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Punjab women, men in final
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ICC lifts ban on Ganguly
London, November 26 The decision to uphold Ganguly’s appeal was taken by the Appeals Commissioner, New Zealand barrister Tim Castle, who found the circumstances during the November 13 one-dayer against Pakistan as “particularly unusual and a large number of them conspired to cause the delays which occurred”. After considering oral evidence from Ganguly and match referee Clive Lloyd as well as the grounds of the appeal, match paperwork and a video of the match, Castle opted to overturn the ban, the ICC said in a statement. “I allow this appeal and I quash the two-Test ban imposed on Ganguly,” Castle said in his judgement. “On any analysis, the delay of nearly an hour to the finish of a 50-over ODI game beyond its scheduled finish time, is out of an acceptable range. “I am of the opinion that the circumstances were particularly unusual in this game and a large number of them conspired to cause the delays which occurred.” Ganguly was slapped with a two-Test ban by ICC match referee Clive Lloyd for the Indian team’s slow over rate in a
commemorative one-day international against Pakistan in Kolkata on November 13. The verdict by Castle paves the way for the Indian captain to play in the second Test against South Africa. The decision to lift Ganguly’s ban came a day after Castle had a three-hour teleconference with the Indian captain and Lloyd. Ganguly was allowed to play the first Test in Kanpur earlier this week pending a decision on his appeal. Ganguly had contended in his appeal that the delay in completing the overs was not intentional and cited frequent changing of the ball, the heavy dew and injury to Pakistani batsman Salman Butt as the reasons for the delay. ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said Castle’s decision highlighted the independence of the ICC’s appeals process. “Castle’s decision today demonstrates the independence of the ICC’s appeals process,” Speed said in the statement. “His judgment highlights the exceptional circumstances that prevailed during this particular match while also emphasising the general importance of maintaining the required over rate during international matches.” As per the ICC Code of Conduct, the decision of the Appeals Commissioner is final. Sourav
happy, relieved
Kolkata: Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly today expressed his happiness at the lifting of the ban on him by the ICC and said now he could go into the second Test against South Africa with a ‘fresh mind’. “I am happy and relieved,” Ganguly told newspersons as he emerged out of the gym of a five-star hotel after a workout. Ganguly said he had been quite tense waiting for the outcome of his appeal to the ICC Appeals Commissioner. Ganguly said he was grateful to all who helped him overcome this crisis. “First of all, I thank God and then the board, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra, Mr SK Nair, Mr UN Banerjee and Mr SS Ray, because it was due to the joint efforts of these people that this ban was lifted,” he said. “I am grateful to them for the way they stood by me in the hour of crisis and gave me moral support,” he said. SS Ray, a seasoned lawyer, former Punjab Governor and former West Bengal Chief Minister, represented Ganguly at the marathon three-and-half-hour hearing via teleconferencing yesterday. Mr Dalmiya and Mr Banerjee, the board’s legal adviser, were also present during the hearing by Castle. Ganguly also thanked Castle because he “gave me a very patient hearing. He heard all our arguments. I am happy that I have able to convince him.”
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Kangaroos feast on Kiwis
Adelaide, November 26 The left-handed opener scorched off the starting blocks, taking 23 runs off the first two overs, before steadying for his third century on the picturesque ground as Australia powered to 327 for three at stumps on the first day at 3.6 runs an over. Langer batted all day and brought up 1,021 runs for the year to be unbeaten on 144 in 367 minutes, including 19 boundaries. Home-town hero Darren Lehmann was not out on 28. Scoreboard Australia (1st innings) Langer batting 144 Hayden c and b Wiseman 70 Ponting st
McCullum Martyn c Fleming b Wiseman 7 Lehmann batting 28 Extras
(b-3, lb-3, nb-4) 10 Total (3
wkts, 90 overs) 327 Fall of wkts: 1-137, 2-240, 3-261. Bowling:
Martin 19-4-82-0, Franklin 14-2-84-0, Oram 15-5-25-0, Vettori 28-6-74-1, Wiseman 14-3-56-2.
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Mumbai in commanding position
Mumbai, November 26 Mumbai piled up an imposing 515 for
nine declared, adding 210 runs today after resuming at the overnight 305
for three, and then left the visitors gasping at 59 for five in 32
overs. The Andhra batsmen, put under severe pressure by the mountain of
runs they had to scale, put up a pathetic show. Their hopes of
substantially reducing the lead tomorrow now rest on skipper Manava
Prasad, who was unbeaten on 7. The other batsman at the crease was Raja
Vasireddy Prasad, also on 7. Brief scores: Mumbai (1st innings):
515 for 9 dec (Vinit Indulkar 131, Amol Muzumdar 111, Nishit Shetty 80,
Ajit Agarkar 52 not out, Vinayak Samant 50; D Kalyankrishna 6 for 56).
Andhra Pradesh (1st innings): 59 for 5 (Manava Prasad batting 7, Raja
Prasad batting 7; Agarkar 2 for 10). Goa tottering
Gurgaon:
Goa suffered a batting collapse to struggle at 130 for six in their
first innings against Haryana on the second day of the Ranji Trophy
plate division match here. Goa, in reply to the hosts’ 293, were
cruising well at 61 for no loss before they lost wickets in a
heap. Joginder Sharma was the most successful bowler for Haryana
returning with figures of three for 20 in 15 overs. Earlier, resuming
at 237 for six, Haryana added 65 runs this morning with overnight
batsman Joginder Sharma (overnight 68 not out) carrying on to complete a
fine unbeaten 105. Rlys 147 for 5
NEW DELHI: Railways bowled
out Delhi for 216 and then put on 147 for five, eyeing a first innings
lead on the second day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match at the Jamia
Milia cricket ground here on Friday. In reply to Delhi’s first
innings total of 216, Railways did not have a good start either as
Sanjay Gill had rival captain Sanjay Bangar(0) caught by Abhinav Bali in
the very second over with the team score reading just six. Amit Pagnis
(49) then thrived on a dropped chance while batting at 23 — Varun
Kumar being the culprit with Sarandeep Singh at the bowler’s end —
and with T.P. Singh (23) added 61 runs before Rahul Sanghvi has the
latter caught and bowled. Pagnis, too, ran himself out just one run
short of a well-deserved half century. Earlier, Delhi skipper Ajay
Jadeja’s decision to bat on a bowlers’ track backfired and his team
could add only 37 runs to their overnight score of 179 for six before
their first innings folded up at 216. Overnight batsmen Jadeja (87) and
Sarandeep Singh (46) began well this morning, putting on valuable 117
runs when Parida castled Sarandeep, who fell just four-run short of a
half century. Jadeja was eventually stranded at 87 when last batsman
Amit Bhandari (1) ran himself out with the team score at 216. UP poised
for win
KANPUR: R.P. Singh took five wickets to help Uttar
Pradesh bowl out Assam for 107 in the second innings as the Elite Group
B Ranji Trophy match headed towards an exciting finish here. Uttar
Pradesh, who had made 132 in their first innings in reply to the
visitors’ 184, were 77 for one at stumps on day two, needing 83 more
to win the tie at the Kamla Club ground. Vidarbha
on top
NAGPUR: After
gaining a vital 63 runs first innings lead, Vidarbha restricted Tripura
to 158 for eight in their second innings at close on the second day of
the Plate B group Ranji Trophy match at the VCA stadium. Overnight 109
for four, the hosts failed to consolidate their lead and succumbed to
154 all out off 53.5 overs 63 minutes before lunch. Brief scores: Tripura
(1st innings): 91 all out. Vidarbha (1st Innings): 154 all out (Ulhas
Gandhe 42, Harshal Shitoot 23; Sunil Shukla 4 for 64, Manoj Singh 4 for
37). Tripura (2nd innings): 154 for 8 off 68.4 overs (C. Shadeva 36,
Sadashiv Iyer 24, Tiroto Roy 21, M Singh 21 batting; Sandeep Singh 3 for
38, Alind Naidu 3 for 22). Maharashtra
crumble
HYDERABAD: Hosts
Hyderabad were sitting pretty after gaining a massive 148-run first
innings lead against Maharashtra in a Ranji Trophy Elite B match here on
Friday. Replying to the hosts’ first innings’ score of 231,
Maharashtra buckled under pressure and folded up at 83, avoiding the
follow-on by just two runs. The hosts ended the second day at 168 for 9
in their second innings, stretching their lead to 316 runs. Skipper
S.L.V. Raju (4) and F. Shahnawaz (0) were at the crease. Barrington’s
record
Bangalore: A magnificent double ton by opener Rowland M.
Barrington and a century by captain Sujith Somasundar helped Karnataka
declare their first innings at 619 for five against Madhya Pradesh in
their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A encounter on the second day here on
Friday. Barrington, who was 169 overnight, made 283 and created a new
Ranji record for the highest runs by a Karnataka batsman, surpassing
Arjun Raja’s 267 against Bengal. The batsman was finally dismissed,
caught at fine leg by Patvardhan off S. Pandey. He also equalled Rahul
Dravid’s record of three double centuries with this knock. Somasundar,
who put on 229 runs with Barrington for the second wicket, scored 104
before being caught by Devendra Bundela off Y. Golwankar. In reply,
Madhya Pradesh were 120 for one before play was called off for the day
due to bad light. Orissa well placed
PALAKKAD: Replying to
Kerala’s first innings’ score of 324, Orissa were 142 for no loss at
close of play on the second day in their Plate ‘A’ Ranji Trophy
match here on Friday. At stumps, former Test opener Shiv Sundar Das was
on 72 (10x4, 148b) and Subrat Behera on 59 (6x4, 160b). Brief
scores: Kerala (1st innings): 324 (A.V. Jagadeesh 70, Sreekumar Nair
87, Ajay Kuduva 56, K. Chandrasekhara 56, D. Mohanty 4-40, N. Behera
3-19); Orissa (1st innings): 142 for no loss ( S.S. Das 72 n.o., Subrat
Behera 59 n.o.). — UNI, PTI |
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Bowlers put Punjab back in game
Chandigarh, November 26 At the draw of stumps, the hosts were 15 for
the loss of one wicket, for an overall lead of 35 runs with nine wickets
in hand, after facing seven overs. Play ended before the stipulated time
because of bad light. Resuming at the overnight score of nine without
loss, Baroda were all out for 155 in reply to Punjab’s first innings
total of 175 in a match where the medium pacers have held centrestage
over the two days of play. Only four batsmen of the Baroda team,
overnight batsman Connor Williams (33), RV Pawar (43), KR Powar (21) and
SS Parab (12), could reach double figures. The remaining seven — NR
Mongia (6), JJ Martin (4), SA Gaekwad (0), YK Pathan (6), RP Patel (4),
S. Joshi (9) and IS Pathan (4) — failed with the bat before the
bowling of Gagandeep and Sharma. Punjab, in then second innings, could
not begin on a confident note, losing the wicket of Ravneet Ricky (5),
who was out leg before wicket to Patel when the board read five. Punjab
(Ist innings): 175 Baroda (Ist innings): Williams lbw b
Gagandeep 33 Parab c Madan b Sharma 12 N. Mongia lbw b Gagandeep
6 Martin b Gagandeep 4 Powar c Uniyal b Sharma 21 Gaekwad lbw b
Gagandeep 0 Y.K. Pathan c Dharmani Pawar c Dharmani b
Uniyal 43 Patel c Dharmani b Sharma 4 Joshi lbw b Gagandeep 9 I.S.
Pathan not out 4 Extras: b-4, lb-3, nb-6) 13 Total: (all
out, 65.2 overs) 155 Fow: 1-18, 2-30, 3-36, 4-82, 5-82, 6-87,
7-97, 8-101, 9-137, 10-155. Bowling: Gagandeep 23.2-5-57-5,
Sharma 17-7-34-4, Uniyal 12-1-26-1, Ricky 4-0-12-0, Navdeep 9-3-19-0. Punjab
(2nd innings) Ricky lbw Patel 5 Binwant not out 0 Yuvraj not out
10 Extras: 0 Total: (1 wicket, 7 overs) 15 Fow: 1-5. Bowling:
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J&K on verge of innings defeat
Jamshedpur, November 26 Scoreboard J&K
(1st innings) 79 Jharkhand (1st innings) Vardhan run out
9 Ratan Kumar b Nabi 2 Dhoni c Salaria b Nabi 48 Rajiv Kumar lbw
Mahajan 33 Goyal c Salaria b J. Singh 18 Sunil Kumar not out
87 Panda b Nabi 0 Diwakar c Jeelani b Nabi 5 Shahid Khan c Sajjad b
Khajuria 4 SS Rao lbw D. Mahajan 11 S. Gupta c Bhat b D. Mahajan 0 Extras
(b-8, nb-12, wb-8) 28 Total (all out, 108.4 overs) 245 FoW:
1-15, 2-21, 3-76, 4-115, 5-138, 6-147, 7-176, 8-187, 9-245. Bowling:
Abid Nabi 35-14-91-4, P. Mahajan 15-3-44-0, D. Mahajan 24.4-14-16-3,
Salaria 1-0-11-0, J. Singh 15-4-34-1, S Khajuria 11-4-30-1, Majid Dar
7-4-11-0. J&K (2nd innings) Jeelani c Dhoni b Diwakar 3 Sajjad
c Sunil Kumar b Rao 21 Salaria lbw Diwakar 9 Kavaljit c Rajiv b Panda
5 D. Mahajan batting 20 Majid Dar c Dhoni b Rao 0 Arshad Bhat batting
0 Extras (nb-1) 1 Total (5 wkts, 28.2 overs) 59 Fall
of wickets: 1-3, 2-20, 3-33, 4-51, 5-51. Bowling: Panda
9-1-19-1, Diwakar 8-0-19-2, Rao 5-3-8-2, Gupta 4-1-13-0, S. Khan
1.2-1-0-0, Vardhan 1-1-0-0. HP 140 all out
Dharamsala: A
deadly spell of fast bowling by Joven Putra (five for 54) helped
Saurashtra dismiss Himachal Pradesh for 140 runs in the first innings on
the second day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match here on Friday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 226 for nine, Saurashtra were all
out for 268, but the home team failed to put up any resistance against
the visitors. Vishal Bhatia (32 not out) and Paras Dogra (30) were the
only batsmen to make some contribution. At stumps, Saurashtra were 45
for two in the second innings, with S.D. Jogyani (30) N.R. Rathore (6)
at the crease. — PTI |
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Pak shuts door on Namdhari team
Chandigarh, November 26 While a number of teams, including hockey and kabaddi clubs from Pakistan, have visited India during the past few months, the Namdharis have become the first casualty as they have planned to take their new-look hockey team to witness the Champions Trophy tournament. “A visit to Lahore would have been very beneficial as the top six teams of the world would be competing in the Lahore tournament,” said Mr Rachpal Singh of the Namdhari Vidyak Jatha. When they contacted the Pakistani Embassy in New Delhi, they were told that visas were not being granted to any team from India for security reasons, he added. “We had planned to be in Lahore from December 6 to 12 to witness the Champions Trophy. Had we known that visas would have been a problem, we could have planned it differently and gone now to join the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev,” said Mr Rashpal Singh. He said the Pakistan Government must reconsider its decision of granting visas to hockey teams for the Lahore tournament. |
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Punjab women, men in final
Chandigarh, November 26 In the men’s section, Punjab exhibited excellent teamwork in eliminating Chhattisgarh 71-40 after leading 42-21 at the breather. Harpreet (15), Prabhjot (13), Snehpal (nine) and Aman (eight) were the chief architects of Punjab’s win while for Chhattisgarh, Srinivas (12) and Murli (eight) were the main scorers. Punjab men would now meet Delhi, who in the other semifinal, defeated Indian Youth Red 76-53 after leading 25-12 at the end of the first quarter. Sanjay (30), Vinod (19) and Satvinder (11) were the chief scorers for Delhi while Prashan (14) and Rajesh (12) scored maximum points for the losers. Punjab Blue faced little resistance from Delhi in their last league encounter of the women’s section. Leading 20-9 at the end of first quarter and 36-19 at the breather, international Ashna (14) and Kiranjit (13), besides Taranjit (19), paved for Punjab’s big win. Raspreet (16) and Akansha (12) were the main scorers for Delhi. In another match in the women’s section, Chhattisgarh defeated Punjab Red 50-25 for their third consecutive win. |
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Ajeetesh wins Eastern India Golf title
Chandigarh, November 26 Just one stroke behind the champion was Kapurthala boy Gaganjeet Bhullar with an overall score of 276. Ajeetesh played a par game on the opening day. But then he improved to return one-under card on the second day and identical two-under scores in the third and fourth rounds. Ajeetesh has been improving with every game. In this year’s junior circuit he has won four titles. Another Chandigarh boy, Rahul Bakshi, a Class VIII student of St John’s School, clinched the under-16 title.Rahul struck a bright patch on the third day returning a card of 64. He had an overall score of 292. Amanjyot Singh of Jaipur finished one stroke behind. |
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