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Windies call the shots on day two
Sourav,
Dalmiya set to patch up?
Railways all the way
Haryana Games
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Hooda inaugurates cricket stadium
NIS ruled out as site for defence varsity
Dempo draw with East Bengal
Aruna storms into semis
Balraj claims decathlon gold
75-plus Bhopinder breaks her 100m record
Annual sports meet held Chaman Vatika students excel
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Windies call the shots on day two
Multan, November 20 Gayle (87) and Ganga (59) posted the first century opening stand for the West Indies in 20 Tests in Pakistan after the home side were bowled out for 357 with paceman Jerome Taylor taking five for 91. Taylor’s second five-wicket haul was bagged with Pakistan losing their last six wickets for 94 runs to the second new ball after resuming on 263 for four in the morning. Gayle and Ganga, who played out the last two sessions, put their team in a rare position of strength with patient half centuries as the bowlers struggled on a flat track. Gayle scored his 26th half century from 101 balls with seven fours and Ganga his eighth from 123 balls with nine fours. Gayle, despite displaying admirable patience, still played some spankimg shots as he closed in on his first century since April, 2005 when he made 317 against South Africa in Antigua. Scoreboard Pakistan (1st innings) Hafeez c Ramdin b Taylor 36 Farhat c Lara b Bravo 74 Younis c Morton b Taylor 56 Yousuf c Lara b Gayle 56 Inzamam c Ramdin b Taylor 31 Malik c Bravo b Collymore 42 Razzaq not out 16 Akmal c Bravo b Collymore 17 Nazir lbw Taylor 7 Gul c Bravo b Taylor 7 Kaneria run out 0 Extras
(b-9, lb-4, nb-2) 15 Total (all out, 124 overs) 357 Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-125, 3-212, 4-250, 5-269, 6-315, 7-333, 8-346, 9-357. Bowling:
Taylor 26-6-91-5, Collymore 31-9-67-2, Powell 14-4-50-0, Gayle 22-6-52-1, Bravo 19-6-41-1, Mohammed 11-1-39-0, Morton 1-0-4-0. West Indies Gayle not out 87 Ganga not out 59 Extras
(lb-4, nb-1) 5 Total (no loss, 57 overs) 151 Bowling:
Gul 16-7-29-0, Nazir 12-1-40-0, Kaneria 17-1-47-0, Razzaq 7-3-10-0, Hafeez 4-0-20-0, Malik 1-0-1- 0.
— Reuters
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Sourav,
Dalmiya set to patch up?
Kolkata, November 20 None of the past rancour seemed to be there as the seasoned cricket administrator and the left-handed batsman chatted over a cup of tea and Dalmiya expressed confidence that Ganguly would make his way back into the Indian team on the strength of his playing capabilities. “Ganguly will be back into the team by dint of his capability. He will return for sure,” Dalmiya said, while giving a pep talk to the Bengal team ahead of their Ranji Trophy match in Mohali against Punjab from November 23 to 26. Dalmiya had taken the first step himself in breaking the ice when he asked Ganguly to sit next to him and the cricketer smilingly obliged. In a hard-hitting e-mail from London, where he was busy playing county cricket, Ganguly had on July 22 accused the Dalmiya faction of playing with his career. — PTI
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Railways all the way
Ludhiana, November 20 Western Railway, Mumbai, and South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, too won their respective quarterfinal encounters to secure berths in the last four stage. Western Railway pipped Jharkhand XI 2-1, while SE Railway prevailed over Western Central Railway 1-0. Northern Railway eves proved too good for the SAI girls. Northern Railway outfit surged ahead in the seventh minute through Ramnik and Reena of SAI, Chandigarh restored parity in the 46th minute. Northern Railway’s Promila scored two goals (56th and 65th minute) while Poonam struck in the 59th minute. Central Railway, Mumbai, had already qualified for the semifinals. Yesterday, they beat RCF, Kapurthala 5-0.
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Anand bags Blitz title
New Delhi, November 20 Anand scored a whopping 23 points out of a possible 34 and won 11 out of 17 mini-matches to win the strongest Blitz tournament in the history of the game. The Indian ace, known to have mastered the art of rapid chess, had recently suffered a setback in the finals of the Corsica Masters chess tournament where he lost the final against Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan. However, this was an excellent turnaround by Anand. World Cup winner Aronian, who scored 21 points including a 1-1 draw with Anand, finished second. Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Peter Svidler of Russia, who scored 20.5 points each, shared the third place. The event was played on a double round robin basis between 18 players over two days. The event had 11 players above 2700 ELO rating and none below the 2650 mark. Anand showed clinical approach in crushing his opponents, barring one against Jobava Baadur of Georgia, who came with a 1.5-0.5 margin. Baddur was the only one who lost both his games against Anand. Playing solidly in the first half of the event, Anand waited till the 15th round to wrest the lead from Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and thereafter the Indian did not look back. For the records, Anand lost two, won 14 and drew 18 games to win the event.
— PTI
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Kurukshetra’s day in cycling
Our Correspondent
Kurukshetra, November 20 In the 20 km Indian-made cycle team competition, Kurukshetra secured the first position with a timing of 21:53.81, while Kaithal and Hisar stood second and third, respectively. Results: Men’s section: Football: Jhajjar b Mohindergarh 4-1, Hisar b Gurgaon 6-0, Kurukshetra b Jhajjar 4-3. Kho-kho: Rohtak b Karnal 15-4, Hisar b Jind 15-14, Rohtak b Sonepat. Skating ring race: 1. Akshya Kapoor (Karnal), 2. Rajat Sethi (Karnal), 3. Dhruv Gautam (Faridabad) Ring race: 1. Dipanshu Saini (Faridabad), 2. Sandeep Verma (Karnal), 3. Amit Sharma (Rohtak). Roller Skating: Panchkula b Kaithal 10-0, Yamunanagar b Panipat 6-0. National-style kabbadi: Hisar b Bhiwani 35-31. Boxing: 48 kg: Veer Pandey b Atul, 54 kg: Rajneesh b Anil, 60 kg: Bhagwan b Shakti Singh, Balwinder b Sandeep, Sanjeet b Lokesh. Women’s section: Skating ring race: 1. Kaveri (Karnal), 2. Bhamini (Karnal), 3. Vasudha (Kurukshetra). Ring race: 1. Khushbu Saini (Faridabad), 2. Payal Hooda (Rohtak), 3. Vanidatta (Faridabad). Roller skating: Sirsa b Kaithal 9-0, Yamunanagar b Panchkula 2-0. Kho-kho: Panipat b Kaithal 8-7, Rohtak b Sonepat 8-2, Hisar b Jind. Basketball: Hisar b Sirsa, Sonepat b Bhiwani.
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Hooda inaugurates cricket stadium
Lahli (Rohtak), November 20 The stadium has a residential complex comprising 20 rooms for players. This complex was inaugurated by Mahendra’s mother Vidya Devi. The stadium will host three Ranji Trophy matches to be played in Haryana. The first tie begins on November 23 when Haryana play Andhra Pradesh. Union Mines Minister Sis Ram Ola and HCA chief Arvind Chaudhary were among those present. The Chief Minister was introduced to the Haryana Ranji team after the function.
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Samarvir Golf
Chandigarh, November 20 With four titles of the Royal Challenge circuit in his kitty, the in-form Kapurthala boy is all set to add one more crown and hopes to conquer the eighth hole, which he finds difficult. Among his top rivals is 19-year-old Anirban Lahiri of Secunderabad. A B.Com Part II student of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Anirban is currently the top-ranked amateur in the country. He won the GKD Memorial at Coimbatore and finished second in three other tournaments of the circuit. Joseph Chakola, who completes the quartet for the Doha Asian Games along with Gaganjeet, Anirban and Chirag Kumar, is currently ranked fourth on the Royal Challenge Order of Merit. This 22-year-old Coimbatore golfer is capable of upsetting the applecart of the favourites. The Chandigarh golf fans will miss Chirag Kumar and Himmat Rai. Chirag has been in splendid form this season. Winner of the amateur category in the 2006 Indian Open, Chirag also clinched the Singapore amateur and Pakistan amateur titles. Managed by the Tiger Sports Marketing, the championship promises five days of exciting golf. The par-72 7052-yard facility is regarded as one of the longest in the country. The lush Chandigarh course with its undulating fairways and fast greens calls for accuracy. The course captain, Mr Sandeep Sandhu, said the championship had attracted a record number of entries. This showed the growing popularity of amateur golf. He said the course was in top condition. The club had acquired Rs 50 lakh worth of equipment for the maintenance of the course. And with lights being put up at more and more greens, night golf would very soon be played on the course. Talking about the difficult eighth hole, Sandhu said the new imported grass from the USA on that hole brought out the best in the golfers. “One has to overcome the subtle slopes while putting on this green,” he said. Mr Gurpratap Singh Sahi, father of Samarvir, in whose memory the tournament is played, thanked the organisers for scheduling the tournament in such a manner that it matched his son’s date with destiny — Samarvir breathed his last on November 20, 1994. The main championship will be played from November 21 to 24, followed by the am-am event on November 25.
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NIS ruled out as site for defence varsity
Patiala, November 20 The team, which left for Fatehgarh Sahib en route to Bela village in Ropar district, in the evening, first visited Pasiana village along the Patiala-Samana road before going to the old Deputy Commissioner’s office (Mall road), which is in a dilapidated condition. The third site visited by the team was Sidhuwal village along the Patiala-Bhadson road. The other members of the team were Air Vice-Marshal M.S. Randhawa, Joint Secretary (Training), (Ministry of Defence) Mr Jitender Singh and Brig Y.N Sharma. The Principal Secretary, Department of Defence Welfare, Government of Punjab, Mrs Geetika Kalha, Director, Sainik Welfare, Punjab Mr J.S. Jaspal and the Patiala Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Mr Gurkiratkirpal Singh, accompanied the team on its visits. Sources revealed that the team never had on its agenda the NIS, which was announced as a site for the university by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
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Dempo draw with East Bengal
New Delhi, November 20 The Kolkata league champions dished out a disappointing show in their tournament opener and were lucky to have come out with even honours in a lacklustre match. In the entire match, they created only one opening, that too, after Dipankar Roy was sent off in the very first minute of the second half for a dangerous tackle on Clifford Miranda. East Bengal goalkeeper Rajat Ghosh Dashtadar had a brilliant day under the bar. Later, in another lacklustre but evenly contested Group II match, defending champions Army XI held JCT, Phagwara, to a goalless draw. Army XI’s ploy to crowd their defence and give little space to rival forwards Chidi Edeh and Parveen Kumar worked well till the end.
— UNI
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Aruna storms into semis
New Delhi, November 20 Aruna, gold medallist in the 2004 World Boxing Championship in Norway and silver medallist in the 2005 Asian Championship in Taiwan, was in such command that she gave little leeway to her rival to dominate her. The tall and sturdy girl from Jamshedpur landed a flurry of punches on her opponent in the first round to run up a 9-4 lead, which stood her in good stead in the next two rounds. She sustained her aggressive posture till the end to keep her rival on her toes. Aruna weaved and ducked brilliantly to avoid the punches of the Turkish lass, but at the same showed amazing speed and footwork to land quick punches on her rival, which completely rattled Yesil. India had a dream day today as Chhotu Loura and Sarita Devi had earlier moved into the quarter-final, winning their 50kg and 52kg bouts, respectively, to offset the defeat of three Indian girls on the first two days as Jyotsna also fell by the way side yesterday, losing to Semsi Yarali of Turkey in the 86kg, and Aswathy Mol in the 70kg today. Chhotu Loura dominated Delphine M from France in all three rounds to win by 19-9, after leading 6-0 and 12-5 in the first two. Sarita Devi, silver medallist in the 2004 World Championship, was a bit tentative in the beginning in her 52kg pre-quarterfinal bout against Sumeyra Kaya of Turkey, as she led by a thin margin of 4-2 in the first round. But she picked up momentum in the second round to punch her rival left and right to run up a 13-4 lead, which she widened to 18-6 when the final gong sounded. The five-time national champion is now looking forward to a podium finish. However, in the last bout of the day, Aswathy Mol could not match the speed and punches of Ariane Fotin of Canada to lose the 70 kg bout. Outside of the Indian interest, one bout that captured the attention of all was the 63kg bout between defending champion Nemtsova Yulia of Russia and Zueting Niu of China. The Chinese girl went on such aggressive punching that the Russian could recover her ground only in the second and third rounds to tie the score at 10-10. The bout was decided after tallying the hand scoring of the judges, which eventually gave a 24-22 verdict to the defending champion who moved into the semis. |
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Balraj claims decathlon gold
Chandigarh, November 20 Other results: (Men) 4x100 m: 1. SGGS College (Chd), 2. DAV College (Chd), 3. SCD Government College (Lud). 4x100 m relay: 1. DAV (Chd), 2. SGGS College (Chd), 3. SCD (Lud). (Women): 4x100 m relay: 1. GGS College (Chd), 2. MCM DAV (Chd), 3. GN Khalsa College (Muktsar). 4x200 m relay: 1. MCM DAV (Chd), 2. SGGS Khalsa (Mahilpur), 3. GGS College (Chd). — TNS
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75-plus Bhopinder breaks her 100m record
Chandigarh, November 20 She took 18.7 sec to complete the race bettering her own Asian record of 19.7 seconds set in Pondicherry in June this year.
— TNS
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Annual sports meet held Ambala, November 20 Different races including sack race, basket race,
slow cycling, thread and needle race were held. Gagan, Ruchika, Binni and Anudeep were
awarded for winning the second position in the inter-school table tennis competition.
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Chaman Vatika students excel
Ambala, November 20 In speed race, Satvik Vashisht (group 6-8) won two gold medals, Robin (group 6-8) won two silver medals, Harpreet Singh (group 8-10) won one gold and one bronze medal, Raminder (group 8-10) won one gold and one silver medal, Divyanshi (group 8-10) won one silver medal while Rahul (group 8-10) won one bronze medal. In the sub-junior relay races, Keshav Bajaj, Chirag Jain, Harmeet Singh and Kanav Verma won the gold medal.
— TNS
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