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Lanka ‘A’ declare
at 235 for 9 Kiwis confirm Pakistan tour Mumbai humble Delhi by 10 wickets Punjab fail to take first innings lead World weightlifting: Indian eves second
Uppal shocks Sipaeya
Hockey coach for third umpire
Anjali takes lead Manipur climbers take top spot DAV College win hockey title Sangrur, Bathinda enter semifinals
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Lacklustre batting lets India down in final
Kolkata, November 18 On an indifferent track at the Eden Gardens, the Indian bowlers finally came into their own by restricting the formidable Australian batting line up to 235 for five despite the fielding lapses with VVS laxman dropping as many as three sitters off some of the greatest one-day batsmen in the world — Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting. But the Indian batsmen, with the exception of skipper Rahul Dravid (49) and Sachin Tendulkar (44) could not overtake even this moderate total and handed over the TVS Cup to the world champions on a platter. Although the Indian bowlers did reasonably well, the batsmen succumbed to the pressure and could never really recover from the early jolts to fold up for 198 in 41.5 overs to lose a final at the historic Eden Gardens for the first time. The home team, desperate to avenge the humiliation in the World Cup final, had themselves to blame for the debacle as they allowed the mighty Australians to wriggle out of a difficult position and take the honours with a 37-run victory. Electing to bat, Australia struggled to come to terms with the slow turning track to score 235 for five in their alotted 50 overs mainly due to Damien Martyn’s responsible 61 and a quickfire unbeaten 44 from 28 balls late in the innings by the young Michael Clarke. The reliable Michael Bevan also chipped in with an unbeaten 40. The Indian run chase began on a disastrous note as they lost opener Virender Sehwag (5) with just 12 runs on the board. Paceman Nathan Bracken put the hosts on the backfoot by evicting Sehwag, running in front of him to hold a return catch after the ball ballooned up. Both Bracken and his new ball partner Brad Williams produced a fiery opening spell to keep the strong Indian batsmen on a tight leash. Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, who joined the action after Sehwag’s early departure, had a torried time in the middle as the first 10 overs fetched just 22 runs. The batting maestro was a pale shadow of himself in the early stages of his knock as he failed to time his shots properly and was was beaten outside the off-stump on a number of occasions. But both the batsmen seemed to find their rhythm to some extent after Bracken and Williams were removed from the attack coming out of their shells to play some delightful strokes. The stylish Laxman slammed Williams for three boundaries before the speedster send him back to the pavilion with a ball that kept a trifle low to uproot his off-stump. With the hosts gasping at 36 for two after 12 overs, it was left to Tendulkar and stand-in captain Rahul Dravid to pull the team out of the pits and the duo raised hopes of a spirited fightback by accelerating the pace of scoring.
— PTI Scoreboard Australia: Gilchrist b Agarkar 07 Hayden c Laxman b Zaheer 19 Ponting c Laxman b Kartik 36 Martyn c Yuvraj b Sehwag 61 Symonds c Badani b Harbhajan 10 Bevan not out 40 Clarke not out 44 Extras: (bs 5, lbs 6, wbs 7) 18 Total: (5 wickets in 50 overs) 235 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-32, 3-112, 4-129, 5-170 Bowling: A. Agarkar: 08-2-50-1, Z. Khan: 06-0-29-1, A. Salvi: 03-0-23-0, M. Kartik: 10-1-30-1, H. Singh: 10-1-34-1, V. Sehwag: 08-0-35-1, H. Badani: 05-0-23-0. India: Tendulkar b Bichel 45 Sehwag c & b Bracken 5 Laxman b Williams 22 Dravid b Clarke 49 Yuvraj c Hayden b Symonds 4 Badani c Symonds b Clarke 30 Agarkar not out 26 Kartik b Harvey 1 Zaheer b Harvey 0 Harbhajan c Symonds b Harvey 2Salvi b Harvey 0 Extras (b-4, lb-5, w-5) 14 Total (all out, 41.5 overs) 198 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-36, 3-99, 4-110, 5-159, 6-168, 7-186, 8-186, 9-198. Bowling: Bracken 8-1-15-1, Williams 7-1-30-1, Bichel 8-0-51-1, Harvey 4.5-0-21-4, Symonds 7-0-36-1, Clarke 7-1-36-2.  |
Dambulla, November 18 Sri Lanka surpassed the easy target in the 14th over to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second and third matches will be played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday and Sunday. Openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana showed no signs of rustiness in Sri Lanka’s first international match since June by making light of England’s bowling. Left-handed Jayasuriya hammered an unbeaten 46 off 41 balls, studded with six boundaries and a six. Kaluwitharna returned with 36 off 42 balls containing seven hits to the fence. Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu was delighted at the quick finish in the first day-night match at the Rangiri international stadium. “I can’t ask for anything more,” he said. “Everyone knows how explosive our openers are and they showed it again today. “I regretted losing the toss but there were no regrets afterwards. We bowled, fielded and batted superbly.” England captain Michael Vaughan conceded his team was in the game for just “1.2 overs.” Deciding to bat first after winning the toss under overcast conditions, England were soon in trouble losing four wickets for 27 runs after 15 overs. Sri Lankan debutante Dinusha Fernando, who shared the new ball with Chaminda Vaas, made an immediate impression, dismissing another debutante Andrew Strauss for three runs in the fourth over. Fellow opener Trescothick followed soon in the seventh over when Nuwan Kulasekera, Sri Lanka’s second debutante took a skier off Vaas running back from mid-wicket to mid-on. Fernando struck again in the 10th over, bowling skipper Michael Vaughan off the inside edge for two. Scoreboard England: Trescothick c Kulasekara b Vaas 9 Strauss c and b Fernando 3 Vaughan b Fernando 2 Collingwood c & b Chandana 31 Flintoff c Sangakkara b Vaas 3 Clarke b Kulasekera 2 Blackwell c Dilshan b Kulasekera 3 Read c Jayawardena b Chandana 0 Giles c Jayewardena b Vaas 21 Johnson b Muralitharan 6 Anderson not out 4 Extras (w-4) 4 Total (all out in 46.1 overs) 88 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-12, 3-17, 4-26, 5-36, 6-44, 7-45, 8-59, 9-67. Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 9.1-2-15-3, Dinusha Fernando 7-2-13-2, Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-15-1, Nuwan Kulasekera 9-1-19-2, Upul Chandana 10-1-23-2, Sanath Jayasuriya 1-0-3-0.
— AP Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya not out 46 Kaluwitharana not out 36 Extras: (w-7) 7 Total: (for no loss, 13.5 overs) 89 Bowling: Anderson 5-0-25-0, Johnson 3-1-17-0, Clarke 2-0-20-0, Flintoff 3.5-0-27-0. — AFP |
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Lanka ‘A’ declare at 235 for 9 Rajkot, November 18 At the close of play India under-19 had reached 76 for three. Sri Lanka ‘A’ who were put into bat made a steady start reaching 46 for no loss before Robin Uttappa struck getting T Paranavithane caught behind for 18. After this the India under-19 bowlers made repeated breakthroughs to leave the visitors on 113 for five, before Nawaz and Kandamy rescued them. Both started cautiously before playing their shots. Nawaz reached his 50 in 112 balls with seven hits to the fence. Kandamy was the faster of the two reaching his half century in just 72 balls. V R V Singh and R P Singh, with three wickets apiece were the most successful bowlers for the home side. India under-19 started on a disastrous note when Robin Uthappa was caught behind by P Jayawardane off G Wijesiriwardane in the very first over of the innings. The elegant left hander Rakesh Solanki however kept his cool remaining unbeaten with 27. Abhishek Sharma with 12 was giving Solanki company at the end of the day’s play. — UNI
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Wellington, November 18 “The delay to the start of the tour has allowed specific aspects arising out of the threat received against the Black Caps last week to be resolved,” Snedden said. “We have been advised not to comment on any specifics related to that threat.” The scheduled tour was thrown into jeopardy last week when an e-mail threatening the New Zealand team’s safety was received by a New Zealand diplomatic post. The two-sentence e-mail contained a specific threat against the team. The New Zealand Cricket has since worked with the PCB, the International Cricket Coundil, New Zealand’s ministry of foreign affairs and trade and its own security adviser to establish its source and validity. Snedden said a five-match one-day series between New Zealand and Pakistan would now begin on November 29, rather than November 20. — AP
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Mumbai humble Delhi by 10 wickets
New Delhi, November 18 This was Mumbai’s second consecutive victory while for Delhi, first defeat in two outings, having drawn their opener against Uttar Pradesh. The victory also fetched Mumbai a bonus point and they wrapped up the match with five points. Resuming at their overnight score of 223 for nine, Delhi could add only one run to their total before being all out. Amit Bhandari fell to Sairaj Bahutule before he could open his account while other overnight batsman Ashish Nehra added one run to finish with two. Mumbai’s spinning duo of Nilesh Kulkarni and Bahutule took four wickets each. Delhi in their first innings had made 199 and in reply Mumbai had scored 239. Chasing a target of 185 runs for an outright victory, Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer and Vinayak Mane made light of the target and achieved it in just 55 overs without getting separated. The Mumbai batsmen sent the Delhi bowlers on a leather hunt and finished the job just around tea. None of the Delhi bowlers could extract any help from the track as Jaffer and Mane carted them all over the ground. Spin duo of Sarandeep Singh and Rahul Sanghvi were also not effective as the runs came in torrents. Mumbai openers made their intentions very clear from the start as they scored at will with Delhi players throwing in the towel. Jaffer took 206 minutes to reach to his hundred while Mane’s 50 came off 176 balls. Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas used six bowlers, all of whom came a cropper. Delhi looked a defeated side even before start of the play and Jaffer and Mane ended their agony in 228 minutes. Jaffer’s unbeaten 117 came off 182 balls and included one six and nine boundaries while Mane’s 63 came off 152 balls and were studded with four boundaries. Scoreboard Delhi (1st innings): 199 Mumbai (1st innings): 239 Delhi (2nd innings): A Chopra b Kulkarni 28, G Gambhir c Kambli b Kulkarni 105, S Oberoi run out 12, M Manhas c Jaffer b Bahutule 13, A Jadeja run out 31, R Bhatia b Bahutule 0, V Dahiya c Powar b Bahutule 9, S Singh st Samant b Kulkarni 4, R Sanghvi b Kulkarni 3, A Nehra not out 2, A Bhandari b Bahutule 0. Extras: (b-2, lb-7, nb-8) 17 Total: (all out in 69 overs) 224 Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-85, 3-127, 4-194, 5-195, 6-206, -217, 8-222, 9-223. Bowling: Munaf Patel 6-2-24-0, Robin Morris 4-1-6-0, Nilesh Kulkarni 24-3-76-4, Sairaj Bahutule 25-3-77-4, Ramesh Powar 10-1-32-0. Mumbai (2nd innings): V Mane not out 63, W Jaffer not out 117. Extras: (b-1, nb-4) 5. Total: (for no loss, 55 overs) 185 Bowling: Ashish Nehra 6-0-16-0, Amit Bhandari 8-1-24-0, Rajat Bhatia 11-2-28-0, Sarandeep Singh 12-1-43-0, Rahul Sanghvi 10-1-55-0, Mithun Manhas 8-1-18-0. — UNI
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Punjab fail to take first innings lead
Meerut, November 18 Medium pacer Ashish Winston Zaidi reached the milestone of 300 Ranji Trophy wickets on his way to four for 88. Resuming at 312 for three, Punjab lost Ravneet Ricky early for 115, an addition of 13 runs to his overnight score. The right handed opening batsman had put on 284 runs for the third wicket with Dinesh Mongia — who made 185 — yesterday. But those efforts went in vain when Pankaj Dharmani (46) and Sandeep Sawal (zero) fell to off spinner Nikhil Chopra in the space of two balls. UP and Punjab have a total of two points from two matches in group ‘A’. Scoreboard Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): 471 Punjab (1st innings): Ricky c sub b Gupta 115, Samrat c Malvia b Zaidi 0, Sodhi c Mishra b Zaidi 0, Mongia c Malviya b Gupta 185, Dharmani c Malvia b Chopra 46, Madan LBW b Zaidi 37, Sawal c and b Chopra 0, Navdeep c Malvia b Gupta 0, Gagandeep c Malvia b Chopra 16, Vineet b Zaidi 19, Rajesh not out 2. Extras (b-8, lb-6, nb-6, w-1) 21. Total (all out in 155.5 overs) 441. Fall of Wickets: 1/1, 2/1, 3/285, 4/353, 5-379, 6-379, 7-380, 8-414, 9-429. Bowling: A.W. Zaidi 35.5-8-88-4, Rathnesh Mishra 20-2-99-0, Praveen Gupta 56-14-119-3, Nikhil Chopra 32-7-83-3, Jyoti Yadav 11-0-35-0, Rizwan Shamshad 1-0-3-0. Uttar Pradesh (2nd innings): Prakash not out 9, Yadav not out 19. Extras (nb-4) 4. Total (for no loss in 24 overs) 32. Bowling: Vineet Sharma 4-0-4-0, Gagandeep Singh 8-5-4-0, Reetinder Singh Sodhi 7-1-24-0, Navdeep Singh 4-4-0-0, Sandeep Sawal 1-1-0-0. — PTI
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World weightlifting: Indian eves second
New Delhi, November 18 The team classification points are awarded on the basis of rankings for individual performances and India scored points for their fifth, sixth and seventh place finishes in various weight categories so far. Meanwhile, Prasmita Mangraj managed only 190kg for an 18th place finish in the 58kg weight category. She lifted a total of 85kg in snatch and 105kg in clean and jerk. The gold medal was claimed by China’s Chaiyan Sun with combined lift of 225 kg (110+125) while Patmawati of Indonesia earned a silver with an effort of 217 kg (97.5+120). Aylin Dasdelen of Turkey setteled for the bronze for her 210 kg (92+117.5) lift. Pratima Kumari will also be seen in action in the 63kg category. But India cut a sorry figure in the men’s team classification languishing on the 31st place while China (125), Turkey (72) and Belarus (59) enjoyed top three positions in the competition which is the main qualifier for next year’s Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. — PTI
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Uppal shocks
Sipaeya Dehradun, November 18 Dmitry Mazur of Uzbekistan defeated Yew Ming Si of Malaysia 6-2 6-2 in the only other main draw match to be held at the Doon School complex here. Davis Cupper Harsh Mankad is the top seed of the tournament which has been subject to nature’s fury. The sun coming out full in the afternoon was a sign of things turning for the positive although two qualifying round matches remained yet to be completed. The seeded players (Indian unless specified): 1 Harsh Mankad, 2 Mikhail Elgin (Rus), 3 Qureshi (Pak), 4 Vadim Davletshin (Rus), 5 Middelkoop (Ned), 6 Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, Vijay Kannan, 8 Aleg Ogorodov
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Hockey coach for third umpire Amritsar, November 18 He said he was still looking for a replacement for injured Jugraj Singh, who was undergoing medical treatment in the USA. Len Aiyappa and Baljit Singh Dhillon would be used as drag-flickers. He said according to the doctors attending on Jugraj, the player would recover within four months. The chief coach, who hails from Sarli village, about 22 km from here, said seven players rested before the Afro-Asian Games would join the team in the Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament to be held in Malaysia from January 8 to 18. Top teams would play in the tournament. He said the management was thinking of fielding new faces in the tournament. Moreover, he said, they did not want to reveal their cards before the Olympic qualifying tournament scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain in March, 2004. He was confident of is the team a qualifying for the Olympics and a top-three place in the Olympics.
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New Delhi, November 18 But the most stunning performance of the day was that of 15-year-old Kanika Minocha (handicap -8). On the par five 14th Minocha holed her pitching wedge for a superb eagle which could very well be the only eagle in the 36 years of this event. Courtesy the eagle, Kanika was placed eighth on the leaderboard. The championship, being played on open strokeplay format, also saw 12-year-old Vaishnavi Sinha, returning a brilliant three over 75, two below her handicap -5, to be placed just one stroke adrift of the leader and one ahead of two-time champion Irina Brar on 76. — PTI
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Manipur climbers take top spot Bangalore, November 18 This was also the first sport climbing competition in India at which an internationally qualified judge presided. Dr Alka Singh of Jaipur, who completed the International Judges Course in France in March 2003 and then underwent training as an aspirant judge at the World Cup in May-June 2003, has become India’s first judge qualified to preside at meets approved by the world body of sport climbing. Sport climbing, a popular adventure sport in which climbers test their power and agility on an artificial wall outfitted with holds to simulate the features of natural rock, has been practised competitively in India for over a decade. “In the last two years, the IMF has been aiming to provide more opportunities for our climbers to keep up with international-level climbing because Indian climbers are now regularly participating in meets abroad. Apart from the annual nationals, we have held two training camps for climbers as well as training courses for judges and we have brought in Swedish climbers to do this training. The judges’ course was conducted by Ake Nilsson, who has been a judge at the World Cup. All this has been due to the concerted effort of the IMF president, Mr N.N. Vohra,” said Col. Ravindra Nath, director of the IMF. As part of this trend, speed climbing has been introduced in the nationals from this year. It is a more spectator-friendly and faster-paced event than the difficulty competition. The on-sight difficulty competition has been the most popular in India. Climbers are required to attempt a climb “on sight” - after being allowed to see it during an “observation” period of six minutes. During this period, they “read” holds and plan their climb. The routes of difficulty competitions are set to test the climber’s ability to take up positions so that he can distribute his weight over foot-holds and hand-holds efficiently in order to be able to manoeuvre and grasp a higher hold. However, speed climbing involves more power and the ability to lever up quickly. Macro or large holds like jugs (a short form of jug-handle) and some slopers (or sloping holds) are mostly used and the distance between holds is less than on difficulty routes. “It’s just monkey-jumping,” said Ajit Kushe of Mumbai, a climber who has represented India at the Asian competitions in Indonesia, Iran, Hong Kong and Taiwan. |
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DAV College win hockey title Amritsar, November 18 BBK DAV College routed Border Hawks Hockey Club, Amritsar, 2-0. Though the club received six penalty corners, they were unable to convert any. BBK College got two penalty corners in the 45th and 57th minutes of the game and Parvin converted the latter for her team after Kulbir Kaur had scored the first goal in the 25th minute. DAV College, Jalandhar, trounced Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, 5-1. Rajinder Singh of Chandigarh scored the first goal of the game in the seventh minute but thereafter it was DAV College all the way. Gurpreet Singh of Jalandhar scored in hat-trick. The other two goals were scored by Navpreet Singh and Rupinder Singh. On the concluding day of the tournament today, a cultural programme was organised at the venue. Chief coach of the Indian hockey team Rajinder Singh, coach Baldev Singh, and members of the hockey players team, Pranbhjot Singh and Kanwalpreet Singh, also watched the match. |
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Sangrur, Bathinda enter semifinals Sangrur, November 18 Results-All quarter finals- Boys
(under-19):Patiala b Hoshiarpur 24-7, Sangrur b Nawan Shahr 37-22, Bathinda b Jalandhar 20-8, Ropar b Ludhiana 30-21 Girls (under-19): Amritsar b Muktsar 12-5, Hoshiarpur b Faridkot 13-3, Sangrur b Jalandhar 16-2. Boys (under-14): Ludhiana b Jalandhar 20-7, Nawan Shahr b Faridkot 18-16. Girls (under-14): Jalandhar b Bathinda 12-5, Nawan Shahr b Patiala 12-02, Ropar b Ludhiana 17-4. |
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Punjab TT results Batala, November 18 Men Singles: Vineet Chopra (SBP) b Deepak Thukral (Dena Bank) by 7-11, 14-12, 12-10, 11-5 and 13-11. Boys: Ritesh (Ars) b Nikhil (Asr) by 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 and 11-8. Cadet Boys: Kartik Dogra (Jal) b Bhagat (Ropar) by 11-8, 11-7, 11-7. Sub Junior: Boys: Kamaljit (Ptl) b Raghav (Ptl) by 11-8, 11-7, 11-8. Women: Rajni Gupta (Asr) b Nitika (Asr) by 11-6, 11-8 and 11-9. Girls: Meena b Mamta (Ropar) by 11-8, 11-9, 11-7. |
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