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Khanolkar was outstanding: Lara
Vandort leads Lanka recovery
Test headed for a draw
Case against Pawar dismissed
Narang shoots two silver medals
Sporting hold Salgaocar
Bhullar ranked 77th
Youngmen pip Mughals
Ravi Inder’s ton puts Punjab in control
J&K bundled out for 147
Eves claim powerlifting title
HP concede 11-run lead
Haryana strike
vital blows
Ramesh
lifts C’wealth title
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Misbah, Akmal keep India at bay
Bangalore, December 10 Resuming at the overnight score of 86 for one, most of the top order Pakistani batsmen came up with useful contributions to fight their way back into the game on a benign M. Chinnaswamy stadium track which gave little assistance to the bowlers. The in-form Misbah-ul Haq (54) and wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal (32) were at the crease at stumps on the third day with the tourists reaching 369 for five and looking quite confident to avert the threat of the follow-on with five wickets still intact. Apart from Misbah, Salman Butt (68) and Younis Khan (80) were the main scorers for Pakistan who desperately need to win the match to level the three-match series 1-1. The Indians, who amassed a mammoth first innings total of 626, will not be under any pressure to push for a victory as even a draw will give them their first Test series win on home soil against Pakistan in 28 years. With the pitch showing no signs of deteriorating, the Indians found the going tough with none of the bowlers being able to make much of an impact. The large number of 70 extras, including 31 byes, only compounded the misery for the home team who now need a miracle to stop the match from heading towards a tame draw. Incidentally, Misbah and Akmal were the two batsmen who had helped Pakistan stage an unlikely comeback on day three at Eden Gardens and the needle today pointed towards every indication of a repeat act as both of them helped settle the nerves of the tourists. The first session produced 94 runs for Pakistan in which they lost Butt, while the post-lunch session yielded 85 for the loss of Younis and Mohammad Yousuf (24). The final session proved even more productive with 104 runs coming for the loss of Faisal Iqbal (22). Faisal was taken by surprise by the extra bounce in a good length delivery by young Ishant Sharma and offered a simple catch to Gautam Gambhir at forward short leg. Dinesh Kaarthick, however, cut a sorry figure behind the stumps, conceding 31 byes. In all, India conceded a whopping 70 extras, highest by them in a Test innings beating the previous figure of 60 against England in 1969. Resuming their innings at 86 for one, the visitors lost their first wicket of the day when Butt perished caught behind off Sourav Ganguly after a well-made knock. Younis, in company of Yousuf, completed his 20th Test fifty in 114 balls with seven fours but India struck double blows in the post-lunch session to peg them back. Younis thrice reverse swept Harbhajan Singh to the boundary but it brought his peril as well with the offie having the last laugh. Younis' 156-ball 80 included 12 hits to the fence. Soon after that successful over from Harbhajan, Anil Kumble and Yousuf were seen exchanging a few words. Yousuf was fuming as Kumble tried to pacify him and the batsman even had a word with umpires Simon Taufel and Rudi Koertzen before situation calmed down. Surely it was a lapse in concentration for the Pakistani batsman who lasted another six balls before chasing a wide delivery outside the off-stump and offering a straight forward catch to Yuvraj Singh at point. Misbah and Faisal slowly steadied the ship but Ishant cut short the latter's stay to halt Pakistan's progress.
— PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings) 626 Pakistan (1st innings) Butt c Karthik b Ganguly 68 Hameed lbw Kumble 19 Younis b Harbhajan 80 Yousuf c Yuvraj b Pathan 24 Misbah not out 54 Iqbal c Gambhir b Ishant 22 Akmal not out 32 Extras (b-31, lb-25, nb-14) 70 Total (5 wkts, 117 overs) 369 Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-149, 3-221, 4-227, 5-288 Bowling: Pathan 28-11-61-1, Ishant 23-7-88-1, Kumble 28-8-71-1, Ganguly 10-2-20-1, Harbhajan 23-6-66-1, Yuvraj 5-2-7-0.
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Lara-led Champs taste victory at last
Seeing a legend at work, even the weathergods chose to allow the match an uninterrupted run as Mumbai Champs finally tasted victory, defeating Kolkata Tigers by seven runs in a nail-biting contest in the ICL Twenty20 tournament at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here this evening.
After three losses on the trot, skipper Lara chose to be a bit different in the match. He chose to introduce fresh faces like N. Mandale, P. Joshi and S. Burkul and backed them. When the team was batting, the former West Indies skipper held himself back, choosing to give strike to others instead. The weathergods threatened to play spoilsport midway through the second innings. But the mild showers, though continued for the rest of the match, intensified a bit only after the contest was over and Lara had pocketed the winning cheque of Rs 3.85 lakh besides the other awards. Man of the Match Shreyas Khanolkar was in terrific nick. Coming in to bat after the fall of opener Vikram Solanki, the left-handed batsman played a marvellous innings. Striking the ball well, he played some glorious strokes. Largely untroubled during the entire innings and playing a wide array of strokes, he notched up a whirlwind 39-ball 64 studded with three sixes and seven imperious fours. It was his stand with opener S. Paul that laid a solid foundation for a big score. Paul also played his part admirably and contributed 41-ball 50. Left-handed Kiran Powar did not let the momentum fall and played a 27-run cameo as Mumbai Champs posted 187.
For Kolkata Tigers, Lance Klusener was the most successful bowler claiming two wickets. Chasing this total, most of Kolkata Tigers batsmen got off to starts, but failed to convert them into big innings. Opener Deep Dasgupta and Darren Maddy gave the team a reasonable start, but failed to carry on. Dasgupta, who scored 32, was the highest scorer from the side. Skipper McMillan played a couple of meaty strokes which rocketed to the fence before he fell at 29. Rohan Gavaskar promised much, clobbering huge sixes off Vikram Solanki and Nathan Astle but failed to prolong his stay at the wicket. Khanolkar held on to a fierce off drive played from the meat of the blade by Lance Klusener. Khanolkar showed enough agility and completed a superb catch after the ball richotted off his hands. The asking rate proved too tough for tailenders as Tigers could reach 180 for nine in the stipulated 20 overs, handing Champs their first win.
Scoreboard Mumbai Champs Subhojit Paul c Diwakar b Klusener 50 VS Solanki c Diwakar b Klusener 26 SN Khanolkar run out 64 KR Powar not out 27 JJ van der Wath not out 5 Extras
(lb-1, w-14) 15 Total (3 wkts, 20 overs) 187 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-152, 3-165 Bowling: M Hayward 4-0-33-0, Eklak Ahmid 2-0-14-0, M Diwakar 3-0-31-0, Klusener 4-0-29-2, CD McMillan 2-0-26-0, DL Maddy 1-0-8-0, Chandana 3-0-32-0, RS Gavaskar 1-0-13-0 Kolkata Tigers DL Maddy b Khirid 16 D Dasgupta c Astle b Joshi 31 Jhunjhunwala c Powar b Astle 32 CD McMillan b Astle 29 RS Gavaskar c Powar b Solanki 28 Klusener c Khanolkar b Burkul 7 Rajiv Kumar c Joshi b Astle 8 U Chandana run out 3 M Diwakar run out 2 M Hayward not out 3 Eklak Ahmid not out 2 Extras (b-6, lb-7, w-2, nb-4) 19 Total
(9 wkts, 20 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-74, 3-105, 4-139, 5-156, 6-166, 7-173, 8-174, 9-177 Bowling: RD Khirid 4-0-19-1, SR Burkul 4-0-31-1, P Joshi 4-0-44-1, SN Khanolkar 1-0-14-0, NJ Astle 4-0-26-3, NS Mandale 1-0-12-0, VS Solanki 2-0-21-1 Player of the match: S.N. Khanolkar
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Khanolkar was outstanding: Lara Panchkula, December 10 “Khanolkar was very impressive with the bat. He and Paul batted well, enabling us to put a good total on the board,” the batting legend said of the Man of the Match, who played a key role in Mumbai Champs registering their first victory in the competition, first scoring a scintillating 67, the highest score from the side, and then pulled off a superb catch at long-on to send back Lance
Klusener. “Vikram Solanki effecting a run out came at the right time.” Solanki showed great agility and unleashed a powerful throw from the deep to the wicketkeeper, who whipped off the bails in a jiffy and the third umpire verdict ruled Upul Chadana out. Lara defended the inclusion of some new faces like Suyush Burkul, Nikhil Mandale and P. Joshi in the team, saying that they also needed a break. “I was a bit apprehensive about the new players introduced by the skipper, but I backed him fully,” Mumbai Champs coach Sandip Patil said. “We were desperate for the victory. Though it came late, I am pleased with the efforts by boys put in,” the former swashbuckling middle order batsman observed. “Though Shreyas
(Khanolkar) batted very well, the credit also goes to the other members of the team, who put in fine efforts,” Patil said. “It was like a bullet shot,” said Man of the Match Shreyas Khanolkar of the catch he took at long-on off seamer S. Burkul resulting in the dismissal of Lance Klusener as the fielder fumbled, nearly dropping it before regaining his composure to finally complete it gleefully.
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Colombo, December 10 England were earlier bowled out for 351 after resuming on 258 for five with Matt Prior hitting 79 and Muttiah Muralitharan claiming his 62nd five-wicket haul in Tests. Left-armer Ryan Sidebottom gave Sri Lanka a scare before tea with a penetrative new-ball burst, reducing the hosts to 22 for 2 as both Upul Tharanga (10) and in-form Kumar Sangakkara (1) edged outswingers to wicketkeeper Prior. But Vandort and skipper Mahela Jayawardene, who finished on 43 not out, batted throughout the final session during an unbroken 83-run stand before bad light stopped play. Prior scored 79 from 130 balls with nine boundaries as England added 93 runs to their overnight score before being bowled out in the first hour after lunch. Off-spinner Muralitharan polished off the tail in quick succession to finish with 5-116 from 47.2 overs. England lost the wickets of Paul Collingwood (52) and Stuart Broad (2) as they added 69 runs during the two-hour morning session. Chaminda Vaas broke through in the first hour as he followed a series of leg-cutters with a full-length inswinger that Collingwood left alone and was adjudged lbw. Soon after, Lasith Malinga trapped debutant Broad with another inswinger. After Kevin Pietersen’s disputed catch on day one, there was further controversy regarding the use of technology just before lunch as umpire Daryl Harper referred a slip catch off Sidebottom to third umpire Gamini Silva. The catch was taken cleanly by Mahela Jayawardene diving forward at slip, but Silva ruled not out on the basis that he was not sure that the ball had brushed the glove as Sidebottom took evasive action. Prior and Sidebottom extended their useful eighth-wicket partnership to 74 before Muralitharan had Sidebottom caught at slip for 17. Steve Harmison top-edged a sweep first ball to be caught by Chamara Silva and Prior was last man out as he was caught and bowled by Murali. Malinga finished with 3-78 from 24 overs and Vaas claimed 2-68 from 32 overs. Scoreboard England (1st innings) Cook lbw Malinga 81 Vaughan c Mubarak b Murali 87 Bell c Mubarak b Murali 15 Pietersen c Sangakkara b Vaas 1 Collingwood lbw Vaas 52 Bopara b Malinga 0 Prior c & b Murali 79 Broad lbw Malinga 2 Sidebottom c Jayawardene b Murali 17 Harmison c Silva b Murali 0 Panesar not out 0 Extras
(b-8, lb-2, nb-7) 17 Total (all out, 126.2 overs) 351 Fall of wickets: 1-133, 2-168, 3-171, 4-237, 5-237, 6-269, 7-272, 8-346, 9-350 Bowling: Vaas 32-8-68-2, Malinga 24-3-78-3, Fernando 23-3-79-0, Muralitharan 47.2-9-116-5 Sri Lanka (1st innings) Vandort not out 50 Tharanga c Prior b Sidebottom 10 Sangakkara c Prior b Sidebottom 1 Jayawardene not out 43 Extras (w-1) 1 Total (2 wickets, 38 overs) 105 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-22 Bowling: Sidebottom 11-1-35-2, Broad 11-3-19-0, Harmison 10-2-23-0, Panesar 6-0-28-0.
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Test headed for a draw
The Bangalore Test looks headed for a draw. Given the size of India's first innings total, it will be a creditable result for Pakistan and they have batted well in this match. And with just another 58 runs needed to avoid the follow-on, we can pretty well safely pencil this game down as another no-result.
Though none of the Pakistan batsmen have yet reached a century, as compared to three from the Indian side, it has been a gritty effort. It was important for the team not to lose a wicket early and Salman Butt and Younis Khan buckled down to the job well. They were both unlucky to miss out on individual hundreds, but they achieved the first task, of consolidation extremely well, especially in the morning session. Younis in particular looked in good nick to reach yet another century at this venue — the last time he batted here, the Pakistan captain came away with a mammoth 267 — but a fleeting lapse of judgement cost him his wicket. The reverse sweep is always a tricky shot even for a well-set batsman simply because if the bowler is on target and you miss, he hits. That was to be the only wicket for Harbhajan Singh, while Anil Kumble had no luck at all, through the day. In a sense I can understand the lack of urgency on the part of the Indians. They are ahead in the series and have piled up a huge score here, big enough to ensure that they cannot lose this game, and it is entirely up to Pakistan to make the running. With the wicket not providing any assistance to the bowlers, Pakistan's batsmen played themselves in. Clearly they have assessed the situation well in that the ball occasionally keeps low and are countering that with a big forward stride that makes it extremely difficult for the umpires to call a leg-before decision. All the batsmen were rapped on the pads time and again, but because they are taking that big first stride, it largely negates the lbw danger. What they must remember is to make sure they are attempting to play at the ball. Umpires nowadays are more ready to pull the trigger if a batsman does not look like he is trying to play a stroke, but by and large the umpiring in this Test match has been up to the mark. Misbah-ul Haq and Kamran Akmal now have the job of first trying to knock off the 58 runs to avert the follow-on, and then built up the Pakistan total as close towards the Indian score as is possible. They have another ally in Mohammad Sami, who has not been able to do much with the ball in this series, but certainly has displayed buckets of determination with a bat in hand. Unless something dramatic happens to this wicket overnight, I doubt that the Indian spinners will manage to extract anything from the surface. It is extremely reminiscent of the track at Kolkata, and though Salman Butt managed to spin one ball right across the face of Irfan Pathan's bat yesterday, there has been absolutely no sign of support to the spinners thereafter. It suggests to me that we will see — in all likelihood — a big Pakistan reply to India's total before the match peters out. Every batsman who has not come good in this game — Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid and Laxman for India, and Mohammad Yousuf in particular for Pakistan — will feel that he has missed out on a chance to pile up the numbers and improve their career statistics a little. Unfortunately though, such pitches tend to rob matches of interest because they curtail the chances of a result. And that cannot be a good thing for Test cricket, the hundreds and double-centuries notwithstanding.—Newswatch Asia
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Case against Pawar dismissed
Hyderabad, December 10 The court quashed the FIR registered against Pawar, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president and state minister G. Vinod, its secretary Shivlal Yadav and two others. Justice G.V. Seetapathi held that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations of irregularities in the sale of tickets for the third ODI held at Uppal stadium here. The court order came on the basis of a petition filed by Pawar, Shah and others challenging the lower court order on registering an FIR against them. The third metropolitan magistrate court here had on November 2 directed the city police to register an FIR against the cricket board officials based on a petition filed by former TDP Rajya Sabha member P. Radhakrishna. The petitioner had alleged that only 15,000 out of the total 39,000 tickets were made available to the general public while the remaining were sold to VIPs, corporate organisations and others.
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Narang shoots two silver medals
New Delhi, December 10 Narang fired 595 out of 600 to be tied with Zhando Jia of China in the qualifying round but managed only 100.7 points in the final to be far behind the winner. Jia shot 105.0 to win the competition while Duk Bing of Korea got the bronze medal with a score of 591+103.7. Narang along with Sanjeev Rajput (589) and Surendra Singh Rathore (584) helped the Indian team to win the silver medal with a total of 1768. China claimed the gold medal with an aggregate of (1770) while bronze went to Japan (1766). India has so far won four gold medals, eight silver and 10 bronze in the event, however, none of its shooters could book an Olympic berth in the last chance to qualify for the next year's quadranniel sporting extravaganza to be held in Beijing.
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Margao, December 10 Both goals came in the second half. Milagres Gonsalves scored for Salgaocar in the 49th minute, while Junior Elijah equalised in the 65th minute for Sporting Clube de Goa. With this draw, both teams are now tied with two points each from four outings. It was a tale of missed chances for both teams in the first half, in which Salgaocar had an edge. Sporting initiated the first move as early as in the third minute when Cavin Lobo, after collecting a pass from striker Junior Elijah, unleashed a 20-yarder which was well collected by Salgaocar goalkeeper Margues. Salgaocar came near scoring in the ninth minute but Francis Fernandes delayed a bit in heading the cross pass of Felix. After a barren first half, Salgaocar regrouped themselves well and surged ahead in the 49th minute through Milagres Gonsalves off a cross pass from Felix. It was a freak goal. Stung by the debacle, Sporting accelerated the pace of their game and managed to restore parity in the 65th minute through Junior Elijah off a well-measured pass from Denzil Franco to make it 1-1. Salgaocar Rochus Lamhare was today adjudged the Man of the Match for his fine performance.
— UNI
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Asian Tour Merit List
Chandigarh, December 10 The teenaged Kapurthala boy finished the season with money earnings of $52,413 after playing nine events on the Asian Tour. India’s top amateur golfer in 2004 and 2006, Gaganjeet clinched the silver medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games. He was also the winner of the World Junior Masters Championship in 2005. Two Chandigarh golfers finished among the top 100 Asian golfers. Twentyfive-year-old Gurbaaz Mann was 84th on the Asian Tour merit list winning $41,894 prize money from 14 events. A big hitter of the ball firing tee shots consistently over 300 yards, Gurbaaz had finished 103 in the merit list last year. . Thirtyeight-year-old Amandeep Johl finished with earnings of $31,445 from 21 events to be placed 93rd on the merit list. Last year, the Chandigarh golfer had secured the 30th spot. But his best was in 2003 when he was ranked 14th in Asia. India’s best on the Asian circuit was Delhi’s Gaurav Ghei who was ranked 10th with earnings of $2,61,057 from 20 events. His best was in 1995 when he was ranked fifth. Twentyfive-year-old Shiv Kapur, who was ranked fourth in 2005, finished the 2007 season with earnings of $2,39,085 from 11 events to be ranked 12th. S.S.P. Chowrasia and Rahil Gangjee from Kolkata finished 32nd and 37th in the Asian Tour merit list. Arjun Singh was ranked 86th and Digvijay Singh 99th. Another Chandigarh golfer Harmeet Kahlon was ranked 108th with money earnings of $22,668 from 12 events.
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Youngmen pip Mughals
New Delhi, December 10 Both teams managed several scoring opportunities, but only Youngmen managed to convert one, that too largely due to the efforts of their two foreign recruits, Olywasegun Samson Oyeleke and Uyiosa Kelvin Osadolor. Striker Monu gave the finishing touches to one such move fashioned by the foreigners in the 12th minute to net the match-winner. Earlier, Shahdara rallied to hold Bangadarshan 2-2 in Group A. Bangadarshan took the lead in the second minute through Rahul Thapa while Kamal drew parity for
Shahdara.
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Ravi Inder’s ton puts Punjab in control
Amritsar, December 10 Emulating the maiden century of his companion Karan Goel, Ravi Inder also notched up his first maiden hundred to pile misery on the Baroda team. Resuming at the overnight score at 214 for 1, Baroda’s fast bowler Sunit Singh struck in the fourth over by claiming the wicket of Karan leg before wicket after he added 6 runs to his overnight tally of 121. The second wicket fell at the total of 226. Skipper Pankaj Dharmani joined Ravi Inder and was at the crease for merely half an hour when he was out leg before wicket to Abhimanyu Chauhan for 13 runs and the third wicket fell at 257. Ravi Inder playing with utmost caution and patience kept the scoreboard ticking with some superb shots. He scored his first century in 234 minutes with 15 fours. He along with Uday Kaul added 60 valuable runs and was finally out at 142 when he was caught by wicketkeeper Pinal Shah off the bowling of Sunit. Kaul also perished soon after at his individual score of 29. Sunny Sohal and Ankur Kakkar came together and accelerated the scoring with Sohal scoring 55 runs in just 64 balls hammering two sixes and eight fours. Later Gagandeep and Manpreet Gony added valuable runs to give Punjab a mammoth total of 496 for 8 at stumps. Baroda bowlers Sankalp Vohra and Sunit Singh bowled their hearts out and picked up three and two wickets respectively while Yousuf Pathan scalped 2 Punjab batsmen. Scoreboard Punjab 1st innings:
496 for 8 Ravneet Ricky lbw Vohra 4, Karan Goel lbw Sunit Singh 127, Raviinder Singh c Shah b Sunit 142, Pankaj Dharmani lbw Chauhan 13, Uday Kaul c Gaekwad b Vohra 29, Sunny Sohal c Vohra b Pathan 55, Ankur Kakkar batting 56, Charanjit Singh lbw Pathan 0, Gagandeep Singh c Bilakhiya b Vohra 27, Manpreet Gony batting 27 Extras (b-6, lb-9, w-1) 16 Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-226, 3-257, 4-317, 5-338, 6-391, 7-391, 8-460 Bowling: Sunit Singh 42-10-125-2, S. Vohra 36-6-128-3, A Chauhan 18-5-38-1, Yousuf Pathan 42-8-111-2, Rajesh Powar 30-9-79-0
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Jammu, December 10 Hosts skipper and medium pacer Vijay Sharma took three for 29 to wreck the Goa top order but former Indian player Ajay Ratra and Manoj Joglekar added 63 runs for the unbroken fifth-wicket partnership and helped the visitors reach 104 for four at close of second day when play was suspended due to bad light. Joglekar (24) and Ratra (29) were at the crease at the draw of stumps. Resuming at the overnight score of 133 runs, the hosts were bundled out for 147. For Goa, Saurabh Bandekar took five and Robin D'Souza three wickets respectively. Scoreboard J&K 1st innings: Dev Singh c Shadab Jakati b Saurabh Bandekar 20, Vivek Singh c Ajay Ratra b Robin D'souza 28, Aarshad Bhat lbw Robin D'souza 31, Majid Dar b Saurabh Bandekar 7, Guru Pratap Singh c Ajay Ratra b Saurabh Bandekar 5, Huwaid Hamid b Saurabh Bandekar 7, Vijay Sharma c Arun Kumar b Shadab 3, Samiullah Beigh st Ajay Ratra b Shadab Jakati 4, Manzoor Dar not out 10, Pranav Mahajan b Saurabh Bandekar 14, Raman Dutta c Naik b Robin D'souza 4 Extras: (b-2 lb-10 w-1 nb- 1) 14 Total: (57.5 overs) 147 all out Fall of wickets: 1-43 2-82 3-93 4-97 5-108 6-111 7-115 8-118 9-135 Bowling: Saurabh Bandekar 16-5-49-5; Amit Naik 4-0-17-0; Robin d'souza 17.5-6-32-3; Sahil Dhuri 9-4-13-0; Shadab Jakati 8-2-10-2; Aditya Angla 5-2-14-0. Goa 1st innings: Sagun Kamat c Raman b Vijay Sharma 14, Swadnil Asnodkar c Arshad Bhatt b Vijay Sharma 22, Sahil Dhuri c Majid Dar b Vijay Sharma 0, J Arun Kumar c Majid dar b Samiullah Beigh 1, Manoj Joglekar not out 24, Ajay Ratra not out 29 Extras: (nb-11, b-1, lb-1) 14 Fall of wickets:
1-32 2-37 3-38 4-42 Bowling: Vijay Sharma 11.13-29-3; Samiullah Beigh 16-4-35-1; Pranav Mahajan 11-3-20-0; Majid Dar 3-1-10-0; Raman Dutta 1-0-7-0
— UNI
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Eves claim powerlifting title
New Delhi, December 10 While the women team bagged 11 gold, five silver and three bronze medals, the men's team was equally impressive with 11 gold, six silver and three bronze at the championship which concluded yesterday. Hosts New Zealand emerged winners in the men’s section while their women team finished runners-up. India’s Mala
Sukhwal, gold medallist in the 52kg category among juniors, was conferred the 'strong woman' championship title, while Jennis Joseph, winner in 67.5 kg category, was declared runner up. The Indian team was coached by Bhupendra Dhawan and Mulyan
Mandal. India would host the next Commonwealth Championship in 2009, it was announced by the Commonwealth Federation at the closing ceremony.
—PTI
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HP concede 11-run lead
Chennai, December 10 Resuming at the overnight score of 10 for 1, Himachal Pradesh scored 223 all out in the first innings in reply to Tamil Nadu’s first innings total of 234. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu (1st innings) 234 all out HP (1st innings) 223 all out (Bisla 61, P Dogra 49, V Mahesh 4 for 40) Tamil Nadu (2nd innings) 19 for 1.
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Haryana strike
vital blows
Rohtak: Madhya Pradesh scored 109 for the loss of four wickets in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Plate League Group B match against Haryana today.
Starting from their overnight score of 268 for 7, Haryana ended their first innings at 302. Brief scores: Haryana (1st innings) 302 (A Lavasa 76, SS Vishwanathan 63, S Pandey 3 for 58) Madhya Pradesh (1st innings) 109 for 4 (N Ojha 45, A Mishra 2 for 17)
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Ramesh
lifts C’wealth title
New Delhi, December 10 Ramesh, who was sharing the four-way lead after the penultimate round yesterday, thrashed International Master Vikramaditya Kamble while Ganguly outplayed IM K. Ratnakaran on the other board to be tied at the top with 8.5 points after the 10th and final round. Ramesh was declared champion owing to his better progressive score and got the gold medal and trophy. He had to share the winner’s purse with Ganguly, who had to be content with the silver medal. Both got richer by Rs 1,37,500 each. Abhijeet Gupta, who became the 17th Grandmaster of the country after completing the formality by touching the ELO 2500 yesterday, finished third to claim the bronze medal and prize money of Rs 75,000. Among women, IM Dronavalli Harika won top honours ahead of local star Tania Sachdev and Woman Grandmaster Nisha Mohota. Ramesh dedicated the win to his employers Indian Oil Corporation. "I dedidate this award to my employers IOC as we have a long association now," he said.— PTI
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Bangalore, December 10
A beaming skipper Brian Lara said that team effort made the victory possible. “The batters batted well putting up an impressive total on the board, they fielded well effecting good saves and holding on to smart catches, while bowlers provided us breakthroughs at the right time,” Lara said after the match.
“Khanolkar was very impressive with the bat.
The Bangalore Test looks headed for a draw. Given the size of India's first innings total, it will be a creditable result for Pakistan and they have batted well in this match. And with just another 58 runs needed to avoid the follow-on, we can pretty well safely pencil this game down as another no-result.
Though none of the Pakistan batsmen have yet reached a century, as compared to three from the Indian side, it has been a gritty effort.
Panchkula, December 10
