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Won't let Murali surpass Warne: Ponting
Muttiah Muralitharan practices at the Adelaide Oval
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Dhoni: We should play aggressive cricket
Dhoni gifted luxury car
Inzamam to play in inaugural ICL championship
BCCI admits excessive cricket causing burn-out
Woolmer ingested poison: pathologist
Lee defends Indian crowd’s behaviour
Dhindsa announces new sports policy
World Boxing Championship
Man U-backed programme kicks off
Sudha sets steeplechase national record
Western Railway eves volleyball champs
Punjab State Rural Games
Muktsar team pose with their trophies at the Punjab State Rural Games in Bathinda on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh
J-K Ranji selections raise eyebrows
WWF contests postponed; upset wrestler gets violent
NCR Cup Golf
U-19 soccer trials today
Sipeya loses to Cerovic in quarters
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Won't let Murali surpass Warne: Ponting
Melbourne, October 25 The task of taking nine wickets to surpass the record of Warne's 708 wickets does not seem too hard for the wily bowler in next month's two-Test series but Ponting says he is determined not to let it happen in Australia. "He needs nine wickets to pass Warney's world record and I want to make it pretty clear that it would be nice if he left Australia not getting those nine wickets," Ponting was quoted as saying by 'The Australian'. "If that's the case, then we've done a pretty good job. He's also made it pretty clear over the years that he feels Australian batsmen play him better than any other team in the world. In saying that, and in our conditions, hopefully we can keep him under wraps," he added. Ponting also played down apprehensions that there would be crowd trouble when Muralitharan plays his first Test on Australian soil after 12 years. The Aussie skipper said he was confident that spectators would behave themselves even if Muralitharan overtakes local hero Warne. Win target, not world record: Lanka Sydney: Sri Lanka vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara believes off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will be fired up to pass Shane Warne's Test wicket-taking world record in Australia but said a successful tour is the top priority. "It means a lot to everyone in Sri Lanka that Murali is going to Australia and trying to break the record there," Sangakkara wrote in his column on a cricket website. "He's going to be as excited as a schoolboy. But Murali also realises that his getting those nine wickets is only part of this tour. The bigger picture is to beat Australia. Everything else is related to that." Lankan officials to meet CA Melbourne: Fearing a hostile reception for off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan at the Australian grounds, Sri Lankan team officials will tomorrow meet Cricket Australia (CA) to take stock of the arrangements being made for crowd management. Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss said though the matter would be up for discussion in a meeting tomorrow but Muralitharan remains unaffected by it. "There is a meeting on Friday with Cricket Australia, and I'm sure it will all come up then. The Australian crowds will probably try to put him off his game, but he has heard all that before," Bayliss was quoted as saying by the 'Age'. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team would not resort to any "silly" extremes while dealing with Australia's on-field aggression.
— Agencies
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Challenger Series
Ahmedabad, October 25 India Red lost wickets at crucial junctures. Joginder Sharma took three wickets while leg spinner Amit Mishra took two wickets for India Blue. Man of the match Suresh Raina helped his side overcome a poor start, when they were reduced to 41 for 4 in swinging conditions. Powered by a brilliant knock of 92 by middle-order batsman Raina, India Blue set up a respectable total of 246 runs in 50 overs. Raina’s enterprising knock of 92 runs, which was studded with seven boundaries and two towering sixes, helped India Blue score 246 runs in 49.3 overs. Raina was well supported by lower middle-order batsmen Niraj Patel, Joginder Sharma, Amit Mishra (who remained not out), and Romesh Powar, who contributed 35, 27, 29 and 21 runs, respectively. Earlier, India Blue captain Virendra Sehwag won the toss and elected to bat. But, the openers and higher middle-order batsmen failed the team and India Blue were 41 for the loss of four wickets at one stage. India Blue received the first jolt on the very first ball when opener A. M. Rahane was clean bowled by Praveen Kumar for nought. Even Sehwag, who is aspiring to return to the national side, returned back on an individual contribution of just nine runs and the team’s total on 23. For India Red, Praveen was the most successful bowler, taking four wickets for just 42 runs in his 10 overs. S. K. Trivedi claimed three wickets for 52 runs in his 10 overs. — UNI Scoreboard India Blue: AM Rahane b Kumar 0 Sehwag c Badrinath b Kumar 9 Asnodkar c I Sharma b Trivedi 19 Karthik lbw b Kumar 0 S Raina c Kohli b Trivedi 92 NK Patel c Kaif b Ojha 35 Joginder c Kumar b Trivedi 27 A Mishra not out 29 Powar lbw b Kumar 21 V Mahesh lbw b Mundhe 1 RR Bose b Sharma 3 Extras (lb 1, w 7, nb 2) 10 Total
(all out, 49.3 overs) 246 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-23, 3-23, 4-41, 5-128, 6-177, 7-202, 8-236, 9-237, 10-246 Bowling: P Kumar 10-0-42-4, I Sharma 9.3-1-43- 1, SK Trivedi 10-3-52-3, SS Mundhe 8-2-43-1, PP Ojha 10-0-50-1, Badrinath India Red: RS Ricky c Sehwag b Bose 10 Gambhir run out 0 Kaif c Asnodkar b Joginder 42 V Kohli b Mishra 30 Badrinath b Mishra 41 M Rawat b Joginder 47 P Kumar c Raina b Sehwag 37 SS Mundhe not out 12 SK Trivedi b Joginder 1 PP Ojha not out 2 Extras (lb-1, w-9, nb-2) 12 Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 234 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-35, 3-70, 4-105, 5-153, 6-215, 7-221, 8-223. Bowling: RR Bose 8.1-1-34-1, Joginder 10-1-30-3, Mahesh 8.5-0-58-0, A Mishra 10-0-40-2, RR Powar 7-0-33-0, NK Patel 1-0-6-0, Sehwag 5-0-32-1.
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Dhoni: We should play aggressive cricket
Ranchi, October 25 Dhoni said, “Individual performance does not matter and the entire credit goes to Team India for the victory in the World Cup.” To a query about pacer Sreesanth's aggressive behaviour on the field, Dhoni, without naming anybody, said it was quite natural that people would comment on it but the team would not give in to such “tactical pressure” and not give up its instinctive playing. Speaking about the role of senior players in the team, Dhoni said every player was well aware of his responsibilities and presence of senior players “lessens the pressure”.
— UNI
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Dhoni gifted luxury car
Ranchi, October 25 The Chief Minister at a state felicitation handed over the car keys to Dhoni and also a cheque for Rs 5 lakh. Koda announced that Dhoni would be conferred the Jharkhand Ratna Award, the highest honour of the state, on November 15, the state's foundation day. Dhoni, after receiving the cheque, donated it to the Chief Minister's relief fund. "It's not an individual effort. It is a team effort. That we won the Twenty20 was not a fluke has been proved after we trounced Australia in India," Dhoni said.
— PTI
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Inzamam to play in inaugural ICL championship
New Delhi, October 25 Inzamam, who will lead one of the six sides in the tournament, said he looked forward to play alongside some great cricketers as well as youngsters. “It gives me great pleasure to play in the inaugural edition of the
ICL. I also look forward to playing with promising youngsters from India and elsewhere along with some of the illustrious international players with whom I have shared many exciting moments on the field,” he was quoted as saying in a media release from Lahore. “I look forward to captain one of the ICL teams and hope to use my experience in taking that team to title victory,” Inzamam said. The ICL tournament will be played from November 30 to December 16.
— PTI
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BCCI admits excessive cricket causing burn-out
Kanpur, October 25 BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said although burn-out was an issue with cricketers of all countries, the board did not want the Indian players to be exhausted before important matches and was taking steps for the same. "That is why we have increased our pool of players to 35 from 20 and introduced an additional category 'D' after A, B and C. With the new category, there will be an option for players if they are injured or need to be rested," Shukla said. "We are trying to have options for all kind of players in the new pool," he told mediapersons after inspecting the Green Park stadium which will host the India-Pakistan match on November 11. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had recently told Australian mediapersons that his team might be "tired and exhausted" due to excessive cricket before its tour Down Under later this year.
— PTI
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Woolmer ingested poison: pathologist
Kingston, October 25 Ere Sheshiah, whose original finding in March that Woolmer was strangled launched a far-reaching murder inquiry and sparked feverish speculation that it was related to corruption in international cricket, said he stuck by his findings. "In my opinion, Woolmer died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation associated with cypermethrin poisoning," said Sheshiah, who said the chemical is used widely in many countries where cotton is grown such as Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Woolmer died on March 18 when he was found unconscious in his Jamaican hotel room the day after Pakistan were embarrassed by Ireland in a cricket World Cup upset. Sheshiah said that cypermethrin can cause symptoms including "salivation, vomiting, diarrhoea and muscular incoordination," which may have accounted for the scene of disarray that medical personnel found at Woolmer's room. Sheshiah, whose procedures in the post-mortem have been criticised by three other pathologists asked to review the case, said the police pressed him to offer the conclusion in the case before he received the results of the toxicology report. The three other pathologists, South African Lorna Martin, Britain's Nathaniel Cay and Canadian Michale Pollanen, have all testified that Woolmer appeared to have died of natural causes, probably related to heart disease. Sheshiah, 65, was expected to testify further today in the inquest presided over by coroner Patrick Murphy and 11 jurors.
— AFP
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Lee defends Indian crowd’s behaviour
Melbourne, October 25 “Personally, I actually like the controlled aggression. We know that through world cricket, we have a line in the sand that we can’t overstep. If you overstep that line, well then you get penalised for it. It’s all about passion. It’s all about playing for your country,” Lee said. Indians might have locked horns with all rounder Andrew Symonds in the series of confrontations, but Lee said the on-field verbal duels were in right spirit. “The way that India have come back and fought really hard and gave a bit of a mental barrage, and also a bit of a verbal barrage, they have been saying it in a right way. It hasn’t been a problem,” he was quoted as saying by The Age. Australia won the series 4-2, but the tournament was marred by racial abuse and monkey taunts hurled at Symonds by the Indian crowd. But Lee said Indian crowd simply loved their cricket and a few isolated incidents had generated misleading headlines. “Without being too controversial, you have got to realise that there are two or three persons in the crowd out of 90 to 100,000 people. I mean if you do the odds, the crowd was so well-behaved. It’s the same here in Australia. The crowds here are brilliant and I am sure they are looking forward to some great cricket,” he said. Former Test player Darren Lehmann also backed Australian crowd. “I think our crowd will be really well-behaved. They will applaud good cricket and back their team as they always do. Our crowd have been pretty vocal but that’s no different to anywhere else you go around the world.”
— PTI
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Dhindsa announces new sports policy
Bathinda, October 25 Dhindsa said at present, the international veteran sportspersons were getting a pension of Rs 1,000 per month, while national ones were getting Rs 600 per month. “In total there are 126 such sportspersons in Punjab. We are working on our state’s sports policy to match with the national one. Under the National Sports Policy, Rs 3,000 per month is given to international veteran sportsperson and Rs 2,000 to national sportsperson. Even jobs will be given to them.” He also announced that an Olympic gold medallist would pocket Rs 1 crore, Rs 50 lakh will be given to the silver medallist, while the bronze medallist will get Rs 25 lakh. “A cash award will be given to those sportspersons from the state who excel in recognised national and international sports competitions, under the new sports policy being formulated by the state government,” Dhindsa added.
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World Boxing Championship
Chicago, October 25 Vijender did not have to exert much to send Romanian Ronald Gavril packing 25-14 in the 75kg, while Lakra won a tough fight against Ju Min-jae of Korea 19-14 in the 57kg at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion yesterday. Vijender, the best bet for booking a berth in Beijing next year, opened brilliantly with a flurry of points in the first and second rounds and did not exert in the next two to preserve himself for next bouts of the championship, which also serves as the first qualification tournament for the Beijing Olympics. Vijender, who won bronze in Doha Asian Games, took 7-1 lead over his opponent after the first round and was up 15-4 after the second round. He did not allow his opponent to do much in the final round to win the bout 25-14. He will face Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela in the next round on Saturday. Lakra, however, did not have the luxury to take it easy against the Korean opponent all through the fight. He was up 3-1 after the first round, 7-6 and 13-11 after the second and third round. But, the Indian reserved his best for the final round and won three more points than his rival to walk away 19-14 winner. Vijender will face Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela and Lakra will face Karimov Bahodir of Tajikistan in the next round on Saturday.
— UNI
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Man U-backed programme kicks off
New Delhi, October 25 This programme, backed by Airtel, has been designed using the expertise of Manchester United Soccer Schools' (MUSS) world famous coaching programmes. "It's clear to see that with such a huge population in India, the potential for football to grow is enormous, and we are delighted to be involved in the further development of the game here,” Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United football club said. “Hopefully, we can play a part in the vision of accelerating this development of young players in India, and helping youngsters to achieve their own potential through playing sport," he added. AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco said the scheme would speed up the growth of Indian football at the international level. "We have a bold vision for the future of football in India and this exciting scheme will only help to accelerate our progress at the world stage. We are also delighted to welcome MUSS to India," Colaco said. For this purpose, a coordination committee has been formed which will be headed by the director of sports, Goa, Susana D'Sousa and will have executive director, SAI, Goa, V.M. Prabhu Desai and Goa Football Association secretary Savio Messias as members. As part of a combined initiative, Kick Off will provide opportunity for young players to undertake a series of skill tests from October 27 to November 2. A coaching team from MUSS will supervise the programme, assisted by Brian McClair, head of Manchester United's Youth Academy.
— PTI
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Sudha sets steeplechase national record
Jamshedpur, October 25 Sudha took 10:18:76 seconds to break the national record which was held by S. Shanthi (10:44:65) in 2005 while Karnataka's B.L. Bharthi was the holder of national meet record (11:07:13) in 2004. Kiran Tiwari and Kamlesh Bhagal also from Railways bagged silver and bronze clocking 10:50:12 and 11:03:90 seconds respectively. In the men's 3000m steeplechase, Omprakash of Services clocked 8:48:06 seconds to clinch gold while Railways Arun D'Souza took 8:49:06 seconds to wrest silver and Elam Singh of Services (8:52:15) got bronze. Haryana had something to cheer about as Jora Singh annexed gold in the men's decathlon final collecting 6,960 points. Ramniwas of Railways with 6,906 points bagged silver and Dayaram of Services had 6,770 points to get bronze. Railways athletes also proved their supremacy in men's long jump event as Shiv Shanker Yadav covered a distance of 7.73m to clinch gold. Punjab's Shamsher Pratap Singh jumped 7.42m to bag silver while Rajiv Kumar of All-India Petroleum Sports Control Board (AIPSB) got bronze (7.35m). — UNI
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Western Railway eves volleyball champs
Kapurthala, October 25 In what may be termed as a one-sided game, the Western Railway beat Central Railway by 3-0(25-19, 25-20, 25-21). Played on round robin league basis, last year runner up Southern Railway Chennai had to satisfy with third place as it defeated the Eastern Railway Kolkata by 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 27-29, 25-14, 15-12). Earlier, the Central Railway beat Eastern Railway, while Western Railway defeated Southern Railway in the first and second semifinal matches, respectively.
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Punjab State Rural Games
Bathinda, October 25 Tarn Taran won hockey final by defeating Muktsar in the hockey final by 3-0. Harpreet Kaur of Tarn Taran sounded the board in the 23rd minute, while in the 33rd minute, Jaspal Kaur of the same team increased the lead to 2-0. Once again, Harpreet Kaur scored in 45th minute taking the lead to 3-0. Tarn Taran was awarded a total of 9 penalty corners, while Muktsar got 2. Hosts Bathinda defeated Gurdaspur to clinch the third spot. In volleyball, Ludhiana defeated Ropar by 3-2 (22-25; 25-22; 16-25; 25-18; 25-13) to clinch the title. Muktsar beat Bathinda for the third place. Kabaddi finals were won by Hoshiarpur, who defeated Jalandhar with a score of 55-44. Sangrur defeated Mohali by 36-33 to secure the third position. Sangrur eves won kho-kho final by defeating Mohali with a score of 9-1. Moga beat Hoshiarpur by 8-4 to win bronze medal.
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J-K Ranji selections raise eyebrows
Srinagar, October 25 While Services discard Sarabjit is not eligible for selection as per the JKCA rules, Dev, who has represented Jammu and Kashmir at various levels, also cannot appear for the state this season as he has not played club cricket last year, sources in the JKCA said here today. Several JKCA working committee members are unhappy with the way the one-man selection committee picked players by "flouting rules." The JKCA management had earlier requested the BCCI to appoint a selector and the Board deputed Sanjay Sharma for this purpose. "How can anyone, irrespective of his cricketing credentials, select a state team by seeing performance of the players in the nets just for two hours? That is exactly how the team was selected this year," the sources alleged. "According to the constitution of the JKCA, the working committee should elect a four-member selection committee every year to pick the state teams," the sources said, adding the procedure was not followed this year. They also alleged that some prominent batsmen, who had scored significantly in club matches last season, were not included in the state team. Sources said Kanwaljeet Singh, who had a reasonably successful stint at the English county this season, has been excluded from the 18-member squad. Another batsman, who scored five centuries last season, from a valley-based cricket club, was not considered for selection, they said. "How can you ignore such talented players and draft in those who are not even eligible to play for the state?," they added. They are also unhappy that of the 18 players selected to play for the state, only six hail from the Kashmir valley. Top JKCA officials were not available for comments. — PTI
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WWF contests postponed; upset wrestler gets violent
Ludhiana, October 25 The much publicised wrestling events, organised by Universal Wrestling Stars, for which 15 wrestlers including four women were in the city today, were postponed indefinitely. Organisers, who were unwilling to furnish details, forwarded a small note stating that the wrestling events that were to be held on October 26, 27 and 28 at Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala were postponed due to technical problems. Mediapersons, who waited for almost an hour for the wrestlers to arrive, were shocked in disbelief when Nikita, a Russian wrestler, soon after coming to the venue started abusing Indians, took off his coat and shirt and threw a table on the mediapersons. "You ugly Indians! You cheaters. I want to kill somebody," the wrestler roared. Despite pleadings by others, he went on and challenged those present to fight with him. It was only after the police force in heavy numbers arrived on the venue that the conference resumed. After he was pacified by other wrestlers, Nikita was sent to his room. Apologising on behalf of the wrestler, Tiger Jit Singh, the Indian wrestler, said, "They had been preparing for over three months for this event for over six hours daily. Just five minutes ago, they learnt about the cancellation which has upset them and me too. I apologise on their behalf."
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NCR Cup Golf
New Delhi, October 25 But he will have to battle it out with two other Delhi boys, Kapil Kumar and Aditya Singh, tomorrow to see who emerges the best. Kapil Kumar (15) returned a two-under par 70, which included five birdies and three bogeys, while overnight leader Aditya faltered on the back nine to turn in a four-over par 76. Chakkarangappa (14) of Bangalore had a round of three-under par 69 for a seven-over par total to place himself at the seventh place. Rudresh Sharma, Moin Malak and Rajiv Kumar were the other players who had kept alive their hopes at the end of the play on day three. The top two players will get an all-paid trip to the European Amateur Championship.
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U-19 soccer trials today
Ludhiana, October 25 Boys born on or after January 1, 1990, are eligible for the trials. They are required to bring with them their birth certificates in original.
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Sipeya loses to Cerovic in quarters
Gulbarga, October 25 Sunil stretched the ITF 466th ranked Croatian to the limit, who bounced back in style after losing the opening set. The eighth seed lost control in the second set and looked exhausted to carry forward the challenge in the decider. The power packed service from the Croatian proved tough to crack for the Indian star ranked 605. In the other quarterfinals, sixth seed Alexey Kedryuk of Kazakhstan surprised second seed Rainer Eitzinger of Austria 6-3, 6-4. However, the other last eight matches went as per form as top seed Poval Cervenak of Slovakia steamrolled unseeded Philipp Oswald of Austria 6-3, 6-2, while fourth seed Dekel Valtzer of Israel rallied to beat seventh seed Marek Semjan of Slovakia 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(7). In the doubles semifinals, Vijay Kannan (Ind)/Alexey Kedryuk (Kaz) defeated Ivan Anikov (Ukr)/S Mishra (Ind) 7-6, 6-3, while Tushar Liberhan/Rupesh Roy (Ind) beat Ivan Cerovic (Cro)/Dekel Valtzer(Isr) 6-4, 6-4.
— UNI
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