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April 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Tamil Nadu tighten grip as Career-best 274 by Fleming
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India to bid for 2010 Commonwealth Games Gaganjeet, Ajeetesh shine SBT ground Air-India Indian Airlines beat Karnataka PSEB athlete bags gold medal SAI coach completes course HP sports council
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Tamil Nadu tighten grip as Delhi slump New Delhi, April 26 Tamil Nandu, who resumed at 252 for five, folded up for 327, 24 minutes after the lunch recess. They batted through 128.4 overs, which took them 558 minutes under the searing, sapping heat. Faced with a challenging total, Delhi began impressively when openers Akash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir put on 49 runs off 19 overs by the tea break. But the tide turned like a crazy pendulum immediately on resumption when Gautam Gambhir, who was part of the Indian team for the recently-held triangular series in Dhaka, attempted a wild swish at L Balaji, only to snick a catch into the hands of wicket-keeper P Raju, off the penultimate ball of the second over after tea. Delhi lost their first wicket for 58 runs and one run later, the dashing India star Virender Sehwag too was back in the pavilion, after facing four balls in four minutes. Sehwag played a penetrative M S Srinivas delivery on to his stumps, with the ball rolling over the bails. The ball came rather quickly into Sehwag who failed to read it properly, and could not offer a stroke. The exit of Sehwag was a big blow, and to add to Delhi’s misery, Akash Chopra too was sent back, after the addition of 16 runs to the team total. Akash tried to play half cock to the steady medium pace of Tamil Nadu captain S Suresh, and was trapped plumb, though the batsman seemed unhappy with the umpire’s verdict. He made 30, with five elegantly struck boundaries, off 95 balls, in his 135-minute stay at the wicket. Varun Kumar edged off-spinner D Dhandapani into wicket-keeper Raju as Delhi slumped to 4 for 96. Delhi would have been in a worse plight, had not Hemang Badani spilled Vijay Dahiya at gully off Balaji, when the batsman was on 15, in the 47th over. But for this blemish, Mithun Manhas and Vijay Dahiya played out the last 15 overs to hold out some hope for Delhi. The sapping heat took a toll on the Tamil Nadu bowlers who went slow, and the play had to stretch to over 30 minutes of extra time to complete their day’s quota of 49 overs. In the morning, Tamil Nadu were well served by Hemang Badani, S V Saranan and M R Srinivas who defied the Delhi bowlers to post some quick runs. Badani, who was unbeaten on 48, added 15 runs in the morning, before being caught by Sehwag off Sarandeep Singh. After Badani’s exit, Saravanan and Sriniwas gave the stick to the Delhi bowling to take Tamil Nadu to a secure position. Unless the remaining Delhi batsmen apply themselves tomorrow, Tamil Nadu look poised to snatch the first innings lead, which may prove decisive in the end. There was no devil in the wicket, though the Tamil Nadu bowlers tried to keep a good line and length, with matching pace. Left-arm spinner Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan made a good impact when he tied down the Delhi batsmen in his three-over spell, conceding just four runs, with one maiden thrown in between.
SCOREBOARD Tamil Nadu (first Innings): V Shivaram Krishanan c Negi b Bhandari 27, Sadagoppan Ramesh c Bhandari b Gill 82, S Sriram c Chopra b Saghvi 33, S Suresh c Bhandari b Sanghvi 35, Hemang Badani c Sehwag b Sarandeep 63, S Sharath lbw b Gill 6, S Vasanth Sarvanand c Manhas b Bhandari 39, M R Srinivas not out 17, D Dhandapani c Dahiya b Bhandari 1, P Raju st Dahiya b Saghvi 0, L Balaji c V Kumar b Negi 1. Extras
(b-3, lb-8, nb-10, w-2): 23 Total (all out in
128.4 overs): 327 Fall of wickets: 1/36, 2/101, 3/163, 4/228, 5/244, 6/299, 7/315, 8/317, 9/318, 10/327. Bowling:
Amit Bhandari 29-7-72-3, Sanjay Gill 26-8-53-2 (w-1), N S Negi 18.4-5-55-1 (w-1), Sarandeep Singh 29-5-74-1 (nb-2), Rahul Saghvi 13-4-26-3 (nb-2), Virender Sehwag 10-2-27-0 (nb-6), Mithun Manhas 3-0-9-0. Delhi (first innings):
Akash Chopra lbw b S Suresh 30, Gautam Gambhir c Raju b Balaji 31, Virender Sehwag b Srinivas 0, Mithun Manhas batting 20, Varun Kumar c Raju b Dhandapani 12, Vijay Dahiya batting 19. Extras
(lb-2. nb-11, w-2): 15. Total (49 overs, for four wickets):
127. Fall of wickets: 1/58, 2/59, 3/75, 4/96. Bowling: L Balaji 15-5-42-1 (nb-6), M R Srinivas 11-3-27-1 (nb-2, w-1), S Suresh 8-3-21-1 (w-1), D Dhandapani 12-5-31-1, V S Krishnan 3-1-4-0 (nb-3),
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Vadodara, April 26 Vadodara, who scored 130 runs in their first innings, were facing an uphill task in the second essay with 16 for one when stumps were drawn. SCOREBOARD Vadodara (first innings): 130 Mumbai (first innings [overnight]): 138 for 3 Vinayak Mane lbw b Zaheer Khan 18, Wasim Zaffer c N Mongia b Rakesh Patel 22, Nishit Shetty c S Parab b Zaheer Khan 74, Amol Muzmudar lbw b Zaheer Khan 17, Bhavin Thakkar c N Mongia b Tushar Arothe 76, Paras Mhambrey b Ajit Bhoite 19, Sairaj Bahutule b Zaheer Khan 45, Ajit Agarkar c Bhoite b Tushar Arothe 65, Vinayak Samant c N Mongia b Zaheer Khan 14, Ramesh Powar b Tushar Arothe 5, Avishkar Salvi not out 15. Extras (B-8, LB-10, NB-2): 20 Total (In 122.3 overs): 390 Fall of wickets: 1/31, 2/71, 3/109, 4/147, 5/177, 6/256, 7/355, 8/358, 9/364, 10/390. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 23.3-8-46-5, Rakesh Patel 24-10-54-1, Irfan Pathan (Jr) 26-5-93-0, Valmic Buch 19-2-77-0, Ajit Bhoite 17-0-54-1, Tushar Arothe 13-3-48-3. Vadodara (second innings): Connor Williams c W Zaffer b R Powar 6, Satyajit Parab batting 6. Extras (NB-4): 4. Total: 16 for 1 off 8.2 overs Fall of wickets: 1/16. Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 4-3-2-0, Avishkar Salvi 2-1-4-0, Sairaj Bahutule 2-0-8-0, Ramesh Powar
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Career-best 274 by Fleming
Colombo, April 26 The left-hander surpassed his previous best of 174 against the same rivals six years ago as New Zealand piled up 515-7 declared just before stumps on the second day. An unselfish Fleming denied himself the chance to become the first New Zealander to score a triple century when he closed the innings to have a go at the tired Sri Lankan batsmen in the last 10 minutes. The move clicked as Daryl Tuffey trapped Marvan Atapattu leg-before with the fifth ball of the innings to leave Sri Lanka at 4 for 1 before bad light halted play. Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya and nightwatchman Chaminda Vaas were at the crease with two runs apiece. Fleming, given three reprieves by butter-fingered fielders, batted for 11 hours under energy-sapping hot and humid conditions, hitting 28 boundaries and a six in his fifth three-figure knock in Test cricket. The declaration also left him 25 runs short of Martin Crowe’s New Zealand record of 299, also against Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1991. Fleming, who came in to bat after 45 minutes on the first day, was involved in three big partnerships that lifted the Kiwis beyond the 500-run mark. Having put on 172 for the second wicket with Mark Richardson yesterday, Fleming added 157 for the fourth with Scott Styris (63) and 79 for the fifth with Jacob Oram (33). Styris, who himself escaped one chance, smashed five boundaries and two sixes before he was caught in the deep off Kumar Dharmasena just before tea. Sri Lanka’s trump card, Muttiah Muralitharan, went wicketless for 54 overs before he finally had success when Oram holed out to mid-wicket in the final session. The off-spinner then dismissed Robbie Hart to finish with unflattering figures of 2-140 from 58.5 overs. Dharmasena was the most successful bowler with 3-132. With six catches dropped in the first two sessions - four of them by Mahela Jayawardena in the slips - the Sri Lankan bowlers were frustrated in their attempt to curtail the New Zealand firs innings. Early in the day, Prabath Nissanka allowed a hooked skier from Fleming to drop in front of him at deep fine-leg and even let the ball go through for a boundary. Then when Fleming miscued another hook shot, Jayawardena ran back from slip and got under the skier, but could not grasp the difficult catch. Fleming moved from 212 to 140 when he survived against, this time Jayawardena fumbling an edge off debutant leg-spinner Kaushalya Lokuarachchi. Jayasuriya was also guilty of a missed chance as he spilled a catch at gully off Mathew Sinclair. The error, however, did not prove costly as three runs later Sinclair was caught at short-leg off Dharmasena for 17, ending a third-wicket stand of 43 with Fleming. Jayawardena, normally a reliable slip fielder, missed Styris twice on 16 and 57 to let the Kiwis off the hook. SCOREBOARD New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson b Vaas 85 Horne c Dharmasena b Nissanka 4 Fleming not out 274 Sinclair c Sangakkara b Dharmasena 17 Styris c Vaas b Dharmasena 63 Oram c Lokuarachchi b Muralitharan 33 Hart c Jayawardena b Muralitharan 9 Vettori lbw b Dharmasena 7 Wiseman not out 16 Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-1, w-1): 7 Total (for 7 wkts decl, 174.5 overs): 515 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-192, 3-235, 4-392, 5-471, 6-486, 7-499. Bowling: Vaas 29-8-73-1, Nissanka 23-9-53-1, Dharmasena 40-7-132-3, Muralitharan 58.5-16-140-2, Lokuarachchi 18-2-83-0, Jayasuriya 6-0-29-0. Sri Lanka (1st innings): Atapattu lbw b Tuffey 0 Jayasuriya batting 2 Vaas batting 2 Extras: 0 Total (for 1 wicket in 1.4 overs): 4 Fall of wicket: 1-0. Bowling: Tuffey 1-0-1-1, Bond 0.4-0-3-0.
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Rudolph slams double century Chittagong, April 26 Rudolph and Dippenaar, overnight on 170 and 131, respectively, continued to torment Bangladesh this morning and broke the previous South African best for any wicket. SCOREBOARD Bangladesh (1st innings): 173 (H. Bashar 60, Adams 5-37). South Africa (1st innings): Smith c Salim b Baishya 16 Gibbs c Salim b Murtaza 17 Rudolph not out 222 Dippenaar not out 177 Extras: 38 Total (for 2 wkts decl, 130.5 overs): 470 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-41. Bowling: Murtaza 24-3-108-1, Mahmud 17-5-56-0, Baishya 23-8-70-1, Haque 33-10-81-0, Kapali 18.5-2-71-0, Ashraful 8-0-31-0, Bashar 7-0-38-0. Bangladesh (second innings): Javed Omar c Boucher b Ntini 71 Mehrab lbw b Pollock 5 Habibul c Boucher b Pollock 75 Ashraful not out 12 Kapali c Boucher b Adams 7 Salim lbw b Adams 0 Extra (b-4 lb-8 nb-2 w-1): 15 Total (for 5 wickets in 68.1 overs): 185 Fall of wickets: 1-7 2-138 3-173 4-183 5-185. Bowling:
Pollock 13-9-12-2 (nb-1), Willoughby 14-4-35-0 (w-1 nb-1), Ntini 16-4-37-1, Dawson 12-4-48-0, Adams 11.1-3-40-2, Smith 2-1-1-0.
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IOA toughens stand on doping Chandigarh, April 26 Making this statement here today while speaking to newsmen at the residence of Raja K. S. Sidhu, secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association (POA), Raja Randhir Singh, secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association said the national body would do everything possible to see that Indian sports was drug free. ‘‘If any Indian is caught using drugs it is the country which gets a bad name,’’ he said while referring to the 22 positive cases detected at the Hyderabad National Games. But at the same time the IOA would like to give the athletes tested positive ample opportunity to explain their stand. This was the reason why the meeting of April 30 had been convened so that those athletes who tested positive could explain their point of view. “Such a provision also exists in the International Olympic Council and we are following the laid-down procedure”. But he made it clear that in case athletes who had tested positive at the Punjab National Games where the IOA conducted dope tests for the first time and again had tested positive at Hyderabad then the athletes might face harsh punishment. He was hopeful that with the lab of the IOA at Delhi getting Indian Standards Organisation recognition soon, the accreditation of the lab with the IOC was only a matter of time. In any case the lab had all the equipment in place and the shortage in manpower would be filled as soon as possible, Raja Randhir Singh said. He said with India signing the protocol of the World Anti-Drug Agency (WADA) in January 2004 the testing for use of drugs by athletes would become very strict. So far 70 nations had signed the WADA protocol. While admitting that the IOA did not have the funds to conduct anti-doping tests at all levels of competition, he was hopeful that WADA would make available funds so that testing for drugs became more stringent. For the Hyderabad Games the IOA spent nearly Rs 27 lakh to conduct the dope tests. |
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India to bid for 2010 Commonwealth Games Chandigarh, April 26 The IOA bid, which has the backing of the Indian Government, would come up for discussion and final voting at the 72-member general assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation, scheduled to be held at Kingston, Jamaica, on November 12 and 13 this year. With Singapore opting out in favour of the New Delhi bid and in the interest of Asian unity, Raja Randhir Singh was very hopeful that the Commonwealth Games would be allotted to India. He said the only other country which was making a bid to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games was Canada, which has offered to host the games at Hamilton, near Toronto. But with Canada having hosted these Games on more than one occasion the general assembly was likely to clear India’s bid. If the Games were allotted to India, the IOA would host the 15 events on the pattern being organised in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held at Melbourne. With athletics, swimming, lawn bowling, netball for women and rugby as compulsory events, India was very keen to include cricket in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. But for that to happen the IOA will have to work in close cooperation with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council since India did not want a watered-down cricket competition as it happened in the Kuala Lumpur Games two years ago. Explaining why the first Afro-Asian Games, scheduled to be held from October 24 to November 1 this year, were shifted from the national capital to Hyderabad, Raja Randhir Singh said the dates of the games were clashing with the dates of the Delhi Assembly elections and this forced the IOA to shift the venue. “In any case Hyderabad has top-class infrastructure and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, is taking personal interest so that everything is in place for the games.” The competitions in the games would be held in eight events — athletics, swimming, shooting, lawn tennis, weightlifting, boxing, hockey and football. For hockey, two hockey turfs were being prepared and these turfs would also be floodlit. In the Afro-Asian Games each continent would field a total of 1250 athletes (both men and women). In the individual events the Asian contingent would be selected on the basis of the performances in the Busan Asian Games with the top three getting a place in the event. The fourth place in each event would go to an Indian, provided no Indian figures in the top three of the event concerned. Africa would be allowed to field four competitors in each event and the team would be selected on the basis of the performances in the African Games scheduled to be held in early October this year. |
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Gaganjeet, Ajeetesh shine Chandigarh, April 26 Gaganjeet Bhullar, who improved on his first day’s score of 75 by one stroke (two over 74) had the best gross score of the tournament. His round consisted of an eagle on the 16th (par 5) and birdie on the 11th hole. Thus this Kapurthala boy was declared the champion of the tournament. Young Ajeetesh Sandhu of the local Chandigarh Golf Course with a gross score of 152 ( 76,76) was declared the runner-up of the tournament. In the amateur category the gross winner was Balwant Singh with a gross score of 155 (78,77). He shot birdies on the 5th, 3rd, 14th holes. However because of on indifferent back nine with a double bogie on the 11th and six over on the 16th spoilt his scores. Despite this he was declared the best player of the amateur category. Hardev Singh with a score of 157(77,76) was the runner-up in the amateur category. In the amateur the nett winner was Col K.J. Singh. In the junior boys category the gross winner and runner-up were Gaganjeet Bhullar and Ajiteesh Sandhu. In the Junior boys’ category the nett winner was Ratul Sood with a nett score of 130. Sodhi Singh was the runner-up with a score of 135. In the ladies section it was an all-Chandigarh affair as local golfers led the field. In the Ladies gross category Dimple Minocha with a score of 176 ( 86, 90) was declared the winner. Madhu Brar with a score of 185 was the runner-up (90, 95). In the ladies nett category Ms Gurbrinder Johl with a nett score of 155 was declared the winner. Rima Dhillon (nett score of 156) was declared the runner-up. In the junior girls gross Kanika Minocha with a gross score of 170 (82, 88) led the Filed. She was ahead of her rival by 15 strokes. Jaskirat Matharoo with a score of 195 ( 95, 100) was the runner-up. Interestingly the mother daughter duo of Dimple Minocha and Kanika Minocha were declared champions in the ladies and junior girls categories, respectively. According to Col B.S. Kahlon, General Secretary, Punjab Golf Association, the tournament also included a one-day championship in the category of civil servants. In this category 26 civil servants (serving and retired) participated. Mr Anupinder Singh Grewal, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, had the best score of 81. However since the championship was played on 3\4 stableford basis, Mr A.P. Pandey, who scored 38 points, was declared the winner in the Punjab Civil Services Tournament. Anupinder Grewal who scored 34 points was declared the runner-up. Other prominent personalities who played in the Civil Services Tournament included Mr C.L. Bains, Mr S.S. Channy, Dr B.C. Gupta, Mr G.S. Sandhu, Mr C.S.R. Reddy, Mr Parag Jain and Mr Sube Singh. The tournament was followed by a glittering prize distribution ceremony in which Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, PWD Minister, gave away the prizes. |
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SBT ground Air-India New Delhi, April 26 While SBT moved closer to a premiership berth, AI with this loss are out of contention. SBT, after going down 0-2, came back into the match combining well with Hakkim and Noushad opening up the airmen’s defence at will, with their incisive forays. The airmen shot into the lead right after the start when a throw-in from the right saw the ball rolling into a waiting Anthony Fernandes from a melee. Fernandes tapped the ball and shot home to see his team go up 1-0. Suprith Jathanna scored the second goal as the airmen sailed into a comfortable 2-0 lead.
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Indian Airlines beat Karnataka Mumbai, April 26 In the 19th minute of the match, Airlines took the lead when former India skipper Mukesh Kumar converted the first penalty corner. Seven minutes later Karnataka equalised when their centre half Abhinay Ganapathy scored off a Laxman Rao pass. Indian Airlines again went ahead with four minutes before the breather when their defender Bimal Lakra converted the third penalty corner. The Karnataka lads fought back and equalised in the 41st minute when their forward Krishna Reddy scored off Ajay Aiyappa pass. In the 54th minute, Indian Airlines once again took the lead with Ameer converting the fourth penalty corner. Mercurial Indian forward Dhanraj Pillay rounded off the tally just a minute ahead of the final hooter when he converted the fifth penalty corner. Tomorrow is rest day and the second leg semifinals between Indian Oil vs Western Railway and IA vs Karnataka XI will be held on Monday.
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PSEB athlete bags gold medal Patiala, April 26 In a tight finish in the 400m race, the eventual gold medallist, A.N. Human, of Kerala State Electricity Board just managed to pip to the post the strong challenge put up by Kushwinder Singh of the hosts by a fraction of a second. Other results (all finals): 400m: A.N Human (Kerala)-1 Kushwinder Singh (Punjab)-2, Venkatesh
(TNEB)-3. 110m hurdles: Rajesh Kumar (Kerala)-1, Robin (Kerala)-2, Bikramjit Singh (Punjab)-3.
Hammer throw: Om Raj Singh (Uttar Pradesh)-1, T.Subramanium (TN)-2, Surjit Singh (BBMB)-3.
Pole vault: Rajuthiman (TN)-1, Baldev Singh (Punjab)-2, Kumara Vel (TN)-3.
High jump: Rajesh Kumar (Kerala)-1, Anil Kumar (Kerala)-2, A.N.Rai (UP)-3.
Javelin throw: Kulwinder Chand (Punjab)-1, R.K Singh (UP)-2, Shamsher Singh (Haryana)-3. |
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SAI coach completes course Patiala, April 26 Jagdev Singh’s visit to Canada was fully sponsored by SAI and he passed out with distinction. He specialised in the subjects pertaining to the latest techniques and tactics of cycling, psychological aspects and preparations of cyclists and diet and nutrition. The eight-month long masters course, which is also recognised by the Canadian Cycling Association (CCA), was successfully completed by 16 other coaches who came from various other countries. |
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HP sports council Shimla, April 26 The Principal Secretary, Finance, Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, Regional Director, Sports Authority of India, Chandigarh, Director, Education, Director, Youth Programme and Physical Education, H.P. University, Shimla, will be the members of the council. The Director, Youth Services and Sports will be its member secretary while Joint/Deputy Director, YSS, will be its joint secretary treasurer. |
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