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‘Never called Tendulkar a liar’
Why Gilchrist hated Warne
Johnson to roughen up ball for reverse swing
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Challenger Trophy
‘T20 is all about luck’
Union home minister, Shivraj Patil presents a trophy to the Haryana boxing team during the closing ceremony of the 57th All-India Police Games at Madhuban, Karnal on Saturday. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
Jubilant players of Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi after winning the Silver Jubilee Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey tournament at Olympian Surjit Hockey stadium in Jalandhar on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Anand one point away from title
Alam to coach Pak for Abu Dhabi ODIs
Bhupathi-Knowles in Swiss ATP final
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‘Never called Tendulkar a liar’
New Delhi, October 25 Gilchrist said all is well between him and Tendulkar after he rang up the Indian batting maestro to explain how excerpts from his autobiography had been quoted out of context by newspapers. He said the conversation with Tendulkar has left him a relieved man. "There were headlines around the cricketing globe on Friday suggesting that I had accused Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar of being a bad sport and also that he had lied when giving evidence in the Harbhajan Singh racial vilification hearing earlier this year. "Neither of these accusations are true and I felt strongly enough on this to immediately ring Sachin once it was brought to my attention, to explain to him. I am pleased to say that at the conclusion of our chat, the same respect Sachin and I have always had for each other continues to exist," Gilchrist said. Rattled by the furore that has virtually turned into a backlash in India ever since the controversial excerpts came out, Gilchrist said a couple of sentences from an entire chapter were used to script a sensational story. "The headlines arose from the manner in which some journalists interpreted a couple of points I have made in an about-to-be released autobiography," he said in a column for 'The Times of India'. "In the book I mention that a cultural difference between our team and that of the Indians was the importance of shaking hands with the opposition after a loss. From my experience it seemed this routine wasn't as important to some oppositions as it was in Australia, where it is drilled into us from an early age," Gilchrist explained. He said he stood by his comments on Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh being hard to find for a handshake after a match, but this did not imply that he considered them a bad sport. He clarified that his comments were only aimed at highlighting the cultural differences between the two sides. "I made the comment that Sachin and Harbhajan were sometimes not around to shake hands. Whether that is right or wrong is not my point. It was more the cultural differences I was trying to highlight.” "Nowhere do I accuse Sachin of being bad sport," he said. He is drawing flak for reopening the 'monkey-gate' saga which has been set aside as a closed chapter by both the teams but Gilchrist insisted that he merely "stated the facts" and never called Tendulkar a liar as has been reported. "...I obviously had to address it in the book as it was a huge issue last summer and too big to ignore. That said, my only reference to it was recall the way the events unfolded from the initial hearing, the night the match finished, through to the final judicial hearing a few weeks later," wrote Gilchrist. "All I stated are the facts that everyone knows, that initially Sachin had mentioned he wasn't sure what Harbhajan had said, then later confirmed his support when Harbhajan said he'd used a Hindi word in the heated exchange with Symonds. Nowhere do I accuse Sachin of lying," said Gilchrist. The celebrated keeper said he had the utmost respect for Tendulkar. "To have spoken directly with Sachin about there matters was a great relief for me. I have always admired his amazing cricketing ability and have spoken regularly about how I believe he has set the finest example of hos to handle fame and the extraordinary public profile that comes with being an Indian cricketing superstar." — PTI
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Why Gilchrist hated Warne
Melbourne, October 25 Gilchrist, in his yet to be published autobiography "True Colours: My Life", reveals how seeds of bitterness were sown in their relationship. Warne and Gilchrist were one of most successful bowler-keeper partnerships in history but never really got along. Gilchrist said he was hurt by being labelled an "a licker" by Warne in a Sheffield Shield match in the late 1990s. Warne mercilessly sledged the wicketkeeper in an incident that Gilchrist has never forgotten. Warne, playing for Victoria, was backing his great mate Darren Berry to be Ian Healy's successor as Test wicketkeeper, over Gilchrist, who was playing for Western Australia, The Daily Telegraph reports. "Warnie and Darren Berry were absolutely giving it to me, verbally," Gilchrist writes in his autobiography to be released next week. "They were saying 'you've only got where you are because you're a licker'. The nature of what they were saying was extremely hurtful. "I felt it had a lot to do with me being above Chuck (Berry) in the pecking order behind Healy. Chuck might have envied me because of that and Warnie was Chuck's best friend. "But considering I'd played some cricket with Warnie now for Australia, it was below the belt. "At the time it almost killed me." But Gilchrist writes he ultimately agreed with a line in a Warne newspaper column: "There are a lot of things we disagree on but we're not enemies." Gilchrist writes: "I am always happy to see Warnie if I walk into a function, and I get the feeling he is happy to see me." "He has really pissed me off over the years with certain acts, and I've pissed him off too. But we played eight years of international cricket together. I think it underwrites everything else."
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Johnson to roughen up ball for reverse swing Melbourne, October 25 Johnson will be given the job to roughen up one side of the ball in rapid fashion, something essential if the ball has to reverse swing as dramatically as it has for Indian quicks Zaheer and Ishant. Australian pacers have experimented with bowling across the seam in the style of Zaheer and Ishant, but Johnson said he had been brought on for spells where the objective was to damage the ball as much as the batsmen. "With my bowling technique at the moment I probably don't bowl too many cross seam deliveries anyway because I tend to hit the rough side with my wrist position," said Johnson, who took five wickets in Bangalore and three at Mohali. "That's something we've tried to do, basically I might be brought on just to roughen up one side and bowl naturally." The Aussies are also getting the reverse swing, no doubt, but only for a short period before the new ball is due while Zaheer and Ishant have managed it within the first 15 overs or so. Despite the added responsibility and his team trailing 0-1 in the series, Johnson said he was under no pressure to perform. "This trip the way I've gone about it is just to be confident and stop putting too much pressure on myself about bowling the perfect ball," Johnson said. "I think in the West Indies I was feeling pressure, thinking too far ahead of myself and not going game by game. "I've learnt to relax a little more, run in, hit the deck hard as I can and enjoy my cricket," he was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.
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Pujara’s valiant knock in vain
Cuttack, October 25 Chasing a target of 219 runs to win Pujara kept India Green in hunt but regular fall of wickets at the other end compounded India Green’s woes. Yusuf Pathan also notched up 34, second best effort from the side which, however, proved inadequate in the end. Following overnight rains, the match, crucial for Green's aspiration for tomorrow's summit clash, started an hour late with the umpires deciding to make it a 45-over a side affair. Under overcast conditions and intermittent drizzle, Blue made a slow start after they were put into bat. Though dropped by Mohammad Kaif at slips in the second ball of the innings, Virat Kohli (9 from 15 balls) could not make the most of his luck as he became Rudra Pratap Singh's first victim. With a big knock eluding him for long, Yuvraj Singh's hopes of making good in this innings went up in smoke when he went after an outswinger off RP Singh only to see the ball angling in and crashing on to his stumps. The Punjab batsman, who made six in the first match, managed just three runs in eight balls. — PTI Scoreboard India Blue Kohli b RP Singh 9 Uthappa lbw b P Ojha 76 Yuvraj b RP Singh 3 Karthik lbw b Gony 10 Yadav lbw b Pankaj 16 Takawale c NV Ojha b Y. Pathan 34 I Pathan b Y. Pathan 28 R Ashwin c Gony b Y. Pathan 10 Sangwan not out 6 Nanda run out 8 Dinda b Gony 0 Extras (lb 1, w 11, nb 6): 18 Total (all out; 44.2 overs): 218 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-19, 3-56, 4-87, 5-145, 6-166, 7-201, 8-202, 9-217, 10-218. Bowling: Pankaj Singh 9-1-27-1, RP Singh 8-0-56-2, MS Gony 6.2-1-18-2, P Ojha 8-0-60-1, R Bhatia 7-0-35-0, Yusuf Pathan 6-0-21-3. India Green N Ojha c Takawale b I Pathan 11 Dhawan c Kohli b I Pathan 7 Raina c Sangwan b Dinda 16 Kaif lbw b Nanda 7 Pujara c Nanda b Ashwin 65 Bhatia c Takawale b Nanda 10 Y Pathan c & b Ashwin 34 RP Singh c Karthik b Ashwin 11 MS Gony c Kohli b Sangwan 9 P Ojha run out 1 Pankaj not out 5 Extras (b 4, lb 12, w 6, nb 1) 23 Total (all out; 44 overs) 199 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-39, 3-40, 4-77, 5-95, 6-154, 7-174, 8-182, 9-189. Bowling: I Pathan 9-0-30-2, P Sangwan 8-0-39-1, Dinda 8-2-32-1, C Nanda 9-0-31-2, R Ashwin 9-0-46-3, Yuvraj 1-0-5-0.
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‘T20 is all about luck’
Gurgaon, October 25 He was in Gurgaon on Saturday to boost his team Royal Bengal Tigers on the second day of the ICL matches going at Tau Devi Lal Stadium. “Luck works in both films and cricket and if you are lucky enough you will definitely survive and success will be with you,” he mentioned. “I am a sports lover; basically a football fan but I like watching cricket as when men play for their country it is worth hoping that thay will bring the trophy,” Mithun said. Wearing a tiger scarf and a bandage in his right arm he met all his team members and gifted them the scarf he specially brought for them. About his injury he said, “I got hurt while shooting for movie named ‘Luck in South Africa’. I had to jump from the helicopter but while jumping I hit a stone lying on the ground, and injured myself,” he added. “People nowadays don’t have much time to spend for entertainment thus T20 is a good format to enjoy cricket. It is here to stay for long,” Mithun claimed and added, “As the films have shortened to two hours from three hours similarly cricket has shortened to 20 overs.” About pulling the crowd here he said, “The stadiums were jam packed in Ahmadabad and Hyderabad and I feel the same for here too. It is just the beginning.” Why he selected ICL and not IPL when all the well known actors are going for it Mithun acclaimed, “If everyone is moving on a single way why should I take the same road. I am fighting all my life and will definitely move on the other side as one needs to struggle a lot to be on the top.” He finds ICL to be better this year in comparison to last year. What he thinks about the winning team this year Mithun said, “Who knows what happens tomorrow, live in today. Being from different field I can not comment much about anything at this moment. One should have instinct of fighting and loose after fighting only.” About loosing the last match to Ahmadabad rockets recently Mithun stated, “That was an outrageous moment for all of us as we never expected such a bad ending in the last match. We were not able to get what went wrong but now I feel my team will definitely do well.” Mithun has 12 films under his credit and was recently seen in ‘Heroes’. He is also doing a Bengali movie ‘Shukno Lanka’ and has no plans to direct or produce a movie as he feels his fans want him to show more of his acting skills.
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CRPF
emerge overall winners
Karnal, October 25 BSF finished third with nine
gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze while the hosts Haryana had to contend
with fourth position with tally of five gold, five silver and three
bronze medals. CRPF won the overall championships in both Men’s and
Women’s category in weight-lifting and finished second in free-style
wrestling and gymnastic. Punjab Police made it to the top in Greeko-Roman
wrestling and Judo and emerged runners-up in Men’s weight-lifting
category and gymnastics. BSF won the overall championship in free-style
wrestling and gymnastics and finished second in Boxing and Judo. Hosts
Haryana reigned supreme in boxing winning all the five gold and four
silver medals in various categories. Haryana Police pugilists Krishan
Kumar and Vikram were adjudged best boxer and best promising boxer,
respectively, while Dipesh Sahu of BSF was declared best Gymnast with
86.10 pts in floor events. Weightlifting: Overall championship
Weightlifting (Men) 1) CRPF, 2) Punjab Police, 3) BSF. Overall
championship Weight Lifting (Women) 1) CRPF, 2) UP Police, 3) CISF. Wrestling:
Overall championship Greeko-Roman 1) Punjab Police, 2) CISF, 3)
BSF Overall championship Free-Style 1) BSF, 2) CRPF, 3) Punjab
Police. Judo: 1) Punjab Police, 2) BSF, 3) ITBP Boxing: 1)
Haryana, 2) BSF, 3) Punjab Police. Gymnastics: Overall
Championship 1) BSF, 2) Punjab Police, 3) Haryana Police. All round
best Gymnasts 1) Dipesh Sahu (BSF), 2) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF), 3)
Krishan Kumar (BSF). Floor Exercise: 1) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF),
Jaideep (PP), 2) Dipesh Sahu (CRPF), 2) Madan Lal (Uttarakhand). P.
Horse: 1) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF), 2) Uday Bhaskar (BSF), Gourav
(PP). Roman Ring: 1) Gaurav Sharma (PP), 2) Dipesh Sahu (CRPF),
3) Paramjit (PP). Vaulting Table: 1) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF), 2)
Satish (PP), 3) Devender (BSF). Parallel Bar: 1) Arvind (CRPF),
Deepesh (BSF), 2) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF) Parallel Bar: 1) Rohit
Jeswal (BSF), Naresh (CISF), Kuldeep (PP), 2) Mayank Srivastav (CRPF),
Vivek (UP). Boxing (Finals): 48 Kg. Lt.Fly. Wt: Jatinder (BSF)
beat Naseer Quereshi (UP); 51 Kg. Fly. Wt: Rajneesh (Haryana) beat
N.A.Singh (BSF); 51-54 Kg. Bantam Wt: Suresh Singh (CISF) beat Jaivir
(Haryana); 54-57 Kg. Feather Wt: Sunil (BSF) beat Kapil (Haryana); 57-60
Kg. Light Wt: Pardip (BSF) beat Rajinder (Haryana); 60-64 Kg. Light
Welter Wt: Ajay (Haryana) beat Amit Kumar (BSF); 64-69 Kg. Welter Wt:
Jagat Singh (Uttarakhand) beat Tanej Pal (Haryana); 69-75 Kg. Middle Wt:
Surinder Singh (Haryana) beat Atul Sharma (HPP); 75-81 Kg. Light Heavy
Wt: Ravinder (Haryana) beat Ajay Kumar (BSF); 81-91 Kg. Heavy Wt:
Krishan (Haryana) beat Shivshan Karapaa (BSF); 81-91 Kg. Heavy Wt: Ram
Singh (PP) beat Sunny Bodh (HPP). Weightlifting: 94 Kg Men’s
Final 1) Sukhjinder Singh (CRPF), 2) Santosh Kumar (CRPF), 3) Rakesh
Kumar (PP) 105 Kg. (Men) Final: 1) Lal Jeet Singh (PP), 2) Gurminder
Singh (CRPF), 3) Kulwinder Singh, (PP) +105 Kg. Weight Lifting (Men)
Final: 1) Sarb Jeet Singh (PP), 2) Gurpreet Singh (CRPF), 3) Ajay Pal
Singh (BSF) Weight Lifting: 85 Kg. (Men) final: 1) Harpreet
Singh (PP), 2) Surjeet Singh, 3) Hira Gopal (CRPF) 75 Kg. (Women)
final:1) A.Vijaya Devi (CRPF), 2) Ruchi Rani (UP), 3) K.Krishana Kumari
(CISF) +75 Kg. Weight Lifting (Women) final:1) Geeta Rani (CRPF), 2)
Sumita Devi (CRPF), 3) K.Narsamma (CISF) 80+100=180 Kg Wrestling: 66
Kg. Free styles (semifinals):1) Kisim Din (J&K) beat Manjeet Singh
(ITBP),2) Krishan Kumar (BSF) beat Satpal Yadav (CISF) 84 Kg. Free
styles (semi Finals): Ravinder Kumar (CRPF) beat Bamia Amin (J&K),
Jasveer Singh (Haryana) beat Jas Pal (Haryana) Judo: 56 Kg.
Final:1) L.Dinit Singh (BSF), 2) Bhupinder Singh (PP), 3) Jarman Yadav
(CRPF), L.Narinder Jit Singh (CRPF) Open Weight final:1) Jitender Pal
(PP), 2) Ravinder Kumar (BSF), 3)Gagan Jit Singh (PP), Pradeep Takas
(CRPF).
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Surjit
Hockey
Jalandhar, October 25 Earlier in the day Punjab and Sind Bank started the game on a fast note but missed some pretty good opportunities. Though the first half of the match was goal-less, but both the teams mounted equal pressure on the opposition defence and presented good attacking moves. At half time the score was 0-0. In the second half Punjab and Sind Bank opened its account with the lone field goal from the stick of Rajwinder Singh in the 44th minute (1-0). Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan), wasted three penalty corners in the 46th, 56th and 63rd minute. Similarly Punjab and Sind Bank boys too failed to convert a penalty corner in the 61st minute. Meanwhile SAD president and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Singh Badal donated an amount of Rs. 11 lakh to Surjit Hockey Academy. Others present on the occasion were Punjab minister for sports, Gulzar Singh Ranike, director sports, Punjab, Pargat Singh and many senior Olympians.
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Anand one point away from title
Bonn, Germany, October 25 The game ended in a 39-move draw from Queen's gambit declined as Anand chose the sharp Vienna variation. The Indian leads the Russian 5.5-2.5 now. The next board is slated for tomorrow with Anand having white pieces. Anand opted for Vienna variation which was quite tricky from the black side. He came up with a novelty on the 10th move. The middle game was probing, replete with sharp play from Anand, who again chose not to castle. However, Kramnik found the necessary counterplay. Meanwhile, Anand had gained some advantage on the clock, and he used that to take his king to safety without castling it. As the first time control came nearer, the position looked picturesque with attacking queens still on board. Kramnik attacked on the king-side, while Anand had managed to open a file on queenside and 'connect' his pieces well. When the draw was agreed to, Kramnik's attempts to squeeze out a win had reached a dead end. He had managed to hassle Anand with eight checks in last 12 moves but his knight and rook were almost rendered inactive. The Russian appeared not to have a concrete plan to continue. Both of them had a rook each supported by knights; and their knight manoeuvres were blocked by pawns. Both had six pawns each. But neither of them was a passer or vulnerable to the opponent's attack. The Indian won third, fifth and sixth games and the rest have been drawn. — UNI
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Dasgupta guides Tigers to victory
Gurgaon, October 25 Setting a victory target of 173 by Dhaka Warriors, the Tigers were off to a flying start with openers Hamish Marshall and Dasgupta. Fall of the first wicket brought Gavaskar to the middle and the left-hander notched up his first ICL half-century in just 32 balls. His innings included two boundaries and three massive sixes. Earlier in the evening, Tigers’ skipper Craig McMillan won the toss and elected to field. The Royal Bengal Tigers opened with the experienced Klusener for the first time in the tournament and it delivered results immediately, with the wicket of Nazimuddin, getting only two runs against his name. Brief Scores: Dhaka Warriors:
172 (Alok Kapali 65, Aftab Ahmed 61; Eklak Ahmed 3for 20, Adams 2 for 29) Royal Bengal Tigers: 175 (Deep Dasgupta 80, Rohan Gavasker 51; Mohammad Rafique 1/29, Hossain 1 for 32). — UNI
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Alam to coach Pak for Abu Dhabi ODIs
Karachi, October 25 ''Yes (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt has talked to me and offered a contract for two years... but they will officially announce it next month,'' the 66-year-old Alam told reporters today. Butt, however, countered that other candidates were under consideration for a permanent position. ''Alam will be coach for the Abu Dhabi series but we are considering two or three candidates for a long-term contract,'' Butt said. The PCB released former Australian test paceman Lawson from his contract on Friday with three months' pay as compensation, insisting they were not satisfied with his performance. Alam, who had been one of Lawson's most vocal critics, said he considered coaching Pakistan as a huge challenge.
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Bhupathi-Knowles in Swiss ATP final
Basel, October 25 The Indo-Bahamas duo, currently No. 3 in the Stanford ATP Doubles Race, knocked out the Argentine pair 7-5 6-2 in an hour and 17 minutes. Bhupathi and Knowles improved their track record this season to 35-16. The duo also won two ATP titles at Memphis and Dubai from as many as six finals. Bhupathi and Knowles will now take on the winner of the second semi-final between David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina and Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany. The duo earlier prevailed over Finnish-Australian pair of Jarkko Nieminen and Jordan Kerr in the quarterfinals.
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Kolkata, October 25 Drama unfolded two minutes into the play from a brilliant right footed grounder from captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who took field after a gap of three matches in the I-League. The goal came from a counter move as Ishfaq Ahmed advanced a pass through the gap of Suleh Musha and Jayanta Sen to Bhutia, who unleased the equaliser.
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MARGAO: A blitz of three goals in four minutes and a superb performance by Odafe Okolie guided Churchill Brothers to a thumping win over newly-promoted Vasco Sports Club 4-1 in the ONGC I-league football championship match played here at Nehru stadium Fatorda today. — UNI
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