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November 11, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Aussies
declare at 486 for 9 Australia's Adam Gilchrist acknowledges applause after scoring a century during third day's play of the first cricket Test against New Zealand in Brisbane, on Saturday.
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join Germany in final Career-best
81 by Travis Friend Wet
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Gambhir
shines in Delhi’s victory Punjab
cops, PSB in title clash Vineet
wrecks Services Punjab Police storm into
final Punjab
crush Manipur Gurgaon
Range win in football Thrilling
win for HP South
Indian varsities dominate Chamba-Nahan
match tied 5-wicket haul
by Karan
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Brisbane, November 10 Just 90 minutes of play was possible today, enough for wicketkeeper Gilchrist to reach his fourth Test century, scoring 118, Chris Cairns to take his 11th five-wicket haul for New Zealand and for Australia to declare their first innings closed at 486 for nine. In reply, New Zealand openers Mark Richardson, on 10, and Matthew Bell, six, negotiated nearly seven overs in the wet conditions to reach 29 before the rain became too heavy and play was halted for the day midway through the second session. Umpires finally abandoned play about 45 minutes before scheduled stumps. Four hours were lost yesterday and with rain forecast for tomorrow as well, a draw seems likely. It would end an Australian record run of 12 consecutive home Test victories for the world No. 1 team which has beaten Pakistan, India and the West Indies over the past two seasons. It is 23 Tests since they last drew a Test, in Colombo against Sri Lanka in September 1999. The Australians’ world-record run of 16 wins in all Tests ended this year when they lost twice against India and then once to England. Glenn Mcgrath had problems with his run-up, conceding an uncharacteristic eight runs from no balls, although Jason Gillespie was impressive from the other end, troubling Bell often. New Zealand were without injured pace bowler Shayne O’Connor in the field. Yesterday O’Connor aggravated a patella tendon injury which has kept him out of cricket for most of the year. But a scan today showed no serious damage, although he may not bowl again in the Brisbane Test. Scoreboard Australia (Ist Innings): Hayden c Richardson b Cairns 136 Langer c Vettori b Mcmillan 104 Ponting c Vettori b Cairns 5 M Waugh lbw b Astle 0 S Waugh c Parore b Mcmillan 3 Martyn c Vettori b Mcmillan 4 Gilchrist c sub b Cairns 118 S Warne c Sinclair b Cairns 22 Lee c Parore b Cairns 61 Gillespie not out 20 Extras: (lb-4, w-1, nb-8) 13 Total: (for 9 wkts decl.) 486 FOW: 1-224, 2-233, 3-235, 4-256, 5-260, 6-263, 7-302, 8-437, 9-486. Bowling: Cairns 37-8-146-5, Nash 30-6-93-0 , Shayne O’Connor 17.2-4-67-0, Vettori 13.4-0-65-0, Astle 19-7-46-1, Mcmillan 14-1-65-3. New Zealand 1st innings: Richardson batting 10 Bell batting 6 Extras: (lb-5, nb-8) 13 Total (for no loss, 6.4 overs) 29 Bowling:
McGrath 3.4-1-19-0, Gillespie 3-2-5-0.
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join Germany in final Rotterdam, November 10 Four of Australia’s goals came from corners, two being scored by Troy Elder who took his tournament tally to four. Craig Victory gave Australia the lead from his side’s second corner when he was left unmarked to tap home at the right post. In what was an evenly-matched first half, the only real chance in open play fell to Jung-Chul Kim who shot wide. Korea forced more corners in the half and, just when it seemed certain Australia would go into the break with a goal lead, Korea gained their fourth corner. With just 20 seconds remaining Woon-kon Yeo took a return pass and flicked home. But after the break Australia wasted no time regaining the upper hand. Two poor traps in the Korean circle cost them goals in the first four minutes of the second half. Adam Commens, the Australian left midfielder, scored after just 30 seconds of the half and Elder found the top corner of the Korean goal from a 39th-minute corner. In a last-ditch attempt to save the match Korea immediately changed their goalkeeper but Elder made it two goals from successive corners in the 51st minute, flicking lower and to the other side. Korea pulled back a goal four minutes later to make it 4-2 with a smart reverse stick shot by Keon-wook Kang but Australia’s lead remained safe and was made secure when Scott Webster scored at the right post from their seventh and last corner in the 67th minute. A late goal by Jung-seon Lee made no difference to the outcome. Tomorrow’s final should prove a close-run affair as both Australia and Germany attempt to win the trophy for the eighth time.
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Career-best 81 by Travis Friend Dhaka, November 10 The 20-year-old Zimbabwean, with just 66 runs in his previous three Tests, slammed a career-best 81 to help his team reach 431 in reply to Bangladesh’s first-innings total of 107. He then returned to trouble Bangladesh as a new-ball bowler, taking two wickets to reduce the home team to 125-3 in the second innings on the third day. The hosts still require 199 more runs with seven wickets in hand to make Zimbabwe bat again. Friend did not allow Bangladesh to get off to a solid start as he had opener Al Sahariar (five) caught by Grant Flower in his second over. His second wicket came in the day’s last over when he dismissed Habibul Bashar. Bashar, who top-scored with a defiant 65, was involved in a 102-run stand for the second wicket with opener Javed Omar (35). Aminul Islam was batting on six and Mohammad Ashraful was yet to open his account when bad light stopped play. Friend, who claimed five wickets in the first innings on Thursday, was in the limelight in the morning session for his solid batting as his team, resuming at 348-7, scored 83 runs for the last three wickets before being all out just after lunch. Friend, without a half-century before this match, batted confidently against both fast bowlers and spinners to keep the pressure on Bangladesh. The lower-order batsman, 38 overnight, struck nine boundaries off 161 deliveries before being bowled by left-arm spinner Enamul Haque. He was involved in two useful partnerships which put his team in a commanding position. Friend put on 108 for the eighth wicket with former captain Heath Streak (65) and 50 for the next with current skipper Brian Murphy (25). Streak added just eight runs to his overnight score of 57 before being caught by wicket-keeper Khaled Masud off debutant seamer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. Scoreboard Bangladesh (Ist innings): 107 (Enamul Haque 24; T. Friend 5-31) Zimbabwe (Ist innings) (overnight 348-7): Ibrahim lbw b N.Islam 3 Gripper c Belim b M.Islam 0 Carlisle c Masud b Mortuza 33 G.Flower c Al-Shahriar 10
b Mortuza A.Flower b E.Hoque 28 Wishart run out 94 Marillier lbw E.Hoque 73 H.Streak c Masud b Mortuza 65 T.Friend b E.Hoque 81 B.Murphy c Bashar
H.Olonga not out 2 Extras (lb-7 b-4 w-4 nb-2) 17 Total
(all out) 431 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4, 3-31, 4-60, 5-89, 6-226, 7-259, 8-367, 9-417. Bowling:
M.Islam 26-5-74-2 (w-1), M.Mortuza 32-8-106-4 (w-1), K.Mahmud 15-2-59-0 (w-2 nb-2), Enamul Hoque 43-13-74-3, Naimur Rahman 18-1-56-0, Mohammad Ashraful 15-3-49-0, A.Islam 1-0-2-0. Bangladesh (2nd innings): Javed Omar Belim c Olonga b Marillier
32 Al-Shahriar c G.Flower b Friend 5 Habibul Bashar c Murphy
b Friend 65 Aminul Islam not out 6 M. Ashraful not out 0 Extras
(b-6 lb-1 nb-10) 17 Total (for three wickets) 125 Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-108, 3-120. Bowling: Streak 10-4-17-0, Friend 11.4-2-26-2 (nb-7), Olonga 5-1-17-0 (nb-3), Murphy 13-4-42-0, Marillier 7-2-16-1.
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Wet outfield
prevents play East London (SA), November 10 Though there were no rains today, intermittent showers last evening had rendered the ground unfit to play. The Indians twice visited the ground in the hope that the wet outfield would improve sufficiently for the game to begin but despite bright sunshine no play was possible. This is the only practice game before the two back-to-back Test matches against South Africa. The Indians’ previous practice game at Kimberly ahead of the first Test was also abandoned due to wet field. India went into the Bloemfontein Test with some players who did not have any match-practice at all and lost the match by nine wickets.
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Gambhir
shines in Delhi’s victory New Delhi, November 10 Chasing a victory target of 191 after bowling out Haryana for 201 in their second innings, Delhi cruised home in just 33.3 overs with more than a session remaining on the fourth and last day of the match. The highlight of Delhi innings was a brisk 101-run stand for the opening wicket between Gambhir and Akash Chopra who made 30. Both the openers went on the rampage early and looked to finish the match in a hurry. Their century stand came in just 18 overs as both of them unleashed a flurry of shots to all parts of the grounds. Gambhir dominated the day’s proceedings, as he tore apart the Haryana bowling. He was particularly harsh on fast bowler Nitin Aggarwal, smashing him for five consecutive boundaries in an over. Gambhir’s stroke-filled century came off just 88 balls and was studded with 22 fours. He picked up 28 runs off the last eight balls he faced. Haryana, searching for a breakthrough, were provided one by Amit Mishra when he sent back Chopra, caught by Shafiq at silly point. New man Radhey Shyam Gupta survived many anxious moments and confident appeals as Haryana bowlers tried to pin him down. But he soon cut loose pulling Gaurav Vashisht for a huge six and followed it up with a couple of boundaries. The second wicket pair added 61 runs before Gupta perished in the deep when he mistimed a full toss from Nitin Aggarwal and gave a simple catch to Sumit Narwal at deep fine leg. Gupta made 33 with the help of four fours and two sixes in 28 balls. Aggarwal struck again on the very next ball dismissing Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas, caught at first slip by Chetan Sharma, to raise hopes of a comeback by Haryana. SCOREBOARD Haryana (1st innings): 316 all out. Delhi (1st innings): 327 all out. Haryana (2nd innings): Extras: (lb-2, w-1 nb-5)8 Total: (all out, 86.5 overs)201 Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-45, 3-45, 4-114, 5-167, 6-168, 7-168, 8-178, 9-180. Bowling: Amit Bhandari 14-2-54-1, Arun Singh 7-1-25-0, Amit Suman 2-0-6-0, Sarandeep Singh 35-11-63-3, Abhishek Sharma 26.5-11-37-5, Mithun Manhas 2-0-14-0. Delhi (2nd innings): Extras: (b-2, lb-5, nb-1, w-2) 10 Total: (for 4 wkts, 33.3 overs) 193 Fall of wickets: 1-101, 2-162, 3-162, 4-181. Bowling: S. Vidyut 5.3-2-23-0, S. Narwal 7-1-27-0, N. Aggarwal 6-0-46-3, G. Vashisht 6-1-42-0, Amit Mishra 9-0-48-1.
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Punjab cops, PSB in title clash Jalandhar, November 10 In the semifinals today Punjab Police ousted Indian Airlines, Delhi, via tie-breaker 9-8, while Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi, trounced BSF by 5-2. Once again Punjab Police and Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi, will clash in the finals. In women’s section, Steel Authority of India, Delhi, beat Uttaranchal XI by 2-0 and Rail Coach Factory outclassed Air India, Mumbai by 6-2 to reserve their seats in the semifinal. In the men’s section Punjab Police & Indian Airlines, played defensive game in the first half whereas the second half showed an aggressive fast and attacking game. In the first half in 31st minute. Tejbir Singh of Police scored from a left-out position after receiving a pass from Dalijeet Dhillon (1-0). At half time policemen were leading by 1-0. After the breather, in the 43rd minute Sameer Dad equalised for the Indian Airlines through a penalty corner. In the very next minute Indian Airlines overtook Policemen when Virender Singh sounded the board through a cracking shot from the top of the striking circle (2-1). In 45th minute Punjab Police’s Daljeet Dhillon scored the equaliser (2-2). In 50th minute, Indian Airlines once again got the lead, this time Bimal Lakra scored from the left flank (3-2). In 64th minute Rajnish Mishra of Indian Airlines scored from a cross from the left flank (4-2). After trailing by two goals Punjab Police reduced the margin in the 67th minute when Daljeet Dhillon converted a penalty corner (3-4). In the 69th minute Tejbir Singh scored the equaliser from a gentle push into the goalmouth (4-4). Indian Airlines players were not satisfied with the decision of the goal and the match was suspended for 10 minutes. After completion of the stipulated time both the team were tied at 4-4. In tie-breaker Punjab Police defeated Indian Airlines by 9-8. Baljeet Dhillon, Jugraj Singh, Daljeet Dhillon, Kanwalpreet Singh & Baljeet Bhullar scored whereas Indian Airlines; Sameer Dad’s slow push was stopped by Police goalkeeper. Today two league matches were played in the women’s section in the first match SAI Delhi, defeated Uttranchal XI by 2-0. Eram Rizvi scored first goal in the 25th minute of the game and Nishi completed the tally for winners in 28th minute. RCF Kapurthala and Air India, Mumbai fought it out in the second match. In the 7th minute, RCF girls got lead when Jyoti Kullu converted a penalty corner (1-0). In 10th minute Mohan Devinder increased the lead (2-0). At the half time RCF ever were leading by 2-0. In the second half in 38th minute Sandeep Kaur of RCF scored a field goal (3-0). In 41st minute Air India’s Anita Barla was able to reduce the margin to 1-3. Mohan Devinder of RCF scored a hat trick in the 43rd minute, 49th and 53rd minutes to make the score line 6-1. In the last minute B. Chanu of Air India reduced the margin (2-6). |
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Vineet wrecks Services Amritsar, November 10 Resuming from 13 for one, Services overnight batsmen, PMSS Reddy and Jasvir Singh, both played cautiously, hitting only the loose ball, took their score to 114 without losing any wicket at lunch break. Breakthrough for the hosts came when leg-spinner Sandeep Sawal bowled Reddy for 36. After lunch Jasbir scored a well-deserved hundred with five fours and three sixes. The turning point in the match came when
Yashpal, who had hit a double hundred in the first innings’ was run out by Yuvraj Singh. It was a dream spell for the Punjab
seamer, Vineet Sharma who had remained wicketless in the first innings, Vineet’s first victim was Sarabjit Singh who was out leg before wicket in his 19th over. In the next over he had CD Thomson caught by Ravneet Ricky, this was followed by the wicket of J.P.
Pandey. The tide against the Services was turned single-handedly by Vineet as from a comfortable position at 180 for 3 they
suddenly collapsed like house of cards and were bowled out for 223. With second outright victory, Punjab have claimed 16 points from two outings. The home team now play Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu on November 18 and latter play Haryana. Scores Punjab:
(Ist innings): 300 all out. Services: (Ist innings): 356 all out. Punjab:
(2nd innings): 397 for three declared. Services: (2nd innings): 223 all out. Reddy b Sawal
36 Bhasker b Vineet 0 Jesbir b Babloo 114 Yashpal run out 22 Sanjay lbw Sawal
11 Sarabjit lbw Vineet 6 Thomson c Ravneet b Vineet 1 Sudhakar not out
8 Arun c Yuvraj b Vineet 6 Extras 18 Total
223 Fall of wickets: 1/2, 2/122, 3/180, 4/182, 5/200, 6/201, 7/203, 8/204, 9/209 & 10/223. Bowling:
Vineet Sharma: 24-6-61-6, Gagandeep 19-6-41-0, S. Sawal 29-4-40-2, Babloo 18-7-38-1, D. Mongia 2-2-0-0, R. Sodhi 9-3-30-0. |
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Punjab Police storm into final Kohima, November 10 In a one-sided affair the sturdy Punjab cops led by a goal in the first half after striker Gurinder Pal Singh found the net through a penalty kick. The second goal came in the 51st minute by Gurjit Singh. Five minutes later substitute Pardip Singh increased the score to 3-0. The fourth goal came when PEP defender Watiyanger wanted to clear an attempt from Punjab Police striker Jatinder Singh and pushed the ball inside the net (4-0).
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Punjab crush
Manipur Mumbai, November 10 In a Group-C match, Railways, who could not convert their chances in the first half, struck first in the 50th minute through a penalty kick. Railways winger Kasif Jamal who made a menacing run with the ball towards the Services goal was brought down in the box by defender S Ignatious resulting in the penalty
kick. Jamal who himself took the spotkick made no mistake to find the target with a rasping shot that beat the Services goalkeeper to his right. Railways netted the rest two goals five minutes before the final whistle to seal Services’ fate. Kasif Jamal made it 2-0 with a solo effort and substitute Adil Ansari was bang on target off a winger Manjinder Singh pass. The second match in the Group-D between Punjab and Manipur turned out to be a one-sided affair. Punjab winger Ram Paul scored a brace in the 38th and 57th minutes respectively. Midfielder Hardeep Singh Saini who did the spadework for Paul’s second goal, himself scored the third in the 68th minute off a winger Gurjit Singh
cross. Gurjit rounded off the tally when he scored off a Saini pass 10 minutes before the final whistle.
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Gurgaon Range win in football Chandigarh, November 10 The results: Athletics 100 m. Women: 1 Vanita (Special Range), 2 Birmati (Gurgaon Range), 3 Seema (Special Range). Discus throw: men: 1 Gurdev (Ambala Range), 2 Jaibir (HAP Range), 3 Chander Bhan (Special Range). Discus throw: women: 1 Kamlesh (Rohtak Range), 2 Vanita (Special Range), 3 Raj Kalan (Gurgaon Range). Triple Jump: men: Rohit (Special Range), 2 Jaidev (Special Range), 3 Manoj (HAP Range). Marathon (42 Km: men: 1 Santosh Kumar (HAP Range), 2 Satbir (Gurgaon Range), 3 Balbir Singh (Combined Range). 1500 m men: 1 Tarsem (Special Range), 2 Rakesh (Rohtak Range), 3 Amir Singh (HAP Range). 800m women: 1 Rajesh (Rohtak Range), 2 Rani Devi (Gurgaon Range), 3 Geeta (Special Range). 4x400 relay race men: 1 Special Range, 2 HAP Range, 3 Rohtak Range. 4x400 Relay Race: women: 1 Special Range, 2 Gurgaon Range, 3 Rohtak Range. 3000m men: 1 Rakesh (Rohtak Range), 2 Hari Parkash (Rohtak Range), 3 Satpal (HAP). JUDO: 1 ASI Rajbir Singh (HAP), 2 HC Davinder Singh (Rohtak Range), 3 Dalbir Singh HAP and Phool Kumar of Rohtak Range. WRESTLING: Greco Roman Style: 130 kg Rajbir Singh (HAP) b Anil (Rohtak Range) by 3-1, Sohan Singh (Ambala Range) b Samunder (Rohtak Range) by 3-0. 85 Kg: Bijender Singh (Rohtak Range) b Jagbir Singh (Special Range) by fall Balraj Singh (Special Range) b Sanjay (HAP Range) by fall. 97 Kg: Manjit (Rohtak Range) b Chander Vart (Hisar Range) Surender Singh (Special Range) b Narender Singh (Special Range) by fall. 130 Kg: Sohan Singh (Ambala Range) b Anil Kumar (Rohtak Range) Samunder Singh (Rohtak Range) b Suraj Bhan (Gurgaon Range) both by fall. 63 Kg: Jagmool (Hisar Range) b Neeraj (HAP Range). 69 Kg: Dhayan Chand (HAP Range) b Rajesh (Gurgaon Range) Kuldeep (Special Range) b Kuldeep (HAP Range). 76 Kg: Dilbagh (Gurgaon Range) b Naveen (Special Range) Narender (Gurgaon Range) b Anil (Gurgaon Range) Prem Kumar (Rohtak Range) b Shamsher (Hisar Range) Dhan Raj (HAP Range) b Somvir (HAP Range). 97 Kg: Naresh (Gurgaon Range) b Bhagwan Singh (Rohtak Range). 130 Kg: Anil (Rohtak Range) b Chand Singh (Ambala Range) Sanjay (Gurgaon Range) b Samunder (Rohtak Range). |
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Thrilling
win for HP Mandi, November 10 Resuming from their overnight score of 38 without loss Jammu & Kashmir played confidently before they got their first blow in the 17th over in the shape of Ranjeet Bali. Raju Sharma and Kanwaljeet Singh followed by Dhruv took the score past 150 runs. Himachal dealt three blows within four overs. A brilliant half century by Vijay Sharma revived the hopes of visitors before he became Shakti Singh’s fourth victim. The tail enders threw wickets as Jammu & Kashmir were all out for 257 runs. Scoreboard HP (1st innings): 145 all out J & K (1st
innings): 187 all out HP (2nd innings): 345 for 7 declared J & K (2nd innings): Ranjeet c Sangram b Sandeep 22 Raju c Ravi Kant b Vishal 39 Kanwaljeet c Gaur b Shakti 43 Dhruv lbw Shakti 44 Ashwani b Shakti 6 Vikrant run out 6 Vijay c Sandeep b Shakti 50 Arshad c Hitech b Shakti 7 Quyoom lbw Vishal 15 Jagtar c Virender b Vishal 0 Surinder not out 0. Extras:
25 Total (all out): 257. FOW: 1-55, 2-71, 3-149, 4-155, 5-160, 6-177, 7-199, 8-257, 9-257. Bowling:
Shakti Singh 39.5-11-103-5, Ashok Kumar 4-0-17-3, Vishal Bhatia 35-13-66-1, Sandeep Sharma 15-6-34-1, Nischal Gaur 6-4-7-0, Rajeev Nayyar 1-0-3-0, Virender Sharma 3-2-8-0. |
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South Indian varsities dominate Kangra, November 10 In the first match yesterday, Panjab University Chandigarh and University of Kerala clashed in an interesting match. Both were neck and neck in the first quarter at 12-13. Both the teams strived hard till half time when both had scored 24 points each. Ambily P.K and J.P. Manvel of Kerala played a coordinated game in the second half and scored 26 and 11 points, respectively. University of Kerala won by two points with the final score reading 47-45. Mandeep and Kamaljit of Panjab University scored 21 and 14 points, respectively. In another match MGU Kottayam (Kerala) defeated HP University in a one-sided match by 34 points with the final score reading 65-31. Kottayam University girls took an early lead which they maintained till the half time. R.A. Sunny, R.S. Kuruvilla and Indu of Kottayam University had 12, 9 and 8 baskets, respectively. HP University could not do much against the winners. Usha of HP University scored 10 points. In the third match between Punjabi University and Madras University, the half time score was 40-29. During the second half the match took an interesting turn as P. Laxmi and Vidiaya of Madras University changed the tide and played an aggressive game to ensure victory for their team with the final score reading 57-48. P. Laxmi and Vidiaya of Madras University scored 25 and 12 points, respectively and Manish and Sudhikar of Punjabi University scored 15 and 13 points, respectively. The last match was won by Calicut University who defeated Pandit Ravi Shanker University by a convincing margin of 34 points. The final score was
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Chamba-Nahan match tied Chamba, November 10 At one state Chamba were 95 for one but Vikrant bowled well and got 5 for 16 runs. Chamba were all out for 118. Bhupinder of Chamba played well and scored 40 runs. Kapoor Singh scored 20. Nahan did not start well. They could not face spinner Kapoor Singh who got 5 wickets for 28 runs. It was only Anil who scored 30 and Mohit contributed 20. Nahan were also all out for 118 and the match ended in a tie. Nahan along with Mandi qualified for the super league. Scores: Chamba 118 all out Bhupinder 40, Kapoor Singh 20, Himanshu 16, Vikrant 5 for 16, Mohit 3 for 24, Rakesh 2 for 25. Nahan 118 Anil 30, Mohit 20, Neetam Sharma 16, Kapoor Singh 5 for
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5-wicket haul by Karan Rohtak, November 10 In reply Delhi had scored 106 runs for the loss of one wicket. Somik Chatterjee and Sidhanta were batting on 55 and 42 runs, respectively. Brief scores |
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Brisbane,
November 10
