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India tour not confirmed, says Ponting
B’desh slaps 10-year ban on ‘rebels’
Kaushik named chief coach
Gill holds AGM
Champions League
YPS Mohali, Mayo girls triumph
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Badrinath leads from the front
Hyderabad, September 17 After Badrinath inserted the visitors, Piyush Chawla (3-43) and Praveen Kumar (2-17) shared five wickets between them to shoot out the visitors for 167 in 44.5 overs with Neil Broom (52), Peter Fulton (40) and Grant Eilliot (35) making useful contribution with the bat. Chasing a meagre target, the Indians could not settle into any rhythm as the top order continued its slipshod show before Badrinath and in-form Yusuf Pathan (34 not out) put their foot down and stitched together an unbeaten 43-run stand to see the hosts through with 15.2 overs to spare. Badrinath's 88-ball unbeaten knock included seven hits to the fence apart from two sixes. Yusuf played a violent 20-ball knock of unbeaten 34 with two boundaries and three sixes in it. The Kiwis ran into trouble early in their innings, losing three wickets for eight runs inside seven overs. Fulton and Broom then arrested the slide with defiant knocks to avert any immediate setback. Though they managed to stave off the Indian attack for a while, putting together 89 runs in the process, the run rate remained modest and from 97 for three, they suddenly slumped to 110 for six. Elliot and Nathan McCullum (29) tried their best but Chawla and Praveen mopped the tail to skittle them out inside 45 overs. India A didn't have a flying start either and the hosts were 60 for four inside 13 overs with Swapnil Asnodkar (0), Suresh Raina (4), Robin Uthappa (24) and Rohit Sharma (11) back in the hutch. Dinesh Karthik (22) was content rotating the strike but like Uthappa, he too could not convert the start and perished in the 30th over. Badrinath too looked little shaky in the start - especially after Mark Gillespie once hit him in the helmet - before he shrugged off the cageyness and played out some scintillating shots. Yusuf Pathan on the other hand was his explosive self and his characteristic big hits helped the hosts wrap up the match with more than 15 overs to spare.
— PTI Scoreboard New Zealand A: Watling run out 1 Guptill c Karthik b Kumar 0 Fulton c Raina b Y Pathan 40 Marshall c Asnodkar b I Pathan 1 Broom run out 52 Elliott not out 35 Young b Chawla 0 McCullum run out 29 Patel lbw b Chawla 0 Mason c Karthik b Kumar 0 Gillespie lbw b Chawla 3 Extras (w 6): 6 Total ( all out, in 44.5 overs): 167 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-7, 3-8, 4-97, 5-109, 6-110, 7-158, 8-159, 9-160, 10-167 Bowling: Irfan Pathan 8-1-23-1, Praveen Kumar 8-1-17-2, D Kulkarni 5-0-28-0, Piyush Chawla 9.5-0-43-3, Yusuf Pathan 9-0-38-1, Suresh Raina 5-0-18-0 India A: Uthappa c Fulton b Mason 24 Asnodkar b Gillespie 0 Raina c Guptill b Gillespie 4 Badrinath not out 69 Rohit c Broom b Elliott 11 Dinesh Karthik c Young b Patel 22 Y Pathan not out 34 Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 2): 7 Total (for 5 in 34.2 overs): 171 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-18, 3-34, 4-60, 5-128 Bowling: M Mason 7-1-41-1, M Gillespie 9-2-34-2, G Elliott 4-0-19-1, J Patel 6-0-36-1, N McCullum 6-1-24-0, N Broom 2.2-0-15-0.
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Nissar Trophy
New Delhi, September 17 At stumps, the hosts had taken a strong 384-run lead with Rajat Bhatia batting on 32 and giving him company was Mayank Tehlan on 24 after Kohli fell three runs short of a well-deserved double hundred, while Chopra was dismissed on 185 by Adil Raza. Both overnight batsmen carried on from where they had left last evening and dominated the bowling throughout their stay at the wicket. Chopra and Kohli played cautiously in the morning and did not give their counterparts any chance to stage a comeback into the match. Kohli was cleaned up by Asad Ali when he was on 197, while Chopra's stumps were rattled by Adil Raza but not before the two had put the hosts in the driver’s seat. It was a tough day in office for the Pakistani side who, on day one, had bundled out the hosts for a paltry 134. Kohli's innings was punctuated by 29 effortless hits to the fence and a six, while former India opener Chopra had 21 fours in his 385-ball innings. However, Sehwag was in no mood to declare early with such a formidable lead and only a day left in the match. The Pakistanis had to chase leather the whole day and at times their actions were evident enough to show that they were in total dejection. Just when it looked that Sehwag might declare the innings, the heavens opened and a heavy downpour came to the rescue of the visitors.
— UNI Scoreboard Delhi (1st innings) 134 SNGPL (1st innings) 266 Delhi (2nd innings) Chopra b Adil Raza 182 Sehwag c A Ali b Imran Ali 37 Kohli b A Ali 197 M Manhas b A Ali 10 R Bhatia batting 32 M Tehlan batting 24 Extras (b-11, lb-4, w-6, nb-13) 34 Total (4 wkts, 124 overs) 516 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-431, 3-455, 4-457 Bowling: Asad Ali 36-8-98-2, Imran Ali 30-2-121-1, Adil Raza 23-0-112-1, M Hafeez 5-0-36-0, I Khalid 23-2-100-0, A Shafiq 7-1-34-0.
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India tour not confirmed, says Ponting Melbourne, September 17 "Anything could happen tomorrow, things change very quickly in the world right at the moment," Ponting told reporters in Canberra. "Cricket Australia will continue to be in touch and the government will continue to be in touch and Cricket Australia will keep us players and the players association in the loop on a daily, if not hourly basis," he added. CA had declared yesterday that the tour would go ahead as scheduled despite Saturday's serial blasts in New Delhi. Ponting said no player has so far expressed any apprehension about touring India but the final call on the matter will come down to what the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's assessment of the situation. "As a group, we haven't been together. I'm not sure if Cricket Australia have fielded any calls from individual players or families but that wouldn't be unusual if that was the case," he said. — PTI
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B’desh slaps 10-year ban on ‘rebels’
Dhaka, September 17 ''The decision will be equally effective for contracted players or coaches if they participate in any unofficial tournament having no approval of the International Cricket Council (ICC) or the Bangladesh board,'' the BCB president Major-General Sina Ibn Jamali told mediapersons. Jamali was speaking after a board meeting convened after seven contracted players applied to the board for early retirement. At a function in New Delhi last night, the ICL announced an all-Bangladeshi team which was named 'Dhaka Warriors' and will have Balwinder Singh Sandhu as the coach. It unveiled six new faces which included former captain Habibul Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali, Shahriar Nafees, Farhad Reza, Dhiman Ghosh, while Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Manjural Islam and Mohammad Sharif, reserve wicketkeeper Golam Mabud, and Mahbubul Karim, will also form the team. Bashar has led Bangladesh to their maiden Test win and to 29 one-day international victories becoming the country's most successful captain. With 3026 runs under his belt, Bashar is Bangladesh's leading Test run scorer. Apart from Karim and Mabud, all the players have represented Bangladesh in Tests or one-day internationals. Kapali, Reza and Dhiman were in the Bangladesh squad that played a three-match one-day series against Australia earlier this month. ICL which has not been sanctioned by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has already drawn a lot of attention with some of the top international players taking a plunge into it at the cost of international cricket. Players participating in the league have been banned from playing international cricket by their respective national Boards. "I never thought that the BCB would impose such a harsh punishment which fits only for match fixers or drug abusers," Bashar told Reuters. "We signed contracts with ICL to play cricket, not to indulge in any crime."
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Kaushik named chief coach
New Delhi, September 17 The selection committee of the IOA-run Adhoc IHF also shortlisted 48 players in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth and Asian Games. Kaushik will be assisted by three other coaches - former Olympian Ramandeep Singh, Harinder Singh and Romeo James. AK Bansal will remain the chief coach of the junior national team till the next year's World Cup to be held in Singapore and Malaysia. He will have former junior world cupper Rajesh Chauhan and Mumbai's Clerance Lobo as coaches. Chairman of selection committee Ajitpal Singh told UNI here that the other support staff for the senior and junior teams will be selected with the consultation of the coaches later. However, Kaushik's selection has left the Indian Women Hockey Federation in quandary, because he was their chief coach till now. “I can't say who will be the new coach for the women's team because we were not given any time or choice to think about the other coach” IWHF secretary Amrit Bose told UNI here this evening. “Neither IOA nor the Adhoc IHf informed us about this appointment,” Bose said adding, “It was IWHF who got Kaushik released from the Haryana Sports Department to coach the women's team and now we get this news.” Forty-eight probables were shortlisted by the selection committee comprising Ajit Pal Singh (chairman), Ashok Kumar, Aslam Sher Khan, Zafar Iqbal and Dhanraj Pillay. The probables: Goalkeepers: Adrian D'Souza, Baljeet Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Shreejesh P.R., Bharat Chetri. Full backs: William Xalxo, Sandeep Singh, V Raghunath, Diwakar Ram, Innocent Kullu, Manjeet Kullu, Samir Baxla, Tasavur Jeet Singh. Midfielders: Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Prabodh Tirkey, Sardar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Birinder Lakra, Ravi Pal Singh, Amardeep Ekka, Vikas Pillay, Cheeyanna, Vikas Sharma, Vivek, Irshad Ali, Koushalender, Senthil Forwards: Tushar Khandkar, Shivendra Singh, Rajpal Singh, Arjun Halappa, Prabhjot Singh, Roshan Minz, Birinder Lakra, Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Hari Prasad, S.V. Sunil, Gurvinder Singh Namdhari, Jagwant Singh, Pramod Kumar, Sarvanjit Singh, Mandip Antil, Osafur Rahman, Mazhar Kamal, Mohd Taj, Aldin D'souza, Sunil
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Gill holds AGM
New Delhi, September 17 About 18 to 20 of the 41 affiliated members attended the meeting which was described as "unconstitutional" by the ad-hoc committee which is currently managing Indian hockey. Although the disbanded IHF refused to disclose the exact figure of the participating associations, it confirmed that the four government institutions were absent from the meeting. "Today's AGM was attended by more or less 20 member associations wherein we discussed routine matters and decided to resume our activities," Gill told reporters after the meeting. "We also discussed matters relating to elections and we will be waiting for a few days to take a decision on that. But we will see that elections are conducted at the earliest, once the Delhi High Court gives its verdict," he said. The High Court is expected to hear Gill's petition against the Indian Olympic Association challenging the dissolution on December 4.
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Champions League
Manchester, September 17 But the most striking results on the first night of the group stage came from the competition's newcomers on the road, with CFR Cluj upsetting AS Roma 2-1 and Anorthosis Famagusta holding Werder Bremen 0-0. Chelsea, which lost May's final on penalty kicks, crushed Bordeaux 4-0; five-time champion Liverpool rallied to win 2-1 at Marseille; 2006 winner Barcelona overcame Sporting Lisbon 3-1 and Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan beat Panathinaikos 2-0. Atletico Madrid ended its 11-year absence with a 3-0 win at 1988 champion PSV Einhoven, while Shakhtar Donetsk won 2-1 despite FC Basel scoring a late goal. Fernando Torres was back spearheading Liverpool's attack after recovering from injury as Liverpool was given a tougher test than last year's visit to the Stade Velodrome when it left with a 4-0 victory. Marseille went ahead in the 23rd when Benoit Cheyrou lofted the ball over and Lorik Cana sidefooted past goalkeeper Pepe Reina. The flares were still being launched when Steven Gerrard struck within three minutes with a rasping shot that looped into the net from 25 metres. Gerrard put Liverpool ahead in the 31st from the penalty spot at the second attempt after Ronald Zubar had tripped Ryan Babel. It was Gerrard's 99th career goal. Atletico hadn't played in the Champions League this century, but Sergio Aguero scored twice and Maniche added another to give the Spaniards a winning start at PSV. Aguero sliced in Luis Garcia's cross in the ninth minute. Substitute Florent Sinama Pongolle set up Aguero for the second goal in the 36th, before Maniche converted Garcia's pass to make it 3-0 in the 54th to ensure a lead over Liverpool over Group D on goal difference. Chelsea began the new European campaign emphatically, with Frank Lampard scoring and playing provider. He powered in a header in the 14th on Jose Bosingwa's cross, before his inviting cross allowed Joe Cole to nod in at the near post in the 30th after rising above Alou
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Narain feels top-6 finish possible
New Delhi, September 17 Karthikeyan believes the introduction of Ferrari engines and chassis, following A1 GP's six-year deal with the Italian giant, will reduce the gap with Formula One and would be almost akin to driving an F1 car. "Though it's going to be an unknown territory for all the drivers, who are yet to see the new car, I know what to expect," Karthikeyan told reporters after Team India unveiled its new livery and rookie drivers Armaan Ebrahim and Parthiva Sureswaran here today. Karthikeyan sniffs his chance in the first three races after which A1 GP would have a two-month gap. "We have to do well in the first three races. After that, there is a two-month break and others might catch up with us by that time," said Karthikeyan, who became the first Indian F1 driver when he joined Jordan in 2005 and was Williams' test driver the next year. "Hardly any A1 GP driver has Formula One experience and that is a huge boost for us," Team India CEO Andaleeb Sehgal said.
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YPS Mohali, Mayo girls triumph
Chandigarh, September 17 Pinegrove School defeated Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur (MGD) by 22 runs. Batting first, Pinegrove scored 133 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Kirat Bajwa made an impressive 43 and Rajnimrit scored a swashbuckling 26. For Gayatri Devi School, Mehal took 2 wickets. Chasing the target, Gayatri Devi School girls were in hunt for some time but eventually finished at 111 runs for the loss of 7 wickets, losing the match by just 22 runs. Deepa and Loveena scored 28 and 22 runs, respectively, without getting out. Kirat and Akshi took two wicket each for Pinegrove. Kirat Bajwa was awarded Player of the match award for her all round performance with the bat and ball. YPS Mohali trounced YPS, Patiala comfortably by 77 runs. YPS, Mohali made a decent 114 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Anchal was the highest scorer with 24 runs, while Harleen contributed 16 runs. YPS, Patiala were bowled out for just 37 runs. Arti took 3 wickets and Harleen took 2 wickets. Harleen was also awarded the Player of the match award. Ashok Hall Nainital whipped Lawrence School, Lovedale (TN) by 87 runs. Batting first, Nainital girls scored 157 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Urvashi was the top scorer with 52 while Himani chipped in with 31 useful runs. For Lawrence School, Aishwarya took 2 wickets. Chasing the target, Lawrence School, Lovedale girls only reach 70 for the loss of 8 wickets. Tharini scored the highest 22 runs for Lovedale. For Ashok Hall, Jyoti took 3 wickets while Urvashi, who took the first hat trick of the tournament, was declared the Player of the Match. In another match, Mayo Girls’ College, Ajmer, registered convincing 9-wicket win over Modi School Laxmangarh. Batting first, Modi girls could only make 59 runs with Priyanka scoring 14 runs, the highest from the side. Priyamvada took 4 important wickets. Mayo girls overhauled the target in just 8 overs and won the match by 9 wickets. For her all round efforts, Priyamvada, who contributed 13 runs as well, was given the Player of the Match award. |
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