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Kiwis wrap up Test, series
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Graveney
complains against Gavaskar MCC triumph Viswanathan Anand disappoints; Harikrishna, Humpy impress HOCKEY WORLD CUP Vijay Kumar lifts golf title Warm send-off to
Col Raminder Singh SBOP, PSEB veterans
enter semifinals Lyallpur Khalsa College in final Sabeeha to spearhead
PU challenge
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Aussies demolish S. Africa
Melbourne, December 29 Steve Waugh’s Australians won by nine wickets late on the fourth day, replicating their demoralising 246-run demolition of the South Africans in the first Adelaide Test. It gave them the series 2-0 and with one more Test to go. Only Jacques Kallis offered any resistance. Like his unbeaten 65 in the second innings in Adelaide, he again played a lone hand and was gallantly run out on 99 going for a make-or-break second run which would have claimed his 10th Test hundred in the lost cause. Kallis was given a standing ovation by the crowd as he left the arena where four years earlier his fighting 101 salvaged a draw for Hansie Cronje’s team in the corresponding Boxing Day Test. South Africa, dismissed for 219, at least forced Australia to bat for a second time with the home side needing 10 runs to clinch the Test and the series. It proved an anti-climax when Justin Langer was caught by Claude Henderson off Shaun Pollock for seven but man-of-the-match Matthew Hayden fittingly hit the winning run as Australia finished on 10 for one. In the end, Australia’s massive 210-run innings lead proved too much of an obstacle for South Africa to overcome and they are now facing the spectre of a series whitewash when the two teams meet again in Sydney in the final Test on Wednesday. It was Australia’s seventh win in their last 14 encounters, with South Africa yet to win a series in Australia. Australia, superior in all departments to their South African counterparts, controlled the Melbourne Test from the opening day and their relentless pressure cracked the visitors wide open. The body language of some of the South African batsmen appeared as though they did not believe they could fight their way out of the hole Australia had firmly put them in. The tourists will be under pressure to make team changes for the new year Sydney Test, with most scrutiny on the credentials of out-of-form all-rounder Lance Klusener, who was only used for seven overs here. Scoreboard 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 lbw b Pollock 0 Extras (lb17, w1, nb9) 27 Total (119 overs) 487 Fall of wickets: 1-202, 2-267, 3-267, 4-348, 5-429, 6-362, 7-463, 8-470, 9-475. Bowling: Donald 29-5-103-3, Pollock 31-3-84-3, Hayward 26-1-109-2, Kallis 17-3-55-0, Henderson 29-3-108-1, Klusner 7-1-11-0. South Africa (2nd innings): Kirsten c Ponting b Lee 10 Gibbs c Gilchrist b Lee 21 Dippenaar c Hayden b Warne 23 Kallis run out (Martyn) 99 McKenzie c Gilchrist b Warne 12 Klusener lbw b McGrath 7 Boucher c M. Waugh b Warne 0 Pollock run out (Martyn) 18 Henderson c M. Waugh b McGrath 16 Donald b Bichel 7 Hayward not out 0 Extras (b4, nb2) 6 Total (75.1 overs) 219 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-37, 3-74, 4-119, 5-120, 6-121, 7-157, 8-192, 9-215. Bowling: McGrath 21-6-43-2, Lee 18-5-52-2, Warne 24-3-68-3, Bichel 12.1-0-52-1. Australia (2nd innings): Langer c Henderson b Pollock 7 Hayden not out 3 Ponting not out 0 Total (1 wkt, 3 overs) 10 Fall of wicket: 1-7 Bowling: Donald 2-0-4-0, Pollock 1-0-6-1. AFP
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S. Waugh fined for dissent Melbourne, December 29 Waugh will be $2,300 out of pocket after he was fined by International Cricket Council match referee Ranjan Madugalle for dissent when he stayed at the crease despite being given out for 90 in Australia’s first innings yesterday. The 144-Test campaigner said after Australia’s win today that he was prevented from commenting on the penalty but felt the local media had given him a harsh trial, saying he’d been "crucified" in the newspapers.
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Kiwis wrap up Test, series
Wellington, December 29 New Zealand took the five wickets they needed on day four to win the match by an innings and 74 runs and clean up the series 2-0. They bowled Bangladesh out for 135 in 41 overs in their second innings. The match lasted just 193 overs, the equivalent of just over two days after day two was washed out. The two-match series lasted just over four days of playing time. Saturday’s win followed on from New Zealand’s record innings and 185-run win over Pakistan in Hamilton in March and the innings and 52-run win in the first Test at the same venue last week. It gave New Zealand a Test record of three wins, four draws and a loss from their eight Tests against Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh in 2001, and was captain Stephen Fleming’s 15th win in his 41st Test in charge. For Bangladesh it was their fifth innings loss in their short nine-Test history. A brief rearguard action from No 10 Masrafe-bin-Mortaza prolonged the match as he cracked 29 off 21 balls, including four fours and six off paceman Shane Bond, who ended with four for 54 off 15 overs. Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings): 132 New Zealand (1st innings): 341-6 dec Bangladesh (2nd innings): (67-5 overnight) Omar lbw b Bond 12 Al Sahariar c Horne b Bond 0 Bashar lbw b Drum 32 A. Islam c Vettori b Bond 4 Ashraful lbw b Vettori 10 S. Hossain b Bond 7 Mahmud run out 4 Masud not out 19 H. Hossain c Parore b Vettori 7 M. Mortaza b Cairns 29 M. Islam c Sinclair b Cairns 0 Extras: (lb-7, w-1, nb-3) 11 Total: (all out,41 overs) 135 Fall of wickets: 1-5,2-28, 3-41, 4-62, 5-64, 6-75, 7-79, 8-86, 9-135, 10-135. Bowling: Cairns 6-1-27-2, Bond 15-5-54-4, Vettori 17-8-38-2, Drum 3-0-9-1.
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Murali boosts Lanka hopes
Colombo, December 29 Sri Lanka, seeking their seventh win in eight Tests since August, dismissed Zimbabwe for 184 to gain a 402-run lead after having posted 586-6 declared in their first innings. The tourists were 64-2 at stumps in their second innings on the third day after being asked to follow on, with skipper Stuart Carlisle batting on 22. They now face a stiff task of saving the Test when play resumes on Monday after rest day tomorrow. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (1st innings):
586-6 declared Zimbabwe (1st innings): (overnight 14-1) Masakadza c Tillakaratne
Gripper c Jayawardene
Carlisle c Jayasuriya b Vaas 10 Rennie lbw b Muralitharan 35 A. Flower b Samaraweera 42 G. Flower c Tillakaratne Wishart c Tillakaratne b
Streak not out 26 Friend lbw b Vaas 6 Brent b Muralitharan 0 Olonga lbw b Buddika 4 Extras: (lb-1, nb-6) 7 Total: (all out, 79.5 overs) 184 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-29, 3-60, 4-89, 5-105, 6-146, 7-146, 8-166, 9-167. Bowling: Vaas 24-6-63-2, Zoysa 14-6-24-2, Muralitharan 26-8-53-4, Jayasuriya 1-0-4-0, Buddika 9.5-0-32-1, Samaraweera 5-1-7-1. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Masakadza c Atapattu bMuralitharan 28 Gripper c Sangakkara b
Muralitharan 10
Carlisle batting 22 Friend batting 0 Extras: (lb-2, nb-2) 4 Total: (for two wkts, 25 overs) 64 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-58. Bowling: Vaas 7-2-29-0, Zoysa 4-1-10-0, Buddika 4-1-12-0, Muralitharan 8-7-1-2, Jayasuriya 2-1-10-0.
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Graveney complains against Gavaskar London, December 29 Besides complaining about Gavaskar’s remarks on the performance of the English side during the recent three-Test series against India, Graveney in his letter to ICC chief Malcolm Speed, also warned that "if he carries on like that, he will not be greeted with too much co-operation." Gavaskar, chairman of ICC’s cricket playing committee, accused Nasser Hussain’s side of turning fans away from cricket with "boring" play, "good only for people suffering from insomnia". An apparently peeved Graveney said, "it is not as if it is the first time this has happened. Sunil has been launching salvos at us all tour. PTI
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MCC triumph Mumbai, December 29 The Marylebone Cricket Club of England is the third team in the fray. Batting first, CCI made 217 for eight in their
allotted 45 overs with Sanjay Manjrekar top scoring with 65. Yashpal Sharma and Suru Nayak with 36 and 30 were the other main contributors for CCI. For Melbourne Cricket Club Phil Halbish and Ben Milliken took two wickets each. Melbourne CC easily surpassed the total making 219 for three with 4.2 overs remaining. Mathew Penniger, Elivion Rowen and David Broad all made half centuries. Brief scores:
CCI: 217 for eight in 45 overs (S. Manjrekar 65, Yashpal Sharma 36, Phil Halbish 2-33) lost to Melbourne CC 219 for three (M. Penniger 53, E. Rowen 63).
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Viswanathan Anand disappoints; Harikrishna, Humpy impress
New Delhi, December 29 World champion Anand failed to retain his title as he crashed out in the semifinals of the World Chess Championship but the efforts of Harikrishna, who became the youngest-ever GM in the country and Humpy proved that there was no dearth of talent in the country as Indians made a mark in many of the international events. The 15-year-old Harikrishna was the pick of the Indian players this year as he secured the GM title in the Asian Individual Chess Championship in Kolkata, besides claiming the top honour in the Commonwealth championship in London. The 14-year-old Humpy also had a memorable year when she won the world junior crown in Athens as she became only the second woman grandmaster of the country after S. Vijayalakshmi. Apart from these remarkable achievements, the performances of youngsters in various other international age-group meets reaffirmed India’s growing dominance in the 64-square game. The experienced Anand, one of the few sportspersons who have brought laurels for the country almost every year, did not really make much of an impact in important meets considering his heroic feats in the previous year. Although Anand did manage to win a couple of titles, his shock semifinal exit in the World Chess Championship in Moscow at the fag end of the year came as a big disappointment for chess followers in the country who were hoping for a better show from the grandmaster. In one of the major upsets of the year, Anand succumbed to Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the fourth and final game of the semifinal. Anand, who lost the game despite having the advantage of white pieces, had drawn the first three games before the Ukrainian emerged the winner with a 2.5-1.5 margin. There was more disappointment in store for the Indian GM as he lost to world No 1 Garry Kasparov of Russia in the 63rd Corus GM Group-A tournament in the Netherlands. In one of the toughest meets of the year, Anand had to be content with the second position with 8.5 points while Kasparov claimed the honour with 9 points. But Anand’s worst show came in the Sparkassen meet in Dortmund as he finished a poor sixth, but the more
embarrassing fact was that he failed to win a single match. The Indian superstar was pushed to the sixth position managing just three points while Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the title with 6.5 points. Barring victories in a few minor championships, the only major tournament Anand could win was in Merida, Mexico, where he emerged triumphant in the Torneo Magistal meet with 4.5 points. Harikrishna, who had been on the brink of achieving the GM title, fulfilled his dream in Kolkata during the Asian Individual Chess Championship though he came to know of his feat a few days later in Teheran. At 15, he thus became the youngest GM of the country erasing Anand’s name from the record books. Harikrishna’s effort in Kolkata helped him qualify for the World Chess Championship alongwith GM Dibyendu Barua and Surya Sekhar Ganguly who all finished in the top 10. The other chess wonderkid Humpy chose Athens to steal the limelight as she emerged champion in the World Junior Chess Championship, which came as a surprise considering the strong field. Humpy, fifth seed in the meet, had to win her last two games to entertain hopes of winning the title and the youngster did not let the country down when it mattered most. Although many would have buckled under pressure, Humpy displayed amazing
temperament and concentration to clinch the coveted title which turned out to be one of the high points of the year. In the boys’ section, P. Mangesh Chandran was the pick of the Indian entries as he finished a creditable 13th but none of the others could make much of an impact. Harikrishna again did the country proud by winning the title in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in London, maintaining his consistency right through the meet which saw a host of other Indians putting up a decent show. Another talented player Murugan Thiruchelvam took the silver medal in the under-16 category while in the women’s section the silver and bronze medals went to Bhagyashree Thipsay and Saheli Dhar Barua respectively, making amends for the rather poor show by their husbands. Murugan had an outstanding tournament as he also secured the gold in the under-10 category which showed India’s dominance in the meet. The Goodricke International Open Chess Championship, held as usual in Kolkata earlier in the year, proved to be a happy hunting ground for many Indians looking for norms. The talented G.B. Prakash made full use of the opportunity to secure his third and final GM norm. The 26-year-old Prakash had taken several years to gain the IM title, but the GM norm came quite
quickly with the process starting during the last edition of the Goodricke meet and the second GM norm coming in the Pentamedia meet in Chennai.
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HOCKEY WORLD CUP
New Delhi, December 29 The camp at Chennai is slated from January 4 to 25. The World Cup is scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from February 24 to March 9 next year. The probables list, which is a judicious mix of juniors and seniors, also includes the versatile and experienced forward Dhanraj Pillay. He has already played in the last three editions of the World Cup. Half back Saini and full back Tirkey were not included in the team for the Champions Challenge Cup which India won at Kuala Lumpur to qualify for the next year’s Champions Trophy. The probables: Goalkeepers: Jude Menezes (BPCL), Devesh Chauhan (IOC), Kamaldeep Singh (AI). Full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Lazrus Barla (IA), Kanwalpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh (PP), Dinesh Nayak (TN). Half backs: Baljit Singh Saini (PSB), Arjun Halappa (Kar), Bimal Lakra (IA) Ignace Tirkey (Ser), S.S. Gill, Bipin Fernandez (BPCL), Vikram Pillai, Viren Rasquinha (AI) S. Thirumalvalavan (TN). Forwards: Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Sabu Verkey (BPCL), Prabhjot Singh, Tejbir Singh, Inderjit Singh (IOC), Daljit Dhillon, Baljit Singh Dhillon (PP) and Dhanraj Pillay (Mumbai). Chief coach: Cedric D’Souza, asst coach: C.R. Kumar. Psychologist: J.P.S. Sidhu, trainer-cum-video-technician: Saju Joseph. Physio-cum-doctor: Dr B.M. Parathasarthy.
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Vijay Kumar lifts golf title
Noida, December 29 This year Vijay has had some good finishes, but this was his first title. The third player in the lead group, Mukesh Kumar, slipped with a one-over 73 and finished tied for fourth, his 13th top 10 finish in 14 events. But the player who made a quiet move upwards was Gaurav Ghei. He carded his first sub par round with a brilliant surge with four birdies in the last five holes. That became all the more creditable as it came after a horrifying start on the back nine, where he had three bogeys from the 11th to the 13th holes. Uttam Mundy of Kolkata shared the fourth spot with Mukesh Kumar, both finishing with totals of two-over 290. Sanjay Kumar was sixth, while Jumman, Shiv Prakash and Rohtas Singh shared the seventh place and amateur Jasjit Singh of GAIL completed the top 10. Jyoti started the day with a par on the par-five first hole, but then dropped a shot each on the second and third. Vijay started with a birdie, but despite bogeying the third, he was two strokes ahead. Vijay then played steady golf parring the next six holes on the front nine, while Jyoti pulled himself together with birdies on the sixth and eighth and at the turn, both were once again level. Mukesh, meanwhile, double bogeyed the first hole and dropped another shot on the seventh for a three-over front nine. On the back nine, Vijay dropped a shot each on the 10th and 12th, while Jyoti bogeyed the 10th, and then birdied the 13th to suddenly go two strokes ahead. Final scores: 287: Vijay Kumar, Jyoti Randhawa, 289: Gaurav Ghei, 290: Uttam Mundy, Mukesh Kumar, 292: Sanjay Kumar, 295: Jumman, Shiv Prakash, Rohtas Singh, 297: Jasjit Singh (A), Arjun Atwal, Devendra Patel, 298: Ali Sher, Ranjit Singh, 299: Shamim Khan, Mohd. Islam, Jaiveer Virk, 300 Naman Dawar, 301: Vivek Bhandari, 302: Bhoop Singh.
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Warm send-off to
Col Raminder Singh Patiala, December 29 Col Raminder Singh, who represented India in several international tournaments as a hockey player in the mid seventies, joined the Punjab Sports Department on August 6,1992 and will be retiring after putting in nine years of service. He was closely associated with the successful conduct of the 31st National Games held at various cities in Punjab in November. During the tenure of Col Raminder Singh, infrastructure for the National Games was imported and grants were doled out for holding of training-cum-preparatory camps for various state teams for the National Games in which Punjab topped the overall medals tally by winning a record 163 medals. While speaking on the occasion, Col Raminder Singh said the Department of Sports and the Department of Education were two separate entities and the move to merge both the departments, as was being envisaged in government circles, would lead to disastrous results as both departments were independent. The proposed merger would prove to be highly detrimental for the working of both departments. Prominent among those present on the occasion were Joint Director (Sports) Mrs Chanchal Surjit Randhawa, Deputy Director, Mr Satish Sharma, all District Sports Officers, other senior officials of the department and nearly 300 coaches of the Sports Department. |
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SBOP, PSEB veterans
enter semifinals Jalandhar, December 29 According to Mr Bhawani Mukherji, chief coach, NIS, it is for the first time in the Punjab veteran championship that the matches are being played according to the new format of 11 points and with new ball of 40 mm. A five-day coaching camp will be held at Chandigarh for the Punjab squad which will participate in the National Veterans Table-Tennis Championship at Mahabaleshwar from January 16 to 19. Scores: State Bank of Patiala b Patiala 3-0 (Sanjiv Sood b J.K. Bhardwaj, Daulat Ram b Rajiv Kauslal. J. Kishore b P.K. Chofla); PSEB b Ferozepore 3-0 (Ajay Sharma b S.K.
Sharma, Sanjiv Thapar b Inderpal Singh, Pankaj Sharma b R.C. Bawa); State Bank of Patiala b Ludhiana 3-0 (Sanjiv Sood b Harminder Singh, Daulat Ram b Ashish Thapar, J. Kishore b Deepak); Jalandhar b Ferozepore 3-1 (Baldev Dogra b S.K. Sharma, Kailash Sehgal b Inderpal Sodhi, Raj Kumar b R.C. Bawa); Ludhiana b Patiala 3-0 (PSEB b Ropar 3-0 (Ajay Sharma b A.B. Sharma, Sanjiv Thapar b Jaswinder Singh, Pankaj Sharma b Sudhir Malhotra). |
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Lyallpur Khalsa College in final Jalandhar, December 29 In the semifinals today, Khalsa College, Daroli Kalan, lost to Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar. Jalandhar boys got the opener in the 22nd minute through Inderjit. After half time Navneet Sharma passed the ball from the left to Harpreet, who made no mistake in making it 2-0. Daroli Kalan boys tried hard to equalise and the pass by Maninder Singh from extreme right proved fruitful for Gurjit Singh, as he beat custodian Navdeep Singh to narrow the score to 2-1. In the 66th minute, in utter chaos, Harpreet Singh headed the ball in to make it 3-1 for Khalsa College, Jalandhar. Just before the whistle, Maninder Singh succeeded in adding another goal as Daroli Kalan were awarded a penalty kick when a defender of Jalandhar team tried to stop the ball with the hand. In the other semifinal, a golden goal by Harjit Singh helped Football Club, Adampur, defeat DAV College, Jalandhar. Till the end of stipulated time both the teams had scored a goal each. In the 22nd minute Kulwinder singh scored from the pass by Jasdeep for DAV, Jalandhar. In the second half, Football Club got the equaliser through Harjit Singh in the 87th minute. In the extra time allotted, Harjit Singh struck in the 14th minute to take his team to the final. |
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Sabeeha to spearhead
PU challenge Chandigarh, December 29 The team is: air rifle — Sabeeha Dhillon (MCM DAV-36), Avneet Sidhu and Deepika Kaushal (both Dashmesh Girls College, Badal, Muktsar); Air pistol — Anu Prashar (Govt Home Science-10), Inderjit Kaur and Rajwinder Kaur (both Dashmesh College, Badal). Ms Narinder Kaur, a former shooter, will accompany the team as coach-cum-manager.
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Sanga upsets Limba Ram
Kolkata, December 29 Lalrem, who finished 14th in the FITA round yesterday with 12-36 points, performed better at the Olympic event outplaying Vishal Kumar of Punjab before defeating Limba Ram in the second round. He scored 160.
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