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Ganguly hopeful of a favourable verdict
We are proud of Kanpur show: Smith
Zimbabwe lifts ban on British scribes
Punjab dismissed for paltry 175
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Punjab Police lift Nehru hockey title
Ferozepore win hockey title
Delhi champs, Punjab runners-up
India Youth Red move into semis
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Ganguly hopeful of a favourable verdict
New Delhi, November 25 "It went off very well. I am hopeful...," he told reporters after emerging from a three-hour teleconference with New Zealand barrister Tim Castle, appointed by the International Cricket Council to hear the Indian captain's appeal against the two-Test ban imposed on him for slow over rate by Match Referee Clive Lloyd. Ganguly said he expected the verdict, which would decide whether he plays in the second Test against South Africa beginning on Sunday in Kolkata, to be announced tomorrow. Asked specifically if he expected the decision to go in his favour, he said, "I have no idea but the way the teleconference went, it looked very good." Ganguly, who was accompanied by coach John Wright, Jagmohan Dalmiya and lawyers Siddartha Shankar Ray and Ushanath Banerjee, also thanked the Board for its support. "I think the Board should support all players. They have done it in the past during the South Africa series. That time also they stood by the players. I am thankful to BCCI for its support." Castle conducted the teleconference from Wellington (New Zealand) while Lloyd hooked in from USA and ICC's in-house lawyer Urvasi Naidoo joined it from London. Ganguly's availability for the second Test against South Africa, starting in Kolkata on Sunday, depends on the verdict. Dalmiya and coach John Wright also joined in the hearing. The teleconference began at the scheduled time but got delinked for some time before it started again. Castle will consider the evidence he has heard from all the parties along with the grounds of the appeal, paperwork from Lloyd and video of the match before giving his verdict. He will then provide a written decision to the ICC which will be forwarded to Ganguly, Lloyd and ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed. Ganguly was slapped a two-Test ban by the ICC for slow over rate in the Platinum Jubilee one-day match against Pakistan in Kolkata on November 13. After the skipper appealed against the ban, the ICC appointed Castle to decide on the appeal. The verdict of Castle, who has the power to increase, decrease, amend or substitute his own decision with that of the Match Referee, would be final and binding. In case he rejects the appeal, Ganguly would have to sit out of the Kolkata Test as well as the first Test against Bangladesh (Dec 9-13).
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We are proud of Kanpur show: Smith
Kolkata, November 25 Smith, who became South Africa's youngest skipper when he took over the reins of
the side as a 22-year-old in 2003, also says it would be "something massive" if his young side managed to pull off a win and clinch the
two-Test series. "We had a solid game. We are proud at the way we played in Kanpur. It is disappointing that there was no result. But India are an experienced side and they start as favourites," Smith told newspersons shortly after arriving in the city. "It will be a massive thing if we pull off a win," added the young skipper. |
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Zimbabwe lifts ban on British scribes
Harare, November 25 The radio said some of the journalists did not have their names on the websites of organisations they claimed to be working for. It quoted Moyo as saying "further enquiries have since been carried out and all journalists have been cleared for accreditation" by the country's official media commission. The delay in clearing the 13 journalists, which had threatened to scupper the forthcoming five-match series of one-day internationals, was purely "an administrative matter that would have been speeded up had the affected journalists supplied the necessary information on time," the report said. England are due to play their opening one-day international in Harare tomorrow. The Zimbabwe government accuses Britain's press of having a hostile news agenda towards its former colony, aimed at tarnishing the reputation of president Robert Mugabe's government. In the past journalists from that country have been accused of trying to sneak into the country under the pretext of covering sport to cover other stories. The government has banned the BBC from reporting permanently from Zimbabwe, while two other news correspondents for the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian have been evicted from the country in recent years. Zimbabwe accuses Britain of working with the main opposition party to effect a regime change in the country. The chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, Peter Chingoka, said he was unable to comment at the moment about the government's position on accreditation of all journalists. —
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Punjab dismissed for paltry 175
Chandigarh, November 25 The Punjab batting line-up having Dinesh Mongia, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Dharmani and in-form Ravneet Ricky in their ranks were bundled out for a paltry 175 facing an inspired Baroda seam attack. Fresh from the outright victory in their previous match against Assam at Amritsar, the hosts were expected to perform well. But their strong batting crumbled in the face of disciplined bowling from the rival seam attack. Disciplined Rakesh Patel, Irfan Pathan Sr and Shekhar Joshi bowled with unerring accuracy and aggression, making the hosts batting look clueless. They shared spoils among themselves as Punjab batting caved in meekly. India one-day specialist Yuvraj Singh was back in the pavilion without opening his account, while skipper Mongia and was dismissed when he had not yet reached the double-figure mark. Dependable Pankaj Dharmani was scalped by seamer Irfan Pathan after the batsman had scored 11 as half the Punjab batting side was back in the pavilion with just 74 runs on the board. The wickets continued to fall as the hosts, at one stage, were in a miserable position at 121 for eight. The slide was arrested by left-arm spinner Navdeep Singh and No 10 batsman Gagandeep Singh. Both scored 22 runs apiece which saved Punjab from total disaster. Ravneet Ricky, who made a century in the last match, was the highest scorer with 42. Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings): Ricky lbw Joshi 42 Binwant lbw Patel 15 Yuvraj b Joshi 0 D Mongia lbw Patel 8 Dharmani c N Mongia b Kakkar lbw Joshi 2 Madan c SS Parab b Uniyal run out (Pawar) 14 Navdeep not out 22 Gagandeep c Mongia b Vineet lbw b Pawar 11 Extras
(b 7, lb 10, nb 11) 28 Total (all out, 70 overs) 175 Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-39, 3-51, 4-71, 5-74, 6-78, 7-106, 8-121, 9-150. Bowling:
Rakesh Patel 24-5-57-2,Irfan Pathan 19-4-49-3, Shekhar Joshi 23-8-36-3, YK Pathan 2-0-7-0, Rajesh Pawar 2-0-9-1. Baroda (1st innings): C Williams batting 3 S S Parab batting 6 Total
( for no loss in 2 overs): 9 Bowling: Gagandeep 1-0-6-0, Vineet 1-0-3-0. |
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J&K bundled out for 79
Jamshedpur, November 25 Winning the toss, Jharkhand skipper Sumit Panda sent Jammu and Kashmir in to take the advantage of early moisture of the pitch. Mihir Diwakar led the pace attack, scalping four wickets for 17, while Panda, Sanjeev Gupta and S.S. Rao picked up two wickets each. The young Jammu and Kashmir batsmen could not negotiate the lively pace attack of Jharkhand and lost witckets at regular intervals. Opener S. Gupta (14), Kavaljeet Singh (12) and Arshad Bhat (14) managed to reach the double figure mark, with extras contributing 14. Jammu and Kashmir were all out for 79 soon after lunch. Chasing the small total, Jharkhand also began on a disastrous note after losing the openers in quick succession. Ratan
Kumar, who hit a century against Saurashtra in the previous match, was to go first when he was adjudged leg before off pacer Abid Nabi for 2. Manish Vardhan, also a centurion in the previous match, was run out for 9. Scoreboard Jammu and Kashmir (first innings): Asif Jeelani lbw S. Gupta 14 Sheikh Sajjad c M.S. Dhoni b M. Diwakar 5 Kavaljeet Singh c M. Goyal b S.S. Rao 12 Dhruv Mahajn b S. Gupta 5 Majid Dar c Sunil Kumar b S.S. Rao 2 Shammy Salaria c M.S. Dhoni b M. Diwakar 7 Arshad Bhat b S. Panda 14 Abid Nabi c M.S. Dhoni b S. Panda 2 Sameer Khajuria c M.S. Dhoni b M. Diwakar 0 Pranav Mahajn c S.S. Rao b M. Diwakar 4 Jagtar Singh not out 0 Extras:
(b-1, lb-6, nb-6, wb-1) 14 Total: (all out, 38.1 overs) 79 Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-38, 3-48, 4-48, 5-51, 6-72, 7-72, 8-74, 9-78. Bowling:
S. Panda 11-4-21-2, M. Diwakar 11.1-4-17-4, S. Gupta 8-4-11-2, S.S. Rao 8-2-23-2. Jharkhand (first innings): Manish Vardhan run out 9 Ratan Kumar b Abid Nabi 2 M.S. Dhoni c S. Salaria b Abid Nabi 48 Rajiv Kumar batting 31 Mohit Goyal c S. Salaria Sunil Kumar batting 10 Extras: (b-2, nb-10, wb-3) 15 Total:
(for 4 wkts, 48 overs) 133 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-21, 3-76, 4-115. Bowling:
Abid Nabi 15-3-58-2, P. Mahajan 7-1-27-0, D. Mahajan 8-4-6-0, S. Salaria 1-0-11-0, J. Singh 13-4-24-1, S. Khajuria 4-2-5-0.
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Mumbai, November 25 Nishit Shetty on 43 and Sairaj
Bahutule on 2 were holding fort. Mumbai, the defending champions, need
to get full points from this match after a disappointing start to the
season with two points so far from two matches. They began on a dismal
note after electing to bat on winning the toss, losing both openers
before the score reached 50. Scoreboard Mumbai first
innings: V Mane c LNP Reddy b D Kalyan Krishnan 2, W Jaffer c A
Pathak b M Faiq 16, V Indulkar retd hurt 111, A Muzumdar c M S K Prasad
b D Kalyan Krishnan 111, N Shetty batting 43, S Bahutule batting 2, Extras:
(8b, 5lb, 6w, 1nb) 20, Total: (2 wkts, 90 overs) 305; Fall
of wickets: 1-5, 2-49, 3-298; Bowling: M Shahbuddin 21-3-63-0, D
Kalyan Krishnan 9-1-25-2, RVC Prasad 13-5-24-0, ASK Verma 3-1-6-0, M
Faiq 20-2-75-1, VVV Apparao 7-0-37-0, Venugopal Rao 8-0-32-0, Amit
Pathak 9-0-30-0. Jadeja is crisis man NEW DELHI: Jadeja won the toss and
elected to bat, but the Delhi side was in for a rude shock as Harvinder,
with a fiery spell, rocked them. Tripura out for 91 NAGPUR: Tripura, put in to bat on a fairly grassy wicket,
struggled against the pace trio of Baburao Yadav (4 for 9), Alind Naidu
(3 for 28) and C. Atram (1 for 32) to be bundled out for a small
total. Brief scores: Tripura (first innings): 91 all out (T.U.
Rehaman 34, Baburao Yadav 4 for 9, Alind Naidu 3 for 28); Vidarbha
(first innings): 109 for four (A. Naidu 25. H. Shitoot 23 not out, U.
Gandhe 20 not out, S. Shukla 2 for 43). Bowlers dominate KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh were 111 for the
loss of five wickets, with Parag Das (19) and Parvez Aziz (58) at the
crease at the draw of stumps. Anirudh hits ton Hyderabad:
Brief
scores: Hyderbad (first innings): 231 (Shashank Nag 60, Anirudh
Singh 103, Ranjit Khirid 4-76, Anupam Snaklecha 4-47); Maharashtra
(first innings): 4 for no loss. Karnataka well placed Bangalore:
A triple-century partnership between openers Robin Uthappa (162) and
Rowland Barrington (batting 169) propelled Karnataka to 357 for one in
the first innings against Madhya Pradesh on the opening day of their
Ranji Trophy Elite Group A encounter here on Thursday. At close skipper
Sujith Somasundar (9) was keeping Barrington company. Kerala 212
for 5 Palakkad: All-rounder Sreekumar Nair and A.V.
Jagadeesh hit half centuries and put on 134 runs for the third wicket to
help Kerala score 212 for 5 in the first innings on the opening day of
their Plate ‘A’ Ranji Trophy match against Orissa here on Thursday.
Nair made 87 (12x4, 1x6, 225b) while Jagadeesh scored 70 (9x4,162b). Brief
scores: Kerala (first innings): 212 for 5 (A.V. Jagadeesh 70,
Sreekumar Nair 87, A. Kuduva batting 22, Debasish Mohanty 4 for 29, D.
Mangaraj 1 for 51). — UNI, PTI
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Punjab Police lift Nehru hockey title
New Delhi, November 25 In a match bereft of many meaningful moves, with Punjab Police calling the shots and BSF playing second fiddle, the deadlock was broken when custodian Manpreet Singh brought off a brilliant save to baulk Raj Singh in the crucial fifth shot in the tie-breaker shootout to give the cops a well-merited victory. BSF were in advantage when, of all players, Olympian Baljit Singh Dhillon swept over the goalpost to the stunned disbelief of the cops after the teams converted their first two shots to be 1-1. Jugraj Singh scooped high, beyond the reach of BSF custodian K.M. Subbaiah, and the ball hit the roof of the net to put Punjab Police ahead (1-0). BSF captain Harbhajan Singh made a clean and stiff hit to equalise. Then Baljit hit over while Devinder Kumar scooped in to put BSF 2-1 ahead. Captain Prabhdeep Singh levelled the score for Punjab Police (2-2) while BSF suffered a setback when Mukhjinder Singh strayed his attempt. Gagan Ajit Singh scooped in without any problem to put Punjab Police in the lead (3-2) while Marinus Lakra squared off for BSF (3-3). Daljit Singh Dhillon made no mistake with his scoop to regain the lead for Punjab Police (4-3) and now all eyes were focussed on Raj Singh to bail out BSF. Manpreet did a fine job to stop him and Punjab Police won their third Nehru Hockey Trophy in a row, and seventh overall, off 12 appearances in the final. BSF, who last won the title in 1996, defeating Punjab Police in the title clash, met the same fate as in 1999, when they lost to Punjab and Sind Bank in
the final. Indian Oil defeated Bharat Petroleum 5-4 to take the third position. |
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Ferozepore win hockey title
Ferozepore, November 25 Results on the final day were as follows: weightlifting: 94 kg: Vikas Deep (Kapurthala) first, Tarunbeer Singh (Amritsar) second, Sandeep Singh (Amritsar) third; team championship: Jalandhar first, Kapurthala second, Amritsar third; wrestling: 42 kg: Inderjeet Singh (Kapurthala) first, Rahul Kumar (Gurdaspur) second, Pawan Kumar (Amritsar) and Gurjeet Singh (Nawanshahr) third; 45 kg: Karan Kumar (Amritsar) first, Narinder Sondhi (Nawanshahr) second, Akash Verma (Gurdaspur) and Ashok Kumar (Kapurthala) third; 48 kg: Amritpal (Gurdaspur) first, Malkit Singh (Faridkot) second, Gurjant Singh (Amritsar) and Harish Kumar (Amritsar) third; 52 kg: Mandeep Singh (Faridkot) first, Rinku (Amritsar) second, Barinder (Nawanshahr and Mohammad Ashraf (Sangrur) third; tug-of-war: Moga first, Bathinda second, Faridkot third; archery: Ferozepore first, Muktsar second, Sangrur third; kho-kho: Ludhiana first, Hoshiarpur second, Bathinda third; hockey: Ferozepore b Jalandhar 2-0, Ropar b Muktsar 5-0; football: Hoshiarpur b Ludhiana 1-0, Gurdaspur b Ropar 5-4; volleyball: Sangrur b Ludhiana 25-14, 25-13, 25-23, Patiala b Jalandhar 25-19, 25-17; kabaddi: Sangrur Faridkot 62-50, Muktsar b Kapurthala 65-47; athletics: 3000 m: Ranjeet Singh (Gurdaspur) first, Kamaldeep (Fatehgarh Sahib) second, Amar (Ferozepore) third; 200 m: Angrej Singh (Ferozepore) first, Nithis Tiwari (Ropar) second, Arvind Sharma (Fatehgarh Sahib) third; javelin throw: Anurudh Singh (Ferozepore) first, Devinder Singh (Jalandhar) second, Gurpreet Singh (Gurdaspur) third. |
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Talent series tennis results
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Delhi champs, Punjab runners-up
New Delhi, November 25 Gurinder Singh of Delhi and Sudha Sharma of Madhya Pradesh emerged as the best male and female athlete, respectively. Punjab won the badminton title, defeating Rajasthan in the final in the men’s section while Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh for the women’s crown. Delhi won the overall trophy while Punjab finished as runners-up. |
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India Youth Red move into semis
Chandigarh, November 25 India Youth Red beat Rajasthan convincingly at 90-40 in their last leage encounter to earn a right to challenge Delhi in the semi-finals. Hosts Punjab would play Chattisgarh in the other semi-final. |
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