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Tuesday,
December 18, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Hayden sets up Australia’s victory charge
No pressure, says Wright Haryana beat Delhi |
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Punjab defeat Services NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Impressive win for BSF Tushar Liberhan posts facile win Himachal register
95-run win Gold at last for Olympic champ Hoogenband
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Hayden sets up Australia’s victory charge
Adelaide, December 17 Hayden smashed 131 in a little over four hours to pass Brian Lara as the world’s leading runscorer for 2001 and allow Australia’s captain Steve Waugh to make an early declaration and give his bowlers a shot at the South African top order. With his star-studded batting line-up sacrificing their wickets in pursuit of quick runs, Waugh called an end to proceedings 48 minutes before stumps with the australian second innings total on 309 for seven, leaving South Africa the near-impossible target of 375 to claim victory. Waugh’s declaration left his bowlers 12 overs at the end of a long, hot day and they responded in magnificent style with McGrath dismissing Herschelle Gibbs for nine and Warne removing Gary Kirsten for seven on the final delivery of the day to leave the visitors teetering at 17 for two. Fast bowler McGrath made the initial breakthrough when he dug a ball in short which Gibbs deflected to Justin Langer at bat-pad before leg-spinner Warne cleaned up Kirsten when the left-hander offered the simplest of chances to Ricky Ponting at silly mid-off. History suggests the South Africans cannot win. Only twice has a team ever scored more runs in the fourth innings to win a Test, while the highest successful run chase at Adelaide Oval was Australia’s 315 for six against England. Hayden and Mark Waugh put the Australians in a position to push for victory after their 181-run third-wicket partnership at almost a run a ball. They came together before lunch with the total on 66 for two after first-innings century-maker Justin Langer was caught behind off Shaun Pollock for one and Jacques Kallis trapped ponting lbw for 25, and they parted after tea with the total on 247. Hayden brought up his fourth Test century this year and the fifth of his 25-match career half just before tea, reaching the mark off 170 balls in double-quick time. The left-handed opener went on to make another 31 quick runs, taking his aggregrate this year to 1,250 at an average of 59.52, belting 12 fours and four sixes along the way before he charged down the pitch to Kallis and was bowled. Mark Waugh reached his half-century off 94 balls with two successive boundaries off Kallis through to third man but made his exit when he top-edged a sweep off Kallis straight to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. Reuters Scoreboard Australia (Ist innings): 439 South Africa (Ist innings): 374 Australia (IInd innings): Langer c Boucher b Pollock 1 Hayden b Kallis 131 Ponting lbw b Kallis 25 M. Waugh c Boucher Gilchrist c McKenzie b Kallis 22 S. Waugh c Pollock Martyn not out 6 Warne b Henderson 6 Extras: (nb-7 lb-16 b-8) 31 Total: (for 7 wkts, decl) 309 Fall of wickets: 1-8 2-66 3-247 4-273 5-291 6-303 7-309 Bowling: Pollock 12-4-38-1 (nb-3), Hayward 10-0-32-0 (nb-3), Henderson 29.1-1-130-3, Kallis 15-2-45-3, Ntini 8-3-13-0, Klusener 4-0-27-0 (nb-1). South Africa (IInd innings): Kirsten c Ponting b Warne 7 Gibbs c Langer b McGrath 9 Dippenaar not out 0 Extras: (nb-1) 1 Total: (for two wickets) 17 Fall of wickets: 1-12 2-17 Bowling: McGrath 6-3-6-1 (nb-1), Gillespie 2-1-3-0, Warne 4-2-8-1. |
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No pressure, says Wright
Bangalore, December 17 “I don’t think we are under pressure. We are already one up in the three-Test series. We are looking forward to this game and are hoping to lift our performance”, Wright, who is on an extension as coach, told waiting newspersons after the nets at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. When asked whether the team was under pressure to perform following the drawn Ahmedabad Test, he said: “They played very well. A couple of them batted well. It was a good toss to win for England at Ahmedabad. We play to win every match”. On the newly-laid wicket at the stadium, he said “after having a close look at it, I feel that the surface may help fast bowlers”. About the quality of wicket-keeping in the Ahmedabad match, Wright merely said taking catches that came in the way would make all the difference between winning and losing. Wright, whose continuation as coach would be decided by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at its meeting here on December 23, refused to reply to a question on whether winning the toss would be a crucial factor in this match. Earlier, the Indian team had a strenuous workout and batting, bowling and catching practice. However, the England team preferred to stay at the hotel. Anil Kumble, who is on the verge of becoming the second Indian to reach the milestone of 300 wickets, was seen practising hard at the nets on his home ground. Only former Indian captain and veteran all-rounder Kapil Dev has achieved this feat for the country earlier. Both the teams arrived here yesterday afternoon. India would have another round of net practice tomorrow and England would be practising in the afternoon. India had won the first Test at Mohali. England would fly home from here immediately after the Test and return for the one-day series beginning in the new year. UNI
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Haryana beat Delhi Patiala, December 17 Opting to bat, Haryana were off to a disastrous start with the Delhi medium pacers Ashish Nehra and Amit Bhandari exploiting the early morning moisture. The first to go was Chetan Sharma when he was flummoxed by a slower one bowled by Amit Bhandari and drove the ball uppishly to mid on where Ashish Nehra did not have to move an inch to take the catch. Indiscretion cost the wickets of Jitender Singh and Sumeet Sharma and it was left to skipper Ajay Ratra to repair the damage. The young keeper single handedly made the rival attack look pedestrian by playing a variety of clean and crisp strokes on both sides of the wicket. Ratra rotated the strike intelligently to take Haryana to a position of relative safety at 217 for 9. Scoreboard: Haryana: 217 for 9 in 50 overs. (Jitender Singh c Surinder Diama b Amit Bhandari 14, Chetan Sharma c A.Nehra b A.Bhandari 1, Sumeet Sharma c Harinder Chowdhury b A.Nehra 7, Shafiq Khan c R.S Gupta b Rajeev Rathore 42, Parinder Sharma c Vijay Dahiya b H.Chowdhury 35, Ajay Ratra 73 n.o, Joginder Sharma c G.Gambhir b M.Minhas 18, Amit Mishra c V.Dahiya b M.Minhas 10, S.Narwal c A.Nehra b A.Bhandari 7, Sonu Sharma c H.Chowdhury b A.Bhandari 2, Saurav Virmani 1 n.o. Extras-7. Total 217 for 9) Bowling: Ashish Nehra 10-1-29-1, A.Bhandari 10-1-45-4, Surinder Diama 5-0-24-0, R.Rathore 10-0-35-1, H.Chowdhury 10-0-59-1, M.Minhas 5-0-22-2. Delhi: 146 all out (R.S Gupta c A.Ratra b Sumeet Narwal 0, V.Dahiya c S.Narwal b Joginder Sharma 22, G.Gambhir b S. Narwal 11, M.Minhas c&b A.Mishra 41, Sohail Rauf b J.Sharma 6, P.Chawla st A.Ratra b Sonu Sharma 17, R.Rathore run out 15, H.Chowdhury c&b A.Mishra 10, Surinder Diama c A.Ratra b A.Mishra 0, A.Nehra run out 6, A.Bhandari 0 n.o. Extras 18. Total 146) Bowling:
S.Narwal 8-1-42-2. Saurav Virmani 5-0-29-0, J.Sharma 10-1-32-2, Sonu Sharma 7-3-11-1, A.Mishra 1-2-21-3. |
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New Zealand cautious against B’desh Hamilton, December 17 Although New Zealand recently drew their series with Australia, and came close to winning the final Test there, they are mindful that it has been a year in which Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have beaten them. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said today he was seeking a “professional” performance and was not concerned at what point in the Test victory came. “The natural tendency with Bangladesh at the moment is we should move forward and knock them over, but if you think like that then you go away from the things that worked in Australia,” Fleming said.
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Hussain has upset stomach Bangalore, December 17 “With India being one-up in the series, we are hopeful about the skipper’s recovery well in time for the toss, if not by tomorrow afternoon,” Mr Phil Neale, the operations manager of the visiting English side, said here today. Mr Neale said Hussain, who developed the problem last night, spent the day recuperating and was feeling much better. “I do not think there is any anxiety about his leading the side which is about 36 hours from now,” he said. Two of Hussain’s team-mates, Mark Butcher and Michael Vaughan, had also suffered stomach infection during the second Test at Ahmedabad. PTI |
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Punjab defeat Services
Amritsar, December 17 After being put in to bat Punjab scored 341 runs for the loss of four wickets in 50 overs and then restricted Services to 169 for eight wickets. The scintillating knock of 102 runs by Munish Sharma in 99 balls had eight fours and three sixes, while Sodhi’s 125 in 135 balls included 10 fours and three sixes. A quickfire 33 in just 22 balls by Test discard Yuvraj Singh and unbeaten 41 in 20 balls by captain Pankaj Dharmani in the slog overs sealed the fate of Services. S. Javed was the only successful bowler for the visitors with two wickets while one wicket each was taken by K.K. Dixit and Arun Sharma. A valiant 68 by Yashpal Singh was not enough for Services to challenge the hosts. Vineet Sharma (three for 27 runs), Amit Uniyal (two for 32) and Yuvraj Singh (two for four runs) were the chief destroyers of the Services innings. Scoreboard Punjab Munish Sharma c C.D. Thomson b Arun Sharma 102, Reetinder Sodhi c PMS Reddy b K.K. Dixit 125, Yuvraj Singh b S. Javed 33, Dinesh Mongia b S. Javed 10, Pankaj Dharmani not out 41, Ankur Kakkar not out 16. Extra: (lb-5, w-9) 14 Total: (4 wickets, 50 overs) 341. Fall of wickets: 1/204, 2/271, 3/275, 4/287. Bowling: S.V. Ghag 10-2-50-0, S. Javed 10-0-55-2, Arun Sharma 7-0-58-1, Sachin Nadkarni 10-0-57-0, K.K. Dixit 8-0-73-1, Yaspal Singh 5-0-43-0. Services PMS Reddy b Vineet Sharma 15, Sachin Nadkarni c Sanjay Mahajan b Vineet Sharma 17, Jasbir Singh c & b Babloo Kumar 15, Yashpal Singh st. Pankaj Dharmani b Yuvraj Singh 68, Sarabjit Singh b Amit Uniyal 19, Sanjay Verma b Amit Uniyal 13, K.K. Dixit c R. Sodhi b Yuvraj Singh, C.D. Thomson c R. Sodhi b Vineet Sharma 5, S. Javed not out 3, S.V. Ghag not out 0. Extra: (lb-6, nb-2, w-6) 14 Total: (8 wickets, 50 overs) 169. Fall of wickets: 1/18, 2/41, 3/89, 4/129, 5/149, 6/149, 7/163, 8/163. Bowlings: Vineet 9-1-27-3, R. Sodhi 4-0-24-0, Amit Uniyal 9-1-32-2, Sanjay Mahajan 6-0-21-0, Babloo Kumar 6-0-28-1, Kailash Sanwal 7-0-21-0, Dinesh Mongia 5-1-6-0, Yuvraj Singh 4-2-4-2. PTI
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Mumbai, December 17 The Nigerian forwards Austin Akolo and Bala Usman were the toast of Mahindra’s victory after a fifth minute try by Bala Usman off S Venkatesh cross went over. In the tenth minute striker Akolo scored off a rebound from Vasco’s Brazilian goalkeeper Rogerio Ramos off defender M Suresh’s long pass. Ramos, who collided with Akolo while trying to stop the ball continued gamely before being replaced by substitute Saji Joy soon after interval. Ten minutes later Vasco got a gilt-edged chance but their striker Marcos Pereira’s lob went waste when their foreign recruit and winger Rio Wander Lei failed to boot home. In the 25th minute Vasco mid-fielder Bhola Dey’s cross to Rio Wander Lei went abegging when the latter failed trap the ball properly. Just before half time Mahindra’s mid-fielder Jules Albert Dias header off Austin Akolo cross went over and at half time the local outfit led 1-0. Nine minutes on resumption, Bala Usman made it 2-0 when he found the target off Venkatesh’s low pass. Vasco came very near to getting their first goal in the 64th minute when their substitute Angelo Gomes’, who came in for defender Sanjay Parte in the 60th minute, try was well saved by Mahindra custodian international Virender Singh. Both teams made three substitutions each. Vasco brought in Joy for Ramos, Gomes for Parte and Daniel Colaco for mid-fielder Satish Minz while Mahinder’s brought Khalid Siddiqui in for mid-fielder Jules Alberto in the 67th minute, Mohammed Najeeb for Akolo in the 72nd minute and Naushad Pari for winger S Venkatesh in the 80th minute. ITI hold Tollygunge Bangalore:
Kolkata’s Manaksia Tollygunge Agragami were held to a 1-1 draw by local giants Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) in the sixth National Football League match here today. Jitesh put ITI ahead in the 43rd minute off a free kick as the telephonemen led 1-0 at half-time. ITI had most of the ball possesion but did not take advantage and also squandered a couple of chances of scoring that came their way. Tollygunge scored the equaliser in the dying seconds of the match through Prahlad Rawat.
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Impressive win for BSF Jalandhar, December 17 In the women’s section, Punjab Small Industries and Exports Corporation (PSIEC) settled for a 1-1 draw against Haryana XI. Border Security Force stated on a promising note and opened their account through Habil Topno in the ninth minute and consolidated the lead when Shinu Hernex converted a penalty corner. In the 14th minute, Sushil Khajur made it 3-0 by converting a penalty corner. After the breather, BSF attack gained momentum and the team scored through Peter Tirkey, Habil Topno, Marinus Lakra and S.R. Razwan. In the second match Bharat Petroleum and CISF fought neck and neck but ultimately settled for a draw. In the women’s section, PSIEC drew with Haryana XI 1-1. Haryana XI gained the lead in the 19th minute through Kiran Bala but in the last minute Manpreet Kaur scored the equaliser. The match thus ended in a 1-1 draw. |
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Tushar Liberhan posts facile win New Delhi, December 17 Gursher S Harika, the only other Chandigarh player to feature in the main draw, however, went down fighting to R Vasudevan of Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-4. But Harika kept alive his hopes in the under-14 section, when he beat Kaushik Das of Assam 6-1,7-6 (7-5). In the under-14 section, five out of the six players from Chandigarh, made it to the second round. Second-seeded Sanak Singh beat Harsh Deka of Assam 6-0,6-0, Simran S Cheema beat Siddharth Hande 6-0,6-2, Vipul Sherawat beat Lakshit Sood of Delhi 6-1,6-0 and Paras Thakur beat Marlon Coelho of Maharashtra 6-4, 6-1. But Vijayanth Malik was not so lucky as he went down to Prasuriya Bora 6-4,7-5. In the Under-16 matches, seeded players called the shots when second-seeded Rupesh Roy trounced Honey Rana of Delhi 6-0,6-3, third-seeded AMV Prakash of Karnataka beat lucky loser S Agnel 6-0,6-3, fourth-seeded Aditya Madkekar beat Sanjay Salian of Maharashtra 6-2,6-0, fifth-seeded Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat Nirvick Mohinta of Bengal 6-0,6-1, sixth-seeded Jitin Bishnoi of Haryana beat Allen Gomes of Maharashtra 6-1,6-2, seventh seeded Anshuman Dutta toyed with Dhruv Sundar 6-0,6-1 and eighth-seeded Sabyasachi Bose beat Farid Alam of Bengal 6-0,0-6,6-1. |
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Himachal register
95-run win Jalandhar, December 17 Himachal boys won the toss and elected to bat first. Rajiv Nayyar and Sandeep Sharma opened the batting, Rajiv could not support his partner for long as he was bowled by Surinder Singh in the fourth over. He contributed just 6 runs. Amit Sharma stayed with Sandeep to collect 33 runs just before being bowled by Vijay Sharma. Sangram Singh combined with Sandeep Sharma to contribute 52 balls before Sandeep Sharma was caught by Arshad Bhatt off Abdul Qayoom in the 41st over after scoring 92 runs. Sangram took the initiative and scores 93 runs in just 97 balls before being dismissed by Surinder Singh. The partnership of Sangram Singh and Sandeep Sharma took the final score to 304 for 7. Jammu and Kashmir made a shaky start, losing their first wicket in the fifth over and the second in the sixth. Guru Pratap Singh was the main scorer contributing 44 runs. Jammu & Kashmir team were bowled out for 209 in last over. Sandeep Sharma took 4 wickets for just 28 runs and Amit Sharma (Jr) took two for 19 runs. |
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Gold at last for Olympic champ Hoogenband Antwerp (Belgium), December 17 The Dutchman, who took bronze and silver in the 50 metres and 100 metres freestyle, proved too strong for his rivals in the 200 metres freestyle final, defeating Kveloslay Svoboda of the Czech Republic by over two second in setting a European record. Van den Hoogenband clocked one minute 42.46 seconds, Svoboda 1:44.78 and Germany’s Stefan Hebst took bronze with 1:45.32. “This was what I needed,” said van den Hoogenband, who is more effective in long-course events. “I’m very pleased with the result at I was put under a lot of pressure.” Triple Olympic champion Inge de Bruijn added to her gold in the 100 metres freestyle with victory in the women’s 50 metres freestyle. The Dutchwoman, named World Swimmer of the Year along with Australia’s Ian Thorpe, clocked a championship record of 23.8.
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Hockey title for
Kila Raipur boys Jalandhar, December 17 Both the teams were evenly balanced. In the tie-breaker both the teams missed their second stroke. When the score was 2-2 Jagdeep Singh of Surjit Academy missed his stroke and this proved advantageous for Kila Raipur Academy boys. Tejinder Singh of Kila Raipur sounded the board to fatch the title for his team by 4-3. |
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ITBP to host duty meet New Delhi, December 17 Thirtyone teams, from various paramilitary and police organisations, will vie for glory during the five-day event featuring rifle shooting and revolver/pistol shooting. The meet will be inaugurated by Uttaranchal Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and the Governor Surjit Singh Barnala will be the chief guest on the closing cermony. On the eve of the competition, Director-General of ITBP S C Chaube has wished all the participating teams success in the meet. |
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Public schools’
athletics Patiala, December 17 The other results: shot put: Vishal Vij (PPS, Nabha)-1, Ravinder Panghal (S.S. Kunjpura)-2, Puneet Pal Singh (YPS, Patiala)-3, Broad jump: Harpreet Singh (PPS)-1, Vijay (MNSS, Rai)-2, Amit Sagolsam (BSTS, New Delhi)-3, 1500m: Justin Burret (Doon School)-1, Manjinder Singh (SDA, Anandpur Sahib)-2, Sukhpreet Singh (PPS)-3. Girls: Javelin throw: Charvi Mehta (Modern School, New Delhi)-1, Kamla Deep (PPS)-2, Manindera Chettri (Scindia School, Gwalior)-3. 200m: Shruti Bhatt (Scindia School)-1, Jyoti (MNSS, Rai)-2, Deevika Bakshi (Modern School, New Delhi)-3. |
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