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Sunday,
August 24, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Aussies beat Argentina 8-3; Holland rout Germany
Credit for victory goes to Gagan Ajit, Deepak, Prabhjot
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Bangladesh face
defeat Missing cricketers: club organiser contacts families
Top cricketers for Atray tourney Perez strikes gold Neelam J. Singh qualifies Paes’ condition stable Arjun sets a new course record Ambala gymnasts steal the show Punjab Police go down to RCF
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Aussies beat Argentina 8-3; Holland rout Germany Amstelveen, August 23 India, who rose from the ashes like the Phoenix in their last league match against Pakistan yesterday, will take on their arch-rivals again tomorrow after they displaced Argentina for the fourth place in the tally by a better goal margin. Australia who have been in splendid form in the tournament were two goals up at the break, the goals coming off Michael McCann and Craig Victory. Three minutes after the break, Grant Schubert scored his sides third and then Argentina pulled one back through a penalty corner conversion by Jorge Lombi. Australia scored their fourth and fifth through Michael McCann and Troy Elder. In the 57th minute, Argentina scored off another penalty corner for their second goal when Carlos Retegui sounded the board. But Australia were unrelenting. Three goals came in the space of five minutes when Grant Schubert, Robert Hammond and Tristam Woodhouse scored with ease. With a minute left, Argentina got their third when Lombi scored. Meanwhile, hosts Holland thrashed Germany 6-0 in their final league tie here today to maintain a clean slate. For Holland, Teun de Nooijer (44’, 68’) and Bram Lomans (21’, 29’) scored a brace each while Karel Klaver (25’) and Floris Evers (70’) sounded the board once each. The game began on a slow note with neither team moving into the attack mode and till the first 15 minutes the game was pretty even. But the hosts, who had won three of their matches and drawn one with Pakistan earlier, began building up the momentum with the Germans finding it hard to move out of deep defence Holland forced a penalty corner in the 21st minute and Lomans made no mistake, converting it to make it 1-0. Four minutes later, Klaver finished a Teun de Nooijer run into the circle with a reverse stick shot from the right flank that beat the German defence all ends. Holland were up 2-0. The hosts continued putting pressure on the German ‘’development sqaud’’ and succeeded in getting another penalty corner in the 29th minute, which Lomans again converted and Holland went into the brather up 3-0. Holland started well in the second half as well and it took some fine saves from the German goalie Schulte to keep the scoreline at 3-0. But even he could not manage to hold on for long as de Nooijer scored his second goal of the tournament from a left side breakaway. He dribbled past two German defenders and slipped the ball under the sliding Schulte, 4-0 in the 44th minute. The next 20 minutes saw both the teams trying to make forays in each other’s citadels but with no significant gain. With five minutes remaining to the hooter, Holland charged again and scored the fifth goal through De Nooijer in the 68th minute. With less than 30 seconds to go, Floris Evers scored the final goal for the home team to wrap up the match 6-0.
—UNI
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Credit for victory goes to Gagan Ajit, Deepak, Prabhjot The Indian hockey team showed great mental strength to come back from the pits to swamp arch rivals Pakistan in their last league match of the Champions Trophy. After struggling in their earlier matches, the team finally played to its full potential to salvage some pride. No doubt, Dhanraj Pillay and his men must have been under enormous pressure to get their acts together. There is always a lot of pressure when we play Pakistan, but the Indians responded magnificently to the challenge to record their biggest win against their traditional rivals. It was an amazing display and very few fans would have expected such a result from a team which looked totally off colour in earlier matches. It was the Asian style ‘open hockey’ which resulted in the deluge of goals. The Pakistanis must have thought that the morale of the Indian team must be low. But the Indians proved them wrong. Why they could not play such a game from the beginning of the tournament puzzles me. The Indians could not play to a strategy in their earlier matches. It becomes all the more difficult when the team has to play six matches, including the positional match, in nine days since it requires adapting to different strategies for team different teams. I think this is where the Indians failed. Fortunately, the Indians played the last match against Pakistan who have a similar style of play. Since the Pakistanis also play an open game, the Indian forwards could take advantage. The same forwards were not given too much room by their opponents which affected their performance in the earlier matches. The forwards Deepak Thakur and Prabhjot Singh, a trifle inconsistent in the first four contests, had an outstanding day as they troubled the Pakistan defenders from the wings. It was also heartening to see captain Pillay and veteran Baljit Singh Dhillon at their best as link men. Their passes in upfront to Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak and Prabhjot were well-timed and these three talented youngsters proved to be a thorn in the Pakistani defence. Apart from combining well, Deepak, Prabhjot and Gagan Ajit also displayed excellent individual skills, particularly in the second session, which was sadly lacking in their first four outings. With the forwardline firing on all cylinders, the midfielders, who were struggling to find their bearing, also appeared far more confident in defending and also the ball position between them was very authorative. Trailing by three goals at the interval, the man who led the gallant Indian fightback was Jugraj Singh. His two penalty corner conversions were a great effort considering the situation of the match. Not only did he score two goals, he was brave enough to defend the powerful penalty corner push by Sohail Abbas. This was the turning point of the match. I will give much of the credit for India’s victory to the three youngsters Gagan Ajit, Deepak and Prabhjot who really raised their game by a few notches in the crucial match. These three forwards laid passes among themselves and created openings in the striking ‘D’ and also converted them into goals. The scoring abilities of these players must have taken their rivals by surprise, particularly the brilliant reverse hit goals by Gagan Ajit. The two goals would be remembered by hockey lovers for a long time. I have seen Gagan Ajit training for hours perfecting the reverse hit. I am glad that all his efforts paid dividends in a high voltage match against Pakistan. He will be celebrating the victory and also the Arjuna Award. With this victory, India can still think of playing Pakistan once again for the bronze medal play off. But that will depend on the result of the Australia-Argentina match. The Indian team cannot be written off so easily as they have proved with their display against Pakistan. But they have to play at this level more consistently in the future to be able to make an impact in important tournaments. —PTI
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England 307 all out
Leeds, August 23 South Africa (1st innings): 342 England (1st innings): Trescothick c & b Kallis 59 Vaughan b Ntini 15 Butcher c Boucher b Kallis 77 Hussain c & b Rudolph 42 Smith c Boucher b Kallis 0 Stewart c Hall b Pretorius 15 Flintoff b Ntini 55 Bicknell b Ntini 4 Ali c Boucher b Hall 1 Kirtley c Boucher b Hall 1 Anderson not out 0 Extras :
38 Total (all out, 87.2 overs) 307 FoW: 1-27 2-169 3-193 4-197 5-239 6-261 7-289 8-293 9-307 Bowling:
Pretorius 19-1-100-1, Ntini 20.2-4-62-3, Hall 24-3-77-2, Zondeki 1.5-0-10-0, Kallis 20.1-7-38-3, Rudolph 2-1-1-1 South Africa (second innings): Smith lbw b Bicknell 14 Gibbs lbw b Kirtley 2 Kirsten not out 21 Kallis not out 10 Extras
(lb-6) 6 Total (2 wkts, 20 overs) 53 Fall of wickets:
1-9 2-31 Bowling : Kirtley 6-2-21-1, Bicknell 7-0-16-1, Flintoff 3-2-1-0, Anderson 3-1-6-0, Ali 1-0-3-0.
— Reuters
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Bangladesh face defeat Karachi, August 23 Bangladesh (Ist innings): 288 Pakistan (Ist innings): 346 Bangladesh (2nd innings): Sarkar lbw b Omar lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 13 Bashar c Shabbir b Kaneria 108 Hossain lbw b Shabbir Ahmed 3 Saleh c Latif b Shabbir 60 Kapali b Danish Kaneria 1 Mashud st Latif b Kaneria 22 Mahmud lbw b Shabbir 0 Baisya c Latif b Shabbir 5 Rafique lbw b Shabbir 6 Murtaza not out 10 Extras:
(lb-11, nb-4, w-1) 16 Total: (all out, 114.1 overs) 274 Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-73, 3-83, 4-194, 5-195, 6-251, 7-251, 8-254, 9-262. Bowling:
Shoaib 25-8-59-1, Gul 19-3-57-0, Kaneria 38-12-85-3, Shabbir 18.1-2-48-5, Hafeez 14-8-14-1. Pakistan (2nd innings): Hafeez not out 68 Umer c Saleh b Baisya 4 Hameed not out 36 Extras: (lb-4) 4 Total:
(1 wkt, 40 overs) 112 Fall of wickets: 1-10 Bowling:
Mashrafe 10-3-32-0, Baisya 9-1-29-1, Mahmud 6-3-8-0, Rafique 11-3-17-0, Kapali 2-0-10-0, Saleh 2-0-12-0.
— AFP
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Missing
cricketers: club organiser contacts families Jalandhar, August 23 Paramjit Kaur, sister of Rajwant Kaur, a member of the club, who went missing since August 12, revealed that Ravi Sharma had rang her up from London this morning and requested that they should persuade Rajwant to contact him (Ravi Sharma) in London as British police was of the view that missing girls had not violated any law so far and there was no need to be underground on foreign land. Paramjit further disclosed that Ravi Sharma has assured them to settle all the disputes with them according to former’s wishes after returning to India. “We are very disturbed over the incident even as Rajwant is in constant touch with us over phone. She is fine there even as she never disclosed about the whereabouts of other four women cricketers,” she said, adding that it was duty of Ravi Sharma to bring back my sister as he was made her custodian during the trip. Meanwhile, it was learnt that the club organiser also contacted family members of Baljeet Kaur at their Begowal residence in Kapurthala seeking their co-operation to resolve the issue even as Wazir Kaur, mother of Baljeet Kaur, maintained that her daughter nor Ravi Sharma made any contacts with them so far. Family friends of Ravi Shama here, when contacted, disclosed on the condition of anonymity, that latter was making phone calls on a regular basis to know about the activities of the police in this regard. “He is fearing police action against him after returning from England as family members of missing girls are openly levelling allegations of charging hefty amounts to ensure immigration to Britain on the pretext of participation in a cricket tournament there,” revealed a friend of Ravi Sharma. Sources further said that Lynex Cricket Club was formed by Ravi Sharma by appointing his close friends as its office-bearers, most of them had nothing to do with the game of cricket. His wife Asha Sharma and daughter Rashmi Sharma were appointed vice president and treasurer of the club, while Prabhjyot Atwal was made organising secretary. Both, Poonam Mehra and Sonia Handa were appointed as joint secretaries. The club, according to sources, was not involved in any cricket-related activities here and was formed about six months back. The police sources said that they were investigating into role of other office bearers of the club into the whole context and were trying to establish their antecedents. “The Pucca Bagh residence and the Urban Estate office of Ravi Sharma was found locked during raids conducted by us. Rohit Sharma, son of Ravi Sharma was also not accessible for the past four days,” police said. |
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Top cricketers for Atray tourney
Chandigarh, August 23 Prominent cricketers likely to be seen in action are Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Dinesh Mongia, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Sarandeep Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Vikram Rathore, Zaheer Khan, S. Sriram, S. Ramesh, Aashish Kapoor, Gagan Khoda and Pankaj Dharmani, said the tournament organising secretary Sushil Kapoor here today. The tournament, an annual feature, is held in the memory of late former Additional Director General of Haryana Police J.P. Atray. Top teams of the country like Punjab Cricket Club, MP Cricket Assocation, MRF-XI, Chennai, Bihar Cricket Association, Indian Pistons Ltd, Rajasthan Cricket Association, Indian Oil Corporation, Mumbai, Hyderabad Cricket Assocation, PCA Colts Mohali, Himachal Cricket Association, Bishnoi Cricket Club and Cricket Association of Bengal have confirmed their participation. Mr Kapoor said 12 teams would be drawn into three pools. Each team would play once with the remaining three teams of its pool. The top two teams from each pool would qualify for the quarterfinals while two best teams from number three (on the basis of points earned from league round) would be eligible for the quarterfinal. The tournament, he said, would be played according to the latest ICC rules. Bonus point would also be awarded in the league phase. The winning team will get four points and in case of tie or an abandoned match each team would get two points. The winners would get cash prize of Rs 75,000, the runners-up Rs 50,000 and two losing semifinals Rs 15,000 each. — UNI
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Perez
strikes gold
Paris, August 23 However, despite taking $ 60,000 for the victory there will be no bonus of 100,000 US for the 29-year-old as it is not accepted as a world record but for the man whose image was plastered over stamps back home after taking the 1996 Olympic title it mattered little. The men’s 400m hopefuls started out in their quest to prove world record holder Michael Johnson was wrong to say it had slipped into mediocrity. The two most likely contenders for the crown Commonwealth champion Michael Blackwood and American Tyree Washington progressed - the former beating reigning champion Avard Moncur in his
heat. Moncur said he felt he was running into form at the right time. Washington, who is an acute asthmatic and whose testimony last year helped convict his sister of murdering her child, sauntered home in his race. Washington said he had felt good but shrugged off the tag of favourite.
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Neelam
J. Singh qualifies New Delhi, August 23 Athletes needed to send the disc at least a distance of 60m or be in the top 12 to qualify for the final. Only one athlete, Teresa Machado of Portugal qualified by virtue of being in the top 12 after her best throw measured 59.87m.
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Paes’ condition stable New Delhi, August 23 Paes was responding well to the treatment and the doctors are also awaiting the results of few more additional tests.
—PTI
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Arjun sets a new course record Chennai, August 23 Arjun Singh won a purse of Rs 1.62 lakhs. The three round leaders, Mukesh Kumar of Mhow, Meerut’s Digvijay singh and Arjun Singh were clubbed together for tee off. A close finish was expected between Mukesh and Digvijay but the former returned a two over 74 today and Digvijay somehow managed to finish one under 71. Digvijay’s tally of 273 fetched him Rs.1.12 lakhs as runner-up, while Mukesh (275) finished third. Harmeet Kahlon, who had a bad back nine, finished joint fourth with Uttam Singh Mundi. Arjun Singh, ranked 23rd on the Asian PGA Order of Merit and who had finished second in the Kashmir Open, was at his best and had a hat-trick of birdies starting from the fifth hole.
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Ambala
gymnasts steal the show Ambala, August 23 In girls under-12 team championship, Ambala team was first, Rohtak team second and Bhiwani team third. In the all-round championship Saloni was first, Anuradhika second and Supriya, was third. They all belong to Ambala. In apparatus championship(floor exercise), Saloni came first, Anuradhika second and Supriya third. In balancing beam Saloni was first, Poonam of Ambala was second while Anuradhika was third. In vaulting table Saloni was first, Anuradhika second and Ranjan of Rohtak was third. In uneven bars Saloni was first, Anuradhika second and Manjeet of Bhiwani was third. In girls under-15 team championship the team from Ambala stood first, Rohtak team second and Bhiwani team third. In the all-round best gymnast section Swati was first, Bharti second and Malika third. They all belonged to Ambala. In apparatus championship(floor exercise) Bharti was first, Khushbu of Ambala was second and Malika third. In uneven bars Poonam of Bhiwani was first, Swati second and Bharti third. In vaulting horse Swati came first, Poonam second while Meenu of Rohtak stood third. In balancing beam Swati was first, Malika second while Bharti third. In junior rhythmic girls (under-15) Surbhi of MNSS Rai was declared all-round best while Neha Bakshi of Ambala was second and Monika of Rohtak was third. In the ball section Surbhi stood first, Monika second while Monika of Ambala came third. In the rope section Surbhi was first, Neha Bakshi of Ambala second and Monika of Ambala was third. In the ribbon section Surbhi came first, Neha Bakshi of Ambala was second and Preeti of MNSS Rai third. In the hoop section Monika of Rohtak was first, Monika of Ambala second and Nishita also of Ambala was third. In boys under-14 team championship Gurgaon team stood first, Ambala team second while Bhiwani team stood third. In all-round championship Jaiveer was first, Tulsi second and Deepak third. All belonged to Gurgaon. In apparatus championship( vaulting horse) Deepak of Gurgaon came first, Sonu of Gurgaon second and Harish of Ambala third. In parallel bars Deepak was first, Gaurav of Ambala second and Harish of Bhiwani third. In horizontal bar Gaurav stood first, Harish of Bhiwani second and Jaiveer of Gurgaon third. In floor exercise Sonu was first, Deepak second and Harish of Ambala third. In pommelled horse Sonu was first, Jaiveer second and Tulsi of Gurgaon was third. In Roman rings Tulsi came first, Harish second and Deepanshu of Sirsa was third.
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Punjab Police go down to RCF Chandigarh, August 23 The all-important goal was scored by Kulwinder Singh in the 52nd minute. Punjab Police mounted pressure in the second half and got some good opportunities but failed to score.
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ALI’S
PREDICTION
CABINET
APPROVES AFRO-ASIAN GAMES INDIAN
SHOOTERS WIN 2 BRONZE
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