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Stage set for BCCI poll
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Dalmiya happy with list
Lanka tour opener ends in draw
Australia need 106 for victory
Obituary
Ganguly triumphs in World Cup opener
Five Indian golfers in Asian top 50
Hockey tourney at Bhaini Sahib
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India rally to level series
Mumbai, November 28 After restricting the visitors to 221 for six on a difficult batting track, Dravid anchored his innings brilliantly to guide the team to victory with 15 balls to spare and prevent South Africa from recording their first-ever one-day series triumph on Indian soil. The dependable Jacques Kallis slammed a 146-ball 91 for the South Africans but his effort went in vain as the hosts, despite losing wickets at regular intervals, kept their nerves right through the run chase to overhaul the target, sending a near-capacity crowd at the Wankhede Stadium into a frenzy. It was a commendable all-round display by the Indians who not only made amends for the embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in Kolkata but gave ample display of their vastly improved skills, particularly in the fielding department, as they conquered the Proteas in the absorbing floodlit contest. The platform for the Indian victory was first laid by the bowlers with Irfan Pathan (3-20) and Harbhajan Singh (2-32) doing the bulk of the damage before Dravid and Yuvraj Singh (49) swung the game decisively in favour of the home team with a 79-run fourth wicket partnership. Asked to bat first, the visitors, 2-1 up going into the deciding clash, struggled against the Indian attack, especially Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh, and rode on the brilliant South African all-rounder’s well-paced innings to post a fighting total. The South African innings was built largely on Kallis’s 81-run stand for the fourth wicket with wicketkeeper Mark Boucher (35 in 56 balls) as the duo rallied the visitors’ floundering innings around from 77 for 3 in the 21st over to 158 in the 41st. After restraining himself right till the end, Kallis fell while giving the charge to Irfan Pathan and was caught at long on by Mohammad Kaif after batting for just over three hours. Kallis’s 146-ball essay, his second half-century of the series after an unbeaten 68 in the first ODI at Hyderabad, contained only five fours. Towards the end, Shaun Pollock, who smote the only six of the innings against Murali Kartik, used the long handle to make a quick-fire 30 and remained unconquered after facing 17 balls. Runs were hard to come by for the South Africans after they were asked to take first strike by Indian captain Rahul Dravid on a wicket that afforded good bounce and seam movement for the pace bowlers, besides copious turn to spinners. Scoreboard South
Africa Smith c Harbhajan b Pathan 24 Hall b Pathan 4 Kallis c Kaif b Pathan 91 Prince c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 9 Boucher c Harbhajan Kemp c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 11 Pollock not out 30 Botha not out 3 Extras
(lb-4, nb-2, w-8) 14 Total (6 wickets, 50 overs) 221 Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-36, 3-77, 4-158, 5-178, 6-209. Bowling: Pathan 8-1-20-3, Agarkar 7-1-33-0, RP Singh 6-0-27-0, Kartik 10-0-58-0, Harbhajan 10-0-32-2, Sehwag 5-0-24-1, Yuvraj 4-0-23-0. India Gambhir c Kemp b Ntini 0 Tendulkar c Prince b Nel 30 Sehwag lbw b Pollock 27 Dravid not out 78 Yuvraj c Boucher b Nel 49 Dhoni c Boucher b Langeveldt 12 Kaif not out 17 Extras
(lb-5, w-5, nb-1) 11 Total (5 wickets, 47.3 overs) 224 Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-46, 3-83, 4-162, 5-201. Bowling: Pollock 9-1-49-1, Ntini 10-0-53-1, Nel 10-2-36-2, Langeveldt 8.3-1-39-1, Botha 6-0-24-0, Hall 4-0-19-0.
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Stage set for BCCI poll
Kolkata, November 28 After earlier attempts to elect office-bearers, including the President, were stalled amid legal wranglings and mud-slinging, the stage is now set for a fresh round of battle which will see Jagmohan-Dalmiya backed Ranbir Singh Mahendra and Union Minister Sharad Pawar lock horns for the coveted chair. The election this time round is expected to be transparent and trouble-free with the Supreme Court appointed observer T. S. Krishnamurthy spelling out clear guidelines for the conduct of the poll. Though the game of numbers appears to be tilted towards Mr Pawar, the Dalmiya faction also seems to have narrowed the gap by getting four of its votes cleared by the observer. Mr Krishnamurthy, a former Chief Election Commissioner, not only cleared the 30 affiliates but also allowed incumbent Mahendra to exercise his vote as chairman of the two-day 76th AGM of the Board. The suspense over representation, that led to bitter court battles and bad blood at the last AGM as also the adjourned meeting in September, ended a little after noon with Mr Krishnamurty resolving the disputed cases and releasing the full list of members allowed to vote. Mr Krishnamurthy, who had been bombarded with thousands of pages of petitions, counter-petitions and documents by both factions, allowed representatives of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, National Cricket Club and Jharkhand State Cricket Association to attend the AGM. The observer had earlier questioned the eligibility of these units, so today’s ruling came as boost for Dalmiya group as all these units are considered close to it. The ruling group also benefited from the observer’s decision to allow Jyoti Bajpai-led Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association to vote and also the reversal of the earlier order debarring the chairman from exercising his vote. The Dalmiya camp has already announced the name of Bajpai as its candidate for the post of treasurer. As per the earlier practice, the BCCI President, as the AGM’s chairman, could cast three votes — as a representative of his association, by virtue of his position, besides an additional vote in case of a tie. The practice would be continued in this AGM though the observer pointed out anomalies in the BCCI constitution in this regard and asked for the matter to be clarified for future meetings. Mr Krishnamurthy’s decision to allow vote to the Jharkhand body spelt doom for the Bihar Cricket Association, which had got the nod on Thursday. The dispute between the JSCA and the BCA had seen lot of twists, the latest being the sudden emergence of Dalmiya loyalist Kirti Azad, who claimed that his organisation, the Cricket Control Association of Bihar, be given associate membership by disaffiliating BCA, which was a follower of the Pawar-I.S. Bindra camp. Amid the setbacks, the good news for the opposition lobby came in the form of presidential challenger Pawar being allowed to be nominated from the West Zone, and the green signal given to Rajendra Zar to attend the meeting as representative of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association nominee instead of Dalmiya loyalist Anurag Thakur. The Rajasthan Cricket Association, led by the vocal member of the opposition combine Lalit Modi, was also cleared by the observer. Mr Krishnamurthy said only the elections for the four top posts — president, secretary, joint secretary and treasurer — would be conducted under his observation. The ruling combine has nominated incumbent Ranbir Singh Mahendra for the president’s slot, and elevated joint secretary Goutam Das Gupta for the secretarial contest and Brijesh Patel for the posts of joint secretary. On the other hand, the dissenters named political heavyweight Pawar as their presidential candidate, and fielded Niranjan Shah, M.P. Pandove and N Srinivasan for the posts of secretary, joint secretary and treasurer, respectively.
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Observer releases voters’ list
Kolkata, November 28 The representatives: AP Cricket Association - K V Rao or N Venkata Rao, Assam Cricket Association - Gautam Roy, Association of Indian Universities - Dayanand Dongaonkar, Baroda Cricket Association - Chirayu Amin, Jharkhand Cricket Association- Amitabh Choudhury, Mumbai Cricket Association - Sharad Pawar, Cricket Association of Bengal - Jagmohan Dalmiya, Cricket Club of India - Raj Singh Dungarpur, Delhi and District Cricket Association - Arun Jaitley or C K Khanna. Goa Cricket Association - Dayanand G Narvekar, Gujarat Cricket Association - Narhari Amin, Haryana Cricket Association - Arvind Chowdhary, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association - Rajendra Zar, Hyderabad Cricket Association - Shivlal Yadav, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association - Farooq Abdullah, Karnataka State Cricket Association - Brijesh Patel, Kerala Cricket Association - S K Nair, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association - Sanjay Jagdale. Punjab Cricket Association - I S Bindra, Maharashtra Cricket Association - Ajay D Shirke, National Cricket Club - K P Kajaria, Orissa Cricket Association - Ashirvad Behera, Railway Sports Control Board - R S Varshneya, Rajasthan Cricket Association - Lalit Modi, Saurashtra Cricket Association - Niranjan Shah, Services Sports Control Board - Rear Admiral R P Suthan, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association - N Srinivasan, Tripura Cricket Association - Arindam Ganguly, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association - Jyoti Bajpai, Vidarbha Cricket Assiocation - Shashank Manohar, The President can cast an additional vote by virtue of the office he occupies. Also in case of a tie, the President can apply his casting vote to break the stalemate.
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Dalmiya happy with list
Kolkata, November 28 “Yes, we are satisfied with the list, but in the case of Himachal Pradesh, one person has been given voting right whom we have not seen attending any AGM before,” Mr Dalmiya told reporters here. Claiming that Zar was “unknown to the Board”, the former BCCI chief said, “We will certainly take this matter to the Supreme Court, if necessary”. BCCI election observer T. S. Krishnamurthy today authorised Zar, belonging to the rival camp of Mr Sharad Pawar, as the authorised voter for the state association, dismissing the candidature of Anurag Thakur of the Dalmiya camp. |
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Lanka tour opener ends in draw
Bangalore, November 28 The visitors declared their first innings at 171 for 9, and both teams decided to call off the match with only a few overs remaining to be bowled today. The day belonged to Haryana leg-spinner Mishra (4-64) and Railways offie Parida (3-77) who snared the Sri Lankan batsmen easily. Kumara Sangakkara top-scored for the islanders with 43, laced with five fours, while Malinga Bandara and Thilan Samaraweera chipped in with 28 and 27, respectively. Earlier, resuming at 217 for two, the Board President’s XI declared their innings at 317 for 4 in 75 overs. S Sriram hit an 89-ball 61 with five fours, and skipper Venugopala Rao made 46.
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Australia need 106 for victory
Adelaide, November 28 Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings) 405 Australia (1st innings) 428 West Indies 2nd innings Hinds st Gilchrist b Warne 15 Devon Smith c Ponting b Lee 0 Sarwan lbw b Lee 62 Powell b Warne 2 Lara c Hayden b Warne 17 Chanderpaul c Hodge b Warne 4 Bravo b Lee 64 Dwayne Smith lbw b Warne 0 Ramdin c Gilchrist b Warne 28 Edwards c Warne b Lee 9 Collymore not out 1 Extras
(lb-2) 2 Total (all out, 81 overs) 204 Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-60, 3-72, 4-96, 5-96, 6-106, 7-106, 8-160, 9-203. Bowling:
McGrath 18-8-25-0, Lee 17-5-46-4, Symonds 2-0-9-0, Warne 33-9-80-6, MacGill 11-2-42-0. Australia (2nd innings) Langer c Dwayne Smith Hayden batting 38 Ponting c Sarwan b Collymore 3 Hodge batting 10 Extras
(w-1, nb-4) 5 Total (2 wkts, 28 overs) 76 Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-55. Bowling: Edwards 5-1-23-0, Powell 6-0-15-0, Collymore 10-2-27-2, Sarwan 7-2-11-0.
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Great player and crusader Prabhjot Singh Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 28 He was 60. He is survived by wife Jagdish Kaur and daughters Jasvir Virk and Sukhvir Kaur. “He left us while the fight is still on,” said a shocked Col Balbir Singh (retd), also a former Olympian. Tarsem had gone to a party last night and died within minutes of his return home of a heart failure. “His death is shocking as he never complained of any heart trouble,” added Colonel Balbir. Colonel Balbir and Tarsem Singh had been great friends. “There is just a difference of one day in our dates of birth. We were planning to celebrate our birthdays on December 8 and 9,” said Colonel Balbir. His untimely death has sent shock waves in hockey circles. Tarsem, who came from Sansarpur — the erstwhile nursery of Indian hockey — not only joined mercurial Dhanraj Pillay, Pargat Singh, Ashok Kumar, Maharaj Kaushik, Col Balbir Singh Kular and Dr Gurdip Singh — in petitioning the President as well as the Prime Minister of India for their intervention in setting the IHF house in order but also continued to contribute towards promoting the game at the grassroots level. Tarsem would never miss a hockey event. Though a man of few words, he would Tarsem, who had left service in the Border Security Force as a Deputy Commandant along with former Indian skipper Ajit Pal Singh and fullback Baldev Singh in the early 1980s, was closely associated with the functioning of the Sansarpur Hockey Academy. He was one of the organisers of the 75th anniversary celebrations of Sansarpur hockey in 2003. Tarsem, a talented forward, was a member of the 1966 Asian Games gold medal-winning Indian team. In 1967, he was a member of the Indian team that took part in an international tournament held in Madrid, Spain. Subsequently, he was picked to represent the country in the Mexico Olympic Games, where India won a bronze medal. In 1969, he led Punjab to victory in the National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup at Cochin. Tarsem, though polite and soft spoken, was known for his tough stand. When a group of Olympians and other hockey enthusiasts got together for setting the IHF house in order, Tarsem was in the forefront. After taking premature retirement from the Border Security Force, Tarsem had established his own business in Jalandhar. He later partnered one of his two sons-in-law for setting up an amusement park in Jalandhar.
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Ganguly triumphs in World Cup opener
Khanty-Mansiysky (Russia), November 28 On a day that did not witness any major casualties, Grandmasters P Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran were held to draws by Yu Shaoteng of China and Aleksei Iljushin of Russia, respectively. Top seed Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine took off in emphatic style as the hot favourite accounted for little-known Aleksander Sibriaev of Russia in the event being played on a knockout basis till round three after which only 16 out of 128 participants will remain in the fray. The top 16 places would be determined with winners pitted against winners and losers against losers. The first prize is $ 100,000 along with a big incentive to the top 10 qualifiers who will make it to the next World Championship match tournament candidate stage. Ganguly, who among the Indians was up against the toughest opponent, proved once again why he was hailed as one of the brightest Indian players around. The rating difference suggested that the Indian started off as an underdog in this high-profile contest but the game was a clear sign that Ganguly was equipped to tackle the best in the world. Playing his pet Classical system against the Nazdorf Sicilian, Ganguly made sure of a small advantage out of the opening and nurtured it well enough to punish a rather ambitious looking Nakamura.
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Five Indian golfers in Asian top 50
Hong Kong, November 28 The top 60 are eligible to play in the season-ending $ 600,000 Volvo Masters of Asia in Thailand. Randhawa, who showed a welcome return to form with a tied seventh place finish despite a poor back nine on final day, is lying third with $ 255,315, while Shiv Kapur (17th) and Jeev Milkha Singh (21st), Gaurav Ghei (31st) and Harmeet Kahlon (47th) are the others in top 50. Other Indians with a chance to make the top 60 with good finishes in Hong Kong are Amandeep Johl (64th) and Rahil Gangjee (69th). A top-10 placing in Hong Kong could do the trick for them. — PTI |
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Hockey tourney at Bhaini Sahib
Chandigarh, November 28 Talking to The Tribune on the phone, Mr Dhillon said Namdhari Vidayak Jatha had agreed to sponsor the championship. Since Bhaini Sahib has become the first institution in the private sector to have a synthetic surface, the state championship has been allotted to a rural centre. He said in the Bhaini Sahib championship, no institutional teams would be allowed. Players representing various institutions, departments and clubs can represent their home districts in the championship, Mr Dhillon added. |
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