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India struggle to contain Aussies
Court upholds Kale’s suspension Murali, Vaas bowl out England for 294
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Punjab settle for draw, earn two points Orissa defeat HP by 180 runs
Halfway through the Qualifying Swiss League, RM Gupta’s Kanpur led the 27 team field in the Team of Four Dupliate event of the All-India Prize Money Swaraj Mazda Bridge Tournament which began at the Sutlej Club here today.
A Pakistani outfit, Ideal club from Lahore, will take part in the 28th edition of the All-India Liberals Hockey Tournament at the Ripudaman College ground at Nabha from December 22 to 30. Jalandhar boys in hockey camp
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India struggle to contain Aussies
Adelaide, December 12 The 28-year-old Ponting notched up his 19th Test century to provide the foundation for a huge Australian total as the hosts reached a commanding 400 for five on the first day of the match. At stumps, Adam Gilchrist was giving Ponting company on nine on what turned out to be a nightmarish day for the visitors. Handicapped by the injury-induced absence of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, the Indian bowlers struggled throughout the day to contain the run deluge which saw the hosts posting the highest total in a single day’s play. The skipper-in-waiting led the charge toying with a clueless bowling attack as the world champions scored at an amazing pace of around five runs per over on a perfect batting strip at the Adelaide Oval. Simon Katich (75), Justin Langer (58), Steve Waugh (30), Damien Martyn (30) also looked in superb form but failed to consolidate getting out to some casual shots. Nothing went right for Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly from the moment he lost the toss this morning. India took the field without Zaheer Khan who was replaced by 19-year old debutant Irfan Pathan. Harbhajan Singh, ruled out of the series due to a finger injury, was replaced by the experienced Anil Kumble who failed to make much of an impact. The Australian batsmen responded with vigour after their captain Steve Waugh had no hesitation in opting to bat on a typical Adelaide featherbed. Waugh had demanded his men to play with more “intensity” after the drawn first Test in Brisbane early this week and today the batsmen did just that. Ponting alone hammered 23 fours in his 246-ball unfinished knock. The left-arm seamer Pathan had a dream start to his Test career when, sharing the new ball with Ajit Agarkar, he had the world record breaking Matthew Hayden caught by keeper Parthiv Patel for 12 in the sixth over of the day. But after that it was all downhill for India as Langer and Ponting held the visitors by the scruff of the neck. Langer, with a century from the first Test, galloped to his half century in 64 balls, plundering 20 runs from a Kumble over through two sixes and as many fours on the way. The two put on 113 runs for the second wicket before Langer edged a sweep to Virender Sehwag at midwicket off Kumble. Ponting survived a close lbw shout off Agarkar and was dropped by Sehwag in the slips on 17 off Pathan. He made the most of the reprieve by slamming his 19th Test hundred that came in 118 balls and contained 17 hits to the fence. Ponting was associated in two half century stands with Martyn and Waugh besides the 138-run stand with Katich. The loss of Martyn and Waugh, both to Nehra, did little to alter the course of the proceedings and the Aussie juggernaut kept rolling. Ponting, in his peak form, combined style with power to maul the Indians into submission. Amazingly, most of his runs came in the third-man region. Ponting, known for his stylish on-side play, exploited the geometry of the Adelaide Oval. Instead of his trademark on-drives, on display were chops and late cuts against the fast bowlers to the shortish square boundary. His exquisite drives to long on though came in the later stages of his innings as he repeatedly stepped out to Kumble. The right-hander had made two half centuries in Brisbane but was out to his overzealousness. Today, however, he seemed determined to make it big and the result was endless misery for the Indians. Ganguly was in despair as his reputed bowlers only served as cannon fodder for Ponting. Nehra picked two for 80 but was expensive at four an over while Kumble and Agarkar conceded 197 runs for two wickets between them. Pathan was equally expensive with an economy rate of 4.56. Scoreboard Australia (1st Innings): Langer c Sehwag
Hayden c Patel b Pathan 12 Ponting batting 176 Martyn c Laxman
Waugh b Nehra 30 Katich c Sehwag
Gilchrist batting 9 Extras: (lb-6, nb-3, w-1) 10 Total:
(5 wkts, 90 overs) 400 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-135, 3-200, 4-252, 5-390. Bowling:
Ajit Agarkar 16-1-82-1, Irfan Pathan 21-3-96-1, Ashish Nehra 20-3-80-2, Anil Kumble 28-1-115-1, Virender Sehwag 5-0-21-0.
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Harbhajan to undergo surgery Adelaide:
Spinner Harbhajan Singh will play no further part in the tour of Australia after electing to have surgery on his injured finger, team manager Shivlal Yadav said today. Yadav told reporters at Adelaide Oval that Harbhajan plans to visit a specialist in Melbourne next week to have corrective surgery on a nagging finger injury that has plagued him all year. “He is out of the rest of the tour,” Yadav said.
SYDNEY: Batsman Michael Hussey will captain the Australia ‘A’ team against the visiting Indians in a three-day cricket game starting at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on December 19. The 11-member team named on Friday would feature three debutants in seamers Paul Rofe and Shaun Tait and leg spinner Cameron White. Team: Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers, Martin Love, Brad Hodge, Cameron White, Wade Seccombe, Matthew Nicholson, Damien Wright, Paul Rofe and Shaun Tait. — PTI
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Court upholds Kale’s suspension
Pune, December 12 In view of this order, Kale will not be able to play any match as the BCCI appeal against the lower court order, which had stayed the suspension order has been set aside. Kale had challenged the BCCI decision to suspend him from playing cricket in the wake of bribery allegations levelled by two selectors Kiran More and Pranob Roy recently. — PTI
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Murali, Vaas bowl out England for 294 Kandy, December 12 Sri Lanka put on 39 for the loss of opener Marvan Atapattu’s wicket to Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles in the second innings, before bad light forced the third day’s play to be stopped 55 minutes before the scheduled draw of stumps. At close, opener Sanath Jayasuriya (25 not out) and Kumar Sangakkara (1 not out) were at the crease, with Sri Lanka having bolstered their lead to 127. Defensive batting by both teams resulted in just 170 runs being scored in a dull day’s play, which began with England losing three early wickets after resuming at the overnight total of 162 for four. Left-hander Graham Thorpe dug in to hold up the Sri Lankan charge. Grafting for runs in his cautious six-hour knock, Thorpe struck five boundaries from 198 balls before becoming the eighth man out, leg before to Muralitharan for 57. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka (1st innings): 382 England (1st innings): (overnight 163-4): Trescothick c Dilshan b Murali 36 Vaughan c Jayawardene b Murali 52 Butcher st Sangakkara
Hussain lbw b Vaas 10 Thorpe lbw b Murali 57 Collingwood c Sangakkara b Vaas 28 Flintoff b Murali 16 Read lbw b Jayasuriya 0 Batty c Dilshan b Vaas 38 Giles c Jayawardene b Vaas 16 Kirtley not out 3 Extras: (b-16, lb-10, nb-8) 34 Total:
(all out, 114.2 overs) 294 Fall of wickets: 1-89, 2-100, 3-119, 4-119, 5-177, 6-202, 7-205, 8-256, 9-279 Bowling:
Vaas 24.2-4-77-4, Fernando 7-0-36-0, Dharmasena19-3-63-1, Muralitharan 40-18-60-4, Jayasuriya 24-6-32-1. Sri Lanka (2nd innings): Atapattu lbw b Giles 8 Jayasuriya batting 25 Sangakkara batting 1 Extras: (lb-5) 5 Total:
(1 wkt, 16 overs) 39. Fall of wicket: 1-33 Bowling:
Kirtley 7-2-15-0, Flintoff 5-1-11-0, Giles 3-1-8-1, Batty 1-1-0-0.
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Johannesburg, December 12 South Africa were 206 for two at tea, with Smith unbeaten on 110. Smith’s fifth 100 in his 18th Test ended a relatively lean spell for the 22-year-old left-hander, who had made only one half-century in 10 Test innings since hitting two double centuries in successive matches against England earlier this year. The West Indies, already hit by injuries which have caused three players to go home early, suffered another blow when opening batsman Chris Gayle pulled up with what appeared to be a serious hamstring injury while chasing a ball in the outfield. Gayle was helped off the field and the West Indies management said he was receiving ice treatment and a full assessment of the injury would be made later. With the West Indies opting for four seam bowlers, off-spinner Gayle would have provided the main spin bowling option for the tourists, who were forced to use part-timers Daren Ganga and Ramnaresh Sarwan for two overs each. Scoreboard South Africa (first innings): Smith not out 110 Gibbs b Collymore 60 Rudolph c Lara b Drakes
2 Kallis not out 20 Extras (lb-5 nb-7 w-2) 14 Total
(for two wickets) 206 Fall of wickets: 1-149 2-160. Bowling:
Edwards 11-0-46-0, Dillon 13-3-32-0, Collymore 12-1-59-1, Drakes 11-2-45-1, Ganga 2-0-12-0, Sarwan 2-0-7-0.
— Reuters
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Punjab settle for draw, earn two points New Delhi, December 12 Though Punjab took an 82-run first innings lead, their hopes of scoring an outright victory was doused by Railways, who fought back from three wickets down for 48 runs to make 114 for four at the end of the four-day contest to force the match into a draw. In the morning, Punjab, replying to Railways’ first innings total of 390, scored 472 to take an 82-run lead. They sensed a flicker of hope of forcing an outright victory when Railways began their second knock disastrously, losing opener Sanjay
Bangar, Tejinder Pal Singh and J. P. Yadav cheaply, but Amit Pagnis cracked an unbeaten half century to foil the designs of Punjab. Punjab earned two points from this match for taking the first innings lead and pushed their points tally to six from five matches while Railways have earned ten points from five matches, though they drew a blank in this contest—the first occasion this season when they failed to garner a point from their home match. Punjab, who resumed at 395 for eight wickets, added 77 runs in the pre-lunch session, before being all out. Ankur
Kakkar, who was undefeated on 82 last evening, went onto make 124 not out while Novdeep Singh, who was not out on 1, provided solid support to Ankur in adding some quick runs to the Punjab total, and made a personal contribution of 35 runs before getting trapped by Jaya Prakash Yadav. Yadav also caught Rajesh Sharma lbw for no score to end up with a big haul of five wickets for 82 runs off 26.5 overs.
Ankur, who got a reprieve when on 29, showed a displined approach in tackling the Railway bowling which lacked teeth and penetration as the match wore on. His knock of 124, off 341 balls, contained 13 boundaries. Novdeep faced 142 balls to make 35 with four boundaries. Punjab, who were 472 for 8 at the lunch recess, folded up for the same score 1.5 overs after lunch. Railways, who started their second knock on an aggressive note with Sanjay Bangar in a punishing mood, soon found themselves with their back to the wall, when Bangar sniked Gagandeep Singh into the hands of wicket-keeper Madan after making a quickfire 17, off 24 balls with three boundaries, with the total at 18. Amit
Pagnis, who took 16 balls to score one run, however, kept his end up to remain unbeaten on 51, scored off 123 balls with seven boundaries.
T.P. Singh became an lbw victim of Ritinder Singh Sodhi for 11 while J.P. Yadav was bowled by Gagandeep Singh, also for 11. However, Yere Goud helped Pagnis add 58 runs for the fourth wicket Brief scores: Railways (1st innings):
390. Punjab (1st innings): 472 all out in 182.5 overs
(Yuvraj Singh 80, Dinesh Mongia 33, Pankaj Dharmani 43, R.S. Sodhi 31, Ankur Kakkar 124 n o, Amit Uniyal 45, Gagandeep Singh 50, Novdeep Singh 35, J.P. Yadav 5 for 82). Railways (2nd innings): 114 for 4 in 44 overs (Sanjay Bangar 17, Amit Pagnis not out 51,
T.P. Singh 11, J.P. Yadav 11, Yere Goud 15, Siddarth Verma 4, Gagandeep 2 for 41, Sodhi 1 for 11, Novdeep 1 for 7). Delhi get 2 points VADODARA: A fine century by Satyajit Parab dashed Delhi’s hopes of recording their first outright win in Ranji Trophy competition this season as their Elite group A match against Baroda ended in a draw here on Friday. After being forced to follow-on, as they conceded a first innings lead of 287, Baroda reached 286 for three at close of play on the final day. Parab’s 126, Jacob Martin’s unbeaten 69 and 65 by Rakesh Solanki came at a time when the host team needed it the most. If they had not put up the resistance, Delhi could havevery well won the match.
— PTI Haryana lose GWALIOR:
Madhya Pradesh defeated Haryana by four wickets in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group A match at the Roop Singh stadium here Friday. On the fourth and last day, Haryana lost wickets quickly and collapsed for a paltry score of 148. Only three Haryana batsmen - Mahesh
Rawat, Jitendra Singh and Safiq Khan- managed to reach double figures as Madhya Pradesh leg spinner Narendra Hirwani captured six wickets in an accurate and attacking spell.
— PTI |
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Cuttack, December 12 Needing 440 runs for victory, Himachal Pradesh were all out for 259 in 95.4 overs shortly after tea. Orissa got four points for their victory. Earlier Orissa had seven points — five points for defeating Goa by an innings and two points for drawing the match against Maharashtra. Resuming on their overnight score of 83 for two in 24 overs, the visitors managed to add only 176 runs to their total, with Sangram Singh contributing 78 runs. Overnight batsman Sandeep Sharma was sent back in the seventh over of the day by Debasis Mohanty after adding only 13 runs to his overnight score of 40. Sangram Singh’s 78 came off 176 balls, with the help of 10 fours and a six. Ajay Manu, who remained at the crease for 201 minutes, faced 150 balls and hit nine boundaries to score 51. After the departure of Sandeep Sharma and Sangram Singh the wickets fell one quickly. Deppak Mangaraj, who took seven wickets in the first innings claimed four wickets in the second innings conceding 69 runs. Debasis Mohanty and Pravanjan Mallik took two wickets each giving 36 and 19 runs, respectvely. Sanjay Satpathy took one wicket for the hosts. — UNI
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Gayatri Devi for Lahore Wagah, December 12 Maharani Gayatri Devi while refusing to comment on the relations between India and Pakistan said the main purpose of her visit was to cheer the polo teams who had assembled from Australia, India, Singaproe, Iran and Pakistan for their zonal matches. The former princess who was associated with the game along with Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur will lead a group of over 100 spectators to cheer her Indian team led by Col Bhavani Singh, Commandant of the President’s Bodyguards. A senior officer from Pakistan presented a bouquet on behalf of the Chief Minister. A number of senior officers and members of the Indian polo team escorted her to the waiting cars. |
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RM Gupta’s Kanpur in lead Ludhiana, December 12 In an amazing performance, they brooked no opposition from their three opponents to corner as many as 66 victory points (VPs) out of a possible 75. However, their path to the qualifying stage may be made difficult by Kamalakar’s Hyderabad and ABCD of Delhi, who finished with identical scores of 58 VPs. That a close contest for the top six qualifying in on the cards is evident as Delhi Blues are fourth with 56 VPs followed closely by Panchkula Club, Haryana, with 55 VPs to their credit. Hosts, Punjab Bridge Association (Kang) have made their presence felt and were joint sixth with Central Secretariat Club, Delhi, both aggregating 52 VPs. Jaipur’s team, Sankalp, kept their chances alive being within the striking distance with 51 VPs. The six top teams that qualify for the final round robin will play a 10-board a match round robin to determine the winner. The Open Pairs event, is expected to be around 70 pairs who will go through two eliminations to trim the field for the final slated for Sunday. |
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Liberals hockey from Dec 22 Patiala, December 12 The tournament has attracted as many as 43 teams from all over the country. Prominent among the top teams which will take part are holders CISF, New Delhi, runners-up BSF, Jalandhar, Thapar Academy, Sansarpur, EME Jalandhar, Namdhari eleven, Artillery Centre, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Patiala, ICF Chennai, Western Railway, Mumbai, BEG Roorkie, RCF Kapurthala, Rock Rovers, Chandigarh, SSB New Delhi, Jagraon Police, Northern Railway, ITBP and Sikh Regimenatl Centre. The IHF has appointed S.A. Khan of Bhopal as the Tournament Director while Shakeel Qureshi (Bhopal), Satinder Sharma (Chandigarh), V.B Singh (Lucknow), P.V Patel (Patiala), Avinash Srivastva (UP), Mr H.S Khan and Mr G.S Sangha (both of Patiala) will officiate as umpires.
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Jalandhar boys
in hockey camp Jalandhar, December 12 Addressing a Press conference here today, the chairman of the school, Mr Anil Chopra, said Gurbaz Singh and Baljeet Singh had been selected in the camp. Both of them were members of the school team who had won the Nehru Junior Hockey Cup three times in a row since 2001.
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Gymnastics squad Chandigarh, December 12 Rythmic: Renu, Dimple, Jashandeep and Rajni Sharma. Men: Lalit Kumar, Jaideep Sharma, Paramjit Singh, Bhupinder Kumar, Gurbax Singh, Satish Ramdass, Gaurav Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar and Gaurav Sharma.
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Punjab netball meet begins Barnala,December,12
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