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pull off tense win over Lanka CENTURION (South Africa), Nov 19: South Africa scrambled to a tense three-wicket win over Sri Lanka on the fifth day of the second and final test at Centurion Park today..........more Pakistan win Zimbabwe BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), Nov 19: Pakistan won the test series against Zimbabwe 2-0 today, both matches being wrapped up in four days. They won the first test in Harare by 119 and the second at the Queens Sports Club here by 10 wickets.........more ICC not to intervene in NEW DELHI, Nov 19: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today ruled its intervention into the dispute between the Indian players and the BCCI over logo and sponsorship issue.........more Rock Rovers stuns NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Former champions Air India and BSF played a 3-3 draw to share points while Chandigarh’s Rock Rovers Club stunned another...........more |
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Haryana trounce J&K by seven wickets in Ranji Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: It took Haryana just 38 minutes and less than 10 overs to beat hosts Jammu and Kashmir by seven.........more STC, HSS
Ramnagar claim Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 19: Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Ramnagar in girls and STC in Men’s section clinched.......more Varun
Sharma Memorial Basketball Tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Superb play by Anamika and Shivani today helped Tiger Sports Club reach.....more Abhimanyu
retains Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Abhimanyu Sherpa of Jammu has retained the Sub-junior title in the Indian Sport........more |
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CENTURION (South Africa), Nov 19: South Africa scrambled to a tense three-wicket win over Sri Lanka on the fifth day of the second and final test at Centurion Park today. South Africa, set to make 121 to win, crashed to 44 for five before Neil McKenzie played a crucial innings of 39 to take his side to within nine runs of victory. South Africa won the series 2-0. They won the first test in Johannesburg by an innings and 64 runs. It was South Africa’s sixth win in seven tests against Sri Lanka in South Africa. On a dramatic day, 14 wickets fell for 189 runs. Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilhara Fernando took four wickets in a devastating opening spell. McKenzie and Andrew Hall put on 29 for the sixth wicket before wicketkeeper and vice-captain Mark Boucher helped McKenzie add 39 for the seventh wicket. As the tension mounted, Sri Lankan fast bowler Chamila Gamage received an official warning from umpire Daryl Harper for walking into McKenzie between overs. Sri Lanka lost seven wickets for 65 runs today, collapsing from an overnight 180 for three to be dismissed for 245. Makhaya Ntini and Jacques Kallis both took four wickets. South Africa took two wickets in the first ten balls of the day to expose the Sri Lankan tail, exactly as South African captain Shaun Pollock had said would be the objective when he spoke to the media yesterday evening. Ntini struck with the first ball of the day when Mahela Jayawardene was given out leg before for 40 by umpire Russell Tiffin, although the batsman appeared to be outside the line of the stumps when the ball hit his pad. Pollock completed a dismal series for Russel Arnold in the next over when Arnold was trapped on his crease and was another leg before victim. Arnold made six runs in four innings during the series. Ntini took his fourth wicket of the innings and his eighth of the match when Hasantha Fernando hooked him to deep backward square leg. Ntini finished with four for 52. Kallis took two wickets off successive balls in his first over of the day. He had first innings century-maker Hashan Tillakaratne caught behind off an inside edge after making six runs in 79 minutes, then had Chamila Gamage caught at first slip. Chaminda Vaas and Dilhara Fernando added 36 for the ninth wicket to give the tourists a glimmer of hope. South Africa lost Graeme Smith leg before to Vaas off the first ball of the innings before Fernando sent the home team crashing to 44 for five by dismissing Herschelle Gibbs, Gary Kirsten, Kallis and Ashwell Prince. Andrew Hall, promoted from number nine, batted aggressively and scored 16 before he was caught at short leg off Muttiah Muralitharan. South Africa still needed 48 to win when Boucher joined McKenzie but both batsmen played positively to take their side towards victory. Mckenzie was bowled when he went back to a ball from Muralitharan which skidded through. He scored 39 off 53 balls with four fours. (AFP) |
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Pakistan win Zimbabwe cricket test series 2-0 BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), Nov 19: Pakistan won the test series against Zimbabwe 2-0 today, both matches being wrapped up in four days. They won the first test in Harare by 119 and the second at the Queens Sports Club here by 10 wickets. Pakistan was superior in every department. However, it was Zimbabwe’s failings rather than Pakistan’s attributes that resulted in victories by such wide margins. The home team’s batting was brittle and they relied heavily on their three senior players: Alistair Campbell and the Flower brothers, Grant and Andy. Zimbabwe were never in the match after scoring only 178 in their first innings. Were it not for Yousuf Youhana’s 159 in Pakistan’s reply, the tourists would not have built up a 225 runs lead by scoring 403. The home team’s objective from that point could only be to deprive Pakistan the pleasure of winning by an innings. By the close of the third day yesterday, they were 171-5 and still needing 54 more runs to make Pakistan bat again. They lost Andy Flower, not out 13 overnight, with the fourth ball of the day. But rather than signal a collapse by Zimbabwe’s tail, it heralded stubborn resistance. Diminutive wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu dug deep for his 37 not out at the end. Andy blignaut hit 41 in 32 balls, including two sixes off Waqar Younis. Mluleki Nkala and Ray Price managed 14 and 12 respectively. Pakistan were left to get 57 to win, a token amount that they knocked off within an hour, Taufeeq Umar making 21 not out and Shaheed Elahi 30, with six extras added. The main features of the match were Youhana’s 10th century in test cricket and Saqlain Mushtaq’s 7 for 66 on the first day, a rarity for a spinner. The tour now goes into its one-day international phase. There will be two matches in Bulawayo this weekend followed by three in Harare next week. (AP) |
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ICC not to intervene in players and BCCI dispute NEW DELHI, Nov 19: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today ruled its intervention into the dispute between the Indian players and the BCCI over logo and sponsorship issue. ICC chief executive Malcom Speed told newspersons here this morning that he did not intend to meet Indian players unless the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gives him permission to do so. Malcom Speed is here along with the ICC’s Marketing and Development Committee to hold discussion with the Indian sponsors for the next year’s World Cup. The ICC committee is schedule to meet BCCI officials and sponsors here tomorrow. There are 12 indigenous companies and multinationals who figure among the sponsors of the World Cup. Asked if he will have any meeting with the newly formed Indian Cricket Players Association (ICPA), Mr Speed said "no, the ICPA has not even been recognaised by the BCCI, how can ICC deal with it (ICPA)." To a query whether he has any solution to the problem over logo and sponsorship issue between the BCCI and the players, the ICC chief said "I will not disclose or divulge any possible solution." Regarding the unruly crowd behaviour during the ongoing India-West Indies series, Mr Speed said last two matches have been incident free, we will watch the next two keenly. He said ICC has set up a players safety committee headed by former West Indies fast bowler Wes Hall. The committee will go into the crowd behaviour in various cricket centres all over the the cricket playing countries and will give its recommendations. Mr Speed said based on the Players Saftey Committee report, the ICC would decide its future course of action which would include imposing penalties and banning of the unruly venues. He said ICC has taken the unruly behaviour of the crowd in various countries very seriously. ‘’we are concerned about players saftey and will not hesitate in taking drastic steps to prevent such situations,’’ he added. Asked whether the ongoing impass between various boards and players may drive away the sponsors from the World Cup, the ICC chief executive said "I don’t think so, we are watching the situation." "Some water has to flow under the bridge," he said adding that ICC will intervene only in the last minute. Mr Speed said ICC expects to earn 5,50 million dollars as sponsorship money from the World Cup. He admitted that India is a huge market for cricket. "That is why we are here. There are several prominent companies who will have an important role in sponsoring the cricket’s mega event in South Africa to be held from February eight to March 23 next year. (UNI) |
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Rock Rovers stuns Railways, BSF draws with Air India NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Former champions Air India and BSF played a 3-3 draw to share points while Chandigarh’s Rock Rovers Club stunned another former title holder Railways 2-1 in the super league matches of the 39th Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament here today. In the first fixture of the day, Rock Rovers and Railways were levelled 1-1 at lemon break. Rovers took the lead 1-0 through Gurtej Singh at the 15th minute. Three minutes later, Railways Satish Kumar drew parity 1-1. Navdeep Singh scored the decider at the 68th minute to upset the former champions 2-1. Railways played a better game and won six penalty corners but could not convert any of them in a highly paced game. In the other match of the day, BSF’s Bhajan Singh (46th, 47th) and Air India’s Anil Aldrin (15th, 62nd) scored braces as both teams split points in a 3-3 draw. Air India drew first blood through Anil Aldrin in the 15th minute but could not hold its forte and the opponent equalised 1-1 at the 33rd minute. (UNI) |
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Haryana trounce J&K by seven wickets in Ranji Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: It took Haryana just 38 minutes and less than 10 overs to beat hosts Jammu and Kashmir by seven wickets at the Moulana Azad Stadium, here on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy league tie today. Needing just 30 runs to attain the target of 82 runs, Haryana resumed their innings from overnight score of 52 to register seven wicket victory through a boundary coming off the bat of Shafiq Khan. Both Shafiq and Skipper Ajay Ratra added quick 33 runs to the score, facing 9.2 overs. Ratra, who was playing on 21 yesterday, added 12 more runs to his total, while Shafiq hit four boundaries to bring his score to 24 from overnight total of five. Though J&K used additional bowler, Samir Khajuria, yet none of the five main stream bowlers were able to create a dent in the Haryana partnership and lost the match in just 38 minutes of the day’s play. Surinder Singh bowled three more overs, while Vijay Sharma bowled two overs this morning (11-1-28-0). Samir, who was used as an additional bowler, bowled 2.2 overs giving away eight runs. With this victory, Haryana has got two points. Had Haryana won this match by an innings or by ten wickets, they would have got one additional point as per the new rules applied to the Ranji Trophy four-day matches. Now, in their third league match, J&K will take on Karnataka from November 27 to November 30 in Bangalore. SCOREBOARD J&K first innings 121 Haryana first innings 168 J&K second innings 128 Haryana second innings (for three) 85 |
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STC, HSS Ramnagar claim titles in distt Volleyball Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 19: Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Ramnagar in girls and STC in Men’s section clinched the winners trophies in the District Volleyball Championship which concluded at Volleyball Complex, here. In the HSS, Ramnagar defeated Girls Higher Secondary School 3-1 in the final. In the Men’s final, STC outplayed City Volleyball Club, Udhampur 3-1 (25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-27, 15-9) in a tough contest which lasted for two hours. Ashok Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Miss Champa Uppal and Mrs Vishno Devi were referees. Winners and runners-up trophies were sponsored by Vinay Memorial Charitable Trust. Director, Police Academy, Mr A K Bhan, was the chief guest on the occasion while Mr Balwant Singh, MLA, Udhampur presided over the concluding function. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bhan, offered jobs for the outstanding spikers. He, on behalf of the organisers, District Udhampur Volleyball Association, also honoured the veteran Volleyball players of Udhampur. In his address, the local MLA promised that he will, out of his constituency development fund, complete the pending work, including electrification, at the Volleyball complex. Later, Mr Raj Guru, president of District Volleyball Association, presented vote of thanks. |
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Basketball Tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Superb play by Anamika and Shivani today helped Tiger Sports Club reach semi-finals of the ongoing Varun Sharma Memorial Basketball Tournament underway at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here today. Tiger Sports Club defeated Nagbani XI 51-20 (ht 14-7) to find berth in the last four stage. Anamika and Shivani remained the top scorers with 18 and 15 points respectively. Mousmi also played good and contributed 10 points to the total score of 51. From Nagbani, Roopali remained the top scorer with nine points, while Meetu and Swati added six and three points respectively. Though, Nagbani lost the match, yet they too found berth in the semi-finals on the basis of their performance in the earlier league matches. Sumeet Kumar and Rakesh Anand were match referees, while Irfan, Amit, Varinder and Sahil were table officials. Other two teams which had already qualified for the semi-finals are Bikram Club and Parade College. Now, in the semi-finals, to be played tomorrow, Tiger Sports Club will take on Bikram Club at 3 pm, followed by the second semi-final between Nagbani and Parade College. |
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Abhimanyu retains Sub-Jr title in sport climbing Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 19: Abhimanyu Sherpa of Jammu has retained the Sub-junior title in the Indian Sport Climbing Championship held at New Delhi recently. Others, who were in the race for the coveted title were Simon Frank of Canada, Vikas Jaiswal of Uttar Pradesh and P A Khan of Manipur. However, Abhimanyu outclassed his competitors both in technique and power to emerge victorious. He topped the 52 ft high artificial climbing wall in 2.23 minutes against the allotted time of five minutes, said the general secretary of Mountaineering Association of J&K, Ram Khajuria. Vikas Jaiswal secured second position, whereas Simon Frank and PA Khan shared third position. Kartik of Karnataka and P Shanti Rani of Manipur bagged Men’s and Women’s title respectively whereas Joshua Frank of Canada and Vandana of Karnataka clinched the boys and girls title respectively. This four-day championship was organised by North-Zone Sport Climbing Committee at Ramjas Sports and Mountaineering Institute, New Delhi. A total of 110 climbers from various states of India and a few foreigners took part in this championship. |
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Ranji Round-up KOLKATA, Nov 19: Himachal Pradesh posted a healthy 208 for five in their second innings at the end of the third day after wrapping up the Bengal first innings for 171 in the Ranji Trophy tie between the two sides here today. First innings centurion skipper Vikram Rathore led the Himachal assault again, scoring 91 in the second essay before getting out to an audacious shot in fading light just before the close of play on the penultimate day. Rathour’s 91 was scored in 194 minutes and studded with 11 fours and one six. At stumps, V Sharma was batting on 36 and night-watchman R Panta was on one. Bengal skipper Rohan Gavaskar claimed the all-important wicket of Rathore taking a low catch in follow through when the Himachal skipper tried to hit past him. Earlier, the Bengal innings folded up after adding only 43 runs to their overnight score of 128 runs for seven wickets. While Ashish Kapoor claimed five wickets, Ashok Thakur lapped up four of the Bengal wickets. (PTI) Mumbai crush Delhi by nine wickets MUMBAI: Hosts Mumbai beat Delhi by nine wickets to win the Ranji Trophy Group A league match, with a day to spare, at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Chasing an easy target of 72 runs, Mumbai lost one wicket before notching up a convincing win. For Mumbai, Ajit Agarkar once again bowled well to claim three wickets for 67 runs while Rajesh Powar also took three wickets for 65 runs. Avishkar Salvi and Sairaj Bahutule claimed two wickets each. Resuming at their overnight score of 52 without loss and 127 runs behind, Delhi were all out for 250 in their second innings. Openers Akash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir began cautiously and added 19 runs to the overnight total before Gambhir was caught by Vinayak Mane off Avishkar Salvi. Chopra continued to hold his end after Delhi skipper Vijay Dahiya also got out cheaply.(PTI) Jhalani, Sanjeev fight for Rajasthan JAIPUR: A fighting half century by wicketkeeper Rohit Jhalani (52 batting) and his unbroken stand of 82 runs with tailender Sanjeev Sharma for the seventh wicket kept hosts Rajasthan in the hunt for a first innings lead on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy group ‘A’ match against defending champions Railways. Replying to Railways first innings score of 384, Rajasthan reached 282 for six at stumps on the third day today after resming on their overnight score of 92 without loss. The hosts lost wickets at regular intervals and after the departure of Anshu Jain (47), Vineet Saxena (46), Rahul Kanwat (42) and Kaushal Devera (34) there were struggling at 200 for six before Jhalani and Sanjeev (26 batting) performed a rescue act. Seamer Harvinder Singh (2-53) and spinner Kulmani Parida (2-93) were the pick of the Railways bowlers. Santosh Sahu also chipped in, grabbing the wicket of Kanwat. Rajasthan began day three disastrously losing wickets in quick succession. Opener Saxena was the first to go caught by Raja Ali off Harvinder without disturbing his overnight score of 46. One down batsman Nikhil Doru was out for nought when Parida trapped him plumb in front with a straighter one. Kanwat and Jain then took the score to 122 before Parida struck again removing Jain caught by Shreyas Khanolkar. At lunch, Rajasthan were 151 for three with Kanwat on 42 and skipper P Krishnakumar on 7. (PTI) Sriram, Sharath hit ton to give lead for TN CHENNAI: Batting with aplomb against a spirited Baroda side, left-handers S Sriram (128) and S Sharath (101) ensured that Tamil Nadu gained a crucial 46-run first-innings lead, scoring 427 in reply to Baroda’s 381, on the third day of the elite Group B Ranji Trophy Cricket Chmpionship match here today. Resuming at overnight score of 115 for two, Tamil Nadu were under pressure at one stage, losing six wickets for 256. Sriram was out at 128, his 13th Ranji century, off 207 balls and 15 fours, falling to medium-pacer Tushar Arothe, while another key batsman Hemang K Badani returned with a duck. But Sharath went on to score 101 (204 balls, 12 fours), first striking a 73-run stand in 23 overs for the seventh wicket with Dinesh Karthik (37) and again added 70 runs with D J Gokulakrishnan (50) for the eight wicket. After Sharath fell, the Tamil Nadu innings was wound up just at the draw of stumps with D Dandapani (16) falling to off-spinner Ajit Bhoite, who emerged the most successful bowler claiming four for 84. Left-arm mediumpacer Irfan Pathan, who dismissed tamil nadu captain S Suresh (0), also accounted for M R Shrinivas (7) and Hemang Badani (0) to finish with figures of 3-98 off 31 overs. Sharath’s century was his 17th in Ranji matches, overtaking former Tamil Nadu skipper Robin Singh’s feat of 16 Ranji centuries. Baroda had former India stumper Nayan Mongia as another hero by accounting for five catches after topscoring for the side with 70. Before Sriram fell off the last ball of the first over after lunch, he added 52 runs for the fourth wicket in 14.3 overs with Madanagopal (25). After Madanagopal fell, Sriram added 49 runs for the fifth wicket in 17.2 overs. With just the final day’s play remaining tomorrow and only the first innings completed, the match is heading for a draw. Brief scores: Baroda 381 against Tamil Nadu 427 (S Sriram 128, S Sharath 101, Dinesh Karthik 37, D J Gokulakrishnan 50 Ajit Bhoite 4-84, Irfan Pathan 3-98). (UNI) Harika and Ramya Krishna in joint lead HERAKLION (Greece), Nov 19: India’s Dronavalli Harika and Ramya Krishna emerged joint leaders after registering comprehensive victories in the fifth round in the under-12 category of the World Youth Chess Championship here today. In yet another fruitful day for Indian girls, Krutika Nadig secured a creditable draw against second seed Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia in the under-16 section, while M Manogna beat Christina Tartacuta in a fifth round game in the under-10 category. In boys section, Grandmaster P Harkrishna continued to excel with white pieces and scored his third victory with the favourable colour in the under-18 section. On the receiving end was German Drabke Lorenz who was outplayed in a complicated queen and pawns endgame arising out of an english opening. Harikrishna, with two draws with black pieces, is now in joint third position with 4 points. Georgian international masters Zaviad Izoria and Davit Artunian share the lead in this section with 4.5 points apiece. (PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 19: The semi-finals of the ongoing District Udhampur Table Tennis Championship shall be played in all the age groups tomorrow. In the last league round matches played in the Junior boys section, Sunny beat Amit Sharma, Nipun downed Rohit Bhardwaj and Sunil outplayed Deep Kumar. Sub-junior boys: Amandeep bt Tarun, Sumeet bt Arun, Sushil bt Vishal and Rohit Paul bt Ravinder. Men’s section: Surinder bt Sumesh; Anil Singh bt Chetan; Pawan bt Kewal and Dheeraj bt Salaria. Junior girls: Bhavneet bt Malvika, Deep Chikha bt Bhumika, Puja bt Deep Shikha and Bhavneet bt Shweta. |
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