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Ntini, Smith put SA on top Warwickshire amass
537 Yorkshire drop
Yuvraj Harbhajan raring to go Injured McGrath out of one-day
series Punjab to take on Kerala in Ranji Trophy
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Jeev joint third after superb display Indian challenge fizzles out Harikrishna, Kunte in joint
lead East Bengal rout HAL 5-0 Hewitt in quarterfinals Amritraj, Mankad
bow out IWF names teams for Bali meet Sundaram to
head wickets committee Federation Cup soccer on
DD Chandigarh Academy
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Ntini, Smith put SA on top London, July 31 Makhaya Ntini took five wickets as England disintegrated to an error-strewn 173 all out. Ntini, who earlier accounted for Marcus Trescothick (6) and new captain Michael Vaughan (33), removed Alec Stewart (7) and all rounder Andrew Flintoff (11) after lunch before bowling Steve Harmison. Ntini took five for 75. Vaughan was one of at least four players to lose their wickets to poor shots on a blameless surface. Scoreboard England (1st Innings): Trescothick b Ntini 6 Vaughan c sub b Ntini 33 Butcher c Hall b Pollock 19 Hussain b Hall 14 McGrath c Kirsten b Hall 4 Stewart c Adams b Ntini 7 Flintoff c Adams b Ntini 11 Giles c Pollock b Hall 7 Gough c Adams b Pollock 34 Harmison b Ntini 0 Anderson not out 21 Extras: 17 Total: (all out in
48.4 overs) 173 Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-73, 4-77, 5-85, 6-96, 7-109, 8-112, 9-118. Bowling: Pollock 14.4-5-28-2, Ntini 17-3-75-5, Pretorius 4-0-20-0, Hall 10-4-18-3, Adams 3-0-19-0. South Africa (1st innings): Smith not out 80 Gibbs b Harmison 49 Kirsten not out 9 Extras: (b-4 lb-5 nb-4) 13 Total: (for one wicket) 151 Fall of
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Warwickshire amass 537
London, July 31 Leg spinner Amit Mishra captured a five-wicket haul but they cost him 183 runs as the tourist’s final match - a four-day fixture - of the 40-day tour was fast turning out to be a miserable experience. When bad light stopped play at 9.50 pm IST, India ‘A’ were five without loss in reply, captain Shiv Sunder Das batting on five and Wasim Jaffer yet to open his account. Although the Indians managed to break the overnight partnership of Ian Bell (75) and Tony Frost (76) early this morning, Warwickshire’s lower order continued to frustrate their efforts. Bell was caught by Hemang Badani off seamer Avishkar Salvi after only eight runs were added to the overnight total of 302 but his fifth wicket stand with Frost was worth 97 runs. Bell, who had made a well compiled 71 on the first day, added another four runs to his score. The team score then was 310 for five. Frost then found solid support in M A Sheikh (42) with whom he added 82 runs for the sixth wicket before being stumped off Mishra. Kenyan sensation Collins Obuya (36) and G G Wagg (74) then pushed the visitors to their wits end as Warwickshire realised 227 runs from their last five wickets. —
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Yorkshire drop Yuvraj London, July 31 Yuvraj, who was one of the key factors in India’s successful run at the World Cup in South Africa, has been struggling for form recently in England. The left-handed batsman from Punjab started off well in the newly introduced Twenty20 tournament at the start of the season but has failed to live upto expectation in the first-class version and the one-day league. The man who played a crucial role in India’s famous victory over England in a tri-series final at Lord’s last summer has produced mere 111 runs from eight matches at an average of 15.85 in the County Championship. In the National Cricket League, he has done no better with 145 runs from five innings at 29.00. That is a mighty fall for the player who was hailed as India’s Michael Bevan following his crafty performance at number six in South Africa. “Yuvraj has been rested. He will play in the National League one-day match against Gloucestershire,” Geoff Cope, Director of the Yorkshire CCC, said. Other Indians on the county scene too have found it difficult to cope with the rigours of England’s tough domestic schedule. Mohammad Kaif, playing for Derbyshire, has scored 213 runs from 10 first class matches at 21.30 and 149 runs from four innings at 37.25 in the one-dayers. Opening batsman Virender Sehwag fared better for Leicestershire in the County Championship with 478 runs at 47.80 but failed to come good in the shorter version of the game with 326 runs at 29.63. Rahul Dravid, who opted to play for Scotland, though proved his worth with 311 runs at 77.75. Sehwag might have escaped further ‘agony’ with a disc injury forcing a premature termination of his county contract. The other players too will heave a sigh of relief if the Indian cricket board sends them an SOS to report at the conditioning camp, starting on August 14, for the upcoming home series against New Zealand. —
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Harbhajan raring to go New Delhi, July 31 "We have got a good opportunity to avenge our defeat in New Zealand in December last year," the 23-year-old Harbhajan said. "They made us play in gardens and on wet wickets. We will not do that. We will defeat them on good wickets," he told NDTV. India, who were made to play on under-prepared green-top wickets when they toured New Zealand last year, were drubbed 2-0 in low-scoring Test matches, a result which continues to rankle the side till date. Though India extracted some revenge in the World Cup, defeating the Kiwis in a Super Six game, they have made little secret of the fact that they would love to give one back to the Black Caps at the first opportunity. "I can't wait to get my hands on the ball and have a go at them," said Harbhajan who shot to instant fame after he grabbed 32 wickets in three Tests to help India win the home series against the mighty Australians in 2000. "The whole team is looking to avenge the defeat," the offie said but insisted that India would not prepare out and out turning wickets. "We want to show that we can beat them on good wickets." Harbhajan Singh's comments came a day after his skipper Saurav Ganguly said the Kiwis should prepare themselves for tough times in Indian conditions. Harbhajan, who is recuperating from a finger injury he sustained during the World Cup, said he had started bowling and was confident of being match fit in time for the New Zealand series. "I am undergoing some physiotherapy as suggested by the doctor for the ligament stress that I sustained during the World Cup. I think I have benefited a lot and I am confident of being fit before the series begins," the bowler said. Harbhajan said he was hurt to read some media reports which said he was feigning injury and was actually holidaying in Australia. "The grief can only be understood by one who has actually gone through it. I was very worried on account of my injury as for a bowler to hurt his finger is the worst that can happen to him," he said. But the tweaker said he had stopped bothering about such negative reports. "I know the same people will sing praises of me when I do well for the country." —
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Injured McGrath out of one-day series Cairns (Australia), July 31 McGrath left the team here in north Queensland for Sydney where he will consult a specialist to determine whether he needs an operation on a troublesome injury. Team physiotherapist Errol Alcott said the injury was caused by a loose fragment of bone near the back of the ankle joint. He said an operation would keep McGrath out of action for about five weeks. With only 10 weeks before the start of the series against Zimbabwe in October, it was decided it was an opportune time to assess the damage. McGrath will miss the one-dayers scheduled for Cairns on Saturday and Sunday and Darwin on August 6. It is the third disruption McGrath has had this year after he missed the fifth Ashes Test against England with a back injury and two Tests against the West Indies when he flew home from the Caribbean to be with his wife, Jane, after she was diagnosed with cancer. McGrath acknowledged the injury breaks could have contributed to his current state of fitness. “I’ve always said that if I keep playing the body gets used to it and I’m fine but getting back into it can sometimes be a worry,” McGrath said. “The back injury during the Ashes was a bit strange but we’ve got on top of that now and then with what Jane and I went through at start of the West Indies you can’t plan for that and then this now ...” McGrath and Alcott believe the injury stems from his high school basketball days, with a severe sprain pulling some bone off the ankle which has since floated around in the joint. “It’s his left ankle and the pain has increased over the last few days,” Alcott said. “It was particularly uncomfortable in the last two days of the (second) Test. The joint’s a bit angry at the moment. “There’s a window now of two months - so we thought we’d send him home to an ankle specialist and see what happens from there.” McGrath said he had put up with varying levels of pain for most of his career but generally coped by taping the ankle. “It’s been an ongoing thing but hopefully now we get on top of it while we can and be ready for when the season starts properly.” Cricket Australia has yet to decide whether a replacement is needed for the three-match series. Western Australia paceman Brad Williams will replace McGrath for the three-match VB one-day international series against Bangladesh, beginning in Cairns from Saturday. Williams, who has played six one-day internationals for Australia and also covered for McGrath during the early stages of the recent tour to the West Indies, will depart Perth for Cairns this evening, according to a Cricket Australia release. The first two games of the one-day series against Bangladesh are in Cairns on Saturday and Sunday, while the final match will be played in Darwin on Wednesday. Williams had last played for Australia in the 2002-03 VB Series against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on January 25. — AFP, UNI |
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Punjab to take on Kerala in Ranji Trophy
opener New Delhi, July 31 The North Zone representatives met at Barog to finalise the domestic fixtures for the season 2003-2004. The meeting was attended by M P Pandov of Punjab Cricket Association, Sunil Dev of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, Aman Kumar of Haryana Cricket Association, Sqn. Ldr. D Bhaskar of Services, R R Rohi of Himachal Pradesh and Ramesh Mahajan of Jammu and Kashmir. Punjab will host the final of the Duleep Trophy Championship from March 5 to 9, 2004 and a league match from February 14 to 17. Himachal Pradesh will host two league matches at Dharmasala from February 14 to 17 and at another venue yet to be finalised, from February 21 to 24. The venues of the other three league matches have not yet been finalised. Haryana, who have been placed in the Plate Group A in the Ranji Tropy competition, will clash against Jammu and Kashmir in their opening match on home ground from November 23 to 24. In their other matches, Haryana will play against Tripura at home from December 1 to 4, against Madhya Pradesh in MP from December 9 to 10, against Bihar at Jamshedpur from December 17 to 20 and against Vidarbha in at home from December 25 to 28. Jammu and Kashmir, in their other matches, will clash against Bihar at home ground from December 1 to 4, against Tripura, again at home, from December 9 to 12, against Vidarbha at Nagpur from December 17 to 20 and against Madhya Pradesh at home from December 25 to 28. Himachal Pradesh, who have been relegated to the Plate Group B, will start their campaign against Services at the latter’s ground in Delhi from November 23 to 26, followed by matches against Saurashtra at Rajkot from December 1 to 4, against Orissa at Cuttack from December 9 to 12, against Goa at home from December 17 to 20 and against Maharashtra at Pune from December 25 to 28. Himachal Pradesh will host the Ranji Tropy One-Day Tournament from January 2, 2004 to January 10. Delhi will take on Services, Punjab will play against Himachal Pradesh and Haryana will clash against Jammu and Kashmir on the opening day on January 2. There will be three matches every day with a rest day on every second day. In the Polly Umrigar Trophy Under-15 Zonal Tournament, Punjab will begin their campaign with a match against Jammu and Kashmir at the latter’s ground from October 27 to 29, followed by matches against Himachal Pradesh at Himachal from November 1 to 3, against Haryana at home from November 6 to 8 and against Delhi at home from November 11 to 13. Haryana’s matches will be played against Jammu and Kashmir at the latter’s ground from November 1 to 3, against Himachal Pradesh in Haryana from November 11 to 13 and against Delhi in Haryana from November 17 to 19. In the Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-17 Tournament, Punjab play the first match against Jammu and Kashmir in Kashmir from November 20 to 22, followed by matches against Delhi in Punjab from November 25 to 27, against Haryana in Punjab from November 30 to December 2 and against Himachal Pradesh from December 14 to 16. In the Cooch-Behar Trophy Under-19 zonal matches, Punjab take on Jammu and Kashmir at the latter’s ground from October 21 to 23, against Haryana at home from Otober 29 to 31, against Delhi in Punjab from November 3 to 5 and against Himachal Pradesh in Himachal from November 8 to 10. Punjab will also host three league matches, the semi-final and the final of the Under-19 knock out tournament which will begin with a CI vs N2 match in Punjab from December 1 to 3. The other matches in Punjab will be played from December 6 to 8, the semi-final from December 11 to 13 and the final from December 16 to 19. Himachal will host two league matches and one of the semi-finals while Haryana will host one league matches. Punjab will host the M A Chidambaram Trophy Under-19 one-day Tournament, which will get off the mark with a match between Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir on January 15, 2004. Himachal will play Haryana on the same day. The matches will conclude on January 23 with a match between Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Punjab will play their first match against Jammu and Kashmir at the latter’s ground from November 24 to 26 in the A Teams’ Tournament for under-25, followed by matches against Himachal Pradesh in Himachal from November 29 to December 1, against Haryana in Punjab from December 4 to 6 and against Delhi at home from December 8 to 10. |
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Jeev joint third after superb display New Delhi, July 31 According to information received here, Jeev was in superb form as he completed the first half of his journey five-under par and could have finished the day on top of the leaderboard but for an unfortunate bogey on his finishing hole. Asia’s No 1 player Jyoti Randhawa, the other Indian in fray, struggled to a one-over 73 and was tied for the 109th place. Jeev started with a birdie on the par-5 10th hole and then saved strokes back-to-back on the 12th and 13th holes. Another brace of birdies on the 17th and 18th saw him make the tuen at five-under. On the back nine, yet another brace of birdies on the par-3 second and third took him to seven-under after 12 holes. After parring rest of the holes, he arrived on the 425 yard par-4 ninth. Jeev’s putter was hot and he required only 24 putts to complete the round. Randhawa also started the day with a birdie on the opening par-5 hole, but could manage only one more on the par-5 10th. However, his iron play was not at its best, as was evident from the fact that all three bogeys came on par-3 holes. Hideshi Shikata, a rookie on the Japanese Tour this season, started in a whirlwind fashion before two bogeys in his last two holes stopped his juggernaut. Shikata, currently ranked 135th in the Order of Merit with his previuos best finish being a tie for 26th place at Yamiyuri Open, started from the 10th tee and reeled in five straight birdies. After pairing the next two holes, he made four successive birdies from the 17th onwards to be nine-under after 11 holes. He, however, made three bogeys and a solitary birdie in the next seven holes. Shikata led the field at seven-under 65 along side Koki Idoki. Another Japanese player, Tetsuji Hiratsuka, was tied for the third place at 66 with Jeev. Five players were tied for the fifth place of five-under 67. —
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New Delhi, July 31 Popat, who was lucky to enter the last 16 when a knee injury forced her South Korean opponent Kim Kyeung Ran to forfeit the tie, failed to trouble Ning, who took the match 11-4 11-5, according to information received here. The Indian had reached the pre-quaterfinal stage by defeating World No 25 Wan Ting Ling of Hong Kong 13-10 11-8 in the first round and was given a walkover by the 10th seed Ran, who was leading the tie 9-7 in the first game. Earlier, Trupti Murgunde was routed 11-6 11-0 by Japan’s Kaori Mori in the second round tie last night. Murgunde, a last minute entrant into the main draw, could not match the speed of her wily opponent, who had upset 15th seed Kelly Morgan of Wales in the first round, and surrendered in just 18 minutes. In women’s doubles, the pair of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurian went out to 16th seeds Wen-Hsing Cheng and Yu-Chin Chien of Chinese Taipei 8-15 6-15 in a second round match. —
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Harikrishna, Kunte in joint lead Edenburgh (Scotland), July 31 Both Harikrishna and Abhijit have 7 points apiece in their kitty and are half a point adrift of nearest contenders top seed GM Vassilios Kotronias of Cyprus, GM Jonathan Rowson of Scotland, British challenge GM Peter Wells and one time leader GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh. A pack of 10 players is also in reckoning for top honours having 6 points each. They are GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, WGM S. Vijayalakshmi, IM Tejas Bakre, GM Joseph Gallagher of Switzerland, GM Paul Motwani of Scotland, IM Reefat Bin Sattar of Bangladesh, WGM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan of Georgia and Englishmen IM Daniel Gormally, IM Pert Nicholas and Stewart Haslinger. The Indians, barring Harikrishna and Abhijit, had a tough day. The biggest loser from the Indian perspective were GM norm aspirant Tejas Bakre and Swati Ghate. —
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East Bengal rout HAL 5-0 Kolkata, July 31 The nippy Bijen Singh and Chandan Das scored a brace each while Dipankar Roy found the target once for the winners, who looked unstoppable despite resting a number of key players including star striker Baichung Bhutia, in the completely one sided Salt Lake stadium clash. While central defender Dipak Mandal, striker Mike Okoro, mid-fielder Shasthi Duley and lateral back Sur Kumar Singh did not take to the ground due to injury, Bhutia was kept out of action considering the poor ground conditions. “The condition of the ground has become really bad due to rains. We cannot risk Bhutia on such a surface,” a club official said. Striking up a good rhythm from the outset, East Bengal made use of the two flanks to perfection, as Alvito D’cunha, Dipankar Roy, Douglas Silva and S Malsawmtluanga repeatedly tore apart the rival defence while Bijen posed constant threat to the HAL penalty box. —
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Hewitt in quarterfinals Los Angeles, July 31 The 22-year-old Australian was playing for the second straight day against an American in his first tournament since losing in the opening round at Wimbledon. “I felt I didn’t serve that great yesterday so I came out here and tried to work on it,” said Hewitt. Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon winner, started strongly yesterday, registering five straight aces in his first two serving games. He finished with 14 aces in the one-hour, 11-minute-match. Hewitt suffered a shocking early exit at this year’s Wimbledon, losing to Croatian qualifier Ivo
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Amritraj, Mankad
bow out New Delhi, July 31 Amritraj went down to Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark 4-6 2-6. Amritraj had won the first round, thanks to the former US Open champion conceding the match midway citing wrist injury. Amritraj later also lost his doubles match. Pitted against top seeds Rick Leach and Brian Macphie of the USA, courtesy another wild card, Prakash and cousin Stephen Amritraj made a fight of it before going down 6-7 (5/7) 4-6. Harsh Mankad too made his exit in singles play, losing 6-2 3-6 3-6 to home lad John Paul Fruttero in the second round. Mankad however had better outing in the doubles with Arvind Parmar of Great Britain, winning 6-2 6-3 against American Ryan Haith and Gonzalo Anguiano of Chile. —
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IWF names teams for Bali meet Patiala, July 31 The federation has announced a six-member squad, comprising four boys and two girls, for the subjunior meet. Virender Singh (56 kg), Sunil Suresh Nayak (62 kg), N.Nagaraju (69 kg) and Raj Kumar (77 kg) are the lifters in the boys section while Supriya Patil (44 kg) and V.Chenneri (63 kg) will be the lifters on the distaff side. For the youth championship, Sarabjit Singh (105 kg) is the lone lifter selected by the federation in the boys section, while Karnam Kalyani (48 kg) and P.Harita (63kg) are the two lifters who will be competing in the girls section. The federation selection committee had very little to choose from for both the meets as the IWF executive committee has already placed 23 sub junior and junior weightlifters under suspension for varying periods. This stringent action was taken by the IWF after the lifters returned positive dope tests in the junior national subjunior and junior championship held in Chennai in January this year. Mr Pal Singh Sandhu will be the chief coach for the youth championship while Mr S.L. Salwan and Mr Rajesh Saini will be the coaches of the Indian squad for the subjunior meet. |
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head wickets committee Kolkata, July 31 Announcing this here yesterday, BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya said the newly constituted committee would meet here on August 5 to plan for the ensuing cricket season. Sundaram was appointed Chairman after Kasturirangan resigned from the post. The other members of the committee are Daljit Singh, Dheeraj Parsana, Anand Shukla and Prabir Mukherjee. Sundaram, a qualified umpire and a selector of the Delhi cricket team, has specialised on preparation of a variety of pitches and the quality of grass for the outfield. He has been closely interacting with the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. —
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Federation Cup soccer on DD Panaji, July 31 Three quarter-final matches on August 1, 2 and 3, two semifinals on August 4 and 5 and the final on August 8 will be telecast live, the note added. —
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Chandigarh Academy
in final Jalandhar, July 31 Earlier, defending champions Surjit Academy registered a crushing defeat over Ropar Hawks 6-1, while in another semifinal Chandigarh Academy outclassed Border Hawks, Amritsar 1-0 to secure place in the finals. In a one-sided affair, Surjit Academy started their victory march in second minute, when Sukhdeep Singh scored a field goal. Forward Ranjodh Singh scored two field goals in 14th and 15th minutes (3-0). Sukhdeep Singh of Surjit Academy struck again in 23rd minute to make it (4-0). Though Ropar Hawks made some attempts, they failed to score. Ranjodh Singh of Surjit Hockey made no mistake in converting a panelty corner in 31st minute of the first half 5-0. The score was 5-0 till the lemon break. In the second half, Ropar Hawks managed to open their account in 41st minute, when Gurpreet Singh converted panelty corner 5-1. However, Surjit Academy emerged victorious as Ranjodh Singh drove the ball straight into box in 52nd minute of the game to complete the rally (6-1). In second semifinal, Chandigarh Academy pipped rivals Border Hawks, Amritsar 1-0 to enter the finals. In a keenly contested game, both the teams failed to score a goal during the first half even as Border Hawks, Amritsar got two panelty corners. The golden goal for Chandigarh Academy was scored by Dharmvir Singh in 43rd minute. |
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