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E-mail leaked to divert attention
SC to hear pleas in BCCI case on Oct 3
Sri Lanka recall Bandara after seven years
Inzamam to play in Super Series
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Flintoff is PCA Player of the Year
Book on Hansie Cronje tops bestseller list
PCC, MCA enter semifinals of
Karun Chandhok stumbles
Santosh Trophy to commence on Nov 4
Navinder Pal enters finals
Kamble wins
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E-mail leaked to divert attention from AGM: Pawar
New Delhi, September 27 “It could be a deliberate attempt. But I have no authentic report” Pawar said here. Chappell’s confidential e-mail to top BCCI officials in which he said captain Sourav Ganguly was physically and mentally unfit and accused him of dividing the team, was leaked to a daily in Kolkata, giving a sensational twist to the stand-off between the coach and the captain. The report of Chappell’s e-mail coincided with the Board’s acriminious AGM which was ultimately postponed for two months amidst indications that a compromise had been worked out between the two factions. But Pawar, a key figure in the anti-Dalmiya faction, played with a straight bat when confronted with questions on his candidature for the President’s position, a post which he lost out in controversial fashion in the elections last year. Asked if he would withdraw from the election fray if differences between the two factions were sorted out amicably, he said “neither did I announce my candidature nor my withdrawal”. Pawar said it was important to bring about a transperancy in the functioning of the BCCI and also plug the loopholes in the election rules. “Efforts are required to improve the BCCI functioning,” he said. On whether he was hopeful of the Supreme Court’s ruling going in favour of an early BCCI elections, Pawar said no date has been fixed for the elections yet. The Rajasthan and Bihar Cricket Associations and Netaji Cricket Club of Chennai had yesterday moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order staying the appointment of two former Chief Justices of India as observers to the BCCI elections. Pawar was speaking after the briefing on the Meeting of the Full Planning Commission on Agriculture headed by the Prime Minister.
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SC to hear pleas in BCCI case on Oct 3
New Delhi, September 27 A Bench of Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti, Mr Justice G.P. Mathur and Mr Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan, posted the hearing of the matter to October 3 after counsel for the three cricket bodies in the country made a special mention of filing of their petitions in the apex court this afternoon. Rajasthan Cricket Association, Netaji Cricket Club of Chennai and Bihar Cricket Association have moved the apex court, seeking immediate convening of the AGM, which was supposed to hold the election of the BCCI president and its executive on September 23 but deferred by two months. The RCA in its petition also challenged the September 22 verdict of the division Bench of Calcutta High Court, setting aside an order of single judge, appointing two former Chief Justices of India K.N. Singh and M.M. Punchi as additional observers along with a third retired apex court judge S.C. Sen to oversee the AGM proceedings. |
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Sri Lanka recall Bandara after seven years
Colombo, September 27 The 25-year-old bowler represented Sri Lanka in a Test match against New Zealand as a teenager in 1998 but has not been capped since due to his poor performance. But Bandara has recently had several good matches representing Sri Lanka ‘A’ and playing for Gloucestershire in English county cricket. Uncapped left-arm spin bowler Sajeewa Weerakoon has also been included in the 20-man squad after his impressive performances for Sri Lanka ‘A’ in four-day matches against South Africa ‘A,’ and in the current tri-nation limited-over series against second-string New Zealand and South African
sides. Bandara has taken 233 first-class wickets in 89 matches, while Weerakoon has taken 360 wickets in 88 matches at the same level. Left-arm seamer Nuwan Zoysa who was sidelined from injury also finds a place in the squad. Sri Lanka will play seven one day matches starting from
October 25, followed by three Test matches. The squad (from): Marvan Atapattu (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul
Tharanga, Russel Arnold, Avishka Gunawardena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Rangana Herath, Dilhara Fernando, Malinga
Bandara, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Sajeewa Weerakoon, Farveez
Maharoof, Nuwan Zoysa and Dilhara Lokuhettige. — PTI |
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Inzamam to play in Super Series
Karachi, September 27 Inzamam, who had made a similar threat last week to withdraw from the Captains’ Conference and ICC Annual Awards, retracted his statement after he met PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan today. The PCB, in a brief statement, said Shaharyar had invited Inzamam to his residence on Monday evening and tried to make him understand the mix-up in communication between the ICC General Manager Dave Richardson and PCB Director Cricket Operations Saleem Altaf. “The Chairman advised Inzamam-ul-Haq that in the interest of Pakistan cricket he should participate in the Super Series in Australia. Inzamam responded positively to the Chairman’s advice and agreed to play in the Test match at Sydney. “Inzamam is now looking forward to participating in the Sydney Test between Australia and the World XI,” the PCB said in a brief media statement. “The PCB admitted its mistake but at the same time, we tried to make him realise that his withdrawal from the Test team would send wrong vibes across,” a Board official said.
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Flintoff is PCA Player of the Year
London, September 27 The award was presented to Flintoff at a gala dinner attended by over 1,500 players and guests at London’s Albert Hall last night. It is the second successive year that Flintoff has received the award, the most coveted accolade of all because only present county professionals can vote. The previous player to win it back-to-back was John Lever in 1978 and 1979. Flintoff’s Herculean efforts in the Ashes series, in which he scored more than 400 runs and took 24 wickets, made him a virtual shoo-in, the most overwhelming favourite since Brian Lara in 1994. Another player to have dented Australia’s pride this summer, Alastair Cook, who carted their bowling to all parts of Chelmsford while smiting a double hundred for Essex, was voted Young Player of the Year. Ian Botham was presented with a special NatWest award for Best England Test Cricketer of the past 25 years.
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Book on Hansie Cronje tops bestseller list
Durban, September 27 ‘The Hansie Cronje Story: An Authorised Biography’ by Garth King has been in the number one and number two position on the Top Ten list of non-fiction books for the last four week. In Cronje’s hometown of
Bloemfontein, the book has reportedly outsold JK Rowling’s bestseller ‘Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince’ in the first week of its release. About 12,000 of the books were sold over a period of about four or five weeks, a particularly striking sale for a South
African book. The public demand for the biography caused the publisher to run out of stock and many book shops throughout the country have been without stock for the past two weeks. “The very quick and high sales of the book caught us off guard, but fortunately we got the second edition from the printers at the end of last week and the shops should now be stocked again,” said Frans
Cronje, Hansie’s older brother, according to a report in the media. “We have received numerous requests for the book from
the UK and India and we hope to announce the release dates in those
countries within this week.” Cronje was banned from cricket in 2000 for his match-fixing activities. He died two years later in a plane crash.
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PCC, MCA enter semifinals of Atray cricket
Chandigarh, September 27 In the first quarterfinal played at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, after winning the toss, All India FCI skipper Akash Malhotra put PCC into bat. PCC scored 257 for four in 50 overs. PCC openers Munish Sharma and Binwant Singh put on 167 runs for the first wicket. Munish Sharma remained undefeated on 100 and won the Man of the Match award. In reply FCI were bowled out for 122 runs in 32.5 over. Chetan Sharma was the top scorer with 63 runs off 60 balls. FCI lost their last 6 wickets for a 28 runs. Bipul Sharma (3 for 11) in 6.5 overs and V.R.V. Singh 2 for 23 were the main wicket takers for PCC. In the second quarterfinal played at DAV, Sector 8, Madhya Pradesh were beaten by Minerva Cricket Academy (MCA) by two wickets. Minerva Cricket Academy skipper Rajiv Rathore won the toss and opted to field. The Minerva bowlers bouled tightly making it difficult for MP batsmen to score. Sachin Dholepure (24) and Rahul Bakshi (23) were the only batsmen to make an impression. MP scored 146 in 43 overs. Sumit Narwal (3 for 27) and Rajiv Rathore (2 for 22) were the star bowlers for Minerva. Minerva Cricket Academy reached the target of 147 in 37.3 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Pradeep Chawla top scored with 52 off 66 balls. Pradeep Chawla and Ashish Sharma were involved in a stand of 71 runs for the fifth cricket. Pradeep Chawla was named Man of the Match.
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Karun Chandhok stumbles at start
New Delhi, September 27 “Karun did not give enough throttle and so did not generate enough rpm,” Team India manager Akbar Ebrahim said today. “The car could have been started in the pitlane, but the mechanics could not push the car due to some safety regulations,” Ebrahim added. Chandhok had earlier finished 15th in the Sprint Race, consisting of 18 laps. The Feature Race that followed involved 38 laps, amounting to between 110 and 120 km. It was a forgettable race, with Chandhok having gearbox problems during the first practice session and then colliding with Jors Verstappen of The Netherlands on Friday. Chandhok, preferred ahead of Armaan Ebrahim for his track knowledge, had to miss the second practice session as the mechanics working overnight to get the car ready.
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Santosh Trophy to commence on Nov 4
New Delhi, September 27 The final is likely to played on November 30, though the exact date will be known
only after finalising the schedule of the preliminary league matches. Three former champions — Bengal, Goa and Maharashtra — will have to play in the qualifying rounds to enter the quarter-finals as they had failed to figure in the last four stage of the previous edition held in Delhi in 2004. Around 35 teams are expected to participate in the National Championship, which will be held in Kerala after a long gap. The cluster matches will be spread all over the state to give the tournament
proper exposure. The state teams would be able to rope in their top players playing for various clubs in the county as the Santosh Trophy will be held after the Federation Cup, which is scheduled to be held in
Goa from October 15.
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Navinder Pal enters finals
Patiala, September 27 YPS Patiala players lost in the under-12 section. Navinder Pal had to fight hard to overcome the challenge of Tanuj Keswani of Modern School, New Delhi, in the under-18 semifinals. He finally won 9-6. In the under-16 semifinals he defeated Ankit Sachdeva of Modern School, New Delhi, 10-5. Results:
singles: semifinals: U-12: Karan Bidani (DPS, Mathura Rd, New Delhi) b Salil (YPS, Patiala) 8-0; Puroune (Modern School, New Delhi) b Samman Verma (YPS, Pat) 8-5; U-14: Shananu (Modern School, New Delhi) b Rahil Bajaj (DPS, Mathura Rd, New Delhi) 9-2; Arjun Sehgal (YPS, Pat) b Artim Gupta (YPS, Pat) 9-1; U-16: Pulkit (Modern School New Delhi) b Bhavya (DPS, Mathura Rd, New Delhi)10-4; Navinder Pal Singh (YPS, Pat) b Ankit Sachdeva (Modern School, N.Delhi) 10-5; U-18: Navinder Pal Singh (YPS, Pat) defeated Tanuj Keswani (Modern School, N.Delhi) 9-6; Jay Vinod (YPS, Pat) b Arvinder Pal Singh (YPS, Mohali) 10-5. Team event: U-12: Modern School, New Delhi b DPS, Mathura Rd, New Delhi 2-1 (Karan (DPS) b Puroune (MOD) 9-6; Vishesh (MOD) b Aadhar (DPS) 9-5; Karan and Aadhar (DPS) b Sahil and Vishesh (Mod) 9-6); YPS, Patiala b Welham Boys’ School, Dehra Dun 3-0 (Samman (YPS) b Surendra (Welham) 9-0; Salil (YPS) b Jaskunwar (Welham) 9- 0; Samman and Salil (YPS) b Surindra and Jaskunwar (Welham) 9-0; U-14: DPS, Mathura Rd, New Delhi b Welham Boys’ School, Dehra Dun 3-0 (Vinayak (DPS) b Kunal (Welham) 9-1; Rahil (DPS) b Praharsh (Welham) 9-0; Rahil and Vinayak (DPS) b Praharsh and Amanveer (Welham) 9-0; Modern School, New Delhi b YPS, Patiala 2-1 (Shantanu (Mod) b Artim (YPS) 9-2; Arjun (YPS) b Manan (Mod) 9-1; Shantanu and Nakul (Mod) b Arjun & Artim (YPS) 9-2; U-16: YPS, Patiala b Welham Boys’ School , Dehra Dun 3-0 (Navinder (YPS) b Shailendra (Welham) 9-0; Karan Singh (YPS) b Sudhanshu (Welham) 9-1; Navinder and Karan (YPS) b Shailendra and Sudhanshu (Welham) 9-0); Modern School, New Delhi b DPS Mathura Rd, New Delhi 3-0 (Pulkit (Mod) b Bhavya (DPS) 9-4; Ankit (MOD) b Shailendra (DPS) 9-1; Ankit and Rahul (Mod) b Arjun and Bhavya (DPS) 9-5); U-18: YPS, Patiala b Welham Boys’ School, Dehradun 3-0 (Karan Sidhu (YPS) b Vibhor (Welham) 9-0; Jay Vinod (YPS) b Shaurya (Welham) 9-1; Karan Sidhu and Jay Vinod (YPS) b Vibhor and Shaurya (Welham) 9-0).
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Kamble wins
Patiala, September 27 Top seed Arghyadip Das of the Eastern Railway overcame D.K. Srivastava of Western Central Railway. In other matches Amit Kumar of Southern Railway held V. Kamble while Saptarshi Roy won both his matches.
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