Queen’s Park Oval gets “poor” rating for India Test
Dubai
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today gave an official warning and rated the pitch and outfield at the Queen’s Park Oval ground in Port of Spain as “poor” for last month’s Test between India and West Indies. Four-and-a-half days of play was lost due to poor drainage facilities at the ground, and the match ended in a dull draw. A similar warning was handed to Kingsmead in Durban following the South Africa-New Zealand Test last month, in which more than three-and-a-half days of play was lost. “The sanctions take into account Durban and Port of Spain venues’ history of producing good conditions for international cricket and commitment by both the boards to take appropriate steps to ensure similar events are not repeated in future,” an ICC statement said.
Bangkok
Advani in quarters of 6 Red World Championship
Fifteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani stormed into the quarterfinals at the 6 Red World Championship here today. Advani maintained a clean slate in the group stage with an all-win record. Advani got the better of his China’s Yuan Sijun in the pre-quarterfinal contest. Advani is the only non-professional left in the fray.
Balikpapan (Indonesia)
Ajay only Indian to reach quarters in Indonesia GP
Ajay Jayaram emerged as the only Indian shuttler to make the quarterfinals of Indonesia Grand Prix Gold here today. The third seed notched up a convincing 21-7 21-12 win over Parupalli Kashyap in his second round match and then rallied to get the better of local lad Reksy Aureza Megananda 18-21 21-12 21-19 to enter the quarterfinals. B Sai Praneeth lost to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand 21-14 21-13. HS Prannoy lost 19-21 21-19 23-21 to China’s Huang Yuxiang.
Dusseldorf
Poor start by Aditi Ashok at Ladies European Masters
Rookie Aditi Ashok made a modest start to her campaign at the Ladies European Masters with a one-over 73 on the first day. The 18-year-old had two birdies and three bogeys in her round. She was tied 42nd but a good number of golfers were yet to finish their round. Amercian Katie Burnett, who had four birdies in last six holes, was the leader at six-under 66, while Korean In-Kyung Kim (67) was second.
Indore
Golden sweep by Taipei teams in TT India Open
Chinese Taipei made a clean sweep of team gold medals, dominating the show and making light of all Indian squads in the ITTF India Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Championships here today. — Agencies
