 9-0-46-0, Arun Sharma 10-0-54-3. UNI
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Sandeep’s efforts go in vain Faridabad, December 4 Electing to bat after winning the toss, Punjab posted a challenging 256 for seven wickets in 50 overs and then dismissed Himachal Pradesh for 228 in 48.2 overs. An unbeaten 103 by Reetinder Sodhi and his fourth wicket 50-run partnership with Pankaj Dharmani (43) enabled Punjab to put up a score of 256. For the losers Sandeep Sharma was the main wicket-taker as he claimed three scalps by giving 35 runs. Punjab’s Navdeep Singh and Dinesh Mongia ripped through Himachal’s batting by taking three wickets each.
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Vasco halt Indian Bank’s run Margao, December 4 Marcos Pereira scored in the 2nd and 35th minute while for Indian Bank Kasun Jayasurya scored in the 15th minute. With this win Vasco came on par with Indian Bank and Salgaocar with seven points each, below table toppers East Bengal and Dempo with nine points each. It was a fast paced first half, with an equal share of exchanges by both the teams. Vasco started with a full steam and shot into the lead as early as in the 2nd minute from the start through Marcos Pereira, who collected a well-measured pass from Sushanat Mathew from the right flank and shot into the net 1-0. Inspired by the goal Vasco could have increased their lead in the next three minutes but Pereira’s attempt was missed by inches off a pass from Rui Wanderely Weis. The Bankmen came near scoring in the 10th minute of the first half when Mohammed Qizar sent a diagonal cross to Jayasurya but his pile driver shot was well fisted over by Vasco goalkeeper Rogerio Ramos. Vasco’s lead was short-lived as Bankmen restored parity in the 15th minute of the first half through Sri Lankan Jayasurya off a pass from Sahbir Pasha. Stung by the equaliser Vasco lads accelerated the pace of their game and increased their lead in the 35th minute through Pereira, who, after receving the pass from Sushanata Mathew, dodged past couple of rival defenders and unleashed a carpet drive shot which found net 2-1.
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Nurlan strike sees HAL through Bangalore, December 4 Nurlan scored the all-important goal in the 24th minute pushing in a rebound from JCT custodian Arvind Kumar, who failed to clear effectively a direct hit from HAL captain Dayananda. While, HAL, with the win, have four points from four outings, JCT have only one point from the same number of matches. HAL enjoyed territorial advantage and dominated the proceedings with better ball control. However, they muffed numerous chances that came their way. Early in the game, JCT were awarded a free kick and the resultant kick taken by I.M. Vijayan saw the ball sailing over the cross bar.
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Korea keep semifinal dream alive
Perth, December 4 South Korea’s fate will be determined only after China’s match against New Zealand in the last game of the pool rounds later today. A Chinese victory will see them through to the semifinals, a loss or draw elevates Korea. Australia, Argentina and the Netherlands have already qualified for the semifinals on Friday. England jumped from fifth to third place in Pool B after winning 3-0 over Spain to earn the right to play off for fifth to eighth place. England needed three goals to get ahead of Spain on goal difference and scored them in style. Helen Grant scored first for England five minutes into the first half, deflecting into goal Leisa King’s pass from the right. Jane Smith put England 2-0 ahead in the middle of the second half, taking time to shoot from 11 metres in front of goal after England had squandered four penalty corners in succession. Spain were stung into action, pushing Nuria Camon, Silva Munoz and Ana Perez forward to score but they could not convert the chances from the field or two penalty corners. Anna Bennett scored seconds from time, chipping in a loose ball in the circle. “If we play well in the next two games we will come out of this tournament with a higher ranking than from the last World Cup in Utrecht,” said England’s coach, Tricia Heberle. “I was pleased today we put together some very nice hockey and it is good that it happened at this end of the tournament.” “We do not think England is better than us, but we always seem to suffer a bad game in a tournament and that happened today it was just one of those days,” said Spain’s Silvia Munoz. “We played without passion and we will get the passion back if Japan beats Australia today.” In the earlier, pool A match, Germany defeated Ukraine 5-2 and in pool B the Netherlands beat the USA 5-2 and South Africa demolished Ireland 6-0 at the bottom of the pool. Pool A cellar-dwellers Russia held undefeated Argentina goal-less for 54 minutes and troubled the South Americans with injuries to Cecelia Rognoni and Karina Masotta before tournament top scorer Agustina Garcia (7) scored the only goal of the match. AFP
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Haryana
cadet girls in semis Sirsa, December 4 In the
boys’ cadet category Tamil Nadu will meet Assam and Petroleum Sports
Promotion Board (PSPB) will take on Bengal in the semi-finals. In the
sub-junior category Bengal girls entered semi-final along with Delhi,
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra ‘A’. In this category among boys PSPB,
Maharashtra ‘A’, Delhi and Bengal entered the semi-final. Other
results are: Pre-quarter finals (Cadet Boys) Assam b Maharashtra A
3-0, Uttar Pradesh b Delhi 3-2, Gujarat b Uttaranchal 3-0, Tamil Nadu
b Chhatisgarh 3-0, PSPB b Karnataka 3-0, Maharashtra ‘B’ b Orissa
3-1, Andhra Pradesh b Haryana 3-2, Bengal b Punjab 3-0.
Quarter-finals: Assam b Uttar Pradesh 3-0, Tamil Nadu b Gujarat 3-1,
PSPB b Maharashtra ‘B’ 3-0, Bengal b Andhra Pradesh 3-0. Pre-quarter
finals (Cadet girls): Pondicherry b Gujarat 3-0, Uttar Pradesh b
Andhra Pradesh 3-2, Karnataka b Uttaranchal 3-0, Haryana b Kerala 3-0,
Maharashtra ‘A’ b Maharashtra ‘B’ 3-0, Delhi b Punjab 3-0,
Assam b TN 3-1. Q-finals: UP b Pondicherry 3-0, Bengal b Karnataka
3-0, Haryana b Maharashtra 3-1, Delhi b Assam 3-1. Sub-junior girls
team championship pre-quarter finals: Bengal b Chhattisgarh 3-0, Assam
b Andhra Pradesh 3-0, Delhi b Chandigarh 3-0, Gujarat b Orissa 3-2, TN
b Pondicherry 3-0, Maharashtra b Punjab 3-0, Karnataka b Haryana 3-2,
Maharashtra-A b UP 3-0. Sub-junior boys team championship
pre-quarter finals: PSPB ‘A’ b Orissa 3-0, Gujarat b MP 3-0,
Uttaranchal b Tamil Nadu 3-2, Maharashtra ‘A’ b Assam 3-1,
Karnataka b Maharastra 3-2, Delhi b Manipur 3-0, AP b Goa 3-0, Bengal
b Bihar 3-0. Q-final: Sub-junior girls team championship: Bengal b
Assam 3-0, Tamil Nadu b Maharashtra ‘B’ 3-2, Maharashtra ‘A’ b
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Sanam moves up New Delhi, December 4 Another Chandigarh boy, Sanam K Singh, the top seed in the boys under-14 section, however, had to go the full distance to overpower seventh-seeded Arnav Jain of Maharashtra 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. Other results: Boys under-18: Saurabh Kohli (Mah) beat Divij Sharan (Dli) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Rupesh Roy (Bengal) beat V.M. Ranjeet (Tamil nadu) 6-3,6-4. Boys under-14: K.H. Praveen (AP) beat Mesheer Vaswani (Dli) 6-7 (7-8), 6-0, 6-2; Sumit Prakash Gupta (UP) beat Agnel Gladwin (Mah) 6-2, 6-0; M. Jeevan (TN) beat Kaushik S Raju (Asm) 7-5, 6-0. Girls under-18: Madura Ranganathan (TN) beat Anukriti Prasad (Dli) 6-0, 6-2; Sandri Gangotri (AP) beat K Pooja (AP) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Sandhya Nagraj beat Swetha Devaraj 4-6, 6-4, 7-6; Marutha Devi (TN) beat Afreen Jahan (AP) 6-0, 6-3. Girls under-14: G.K. Shwetha (Kar) beat Daksha Mulay (Mah) 6-0,6-0; Akshita Raj (Kar) beat Parija Maloo (Mah) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; E Ashmitha (TN) beat Sanjana Kapoor (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1; Vishaja Sheoran (Dli) beat D Tejeswini (AP) 6-3, 6-0. |
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Feroze Ali’s team wins Tata golf
Jamshedpur, December 4 As many as 33 teams, comprising one professional and three amateurs, teed off for the tournament, which was inaugurated by Mr Rajkumar Pitamabar, a legendary name in Indian golf. Feroz’s team of Vikram Singh, Alan J D’Souza and Tarun Daga, tallied 104 stableford points. Feroz contributed 32 points, while the lion’s share came from D’Souza, who scored 38 points. Vikram Singh had 34 points. There was a two-way tie for the second place at 103 points between Rahul Ganapathy and Ashok Kumar’s team. Ganapathy’s team of B Muthuraman (34 points), Sunil Marwah (33 points) and SN Sinha (29 points) were adjudged first runners-up ahead of Ashok’s team of Sandeep Singh (32 points), Bushen Raina (34 points) and SK Dhawan (16 points).
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GND varsity,
PU enter semifinals Amritsar, December 4 The Amritsar university players dominated the match against Ravi Shankar University, Raipur, from the beginning to thrash them 23-3 and an inning. In another quarterfinal Calcutta University got better of Delhi University 14-9. Last year’s winners of the All-India Inter-University Women Kho-Kho Championship, Panjab University, Chandigarh, scored a facile victory over CCS Meerut University 22-1 and an inning. Earlier in the pre-quarterfinal matches Calcutta University defeated MDU Rohtak, 11-6. Neck-and-neck fight between Ravi Shankar University and Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, went in favour of Raipur University as they won 13-12. In another match CCS Meerut University outplayed APS Rewa 12-1 and an inning to spare. In the last play of the pre-quarterfinal series Kurukshetra University outclassed Utkal University, Bhubneswar, 14-1 and an inning. |
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Mandi, Solan win Hamirpur, December 4 The championship was inaugurated by Mr Rajinder Rana, Chairman, Sarv Kalyankari Society. He also gave Rs 21,000 to the organising committee. Jitender Kumar, president, District Handball Association, said 19 teams in the men’s section and four teams in the women’s section were participating in the championship. |
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