KOLKATA, Nov 1: Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s fascination for Indian bowling fetched him another ton .........more

ICPA to approach
BCCI over problems
of cricketers soon

KOLKATA, Nov 1: Buoyed by a highly successful launch this week, the Indian Cricket Players ........more

14 teams to participate
in Surjit Hockey

JALANDHAR, Nov 1: Fourteen top teams, including defending champion Punjab and Sind Bank, ........more

Santosh Trophy
Manipur hoping to put it
across Goa in semi-finals

IMPHAL, Nov 1: Buoyed by their phenomenal success in the tournament so far, local favourites .........more

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JAMMU, Nov 1: Superb five-wickets haul by Narinder helped hosts Jammu and Kashmir take 36 runs first innings lead over Delhi on the second........more

Science College
wins by 14 runs

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JAMMU, Nov 1: The GGM Science College today defeated SPMR College........more

12th State Billiards, Snooker Championship
Nishant, Kuldeep reach
Junior Billiards final

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India-West Indies Series
West Indies on top at the moment....

Chanderpaul, Samuels put Windies in
commanding position

KOLKATA, Nov 1: Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s fascination for Indian bowling fetched him another ton as West Indies saw a dramatic turnaround in their fortunes in this series to take a 88-run first innings lead in the third and final cricket test here today.

Chanderpaul struck his sixth test hundred, five of which have come against India, and his 191-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Marlon Samuels took the West Indies score to 446 for five at close on a frustrating day for the hosts.

Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 136, having batted for more than six hours and hit 16 boundaries and a six while Samuels was fast approaching his maiden test hundred, having scored 89 with 15 fours.

The Indians could manage just two wickets in the entire day, both coming in the morning session after West Indies had resumed at their overnight 189 for three.

Anil Kumble denied a century to opener Chris Gayle who was caught by Virender Sehwag for 88 before skipper Carl Hooper was brilliantly caught by a diving Parthiv Patel off Ashish Nehra’s bowling after making 19 runs.

The two wickets boosted India’s hopes of seeing an early finish of West Indian innings but Chanderpaul and Samuels, playing his first match of the series, completely dominated the attack after that.

The duo batted comfortably for the next two sessions, adding 102 runs in the second session and 83 in the final one before play was called off due to bad light half an hour ahead of schedule.

Chanderpaul gave an early signal of what was to follow during the day when he spectacularly drove Harbhajan Singh to the midwicket fence in the second over of the morning.

Gayle, who resumed at his overnight 80, produced a perfect straight drive in Javagal Srinath’s second over to post the 200 of the West Indian innings.

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, who started the day with a spin-pace combination, soon switched to a double-spin attack and the move yielded rewards almost immediately.

Kumble got rid of Gayle in his second over when the left-hander played forward and produced an inside edge that was an easy catch for Virender Sehwag at forward short leg.

Gayle hit 15 fours and a six during his 331 minute stay at the crease before being dismissed at the West Indian score of 213.

Hooper played some ambitious strokes in his 42-run fifth wicket stand with Chanderpaul before he fell to a stunning catch by Patel. Nehra claimed the success in his very first over - the second with the new ball which was taken after 100 overs.

The ball was pitched fractional outside the off-stump and induced an edge from Hooper which was spectacularly taken by Patel who dived full length to his right to complete a one handed catch.

Chanderpaul and Samuels then carried West Indies to 261 for five at lunch and later to 363 for five at tea as the Indian bowlers particularly the two spinners, Harbhajan Singh and Kumble failed to make any impact despite obtaining some turn early in the day.

Chanderpaul reached his half-century 21 minutes after lunch before launching an assault on Kumble. The West Indies batsman clobbered Kumble for three fours in the 23rd over, before hoisting him over the cover fence for the only six of the day.

Chanderpaul who reached a gritty 42 at lunch played a flurry of strokes during the second session in which he plundered 65 runs.

The 300 of the innings came in 482 minutes while the hundred of the partnership was reached in 124 minute off 30.2 overs. Samuels played second fiddle to Chanderpaul in the post lunch session but opened up after tea when he scored majority of the runs.

The duo continued their good work in the final session too with Samuels reaching his half-century in 173 minutes off 116 balls aided by seven hits to the fence.

The 400 of the innings came in the 10th over after tea with Chanderpaul on 124 and Samuels on 59.

Samuels, who came close to being expelled from the tour after he visited a city discotheque, seemed to have reedemed himself with today’s commendable knock.

The 21-year old Jamaican surpassed his previous best test score of 60 scored against Australia at Melbourne in the 2000-01 series. (PTI)

ICPA to approach BCCI over problems of cricketers soon

KOLKATA, Nov 1: Buoyed by a highly successful launch this week, the Indian Cricket Players Association (ICPA) would soon approach the cricket board for discussion of the problems faced by cricketers.

"Since the association is now in place, we will soon approach the board to discuss our problems," Arun Lal, secretary of ICPA, said today.

Lal looked overwhelmed at the response ICPA received from various sections and was particularly moved at the gesture of BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya in attending last night’s launch dinner and donating to the ICPA fund.

"It was magnanimous," Lal said of Dalmiya’s gesture.

Questioned when the IPCA would approach the board for a formal discussion, he replied "it will be done very soon."

The IPCA president Mansur Ali Khan K Pataudi had said last night that in another three weeks all formalities of ICPA formation would be completed after which BCCI would be approached for a formal discussion.

Lal said ICPA would be currently run by a seven-member managing committee comprising Pataudi, Ravi Shastri, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahil Dravid, Anil Kumble and himself.

The ICPA was floated in the wake of last month’s standoff between the board and top cricketers over the sponsorship issue just before the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.

The board had insisted on speaking to individual players while refusing to acknowledge Shastri as their representative.

Commenting on the representative character of ICPA, Lal said "this is a body of cricketers and we expect everybody to come under its fold."

Lal, however, was not very clear about approaching all 580 plus first class cricketers in the country saying "since everybody now knows a representative body is in place they are expected to join."

Pataudi, however, said that they wanted to give ICPA a truely representative character and "we want all first class cricketers to join."

The BCCI chief has already gone on record saying that any cricketers body to be recognised by the board should have a representative character and include all first class cricketers. (PTI)

14 teams to participate in Surjit Hockey

JALANDHAR, Nov 1: Fourteen top teams, including defending champion Punjab and Sind Bank, New Delhi, and runner-up Punjab Police, will participate in the 19th annual Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament which begins here at the Surjit Hockey Stadium from November 7-16.

The tournament will be held on a league-cum-knock out basis. The teams, entering the last four stage from the two groups, will play in the knock-out stage. The tournament is held every year in memory of the late Surjit Singh Randhawa, India’s top full back who played in a number of world cups and other international matches before his death in a road accident.

A cash prize of Rs one lakh would be shared between the two teams entering the finals, Mr Jagjit Puri, hononrary secretary of the Surjit Hockey Society said here today.

The Surjit Hockey Society would also honour members of the Indian hockey team which won silver medal in the recent Busan Asian Games.These players include Gaganjit Singh, Tejbir Singh, Daljit Singh, Jugraj Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Prabjot Singh.

In the womens’ section of the tournament, eight teams, including last years winners Haryana-XI and runners-up Rail Coach Factory ,Kapurthala, would participate. (UNI)

Santosh Trophy
Manipur hoping to put it across Goa in semi-finals

IMPHAL, Nov 1: Buoyed by their phenomenal success in the tournament so far, local favourites Manipur will be hoping to keep the momentum going when they clash with last year’s runners up Goa in the second semi final of the 58th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy here tomorrow.

The home team, having come within sniffing distance of the title which has eluded them for so long, will leave no stone unturned to make it to the final in what promises to a thrilling contest.

The hosts will be hoping to capitalise on the home advantage to put it across the formidable goans who will be equally determined to regain the coveted trophy.

With a terrific run in the preliminary matches, Manipur entered the quarter final with an impressive track record and were clubbed with Tamil Nadu and Orissa in a comparatively weaker Group D.

In their first match against Orissa, the fast moving Manipur forwards impressed with their ball possession and pumped in as many as four goals with the famed forward line consisting of international P Rennedy Singh, M Bijen Singh, W Tomba singh and L Tiken Singh clicking.

Bijen Singh in particular had a fantastic tournament and is so far the top scorer with nine goals and has impressed all with his electrifying runs with the ball.

Renedy Singh, however, looks a little jaded as he came here after playing a tournament in Mauritius and only fulfills the role of a schemer in the midfield.

However, Renedy’s passes have been perfect so far and the goa defence would have a job at their hand to mark this player as he was instrumental in building up goals for his side.

The vocal Manipur fans had a lot to complain about their team’s performance in their second match against Tamil Nadu against whom they managed a draw but sailed to the last four stage by virtue of a better goal difference.

The forward line looked scrappy and there were numerous defensive errors, particularly by N Uttam Singh, giving Tamil Nadu the advantage.

Manipur coach Shantikumar Singh admitted that the team did not play to its potential in that match and hoped they would learn from their mistakes in the crucial match against Goa.

Most of the Manipur players play for various clubs across the country and when it came to playing for the state, they lack cohesion and understanding. The goans will try to take advantage of this factor.

Goa were given a direct berth to the quarter final stage and had have not really been convincing on their way to the semi-final, particularly in their match against Punjab.

They have acclimatised well to the condition now though captain Denis Cabral has complained about the use of lighter Nivea balls as compared to the cosco balls which the team was used to.

The goans will be strengthened by the presence of star striker Alvito D’Cunha who will be available for tomorrow’s match after being shown a red card during the match against Punjab. (PTI)

NZ U-15 Cricket /Polly Umrigar Trophy
Narinder reduces guests Delhi innings,
helps J&K take lead

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JAMMU, Nov 1: Superb five-wickets haul by Narinder helped hosts Jammu and Kashmir take 36 runs first innings lead over Delhi on the second day of the three-day North Zone U-15 Cricket Tournament for Polly Umrigar Trophy being played at MA Stadium, here today.

In reply to J&K’s first innings score of 165, Delhi could make 129 runs in 44.3 overs, thereby facing a trail of 36 runs. Now, if the match ends in a draw, J&K will be getting five points as against three in favour of Delhi by virtue of their (J&K) first innings lead.

In the second innings, J&K’s star performer Ian Dev Singh again played brilliant innings of 55 runs including six fours and placed the team in comfortable position of 147 for seven.

Earlier, resuming their innings from overnight score of 74 for five, Delhi batsmen surrendered to the bowling of Narinder, who finished 16-2-67-5. Appnam too bowled excellent and took two remaining wickets including Kumar Abhishek, who could not open his account.

Later, J&K innings begun on bad not when open Aditya Aima become victim of Kumar Abhishek on duck. Aditya was trapped leg before wicket by Abhishek when total score on board was five.

However, the strong pillar of J&K batting line and skipper, Ian Dev Singh played responsible innings of 55 runs giving J&K a push towards the century run mark. Appnam Gupta was at the crease when day’s play was called off with Vishwadeep Singh, who is yet to open his account. Ram Dayal was another recognised scorer with 22 runs including three boundaries.

Rushil Bhaskar was the most successful bowler from Delhi, who claimed three wickets for 40 runs in 15 overs.

SCOREBOARD

J&K first innings 165

Delhi first innings

Anuj Jain c Ian Dev Singh b Narinder 5

Raman Sachdeva run out Narinder 8

Ashwat Kumar c Nadeem b Narinder 11

Vartik Tihara c&b Narinder 4

Rushil Bhaskar c Vikrant b Aditya Aima 18

Virat Kholi c Nadeem b Narinder 37

Sourav Srivastava(Sr) lbw Narinder 0

Karan Harit c Rohit Bhat b Ian Dev 20

Kavin Gupta c Rohit Bhat b Appnam 8

Sourav Srivastava (Jr) not out 0

Kumar Abhishek b Appnam 0

Extras: 18

Total ( all out in 44.3 overs) 129

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-26, 3-31, 4-37, 5-73, 6-92, 7-106, 8-129, 9-129, 10-129.

Bowling Analysis: Narinder 16-2-67-5; Irfan 6-0-32-0; Ram Dayal 3-0-6-0; Ian Dev Singh 7-1-15-1; Appnam Gupta 10.3-3-12-2; Aditya Aima 2-0-2-1.

J&K second innings

Aditya Aima lbw Kumar Abhishek 0

Ian Dev Singh c Kavin b R Bhaskar 55

Rohit Bhat lbw Kavin Gupta 10

Narinder c Virat Kholi b Rushil Bhaskar 9

Nadeem c Kumar Abhishek b R Bhaskar 5

Ram Dayal c S Srivastava(Sr) b Abhishek 22

Appnam Gupta not out 27

V Singh b S Srivastava (Jr) b K Harit 6

Vishwadeep Singh not out 0

Extras: 13

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-39, 3-67, 4-83, 5-86, 6-126, 7-147.

Total (for seven in 74 overs) 147

Bowling Analysis: Vartik Tihara 5-4-1-0; Kumar Abhishek 10-2-24-2; Karan Harit 15-3-33-1; Raman Sachdeva 13-5-12-0; Kavin Gupta 16-4-28-1; Rushil Bhaskar 15-2-40-3.