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Kumble, Kartik keep India afloat
Dravid’s record
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PSB, Namdhari XI move into semifinal
Dazzling display by top cueists
Punjab sports calendar
Anand in final
HP player threatens to move court
National wrestling at Nidani
Nilay steals the show
Top players for Hari Singh Polo
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Kumble, Kartik keep India afloat
Mumbai, November 4 After being bundled out for a paltry 104, the Indian spinners led by Anil Kumble hit back on a viciously turning track at the Wankhede stadium to dismiss the visitors for 203 in their first innings. The seasoned Kumble wrecked the Australian innings with his 27th five-wicket haul in Tests while left-arm spinner Murali Kartik chipped in with four wickets on a dramatic day which saw as many as 18 wickets fall. India were five for no loss in their second innings at stumps on the second day with Virender Sehwag (4) and Gautam Gambhir (1), managing to fend off three fiery overs to reduce the lead to 94. Barring the in-form Damien Martyn who again came to the rescue of the team with a defiant 55, none of the other Australian batsmen could come to terms with the spin-friendly pitch. The home team now needs to put up a more disciplined batting show in the second innings if they hope to prevent the all-conquering Australians from winning the series with a 3-0 margin. Resuming at the overnight score of 22 for 2, the hosts were shot out for 104 in just 41.3 overs, their lowest-ever total against the Australians at home, to blow away the advantage of winning their first toss in the series. It was the hosts' lowest-ever score against their rivals at home, the previous worst being 135 all out made in the first innings of the 1959-60 series between the two countries at Delhi. The total was also worse than the 113 India had been bowled out for by South Africa in the first Test of the two-Test series held in 1999-2000 season. But the hosts, who were dismissed 10 minutes before the scheduled lunch interval, later fought back in splendid style by utilising the vagaries of the pitch to the full. But for Damien Martyn's superbly played 55, after being lucky to have been let off when on 11 by silly point fielder and debutant Gautam Gambhir off Murali Kartik, and the three other dropped catches, things could have been much better for the hosts. Chances were offered to Justin Langer, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke and Martyn, and luckily for the home team only Martyn made good advantage of the lapses. All the Australian batsmen were tormented by the difficult pitch, but the most composed among them was Martyn who once again showed his enormous progress as a batsman in the sub-continent conditions by rescuing Australia and placing them with a slight advantage. Hayden made 35 with three huge sixes before perishing by trying to give the charge to Kartik who also accounted for the prize wicket of Martyn with a superbly bowled arm ball. Kumble's five for 90 was his third five-wicket haul of the series and also helped him move past Kapil Dev as the highest wicket taker at the Wankhede. Kartik at the other end provided ample support to the leg spinner and returned with figures of four for 44. The left arm spinner's success made up for Harbhajan Singh's disappointing show. It was a curious case as the offie, who had been the tormentor of the visitors and whose bowling suited the rank turner most, opened the bowling with Zaheer Khan but yet failed to take a wicket, although he was unlucky to see two catches dropped off him in the deep by Virender Sehwag. Zaheer of course was immaculate once again in his opening spell when he dismissed Justin Langer but his services were not required as the spinners had a field day. The Indians got an early breakthrough when Justin Langer nicked Zaheer Khan to Dravid at slip for 12. Hayden, who had failed to strike it big in the series, made a cautious start before clubbing a six each off the three spinners -- Harbhajan, Anil Kumble and Murali Kartik. The hosts then struck a major blow by dismissing the big-hitting and dangerous-looking Hayden after the burly opener seemed to have got the measure of the wicket and the spinners. Earlier, Gillespie wrecked the Indian top order with a deadly opening spell of 3 for 16 on a seaming Wankhede Stadium track. Scoreboard India (1st innings): Gambhir lbw b Gillespie 3 Sehwag b McGrath 8 Dravid not out 31 Tendulkar c Gilchrist Laxman c Gilchrist b Gillespie 1 Kaif lbw b Gillespie 2 Karthick b Kasprowicz 10 Kumble c Ponting b Hauritz 16 Harbhajan c Katich b Hauritz 14 Kartik c Gilchrist b Hauritz 0 Zaheer b Kasprowicz 0 Extras
(b6, lb7, nb1) 14 Total (all out, 41.3 overs) 104 Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-29, 4-31, 5-33, 6-46, 7-68, 8-100, 9-102. Bowling:
McGrath 16-0-35-1, Gillespie 12-2-29-4, Kasprowicz 8.3-3-11-2, Hauritz 5-0-16-3. Australia (1st innings): Langer c Dravid b Zaheer 12 Hayden c Kaif b Kartik 35 Ponting lbw b Kumble 11 Martyn b Kartik 55 Katich c Kaif b Kumble 6 Clarke st Karthik b Kumble 17 Gilchrist c Kaif b Kartik 26 Gillespie c Kaif b Kumble 2 Hauritz c Harbhajan b Kumble 0 Kasprowicz c Kumble b Kartik 19 McGrath not out 9 Extras
(b-2, lb-4, nb-4) 10 Total (all out, 61.3 overs) 203 Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-37, 3-81, 4-101, 5-121, 6-157, 7-167, 8-171, 9-184. Bowling:
Zaheer 6-0-10-1, Harbhajan 21-4-53-0, Kumble 19-0-90-5, Murali Kartik 15.3-1-44-4. India (2nd innings): Gambhir batting 1 Sehwag batting 4 Total
(no loss, 3 overs) 5 Bowling: Gillespie 2-0-5-0, Hauritz 1-1-0-0.
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Another record for Kumble
Mumbai, November 4 Kumble, who needed two wickets to overtake Kapil Dev's venue record of 28 wickets going into the match, trapped Aussie captain Ricky Ponting leg before for 11 to equal the record before bettering it by scalping Katich for 7. It had taken the former India captain and all rounder 11 Tests to achieve that haul while the current Test match is Kumble's sixth at this ground.
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Dravid’s record
Mumbai:
Rahul Dravid on Thursday moved past former skipper Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the number of catches taken by an Indian fielder other than the wicketkeeper.
Dravid, who fields in the slips, took a catch at first slip when opener Justin Langer edged new ball bowler Zaheer Khan in the seventh over of Australian innings. It was Dravid’s 109th catch in his 82nd Test and it helped him surge past Gavaskar’s mark of 108 from 125 Tests that the Bangalore player had caught up with in the Australian first innings in the third Test at Nagpur.
— PTI
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PSB, Namdhari XI move into semifinal
Jalandhar, November 4 In the quarterfinals, Namdhari XI defeated Shadman Hockey Club via tie-breaker as both teams were locked at 2-2 at the end of the stipulated time. The Namdhari goalkeeper was the hero of the game as the made many good saves. Pakistani players Babbar Abdullah, Shahind Rubbani and Olympian Mohammad Usmaan played vigorously. The Namdharis drew first blood in the game in the 13th minute of the play when Gurcharan Singh converted penalty corner. In the 15th minute, Pakistan scored a field goal from the stick of Shahind Rubbani. In the 49th minute, Namdhari XI’s Gurcharan Singh struck once again through field goal. After that Pakistan players mounted pressure and got four penalty corners in a row. In the 53rd minute, Babbar Abdullah sounded the board from penalty corner conversion. After a 2-2 draw the match was decided through tie-breaker. The second quarterfinal of the day was played between Punjab and Sind Bank and BSF Jalandhar. In the fifth minute of the play, Jatinder Pal Singh scored a goal from penalty corner drag push. In the 9th minute, Kulwinder Singh scored for the bankmen, making it 2-0. In the second half, BSF men reduced the margin in the 38th minute through a penalty corner. In the 49th minute, Parminder Singh struck for bankmen taking the tally to 3-1. In the 54th minute, Baljeet Singh Chandi scored as the match ended at 4-1. In girls’ section, the last league encounter was held today in which the Chandigarh XI surpassed Western Railways Mumbai in a well-contested match by 4-3. The match was played on a very fast note. In the 17th minute, Suman of Chandigarh scored the first goal of the match. In the 28th minute, Parkash of the same team scored a decent goal from the top of striking circle. In the 34th minute, international player and Indian team captain, Suraj Lata Devi, sounded the board for Western Railways, making a score of 1-2. In the 40th minute of the play, railways eves equalised when Sanggai Chanu scored a field goal. In the 45th minute, Chandigarh’s Ranjeeta scored field goal to give her team lead. In the 65th minute, Mamta Kharab of Western Railway converted a penalty corner to gain parity. In the 67th minute of the play, Suman of Chandigarh completed the scoresheet with a filed goal, winning the match for Chandigarh with a score of 4-3. |
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Dazzling display by top cueists
Ludhiana, November 4 Reigning national pool champion Manan Chandra from Delhi, today white washed Rajeev Juneja of Punjab 5-0. The Asian snooker champion, Alok Kumar of Punjab proved his mettle against Kamaldeep Singh, also from Punjab. Alok wrapped up the issue 5-0. Another Punjab star Dharmender Lilly of Jalandhar was in a devastating form to win a 5-1 verdict against Haryana’s Parveen Rathi. After losing his first match, the current Asian billiards champion, Devender Joshi outclassed Sanjay Jain of Punjab 5-2 to register his first victory. However, Sandeep Jalota of Punjab continued with his dismal performance as he lost rather tamely to Manoj Tyagi of Delhi. Tyagi exhibited excellent skill to pip Sandeep Jalota 5 frames to nil. Fourth day’s results: Sidhharth Parikh (Mah) b Murli Krishna (TN) 5-1, Manan Chandra (Del) b Rajeev Juneja (Pb) 5-0, Alok Kumar (Pb) b Kamaldeep Singh (Del) 5-1, K.Ranjan (TN) b Pardeep Kingar (Har) 5-2, Dharminder Lilly (Pb) b Parveen Rathi (Har) 5-1, Kamal Chawla b Rajat Karula (Pb) 5-2, Sheetal Verma (Pb) b Anish R (Guj) 5-1, R.Thakral (Del) b Abuthair (TN) 5-0, Maneesh Shrivastava (Har) b Tamizh H (TN) 5-0, Ayush Kumar (Pb) b Dhruv Sitwala(Mah) 5-4, Brijesh Damani (Wb) b Karan Sharda (Mah) 5-3, Anish Kumar (Pb) b Sandeep Jain (Pb)5-2, Chirag Thakker (Guj) b Jagjit Singh (Pb) 5-3, Kartik M (TN) b Farman Khan (UP) 5-1, Sanjay Jain (Pb) b Monty Dawar (Del) 5-3, Imran Khan (UP) b Chintan Shah(Guj) 5-2. Aman Goel (Har) b Sunil Auluck (Pb) 5-4, Sandeep Gulati (Del) b M.Bhaskar (TN) 5-2, Rahul Arora b Sunny Chaudhary (Del) 5-3, Manoj Verma (Bh) b Abdul Rehman (UP) 5-1, Ateek Abdul (TN) b Piyush Goel (Pb) 5-2, Rajeev Bhalla (Pb) b Samit Gill (Del) 5-2, Md. Maueen (UP) b Amit Sharma (Del) 5-4, Arpit Agarwal (UP) b Rajat Khaneja (Chd) 5-2, Amar Benipal (Har) b Sunny Chadha (Del) 5-4, Hitesh Soni (Pb) b Gaganjot Singh (Har) 5-4, Manoj Tyagi (Del) b Sandeep Jalota (Pb) 5-0, Ashish Dhanda (Pb) b Bheem Singh (Del) 5-2, Gagandeep Singh (HP) b D.Sekhri (Del) 5-4, Shyamal Sharma (Bh) w/o from R.Sehgal (Pb), David (TN) w/o from K.Zubari (UP), S.Bhalla (Pb) b Nishath(UP) 5-3, Murli Krishna (TN) b Navneet (Pb) 5-3, Kiran Chawla (Kar) b Paramjit Singh (Del) 5-3, Kennedy (TN) w/o from Hasan (UP), Shivam (Del) w/o from Mohit Gupta, Abuthair (TN) b K. Lallwmkima (MZ) 5-0, Sameer Singh (Chd) b Tamizh H (TN) 5-1, Kamaldeep Singh (Del) b Ajay Bhushan (Kar) 5-4, Hiren Ramani (Guj) b Pardeep Kingar (Har) 5-4, Parveen Rathi(Har) b Abhishek(UP) 5-4, Raju Makker(Pb) w/o from R. Singhania (Pb), Alpesh Waghela (Guj) b Amit Kothari (Pb)5-3, Anuj Uppal (Del) b S.Arora (Bh) 5-2, Harvinder (Pb) b Sumeet Talwar (Del) 5-2, Achint Verma (Pb) b Simrat (Har) 5-1, Gaurav Joshi (Pb) w/o from Bhupinder Singh (Del), Joes M (Pb) b Jai Ganesh (Tn) 5-4, Devendra.Joshi (Mah) b Sanjay Jain (Pb) 5-2, Varun Kumar (TN) b A.Bhatia (Chd) 5-2, Sameer Sharma (Chd) b S.Chauhan (Guj) 5-1, Rohit Sharma (UP) w/o from Vikram Anand (TN), Angelo Johnson (TN) b John Kalvin (MZ) 5-2, Ankush Makker (Chd) b Naveen (TN) 5-1, Kartihik M (TN) b Kiran Chawla (Kar) 5-2, Simrat (Har) w/o from Shariq Arafat (UP), Rahul Kapoor (UP) b Gaurav Joshi (Pb)5-4 and Joes M (Pb) b Amit Kapoor (Del) 5-4 |
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Punjab sports calendar
Chandigarh, November 4 Announcing this while releasing the sports calendar for 2004-2005 here today, Punjab’s Director, Sports, Mr Kartar Singh, said all arrangements for the meet had been completed. Besides board and lodging, medical and transport facilities, all participants will be provided sports kit. During the Punjab State Women’s Games and the Punjab State Rural Games being organised later this month, probables for the All-India Rural Sports Tournament and the National Women’s Festival will be selected. According to Mr Kartar Singh, all arrangements for the National Women’s Sports Festival being held at Ludhiana had also been completed. This meet will be organised under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India. Referring to the first Indo-Pak Punjab Games scheduled to be held at Patiala in December, Mr Kartar Singh informed that disciplines like polo and shooting would be an added attraction although Pakistan’s women’s gymnastics team and the men’s basketball team had pulled out. The Punjab sports calendar:
Block-level rural tournaments (archery, kho-kho, football, volleyball, weightlifting, athletics, kabaddi, hockey, wrestling, and tug-of-war) November 4 to 5, 2004, in all blocks; Punjab State Women’s Games (kho-kho, volleyball, athletics, kabaddi, hockey, swimming, basketball, gymnastics, badminton and table tennis) at Ropar from November 8 to 10, 2004; District-Level Rural Games for boys under-16 (archery, kho-kho, football, volleyball, weightlifting, athletics, kabaddi, hockey, wrestling, tug-of-war) in all districts from November 15 to 16, 2004; District Level Rural Games for girls under-16 (archery, kho-kho, volleyball, weightlifting, athletics, kabaddi, hockey) in all districts from November 17 to 18; National Women’s Sports Festival Group-I (swimming, basketball, gymnastics) at Ludhiana from November 17 to 20, 2004; Punjab State Rural Games for boys under-16 (archery, kabaddi, kho-kho, wrestling) at Guru Harsahai from November 23 to 25, 2004; (football, volleyball, athletics, weightlifting, tug-of-war, hockey) at Ferozepore; Punjab State Rural Games for girls under-16 (archery, kho-kho, volleyball, weightlifting, athletics, kabaddi, hockey ) at Bathinda from November 27 to 29; Guru Nanak Dev Sports Festival (hockey, volleyball, kabaddi, wrestling) at Sultanpur Lodhi) from November 26; First Indo-Pak Punjab Games at Patiala from December 5 to 11, 2004; National Women’s Sports Festival (volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho) at Sangrur from December 13 to 16; Shaheedi Jor Mela Sports Festival (volleyball, kabaddi, wrestling, tug-of-war) at Fatehgarh Sahib from December 24 to 26, 2004; All-India Rural Sports Tournament group 2 (boys and girls) (athletics, wrestling, hockey) at Jalandhar from January 6 to 9, 2005; Maghi Mela Tournament (kabaddi, volleyball, wrestling, tug-of-war) at Muktsar on January 14, 2005; Punjab State Games for men (athletics, basketball, volleyball, kabaddi, wrestling, hockey, football and handball) at Patiala from January 17 to 19, 2005; Holla Mohalla Tournament (kabaddi, wrestling, tug-of-war) at Anandpur Sahib in March, 2005.
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Anand in final
Bastia (France), November 4 Anand, in line for his fifth straight title, will take on Russian Sergei Rublevsky in the final. This euro 100,000 prize money tournament comes right on the heels of the biennial Chess Olympiad in Spain. Anand, leading the Indian team from the top board, had signed off with a fine performance and headed straight to Bastia, where he has been the champion for the last four years. Showing no signs of fatigue from the Olympiad, Anand scored a fine victory with black pieces in the first game, employing Ruy Lopez.
— PTI
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HP player threatens to move court
Chamba, November 4 Rajiv Nayyar charged Mr Anurag Thakur, President and Mr R.R. Rohi, Secretary of the HPCA with plotting a conspiracy because both of them never wanted him (Rajiv) to complete 100 Ranji Trophy matches. Rajiv has played 92 matches. “After becoming president and secretary of the HPCA, they first of all removed me from the captainship. Next year I was excluded from one-day squad. Then they removed my name from the four-day matches too on the pretext that I am unfit,” alleged Rajiv Nayyar. Refuting their charges, Rajiv claimed, “If I was unfit then how could I play in England where I played six month cricket ”. “I was not allowed to join Ranji trial as it was decided in the annual general meeting of the HPCA to impose a ban on me till 2007”, he said. |
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National wrestling at Nidani
Chandigarh, November 4 He said the annual general body meeting of the WFI would be held on January 2, 2005, at Ch Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Nidani, Jind. He said a committee headed by Dhara Singh has been constituted to raise funds for the Asian Games. N.R. Chaudhary, Saroop Singh, Harpal Singh Harpura and Sushil Kumar Gupta are other members of the committee. |
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Nilay steals the show Chandigarh, November 4 Meanwhile the Northern Command is also taking part in this show after a gap of more than a decade. The team has been formed as part of the mission Olympics-2008. Lieut General Hari Prasad, PVSM,AVSM,VSM have been given charge of sport promotion in this command. A total of Rs 40 lacs havebeen earmarked for equestrian sports in this command and Major Sameer Lamba VSM will be training the team. Moreover, the horses and riders have come from border areas of Jammu and Kashmir firsttime in this show. Five young soldiers between the 18-21 age group will be competing. Young riders of Chandigarh Horse Rider Socety also excelled in today’s events.
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Top players for Hari Singh Polo
New Delhi, November 4 The Royal Kashmir Polo Team will have top players like Yuvraj Vikramaditya Singh, a fourth generation polo player, as its captain and patron. |
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