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Mithun Manhas props up Delhi with century
Haryana off to
a solid start Punjab U-19 team beats Haryana by seven wickets Air-India hold
Pak club to enter semis Maharashtra, ITBP win
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Ramesh salvages draw for Indians Brisbane, December 1 Indians never went for the target of 305 runs from 65 overs but still lost a clutter of wickets before Ramesh steadied the ship and took the tourists to a draw with an unbeaten knock of 37 runs. The hosts, resuming at their overnight score of 79 for two, declared at the lunch score of 208 for six which included the second century of the match for Lee Carseldine. Indians who trailed by 96 runs in the first innings, were thus set a 300-plus target in glorious sunny conditions and finished on 121 for four from 52 overs. Three contenders for the opening berth — Virender Sehwag (4), Akash Chopra (11) and Deep Dasgupta (8) gave little consolation to the tourists but Ramesh offers a ray of hope for at least one of the two berths. Ramesh, with scores of 87, 36, 21 and 37 not out from four innings on the tour has looked the most consistent of all Indian batsmen and certainly saved them some blues today. Indians lost Sehwag in only the third over of their second innings, when the out-of-form opener fell leg before after scoring four runs from 13 deliveries. Sehwag now has scores of 23, 20, 6 and 4 on the tour. Chopra's propensity to edge catches to the slips was once again highlighted today by the home attack as the Delhi opener departed for 11 caught off hard-working Steve Magoffin as the Indians slumped to 32 for two. Deep Dasgupta left at the same total after looking solid in his 47-minute stay before a straight delivery went past his defence and bent back his off-stump. Ramesh and Saurav Ganguly then built up a solid stand of 56 runs before the Indian captain was ruled caught in the lone slip off off-spinner Chris Simpson, a decision which did not go well at all with the batsman who went off shaking his head in disapproval. Ganguly batted for 82 minutes and faced 62 balls, hitting six fours to register his highest score on the tour so far. Earlier, Carseldine again dominated the tourists' attack to score a blazing 109 not out, to go with his 112 in the first innings. He batted for 199 minutes and hit 18 fours from 155 balls. Carsledine, overnight 31 not out, took only half an hour to reach his half century which arrived from 93 balls and included 10 sizzling boundaries. Left-arm paceman Irfan Pathan mouthed a few words at the departing batsman Craig Philipson after having him caught at the square leg boundary after the batsmen had driven the bowler over mid-off for a staggering six. Philipson too shot back a few words at the rookie Indian fast bowler. Kumble had his second scalp of the morning when Steve Farrell was stumped for two having learnt nothing from a reprieve in similar fashion a couple of deliveries earlier. Ryan Le Loux faced just four balls for his unbeaten 12 which included a straight driven four off Laxmipathy Balaji and a mighty six over the Press box off Virender Sehwag. Vice-captain Rahul Dravid stood-in for Saurav Ganguly on the field today who chose to have an extended batting nets for himself while the game was on. Even when Ganguly came back to field in the second hour, Dravid continued to lead the side. Scoreboard QAS (Ist Inngs): 304-6 decl (Indians Ist Inngs):
208-9 decl QAS (2nd Inngs): 208-6 decl Indians (2nd Inngs):
Akash Chopra c Carsledine b Magoffin 11, Virender Sehwag lbw b Dawes 4, Deep Dasgupta b Jergensen 8, Sadgopan Ramesh not out 37, Saurav Ganguly c Nye b Simpson 35, Rahul Dravid not out 20, Extras (lb-6) 6. Total
(for 4 wkts, 52 overs): 121. Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-32, 3-32, 4-88. Bowling: Joe Dawes 7-5-10-1, Scott Brant 7-2-11-0, Steve Magoffin 9-2-21-1, Shane Jergensen 5-2-13-1, Chris Simpson 14-4-22-1, Craig Philipson 3-2-6-0, Ryan Leloux 7-0-32-0.
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Gordon cautions Indians on commercial demands Brisbane, December 1 "Commercial demands on players are distracting and are increasingly intrusive. Those demands are around important events so it needs to be managed," said Gordon who caught up with the visitors at the Allan Border field on the first day of his three-day assignment with the Indian team. "The players need to be prepared for it so it doesn't affect their real reason for being there and that is to play cricket" said Gordon adding "some demands from some agents and sponsors could distract." Gordon, a Perth-based psychologist whose past association with the Indian team earned him rave reviews, believes the Indian team on the present tour could be extremely competitive provided they keep in mind what is good for them. "With my association with them I know for sure they know what works and what doesn't. If they could do it right, they could be very competitive," he said. Gordon said he would be getting down with the boys this evening and possibly work out a team theme, like it was "Now-or-Never" during the World Cup in South Africa and for which he gives the entire credit to Saurav Ganguly. "I had then left it to the players and it was Saurav who had come up with the theme. Such things just keep you focused on the task ahead," Gordon said. Gordon has an on-and-off kind of association with the Indian team and he backed the comment of Ganguly who has appealed for a more regular interaction with the world-famous psychologist. "Continuity is what I'm after and that's what players say. It's tough for me to see everybody, especially younger players for interaction so it would have been better if there was more exposure." Gordon said he now finds a few new faces in the Indian dressing room and has exhorted them to interact with people and get to know the local culture in quest for better performance on the field. "There has been some changes in the team, players like Srinath are not playing any longer. Every team has its own life span. It will be interesting how they respond on this tour. "They must set out to enjoy themselves. I think it's an opportunity missed if you don't get to know the culture of the place you are visiting. Australians do a lot of it and visit places of interest," he said. "I don't know if it helps them in terms of technique but it certainly relaxes their mind. You can't be obsessed with cricket all 24 hours. If you do it, it can be mentally unhealthy. It just keeps your balance and perspective." "Personally I haven't seen the language and regional barriers restrict them (Indians). They bond very well. There could have been certain diffidence but I haven't seen it. I don't think it is an issue with them, they are very cohesive," he said. Gordon said he was preparing a paper on "mental toughness" which the Indian cricket board had asked him to develop with the help of 21 international cricketers, including a few present ones. "I was in India for two weeks, meeting cricketers for the research on mental toughness. My main concern is what is mental toughness and how you develop it." "Life is difficult in India so everyone must be mentally tough. Most of the cricketers I met said similar things. It is something which can't be taught. Mental toughness is all about not taking the easy option," he said. Gordon said he had noticed the talent of the Indians and their affinity with artistic cricket. "What I have noticed is the talent and love they have for the game. They have an affinity with the artistic aspect of the game. They are craftsmen and their personality comes out in how they bat and how they run." Gordon could not help but praise Sachin Tendulkar for his personality and the way he handles pressure. "He is one example of being mentally very tough. He is very modest, sincere and a delightful individual," he said. "My interaction with Indian cricketers has been very rewarding. Some have talked for 30 minutes while others have spoken for two-and-a-half hours. "I hope it turns out to be the best touring Indian team both on as well as off the field."
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Gambhir, Gavaskar hit centuries Pune, December 1 Resuming at 203 for three, India A managed to post a
mammoth total of 556 for seven, thanks to the sparkling performance by the Indian
batsmen.Gavaskar slammed 173 runs off 308 balls with 12 hits to the fence while Gambhir slammed 131 off 218 balls with 19 boundaries.
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Sami destroys Kiwis, Pak lead 2-0 Lahore, December 1 Sami, the 22-year-old right-arm paceman, skittled through the Kiwi tail with career-best five wickets for 10 runs as the tourists collapsed to 157 in 38.5 overs in reply to Pakistan’s healthy total of 281 for six off 50 overs. Jacob Oram, debutante Tamma Canning, Paul Hitchcock and Brendon McCullum all were bowled by Sami’s rocketing pace while Daniel Vettori offered a dolly catch. Earlier, Saleem Elahi returned to international cricket with a half century and Abdul Razzaq once again played an explosive knock of unbeaten 42 off 16 balls after stand-in captain Yousuf Youhana won the toss and elected to bat. Scoreboard Pakistan: Hameed c Cummingb Vettori 53 Farhat c Hitchcock b Vettori 68 Elahi c Vettori b Hitchcock 70 Youhana c sub b Vettori 11 Misbah c Cairns b Tuffey 4 Malik run out 23 Razzaq not out 42 Moin Khan not out 1 Extras:
(b-4, lb-1, w-4) 9 Total: (6 wkts, 50 overs) 281 Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-144, 3-162, 4-171, 5-221, 6-266. Bowling: Tuffey 10-1-62-1, Oram 9-1-38-0, Cairns 8-0-44-0, Hitchcock 9-0-54-1, Canning 4-0-34-0, Vettori 10-0-44-3. New Zealand: Cumming c Malik b Ahmed 6 Jones b Malik 63 Sinclair b Ahmed 5 Marshall b Razzaq 14 Cairns run out 29 Oram b Sami 14 McCullum b Sami 0 Canning b Sami 0 Vettori c Farhat b Sami 0 Hitchcock b Sami 0 Tuffey not out 1 Extras:
25 Total: (all out in 38.5 overs) 157 Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-36, 3-51, 4-119, 5-155, 6-155, 7-155, 8-155, 9-155. Bowling:
Shabbir 7-1-26-2, Sami 7.5-2-10-5, Razzaq 6-1-27-1, Kaneria 10-0-48-0, Malik 8-1-36-1.
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PCB chief Tanquir Zia quits Islamabad, December 1 “Yes, I have resigned from the post because four years is a long period for which I was in charge. I have other things to do in my life,” Zia told reporters in Lahore today. His resignation has been accepted by President Pervez Musharraf who is also the patron of the PCB. A replacement is yet to be announced though it was believed current chief executive Rameez Raja may be appointed as his successor. PCB officials denied that the resignation of Zia was due to last week’s row between state run PTV and private TV channel, Geo, over the rights to telecast live the ongoing five day one-day internationals between Pakistan and New Zealand. The first match on Saturday could not be telecast live as PTV declined to grant uplinking facilities to Geo which was granted the rights for $ 5 million by Zia led PCB. The row was finally settled last night after the intervention of General Musharraf who asked both PTV and Geo to show the match. They said the main reason why Zia quit the board was that he believed that his son Junaid Zia’s cricket career suffered due to his continuation as the PCB Chairman and hoped that Junaid’s career would take off with his resignation.
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Mithun Manhas props up Delhi with century Chandigarh, December 1 In fact, Delhi owed their very existence during the day to the diminutive middle order batsman, who also proved to be a stabilising factor for his team's batting. Delhi prospered when he was at the crease and the rot set in again the moment he left the crease. But for his efforts — well compiled 129 — his side could have easily collapsed in a heap. Delhi, who were put in by Punjab after they won the toss, were 274 for seven when stumps were drawn nearly three overs before the close of play on account of bad light. Punjab seamers exploited the early morning track having a fair amount of moisture in it to make a dream start. Pace spearhead Vineet Sharma trapped Salil Oberoi when the opening batsman had yet to get off the mark. Gagandeep Singh effected the dismissal of Rajat Bhatia in a similar fashion in the very next over. Manhas and Rajan Gupta cut down on all frills and concentrated on preserving their wickets and seeing off the crucial morning session without any further damage. When things looked like moving in the right direction, though at a snail's pace, double disaster struck the visitors. Left-arm seamer Amit Uniyal first got rid of Rajan Gupta. He got one to dip in to have the batsman trapped lbw. Immediately thereafter, he induced a snick off the blade of former one-day skipper Ajay Jadeja, who was caught behind. Former India flamboyant batsman Jadeja, after a long break from the game, looked rusty. He scratched around at the wicket for a while and faced 11 balls before he was back in the pavilion. Manhas took charge at this stage. Well into his groove by this time, he unleashed a flurry of strokes on either side of the wicket. Anything slightly short on the off-side was dispatched with authority to the area around the point boundary, while Manhas looked equally adept in finding fours on the on-side. There was not even a single false stroke during his invaluable innings, nor was he beaten or bogged down at any part of the innings as runs continued to flow. Pradeep Chawla proved an able foil to Manhas and played some pleasing shots as the session between lunch and tea breaks proved the most productive in which 108 runs were added to the total. After the fall of Chawla's wicket Varun Kumar batted with confidence and did not lose out on any opportunity to score runs. Manhas continued to grow in confidence and completed his 12th century of the championship. The unassuming batsman also completed 3000 runs in the domestic championship during the knock. He hoisted left-arm spinner Navdeep Singh over the long on fence for the lone six of the day. His innings came to an end when he was adjudged caught-behind off Vineet. Manhas, palpably dissatisfied with the decision, started back for the pavilion. At close, Varun was unbeaten on 50 scored off 83 balls. Scoreboard: Delhi
(1st innings): Salil Oberoi lbw Vaneet 0, Rajat Bhatia lbw Gagandeep 4, Rajan Gupta lbw Uniyal 19, Mithun Manhas c Madan b Vaneet 129, Ajay Jadeja c Madan b Uniyal 1, Pradeep Chawla c Madan b Gagandeep 39, Varun Kumar not out 50, NS Negi b Gagandeep 2, Sarandeep Singh not out 5. Extras: (nb 15, w 2, lb 8): 25 Total: (for 7 wickets in 87.1 overs): 274. Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-34, 4-37, 5-135, 6-249, 7-259. Bowling: Vineet Sharma 22-6-70-2, Gagandeep Singh 20.1-6-45-3, Amit Uniyal 15-2-62-2, Reetinder Sodhi 11-2-41-0, Navdeep Singh 14-2-35-0, Ravneet Ricky 1-0-4-0, Dinesh Mongia 4-0-9-0. |
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Haryana off to
a solid start Rohtak, December 1 Opener Jitender Singh and Chetan Sharma laid a firm foundation for the opening wicket. They went for lunch without being separated at 103. Nine minutes after lunch Sonu Sharma struck with the ball to dismiss Jitender (26) as he failed to read an incoming delivery which uprooted his middle stump. The duo made 111 runs which came in 159 minutes and 254 balls. Chetan contributed valuable 74 runs which came in 137 balls during his stay 170 minutes at crease. Sunny Singh completed his half century in 144 balls with the help of seven boundaries. In the dying moments of the day, Sunny lost his concentration as he gave a simple catch at silly point to Chetan Sachdeva off Ashish Kapoor. Scoreboard: Haryana (1st innings): Jitender Singh b Sonu Sharma 26, Chetan Sharma c Sachdev b Sonu Sharma 74, Sunny Singh c Sachdev b Kapoor 67, Ishan Ganda batting 39, Mahesh Rawat batting 8. Extras:
(b-2, lb-4, nb-21, w-1) 28. Total: 242 for 3 in 94 overs.
Fall of wickets: 1/111, 2/116, 3/233. Bowling: S. Mahesh 6-1-14-0, Sandeep Dahad 9-0-36-0, Arindam Sarkar 6-0-18-0, Ashish Kapoor 28-5-71-1, Sonu Sharma 25-4-53-2, Tushar Saha 17-4-38-0, Chetan Sachdev 3-1-6-0. |
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Punjab U-19 team beats Haryana by seven wickets Ludhiana, December 1 Haryana captain Mandeep Singh decided to bat first after winning the toss. They were restricted to a modest 157 runs in 30 overs. Only, skipper Mandeep Singh played a sensible innings of 51 runs. Other batsemen who could reach the double figure mark were opener Ankit Rawat (19), Sandeep (22) and Sorabh Bali (14). For Punjab, Naresh took three wickets. Punjab began their reply on a sedate note with the openers Vishwas Bhalla and Karan Goel putting 30 on the board before being separated. Then Gaurav Gupta and Rupeetinder Singh added 88 runs for the fourth wicket and in the process steered their team to a comfortable victory by seven wickets. Brief scores: Haryana 157 all out in 30 overs (Ankit Rawat 19, Jaideep Chaudhary 5, Mandeep Singh 51, Sandeep 22, Sunny Kucheria 6, Sourabh Bali 14 n.o; Hardaminder 1 for 36, Bharat Sharma 2 for 33, Karan
Goel 1 for 26 and Naresh 3 for 24). Punjab 158 for 3 in 38.1 overs (Vishwas Bhalla 13, Karan Goel 17, Uday Kaul 13, Gaurav Gupta 52 n.o, Rupeetinder Singh 45 n.o; Vhander Pal Singh 2 for 30 and Sunny Kurechia 1 for 14).
Delhi win PATIALA: Part-time spinner Abhinav Bali (5 for 16) helped Delhi carve out a comfortable 75-run victory over Himachal Pradesh played at the YPS grounds here today. Brief scores: Delhi:
239 for 8 in 50 overs (Gaurav Chabbra 76, Mayank Trehan 82, Shikhar Dhawan 18, Puneet Bisht 18, Mohinder Sharma 2 for 37, Kapoor Singh 1 for 31, Pankaj Kumar 1 for 13). HP: 164 all out in 45.5 overs
(Ankur Bassi 54, Paras Dogra 38, Sanjay 15, Saurav Rattan 15, Abhinav Bali 5 for 16, Wilkin Victor 2 for 33, Ankur Garg 2 for 25). |
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Punjab
juniors pile up huge total Patiala, December 1 For the hosts, the spotlight was on opener Sunny Sohal (60), who has been in fine nick this season, and one-down batsman Gurkirat Singh (60). After the visitors got rid of Ravinder Mehra cheaply, both Sunny and Gurkirat were engaged in a 71-run partnership for the second wicket. While flamboyant Sunny looked more assured against both the spinners and the medium pacers, Gurkirat cut out all the frills and batted with grit. At the draw of stumps on the second day, Sumit Sharma was batting on a well-made 53 while wicketkeeper batsman Sarabjit Singh was on 10. For Haryana, wicketkeeper Vishal Goel was in tremendous nick and had a hand in all the four dismissals. Scores:
Haryana: 1st innings: 238 all out. Punjab: 1st innings: 207 for 4 (Sunny Sohal 60, Gurkirat Singh 60, Sumit Sharma 53 n.o, Prem Partik 1 for 74, Deepak Chowdhury 1 for 16, Imran Khan 1 for 26). |
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Air-India hold
Pak club to enter semis New Delhi, December 1 After a barren first half, Air-India finally broke the ice when skipper Davinder Kumar scored off a penalty corner in the 47th minute. Air-India clung onto the slender lead till the closing minutes when the Pak team managed to pull off the equaliser through Sarfaraz. Star Club earned a penalty corner with seconds remaining for the final hooter, but the visitors failed to cash in on the chance, and Air-India sailed into the semifinals. Shahid Rabbani of Star Club was declared the man of the match. In the other match, the star-studded Indian Oil called the shots against Navy, and opened their account in the third minute when Bikramjeet Singh converted a penalty corner. A minute after resumption, he added the second goal, again off a penalty corner. But in between, international Prabhjyot Singh, player of the match in their last two matches, struck home the second goal in the 22nd minute. Navy scored a consolation goal through Sikender Singh in the 49th minute. But olympian Deepak Thakur consolidated the gains of the oilmen with a goal at the fag end. Bharat Petroleum will take on Indian Oil and Indian Airlines will meet Air-India in the semifinal matches tomorrow. |
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Maharashtra, ITBP win Jalandhar, December 1 Mizoram, lost to Jammu and Kashmir 1-5. Earlier, Maharashtra continuing with its winning spree registered their second victory in a row by crushing Uttaranchal. The match started on a fast note as Maharashtra opened their account in the first minute of the game itself as Dattatrana Shinde scored a field goal (1-0). The lead was further consolidated in the 21st minute through a field goal by Niyaz Ullah (2-0). Then, it was the turn of Kamalakar Gaikwad to contribute to his team's tally, scoring a field goal in the 43rd minute (3-0). In the 48th minute, Anil Phasage made no mistake in converting a penalty corner (4-0). In other matches, Manipur won 5-2 against Tamil Nadu while ITBP scored an impressive 5-0 victory over Andhra Pradesh. |
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Sports ties: Indian emissary in Pakistan Khadoor Sahib, December 1 The disciplines in which matches will be held are kabbadi, wrestling and hockey. Mr Gurcharan Singh left for Pakistan from the Wagah joint check post yesterday. Mr Kartar Singh was here to hold a meeting with Baba Sewa Singh for arranging a three-day sports festival to mark the 500th birth anniversary of the second Sikh Guru Angad Dev, which falls next year. Guru Angad Dev had introduced wrestling and other traditional sports in the Majha region. The state government has chalked out an ambitious programme jointly with Baba Sewa Singh to revive traditional games. Mr Kartar Singh said despite the financial crunch, the state government would endeavour to establish an Indoor stadium at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore. The centre would grant Rs 60 lakh. Mr Kartar Singh said there were about 250 vacancies of coaches. The Sports Department had to seek the help of Punjab Police, who had provided retired coaches. He said the department was not in a position to spare funds for promotion of sports as almost the entire budget allocated to the department was being spent on salaries of the staff. He said there was a need to streamline the department. He, however, said he had moved a case for enhancing the diet amount which is only Rs 30. Surprisingly, the diet money being given to a sports student is less than the money being given to a prisoner. He said the diet money is likely to be increased to Rs 100 per student. He further said the monthly remuneration for Olympians and sportspersons who had participated in the Asian Games was being increased to Rs 5000 and Rs 3000, respectively. |
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