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No ICC sanction sans live telecast: Mani
Cricket visa camps in Lahore, Karachi
Security beefed up at Dharamsala stadium
Sourav, Shukla toy with Bangladesh bowlers
Powar wrecks South Zone
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Hayden stars in Aussie win
Women must take more interest in sports: Kapil
Punjab cops pip IA, lift hockey title
JCT clash with Tollygunge today
Sikh Regimental Centre move up
PSEB reach basketball semis
Six PSEB grapplers enter finals
National judo at Chandigarh
Palwinder wins Rustam-e-Hind title Postal
basketball tournament begins
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No ICC sanction sans live telecast: Mani
Kolkata, February 22 "This is a worrying situation for us and we are closely monitoring the situation," he told PTI over phone from his London office on the issue. Emphasising the importance of the telecast, he said as per ICC guidelines every host country has to make necessary arrangements with prescribed number of cameras on the field to provide live feeds to the third umpire for making crucial decisions. "These live feeds are very crucial as, you know, now-a-days a number of decisions are referred to the third umpire," Mani said. To a query as to what would be the ICC's stand if the telecasting issue was not settled by the time Pakistani team lands here and live telecast of the series was not arranged, he said, "we cannot sanction the matches to be held". He said apart from the requirements of the third umpire there were millions of cricket lovers not only in India and Pakistan but across the world who like to watch these two teams clash and without telecast they will be deprived. "It will be a disservice to the game of cricket if this India-Pakistan series was not telecast live across the world", Mani said. "I am surprised that why every time this matter is taken to court at the last moment as earlier also it had happened," Mani said referring to a similar row during the South Africa and Australia series here in October and November. He said that the ICC was in constant touch with the BCCI in this regard and would be closely monitoring the developments with regard to the arrangements for the live telecast of the matches. The Pakistan team is scheduled to land in India on February 28 to play three Test matches and six one-day internationals but the BCCI has not yet awarded the telecast rights due to the stay order passed by the Madras High Court on a petition by Zee Telefilms. New Delhi:
Sounding alarm bells, BCCI President Ranbir Singh Mahendra said, “If the telecast rights issue is not settled, there is a possibility that the tour may be called off.”
He also said since the issue was before the court, the BCCI could not do anything on its own. Meanwhile, Zee Telefilms told the Madras High Court that it would telecast the
series entirely at its risks and costs and without any equity in its favour.
“This shall be without prejudice to the respective contentions of the parties,” it said in a petition to the High Court.
Arguing in the case, former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya’s counsel told the court that the Board’s decision to cancel the tender process was taken with “good, valid and justified” reasons. Match officials announced
LONDON: Umpires Darrell Hair and Rudi Koertzen will stand in the first Test between India and Pakistan as the International Cricket Council today named the match officials for the upcoming Test and one-day series between the arch-rivals. Hair will officiate with Steve Bucknor in the second Test at Kolkata where the West Indian would reach a landmark by becoming the first umpire to stand in 100 Tests. Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden will be the umpires in the third and final Test, ICC said in a release adding Chris Broad would be the match referee for the series. Bowden will be the umpire in the first three one-day internationals between the two sides while Koertzen will take this role in the final three limited over matches. By reaching a century of Test appearances, Bucknor will become the first recipient of the ICC Golden Bails Award, part of the ICC’s Umpire Recognition programme which also includes the Bronze Bails Award (for 100 ODI appearances) and Silver Bails Award (for 200 ODIs). Incidentally, Bucknor’s first Test match in the middle also came in the match involving India — between West Indies and India in Kingston, Jamaica in April 1989. He has officiated in four consecutive ICC Cricket World Cup finals.
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Cricket visa camps in Lahore, Karachi
New Delhi, February 22 The Islamabad special counters will remain open for the duration of the cricket series, five days a week, the MEA spokesman said. Of the two visa camps to be set up in Lahore, the first one will function in Gaddafi Stadium from February 25 to 27. The second one will be held in Lahore in the second half of March. The visa camp in Karachi will be held in the first half of March. Cricket visas will be given to only those applicants who are holders of valid match tickets. The applicants will be granted visas in 24 hours after applying. The spokesman clarified that the cricket visas will be valid for the duration of the match and will provide additional days for travel to and fro from the venue. Persons holding these visas will cross the Wagah-Attari border on foot or by train, bus or air. |
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Security beefed up at Dharamsala stadium
Dharamsala, February 22 Mr Sanjay Sharma, a spokesman of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Board, said that a request for additional armed security had been made following reports in a section of vernacular press that activists of Shiv Sena were planning an agitation against the India-Pakistan practice match. Damaging the pitch would be the first thing on their minds. “Since such an incident had already taken place in Mohali, we did not want to take any chances and sought deployment of armed force instead of the home guards. We also have employed private security at the stadium,” he said. “The prime concern being safety of the pitch, the policemen have been deployed inside the stadium. We did not want to given any miscreant free access within the stadium, especially the pitch,” he added. It were vigilant guards who prevented a gang of six Shiv Sainiks, who were raising ani-Pakistan slogans, from damaging the pitch in Mohali on February 10. The entire Himachal is looking forward to watching the main Pakistani team play the Indian Board President’s XI in the three-day practice match in Dharamsala, said another HPCA spokesman. Superintendent of Police, Mr S.P. Singh, said that one head-constable and four constables, all armed have been deployed at the stadium. Ëarlier we had only unarmed home guards and the board officials felt that this was not enough. We would have eventually deployed additional armed security anyway,” he said. Meanwhile, with the weather clearing up, the apprehensions that rain might play spoilsport have been put to rest. Sky remained clean during the last two days and everybody is looking forward to an exciting India-Pakistan match, said Mr Sharma. All preparations have been made and a host of sub-committees are in the process of giving final touches to the different matters, including security, transport and boarding of the players and their fans from across the border. We want that they should get a memorable welcome in India. They would be transported to Dharamsala from Wagah free of cost, added Mr
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Sourav, Shukla toy with Bangladesh
bowlers
Nagpur, February 22 BCB XI captain Mohammad Ashraful’s decision to field first boomeranged with Shukla (123, 143b, 16x4, 5x6) going berserk while Sourav (110 not out, 169b, 14x4, 1x6) decided to brush off the rust before the Pakistan series. BCB XI, however, began well with Anwar Hossai Monir removing Test discard Shiv Sundar Das (4) who perished caught behind. Abdur Razzak then struck, claiming the wicket of MS Dhoni (51 off 71b, 8x4, 1x6) just when the young Indian wicketkeeper was looking dangerous. Razzak claimed two more wickets when Rohan Gavaskar (13) wasted yet another chance to impress the selectors while opener Arindam Das (43) failed to convert it even after getting the start. Sourav and his Bengal team-mate Shukla then took the centrestage with the latter being particularly harsh on the Bangladesh bowlers. Even after Razzak’s three-wicket burst had the East Zone in a spot of bother, Shukla and Sourav played positive cricket and soon started dictating terms. They put on 205 runs for the fifth wicket before Talha Jubair finally brought the curtain on Shukla’s entertaining innings by trapping him leg before. At stumps, Sanjib Sanyal (2) was giving company to Sourav. Scoreboard East Zone (1st innings) SS Das c S. Hossain b Monir 4 Arindam Das c S. Hossain MS Dhoni c Ahmed b Razzak 51 Gavaskar c Ashraful b Razzak 13 Ganguly not out 110 LR Shukla lbw Jubair 123 Sanjib Sanyal not out 2 Extras
(b-1, lb-7, w-2) 10 Total (5 wkts, 90 overs) 356 Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-72, 3-100, 4-126, 5-331. Bowling: Anwar Hossain Monir 19-5-52-1, Mohammad Shahzada 15-2-69-0, Talha Jubair 15-3-58-1, Aftab Ahmed 1-0-7-0, Abdur Razzak 28-2-98-3, Shabbir Khan 5-0-23-0, Manjural Islam Rana 5-0-20-0, Mohammad Ashraful 2-0-21-0.
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Hyderabad, February 22 West Zone began on a promising note with openers Dheeraj Jadhav (batting on 30) and Satyajit Parab (13) putting on 34 runs in 11.4 overs. But South Zone, who were wrecked by Ramesh Powar, were cock a hoop after leg spinner Anil Kumble, the highest wicket taker for India, came on to bowl. He struck with his fourth ball having Satyajit Parab leg before wicket. Jadhav then combined with Wasim Jaffer (13) and put on 33 runs for the second wicket in 10.3 overs. West Zone were in trouble losing two wickets in the space of six balls when medium pacer Vinay Kumar had Jaffer caught at deep square leg as the batsman pulled him. S Sriram caught him. West lost two wickets for 67 runs. Then, Kumble struck again clean bowling night watchman Rajesh Pawar for a duck. However, West could rest in peace with not a big total to pursue and a strong batting line up to follow with the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar waiting in the wings, who is tuning himself up for the home series against Pakistan. West are only 116 runs behind with seven wickets in hand. Scoreboard South Zone (Ist innings) Utthappa lbw Pathan 5 Barrington lbw Zaheer 8 Laxman c Pathan b Agarkar 29 Dravid c Patel b Powar 1 Sriram c Jadhav b Powar 14 Rao c Jaffar b Powar 37 Karthik c Jadhav b Powar 10 Kumble c Jaffar b Powar 28 Balaji c Pawar b Powar 35 Vinay lbw Powar 1 Jesuraj (Not Out) 3 Extras:
(NB 16) 16 Total: (65.5 overs) 187 Fall of Wickets:
1-12 , 2-25 , 3-28 , 4-57, 5-67 , 6-88 , 7-142, 8-154, 9-156, 10-187. Bowling:
Irfan Pathan 9-1-29-1, Ajit Agarkar 13-5-38-1, Zaheer Khan 12-2-42-1, Ramesh Power 22.2-6-44-7, Rajesh Pawar 9-0-34-0. West Zone (Ist innings) Jadhav (batting) 30 Parab lbw b Kumble 13 Jaffar c Sriram b Vinay 13 Pawar b Kumble 0 Extras:
(lb 11, nb 4 ) 15 Total: (For three wkts) 71 Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-67, 3-71 Bowling: L.Balaji 7-3-24-0, R Jesuraj 5-1-16-0, Anil Kumble 6.1-14-2, R Vinay Kumar 5-2-6-1.
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Hayden stars in Aussie win
Christchurch, February 22 The left-handed opener, in doubt for the New Zealand tour only days ago because of a serious illness, blazed 12 boundaries and two sixes in an immaculate innings which helped Australia to 313 for six, batting first after being sent in to bat. Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist then became the first fielder in limited-overs history to take the first five catches in an international match as Australia reduced New Zealand to 72 for five before dismissing them for 208 in reply. The win gave Australia a 2-0 lead in the five-match series and left New Zealand seriously demoralised ahead of the pivotal third match. Only late order batsman Daniel Vettori stood against the Australian onslaught Tuesday, scoring 83 to equal the record for the highest score by a player batting at No. 8 in a one-day match. Vettori made 83 runs from 77 balls, hitting 10 fours, to equal the eight-wicket record of South African Lance Klusener before holing out to substitute fielder Simon Katich in the 41st over. Earlier, Hayden, who made 71 in the series opener on Saturday, obliterated any remaining concerns about his fitness and form with his majestic innings. He faced 123 deliveries, opening the innings and batting until the 42nd over, sharing partnerships of 99 for the second wicket with captain Ricky Ponting (53) and 133 for the third wicket with Damien Martyn (58). Scoreboard Australia Gilchrist c McCullum b Tuffey 0 Hayden c Wilson b Mills 114 Ponting run out 53 Martyn run out 58 Symonds c Wilson b Mills 13 Clarke c McCullum b Cairns 23 Hogg not out 9 Hussey not out 32 Extras
(w 6, nb 5, lb 1) 12 Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 314 Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-99, 3-232, 4-237, 5-254, 6-283 Bowling: Tuffey 8-1-73-1, Mills 10-0-62-2, Cairns 10-0-62-1, Vettori 10-0-31-0, Wilson 6-0-57-0, Astle 6-0-28-0. New Zealand Fleming c Gilchrist b Lee 1 Astle c Gilchrist b McGrath 3 Sinclair c Gilchrist b Lee 15 Marshall c Gilchrist b McGrath 16 McMillan c Gilchrist b Symonds 12 Cairns c Hayden b Symonds 22 McCullum c and b Symonds 20 Vettori c sub b Gillespie 83 Wilson c Ponting b Gillespie 22 Mills run out 4 Tuffey not out 0 Extras
(lb-3, w-4, nb-3) 10 Total (all out, 40.4 overs) 208 Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-28, 4-49, 5-72, 6-73, 7-135, 8-197, 9-208 Bowling:
Lee 8-2-28-2, McGrath 7-0-42-2, Gillespie 9.4-1-45-2, Symonds 6-0-41-3, Hogg 10-0-49-0.
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Women must take more interest in sports: Kapil
Hyderabad, February 22 “If parents ask their children to spend at least two hours on sports, I have no doubt that we can produce champions in every sport in 15 years,” the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century told the youth representatives. To a question whether too much focus on cricket did not come in the way of other sports, Kapil said it was not correct to blame cricket for such a situation. “Don’t think in terms of bringing down cricket to the level of other sports in country. Instead, we must try to find ways to raise the quality of other sports,” he said. He denied that sportswomen did not get as much recognition as sportsmen. Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Sunil Dutt was also present. |
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Punjab cops pip IA, lift hockey title
Lucknow, February 22 In the final of the tournament, Punjab Police entered with the
strategy to check the IA’s star international player Dhanraj Pillay
and they succeeded. In the initital stage of the game, Pillay played
attacking game making some good solo moves. He took the ball right into
the rivals danger area but none of his teammates supported him and his
attempt proved futile. Punjab Police made a counter attack and
succeeded in getting a penalty corner. Skipper Daljit committed no
mistake in taking lead on the chance came his way. Leading by one
goal, the policemen focused their full attention around Pillay. At lemon
break the score was 1-0 in favour of Punjab Police. In the second
half, IA’s experiencd goalkeeper Ashish Ballal displayed some
excellent defence work. He padded out the direct hit of Tejbir Singh in
front of the goalmouth while none of the other defenders were present
anywhere around him. The second goal of the winners came on another
penalty corner when Rajnish Mishra of IA obstructed the hit of Amit
Sandhu in front of the goalmouth. The umpire had no hesitation in
awarding a penalty corner which was converted by Sarabjeet Singh (2-0).
The only consolation for IA came in the last minute of the game when
Pillay came on his own. Showing his class, Pillay entered the rival’s
danger, hit the ball hard into the goalmouth and immediately final
hooter was sounded which put its seal on the victory of Punjab Police
over Indian Airlines 2-1. Earlier, for the third place match, Namdhari
XI beat Border Security Force, Jalandhar 3-2. Dhanraj Pillay (IA) was
adjudged the best player of the tournament and collected a purse of Rs
10,000 while Ashish Ballal received Rs 5,000 as best goalkeeper. The
best forward award went to Daljeet Singh (PP), best full back to Rajnish
Mishra (IA), best half back Vikram Pilay (IA) each collected a purse of
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PHL a step forward: players
Jalandhar, February 22 Talking to The Tribune, Baljeet expressed disappointment over Sher-e-Jalandhar’s defeat at the hands of Hyderabad Sultans in the PHL final recently, even as he stated that the league was definitely going to improve the standard as well as popularity of hockey in the country. “It is for the first time that hockey has got overwhelming response from sponsors. The extent of TV coverage given to the PHL is really fantastic even as there is a need to review some rules of the league, including shorter time-outs,” he said. Baljeet said the level of coaching was another area where the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) should try to concentrate more for imparting better training to players. The players admitted that the league was a step forward towards exploitation of commercial aspects of the game to make it more viable. Commenting on the selection of the teams for the league, Baljeet maintained that the players should be selected at the state level. “The state selection committees will definitely choose the best players after a thorough exercise,” he said. When asked about the impact of the league on domestic hockey, Baljeet said the league would be played only for a month during the calendar year while the players would continue to represent their original teams. “I will keep playing for Punjab Police,” he added. Gagan Ajit, who was also disappointed over their defeat in the final of the PHL, said Hyderabad Sultans played well to win the title. Prabhjot Singh, who was left out of the Indian squad on medical grounds, said, “I am hopeful of inclusion in the team for the coming Azlan Shah tournament. I am fully fit and undergoing extensive practice sessions.” When asked about his ouster from the team, he said, “I had some problems with the then national coach, which led to my ouster.” |
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JCT clash with Tollygunge today
Ludhiana, February 22 At the end of the ninth round, Punjab’s premier soccer outfit, JCT Mills have collected 11 points while the Kolkata team have secured 10 points to follow the hosts closely. JCT Mills players, after registering a convincing 3-0 win over Churchill Brothers of Goa, here in the last encounter on Sunday would take the field in high spirits whereas the Tollygunge men who had went down in their previous match, are determined to give a tough fight to the home side. The visitors who had reached here only last night, appeared at the ground today to do some practice. Biswajit Dass, coach of the Tollygunge Agragami, said that though they were feeling fatigue due to the journey, the boys were raring to go and give real fight to the JCT Mills. He chose three players whom he said that could make the difference — Akeem Abolam, Surjit Bose and Dinesh. “Going by their performance during the matches played so far, I am confident that they would be in true elements against the hosts,” Dass expressed the hope. “We would try to win, however, if we manage to draw the tie it would be a satisfactory result,” he added. Meanwhile, Sukhwinder Singh, JCT’s coach, said that though the boys were on the rampage on Sunday against Goa outfit and ready to repeat the performance, he rated the Kolkata team as a force to reckon with. Giving details of the strategy for tomorrow’s match, he said that they would adopt an aggressive play to earn full points. The match will start at 2 pm. |
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Sikh Regimental Centre move up
New Delhi, February 22 But Sikh Regiment equalised 22 minutes later when Satnam Singh converted a penalty corner. Rajpal Singh scored the winning goal, again off a penalty corner, seven minutes after resumption. In the second match, Punjab National Bank (PNB) were routed by the star-studded Bharat Petroleum 1-5. PNB, who had won the opening day’s match, could not tackle the strike power of Bharat Petroleum and caved in meekly. Internationals Tushar Khandeker (2), Amar Aiyamma and Len Aiyappa (2) were the marksmen of Bharat Petroleum while Sukhpal Singh reduced the margin for PNB. |
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PSEB reach basketball semis
Patiala, February 22 The hosts, backed up by some star players recruited by the board’s management recently, first defeated Maharashtra State Electricity Board 53-24 and then took the court in the afternoon to thrash Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTC) 47-19 to move into the last four stage. The other teams to make the cut were TN State Electricity Board (TNSEB), who downed KPTC 52-28, BBMB, who beat AP Genco 51-31 and Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), who overcame AP Transco 50-36. PSEB will face BBMB while the Tamil Nadu board will take on KSEB for a spot in the final. |
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Six PSEB grapplers enter finals
Patiala, February 21 In the final of the 60 kg weight class, Gurdeep Singh (PSEB) will take on Kishori Lal of Haryana while in the 66 kg category, Gurpreet Singh will square off with Narinder Singh (Haryana). The other PSEB matmen who have reached the finals are Parshotam Lal (74 kg), Rawail Singh (84 kg), Kuldip Singh (96 kg) and Salwinder Singh (96 kg plus). |
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National judo at Chandigarh
New Delhi, February 22 Some of the prominent judokas likely to participate are Olympian Akram Shah, Asian Judo Championship bronze medallist Anita Chanu and junior Asian champion Archana. Chandigarh last hosted the Senior National Judo Championship in 2000. |
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Palwinder wins
Rustam-e-Hind title Fatehgarh Sahib, February 22 Jang Bahadur won the Bharat Kumar title in the below 85 kg category by defeating Sukhraj Singh and got the prize money of Rs 41,000. The Sitar-e-Hind title in the below 70kg category was won by Krishan Kumar who defeated R.S. Kundu and got the prize money of Rs 31,000. The BZSFS title in the below 60 kg category was won by Kirpa Shankar from Indore won defeated Narinder Mohan and got the prize money of Rs 21,000. Earlier, the wrestling competition was inaugurated by Mr Hardeep Singh Dhillon, IG, Punjab Police, and Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner, presided over the function. Mr Sumedh Saini, IG, Punjab Police, gave away the prizes to the winners, where as Mr Narinder Bhargav, Commandant, 5th Battalion, presided over the ceremony. Baba Ajit Singh Hansali Wale blessed the wrestlers and donated Rs 51,000 to the organisers.
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Postal basketball
tournament begins Ambala, February 22 Seven teams from different postal circles are participating in the tournament. The terms are from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Orissa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. In the opening match Haryana beat Orissa 49-31. In the second match, West Bengal beat Punjab 64-39. In the last match of the day, Gujarat beat Rajasthan 33-20.
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