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Srinath, openers help MOHALI, Oct 11: Openers Sadagopan Ramesh...more
Hero Honda Masters Golf from Oct 28 NEW DELHI, Oct 11: Ace professional Jeev...more PCB announces bonanza DUBAI, Oct 11: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has....more Inter-KVs Sports Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Kendriya Vidyalaya-2........more |
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Khalsa to
meet BSF in final of Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Khalsa Club will be meeting with Border Security Force (BSF) in the final of the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey Championship at Green Field grounds, here.....more JKCA office bearers Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 11: Office bearers of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), Kashmir wing have resigned from their posts and subsequently demanded fresh elections....more JNV Nud organises Cluster Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Oct 11: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nud, Samba organised Cluster.....more Dy DG visits NCC Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Deputy DG National Cadets Corps (NCC), Brigadier P K Langer...more Paramjeet Memorial Day-night
Cricket Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Kobra Cricket Club lost to TFCC by five wickets in the pre-quarter stage...more |
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Srinath, openers help India stage comeback MOHALI, Oct 11: Openers Sadagopan Ramesh and debutant Debang Gandhi cracked half-centuries in an invaluable unbeaten stand of 115 to build on a splendid haul of six for 45 by fiery paceman Javagal Srinath as India wrested the initiative on the second day of their first cricket test against New Zealand here today. The 21-year-old Ramesh, who struck a chancy unbeaten 58, and Gandhi (batting 52) overcame their first innings disappointments by lifting India to within 17 runs of overhauling the deficit of 132 runs at the PCA stadium. Both Ramesh, who maintained his consistency by cracking his fourth fifty in only his fifth test (193 mins, 166balls, 7x4) and the 28-year-old Bengal batsman Gandhi (193m, 138b, 4x4) did nothing spectacular but put the ineffective Kiwi attack on a track that had eased out in perspective after dismissing New Zealand for 215 in their first innings 40 minutes after the lunch break. It was 30-year-old Srinath, making a strong return after he was dropped recently on poor form, who brought India back into the match after their dismal first innings show of 83 all out and the failure of both paceman Venkatesh Prasad and leg spinner Anil Kumble to provide a breakthrough in the morning. The Mysore-born paceman produced a brilliant display of fast bowling on a track not exactly helpful to cut through the Kiwi batting which saw the last seven wicketes tumble for just 59 runs. The tall fast bowler captured his sixth five wicket haul in tests - the third consecutive following efforts of 5 for 46 and 8 for 86 against Pakistan in the Asian Championship in Calcutta in February - and also emerged the highest test wicket-taker for India against New Zealand, his tally of 26 in his seventh test surpassing Kapil Sev’s 25 in 10 outings. India began the day with the daunting task of having to curtail the Kiwi innings, which resumed at 119 for three, but eventually ended on atleast level terms confident of piling up a big score on the third day. Both Gandhi and Ramesh, who failed to score in the first essay, handled the pressure well in the early stages as neither Dion Nash, who captured six for 27 yesterday in a grand Kiwi seam bowling effort, nor Chris Cairns nor left-arm Shayne O’connor could make any impact on the eased out pitch. The left-handed Ramesh, who has made an impact since making his debut against Pakistan in the first test on his home turf in Chennai with four fifties and a century (143) against Sri Lanka in the last test India played at Colombo in February, was lucky not to be dismissed when on 20, 41 and 43 but maintained his concentration to keep India on the path of recovery. Lone slip fielder Nathan Astle failed to take the edge off left arm spinner Daniel Vettori, who bowled a restricting line with his fastish stuff. Skipper Stephen Fleming was the biggest culprit when he dropped Ramesh to the dismay of Nash and then failed to hold another chance he offered in the bowler’s next over. The reprives came as a big surprise after the fine catching in the slip cordon in the first innings, but Ramesh displayed his fluent timing to send Nash twice to the square-leg fence and then struck the paceman for another authoritative boundary towards the end of the day’s play, after bringing up his half-century. Gandhi played a fine supportive role showing his ability to execute shots by twice driving Cairns through extra-cover and then cutting Vettori and driving him straight for fours. Ramesh reached his fifty first followed by Gandhi, who vindicated the faith reposed in him by the selectors, with a confident show. A frustrated Fleming brought on astle to bowl his medium-pace stuff, but on a wicket which predicts help for the spinners in the next three days, there was hardly any help for seamers late in the day. Earlier, Stephen Fleming (43 - 212m, 147b, 3x4) with his watchful approach and a more aggressive Nathan Astle (45 -96m, 75b, 6x4) added 57 runs for the fourth wicket in the morning to raise signs of posting a big total. Skipper Tendulkar’s ploy of employing Prasad, who only gave away needless runs by pitching too short, and leg-spinner Anil Kumble who seemed to struggle to find his usual rhythm under pressure to perform. But Srinath’s advent in the 10th over of the day, however, changed the complexion of the game. He struck off his very third ball trapping left-handed Fleming plumb in front with sheer pace and two overs later beat Astle all ends up for Kumble to complete a tumbling catch at gully off a thick edge. (PTI) |
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Hero
Honda Masters Golf from Oct 28 NEW DELHI, Oct 11: Ace professional Jeev Milkha Singh, holder Jyoti Randhawa, wills open winner Arjun Atwal and Gaurav Ghei will spearhead Indian challenge in the 200,000 dollar Hero Honda Masters Golf to be held here from October 28-31 in which 125 Asian PGA players have confirmed their participation. Some of the best professionals on the Asian PGA Davidoff Tour will tee off to vie for the top honours and a winner’s cheque of 33,200 dollars. Leading the foreign challenge will be the current order of merit leader Kyi Hla Han of Myammar, Kang wook-soon, twice order of merit champion and Malaysian Open champion Gerry Norquist of the United States. Talking to newspersons here this afternoon, Hero Honda Motors Director Pawan Kant Munjal said this year the field for the tournament is going to be very though. I hope one of the Indians in the fray will retain the title . The strong field of 125 is perhaps a record for this event. Among the foreign professionals, Felix Casas (Philippines), James Kingston, Nico Van Rensburg (South Africa), Greg Hanrahan, Rob Huxtable and Scott Taylor (USA) are the players to watch. Jyoti Randhawa, who along with Jeev Milkha Singh returned from the United Kingdom here early this morning after taking part in the Dunhill Cup, said my victory in the last edition of the Hero Honda masters was a great milestone in my carrer and it gave me tremendous confidence . Last year’s runners up Jeev Milkha Singh, who has decided to skip the Volvo Masters on the European PGA Tour to play in Hero Honda masters, was hopeful of doing well this time in the championship. I am playing much better than I was last year and hopefully do one position better. This is the 13th leg of the Asian PGA Tour and it is the third year in a row that Hero Honda is sponsoring it in India. The runners up will earn a cheque of 22,260 dollars while the third placer will claim 12,400 dollars. (UNI) |
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PCB announces bonanza for cricket team DUBAI, Oct 11: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a virtual bonanza for the country’s cricket team. If the team wins the test series against Australia, each of its members will be entitled to receive Rs 5,00,000. The board has already awarded Rs 2,00,000 to every member of the team which won the recent Toronto series as a special bonus. Apart from the win bonus, a player who hits double century will stand to earn Rs 2,00,000 and scoring a hundred or taking four catches or four wickets will fetch him Rs 1,00,000. Khaleej Times said the Board has also hiked the daily allowance from 50 US dollars to 75 dollars with a revised meal allowance of 50 dollars. The players will stay in single room accommodation and travel club class. The new contract will be signed before the team leaves the country’s shores for Sharjah to participate in the Coca Cola Cup Tri-nation Championship, beginning on Wednesday New PCB chief Mujibur Rehman, who was here for a meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) governing body, said "the performance bonus package and all other perks being given to team players are part of my new approach to better the state of affairs in Pakistan cricket". (UNI) |
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Inter-KVs
Sports Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Kendriya Vidyalaya-2 Jammu Cantt lifted the under-16 boys Cricket trophy by registering an impressive seven wickets win over KV Bantalab in the final of the Inter-KVs Cluster level sports meet at KV 2 Bantalab grounds, this afternoon. It was an easy final for the Jammu Cantt who first bowled out whole Bantalab side at a small total of 65 runs in 12.4 overs in the 20 overs match and than achieved their target in ninth over losing only three wickets. Kunal, who remained in lime-light through the tournament was the architect of KV 2 Jammu Cantt’s impressive victory. He earlier shattered the Bantalab innings by taking seven wickets for 12. And later, scored superb 26 runs off 15 deliveries including three boundaries. Earlier, the toss won by Jammu Cantt and invited Bantalab for batting. Bantalab was all out at 65 in the 13th over. Sumit was highest scorer with 19 off 11 balls including four boundaries. For Jammu Cantt, Rama, Neeraj and Vikrant were other wicket takers. In reply, KV 2 scored 67 for the loss of three wickets in 8.4 overs which included 26 off 15 by Kunal and Nikhil 9 (n.o). Pradeep, Vikram and Sumit bagged one wicket each for Bantalab. Kunal, who adjudged as man of the match was also honoured with man of the tournament award. He scored 78 runs and remained unbeaten for two times and bagged 12 wickets for 30 runs. The Principal of the school, gave away winners and runners-up trophies, besides certificates to the participants and declared the Cluster level meet closed. Sports events in KV 2 Jammu Cantt were conducted by Mr S K Sharma and Mr Manjeet Singh, PETs. |
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JNV Nud organises Cluster level sports meet Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Oct 11: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nud, Samba organised Cluster level sports meet in the school premises wherein nearly 300 students drawn from eight schools participated. The competitions were held in the events of Basketball, Volleyball, Kabaddi and Kho-kho in both boys and girls categories. Boys Basketball title went to host JNV Nud, who beat JNV Kathua. While, Volleyball trophy for junior-boys was taken away by JNV Rajouri beating JNV Gurdaspur. JNV Poonch won the junior girls Kabaddi title outplaying JNV Nud. JNV Udhampur emerged winners in Kho-Kho junior boys beating JNV Doda in the final. JNV Jammu (Nud) won second title in senior girls Basketball. Mr Sidharth Sharma, member J&K State Sports Council was chief guest in the meet. Principal, JNV Nud, Mrs Anila Singh Charak earlier welcomed the chief guest and other distinguished gathering. In her address she said that games are integral part of education through which moral values can be inculcated. The programme was conducted by Miss Arti Kaul and Saleem. Mr Ajit Singh, Manager Stadium and Mr K S Charak, Assistant Director, Fisheries were special guests on the occasion. |
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Dy DG visits NCC Sailing expedition at Mansar Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Deputy DG National Cadets Corps (NCC), Brigadier P K Langer visited the ongoing Sailing Expedition-‘99 organised by the No.1 J&K NCC Naval unit Srinagar at Mansar. He inspected the sailing, pulling and swimming of the participating cadets and appreciated the performance put up by the Naval cadets in achieving the standard in a short time. The 12-day expedition is being organised for the first time in Jammu from October 6 to 17. In all, 30 boys and 15 girls senior division cadets drawn from different colleges of Jammu and Srinagar Regions are taking part in the expedition under the command of Commander (IN) VK Jamwal C.O of organising unit and Lt Col. Vijay Kumar from administration. The other team members are comprised of three ANOs, eight PI staff and 45 senior cadets. During the 12-day expedition, these cadets has to cover more than 500 km in the lake by pulling and sailing by means of whaler type of boats, besides, Enterprises and Keyack type which have become an attraction for the visitors in Mansar. |
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Paramjeet Memorial
Day-night Cricket Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 11: Kobra Cricket Club lost to TFCC by five wickets in the pre-quarter stage in the ongoing Paramjeet Memorial Day-night Cricket Championship being played here, today. Earlier, after winning the toss and opted to bat first, Kobra Club set a target of 106 runs in allotted 14 overs. Kishore was the main scorer with 32 off 25 with the help of three boundaries. While, opener, Inderjeet contributed 17 in 13 balls hitting three boundaries. Skipper Nitin contributed unbeaten 20 off just 9 balls including three boundaries and Arjun added 18 runs. Abhishekh was the most successful bowler from TFCC with three wickets for 25, while Sandeep Singh, Bunty and Rinku shared one wicket each. Chasing the total, opener Sandeep gave fillip to the TFCC innings scoring a brilliant knock of 49 runs facing 23 balls hitting four sixes and three boundaries. Mandeep contributed 18 runs in equal number of deliveries with two sixes. Manu and Panji were at the crease with nine and five runs respectively. From Kobra, Nitin took two wickets for 36. Inderjeet and Vinod shared one each. Sandeep was declared man of the match. In second match of the day, Shingari Cricket Club beat Sanjay Lehri Cricket Club by eight wickets. Set to score 64 runs to win in 14 overs, Shingari achieved the target in 6.3 overs for the loss of two wickets. In another match of the day, Shiksha Bhawan Cricket Club outplayed Lion Cricket Club by 38 runs and entered the quarter-finals stage. Batting first, Shiksha Bhawan was all out at 98 in 13 overs. Chasing the total, Lion Club lost all their wickets for 60 in 9.3 overs. |
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