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Hall’s record-breaking ton puts SA on top
Kartik blames ‘lifeless’ track
Aussies register innings victory
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Jadeja beats Kapil, wins golf trophy
Sangrur block dominate
Indo-ASEAN car rally from today
India clinch kabaddi World Cup
Rakesh shines in Himachal body building championship
PSB qualify for quarters
Vartik Tihara to lead Delhi
BSF, JCT Academy enter semis
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Hall’s record-breaking ton puts SA on top
Kanpur, November 21 The right-handed Hall slipped into the new role of an opener with consummate ease to score a career-best 163 and take the tourists to a comfortable 459 for seven in their first innings at close on a dreary second day. The 29-year-old played the sheet anchor's role to perfection as he occupied the crease for a marathon 588 minutes and achieved the milestone of becoming South Africa's highest individual Test scorer on Indian soil on a highly frustrating day for the hosts who could manage to take just three wickets. Debutant Zander de Bruyn also made it a memorable Test for himself as he mixed caution with aggression to score a 206-ball 83, which included six fours and three sixes, on a slow track at the Green Park stadium. Shaun Pollock was batting on 31 and wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile was giving him company on five at stumps. This was the highest first innings total recorded by any visiting team at this venue. The Indian bowlers were made to toil hard to get any success on the placid pitch though veteran leg spinner Anil Kumble had the satisfaction of recording his 28th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. The famed Indian batsmen will now have to brace themselves up for chasing a mammoth first innings total as, apart from the two not out batsmen, spinner Robin Peterson was also regarded as a decent batsman. With three full days left, it remains to be seen whether the South African captain Graeme Smith will declare the innings by the first hour's play tomorrow and have a go at the Indian batsmen who have been a pale shadow of themselves in recent times. Resuming at the overnight score of 230 for four, the South Africans lost Boeta Dippenaar (48) early in the day but it turned out to be tough going for the hosts from there on. The Indians took the second new ball after 93 overs and both Zaheer Khan and captain Sourav Ganguly obtained some movement from the slow track to repeatedly beat the batsmen in the first hour's play. Ganguly claimed the wicket of Dippenaar inducing him to edge an outgoing delivery to Dinesh Kaarthick behind the stumps. Dippenaar faced 127 balls during his knock of 48 which came in 154 minutes and was laced with five boundaries. De Bruyn appeared a trifle shaky in the initial stages but gradually grew in confidence to ensure that no more wickets fell in the pre-lunch session which saw the visitors adding 72 runs to their overnight tally. The Proteas managed to add just 28 runs in the first hour's play but accelerated the pace of scoring to some extent after the drinks break. Hall swept Kumble to the fine leg fence to notch up his maiden century after batting for a marathon 436 minutes. He eclipsed his previous highest score of 99 not out achieved against England at the Leeds in 2003. Harbhajan Singh was introduced into the attack immediately after the drinks break but the off spinner could not really make much of an impact against the two well-set batsmen on the slow pitch. Hall achieved the statistical milestone of becoming South Africa's highest scorer on Indian soil before he fell to Kumble for 163 which served as the backbone of the South African innings. Hall, generally an attacking batsman, curbed his natural strokeplay to play a disciplined knock as he occupied the crease for a marathon 588 minutes and faced as many as 454 balls. His heroic effort contained 17 boundaries. The wily Kumble brought an end to his vigil by knocking down his stumps around the legs much to the relief of the home team which toiled hard to break the sixth wicket partnership. The pair of Hall and de Bruyn stitched 144 runs for the sixth wicket to put their team in the driver's seat in the post-lunch session which saw the home team get only one wicket trough Kumble. Kumble recorded his 28th five wicket haul in Test cricket when he scalped Hall, who paid the price for trying to play inside the line and losing his leg stump in the process. Hall's 163 was the highest individual score by a South African on Indian soil, eclipsing Daryll Cullinan's 153 not out during the Kolkata Test in 1996-97. Scoreboard South Africa (1st innings): Smith b Kumble 37 Hall b Kumble 163 Jaarsveld lbw Kumble 2 Kallis lbw Kumble 37 Rudolph b Kumble 0 Dippenaar c Karthick De Bruyn c Dravid b Singh 83 Pollock batting 31 Tsolekile batting 5 Extras
(b-9, lb-22, Total (7 wkts, 182 overs) 459 Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-69, 3-154, 4-154, 5-241, 6-385, 7-445. Bowling: Zaheer 29-7-59-0, Ganguly 12-2-45-1, Kumble 50-13-116-5, Harbhajan 43-9-110-1, Murali Kartik 39-12-57-0, Tendulkar 9-0-36-0.
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Kartik blames ‘lifeless’ track
Kanpur, November 21 “It is not easy to get wickets on this pitch. There is no bounce, there is no life. It’s lifeless, these have been
deterrent factors for the bowlers,” Kartik, who went wicketless for two days in a row, told reporters after the second day’s play. “As a bowler you want the track to have more carry and zip, which is not there. The few people who saw the pitch said it is a good one for batting. The ball may turn slowly at a later stage. “We will also bat well on this track. We have the batsmen, we have the wherewithal to do well,” he said. Asked whether he was surprised to have been introduced into the attack after the 32nd over today, the Railways player said “you don’t think about such things. We had taken the new ball and then both (Anil) Kumble and Harbhajan (Singh) were bowling well and looked like taking a wicket. On whether he was surprised by the South African batting on the first two days, he said “I don’t know the preparations they had before coming here. It seems they have come here with the mindset to draw the series. They should have tried to be more positive”. Kartick, when asked whether the Indians were adapting a negative line by bowling on the leg stump or outside, said “it’s not a negative line. We had to try and do something different. A couple of balls did something but it was not happening on a consistent basis”. Laxman suffers knee injury Veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman today limped off the ground after he was hit on the knee while fielding on the second day of the first Test against South Africa here. Laxman was fielding close to the batsman in the first session when opener Andrew Hall drove leg-spinner Anil Kumble and the ball hit the player. The 30-year-old left the ground immediately and did not take the field again the entire day. Team sources said he was undergoing treatment and his condition was believed to be “not so serious”.
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Aussies register innings victory
Brisbane, November 21 The Kiwis, on top after the first two days, never recovered after Australia surged back from 128 for four chasing 353 to score 585 and seize a decisive 232-run innings lead. Man-of-the-Match Michael Clarke (141) and Adam Gilchrist (126) shared a record 216-run partnership for the sixth wicket and tailenders Glenn McGrath (61) and Jason Gillespie (54) posted Test-best scores in a 114-run last-wicket stand to wrest control from the Kiwis. New Zealand were routed with Nathan Astle topscoring with 17 in their lowest innings in a Test in Australia. New Zealand's previous lowest Test innings was 121 in Perth in 1980-81. Test cricket's leading wicket-taker Shane Warne captured 4-15 off 10.2 overs to take his world record tally to 549. McGrath started the ball rolling with the first three wickets and finished with 3-19 off eight overs and Gillespie claimed 2-19 off 10 overs. The Kiwis were in trouble from the opening over with Mark Richardson prodding at a McGrath swinger and edging a catch to Gilchrist. McGrath, his confidence brimming after his batting heroics, claimed Mathew Sinclair to a dubious lbw decision by Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar for a duck and skipper Steve Fleming went in McGrath's fifth over, caught by Justin Langer for 11 after scoring a duck in the first innings. Warne struck with a lbw decision on Scott Styris for seven and at lunch the Kiwis were 42 for four off 18.1 overs. It got no better after lunch with Astle offering Warne his 100th Test catch off Michael Kasprowicz and first-innings centurion Jacob Oram was the unluckiest of the Kiwi batsmen in the mode of his dismissal. He attempted to sweep Warne on eight but the ball ballooned to Matthew Hayden at slip to leave the tourists at 55 for 6. Wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum was out to a howler of a decision by West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor, who gave him out caught behind even though he did not connect with the ball. McCullum walked away from the wicket without a murmur as the Australians rejoiced around him. Craig McMillan had a brief confrontation with Gilchrist after a loud appeal for caught behind was not given by Bucknor, but next ball he was out for nine, lbw to Gillespie. Warne wrapped up the Test victory with Daniel Vettori caught at slip by Hayden and Chris Martin lbw for a duck. Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): 353 Australia (1st innings): Langer lbw b Vettori 34 Hayden lbw b Mills 8 Ponting c Astle b Martin 51 Martyn c McMillan b Martin 70 Lehmann c McCullum b Vettori 8 M Clarke b Vettori 141 Gilchrist c Styris b Martin 126 Warne lbw b Vettori 10 Gillespie not out 54 Kasprowicz c Mills b Martin 5 McGrath c Astle b Martin 61 Extras
(b1, lb7, w1, nb8) 17 Total (all out in 153.5 overs) 585 Fall of wkts: 1-16, 2-85, 3-109, 4-128, 5-222, 6-438, 7-450, 8-464, 9-471. Bowling:
Martin 39.5-7-152-5, Mills 26-8-99-1, Oram 25-4-116-0 (1w 4nb), Styris 8-1-33-0, Vettori 50-9-154-4, McMillan 5-1-23-0. New Zealand (2nd innings): Richardson c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 Sinclair lbw b McGrath 0 Fleming c Langer b McGrath 11 Styris lbw b Warne 7 Astle c Warne b Kasprowicz 17 McMillan lbw b Gillespie 9 Oram c Hayden b Warne 8 McCullum c Gilchrist Vettori c Hayden b Warne 2 Mills not out 4 Martin lbw b Warne 0 Extras
(lb2, nb4) 6 Total (all out in 36.2 overs) 76 Fall of wkts:
1-6, 2-7, 3-19, 4-42, 5-44, 6-55, 7-69, 8-72, 9-72. Bowling: McGrath 8-1-19-3, Gillespie 10-5-19-2, Kasprowicz 8-2-21-1, Warne 10.2-3-15-4.
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Australia hail new hero Clarke
Brisbane, November 21 Clarke came to the crease on Friday with Australia in trouble at 128 for 4 in reply to New Zealand’s 353. When he was finally dismissed today, Clarke had 141 to his name, a partnership of 216 with Adam Gilchrist and Australia firmly back in control. Clarke has played only five Tests for Australia but is already being compared with the greats of the past after chalking up 541 runs, including 151 on his debut in India. Ever since he burst on to the first-class scene three years ago, keen observers have likened him to Doug Walters, the dashing and flamboyant Australian batsmen of the 1960s and 1970s. He, too, was a free-scoring, aggressive player and Clarke’s century against New Zealand evoked memories of Walters’s most famous innings. It is part of Australian cricketing folklore that Walters famously hooked Bob Willis for six off the last ball of the day to reach a century against England at Perth in 1974. Against New Zealand yesterday, there were similar scenes when Clarke brought up his 100 by hooking Chris Martin for four off the last ball before lunch. “I wasn’t thinking about it. All I was wanted to do was get to lunch but it was just there and luckily I hit it smack in the middle,” Clarke said. Clarke caught the national attention with his 151 in India last month and joined Harry Graham and Kepler Wessels as the only Australians to score hundreds in their first Tests at home and away with his hundred at the Gabba. “I think Bangalore was the day of my life. I was rapt to play my first Test in Bangalore but scoring a century at home was very special,” Clarke said. Although he is only a part-time bowler, Clarke took the amazing figures of six wickets for nine runs in Mumbai. His exploits with bat and ball have made him an instant hit with Australian crowds. “I’ve had a little bit of luck and I’ve been playing pretty well so I hope that continues,” Clarke said. “I understand there’s going to be times when I get a duck or I don’t make many runs and I accept that but I just want to make the most of the good times.”
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Jadeja beats Kapil, wins golf trophy
New Delhi, November 21 English allrounder Ian Botham, who was the centre of attraction, with 36 points was way behind the winners. The event, played in the stableford format, was also contested by former greats like Wasim Akram, Syed Kirmani and Madan Lal while Zaheer Abbas and Javagal Srinath were conspicuous by their absence despite comfirming their
participation. Other participants were Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, Randhir Singh and lady golfer Shruti Khanna, who won the overall longest drive award while Rahul Sanghvi was closest to pin overall. In category B, with handicap 14+, Nikhil Chopra and Deepak Tanwar tied with 43 points each while Balraj Moudgil lifted the winner’s trophy with 44 points.
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Sangrur block dominate
Sangrur, November 21 The competition was organised by Punjab Sports Department. The results: Athletics (Boys): I Sangrur, 2
Lehragaga. Athletics (Girls): I Lehragaga, 2 Sunam Hockey (Boys): I Ahmedgarh, 2 Bhawanigarh (Girls): I Barnala, 2 Ahmedgarh Football (Boys): I Malerkotla, 2 sangrur Volleyballs (Boys): I Sangrur, 2 Bhawanigarh (Girls): I Sangrur, 2 Sunam Archery (Boys): I Sangrur, 2 Bhawanigarh (Girls): I Sangrur, 2 Bhawanigarh Tug of War (Boys): I Sangrur, 2 Barnala. Weightlifting (Boys): I Sangrur, 2 Sunam (Girls): I Sangrur, 2 Sunam. Kabaddi (Boys): I Sangrur, 2 Barnala Wrestling (Boys): I Malerkotla, 2 Sunam. The district teams selected during this competition will take part in the rural games for boys under I6 being held at Ferozepore from November 23 to 25. |
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Indo-ASEAN car rally from today
Guwahati, November 21 The rally, which will begin with the flag-off by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi the next day, will traverse 8000 km through 11 countries in 20 days, CII Rally in-charge Anupam Yog told PTI.
The Prime Minister will also ceremonially flag-off the Rally, organised by CII, at Friendship Bridge in Lao PDR along with the Heads of states of all the ASEAN countries.
After the flag-off here, the vehicles will pass through Morigaon, Nagaon, Kaziranga National Park, Bokakhat, and Bokajan before entering Nagaland where the rallyists will halt the night at Kohima, he said. The next day the rallyists will move to Manipur and enter Myanmar in Tamu, where they will halt the night before moving on to Mandalay, Loilem and Kengtung in that country. The vehicles will then enter Thailand where they will pass through Mae Sai, Phitsanulok and Nong Khai before entering Lao PDR for the ceremonial function, he said. The vehicles will pass through Vientane and Paksan in Lao PDR before entering Vietnam where the rallyists will move through Lao Bao, Hue, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City. The next country in the rallyist’s route is Cambodia where they will move through Bavet, Neak Loeung, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and then again enter Thailand to pass through Aranya Prathet, Bangkok and Surat Thani, Yog said. The rallyists next stop is Malaysia where they halt at Kayum Hitam and Putrajaya before entering the Singapore check post halting at Orchard Street before moving to Singapore and finally to Batam in Indonesia for the closing ceremony. Yog said the rallyists will be accompanied by two ambulances and a vehicle to sound the alert for a rescue vehicle to rush to provide aid in emergencies. The vehicles will be accompanied by a digital satellite network vehicle which will provide uplinking facilities to media channels, he said. The CII has organised several allied events along the rally route with a cultural evening organised this evening to be participated by troupes from ASEAN countries and the north eastern states.
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India clinch kabaddi World Cup
Mumbai, November 21 Indian skipper Sanjeeva Kumar was the architect of his team’s win scoring 17 points from 16 raids while his Railways’ teammate Ramesh Kumar scored seven points from as many raids to held the hosts lift the title. The Indians, who scored seven bonus points in the first session, were limited to four bonus points in the second by the Iranians. Local lad Shailesh Sawant was declared man-of-the-match after he played his heart out in the second session with Iran threatening to make a comeback. India’s Sanjeeva Kumar was adjudged as the man-of-the-tournament. Though Iran could not score any bonus points in the first half, they managed seven bonus points in the second. The visitors made three substitutes bringing in Javed, Ali and Mustafa but could not stop India winning the coveted trophy in front of the home crowd in a jam-packed stadium. The winners took home Rs 2 lakh while the runners-up pursed Rs 1.25 lakh. Earlier, India sailed into the final with a thumping 39-19 victory over Bangladesh in the semifinal. The hosts, who were leading 12-5 at the breather in a slow-paced match, lived up to their top billing with some calculated moves. Their skipper Sanjiva Kumar and Manpreet Singh, with 10 points each, saw to it that their team took an early lead in a low-scoring match. However, the plucky Bangladeshis spearheaded by Zia-ur-Rehman (4), man of the match Al Mamum (3) and Mohammed Bashir Ahmmad (4) threw up a spirited challenge but found the Indians hard to beat. In the second semifinals, Iran crushed Canada 54-28 after leading 31-9 at half time. Hadi, who shone as an all-round player, was declared the man of the match. Bangladesh, who collected Rs 50,000 for reaching the last four stage, had beaten Japan 33-24, after leading by a single point (12-11) at half time in the quarterfinal last night while the Indians had got a bye directly to the semifinal after heading Pool A with three wins in the league stage. Mohammed Bashir Ahmmed was declared the man of the match for top scoring with nine points.
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Rakesh shines in Himachal body building championship
Hamirpur, November 21 Milan of Kangra and Kishore of Una got second and third positions in the under 55 kilograms category. The following are other results: Under 60 kg: Ajay Bhardwaj (Kulu) 1, Bharat Bhushan (Hamirpur) 2 and Amar Kumar (Kulu) 3. Under 65 kg: Mohit Arora (Kangra) 1 Rakesh (Kangra) 2 and Rahul Verma (Kangra) 3. Mr Himachal category: Under 55 kg: Mohit Sethi (Sirmaur) 1 Rakesh (Kulu) 2 and Anil Chauhan (Hamirpur) 3. Under 60 kg: Ajay Bhardwaj (Kulu) 1, Dinesh Kumar (Kangra) 2 and Sanjeev Kumar 3. Under 65 kg: Jaswinder Singh (Kangra) 1, Vikas Sadyal (Hamirpur) 2 and Anshul (Shimla) 3. Above 65 kg: Vinod Kumar (Kangra) 1, Kapil Dev (Hamirpur) 2 and Ravi Kumar 3. |
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PSB qualify for quarters
New Delhi, November 21 The Bankmen, who had crushed South Central Railway 10-2 in their opening Pool III Super League, topped the pool. The Railmen, who had beaten the Pak Club, also qualified for the last eight grade. The PSB forged ahead in the fourth minute when Jatinder Pal Singh converted a penalty corner. The Pakistan Club, boasting of a few internationals, suffered another setback when a stroke was awarded against them in the eighth minute, which was duly converted by Navpreet Singh. Ravi Pal put them ahead by 3-0 in the 26th minute as PSB took a comfortable lead by half time. Immediately on resumption, Punjab and Sind Bank scored two quick goals in a four-minute span through Ajit Pal Singh (36th) and Mandeep Singh (38th) to take a 5-0 lead. The Afghan Club got into action when the Bankmen relaxed their grip to slot in two goals through Sameer Hussain who struck in the 63rd and 66th minutes. Bharat Petroleum and Namdhari XI played a 1-1 draw in Pool II as both the teams qualified for the quarter-finals. Bharat Petroleum took the lead through S S Gill in the 20th minute. Namdhari XI pulled off the equaliser when Gurcharan Singh converted a penalty corner in the 61st minute. In the quarter-final matches tomorrow, Bharat Petroleum will take on Air India while Punjab Police will meet Namdhari XI. |
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Vartik Tihara to lead Delhi
New Delhi, November 21 The team: Vartik Tihara (captain), Anuj Jain (vice-captain), Atrey Rajgopal, Priyank Tehlan, Karan Rai, Tapan Jain (wk), Virat Kohli, Raman Sachdeva, Ankit Lamba, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sherawat, Manish Chaudhary, Anshul Goel, Saurav Srivastava, Sailesh Sondhi and Varun Singh. Stand-byes: Hemant Chug, Ashwat (wk), Jagrit Anand, Rushil, Bhaskar, Neeraj Bansal, Manish Adhikari, Ankit Dutta, Varon Soodan, Nitin Kumar, Tarun Chaudhary and Puneet Grewal. Akansha U-19 Tourney The Akansha Under-19 Cricket Tournament will be held from December 5 at the Gandhi Nagar ground in Delhi. Sixteen teams will take part in the tournament. The winners will be given a cash award of Rs 11,000 while the runners-up will get Rs 5100. |
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BSF, JCT Academy enter semis
New Delhi, November 21 BSF topped the Group B League with seven points while JCT Academy finished second on four points. Manjinder put RCF in the lead while JCT Academy neutralised the score when Pradip Singh scored off a 30-yard free kick. Hardeep lobbed over advancing RCF custodian Gurpinder to give JCT Academy the lead while Amarjit consolidated it (3-1). |
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