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| India placed 9th in the Ceat Cricket ratings NEW DELHI, Oct 3: India have been placed ninth only ahead of Bangladesh and Kenya in the Ceat .......more ICC Knockout Trophy NAIROBI, Oct 3: Former World Cup holders Sri Lanka and the West Indies clash in the second match ....more ICC Knock-out Cup Cricket Tourney NAIROBI, Oct 3: Skipper Saurav Ganguly came up with a masterly 66 while a stylish Rahul Dravid .....more Rest of India, MUMBAI, Oct 3 : The Indian cricket selection committee would meet here to pick the rest....more |
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Inter-distt Wrestling competitions to be held at Ghagwal Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATHUA, Sept 3: The two-day Inter-district boys Wrestling competitions in the age groups of U-14, U-17 and U-19 will be held at ...........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: The 2nd All India Inter-University Kayaking and Canoeing Championship took off to a colourful start here today on the .........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: In a deciduous bid, the team of JK Bank clinched the state level Football championship ......more |
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India placed 9th in the Ceat Cricket ratings NEW DELHI, Oct 3: India have been placed ninth only ahead of Bangladesh and Kenya in the Ceat International Cricket ratings. England led the list of eleven countries. India which had a disastrous Australian tour early this year, could not make any grade in the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah and the Asia Cup at Dhaka. Besides, no Indian could find a place in the list of ten top performers. Sri Lankan crafty spinner Muttiah Muralitharan emerged the leader with two other Lankans, Marven Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya, figuring in the list. Windies pacer Courtney Walsh found second place while Alec Stewart’s consistent performances during the English season has brought him in line with Atapattu to the third position. (UNI) |
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Knockout Trophy NAIROBI, Oct 3: Former World Cup holders Sri Lanka and the West Indies clash in the second match of the opening round of the one million-dollar ICC Knockout Trophy at the Nairobi Gymkhana ground here tomorrow with Sri Lanka favoured to go through to the quarter-finals. Sanath Jayasuriya will be keen to consolidate on the gains achieved during the home test series against South Africa this July. Sri Lanka had a disappointing World Cup campaign but the return of coach Dav Whatmore has led to a revival in the team’s fortunes and spirits. With a bulk of the team unchanged for close to five years now, Sri Lanka are along with Australia, the two most experienced teams in this tournament, and that will count for something tomorrow. Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene bring solidity to a batting lineup packed with aggressive strokemakers like Avishka Gunawarndene, wicketkeeper-batsman Kumara Sangakkara and Romesh Kaluwitharne, besides the skipper himself. The bowling too has seen a great deal of action with Chaminda Vaas, Pramodaya Wickremasingheand Nuwan Zoysa backed up by Muttiah Muralitharan and legspinner Upul Chandana. The Wiry Chandana, in addition to his spinning wiles is a more than adequate batsman and is capable of finding a place in any team in the world purely on the basis of his electrifying fielding. For the West Indies, once possessors of an enviable record in both forms of the game, it is a time of consolidation. Under Jimmy Adams, they have not been anywhere near their wonted form, though the decline in their fortunes started long ago. England was the latest setback in a long line, where they lost both the one-day series and in the tests, the latter being their first series defeat to England in 31 years. Minus the experience of Courtney Walsh and the now retired Curtly Ambrose, Adams has brought a young side here. Other than the captain himself, Brian Lara and opener Sherwin Campbell are the only two to have put in any length of service in national colours. Against this is the emergence of a crop of young talent in Mahendra Nagamootoo, Wavell Hinds, Azeemul Haniff and Sylvester Joseph. The bowling is where the West Indies have really suffered for none of their newer seamers, Nixon McLean , Mervyn Dillon and the dropped Franklyn Rose, have shown themselves really capable of filling the gap vacated by Walsh and Ambrose. Yet, there can never be anything taken for granted as long as a certain Brian Lara is around. If he gets going, and the conditions here should suit his style of strokeplay well, Sri Lanka know they will have a battle on their hands. On his day, the classy left-hander is capable of winning a game on his own, which Jayasuriya and Whatmore know well. They also know that if they see him off, Sri Lanka are as good as through to the second round. Teams: Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (Capt), Marvan Atapattu, Avishka Gunawardene, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumara Sangakkara (WK), Russell Arnold, Upul Chandana, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumara Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Romesh Kaluwitharana (wicket-keeper), Nuwan Zoysa and Pramodaya Wickremasinghe. Coach: Dav Whatmore. West Indies: Jimmy Adams (Capt), Sherwin Campbell, Azeemul Haniff, Wavell Hinds, Sylvester Joseph, Brian Lara, Marlon Samuels, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Courtney Browne (WK), Laurie Williams, Nixon McLean, Mervyn Dillon, Kerry Jeremy, Colin Stuart. Coach: Roger Harper. Umpires: S Venkatraghavan (Ind) and Peter Willey (Eng). 3rd umpire: David Shepherd (Eng). (UNI) |
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Knock-out Cup Cricket Tourney NAIROBI, Oct 3: Skipper Saurav Ganguly came up with a masterly 66 while a stylish Rahul Dravid played his usual sheet-anchor role by stroking unbeaten 68 as India overwhelmed Kenya by eight wickets in the opening match of the ICC Knock-out Cup Cricket Tournament here today. Ganguly, who opened the innings with Sachin Tendulkar (25), made it a no-contest with some breathtaking hitting before Dravid and Vinod Kambli (39) took over the charge to steer India to a comfortable win with 7.3 overs to spare. The win put India in a positive frame of mind going into the second round clash with a formidable Australia on October 7. Defending a modest total of 208 for nine, Kenyan bowlers failed to stop the marauding Indian batsmen, specially the comeback man Vinod Kambli, who made a quickfire 39 not out off 34 balls. Kambli hit a flurry of fours all around the wicket soon after he joined Dravid in the middle at 135 for 2 following Ganguly’s dismissal. The Indian captain had added 88 runs for the second wicket with Dravid after combining with Tendulkar for 47 runs in the first wicket partnership. The Indian victory was long before it arrived as Kenya appeared a beaten side from the start at the Nairobi Gymkhana ground. All the top Indian batsmen were among runs on a slow pitch which held no terror but also did not encourage free strokeplay. Left-hander Kambli flayed a listless bowling in his cameo knock of 39 with seven fours. Dravid, true to his self, stayed put till the end hitting seven fours. The tone of the innings was set by Ganguly and Tendulkar, who hit four fours in his 25 runs including a straight boundary that zipped past between Ganguly and the umpire. Tendulkar was unlucky to be adjudged leg-before wicket while playing full forward to Tony Suji. Ganguly was unusually watchful initially, moving to 11 from the first 10 overs but then opened out and hit some amazing strokes. He once strode down the pitch to Slam Mourice Odumbe for a six which hit the roof of the media box and then cross batted medium-pacer Lameck Onyango for a six over mid-on. Ganguly paid the price of coming down the wicket too often and fell to Odumbe when wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno disturbed his bails with the Indian captain way outside the crease. It was an all-round performance by the Indians and it would be difficult to tell what pleased them more, the win or the breathtaking debut by left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan. The youngster, who will turn 22 on October 7 when India slug it out with the World Cup champions Australia for a berth in the semifinals, was all fire and brimstone. It is rare to find someone inspire so much confidence that his skipper asked him to bowl the opening as well as the final over. (PTI) SCORECARD Kenya: Kennedy Otieno c Ganguly b Agarkar 6 Ravindu Shah c Dahiya b Prasad 60 Jimmy Kamamde c Dravid b Kumble 18 Steve Tikolo lbw b Kumble 5 Maurice Odumbe lbw b Prasad 51 Thomas Odoyo not out 35 Mohammad Sheikh b Zaheer Khan 0 Hitesh Modi b Zaheer Khan 0 Tony Suji c Dahiya b Agarkar 2 Martin Suji c Ganguly b Zaheer 14 Lameck Onynga not out 0 Extras (b-10, w-4, nb-3) 17 Total (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-54, 3-64, 4-145, 5-158, 6-159, 7-159, 8-174, 9-206 Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-0-48-3, Ajit Agarkar 10-1-40-2, Venkatesh Prasad 10-0-47-2, Anil Kumble 10-0-22-2, Sachin Tendulkar 6-0-25-0, Yuvraj Singh 4-1-16-0. India: Saurav Ganguly st Otieno b Odumbe 66 Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Tony Suji 25 Rahul Dravid not out 68 Vinod Kambli not out 39 Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-1, w-7) 11 Total (for two wkts, 43.3 overs) 209 Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-135 Bowling: Martin Suji 10-2-30-0, Thomas Odoyo 6-1-18-0, Tony Suji 10-0-56-1, Lameck Onyango 4.3-0-34-0, Mohammad Sheikh 4-0-27-0, Steve Tikolo 2-0-13-0, Maurice Odumbe 4-0-18-1, Ravindu Shah 2-0-10-0. (PTI) |
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Rest of India, Sharjah squads to be picked on Oct 9 MUMBAI, Oct 3 : The Indian cricket selection committee would meet here to pick the rest of India team for the five-day Irani Trophy tie against Ranji champions Mumbai and the Sharjah-bound Indian squad for Coca Cola Trophy Triangular Series on October 9. The Cricket Board (BCCI) Executive Secretary Sharad Diwadkar told PTI here today that the Rest of India will take on Mumbai from October 13 to 17 while the Triangular Series in Sharjah involving India, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka would be held from October 20 to 29. Following is the schedule for the triangular series: October 20: India vs Sri Lanka. October 21: Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka. October 22: Zimbabwe vs India. October 23 and 24: Rest days. October 25: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe. October 26: India vs Zimbabwe. October 27: India vs Sri Lanka. October 28: Rest day. October 29: Final. (PTI) |
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Inter-distt Wrestling competitions to be held at Ghagwal Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATHUA, Sept 3: The two-day Inter-district boys Wrestling competitions in the age groups of U-14, U-17 and U-19 will be held at Government Girls High School, Ghagwal in Hiranagar from October 10. This was stated by the District Youth Services and Sports Officer, here today. The boarding and lodging, besides food will be provided at the venue in a common mess to the visiting teams, he said. |
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sports tourney on Dal Lake Excelsior Sports Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: The 2nd All India Inter-University Kayaking and Canoeing Championship took off to a colourful start here today on the placid waters of the famous Dal Lake with 150 students including 18 girls from five universities taking part in different events of the two water sports. The Minister for Industries and Commerce, Dr. Mustafa Kamal who is also the Patron, J&K Association of Kayaking and Canoeing, inaugurated the championship. The Minister for Agriculture, Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, vice-chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof. M. Y. Qadri, Mohammad Syed Akhoon, MLA and a large number of students and sports lovers were present. On the inaugural day, the participating teams held a march past with the chief guest, Dr. Kamal taking the salute. An enthralling demonstration of aqua para-sailing, surf riding, rafting teams rally and white water kayaking rally was also held by student teams to the delight of the onlookers. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Kamal felicitated the Kashmir University for organising the championship that, he said, would go a long way in further promoting sports activities in the state. He said Jammu and Kashmir has played the pioneering role in promotion of kayaking and canoeing in the country and recalled that the first two National Kayaking and Canoeing Championships were held in the State. He said it was a matter of pride for us that our sportspersons bagged gold medals in these competitions. Describing the championship as a major event for sportspersons and sports lovers, the Minister hoped that it would help discovering new talent in the Indian universities. The Kashmir University, he said, has been declared as the Nodal University for 26 adventure sports disciplines by the University Grants Commission and Government of India. "The State offered vast potential for adventure sports", he said and hoped that the Kashmir University would exploit it to the benefit of the sports and the sportspersons. The Minister later distributed prizes among the winning teams of different boat races. In 200 meters kayaking race, the Osmania University, led by Srinivasan bagged first position while the Kumaon University and the Kashmir University came second and third, respectively. In 200 meters canoeing race, the Kerala University led by Hansraj bagged the first position with the Kashmir University and Osmania University finishing second and third, respectively. Showkat Ahmad and Haricharan led the teams, respectively. In the K-4 women, Kerala University led by Siramalya won the first position with Barkat Ullah University (Bhopal) led by Poonam finishing second. The teams of the Kashmir University and Osmania University faced disqualification from the event. The finals would be played tomorrow. The participating teams include Kumaon University, Osmania University, Kerala University, Barkat Ullah University besides the host Kashmir University. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: In a deciduous bid, the team of JK Bank clinched the state level Football championship from the JK Police team in a final match played here yesterday, at the Bakshi Stadium. With this, the 14th State level Football championship tournament, which was started on September 20 after a prolonged period of eleven years, concluded. About 28 teams from all the districts of the State participated expect Leh and Kargil participated in the tournament. The first semi final match was played between the teams of Iqbal Sports and J&K Bank, where in JK Bank team won the match in a tie breaker by 4-2 and the 2nd semi final was played between the teams of JK Police and City Club Srinagar. The JK Police team defeated the City Club, Srinagar team in a tiebreaker by 5-4. The Minister for Tourism, Youth Services and Sports, Mr. S.S.Salathia gave away the football championship trophy to the winning team and also distributed trophy and other prizes amongst the players and organisers. Mr. Salathia called upon the players that they should contribute their best talent in the sports so that standard could maintained to compete at the national and international level to fetch more laurels for the State and country. The Chairman of the JK Bank, Mr. M.Y. Khan was the Chief guest on the occasion. The Secretary, State Sports Council, Sheikh Fazal Ahmad was also present. |
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