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January 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Caddick fashions England win Frailty of Indian batting exposed Cricketers
evade media Haryana on
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Paes, Bhupathi advance in mixed doubles
Boppana downs Mankad
East Bengal in IFA Shield semis Gill rubbishes Pak
coach’s charge Anand beats
Karpov, in joint lead ‘Shortage of sports teachers in Punjab’ Varsity honours
players National cycling at Kurukshetra Mahilpur college
score win Sub-junior boxing at Kolkata
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Caddick
fashions England win
Adelaide, January 17 England’s win was a big boost to their hopes of qualifying to play Australia in the best-of-three finals series starting next week. Australia lead the table with 27 points, followed by England (19) and Sri Lanka (14). England scraped home after key bowler Steve Harmison was forced to leave the field with a twisted ankle after he had sent down only two overs. Pace bowler Andy Caddick provided another inspired performance for England, snapping up 4-35 - an effort which won him the man of the match award. A spellbinding innings of 99 by Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya had promised to guide his side to a memorable victory. But the momentum was lost when the skipper was tragically run out. Despite the early loss of Marvan Atapattu (12) and Hashan Tillakaratne (nine), Jayasuriya attacked the bowling savagely, completing his 50 off only 35 balls, with the help of seven fours and a six. Continuing to swing lustily, he reached 99 from 83 balls before losing his wicket in a dramatic mid-pitch collision with his partner, Kumar Sangakkara. Jayasuriya pushed a medium-pace delivery from Ronnie Irani in front of the wicket and went for what looked like a comfortable single to complete his third century in four successive innings. But, as Jayasuriya and Sangakkara breasted each other in mid-pitch, England captain Nasser Hussain swooped on the ball and broke the stumps at the bowler’s end with a rocket-like direct hit. Jayasuriya trudged off disconsolately, just one run short of what would have been his 16th century in one-day international ranks. Jayasuriya had smashed 122 against Australia in Sydney and 106 off England on the same ground earlier in the contest. Scoreboard England: Trescothick b Gamage 39 Knight c Sangakkara b
Vaughan c Vaas b
Hussain b Jayasuriya 18 Stewart b Gamage 51 Blackwell lbw Vaas 0 Collingwood c Tillakaratne
Irani not out 13 Caddick not out 1 Extras:
(lb11, w4, nb8) 23 Total: (for 7 wkts,
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-114, 3-155, 4-206, 5-206, 6-260, 7-272. Bowling: Vaas 10-0-54-2, Buddhika 4-0-27-0, Gamage 9-0-42-2, de Silva 8-0-45-0, Fernando 9-0-52-2, Jayasuriya 10-0-48-1. Sri Lanka: Atapattu b Caddick 12 Jayasuriya run out 99 Tillakaratne c Stewart
De Silva c Stewart
Jayawardene c Vaughan
Sangakkara c Blackwell
Arnold c Blackwell b
Vaas c Collingwood b
Gamage c Trescothick b
Buddhika not out 1 D Fernando b Anderson 0 Extras:
(b2, lb4, w8, nb1) 15 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 260 Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-53, 3-119, 4-150, 5-158, 6-251, 7-254, 8-257, 9-260. Bowling:
Caddick 10-0-35-4, Anderson 7.2-0-54-2, Harmison 2-0-27-0, Irani 10-0-36-1, Collingwood 3-0-23-1, Blackwell 10-0-44-0, Vaughan 7-0-35-1.
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Frailty
of Indian batting exposed India’s tour of New Zealand ended as it had begun — in misery. The last one-dayer followed the pattern of the first four in most respects save one — the home team appeared to have learnt from its mistakes, and batted far more sensibly, and with greater sense of purpose. This wicket was another which seamed all day, and the frailty of the Indian batting was once again exposed. Nobody showed the technique to counter the lateral movement which the seamers were able to obtain, which after seven or eight weeks on the tour should not have been the case. Surely, there was no thought given to the batting. With most of the frontline batsmen failing once again, India’s meagre score was not enough to put the home side under any great pressure, though Srinath’s magnificent form ensured that New Zealand would not have things completely easy. But after losing three early wickets, the home side were able to wriggle out of the crisis through some stubborn and intelligent batting by skipper Stephen Fleming and Styris. The wicket eased a bit as the day progressed, but it was the clear determination of these two, which held New Zealand’s innings together. None of the Indian batsmen had shown similar application. With this tour becoming a misadventure of sorts, the Indian think-tank has its task cut out. The World Cup starts in three weeks. The team rests for a week at home, which is important, and then gets almost a fortnight’s time to acclimatize to South African conditions. The experience in New Zealand shows how important this acclimatization process can be. Down under, the team went from one match to another, and once they were fell into a rut, there was no coming out because there was no time to introspect, or try out some new strategy. It will be hard work for the team to re-ignite the spark which saw them do so well all through the previous year. But it is not impossible. I repeat that this Indian team is not short of talent, but on application. To instill this is the major work ahead for Sourav, Rahul and John Wright, apart from senior pros like Sachin, Srinath and Kumble. (Gameplan)
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Cricketers
evade media
Mumbai, January 17 Ganguly, who had to take a connecting flight to Kolkata, left from the rear exit of the airport. When PTI tried to contact him on his cellphone, Ganguly said “I have spoken enough to the media. The series has ended. There is nothing much that I can say.” He didn’t talk to reporters even in Kolkata and was whisked away by family members and security personnel after he flew in to the city at 10 am this morning. Tendulkar too gave the media a slip while vice-captain Rahul Dravid along with team mates Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble had earlier got off at Bangalore. However, all-rounder Sanjay Bangar told reporters here that though things had not gone as planned in New Zealand, the players were in a positive state of mind and were looking forward to the forthcoming World Cup in South Africa from February 8. Others who landed in Mumbai were Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh. PTI
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Haryana
on top Rohtak, January 17 Play could resume only at 11.25 hours today due to fog and bad light. The overnight unbeaten pair of Sunny and Mahesh further consolidated Haryana’s position by adding another 103 runs before being separated. Sunny’s knock of 155 included 4 sixes and 20 fours. He occupied the crease for 222 minutes and faced 166 balls. He was ably supported by Mahesh Rawat who hit 76. Haryana (Ist innings): Vishal Saini b Samiullah 9, Pradeep Sahu c Amir b Raman Dutta 35, Sunny not out 155, Mahesh Rawan c Vivek Singh b Raman Dutta 76, Deepak Joon not out 16. Extras (lb-8, nb-14, w-5) 32. Total (for 3 wickets declared) 323. FoW: 1-53, 2-61, 3-282. Bowling: Samiullah 13-0-54-1, Umar 7-0-47-0, Raman 16-3-62-2, Inderjeet Singh 14-1-61-0, Anup 7-0-51-0, Hardeep Singh 1-0-6-0, Vivek 6-0-29-0. J and K (first innings): Majid c Rawat b Virmani 11, Vivek Singh b Virmani 4, Hardeep Singh batting 61, Amir c Virmani b Deepak Joon 40, Inderjeet Singh c Sunny b Sahu 4, Obaid c Rawat b Virmani 3, Thakur batting 3, Extras (lb-8, nb-7, w-1) 16 Total (for 5 wickets 142). Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-22, 3-107, 4-112, 5-125. Bowling: S. Virmani 8-3-22-3, Sandeep Mor 5-1-7-0, Anuj 7-2-23-0, Sunny 5-1-17-0, Pradeep Sahu 12-3-43-1, Deepak Joon 10-2-22-1. |
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Agassi survives Escude test
Melbourne, January 17 In the women’s matches, Venus Williams gained plenty of experience in playing out of trouble in a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Anca Barna. Another former No 1, Lindsay Davenport, looked comfortable again on the court as she beat No 24 Russian Tatiana Panova 6-2, 6-1 in 53 minutes. Known for his return skills, Agassi found himself needing his sharpest reflexes to send back the Frenchman’s own powerful returns. In the third set’s 10-minute final game, Agassi saved six break points. For the entire match, he saved 16. Escude, wielding a ferocious backhand, broke serve four times and Agassi seven in the two-hour, 48-minute match. Escude, seeded 29th, is known for his comebacks. On his way to the 1998 Australian Open semifinals, he rebounded three times after trailing two sets to none. Williams, winner of four Grand Slam events and runner-up to sister Serena in the last three, trailed 1-4, 0-40 in the second set before beating Barna. In danger of falling behind 1-5, she saved three break points with a forehand volley, an ace and a deep backhand that Barna could not handle. She double-faulted twice in the final game before overpowering the German, ranked 69th, with a crosscourt backhand. “I feel better with every match,” Williams said. “In the first set, I played very well. In the second, she lifted the level of her game. She started getting a lot of balls back and I started missing. “At 1-4, I decided to miss a lot less,” she added.
She next meets Australian Nicole Pratt, who beat Paola Suarez of Argentina. Davenport, winner of three majors including the 2000 Australian Open, was hanging her head during much of her match Wednesday, when she had to rally from 1-3 in the final set to beat 57th-ranked Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan. Davenport missed most of last year after knee surgery in January and is seeded ninth here. Davenport next plays No 5 Justine Henin-Hardenne, who beat No 32 Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-0. “It’s nice to be the underdog... semi-underdog,” Davenport said. “I don’t think I’ve ever lost to her.” Meanwhile, Spain’s Virginia Ruano Pascual won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 against Germany’s Marlene Weingartner, who knocked out defending champion Jennifer Capriati in the first round. Number 12 Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. In other men’s matches, Felix Mantilla beat No 8 Albert Costa, the French Open champion, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
November 12 Sebastien Grosjean, a semifinalist here in 2001, beat No 24 Nicolas Lapentti 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Mario Ancic, an 18-year-old Romanian, who is the youngest player surviving in the draw, defeated Australian wild card Peter Luczak 2-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-2. Argentina’s Guillermo Coria won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen, who had beaten 1999 champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the previous round. Wayne Ferreira lived up to his reputation as the ironman of men’s tennis when he fought his way back from two sets down to sink Mardy Fish 2-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the third round. The 31-year-old South African produced another typical never-say-die performance to haul his way back from the brink of defeat and earn a spot in the last 16. “After the first two sets, I didn’t think I had a chance,” Ferreira said.
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Paes, Bhupathi advance in mixed doubles New Delhi, January 17 In the mixed doubles, both Paes and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi cruised into the second round. While Paes and former tennis great Martina Navratilova won against Australians Scott Draper and Lisa McShea 6-3, 7-5, Bhupathi and Uzbek partner Iyoda Tulyaganova overcame American Brian McPhie and Japanese Rika Fujiwara 6-2, 6-2.
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Bopanna
downs Mankad New Delhi, January 17 In the other semi-final, second seed Vlasov ended countrymen and qualifier Vadim Davletshin’s dream run winning another tough three-setter 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. On a gloomy morning the two top ranking Indian players were, however, in a bright mood which showed in the way they played. Mankad, who took revenge against his Bulgarian rival Tudor for the Lucknow semi-final defeat yesterday, was left undone today in the cliff-hanger tie-breaker in the third set by two volleys that missed the baseline by a whisker.
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East Bengal in IFA Shield semis
Kolkata, January 17 Though a draw would have been enough to carry East Bengal in the last four stage, striker Suley Musah scored the match winner to confirm their semi-final berth. East Bengal thus emerged champion in group “A” with six points after completion of all the three league matches and was followed by Indian Bank from Chennai, which also moved into the last four stage with five points. Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami finished third and fourth with four and two points, respectively. In the semis on January 19, East Bengal would take on Group “B” runners up Vasco from Goa. The other semi-final will see group “B” champions Tata Football Academy (TFA) taking on group “A” runners-up Indian Bank the same day. UNI
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Gill rubbishes Pak coach’s charge
New Delhi, January 17 Dismissing Pakistani coach Ayaz Mahmood’s accusation that India had fielded over-age players in their under-19 squad in the tournament at Kuala Lumpur recently, Mr Gill said “it is just an excuse for losing”. “It is total rubbish. We were very careful in picking the players,” Mr Gill told PTI. “Such comments by coaches can put a question mark on India playing hockey with Pakistan in future,” Mr Gill said. Pakistan junior hockey coach Ayaz Mahmood attributed his team’s 0-2 defeat to India in the tournament to the “presence of over-age players” in the rival team. “Some of the Indian players definitely looked over-age,” he was quoted as saying in a local daily in Islamabad. PTI
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Anand beats
Karpov, in joint lead Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), January 17 Latvia-born Spaniard Alexei Shirov ripped apart the defences of Brain Games Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and joined Anand and world’s best woman player Judit Polgar at the top of the tables on 3.5 points. Following the three leaders were Dutch GM Loek van Wely and defending champion Evgeny Bareev of Russia on 3 points each while Kramnik, GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia trailed them by half a point.
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‘Shortage
of sports teachers in Punjab’ Chandigarh, January 17 She said focus would be laid on weekend sports with special emphasis on athletics in the schools of Punjab. She said that school students would be encouraged to take up this sport which is “mother” of all the sports. She further claimed that Punjab schools did well in various sports events in the 48th National School games held at Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Pune, Jaipur and Vijaywada in the past one month period. Punjab schools team bagged gold medals in volleyball (under 19 boys), kabaddi (girls under 19), kho-kho (under 19 girls), kho-kho (under 17 girls) and football (under 19 girls), handball (under 14 girls) and basketball (under 19 girls). Punjab clinched silver medals in softball (under 17 and football (under 19 boys). Punjab also won silver medals in judo (under 14 boys), handball (under 19 girls), judo (under 17 boys and girls), Judo (under 19 boys), handball (under 17 boys and girls and cricket (under 14 boys). |
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Varsity
honours players Amritsar, January 17 In the men’s section, Layallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, was honoured with Sardar Teja Singh Samundri Trophy as they had garnered 101 points while Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma Memorial Trophy went to runners-up Khalsa College with 69 points. DAV College, Amritsar, finished third with 46 points. In the women’s section Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jalandhar, bagged the overall ‘A’ Division General Championship Trophy with 114 points while BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar were runners-up with 64.5 points. Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, finished third with 23 points.
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National
cycling at Kurukshetra Kurukshetra, January 17 Stating this here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi said that about 450 cyclists, drawn from all over the country, would participate. Mr Likhi maintained that championship would be held on a grand scale in which all age groups of men, women, boys and girls would participate. He said that the cycle race would start from Stadium and would terminate at the destination which would be decided by the organizing committee. The district administration would provide all sort of assistance in successful organization of the meet, he added.
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Mahilpur
college score win Chandigarh, January 17 Top teams, including JCT, Punjab Police, BSF, and PSEB are participating in the tournament which will conclude on January 22. Earlier, Mr HS Bains, president of the Principal Harbhajan Singh Memorial Football Club, welcomed Mr Amarjit Singh Samra, Revenue and Agriculture Minister, Punjab, who was the chief guest. Gurdev Singh Gill, Arjuna awardee, was also present. |
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Sub-junior boxing at Kolkata Chandigarh, January 17 While stating this here today, the President of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala said the national team would be selected by the selection committee during the championship. The national team would participate in the YMCA International Boxing Championship to be held from February 4 to 8 in New Delhi.
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