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3, 2003,
Chandigarh, India  
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Richardson, Patel shine on opening day Waugh hints at retirement Streak for rhinos SA ready to take on Pak: Smith
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Nightmare for England in Champions League Unseeded Lee stuns Mertinak Punjab cops win watersports title Warm welcome
for Prabhjot
DAV boys win
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Richardson, Patel shine on opening day Rajkot, October 2 The opening day also saw rookie speedster Munaf Patel grabbing the limelight with his three-wicket haul for 64 runs in the biggest match so far of his fledgling career. This was Patel’s debut match in the first class cricket though he is yet to play in a Ranji Trophy game. The Kiwi opener, who was a picture of confidence today, had two good partnerships after the visitors were reduced to 91 for four off 35 overs at one stage. He first added 89 runs for the fifth wicket with Craig Mcmillan (30 off 74 balls) before the latter was caught by Akash Chopra in the slips off the other paceman Sreesanth, who too bowled very well. The 200 for the visitors came off 273 minutes off 66.2 overs while Richardson reached the three figure mark off 223 balls in 291 minutes when he stylishly cover drove left arm spinner Murali Kartik for a four. He added another 119 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket stand with Jacob Oram (59 off 82 balls with two sixes and six fours) off 202 balls to put his team in a good position at stumps. Richardson, who played a waiting game before accelerating in the final session, has so far faced 304 balls during his 381 minute stay at the wicket. His knock includes 18 fours and a six. India ‘A’ captain Mohammaed Kaif’s move to take the second new ball after 80 overs with the score reading 256 for five did not make any impact on the two batsmen especially after Sreesanth left the field with a pulled muscle. The visitors, who were coasting at 61 for one at lunch, lost three quick wickets soon after resumption to be in a spot at tea. Skipper Stephen Fleming was the first to go when he played on to his wickets off a Patel inswinger. Patel took three wickets conceding 17 runs in his third spell of five overs. Fleming, who scored a quickfire 27 off 34 balls hitting four well-timed boundaries and a six off left-arm spinner Murali Kartik. He added 47 runs for the second wicket with Richardson before being dismissed. New man Scott Styris hit Kartik for a six and looked in fine touch. He, however, went for his shots too early and snicked an easy catch to wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta off Patel for eight. He faced 16 balls hitting just one six in his 16- minute stay at the wicket. Though much was expected from Nathan Astle, the stylish middle order batsman disappointed by lasting just one ball before being leg before wicket playing half cock to a good length delivery from Patel for no score. New Zealand reached the 100-run mark off 38.4 overs with Richardson batting on 42 and Craig McMillan on two. SCOREBOARD New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson batting 128 Vincent b Kartik 11 Fleming b Patel 27 Styris c Dasgupta b Patel 8 Astle lbw b Patel 0 MacMillan c Chopra b Sreesanth 30 Oram batting 59 Extras
(b-4, lb-12, nb-20) 36 Total (for 5 wkts, 80 overs) 299 Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-79, 3-91, 4-91, 5-180. Bowling: Patel 19.4-4-64-3, R P Singh 19.2-4-68-0, Sreesanth 12.5-5-22-1, Kartik 29-3-98-1, Ramesh 5.1-2-18-0, Gavaskar 4-0-13-0.
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Ganguly
retained skipper Mumbai, October 2 Ganguly would also lead India in the triangular one-day international tournament which has Australia as the third team, cricket board secretary, S.K. Nair said in a press release here today. The first Test against New Zealand is slated to begin on October 8 at Ahmedabad.
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Waugh hints at retirement
Perth, October 2 Waugh has frequently spoken of victory in next September's trip to India as a major goal before he quits. Asked if that was still the case, Waugh replied: "I am not exactly sure when that is going to be, but there is a good chance this will be the last time I am going to play in Perth." Waugh next week will lead his side in Perth in the first of two Tests against Zimbabwe. India remains on Waugh's "unfinished business" list after his side lost 2-1 there in a dramatic three-Test series in 2001. Waugh has been in brilliant form since making a career — saving century against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the New Year Test, having scored four centuries in his past seven Tests. He can continue his march into cricket history by scoring a hundred at the WACA Ground in the opening Test against Zimbabwe starting next Thursday. The Perth ground is the only Test venue in Australia where he has not reached three figures. Waugh, the 162-Test veteran, admitted he did not know much about the Zimbabweans, but expected the Africans to put up a spirited showing. "I don't know a lot of their players, I know they have a good coach in Geoff Marsh (former Australian Test batsman and national coach) and a good bowling coach in Bruce Reid (former
Australian Test fast bowler) and I like the way they play their cricket," he said. "They are always very spirited and give 100 per cent... and they have nothing to lose, so they will be a dangerous opponent."
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Streak for rhinos Sydney, October 2 Streak and members of the squad, currently touring Australia for the three-Test series, will attend a dinner on October 6. Among the items of sporting memorabilia to be auctioned are a unique pair of bats, one signed weeks before his death by Sir Donald Bradman, together with other members of the 1948
Invincible team and many of Australia’s Test match captains. —PTI |
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SA ready to take on Pak: Smith Lahore, October 2 Smith will lead the Proteas in the first game of a five- match series played under unprecedented security as South Africa’s on-off tour of Pakistan gets underway at Gaddafi Stadium.
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China dominate in Asian canoeing
Bhopal, October 2 China was followed by Japan with five gold medals. Last edition’s runners-up Iran bagged 12 medals, including two gold when first session events for the day were completed. India were occupying fourth place, having won seven medals so far, including two gold, two silver and three bronze medals. India’s DVS Negi bagged the gold in K-1 1000 metre race in the junior men category. The second gold for India was bagged by Navin Sahu and Satya Kumar in the KT-2 1000m senior men event. Pushing their medal tally from three to 11, China have so far seven gold, one silver and three bronze to their credit, while Japan’s 12 medals include five gold, three silver and four bronze. Iran’s 11 medals comprised two gold, seven silver and two bronze. In the K-1 1000 metres senior women category, China’s Shang Xiaolin grabbed the gold, Japan’s Tsujioka Sayaka won silver and Indonesia’s Aronggear Sarce got the bronze medal. Chen Zhongyun of China snatched the gold medal in the C-1 1000m senior men category followed by Japan’s Tanoue Yasuhiro with silver and Iran’s Ahmadi Sirvan with bronze. In the K-2 1000m senior women category, China’s Ling Weizhen and Wang Lin finished first, while in the K-4 1000m senior men event also the Chinese team bagged gold. Indonesia occupied the fifth position in the tally with six medals, including one gold, three silver and two bronze, while Macau with one gold was at sixth spot. Iraq, who made a last-minute entry into the four-day extravaganza, have won one silver and one bronze so far, while Taipei bagged four medals, including one silver and three bronze. Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand are yet to register their presence in the medal list. Samari Babak of Iran won the gold medal in the K-1 1000m senior men’s event while Hamono Saki of Japan finished first in the K-1 1000m junior women’s category. In the C-1 1000m junior men’s category, Chen Zhijiang of China bagged the gold. Iran’s Mohammadi Alireza and Samari Babak grabbed the gold in the K-2 1000m senior men event. — PTI
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Nightmare
for England in Champions League
Paris, October 2 Bundesliga leaders Stuttgart inflicted a 2-1 defeat on
Manchester United at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium yesterday as Imre
Szabics and Kevin Kuranyi struck within three minutes of the second
half, leaving Alex Ferguson fuming at his defenders’ “terrible”
blunders. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s 31st goal in the competition from
the penalty spot could not save United from defeat and they slipped
into second in group E behind their next opponents, Rangers, who drew
1-1 with Panathinaikos. “We knew Stuttgart were strong but I did
not realise they were this strong,” said Ferguson of the side
playing in the Champions League for the first season in their
history. Chelsea pitted their multi-million pound squad against the
modestly financed Besiktas and the Turks left Stamford Bridge with a
2-0 win after inflicting the first defeat since Russian oil tycoon
Roman Abramovich took over the London club. Two goals from portly
midfielder Sergen Yalcin earned Besiktas an unlikely first-ever away
win in the competition. Real Madrid, in contrast, came back from a
goal down at FC Porto to win 3-1 and top group F after two impressive
wins out of two and Didier Drogba scored the first hat-trick of the
group stages as Marseille moved into second place behind Real with a
3-0 demolition of Partizan Belgrade. Champions League holders AC
Milan meanwhile played out a dull 0-0 draw with Celta Vigo in Spain
that left the Italians top of group H. In Stuttgart, an uneventful
first half gave way to a frantic second period. Stuttgart took the
lead on 50 minutes with Szabics racing through the disorganised United
defence to curl a shot past American goalkeeper Tim Howard. Two
minutes later the fast-emerging German international Kuranyi scored
his second goal in as many Champions League matches as the United
rearguard were again to blame. United were handed a lifeline on 67
minutes when Christiano Ronaldo was tripped in the penalty area by
Hildebrand and Van Nistelrooy rammed the ball home. But United
needlessly conceded a penalty when Rio Ferdinand chopped down Kuranyi.
Howard spared his side more humiliation by producing a fantastic save,
parrying Fernando Meira’s penalty. “We defended terribly for the
two goals and if you defend badly in games of this nature you deserve
everything that happens to you,” said Ferguson. Chelsea manager
Claudio Ranieri was telling a similar story after seeing a nine-match
unbeaten run ended. Poor defending handed the Turks two goals from
their first two attacks. Uzulmez Irahcame’s cross found Yalcin
whose shot beat Carlo Cudicini with the help of a deflection off John
Terry in the 24th minute. Five minutes later Besiktas’s Colombian
goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba punted a ball into the Chelsea area, Marcel
Desailly slipped then Cudicini missed the ball altogether, presenting
Yalcin with an empty net. “When you make mistakes, you pay,”
Ranieri said. “After 2-0 we tried to do something but they closed
the space very well.” David Beckham was injured and Raul made only
a brief appearance, but Real won anyway in Porto despite going behind
to a seventh minute goal from Costinha. Ivan Helguera grabbed the
equaliser and Santiago Solari gave Real the lead before half-time
before Zinedine Zidane, whose head had been bleeding heavily just
minutes earlier, scored Real’s third with a sweet half volley. —
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Unseeded Lee stuns Mertinak
Tumkur (Karnataka), October 2 The pre-quarter final day virtually belonged to unseeded players as at least four seeded players, including Michal, had to make their exits from the tourney. Drawing inspiration from his compatriot, Lee Martin, also of Great Britain, quelled the challenge of sixth seed Marcello Craca of Germany in a gruelling contest, lasting three hours. Martin defeated Marcello 6-2, 6-7 (10-8), 7-6 (7-5) to ensure his quarter-final berth. Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany scored another upset victory (6-4 7-5) over third seed Rik De Voest of South Africa while Stephane (SUI) outplayed seventh seed Oliver Marach (AUT) 6-2, 6-0 to move into the quarter-finals. The lone seeded player who won was fifth seed Michal Tabara (Czhekoslavia), as his opponent, compatriot Ota Furarek, conceded the match as his lower back pain aggravated when play was in progress in the second set. Michal had won the first set at 7-6 (7-5) and both were three all in the second set when Ota chose to withdraw. The Indian challenge in the singles ended today with Harsh Mankad making his exit, losing to Marco Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4 7-5. Dieter Kindlmann of Germany defeated Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-4, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinal. Francesco (Italy) joined the quarterfinalists after defeating compatriot Leonardo Azzaro 7-6 (7-2) 6-2. —PTI
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Punjab cops win watersports title Srinagar, October 2 Punjab Police, who bagged 19 medals including nine gold, displayed quality kayaking and rowing skills and won 15 medals in these two events of the competition which concluded yesterday. Hosts Jammu and Kashmir Police were adjudged as the runners-up with 17 medals while Madhya Pradesh with 14 medals were declared the second runners-up. Punjab won the maximum number of gold medals in rowing and completely dominated the event. They won eight gold in the kayaking event and their tally could have been higher but for their below average performance in canoeing. J and K Police showed a marked improvement winning 17 medals including seven gold, five silver and five bronze in three events.
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Warm welcome
for Prabhjot Amritsar, October 2 Hockey lovers and members of the Border Hockey Club, along with the family members of Prabhjot, accorded him a warm welcome. He said the term would now prepare hard for the forthcoming Afro-Asian games in Hyderabad in which the Pakistan hockey team will also participate. For this purpose a camp would start from October 10 at Delhi. |
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Gurdaspur
gymnasts reign supreme Ludhiana, October 2 Gurdaspur eves gave a splendid performance as Rohika collected 31.80 points to be adjudged the ‘best gymnast’. Sukhbir Kaur and Monika, also of Gurdaspur, followed her closely with 31.20 points and 29.40 points, respectively. In the individual events, Rohika proved her mettle on vaulting table scoring 8.20 points to win the gold. Another girl from Gurdaspur, Sukhbir Kaur secured 7.70 points for a silver while Patiala’s Meenakshi with 7.00 points clinched the bronze medal. In uneven bars, Sukhbir Kaur of Gurdaspur (8.00 points) outstaged her city mate Rohika (7.60 points) for the gold medal. The bronze medal was won by Samita Sharma of Jalandhar who collected 5.00 points. In the balancing beam event, Samita Sharma of Jalandhar secured 7.75 points and just managed to scrape past her immediate opponents Meenakshi of Gurdaspur (7.65 points) and Sukhwinder Kaur of Patiala (7.60 points). In the floor exercises, Meenakshi of Patiala (8.20 points) got the better of Santosh Rani of Gurdaspur who got 8.15 points while Rohika of Gurdaspur finished third with 7.65 points. Another controversy erupted today when Patiala registered their protest against Moga for fielding Amritsar players in the hockey match. Moga had recorded 3-0 victory in this quarterfinal encounter. After verification, the organisers found that five players from Amritsar — Sandeep Sohi, Ranjit Kaur, Daljit Kaur, Meena and Mandeep Kaur played for Moga district. Subsequently, the Moga team was debarred and Patiala girls were declared winners, who made their entry into the semifinal. The 100m race which was marred by a controversy yesterday with the runner from Amritsar, Mandeep Kaur challenging the judges verdict, declaring Baljit Kaur and Deepinder Kaur of Ludhiana as the first and second, respectively. The organisers had informed that the race would be re-run on the concluding day. But the Ludhiana athletes today made a resolve plea in writing not to take part in the event. They pleaded that their schedule was very hectic and it was impossible for them to re-run 100 m sprint. Baljit told that she was to take part in 100 m hurdles, 400 m, 200m, 4x 100m and 4x400m relays. Mr D.S. Laungia, Joint Secretary, Sports, Youth Services and NRIs was the chief guest today and distributed the prizes to the winners. Second day’s results: Shot put-1 Bimi Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib 13.76 m, 2 Narinder of Jalandhar 12.47 m, 3 Manjit Kaur of Ropar 12.18 m. Handball (q-finals):
Ludhiana beat Ferozepur 21-10; Ropar beat Hoshiarpur 23-11; Jalandhar beat Faridkot 22-02. Hockey- Faridkot got a walkover Sangrur; Moga beat Muktsar 4-2; Ropar beat Bathinda 3-0 and Amritsar beat Gurdaspur 5-1. Basketball: Faridkot beat Ferozepore 43-15; Jalandhar beat Patiala 53-22; Amritsar beat Sangrur 47-04; Ludhiana beat Mansa 67-07; Kapurthala beat Bathinda 47-26; Jalandhar beat Gurdaspur 76-31; Hoshiarpur beat Amritsar 54-31, Ludhiana beat Muktsar 46-09 and Faridkot beat Kapurthala 53-48. Kabaddi: Kapurthala beat Ropar 52-25; Hoshiarpur beat Mansa 55-41; Patiala beat Moga 31-24; Ludhiana got a walkover Fatehgarh Sahib; Faridkot beat Sangrur 46-41. Q-finals- Jalandhar beat Gurdaspur 93-17; Amritsar beat Faridkot 33-22; Ludhiana beat Patiala 59-36; Kapurthala beat Hoshiarpur 100-90. Lawn tennis
(semifinals): Amritsar beat Ropar 2-0 and Patiala beat Jalandhar 2-0. Kho-kho: Hoshiarpur beat Gurdaspur by 12 pts; Jalandhar beat Nawanshahr by 10 pts; Ropar beat Mansa by 11 pts. Athletics- 3000 m (final): Sukhjit Kaur of Bathinda 10.31.28 secs 1; Savita of Gurdaspur 10.43.13 secs 2; Rajni Bala of Ludhiana 10.50.34 secs 3. 100m hurdles (final): Baljit Kaur of Ludhiana 15.04 secs 1, Arvinda of Jalandhar 15.31 secs 2, Kulwinder Kaur of Jalandhar 17.41 secs 3. Javelin throw (final): Kashmir Kaur of Jalandhar 40.16 m 1, Ramandeep Kaur of Amritsar 37.32 m 2, Jashandeep Kaur of Amritsar 34.46 m 3. 400 m (final): Mandeep Kaur of Amritsar 57.16 secs 1, Baljeet Kaur of Ludhiana 1.00.25 secs 2, Harpreet Kaur of Ludhiana 1.00.43 secs 3. Badminton
(semifinals): Patiala b Amritsar 2-0 and Jalandhar b Ludhiana 2-0. Volleyball (final): Jalandhar b Ludhiana 25-10, 25-16, 25-05. |
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DAV boys win Jalandhar, October 2 In a frenzied game, DAV College, Jalandhar, started the victory march during the third minute itself as Major Singh scored a field goal 1-0. Consolidating the lead Jatinder Pal Singh made no mistake in converting a penalty corner awarded in the eighth minute (2-0). The score went up to 3-0 in the following minute as Yadwinder Singh taking advantage of the chaos in the opponents half struck a field goal. The tally soon became 4-0 as Major Singh once again tactfully scored a field goal. The UT lads finally managed to open their account in the second half as Budh Singh scored in the 44th minute. Gaurav Thakur metted in the 59th minute for a consolation goal. The match between Government College, Ludhiana, and Government College, Ropar, finished in a 1-1 draw.
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Rajkot, October 2
