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Aussies seek fresh security advice
Pandove to focus on rural areas
Saina crashes out in semis
Odafe brace sinks Mahindra
Torres fashions Liverpool win
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Delhi succumb without fight
Vadodara, September 27 Seven wickets separated Anil Kumble's men from an imminent win while Delhi pinned its hopes on Gambhir to score another 268 runs for an improbable victory. In the end, the miracle Delhi needed never happened and Rest of India shot out the Ranji Champions for 190 in their second innings. Gambhir waged a grim battle, flaying the Rest of India attack even though his teammates kept coming and going at the other end. He ran down Zaheer Khan through the slips and walked cut fiercely to add salt to the wound. Gambhir also walked out to thrash Munaf Patel through onside and disdainfully hit RP Singh to find the long on fence. All along, his partners kept changing at the other end. Aakash Chopra, who did not open yesterday after having twisted his ankle, took to the field with Virat Kohli in tow as his runner. But the gritty right-hander returned with a golden duck against his name, dragging the first ball he faced, from Zaheer, onto the stumps. Veteran of many a battle, Mithun Manhas (12) wanted to leave Harbhajan Singh's first delivery of the day but the ball kissed the blade and flew to Rahul Dravid at slips. Having removed Rajat Bhatia with his previous delivery yesterday, the off-spinner was on a hat-trick but next man in Puneet Bisht (9) foiled the bid. Harbhajan was exasperate to see the diminutive Delhi stumper getting two lives - first Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropped him behind the stumps and then S Badrinath grassed one at leg slip - but the offie eventually had the last laugh. Bisht forgot he needed to hang around to lend some support to Gambhir and stepped out to hit Harbhajan out of the park only to see Zaheer getting beneath the ball at mid-on. Delhi had a tail but Kumble ensured it didn't wag. The Rest of India captain trapped Nanda (1) and castled Pradeep Sangwan (1) before dealing the biggest blow to get rid of
Gambhir. Scoreboard Rest of India (1st innings) 252 Delhi (1st innings) 177 Rest of India (2nd innings) 302 Delhi (2nd innings) Gambhir c Dhoni b Kumble 91 Sehwag lbw b Zaheer 3 Kohli lbw b Zaheer 16 Bhatia c Dhoni b Harbhajan 31 Chopra b Zaheer 0 Manhas c Dravid b Harbhajan 12 Bisht c Zaheer b Harbhajan 9 Nanda lbw b Kumble 1 Sangwan b Kumble 1 Nehra not out 5 Ishant c Badrinath b Harbhajan 0 Extras (b1, lb 15, nb5) 21 Total: all out, 60.5 ovrs 190 FoW: 1-5, 2-37, 3-113, 4-113, 5-159, 6-173, 7-175, 8-183, 9-187, 10-190. Bowling: Zaheer 12-0-47-3, RP Singh 13-2-49-0, Munaf 10-3-28-0, Kumble 11-4-19-3, Harbhajan 14.5-4-31-4. — Agencies
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Aussies’ spin frailties exposed
Jaipur, September 27 Australia bounced back claiming two early bursts of RCA innings in which they sent back both openers for dismal score of two runs only. Lee and Simon Katich struck with the first ball they bowled. Their joy, however, was shortlived as vice-captain Gagan Khoda started sweetly timing the ball to the fence. Captain Venugopal Rao supported him well with several dispatches to the ground. Both were not out at 18 and 17 at the close of play today. RCA XI were 40 for 2. Left-arm spinner Gajendra Singh, a product of Rajasthan cricket Academy, was the bowler of the day as he knocked off five wickets of the Kangaroos, who were clearly discomfortable against spinners. He scalped Aussie stalwarts like Mathew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Ponting and Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson. But for the 73-knock by Simon Katich with useful contribution of 30 by Shane Watson, 21 by Brad Haddin, the Aussie score would have been quite dismal. Gajendra Singh troubled the Aussie from the world go. He broke the first wicket partnership of 59 runs between Hayden and Katich, who were going great guns. He trapped Hayden LBW as the burly opener tried to sweep him. Gajendra got Ponting caught at silly point while went through the defence of vice-captain Michael Clarke. Both these players had attended special session by Chappell during net practice on how to counter spin bowling for last five days. Later Gajandra scalped the well set Brad Haddin, who ambitiously stepped out of the crease to hit a massive one only to be stumped by Rohit Jhalani Brief Scores: Australia : 228 all out ( Katich 73, Watson 30, Haddin 21 , Hayden 16, Gajendra Singh 5 for 58, Rao 2 for 30) RCA XI: 40 for 2. |
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Shashank Manohar is new BCCI chief
Mumbai, September 27 The new office-bearers of the BCCI formally took over today during the 79th Annual General Meeting of the board. Other major changes included India Cements Chairman and BCCI Treasurer taking over BCCI Secretary. Other office-bearers included Sanjay Jagdale who was elected the new joint secretary and M P Pandove, the new treasurer. The BCCI also had five new vice-presidents: Shivlal Yadav, Chirayu Amin, Arindam Ganguly, Arun Jaitley and Lalit Modi. Sharad Pawar, will now be a vice-president of BCCI and will head the Board's marketing sub-committee apart from being president of the Mumbai Cricket Association. Rajeev Shukla, a former vice-president under Pawar, is the new chairman of the Finance Committee while outgoing secretary Niranjan Shah takes over as vice chairman of the Indian Premier League headed by Lalit Modi. Other changes include the appointment of Krishnamachari Srikkanth as the new Chief Selector in place of Dilip Vengsarkar. Other co-selectors include Yashpal Sharma, Raja Venkat, Surendra Bhave and Narendra Hirwani. Former Test and Mumbai pacer Abey Kuruvilla would be the new chairman of the junior selection panel. According to reports Lalchand Rajput had earlier refused the job. Other co-selectors include Sanjeev Sharma, chairman of the outgoing junior selection panel, Sanjay Desai, Rajesh Borah, Rajinder Singh Hans and Sanjay Jagdale. Later addressing the media Manohar indicated that efforts are on to effect a rapprochement between Pawar and his old foe Jagmohan Dalmiya. Under Pawar the BCCI had filed a suit against Dalmiya for recovery of Rs 47 crore that he was accused of misappropriating from the board's accounts. "The suit has been filed in Mumbai on September 23. It has not yet come up for hearing. The accounts were passed unanimously and you can draw your own conclusion," Manohar said. Dalmiya attended the AGM as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal indicating that ties were being
mended. However, Manohar did not say if BCCI would withdraw the case against
Dalmiya.
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Aussies seek fresh security advice
Jaipur, September 27 Katich confessed the Australian dressing room was deeply disappointed at their dismal show against Rajasthan Cricket Association XI particularly because the RCA team was not even a Ranji team. He, however, said all was not lost as the Aussies bowlers would try to fold the opponents early tomorrow to make a statement. He said there were no devils in the pitch, “The ball was not carrying, the bounce was low but there was not much spin”. Praising Gajendra he said the young lad was a nice prospect. Interestingly, Gajendra had been practicing with the Australian team for the last one week. It seemed he too learnt tricks to
nail them. Katich said Gajendra bowled well to them in the nets also. He did not agree that Australians were susceptible to left arm spinners, “Your main bowlers , Harbhajan and Kumble are right armers and they have taken wickets against us. Left armers do not effect us specially but they do have the advantage of using the rough parts of the pitch and trouble batsmen.” |
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Pandove to focus on rural areas
Pandove was skipper of Punjab for five years and played for over two decades as a player. His university batting record of unbeaten 507 made in 1962 is still intact. He was appointed hony joint secretary of the BCCI in November 2005. During his tenure India won the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia this year. Pandove plans to infuse funds into rural areas school grounds and infrastructure in the rural sectors. While stating that he would be close fisted in terms of doling out funds, he made it clear that financial propriety and discipline would be maintained with full transparency for anybody to have a look in at the financial health of the Board and deployment of funds in a proper manner. He stated that the funds for state-run academies and regional coaching centres will receive his top priority. |
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Saina crashes out in semis
New Delhi, September 27 Seventh seed Sania, who won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix gold tournament a fortnight ago, was no match for her Hong Kong rival and surrendered 4-21 19-21 in just 26 minutes. Zhou had cut short Saina's campaign in the first round of the Japan Super Series event last week. Zhou will take on local girl Lin Wang in the fight for the silverware. Lin prevailed over compatriot Yihan Wang 21-14 18-21 21-11 in the other semi-final. Saina, who made it to the quarterfinals of Beijing Olympics, turned out to be an easy prey for sixth seed Zhou as the Indian could not match her opponent in any aspect of the game. Zhou's played brilliantly at the net play and her smashes left the Indian gasping. The Hong Kong girl registered 11 smash winners, compared to five Saina. Zhou's winners at the net ware also double the Indian's number. She won 15 points at the net in the entire match, while Saina could manage only seven.
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Odafe brace sinks Mahindra
Margao, September 27 Mahindra United found the equaliser in the 85th minute through substitute Sushil Kumar Shinde whose header ended up in the far corner of the net off a free kick taken by Douhou Pierre. Odafe then scored the winner in the 90th minute when he uncorked a 30-yard shot after a Zenith Genius shot deflected and fell on his path. Churchill Brothers went into attacking mode from the start pushing Mahindra United into their own half for the most part of the first half. They used the flanks well and kept on probing more often with authority putting the rival defense into immense pressure. Odafe Okolie who was marked tightly by the Mahindra defence did manage to elude his markers on two occasions and tried to take a crack at the goal which keeper Subhasish Chowdhury collected in the 27th minute. However, Mahindra United managed to restore parity much against the run-of-play when they were awarded a free kick just outside the box. Douhou Pierre, who took the free kick, directed the ball to substitute Sushil Kumar Singh whose header found the net. But Odafe who was in his element again found the net when he fired a 30-yard-shot to find the far post to give Churchill the perfect start and thus avenge their Durand Cup defeat. Mumbai FC stun Bagan Barasat: In a dazzling brand of soccer, debutant Mumbai FC inflicted a shock 2-1 defeat on local champions Mohun Bagan today. The visitors, were leading with goals in quick succession by Abel Hammound and Kuluthungan in the 9th and 23rd minute when Bagan came back through substitute PC Lalwmpuiya fourteen minutes from the end. On the eighth minute Abel Hammoud, a former Serie A player, capitalising on a defensive lapse of Peter Odafa and Dipak Mondol, sent a salvo which beat Paul and went in after hitting the upperpost. Odafa had attempted to pass Mondal but the agile Abel won over to grab the ball and made it 1-0 for Mumbai FC. — Agencies
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Torres fashions Liverpool win
London, September 27 The victory put Liverpool on top of the Premier League with 14 points from six matches, at least until Arsenal play Hull City and Chelsea complete their match at Stoke City later on Saturday. Everton’s misery was compounded when Tim Cahill was sent off 10 minutes from time for a second yellow card -- the 17th player to be sent off in the last 33 Merseyside derbies. Torres, who had not scored on his last six appearances for Liverpool, ended his famine after 59 minutes when he was left unmarked in the Everton box and volleyed home a perfect cross from Robbie Keane. Four minutes later Keane played in Dirk Kuyt, whose shot was thwarted by an interception by Phil Jagielka but the ball bounced kindly for Torres who lashed it high into the net again giving goalkeeper Tim Howard no chance. Torres thought he had scored a hat-trick three minutes later when he chested down a cross and shot into the far corner, but referee Mike Riley had already blown for a foul by Kuyt. Everton, who rarely looked like scoring, have now lost all three of their opening home league matches following earlier defeats to Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth. Liverpool in contrast, maintained their unbeaten start to the season after 10 matches in all competitions.
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