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Sunday,
November 18, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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India in
dire straits Murali
spins Lanka to victory B’desh
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gear up for opener Mumbai, November 17 England would be looking to get acclimatised to the conditions as fast as possible when they take on Mumbai in a two-day match that begins at the Wankhede Stadium here tomorrow.
Games
torch in Anandpur Sahib Bindra’s
assurance on discrepancies Chaos,
confusion at Patiala Abhinav
Bindra, Sabeeha Dhillon to spearhead challenge 270
players to represent Chandigarh Uncertainty
dogs netball event
Kerala
lift Santosh Trophy Bharat
Petroleum beat Punjab Police
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Port Elizabeth, November 17 India averted the follow-on, which looked a distinct possibility when they were eight down for 119, thanks to an unseparated 63-run partnership between Laxman and Anil Kumble for the ninth wicket. For a change, Laxman displayed his ability to hold on to his wicket, making a gritty unbeaten 77 as he and Kumble took the score past the 163-run mark. India were 182 for eight when play was abruptly stopped midway through the 55th over because of bad light. Kumble was batting on 21. Earlier, Herschelle Gibbs missed his double century by just four runs but put his side in command as South Africa added 125 runs to their overnight score of 237 before being all out two overs after lunch. Gibbs faced 354 balls during his 442 minute stay at the crease and hit 25 fours and a six before Tendulkar had him caught by Virender Sehwag at gully for 196. South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher remained unbeaten on 68 to compound India’s miseries. For the visitors, veteran speedster Javagal Srinath bagged six wickets for 76 runs, his second successive five-wicket haul in this series. The Indian batsmen had a horrid time in the middle and they struggled right from the start. They seemed to have got it all wrong when rookie wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta was asked to open the innings after all that brave stuff from captain Sourav Ganguly that he was not an ‘escapist’ and would lead the side by example by coming as an opener. Dasgupta did well to hang in for a while but Shiv Sunder Das was unfortunate to have been adjudged leg before wicket off Shaun Pollock when the ball seemed to have kissed his bat too. The dismissal of Das, when the score was just five, opened the floodgates for the Indians and batsmen with biggest of reputations made a beeline back to pavillion. Pollock sent back Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar in quick succession to leave India in a real sorry state at 15 for three. Ganguly did show flashes of brilliance during his short stay at the wicket. He hit Jacques Kallis for four boundaries in one over and a couple of more later to quickly reach into his thirties. But Dasgupta could not take it any longer and was clean bowled by Makhaya Ntini for 13 and Indian innings was once again derailed at 47 for four. India took tea at 63 for four with Ganguly on 37 and Laxman on four. Immediately after the break, South Africa hit the jackpot when Pollock clean bowled Ganguly too. Ganguly clearly looked shaken after taking a hard blow on his groin region from Pollock and one ball later the ball crashed through his defences and uprooted the stumps. Ganguly made 42 and India’s fifth wicket was down on 69. With Laxman not having played a single long innings after that majestic match-winning 281 against Australia in Kolkata earlier this year and the tailenders not known for their batting skills, South Africa were justified in believing that the Indian end was near. The only hurdle was the sixth wicket pair of Laxman and Virender Sehwag, debut centurion in the Bloemfontein Test, and the two looked to be putting up some resistance. Laxman, who has been
consistently getting out in the 20s and 30s, got over a nervous start and played a few flowing drives.
PTI SCOREBOARD South Africa (1st innings): Gibbs c Sehwag b Tendulkar 196 Kirsten c Laxman b Srinath 4 Kallis b Srinath 24 McKenzie b Harbhajan Singh 12 Dippenaar c Dasgupta b
Agarkar 29 Klusener c Laxman b Srinath 9 Pollock c Harbhajan b Srinath 3 Boucher not out 68 Boje lbw b Kumble 1 Ntini c Das b Srinath 10 Hayward b Srinath 0 Extras:
(lb-2, nb-4) 6 Total: (all out, 121 overs) 362 FOW:
1-17, 2-87, 3-116, 4-221, 5-230, 6-244, 7-324, 8-325, 9-353. Bowling:
Srinath 30-6-76-6, Agarkar 22-2-85-1, Ganguly 2-0-21-0, Kumble 29-10-67-1, Harbhajan 34-6-89-1, Tendulkar 4-0-22-1. India (1st innings): Das lbw b Pollock 1 Dasgupta b Ntini 13 Dravid b Pollock 2 Tendulkar c Klusener b Pollock 1 Ganguly b Pollock 42 Laxman batting 77 Sehwag c Kirsten b Kallis 13 Agarkar c Boucher b Kallis 1 Harbhajan run out 0 Kumble batting 21 Extras
(lb-3, nb-6, w-2) 11 Total (for 8 wkts, 54.3 overs) 182 Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-15, 4-47, 5-69, 6-111, 7-119, 8-119. Bowling: Pollock 15-3-38-4, Hayward 13-4-35-0, Ntini 14-3-49-1, Kallis 10-2-50-2, Boje 1.3-0-1-0, Klusener 1-0-6-0. |
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Murali spins Lanka to victory Galle, November 17 The magical off-spinner claimed five for 44 as the West Indians crashed to 144 in their second innings on the fifth and final day at the Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka, denied an innings victory by two runs, easily secured their maiden Test win over the West Indies to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Muralitharan, who took six wickets in the first innings, finished with a match-haul of 11 as the West Indians crumbled against the sustained pressure applied by the spinners. Lara, who made 178 in the first innings, had boasted yesterday he would score at least 150 in the second —if he got a chance to bat. “I am ready for them .. At least 150 in the second innings and that is no joke,” he had said. The temperamental left-hander managed only 40, failing to save his side from a sensational collapse that does not augur well for the tourists in the two Tests ahead. Muralitharan was well supported by left-arm spinner Niroshan Bandaratilleke, who finished with two for 46. The West Indies’ chances of saving the match receded when Lara mistimed a drive off off-spinner Thilan Samaraweera to be caught by Muralitharan at mid-wicket after lunch. Lara batted for 101 minutes to score two boundaries. The remaining batsmen, including skipper Carl Hooper, failed to read the home team’s spinners who continued to strike at regular intervals. The slow bowlers raised victory hopes with three quick wickets in the morning session after the West Indies had resumed at 9-1. Bandaratilleke bagged two wickets and Muralitharan one as the West Indies lost three wickets for 13 runs in less than six overs. The Sri Lankan spinners kept the visitors under pressure, despite a stubborn 67-run stand for the second wicket between Daren Ganga (33)and Ramnaresh Sarwan (30). Bandaratilleke provided the breakthrough when he dismissed Ganga, who was caught sweeping by Hashan Tillakaratne at square-leg after adding 30 to his overnight score. West Indies (1st innings): 448 Sri Lanka (1st innings): 590-9 decl. West Indies (2nd innings): Ganga c Tillakaratne b
Bandaratilleke 33 Gayle c Muralitharan b Vaas 1 Sarwan c Arnold b
Lara c Muralitharan b
Hooper c Jayasuriya b
Samuels lbw b Muralitharan 2 Jacobs b Muralitharan 9 McGarrell not out 10 Dillon lbw b Muralitharan 0 Ramnarine b Vaas 0 Stuart c Vaas b Muralitharan 2 Extras
(b-2, lb-2, nb-7) 11 Total (all out, 78.3 overs) 144 FOW:
1-3, 2-70, 3-70, 4-83, 5-93, 6-131, 7 135, 8-138, 9-139. Bowling:
Vaas 17-8-20-2, Bandaratilleke 19-6-46-2, Muralitharan 31.3-10-44-5, Buddika 2-0-10-0, Jayasuriya 5-0-13-0, Samaraweera 4-1-7-1. Sri Lanka (2nd innings): Jayasuriya batting 6 Atapattu batting 0 Total
(for no loss, 0.4 over) 6 Bowling: Stuart 0.4-0-6-0.
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B’desh asked to follow on Chiattagong, November 17 A dismal batting effort from the hosts on the third day saw them bundled out for 251 in reply to Zimbabwe’s 542-7 declared. Bangladesh were 15-0 in the second innings, still needing 276 runs to make Zimbabwe bat again. Bashar waged a lone battle with a defiant 108, but found no support at the other end as the last five wickets tumbled for 34 runs. Zimbabwe’s unlikely hero was Grant Flower, who grabbed four wickets. Zimbabwe (1st innings) 542-7 decl. Bangladesh (1st innings) (overnight 57-1): J. Omar c A Flower b Streak 8 Al Sahariar lbw b Olonga 29 Habibul Bashar b G Flower 108 A Islam c and Marillier 21 Akram Khan lbw b Marillier 6 Ashraful c Ebrahim b G Flower 33 Naimur Rahman lbw b Streak 5 Khaled Mashud b G Flower 8 Enamul Haque not out 12 M Bin Mortaza lbw b Brent 1 M. Sharif c Brent b G Flower 5 Extras: (b-1, lb-3, w-2, nb-9) 15 Total: (all out, 95.3 overs) 251 FOW: 1-15, 2-80, 3-135, 4-146, 5-204, 6-217, 7-226, 8-235, 9-244. Bowling: Friend 16-3-63-0, Streak 19-6-32-2, Olonga 12-0-40-1, Marillier 15-6-39-2, Brent 17-9-30-1, G Flower 15.3-3-43-4, Gripper 1-1-0-0. Bangladesh (2nd innings): Javed Omar batting 2 Al Sahariar batting 11 Extras: (lb-1, w-1) 2 Total: (for no loss, 10 overs) 15 Bowling: Friend 4-3-1-0, Brent 5-1-13-0, G Flower 1-1-0-0.
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England
gear up for opener
Mumbai, November 17 England, who arrived here on November 14, have been at the nets for the past three days, but their real Test would come when they play a match and get a feel of the pitches. England captain Nasser Hussain sounded optimistic ahead of the tour opener. “We will be trying to get a close look at the pitches here so that the players get used to the conditions as fast as possible,’’ he said. He, however, did not name the playing eleven saying that they would be declared tomorrow before the match begins. The match also assumes importance for Mumbai as a couple of players would like to make a point to the selectors. Both the openers, Wasim Jaffer and Vinayak Mane, in the light of India’s poor performance at the top in South Africa, would be looking for a good score. Mumbai have already suffered a blow before the match with Vinod Kambli pulling out due to an injury and Nilesh Kulkarni, the left arm spinner, also nursing a bruised knee. Meanwhile, Sameer Dighe, who returned from South Africa due to injury, has submitted his fitness certificate to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), the joint secretary of the association Mayank Khandwalla said.
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Games torch
in Anandpur Sahib Ropar, November 17 Earlier 80 players of the Shaheed Kanshi Ram Memorial Physical College, Bhagomajra, received the torch from the SDM, Mohali, in the morning and started the 80-km journey for Anandpur Sahib. The players carrying the torch were given a rousing welcome by the local people and officials at Kharar, Kurali, Ropar, Kiratpur Sahib and Anandpur Sahib. At Ropar, the Punjab State Minister for Education Mr Tara Singh Ladal, and the SDM Ropar, Mr Daljit Singh, received the players. At Kiratpur Shaib the SDM, Anandpur Sahib received the players carrying the torch. The torch will remain at Anandpur Sahib today and will be carried to Nawanshahr tomorrow. The players from Ropar will carry the torch upto Kalma Morr tomorrow, where players from Nawanshahr will receive it. The torch was brought to Mohali from Patiala yesterday evening. |
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Bindra’s assurance on discrepancies Ludhiana, November 17 Mr Bindra said he had visited some places where the players were staying and found the arrangements for hot water and food for the participants wanting. He asked the officials concerned to look into such discrepancies immediately. The kit for the Punjab contingent and their dress for the ‘march past’ were ready, he added. After the meeting, Mr Dhindsa told mediapersons that sponsorship with oil companies worth Rs 3.5 crore had been finalised, which included Rs 1 crore for the Jalandhar venue. The secretaries of different sports associations have been asked to appoint liason officers to receive sportspersons, officials and technical delegates at the railway station to avoid any inconvenience to the visitors, he informed. Mr Dhindsa said the OCNG has requested the Union Finance Ministry to release an additional amount of Rs 7 crore and expressed the hope to get the same in due course. Mr M.S. Bhullar, DGP, Punjab Police, Chairman, teams preparation Committee, who attended the meeting said though the camps for some discplines could not be held due to unavoidable circumstances , the hosts would win the overall championship. All international hockey players would play in the Games, he said. The full dress rehearsal of the cultural programme for the opening ceremony was also held today. Around 1100 participants, including students of different colleges and professional artistes took part in the rehearsals. A media centre was set up at the Shastri Indoor Hall, adjacent to Guru Nanak Stadium, the venue for the track and field events, apart from opening and closing ceremonies. Computers, fax machines and telephones have been installed at the media centre, which will be formally inaugurated tomorrow. Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana informed that as many as 98 large buses, 320 mini buses and 250 cars have been engaged to transporst players, officials and technical delegates from the railway station to their places of stay and to the venue of the Games. About 650 participants, including officials from Andaman and Nicobar, Maharashtra, Manipur, Kerala, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Services have reached Ludhiana so far, he said. Regarding the traffic management during the Games, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, SSP said parking lots had been finalised . These are Government College for Women (VIPs) and Government College for Boys, Arya College for Boys, Military Base Area near the Jagraon overbridge, Municipal Corporation parking and Government Multipurpose School near Bhai Wala Chowk. Traffic on Ferozepore road and on Jalandhar road would be diverted on November 19 and December 1 in view of the VVIPs’ visit, he added. JALANDHAR: Mr I.S. Bindra today admitted the presence of some shortcomings in the arrangements for the games due to lack of funds. Mr Bindra, addressing a press conference here, said unfortunately Jalandhar did not have a full-fledged sports complex at par with Ludhiana and Patiala. “Though I tried my best to set up a hostel for stay of players and to lay a synthetic track at local Burlton Park for athletic events, but the local municipal corporation authorities fail to support the move”. Regarding the state of the stadiums in the city, he commented that the table tennis hall and badminton hall at Raizada Hans Raj Stadium had already been upgraded to international standards with the active help of federations concerned. He said the administration block could not be built in the table tennis hall earlier because of lack of funds but now it would proceed as we had arranged the funds. A total of 10,500 players and officials will participating in the National Games, and Jalandhar will accommodate 1500 players and 300 officials for the event. |
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Chaos, confusion at Patiala Patiala, November 17 Such is the pandemonium that Union Minister S.S Dhindsa, who is also the working chairman of the Organising Committee for the National Games, has shot off a missive to Prof Gursewak Singh, a member of the core committee of the OCNG, to immediately inspect all the venues at Patiala and submit his report by today evening. Even as the boxing event for men and women is slated to commence on November 20, neither of the three rings have been installed at the venues. While the preliminary rounds are scheduled to be held at the polo grounds, the semifinal bouts will be held at the indoor gymnasium which is within the precincts of polo grounds. According to sources, by this time all the three rings should have been actually ‘activated’ and the equipment tested. Only one computerised scoring machine which has been provided by the Punjab Boxing Association (PBA) has reached the venue while the other two are still awaited. Polaroid camera’s, which were in use during the Manipur National Games and which provide instant photographs to the participants, have not been installed at the main accreditation centre in the office of the Municipal Corporation. An official spokesperson said the participants had been instructed to bring with them a set of photographs. However, many of the participants were a worried lot as they had not brought their photographs. All of them are now being asked to rush to photographers to get their snaps clicked and forward them to the members of the accreditation committee. The boxers and
weightlifters of various squads were also seen fuming as they could not use the electronic weigh-in machines. Weigh-in machines are essential in boxing and weightlifting as participants in these disciplines compete in categories based on body weight. The coach of the Kerala weightlifting squad, Harbin L. Lonepann, commented that the weigh-in machine should not only be provided to them at the venue but the machines should also be installed at those places where lifters and boxers have been accommodated so that they may be able to check their body weight everyday. Mr G.S Sarao, the competition director for boxing, was not available for comments despite repeated attempts. As if this confusion was not enough, officials of the Indian Amateur Boxing Association (IABF) have only added more to it. Mr Khoibi Salan, a vice-president of the IABF, and Mr Torbi Sharma, a technical delegate, alleged that the NIS authorities were charging for their board and lodging. However, when contacted, the authorities claimed that unless they received clear cut instructions from the OCNG, they had no option but to charge the delegates who were putting up in their hostels. More than 120 officials and technical delegates associated with boxing are expected to be in town during the Games. Meanwhile, the IABF officials have requested the PSEB authorities to provide accommodation to its office bearers on payment basis. |
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Abhinav
Bindra, Sabeeha Dhillon to spearhead challenge Chandigarh, November 17 The team: Men: Abhinav Bindra, Jaspreet Dhaliwal, Ajit S Garcha, Gurinder Garcha, Santokh Singh, Sukhmanpreet Sidhu, Baljeet Singh, NS Bhogal, Haneetinder Jakhar, DS Padda, Sewak Singh, IS Jawanda, Jasneet Bhullar, Manavjeet Sandhu, Zorawar Sandhu, Birandeep Sodhi, Ronjan Sodhi, Harisimran Sandhu and KS Sidhu. Women: Sabeeha Dhillon, Jasmeen Brar, Navdeep Dhillon, Chetanpreet Kaur, Anahat Dhindsa, Kirat Kaur, Shefali Tomar, Ruby Tomar, Lakhveer Kaur and SK Dhillon. In all, Punjab will take part in 11 events in the men’s section and five events in the women’s section Lt Col Jagir Singh Dhillon will be the
coach while KS Sidhu the manager of the team. Meanwhile, in a slight change in schedule the air rifle 10 m for women event will now be held on November
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270 players
to represent Chandigarh Chandigarh, November 17 Chandigarh will take part in athletics (men and women) ,boxing (men and women), fencing (men), gymnastics (men and women), handball (women), hockey (men and women), judo (men), kabaddi ( men and women), rowing (men and women), kayaking and canoeing (men and women), shooting (men and women), volleyball ( women), weightlifting (men and women) , wrestling (men and women), equestrian (men) and tug-of-war (men and women). |
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Uncertainty dogs
netball event Chandigarh, November 17 Last month, the games technical conduct committee, in its briefing to the media had informed of the inclusion of this event in the forthcoming National Games. Punjab are the current men’s and women’s champions so if netball is not accorded medal status, then two medals for Punjab will be lost. Early this year, Tarn Taran, in Punjab, had played host to this years’ senior national-level meet. Mr Gurbir Sandhu, President, Netball Federation of India, who is also the President of the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association, has reportedly left for Delhi to attend the crucial meeting. Mr Sandhu will plead before the IOA for giving netball the status of a medal sport since all the teams had already been informed. It has been learnt that Kerala state authorities had raised objections for the inclusion of netball at the last moment. Netball originated in England and is said to have been played for the first time in 1892. Till a few years back, it was considered to be or game more suited for women. If all goes well the netball events will be held at the Dashmesh academy, Anandpur Sahib, from November 27 to 30. |
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Kerala lift
Santosh Trophy Mumbai, November 17 They defeated
Goa 3-2, after being held 2-2 at the end of scheduled close of play in 90 minutes. Both teams were playing their 10th final of the nationals and both have won one of the two finals they had played before this evening. Abdul Hakim sort of emulated the skipper of the first Kerala team to win the Santosh Trophy, Mani, by scoring three goals in a final. Mani had performed the feat in the 3-0 victory over Railways in the 1973 final at Ernakulam. Hakim capitalised on two errors of a sluggish Goa defence to help Kerala recover from a third minute goal and lead 2-1 by the 20th minute. But Kerala gradually faded away in the rest of the first half and played a subsidiary role in the second half and the first half of extra time. They were fortunate to find the golden goal and with it the coveted trophy. Goa started off briskly and in their second attack scoring a fine goal following a flag kick off midfielder Noel Wilson in the third minute. Abhay Kumar netted in off a pass from Ratan Singh to make it 2-2. Kerala picked up the pieces and with Hakim, Asif Saheer and Ignatius displaying quick touches and good runs, they came close to equalising. But it was a surprising lapse by Goa’s defence that let Hakim race down the middle with a forward pass, elude Seby Coelho and flick to the right of an immobile Kalyan Choubey. Hakim followed up this 13th minute effort with another goal seven minutes later. This was a well-conceived move involving Suresh Babu, Hakim and Saheer.
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Bharat Petroleum
beat Punjab Police New Delhi, November 17 In other matches of the day, Rock Rovers, Chandigarh downed Bengal 1-0 while fancied IHF Juniors were held to a 3-3 draw by Tamil Nadu. In pool ‘C’ tie Bharat Petroleum had to wage a grim battle to overpower Punjab Police after leading 2-1 at half time. International Sandip Somesh put Bharat Petroleum in the lead in the fifth minute and 22 minutes later Deepak Sharma made it 2-0 for the oil men. Just before the breather Baljit Bhullar reduced the margin for Punjab cops when he converted a stroke (1-2). Ten minutes into the second half, captain of the Indian Junior World Cup winning team, Gagan Ajit Singh scored off a penalty corner to give Bharat Petroleum a 3-1 lead. Nine minutes later Sarabjit Singh scored for Punjab Police to reduce the gap (2-3). The Punjab cops tried hard to equalise for the next nine minutes but all their efforts were foiled by the oil men. Indian Airlines who drew their opener with Railways 2-2, outplayed Mumbai XI 4-1 after trailing 0-1 till the 38th minute. Junad Jada put Mumbai ahead in the 33rd minute but Olympian Bimal Lakra shot home the equaliser five minutes later. Lakra was again on the target in the 43rd minute to make it 2-1 for Indian Airlines.
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