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Saturday,
April 26, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Ramesh
props up Tamil Nadu Agarkar
wrecks Baroda
A
miserable day for Bangladesh
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SA coach
angry at accusations East
Bengal win NFL title Lennox
Lewis set for comeback
Agassi
sails into quarter-finals Haryana
steps to promote sports Gaganjit
returns best card India
to play in 4-nation tourneys AIISEB
athletic meet Second
win for Amritsar Education
Dept to honour medallists
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Ramesh props up Tamil Nadu New Delhi, April 25 Tamil Nadu, who won the toss and elected to bat, seemed to have made the right decision as the Delhi bowling, which lacked penetration, could not gain much success after getting two early wickets. Perhaps, the match script would have read differently had Rahul Sanghvi held Ramesh at square leg off Amit Bhandari, when the batsman was on 37. Ramesh went on to make 82, off 244 balls, studded with 12 delectable boundaries, to help Tamil Nadu reach a safe position. He played a sheet-anchor role as Tamil Nadu, down at one for 36, crossed the 200 mark for the loss of three wickets, and then two wickets fell in the space of 16 runs — Ramesh and S Sarath — to spoil their record somewhat. Sarath became the first victim of the new ball, which was taken after 84 overs, as he shuffled across to a shooting delivery from Sanjay Gill, to be trapped in front. Sanjay Gill bowled with venom in his second spell to claim two wickets — Ramesh and Sarath — to have impressive figures of 17-5-44-2. Though he bowled a very tight first two spells, he was not successful in getting a wicket, but Ramesh ended his wicket-drought, when the left-handed opener played a reckless pull shot, only to loft a simple catch to Amit Bhandari at mid-wicket. It was a kind of sweet revenge for Bhandari as Ramesh had been let off, off his bowling, by Sanghvi. Ramesh, who batted with absolute ease, with his free-flowing cover and straight drives evoking appreciation, seemed to be in no hurry to go for his strokes. After the exit of opener Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, who was caught by N S Negi off Amit Bhandari for 27 (44m, 3x4), with the Tamil Nadu score reading one for 36, Ramesh was joined by another southpaw, S Sriram. Ramesh and Sriram quietly worked on the bowlers to push up the scoreboard, but Sriram too departed, after making 33, when he was caught by Akash Chopra at mid-on off Rahul Sanghvi. But his 33 came off 37 balls, studded with six fours, as Tamil Nadu took the score to 101 for 2. Ramesh was then joined by captain S Suresh, and for the first time, there was a left-right combination, as the first three batsmen were all left-handers. The left-right combination only confounded the task of the Delhi
bowlers, who had to sweat and toil hard in the heat, without getting much rewards. The lack of bite in the Delhi bowling was taken full advantage of by the Tamil Nadu batsmen as they gathered runs slowly but surely. Ramesh and Suresh played judiciously, selecting the shots at their sweet will to wear out the bowlers. From 123 for 2 off 36 overs at lunch, the going became steady in the post lunch session. But when things were getting better and better, Suresh was snapped up by Bhandari at mid-off off Sanghvi, as the ball ballooned up to offer a simple catch. But Tamil Nadu had nothing much to worry as Hemang Badani, yet another "lefty", proved to be an ideal foil for Ramesh, and the two took the score past the double century mark. They put on 65 runs for the fourth-wicket when Ramesh fell. Sarath too departed quickly, leaving Badani to hold the fort, with Vasanth Saravananan, unbeaten on one, for company.
Scoreboard Tamil Nadu (1st innings) Shivramkrishnan c Negi b Bhandari 27 Ramesh c Bhandari b Gill 82 Sriram c Chopra b Sanghvi 33 Suresh c Bhandari 35
b Sanghvi Badani batting 48 Sharath lbw b Gill 6 Saravanan batting 1 Extras
(b-2,lb-6,w-2,nb-10): 20 Total (5 wkts, 90
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1-36, 2-101, 3-163, 4-226, 5-244. Bowling: Bhadari 19-5-50-1, Gill 17-5-44-2, Negi 9-3-36-0, Sarandeep Singh 20-4-52-0, Sanghvi 12-3-26-2, Sehwag 10-2-27-0, Manhas 3-0-9-0. |
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Agarkar
wrecks Baroda Vadodara, April 25 Mumbai captain Paras Mhambrey put Baroda in to bat first and the decision paid rich dividends as Ajit Agarkar wrecked havoc on the Baroda batting line-up with a five-wicket haul. After opener Satyajit Parab was dismissed for nought, Baroda captain Connor Williams and 17-year-old Rakesh Solanki put on 75 runs for the second wicket in the best stand of Baroda innings. However, four quick wickets fell in quick succession which completely derailed the Baroda innings. At stumps, Mumbai’s Nitin Shetty was batting on 69 with 12 fours and Bhavin Thakkar was on three.
SCOREBOARD Vadodara (Ist innings): Parab c Samant b Agarkar 0, Williams c and b Agarkar 25, Solanki b Salvi 43, Dhiren Salvi lbw Agarkar 0, Arothe c (wk) Samant b Agarkar 00, Bhoite c Muzumdar b Mhambrey 13, Mongia lbw Bahutule 25, Pathan (Jr) c and b Agarkar 0, Patel c Samant b Mhambrey 1, Zaheer run out 14, Buch not out 2. Extras
(B-3, NB-4): 7. Total (all out in 43.3 overs):
130 Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/75, 3/75, 4/75, 5/75, 6/94, 7/95, 8/96, 9/118, 10/130. Bowling:
Ajit Agarkar 15-4-46-5, Avishkar Salvi 10-4-20-1, Paras Mhambrey 10-3-32-2, Sairaj Bahutule 6.3-0-23-1, Ramesh Powar 2-1-6-0. Mumbai (Ist innings): Mane lbw b Zaheer 18, Zaffar c Mongia b Patel 22, Shetty batting 69, Muzumdar lbw b Zaheer 17, Thakkar batting 3. Extras
(lb 7, nb 2): 9. Total: 138 for 3 wicket in 44 overs. Fall of wickets:
1/31, 2/71, 3/109. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 13-3-29-2, Rakesh Patel 11-4-24-1, Irfan Pathan (Jr) 12-3-39-0, Valmick Buch 2-0-12-0, Ajit Bhoite 2-0-20-0, Tushar Arothe 4-1-7-0.
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Fleming, Richardson frustrate Lanka
Colombo, April 25 The left-handed pair compiled New Zealand’s best second-wicket partnership against Sri Lanka as the tourists, electing to take first strike, stonewalled their way to 207 for 2 by close. Fleming’s fifth Test century came just before opener Richardson, batting with a runner due to a hamstring injury, was dismissed for a painstaking 85 with the first delivery of the second new ball. Matthew Sinclair kept his captain company at stumps, making four after a 30-minute stay at the crease. Fleming and Richardson overcame oppressive heat and humidity to surpass New Zealand’s previous best of 141 by Matthew Horne and Bryan Young for the second wicket against Sri Lanka at Dunedin in 1996-97. Sri Lanka’s new captain Hashan Tillakaratne rotated six bowlers, four of them spinners, in short spells but failed to dislodge the pair early. The perceived threat from Muttiah Muralitharan never materialised as the star off-spinner, who began with a wide and no ball in his first over, went wicketless in 27 overs. Fleming, the highest scorer on both sides with 359 runs when the two teams last played a Test series in Sri Lanka six years ago, has so far hit 14 boundaries. Richardson, who hit 106 and 93 in the two practice games ahead of the Test, continued his good form to strike seven fours and a six before being clean bowled by Chaminda Vaas. The Tamil Union wicket afforded lift and bounce in the first two hours before settling down to aid the batsmen willing to play their strokes. But New Zealand, playing their first Test match since December following a surfeit of one-day matches including the World Cup, preferred to graft for their runs. They scored 58 runs off 31 overs in the morning session and then moved to 131 by tea, before opening out against the tiring bowlers in the final hour. Horne was the batsman to miss out, making four runs in the first 45 minutes of play before his misery was ended by a brilliant diving catch at short-leg by Kumar Dharmasena. Horne fended at a rising ball from debutant Prabath Nissanka and Dharmasena dived to his right to pick up a low catch. With a first Test wicket under his belt, Nissanka worked up a tidy pace in his first 11 overs, conceding just 10 runs. Tillakaratne introduced spin in the form of Dharmasena in the 11th over and then brought on Muralitharan in the 21st, by which time the Kiwis had only 38 runs on the board. Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson b Vaas 85 Horne c Dharmasena
b Nissanka 4 Fleming batting 112 Sinclair batting 4 Extras
(nb-1, w-1): 2 Total (2 wkts, 93 overs): 207 Fall of
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1-20, 2-192. Bowling: Vaas 18-5-44-1, Nissanka 14-7-21-1, Dharmasena 22-6-46-0, Muralitharan 27-10-48-0, Lokuarachchi 9-2-35-0, Jayasuriya 3-0-13-0.
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A miserable day for Bangladesh Chittagong, April 25 South Africa were in sight of their third successive innings victory over Bangladesh, who went wicketless on the second day at the M A Aziz Stadium. Rudolph became only the second South African to get a century on debut after Andrew Hudson as he scored an unbeaten 170 and put on 323 runs for the unbroken third wicket with Dippenaar (131). Bangladesh’s first innings score of 173 was duly surpassed immediately after lunch as the South African duo plundered a hapless attack after getting to their centuries with caution. Dippenaar played with determination and put away the loose balls with ease and played most of his shots in front of the wicket, while Rudolph exhibited some fine drives and cuts. The duo continued strongly from the overnight score of 84 for 2, Rudolph hitting 21 fours and a six in a 416-minute stay at the wicket, while Dippenaar has hit 18 fours and a six during his second century in 18 Tests. Dippenaar, dropped by Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud in slips off leg-spinner Alok Kapali when on 46, staked his claim for an upcoming tour of England as he averaged just over 22 before this match. Though he did not exhibit a wide repertoire of strokes, he was never in trouble and concentrated hard throughout. Rudolph, on the other hand, was ready to take the initiative once in a while. Rudolph survived a chance on 98 as wicketkeeper Mohammad Salim failed to effect a difficult stumping down the leg side when the batsman had jumped out to part-time leg-spinner Mohammad Ashraful. Rudolph reached the three-figure mark with a single in the last over before tea while Dippenaar had to wait longer to complete his century, dispatching a full toss from leg-spinner Alok Kapali to the long-on boundary when on 99. SCOREBOARD Bangladesh (1st innings): 173 South Africa (1st innings): Smith c Salim b Baishya 16 Gibbs c Salim b Murtaza 17 Rudolph not out 170 Dippenaar not out 131 Extras
(b-6, lb-5, nb-19): 30 Total (2 wkts, 112
overs): 364 Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41. Bowling: Murtaza 17-2-78-1, Mahmud 13-5-32-0, Baishya 17-7-43-1, Haque 32-10-73-0, Kapali 18-2-57-0, Ashraful 8-0-31-0, Bashar 7-0-39-0.
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Secret of Sachin’s success at World Cup
New Delhi, April 25 "Things did not work out in New Zealand because we were playing on difficult tracks. I twisted my ankle before the first match, but my first practice match was in South Africa and I scored 50-55 runs," Tendulkar told STAR Sports in an interview. "Things changed in the evening when it was decided that I'll be opening (in the World Cup) and that was a new chapter for me, a challenge. So, I wanted to prove myself, and the World Cup was a great occasion," added the master batsman, who was declared the Man of the Tournament for scoring a record 673 runs. With big contributions from Tendulkar, India reached the final where it was outplayed by Australia on March 23. Another reason that Tendulkar attributed to his World Cup success was his specially made bat, says a statement from ESPN. Tendulkar told former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri, who interviewed Tendulkar along with Harsha Bhogle, that his bat played a key role. "It wasn't the weight of the bat, it was the weight distribution of the bat," Tendulkar revealed. "In India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, where the pitch doesn't offer much bounce, bats are made heaver at the bottom, so I went for a different weight distribution, because in South Africa the ball bounces a lot." While Indian coach John Wright, who was featured in the programme, felt the win over Zimbabwe was the turning point for India at the World Cup, Shastri credited the Indian fortunes to the game against England in which Tendulkar batted "like a bomb". While disagreeing with Bhogle that he wanted to prove a point to English pacer Andrew Caddick, whom he dominated in that match, Tendulkar hinted that he wanted to avenge the defeat to England at his home ground in Mumbai in 2001-2002. "We defeated England in Natwest (Trophy final last year) and also in Sri Lanka (in the Champions Trophy in September), but it was (a) psychological game and I wanted to settle a score because of memories of losing at Wankhede Stadium were there," he confessed. The weight of Tendulkar's World Cup performance goes up after his disclosure Monday that he played with an injured finger. He leaves for the USA on Saturday to have a surgery on his finger. In the special programme, greats from different walks of life paid tributes to the Mumbai batsman. Veteran woman playback singer Lata Mangeshkar said: "We believe that God, from time to time sends wonders. Sachin is one such wonder. I greet him." Even a rare footage of late Sir Don Bradman was shown during the programme, where he talked about the similarities in their batting styles. "There is a similarity between both of us the way we play," the legendary Australian, considered the greatest ever batsman, had said a few years before his death.
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SA coach angry at accusations
Cape Town, April 25 The report, leaked to Independent Group newspapers, was compiled by the South African squad’s fitness specialist, Andrew Gray, and submitted to the United Cricket Board (UCB). The newspapers reported that Gray found leading players Herschelle Gibbs, Allan Donald, Jacques Kallis and Lance Klusener particularly errant in their preparation for the World Cup. South Africa had a dismal World Cup despite playing at home and being regarded among the favourites and were eliminated in the first round of the tournament held in February and March. Simons, who is currently in Bangladesh with the South African team, issued a statement on Thursday through the UCB on behalf of his squad in which he attacked the leaking of the document and said much of the report had been taken out of context. "It was with anger and frustration that I learnt about the article...," Simons said in the statement. "Clearly it was written by a journalist with no understanding or knowledge of the team or our World Cup campaign." "Highly confidential reports have been leaked by a person or people who have little or no sense of moral integrity to a reporter who has acknowledged to the UCB that he knows very little about the game." Simons was also critical of the way in which the article was written and of the South African media in general. "As coach I have seen both the report and the article and it is clear that the writer has chosen to exaggerate and twist the content purely for the sake of sensationalism as the article makes no attempt to present the facts fairly." "Obviously, as a squad we are desperately disappointed at our performance and the outcome of our World Cup campaign. But the issues raised so sensationally in the article were dealt with months before the tournament and were not, in any way, a factor at any stage of the tournament," Simons said.
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East Bengal win NFL title
Kolkata, April 25 Man-of-the-match Douglas brought the sizeable crowd into raptures netting a classic goal in the first half, and added another soon after the breather, before substitute S Malswamtluanga put the issue beyond the Goans with an opportunistic strike. Nigerian Mike Okoro piled on the misery for the Goans by scoring the fourth goal in the dying minutes of the fast-paced entertaining match at the Salt Lake stadium. What was expected to be a close match between the league leaders and their sole challengers, turned into a one-sided affair after the breather when East Bengal literally toyed with their opponents, carrying out waves of attacks into the rival citadel. Vasco, who began well, gaining midfield control, looked completely lost in the second half, as speedy teenager Malswamtluanga played havoc with the Goan defence, creating one chance after another with nippy runs from the right flank. East Bengal, who needed only one point to assure themselves of the crown, ended the day pushing their points tally to 49 from 21 matches. Vasco, who saw their title hopes dashed, are on 40 points from 21 outings.
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Lennox Lewis set for comeback
Los Angeles, April 25 Those details were revealed here yesterday when promoters announced the fight card to be conducted at Staples Center, a venue secured in part because California agreed to provide Tyson with a license to fight. Tyson is expected to fight Oleg Maskaev of Kazakhstan but has not yet signed a contract for the fight, promoter Gary Shaw said. “We just haven’t completed a deal for Mike to fight on this card, but we are cautiously optimistic,” Shaw said. Lewis was not worried about Tyson, 50-4 with 44 knockouts. His addition on the card could mean tens of millions of dollars in pay-per-view sales. “We are optimistic about it. I’m not really worried about that right now,” said Lewis. “I’m the champion. With Tyson on the card, it’s an added bonus.” The WBC had threatened to strip Lewis of his crown if he did not face Vitali Klitschko, the top-ranked challenger from Ukraine, or Tyson, who said he needed more fights before a rematch with the man who knocked him out last June. Instead, the WBC will not sanction the fight against Johnson. The only true crown at stake for Lewis is the “linear” title, going to the man who beat the prior champion in the ring, regardless of sanctioning body decisions.
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Agassi
sails into quarter-finals Houston, April 25 After losing their only previous meeting two years ago in Shanghai, Agassi needed only 51 minutes to record his 20th win of the season. "Every match is so different," the top-seeded American said. "It was the first round in Shanghai and he was hitting the ball better than I was that day." Agassi never lost his serve and broke Labadze three times in the opening set and twice in the second.
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Haryana
steps to promote sports Chandigarh, April 25 A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting, which the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had with the Commissioner and Secretary, Sports, Mr D.S. Dhesi and Principal Advisor of Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Miglani and other officers of the state government, here last evening. Following the announcement made by the Chief Minister that sports stadium would be constructed in those villages, the panchayat of which would donate Rs 75,000 and a piece of land, as many as 56 panchayats had already deposited Rs 75,000 each for the construction of sports stadium. As many as 22 cases had already been approved in principle by the Government of India. Mr Dhesi informed that the project of the sports university had already been prepared and it would cost an estimated expenditure of Rs 218 crore. It would be developed in a phased manner. A directive has been issued that Rs 20.55 crore project of the Chaudhary Devi Lal Memorial Northern Regional Centre of SAI at Joshi Chauhan village in Sonepat district be speeded up for its completion before April 6 next. Two sports complexes, each costing Rs 8 crore were fast coming up at Panchkula and Gurgaon. A sum of Rs 56 lakh had already been sanctioned for the renovation of Ch. Sahib Ram Stadium at Chautala. The project to construct Jan Nayak Ch. Devi Lal Indoor Hall at a cost of Rs 1.84 crore at Chautala had already been sent to the Government of India for its approval. |
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Gaganjit
returns best card Chandigarh, April 25 In the ladies section Mrs Dimple Minocha was leading with a gross score of 86. Kanika Minocha with a round of 82 was leading in the girls’ section. Raja Malwinder Singh, President of the Chandigarh Golf Club, teed off the championship. The scores at the end of the first round: Junior boys (gross):
Gaganjit Bhullar 75, Ajitesh Sandhu and Fatehbir Dhaliwal 76, Sidak Bir and Zoravar Singh 78. Junior girls (gross):
Kanika Minocha 82. Ladies (gross): Dimple Minocha 86, Madhu Brar 90, Rima Dhillon 93, Gurninder Johl 94, Nikka Bajwa and Dalbir Sahi 96, Sheena Sekhon 113. Men (gross):
Ajitesh Sandhu 76, Balwinder Mattoo and Balwant Singh 78, Hardev Singh and Lt-Col K.J. Singh 79, Rupinder S. Sandhu 80, Jagbir S. Grewal , Makhan Singh and Amit Kumar 81, Lt-Col J.S. Panag 82. According to Col B.S. Kahlon, General Secretary of the PGA, the civil services tournament will commence tomorrow . Mr A.A. Siddiqui, OSD, Law and Order, Punjab, will inaugurate the Tournament. |
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India to play in 4-nation
tourneys Chennai, April 25 Prior to this, the Indian team will participate in a double-leg four-nation competition in Sydney and Perth in Australia from May 29 to June 9. The other teams in fray are Australia, Australia ‘A’ and Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament winners Pakistan. To select the Indian teams for these engagements, the IHF has picked 32 probables, who will be put through a preparatory camp in Bangalore from April 28 to May 25. The team for the four-nation tourney in Australia will be announced in the second week of next month by IHF president K.P.S. Gill, who is the chairman of the selection committee.
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AIISEB
athletic meet Patiala, April 25 Nearly 100 athletes from nine state electricity boards are taking part in the meet which was inaugurated by the chairman of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Mr Sudhir Mittal. On the inaugural day athletes from Kerala dominated, while the only silver lining for the hosts came in the shot put event which was won by Nawab Singh while Bhupinder Singh, also of PSEB, came second. Results: 800m (all finals):
Coman N.J (Kerala)-1, Davinder Singh (Punjab)-2, Vijay Pal (Haryana)-3.
200m: Anil Kumar (Kerala)-1, P.Abhilesh (Kerala)-2, Kushwinder Singh (Punjab)-3.
Triple jump: Robin M.Verghese (Kerala)-1, Anil Kumar (Kerala)-2, Vikram Singh (Uttar Pradesh)-3.
Shot put: Nawab Singh (Punjab)-1, Bhupinder Singh (Punjab)-2, P.Babu (Karnataka)-3.
4x400m relay (final): Kerala-1, Punjab-2, Tamil Nadu-3. 110m hurdles:
Kerala-1, Vikramjit Singh (Punjab)-2, Venkatesh (Tamil
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Second
win for
Amritsar Amritsar, April 25 Resuming their second innings at the last day's score of 181 for four wickets, the hosts declared their second innings at 266 for seven in 65 overs. The highest scorers for Amritsar were Rakesh Mhajan (68), Saransh Thakur (46) and Guriqbal Singh (63). For the visitors Rawinder, Jatinder and Abhinav got two wickets each. In the second innings minor district collapsed at meagre 111. Rajinder Rana, who scored 36, was the main scorer. Balbir Singh got three wickets, while Ranjeet Singh, Gauraw Bhandari, and Rakesh Mahajan who got two wickets
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Education
Dept to honour medallists Chandigarh, April 25 |
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Los Angeles, April 25
It was a day of the juniors. Gaganjit Singh Bhullar of Kapurthala shot the best card of the day returning a gross score of 75 in the junior section on the opening day of the fifth PGA Cup Golf Championship here today. Gaganjit shot birdies on the seventh, 12th and 17th holes. Just one stroke behind the leader was another junior, Ajitesh Sandhu of Chandigarh. Ajitesh”s score was also the best in the men’s gross section. 
