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Indians collapse after a BRISBANE, Nov 26: The touring Indians’ worst fears about the lower...more CHENNAI, Nov 26: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).......more Pakistan fight back PERTH, Nov 26: Hostile young speedster Mohammad Akram sparked.....more Inter-college
Cricket semi-final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: Degree College, Kathua is in confident position against PG Law.....more |
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Inter-school Athletics meet Ajay wins gold in 100 mts Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: Ajay Sharma of DBN won gold....more Students
of MSc Electronics Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: It was a day for parents as most......more J&K
climbers excel in Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: The four member J&K team of Climbers....more Netaji
Academy wins Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: Netaji Academy, Vijaypur bagged first...more Badgam
wins U-16 final Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 26: Badgam won the under-16 year trophy....more |
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Indians collapse after a solid middle order show BRISBANE, Nov 26: The touring Indians’ worst fears about the lower half collaphse came true after V V S Laxman led a solid middle order action with a classy century on the first day of their Australian tour opener against queensland here today. The Indians were 273 for nine at stumps despite Laxman’s strokeful 113 and two century stands with opener S Ramesh (43) and skipper Sachin Tendulkar (83). No one else, except for plucky T Kumaran (14 not out), entered the double figures. Laxman produced his runs from 208 balls in 261 minutes of batting hitting 20 fours all around the wicket. Tendulkar batted as is his wont, striking 13 fours in his 83 made in a 114-ball, 139-minute stay. The two put on 136 runs for the fourth wicket in 155 minutes consuming only 184 balls. The Hyderabad batsman had earlier put together exactly 100 runs for the second wicket with Ramesh in 141 minutes and 39.2 overs of batting. The Indians preferred to make their runs in boundaries as they hit 43 fours - that is 172 out of the 273 runs scored -during the day. Their inability to rotate the strike could cost them heavily in the series. Even though the Indians could justifiably claim to have been at the receiving end on atleast three debatable dismissals - Rahul Dravid, M S K Prasad and Vijay Bharadwaj seemed to have been wrongly adjudged out - they still would be embarassed by their showing today. When queensland captain Stuart Law put the Indians in on a wicket with a fair bit of grass, he only did what his coach, now national, John Buchanan had asked him to do - rattle them. Opener Devang Gandhi, during his brief stay of 12 balls, did not appear to be the same batsman who had plundered runs by dozens against the Kiwis at home recently. He poked at deliveries outside the offstump and flailed at ones swinging down the legside. He lasted but 18 minutes and the Indians were one for no run in the third over. Laxman, the third opener chosen for the series, gave a taste of the shots to come from his blade by flicking the very first delivery he faced for three and, changing ends, guided the second between the slips for four. Still hungry, he square cut Andrews Bichel ferociously for his third four in seven deliveries. He did not appear to be having any problems with his high backlift on the bouncy track. He played with sound technique and soft hands, placing the ball between the filders at will. Unbeaten with 31 at lunch, Laxman was still there at tea on 79 and completed his hundred on resumption with a flurry of strokes against left-arm spinner Matthew Anderson. He was caught in the slips at 113 off hard-working Scott Muller, an Australian test fast bowler till the other day. Ramesh played and missed, as he usually does, and preferred to score his runs with steers between slips in the first session. His first authentic stroke, an ondrive off Adam Dale to midwicket fence, was the shot of the morning and he looked good for many more in the afternoon when he jumped out to anderson and was stumped wade secombe who claimed four victims during the day. Ramesh batted for 155 minutes and struck eight fours. Left-arm spinner Anderson was the surprise star of the afternoon as he first fooled Ramesh and then earned a leg before verdict against Rahul Dravid from umpire Peter Parker. Both the wickets came in one over. Dravid was lucky to be ruled not out by Parker when the first delivery he faced hit his bat and pad and ballooned up towards forward short leg. Wicketkeeper Secombe was delighted with his brilliant diving effort but Parker was unimpressed. But with the second ball, Parker ruled Dravid out when the batsman was forward and attemtping to drive. It was the same Peter Parker who had a bad press after he failed to give Justin Langer out on the final day of the crucial Hobart test against Pakistan a few days ago. Tendulkar cut the second ball he faced for four but then seemed listless, even disinterested with the proceedings, till the sight of Dale from the other end perked him up. He cut the medium-pacer for a fiercely hit four and then repeated the shot a few balls later, as if against a spinner. Tendulkar picked up dale for three braces in his next over when the bowler, chastened by square cuts on the offstump, shifted his line to the leg. As the bowler persisted with the line, tendulkar once pulled and twice flicked him for three more fours. Tendulkar, on 44 at the break, went into overdrive against muller after tea. He hit two gorgeous straight drives off the fast bowler. He was out making another attempt to drive muller on the up and left a big gap in his defence. He batted for 139 minutes during which he faced 83 balls and struck 13 fours. (PTI) |
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CHENNAI, Nov 26: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president A C Muthiah today said the issue of the controversial interview, allegedly given by BCCI secretary J Y Lele to a website, could be sorted out between Mr Lele and the particular website, "instead of blowing up the matter." In a statement here, Dr Muthiah also appealed to the media to act in the interest of Indian cricket instead of "triggering" unnecessary controversies on the eve of the series in Australia. It would not do good, either to the Indian team or the spirit of the game, he said. We have a very fine team and the players deserve the support and encouragement from the people, he observed and appealed to the media to desist from fanning the controversy further as it would affect the morale of the team. (UNI) |
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Pakistan fight back after batsmen routed PERTH, Nov 26: Hostile young speedster Mohammad Akram sparked a dramatic revival by Pakistan after the batsmen had caved in on the opening day of the third and final cricket test against Australia here today. Batting first after winning the toss for the first time in the series, Pakistan folded up weakly for a first innings 155 from 52 overs on the lightning fast, bouncy pitch. But Australia’s early batsmen also found the going tough as Mohammad, chosen ahead of veteran Waqar Younis in a pre-match surprise, snapped up three wickets in his opening six overs. Selected for his first test of the series - and only the seventh of his career - the energetic 25-year-old from Islamabad trapped opener Greg Bleett (11), Mark Waugh (0) and captain Steve Waugh (5) in the space of a deadly 17-ball blitz. Australia slumped to 54-4 in the 12th over, but thanks to a rescue act by fifth-wicket pair Justin Langer (63) and Ricky Ponting (62), regained the ascendancy and went to stumps at the end of an incident-packed day with 171-4, giving them a lead of 16. It might have been a much better story for Pakistan if langer had not been dropped at backward square leg by Wajahatullah off Mohammad when he was on 19. Also helping to lift Pakistan’s spirits after their woeful batting was skipper Wasim Akram’s achievement in reaching 383 test wickets, which allows him to share fourth place - with englishman Ian Botham - in the all-time list of test wicket-takers. (PTI) |
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Cricket semi-final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: Degree College, Kathua is in confident position against PG Law and Science in the first semi-finals of Pool-A in the ongoing Inter-College Cricket competitions organised by the Director, Physical Education at University of Jammu grounds, here today. On the first day of the two day match, Kathua after winning the toss and elected to bat first scored 288 in 69.2 overs losing all the wickets. In reply, PG Law & Science was struggling at 25 runs for one in the 10 overs game. Earlier, Kapil’s 87 including ten boundaries helped Kathua to stand a big total. Sandeep (47, 7x4) extended full support to Kapil and both of them added 120 runs for the sixth wicket partnership. Prior to this partnership, at Kathua was struggling at 108 for five in 33 overs at lunch. Kathua innings were started well by Rajesh (37, 5x4) and Sanjeev (14), but quick fall of three wickets put pressure on the Kathua side. However, a good partnership of Kapil and Sandeep created upper hand for Kathua. Vinod Kumar and Ajay were other highest scorers with 16 and 33 runs respectively. Ajay’s 33 came in just 15 deliveries with six boundaries and one six. Vikram was most successful bowler from PG with three wickets for 39 in 15 overs. Pabneesh too got three wickets for 49 runs in his spell of 12 overs. While, Vikas and Guru Partap shared two and one wicket respectively. At the end of the day, PG Law & Science was struggling at 25 in 10 overs, losing one wicket. Tarsem had claimed first wicket of Vikram who scored (7). Ranbir and Bhupinder were at the crease with 11 and three runs respectively. Messrs Ravi Kalu and Suresh were umpires during the match, while Bhagan Dass maintained the score. |
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J&K climbers excel in national competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: The four member J&K team of Climbers excelled in the All India Open Climbing competition which held at Delhi, recently. The state has one silver and one bronze medals. Shobha Rajput, reigning North Zone champion in sport climbing gave a sterling performance and won a Silver medal in the speed climbing competition. She climbed 40 ft on the Artificial climbing wall in just 23 seconds. Kenatombi of Manipur won the gold in this event. Second medal came in the Sub-junior boys group, when nine years old Abhimanyu Sherpa finished third. Hemant of Delhi and Avinash of Karnataka claimed the first and second positions respectively. It was sheer hard luck for Abhimanyu, who slopped just two feet below the top. In the sports climbing Shoba again gave a good performances, but because of her lower position in the semi-finals, Shobha was declared fourth. In Junior girls category, Bhavna Sharma also performed well both in sport climbing and speed climbing and won forth and third position respectively. As there were only two medals in speed climbing she could not get a bronze medal. Shanti Devi of Manipur, the reigning national champion won both the events. The competitions were organised by the Climbers and Explorers Club, New Delhi under the aegis of Indian Mountaineering Foundation at Ramjas Sports and Mountaineering Institute. The team was sent by the Mountaineering Association of J&K and sponsored by the J&K State Sports Council. Mr Ram Khajuria, general secretary and Dr C K Khajuria of Tawi Trekkers were managers of the teams. |
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Netaji Academy wins zonal level quiz competition Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 26: Netaji Academy, Vijaypur bagged first position in Zonal level quiz competition in Hindi and Social Science organised by the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). A team of Harish Sharma, Pardeep Kumar and Neelam Kumari of class 10th and another team of Anil Kundan and Rahul Slathia of class 9th brought laurels to the institute by securing first positions respectively. |
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Badgam wins U-16 final in Inter-distt Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 26: Badgam won the under-16 year trophy beating Anantnag in the final of the Inter-district Cricket tournament organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at S P College grounds, here. In the under-14 year group, district Srinagar outplayed Anantnag to lift the winners trophy. In the under-19 year again district Srinagar claimed the title beating the same district of Anantnag. Prof Samad-ullah, Principal of the S P College was chief guest who also distributed prizes, besides certificates among the winners and runners-up teams. Mr P C Kotwal, Divisional Youth Services and Sports Officer, Kashmir thanked the Principal and staff members for extending all cooperation during the tournament. |
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