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January 20, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Floundering Aussies manage to win Cricketers fail to turn up Thrilling win for Henin-Hardenne, Agassi advances
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Haryana veterans defeat Punjab Peeyush overpowers Ramneek Mahilpur, Banga boys triumph
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Floundering
Aussies manage to win
Adelaide, January 19 Floundering with 104 for six wickets in the 37th over, Australia finished with 153 for six wickets — with 15 balls to spare — as they chased down England’s 152 all out. England’s consolation in defeat was that they earned the single bonus point which is likely to ensure they qualify to play Australia in the finals. Clarke (21), went to the wicket with his country an uncertain 97 for four, but held firm to make an unbeaten 39 from 47 balls, with three boundaries. He and No 8 batsman Shane Watson piloted Australia across the line with an unconquered 49-run stand which enabled the home country to complete their 11th successive win against England. England’s opening bowlers, Andy Caddick and Jimmy Anderson, found peak form to lift the side’s hopes in the early overs as Australia began their small chase. Anderson trapped Jimmy Maher (0) in his first over, and Caddick accounted for Adam Gilchrist (4) in his second over. Captain Nasser Hussain made the unusual decision to allow Caddick and Anderson to bowl their full quota of 10 overs without a break. The move paid dividends, with Australia struggling to 46 for two in the first 20 overs. Anderson’s spell of 10 overs (with 6 maidens) for a return of one for 12 was the most economical spell by an England bowler in a one-day international for almost 11 years. It equalled former all-rounder Ian Botham’s two for 12 from 10 overs against Pakistan, also in Adelaide, in March, 1992. When the third-wicket pair of Damien Martyn and Michael Bevan scrounged 91 runs off 189 balls to take Australia to 96 for two, the match appeared to be virtually over. But left-arm spinner Ian Blackwell stepped in to grab three crucial wickets as Australia lost four wickets for eight runs in four overs and the score skidded to 104 for six. Bevan (30), Brett Lee (0), Martyn (59) and Andrew Symonds (0) all lost their wickets in the procession. Earlier, Australia’s attack reduced England’s batting to a shambles. Making light of furnace-like conditions, with temperature of up to 42.1° C the Australian bowlers performed superbly on an excellent pitch after England won the toss. England never recovered after left-arm speedster Nathan Bracken, making his first appearance in the competition, snapped up three prize wickets in his opening six overs. He finished with three for 21 from 7.3 overs. The only batsman to cause Australia major problems was Paul Collingwood, with an unbeaten 63 from 106 balls, laced with three fours and a six. The England innings fell apart after opening pair Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight failed to give their side the productive start which has become the hallmark of the side. England: Trescothick c Gilchrist b
Bracken 6 Knight c Gilchrist b Bracken 11 Vaughan c Gilchrist b
Hussain c and b Bracken 0 Stewart c Maher b Watson 6 Collingwood not out 63 Blackwell b Watson 0 Irani c Bevan b Clarke 20 Caddick c Martyn b Hogg 6 Anderson lbw Hogg 8 Hoggard run out 5 Extras
(lb-2, nb-4) 6 Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 152 FoW:
1-13, 2-38, 3-39, 4-40, 5-67, 6-71, 7-116, 8-122, 9-136. Bowling: Williams 7-1-20-1, Bracken 7.3-2-21-3, Watson 7-2-18-2, Lee 10-2-28-0, Hogg 10-0-39-2, Clarke 7-0-24-1. Australia: Gilchrist c Trescothick b
Maher c Stewart b Anderson 0 Martyn c Collingwood b
Bevan c Knight b Blackwell 30 Lee c Collingwood b Vaughan 0 Clarke not out 39 Symonds st Stewart b Blackwell 0 Watson not out 13 Extras
(lb-4, w-2, nb-2) 8 Total (for 6 wkts, 47.3 overs) 153 FoW:
1-4, 2-5, 3-96, 4-97, 5-104, 6-104. Bowling: Caddick 10-2-34-1, Anderson 10-6-12-1, Blackwell 10-2-26-3, Hoggard 7.3-0-35-0, Vaughan 5-0-20-1, Irani 5-0-22-0.
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Cricketers
fail to turn up Chandigarh, January 19 India’s Wisden Cricketer of the Century Kapil Dev was billed to be the star attraction of the function along with players like Yograj Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Chetan Sharma, Ashok Malhotra and Bhupinder Singh Sr. But due to one reason or the other all except Yograj Singh and Dinesh Mongia failed to make it to the venue. Lt-Gen J F R Jacob ( Retd), UT Administrator and Governor of Punjab, who was the chief guest, was there in time. He delivered a short speech as the function was over sooner than expected. Yograj Singh and Dinesh Mongia, who reached the city recently after a disastrous tour of New Zealand, were, however, honoured during a brief ceremony. General Jacob, a keen sport enthusiast, assured better facilities at the stadium. He also made a plea for the upliftment of games like hockey and football in the city. Earlier, speaking on the occasion, Mr A S Judge, President of the association, demanded that keeping in view his tremendous achievements, the stadium should be named after legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev. He also urged the Governor to take up the case of recognition of the association at the right level so that budding cricketers of the region get proper attention to hone their skills. The Governor and Mr Judge also put down their signatures on a giant greeting card, which, they said, would be presented to Kapil Dev whenever he arrives here in the city. Cricket fans had put down their signatures and messages for the World Cup squad after the card went through various sectors of the city yesterday. |
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Thrilling
win for Henin-Hardenne, Agassi advances
Melbourne, January 19 Henin-Hardenne, who had never beaten ninth-seeded Davenport in five previous meetings, clinched a 7-5 5-7 9-7 victory despite collapsing in agony towards the end of the 3hr 13min epic. In the men’s tournament it was a routine day for second seed Andre Agassi, who made it safely into the quarter-finals after Argentinian opponent Guillermo Coria retired injured with Agassi leading 6-1 3-1. In energy-sapping afternoon heat, Belgian fifth seed Henin-Hardenne beat Davenport in the most compelling match of the Grand Slam event so far. Henin-Hardenne collapsed with cramps after attempting to serve at 0-15 down and the match poised at 7-7 in the final set. When she returned she produced a second service ace and held before clinching the match. Henin-Hardenne admitted she had thought she had blown her chance after cramping up. Davenport was quick to dispel any suggestion that Henin-Hardenne might have been resorting to gamesmanship as the Belgian had angrily accused her of doing during a tournament in Zurich last October. Henin-Hardenne will now play Spain’s Virginia Ruano Pascual in the next round, who defeated the Czech Republic’s Denisa Chladkova 6-3 6-3 in their fourth round match earlier today. There was an unconvincing win for women’s second seed Venus Williams, who looked wayoff her best in disposing of Australia’s Nicole Pratt 6-3 6-2. Four-time Grand Slam winner Williams will play Daniela Hantuchova in the next round after the Slovakian seventh seed earned a 7-5 6-3 win over Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder. In the men’s event, second seed Agassi will face France’s Sebastien Grosjean in the quarter-finals, after fourth round rival Guillermo Coria retired injured as Agassi led 6-1 3-1. Grosjean, the 12th seed, defeated Spaniard Felix Mantilla 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3, battling from two sets down to advance. Spanish fourth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, meanwhile, had too much class for young Croatian Mario Ancic. Ferrero advanced to his first Grand Slam quarter-final outside his preferred French Open with a 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 win in 1hr 41min. The Spaniard will play South African Wayne Ferreira in the last eight on Tuesday. Ferrero’s quarter-final opponent Ferreira progressed with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 win over Armenia’s Sargis Sargsian.
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Anand remains in joint lead
Wijk Aan Zee, January 19 Anand shared the lead with the world’s highest rated woman Judit Polgar of Hungary and local star Loek Van Wely who put in another fine performance to beat erstwhile leader Evgeny Bareev of Russia. All three have four points each in their kitty and are followed by Grandmaster Alexie Shirov of Spain who was defeated by Polish Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow yesterday. Shirov is on 3.5 points while five players — Braingames champion Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk (both Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Bareev and Ivanchuk shared the fifth spot with three points each with seven more rounds remaining in this 14-player tournament. In the Grandmaster ‘B’ tournament, former world junior girls champion Koneru Humpy failed to stage a comeback after the second rest day too and went down against GM Jonny Hector of Sweden. Top seed GM Zhang Zhong of China continued with his winning run and scalped Dutch GM Harmen Jonkman to reach 5.5 points from six games. PTI
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Haryana
veterans defeat Punjab Jalandhar, January 19 In reply, Punjab team fell short by 6 runs as the team was out in 24.5 overs for 138 runs. Punjab’s Roop Basant made 30 runs. Tony Lamba (26) Ajit Singh (23) and Devinder Kalia (19), was other contributors, while Bhupinder Singh remained not-out on 16. Haryana’s M.P. Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Madan Lal took 2 wickets each. |
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Peeyush
overpowers Ramneek Chandigarh, January 19 In other matches of the day, Mayank of Punjab defeated Kiran Kumar of Andhra Pradesh 15-5,15-9; Sagar Chopra of Maharashtra defeated Akash Sethi of Chandigarh 15-1,15-3; U. Prakash of Karnataka outplayed Sachin of Haryana 15-10,12-15,15-7, Nishad Dravid of Maharashtra beat R Goswami of Assam 15-7,15-7, V; Anand of Tamil Nadu defeated Sumit Garg of Delhi 15-9,15-6; Sumit Dahiya of Haryana beat S.Nawaz of Kerala 15-8,17-15 and P. Tulpule of Maharashtra defeated T. Dinesh of Andhra Pradesh 15-12,15-11. In the under 10-section Shivam Sharma of Uttar Pradesh defeated Prabal of Haryana 15-0,15-3; Mohit of Haryana beat Tarush of Chandigarh 15-6,15-0 while KR Rahul of Gujarat defeated Kunal of
Haryana 15-2,15-1. In the girls under-16 section, Saina (Andhra Pradesh), Sayali (Maharashtra), Pallavi (Haryana), Chitralekha (Delhi), V.Jyoti Swarup (Andhra Pradesh), IRD Sawani (Andhra Pradesh) and Abontika Deka (Assam) entered the quaterfinals. In the boys under-19 doubles event, Peeyush and Sumit of Haryana got the better of Andhra pair of A Reddy and TL Uday in a three games 15-7,13-15,15-2. Gaurav and Prateek of Haryana also played well to defeat Tamil Nadu pair of A Flengo and Murlidharan in three well-contested games 15-2,10-15,15-9. In the boys under-16 section, Adhiraj and Gaurav Verma of Haryana and Oscar Bansal and Mandeep of Chandigarh sailed into the second round. |
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Mahilpur, Banga boys triumph Chandigarh, January 19 While SGGS Khalsa College prevailed over the Panchata outfit by a solitary first-half goal scored by Dona who capitalised on a pass by Amarjit in the 24th minute, the Banga boys were lucky to scrape past Lyallpur Khalsa College 7-6 via the tie breaker after the two sides were level 2-2 at the end of regulation time. In the first match, the Mahilpur boys displayed early domination with right striker Amarjit Singh setting up a brilliant move for Dona who kicked the ball over the cross piece. Jatinder of Narur Panchata also had a narrow miss. In the second match Harpreet of Lyallpur Khalsa College scored the first goal but the lead was neutralised by right winger Manjit Singh of Banga. Sukhjinder once again put Khalsa College ahead off a pass from the right but SN College fought back to restore parity with only two minutes to go for the long whistle. In the tie breaker, SN College converted all five spot kicks while Lyallpur Khalsa College missed one and thus bowed out 6-7. In the club category international Parveen Kumar scored once for Punjab Police against Kharar Football Association. |
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Churchill
Bros in IFA Shield final Kolkata, January 19 |
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Teja Singh bereaved Chandigarh, January 19 Her cremation this afternoon at Ludhiana was largely attended by sportspersons, sports organisers, civil and police officers, leaders of local units of various parties and others. |
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