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Sunday,
July 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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England humiliate SA
Madhavan challenges arbitrator's award Swashbuckling Sehwag hits 2nd ton Sami destroys
Nottinghamshire
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Sasikiran suffers a
setback
Wounded Tiger still the man to beat Indian golfers
finish ninth Japan eves qualify for World Cup
Railways beat ASC Centre
Indian grapplers sparkle Karnataka beat
Punjab cops Yoga
squad Novak enters final
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England
humiliate SA
London, July 12 South Africa, who arrived in England ranked second only to Australia, were swept away in breathtaking fashion after being dismissed for 107 in 32.1 overs on a perfect track. No batsman reached 20. It was South Africa’s lowest one-day score against England and the lowest ever by an international side at the home of cricket. England - ranked seventh before the tournament but now up to third in the world rankings — then cantered home in 20.2 overs after Marcus Trescothick had departed for a duck. The ease with which Vikram Solanki (50) and Michael Vaughan (30) dealt with the South African attack during a run-a-ball second-wicket stand of 87 underlined how comprehensively the touring side had been outplayed. Solanki, who made a memorable century against South Africa earlier in the tournament, underlined the gulf as he picked Jacques Kallis up off the front foot to deposit him for six over square leg before driving him through mid-on to reach a 52-ball half-century. Kallis retired from the attack after three overs costing 33 runs. South Africa never really recovered from an impressive opening salvo by Gough and James Anderson. The 32-year-old Gough, back in the England side after a year of injuries as the daddy of a fresh-faced pace attack, served up a master class in fast bowling as he removed South Africa’s two key batsmen, Herschelle Gibbs and Kallis, in the space of 15 balls. Gibbs snicked behind after making nine and Kallis, averaging 314 at one stage in the tournament after consecutive centuries against England and Zimbabwe, departed for a duck. Gough did not need to return after his opening spell of 7-2-9-2 as South Africa were dismissed for their lowest one-day score against England, and the lowest one-day international score at Lord’s, on a blameless surface. Every English bowler tasted success, young quick James Anderson mixing unplayable deliveries with wides and long hops as he finished with three for 50, while left-arm spinner Ashley Giles, having taken 0 for 168 in four earlier matches, bowled an attacking line round the wicket for once and took two for three. — Reuters SCOREBOARD South Africa Smith C Trescothick b Gibbs c Read b Gough 9 Van Wyk b Anderson 17 Kallis c Read b Gough 0 Rudolph c Read b Flintoff 19 Boucher c Read b Johnson 11 Van Jaarsveld c and b Giles 11 Pollock c Read b Flintoff 18 Hall c Vaughan b Anderson 0 Nel lbw b Giles 1 Ntini not out 0 Extras:
(lb-1, w-10, nb-3) 14 Total: (all out in 32.1 overs) 107 Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-30, 3-39, 4-43, 5-75, 6-75, 7-102, 8-103, 9-107. Bowling:
Anderson 10-0-50-3, Gough 7-2-9-2, Flintoff England: Trescothick c Hall b Ntini 0 Solanki b Hall 50 Vaughan c Ntini b Nel 30 McGrath not out 15 Flintoff not out 6 Extras:
(lb-1 w-7 nb-2) 10 Total: (for three wickets, 20.2 overs) 111 Fall of wickets:
1/1, 2/88, 3/89 Bowling: Pollock 5-1-17-0 (nb-1), Ntini 5-1-24-1 (w-2), Kallis 3-0-33-0 (w-2), Nel 5-0-22-1 (nb-1 w-2), Hall 2.2-0-14-1 (w-1).
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Madhavan
challenges arbitrator's award
New Delhi, July 12 Madhavan, who was appointed by the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) to probe the match-fixing scandal and on whose report Jadeja was banned, challenged the arbitrator J K Mehra’s ruling on April 25, the same day when the Cricket Board moved the Delhi High Court against the award. “I had moved the High Court on April 25,” Madhavan confirmed to PTI here today but declined to elaborate saying the matter was sub-judice. “It is a legal issue and I do not want to make any comments at this stage,” he said. Madhavan, however, said a date for hearing was yet to be fixed. Justice Mehra quashed the five-year ban imposed on all-rounder Ajay
Jadeja, saying the findings of former CBI director Madhavan, were “perverse, contrary to law, illegal and against the principles of natural justice”. The cricket board had challenged the arbitrator’s award on April 25, two days before it was to become binding, and last week during a hearing, came out strongly against the ruling saying the award was biased and it should be reversed.
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Swashbuckling Sehwag hits 2nd ton
London, July 12 Sehwag struck 20 boundaries and four sixes in his 111-ball knock to help Leicestershire close in on Middlesex’s imposing 620 for seven declared. Sehwag had hit his first century against Nottinghamshire in their four-day match from June 27 to 30 in the Frizzell County Championship. He had smashed a blistering 151-ball 137 runs, 100 of which came in boundaries. The match, however, ended in a draw. Despite yesterday’s valiant attempt against Middlesex, Leicestershire could make 447 and were asked to follow on. Sehwag made just 13 in the second innings, as Leicestershire went into the last day today still 25 runs behind and with eight wickets in hand. But whatever be the outcome of the match, it was a delight to watch the Indian, who dominated the opening stand of 197 with John Maunders (55). Sehwag has had a roller coaster ride in his first county season. He began his season with a match against Glamorgan on May 4, the same day he arrived in England and made a typically carefree 23, with four thunderous boundaries, before getting out trying to force the pace further. Just a day after that, Sehwag failed to get going. Leicestershire were chasing 311 and giving his side a good start was essential. However, he failed to make any impact in that match making just one. Leicester lost both their opening matches. The explosive batsman had a golden opportunity to strike it rich against minnows Northumberlnad, but could only make 16. It was already the mid of may and in his first three-day game against Surrey, Sehwag failed again in the first innings making just two. But then made amends for that when he smashed 81 off 84 balls in the second essay. The match against Surrey allowed the opener to find his feet on British soil. He smashed half centuries against Yorkshire (54) and Nottinghamshire (56), but then again went through another lean patch. Even in the Twenty-20 Cup, his start was nothing to write home about getting out for a duck in the opening match. He finally turned in a match-winning performance, albeit with the ball, claiming three wickets for 14 runs from three overs. Sehwag got many a start but was not able to convert any of them into big scores, but then he turned in another excellent performance against Yorkshire hitting 65 off 80 balls. In the previous match againt Warwickshire, Sehwag, who injected a one-day style in the game scored 30 off 21 balls in the first innings and a run-a-ball 40 in the second. — UNI
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Sami destroys
Nottinghamshire London, July 12 The 22-year-old had already taken 8 for 64 in the first innings as Nottinghamshire crashed to 156 all out in reply to Kent's first innings total of 362 at Maidstone. His performance yesterday left him with match figures of 15 for 114 and marked a stunning turnaround in his fortunes with the English club — in his first two county games, he had taken just three wickets at an average of 81. The visitors had been set a massive 625 for victory and had resumed on the third day of the four-day game on 29 for two. They reached 330 for five before Sami stepped up a gear to wrap up the points for his side.
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India give a close run to Uzbekistan New Delhi, July 12 Though India and Uzbekistan had already qualified for the 22nd Asian Basketball Confederation Championship to be held in China in September, both the teams went all out to win this prestigious clash. The Indian team, after enjoying easy outings against weaklings like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, for once found more than a match in Uzbekistan. But surprisingly, the hosts raised the level of their game, and they almost pulled off a stunning upset, had they not conceded ground in the last few minutes, to allow Uzbekistan to get away with a nine-point victory. “It was our match. We should have won it. Had I been playing, I would have ensured that we won the match”, said a crestfallen chief coach K K
Chansoria. Some crucial refereeing mistakes had indeed upset the rhythm of the Indian boys when they were cruising towards victory. But that was definitely no excuse for losing, as they had ample opportunities to make amends, but in the final few minutes, they seemed to have run out of steam, and lacked the will to succeed, once Uzbekistan overtook them, and started widening the lead. “Our bench strength was as good as the Uzbeks, and the younger players gave a very good account of themselves, but in the end, we lost a match which was in our hands”, rued
Chansoria. The match tilted towards India’s favour when the hosts jumped to a 61-53 lead in the third quarter of the clash. But then the over excited Indian coaches invited penalty for the team when they jumped on their feet and started giving instructions to the player. Thereafter it was a slow and steady downward slide for the Indian team, as the visitors reduced the gap to 63-62 at the conclusion of the third quarter. When the decisive fourth quarter began, Uzbekistan jumped to a 64-63 lead, and maintained the upper hand till the final
hooter. India bridged the gap time and again, and when Sridhar landed a three-pointer bang on target to take India to 67-68, the match became an edge of the seat affair. Then S Robinson, the best player of India, who excelled both in offence and defence, and Riyazuddin came up with timely shots to keep pace with the Uzbeks, but the scoring clock stopped for India after Riyazuddin converted two free throws to make it 78-82. The visitors then added five more points to walk away with a nine-point victory. Though the Uzbeks held a clear advantage in height as all their players were tall and sturdy, six-foot plus, the Indians matched them with their speed and quick passing, and a solid defence in which Robinson played a pivotal role. The Uzbeks missed many easy points in the initial stages of the match, but they made up for those lapses as the match warmed up, to give a good treat to a goodly holiday gathering. The crowd support helped the Indian players put their best foot forward, but in the end, they fell short by a coule of feet. But the fine display by the younger lot was an encouraging
revealation, though a seasoned campaigner like Parminder Singh of Punjab Police disappointed. It’s time for Parminder to call its
quits, as his ponderous movements on the court did not really help the
cause of the team. It was then no surprise that his services were used only sparingly. For India, S Sridhar was the top scorer, with 21 points while Riyazuddin contributed 18 and Robinson produced 16 points respectively. For the Uzbeks, the tally and sturdy Mikhail
Shafenkov, gave an outstanding performance, to score 29 points while Sergey Demurin contributed 18 points. Scores: Uzbekistan:
87
(Hurmatjon Nuraliyev 9, Batir Miradilov 5, Sergey Demurin 18, Mikhail Shafenkov 29, Vyacheslav Belorurov 6, Sergey Kuchin 8). India:
78
(Snehpal Singh 4, Gagnesh Kumar 4, Desraj 10, Gopinath 4, Riyazuddin 18, Robinson 16, Sridhar 21). |
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Indian
spikers face Brazil in final
Chennai, July 12 “It was a glorious moment for us. We want to return to India with the tag of World Champions and the trophy”, an emotionally charged
G.E. Sridharan, the team coach, told PTI over phone from Thailand. “We should have won the match against Iran rather easily. But in the second set, a slight slip up caused us problems and we won the match only in the fourth set,” he
said.— PTI
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Sasikiran suffers a setback
Esbjerg (Denmark), July 12 Sasikiran, who had maintained the lead since the second round, now trails Luke McShane of England and Dreev who both have 6 points from their 8 games. Sasikiran on 5.5 can at best tie for first should he win the last round game against local star Curt Hansen and the showdown for the title between Dreev and McShane ends in a draw. Hansen is a distant fourth having 4.5 points with just one round remaining in this category 15 event while the fifth spot is jointly shared by Danish Peter Heine Nielsen, Cuban Lenier Dominiguez and Poland’s Michal Krasenkow, all having 3.5 points apiece. Bruzon Lazaro of Cuba and Lars Schandorff of Denmark share the next slot in standing list on 3 points each in their bag. The other Indian GM in the fray Koneru Humpy is languishing at the bottom of the table on just 1.5 points. In the only decisive battle of the day, Dreev delivered when it mattered most giving just another indication of his class. In the previous round the Russian had declared his intentions of a grand finish when he outclassed Hansen and the victory against Sasikiran was just an extension of his brilliant play. —PTI
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Chebii gets past Gebrselassie Rome, July 12 The race at the Olympic stadium eclipsed a disappointing men’s 100m, in which unfancied American John Capel was a surprise winner, and the men’s 1,500m, dominated by Hicham El Guerrouj in his first run over the distance this season. Chebii, 23, also pushed the man tipped to succeed 30-year-old Gebrselassie, Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, into second place with a dramatic late surge to finish in 12min 57.14sec. Bekele was second in 12:57.34 and Gebrselassie, the double Olympic champion at 10,000m who was running only his second race over the shorter distance in three years after stepping up to marathons, came in third in 13:00.32. Capel, returning to athletics this season after failing to make the grade as an NFL wide receiver, led an American 1-2-3 in the 100m in 10.04sec, upstaging both last week’s winner Bernard Williams, and Olympic titleholder and three-time world champion Maurice Greene. Williams, the 2001 bronze world medallist who later won the 200m here, clocked 10.06sec, with his former training partner Greene finishing third in 10.09sec. Proving there is no reliable form in the sprints this year, 100m specialist Williams came out later and ran a blistering 200m to win in a world-leading 20.01sec. Tim Montgomery, who set the world record of 9.78sec last year, was absent after pulling out to spend time with his newborn son. El Guerrouj ran 3:29.76 to easily win the 1,500m in a rare outing at the distance this year as the Moroccan attempts to double up with the 5,000m at next month’s World Championships in Paris. American 110m hurdler Allen Johnson failed to achieve his goal of a sub-13 second run, but still outclassed his rivals. The 1996 Olympic champion and three-time world title holder clocked 13.08sec to win his ninth race in a row ahead of China’s Xiang Liu and compatriot Duane Ross. The 400m hurdles world champion Felix Sanchez strolled to his 21st consecutive victory in 48.15sec ahead of South African Llewellyn Herbert. Bahamian sprinter Chandra Sturrup and Maria Mutola of Mozambique kept alive their chances of collecting the one million dollar Golden League jackpot. Sturrup impressively won the 100m in a 2003 best of 10.89sec, while Mutola overhauled Jolanda Ceplak in the final metres of the 800m. Tyree Washington looked a sure bet for gold at the world championships as he cruised to victory in the 400m in 44.42 sec. There was a South African one-two in the men’s 800m with Mbulaeni Mulaudzi coming in ahead of Hezekiel Sepeng. Russian Olga Yegorova suddenly found the form that has deserted here recently to win the 1,500m in 4:01:00, the best time in the world this year, but Gabrila Szabo was beaten by Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar in the 5,000m. Australia’s Jana Pittman sorted out the hurdling technique which had let her down at last week’s Golden League meeting in Paris to win the 400m hurdles in 53.62sec, another world-leading time. British-based Cuban triple jumper Yamile Aldama produced a jump of 15.29 metres, the fourth-longest distance in the history of the women’s event. Aldama is divorcing her British husband who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for drug smuggling. South African high jumper Jacques Freitag cleared 2.35m to win his event, while Romain Mesnil could continue France’s medal-winning tradition in the pole vault after a clearance of 5.92m.
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Wounded Tiger still the man to beat
Sandwich (England), July 12 But that will not stop the rest of the field viewing the world number one as the man to beat at Royal St George's. Ordered to cut back on his schedule following knee surgery at the end of last year, Woods has played just 10 tournaments so far in 2003. But given that he has won four of them, suggestions that the world number one has lost a bit of his competitive edge would seem to be misplaced. The precise extent of the problems he has with his left knee is unclear but it does seem likely that the need to rest it lay behind his decision to forego his traditional pre-Open trip to Ireland this year. Instead, Woods was expected to fly straight here from his home in Florida on Sunday. That will give him three full days f practice on the Royal St George's links before getting down to the serious business on Thursday. Only then will it be possible to assess whether Woods has suffered from having had less practice at playing golf in blustery seaside conditions than he traditionally does in the lead up to the British Open. Woods has generally spent the entire week before the Open playing great Irish links courses such as Ballybunnion and Portmarnock as well as enjoying a spot of fishing in the company of his close friend Mark O'Meara. As well as allowing him to get over his jet lag in a relaxed fashion, the trips have enabled Woods to get used to playing the range of shots required for links golf, which are a world apart from those he needs week-in, week-out on the US tour. The American underwent surgery in December to remove fluid and benign cysts from his left knee in an attempt to stem the pain he had felt throughout 2002. He has since admitted that the doctors had advised him to reduce his time on course to give the knee the best chance of a full recovery. Reports he was seen limping in the locker room at the US Open last month further fuelled suggestions the surgery and its legacy were more serious than first indicated. But whatever the truth, the troublesome knee did not prevent Woods from winning the 38th title of his illustrious career at the Western Open earlier this month. That put an abrupt stop to all the talk about a slump that had been generated by his failure to make the top 10 in his five previous tournaments. But it will not have been enough to prevent Woods arriving here determined to reassert his unprecedented dominance over the world of golf by claiming his ninth major title at the age of 27. He may have kept the tournament victories tally ticking upwards this year but his own exacting standards mean a tie for 15th place in the Masters and a share of 20th in the US Open will have been regarded as aberrations. Business as usual will be the objective this week and for Woods that only means one thing: winning. — AFP
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Indian golfers finish ninth
New Delhi, July 12 Shruti came up with the best performance among the three Indians finishing at 19th position with a tally of 239, followed by Mayali at 240. Vandana finished 23rd at 245 as India aggregated a total of 477. Korea lifted the championship with a tally of 428, eight strokes better than second placed Japan who scored 436. Australia finished third at 441. Final individual scores (India): Shruti Khanna 239 (78, 80, 81); Mayali 240 (82, 78, 80); Vandana (86, 79, 80). Final team scores: Korea 428, Japan 436, Australia 441, Chinese Taipei 454, New Zealand 458, Thailand 469, China 475, Hong Kong 476, India 477, Singapore 504. — PTI
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Japan eves qualify for World Cup
Tokyo, July 12 US outfit Atlanta Beat midfielder Homare Sawa headed home the opening goal past Mexican goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar in the 56th minute thanks to a nice pass produced by Emi Yamamoto from just outside the left corner of the box. In the 83rd minute, second-half substitute Karina Maruyama quickly flicked in at the Mexican goal mouth after skipper Yumi Obe sent a long pass on a free kick far from the midfield. — AFP
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Railways
beat ASC Centre Chennai, July 12 ASC’s pathetic show was evident from the fact that they could not force a single penalty corner throughout the contest. Indian Railways, despite being checked by ASC in the first half, scored twice in the second session. Jagmohan Singh opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Their attack, led by former international Rajeev Mishra, forced a penalty corner in the 41st minute, which Bikramjit Singh converted with a direct hit, to make it 2-0. For ASC, S V Sunil and Suresh ploughed a lonely furrow, but on many occasions they failed to find the target. Indian Railways gained three points from the win. However, the qualifiers for the quarters from the three-team pool B will depend on the match between Indian Railways and the Mumbai XI.
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grapplers sparkle New Delhi, July 12 Besides the eight top-place finish, India also won nine silver medals and a bronze in both the men’s and women’s categories of the competition. India, who had sent a 28-member contingent to the meet, also annexed the overall championship in freestyle (men) category, a Wrestling Federation of India press note said here today. The members of the team will be returning to India from Canada on Monday.
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Karnataka
beat Punjab cops
Chennai, July 12 In another Group B match, former champions Indian Railways scored twice after a barren first half to beat Army Service Corp, Bangalore. The Karnataka-Punjab Police match saw the former playing an attacking game in the first half. However, they were unlucky to miss two scoring chances. Len Aiyappa’s scoop off a penalty corner hit the crosspiece and bounced back into play. Later, Amar Aiyamma’s try was saved inches before the goal line by goalkeeper Manpreet Singh. Karnataka kept up the pressure in the second half and shot into the lead in the 42nd minute with Aiyappa sounded the board following a penalty corner conversion. Two minutes later Suprian Aind made it 2-0 off a cross by substitute Kama
Horo. — PTI
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Yoga squad Chandigarh, July 12 The team is undergoing intensive coaching at Panchkula under the guidance of Ms Indu Aggarwal, yoga coach. The team : men: Rudra Mukherjee, Praveen Verma, Dharam Dev (all from Haryana), Jhantu Roy ( West Bengal), G Radhakrishnan (Tamil Nadu), Ramesh Kumar (Delhi). Women:
Kirti Gahlawat (Haryana), Sayona as, Rupa Mana, Kukum Sinha, Bandana Kumar (all West Bengal), Ms Jyothi Belur, Rekha Inamdar and Kanchanganga (all Karnataka). Mr KC Sharma will be the Chef De Mission while Mr Ashok Aggarwal will be the coach-cum-manager. |
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Novak enters final Gstaad, July 12 Novak, 28 will meet either Wimbledon champion and top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland or fourth seed Argentine Gaston Gaudio in tomorrow's final. — Reuters
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