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South Africa cruise HARARE, Sept 30: South Africa juggled their batting order to give fringe players a chance but still cruised to a six-wicket win in the third and final one .............more Indians
ready for JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30: Almost sure of a victory, the visiting Indian cricketers would nevertheless be wary of drawing too many conclusions from their tour opening match against Nicky Oppenheimer XI set at Mining Families’ private ground at ............more Sharjah
series planned SHARJAH, Sept 30: New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to feature in a Triangular series with increased prize money at the desert venue, tentatively..............more Meena
Latha leading Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: Ms M Meena Latha is leading the 12-member Indian team for the forthcoming 19th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women to be held at Rajamankara ...more |
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District Poonch TT
Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Sept 30: Navjot, who bagged the Cadet boys singles title yesterday, won the Sub-junior boys final today beating Winter 2-1 in the ongoing District.......more Happy
Model bags Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Sept 30: Happy Model Higher Secondary School, Udhampur bagged Table Tennis trophy beating National...more District
Jail beats Central Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: District Jail Jammu defeated Central Jail, Kotbalwal by 18 runs in a friendly cricket match which played at High School, .....more 5-member
J&K team Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Motor-sports Association is sending its......more |
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South Africa cruise to clean sweep HARARE, Sept 30: South Africa juggled their batting order to give fringe players a chance but still cruised to a six-wicket win in the third and final one-day international against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club today. It completed a crushing 3-0 series win for South Africa. But stand-in Zimbabwe captain Guy Whittall said he believed his side could lift their game in a five-match series against England which starts at the same venue wednesday. "We’ve had a very hard month (against South Africa) but sometimes after playing a very good side you come out better when you play against a weaker side, as in England," said Whittall. Neil McKenzie played an anchor innings of 69 not out as South Africa overhauled a modest Zimbabwe total of 184 for six with nine overs to spare. "They bowled very well and backed it up with superb fielding," said Whittall as he acknowledged that Zimbabwe’s chances plummetted in the first hour of the match, when they could score only 35 runs in the first 15 overs, while the ball was still hard and fielding restrictions were in place. South Africa made three changes to the side that won the opening two games by 153 and 148 runs. Regular opening batsman Gary Kirsten was rested, while Jacques Kallis and Jonty Rhodes, who both starred in the first two games, were pushed down the batting order. Herschelle Gibbs, who was named man of the series, gave South Africa another flying start, hammering nine fours in an innings of 39 off 31 balls. Gibbs and Boeta Dippenaar put on 64 in 10 overs for the first wicket but three wickets fell in quick succession, all to dubious LBW decisions. Mckenzie and the inexperienced Justin Ontong scored slowly as they restored South Africa’s equilibrium and McKenzie took 33 balls to make his first four runs. The pair put on 64, with ontong playing some fine strokes before he was out for 32. After his slow start, McKenzie’s 69 was made off 86 balls with 10 fours. He finished the match in style by hitting four boundaries in an over from leg-spinner Paul Strang. Zimbabwe batted first for the only time in the series after Whittall won the toss. But the home side found scoring difficult on a slow, dry pitch against accurate bowling and outstanding ground fielding. Stuart Carlisle and Alistair Campbell put on 67 for the second wicket but used up more than 21 overs. The match was played on a newly-prepared pitch after it was decided that the surface used for the second international yesterday was not suitable. The new pitch, though, showed many of the same charactristics with the ball bouncing awkwardly and slowly. South Africa’s new ball bowlers, skipper Shaun Pollock and Justin Kemp, gave the Zimbabwe batsmen virtually nothing to hit. Carlisle made 51 off 100 balls with four boundaries, while Campbell took 77 balls to make 40. Dion Ebrahim and Grant Flower were able to lift the tempo in a fifth wicket stand of 54 in 10.5 overs but were unable to take full command. Dippenaar was outstanding in the field, making a sensational diving save, pulling off a run-out and holding a catch in the deep off the last ball of the innings. (AFP) |
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Indians ready for tour’s first test JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30: Almost sure of a victory, the visiting Indian cricketers would nevertheless be wary of drawing too many conclusions from their tour opening match against Nicky Oppenheimer XI set at Mining Families’ private ground at Randjesfontein tomorrow. This traditional opening fixture of the South African season is more of a social rather than a cricketing occasion, full of niceties and laced with old-world charm, where a handful of select invitees are treated to a private show of skills by the visiting team. It is easy to see how this fixture of unfurling the cricket season has become a tradition in South Africa. Much of it is inspired by practice in England and Australia, who stage their own versions of such games in Norfolk XI and Prime Minister’s XI respectively, and who along with South Africa are three oldest test playing nations. The choice for India in this match is to either try out their possible eleven ahead of the sterner battles or to give the fringe players a chance to get into the swing of things. There should be little doubt about India’s chances to win the game even with reserves, though the desire to check out on the form and fitness of the main stars would be too tempting for skipper Saurav Ganguly to ignore. (PTI) |
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Sharjah series planned with higher prize money SHARJAH, Sept 30: New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to feature in a Triangular series with increased prize money at the desert venue, tentatively scheduled for April 10-19 next year. Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS), the organisers of bi-annual tournaments in Sharjah, are also planning to invite a fourth team "to make the event more interesting and exciting", chief executive Zahid Noorani said. "The fourth team is on our mind. Let’s see how things take shape," Noorani said. The CBFS has already raised the prize money from 100,000 dollars to 250,000 dollars for a tri-nation event next month between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. "The prize money will remain the same for the April tournament," Noorani said. "If the fourth team is confirmed then it will be different." Noorani congratulated Jagmohan Dalmiya on his election as president of the Indian Cricket Board yesterday. "It is good for both world and Asian cricket. "Dalmiya is a great administrator and we appreciate his efforts in globalising the game during his tenure as the ICC (International Cricket Council) chief," Noorani said. Noorani, however, side-stepped a query regarding India’s participation in the Sharjah events. "All I can say is that CBFS have had enjoyed a great relationship with Dalmiya and it’s bound to grow further with his election." India were refused permission by their Government to play in a series in Sharjah last April involving Pakistan. Relations between the two countries have been strained by a long-running dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. (REUTERS) |
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Meena Latha leading Indian Basketball team in Asian Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: Ms M Meena Latha is leading the 12-member Indian team for the forthcoming 19th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women to be held at Rajamankara Pisek Indoor Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand from October 4 to 11. Other team members are Shiba Maggon, Nishitha Chaudhary, Raj Lakshmi K, Ivy Cheriyan, Renjini Jose, Anju Lakra, Poonam Singh, P Anitha, Rigi A Sunny, Sofi Sam and Pavithra Chandra, besides Arnika Gurjar, stand-bye. The officials are: Ms Suman Sharma, manager, Manjeet Singh, coach, Abdul Hameed, assistant coach and Boota Ram, referee. Treasurer of the Baskebtall Federation of India, Prem Pal Singh, who hails from J&K, has also been nominated by the Federation to accompany the team. |
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District Poonch TT
Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Sept 30: Navjot, who bagged the Cadet boys singles title yesterday, won the Sub-junior boys final today beating Winter 2-1 in the ongoing District Table Tennis Championship, here. Although, Navjot lost the first set 19-21, but clinched the remaining two making it 2-1 score in his favour. The score: 19-21, 21-16, 21-18. Earlier, in the second semi-final, Winter had a tough time against fighting Panky Dutta in one of the best match played so far in this tournament. Winter, who had lost the first set yesterday and was trailing in the second when match was stopped due to power failure yesterday, fought back in the remaining two sets to win the match. The score: 17-21, 28-26, 26-24. In the Junior boys, Nadeem and Navjot have reached the final after beating their opponents in straight sets. Nadeem beat Ripu 21-16, 21-19, while Navjot beat Winter 21-14, 21-11. Earlier, in the Junior boys quarter-finals, Ripu beat Jatinder 21-15, 21-16; Winter beat Panky Dutta 21-14, 14-21, 21-19; Navjot beat Sakit 21-19, 21-14; Nadeem beat Qazi 21-16, 21-11. In the Men’s singles first round, Saleel got walkover Asif Mir; Randhir beat Jatinder 21-19, 22-20; Narinder Singh beat Munna 21-11, 21-14; Qazi beat Panky Dutta 21-12, 21-14; Rinchal beat Gaganpreet 21-10, 21-16; Puneet Kar beat Sakit 21-18, 21-11; Ripu got walkover Sanjay; Sandeep Luthra got walkover Kapil; Nawaz beat Ajeet 21-16, 21-19. The championship, which is being organised by the District Table Tennis Association, is sponsored by the Coca Cola. |
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Happy Model bags U-14 TT title in district level competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Sept 30: Happy Model Higher Secondary School, Udhampur bagged Table Tennis trophy beating National Academy 3-0 in the District level Inter-school competition of girls, here. In the first singles, Ankita Gupta defeated Murti Jamwal 21-15, 8-21, 21-15, while in the second singles Bhavneet Kour outplayed Anukampa Sharma in straight sets 21-13, 21-16 to take 2-0 lead. In the deciding doubles, the pair of Ankita Gupta and Bhavneet Kour beat Shashi Sharma and Monika Sharma of National Academy 15-8, 15-5 to take away the winners trophy. In the U-17 year group, National Academy compensated their lost by taking away the title beating the same opponent to whom they had lost in the U-14 group. Shivali won the first singles beating Nidhi Verma in easy straight sets 21-9, 21-4. In the second singles, Pooja Rani beat Malvika Thakur 21-4, 21-10. Later the pair of Pooja and Shivali won the doubles match beating Nidhi Verma and Malvika Thakur 21-9, 21-12. The winners trophy in the U-19 year group went in favour of Happy Model School, who beat Higher Secondary School, Udhampur 3-1. In Badminton U-19 year final, Happy Model School outplayed Government Higher Secondary School, Udhampur 2-1. Richa beat Nisha Bhatyar 15-1, 15-6 and in the second singles, Sherrya of Government HSS Udhampur equalised the score beating Rashmi 15-2, 15-3. In the deciding doubles, the pair of Richa and Rashmi defeated Shreeya and Nisha of HSS, Udhampur 2-15, 15-9, 15-7. In the U-17 year group, AO Convent outplayed Happy Model School 2-0. In the first singles, Saniya Jamwal beat Nidhi Verma 15-5, 15-13, while Anjali Gupta beat Sofia Bhandral 15-5, 15-12. Little Angles School, Udhampur took away the winners trophy in U-14 year group beating the National Academy 2-1. In the first singles, Sahira Chandail beat Shivani Kesar 15-8, 9-15, 15-7. Sonali Gupta equalised the lead when she defeated Rupali Vaid 15-11, 15-7. In the deciding doubles match, Sahira Chandial and Rupali Vaid defeated the pair of Shivani Kesar and Sonali Gupta of National Academy in straight sets 15-8, 15-5. The competitions were organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Udhampur. |
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District Jail beats Central in friendly cricket tie Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: District Jail Jammu defeated Central Jail, Kotbalwal by 18 runs in a friendly cricket match which played at High School, Kotbalwal ground, near here today. Earlier, after winning the toss District Jail skipper Dilip Kumar Bhan decided to bat first. They scored 115 runs in the allotted 20 overs, which Central Jail could not chase and the whole side was bowled out for 97 runs in the 18th over. Ramesh Chander was the top scorer from District Jail Jammu, who made 35 runs. From Central Jail, Kotbalwal, Mohd Akram claimed four wickets. Batting second, though, Central jail made a confident start, but could not face the pace bowling and good fielding efforts of the District Jail in the later stages. And the whole side went to the pavilion when score on board was 97 in 18 overs. Kulbir Singh was the top scorer with 22 runs, while Dinesh Sharma, who is Superintendent Jail, contributed 17 runs to the total. From District Jail, Jammu, Vijay Kumar was the most successful bowler, who clinched four wickets, while Ramesh Chander took two. For his all-round performance, Ramesh Chander was declared as man of the match. The match was witnessed by the Additional Superintendent, JC Kotwal and team coach, Dr Bharat Bhushan, besides a number of other senior jail officers. |
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5-member J&K team to take part in Himalaya rally Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Motor-sports Association is sending its five-member team for participation in the Raid-de-Himalaya Car/Mobike rally to be held in Shimla from October 6. The rally is being organised by the Himalyan Motor-sport Association under the banner of Federation of Motor-sport Club of India. According to the president of the J&K Motor-sport Association, Ranjit Singh Chib, Umesh Joshi will be the captain of the five-member team. The team is comprised of Vishal Dhar, Umesh Joshi, Vikram Singh, Sanjay Singh and Ashwani Dubey. Two out of these five members team are medalist in the 1999 and 2000 mobike dirt track races held in Jammu. Giving more details, organising secretary of the Association, Ankush Abrol said that the Raid-de-Himalaya Car/Mobike rally will start from Shimla and en-route to Kargil it will mark Kaza Kinnour, Keylong, Serehu, Leh, Kargil and back to Shimla. The rally will cover approximately 3000 kilometers distance in the eight days. All these five boys from J&K are taking part in this rally for the first time in the section of two wheelers on one 350 CC Enfield and one Yamaha mobike. Vikram Singh is accompanying the team as Navigator, explained Ankush Abrol. |
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