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| BCCI considers all-India venue rotation system NEW DELHI, Nov 27: The Cricket Board is considering doing away with zonal rotation system for selecting venues for the international matches by introducing an all-India rotation system to give fair chance to all the state associations....more Aussies take PERTH, Nov 27: A career-best 197 by Ricky Ponting and a fighting 144 by Justin Langer set Australia up for a clean sweep of Pakistan on day two of the third cricket test today........more Asia Cup Football DUBAI, Nov 27: Undeterred by the failure to press home.....more ASN School
felicitates Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: The management, Principal and the staff members of ASN Higher Secondary School......more |
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Convent School organises dance competition Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: With a sole aim to promote cultural and heritage, Presentation....more 2nd
Sher-e-Kashmir Cup Football Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Second Sher-e-Kashmir Cup......more Jammu
District Wrestling Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Jammu and Kashmir Indian Style....more Poonch
wins inaugural tie Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 27: District Poonch defeated...more Shiv
appointed patron of Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma, president....more |
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BCCI considers all-India venue rotation system NEW DELHI, Nov 27: The Cricket Board is considering doing away with zonal rotation system for selecting venues for the international matches by introducing an all-India rotation system to give fair chance to all the state associations. We discussed the zonal rotation system of picking the venues which invariably ends up giving greater preference to some select venues while other stadia get matches after three to five years, Board Secretary Jaywant Lele told PTI here. Lele, who was here to attend the programmes and fixtures committee meeting to decide the itinerary of South Africa’s tour of India, said the members felt instead of zonal rotation system, it should be all-India rotation system. The programmes and fixtures committee today finalised the dates and venues for proteas’ one-and-a-half-month tour starting february end which will be tabled at the BCCI working committee meeting in Chennai on December 18 for ratification. The South Africans will play two tests and five one-day international matches against the hosts. The likely test venues by rotation are Mumbai and Bangalore while four of the five one-dayers are expected to be played at Kanpur, Jamshedpur, Baroda and Faridabad - all by zonal rotation. The fifth tie is likely to be played at Kochi after Goa Cricket Association expressed its inability to host a tie, Board sources said. Among the other issues finalised were hosting of challenger trophy by Ahmedabad from February 10 to 13 and shifting of the all-India under-19 tournament from Cuttack to Chennai due to the super-cyclone in Orissa. (PTI) |
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Aussies take stranglehold on test PERTH, Nov 27: A career-best 197 by Ricky Ponting and a fighting 144 by Justin Langer set Australia up for a clean sweep of Pakistan on day two of the third cricket test today. Relishing the best of the batting conditions on the second day Langer and Ponting ground out the Pakistan bowling in a record fifth-wicket partnership of 327 in Australia’s 451. Pakistan, rolled for 155 in the first innings, had slumped to 40 for two in its second at stumps, needing 257 runs to avoid an innings defeat. The visitors, still not fully recovered from the unexpected loss in the second test in Hobart, were made to look ordinary by Langer and Ponting, who joined forces with Australia at 54 for four. Ponting, who had ducks in his past three innings, attacked boldly and he outscored and overshowed another invaluable innings by no.3 left-hander Langer, who followed up his match-winning 127 in Hobart with an innings that lasted 17 minutes over seven hours. The pair resurrected the Australian innings with a national record stand for any wicket against Pakistan. The stand surpassed the 279 shared between Mark Taylor and Langer in Peshawar in 1998-99. Australia collapsed soon after the mammoth stand ended at 381, losing the last six wickets for 27 runs in 11 overs. After Glenn Mcgrath, Damien Fleming and Michael Kasprowicz had taken just 52 overs to rout Pakistan on the first day, Langer and Ponting faced almost a 100 between them. Resuming the day on 171 for four, Langer and Ponting went scored a run-a-minute to take Australia to 291 for four at lunch and consolidated soon after with just 75 runs in 28 overs between lunch and tea. Ponting’s chanceless innings came to an end two balls after Langer’s fall. The right-hander drove loosely at an Azhar Mahmood outswinger and was caught at point by Ijaz Ahmed. Ponting faced 288 balls for his fifth test century and lasted seven hours. Fast medium bowler Mohammad Akram, who shot through the Australian top order with three wickets, finished with a career-best 5-135 in his seventh test. Mohammad was also reported by umpire Darrell Hair after he elbowed batsman Shane Warne as he crossed for a single. He will face the match umpire within 36 hours. Skipper Wasim Akram managed to bowl just 10 overs and was forced to rest a sore left groin. It was nothing serious, just a precautionary measure, said Dale Naylor, the team physiotherapist. (AP) |
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Cup Football DUBAI, Nov 27: Undeterred by the failure to press home their advantage in the first two matches against hosts UAE and the highly rated Uzbekistan, India will seek to open their account when they meet Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup football group-3 qualifiers tonight. Both India and Sri Lanka are winless in the qualifiers, though India’s last match against Uzbekistan did make soccer lovers sit up and take note as the gutsy boys from the subcontinent taught the Uzbeks a few football lessons. The Indians looked set for victory with a 2-1 lead but succumbed under pressure to concede two late goals. Against hosts United Arab Emirates too they failed to capitalise on a one-goal half-time lead and went down 1-3. Coach Sukhwinder Singh blamed lack of international exposure, rather than potential, for the losses. We played like champions against Uzbekistan, he said. But what we lack is international match exposure. However, we will be going all out against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the last two games he told reporters on match eve. In the other match of the day, fancied hosts UAE meet Uzbekistan, both having nine points each. A win would see the Uzbeks through to the tournament proper, but a draw would give uae a chance provided they beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin on Monday. India is going into tonight’s match without three key players, injured goalkeeper Virender Singh and defender K V Dhanesh and medio Jules Alberto, both out after being shown the yellow card twice. Sri Lankan coach M Karuthu said the failure of his strikers to convert chances had hit their chances. We got our chances but we did not score goals, he said. The Lanakns will also be without their goalkeeper, who is recovering from flu and dehydration. There is no news at all on the replacement we had asked for the goalkeeper. Besides, our sweeper has fractured his finger and cannot play, he said. Uzbek coach Mahmoud Rahimov admitted that his team nearly lost the game against India. The Indians have shown us a different aspect of the game as it is played in the subcontinent. Our players had to work very hard, he said. The Uzbek coach blamed the organisers and the Asian Football Federation (AFF) for the team’s draw which did not allow them any rest while enabling UAE and India to relax. Rahimov was asked if the Uzbeks played without their star players against India on Thursday expecting an easy win. In fact, after he found the going tough, trailing 2-1 in the 54th minute, Rahimov was forced to bring in both strikers Jafar Irismetov and Maksim Shatskikh, which turned the game in their favour in the second half. Home coach Srecko Juricic was upbeat. See what happened to the Uzbeks against India. They were closer to losing the game than us. We let in only one goal against India and Uzbekistan conceded two, he remarked. (PTI) |
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ASN School felicitates Retish Kapoor Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: The management, Principal and the staff members of ASN Higher Secondary School, Resham Ghar Colony have conveyed their felicitations to Mr Retish Kapoor , son of Mr A K Kapoor, ex student of the Institute for attaining the brilliant success in an examination on National level pertaining to Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Course held at Delhi. As per a release, the candidate appeared in the said examination through "Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Aeronautics" Jaipur. |
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Jammu District Wrestling Champ on Nov 30 Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Jammu and Kashmir Indian Style Wrestling Association is organising Jammu District Wrestling Championship at R S Pura on November 30. According to a handout, prior to the start of the competitions at 1 pm in different weight groups of 54kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 76kg, 85kg and 97kg, weighing will be held at 10 am. Similar competitions will be held at other district of the Province, the handout added. |
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Poonch wins inaugural tie in Inter-distt U-19 Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 27: District Poonch defeated Kathua by seven wickets in the inaugural tie of the Inter-district under-19 year boys Cricket Tournament organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at Sports Stadium, here yesterday. Batting first, Kathua lost all their wickets at 69 in 18.3 overs in the 20 overs match. Vishal was only batsman who entered the double figure and scored 24. Last three batsmen went to pavilion without opening their account. From Poonch, Amit Kumar, Asif Majid and Mohd Shabir claimed three wickets each, while Rajiv Sharma and Gulshan Kumar took one each. In reply, Poonch reached the required target in 12.2 overs losing three wickets. Yasir Mir and Virat (not out) were the highest scorers with 19 runs each. Rajiv contributed 11 runs. Sohan Lal and Jagdish were only successful bowlers with one wicket each. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mr Mehboob Iqbal, District Development Commissioner, Udhampur. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Iqbal congratulated the organisers. Among others who were present in the inaugural function included Ram Paul, District Social Welfare Officer, Raj Guru, district sports officer, Poonch, Pradeep Chopra, Sham Sawroop Gupta and Dr K C Sharma. Cultural programme was also presented by the students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Udhampur. Rajouri beat Doda by three wickets On the second day of the tournament, district Rajouri defeated Doda by three wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, Doda lost all their wickets at 98 runs in 19.3 overs in 20 overs match. In reply, Rajouri scored 100 runs for the loss of seven wickets sparing four deliveries. Razwan and Yasir (not out) were the main scorers with 19 runs each, while Imran added 11 runs to the total. Rahul was the most successful bowler from Rajouri who took three wickets for 21 in four overs. Shashi Kant got two, whereas, Rochak Sharma and Amit Datta shared one each. Batting second, Rajouri chasing the target of 98 runs scored 100 in 19.2 overs for seven, thus winning the tie by three wickets. Baljeet Singh scored highest 24, while Rahul and Raj Kumar contributed 19 and 10 runs respectively. From Doda, Amir and Irfan shared two wickets each, while Nasir bagged one. Udhampur beat Kathua by six wickets In the second match of the day, host Udhampur district outplayed district Kathua by six wickets to enter the second round. Kathua batting first was all out at 74 in 19 overs. Except Arvind no other batsmen could score in double digit. Rajiv had crippled the Kathua innings by getting five wickets for 10 in his spell of four overs. While, Gourav, Amjad and Mohisin shared one wicket each. In reply, Udhampur chased the required runs in just 13.1 overs losing four wickets. Unbeaten 36 by Neeraj made the victory more easy for Udhampur. Gourav too played a nice game with Neeraj and contributed 12 runs. From Kathua, Sohan Lal, Shiv Kumar and Bhushan claimed one wicket each. |
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Shiv appointed patron of Wrestling tourney in Punjab Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 27: Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma, president Jammu and Kashmir Indian Style Wrestling Association and chairman of the selection committee of Jammu and Kashmir has been appointed as patron for the 14th All India Holla Mohalla Wrestling Tournament being held at Jalandhar in Punjab. The Additional Director General of PAP, Mr Bhullar will inaugurate the three-day tournament at Hans Raj Stadium on December 3. The tournament is being organised on the eve of celebration of Tercentenary birth of Khalsa. More than 300 international and national level wrestlers are participating in the event. |
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