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Mahendra rules out probe
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Mushtaq, Saqlain apply for British citizenship
Gambhir to lead Rest of India
Halappa guides Cavaliers Punjab Police honours sportspersons, coaches
Sania crashes out Swedish Davis Cup team announced
JCT Mills victorious
BHA asked to give written submission
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Sedate start by Zimbabwe
Bulawayo, September 13 Pathan took out Terrence Duffin (56) and Dion Ebrahim (24) in successive overs as first he won a leg before shout against Duffin and then accepted a return catch from Ebrahim. Harbhajan Singh bowled a rather long spell of 18 overs in the afternoon session, but without luck. Quite a few edges from the bats did not carry to him and once Ebrahim could have been out stumped by a long way, but Dinesh Kaarthick muffed the stumping chance. Skipper Tatenda Taibu once dashed down the track to lift Harbhajan for a six and Heath Streak too forced a few lovely strokes on the onside. Earlier, Zaheer Khan took two wickets to make early inroads into Zimbabwe batting. Zaheer met with his first success when opener Brendon Taylor (13) flicked uppishly off the backfoot and Gautam Gambbir at forward short leg, after a few juggles, accepted the chance. The Baroda paceman also accounted for Hamilton Masakadza (14), who tried to leave a rising delivery on the legside but gloved it to wicketkeeper Kaarthick. Zaheer, despite his success, was troubled by his propensity to transgress the bowling crease and bowled four no-balls in his first four overs. Debutant opener Duffin made an impressive start to his career as he led the Zimbabwe recovery. Ebrahim looked in fine touch and twice drove Anil Kumble down the ground for boundaries. Scoreboard Zimbabwe (Ist innings) Taylor c Gambbir b Zaheer 13 Duffin lbw b Pathan 56 Masakadza c Kaartick b Zaheer 14 Ebrahim c and b Pathan 24 Taibu batting 24 Streak batting 19 Extras:
(lb-5, nb-12) 17 Total: (4 wkts, 61 overs) 167 Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-45, 3-119, 4-124. Bowling: Pathan 14-3-35-2, Zaheer 15-4-54-2, Sourav 1-1-0-0, Kumble 10-3-21-0, Harbhajan 18-3-46-0, Sehwag 3-1-6-0.
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Mahendra rules out probe
Chandigarh, September 13 He also said he had no information about the visit of two officials of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to the country as reported in a section of the press. It was alleged that two ACU officials — Martin Hawkins and Alan Peacock — had been in New Delhi recently to probe allegations that the recently concluded tri-series in Zimbabwe was fixed. Briefing newspersons, Mr Mahendra said he came to know about the presence of these officials from the media. When asked whether these ICC officials could conduct a probe without the knowledge of the BCCI, he said, "How can I comment on their visit, which may be private." "But if found correct, we will definitely look into the matter and take action against those guilty," added Mr Mahendra. He said earlier also the BCCI had taken action against those found guilty of match-fixing. When asked on the reported charge that bar girl Tarannum Khan was having close contact with bookies, Mr Mahendra said the police had not provided them with any information in this regard. Meanwhile, Mr Mahendra said the annual general meeting of the BCCI will be held on September 22-23 at Kolkata where various decisions will be taken. He said another special meeting will be held sometime between September 25-30, the
venue for which was yet to be decided. Jagmohan Dalmiya, Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, S. Venkataraghvan and S. K. Nair and Mr Mahendra will take part in the
this crucial meeting that would discuss and review the recent performance of the Indian cricket team and other
cricket related matter. On Sachin Tendulkar, he said unless he is 100 per cent fit, the BCCI will not consider him for the Indian squad. |
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Muralitharan strikes twice to leave
Bangladesh tottering
Colombo, September 13 Bangladesh, trailing by 182 runs after the first innings, were tottering at 36 for 3 in their second innings when bad light and rain stopped play with 12 overs remaining on the second day today. Skipper Habibul Bashar, who topscored in the first innings with 84, was batting on 13, with Tushar Imran, who had yet to open his account. The tourists walked off still 146 runs behind with only seven wickets in hand. Off-spinner Muralitharan was pressed into the attack in the eighth over and struck with his third delivery, when he bowled debutant Shahriar Nafees (13) with a ‘doosra’. The ball spun sharply into the left-hander and went between the legs before hitting the stumps. Muralitharan then trapped Mohammad Ashraful legbefore with his next delivery to leave Bangladesh struggling to avoid a big defeat. Paceman Lasith Malinga was the other successful bowler when he had Javed Omar caught behind for nine with his first ball. Sri Lanka earlier scored 370 for 9 declared in their first innings in reply to their opponents’ 188, thanks to solid half centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan (86), Thilan Samaraweera (78) and Mahela Jayawardene (63). Left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique was the only bowler to test the Sri Lankan batsmen on a slow turning pitch as he finished with 5 for 114, his sixth haul of five or more wickets in an innings. He, however, received no support from fellow-spinner Enamul Haque, who gave away 106 runs in 33 wicketless overs. Resuming at 160 for 3, Sri Lanka batted steadily for more than two sessions before declaring their innings closed immediately after Dilshan’s dismissal. Dilshan was bowled off-stump while attempting to pull debutant seamer Syed Rasel in the first over after Bangladesh took the second new ball. He hit eight fours in his fourth half century. He put his team in a commanding position after Samaraweera and Jayawardene had added 101 for the fourth wicket. Bangladesh, missing strike bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Tapash Baisya due to injuries, managed only one wicket in the morning session when Rafique had Jayawardene caught by wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud. Jayawardene, who became the fifth Sri Lankan to complete 5,000 Test runs during his 23rd half century, hit one six and seven fours. Samaraweera batted slowly, adding 45 to his overnight score of 33 in more than three hours. He hit seven fours in his 10th half century before being caught behind off Rafique. Rafique trapped Chaminda Vaas leg before and then had Rangana Herath caught behind. Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings) 188 Sri Lanka (1st innings) Jayasuriya c Ahmed b Hossain 46 Atapattu lbw Rasel 18 Sangakkara c Ashraful b Rafique 30 Samaraweera c Mashud Jayawardene c Mashud b Rafique 63 Dilshan b Rasel 86 Vaas lbw b Rafique 5 Herath c Mashud b Rafique 13 Muralitharan c Mashud b Rafique 3 Fernando not out 1 Extras
(lb-6, nb-20, w-1) 27 Total (9 wkts dec, Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-97, 3-130, 4-231, 5-295, 6-306, 7-337, 8-345, 9-370. Bowling:
Rasel 19.2-2-67-2, Hossain 20-0-75-2, Rafique 37-9-114-5, Haque Jr 33-8-106-0, Ashraful 1-0-2-0. Bangladesh (2nd innings) Omar c Sangakkara b Malinga 9 Nafees b Muralitharan 13 Bashar not out 13 Ashraful lbw b Muralitharan 0 Imran not out 0 Extras
(nb-1) 1 Total (3 wkts, 9 overs) 36 Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-35, 3-35. Bowling: Vaas 4-2-13-0, Malinga 3-0-22-1, Muralitharan 1-1-0-2, Herath 1-0-1-0.
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Mushtaq, Saqlain apply for British citizenship
Karachi September 13 However, they still harbour hope of making it to the Pakistani team and hence will desist from appearing for their counties as locals, ‘The News’ reported. “Despite applying for the citizenship, they have opted not to try to appear for their counties as local players, which they can do in their current status as apparently they still harbour hopes of making one final comeback for the Pakistani team,” the daily quoted sources as saying. Pakistan’s former Test bowler Mohammad Akram had got British citizenship and played for Sussex as a local player after settling in England while batsman Hasan Adnan had also played as a local signing for Derbyshire, although he played first-class cricket in Pakistan too. Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq had indicated that Mushtaq might be considered for a comeback against England in the coming home series because of his outstanding form in county cricket. Saqlain, who had resumed playing competitive cricket after a one-year layoff due to a knee injury, had said he was keen to make a comeback for Pakistan.
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Gambhir to lead Rest of India
Bangalore, September 13 Team: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Dhiraj Jadhav, Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa, Venugopal Rao (vice-captain), Suresh Raina, Neeraj Patel, Parthiv
Patel (WK), Ramesh Pawar, Ram Kumar, R.P. Singh, Sreenath, Ronadeep Bose, Amit Bhandari, V.R.V. Singh. — UNI |
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Halappa guides Cavaliers to victory
Karachi, September 13 In the second match under lights, the winners opened their account when Mohammed Imran converted a penalty corner in the 18th minute as the side went into the breather with a 1-0 lead. After play resumed, Halappa came up with a field goal in the 46th minute to complete the tally. Falcons could have reduced the margin in the dying minutes but Kashif Ali squandered a penalty stroke. Cavaliers are now tied with Sindh Qalandars at second spot with six points. Earlier, Capital Dynamos overcame Baloch Lions 4-2 in the first match of the day. Dynamos took lead in the third minute when Atiqur Rehman’s rasping hit got deflected by a rival defender before foxing Lions goalkeeper Adrian D’Souza, even though the Indian custodian had another excellent day under the bar. The Dynamos dealt another blow to their rivals within two minutes when player-of-the-match Shahid Rabbani, cashing in on a sloppy rival defence, sounded the board to make it 2-0. Just before the breather, the brittle Lions defence was exposed again as Ishtiaq Ahmad made it 3-0. Attack and counter-attack made it an exciting second half as Lions managed eight penalty corners while Dynamos got 13 even though both the teams showed poor conversion rate. Lions finally reduced the margin in the 56th minute when Zakirullah connected a Shabbir Ahmad hit (3-1) but in the very next minute Shahid Rabbani scoopped it over Adrian D’Souza to score his second and his side’s fourth goal of the match (4-1). After wasting a penalty stroke, Zakirullah scored the second goal for the Lions in the 63rd minute (4-2). Despite the defeat, Adrian D’Souza was once again impressive and the Indian kept Mudassir Ali Khan’s indirect try at bay and then thwarted the effort of his countryman Gagan Ajit Singh from the top of the circle. Gagan was involved in a heated exchange of words with rival players following a rough tackle after which Adnan Hamid was shown a green card.
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Punjab Police honours sportspersons, coaches
Phillaur, September 13 Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, ADGP, Punjab, and Director of the academy was the chief guest on this occasion. The star attraction of this function was Sub-Inspector Manjit Kaur who won two gold medals at the 16th Asian Athletics Championship held recently at Incheon, South Korea. She won a gold medal in 400 metres and also helped her team to set a new meet record in the 4x400 metres relay race. The Indian quartet included Manjit Kaur and another Punjab Police player, ASI Rajwinder Kaur. ASI Navpreet Singh won a silver medal in shot put at the meet while national champion in javelin throw, Inspector Jagdish Bishnoi secured a bronze medal. Upcoming wrestler Palwinder Singh Cheema was honoured for bringing glory to the Punjab Police and the state. Inspector Palwinder won a bronze medal in the 120 kg category (free-style) at the Asian Wrestling Championship-2005 held in Wuhan, China, and then won a gold medal in the free-style and a silver medal in the Greco-Roman style in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held early this year in Cape Town, South Africa. Inspector Gurwinder Singh won a gold medal in the Greco-Roman ( 63 kg) in this championship. Pugilist Arun Singh clinched a silver medal in fly-weight category in the Commonwealth Boxing Tournament-2005 in Scotland and Navjot Channa won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Judo Championship-2005 in New Zealand. Navjot could not attend the function. His brother received the prize on his behalf. The coaches — Sukhchain Singh and Jagjit Singh (wrestling), M. S. Dhillon and R. S. Sidhu (athletics), Bhupinder Singh (boxing) and Surinder Singh Sodhi (judo) — who trained these sportspersons were also felicitated on this occasion. Police officers as well as sportspersons were of the firm view that the ‘discouraging’ sports environment in the state was the reason behind the incidents of players ‘disappearing’ while participatIng in tournaments abroad. Reacting to the recent disappearance of six members of a Punjab Police rafting team that had gone to participate in a tournament in the USA, senior police officials and sportspersons said the sports environment in the state and the country was not conducive for growth and development of sportspersons. It was precisely for this reason that many sportspersons had in the past also gone missing in similar fashion. A number of sportspersons and coaches also expressed anguish over the way the committee finalising the Arjuna Awards ignored the name of ace shot putter Bahadur Singh for the Arjuna Award. |
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Sania crashes out
New Delhi, September 13 It was a disappointing show by the Indian, who could not put up a semblance of a fight and went down 3-6, 2-6, according to information received here today. ‘’I was not really in it from the beginning,’’ Sania said after the match. ‘’She played a good match, but I think I was really rusty. I do not know, I was just not in my rhythm.’’ Ruing the unforced errors she committed today, the Hyderabadi teenager said, ‘’A lot of shots that went in other matches just did not go in today.’’ In doubles, Sania and her Polish partner Marta Domachowska would meet third-seeded Chinese pair of Ting Li and Tiantian Sun in the first round. — UNI
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Swedish Davis Cup team announced
New Delhi, September 13 Thomas Johansson, Jonas
Bjorkman, Andreas Vinciguerra and Simon Aspelin have been included in the team while Robert Lindstedt has been named the fifth player.
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JCT Mills victorious
Chandigarh, September 13 The Nigerian’s curling shot was brilliantly headed into the net by international Parveen Kumar, who put JCT Mills ahead by 1-0. Johnson also had a hand in the second goal in the 55th minute when striker Sunil Chhetri headed the ball in off the Nigerian’s cross from the left (2-0). Johnson could have added another goal five minutes from the long whistle, but his shot was saved by the alert Gurpreet under the JCT JCT Football Academy, too, had a couple of good opportunities. In the 60th minute, Ashim fed a measured pass to Hardeep, who was wide off the mark. A cross from the right by Baljit Sahni also went waste as Gurinder Pal failed to do the needful. In the dying minutes, Gurinder Pal Singh of JCT academy again failed to capitalise on a free kick by Gurvinder Singh as the goalkeeper effected a good save. |
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BHA asked to give written submission
Mumbai, September 13 The submission has to be presented to the Collectorate by the end of this month, a press note issued by the BHA said. At the hearing, BHA secretary Kehar Singh and his assistants presented to the Deputy Collector facts about the existence of the BHA, its hockey activities and the lease of land agreements entered into between the Maharashtra Government and the BHA from 1934 to 2003, when the lease ended.
— PTI |
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