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Ramesh serves notice with ton
Pillay, Dhillon, Saini rested for Afro-Asian Games Punjab Police honours Dhillon, Kamalpreet, Gagan Ajit
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Impressive start by Jyoti Randhawa Jalandhar clinch overall trophy DAV, Khalsa College enter semifinals AITA meet at Patiala
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Ramesh serves notice with ton
Rajkot, October 3 Replying to New Zealand’s first innings total of 375 for seven declared, the Indians were off to a good start, thanks to a 164-run stand for the opening wicket between Ramesh and Akash Chopra (66 off 136 balls). A slump in the middle cost India ‘A’ three quick wickets including that of another prospective opener Connor Williams and skipper Mohammed Kaif (4) but Ramesh stood his ground to stem the rot before he was caught by Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming off Darryl Tuffey after facing 206 balls. At close, Hemang Badani was batting on seven while Murali Kartik was on four. It was imperative for India A to put up a good show with the bat as the bowlers, three of them untested — Munaf Patel, Rudra Pratap Singh and S Sreesanth — had allowed the visitors to pile runs at will. The India ‘A’ openers did not disappoint. Ramesh, who was dropped on 96 by first slip fielder Scot Styris, got to the three figure mark when he pushed Styris to mid-off for a couple. His century came off 190 balls in 252 minutes and included 18 hits to the fence. The Tamil Nadu left-hander was undeterred in his shot making by the fall of his partner Chopra, who was caught by Paul Wiseman in the deep while trying to hook Jacob Oram for 66 (13x4). India ‘A’ lost two more quick wickets that of Williams and Kaif who must be disappointed as he was keen to make an impression and break into the Test squad. Williams was caught by Styris in the slips off Vettori for four while Kaif was caught by wicketkeeper Robbie Hart down the leg side while trying to glance the same bowler. What stood out on the day was the contrast in batting styles of Ramesh and Chopra. While Ramesh played with flamboyance, Chopra played a surprisingly subdued knock. Chopra, who scored a hundred in the washed-out match at Visakhapatnam, took 40 minutes to open his account after facing 30 deliveries. But Ramesh was timing his shots well right from the word go and did not spare any of the New Zealand bowlers. He was particularly severe on Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori cutting and driving them at will. He also scored freely off left arm spinner Daniel Vettori and Styris.
Scoreboard New Zealand (Ist innings): (overnight 299 for five) Richardson retd hurt 128 Vincent b Kartik 11 Fleming b Patel 27 Styris c Gupta b Patel 8 Astle lbw Patel 0 Macmillan c Chopra b Sreesanth 30 Oram not out 101 Hart c Gupta b Kartik 20 Vettori c (sub) Kale b Kartik 7 Wiseman not out 4 Extras: 39 Total: (7 wkts, 80 overs) 375 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-79, 3-91, 4-91, 5-180, 6-353, 7-362 Bowling: Patel 25.4-5-83-3, R.P. Singh 23.2-5-77-0, Sreesanth 12.5-5-22-1, Kartik 33.5-4-118-3, Ramesh 11.1-3-45-0, Gavaskar 4-0-13-0. India ‘A’ (1st innings): Chopra c Wiseman b Oram 66 Ramesh c Fleming b Tuffey 110 Willams c Styris b Vettori 4 Kaif c Hart b Styris 4 Badani batting 7 Kartik batting 4 Extras: 21 Total: (4 wkts, 67 overs) 216 Fall of wickets: 1-164, 2-170, 3-195, 4-209. Bowling: Tuffey 17-7-43-1, Oram 15-2-48-1, Styris 9-2-45-1, Vettori 14-3-35-1, McMillan 3-2-9-0, Wiseman 9-2-27-0.
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Pak overcome fighting SA Lahore, October 3 Pakistan Hafeez c Dippenaar b Pollock 5 Hameed run out 56 Youhana c Boucher b Hall 68 Khan run out 19 Inzamam b Kallis 37 Malik not out 82 Razzaq c Kallis b Pollock 2 Latif not out 1 Extras: (lb-4, w-3) 7 Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 277 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-100, 3-142, 4-167, 5-231, 6-257. Bowling: Pollock 10-3-46-1, Ntini 3-0-26-0, Kallis 10-1-53-2, Hall 10-1-53-1, Peterson 8-0-40-0, Dawson 9-0-55-0. South Africa Smith c Inzamam b Akhtar 71 Dippenaar not out 110 Kallis b Akhtar 1 McKenzie c Hafeez b Akhtar 62 Boucher b Akhtar 1 Pollock c Inzamam b Sami 0 Rudolph run out 3 Hall not out 0 Extras 21 Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 269 Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-140, 3-241, 4-244, 5-245, 6-268 Bowling: Akhtar 10-0-49-4, Sami 10-0-44-1, Mushtaq 10-0-65-0, Razzak 5-0-30-0, Hafeez 5-1-26-0, Malik 10-0-47-0
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Pillay, Dhillon, Saini rested for Afro-Asian Games
New Delhi, October 3 Pillay will, however, join the camp alongwith six more players who were dropped, for the
India-Netherland Test series in December and the January 8 to 18 Sultan Azlan Shah tournament, IHF secretary general K Jothikumaran said in a press note. Though an offical reason was not given for Dhanraj’s omission, a source in the IHF said the striker was being “rested” in view of other major engagements ahead. Others who were in the Asia Cup squad but omitted from the Afro-Asian Games list include veteran striker Baljit Singh Dhillon, defender Baljit Singh Saini, Dinesh
Nayak, Didar Singh, Tejbir Singh and goalkeeper Kamaldeep Singh. The 24 probables for the Afro-Asian Games will attend the coaching camp, starting here on October 6. Another camp would be held after the games in preparation for the Dutch series and the Azlan Shah
tournament. Probables: Officials: Rajinder Singh (chief coach), Baldev Singh (coach), A B Subbaiah (goalkeeping coach) and Sampath Kumar (trainer).
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Punjab Police honours Dhillon, Kamalpreet, Gagan Ajit Jalandhar, October 3 Director General of Police (DGP) A.A. Siddique today honoured hockey stars Gagan Ajit Singh, Baljit Dhillon, Kamlpreet Singh and Tejbir Singh at a function held at the Punjab Armed
Police (PAP) grounds here and presented each of them a scooter. “Full preparations and stress on the crucial last minutes of a game yielded positive results and brought the historic win for us”, said Baljeet Dhillon, Tejbir Singh Kamalpreet Singh, and Baljit Singh Saini, the Jalandhar-based members of the Indian hockey team. The players arrived in the city yesterday morning without much fanfare as their Lucknow-Delhi flight was delayed and they subsequently missed the train to Jalandhar. “We did our best to improve in the concluding part of the game, but we feel that we still need to improve a lot on the last minutes as in the past we have lost crucial matches because of that,” said Tejbir Singh, who had also won the gold medal in the Junior World Cup. The team, which is aiming for an excellent performance in the forthcoming Afro-Asian Games has resolved to sharpen the tackling techniques and defence with stress on ‘man-to-man’ working. “we go pretty well with the short corners, but still need a lot of improvement on the defence and tackling techniques, said Baljit Dhillon, who celebrated victory with his friends and family today despite his being visibly tired. “It was a do-or-die situation against Pakistan and he came out on top, said Dhillon, the right-in of the team. “This time the team approached the field with a strong mental level and a positive approach with a high morale which contributed towards the historic win” said Kamalpreet Singh. On the recent decision on the demotion of the Punjab Police players, Kamalpreet said the situation was discouraging not only for seniors but also for upcoming players, who were putting in their best efforts. “It was heartening that unlike in the past, we played all of matches well. This was due to good coaching, preparedness and coordination,” said Baljit Saini. Commenting on the media shut-out by coach Rajinder Singh during the Asia Cup camp at Delhi, the trio maintained that interaction with the media was motivating for the players, but who could dare to challenge the coach’s decision. “Nobody is to be blamed for lack of welcome at Jalandhar station. Actually, the administration had made arrangements to host a dinner at PAP. But, we got delayed at Lucknow and failed to catch the evening Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express from Delhi,” said Baljeet Dhillon and
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Impressive start by Jyoti Randhawa
New Delhi, October 3 According to information reaching here from the par 70, Crabapple Course, Randhawa was four behind leader Sergio Garcia of Spain, and two strokes adrift of defending champion and world No. 1 Tiger Woods when play ended yesterday. Woods, along with Choi Kyung-ju of Korea, was tied for the fourth place at 3-under 67. Tim Herron and Rocco Mediate (both USA) were joint second at 4-under 66. Arjun Atwal, the other Indian in fray at the premier championship, was tied for the 60th place following an opening round of six-over 76. Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, who makes up the Asian trio to have made it to the 72-man field, was tied 37th at 3-over 73. On an exacting course, where the cream of world golf found the lightning fast greens too tough to handle (the average putts for the entire field was 30.61), Randhawa was one of only 12 players who managed to break par. The No. 1 player on the Asian PGA Tour in 2002 made three birdies and two bogeys in his round, where he struggled off the tee, finding just five of the 14 possible fairways. However, Randhawa’s irons were faring much better, and he still managed to find 13 greens in regulation. He had 30 putts during the round. “This is a great start for me,” Randhawa was quoted as saying in a press statement. “Now I need to capitalise on this and be consistent over the next three days. The conditions are tough here and you have got to be in the fairway to post a good score, which is difficult considering that they are so narrow,” added the Gurgaon-based golfer, who is paired with twice WGC winner Darren Clarke and Aussie Peter of Malley for the second round.
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Jalandhar clinch overall trophy Ludhiana, October 3 The star attraction of the final day was Mandeep Kaur of Amritsar who, on the opening day of the games, had challenged the judges' verdict declaring her third in the 100 metres race in which local runners, Baljit Kaur and Deepinder Kaur were adjudged the winner and runner-up respectively. After screening the photo-finish film of the race, the technical committee had announced that the race would be re-run on the concluding day. In the re-run today, Mandeep Kaur student of tenth standard and trainee of Kairon Sports Wing in Amritsar district, proved her point when she clocked 12.34 seconds to finish ahead of others and was declared the fastest runner of the games. Baljeet Kaur of Ludhiana closely followed her with 12.35 seconds while Deepinder Kaur, also of Ludhiana covered the distance in 12.37 seconds to finish third. However, Baljeet Kaur of Samrala in Ludhiana district collected 17 points and was named the 'best athlete' of the meet. The last event of the day, 4x400 m relay turned out to be a ding-dong battle between Ludhiana and Jalandhar. It were the Ludhiana quartet who intially enjoyed the lead but then Jalandhar team overtook in the third lap and again the final round Jalandhar runner gave tough fight to her opponents. Finally, Ludhiana and Jalandhar touched the finishing line simultaneously and were declared the joint winners while Amritsar team finished third. In the track events, Ludhiana and Jalandhar districts shared honours as they were declared joint winners (44 points each). The second and third positions went to Amritsar (23 points) and Bathinda (15 points). The games continued to be marred by controversy on the third day also. In the handball semifinal played between Ludhiana and Ropar, the latter registered their protest against hosts for fielding a player of Nawanshahr. Ludhiana won the match 25-20. The organisers, after verifying scratched the Ludhiana team. So, Ropar entered the final. In hockey, Amritsar prevailed over Ludhiana 4-0. Meena put Amritsar ahead in the 6th minute while Kanu Priya sounded the board in the 14th and 45th minutes. In the 49th minute, Aman found the target to complete the rout 4-0. In the match for third position, Jalandhar blanked Patiala 5-0. In kabaddi, Jalandhar trounced Kapurthala 41-25 to lift the title while Amritsar outclassed Ludhiana 56-48 to finish at the third spot. In handball, Sangrur beat Ropar to bag
the title and in lawn tennis, Patiala overpowered Amritsar 2-0 to emerge champions. In badminton, Patiala beat Jalandhar 2-0. Jaspreet Randhawa defeated Navita Thakur 11-3, 11-8 while Jaspreet and Amritpal beat duo of Navita and Neha 15-13, 7-15 and 15-9. In kho-kho, Sangrur beat Patiala 10-6 to win the title and Ludhiana defeated Jalandhar 12-10 to win the bronze medal. In basketball, Ludhiana girls outplayed Jalandhar 69-64 to win the crown while Faridkot beat Hoshiarpur 45-39 and had to contend with the third spot. In athletics events (1500 mts), Sukhjit Kaur of Bathinda took 4.45.81 secs to win the race while the second and third spots went to Sarabjit Kaur of Ropar and Rajni Rani of Ludhiana, respectively. In 200 m, Mandeep Kaur of Amritsar clocked 25.32 seconds to emerge champion. Mandeep Kaur of Jalandhar and Baljeet Kaur of Ludhiana finished second and third, respectively. In discus throw, Bimi Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib with a throw of 40.94 m stood first while Antergurpreet Kaur of Patiala and Amandpreet Kaur of Sangrur finished second and third, respectively. |
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DAV, Khalsa College enter semifinals Jalandhar, October 3 The match between DAV College, Jalandhar and Government College, Ropar, started on a promising note in the stadium which virtually remained throughout. However, the DAV lads made it clear that they were out to ground the rival Government College when in the first half itself they took them ahead by 3-0 as Yadwinder Singh (7th & 22nd minute) and Gaganpreet Singh (9th minute) alotted home. During the second half the Government College failed to score a goal. Navpreet Singh made no mistake in converting the penalty corner to make it 4-0. The score, till the end, stood at 6-0, when Jarnail Singh and Damandeep Singh scored two consecutive field goals during 63rd and 64th minute respectively. With this win DAV College, Jalandhar have entered the semi-finals. Meanwhile in a one-sided affair G.G.S. Khalsa College, Chandigarh, defeated Government College, Ludhiana 3-0, whereas Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar thrashed the Government College, Dhudlke 3-1. In the last match of the second day, the Khalsa College, Patiala in close encounter, ousted the Barjindra College, Faridkot 3-2, entering the semi-final with 6 points. |
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AITA meet at Patiala Patiala, October 3 The qualifying matches will be played on October 6 and 7 while the main draw will commence from October 8. Players from Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh are expected to take part in the tournament. There will be no qualifying matches for girls and eight qualifiers from each age category will take part in the main draw. |
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