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Somerset upset chargers
RCA Standoff
indian open
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A Complex Development
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Hyderabad, October 10 Chasing 154 to win, the English side was tottering at 99 for seven at one stage but Thomas and Hildreth snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by raising a superb 50-run stand for the eighth wicket. Somerset required five runs from the last over, bowled by Scott Styris, and what followed was a heart-stopping drama. Styris bowled Hildreth in the first ball to break the partnership and dismissed Max Waller in the third ball. Thomas dispatched a full toss for a four to level the scores, played a dot ball and smashed another boundary, an inside out shot, to seal a thrilling win for his team. Thomas' unbeaten knock came off just 17-balls and contained four boundaries and a six. Earlier, sent in to bat, VVS Laxman hit a brilliant 46 at the top and Venugopal Rao sizzled with a fiery 22 down the order to guide the hosts to a competitive 153 for nine. RP Singh (3/17) polished off the Somerset top order in a fiery opening spell to give the hosts the kind of start they needed to defend their modest total. The left-arm paceman first dismissed Marcus Trescothick (14) and then broke 34-run second wicket partnership between Justin Langer (15) and Zander de Bruyn (19) by sending back the latter. After two balls Singh got the wicket of skipper Langer, causing ripples in the rival camp. Deccan spinners Pragyan Ojha (2/20) and T Suman (2/15) did well for the hosts as they stifled the Somerset middle-order with some good bowling. Somerset were staring defeat having lost seven wickets before getting past 100-runs but Hildreth and Aflonso Thomas batted superbly to bring their team in the match. Earlier, the IPL-II winners suffered a middle-order collapse to squander a breezy start but managed to put on a fighting total on a batting friendly wicket. Laxman played brilliantly for his 35-ball knock and helped himself with seven elegant fours. Scoreboard Cape Cobras Deccan Chargers
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Puttick powers Cobras into Super 8s Hyderabad: Skipper Andrew Puttick hit first century of the inaugural Champions League as Cape Cobras handed a 54-run mauling to Otago Volts to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the event here today. The Group C encounter of the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament between the two South African teams proved to be a lop-sided affair as Otago were outplayed in all departments of the game at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium. Put in to bat, Cobras rattled up a huge 193 for four and then skittled out Otago Volts for 139 in 17.1 overs. It was a daunting task to chase such a huge target and Otago never got that big partnership, which is required to overhaul that kind of score. Rory Kleinveldt scalped three wickets and JP Duminy took two wickets in seven balls to seal the Cobra’s impressive win. Otago got off to a brisk start as Brendon McCullum and A Redmond raced away to 33 in the fourth over but once the duo separated their innings fell apart. Only Nathan McCullum batted bravely and played a fiery 38 off 21 balls but could not save Otago from defeat. — PTI
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Jaipur loses another One Day International
Perneet Singh Tribune News Service
Jaipur, October 10 The BCCI had earlier shifted the opening tie of the forthcoming India-Australia ODI series which was scheduled to be held in Jaipur on October 25 due to the same reason. The shifting of India-Sri Lanka ODI is now being attributed to intensifying power struggle in the RCA here. Interestingly, when the meeting of the BCCI’s Programme and Fixture Committee was taking place in New Delhi today, the RCA office in Jaipur was witnessing high drama. The faction led by Sanjay Dixit had called an executive committee meeting at the RCA’s office to discuss the prevailing situation in the state’s cricket body. However, when Giriraj Sanadya of the faction led by Rajendra Singh Rathore reached the office he was not allowed entry from the front gate. He was told to take the rear route to the office. However, when he reached there, a former Ranji player owing allegiance to the Dixit faction accompanied by a few bouncers was locking the office gate. Sanadya asked them to unlock the office, but they reportedly misbehaved with him and also manhandled him. “I asked them to open the office so that we could sort out the matter through dialogue, but they didn’t listen and misbehaved with me.” Later, talking to the media, Rathore alleged that the India-Sri Lanka ODI was taken away from Jaipur as the report of “manhandling” of Sanadya by the Dixit faction had reached the BCCI. He demanded that the state government must step in to save the cricket in Rajasthan. Though the state government had formed an organising committee to host international cricket matches in Jaipur a couple of days back, but it seems the BCCI is not keen on holding a match in the Pink City until the RCA dispute is resolved. Meanwhile, Jaipur’s loss turned out to be Kolkata’s gain, which will get a chance to host an ODI after a gap of over two years. Kolkata had fallen out with the current BCCI regime which is at loggerheads with the Jagmohan Dalmiya-led Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). The other four ODIs would be played at Cuttack, Rajkot, Vishakhapattanam and New Delhi. Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kanpur will host three tests, while two T20s would be played at Nagpur and Mohali. The dates of these matches will be announced later.
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Muniyappa maintains lead
Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, October 10 Muniyappa, finished with a three-round aggregate of 10-under-par 206, but was made to sweat before being able to sign his scorecard. He had been in the greenside bunker in two on the par-five 18th and when clearing a wrapper from behind the ball he appeared to brush the sand with his club head. This could have led to a penalty shot, but after reviewing television footage and consulting rules officials who were stood next to the bunker, tournament director David Parkin cleared the Indian of any infringement. “I am very, very happy that is all over. It was a nervous wait,” said Muniyappa, who, like many local Indian players, comes from a humble background. His inexperience in leading such a big tournament also showed on the par-four 17th, where he hit his tee shot with a four iron into water and took a bogey. However, he showed his class earlier in the round when having fallen off the lead, he birdied three holes on the trot from sixth. Gupta and Both carded the low rounds of the day with 67s, while Singh returned 71. Lee, who is hearing impaired since birth, came in with a 72. Said Both, “It is a really packed leader board, so it’s wide open. Surprisingly nobody really made a move today. It is nice to be in contention again and I am playing quite well so hope to be in the mix tomorrow.” Singh, who is Jyoti Randhawa’s brother in law, has been struggling with a wrist injury and is delighted be in the hunt. “I had a very patchy round today. My ball-striking was not as good as yesterday. The speed of the greens was also a little quicker as compared to round two so it took some time to adjust. My wrist injury has made me a little apprehensive of fading the ball so I’m trying to minimise the number of fades I need to play. Anyone who is at six under or better today will stand a chance in the final round,” said Singh.
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A Complex Development
Rohtak, October 10 So when you look at the Rajiv Gandhi State Sports complex, coming up in Sector 6, Rohtak, you realise that planning, speedy work and quick implementation are words yet to find favour in the government dictionary. The complex, which is being built to cater to the training needs of sportsmen from across Haryana, was the brainchild of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and work on it was started in January 2007. But that was where planning for this Rs 120-crore project ended. The complex, which is to house training facilities of international quality, various practice grounds and an indoor multi-purpose hall over an area spread over 90.6 acres. The complex was to house training facilities for squash, swimming, handball, volleyball, tennis, kho-kho, kabaddi, hockey, football and an athletics track. Among these the tennis court, hockey field and the athletics track were to have synthetic surfaces. Now almost three years on, the work is on at a tardy pace. The athletics pavilion is the only structure of note to have been started, not finished, just started. A wrestling hall is to come up and there is also a boxing hall to be built. But tenders for these have not even been invited till date. The complex, which is being built under the supervision of the Haryana Urban Developing Authority is officially 25 per cent complete, what makes up this 25 per cent is another question altogether. An official on the condition of anonymity told The Tribune that the initial cost of Rs 120 crore was set when much of the planning had not even been done. “The cost has increased in three years anyways. And with more layouts and plans yet to be passed, the increase will be a staggering one. The boxing and wrestling hall have not been taken into account as yet. We are also still expecting some other plans to be passed. A hostel for athletes training here and a cafeteria are to come up as well. So time and cost are not things that we can narrow down on. The total amount that will be ultimately spent, or the total time that will be taken up are, as of now, anybody’s guess,” added the official. While it is generally expected that in a Chief Minister’s constituency work on a project would take place at breathtaking pace, the case seems pretty much the opposite here. It is an appalling site to see buffaloes rearing at the area marked as the football field, kids playing with pebbles inside the ‘handball court’ and people coming into the complex for ‘evening walks’. One of the couples, who frequent the complex in the evenings said, “There is no disturbance here. Not much happens and we can spend some time in peace and take a leisurely walk too.” Probably they don’t see the irony, the way the government can’t see ahead of poll gimmicks.
l The official estimate for the building cost at that time was Rs 120 cr.
l The Complex is to house a hostel and cafeteria also
l The hockey field, tennis court and athletics track were to be synthetic surfaces
l The project was the brainchild of chief minister bhupinder singh hooda |
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Alfonso Thomas (30) and James Hildreth (25) pulled off a sensational last-ball one-wicket win for Somerset against reigning IPL Champions and hosts Deccan Chargers in a pulsating Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament here today.
rookie Asian Tour professional from Bangalore shot a third round
one- under-par 71 for a one shot lead over compatriots Digvijay Singh and Harendra Gupta, Korean Lee Sung and Australian Marcus Both.
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The Complex was started in January 2007
