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Pak serve warning with emphatic win
Aussies raring to go: Ponting
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BCCI panel to discuss telecast
issue today
Dalmiya’s appointment:
notices to BCCI, MPCA
Bobby Aloysius to quit over denial of Arjuna Award
Al-Jaish, E Bengal play goalless draw
Punjab women’s boxing results
Balwant hockey from October 11
Junior cagers in second round
Patiala KV are TT champions
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Pak serve warning with emphatic win
Birmingham, September 15 Shahid Afridi took career-best figures of five for 11 off six overs and off spinner Shoaib Malik chipped in with three wickets as Kenya were dismissed for just 94. Yasir Hameed top-scored with 41 and Imran Farhat finished unbeaten on 38 as Pakistan reached their target in the 19th over. The match in Birmingham, which also hosts the India-Pakistan clash on Sunday, had been rescheduled after rain washed out play on Tuesday. "I'm not really a wicket-taking bowler, I'm trying to stop the runs but if you do that then the wickets come," man-of-the-match Afridi said. "I was really just trying to bowl wicket to wicket and I got the results." Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and chose to bowl after looking at the green-tinged pitch. Kenya suffered a poor start when opener Ravindu Shah hit the second ball he faced straight to Afridi in the covers off Naved-ul-Hasan. Kennedy Otieno and Maurice Ouma struggled to fend off short-pitched deliveries from fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar but resurrected the innings with a 65-run partnership before rain forced the players off the field for 25 minutes. Inzamam introduced spin when play resumed, the decision immediately paying off when Ouma (23) was caught by Moin Khan from a bottom edge off Afridi's second ball. Otieno (33) was trapped lbw by Malik, before Kenya captain Steve Tikolo, playing for spin, was deceived by a Malik delivery that faded away from the right hander and nicked the top of his off stump for a duck. The spinning pair went on the rampage with none of the Kenyan batsman able to handle variations in pace from Afridi and sharp turn from Malik as five of the final six batsmen dismissed were bowled. "We did very well up front with Kennedy and Maurice but lost our way in the middle," said Tikolo. "We lost too many wickets and that was our downfall. "They bowled well and in the right areas and with the rain coming down, the wicket started skidding a little bit and I think we were put off a bit," he added. Pakistan looked comfortable as they moved to 70 without loss in the 13th over before Hameed failed to move his feet and was caught behind off Martin Suji. Malik and Afridi fell cheaply but Farhat and Abdul Razzaq eased Pakistan to their target. Scoreboard Kenya: Otieno lbw b Malik 33 Shah c Afridi b Naved 0 Ouma c Moin b Afridi 23 Tikolo b Malik 0 Modi not out 18 Odoyo b Afridi 0 B Patel b Afridi 1 Aga b Malik 1 M Patel b Afridi 0 Suji run out 0 Ongondo b Afridi 2 Extras (lb-5, w-5, nb-6) 16 Total (all out in 32 overs) 94 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-67, 3-67, 4-70, 5-71, 6-78, 7-85, 8-90, 9-90. Bowling: Sami 5-2-14-0, Naved 6-0-19-1, Akhtar 5-2-10-0, Razzaq 4-0-20-0, Malik 6-1-15-3, Afridi 6-1-11-5. Pakistan: Hameed c Otieno b Suji 41 Farhat not out 38 Malik c Tikolo b Aga 0 Afridi b Aga 3 Razzaq not out 7 Extras (lb-1 w-2 nb-3) 6 Total (3 wkts, 18.4 overs) 95 Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-71, 3-81 Bowling: Suji 8-0-37-1 (nb-2 w-1), Odoyo 3-0-20-0, Ongondo 3.4-1-20-0, Aga 4-0-17-2 (nb-1 w-1).— Reuters.
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Pak leapfrog over India Birmingham, September 15 A career-best haul by wrist-spinner Shahid Afridi (five for 11) and wonderful off-spin bowling by Shoaib Malik (three for 15) were the highlights of Pakistan's effort. Pakistan now has a net run rate of +3.39 while India has a net run rate of +1.96 from its 98-run win over Kenya at Southampton on Saturday. India will now be left needing a victory over its neighbour here on Sunday while Pakistan will scrape through to the semifinals even if the match is washed out or in the event of a tie. India can, however, draw comfort from the fact that the weather office has not made any prediction of rain on Sunday and that it can get a full game in.— UNI |
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London, September 15 The antipodean rivals meet in a Champions Trophy clash at the Oval tomorrow to decide which side progresses to the semi-finals from Group A. European rain and damp conditions have denied the Australians much match practice leading into the tournament, with a tour of the Netherlands hit and a match against Hampshire washed out, but Ponting insisted his side were ready for their first serious test of the tournament. ''Everybody is ready, everybody is raring to go,'' Ponting said at the team's base in central London. ''They should be as well, because even though we have been denied match play we have trained really hard. ''We are very well prepared and the games we have managed to play, our skills have looked very sharp.'' Ponting bemoaned his side's bad luck with the weather so far. ''The rain's followed us around,'' he smiled. ''We had a game against Hampshire which was washed out last week. Our trip to Holland, we had one-and-a-half games instead of three. ''But the guys have stayed very fresh and focused during this period.'' Australia were prevented from training at The Oval today due to ''old wickets'' and instead headed off to a club cricket ground in north London for last-minute preparations. ''The training facilities at The Oval weren't good enough for us to use for some reason which was a shame.'' Ponting said. ''The wickets are pretty old, I think. I don't know what the reason for that is ... maybe the weather. But it is pretty disappointing that we were unable to train there.'' While brimming with confidence, Ponting knows New Zealand will be no pushover. Australia beat the USA by nine wickets in their opening match, New Zealand beat them by 210 runs. ''New Zealand are a good side,'' Ponting said. ''We understand and respect that fact. ''You know, they've won a few one-day games lately and, as they say themselves, they lift their game when they play us. ''Their batting line-up is very good. They are a very good one-day side and we will have to pay them respect tomorrow. ''But if we can turn up and play something like our best cricket we'll be in good shape.'' Australia's run rate against the USA was better than New Zealand's so if the match is drawn or washed out, Australia will advance to the last four. — Reuters
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Huge 138-run win for Windies
London, September 15 Gayle scored 99 and Hinds added 82 in West Indies 269 for three before Dillon returned career-best figures of five for 29 at the Rosebowl in Southampton. Aftab Ahmed (21) and Mushfiqur Rahman (21) provided some resistance for Bangladesh in a 45-run sixth-wicket stand after they had slumped to 26 for five. Gayle and Hinds, who has not played a one-day international since last November, accumulated runs at ease before Hinds was deceived by a slower ball from Tapash Baisya and well caught by Nazmul Hossain running in from long off for 82. Gayle was caught behind off Baisya for 99 as he attempted to smash a wide delivery through the covers. Scoreboard West Indies Gayle c Mashud b Baisya 99 Hinds c Nazmul b Baisya 82 Sarwan not out 30 Lara run out 20 Chanderpaul not out 18 Extras (lb-6 w-12 nb-2) 20 Total (3 wkts, 50 overs) 269 Fall of wickets: 1-192, 2-201, 3-232. Bowling: Baisya 10-0-58-2, Nazmul 10-1-44-0, Mushfiqur 10-0-40-0, Mahmud 10-1-57-0, Rafique 10-0-64-0. Bangladesh: Omar c Sammy b Dillon 2 Ashraful c Dillon b Bradshaw 10 Iqbal b Dillon 2 Saleh b Dillon 7 Ahmed b Bravo 21 Mashud c Sammy b Dillon 0 Rahman c Joseph b Sammy 21 Rafique c Sammy b Dillon 12 Mahmud not out 34 Baisya c sub (Hinds) b Gayle 8 Hossain c Bravo b Gayle 4 Extras (lb-2 w-8) 10 Total (all out, 39.3 overs) 131 Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-15 3-23 4-24 5-26 6-71 7-71 8-94 9-105 Bowling: Dillon 10-4-29-5, Bradshaw 10-2-25-1 (w-3), Sammy 6-0-19-1 (w-2), Bravo 9-0-44-1 (w-3), Gayle 4.3-0-12-2.
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BCCI panel to discuss telecast
issue today
Kolkata, September 15 The emergency one-day session of the board’s top policy making body would take stock of the latest situation arising out of the dispute and suggest course of action to be followed in view of the Australian team’s scheduled visit to India later this month for the four-Test series. The world champions are slated to play the first Test in Bangalore from October 6, and the board now faces the tough task of ensuring television footage for the series in conformity with International Cricket Council regulations. The tour by Australia would be followed by the visit of South Africa for a two-Test fixture in November. As per ICC regulations, the organising board has to ensure video footage for the third umpire to enable him take decisions which are within his purview. “We don’t know when this dispute will be resolved. We cannot sit idle till the legal wrangle ends. We have to ensure television coverage,” a board source told PTI. With its contract with Prasar Bharti for telecast of international cricket matches in India expiring at the end of this month, the BCCI had floated a tender for granting the telecast rights for the next four years — October 2004 to September 2008 — and decided to award the rights to Zee for an astronomical sum of $ 308 million. However, ESPN-STAR moved the Mumbai High Court challenging the BCCI’s decision and alleging that the board had “changed the entire process of bidding in violation of rules set by the BCCI themselves”. After the board contended that both the parties were equally eligible to bag the rights, the court asked the two channels to submit fresh bids on the basis of which it would award the rights to the highest bidder. ESPN-STAR readily agreed to the proposal, but ZEE decided against re-bidding, and the matter is scheduled to come up for argument before a division bench of the court tomorrow.
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Dalmiya’s appointment:
notices to BCCI, MPCA
Bhopal, September 15 Civil Judge P.K. Nigam, admitting the application filed by Bhopal Divisional Cricket Association member Yogesh alleging that Dalmiya’s appointment to the new post till 2007, at BCCI meeting in Chennai on September 12, amounted to violation of court’s order and fixed October 5 as the next date for hearing. The petitioner, in a fresh plea filed yesterday through his counsel Ajay Gupta, had prayed for attachment of property of BCCI, its agents, servants and office-bearers,” apart from seeking their detainment in “civil prison for a period of three months.” The application said the respondents have “acted in violation of the order” passed by this court on September 10, and made “themselves liable to be punished under order 39, Rule 2-A of the Civil Code Procedure for disobedience and breach of injunction order passed by the honourable court.” On September 10, the court had accepted a petition by Khattar alleging the move to appoint Dalmiya as Patron-in-Chief was outside BCCI’s rulebook. The court also directed the BCCI to refrain from taking any decision in violation of its rules and regulations while considering the proposal for Dalmiya’s appointment as Patron-in-Chief. The court fixed September 20 as the next date for hearing the case.
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Bobby Aloysius to quit over denial of Arjuna Award
Kochi, September 15 ''I strongly feel that I have been victimised once again in the name of technicality, which never helps Indian sports. This is the worst experience in my life and I am absolutely devastated by it. This denial is even more painful than my deliberate exclusion from the Bangkok Asian Games and Sydney Olympics,'' she told UNI from London. Claiming that she lost all her ''enthusiasm to be in sports'' now, Bobby, the reigning champion for over a decade, said she was putting an end to her athletic career. The Kerala athlete said ''the decision again proves that Arjuna Award is not meant to support athletes, but to demoralise them.''
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Al-Jaish, E Bengal play goalless draw
Kolkata, September 15 Fed by incessant rain for the last three days, the green turf of the Salt Lake Stadium had become a treacherous underfoot that soon turned into a gluepot as the match progressed. The double highlight of the day came on either side of halftime. Forty one minutes into the match, Alvito D’Cunha sped down the left flank, cut inside and sent a low cross that beat Al Jaish skipper Redwan Md Al Azhar and Dipankar sent a first timer before getting tangled up with the keeper. The goal bound shot was saved on the line by Khalaf but the rebound was clotted home by Bijen Singh. As the 40,000 strong East Bengal supporter erupted in joy, Uzbek referee Lulfullin Nail, even after blowing the whistle for a goal cancelled it after consulting assistant referee Khotamov Arslan on the ground that the goalkeeper was obstructed. Thirtyeight minutes into the second half, Majed Al Haj, Syrian national player of the year, who was inducted into the game six minutes before, collected a ball from the centre half, sprinted past Suley Musa and Dipak Mondal before sending a diagonal shot that beat goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee handsdown. But the ball after its first drop three yards from the goal remained stuck in the mud allowing Debjit Ghosh to avoid the danger. East Bengal held the edge right through the first half even as Al Jaish tried and tested the home team on counter attacks. Right after the first whistle, the red-golds dazzled under a murky sky as a wave of attack lashed on the Syrian outpost. However, the back four of Ragahdal ul Shadesh, Tariq Khalaf, Basel al Shaar and captain Tarek Jabban were equal to the task. It was in the 12th minute that Al Jaish made their first serious move. Their striker Zayed Shaabau cut through the right and sent a minus for Zenou whose powerful grounder was saved by a fully outstretched Sangram Mukherjee.
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Punjab women’s boxing results
Amritsar, September 15 In other semi-finals under featherweight category, Mandeep Kaur of Ropar outplayed Poonam Sharma of Jalandhar 12-3, Priya of Hoshiarpur overwhelmed Kamaldeep Kaur of Bathinda 18-9 while Reetu of Hoshiarpur proved too good for Hunarpreet Kaur of Amritsar. The results of earlier knock-out matches of featherweight category: Sonia Walia beat Uma Devi, Amanpreet Kaur beat Hunarpreet Kaur, Anjali beat Sandeep Kaur and Harmanpreet Kaur beat Priya. In bantamweight segment Jagwinder Kaur (Sangrur) beat Manisha (Amritsar), Preeti Mehra (Jalandhar) beat Saroj Sharma (Jalandhar), Jaswinder Kaur beat Kulwinder Kaur (Sangrur) and Surinder Kaur (Sangrur) beat Chamandeep Kaur (Ropar). |
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Balwant hockey from October 11
Chandigarh, September 15 The tournament will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. Players born or after October 1, 1987, will be eligible to participate. Cash prizes of Rs 40,000 for winners, Rs 30,000 for runners-up and Rs 20,000 for the team finishing third will be awarded. Four best players of the tournament — best goalkeeper, best full back best half back and best forward — will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each, according to Mr Harbhajan Singh, president of the organising committee. The selection committee head by Padma Shri Ajitpal Singh will select the players. Former hockey stars like Ajitpal Singh, Rajinder Singh and Sanjeev Kumar are office-bearers of the tournament committee. Entries close with Ripudaman Kumar Singh, joint organising secretary, or Charanjit Singh Raheja. |
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Ajeetesh maintains lead
Chandigarh, September 15 With identical three under scores on consecutive days 15-year-old Ajeetesh was way ahead of his nearest rival Gaganjeet Bhullar, who was 12 strokes behind the leader after the second round. The scores after the second round were Ajeetesh Sandhu 138, Gaganjeet Bhullar 150 and Karan Vasudeva 153. Fatehbir Dhaliwal continued to lead in Category B with a score of four over after two rounds. In category C Akash Vats was leading with a score of 179 while in Category D Ainesh Ahluwalia was leading with a score of 84. The main attraction in Category D was the participation of five-year-old Karanjeet Kochar. He was the youngest golfer and went through the 18 holes like a seasoned sportsperson. The cut was applied after the second round today with the elimination of 30 per cent of the players on the basis of scores.
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Junior cagers in second round
Bangalore, September 15 In a do-or-die battle, India outlasted Yemen 67-65. They take on Qatar in their final group match tomorrow, having beaten Hong Kong in the first encounter. Defending champions China also booked a second round berth when they defeated Kazakhstan 84-74. The highest scorer for India was Talwinderjit, who accounted for 27 points. V. Bijobi scored 15 points.
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Patiala KV are TT champions Patiala, September
15 Results: Table tennis team championship (girls, u-14): KV-2,
DMW, beat KV-2, Sirsa, 3-1. Ruchika (KV-2, Patiala) lost to Avantika (KV-2, Sirsa) 8-11, 7-11, 3-11. Kamaldeep (Patiala) beat Kanupriya (Sirsa) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3. Ruchika and Kamaldeep Kaur (Patiala) beat Avantika and Kanupriya 11-5, 11-5, 11-7. Kamaldeep (Patiala) beat Avantika (Sirsa) 11-3, 11-5, 11-8. Team championship (girls, u-17): KV-2,
DMW, Patiala, beat KV, Jutogh, Shimla, 3-0. Kavita (Patiala) beat Jyoti (Shimla) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2. Ankita (Patiala) beat Diksha (Shimla) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2. Kavita and Pratibha (Patiala) beat Prerna and Jyoti (Shimla) 11-5, 11-2, 11-5. Team championship (girls, u-19): KV, Paluwas Bhiwani, beat KV, Air Force Station, Barnala, 3-2. Priyanka (Bhiwani) lost to Shubnam (Barnala) 10-12, 10-12, 9-11. Sheetal (Bhiwani) lost to Harjot Kaur (Barnala) 9-11, 4-11, 7-11. Priyanka and Sheetal (Bhiwani) beat Swati and Shubnam (Barnala) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6. Priyanka (Bhiwani) beat Harjot Kaur (Barnala) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8. Sheetal (Bhiwani) beat Shubnam (Barnala) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7. Final, girls (u-14): Kamaldeep Kaur (KV-2,
DMW, Patiala) beat Ruchika (KV-2, DMW, Patiala) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3. Football (girls): KV-1, Chandi Mandir, 1; KV-1, Patiala, 2. Volleyball (girls): KV, Sector 31, Chandigarh, 1; KV, Yol Cantt (Dharamsala), 2. Basketball: KV-1, Patiala, 1; KV, Palampur, 2. Kho-kho: KV-1, Patiala, 1; KV-3, BRD, Air Force, Chandigarh, 2.The prizes were distributed by Mr Manohar Singh, Principal, Guru Nanak Foundation. As many as 22 of the best teams from each of the seven clusters that comprise the Chandigarh region took part in the meet. |
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