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Yuvraj fashions thrilling
series win
Elite panel picks India’s all-time Test XI
Probables for Twenty20 World Cup on July 7
England register easy victory
Champions
Challenge
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The new Graf
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They pull strings at Wimbledon
FedEx gets walkover into last 8
Rugby: India whip Philippines
Draw dashes Anand’s hopes of outright win
Indian spikers lose to Pak
Punjab b’ball league from July 5
Prabodh, Surinder bag awards
Cricket
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Yuvraj fashions thrilling
series win
Belfast, July 1
Chasing 149 to win in 31 overs in the rain-curtailed series decider,
India faltered and fumbled before picking up themselves to reach 152 for
four in 30.2 overs.
Yuvraj top scored with unbeaten gutsy innings of 61 off 85 balls that
included six boundaries besides a six, while Rahul Dravid contributed
36.
After Dravid left the scene (108-4), Yuvraj and Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(not out 14) put their heads down to negotiate the daunting run-a-ball
chase.
Earlier, India reduced their opponents to 28 from four but a 99-run
stand between Justin Kemp (61) and Herschelle Gibbs (56) propped up
South Africa for a decent total of 148 for seven in 31 overs.
With the series levelled at 1-1, all eyes were on the final match but
due to rain and wet outfield, the match was reduced to a 31-over-a-side
contest.
And if South Africa had a disastrous beginning after being asked to take
first strike in the seaming friendly condition, it was no different with
India.
Sourav Ganguly (17) and Sachin Tendulkar (8), who had laid the
foundation for India's win in the previous match with a century stand,
got a life each but could not capitalise on that.
Tendulkar was lucky to have edged one through slips and still got away
with a boundary but it took just four deliveries for Makhaya Ntini to
settle the score.
Tendulkar nicked the last ball of the second over to
see an airborne Mark Boucher pull off a one-handed blinder.
Gautam Gambhir (5) survived a mix-up
with Ganguly before plotting his own peril by dragging a Dale Steyn
delivery onto his stumps and crisis compounded when Ganguly, dropped by
Jacques Kallis while batting on one, too departed, leaving India reeling
at 38 for three inside nine overs.
India were in dire need of a solid partnership but both Yuvraj and
Dravid hardly looked convincing.
Yuvraj too was dropped in the slips off Kallis, while Dravid found the
all-pace South African attack too hot to handle. But to their credit,
both hung on, swapping glitz for grit.
Dravid hit his counterpart Kallis for three boundaries in the 23rd over
to take India past the 100-mark before throwing away his wicket.
Responding to Yuvraj's call for a quick single, Dravid was virtually
strolling to the non-striker end only to see a Boucher throw disturb the
stumps. It was a rare casual lapse on Dravid's part who did not even
ground his bat.
Yuvraj, however, kept his cool and milked the South African attack. He
waited for the right opportunity and ran hard between the wickets.
The
dashing left-hander never allowed the pressure get the better of him and
came up with a match-winning knock that also earned him the Man of the
Match award.
Earlier, put into bat in difficult conditions, South Africa ran into
trouble straightway with comeback man Ajit Agarkar and Ganguly coming up
with identical two-wicket bursts.
Keen to make his mark in the series
after missing the first two matches with flu, Agarkar trapped in-form
Morne van Wyk for a duck with his fifth delivery and then sent down gem
of a delivery that hit a bamboozled Jacques Kallis' off stump past his
flailing blade. Like van Wyk, the South African skipper too did not
trouble the scorer.
AB de Villiers (15) got two lives in the eventful fifth over by Zaheer
Khan when umpire Aleem Dar failed to sight a thick edge and, in the next
delivery, Gambhir grassed a catch at short leg.
Ganguly, however, ensured that the opener did not make the most of the
lives he got. On a condition that suited his bowling, Ganguly was in
fact on a hat-trick after removing de Villiers and Jean-Paul Duminy (0)
with successive deliveries.
De Villiers perished offering a bat-pad catch, while Duminy was rapped
on the pad by a slightly faster delivery after an attempted flick.
Kemp foiled Ganguly's hat-trick bid even though he was not very
convincing as he inside edged it to fine leg. South Africa found itself
in a morass at 28 for four inside 13 overs.
Their back against the wall, Kemp and Gibbs decided attack was the best
defence and counter-attacked with Piyush Chawla and Yuvraj Singh bearing
the brunt of the charge.
Zaheer eventually yorked Gibbs after a 67-ball knock of 56, which
included three fours and two sixes.
Kemp's run-a-ball 61 came to an end in the final over when Sachin
Tendulkar, hit for a six in the previous ball, castled him. Kemp hit
five boundaries and two sixes in his knock. Scoreboard South Africa De Villiers c Dhoni b Ganguly 15 Van Wyk lbw Agarkar 0 Kallis b Agarkar 0 Gibbs b Zaheer 56 Duminy lbw Ganguly 0 Kemp b Tendulkar 61 Boucher not out 11 Hall c Karthik b Tendulkar 1 Extras
(b-1, lb-3) 4 Total (7 wkts, 31 overs) 148 Fall of
wickets: 1-6, 2-8, 3-28, 4-28, 5-127, 6-144, 7-148. Bowling: Zaheer 7-0-29-1, Agarkar 6-0-21-2, RP Singh 6-2-15-0, Ganguly 6-0-24-2, Chawla 3-0-28-0, Yuvraj 2 -0-17-0, Tendulkar 1-0-10-2. India Ganguly c Boucher b Nel 18 Tendulkar c Boucher b Ntini 8 Gambhir b Steyn 5 Dravid run out 36 Yuvraj Singh not out 61 Dhoni not out 14 Extras (lb-3, w-4, nb-3) 10 Total (For 4 wickets in 30.2 overs) 152 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-20,
3-36, 4-108.
Bowling: Steyn 6-0-35-1, Ntini 7-2-18-1, Nel 5.2-1-24-1, Hall 6-0-27-0,
Kallis 4-0-36-0, Kemp 2-0-9-0. — PTI
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Elite panel picks India’s all-time Test XI
Bangalore, July 1 Elegant left-hander Sourav Ganguly, spinners Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi also do not make it to the team selected by eight former Indian captains and a panel chaired by great off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna. To mark 75 years since India played its first Test against England in 1932, eight former Indian captains — Gundappa Vishwanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, S. Venkataraghavan, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Ajit Wadekar, Nari Contractor, Syed Kirmani and Abbas Ali Baig - were requested to pick their all-time India best Test XI. From the selections made by the eight former captains, a panel consisting of Prasanna, well-known sports journalist Rajan Bala and PTI editors came up with the all-time great XI. Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, who left the game under a cloud, did not figure in any of the teams chosen by the ex-captains, but the panel included him, with Prasanna explaining that the Hyderabad player was the most elegant batsman who fitted in both conventional and unconventional cricket, besides being one of the greatest fielders. Explaining the selection, Prasanna said today that the panel had taken note of the players’ record, nature of opposition, talent and the balance of the side while finalising the team. “It’s a well-balanced team in any given conditions. The XI which we have picked will perform. It is an objective-oriented team. What I have considered is a bowling combination capable of taking 20 wickets in a Test match under any given conditions with least number of runs conceded. When least number of runs are conceded in each innings, the side has a chance of winning the match.” Bala said the team would play well against all the teams in history, except probably against Don Bradman’s 1948 Australian team which he rated as the greatest side ever. “Apart from that, this team has everything. This team can play well in whatever conditions they are confronted with.” On the choice of Gavaskar as captain, Prasanna said, “He is a very intelligent captain. Gavaskar is such an excellent student of the game. He is such a good CEO, like of any organisation, who does not hesitate to express his view, however senior one might be.” “Gavaskar has got capabilities in addition to his own quality as a batsman. I admire this fellow.” Prasanna said Vinoo Mankad and Kapil Dev were the two pillars of the team. “In my opinion, the whole thing revolves around Kapil Dev and Mankad.” Prasanna said they had picked Vijay Hazare as the vice-captain though he deserved to be captain. “If you see the composition of the team, there are many youngsters than players of his own era. Therefore, it becomes a lop-sided sort of an affair if he is picked as captain. Generational gap of an environment and ambience will be there.” He paid glowing tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, who along with Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, figure in all the teams picked by the former captains. “In the present and past eras, I don’t think any cricketer would have matched his talent. I cannot recollect a player who has dominated the game like Tendulkar.” Prasanna also singled out leg-spinner Subhash Gupte for special praise. “I don’t think cricket will ever see a bowler like Gupte. You may see Prasanna, Bedi, Chandrasekhar, Venkataraghavan and Shane Warne. Explaining the inclusion of Srinath, Bala said, “He was outstanding. His bad luck was that many of his outstanding performances were for a losing cause.”
— PTI Dream Team
Sunil Gavaskar (captain), Vinoo Mankad, Vijay Hazare (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Gundappa Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani (wk), Javagal Srinath, Erapalli Prasanna and Subhash Gupte. 12th man: Vijay Manjrekar; Reserves: Mohammad Nissar, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Rahul Dravid.
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Probables for Twenty20 World Cup on July 7
Mumbai, July 1 The selectors, headed by Dilip Vengsarkar, will pick the probables for the Twenty20 World Championship along with the India A team for its tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya, BCCI chief executive officer Ratnakar Shetty said here. The list of probables will be have to be pruned to 14 names for the tournament in South Africa, a month before the event’s commencement on September 11. The A tour to Zimbabwe and Kenya will commence later this month and a coach and manager for the squad will also have to be chosen. Meanwhile, Shetty said the selection process for the coach of the Indian team was yet to start though a system has already been put in place. “We will follow the system,” said Shetty, adding that no candidate has been identified for the job as yet. However, the names of former Australian cricketer John Dyon plus a few others are doing the rounds without the BCCI acknowledging that these persons were in the running for the high-profile job. India do not have a coach since the exit of former Australia captain Greg Chappell after the team’s disastrous outing in the World Cup in March. As a stopgap arrangement, the BCCI has appointed former Test captain and middle-order batsman Chandu Borde as cricket manager on the team’s current tour of the United Kingdom. BCCI president Sharad Pawar said in London on Friday that the board was now looking for another foreign coach, but there was no time frame for taking a decision in this regard. Pawar had also said the BCCI would be more careful in handling the coach selection process in the future after having been snubbed by South Africa’s Graham Ford. — PTI
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England register easy victory
London, July 1 Put into bat after losing the toss, England scored 225 all out before bowling the tourists out for 146 in their 40th over. Earlier, West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards took five wickets as England were restricted to 225 all out. Edwards took full advantage of about an hour’s interruption due to rain to wreak havoc on England’s middle and late order, finishing with 5-45 runs from 10 overs. Paul Collingwood was among the victims, lasting only seven balls and managing only five runs in his first 50-overs game since being appointed England’s ODI captain. England were out with a ball to spare when Owais Shah, whose display on Friday squared the two-match Twenty/20 series, was run out after boosting the total with a creditable 42. Put in to bat for the first of the three one-day games, England had been little more than solid against the straight, accurate bowling of the tourists. Openers Alastair Cook (29), caught by Dwayne Bravo after he skied his pull shot from a tricky Edwards delivery, and Matt Prior (34), trapped lbw by Dwayne Smith, set the tone. Ian Bell, back from a groin injury, injected more bite into the batting before being run out after some sharp fielding by West Indies captain Chris Gayle on 56. Kevin Pietersen bowed out on 33 to a smart catch by Marlon Samuels at backward point, just as England were stepping up the run rate to around six an over. Rain then intervened in the 42nd over with England on 181 for four and effectively killed their momentum. Collingwood went soon after the re-start and Dimitri Mascarenhas, Liam Plunkett and Stuart Broad all followed in quick succession as Edwards tidied up, leaving the West Indies with a realistic target for their innings. Scoreboard England Cook c Bravo b Edwards 29 Prior lbw Smith 34 Bell run out 56 Pietersen c Samuels b Bravo 33 Shah run out 42 Collingwood b Edwards 5 Mascarenhas b Edwards 2 Plunkett c Ramdin b Edwards 4 Broad c Ramdin b Edwards 0 Panesar lbw Rampaul 1 Anderson not out 0 Extras (b-4, lb-6, w-8, nb-1) 19 Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 225 Fall of
wickets:1-47, 2-96, 3-148, 4-177, 5-186, 6-199, 7-209, 8-210, 9-216. Bowling: Rampaul 9-1-36-1, Powell 10-1-46-0, Edwards 10-0-45-5, Smith 10-0-42-1, Samuels 5-0-18-0, Bravo 5.5-0-28-1. West Indies Gayle c Broad b Plunkett 6 Smith run out 4 Morton b Anderson 0 Samuels c Prior b Anderson 0 Chanderpaul not out 53 Bravo c Prior b Broad 29 Ramdin b Broad 0 Smith c Prior b Broad 6 Powell lbw b Panesar 1 Rampaul c Broad b Plunkett 24 Edwards run out 2 Extras (lb-16, w-4, nb-1) 21 Total (all out, 39.5 overs) 146 Fall of
wickets: 1-9, 2-12, 3-12, 4-13, 5-74, 6-74, 7-93, 8-100, 9-135. Bowling:
Anderson 8-2-23-2, Plunkett 10-1-38-2, Broad 9-0-20-3, Mascarenhas 4-0-18-0, Panesar 8-0-29-1, Collingwood 0.5-0-2-0. — Reuters
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Champions Challenge
Boom, July 1 The weakness of faltering at the death again haunted India, who nearly blew away a 4-0 lead before clinching their back-to-back bronze. Tushar Khandekar (3rd, 6th), Sandeep Singh (14th) and Roshan Minz (22nd) did the early damage before easing off. England, known for fighting from the trenches, hit back through Rob Moore (34th), James Tindall (54th) and Simon Mantell (63rd). Incidentally, India had beaten England by the same scoreline when the teams had met in the league stage. England, who applied pressure to rattle the Indians towards the end, paid dearly for the horrific lapses in deep defence in the first half. With the sun out in all its glory for the first time in the competition, the Indians, at the start, showcased their skills and teamwork that was missing in the round robin stage. But they flattered to deceive in the second session by conceding three goals. Scoring four goals by the 22nd minute, India looked to have effectively sealed the game in their favour against a side that simply could not pick itself up from the bullets fired at it. It was only when the Indians, who had won the league encounter 4-3, relaxed a bit that England got the chance to make a few moves. The manner in which the Indians began the game, England looked destined for a rout. Under pressure from the ceaseless onslaughts, England defenders blundered repeatedly, giving deflections inside the circle and were severely punished for the lapses. Gurbaaz Singh twice breached the English defence with hard hits and Khandekar was on hand to put home the deflections off defenders’ sticks to give India a 2-0 lead by the sixth minute. Pressing on, India scored yet again. This time Sandeep Singh snatched the ball from a slow moving defender to score in the 14th minute. With England reeling from these body blows, Minz joined the party and slammed the fourth in the 22nd minute from a goalmouth scramble. The change of ends saw England playing with more purpose and determination. Attacking in waves, they applied pressure on the Indian defence, which just about managed to counter the English surge. India eased off the throttle and England got a lucky break as Moore scored off a Jonty Clarke pass as the Indian defenders were rather slow to react to the threat. England forced their second penalty corner in the 55th minute. Richard Mantell took a hard crack at the goal, but goalkeeper Baljeet Singh blocked. Tindall picked up the rebound and found the boards. The Indians were definitely hurt by the English comeback and sure enough, conceded yet another goal with seven minutes left. Mantell flicked to net for an indirect penalty corner conversion that was marked by four touches by the English players. In the closing moments, India were put under tremendous pressure, but they rode their luck to full-time hooter that came as a huge relief for them.
Japan rally to beat Belgium
Japan turned back a 2-0 deficit and scrambled to a 4-3 win against Belgium in a play-off for the fifth position. Japan’s match-winner came two minutes before close as Yoshihiro Anai found the boards from a long,
defence-splitting diagonal pass from midfield. Earlier, Belgium were up 2-0 with two penalty corner conversions by Jerome Dekeyser (17th, 21st), but close to half-time, Japan hit back strongly as Katsuyoshi Nagasawa (25th) and Takahiko Yamabori (27th) scored. On crossing over, Kazuo Yoshida converted a 57th minute penalty stroke to give Japan a 3-2 lead that was quickly neutralized in the 62nd Amaury de Cock scored from open play.
— PTI
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They pull strings at Wimbledon
London, July 1 If a player snaps a racket string in the middle of a match, the Wimbledon stringing team, headed by Frances Davies, can have it repaired and back on court in around 20 minutes. “It becomes mission critical as soon as the ball boy’s in here then the racket goes straight on the machine,” Davies told Reuters. “We aim for an absolutely maximum 22 minutes from court back to player,” she said. “Normally, if you took your racket to a shop it would take half an hour to 40 minutes, but our guys do three an hour - 20 minutes each - without compromising quality.” Over the course of the two-week Grand Slam event, the team will string 2,200 rackets, and get through 21.73 km of string. Competition for places is tough and prospective applicants, all of whom have passed their Master Racket Technician exam, have to be at the top of their game. “It’s seen as the place to string,” said Davies, who has run the team at Wimbledon for 11 years. “I have to turn a lot of people down. But I will slot who I can in for a day because it is a wonderful experience for them. “We are perceived as having the best service of the Grand Slam events and we aim to keep it that way because we’re very proud of that.” Davies will use 22 stringers over three weeks, which includes the qualifying tournament and has nine on site at any time. The hours are long, starting as early as 6 am and finishing well after play has ended for the day. “We can’t go home until 30 minutes after the last match which gives the players the opportunity to put their rackets in for restringing the following day,” said Davies, who works for a string manufacturer the rest of the year. Runners are used to deliver the rackets back to players, wherever they may be. “I don’t think there’s a place I haven’t been,” said head racket runner Matthew Smith, who as a student of fine art at Loughborough University also does the stencilling. “I’ve gone to the press office, restaurants, if the player wants it the player gets it.” The 19-year-old, nicknamed “Peter Stringfellow” by the Wimbledon security guards, uses the warren of tunnels under the courts to get to his destination as quickly as possible. “Sometimes you have to walk on court after they’ve lost a third set tiebreak but they always say ‘thank you’,” added Smith. “You forget they’re human sometimes and can be quite chatty.” — Reuters
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FedEx gets walkover into last 8
London, July 1 Haas the 13th seed, suffered a torn abdominal muscle in his four-set victory over Russian Dmitry Tursnov in the third round at the All England Club. World No. 1 Federer will play the winner of the match between Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero and Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the last eight as he bids for a fifth straight Wimbledon title, equalling the modern-day record of Bjorn Borg. “I felt it in my previous match. I’m just going to go home now and get this thing under control. I will follow the rest of the tournament on TV,” Hass said. “I wish I could have been on Centre Court but it’s not to be. The was I was playing I think I’m one of the guys who could have been dangerous for Roger. It wuld have been a nice opportunity.” This was Haas first tournament since retiring in the opening round of the Masters Series event in Rome in May with a shoulder injury. Becker slams British wildcards
Triple Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has hit out at the wildcard system used to give British players a chance of Grand Slam action. Every year a handful of British men and women are given a free-ride straight into the first round draw at the All-England Club, despite their world rankings being far too low to merit a place in the field. And German Becker, who now works as a television commentator, says that it is pointless giving players in their 20s wildcards because if they need one by that age, they will never make it as a top level player. “What strikes me is there are no good British teenagers appearing,” he told BBC radio. Six-time Grand Slam champion Becker in 1985 became the youngest-ever winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17.
— AFP
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Rugby: India whip Philippines
Mumbai, July 1 India thus made it back into Group 4 from which they were relegated last year after losing to Thailand and Malaysia. India made a splendid second half rally after trailing the hosts 0-3 at the end of the first half of the Rugby International held at the Nomads Sports Club ground, according to information received here. Emil Vartazarian, hero of India’s 47-0 rout of Guam in the lung opener in Mumbai earlier this month, converted a penalty in the second session to restore parity after the visitors were down by a fourth minute penalty scored by Philippines Ron Pena. India scored the first try of the match in the 23rd minute through Mukarram Faizullabhoy before Vartazarian clinched the match with a drop goal in the 29th. — PTI
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French toast for Kimi
Magny-Cours, July 1 McLaren’s 22-year-old British rookie Lewis Hamilton was third but extended his championship lead over team-mate and double world champion Fernando Alonso to 14 points with his eighth podium finish in as many races. Spaniard Alonso battled to the seventh place after starting 10th due to a gearbox failure in qualifying. The victory, from third on the starting grid, was Raikkonen’s second of the season and 11th of his career. Ferrari’s last one-two was in Germany last July. The Finn had not been on the podium in his last four races and was a hefty 26 points adrift of Hamilton going into what could be the last French Grand Prix at the Magny-Cours circuit. He took the chequered flag 2.414 seconds ahead of Massa, who had started on pole position. Hamilton now has 64 points, to Alonso’s 50. Massa, who conceded the lead after his second pitstop on lap 43, is on 47 with Raikkonen fighting back into contention on 42. Championship leaders McLaren had won the last three races, with Alonso triumphant in Monaco and Hamilton in Canada and the USA. “Finally, the start worked for me,” said a relieved Raikkonen, who started with three laps more fuel than Massa and won the race in the pitstops after seizing the second place from Hamilton into the first corner. “I think we are back where we expected to be,” he added. “I lost the race today because of the traffic,” said Massa. “I was so disappointed with the traffic in the second stint.” “I didn’t get the best start, all I saw was Kimi come flying past,” said Hamilton, who was seeking his third win in a row. “But I’ve got good points for the championship, which is the key and I still think we can take it to them at the next race,” added the Briton, who made three stops to the Ferrari drivers’ two. “You can’t win every race, the important thing is to be consistent,” Hamilton added. Poland’s Robert Kubica, returning after a big crash in Canada last month forced him to miss the USA Grand Prix, finished fourth for BMW Sauber. German team-mate Nick Heidfeld was fifth, ahead of Italian Giancarlo Fisichella for champions Renault in sixth. Briton Jenson Button scored Honda’s first point of the season with the eighth place, a relief for the 27-year-old who can look forward with greater optimism to his home race at Silverstone next weekend. — Reuters
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Draw dashes Anand’s hopes of outright win
Dortmund, July 1 The draw ended Anand’s chances of winning the tournament outright. The best he can hope for now is a share of the first place, that too, if world champion Vladimir Kramnik loses his last round game against
Alekseev. Kramnik surged ahead to a full-point lead by beating Germany’s Arkadij
Naiditsch. Kramnik has 4.5 points from six games, one more than Anand, Alekseev and
Leko. Irrespective of the last-round results, Kramnik is assured of at least shared first place.
— PTI
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Indian spikers lose to Pak
Karachi, July 1 The hosts, thus, took a 2-1 lead in the series after winning the one-hour, 55- minute contest yesterday. India got off to an ideal start putting the hosts under pressure in the opening set, which they won 25-22. Captain PS Srikanth and Mandeep Singh launched the attack to leave the error-strewn Pakistani defence in a shambles. India also dominated most of the second set, leading 24-21 at one stage, but could not extend their lead to 2-0. The hosts continued their good work and put India under pressure. They clinched the third set 25-22 and sealed the matter
by winning the fourth 25-20. — PTI
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Punjab b’ball league from July 5
Ludhiana, July 1 R.S. Gill, DGP and president, Punjab Basketball Association (PBA), said in a press release here that major teams like Punjab Police, Jalandhar; BSF, Jalandhar; PSEB, Patiala; RCF, Kapurthala; Rest of Punjab and Junior Punjab would compete in the men’s section. In the women’s section, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Rest of Punjab would vie for top honours. Several international players would be seen in action during the league. Gill said entries should be confirmed with Teja Singh, general secretary, PBA.
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Prabodh, Surinder bag awards
New Delhi, July 1 Prabodh was selected for his excellent run in domestic and international matches, according to a press release today. Returning to competitive hockey last year after recurring injuries, Prabodh excelled at the domestic level to be part of two title-winning PHL teams, Bangalore Lions (2006) and Orissa Steelers (2007). Later, he was made captain of the team. Surinder got the award for her sterling performance in the World Cup in Madrid last year. The Haryana forward, who played just four matches in the mega event before an injury forced her out of the tournament, was the only bright spot in India’s poor 11th-place finish. Star players Asunta Lakra and Bharat Chikara, who shone at various domestic tournaments, were chosen for Hockey Year Book Rising Star awards. Sirsa-based Namdhari team, which annexed some major domestic titles, was chosen as the best team.
— PTI
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Cricket Tribune News Service Patiala, July 1 The decision to bat first on a grassy wicket didn’t turn out to be a fruitful one for Amritsar XI as Patiala took full advantage of the morning due and restricted Amritsar for 89 in a 45-over match. Chasing a modest total, Black Elephant boys were never in trouble as they cruised to 92 for 2 in just 23.1 overs. The best batsman award was won by Prabjot Singh, while Sukminder Manga was adjudged best bowler. The man of the match award went to Kanwarpal Singh, while best wicketkeeper title went to Abhinav Mehta. Also, the man of the tournament award was grabbed by Kanwarpal Singh. Jatin Rana of Amritsar was declared best fielder of the tournament. Brief score: Amritsar XI: 89 all out in 36.4 overs (Gagandeep Singh 18, Karan Sharma 11, Sanjeev Kumar 12 not out; Kanwarpal Singh 4 for 13, Sukminder Manga 3 for 12, Hemant Kumar 2 for 17, Ajay 1 for 13. Black Elephant (MES) Cricket Club: 92 for 2 in 23.1 overs (Prabjot Singh 46 not out, Anmol Preet 17; Jatin Rana 1 for 13, Amarjeet Singh 1 for 17.
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