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Fourth day's play washed out Bulawayo, February 29 Umpires called off the fourth day’s play today between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh because rains had left the field at Queens Sports Club too muddy. Captains Heath Streak of Zimbabwe and Habibul Bashar of Bangladesh were to confer about whether to agree that a result was not possible with only one more day’s play left.
East Zone set 367-run target for England ‘A’ East Bengal beat Salgaocar 3-1
Western Railway triumph Subba
Rao to lead volleyball team in SAF Games
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Zoysa leads Lanka to dramatic win
Colombo, February 29 In reply to Australia’s modest 198 for seven, Sri Lanka won with 2.1 overs to spare after Russel Arnold (23 not out) and Zoysa shared in an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 66. Left-arm seamer Zoysa grabbed three wickets for 34 with the ball in the morning and followed up with a sparkling innings of 47 not out from 42 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes. Zoysa and Arnold saved the hosts after they had slumped to 136 for seven in the 35th over. Australia, who rested four key players after clinching the series on 3-1 struggled in the morning having won the toss and opted to bat. Allrounder Andrew Symonds top-scored for the visitors with a 48-ball 40, sharing a 76-run stand for the seventh wicket with tailender Brad Hogg, who finished on 35 not out. Off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, playing his 229th match, lifted his career tally of one-day international wickets to 350, taking two for 35 from nine overs. Sri Lanka started badly, losing Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu early on, before Kumar Sangakkara fought back with a scintillating 41-ball 37.
Scoreboard Australia Gilchrist lbw b Zoysa 18 Haddin c Jayasuriya b Zoysa 9 Clarke c Dilshan b
Katich run out 13 Martyn b Chandana 38 Bevan c Jayawardene b
Symonds c Arnold b
Hogg not out 35 Lee not out 1 Extras:
(lb-6 w-7 nb-1) 14 Total: (7 wickets, 50 overs) 198 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-34, 3-55, 4-86, 5-117, 6-120, 7-196 Bowling: Zoysa 10-3-34-3, Kulasekara 10-0-50-0, Chandana 8-0-38-1, Dilshan 3-0-11-0, Jayasuriya 10-0-24-0, Muralitharan 9-0-35-2 Sri Lanka: Atapattu b Kasprowicz 0 Jayasuriya c Williams b
Sangakkara b Hogg 37 Jayawardene c Clarke b
Jayantha b Kasprowicz 23 Dilshan b Symonds 15 Arnold not out 23 Chandana c Katich b
Zoysa not out 47 Extras: (lb-6 w-11 nb-2) 19 Total: (for 7 wickets,
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-25, 3-85, 4-91, 5-117, 6-126, 7-136. Bowling:
Lee 9-1-52-1 (5-w 2-nb), Kasprowicz 9-0-20-2, Williams 9-1-29-1, Hogg 7-0-44-1 (6-w), Clarke 4-0-17-0, Symonds 9.5-2-34-2.
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Auckland, February 29 Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher battered 34 from the last two overs to carry South Africa within a whisker of a win which would have kept the series alive ahead of its finale in Napier on Tuesday. Kallis thrashed 58 runs from 60 balls and Boucher 48 from 30, including two of three sixes in the last over, to keep the match in the balance until the final ball. The match was almost a replay of the third encounter in Wellington which New Zealand won by five runs after South Africa took 21 runs off the last six balls. Kyle Mills, who was hit for three sixes by Shaun Pollock in the last over at Wellington, relived that agony today when Boucher and Kallis hit him for three sixes, a four and two singles in a thrilling last over. New Zealand: Marshall b Ntini 18 Fleming c Kallis b Ntini 0 Cairns c Smith b Morkel 28 Styris c Smith b Klusener 16 McMillan b Klusener 7 Oram run out 22 Harris c & b Pollock 55 McCullum b Ntini 11 Vettori not out 19 Mills not out 5 Extras: 12 Total: (8 wkts, 33 overs) 193 FoW: 1-3 2-34 3-61 4-73 5-73 6-127 7-154 8-182 Bowling: Pollock 7-0-36-1, Ntini 7-1-47-3, Klusener 6-0-30-2, Morkel 7-0-41-1, Boje 5-0-25-0 Kallis 1-0-8-0. South Africa: Smith b Oram 15 Gibbs c Harris b Tuffey 13 Klusener c Mills b Oram 14 Morkel b Cairns 11 Kallis not out 58 Dippenaar b Cairns 8 Boucher not out 48 Extras: (lb-2 n-b1 w-5) 8 Total: (5 wkts, 29 overs) 175 FoW:
1-17, 2-40, 3-48, 4-64, 5-86. Bowling: Tuffey 6-0-37-1, Mills 6-1-63-0, Oram 6-2-20-2, Cairns 6-0-22-2, Harris 4-0-20-0, Styris 1-0-11-0.
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Dhaka, February 29 After skittling out India for 169 runs in 47.3 overs, Pakistan achieved the target in 44.5 overs losing five wickets. Earlier, four bowlers — Riaz Afridi, Ali Imran, Salman Qadir and Tariq Mahmood — bagged two wickets each as only one Indian batsman could cross the 30-run mark. Winning the toss and electing to bat, India lost wickets at regular intervals as Pakistani bolwers bowled a tight line and length. Opener A R Uthappa top scored with 33 runs in 67 balls with three hits to the fence while Sunny Singh (25), R K Solanki (21) and A Sharma (21) were the other major contributors. India got an early shock when they lost opener S Dhawan (8) with the score reading 23. He was caught by Khalid Latif of the bowling of Ali Imran. India A R Uthappa c Mansoor Amjad b Salman Qadir 33 S Dhawan c Khalid Latif b Ali Imran 8 P Waghela lbw b Riaz Afridi 0 R K Solanki run out (Riaz Afridi) 21 S Raina c Zulqarnain Haider b Tariq Mahmood 17 K K D Karthik c Khalid Latif b Salman Qadir 7 Sunny Singh b Mansoor Amjad 25 Gaurav Dhiman c Salman Qadir b Tariq Mahmood 14 A Sharma not out 21 P Gupta Ali Imran 3 RP Singh c Salman Qadir b Riaz Afridi 1. Extras (lb 6, w 9, nb 4) 19 Total (all out, 47.3 overs) 169 Fall of wickets: 1/23, 2/24, 3/73, 4/80, 5/92, 6/113, 7/135, 8/147, 9/166, 10/169. Bowling: Riaz Afridi 8.3-0-31-2 Ali Imran 9-0-38-2 Mansoor Amjad 10-0-33-1 Salman Qadir 10-0-27-2 Tariq Mahmood 10-2-34-2. Pakistan Khalid Latif lbw b Gaurav Dhiman 1, Adnam Zaheer c Sharma b Gupta 18, Jahangir Mirza lbw b Singh 9, Usman Saeed b Sharma 19, Salman Qadir c Karthik b Singh 24, Tariq Mahmood not out 45, Farwad Alam not out 43. Extra: (1b 7, w 3, nb 2). Total: (5 wickets, 44.5 overs). Fow: 1-3, 2-20, 3-48, 4-68, 5-83. Bowling: Gaurav Dhiman 8-0-34-1, Singh 10-2-25-1, Gupta 7-2-24-1, Raina 10-1-34-0, Sharma 8.5-1-43-1, Solanki 1-0-4-0.
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Fourth day's play washed out Bulawayo, February 29 Captains Heath Streak of Zimbabwe and Habibul Bashar of Bangladesh were to confer about whether to agree that a result was not possible with only one more day’s play left. An agreement would lead to the match being abandoned, subject to approval by the referee. If that happens, Zimbabwe will have won the two-match series 1-0 with one match drawn, having beaten Bangladesh in Harare by 183 runs. Both the first and second scheduled days were washed out and only three hours of play were possible yesterday, when Bangladesh, having been put into bat, were intent on survival with the score 88 for five wickets after 37.1 overs. At one stage they were 64 without loss.
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North, West evenly
placed in Duleep Trophy Dharamsala, February 29 When North came in for their second essay, left handed opener Gautam Gambhir not only scored a priceless unbeaten century (111 n.o) but also moved a step closer to stake a claim to a place in the Indian Test team in the near future. Self belief is quite a key ingredient in any success recipe and it was this quality that gleamed the most as the Delhi southpaw, widely considered to be fringe player for the past couple of seasons, held the innings together with an impressive knock which had flair and character in equal measure. That the youngster had talent was always an undisputed fact and what he proved today was that he had heart for a battle too. This proved to be a potent combination as he steered North out of troubled waters with a knock which turned out to be an outstanding statement of his ability and temperament. Resuming from 17 for 1, North lost Pankaj Dharmani when the Patiala batsman was looking to consolidate his innings. Dharmani lunged forward to smother the spin on a Romesh Pawar delivery but got some wood on his forward defensive shot and was gleefully snapped up by substitute Akash Christian at silly point. Skipper Dinesh Mongia, of whom much was expected, seemed to be a man in a hurry and instead of concentrating on grafting a big innings aimed at hitting the ball over the top but holed out at covers. At 79 for 4, West had got a foot into the door and threatened to yank it open but were thwarted by a timely 44 run fifth wicket partnership between Gambhir and Sangram Singh. In the first session of play, credit must be given to the West bowlers who bowled within their limits, exploited the conditions aptly and, like in the first innings, exposed the brittleness of the top order. As wickets fell regularly at one end, Gambhir lowered guard and played the role of sheet anchor to near perfection in the process carrying his bat through the innings. He played a well organised knock that had class written all over it and the youngster must be ruing the fact that both the selectors Syed Kirmani and Kiran More were not at hand to watch him as both had left the venue yesterday evening enroute to Kolkata. For most part on his innings he essayed some pleasant drives with the natural grace and ease of a left hander and went on to complete his century with an exquisite cover drive off Sairaj Bahutule.
Scoreboard North Zone: (1st innings): 279 all out. West Zone: (1st innings):
172 all out. North Zone: (2nd innings): 191 all out: A. Chopra b M. Patel 2, G. Gambhir 111 n.o, P. Dharmani c A. Christian (sub) b R. Powar 36, D. Mongia c H. Kanitkar b R. Pawar 0, M. Manhas lbw R. Patel 1, Sangram Singh lbw S. Bahutule 6, A. Ratra b Bahutule 7, J. Sharma b R. Patel 5, Sarandeep Singh s P. Patel b Bahutule 5, Gagandeep run out 0, A. Bhandari c.P. Patel b R.Pawar 3. Extras 15. F.O.W: 1-4, 2-78, 3-78, 4-79, 5-123, 6-145, 7-152, 8-173, 9-183, 10-191. Bowling: M. Patel 6-1-14-1, R. Patel 20-6-38-2, R. Pawar 20.4-2-49-3, S. Trivedi 8-0-30-0, S. Bahutule 14-1-50-3. West Zone: (2nd innings):
92 for 2 D. Jhadav b Gagandeep 1, V. Mane 52 n.o, H. Kanitkar c A. Chopra b Sarandeep 16, J. Martin 21 n.o. Extras 2. FoW:
1-5, 2-45. Bowling: A. Bhandari 4-1-15-0, Gagandeep 10-5-22-1, Sarandeep 8-0-29-1, J. Sharma 3-0-16-0, D. Mongia 5-3-9-0. |
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East Zone set 367-run target for England ‘A’ Amritsar, February 29 Till close of play both east Lone and England ‘A’ were evenly poised as East were all out for 308 in the second innings and England ‘A’ lost two wickets for 78 in 32 overs. Resuming at the overnight score of 65 for 3 East Zone went on to add 308 losing all wickets. Kiran Power and Saurashis Lahiri who were playing at 16 and 7 runs, respectively contributed 40 each. Their stay at the wicket for a moderate duration prepared the ground for the other batsmen. Devang Gandhi playing a captain's, innings scored 59, including eight fours. He was caught at point by Kadeer Ali off James Tredwell, captain of England ‘A. Lakshmi Ratan Shukla was another prolific batsman as he scored 60 laced with nine fours and two sixes. For the visitors Sajid Mahmood, a medium pacer, was the most successful bowler as he scalped five wickets for 62 in 23.1 over. Following him was James tredwell who grabbed four wickets. England ‘A’ playing their second innings lsot two batsmen cheaply in the shape of Seou Newman (1) and Michael Iumb (13). Till the close of play, Ed Smith and Kevin Pieterson were playing at 33 and 29 runs, respectively. England’A’ require 367 runs to win the match with a day remaining. East Zone (Ist innings) DD Gupta b Mahmood 7, MS Dhoni c Napier b Mahmood 24, A Das c Prior b Birby 7, Kiran Powar st Prior b Tredwell 40, S Lahiri b Mahmood 40, D Gandhi c Ali b Tredwell 59, LR Shukla c Wagg b Tredwell 60, U Chaterjee b Tredwell 1, SS Das c Kirby b Tredwell 55, D Mohanty c Kirba b Mahmood 0, SS Paul not out 1. Total: (all out, 80.1 overs) 308. Extras:
(b2, lb 4, nb8) 14 FoW: 1/27, 2/34, 3/49, 4/112, 5/132, 6/138, 7/249, 8/270, 9/271, 10/308. England A (second innings) Scott Newman b S.S. Paul 0, Ed Smith not out 33, Michael Lumb lbw S Lahiri 13, Kevin Pieterson not out 29. Total: (for two, 32 overs) 78 Fow: 1/0,2/25. |
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East Bengal beat Salgaocar 3-1
Kolkata, February 29 Star striker Baichung Bhutia stamped his class with a brace, with Subhas Chakraborty netting the other goal for the winners who have now boosted their points tally to 24 from 12 matches. Salgaocar remained on 17 points from 12 encounters. Nigerian Bello Razzak was the sole scorer for the visitors in the Salt Lake stadium game which saw an East Bengal domination. The red and yellow brigade, who have been on song lately with back-to-back wins over Singapore's Geylang FC and Negeri Sembilan of Malaysia in the AFC Cup, shot into the lead as early as the sixth minute following a Bhutia-Mike Okoro move. Vasco hold Dempo MARGAO: Despite wasting several scoring chances in the first half, Vasco rallied from behind in the second half to hold Dempo to a 1-1 draw and split points in the 8th National Football League here today. Putting up an uninspiring show with a barren first half, Dempo took the lead in the 65th minute through Sunday Seah off a pass from Clifford Miranda. Vasco, who also missed scoring chances in the first half, restored parity in the 71st minute through Amaechi Tochukwu- Levy Coelho duet. Vasco collected 20 points from 13 matches.
— PTI |
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Vijaykumar wins as TVS riders dominate Chandigarh, February 29 C Vijaykumar swept the Indian experts group A to win the over all honours in the meet which also served as the first leg of the National Motocross Championship 2004. Driving fast and furious he retained the title he won here last year and kept the honour intact as the current national champion. In the intermediate class, which was only for privateers and no team entries, Revat Dhillon, riding for the Chandigarh Motor Sports Association, impressed the spectators and the experts alike with his skills. A professional show jumper in the USA, he also gave two demonstrations of his jumping skills. The tough fight between TVS and Yamaha riders did not come up as Team TVS riders had the upper hand through out the day. They rode to victory in five events while Team Yamaha had to be content with title in only one category. The only woman rider of the event, 19-year-old Jahnavi Upadhyay of Jaipur failed to ride to a podium finish in the Indian novice group D category. Chandan KP of Team TVS finished first while Wasim Khan of Team Yamaha was second. Deepak John of Team TVS finished third. The results of the Indian experts (Indian motorcycles class group B 2 stroke 80cc upto 150cc) were withheld as team Yamaha filed a protest. It was also the most exciting race of the competition as Sayed Eathasham took an early lead and maintained it to win the moto 2 race. C Vijaykumar, who was in the fifth place at one time, rode brilliantly to overcome other riders, including 13-year-old Karan Kadam of Team Yamaha. Kadam held off the defending champion for quite a while before his inexperience showed as Vijaykumar overtook him on a bend and then wrested the second place from another Yamaha rider. He also closed the gap between him and Eathasham in the closing laps. The top riders took the double and triple jumps with panache, staying in control and leaving the spectators spellbound. Vijaykumar needed a second-place finish to win the over all honours.He had won the moto 1, thus garnering maximum points. Chandigarh has been a happy hunting ground for Vijaykumar as well as Team TVS. The results: Indian experts (foreign motorcycles group A 2\4 stroke): C Vijaykumar (TVS) 1, Sayed Eathasham (Yamaha) 2, TK Vishwanath (Yamaha) 3. Indian experts (Indian motorcycles group B 2-stroke): result withheld Indian experts (Indian motorcycles group B 4-stroke): BV Suresh (TVS) 1, Rustom Patel (TVS) 2, Chandan KP (TVS) 3. Indian novice (Indian motorcycles group D 2\4stroke): Chandan KP (TVS) 1, Wasim Khan (Yamaha) 2, Deepak John (TVS) 3. Indian experts (Indian motorcycles group D 4-stroke): Shiv Kumar (Yamaha) 1, Sayed Rehman (TVS) 2, CD Jinah (TVS) 3. Indian experts (Indian motorcycles group D 4-stroke):
CD Jinah (TVS) 1, Pradeep HK (TVS) 2, Shiv Kumar (Yamaha) 3. Local class group B:
Jeevanjeet Singh (CMSA) 1, Yogesh Lakhani (CMSA) 2, Ranjeet Singh (CMSA) 3. Intermediate class: Rev Dhillon 1, Amol Temghare 2, Eeshan Lokhande 3. |
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Western Railway triumph Kapurthala, February 29 Western Railway dominated the game and forward Inmaul Haq gave a cross to Subhash in the 16th minute who scored. In the 26th minute, a flag kick taken by WR’s Inmaul Haq was converted by Polly Cherian with a beautiful header. After the break WR tried hard to score more goals but the Metro goalkeeper thwarted all the attempts. In other league matches, South Central Railway beat Chittranjan Locomotive Works 2-0. SCR’s Salash opened the account for his team in the 49th minute and Roshan scored the second goal for the winners. In another match, Northern Railway held Central Railway goal-less. South East Central Railway outclassed North East Gorakhpur by 3-1. North Frontlier Railway humbled East Coast Railway by 2-1. |
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Stage set for rowing meet Chandigarh, February 29 It is for the first time that all 18 affiliated state units of Rowing Federation of India are participating and 178 rowers have already reported for practice at Sukhna Lake. Today a clinic for umpires was conducted. Also, at a meeting of managers of all teams, it was decided to add one more event of light weight coxless fours for men. |
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Rao to lead volleyball team in SAF Games New Delhi, February 29 Other members are: G. Pradeep and Dinesh (blockers), Amir Singh, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, J. Nadarajan and P.S. Srikant (attackers), Tom Joseph and Sanjay Kumar (universal), V. Ravi Kant Reddy and K.J. Kapil Dev (setters), Kulwant Singh (libero). Standbyes: M.N. Vikram, Sudhir, Rathish, Sube Singh, Kasi Viswanadha Raju and Arun Jakhmola. Officials:
G.E. Sridharan (chief coach), Omprakash (assistant coach), H.D.
Krishnappa (trainer), R. Manokaran (manager) and Raj Singh Khatri
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Dr Jogi joins Indian team Chandigarh, February 29 Dr Joginder Singh, who belongs to Mustafabad in Ambala, has been a regular doctor of the Indian hockey team in Europe, including Olympic Games, for the past two decades. It was Dr Joginder Singh who had offered last year free treatment and physiotherapy training for injured star drag flicker Jugraj Singh. In the Hamburg international tournament in 2002, Dr Joginder Singh was manager-cum-doctor of the team. |
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