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Ganguly declares himself fit
Punjab unimpressive in drawn match
TN score innings win over
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Unbeaten century by Vinayak
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ICC panel gives Murali clean chit
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Kaluwitharana retires
Swimmer Gurbinder steals the show
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Ganguly declares himself fit
Kolkata, November 10 “I am feeling OK but Andrew (Leipus) will have to judge,” Ganguly told reporters after the Bengal-Karnataka four-day Ranji Trophy cricket match in which the Indian skipper played. He also indicated that his fitness test may take place tomorrow when Leipus would arrive here and emphasised that after the Ranji outing, he was ready for the important match on Saturday. To a query whether he pushed himself for the Ranji match to prove his fitness, he said, “Yes, I did push myself into the match... I opted to play this match as I was injured for the last two weeks and was not sure of going into a high pressure match without some match practice.” Although Ganguly failed with the bat in both the innings of the match, he expressed satisfaction over the match practice he got in the four-day tie after a long lay-off. “I have got good match practice. It is good that I played this match ahead of the Pakistan match and the important series against South Africa,” the Indian skipper said. When asked to comment on his batting blues, Ganguly said, “If you consider the Ranji match you are right, but I was top scorer in the last two one-day series.” Ganguly, who had scores of 45, 5 and 9 in the three innings he played in the Test series against Australia, had scores of 90 and 0 in the two Champions Trophy matches and 24, 7 and 90 in the three NatWest Trophy matches against England in September this year. “My only failure with the bat was in Chennai,” Ganguly said. Asked about the chances against Pakistan, the Indian skipper said, “In one-dayer it depends on how you play on a given day. I hope we play well in the Eden Gardens.” When reminded that India had lost to Pakistan at the Eden in the last match that the two teams played here, he said, “It is all in the past.” He went on to say, “It is just like that we won against Pakistan in Pakistan, they have now won three back-to-back against us.” To a query whether he would prefer opening in the match against Pakistan, Ganguly said, “I have not decided yet, I have to speak to John Wright in this regard. But I have mostly opened in the one-dayers. It is only after Sehwag came and the way he played that I went down to number three spot.” Ganguly, who could not play the last two Test matches against Australia due to injury, had surprised everybody with his last minute decision to play in the Ranji match.
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India have the edge in Kolkata, says Inzamam
Lahore, November 10 Referring to the team’s recent success against India on neutral venues, the skipper was quoted in the media as saying, “We are not complacent because of our previous wins. We know India is a difficult team to beat on home ground. It is not going to be easy for us.” The squad has been buoyed by the return of Mohammad Sami and Shoaib
Akhtar. Inzamam will debut as captain in India in the team’s first visit across the border since its successful 1999
tour. Inzamam categorically mentioned that there were no shadows left behind from the last tour, which was marred by political extremism and crowd trouble. “It is a very important match for both sides and we know it will be a full house at the Eden Gardens. But the only pressure of playing in India (this time around) is the huge expectations on us to win,” he told reporters yesterday. “This time the conditions are different and I think people of both countries are eagerly waiting for the match. We are also only thinking about cricket,” said
Inzamam, one of three surviving members of the 1999 squad. The skipper, however, took strong exception to the statement by PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan, who was the manager on the 1999 tour, that the present team lacked fighting spirit of that squad. “I do not agree with the views of the Chairman and I feel that it is wrong to compare the two sides because the 1999 team had eight world class players while the present squad is in the rebuilding stage,”' he said. The skipper was also not in agreement with the views of the selection committee Chairman Wasim Bari that the committee should have a role in selecting the final eleven.
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Team arrives
New Delhi: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq donned the role of a perfect ambassador shortly after arriving in India today, speaking about the need to use cricket as a vehicle for "building relations" between two
countries.
Inzamam said winning or losing would not matter much in the commemorative one-day international against India on Thursday as the emphasis should be on goodwill. "We are coming back after 1999. We are happy to be here, people of both countries have warmth for each other. We are neighbours and know each other well," he told reporters at the IGI Airport here.— PTI |
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Punjab unimpressive in drawn match
Chandigarh, November 10 Set a steep victory target of 279 runs off 64 overs after Uttar Pradesh declared their second innings at 317 for 8, Punjab were reduced to a pathetic 164 for 5. The umpires decided to end the day's play when only five overs from the required quota were left to be bowled. Punjab batsmen did not cover themselves with glory. Chasing the target, they were off to a brisk start. Both Ravneet Ricky and Reetinder Sodhi did not lose out on any opportunity to score runs. They gave the side a 56-run opening start in 12 overs. But the run feast could not last long. And once the first wicket of Sodhi fell, who edged a R P Singh delivery behind the stumps, after scoring a 48-ball 33, Punjab's challenge fizzled out abruptly. The wickets fell in a heap thereafter as the hosts suddenly found themselves in dire straits. First they were reduced to 59 for three and then found themselves tottering at 120 for 5 soon as all the frontline batsmen were back in the pavilion. Only Yuvraj Singh, who scored a scintillating half century in the first innings, looked in good nick and ended unbeaten on 41. For Chandigarh batsman Gaurav Gupta, who made debut in the match, it turned out to be a fruitless outing. He fell after scoring 26, while he scored 7 in the first innings. Keeping Yuvraj's company at close was wicketkeeper Chandan Madan batting on 20. Earlier opener Jyoti P Yadav duly completed his century, while Suresh Raina scored 61 as the visitors declared their inning at 317 for 8. Yadav became the second centurion from Uttar Pradesh as other opener Rohit Prakash had notched up a three-figure knock in the first innings. For Punjab, Reetinder Sodhi claimed four wickets, while Amit Uniyal took three. Punjab coach Intikhab Alam hailed the gritty performance put up by the visitors who did have not any big names, except for skipper Mohammed Kaif, in their ranks. On the basis o the first innings lead, Punjab got two points from the draw match, while the visitors can draw consolation from good performance even if they got no point. Uttar Pradesh (1st innings):
269 Punjab (1st innings): 308 Uttar Pradesh (2nd innings): Rohit Parkash c G Gupta Jyoti P Yadav lbw Uniyal 103 Kaif c Gaurav Gupta b Uniyal 12 S Raina lbw b Sodhi 61 P Gupta c Madan b R Sodhi 3 R Elahi not out 7 GK Pandey c Madan b Uniyal 22 Amir Khan c Madan b Sodhi 3 Zaidi c Dharmani b Sodhi 26 Extras: (b 2, lb 5, nb 11) 18 Total:
(8 wkts decl, 88 overs) 317 FoW: 1-114, 2-151, 3-244, 4-252, 5-257, 6-284, 7-287, 8-317 Bowling:
Gagandeep Singh 21-3-76-0, VRV Singh 15-0-63-1, Rajesh Sharma 15-6-37-0, Amit Uniyal 20-1-61-3, Dinesh Mongia 6-1-19-0, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-15-0, Reetinder Sodhi 9-2-39-4 Punjab (2nd innings): Ricky c R P Singh b Srivastava 20 Sodhi c Khan b R P Singh 33 Mongia c Khan b R P Singh 8 Dharmani b R P Singh 0 G Gupta b P Gupta 26 Yuvraj not out 41 Madan not out 20 Extras: ( nb 4, b 11, lb 1): 16 Total:
(5 wkts, 59 overs) 164 FoW: 1-56, 2-56, 3-59, 4-80, 5-120 Bowling:
Ashish Zaidi 6-0-20-0, S Srivastava 12-4-37-1, P Gupta 15-1-46-3, S Raina 4-1-8-0, R Elahi 2-1-1-0. |
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TN score innings win over
Hyderabad
Chennai, November 10 Some tight bowling by left arm spinners R. Ram Kumar and R. Raghuram sealed the fate of Hyderabad who folded up for 190 in their second innings on the fourth and final day today. The visitors were dismissed for 163 in the first innings while Tamil Nadu, in reply, had declared at 461 for six. Tamil Nadu gained five points, including a bonus point for the huge win. Ram Kumar, who claimed six for 71, had a match haul of 12 for 128. Raghuram claimed three wickets giving away 42 runs. The truncated fourth day today saw play starting only after lunch due to heavy overnight rain, which made the outfield wet. Hyderabad, who were 63 for one overnight, looked to be heading towards drawing the match as they were in a comfortable position at 164 for 4 in 62 overs at tea. But, with the addition of 19 runs, the visitors lost four wickets and were 183 for 8, when the mandatory overs started. Opener Daniel Manohar batted resolutely for Hyderabad making a valuable 75 before being caught at deep mid wicket by Srinivas off Ram Kumar. Kumar struck a good patch claiming three wickets off six overs, three of which were maidens and conceded ten runs in his fourth spell today. Brief scores: Hyderabad: 163 and 190 (Daniel Manohar 75, Anirudh Singh 27, Ram Kumar 6 for 71, Raghuram 3 for 42) lost to
Tamil Nadu (first innings) 461 for 6 decl. — PTI Lodhgar bowls Bengal
to big win
Kolkata: Left-arm spinner Murtaza Lodhgar followed up his fine performance in the first innings with another five-wicket haul today to propel Bengal to a 116-run win over Karnataka on the fourth and last day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A league match here. The 27-year-old Lodhgar, playing only his second Ranji match, had returned career best figures of 6 for 28 on the second day, and finished with an enviable tally of 11 wickets from the match at the
Jagdalpur University Campus, Salt Lake. Bengal gleaned four points to begin their Ranji campaign in style, while Karnataka could not open their account. Karnataka were done in by an inept display from their batsmen who failed to negotiate the guiles of Lodhgar (5/89) and right arm off spinner Sourasish Lahiri (3/46) on a turning track and folded up for 226 in the second innings. Set a target of 343 for an outright win, the visitors resumed at the overnight score of 41 for 1, and soon found themselves in trouble at 113 for 5, before Vijay
Bhardwaj (40; 142 m, 103 b, 4x4) and an aggressive Stewart Binny (42; 51m, 40b, 4x6 and 6x1) tried to put up a fightback with a 58-run stand for the sixth wicket. After Binny was ousted by pacer Ranadeb Bose, the gritty Bhardwaj and veteran Sunil Joshi (15) delayed the inevitable with a seventh wicket partnership of 40, but the tail fell like a heap soon after as the Karnataka innings folded 20 minutes prior to the tea break. Brief
score: Bengal 315 and 206. Karnataka: 179 and 226 (S Somasunder 46, S Binny 42, V Bhardwaj 40; M Lodhgar 5/89, S Lahiri 3/46).
— PTI Andhra claim two points
Indore: Unseasonal rains forced an early end to the Ranji Trophy Elite division Group A match between Madhya Pradesh and Andhra on the fourth and final day at the Usharaje Ground here today. Andhra gained two points from the drawn encounter by virtue of having taken the first innings lead over the hosts, who failed to get a point. At close, Andhra were 195 for the loss of three wickets in their second essay with Y Venugopal Rao (60, 4x10) and MSK Prasad (25) being the not out batsmen. After Andhra resumed at their overnight score of 74 for no loss, Shantanu Pitre struck an early blow for MP when he claimed the wickets of L.N. Prasad Reddy (28 with four fours) and Amit Pathak (56, 8 fours and a six) MP tasted another success when M Suresh (12) was caught by Ojha off Sanjay Pandey, before Rao and Prasad stemmed the rot by coming together for the fourth wicket partnership to take the score to 195 when bad weather intervened. —
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Unbeaten century by Vinayak
Mane
New Delhi, November 10 At the end of play on the final day, Mumbai scored 221 for three, with Mane (111 not out) and Vinayak Samant (0 not out) at crease. Put into bat, Mumbai rode a Wasim Jaffar ton to pile 361 in their first innings and then Ajit Agarkar claimed five wickets as Railways innings folded for 284, thus conceding a vital 77-run lead to the hosts. “We have a pretty long batting line-up and the pitch aided the seamers but still we ended up conceding the lead. We have to mend our ways in the next game,” said a dejected Railways coach Vinod Sharma. Resuming form their overnight score of 3 for no loss, Mumbai lost their first wicket this morning when Harvinder Singh trapped last inning’s centurion Wasim Jaffar (11) plumb in front of the wickets. Mumbai (first innings):
361 Railways (first innings): 284 Mumbai (second innings): Mane not out 111, Jaffar lbw b Harvinder Singh 11, Indulkar lbw b Kulamani Parida 53, Muzumdar c & b Siddharth Verma 32, Samant not out 0 Extras:
(B-5, LB-1, NB-7, W-1) 14 Total: (3 wkts, 86 overs) 221 FoW: 1/26 2/132 3/221 Bowling:
Harvinder Singh 9-1-26-1, G Shankar Rao 23-5-61-0, J P Yadav 7-3-10-0, Sanjay Bangar 15-2-39-0, Kulamani Parida 16-2-39-0, T P Singh 6-0-20-0, S Khanolkar 2-0-16-0, Amit Pagnis 2-0-6-0.
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ICC panel gives Murali clean chit
London, November 10 Writing in ''The Independent'', former England pacer and a member of the ICC committee Angus Fraser
said, "The committee (of which I was a member) has looked carefully into the issue of what does and does not constitute a legal delivery...'' ''As a result it has recommended a new rule be adopted allowing bowlers to straighten their bowling arms by up to 15 degrees. It replaces the existing rule, only introduced in 2001, which varied the amount of straightening allowed depending on the type of bowling. Spinners were restricted to five degrees. ''Under the proposed new ruling almost all modern bowling actions would be legal, including Muralitharan's feared
doosra,'' he said. The change in rule was expected to be endorsed by the chief executives of the 10 Test-playing countries next February, he hoped. In another startling revelation, the committee, Fraser wrote, found that many current bowlers were
''chuckers'', going by the existing rules and the names include Glenn McGrath, Shaun Pollock, Stephen Harmison and Allan Donald.
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Kaluwitharana retires
Colombo: Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana on Tuesday announced his retirement from international cricket after he was not included in the 20-member training squad for the country’s tour of New Zealand next month.
“I wish to inform all my cricket fans that I have decided to retire from cricket,” the 34-year-old said in a statement here. Kaluwitharana
made his debut in 1990 in a one-day international against India. Two years later, he played his first Test against Australia and scored a century in his maiden innings. The pint-sized player, who was loved for his pinch-hitting qualities and antics behind the stumps, played 49 Tests during a career that spanned 14 years. He scored 1,933 runs at an average of 26 in Test cricket and hit three centuries. His top score, 132 not out, came against Australia in the debut Test. Kaluwitharana effected 119 dismissals in Tests and 207 in one-dayers. In 189 one-dayers, he scored 3,711 runs, which included two centuries and 23 fifties. His top score in one-dayers was unbeaten 102 made against England.
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East Bengal regain Durand Cup
New Delhi, November 10 Chandan's brace (24th and 92nd) helped East Bengal snatch the win but Bagan were always in control, especially in the second half when the NFL champions struggled to penetrate the strong Bagan midfield and defence. Today's win put East Bengal alongside Bagan with 16 Durand Cup wins. The two sides are also level as runners-up, losing in the final 10 times. The winners got a purse of Rs five lakh while the losers got Rs 2.5 lakh. East Bengal took the lead when referee P K Bose awarded a penalty pulling up Basudeb Mondal for a tackle on Alvito D'Cunha inside the box. Bagan equalised in the 76th minute after dominating play for long periods when a free kick by Noel Wilson from near the half line was accidentally headed into his own goal by East Bengal's Brazilian defender Douglas Santos. In the end, Douglas' escaped with his blunder when Chandan scored with a beauty from the end of the box after Nigerian forward Earnest Jeremiah did the spadework. The winning goal came off a superb counter attack by Jeremiah who for the first time got past from the close marking of Noel Wilson. Jeremiah moved in through the left and got past two defenders. He then squared the ball to substitute Climax Lawrence who quickly set the ball for Chandan running in through the right. An unmarked Chandan got enough time and space and he did not disappoint the red and yellow fans, who came in large numbers at the Ambedkar Stadium, producing a superb shot from a difficult angle which gave no chance to Bagan's young custodian Subrata Pal. Pal had earlier escaped with just a yellow card caution after he added fuel to a small tussle between two rival players which soon developed into a free for all right in front of the VIPs including AIFF President and Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Chief of Air Staff S Krishnaswamy.
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Swimmer Gurbinder steals the show
Ropar, November 10 In table tennis final, Jalandhar won gold defeating Ropar by 3-1. Third place went to Patiala who defeated Faridkot by 3-1. In a close handball final, Ropar won the championship by defeating Ludhiana by 18-14. Sangrur girls managed third place by defeating Jalandhar by 18-16. Bimi Singh of Jalandhar won her second gold in discus throw. Earlier she won the gold in shot-put. In hockey final, Jalandhar girls defeated
Amritsar by 1-0 while Ludhiana secured third place by defeating Patiala by 5-0. In badminton final, Patiala won gold by defeating Jalandhar 2-0. In table tennis final, Jalandhar won gold by defeating Ropar by 3-1 while Patiala secured third position by defeating Faridkot. In kabaddi final, the Jalandhar girls defeated Amritsar by 12-0, Ludhiana got third place by defeating Kapurthala. In kho-kho final, Patiala girls won gold by defeating Sangrur by 5-4. Ludhiana secured third position by defeating Ropar. In handball final, the Ropar girls won gold by defeating Ludhiana while Sangrur got third place. In basketball final, Ludhiana won gold by defeating Jalandhar while Hosiarpur stood third. In volleyball final Jalandhar won gold by defeating Amritsar while Ludhiana secured third position. In tennis, Geetanjali of Patiala won gold by defeating Kamalpreet of Amritsar. The Ludhiana girls won gold in 4x400 relay race while Mandeep Kaur of Amritsar won gold in 100 meter race. |
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