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Protest by Sourav’s fans
Australian speedster Brett Lee appeals successfully against West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul (right) during the third day of the second Test in Hobart on Saturday. — AFP
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Vaughan fit to lead England fightback
Paes-Zimonjic in final
Goa beat Punjab, enter final
Firoz, Mukesh in sight of top-10 finish
Gopal gets first IM norm
Women’s golf meet from Nov 22
Atwal, Randhawa tied seventh
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India end South Africa’s winning run
Bangalore, November 19
After restricting the visitors to a modest 169 for nine on a spinning track, Sehwag gave glimpses of his vintage form with a belligerent 62-ball knock to help India overhaul the target with 14.2 overs to spare and square the five-match one-day series 1-1. Sehwag came in to bat at the number 4 slot and quickly swung the game decisively in India’s favour with his lusty hittings while Gautam Gambhir (38) and Irfan Pathan (37) were the other notable contributors in the low-scoring floodlit encounter at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. The South Africans, looking to equal Australia’s world record unbeaten run of 21 one-dayers, were done in by the slow turning track which was brilliantly exploited by the Indian spinners after Pathan (3/23) produced a devastating opening spell. None of the South African batsmen could hang in for long after being put into bat as the wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals much to the delight of a vociferous capacity crowd. Andrew Hall (32), Ashley Prince (30) and Shaun Pollock (29) managed to get the starts but could not really make it count. The two teams will now travel to Chennai for the third one-dayer to be held under floodlights on Tuesday. Sehwag had last scored a half century in the triseries final against New Zealand in Zimbabwe two months ago. His consistency had been a debating point for a while but there had could be no two opinion about the fact that when he gets going, the Delhi batsman is unstoppable. Sehwag opened with a punishing cover drive off spinner Johan Botha. The savageness of his shot was such that captain Graeme Smith immediately took the bowler of the attack. Smith had seen the omen but he could do little to change the course of the match. What set Sehwag’s innings today from his previous ones was his determination to make his good start count. After adding 53-runs with Pathan, he stitched another 50 runs with his skipper Rahul Dravid (10). And although there were 11 fours and he took only 62 runs for his 77, the acceleration came only when the target was in sight. Sehwag slammed two fours off part-time bowler Justin Ontong to hasten the finish and Yuvraj Singh, centurion at Hyderabad, drove the slow bowler to cover fence for the winning hit. The compelling knock of Sehwag came after a fighting innings by Gambhir. Scoreboard South Africa
De Villiers c Harbhajan b Pathan 4 Smith lbw b Pathan 3 Hall c Kaif b Harbhajan 32 Kallis c Dhoni b Pathan 2 Prince c Harbhajan b Sehwag 30 Boucher lbw b Sehwag 14 Kemp c R. Singh b Harbhajan 28 Pollock b Yuvraj 29 Botha not out 15 Ntini b Agarkar 1 Extras: (b-1, lb-3, w-4, nb-3) 11 Total (for 9 wickets) 169 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-14, 3-20, 4-57, 5-85, 6-96, 7-143, 8-158, 9-169 Bowling: Pathan 6-1-23-3, Agarkar 7-0-25-1, R. Singh 5-0-22-0, Harbhajan 10-2-33-2, Kartik 10-4-16-0, Sehwag 8-0-29-2, Yuvraj 4-0-17-1. India Gambhir run out 38 Sachin c Peterson b Pollock 2 Pathan run out 37 Sehwag not out 77 Dravid c & b Ontong 10 Yuvraj not out 4 Extras: (W-2, NB-1) 3 Total: (4 wkts in 35.4 overs) 171 Fall of Wicket: 1-13, 2-52, 3-105, 4-155. Bowling: Pollock 6-3-10-1, Ntini 8-1-32-0, Nel 5-0-31-0, Botha 8-1-47-0, Hall 6-0-23-0, Ontong 2.4-0-28-1. — PTI
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Sachin equals Akram’s record
Bangalore, November 19 Tendulkar, who made his debut against Pakistan in 1989-90 as a 16-year-old, has made 13,875 runs with 38 hundreds at 44.32.
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Protest by Sourav’s fans
Kolkata, November 19 They burnt effigies of Jagmohan Dalmiya, Chappell and Dravid in front of the Eden Gardens Club House. They demanded Ganguly’s inclusion in the Indian team for the
One-Day International here on November 25. They decided to boycott the ODI if Ganguly did not play. Ganguly said the spat with Chappell was now a thing of the past, adding that he had no grudge against anybody. He appealed to all cricket fans in Bengal not to make an issue out of his omission and to ensure that the ODI at Eden Gardens went off smoothly and peacefully. |
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Windies struggling to avoid defeat
Hobart, November 19 Trailing 1-0 in the three-match series after being thrashed by 379 runs in Brisbane, the tourists were facing another heavy defeat after slumping to 82 for four in their second innings at stumps on the third day. They required a further 175 runs to make the Australians bat again when play ended an hour early today because of heavy rain. Australia led by 257 runs on the first innings after they were bowled out after lunch for 406, but were eyeing an even bigger lead until their batting collapse. They resumed on 256 for one in reply to the West Indies’ dismal first-day effort of 149, but lost six wickets for 68 runs in the morning session as the tourists briefly threatened to mount a comeback. Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne made a combined total of just nine runs, but a stylish 60 on debut from Brad Hodge and a cavalier display from the tailenders helped push the total past 400. Any hopes of a West Indian revival were dashed the moment they commenced their second innings. Glenn McGrath trapped Chris Gayle leg before wicket for four in the first over and then had Devon Smith caught by Ricky Ponting at slip as the tourists limped to tea on 27 for two. Brett Lee captured another two wickets to leave the tourists in disarray before rain offered a stay of execution. Ramnaresh Sarwan fell for 32 when he edged a catch to Gilchrist and then West Indian captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul departed for 10 in a similar fashion. Brian Lara was unbeaten on 18 at stumps after overtaking Steve Waugh as the second-highest run-scorer in Tests while Marlon Samuels was on two and batting with a runner after hurting his leg. Lara had now scored 10,934 Test runs, seven more than Waugh, and just 240 behind Allan Border’s world record of 11,174. The Australians made a slow start to the day, with Ponting bowled by Fidel Edwards for 17 off the first ball he faced and Clarke departing for five when he was brilliantly caught by substitute fielder Dwayne Smith off Edwards. Clarke’s dismissal was sure to increase scrutiny about his place in the team after the selectors dumped two other middle-order batsmen following the Ashes loss to England. The 24-year-old had not scored a Test century for a year and his last five innings had scores of 39, 5, 5, 14 not out and 5. Mike Hussey, playing in his second Test after replacing the injured Justin Langer, loomed as the most obvious replacement after top-scoring in Hobart with 137. Symonds missed his opportunity to impress when he was run out for one after a direct hit from Smith, although there was some confusion when the scoreboard initially flashed up not out after the third umpire hit the wrong button. Gilchrist was caught by Smith at point for two and then Warne was caught at second slip by Ramnaresh Sarwan off Daren Powell for one. Lee nicked Edwards behind on 18 while Hodge was trapped leg before wicket by Corey Collymore after hitting nine boundaries in an impressive start to his Test career before the innings ended with another run out. Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings) 149 Australia (1st innings) Hayden c Bravo b Collymore 110 Hussey c Sarwan b Bravo 137 Ponting b Edwards 17 Clarke c Smith b Edwards 5 Hodge lbw b Collymore 60 Symonds run out 1 Gilchrist c Smith b Bravo 2 Warne c Sarwan b Powell 1 Lee c Ramdin b Edwards 18 MacGill not out 20 McGrath run out 14 Extras
(lb-6, w-3, nb-12) 21 Total (all out, 109.4 overs) 406 Fall of wickets:
1-231, 2-257, 3-271, 4-306, 5-315, 6-317, 7-324, 8-362, 9-377. Bowling:
Edwards 27.4-2-116-3, Powell 24-2-117-1, Collymore 28-11-54-2, Bravo 23-2-96-2, Gayle 7-0-17-0. West Indies (2nd innings) Gayle b McGrath 4 Smith c Ponting b McGrath 8 Sarwan c Gilchrist b Lee 32 Lara batting 18 Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Lee 10 Samuels batting 2 Extras
(lb-6, nb-2) 8 Total (4 wkts, 24 overs) 82 Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-27, 3-62, 4-76. Bowling: McGrath 7-3-14-2, Lee 11-1-49-2, Symonds 1-0-2-0, Warne 5-0-11-0.
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Vaughan fit to lead England fightback
Faisalabad, November 19 “I have passed the test and during the last three days, I had a lot more twisting and turning,” Vaughan told reporters today. Vaughan had injured his knee during a warm-up game in Lahore earlier this month and missed the Multan Test. “It is always a slight risk when you come back from injury, but I am confident that I can get through the game and that is really all that counts,” Vaughan said. England would have to deal with the spin threat of young leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who had mopped the top order with four wickets in Multan on the last day as England, needing 198 runs for victory, slumped to 175 all out. “It is a tough time because we have to win both Tests to win the series,” Vaughan said. “Kaneria is probably the best young leg-spinner in the world, but at this stage, it is difficult to compare him with Shane Warne,” Vaughan said. Vaughan said he was more concerned about the Pakistani pace attack, that had grabbed the remaining six wickets in Multan on the last day, with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar claiming three for 49. “I think six wickets to seamers is more of a concern,” the England captain said. Vaughan believed that the first day would be crucial for his side to put the home team under pressure. “Whatever we do tomorrow, we have to make sure we start well and put Pakistan under pressure, as we did in Multan,” he said. Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the series, Pakistan still had problems with its bowling after paceman Shabbir Ahmed and off-spinner Shoaib Malik were reported for suspect bowling actions at the end of the first Test. “The only likely change will be Shabbir because his report did not help," Pakistan’s coach Bob Woolmer said. Pakistan had won three of the last four Tests — against India, the West Indies and England — and Woolmer wanted his team not to lose the momentum. “We have got momentum from the last game and we should be able to take it forward,” he said. Woolmer hinted that medium-fast bowler Rana Naved could fill in for Shabbir after taking 11 wickets in a domestic first-class game at the same venue last month. “Naved is certainly in the reckoning tomorrow after his good performance in a domestic match,” Woolmer said. — AP
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Paes-Zimonjic in final
New Delhi, November 19 The fifth-seeded Indo-Serbian duo, playing the year-ending championship for the first time alongside each other, stamped their authority by upsetting the third-seeded Zimbabwean pair 6-3, 6-4. Paes and Zimonjic would take on sixth-seeded pair of Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro of France in the final. Llodra and Santoro ousted top-seeded Bryan brothers Bob and Mike of the USA 6-3, 7-6 (9-7). This was the fourth time that the Indian player had reached the final in his five appearances in this tournament. He had partnered compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi on the previous three occasions.
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Goa beat Punjab, enter final
Kochi, November 19 Peter Carvalho and Nicholas Rodrigues moved the net for the winners as a splendid display of football at the flood-lit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium absolved them of their 'sinful goal' against Manipur in the forgetful previous tie. Three-time champions Goa, in their 11th final, will meet Maharashtra here on Monday to decide the new football champions in the country. Six-time winners Punjab struggled throughout to catch up with the rhythm and beats of brisky Goans who are on a song, pumping in 39 goals in the last five encounters of the tournament. Continuous forays, cutely woven with short passes, kept the game entirely with the Goan yellow brigade. The surges yielded results too, with four corners coming their way in the first 12 minutes. The fourth, taken by Nicholas Rodrigues from right, tantalisingly flied down the danger area and Peter Carvalho smartly headed home from the packed penalty box, just 13 minutes into the play (1-0). Man-in-form Anthony Pererira, who scored four goals in their tie against Assam in the first quarterfinal, found himself more under close surveillance, but could break loose himself to knit moves upfront with dangerous Freddy Mascaranhas. Medio Climax Lawrence almost increased the lead 10 minutes later but his powerful long-ranger unfortunately hit the bar before going out. Goans never allowed the Punjab defence to relax or the forwards to answer with counter strides. Surjeet Singh and Gurpreet Singh worked overtime, but still could not crack the rival citadel and pose serious threats to Felix DSouza under the Goan bar. The lemon-break could neither calm down the pace nor could the first half goal satiate the hungry Goans who continued with the beautiful tidal attacks in tandem in the second half too. In the very third minute, Nicholas, who set up the first goal, latched on to a diagonal pass from Anthony on the right and slammed home neatly (2-0). The composed Goans still were into their usual selves of bulldozing mood as demoralised Punjab looked almost resigned to the fate for the rest of the time. The Goans, reflecting their aggression, won as many as 12 corners while Punjab could manage just two. Goa, who had featured in the finals successively four years from 1996, last played in the summit clash in 2001. Riding on a devastating form in the cluster stage, they defeated Assam 6-0 in the first quarterfinal but managed a disgraceful draw (1-1) against Manipur in the next, marked with fouls, controversies and near-assault on the referee. But they sailed into the semifinals on better goal average, having tied with Manipur on four points.
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Firoz, Mukesh in sight of top-10 finish
Hanoi, November 19 On yet another tough and windy day, Mukesh shot a par round of 72 while Firoz carded two-over 74. Both were tied eighth at one-over 213 after three rounds in the Asian Tour event. There were four Indians in sight of a top-10 finish, as Amandeep Johl and Vivek Bhandari also gave themselves a good chance at tied 11th with two-over 214. Bhandari shot a 69, the best round of the day, equalled by Chris Rodgers, who shared the lead with Asian Order of Merit leader Thai Thaworn Wiratchant and Malaysian Danny Chia. Johl carded 73. Wiratchant (72) was set for yet another title at six-under 210 as he was on top of the leaderboard with Rodgers (69) and Chia (70). Only six players had sub-par totals in the tournament, that had had windy conditions. Gurbaaz Mann (74) at nine-over 225 was lying 37th while Digvijay Singh (74) at 10-over 226 was tied 54th. Mukesh played steady golf, with just one birdie and no bogeys on the front nine, and then had one birdie and two bogeys on the back stretch. Firoz was off to a good start with a birdie, but off the next hole, he shot a double bogey and then had one birdie and one bogey each on the remaining front nine holes. On the return, he again had one birdie and two bogeys for a 74. Johl was set back by two back-to-back bogeys on eighth and ninth as he ended at one-over 73 in tied 11th. Bhandari had four birdies on the front nine and two bogeys as he turned in 34 and then had two bogeys and one birdie when he came for the 17th. He closed with two birdies for a good day’s work of 69, that saw him move from overnight 30th to tied 11th. Rodgers had a four-birdie spree from fourth to seventh and again had birdies on the last two holes. Wiratchant had an even par round with four birdies and four bogeys. Jeev out of contention
Florida: Jeev Milkha Singh put himself out of contention for a berth in the final stage of the US PGA Qualifying School with yet another lacklustre round of three-over 75 at the Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside. With a total of eight-over 224, Jeev was now lying tied 53rd and way outside the top 19 and ties, who would qualify for the third and final stage, where the top 35 and ties would get a full PGA Tour card. Asian Tour player Jeev had a string of bogeys, four in five holes from fifth to ninth, and it ended all his chances. Last year’s Asian Tour number one Thai Thongchai Jaidee was also struggling in 60th place after rounds of 76, 73 and 71 at Lake Jovita in Dade City. New Zealander Steven Alker retained a share of the lead at Bayonet with 69 to move to seven-under, where he was joined by Gabriel Hjerstadt (67). Tommy Tolles (64) set the pace on 17-under and led at nine-under at Lake Jovita.
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Gopal gets first IM norm
Istanbul, November 19 The victory also helped Gopal to emerge as the best-performing Indian in the fray and he was now on 5.5 points in the boys’ section. Meanwhile, the juggernaut of 2003 champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov rolled on and claimed another victim in the form of Daniel Stellwagen of the Netherlands. Mamedyarov had a two-point lead and was now on 8.5 points out of a possible 9. In the girls’ section, Indian prospects of a medal suffered a setback as Woman Grandmasters Tania Sachdev and D. Harika were held to draws. Tania (5.5) drew with Liu Pei of China while Harika (6) was held by Polish Beata Kadziolka. China’s Gu Xiaobing took a massive stride forward for the title by beating Turkan Mamedjarova of Azerbaijan. Xiaobing moved to 7.5 points out of a possible 9 and now enjoyed a slender half-point lead over Irina Vasilevich of Russia, who grinded Anna Ushenina of Ukraine. The Indian winner in this section was Eesha Karavade, who accounted for Anna Sharevich of Belarus, while Kruttika Nadig and N. Raghavi went down fighting to Maka Purtseladze of Georgia and Anya Corke of Hong Kong, respectively. In the boys’ section, IM-in-waiting Parimarjan Negi missed another opportunity to complete his overdue title after a loss to Malkhaz Sukhashvili of Georgia. GM-norm holder Deep Sengupta was held to a draw by Andrey Kvon of Uzbekistan in a keenly contested game and G. Rohit achieved the same result against Roderick Nava of the Philippines. While S. Poobesh Anand drew with Viktor Laznicka of Czech Republic, Akshat Khamparia lost to Faik Aleskerov of Azerbaijan.
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Women’s golf meet from Nov 22
New Delhi, November 19 Some players who will be seen in action are Vaishavi Sinha of Noida, Shamila Nicollet of Bangalore, Bhavna Shetty of Mysore and Kanika Minocha of Chandigarh. Siddharth Shriram, who has been sponsoring the championship for the last 17 years, felt that the tournament should get out of its present elite mould to include more girls who did not belong to any privileged background. He said unless more committed players from humble backgrounds were brought into the game, the money spent on the championship would be a futile exercise. The six top players from last year’s tournament now figured among the best talent in women’s golf. Defending champion Irina Brar of Chandigarh would be a force to reckon with as she would stage a comeback after missing the Punjab Open and the Noida Open. Other leading players in the title fray were Parnita Garewal, Vandana Agarwal, Shalini Malik, Shruti Khanna, Anjali Chopra, Neha Majithia and Shraddhanjali Singh. |
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Atwal, Randhawa tied seventh
Vilamoura, November 19 The Indian duo shared the spot with established teams like Australia, Germany and France, apart from the Asian teams of Japan and Chinese Taipei. There was a record-breaking performance at the Victoria Clube de Golfe by Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Ricardo Gonzalez, who shot an unbelievable 11-under for the alternate shot format and moved into contention. The Argentines were one shy of the lead held by three teams, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and Niclas Fasth, Welshmen Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge and the defending champions from England, Luke Donald and David Howell. It was always clear that the Indians would be hard-pressed to repeat their birdie-fest of the opening day, when they had 10 birdies and one eagle. Atwal and Randhawa, both playing their first World Cup, opened with a birdie in the alternate shot format. But bogeys on the fifth, seventh and 10th ruined their chances and they made up slightly with a birdie on par-5 17th, that put them at 11-under for two days and in seventh place. The first day’s showing had put the focus on them, but now with the focus off, they could play comfortably and post a good score and hope for a top-five finish, which would be a record-breaking effort for the Indian duo. Singapore were lying 18th and South Korea were in a tie for 19th place. Cabrera and Gonzalez were at the bottom of the leaderboard after the first day and they ended in second place. The brilliant 11-under 61 between them looked even more awesome as none of the other 23 teams managed to shoot lower than 5. Donald and Howell reached the turn in one over par 37, but then fought back with patience. They birdied the 12th and then birdied the last three holes for a three under par 69 to join Wales and Sweden at the top of the leaderboard.
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