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December 7, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Indian batting comes a cropper
Saurav Ganguly confident NSW stun England Faisal sets up Pak win
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Ranji Trophy: Haryana, Punjab triumph NIS officials grilled Jasvir, Rajni win gold 360 sportspersons for Games
Patiala juniors beat Delhi Blues Apex school win
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Indian batting
comes a cropper
Napier, December 6 With the famed batting line-up failing to negotiate the seaming deliveries, the tourists were forced on the back foot by the end of the day as Central Districts reached 69 for one with former Test players Craig Spearman batting on 40 and Mathew Sinclair on 17. Barring captain Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, none of the other Indian batsmen could hang around for long after being sent in to bat, falling tamely to some lively bowling by a little-known opposition attack led by Michael Mason and Andrew Schwass, both of whom took three wickets apiece. Tendulkar and Ganguly scored 44 and 48 respectively but it was the fifth-wicket partnership of 53 between the Indian captain and V.V.S. Laxman which pulled the Indians out of the woods after they were reduced to 84 for four just before lunch. The Indians again lost four wickets in the post lunch session before the last three batsmen — Harbhajan Singh (29), Ashish Nehra (14) and Tinu Yohannan (4 not out) — fought bravely to help the team cross the 200-run mark. India lost a couple of wickets within the first seven overs of the match when opener Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid returned to pavillion with the score reading 20. Sehwag after making a quick 12 off 16 balls was caught by Sinclair with Mason providing the breakthrough. The visitors suffered another jolt in the same over as Dravid snicked a ball low to the wicketkeeper M. Sigley before opening his account. Sanjay Bangar (21) and Tendulkar led the recovery through a third-wicket association of 50 runs before both fell in quick succession just before the lunch break. Tendulkar, who looked a bit tentative at the start of his innings, took some time at the crease adjusting to the conditions before opening out with some flourishing square cuts and on-side drives. Tendulkar, who faced 63 balls and hit six boundaries, fell when his defensive prod left a gap for a Lance Hamilton delivery to hit the stumps. SCOREBOARD India (Ist innings): Bangar c Sigley b Schwass 21, Sehwag c Sinclair b Mason 12, Dravid c Sigley b Mason 0, Tendulkar b Hamilton 44, Laxman c Sigley b Hamilton 9, Ganguly c Sigley b Mason 48, Patel c & b Schwass 7, Agarkar lbw b Schwass 0, Harbhajan c Hefford b Sulzberger 29, Nehra c How b Sulzberger 14, Yohannan not out 4, Extras: (b-2 lb-11 w-1 nb-7) 21, Total: (all out, 68.3 overs), 209. Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-20, 3-70, 4-84, 5-137, 6-144, 7-159, 8-161, 9-198. Bowling: Mason 17-3-46-3, Hamilton 22-8-52-2 (w-1), Hefford 10-2-34-0 (nb-1), Schwass 13-2-46-3 (nb-5), Sulzberger 6.3-3-18-2 (nb-1). Central Districts (Ist innings): Ingram c Sehwag b Nehra 10, Spearman not out 40, Sinclair not out 17, Extras: (w-1 nb-1) 2, Total: (for one wicket, 18 overs) 69. Fall of wicket: 1-16. Bowling: Agarkar 6-3-13-0 (w-1), Nehra 6-2-23-1 (nb-1), Yohannan 3-0-13-0, Bangar 2-0-13-0, Harbhajan 1-0-7-0. PTI
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Saurav Ganguly confident
Napier, December 6 “We will get better as the days go on,” said Ganguly after the day’s play which saw India’s top batsmen struggling on a lively track to manage only 209 runs. “It is the first time the boys had a hit. We had no nets since the time we’ve come to New Zealand. It is going to get better tomorrow and day after,” said Ganguly, who top-scored for the side with 48. “The conditions here are similar to what you have in England and Zimbabwe — it will seam around and there would be grass on the pitch. “I hope the second innings is much better than what it was today.” Ganguly agreed that the first day could have been better for the visitors but drew comfort from their performance in England recently. “We toured England and scored 600 and 500. So there is no need to panic. It is all in the mind. The top six have a lot of experience. I don’t think it should matter,” he said. Ganguly said the team was a bit jet lagged but declined to use it as an excuse for the dismal showing with the bat. “We certainly are a bit jet lagged and struggling to find our feet. But it is no excuse because we are professional sportsmen.” Central Districts coach Mark Greatbatch said too much wrist work by the Indians was to be blamed for dismissals of most of the batsmen. “They went at the ball with their hands. When the ball is doing a bit, you need to keep your hands nice and close. Play straight and not with your wrists. “They need to keep the full face of the bat opposed to using the wrists which Indian players are very good at doing. “They have got to play a bit better than that because the wickets here would do a bit,” said the former New Zealand opener. Greatbatch also complimented his bowlers for skittling out India cheaply but added it could have been better had they held their catches. PTI
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NSW stun England
Sydney, December 6 Slater, who lost his Test place to Justin Langer last year before also being dumped from the New South Wales side, earned a last-minute call-up against England when Mark Waugh withdrew because of a groin strain. Chasing 207 for victory, New South Wales finished with 211 for two, with Slater scoring 115 from 136 balls with 13 fours and a six. Steve Waugh came in late and smashed three sixes from five balls in the final over to secure victory. He made 24 not out from 12 balls. Earlier, Ronnie Irani led England with 81 runs as England were bowled out in the 50th over. Essex captain Irani, who hit 11 boundaries in his 120-ball innings, shared in crucial partnerships of 79 with county colleague Hussain and 49 with Owais Shah, but was still unable to propel England to a commanding total. Hussain was bowled by Simon Katich for 34. Glenn McGrath made the initial breakthrough when he had Marcus Trescothick caught behind by Brad Haddin for five. Brett Lee then got rid of England’s other opener Nick Knight in the same manner for the same score as the tourists lost 2-2. Katich took 3-46 from 10 overs. McGrath finished with 1-15 from seven overs while Lee took 2-47 from 10. SCOREBOARD England: Trescothick c Haddin
Extras
(lb-6 w-7 nb-3)16. Total (all out 49.2 overs) 206. Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-16, 3-95, 4-144, 5-161, 6-188, 7-190, 8-204, 9-205, 10-206. Bowling: McGrath 7-1-15-1, Lee 10-0-47-2 (w-4 nb-3), Bracken 9.2-1-40-2, MacGill 9-1-34-2 (w-1), Katich 10-0-46-3 (w-2), Clarke 4-1-18-0. New South Wales: M. Slater c Trescothick b Flintoff 115, C. Richards c Flintoff b Harmison 7, M. Bevan not out 54, S. Waugh not out 24. Extras (lb-3 w-5 nb-3) 11. Total (for two wickets, 42 overs) 211 Fall of wickets: 1-48 2-182. Bowling: Caddick 10-2-36-0 (nb-1 w-2), Flintoff 9-0-55-1 (nb-2), Harmison 6-0-42-1 (w-3), Irani 7-1-32-0, Snape 4-0-17-0, Blackwell 6-0-26-0.
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Faisal sets up Pak win Benoni, (S Africa), December 6 The young batsman, who has played in seven one-day internationals, steadied the innings after both opening batsmen, Taufeeq Umar and Saleem Elahi, were out without scoring. The Pakistanis slipped to 40 for four before Iqbal and Abdur Razzaq (24) put on 61 for the fifth wicket. After Iqbal was run out, having scored his 59 runs off 75 balls with three fours and two sixes, a slimmed-down Inzamam-ul-Haq made an unbeaten 23 off 16 balls to see the Pakistanis to victory with two balls to spare. Jacques Rudolph boosted his outside chance of being selected for South Africa’s World Cup squad when he made 95 for the South African team against a strong Pakistani bowling attack. The left-handed Rudolph (21), took South Africa to 206 for six after winning the toss and batting on a slow pitch. South Africa A: Rudolph run out 95 Kirsten c Razzaq b Younis 3 Cullinan c Mushtaq
b Razzaq 47 Van Jaarsveld c Inzamam
Ontong c sub b Razzaq 11 Prince b Younis 5 Stewart not out 8 Elworthy not out 4 Extras: (lb-8, nb-5, w-5) 18 Total:
(for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 206 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-125, 3-156, 4-177, 5-186, 6-201. Bowling:
Waqar Younis 10-1-43-2,(1w) Mohammad Sami 10-1-29-0, (4nb, 1w) Abdur Razzaq 10-0-52-3, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-35-0, Shahid Afridi 10-1-39-0 (3w). Pakistan Umar c Langeveldt
Elahi c and b Dawson 0 Iqbal run out (Cullinan) 59 Youhana c Prince
Afridi c Stewart
Razzaq c Kirsten
Latif c Kirsten b Elworthy 21 Inzamam not out 23 Saqlain not out 1 Extras
(lb2, w7) 9 Total (7 wkts, 28.4 overs) 158 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-2, 3-40, 4-40, 5-101, 6-119, 7-141. Bowling: S. Elworthy 5.4-1-19-2 (1w), A. Dawson 6-0-39-1 (1w), M. Hayward 6-0-40-0 (4w), C. Langeveldt 6-0-20-2, J. Ontong 5-0-38-1.
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Ranji Trophy: Haryana, Punjab triumph Rohtak, December 6 In fact, the day belonged to Haryana. It was only the spin of coin which went Delhi’s way today. Skipper Vijay Dahiya called correctly and opted to bat on a grassless pitch. The visitors could not consolidate their position after getting a reasonably good start of 48 runs through openers Akash Chopra and inform batsman Gautam Gambhir. The Haryana bowlers, especially spinners Sonu Sharma and Gaurav Vashishta kept the batsmen under check throughout their innings which could not last even the stipulated quota of 50 overs. Scoreboard: Delhi: Akash Chopra lbw Joginder 21, Gautam Gambhir c Mishra b Narwal 20, Vijay Dahiya c Shafiq b Mishra 17, Mithun Minas b Vashishta 16, Saket Bhatia c Parinder b Mishra 8, Sonu Vaid not out 50, Rajiv Rathor b Mishra 4, Abhishek Sharma b Sonu Sharma 6, Sarandeep Singh run out 4, Amit Bhandari lbw Sonu 10, Sanjay Gill b Joginder 0, Extras (B-7, lb-3, nb-2,w-3) 15 Total (all out in 48.2 overs) 171. Fall of wickets: 1/48, 2/50, 3/73, 4/85, 5/101, 6/113, 7/130, 8/149, 9/170, Bowling:
Joginder Sharma 9.2-1-42-2, Sumit Narwal 9-1-34-1, Sonu Sharma 10-1-28-2, Gaurav Vashishta 10-1-24-1, Amit Mishra 10-1-33-3. Haryana:
Jitender Singh c Dahiya b Gill 17, Chetan Sharma b Sarandeep 64, Parinder Sharma lbw Sarandeep 38, Shafiq Khan not out 15, Sumeet Sharma not out 28 Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-5, w-1) 11 Total (for 3 wickets in 39.1 overs) 173. Fall of wickets: 1/30, 2/128, 3/129. Bowling: Amit Bhandari 6-0-28-0, Sanjay Gill 8-0-31-1, Sarandeep Singh 10-1-32-2, Rajiv Rathore 7-1-21-0, Mithun Minhas 4.1.-0-24-0, Abhishek Sharma 4-0-32-0.
Punjab win GURGAON: Skipper Dinesh Mongia struck a belligerent 81 to guide Punjab to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Services in a North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day match here today. Chasing a modest target of 134 for victory, the left-handed Mongia made a mockery of the weak Services bowling attack to clobber 13 boundaries and a mighty six as Punjab overhauled the target in just 25.5 overs with eight wickets in hand in a rather one-sided contest. Mongia and Munish Sharma added 53 brisk runs for the opening wicket before Sharma returned to the pavilion for nine but Ravneet Ricky continued the assault with some lusty hits to remain unbeaten on 29 with the help of four boundaries. Scoreboard Services :
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(lb-3, nb-1, w-4), 8 Total (all out, 38.2 overs), 133 Fall of wickets
1-3, 2-23, 3-53, 4-88, 5-110, 6-111, 7-115, 8-123, 9-129. Bowling
A Uniyal 5-0-17-1, Vineet Sharma 6-0-29-2, R S Sodhi 8-1-25-1, Navdeep Singh 6-0-27-0, S Mahajan 7-0-18-1, S Sawal 6.2-1-14-4. Punjab:
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(lb-2,nb-2,w-4 ) 8. Total: 134.
FoW : 1/53, 2/118, Blowing:
S.V.Ghag, 8-0-42-0, Manish Jha, 7-1-26-1, Sanjay Dhull, 5.5, 0, 37, 1, Arun Sharma, 5 1 27 0.
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J&K beat HP
Faridabad, December 6 Brief scores:
Jand K: 159 in 49.1 overs (Mohd Shafi 36, Vijay Sharma 32; Ashok Thakur 5/21, Sandeep Sharma 2/22) bt Himachal 147 in 46.1 overs (Ashish Kapoor 57, Ajay Mannu 32; Vijay Sharma 3/23, S Beg 2/30).
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NIS officials grilled Patiala, December 6 The two-member team, comprising SAI secretary and in charge (vigilance) Mr K. Narasimha and Assistant Director (Vigilance), Mr A.P. Saxena, took written statements of the officials which were later counter signed by Mr K. Narasimha in the presence of the officials questioned. The officials questioned today include the institute’s Regional Director, Mr G.S. Anand , Director (Finance) Mr D.K. Sharma, Director (Administration), Mr Jasbir Singh, and several others. The sudden arrival of the vigilance men made the top brass of the NIS jittery and efforts are on to keep the visit under wraps. Dr S.K. Nandi was summoned several times by the team for questioning. In his complaint submitted to the Director-General of SAI on May 28, Dr Nandi had alleged that the ED was not only indulging in corrupt practices but was also instrumental in suppressing news that the use of dope was widely prevalent among sportspersons attending national camps at the NIS. He had also alleged that a huge quantity of dope found from the hostels of national campers in June last year, was deliberately destroyed under the directions of the ED, to ensure that no evidence remained of prohibited substances being used by top sportspersons attending national camps. |
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Jasvir, Rajni win gold Chandigarh, December 6 Rajni of Government College for Women, Ludhiana won the women’s event. The results: 5000 m (men): Jasvir Singh,
(SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur) 1, Gurmit Singh (DAV College, Chandigarh) 2, Jaswinder Singh,
(SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur) 3; 5000 (women): Rajni, (GCW, Ludhiana) 1, Jasbir Kaur,
(SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur) 2, Alka Sharma, (GTB Khalsa College (W), Dasuya) 3; pole vault (men): Ram Avtar (DAV College, Chandigarh) 1, Amandeep Singh (Government College, Ludhiana) 2, Kuldeep Singh,
(GN College, Killianwali) 3; hammer throw (women): Amandeep Kaur (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 1, Jaspreet Kaur
(KCW, Ludhiana) 2, Kamaljit Kaur (GKSM Government College, Tanda) 3; long jump (women): Narinder Pal Kaur,
(Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 1, Manisha Lehal (GCW, Ludhiana) 2,
Daljeet, (GCG, Sector 11) 3; 100m hurdles (women): Harpreet Kaur,
(KCW, Ludhiana) 1, Harpreet Kaur, (GNN College, Doraha) 2, Manjeet Kaur,
(GGS College (W), Chandigarh) 3; javelin throw (men): Bikramjit Singh,
(SGGS College, Chandigarh) 1, Lakhwinder Singh, (MR Government College, Fazilka) 2, Jarnail Singh,
(GNN College, Doraha) 3; long jump (men): Mukhinder Singh, (GGN Khalsa, Ludhiana) 1, Diljot Singh and Harvinder Singh (Government College, Ludhiana) 2; hammer throw (men): Pargat Singh, (Government College, Ludhiana) 1, Gurinderpal Singh, (DAV Chandigarh) 2, and Alampreet Singh, (Government College, Ludhiana) 3. |
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360 sportspersons for Games Chandigarh, December 6 Team managers revealed that the preparatory camps were in progress at various places. Haryana is participating in 19 sports discipline like athletics, boxing, cycling, fencing, gymnastic, hockey (women), kabaddi, swimming, volleyball, wrestling, equestrian, rifle shooting, judo, net ball, weightlifting, roller skating, yachting and triathlon. Mr Malik directed all the team managers to maintain discipline during the games. On doping issue he said they will be held responsible besides the president and the secretary of the respective association if anybody was found guilty. |
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Patiala juniors beat Delhi Blues Patiala, December 6 Scores: Patiala juniors — 210 all out ( Gaurav Preet 25, Rahul Sharma 29, Sukhpreet Singh 30, Ravinder Rinku 20, Samarnath 3 for 31, Karan 2 for 11). Delhi Blues — 132 all out (Sherry Gupta 43, Amarneet Singh 20, Rahul Sharma 4 for 10, Gaurav Preet 3 for 18, Sunil Deegia 2 for 19). Hockey tourney
The 27th All-India Liberal hockey tournament will be held on the Government Ripudaman College grounds at Nabha, near here, from December 21 to 29. The tournament, which has been classified in grade ‘A’ by the Indian Hockey Federation
(IHF), will see some of the top outfits of the country in action. They include defending champions Punjab Police, runners-up SAI Centre of Excellence, Patiala; BSF, Jalandhar; Indian Navy, Mumbai; Eastern Railway,
Kolkatta; Indian Air Force, New Delhi; Corps of Signals, SAIL, New Delhi; PSEB, Patiala;
CISF, New Delhi; BEG, Roorkee; CRPF, New Delhi; and Ropar Hawks. The winner will receive a cash prize of Rs 51,000 and the runners-up Rs 31,000.
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Apex school win New Delhi, December 6 In a hard-fought match, the teams were locked one-all at the end of the regulation time, and 3-3 after tie-breaker. Orissa took the lead in the 48th minute through Rajendra Singh while K P Kabui scored the equaliser for the Delhi school in the 54th minute. Extra time produced no goal, and after the tie-breaker shootout, the teams were still deadlocked, leading to sudden death tie-breaker. R B Thriesing, Sayantan Das Roy, Raj Kumar Pal, Sumit Debnath and Viswanath Sarkar were the scorers of Delhi while M M Alibeg, Durga Charan, Rajendra Singh and Mohd M Siddiqui found the mark for the Orissa team.
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HP cops win Mandi, December 6 In the second match, Himachal Police routed Delhi Transport Corporation 4-0. In the third match Corps of Signals defeated Rail Coach Factory 1-0. |
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