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| Hinds, Gayle provide spine to Windies batting KOLKATA, Oct 31: Wavell Hinds hit the first West Indian century of the series in a determined opening wicket partnership with Chris Gayle as the tourists made a spirited reply to the Indian first innings score on the second day of the.........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Senior cueist Sanjeev Gupta today had to face a tough time while taking on second seed Vishal Abrol in last league tie of the senior........more Bangar included in KOLKATA, Oct 31: Sanjay Bangar was today included in the 14-member Indian squad for the first ........more Dungarpur for Ganguly as KOLKATA, Oct 31: Former board president Raj Singh Dungarpur, one-time bitter critic of Indian .........more |
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Trophy Ian plays another face saving innings for J&K, misses ton Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: After playing an unbeaten 118 runs innings against Himachal Pradesh, Ian Dev Singh played another face-saving innings for Jammu and Kashmir........more Safal’s
hat-trick helps ICC Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Hat-trick by Safal Sharma guided International Cricket Club (ICC) to an 18 runs victory over Bull’s Cricket Club (BCC) in the ongoing Children’s Festival Cup U-12 Cricket Tournament, organised by ICC at Green Field grounds, here.......more 4th
All India Police Band competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Hosts of the 4th All India Police Band competitions, the Jammu and Kashmir Police clinched two of the three winners trophies in Brass Band.......more |
Hinds, Gayle provide spine to Windies batting KOLKATA, Oct 31: Wavell Hinds hit the first West Indian century of the series in a determined opening wicket partnership with Chris Gayle as the tourists made a spirited reply to the Indian first innings score on the second day of the third and final cricket test here today. Hinds and Gayle put on 172 runs for the opening wicket in nearly four hours of dogged batting but off-spinner Harbhajan Singh had brought the smiles back on Indian faces by the end of day’s play with three quick wickets which saw West Indies slip to 189 for three. Harbhajan Singh had Hinds caught by skipper Sourav Ganguly for exactly 100 runs before dismissing Ramnaresh Sarwan and night-watchman to neutralise the West Indian advantage. But Gayle remained unbeaten on a well-compiled 80 runs in the company of Shivnarine Chanderpaul who was on one. Earlier, the Indian first innings folded on 358 after being well-served by useful contributions from young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel and veteran speedster Javagal Srinath. The two put on 73 runs for the eighth wicket after India resumed at their overnight 275 for six. Patel missed his maiden test half-century by just three runs, making a career-best 47 while Srinath scored a whirlwind 46 off 40 balls with seven fours and the only six of the Indian innings. However, the day belonged to Hinds and Gayle who lifted the spirits of their team, playing for pride after having already lost the series, with their fine batting performance. The duo batted positively and were quite impressive against the spinners who have tormented their team on this series. Though both Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble had their moments and did cause a few problems to the batsmen but a breakthrough eluded them until the last half an hour of play. Gayle was the more aggressive of the two and easily outscored his partner. He played some fine drives against Kumble and pounced upon any loose delivery on offer. The Indians relied mostly on spin and Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra bowled only three and six overs respectively in their first spells. Having started about half an hour before lunch, the two batsmen took the West Indian score to 109 by tea with Hinds having already posted his tenth half-century. Hinds scored quickly in the last session and raised his hundred with a single off a sweep shot against Harbhajan Singh. He faced 190 deliveries for his third century in 27th test which was studded with 16 boundaries. But Hinds, who started attempting big hits immediately after reaching the milestone, could not stay long after that. Trying to sweep Harbhajan Singh to the mid-wicket fence, Hinds hit straight into the hands of Sourav Ganguly who had placed himself at square leg only a couple of balls earlier. The fall of hinds was a big psychological boost to the Indians and they stepped up the pressure. The West Indian batsmen also seemed bogged down a bit and scoring virtually stopped for sometime as Harbhajan Singh and Nehra squeezed in a few tight overs. In a bid to break the shackles, Gayle came dancing down the pitch to loft Harbhajan Singh for a spectacular six over long on and followed it with a hit to the mid-wicket fence for a four in the next ball. But Harbhajan Singh came back strongly in the next over to dismiss both Sarwan and Dillon within a space of three balls. Sarwan was the victim of a smart stumping by Patel following a beautiful delivery that spun the other way, leaving him stranded out of his crease. Sarwan made just two runs from 22 balls which reflected the difficulty the west Indians faced after the fall of Hinds. Just two balls later, Harbhajan Singh produced a yorker to uproot the off-stump of Dillon who had absolutely no clue to the delivery. Dillon failed to score. Earlier, Patel and Srinath boosted India’s total after the hosts had lost Harbhajan Singh in the opening over of the day. Harbhajan Singh was clean bowled by Cameron Cuffy who finished with figures of two for 84. Dillon was the most successful West Indian bowlers claiming three wickets for 82 runs. Patel, whose previous best in test cricket was 23, played a few delicate shots while Srinath engaged in the big-hitting act. The two took the score to 353 before India lost their last three wickets for five runs. (PTI) SCOREBOARD India 1st innings 358 West Indies 1st innings C Gayle batting 80 W Hinds c Ganguly b Harbhajan 100 R Sarwan c Patel b Harbhajan 2 M Dillon b Harbhajan 0 S Chanderpaul batting 1 Extras (lb-1, nb-5) 6 Total (for 3 wkts, 71 overs) 189 Fall of wickets: 1-172, 2-186, 3-186. Bowling: Srinath 6-2-26-0, Nehra 13-8-24-0, Harbhajan Singh 24-9-43-3, Kumble 19-1-73-0, Bangar 6-3-14-0, Tendulkar 3-0-8-0. (PTI) |
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State Billiards, Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Senior cueist Sanjeev Gupta today had to face a tough time while taking on second seed Vishal Abrol in last league tie of the senior Snooker quarter-finals on way to the semi-finals in the ongoing 12th State Billiards and Snooker Championship, currently being held at Billiards Hall, M A Stadium, here today. Sanjeev was in dire need of victory against Vishal if he had to qualify for the last four stage. On the other hand Vishal had nothing to lose, as he was already there in the semi-finals because of his excellent show in the previous league matches. Earlier, in today’s league tie, Sanjeev made a bad start losing the first frame 56-76 to Vishal, but he fired from all cylinders in the following frames bringing the frame score to 2-1 in his favour. Again Vishal struck and levelled the score 2-2 winning the fourth frame narrowly 72-82. In the final and deciding frame, both Vishal and Sanjeev played excellent game, but latter emerged victorious finishing the high scoring frame at 90-77. Other three cueists, who have already occupied positions in the semi-finals are Kamal Rohmetra and Kuldeep Sharma from Pool-A. In today’s last league match Kamal Rohmetra defeated Umar Jaan 64-56, 52-32, 43-72, 70-18. In another match Umar Farooq beat Abhimanyu 69-18, 49-38, 53-36. Now, in the semi-finals, Kamal will be playing against Sanjeev Gupta, while Vishal will meet Kuldeep Sharma. The date for the semi-finals shall be decided later on. Meanwhile, the first round of the junior Billiards begun today with the playing for as many as eight matches each 90 minutes duration. The detailed results: Deepak Bajaj beat Akhil Kohli 250-150; Pallav Gupta got walkover Karan Anand; Nishant Azad got walkover Irfan Chowdhary; Ishan Sharma got walkover Almyaid Ahmed; Rajan Gupta got walkover Owais Amin; Sheetal Bharti got walkover Umar Farooq; Sohail Plaser got walkover Gaurav Gupta 173-78; Kuldeep Chowdhary bt Tarun Goswami 244-188. |
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Bangar included in one-day squad KOLKATA, Oct 31: Sanjay Bangar was today included in the 14-member Indian squad for the first three one-day internationals against West Indies, replacing an injured Zaheer Khan who has been rested. Bangar is the only change in the 15-member one-day team that played the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka with left- hander Dinesh Mongia being kept out. The team for the first three of the seven-match series beginning on November 6, was announced by cricket board secretary S K Nair, following a meeting of the five-member selection committee which was also attended by skipper Sourav Ganguly and coach John Wright. Since Zaheer Khan has been advised rest following his knee injury in the second test he has not been considered for selection today, Nair said adding that, "most probably he will miss the series if he is not fit by the next selection committee meeting". The team for the last four one-dayers of the series would be selected in Rajkot after the third one-day match. The team : Saurav Ganguly (capt), Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar, J P Yadav and Sanjay Bangar. Bangar, the new inclusion into the one day side, has shown consistent performance in the current test series with two half centuries and an average of 48 in four innings so far. However, Mongia, who had figured in the Champions Trophy Championship in Sri Lanka last month, did not find a place in the squad selected for the first three ODIs against West Indies. (PTI) |
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Dungarpur for Ganguly as captain for three years KOLKATA, Oct 31: Former board president Raj Singh Dungarpur, one-time bitter critic of Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, was today all praise for Kolkata’s prince, saying he should be retained as captain for the next three years. "He (Sourav) is an excellent captain," Dungarpur said, adding that Ganguly had transformed the Indian team into a fighting outfit. Admitting that once he had been a bitter critic of Ganguly, the former BCCI chief said he had reversed his opinion about him. Describing Ganguly as the best man manager of Indian cricket, he said "cricket captaincy is all about man management and batting, bowling, fielding come later". "If you seek my opinion, I will say that let sourav remain the skipper for the next three years. However, I feel that Pataudi was the all-time best captain of Indian cricket team," he said. To a question about Mohammad Azharuddin, Dungarpur said it was unfortunate that his cricket career had come to a stop after he played 99 tests. "I feel sorry for him. He was a wonderful batsman. But his complicity in match-fixing has not been proved." Azharuddin has been banned from Indian team for his alleged involvement in match-fixing. (PTI) |
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Umrigar Trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: After playing an unbeaten 118 runs innings against Himachal Pradesh, Ian Dev Singh played another face-saving innings for Jammu and Kashmir against Delhi, but this time he missed his ton and returned dejected when all J&K wickets fell at 165 in 65.3 overs in the post lunch session of the opening day in the North Zone U-15 Cricket Tournament for Polly Umrigar Trophy at M A Stadium, here today. Delhi too was not out of trouble and were struggling at 74 for five after playing 25 overs. The lone battle fought by hosts skipper Ian Dev, who remained unbeaten at an odd score of 99 studded with 12 boundaries, saw six of his colleagues, on the other end, going to the pavilion without opening their account. However, two batsmen could make a start but added just two runs in their respective accounts. It was only Ramdey and Apnam Gupta, who could face the bowing wrath of Delhi and helped in building partnerships of 40 and 89 runs during their stay on the wicket with Ian Dev. Ramdey contributed 16 runs, while Apnam Gupta added second highest 31 runs, Those went to the pavilion without adding a single run were Nadeem, Narinder, Rohit Bhat, Vishwadeep Singh, Sajjid Owais and Irfan. Aditya Aima and Vikrant Singh added two runs each. Vartik Tihara was the most successful bowler from Delhi, who clinched four wickets for 23 runs in 10 overs, while Karan Hartik took two for 53. Later, at the end of the day, Delhi were struggling at 74 for five in 25 overs. Virat Kohli (18) and Srivastava (yet to open account) were at the crease. From J&K, Narinder claimed three Delhi wickets, while Aditya Aima bagged one. |
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Safal’s hat-trick helps ICC win in Children Fest Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Hat-trick by Safal Sharma guided International Cricket Club (ICC) to an 18 runs victory over Bull’s Cricket Club (BCC) in the ongoing Children’s Festival Cup U-12 Cricket Tournament, organised by ICC at Green Field grounds, here. Batting first after winning the toss, ICC made 177 runs losing all the wickets in 19.5 overs off 20 overs match. In reply, BCC failed to achieve the target and was bowled out for 159 runs in 19.2 overs. Riyaz, Rahul and Safal Sharma were main scorers from ICC, who contributed 36, 18 and 15 runs respectively. From BCC, Ankush claimed three wickets, while Anuj and Avinash shared two each. Chasing the target, BCC batsmen were playing confidently and were moving towards their target, but the wickets on consecutive deliveries taken by Safal, caused ICC’s dismissal as they were 18 runs short of their target. Amrit Pal was the highest scorer with 57 (off 31 balls, 12x4) runs, while Pallav and Anuj contributed 13 and 24 runs to the total respectively. Gokul also played good innings of 24 runs, followed by Sumit, 16. Besides Safal, Rahul Vaid took two wickets for ICC. Akhil, Anshuman and Riyaz shared one each. In another match of the day, Atman School XI defeated Champion Cricket Club by a huge margin of 70 runs in the 12 overs match. Batting first after Champions Club won the toss and opted to field, Atman School XI scored 141 runs, which, in reply, Champion Club could not chase and was bowled out at a score of 71. |
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4th All India Police
Band competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Hosts of the 4th All India Police Band competitions, the Jammu and Kashmir Police clinched two of the three winners trophies in Brass Band and Pipe Band, thereby claiming the overall best trophy at a valedictory function of the week-long meet held at Srinagar. In Brass Band, the penal of five judges adjudged Jammu and Kashmir Police the best team with total 659 marks. Second place, amongst the 12 competitors, went to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with 600 marks in their account. Indo- Tibetean Border Police finished third with 595 marks. Border Security Force remained fourth with 587, followed by Madhya Pradesh Police at number five with 552 points. Other participants in Brass Band contest were Gujarat, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, SSB, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. In Pipe Band, again Jammu and Kashmir Police gave excellent performance to bag their second title. J&K Police secured 403 marks through a penal of five judges to remain at the top. Punjab Police, with 383 marks remained at number two position, followed by the Border Security Force (BSF) at third place with 363 marks. In total, seven teams took part in Pipe Band competition including CRPF, ITBP, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. First position in Bugle Calls went to Andhra Pradesh State Police, who secured 245 points. Madhya Pradesh claimed the second spot with 240 total marks in their account. Third place was claimed by Border Security Force (BSF) with 237 marks. Other positions in Bugle Calls competitions were ITBP (4th), J&K (5th), Tamil Nadu (6th), Punjab Police (7th), Rajasthan Police (8th), CRPF (9th), Jharkhand (10th), Uttar Pradesh (11th), SSB (12th) and Gujarat Police ( 13th). The penal of judges in all the three competition held at Srinagar from October 23 to 29, were Messrs Nazir Hussain, Capt R K Gurung, Vijay Lazaurs, Pramod Kingston and Brajesh Kumar. Director General of J&K Police, A K Suri, was the chief guest at the valedictory function. Additional, Additional Director General of J&K Police, presented vote of thanks on the occasion. Later, the hosts Jammu and Kashmir Police also a special band programme for the general public at Iqbal Park, Polo Ground. |
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Inter College
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 31: Post Graduate (PG) Departments of Law and Science XI defeated Acharya Shrichandra College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS), Sidhra to reach the final of the Inter-college Cricket Tournament being organised by the Department of Physical Education, University of Jammu, here today. In this two-day semi-final match, PG Law and Science set a target of 341 for ASCOMS, which later could not achieve and conceded their defeat at a moment when they were struggling at 52 for six in nine overs. It was the dismissal of star performer, Satyankar, which caused ASCOMS’s humiliating defeat. Satyankar was caught and bowled by Sanjay Sharma, who finished his seven overs spell with four wickets for 16 runs. Earlier, resuming their innings from yesterday’s total of 319 for nine, PG Departments lost all their wickets for 340 runs in 85.5 overs. Shamsher Singh, who was batting at 77 yesterday, could not complete his century and remained unbeaten at a score of 91. GCW MA Road wins Distt Volleyball final Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 31: Government College for Women (GCW), M A Road Srinagar defeated GCW, Nawakadal 2-1 in the final of the District Volleyball Championship played at Nawakadal college grounds, here. This championship, wherein six teams drawn from as many institutions, was organised by the District Volleyball Association, Srinagar. Dr Nusrat Andrabi, Principal GCW, Nawakadal was the chief guest on the occasion. She gave away prizes to the finalists teams. |
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