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Friday,
December 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Dismal
batting by Indians
Optimism
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Punjab
drub Haryana, emerge champs Delhi
carve out eight-wkt win HP beat
Services UP 315
for four against Baroda Football: Punjab start with win AP
shuttlers blank Delhi Random
dope tests likely Union
Club, RCF enter semifinals Haryana
eves win; Punjab lose Big
victory for Carnicobar school
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Dismal batting by Indians
Wellington, December 12 Vice-captain Rahul Dravid was the sole Indian hero who bravely stood amidst the ruins with a defiant 76 as his other top-notch colleagues bungled to be skittled out for an embarrassing 161 in their first innings in just 58.5 overs. The Indians began their campaign in the Test series on a disastrous note after being put in to bat on a seaming Basin Reserve pitch in cold and windy conditions. The hosts were comfortably placed at 53 for one before play was called off due to bad light with 8.1 overs still to be bowled. The Kiwis pace spearhead Shane Bond (3/66) and Scott Styris (3/28) were the main destructors as they capitalised on conditions favourable to them striking four crucial blows before lunch which saw India struggling at 51 for four. The Indians, who have not won a Test in this part of the world for close to three decades, paid a heavy price for some indisciplined batting and never really recovered from the early jolts. Though Dravid resisted the Kiwis bowling onslaught with characteristic grit, none of the other Indian batsmen could come to terms with the conditions while some of them perished to atrocious shots. The Indian batsmen came unstuck on a green-top wicket which offered plenty of movement but not so steep bounce. Dashing opener Virender Sehwag (2) was the first to go clean bowled by Tuffey in the second over as the batsman attempted a loose shot leaving a big gap between bat and pad. Tuffey soon met with another success in his third over and this time it was the other opener Sanjay Bangar (1) who was given out by Sri Lankan umpire Asoka D’Silva when a lifting delivery appeared to have hit his arm-guard on way to Scott Styris in third slip. De Silva soon gave another debatable decision when he adjudged star batsman Sachin Tendulkar (8) leg before wicket when the batsman offered no shot to a delivery from Jacob Oram which was still rising when it hit him on the front foot. Tendulkar, after taking almost half an hour to open his account, had essayed two ferocious strokes against Oram in the 12th over — a square cut and a thumping off-drive — before the tall right-arm medium-pacer had the prized wicket as his first Test scalp on his debut. Tendulkar batted for 46 minutes and hit two fours off 26 balls before being done in by the harsh decision. Captain Sourav Ganguly was never convincing during his stay but made 17 with two pulled boundaries before falling to the last ball before lunch, gliding a catch to fourth slip off Bond after enjoying two ‘lives’ in the slip cordon. At the other end, Dravid was in brilliant touch and hit three fours off Bond, including a peach of a square cut against the fast bowler who bowled impressively on the first morning. Resuming at their lunch score of 51 for 4, India quickly lost VVS Laxman with addition of just four more runs to the total. It was a superb ball by Bond and Laxman only managed to give a catch to wicketkeeper Robbie Hart to go out for nought. Young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel then gave good support to Dravid as the duo added 37 runs for the sixth wicket before Patel (8) perished trying a late cut. He only managed to give a simple catch to Lou Vincent in the slip cordon off Oram. By now Dravid, sensing a collapse, was using every scoring opportunity and kept the scoreboard moving hitting boundaries. Dravid played an innings of pure class and cut crisply and drove with elegance. He reached his half century when he cut Tuffey over slips for four having batted for 178 minutes and hit nine fours from 123 balls. PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings): Bangar c Styris b Tuffey 1 Sehwag b Tuffey 2 Dravid b Styris 76 Tendulkar lbw b Oram 8 Ganguly c Vincent b Bond 17 Laxman c Hart b Bond 0 Patel c Vincent b Oram 8 Agarkar c Astle b Styris 12 Harbhajan c McMillan
b Styris 0 Khan c Oram b Bond 19 Nehra not out 10 Extras (1-lb, 1-w, 6-nb) 8 Total
(all out, 58.4 overs) 161 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-9, 3-29, 4-51, 5-55, 6-92, 7-11 8, 8-118, 9-147, 10-161. Bowling: Shane Bond 18.4-4-66-3, Daryl Tuffey 16-7-25-2, Jacob Oram 15-4-31-2, Scott Styris 6-0-28-3, Nathan Astle 3-1-10-0. New Zealand (1st Innings): Richardson batting 27 Vincent c Patel b Bangar 12 Fleming batting 11 Extras (lb-3) 3 Total (for one, 20.5 overs) 53 Fall of wicket: 1-30. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 5-1-8-0, Ashish Nehra 7.5-2-19-0, Ajit Agarkar 3-0-11-0, Sanjay Bangar 4-1-7-1, Harbhajan Singh 1-0-5-0. |
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Optimism goes up in smoke The Indians dug a big hole for themselves with one of the most shocking display of batting I have ever seen. In a single day all the Indian optimism went up in smoke as batsman after batsman let the team down. But for Rahul Dravid, the Indians would have been bowled out for less than 100 and if you consider all the big names we have in the line-up, it would have been nothing but a disgrace. The toss was very important so the Indians can rue their luck. But, for everything else, they had themselves to blame. In the second over of the match, Virender Sehwag was bowled through the gap in his pad and bat and the collapse began soon. As I said, Dravid’s stands with Parthiv Patel and Zaheer Khan saved India to an extent but can the front-line batsmen explain what went wrong in their approach? As a fast bowler myself, I would have loved to bowl on that pitch with conditions just about perfect for seaming and swinging the ball. The pitch also allowed for some bounce and the first session was going to be hostile by any account but as international players, our batsmen should have applied themselves to the task rather than fear the bowling. Of all the dismissals, only VVS Laxman got an unplayable delivery but others were found wanting on the skill of playing fast bowling. That is why I would rank Dravid among the greats of today. The man has scored runs in all conditions, except in Australia, and he rarely flinches from his role. His was an innings of quality and discipline and if the others don’t learn it quickly enough, this Test would go the New Zealand way. It is time for the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly to rise to the occasion and prove the critics wrong. Batsmen appeared as if they had been playing in one-day cricket than a Test match. They were going after strokes when they needed to play out time and wait for the pitch to ease. Another thing I would like to stress here is the role of flat pitches in India which have given a sense of over-confidence to the Indian batsmen. You can sympathise with the batsmen on the pitch issue but when will the board realise that unless they improve the standard of pitches in India, our team will not become the world champions. The board has to critically examine the role of Pitches Committee and if they are not doing justice to their job, they should be asked to leave. It is time something is done. I was very impressed with the bowling of Shane Bond though at times he tended to bowl short with all the excitement of bounce and movement in the pitch. I think the Indian bowlers need to learn a point or two from him and other New Zealand bowlers. The Indians managed to get a wicket but a lot still remains to be done if they hope to save this Test. |
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182-run win for Pakistan Port Elizabeth, December 12 Salim Elahi and Abdur Razzaq hit centuries as Pakistan notched up a record 335 for six at St George’s Park, yesterday. Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and fellow fast bowler Mohammad Sami then ripped through the South African batting as the home side crashed to 153 all out. The defeat was the heaviest by a margin of runs in South African one-day international history.
Pakistan: Elahi c Pollock b Kallis 135 Afridi c Gibbs b Ntini 13
Razzaq c Ntini b Klusener 112 Youhana b Ntini 9 Inzamam not out 36 Y. Khan b Donald 11
Akram b Donald 0 Latif not out 2 Extras: (lb5, nb1, w11) 17 Total: (6
wkts, 50 overs) 335 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-272, 3-284, 4-288, 5-333, 6-333. Bowling: S. Pollock 10-0-61-0, M. Ntini 10-1-65-2, A Donald 10-0-60-2, J. Kallis 9-0-60-1, N. Boje 6-0-45-0, L. Klusener 5-0-39-1. South Africa Smith b Younis 18 Gibbs b Younis
40 Boje c Youhana b Sami 7 McKenzie lbw b Younis 4 Kallis c Latif b Sami 12 Rhodes b Sami 1 Boucher c Latif b Afridi 4 Pollock b Afridi
18 Klusener not out 29 Donald c Latif b Afridi 2 Ntini c and b Mushtaq 5 Extras: (lb-2, nb-2, w-9) 13 Total: (all out, 29
overs) 153 Bowling: Wasim Akram 6-0-37-0 Waqar Younis 7-2-45-3, Mohammad Sami 5-1-26-3, Shahid Afridi 7-0-35-3,
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Punjab drub Haryana, emerge champs Rohtak, December 12 Haryana’s batting collapse was responsible for their drubbing today. Though Haryana made a bad start losing opener Chetan Sharma at team’s total of six runs, Jitender Singh (28) and Parender Sharma staged a modest recovery by adding 62 runs in 76 minutes off 102 balls. But a collapse followed Jitender’s dismissal. The local lad Joginder Sharma was the only consolation, making a contribution of 44 runs (75 mts, 62 balls, 1x4 and 3x6s) to enable Haryana cross 100-run mark. The entire Haryana innings folded at 132 in 39.1 overs. All the five Punjab bowlers struck with the ball. Punjab reached the victory target in 43 overs after losing the wickets of Dinesh Mongia (30 runs, 61m, 50b, 6x4) and Manish Sharma (53 runs, 132m, 127b, 5x4, 1x6). Ravneet Rickey and Chandan Madan remained unbeaten on 42
and 10 runs, respectively. Dinesh Mongia today completed 1000 runs of his career in Ranji one-dayers. Punjab finished the tourney with 23 points, including four from today’s match to emerge the highest points earner in the North Zone. Haryana finished with 18. An encouraging feature of this match was that thousands of spectators turned out to watch a first class game. Scoreboard: Haryana: Jitender Singh b Mahajan 28, Chetan Sharma c Manish b Uniyal 5, Parender st. Dharmani b Navdeep 27, Shafiq c Madan b Navdeep 10, Sumeet Sharma c Dharmani b Navdeep 0, Naveen Negi lbw Mahajan 0, Joginder Sharma c & b Sanwal 44, Amit Mishra run out 0, Sumit Narwal c Dharmani b Sanwal 3, Gaurav Vashishta lbw Gagandeep 7, Sonu Sharma not out 0. Extras (lb-3, nb-3, w-2) 8. Total (all out in 39.1 overs) 132. Fall of wickets: 1/6, 2/68, 3/70, 4/70, 5/73, 6/91, 7/91, 8/107, 9/132. Bowling: Gagandeep Singh 9.1-2-31-1, Amit Uniyal 6-0-31-1, Navdeep Singh 10-4-18-3, Sanjay Mahajan 10-2-28-2, Sanjay Sanwal 4-0-21-2. Punjab: Dinesh Mongia c Negi b Vashishta 30, Manish Sharma c Chetan b Mishra 53, Ravneet Ricky not out 42, Chandan Madan not out 10, Extras (lb-1, nb-1, w-1) 3. Total (for two wickets in 43 overs) 138. Fall of wickets : 1/50, 2/119. Bowling: Joginder Sharma 7-1-36-0, Sumit Narwal 5-1-19-0, Gaurav Vashishta 10-2-27-1, Sonu Sharma 10-6-28-0, Amit Mishra 10-0-26-1, Jitender Singh 1-0-1-0. |
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Delhi carve out eight-wkt win
Faridabad, December 12 In-form batsmen Akash Chopra (87) and Mithun Manhas (53) put on 114 runs for the unfinished third wicket as Delhi, after restricting Jammu and Kashmir to 170 all out in 49.3 overs, notched up the required runs in just 31.5 overs to pocket full points. Earlier, Sanjay Gill (3-22), Narender Negi (33-3) and Sonu Vaid (2-35) struck at regular intervals to reduce Jammu and Kashmir to 102 for six before late-order batsman V. Sharma came up with a fighting 30 off just 34 balls to take his side’s score to 170. J&K: Wajahat Majeed c Manhas b Vaid 48, Arshad Bhat lbw b Gill 2, Ashwani Gupta c Dahiya b Negi 17, Kanwaljit Singh c Gambhir b Negi 7, Shammi Salaria c Dahiya b Vaid 11, Dhruv Mahajan b Negi 26, Mohd Shafi c & b Rathore 0, Vijay Sharma b Gill 30, Samiullah Beigh run out (Gill) 8, Mushtaq Ahmad b Gill 1, Surinder Singh not out 0. Extras: (b-5,lb-8, w-7 ) 20. Total: (all out 49.3 overs) 170. Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-42, 3-60, 4-98, 5-101, 6-102, 7-160, 8-164, 9-170. Bowling: Arun Singh 10- -4-33-0, Sanjay Gill 9.3-1-22-3, Narender Singh Negi 10-2-33-3, Rajiv Rathore 10-1-25-1, Sonu Vaid 9-2-35-2, Manhas 1-0-9-0. Delhi: Aakash Chopra not out 87, Gautam Gambhir b Surinder 20, Vijay Dahiya b Vijay 1, Mithun Manhas not out 53. Extras: (lb-2,nb-1, w-9) 12. Total: (for 2 wkts, 31.5 overs) 173. Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-59. Bowling: Surinder Singh 7.5-2-34-1, Vijay Sharma 7-0-32-1, Samiullan Beigh 7-0-47-0, Mushtaq Ahmad 8- 0-46-0, Wajahat Majeed 2- 0-12-0.
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HP beat Services Gurgaon, December 12 Himachal, who were reduced to 63 for three after electing to bat first, were rescued by a fine innings by Amit Sharma and Gaur (64) before Kapoor came up with a cameo 19-ball 40 to enable the side to post a healthy 269 for eight in the stipulated 50 overs. Kapoor followed up his exploits with the willow with a five-wicket haul (5-38) as Himachal bundled out the opposition for 153 runs in 34.5 overs. Services, who lost their nine wickets with the score reading 119, could cross the 150 mark due to a quickfire 26 by last men Jayakrishnan. The tail-ender’s knock, highest of the innings, contained two boundaries and three big sixes. Earlier, Himachal suffered a jolt in the fifth over of the match when captain Vikram Rathore was caught and bowled by S Ghag for six. Himachal found itself in more trouble losing two quick wickets. But Amit Sharma added 135 runs for the fourth wicket to pull the side out of the mire. Kapoor, who came to the crease at the fall of Ajay Mannu (8), hit three fours and an equal number of sixes as Himachal made 60 runs from the last 5 overs to set a stiff target. Himachal Pradesh: Rathore c & b Ghag 6, Sandeep c Bhaskar b Krishnan 24, Sangram c Dixit b Krishnan 17, Amit Sharma run out 94, Gaur c Arun b Thompson 64, Mannu c Bhaskar b Thompson 8, Kapoor not out 40, Shakti c Verma b Pankaj 12, Dogra run out 0, Bhatia not out 0. Extras (lb-2,nb-1,w-1) 4. Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 269. Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-41, 3-64, 4-201, 5-209, 6-230, 7-256, 8-265. Bolwing: S.V. Ghag 10-1-66-1, Jaya Krishnan 10-2-29-2, Pankaj Kumar 10-0-64-1, K.K. Dixit 10-0-42-0, Arun Sharma 8-0-48-0, C.D. Thompson 2-0-18-2. Services: Reddy c Mannu b Shakti 15, Bhaskar c and b Shakti 15, Jasbir c Dogra b Kapoor 16, Yashpal run out 21, Verma b Kapoor 5, Thomson b Kapoor 12, Dixit c Amit b Kapoor 2, Ghag b Thakur 0, Arun c Dogra b Kapoor 8, Pankaj not out 8, Krishnan c Dogra b Bhatia 26. Extras (b-2,lb-3,nb-1,w-19) 25. Total (all out, 34.5 overs) 153. Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-53, 3-78, 4-89, 5-93, 6-99, 7-103, 8-116, 9-119.
Bowling: Shakti Singh 9-0-42-2, Ashok Thakur 10-1-36-1, Sangram Singh 5-0-16-0, Amit Sharma 2-0-16-0, Aashish Kapoor 8-0-38-5, Vishal Bhatia 0.5-0-0-1.
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UP 315 for four against Baroda Patiala, December 12 Brief scores UP (Ist
innings)-315 for 4 (Suresh Raina 137 n.o. Shivakant Shukla 61, Amir Khan 48, Tahir Abbas 39, Amit 19 n.o., Gaekwad 1 for 28, Rakesh Solanki 2 for 48, T.S. Zala 1 for 43). In another match played at the YPS Ground, Orissa were 251 for 6 in their first innings at the draw of stumps on the first day of their match against Delhi. Orissa were well served by a fluent unbeaten 82 by Subit Biswal. Brief scores: Orissa (Ist innings) 251 for 6 (Subit Biswal 82 n.o., P. Debasis 54, Arun Nayak 38, Sovan B Singh 33, Vivek Khurana 2 for 72, Abhishek 1 for 75, Kuldip 1 for 35, Salil Oberoi 2 for 10). |
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Football: Punjab start with win
Hyderabad, December 12 Manjit Singh put Punjab ahead in the opening half before Pardeep Singh scored an insurance goal in the dying minutes of the mediocre quarterfinal in a Group A league encounter at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium. In the day’s other match in the same group, Tamil Nadu rode on a R Selvakumar strike to edge pasts hosts Andhra Pradesh 1-0. Kerala started promisingly playing with neat short passes and drumming up a good midfield combination in the early stages but seemed to lose their way in the penetrative zone. But still they could have dictated terms in the match had their forwards not squandered away a number of chances which came their way. Skipper Asif Saheer himself muffed up three easy chances, two of them in the second half. In fact, the Kerala players looked fatigued midway into the first half and the strong Punjab footballers seized the opportunity to initiate raids with long passes from the wings. They drew first blood in the 27th minute when Manjit Singh connected a Gurinderpal Singh cross into the net. Kerlala tried hard to restore parity after the breather but poor finishing proved their undoing. Finally, Pardeep Singh made the scoreline 2-0 two minutes from time when he backheaded a Gurjit Singh flag kick and the ball deflected into the goal off Kerala defender V.S. Shivkumar.
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AP shuttlers blank Delhi
Hyderabad, December 12 The badminton competition, which began a day earlier than the formal inauguration of the Games tomorrow, also saw Maharashtra come from behind to overcome a spirited Assam 3-2 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here. The victories today earned semifinal berths for both the teams and they would be meeting each other later for a place in the final. In the women’s section, Assam got a walkover against Delhi who failed to turn up. Andhra’s Chetan Anand proved too strong for Arul Sundaram winning the opening singles 15-4, 15-5 without much ado before J.B.S. Vidyadhar trounced Arjun Valla 15-0, 15-2 in the second singles to give the hosts a 2-0 lead. Chetan flitted across the court with agility and served well while also placing his smashes with skill blended with deception. Though Arul showed some grit in the second game, Chetan quickly sealed the affair with his power-packed attack. Vidyadhar’s match against Arjun was a very tame affair with the latter meekly surrendering without opening his account in the first game and his little effort could only fetch him two points in the second while his rival made merry. Manoj and Vijayaraghavan paired well and trounced Arul Sundaram and Arjun Kalia 15-2, 15-3 in the doubles to give Andhra an unassailable 3-0 lead. Maharashtra, who lost the first two singles, bounced back in style to win the next three matches to pip Assam for a place in the semifinals. The first singles between Assam’s Brahiminam Baruah and Mangrish Palekar stretched to its fullest as the Assamese countered some gutsy challenge for a 15-10, 12-15, 17-16 win. Amitab Goswamy had an easy time in the second singles as he brushed aside the resistance of Ritupurna Kulkarni for a 15-7, 15-11 victory and a 2-0 lead in favour of Assam. However, Maharashtra bounced back with three consecutive wins. The doubles pair of Mayur Ghatnekar and Akshay Thakur beat Baruah and Pallav Deka 15-4, 15-2 and then Himamsu Takkar trounced a spirited Pallav Deka 15-9, 13-15, 15-8 to tie the score at 2-2. In the decider the Assamese players Kabir Bora and Abhijit Duta surrendered meekly as Mangrish Palekar and Mittesh Hagar won 15-5, 15-6. Results: Men: (q-finals): Andhra Pradesh b Delhi 3-0 (Chetan Anand b Arul Sundaram 15-4, 15-5, JBS Vidyadhar b Arjun Valia 15-0, 15-2, Manoj and Vijayaraghavan b Arul Sunaram and Arjun Kalia 15-2, 15-3). Maharshtra b Assam 3-2 (Mangrish Palekar lost to Brahiniman Baruah 10-15, 15-12, 16-17, Ritupurna Kulkarni lost to Amitab Goswamy 7-15, 11-15, Mayur Ghatnekar and Akshay Takur b Brahiniman Baruah and Pallav Deka 15-4 15-2, Himansu Thakur b Pallav Deka 15-9, 13-15, 15-8, Mangrish Palekar and Mittesh Hagar bt Kabir Bora and Abhijit Duta 15-5, 15-6). Women: Assam w/o Delhi.
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Random dope tests likely
Hyderabad, December 12 The 32nd National Games beginning here tomorrow promises to be a dope-free affair with officials deciding to get tough with those clandestinely taking performance enhancing drugs in a bid to be on the victory stand. The Indian Olympic Association has announced that the officials would conduct the tests “seriously’’ and enforce the “strictest possible’’ punishments to the guilty athletes. In the wake of the Sunita Rani episode in Busan Asian Games and weightlifters, including Satish Rai, testing positive in the Manchester Commonwealth Games, the IOA had decided to conduct random dope test in major events in the fond hope of curbing the growing menace Officials at the Games village in Gachibowli told UNI that they were fully geared up to implement the recommendations of the IOA. They will keep a close watch on the participants and medal winners will have to compulsorily undergo the test for banned substances. The authorities are confident of announcing the results within 24 hours of collection of the samples. It may be recalled here that IOA President Suresh Kalmadi had two days ago in New Delhi admitted that even though the dope testing facilities at the Games may not meet international standards, serious efforts will be made to check the menace. “After the dope testing allegations at the Busan Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, it is imperative that adequate and serious efforts are taken to check the menace,’’ Mr Kalmadi had said. “Dope tests in National Games in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam will not be a farce...tests will be conducted within the limitations of the Sports Authority of India,’’ Mr Kalmadi had stressed.
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Union Club, RCF enter semifinals Yamunanagar, December 12 In the first match ONGC drew the first blood in the sixth minute when Tarif scored on the pass by A. Moudal. RCF equalised in the 12th minute through Jasbir. In the 37th minute A. Moudal and Tarif of ONGC worked in tandem as Tarif managed to get the lead again. At half time ONGC leading by 2-1. After half time A. Moudal scored in the 75th minute while Mohammed scored in the 86th minute for RCF. ONGC won the match by 3-2. In the second match AG Haryana took the lead in the seventh minute when Harvinder Pal scored. At half time AG Haryana were leading 1-0. After half time the local team come with new moves and managed to equalise in the 50th minute through Bhupinder. The match was locked 1-1 at full time of play. In the tie-breaker Union Club defeated AG Haryana by 4-2 to enter the semifinals. |
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Haryana eves win; Punjab lose
Hyderabad, December 12 Reigning champions Haryana should have won by a bigger margin, but Andhra goalkeeper Ramadevi kept them at bay for 39 minutes. Once the resistance was broken, Haryana were all over the Andhra defence as they pumped in three more goals to come out 4-0 winners. The first half of the match certainly belonged to Ramadevi who saved at least three clear chances diving to her either side. Haryana, however, regrouped at the breather and in the 39th minute Kiranbala scored for the reigning champions following a long corner. Four minutes later, Gurpreet got on the scorecard, following a defensive lapse by Andhra. This set the tone for the second half with Balwinder scoring in the 61st minute following a goal mouth melee. Five minutes later, Balwinder made the misery complete for the home team, who were being cheered for every move by a small but vocal home supporters. Andhra did try their best in the closing minutes to pull one back, but the Haryana defence nullified their attacks. In the other match, Jharkhand avenged their defeat to Punjab in the last Games as they dominated the match right from the beginning. Jharkhand were one up as early as the fourth minute, following a penalty corner, which was taken indirectly and the pass went straight to Masira Surin who made no mistake in sounding the boards. The early goal seemed to unsettle the Punjab girls who had brought a young team this time as they wanted the team to get exposure before the junior nationals. Jharkhand had five senior Indian players and a host of junior internationals. In the 20th minute, a good move down the right flank saw P. Annarita score to put Jharkhand up by two goals. Three minutes later Annarita again went down the right solo going past three defenders before she was brought down in the box. The resultant penalty stroke was easily converted by Shanti Esther. The second half saw Jharkhand adding one more goal. Masira Surin passed from top of the box to an unmarked Aldline Kerketa who made no mistake.
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Big victory for Carnicobar school New Delhi, December 12 In the Second match - Holy Heart School, Aizawl, Mizoram beat Vivekanand S S High School, Bustar, Chattisgarh by 1-0 in a keenly contested match. The Chattisgarh lads also fought hard but were unable to score. Mizo boys had better of the chances but Vanrammawai (1) was brilliant under Chattisgarh goal post. |
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Port Elizabeth, December 12
