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India held 1-1 by Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — India almost relived the nightmare of last year’s Commonwealth Games as they dished out an ordinary fare before rallying to draw 1-1 against Malaysia in an absorbing pool B match of the fifth Asia Cup Hockey Championship here today. Amritinder retains title |
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 Pakistan's Inzaman-ul-Haq in action during his unbeaten 116 on the third day of the cricket Test against Australia in Hobart, on Saturday. — AP/PTI (Story) |
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Paes-Bhupathi lose; qualify for
semis HARTFORD (Connecticut), Nov 20 — Top-seeded Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi lost to the pair of Wayne Black of Zimbabwe and Sandon Stolle of Australia, who clinched a semifinal berth at the ATP Tour World Doubles Championship. India ‘A’ labour to reach 179 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Nov 20 — India ‘A’ laboured all day against steady home team bowling to post 179 for five on the opening day of the four-day ‘A’ team ‘Test’ against West Indies ‘A’ at Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval. Stars of
the century honoured Punjab
eves clinch cricket gold Poulami
confident of doing well Jitender,
Sarandeep share day’s honours Punjab,
Bengal make impressive start Inzamam
slams unbeaten ton Nehra
wrecks Jammu & Kashmir
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India held 1-1 by Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (PTI) — India almost relived the nightmare of last year’s Commonwealth Games as they dished out an ordinary fare before rallying to draw 1-1 against Malaysia in an absorbing pool B match of the fifth Asia Cup Hockey Championship here today. The Asian Games champions had to dig deep into their reserves and young forward Gagan Ajit Singh struck the crucial equaliser in the 44th minute after the hosts had taken a 15th minute lead through Kuhan Shanmuganathan at the Bukit Jalil stadium. India missed quite a few openings in the first session as Shanmuganathan’s flick went in low to the right of Indian goalkeeper Jude Menezes raising fears of the reverse they suffered against the hosts in the Kuala Lumpur Games semifinal in September last year. India equalised off their fourth penalty corner when Baljit Singh Dhillon flicked to Gagan Ajit who deflected in for the equaliser. Both India and Malaysia have four points each from two games with one in hand, but the former are almost through to the semifinals as they face lowly Hong Kong in their last game. Hong Kong were thrashed 8-1 by Malaysia in their first match. Earlier, China came back in the final minutes to pull off a 1-1 draw with Bangladesh in a group A encounter. Reza Shamim gave Bangladesh the lead while Yi Song found the equaliser six minutes from the hooter off a penalty corner. India earned their first penalty corner in the sixth minute but defender Dilip Tirkey, who had to plough a lone furrow today as others struggled, found the hit deflect off a defender’s stick. They continued to attack but kept missing. Malaysia took the upperhand soon after. Off a 12th minute penalty corner, Saiful’s shot was saved by Dinesh Nayak but the hosts powered through in the next four minutes, attacking at will. Jude Menezes stopped another try the very next minute but Malaysia struck off their third penalty corner. Kuhan was in position after a dummy run and his low flick wrong-footed Jude Menezes as he moved up. India desperately tried to launch attacks, but failed to convert with a 17th minute penalty corner and soon after an erratic Dhanraj Pillay with only the Malaysian goalkeeper in front flicked onto his body and out of play. Pillay, recalled into the squad after a 10-month hiatus since the Asian Games victory was in the clear the very next minute but delayed for a defender to clear the ball. India were erratic in almost all departments. The midfield cut a sorry figure with Thirumalvalavan and Ramandeep Singh doing precious little. Defender Dinesh Nayak, who earned a yellow card late in the game for a crude tackle, was beaten time and again by the forwards, especially captain Mirnawan Nawawi, but Tirkey shouldered the burden and also made room for attacks. India finally equalised in the 44th minute. Off their fourth penalty corner, Baljit Dhillon hit towards Gagan Ajit who was in the right place to deflect home. Indian resolve to exorcise the ghosts of the Commonwealth Games but were pathetic in finishing. In the 50th minute Deepak Thakur had a clear look twice but shot out on both occasions. Malaysia, meanwhile, slowed the game down as Pillay was substituted but his replacement Samir Dad failed to impress and also could not fall back to assist the midfield. With 10 minutes left, Nayak earned temporary suspension for a crude tackle on K Gobi. Indian team manager K
Jothikumaran felt Malaysia were lucky to get away with a
draw. “I think we still haven’t got over the
Commonwealth Games defeat. Our forwards were still
missing and they were totally off colour.” |
Amritinder retains title CHANDIGARH, Nov 20 — The defending champion and local favourite Amritinder Singh sank a nine-footer birdie putt in the very first hole of play-off to retain the Hero Golf Chandigarh Open title here today. The play-off came about after Delhi’s Gaurav Ghei set the Chandigarh golf course ablaze scoring four birdies in the back nine to tie with Amritinder at five under 283 on the final day. Amritinder played some of the most amazing recovery shots ever seen on the Wills Sport Indian Golf Tour to record his fourth successive sub-par round today, a two-under 70 to add to his 71s on the first three days. Ghei, after going level-par till the ninth hole, caught fire on the back nine and made four birdies to finish the day at four-under 68. On the first playoff hole, Amritinder sank a nine-footer birdie putt while Ghei missed from 25 feet to finish runner-up. For his victory, Amritinder won Rs 1,45,800, while Ghei had to settle for a cheque of Rs 1,00,800. Overnight leader Arjun Atwal failed to get going on the final day and shot a level-par 72 to finish tied third along with veteran Basad Ali (both Calcutta) at four-under 284. Arjun Singh (Delhi) and last week’s Tiger Sports Marketing Open winner Mukesh Kumar (Mhow) finished tied fifth at one-under 287. Shiv Prakash (Kanpur) was seventh at level-par 288, while Vijay Kumar (Lucknow) was two strokes behind. On the final day, Amritinder thrice made birdies where bogies looked imminent. On the par-4 fourth hole, he hit a superb low running shot to reach the green from a narrow opening after getting into the left trees. He sank an eight-footer for birdie there. On the par-5 seventh, his second shot got entangled in the fairway tree and left him about 70 yards short of the bend with the green nowhere in sight. Amritinder hit a miraculous hook shot with a three-iron which not only reached the green but almost disturbed Gaurav Ghei’s ball on the green about eight feet from the pin. On the 12th, he again played a low hook shot from the bushes and reached the green for another birdie. At one stage, he was seven-under and enjoying a three-stroke lead over his nearest rival. But the scenario changed dramatically as he reached near the clubhouse where Ghei, after making birdies on the 10th, 13th, 16th and 18th, was waiting at five-under for the tournament. On the 17th hole, Amritinder got into trouble trying to hit a four-wood off the tee where he normally uses a three-iron. A bogey saw him dropping to five-under and ensuring a playoff. “This is my homecourse and I knew that if I can play solid, I had a very good chance to win the title. I did hit some great recovery shots today, but what really worked for me was the fact that I dropped my short putts today which I was missing on the first three days,” he said after the victory. ‘It feels great to defend the title and it has given a huge boost to my confidence ahead of Honda-Siel PGA Championship and the two Asian PGA Tour events I am playing after that,” he added. Kang wins amateur title: Harjinder Kang of the PSEB won the amateur title with an aggregate of 12-over 300 after playing a two-over 74 round on the final day. Vikramjit Singh and Girish Virk were joint runner-up nine strokes behind the winner. Results (after 72 holes): 283 — Amritinder Singh (71+71+71+70), Gaurav Gheif (73+71+71+68); 284 — Arjun Atwal ( 71+72+69+72), Basad Ali (74+70+70+70); 287 — Arjun Singh (73+72+69+73), Mukesh Kumar (71+72+73+71); 288 — Shiv Prakash (71+72+72+73); 290 — Vijay Kumar ( 70+70+76+74); 293 — Ali Sher (77+73+71+72), Indrajit Bhalotia (76+71+75+71). Amateurs: 300 —
Harjinder Kang (77+76+73+74); 309 — Vikramjit Singh
(80+76+75+78+), Girish Virk ( 77+79+76+77). |
Paes-Bhupathi lose; qualify for semis HARTFORD (Connecticut), Nov 20 (Reuters) — Top-seeded Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi lost to the pair of Wayne Black of Zimbabwe and Sandon Stolle of Australia, who clinched a semifinal berth at the ATP Tour World Doubles Championship. Paes and Bhupathi, however, have qualified to play the semis and are poised to meet the Australian pair of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde later today. In their encounter last evening, the sixth-seeded Black and Stolle not only surprised the Indians 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-2 to reach the semis, but won the gold group as well. Although the losers and Black-Stolle team each finished 2-1 in the round robin, the latter won the group due to their victory yesterday. Black and Stolle will today meet in the semis Sebastien Lareau of Canada and American Alex O’Brien, who won a do-or-die match over seventh seeds Paul Haarhuis and Jared Palmer. By defeating their Dutch-American opponents 7-6 (7-1) 6-2, the fourth-seeded team sealed second place in the Green Group and a semifinal spot. The other semifinal will pit the top two seeded teams as Paes and Bhupathi will square off against the second seed “Woodies”. The “Woodies’’ warmed up for their semifinal encounter with the Indians by dumping the Czech pair of Jiri Novak and David Rikl 6-2 6-4. Novak and Rikl replaced fifth-seeded South Africans David Adams and John-Laffnie De Jager after De Jager could not compete due to the flu. Seeking their third world championship, the “Woodies” finished undefeated in three round-robin matches, but may not be at 100 per cent for Saturday as Woodbridge suffered a sprained right ankle on match point yesterday. Eighth seeds Piet Norval of South Africa and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe won their first match in the Gold Group by surprising third seeds Ellis Ferreira and American Rick Leach, 6-3 6-3. Ferreira and Leach
finished at 1-2 in the round obin and needed Black and
Stolle to lose in straight sets to reach the semifinals. |
India ‘A’ labour to reach 179 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Nov 20 (AP) — India ‘A’ laboured all day against steady home team bowling to post 179 for five on the opening day of the four-day ‘A’ team ‘Test’ against West Indies ‘A’ at Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval. Openers Gagan Khoda and Jagdish Arunkumar built a solid platform in a stand of 58 after the tourists won the toss and opted to bat yesterday. Khoda top-scored with an even 50, while Arunkumar scored 18. But the middle order failed as the tourists slumped to 116 for five in the face of accurate West Indian bowling. Toward the end of the day, 18-year-old Mohammad Kaif and wicket-keeper Samir Dighe revived the innings in an unbroken stand of 63 for the sixth wicket. Kaif, a right-hander from Uttar Pradesh, was undefeated on 30 off 140 balls. Only five fours were struck all day across a well-grassed outfield made sluggish by torrential rain on Thursday. Grenadian leg-spinner Rawl Lewis, with two for 62 off 26 overs, was the most successful bowler. Arunkumar was out in the penultimate over before lunch, snapped up at silly point by Brenton Parchment off leg-spinner Rawl Lewis. Khoda passed his half century off 110 balls with a six over long off Lewis and two fours. But the tall Rajasthan right-hander perished the very next ball, trapped leg before playing across the line to fast bowler Antiguan Prince. Captain Hrishikesh Kanitkar gifted his wicket to part-time off-spinner Chris Gayle after scoring just five. The left-hander lifted a chance to short extra cover where his opposite number Jimmy Adams clung on to an excellent diving catch. Scoreboard India ‘A’ Ist innings: Khoda lbw b Prince 50 Arunkumar c Parchment b Lewis 18 Sriram c Ganga b Lewis 25 Kanitkar c Adams b Gayle 5 Martin lbw b Mais 2 Kaif not out 30 Dighe not out 24 Extras (b-5, lb-7, nb-13) 25 Total (for 5 wkts, 90 overs) 179 Fall of wickets: 1/58, 2/79, 3/95, 4/98, 5/116 Bowling: N
Maclean 14-3-34-0, G Prince 14-4-16-1, D Mais 17-6-28-1,
R Lewis 26-6-62-2, C Gayle 13-3-20-1, W Hinds 6-3-7-0. |
Stars of the century honoured VIENNA, Nov 20 (AFP) —Brazilian soccer legend Pele, who celebrated the 30th anniversary of his 1000th goal yesterday, has been named Footballer of the Millennium. Eleven of the world’s top sports stars were honoured during the world sports awards of the century ceremony in Vienna’s operahouse yesterday following deliberations by a 15-strong panel headed by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch. The winners, chosen from a shortlist of 91 athletes, received a crystal vase worth some $ 10,000. “I am surprised and honoured,” was Pele’s reaction to his award. Three-time world heavyweight champion Mohammed Ali of the USA was named Boxer of the Century, while four-time world formula one champion Alain Prost of France received the motor sport award. Ali, victim of parkinson’s disease, received a standing ovation as he took his award. Recently-retired tennis star Steffi Graf gained recognition for her 22 Grand Slam title wins, with American basketball legend and two-time Olympic champion Michael Jordan also honoured. In the athletic’s category, gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania won the women’s title following her astounding performance during the 1976 Montreal Olympics when she made history, becoming the first gymnast ever to score a perfect 10, winning three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. The men’s award went to America’s Carl Lewis, for his haul of nine Olympic gold medals. The top swimming awards went to three-time Olympic champion Dawn Fraser of Australia and Mark Spitz of the USA, who achieved 28 world records and won nine Olympic gold medals. In the winter sports
category, Austrian Alpine skier Annemarie Moser-Proll,
the 1980 Olympic downhill champion took the women’s
award, with France’s Jean-Claude Killy, 1968 Olympic
champion, taking the men’s award. |
Punjab eves clinch cricket gold MOGA, Nov 20 (UNI) — Punjab girls won the National School Games title in cricket defeating Maharashtra girls by four wickets at the final played at D M College Cricket Stadium in the ongoing 45th National School Games here this evening. It was the first gold medal for the Punjab girls. Punjab won the toss but offered Maharashtra to bat first. Maharashtra girls made 128 runs for seven wickets in 25 overs match. In reply, Punjab girls made 129 runs for six wickets in 19 overs. Minakshi of Maharashtra was adjudged best batswomen with 54 runs, Semma and Yogita with 13 runs each. Haryana in final In the first semifinal of volleyball Uttar Pradesh beat Delhi girls by 25-23, 25-6 and 25-18 while in the second semifinal Haryana girls defeated Himachal Pradesh by 25-12,14-25 and 25-13, in 45th National School Games here. Now Uttar Pradesh will meet Haryana in the final of girls volley ball tomorrow. In the first boys semifinal Haryana beat Karnatka by 25-13, 16-25 and 25-16. In the second semifinal Delhi boys beat Uttar Pradesh by 23-25, 25-21, 25-16, 21-25 and 19-17. PATIALA (FOSR): Maharashtra with a tally of 44 points lifted the trophy in the team championships while West Bengal with 36 points in the kitty were placed second in the boys under-19 swimming. Diving and waterpolo events of the National School Games which concluded at the NIS Swimming Pool here today. In the girls’ section (U-19) the West Bengal eves bagged the team championships collecting 65 points while Maharashtra were placed second garnering 41 points. The other results are, (all finals of team championships): Boys (U-17): West Bengal-1, Delhi-2, Girls (U-17): Maharashtra-1, Karnataka-2. Boys (U-14): Karnataka-1, West Bengal-2. Girls (U-14): Maharashtra-1, Karnataka-2. Water polo: (Boys): West Bengal-1, Maharashtra-2. Diving (team championships): Boys-Maharashtra-1, Karnataka-2. Girls: West Bengal-1,
Maharashtra-2. |
Poulami confident of doing well CHANDIGARH, Nov 20 — Whatever I aim to achieve in table tennis can not be disclosed at this moment,” uttered Poulami Ghatak, ranked number one in juniors in India and the defending champion from Bengal on the first day of the team championship of 61st National Junior TT Championship here today. Poulami took to the game at the age of nine way back in 1992 as she being a bit fatty was pushed into this game. But now as the results have now started pouring in everyone is taking keen interest in encouraging her. In two years time, she got second position in the cadet girls event in national championship her coach since beginning being Mr Tapan Chandra. Poulami plays at Tollygunge Baishakhi Sangha Club, Calcutta and pursuing her studies by correspondence. She has been employed on a contract basis by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd in Calcutta. Her father is an engineer and mother housewife. “I always feel homesick. Even in the last ranking tournament at Delhi, my father visited me. Here in Chandigarh also one of my uncles would come to meet me,” said Poulami revealing her close association with family. Since 1997 Poulami has taken part in various international TT meets, such as junior Asian championships. Commonwealth meet, senior Asian championship Japan and the recent SAF games Nepal where she was a runner-up in singles and doubles partnering N. Indu. In junior national meet in 1995, Poulami reached the last eight, in 1996 she emerged champion, in 1997 she was at number two in India and last year she bagged the junior TT title. Poulami was confident that Indian women paddlers would make a mark in international circuit in the near future. During the All-India North Zone Ranking Tournament, in Delhi on November 17 she won both the women as well junior girls singles title beating NR Indu of the PSCB and Mamta Prabhu of Maharashtra, respectively. Poulami did not commit as to who had the best chances of winning the team title or even the individual title but said she would do her best during the current meet. Jayan Pushilal who has
accompanied the Bengal team as coach told that his team
was likely to win team championship in boys and girls. He
revealed that in Bengal children when they are nearly
five years old are encouraged to play table tennis.
He/she also actually starts playing at the age of eight. |
Jitender, Sarandeep share
day’s honours GURGAON, Nov 20 — Despite a fine century (102) by opener Jitender Singh, Punjab spinners restricted Haryana to a total of 242 for 8 at draw of stumps on the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Nehru Stadium here today. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Haryana lost its opener Jasvir when the batsman had made only two runs. The early loss was compensated by 79-run partnership for the second wicket between Skipper Parinder Sharma and opener Jitender Singh. Before being caught at short leg off Sarandeep, Parinder had scored 36 runs. Rajesh Puri was the other useful contributor for Haryana. He made 23. No other batsman was allowed a longer stay at the wicket by Punjab spinners Sarandeep Singh and Navdeep Singh. Sarandeep caused the maximum damage to Haryana innings by taking five wickets for 95 runs whereas Navdeep accounted for two batsmen. It turned out to be a memorable day for Haryana batsman Jitender Singh. Besides scoring his 11th century of Ranji career in 72nd innings of the 44th match, he crossed 3000-run mark in the national championship when he was on 10. SCOREBOARD HARYANA: Jitender c Jugnu b Sarandeep 102, Jasvir c Rathore b R.P. Singh 2, Parinder c Sanjay b Sarandeep 36, Amarjeet b Sarandeep 11, Rajesh lbw Navdeep 23, Sanjay lbw Sarandeep 8, Ajay c Sanjay b Navdeep 11, Pankaj lbw Sarandeep 0, Pradeep batting 21, Vineet batting 18. Extras (nb-5, lb-1, b-4) 10. Total (for 8 wickets) 242 FOW: 1-2, 2-81, 3-107, 4-184, 5-188, 6-200, 7-200. Bowling:
Sandeep Sharma 11-5-13-0, Rajinder Pal Singh 9-0-27-1,
Sarandeep Singh 35-4-95-5, Navdeep Singh 30-11-67-2,
Sandeep Sawal 6-0-26-0, Yuvraj Singh 4-1-9-0. |
Punjab, Bengal make impressive
start Chandigarh, Nov 20 — Punjab paddlers made a winning start in the 61st Junior National Table Tennis Championship which got under way at the Sector 23 TT hall here today. In a group C match, Punjab boys white washed Goa by 3-0 while in group A match, Punjab girls prevailed over Pondicherry by 3-0. Haryana downed Bihar by 3-0 in boys group B, while Chandigarh went down fighting to Maharshtra at 0-3 in group D. Defending champions Bengal had a smooth sailing in both boys and girls sections, getting the better of Meghalaya at 3-0 and UP at 3-0 respectively. Earlier in the morning, Kamlesh Mehta an Arjuna awardee and former national champion, inaugurated the meet while his wife Monalisa Mehta (Barua), also an Arjuna Awardee in TT, was the guest of honour. The players drawn from 23 units went through an impressive march past. Ms Vinita Rai, the adviser to the Chandigarh Administration and Mr P.K. Verma President of Chandigarh Table Tennis Association, along with host of administration officials were also present during the inauguration. The controversy over playing of some of the players who were considered to be overage was also sorted out when the Table Tennis Federation of India officials allowed the participation of Ranbir Das and Subham Chaudhary of Bengal who had shown March 15, 1984 and April 10, 1984 as their actual age respectively. The organisers got a fax message from Bengal Table Tennis Association on the court order of November 19, 1999, allowing these players to take part in the said championship. The TTFI has allowed the participation of other palyers on the basis of school certificates. Somyadip Roy of Petroleum Sports Control Board was permitted to take part as also Mouma Das of Bengal. Results Round Robin league: Boys: Group ‘A’: Kerala beat Pondicherry 3-2; C.J. Balaji b V.A. Praveen 19-21, 21-0, 21-16; Adarsh P lost to S. Muthukumar 10-21, 11-21; Ayo Joseph b M.L. Elamaran 21-12, 21-6; C.J. Balaji lost to S. Muthukumar 14-21, 11-21; Adarsh P. b V.A. Praveen 21-18, 21-13. Bengal b Meghalaya 3-0; Saurav Chakraborty b Ramankj Saharia 21-9, 21-10; Shubham Chaudhary b Dipangkar Patwari 21-10, 21-9; R. Dass b Tenging Sing 21-7, 21-12. U.P. b Assam 3-2; S.S. Thakur lost to Amitabh S. Kaushik 19-21, 19-21; Ankur Kapoor b J.J. Changkakotu 21-18, 21-19; Varun Jain lost Alokesh Das 14-21, 13-21; Ankur Kapoor b Amitabh S. Kaushik 21-18, 16-21, 21-17; S.S. Thakur b J.J. Changkakotu 21-17, 17-21, 21-18. Group ‘B’: Maharashtra beat M.P. 3-1; Manas Mutha lost to Yashar Pasha 26-24, 20-22, 17-21; Santosh Wakhradkar b Yog Wasan 21-9, 9-21, 21-16; Nimish Patankar b Deepesh Godha 12-21, 21-11, 21-13; Santosh Wakhradkar b Yashar Pasha 21-14, 17-21, 22-20. Haryana b Bihar 3-0; Sunil Ahuja b Ritesh Panday 21-16, 21-18; Neeraj Kumar b Neeraj 21-7, 21-15; Neeraj Mani b Inderjit 21-9, 21-11; PSCB-A beat Mizoram 3-0; Saumyadeep Roy b Lalthansiama 21-14, 21-15; Subhajit Saha b Zosema 21-9, 21-12; Sukamta Dass b Lalremruata 21-11, 21-11. Group ‘C’: Tamilnadu beat Rajasthan 3-0; G. Vinod b Sanjay Chaturvedi 21-11, 21-17; N. Senthil b Devesh Karia 21-19, 21-19; V. Abhinav b Vaibhav Saigal 21-11, 21-5. Punjab b Goa 3-0; Kanish Saini b Shaul Kazi 22-20, 18-21, 21-14; Disney b Irvin Cordo 21-8, 21-15, Sumit b Sagar Chede 21-11, 21-11. Gujarat b Karnataka 3-2; Dhaiwat Pandya b Ashwin 14-12, 21-7, 21-9; Pathik Mehta b Akash 21-10, 21-17; Hardik Bhatt lost to Avinash 21-19, 16-21, 22-24; Dhaiwat Pandya lost to Akash 22-20, 20-22, 18-21; Pathik Mehta b Ashwin 21-17, 21-15. Group ‘D’: Maharashtra beat Chandigarh (3-0) Aditya Mahagaohar b Varun Kassal 21-12, 21-15; Aeric Fernandes b Ramit Singla 21-16, 21-12; Ankur Mahajan b Mandeep Singh 21-11, 21-10. Delhi b J and K ( 3-0) Nitin Mahajan b Anil Dutta 21-17, 21-12; A. Adalakha b Nikhal Kesar 21-18, 21-12; Amit Jain b Nitin Kesar 21-11, 21-16. Andhra Pradesh b Himachal Pradesh ( 3-1) T. Arundar b Manoj 21-17, 21-16; T.V. Ramakrishana b Ritesh 21-19, 16-21, 19-21; A. Naveen Kumar b Ravi 21-10, 21-11; T. Arundar b Ritesh 21-19, 21-15. Group ‘A’: Bengal beat U.P. ( 3-0): Shubham Chaudhary b S.S. Thakur 21-12, 21-17; Anirban Nandi b Ankur Kapoor 21-17, 21-15; Ranbir Dass b Sanjeev Kumar 21-17, 21-14. Girls: Group A:AP b haryana 3-2 MS Tanuja lost to Monika 18-21, 11-21; P. Srilakshmi b Manu 21-15, 21-12; I. Niharika b Preeti 21-11, 21-9; P.Srilakshmi lost to Monika 15-21, 9-21; MS Tanuja b Meenu 21-6, 21-16. Punjab b Pondicherry 3-0; Rishu b Niranjana Devi 21-18, 21-16; Gurvinder b R.Hemlata 21-13, 21-15; Nancy b M. Priadarshini 21-13, 21-11) Bengal b Goa 3-0 Mouma Das b Nandini 21-16, 21-8; Poulami Ghatak b Samini Baig 21-13, 21-2). Group B: Assam b J&K 3-0; Amnya Gogoi b Chandpreet Kaur 21-14, 21-14; Papri Bora b Bhawna Arora 21-16, 21-15; Samita Roy b Rashi Anand 21-11, 21-12. Delhi b Kerala 3-0; Pooja Malik b Sumitha Nair 21-11, 21-11; Divya Jairam b Shrithi 18-21, 21-10, 21-11; Anshu Sharma b Parvthi Suresh 21-4, 21-12). Group C: Maharashtra ‘B’ b Himachal Pradesh 3-0; Shipra Gogle b Rupal 21-15, 21-11; Mamta Prabhu b Meenal 21-11, 21-8; Madhurika Potkar b Kiran 21-12, 21-8). Karnataka b Bihar 3-0; Madhuri b Neha Singh 21-14, 22-20; BM Ashwini b Nithya 21-9, 21-14; Amruti b Neetu 21-18, 21-13. Group D: Tamil Nadu b UP 3-0; K Ramaya b Swati Sharma 21-11, 21-12; M. Aparna b Vineeta singh 21-14, 21-12; S.Prasad b Divya Khare 21-13, 21-12). Maharashtra ‘A’ b Rajasthan 3-0; Sherry b Pallavi 21-12, 21-4; S. Inamdar b A. Spruthi 21-11, 21-8; Rujuta Rege b Khushboo 21-8, 21-14. Boys: Gr A: Assam b Pondicherry 3-2: Gr B: Maharashtra b Bihar 3-0: PSCB( A) b MP 3-0: Gr C: TN b Karnataka 3-0: Gujarat b Goa 3-0; Punjab b Rajasthan 3-1:Gr D: Maharashtra ‘A’ b J&K 3-0: Girls: Gr A: Bengal b
Pondicherry 3-0: Haryana b Goa 3-0: Gr C: Bihar b HP 3-0:
Maharashtra B b HP 3-0. |
Inzamam slams unbeaten ton HOBART, Nov 20 (Reuters) — Inzamam-ul-Haq scored a brilliant unbeaten century to put Pakistan in the driving seat on the third day of the second cricket Test against Australia at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval today. The 29-year-old middle-order batsman made 116 not out as Pakistan put Australia to the sword, piling on the runs to reach 351 for seven in their second innings for an overall lead of 327 with two days to go. Pakistan need to win the match to square the three-game series after losing the first Test in Brisbane by 10 wickets. Australia will probably need to post a record fourth innings total to clinch the series. The only time Australia have successfully chased more to win a home Test was in 1977-78 when they made 342 batting fourth against India in Perth. SCOREBOARD Pakistan (Ist innings): 222. Australia (Ist innings): 246. Pakistan (IInd innings): Anwar b Warne 78 Mohammad c McGrath b Muller 20 Saqlain 1bw b Warne 8 Ijaz c S Waugh b McGrath 82 Inzamam batting 116 Youhana c Ponting b Fleming 2 Azhar Ibw b Warne 28 Moin c Gilchrist b Fleming 6 Akram batting 1 Extra (1b 5w 1, nb 4) 10 Total (7 wkts. 114 overs) 351 (Fall of wickets: 1/50, 2/100, 3/122, 4/258, 5/263, 6/320, 7/345. Bowling:
Glenn Mcgrath 24-7-75-1, Damien Fleming 24-5-71-2, Scott
Muller 17-3-63-1, Shane Warne 39-8-100-3. Steve Waugh
4-1-19-0, Mark Waugh 2-0-6-0, Ricky Ponting 2-1-7-0, Greg
Blewett 2-0-5-0. |
Nehra wrecks Jammu & Kashmir NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (UNI) — Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra decimated Jammu and Kashmir to return with five for 52 before the hosts gained an unfinished 52-run first innings lead on the first day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four-day match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here today. At close, Delhi were 165 for three with Devender Sharma (68) and Mithun Manhas (27) remaining unbeaten. After restricting the visitors to 113 in the first innings, Delhi could not begin on a sound note as they lost two wickets — Vishal Sharma (31) and Ashu Dani (10) — in a total of 63. However, Devender Sharma and Akash Malhotra (17) added 48 runs for the third wicket before Malhotra was caught by Ranjit Bali off Surinder Singh. It was Devender, who hit unbeaten half-century, and Mithun Manhas who consolidated the innings and put the team on the course to gain a huge lead. Brief score: Jammu and Kashmir (Ist innings): 113 (Rakesh Koul 42, Pradeep Bali 24, Amitpal Singh 17 and Vijay Sharma 17, Nehra 5/52, Arun 2/26, Angurala 2/4). Delhi (Ist innings): 165
for three (Vishal Sharma 31, Devender and Manhas batting
on 68 and 27 respectively. Vijay 1/36, Surinder 1/29). |
PSEB, BSF triumph NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (PTI) — Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala, booked the last quarterfinal slot defeating CRPF 4-3, while Border Security Force, Jalandhar and Army XI continued with their winning form in the Nehru Hockey tournament here today. PSEB rallied twice from 0-2 and 2-3 down to beat strong CRPF thanks to Narain Singh’s 68th minute goal that sealed the fate of the powermen. Jolen Topna (12th minute) and Vincent Hemram (29th) scored splendid field goals as CRPF went into the breather 2-0 ahead. Hardial Singh (40th) and Inderjit Singh (50th) helped PSEB level scores before Keran Raj Singh (58th) again put the securitymen ahead (3-2). Balwant Singh netted the
ball in the 65th minute to bring PSEB back into
contention before Narain Singh struck with just two
minutes remaining in the match. |
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Shikha, N. Ravi
TT champions Shikha trounced Nitika of Jalandhar in straight sets to clinch the top spot while N. Ravi Chanderan overcome stiff resistance from Vikram Aditya to emerge winner. Results: Women: Final: Shikha (Asr) beat Nitika (Jal) 21-16, 21-15, 21-16. Men (semifinal): Vikram (Asr) beat Vaneet Chopra (SBOP) 18-21, 19-21, 21-15, 21-17, 21-18, N. Ravi Chanderan (NIS Patiala) beat Vikas Mahajan (PSEB) 21-18, 21-15, 21-16. Final: N. Ravi Chanderan beat Vikram Aditya 21-15, 21-17, 24-20. AG Punjab win In the final, they blanked AG, Haryana, by four goals to nil. In the first half, AG Punjab were leading by 1-0, the goal scored by Ravinder Singh. In second half, the next three goals were scored, by Surjit Singh (36th minute), Manjit Singh (43rd minute) and again by Surjit Singh (53rd minute). Ahmed, Veer Pal
adjudged best Bathinda district won the overall trophy in the championship. Services 229 for
6 Winning the toss Services elected to bat and made a good start scoring 73 for first wicket. Sarabjit scored 32 runs while Sarabjit and C.D. Thomson added 26 and 27 runs, respectively. Shakti Singh claimed two
wickets for 56 runs while Ravinder, Rahul Panta, Anurag
Sharma and Nischal Gaur shared one wicket each. |
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