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AltaVista and CricInfo team up for World Cup
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 17
AltaVista, a leading global provider of search services, has signed an agreement with CricInfo.com, the home of cricket on the Internet for the Cricket World Cup, currently being played in South Africa. AltaVista will power search functionality on CricInfo.com and include CricInfo content on AltaVista sites worldwide.

CricInfo will provide Alta-Vista cricket fans with audio content as well as fast links to the latest news stories and CricInfo’s popular scores service. This alliance will provide search users with the most comprehensive sources of cricket information available on the web.

The World Cup is expected to attract the attention of more than two billion fans worldwide. Not everyone will be able to travel to Africa to watch the matches in person, so AltaVista and CricInfo.com will bring the excitement to the cricket enthusiasts round the clock. Fan clubs and teams with sites of their own can now field a search box that searches either the entire AV database or just the cricinfo.com site.

“We normally serve over 15 million people with 200 million page views each month,” said Dr Badri Seshadri, director, CricInfo Ltd.

“AltaVista offers people a fantastic search experience, including the most comprehensive multimedia and news coverage and access to unique online information,” said Kevin Eyres, international general manager of AltaVista.

Faridkot College enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 17
Brijindra College, Faridkot edged out Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar 8-7 via sudden-death tie-beaker to enter the semi-final of the 10th Nehru Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday.

In another match, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore blanked Faculty of Humanities, MGKV, Varanasi 4-0 to qualify for the last four.

Faridkot and Jalandhar battled it out to a 1-1 draw during the regulation time play. Satwinder Singh put Jalandhar ahead but Pardeep Kumar equalised for Faridkot.

The deadlock could not be resolved in the tie-breaker shoot out and the issue was finally settled in ‘sudden death’.

Buta Singh (2), Charanpreet Singh (2), Jagsir Singh (2) and Navdeep Sharma (1) hit the target for Faridkot while Mahabir Singh (2), Gurpreet Singh (1), Jaswant Singh (2) and Satwinder Singh (1) were Jalandhar’s scorers.

In the other match, K M Somanna, P P Biddappa (2) and Varen Chinappa were the goal-getters of Bangalore.

Tuesday’s fixtures (quarter-finals): Faculty of Social Sciences (Jamia Millia) vs Jamal Mohd. College, Tiruchirappalli (1 p m); DAV College, Jalandhar vs Rourkela Municipal College, Rourkela (3 p m)—Shivaji Stadium. 

Danny shines for Aussies
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 17
A fine all-round performance by southpaw Danny (2 for 21 and 56 n o) and a fiery bowling display by Ray Marcelo (4 for 26) helped the Australian High Commission defeat New Zealand High Commission by eight wickets in a league match of the second Commonwealth Cricket Tournament at the Nehru Stadium. 

Scores
New Zealand High Commission: 160 in 32.5 overs (Nikku 52, Martin 20, Manish 20, Ray Marcelo 4 for 26, Danny 2 for 21).

Australian High Commission: 163 for 2 in 19.2 overs (Danny 56 n o, Raju 41, Shavez 37).

Raju and Danny put on 52 runs for the opening wicket and Danny and Shavez hoisted 69 runs for the second wicket. Danny was named the Man of the Match. 

Sar Group record handsome win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 17
Sar Group trounced HT by 117 runs in the title clash of the third Cry Cadence Corporate Cricket Challenge at the Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad.

Scores
Sar Group: 231 for 7 in 30 overs. HT: 117 in 21.1 overs. Lalit Anand of Sar Group, who scored 108, was named the Man of the Match while Rajesh Brown pocketed the Man of the Series Award.

Hughes down Hutch

Hughes defeated Hutch by two wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament at the Khalsa College ground.

Scores
Hutch: 148 all out in 25 overs (Gaurav Pradahn 54, 4x2, 6x3; Athar Malik 31; Amit Khullar 4 for 34, Ashwani Dosaj 2 for 28).

Hughes Software: 152 for 8 in 23.3 overs (Sachin Singh 36, Amit Khullar 20, Rohit Hudda 3 for 20, Neeaj Garg 3 for 26).