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Australia complete 3-0 SHARJAH, Oct 22: Australia completed a 3-0 series win over Pakistan today when they won the third test by an innings and 20 runs with more than..........more Waugh says
Australia Australia captain Steve Waugh praised his players today for the team ethic they had displayed during their 3-0 series whitewash of Pakistan........more Bengal,
Maharashtra, IMPHAL, Oct 22: Cup contenders Bengal, formidable Maharashtra and hosts Manipur sailed into the quarter-finals prevailing over their rivals in contrasting styles in the 58th National Football Championship.......more Paragliding
meet SHIMLA, Oct 22: The Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation Department will organise "paragliding pre World Cup India 2002" at Bir-Billing in Kangra Valley from October 26 to 29........more |
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NZ U-15 CRICKET Polly Umrigar Trophy Himachal in confident position against JK as rain delays match Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Himachal Pradesh (HP) was in a comfortable position against hosts Jammu and Kashmir after they built-up a handsome total of 112 runs for the loss of one wicket in the rain delayed...........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Umar Amin of Srinagar remained in limelight on day three of the ongoing 12th State Billiards...........more PG Deptts
beat Kathua Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Post Graduate Departments of University of Jammu won their first match against Degree College, Kathua 4-0............more |
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women sports meet held at Bishnah.... Army School Nagrota wins Basketball final.... Deepak Kumar sets a new meet record in Police Aquatic meet .... |
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Australia complete 3-0 series win over Pak SHARJAH, Oct 22: Australia completed a 3-0 series win over Pakistan today when they won the third test by an innings and 20 runs with more than a day to spare. The fourth day’s play was reduced to a formality after Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne shared six wickets to reduce Pakistan to 176 for eight in their second innings at close of play on the third day. Pakistan, following on after conceding a first innings lead of 223 runs, still needed 47 runs to avoid the ignomity of crashing to a second successive innings defeat. Raza, who struck an unbeaten 54 in the first innings, hit 11 fours during his 154-ball career-best innings. Bichel struck again to remove Mohammed Sami who top-edged to Damien Martyn for 22 after adding 10 runs to his overnight score. Aided by century knocks from Ricky Ponting (150) and Steve Waugh (103 not out) Australia took control of the match by piling up 444 in their first innings. Australia then dismissed Pakistan for 221 in their first innings to take a 223-run lead with McGrath and Warne sharing nine wickets. Pakistan, following on, once again faltered in the face of the McGrath-Warne attack, who shared 41 wickets in the series. Leg-spinner Warne, named man-of-the-match and man-of-the-series, captured eight for 130 to take his series tally to 27. Strike bowler McGrath, who took his 400th test wicket, during the series, finished with 14 wickets. (AGENCIES) SCOREBOARD Australia 1st innings: 444 Pakistan 1st innings : 221 Pak 2nd innings (overnight 176-8) Taufiq Umar c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 Imran Farhat c Gilchrist b Bichel 18 Younis Khan lbw b McGrath 4 Faisal Iqbal run out 2 Misbah-ul Haq lbw b Warne 17 Hasan Raza c Gilchrist b Bichel 68 Rashid Latif lbw b Warne 17 Saqlain Mushtaq lbw b Warne 10 Waqar c M Waugh b McGrath 24 Mohd Sami c Martyn b Bichel 22 Danish Kaneria not out 2 Extras: (lb-9, nb-9) 18 Total (all out, 67.2 overs) 203 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-12, 3-18, 4-30, 5-58, 6-86, 7-102, 8-157, 9-197. Bowling: McGrath 7-2-18-3, Lee 18-5-44-0, Bichel 11.2-3-43-3, Warne 21-3-56-3, M Waugh 10-3-33-0. (AFP) |
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Waugh says Australia did it the hard way Australia captain Steve Waugh praised his players today for the team ethic they had displayed during their 3-0 series whitewash of Pakistan. Australia completed their second consecutive innings victory on Tuesday on the final day of a series played on neutral territory because of security fears in Pakistan. "I don’t want to use stuff like crushing and clinical performance, all I would say that we played to our potential and won the series," said Waugh. "We did think it would be a lot harder for us in the second and third tests but we did well to create the pressure on the Pakistan players forcing them to make mistakes". "We enforced the follow-on just because we wanted to win the series the hard way. And, in the end, we won with ease, which was a bit of surprise for us". Waugh praised the performances of man-of-the-series Shane Warne and strike bowler Glenn McGrath, who joined the 400-plus club during the final test. "But we as a team always look beyond individuals," he said. "Statistics don’t always reflect the true picture". (AGENCIES) |
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Bengal,
Maharashtra, Manipur in last eight IMPHAL, Oct 22: Cup contenders Bengal, formidable Maharashtra and hosts Manipur sailed into the quarter-finals prevailing over their rivals in contrasting styles in the 58th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy here today. Bengal trounced Jammu and Kashmir 5-0 to top cluster one, while Maharashtra survived some anxious moments before pipping Meghalaya 3-2 in cluster two at the Polo Club ground. In the other match of the day, hosts Manipur rode on a Bijen Singh hat-trick to thrash Pondichery 9-0 and finish as champions of cluster four. Bengal striker Dipendu Biswas, who has been in scintillating form, netted thrice against a weak J & K to take his tally to seven from two matches. Biswas had scored four goals when his team drubbed Rajasthan 7-0 in their tournament lung-opener. Surya Bikash Chakraborty and Anupam Sarkar got the other goals for the winners in the one-sided match. Seizing the initiative from the outset, Bengal went into the lead in the fourth minute through Biswas who again found the target 21 minutes later to make the scoreline 2-0 at the breather. Bengal kept up the tempo in the second half, and Chakraborty showed fine opportunism to score in the 65th minute. The goal left the J&K team completely demoralised and Bengal forwards yet again came calling at the rival goalmouth with Biswas increasing the margin in the 68th minute. Sarkar then shot home in the 84th minute to make the final tally 5-0. Winners of 1999-2000 edition, Maharashtra needed a draw to make it to the quarters on goal average in Group II, but a scintillating display from Aziz Quereshy brought them on the winning side. After a blank first half, Aziz took the cudgel giving Maharashtra the first goal in just five minutes after the lemon break. (UNI) |
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Paragliding meet takes off in Shimla SHIMLA, Oct 22: The Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation Department will organise "paragliding pre World Cup India 2002" at Bir-Billing in Kangra Valley from October 26 to 29 next. About 100 paragliders, including 40 leading pilots from France, USA, Japan and Russia, will be participating in the event. The air travel of top ranking international pilots is being sponsored by Air India. The four-day event will include paragliding tasks — out-and return distance, gain of height and distance over a triangular course, according to Principal Secretary ( Tourism, Youth and Sports) Ashok Thakur. A separate set of tasks has been announced for professional and amateurs which will make the tournament exciting. The world’s best paragliders are taking part in the event, which is being organised with the technical assistance of Aero Club of India and Free Flight Association of India. Among the pilots are Scotty Marion (world no 2), Norman Lausch (world no 5), Americo Sousa (world no 16) and Stephance Andre (world no 17). This announcement, the first one not only in India, but also in the entire Himalayas to be recognised by the Paragliding World Cup Association is being billed as a precursor to a possible full fledged World Cup leg in India. The last World Cup was held in five stages-in France, Italy, Turkey, Mexico and Korea. Mr Thakur said that one of the important objectives of conducting the event was to expose the local pilots abroad. In Himachal, this sport has become very popular in places like Manali, Bilaspur and Kangra and is, infact, an important source of livelihood to about more than 150 families in the state. Keeping this in mind the State Government notified the aero sports rules on August 24, 2002 under the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development and Registration Act ,2002 which now ensures enforcement of regulatory mechanisms under which technical and regulatory committees have been set up by the Government which has made it the first state in the country to introduce safety measures. Mr Thakur said that at the end of the event a two-day workshop would be organised exclusively for Himachali-based paragliders where they would have an opportunity to bone their skills by interacting with foreign instructors. The Department of Tourism has made all necessary arrangements for boarding and lodging for all participants, including those from Himachal Pradesh. (UNI) |
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NZ U-15 CRICKET Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Himachal Pradesh (HP) was in a comfortable position against hosts Jammu and Kashmir after they built-up a handsome total of 112 runs for the loss of one wicket in the rain delayed league tie of Polly Umrigar Trophy under-15 at M A Stadium, here today. Scheduled to start at 9.30 in the morning, the first day of the three-day match began three hours and fifty minutes late at 2 pm and the umpires called it a day at 5.25 pm after completing 48 hours of play. At the end of the day, Aditya Chowdhary and Sumit Dhiman were at the crease playing J&K bowlers confidently. Aditya had completed his half-century and was steadily adding runs to his total of 58 coming off 152 deliveries with the help of six boundaries. On the other end, Sumit was playing at 24 including a hit to the fence. Earlier, Himachal made a confident start and lost their first wicket after crossing the fifty runs mark at a score of 51. The outgoing batsman, Minesh Thakur contributed 19 runs studded with two fours. Minesh was caught by Narinder off skipper Ian Dev Singh. The Himachal innings will resume tomorrow at 9.30 am. SCOREBOARD Minesh Thakur c Narinder b Ian Dev Singh 19 Aditya Chowdhary not out 58 Sumnit Dhiman not out 24 Extras: (nb 5, w-4, b-2) 11 Fall of wickets: 1-51 Bowling Analysis: Zain Ajaz 7-4-7-0; Omar Jan 6-1-12-0; Narinder 6-0-23-0; Apnam Gupta 14-5-22-0; Ian Dev Singh 10-1-31-1 and Sayed Owais 5-1-31-1. |
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12th State Billiards,
Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Umar Amin of Srinagar remained in limelight on day three of the ongoing 12th State Billiards and Snooker Championship being played at Billiards Hall, M A Stadium, here today. Earlier, Umar made the highest break of the tournament while playing against Anshul Mahajan in his first round match in the morning session. Umar won the match 2-1. Winning the first frame 76-20, Umar had lost the second to Anshul 42-55. But he fought back in style and made a clean sweep in the third frame playing a break of 37 points bringing the score on board to 81-8 in his favour. The score: 76-20, 42-55, 81-8. Later, playing his second round match, Umar Amin trounced a reputed cueist of Jammu, Sheetal Bharti 2-1 to enter into the pre-quarterfinals stage. His match score was 54-47, 21-43, 55-43. Other winners of the round two matches on day three were Mohit Raina who beat Shaheed 82-70, 57-47; Ishuck beat Ricky 44-34, 67-46; Tarun Goswami beat Irfan Chowdhary 68-49, 79-16, 65-24; Umar Jan beat Manik Basotra 53-27, 54-27; Sunil Gupta beat Sidharth 71-41, 41-85, 50-48; Pallav Gupta beat Sumesh Turki 66-25, 80-24; Tarun Singla beat Vikas Sharma 73-47, 46-22; Sajjid beat Ankush Gupta 35-59, 42-21, 69-09. Meanwhile, according to the organising secretary, Sanjeev Gupta, who is also general secretary of the JKBA, the actual competitions start from tomorrow onwards when seeded cueists would be meeting each other in the quarter-finals. He further informed that all the first four seeded players, Umar Jan, Nishat Azad, Owais Ahmed and Kuldeep Chowdhary, are in good form and shall be giving close fights to each other. Results of remaining first round matches: Ricky Rick beat Hilal Ahmed 53-32, 39-47, 69-32; Sumesh Turki beat Mujtaba Sikander 27-56, 69-38, 48-34; Umar Farooq beat Aditya Beri 85-41, 80-20; Umar Amin beat Anshul Mahajan 76-20, 42055, 81-8; Sajjid beat Bhanu Pathania 48-9, 20-58, 71-29; Owais beat Karan Badyal 54-22, 37-44, 71-20. |
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PG Deptts beat Kathua College 4-0 in Inter-college Chess Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Post Graduate Departments of University of Jammu won their first match against Degree College, Kathua 4-0 in the Inter-college Chess competitions started today at Gymnasium hall of the University Campus, here. From PG Departments, Vivek Bharti beat Viren, Rakesh Mohan beat Bhupinder Kumar, Rajinder Talkotra beat Anil Singh and Parveen Pandoh beat Atul Sharma. Meanwhile, in Inter-college Kho-Kho competitions, Degree College, Kathua got walkover Degree College, Poonch and MAM College got walkover Degree College, Rajouri in today’s scheduled matches. |
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Rural and women sports meet held at Bishnah Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Rural and women sports competitions, sponsored by the State Sports Council, were held at Government Middle School, Bhatyari in Block Bishnah. In Kabaddi, Middle School, Bishnah emerged victorious beating Middle School, Bhatyari 38-34 in boys section, while High School, Bishnah girls won Kabaddi trophy beating Middle School, Bhatyari 25-13. Mr Bansi Lal Tidyal, Tehsildar Bishnah, was chief guest on the occasion who distributed prizes among the winners of various events. |
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Army School Nagrota wins Basketball final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Army School, Nagrota defeated Army School, Akhnoor 31-20 to lift the Intra-Region No II Basketball Tournament, the final of which was played at Nagrota, near here today. In the girls section, the winners trophy went to Army School, Akhnoor, who beat Army School Damana 20-6. The winners teams were given away trophies and certificates by Principal, Army School, Nagrota, Mrs Dimple Anil. Deepak Kumar sets a new
meet record NEW DELHI, Oct 22: CRPF swimmers dominated the pool winning all the three gold medals at stake as Deepak Kumar rewrote his own meet record in the 200m breast stroke event in 51st All India Police Aquatic meet here today. Amar Murlidharan bagged two golds in 100m free style and 100m butterfly. Deepak, clocked 02:30:22, to erase his own three year old record of 02:30.64, to claim the gold. BSF’s Harinder Singh finished second in 02:32.22 to take the silver while CRPF’s M Prema Nanda claimed the bronze as he returned the timing of 02:34.15. In 100m free style, Amar Murlidharan clocked 00:56.33 to win the event. His timing was however well below the four year old meet record of 00:54.45 set by S H Hakeemuddin. BSF’s Ramesh Kumar and Ishwar Singh took a silver and bronze respectively. Ramesh had a time of 00:56.34 while Ishwar Singh timed 00:57.49. In 100 m butterfly, Amar Murlidharan timed 00:59.35 for gold but could not equal or better the 16 year old meet record of 00:57.55 set by Khazan Singh. BSF’s C S Vinaykrishna was second in 01:00.08 while Deepak Kumar (CRPF) was placed in 01:00.21. (UNI) |
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