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BCCI, ICC yet to finalise panel Leipus to report
on team's fitness BCCI to foot Dravid's bills ‘Spirit of Cricket’ receives jolt Graveney stung by Gavaskar’s
swipe Rock Rovers stun
Northern Railway Controversy over ban on Palwinder Vasco hold Churchill Bros DAV, Khalsa College in last four
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Frustrating day for SA
Melbourne, December 28 The Australians, emphatically stating their case as Test cricket’s premier team, rammed home their advantage on a long and demoralising day in the field for the South Africans with the Test and series all but out of sight. At stumps on the third day, Australia held a massive 210-run lead at 487 for nine, with Adam Gilchrist on 30 and Glenn McGrath yet to score. On the way to his 138, Hayden broke Bob Simpson’s 37-year record of 1,381 runs for an Australian batsman in a calendar year. He swelled his annual tally to 1,388 runs at 66.09. But while reinvigorated Hayden was toasting his sixth Test century, Waugh was cursing his eighth dismissal in the nervous 90’s with his 28th Test century beckoning but whisked away by a run out off a throw by Herschelle Gibbs for 90. Waugh, playing his best innings of the summer after scoring just 78 in four innings against New Zealand, had two lives on 24 and 39, dropped both times by a diving Boeta Dippenaar at short-leg off Allan Donald. But just when it appeared Waugh would realise three-figures he was run out as Damien Martyn scampered for an ambitious single and Gibbs threw down the wicket from point. Australian umpire Darrell Hair promptly raised his finger, declining to go to the TV umpire for adjudication, and Waugh hung around at the crease appearing to confer with Hair before walking. There was some doubt whether South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher had hit the stumps with his gloves and not the Gibbs’ throw. There were suggestions that Hair may have erred in not consulting with the third umpire in the stands. Waugh has something in common with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who last week was out for the same score against England in Bangalore as he was on the verge of his 28th Test hundred. Australia, comprehensive 246-run winners in the first Adelaide Test, are heading for an equally-punishing victory over Shaun Pollock’s out-gunned team, highlighting the yawning gap that exists between Australia and South Africa at the summit of Test cricket. Resuming at 126 without loss in reply to South Africa’s laboured 277, Hayden and Justin Langer strolled to their third double-century partnership in six weeks to put Australia in command from the outset. Hayden and Langer had put on 202 when Langer hooked Donald next ball to Lance Klusener at square leg for 85. South Africa (1st innings): 277 Australia (1st innings): Langer c Klusener b Donald 85 Hayden c Donald
b Henderson 138 Ponting c Kallis b Hayward 22 M Waugh b Donald 34 S Waugh run out (Gibbs) 90 Martyn c Kallis b Pollock 52 Gilchrist not out 30 Warne c Kirsten b Donald 1 Lee c McKenzie b Hayward 3 Bichel c Boucher b Pollock 5 McGrath not out 0 Extras (lb-17, w-1, nb-9) 27 Total (for 9 wkts, 138 overs) 487 Fall of wickets: 1-202, 2-267, 3-267, 4-348, 5-429, 6-462, 7-463, 8-470, 9-475 Bowling: Donald 29-5-103-3, Pollock 30-2-84-2, Hayward 26-1-109-2, Kallis 17-3-55-0, Henderson 29-3-108-1, Klusener 7-1-11-0.
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B’desh on brink of defeat
Wellington, December 28 Medium-pace seamer Shane Bond took three for 13 in seven overs to rock the Bangladesh top order after New Zealand had declared their first innings reply at 341 for six. Only No 3 Habibul Bashar, with 32 in just under an hour at the crease, offered much resistance before becoming one of three Bangladesh batsmen to be removed leg before wicket. At the close of the third day, Sanwar Hossein was not out four and Khaled Mahmud was yet to score. Earlier, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming declared with the hosts 209 ahead after solid performances from Mark Richardson (83), Craig McMillan (70), Fleming (61), Matt Horne (38) and Chris Cairns, with an dashing 36 at a run a ball. Manjurul Islam was the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers, taking three for 99. Scoreboard Bangladesh (Ist innings): 132 New Zealand (Ist innings): (overnight 72-0) Richardson c Mortaza
b Hossain 83 Horne c Mashud b Islam 38 Vincent c Mashud b Mortaza 23 Fleming c Mashud b Islam 61 McMillan run out (Mortaza) 70 Sinclair not out 19 Cairns c Bashar b Islam 36 Extras: (b-1 lb-6 w-1 nb-3) 11 Total: (for 6 wkts, decl) 341 Fall of wickets: 1-104, 2-148, 3-153, 4-283, 5-285, 6-341. Bowling: Mortaza 16-1-57-1, Islam 29-5-99-3, Hossain 21-3-88-1, Islam 7-0-37-0, Mahmud 12-2-42-0, Ashraful 3-0-11-0. Bangladesh (2nd innings): Omar lbw b Bond 12 Sahariar c Horne b Bond 0 Bashar lbw b Drum 32 Islam c Vettori b Bond 4 Ashraful lbw b Vettori 10 Hossain not out 4 Mahmud not out 0 Extras: (lb-2 w-1 nb-2) 5 Total: (for five wickets) 67 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-29, 3-41, 4-62, 5-64. Bowling: Cairns 5-1-22-0, Bond 7-2-13-3, Vettori 9-5-21-1, Drum 3-0-9-1.
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Lanka pile up big total
Colombo, December 28 Samaraweera (123 not out), Sangakkara (128) and Hashan Tillakaratne (96) were not the only batsmen to thrive on a mediocre Zimbabwean attack, with lower-order batsman Chaminda Vaas also chipping in a career-best 74 not out to help Sri Lanka post 586 for six wickets declared. Zimbabwe lost Hamilton Masakadza (3) before reaching 14 for one in reply at stumps on the second day, with skipper Stuart Carlisle (6) and Trevor Gripper (4) at the crease. The Sri Lankan batting was entertaining throughout the day, which produced 375 runs after the home team had resumed at 211for three. Zimbabwe grabbed two wickets in the morning session with the second new ball before being thwarted by Sri Lanka’s depth in batting. They had to wait for more than a session for their third wicket, but not before being reduced to a state of helplessness by the Sri Lankan batsmen. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka (Ist innings): (overnight 211-3) Atapattu c A. Flower b Streak 25 Jayasuriya c A. Flower
b Gripper 92 Sangakkara c Wishart
Jayawardene c Carlisle
Arnold lbw b Streak 13 Tillakaratne c A. Flower
Samaraweera not out 123 Vaas not out 74 Extras (b-2 lb-4 w-3 nb-8) 17 Total (for six wickets,
FOW: 1-78 2-150 3-170 4-249 5-320 6-450 Bowling: Streak 34-5-113-3, Friend 27-5-102-0, Olonga 23-3-103-0, Brent 33-5-82-1, Gripper 22-3-91-2, G. Flower 22-3-89-0 Zimbabwe (Ist innings): Masakadza c Tillakaratne
Gripper not out 4 Carlisle not out 6 Extras
(nb-1) 1 Total (for one wicket) 14 Fall of wicket: 1-3 Bowling: Vaas 3-1-6-0, Zoysa 3-2-2-1, Muralitharan 1-0-2-0, Jayasuriya 1-0-4-0.
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England agree to
play extra match
Kolkata, December 28 “England has confirmed to play an additional one-day international and Cuttack has been chosen as the venue. The match will be played on January 22”, the cricket board President, Jagmohan Dalmiya told a press conference here today. A Heads of Agreement was signed last evening between Dalmiya and Lord Ian Maclaurin, the Chairman of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to finalise the tour arrangements between the two countries. Dalmiya said that the Indian team that will tour England in the summer of 2002 will play four Test matches and a triangular series featuring India, England and Sri Lanka. He said that the additional match had necessitated a revision in the one-day international series itinerary with the Kolkata one-dayer being advanced by three days. The day and night match at the Eden Gardens, which was scheduled on January 22, will now be played on January 19 followed by the Cuttack one-dayer which will be a day match. Dalmiya said that the ECB has agreed to compensate for the Indian team’s participation in additional matches in the 2002 tour. Following is the revised one-day itinerary : January 19 : Kolkata (day & night), Jan 22 : Cuttack (day), Jan 25 : Chennai (day and night), Jan 28: Kanpur (day), Jan 31: Delhi (day) and Feb 3: Mumbai (day and night). PTI
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BCCI, ICC yet to finalise panel
Kolkata, December 28 "We have not been able to finalise the names yet, but the discussions are going on and hopefully we should come to an agreement soon," BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters here today. Mr Dalmiya said the Indian board has rejected some of the names proposed by the ICC, but there has been no breakdown in discussions. "So far, we have been discussing the names and all I can say is that there has been no breakdown in discussions. We are hoping to finalise the names soon so that the commission can start the work," Mr Dalmiya said. PTI
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Leipus to report
on team's fitness Kolkata, December 28 BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya said following a discussion with Andrew Leipus he was convinced that there were several lacunae in the fitness department, adding that Leipus had pointed out that there was no fitness programme at the state level and players were selected on the basis of their cricketing talent. "Accountability is needed, but at the same time it should be taken care that no one is being made a scapegoat. He has been asked to give fitness reports every fortnight and also before the team’s selection," Mr Dalmiya said.
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BCCI to foot Dravid's bills
Kolkata, December 28 "Dravid has been carrying the shoulder injury for some time but it is time he got treatment. The BCCI will bear all his medical expenses in South Africa", cricket board President Jagmohan Dalmiya told a press conference here today. Dravid has already opted out of the forthcoming one-day series against England and the Challenger Cup series to proceed to South Africa for consulting doctors and for necessary treatment. Asked how long Dravid may take to regain full fitness, Dalmiya said that the vice-captain could be out of action for about four to six weeks. Mr Dalmiya said that he had a talk with Dravid and Indian team physio Andrew Leipus on the nature of his injury in Bangalore during the last Test against England.
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‘Spirit of Cricket’ receives jolt Mumbai, December 28 The Marylebone Cricket Club of England, the Melbourne Cricket Club of Australia and the Cricket Club of India are participating in the tournament. Pakistani cricketers Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Fazal Mahmud, Hanif Mohammed and Iqbal Sikander declined to participate citing the current political situation between the two countries. All five are the members of the Marylebone Cricket Club and were expected to participate in the tournament. The teams: Marylebone Cricket Club: Mike Gatting (c), James Barrow, Paul Bedford, Jonathan Coles, Bradleigh Donelan, Peter Drinnen, Michael Jeh, Laurie Potter, Jon Robinson, Stephen Slisbury, David Ward, Tony Dodemaide (manager) Melbourne Cricket Club: David Braod (c), Elivian Bowen, Simon Cook, Shaun Graf, Phil Halbish, John Kanis, Robert Lamb, Ben Milliken, Jeff Moss, Matthew Pinniger, David Shepperd, Michael Sholly, Michael Taylor, Mark Anderson (manager). Cricket Club of India: Sanjay Manjrekar (c), Salil Ankola, Dilip Doshi, Karshan Ghavri, Kirti Azad, Raju Kulkarni, Kiran More, Suru Nayak, S Venkatraghavan, Yashpal Sharma, Shishir Hattangadi, Mayank Khandwalla, Dushyant Patel, Chetan Ladiwala. UNI |
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Graveney stung by Gavaskar’s
swipe London, December 28 “This was a remarkable outburst from someone who has an important role to play in the ICC. I shall be writing to Malcolm Speed, ICC Chief Executive, registering our observations,” Graveney, also Chairman of selectors, said yesterday. Gavaskar, former Indian captain-turned-media pundit and Chairman of the cricket playing committee of the ICC, had little positive to say about England after their three-Test series against India. Delivering a parting broadside to England in his column in an Indian newspaper yesterday, Gavaskar wrote: “At the end of the third Test, the overwhelming feeling was one of relief. “Thank God it was a three-Test series and not a five-Test one for Indian cricket would have lost a great number of spectators seeing the fare dished out.”
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Rock Rovers stun
Northern Railway Patiala, December 28 In the other matches, IHF Juniors outstroked CISF, New Delhi, 7-6, and Punjab Police cruised to a comfortable 3-1 win against UP XI in the only match of the day that was not decided through penalty strokes. With today’s outings, the decks for the semifinal stage have been cleared with IHF Juniors squaring off with Punjab Police and Rock Rovers taking on Centre of Excellence for a spot in the final. In the first half itself, Northern Railway almost found themselves trailing when
Olympian S.S. Gill made two brilliant attempts, both of which were saved in an equally brilliant fashion by the custodian. Jolted by the near success of the Chandigarh lads, the railmen came back strongly to earn four successive penalty corners. However, they could not derive much advantage as they failed to convert. The Chandigarh team withstood several nerve-wrecking moments towards the end of the match which ultimately ended in a stalemate. |
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Controversy over ban on Palwinder Patiala, December 28 The charges levelled by the WFI against Omvir Singh are that he created indiscipline during the victory ceremony of the 63-kg category in the 48th Senior National Wrestling Championships at Nidani (Jind). After losing his bout, Omvir reportedly refused to go to the victory podium to collect his silver medal as he alleged that the referee biased. The charge levelled by the WFI against Palwinder Cheema, who was crowned world champion in the 130 kg plus category in the junior World Wrestling Championships held at Tashkent in August this year, was that the wrestler after winning the first bout failed to show up for the other bouts in the 130 kg class. However, this charge is refuted by his father, Mr S.S. Cheema, who claimed that Palwinder Cheema had to rush to Chandigarh on December 23 to attend the function organised by the Punjab Government to felicitate medal winners of the state in the recently concluded 31st National Games. The Chief Minister had also offered post of DSP to Palwinder Cheema, athlete Sunita Rani and captain of the Indian team that won the junior hockey World Cup, Gagan Ajit Singh, during the function keeping in view their performances at the international level. Mr S.S. Cheema claimed that Palwinder had left Nidani for Chandigarh only after informing Mr Sukhbir Singh, secretary of the Haryana Wrestling Association. The HWA had hosted the senior championships at Nidani. The decision to debar both the wrestlers was taken at a meeting chaired by Kartar Singh who is also the secretary of the WFI. |
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Vasco hold Churchill Bros
Margao, December 28 The goal for
Churchill came in the 37th minute of the first half through star striker Yakubu Yusif, while Rui Wanderley levelled the score in the second minute of the injury time of the second half. With this drawn match Churchill came at par with HAL Bangalore and Mahindra United with eight points from two wins and two draws, while Vasco increased their points tally to five from an equal number of outings. In a fast pace match Churchill went into the attack right from the start as they needed an outright win to maintain the lead and displayed brilliant form but had to wait till the 37th minute of the first half to shoot into the lead through striker Yakubu Yusif.
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DAV, Khalsa College in last four Jalandhar, December 28 The other two teams to reach the semifinals are last year’s winners, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, who had a direct entry and Football Club, Adampur, who advanced in the absence of Sports School, Jalandhar. DAV opened their account early in the match through Ranjot Singh. They consolidated their lead five minutes later when Jasdeep Bhogal slammed in the goal from the right flank. DAV will now play Football Club, Adampur, in the semifinals tomorrow. In the other match, Khalsa College had a close 3-2 win against K.R. Beri Football Club. Amit’s two goals gave the upper edge to Khalsa College. K.R. Beri Club succeeded to narrow in the gap in the 39th minute through Ranjit. At half time the score was 2-1 in favour of Khalsa College. In the last 10 minutes both the teams fought hard to score. Varinder Kumar of Khalsa College scored to increase the lead to 3-1 but four minutes later Jatinder Pal of K.R. Beri Club made it 3-2. Khalsa College will now meet Lyallpur Khalsa College, in the semifinal tomorrow. |
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Chess title for
Calcutta University Hisar, December 28 Osmania University won the second place in the men’s category followed by University of Bombay. In the women’s section the second and the third positions Madurai Kamraj University and Delhi University, respectively. The Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, gave away the prizes. |
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Volleyball Championships Patiala, December 28 This was stated by Mr Naresh Pathak, honorary secretary of the Patiala District Volleyball Association, after a meeting of the association here today. Colleges, schools, clubs and other institutions desirous of taking part in the two-day meet may send their entries to volleyball coach S.S. Sandhu at the venue of the tourney by December 29. |
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