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November 9, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Germany beat Pak, enter final Aussies flounder after good start
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Ganguly downplays injury, keen to play Yashpal’s ton rescues
Services
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Brazil lose again, jeopardise chances Jeev joint ninth
after 2nd round Services XI, CISF
win Maharashtra pip Services; Goa win Ludhiana, Jalandhar in
final Delhi squander early advantage HP bounce back to restrict J&K
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Germany beat Pak, enter final Rotterdam, November 8 All the final contenders had tight matches which they won by the odd goal. Australia came through 3-2 against England while the Netherlands came from behind to beat Korea by the same score in a re-match of last year’s Olympic final. Germany appeared to be coasting into the final when they led 4-0 after 32 minutes of the first half, but then dropped guard to let Pakistan back into the match. Although three goals came when Pakistan were reduced to 10 men due to the 12-minute suspension of Muhammad Saqlain for dangerous stick play, two corner conversions by Sohail Abbas changed the second half landscape. When Pakistan began to find some rhythm, their third goal in the 51st minute, again courtesy Abbas from a third corner flick, signalled a possible reversal of fortune. However, Germany regained their two-goal lead with a second penalty conversion by captain Florian Kunz taking his tournament tally to seven. Pakistan replied immediately, with captain Muhammad Sarwar putting the finishing touches to a well-worked corner. The crowd were forced to hold their breath when Pakistan forced their sixth corner of the match with four minutes remaining but this time Arnold Clemens saved from Abbas. Germany’s first half goals were scored by Oliver Domke, Michael Green, Florian Kunz and Christian Wein. Australia maintained second place, two points behind Germany, beating England 3-2 for their third successive win in a game played in driving rain. Australia had two penalty corners in the first half and scored from both through Matthew Wells in the 21st minute and Troy Elder seven minutes later. In between Jason Collins turned in an opportunist shot by Mark Pearn with his first touch of the game for his debut international goal. The teams were again level when James Wallis exchanged passes with Pearn and then scored with a rising cross shot. The deciding goal proved unfortunate for England, who had lost possession in Australia’s half before a long pass put Jeremy Hiskins in a one-on-one situation. Hiskins made no mistake and easily put away his fourth goal of the tournament. Tournament whipping boys South Korea, meanwhile, put the frighteners on the Netherlands before they bowed to pressure at the halfway mark to finally lose their match 2-3 for their fourth defeat in as many days. Any notion that this tie between the Olympic finalists was to be a classic quickly dissolved as the match got underway. South Korea opened the scoring through Keon-wook Kang in the 13th minute, his reverse stick strike going in off the glove of Dutch goalkeeper Guus Vogels. Jong-seon Lee added a second goal 11 minutes later to build the visitors’ hopes of their first win in the tournament. But the Dutch soon got their act together. Teun de Nooiyer cut round the Korean defence and shot, and the rebound went straight into goal off Karel Klawer’s stick just before the whistle for the end of what was a disappointing first half. Three minutes after the interval Matthijs Brouwer picked up a poor clearance to shoot between the legs of Korean ‘keeper Yoon Kim and level the scores. Piet Geeris managed to squeeze a shot between ‘keeper and post from a wide angle for the decisive goal four minutes later. Korea then squandered several chances to level but the Dutch held on for their second win.
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Aussies flounder after good start
Brisbane, November 8 Hayden struck 136 and Langer scored 104 to provide a flying start with a record opening stand of 224 before the middle order crumbled to leave Australia on 294 for six at close. New Zealand, who astonishingly said before the series that they had no real chance of winning, looked to be fulfilling their prophecy as the Australian openers plundered their attack for the first four and a half hours at the Gabba. Hayden and Langer hardly played a false stroke in their first-wicket stand, an Australian Test record against New Zealand and a world record for two left-handed openers, before the touring team struck back to take six for 39. Allrounder Chris Cairns triggered the collapse when he picked up the wickets of Hayden and Ricky Ponting in quick succession but it was the medium pacers of Craig McMillan that caused the most damage. McMillan had taken just 18 wickets from his previous 31 Tests but claimed the scalps of Steve Waugh, Damien Martyn and Langer in a spell of three for seven to finish the day with the unlikely figures of three for 13. New Zealand’s late fightback partly vindicated captain Stephen Fleming’s decision to field after he won the toss on what looked to be a good batting pitch. The ball was moving in the air and deviating off the seam in the first hour but his bowlers failed to make an early breakthrough and the signs looked ominous as the pitch quickly flattened out. Langer was content to play a cautious role after he survived a confident appeal for lbw off Cairns in the first over of the day. Hayden, in the familiar surrounds of his home ground, was far more adventurous, hitting his first boundary in the third over as he signalled his intentions early. He reached his half-century off just 54 balls when he hit three successive fours off Shayne O’Connor and made it to 71 by lunch after smacking left arm spinner Daniel Vettori over the fence for the first of his two sixes. He had a let-off on 83 when McMillan failed to hold a difficult chance at mid-on then brought up his fourth Test century and his third this year midway through the second session when he dispatched another loose ball from Vettori to the boundary. SCOREBOARD Australia (Ist innings) Langer c Vettori b McMillan 104 Hayden c Richardson
b Cairns 136 Ponting c Vettori b Cairns 5 M Waugh lbw b Asle 0 S Waugh c Parore b McMillan 3 Martyn c Vettori b McMillan 4 Gilchrist batting 13 Warne batting 18 Extras (lb-3, w-1, nb-7) 11 Total (6 wkts, 90 overs) 294 Fall of wkts: 1-224, 2-233, 3, 235, 4-256, 5-260, 6-263. Bowling: Cairns 23-4-95-2, Nash 18-6-39-0, O’ Connor 14-3-55-0, Vettori 12-0-60-0, Astle 16-7-29-1, McMillan 7-1-13-3.
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Friend fashions B’desh collapse Dhaka, November 8 Zimbabwe, however, faltered in reply as they lost two wickets for 20 runs at the end of a rain-interrupted day’s play. Friend finished with five for 31, improving on his previous best of three for 87 against South Africa at Bulawayo this year. The fast bowler, who shared the new ball with former captain Heath Streak, maintained a lively pace throughout the innings, beginning his wicket-taking spree in the 12th over. Scoreboard: Bangladesh (1st innings): Belim b streak 3 Al-Shahriar lbw b Friend 4 H Bashar c
A. Flower b Friend 0 A Islam b Olanga 12 M. Ashraful c Wishart b Olanga 0 K Mahmud c
Gripper b Friend 6 N Rahman b Friend 13 K Masud c Carlisle b Friend 6 E Hoque not out 24 M.Mortuza c
A.Flower b Streak 8 M Islam c Gripper b Olanga 9 Extras: (b-3 lb-3 nb-15 w-1) 22 Total: (all out) 107 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-11, 4-13, 5-30, 6-38, 7-49, 8-56, 9-84, Bowling: Streak 18-7-30-2, Friend 18-7-31-5, Olanga 6.2-0-18-3, Murphy 6-1-22-0. Zimbabwe (1st innings): Ibrahim lbw b M Islam 3 Gripper c Belim b M Islam 0 Carlisle not out 10 G. Flower not out 6 Extras:
(lb-1) 1 Total: (for two wickets) 20 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4 Bowling: Islam 6.5-2-7-2, Mortuza 6-1-12-0.
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Ganguly downplays injury, keen to play East London, November 8 Ganguly, who sustained the injury on his right knee when he was hit by a fast delivery from South African paceman Mornantau Hayward on the fourth morning of the first Test on Tuesday at
Bloemfontein, said “It (knee) has improved...I really want to play this game”. The skipper postponed the x-ray to be done on the injured knee today after physio Andrew Leipus advised against it. “I did not go for the x-ray as the physio said there was too much fluid in the knee and the x-ray could not have been done”. Fears that Ganguly may have fractured the knee were allayed after Leipus said “had there been a fracture, the knee would have bled”. Team manager
M.K. Bhargava, himself a medical practitioner, agreed. “I don’t think he has a fracture. If it was so, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to walk,” he said. Ganguly, who was seen wobbling in the hotel lobby, said “the soreness is still there but swelling has subsided... There is less pain and I hope to be alright”. “I really want to play the four-day game,” he reiterated, adding that his cancellation of Kolkata trip should serve the purpose. The Indian team management is hopeful that Harbhajan Singh will be fit in time for the second Test beginning next Friday. Ajit Agarkar, who is sure to play the four-day game, is also likely to get a chance in the second Test as a replacement for either Ashish Nehra or Zaheer Khan. The Indians fielded both the left-arm
seamers, despite their apparent lack of match practice as they came straight from India after recovering from injuries. There’s also been some talk of Virender Sehwag coming in at No 3 instead of VVS Laxman, who needs to build his innings and not get out after getting to the 20s and 30s. Sehwag has also displayed some measure of confidence against the new ball and it could mean a No 3 spot for him. Ganguly managed just 14 and 30 in the Bloemfontein Test and has been under fire for poor form. It was also confirmed that the injured wicketkeeper Sameer Dighe will be sent back. The team management did not reveal whether they had asked for a replacement. So Deep
Dasgupta, who made his debut in Bloemfontein will do duty one again. Meanwhile, the South African selectors have given Darryl Cullinan a lifeline by calling him into the South African A side following the injury to all-rounder Justin
Ontong. Cullinan has been struggling with his form and this one match could give him a chance, which he could utilise to way back into the national side for the second Test against India and maybe even the tour to Australia next
month. Cullinan himself has been quoted in local media as saying, “It is a big chance.” Meanwhile South African coach Graham Ford welcomed the chance given to
Cullinan. Another change in the South African A team has been Dale Benkenstein coming in as captain instead of HD Ackerman, who injured his shoulder in the limited overs match while playing for South African A team against India in Benoni last month.
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Yashpal’s ton rescues
Services Amritsar, November 8 Earlier, Punjab was bowled out for 300, at their overnight score, with Babbloo Kumar falling to Syed Jawed on the third ball of his first over this morning. Services were in trouble as opener
P.M.S. Reddy was out to first ball, caught by Gagandeep of Sandip Swawal while Jasbir Singh fell to Gagandeep, caught by Yuvraj Singh, who managed to hold on to a sharp catch in the slips. Harish
Bhaskar, who had replaced P.M.S. Reddy, was clean bowled by Gagandeep. At this stage Services had lost three wickets for only 27 runs. Yashpal, who came to replace Jasbir, showed a cool temperament against some fine spin bowling by managing to hold down one end. At lunch, Services were 77 for four. Captain Sanjay Verma fell leg before wickets to Reetinder Sodhi for 11. Yashpal reached his century in style with a six off Sandip
Sawal. Scoreboard: Punjab Ist inning: Ravneet Rickey c Jasvir b S Ghag 0, Munish Sharma c PM Reddy b S Ghag 7, Vikram Rathore c Yashpal b S Javed 1, Pankaj Dharmani c Sarabjit b JP Pandey 106, Yuvraj Singh c Sarabjit b S Ghag 67, Dinesh Mongia c Sarabjit b S Javed 11, Reetinder Sodhi c and b S Ghag 48, Sandeep Sawal c Sarabjit b S Ghag 17, Gagandeep c Sarabjit b S Javed 19, Vineet Sharma batting 8, Babloo Kumar b Javed 0. Extras: (b-3, l b-5, nb-5, w-3) 16 Total:
300 all
out FOW: 1/1, 2/4, 3/32, 4/159, 5/196, 6/214, 7/244, 8/285, 9/292. Bowling:
Sudhkar Ghag 34-09-105-05, Syed Javed 20.3-06-61-04, JP Pandey 18-03-61-01, Arun Sharma 18-02-65-00. Services
(Ist innings): PM Reddy c S. Sawal b Gagandeep 0, Jasvir c Yuvraj b Gagandeep 1, Harish Bhaskar b Gagandeep 7, Yashpal (retired hurt)123, Sanjay Verma lbw R. Sodhi 11, Sarabjit run out 49, CD Thomson b Babloo Kumar 14, Sayeed Javed lbw Babloo Kumar 0, JP Pandey batting 3, Sudhakar Ghag c Yuvraj b Gagandeep
0 Extras: (b-6,lb-7, nb-12, w-5) 30. Total: 238 for 8.
FOW: 1/1,2/5, 3/27, 4/67, 5/173, 6/216, 7/216, 8/238. Bowling: Gagandeep 21.4-5-51-4, Vineet Sharma 18-4-57-0, Reetinder Sodhi 21-8-37-1, Babloo Kumar 12-2-37-2, Sandeep Sawal 12-1-33-0, Yuvraj 2-0-10-0. |
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Colourful opening for
Games Ludhiana, November 8 Mr Jindal said rehearsals for folk dances had already started at three different venues in Ludhiana Around 250 students each of ‘Bhangra’ and ‘Giddha’ are being imparted training at Government College for Boys and Government College for Girls respectively, by the international-level dance coaches. Apart from the folk dancers, about 300 folk instrument-players, are practising at a venue near Vardhman Mills. Mr Jindal said ‘Bhangra’, ‘Giddha’, ‘Jhoomer’, acrobatics by ‘bazigars’ and ‘gatka’ would be performed in traditional style for the opening ceremony. City-based lecturer and internationally-acclaimed choreographer Davinder Singh Chhina would be the cultural-coordinator for the mega cultural event. A spectular fire work will be displayed on December 1, when the curtain goes down on the Games. The Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, has spent Rs 593.07 lakh for providing infrastructure at the Guru Nanak Stadium, the venue of the athletic events and opening and closing ceremonies, according to a press release issued by the Additional Commissioner, MC, Mr Raminder Singh. The floodlights installed at the stadium were trial tested when the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, visited the stadium on Sunday to preside over the organising committee for National Games (OCNG) to review the the preparations made so far for the Games. Meanwhile, the final touches are being given to the Games’ preparations. All the civil work, construction electricity and horticulture related work have been successfully accomplished. During the meeting of the OCNG, the Mayor of Ludhiana, Mr Apinder Singh Grewal, urged the Chief Minister to reimburse the expediture incurred by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. |
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Punjab boxing, archery squads
announced Patiala, November 8 The trials to select the teams were held at the Government Multipurpose School here today. The selected boxers will attend a training-cum-preparatory camp at Patiala from today till the Games commence on November 19, according to Mr H.S Sidhu, President, Punjab Boxing Association. The teams: Men: Rajesh Kumar (light flyweight), Bhim Singh (flyweight), Amandeep Bhatt (Bantamweight), Ranjit Singh (featherweight), Naresh Dalal (light weight), Pawan Kumar (light welterweight), Gurmit Singh (welterweight), Harjit Singh (middleweight), Harpreet Singh (light heavyweight), Balkar Singh (heavyweight), Harpal Singh (super heavyweight). Women: Meenakshi (light flyweight), Anuradha (flyweight), Surinder Kaur (bantamweight), Prempreet Kaur (featherweight), Navita (lightweight), Pardeep Kaur (light welterweight), Ranjit Kaur (welterweight), Anuradha (light middleweight), Tripti Sood (middleweight), Gurpreet Kaur (light heavyweight), Narinder Kaur (heavyweight). The coaches for the men’s squad will be Harpreet Singh and Gurvinder Singh. The 1982 New Delhi Asian Games gold medallist Kaur Singh will be the manager of the team. In the women’s section, Karan Singh and Jagdeesh Singh will be the coaches and Santram Bhoop will be the manager. Archery
team The Punjab Archery Association
(PAA) has announced a three-member women and an eight-member men’s squad for the National Games. The team: Girls
(FITA round): Prem Lata, Amandeep Kaur and Roopa Basak. Men (Indian round): Arun Kumar, Aseem Kohli, Swapanpreet Singh and Puneet Bansal.
(FITA round): Vishal Kumar, Jiwanjot Singh, Gurpal Singh and Gaurav
Kohli. Himmat Chauhan will be the coach for archers of Indian round and Vineet Kumar will be the coach for archers taking part in FITA round. Ravinder Kumar will be the manager of the team, according to Mr K.S Kang, President, Punjab Archery Association. |
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Irina continues to lead, Parnita slips New Delhi, November 8 Anjali Chopra managed to move up to second
position, as her nearest rival Parnita Garewal shot a lackluster 79. Anjali hit 76 and now both have an aggregate of 226 gross. After hitting two successive rounds of 73, Irina hit 75 which she
attributed to “a very wishy-washy game.” Her aggregate stands on 221 gross for three days, five strokes above the course rating. Parnita was unlucky to find bunkers on five
holes, which pushed up her total score. Anjali made a poor start, finding the left hand bush on her second shot on the first
hole, ending with a double-bogey. Although she returned a score of 40 for the first nine, she played the back nine to perfect regulation, a par round of 36. In sub-junior section, 12-year-old Meghna Bal won the Siel Prize, a full eight shots ahead of the runner-up, D.H. Chung. She played a steady round of 93 gross for a total of 290 over three days. In the junior section Kolkata’s Manavi Halvasiya, who led in the Saman Trophy for first two rounds, had an unfortunate encounter with the front bunker of the 7th green and ended up with an 11 on par-3 hole.
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Brazil lose again, jeopardise chances La Paz, November 8 Brazil, who still have next week’s match at home to Venezuela to play, needed a win to make sure of their place with a game to spare and seemed to be on their way when Edilson gave them a first half lead yesterday. But blunders by central defender Juan and goalkeeper Marcos — in a stadium which has become a Brazilian goalkeepers’ graveyard —allowed Lider Paz and Julio Cesar Baldivieso to hit back for Bolivia. A controversial penalty converted by Baldivieso finished off Brazil at the end. Brazil, who can still guarantee their place by beating Venezuela on November 14, stayed fourth in the South American qualifying group with 27 points, one ahead of fifth-placed Uruguay. Bolivia, with Carlos Trucco making his debut as their third coach of the qualifiers, moved up to seventh but were out of the running before kick-off. The top four teams qualify directly for Japan and South Korea and the fifth plays off against Oceania winners Australia. QUITO: Ecuador have advanced to the World Cup finals for the first time after drawing 1-1 with Uruguay in front of a delirious crowd at the Atahualpa Stadium. Yesterday’s South American zone qualifying result also guaranteed Paraguay a place in the finals in Japan and South Korea next year. Uruguay, who also still have a chance of qualifying, silenced the crowd when they went ahead through a controversial penalty by Nicolas Olivera just before half time. But Ivan Kaviedes set off wild celebrations by heading the equaliser in the 73rd minute. Ecuador, considered rank outsiders in the South American zone, have never come close to qualifying for a World Cup before. Their best performance in the Copa America was a modest fourth place when they hosted the event in 1993 and only one of their club sides, Barcelona, have reached the final of the Libertadores Cup. Ecuador are third in the South American qualifying group with 30 points, behind Paraguay on goal difference. Brazil, who play Bolivia later on Wednesday, are fourth with 27 and Uruguay, who have one match to play, are fifth with 26. The top four teams qualify automatically for Japan and South Korea and the fifth team will go into a playoff against Oceania winners Australia. The game brought the Andean nation — more famous for its smouldering volcanoes and the unique wildlife of the Galapagos islands than its soccer — to a standstill but the huge expectations appeared to affect the Ecuador team. BOGOTA:
Colombia revived their hopes of qualifying for a fourth successive World Cup when they beat Chile 3-1. Two second-half goals in two minutes, scored by English-based Juan Pablo Angel and Jersson Gonzalez yesterday, gave Colombia the points against Chile’s experimental team. Freddy Grisales opened the scoring for Colombia in the 19th minute but a Jaime Riveros free kick put Chile on level terms by half time. Colombia stayed sixth in the South American World Cup qualifying group but closed the gap on fifth-placed Uruguay to two points with one match each to play.
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Jeev joint ninth
after 2nd round New Delhi, November 8 Californian Pat Perez led the field at six-under 138 at the tournament being played at the Black Horse Course, in seaside California. The Hero Honda-sponsored Jeev was tied with Americans Luke Donald and Jason Gore. Arjun Atwal, the other Indian aspirant at the Q-School, was tied-30th at three-over 147 after he brought in a second round one-over 73 card. The top 20 players and ties from each venue will make it to the final stage of Qualifying School, which will be a six-round affair at the Dear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, starting on November 27. Jyoti Randhawa and the Indian-born Daniel Chopra, now based in Sweden, are the other players of Indian interest at the Q-School second stage, and will be in action from November 13 at the Orange Country National Club in Orlando, Florida. In the second stage of the European Tour Qualifying School being played at three different venues in Spain, Amandeep Johl of Chandigarh was tied 36th after playing his second round to level-par 73. Johl’s tally stands at two-under 144. The event is being played at the par-73 Pals Golf Club in Northern Spain. Daniel Chopra was tied for the 47th position at three-under 143. The tournament is currently being led by South Africa’s Omar Sandys at 11-under 135. Sandys improved on his opening round score of 68. |
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Services XI, CISF
win Jalandhar, November 8 In the women’s section, Air-India, Mumbai, beat Uttaranchal XI, 2-0 and RCF Kapurthala drew with SAIL, 1-1. The SAIL-RCF women’s tie was well contested but RCF took the lead in fourth minute through Navpreet Kaur. In the second half, SAIL got a penalty corner in the 37th minute and captain Rajni Sangar made no mistake in converting it. The second match in the women’s section was played between Air-India, and Uttaranchal XI. After losing their first match, Air-India, fought well and took the lead in the 6th minute when Inakumbhi Chanu scored a field goal from the left flank. In the 60th minute Mridula Keshanwani scored another goal. In men’s section Services outplayed ONGC. Services scored through M. Lokhande in the ninth minute and Avtar Singh consolidated the lead with a field goal. After the break Kamal Horo scored for Services in the 40th minute making it 3-0 and then M. Lokhande (48th) and Suran Topnro (54th) were on target. Kamal Horo struck again in the 67th minute. Amit Kumar of ONGC reduced the margin in the 69th minute. The last match was played between IHF Junior XI and CISF. Cyril Ekka of CISF opened his team’s account scoring through a field goal (1-0). After the breather, Mangra Munda and G.V. Khakha scored to make it 3-0. |
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Maharashtra pip Services; Goa win Mumbai, November 8 Services’ midfielder Saroj Gurung put his team ahead in the 41st minute off winger V.K. Mishra’s through pass. Maharashtra, who looked jaded in the first half, pulled up their socks in the second and with the introduction of Jules Alberto and Nitin Shetty looked much more menacing in their attack. In the 74th minute, striker Narendra Meetei scored the equaliser with a fine header. In the second match, Goa’s winger Levy Coelho scored the all important goal in the 10th minute off striker Abhay Kumar pass.
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Ludhiana, Jalandhar in
final Ludhiana, November 8 In the basketball quarterfinals (girls), Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar and hosts Ludhiana won their respective encounters to make it to the last four stage. Results: Basketball (boys) Ludhiana b Mansa 62-52; Gurdaspur b Amritsar 77-37; Hoshiarpur got walk over against Nawanshahr; Sangrur b Ropar 69-39; Bathinda b Moga 57-22; Faridkot b Patiala 59-37; Kapurthala b Bathinda 62-17; Hoshiarpur b Faridkot 58-29. Basketball (girls): Ludhiana b Gurdaspur 26-15; Faridkot got walk over against Ferozepore; Kairon Wing b Jalandhar 52-42; Ludhiana b Moga 42-4; Badal b Patiala 58-46. Hockey (girls): Semifinals:
Jalandhar b Amritsar 5-0; Ludhiana b Moga 6-0. Hockey (boys) Quarter final:- Namdhari Academy, Bhaini Sahib b Bathinda 7-0; Surjit Academy, Jalandhar b Ropar 3-1; Ludhiana b Jalandhar 2-1 and Sports School, Jalandhar b Amritsar 2-1. |
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Delhi squander early advantage New Delhi, November 8 Replying to Haryanas’ 316 all out, Delhi failed to capitalise on the 121-run opening stand between Gautam Gambhir (91) and Akash Chopra (48) and from a dominant position of 166 for two collapsed to 260 for seven with Amit Mishra striking thrice and Gautam Vashisht twice. Earlier, resuming at their overnight 282 for eight, Haryana added 34 runs in eight overs before Arun Singh scalped the wickets of Sumeet Narwal (39) and Nitin Aggarwal (11). The Delhi openers settled down early and soon got into an aggressive mode hitting pace bowlers S. Vidyut and Narwal all over the ground. Just when the partnership was going strong, and the hosts firmly on course to a huge first innings score, Haryana got the breakthrough when Nitin Aggarwal’s direct throw broke the stumps at the non-striker’s end while Chopra (48, 7x4) was attempting a cheeky single.
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HP bounce back to restrict J&K Mandi, November 8 In stark contrast to yesterday’s play, when Himachal were bowled out for 145 runs, the hosts did everything right today and bowled out Jammu and Kashmir for 187 runs in 82 overs. Resuming at the overnight total of 21 for one, the tourists lost their second wicket in the 23rd over with 43 runs on the board. Raju Sharma (28), with five boundaries, played brilliantly before he was caught behind by Vishal Bhatia. Kanwaljeet (16) and Dhruv Mahajan (26) played few good knocks outside the fence before falling to Shakti Singh and Nischal Gaur. Yesterday’s hero Ashwani Gupta (23) became Vishal’s second victim in the 56th over, when the score was 125. Himachal (1st innings):145 J&K (1st innings): Ranjeet Bali b Shakti Singh 2, Raju Sharma c Vishal Bhatia 28, Kanwaljeet Singh b Shakti Singh 16, Dhruv Mahajan lbw Nischal Gaur 26, Ashwani Gupta c Vishal Bhatia 23, Vikrant Taggar run out 31, Vijay Sharma c Shakti Singh 7, Arshad Zan b Vishal Bhatia 9, Abdul Qayoom lbw Nischal Gaur 32, Surinder Singh c Vishal Bhatia 0, Jagtar Singh not out. Total: 187 Bowling: Shakti Singh 31-11-71-3-0, Vishal Bhatia 29-5-55-4, Ashok Kumar 3-1-4-0, Nischal Gaur 9-3-20-2, Virender Sharma 1-0-1-0, Sandeep Sharma 7-2-16-0, Raja Ali 2-1-8-0. Himachal (2nd innings): Nishchal Gaur b Jagtar Singh 18, Sandeep Sharma lbw Abdul Qayoom 14, Rajeev Nayyar not out 17, Sangram Singh not out 23. Total: 73 for 2 Bowling: Abdul Qayoom 4-0-21-1-1, Surinder Singh 3-0-15-0, Jagtar Singh 7-2-19-1, Ashwani Gupta 7-0-1-0-1, Arshad Zan 1-0-4-0, Dhruv Mahajan 1-0-4-0. |
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