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make slow consolidation MOHALI, Oct 12: Rahul Dravid and skipper Sachin Tendulkar batted...more
Coca Cola Cup Championship SHARJAH, Oct 12: Exciting cricket is on the cards when the three-nation...more Semi-finals position Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Semi-finals position has been cleared in the ongoing....more KVs Regional Sports meet
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players selected for International Taekwon-Do seminar Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Two J&K players have been selected for the.....more Rohit Bhat Memorial Cricket Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Rotaract registered their third impressive....more Victory for Badgam, Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Rangrett Club registered 2-1 win.....more Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Due to the differences between...more NZ’s Larsen retires WELLINGTON, Oct 12: Injuries and worsening arthritis in his right...more |
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Indian batsmen make slow consolidation MOHALI, Oct 12: Rahul Dravid and skipper Sachin Tendulkar batted painstakingly to put on an unbeaten century partnership as India ambled towards a position of strength reaching 303 for the loss of two wickets in their second innings against New Zealand at close on the third day of the first test today. On a day of extremely dull batting display influenced by fear of yet another collapse, India added only 188 runs to their overnight tally of 115 runs for the loss of only two batsmen - openers, debutant Debang Gandhi (75) and Sadagopan Ramesh (73) - as they finished 171 runs ahead. The 25-year-old Dravid and captain Tendulkar both began in extremely tentative fashions, but played some delightful shots in the final session to build upon the excellent 137-run opening stand established by the inexperienced duo and have added 122-run for the unbroken third wicket. Dravid was well in sight of a richly-deserved sixth century batting on 87 (310 min, 240 balls, 8x4) while Tendulkar fetched most of his runs towards the end of the day to remain unbeaten on 54 (217 m, 149 b, 7x4) at stumps. Chastened after being dismissed for a paltry 83 runs in the first innings, India achieved the objective of erasing the 132-run lead of the Kiwis without any hiccups but were extremely cautious as only 51 and 55 runs came off 31 overs each in the first four hours of play. India were expected to drive home the advantage once they wiped off the deficit, but 24-year-old Ramesh went immediately after giving a tame return catch to left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, dashing hopes of converting his fourth test fifty into his second century. At lunch India were on 166 for one and 28-year-old debutant Gandhi looked good for a memorable century after being grassed by second slip Nathan Astle off paceman Chris Cairns at the same total at which which Ramesh was dismissed. Gandhi, then on 59, fell seven overs into the afternoon session trapped leg before by Astle’s gentle seamer that swung in and straightened to strike the front pad low as he stretched forward in defence. Any hopes of fireworks from Tendulkar, who joined the totally defensive Dravid, were belied, as the Indian skipper survived a clutch of loud appeals for leg before and spent an uncharacteristic stretch of almost one full hour and 34 balls without scoring a run. The 26-year-old Tendulkar, who made 18 in the first innings and playing his first match after a month long lay-off to tend to his troublesome back, was given a torrid time by paceman Dion Nash, who bowled beautifully with the old ball. Nash twice had confident leg before appeals turned down by Sri Lankan umpire Peter Manuel and the batting maestro almost played on. But Tendulkar, with responsibility of captaincy on his shoulders, never lost concentration as the pair pushed the score to 221 for two at tea break. The 20-year-old bespectacled Vettori, considered their key bowler by the Kiwi camp, sent down a marathon 36 overs today, including 26 overs for a meagre 36 runs, 13 maidens included, in one stretch starting midway through the morning as skipper Stephen Fleming persisted with the old ball for 166 overs before changing it four overs after tea at 234 for two. Dravid, who reached his 17th fifty in his 50th test innings at the stroke of tea, and Tendulkar, however took the new ball as the signal to discard the self-imposed shackles as they played some attractive strokes. The 26-year-old Karnataka batsman, who struck 190 and 103 not out in the third and final test in Hamilton on India’s 1998-99 tour of New Zealand, superbly straight-drove, cut and pulled Nash as he struggled for length with the new ball. Tendulkar joined the act, cutting Astle - who used the seam exceedingly well earlier - before square-driving and cutting cairns to reach his 22nd fifty. The tiring Vettori soldiered on, but was not as successful in his attempt to tie down the two star batsmen as he was early on. Left-arm paceman Shayne O’connor, who had dismissed Tendulkar in the first essay, was also brilliantly pulled by the Indian skipper through mid-wicket as India brought up the 300-run mark towards close. Dravid has stayed on for 10 minutes over five hours (240 balls, 8x4) while Tendulkar’s vigil has lasted just over three and half hours (149 balls, 7x4) with determination writ all over the effort. (PTI) |
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Coca
Cola Cup Championship SHARJAH, Oct 12: Exciting cricket is on the cards when the three-nation Coca Cola Cup Championship begins here tomorrow with Sri Lanka taking on the West Indies in the opening encounter. However, most cricket buffs will watch with keen interest the performance of Pakistan, the third team featuring in the tournament, as they are leaving for Australia straight from here to play a crucial test and one-day series against the world champions. The Australia tour provides Pakistan an opportunity to avenge their humiliating defeat by the Kangaroos in the World Cup final. All the three teams are in fine fettle, having tasted success in their recent outings. The Sri Lankan and West Indies teams have already arrived here while Pakistan reach late this evening. Both Sri Lankan and West Indians had practice at the nets at the lovely Sharjah ground. Buoyed by their historic win against Australia in the just-concluded test and one-day matches, Sri Lanka, under the leadership of master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya, look a much reformed team with many of the youngsters in the side determined to prove their worth. An upbeat Jayasuriya said ‘I know it will be a tough assignment as both Pakistan and the West Indies are top teams in the world but right now our team is combining well". He said "the past is behind us. There is no problem in the team and I am getting support from all the senior players in the squad". The inclusion of Arvinda De Silva will certainly add to the strength of the team. Sri Lankan coach Dave Whatmore, who has played a pivotal role in changing the fortunes of the team, said "we are playing well and are confident. Pakistan is a little stronger and you cannot underestimate the West Indies, especially when you have a player like Lara playing". True to his reputation, Lara struck the second fastest century in one-day cricket against Bangladesh just before coming here. He reached the three-figure mark in just 45 balls as his team thrashed Bangladesh 2-0 in a two-match series. A relaxed Lara told newspersons that "at the moment, we are a team in the making. There is a lot of young blood in the team and in this tournament we are not expecting an easy ride as both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are top sides and both have been producing their best recently". Toronto, he said, was a big disappointment as the West Indies could not put its act together and lost to India 1-2 and subsequently went down 0-3 to Pakistan. "I hope things will change a bit this time round", Lara said. With Wasim Akram again at the helm of affairs, Pakistan have their job cut out as they have to prove that they have left behind the memories of their drubbing at the hands of Australia in the World Cup final. They have already blanked the West Indies 3-0 in the Toronto DCM series recently. The Pakistani team for the Australia tour is to be chosen after the Sharjah Cup. New Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mujeebur Rehman Khan, who was in Dubai for the International Cricket Council (ICC) governing body meeting, said the World Cup depression was over and "we are now on the right track". Sri Lanka take on the West Indies in the first match while Pakistan meet the Caribbeans on October 14. Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play on October 15. The West Indies will have their return match with Sri Lanka on October 17. It will be Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka on October 18 and Pakistan Vs the West Indies on October 19. The final will be played on October 22. The Cricketers’ Benefit Fund Series (CBFS), the organisers of the tournament, said all matches will be played under floodlights from 1430 hrs local time (1600 hrs ist). The winner of the tournament will collect 50,000 dollars while the runner-up will get 30,000 dollars. The team finishing third will receive 20,000 dollars. Also, there will be many individual prizes at stake. The man of the match will get 1,000 dollars while the man of the final will receive 1,500 dollars. The man of the series will collect a cheque for 3,500 dollars. There will be other prizes of 1,000 dollars each for the fastest fifty, best bowler and best fielder. The beneficiaries this year are Mushtaq Ahmed and Aamir Malik of Pakistan and Malcolm Marshall of the West Indies. Each of them will get 35,000 dollars. he CBFS will also make a contribution to the players’ fund of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board. The matches will be officiated by Steve Dunne (New Zealand), David Shephard (England), Dug Cowie (New Zealand) and Peter Van Der Marwe (South Africa). (UNI) |
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Semi-finals position cleared in Paramjeet Memorial Cricket Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Semi-finals position has been cleared in the ongoing Paramjeet Singh Memorial Day-night Cricket Championship being played at Girls High School, Bakshi Nagar here, today. In the semi-finals which will be played tomorrow. In the first semi-final, Singh Cricket Club will take on Sahibzada Fateh Singh Cricket Club (SFSCC) at 7 pm, while Taad Faaf Cricket Club (TFCC) will meet Sonnet Cricket Club (SCC) in the second at 9 pm. Earlier, in today’s matches, Sahibzada Fateh Singh Cricket Club defeated Lucky Cricket Club by 16 runs. Batting first, after winning the toss, R P Singh led SFSCC was all out at 90 in complete 15 overs. Vivek Singh scored 23 off 24 including two boundaries, while Dhruv was the highest scorer with 42 runs in just 32 deliveries hitting four sixes and two boundaries. William and Sonu took two wickets each, while Ravi claimed three for 20. Chasing the total, Lucky Club could score 74 runs. Manu, Sandeep and Rohit scored 12, 15 and 17 runs respectively. For SFSCC Shashi bagged three wickets, while Manu and Rimpu took two and one respectively. In another match, Taad Faad Cricket Club defeated Shingari Club by six runs to enter the semi-final state. Taad Faad batting first scored 101 runs for five in 15 overs. In reply, Shingari lost all their wickets for 95. |
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Regional Sports meet begins Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Three-day Kendriya Vidyalaya Regional level spots meet was declared open at different venues of Udhampur, Samba, KV 1 Gandhi Nagar, KV 2 Jammu Cantt and Kaluchak. Four cluster of the Region including Udhampur, Jammu, Pathankot and Yol Cantt are participating in the meet. On the opening day today, Jammu and Pathankot shared victories in under-19 and under-16 years group respectively, matches for which held at KV 2 Jammu Cantt this afternoon. The events of Basketball, Badminton and Table Tennis are being held at KV 2 Jammu Cantt. Earlier, at Jammu Cantt, the meet was declared open by Major Shekhar Kumar, 6 JAK Rifle this morning. Whereas, the Principal of the school, Mr BD Nigam welcomed the participants. Vote of thanks was presented by Mr JN Sadhu, vice-principal of the school. CRICKET In the under-19 cricket, KV 2 Jammu Cantt beat Yol Cantt by six wickets. Earlier, Yol Cantt won the toss and opted to bat. They were all out at 78 in the final 20th over. Gourav scored 11 and Varun 8, while extras contributed 32 runs. From Jammu Cantt, Arvind claimed three wickets, while Ashwani, Vinod, Harpreet and Rishi shared one each. In reply, Jammu scored 79 in the 16.4 overs for the loss of four wickets. Ashwani was the highest scorer with 28 off 26 balls and remained unbeaten. Harpreet added 10 off seven. For Yol Cantt, Chandan claimed two wickets, while Prakash and Sandeep one each. Ashwani was declared man of the match for his all round performance. In the under-16 encounter, Pathankot defeated Udhampur by three wickets. Udhampur batting first all out at 102 in the allotted 20 overs. Sahil and Dileep scored 11 runs each, while Avinash added eight runs. Extra contributed an hefty sum of 49 runs. From Pathankot, Gourav, Sandeep and Rahul took three wickets each. Chasing the target, Pathankot scored 103 for seven in 18.2 overs. Gurpreet scored brilliant 33 off 25 deliveries, while Shushant added 12 runs after staying for long time on the wicket. Vinod and Sohas shared two wickets each for Udhampur. Gurpreet was declared man of the match. BADMINTON In the Badminton first round league encounters, Pathankot and Jammu emerged winners. In first encounter, Pathankot beat Udhampur 2-0. Arunesh beat Sumit 15-9, 8-15, 15-9 and Rajinder Kumar beat Sameer 15-8, 15-9. Jammu beat Yol Cantt 2-0 in the second match. Sunny beat Gujan 15-1, 15-1 and Amit beat Ashwani 15-7, 15-13. TABLE TENNIS Udhampur beat Pathankot 2-0. Aditya Jatan beat Bhupinder 21-9, 21-7 and Vivek beat Diwaker 21-12, 21-8. In second match, Jammu beat Yol Cantt 2-0. Arun beat Nikhil 24-22, 21-14 and Sourabh beat Lakhbir 21-18, 21-16. BASKETBALL Jammu beat Udhampur 45-16 and Pathankot beat Yol Cantt 38-13. KV 1 GANDHI NAGAR Principal, KV 1 Gandhi Nagar, Mr M L Sondhi inaugurated the Kendriya Vidyalayas Regional Sports Meet today. The school is organising the events of Basketball, Handball, Hockey, Table Tennis and Badminton in the girls section. In all, four teams each in all the events are taking part. The results Hockey: In the only match played on the inaugural day, Pathankot defeated Yol Cantt (Himachal Pradesh). Handball: Jammu defeated Pathankot in low scoring match 6-5. Basketball: Pathankot beat Jammu 22-0 and Yol Cantt beat Udhampur 22-2. SAMBA Regional Sport Meet in the events of Football, Hockey, Swimming (Boys and Girls), besides Athletic events began at Samba. Near 500 participants are taking part in the meet. Earlier, the meet was declared open by Brigadier V K Singh, YSM, Commander and Chairman, VMC hoisted the flag of the region and declared the meet open. Principal, KV Samba, Mr AN Thaker in his welcome speech traced upon the inclusions of games and sports in the school curriculum as a subject under the head of physical education at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. The final results Swimming Boys 50 meter Free Style under 14 yr: Rohan Patil, Ist, KV No.2 Amritsar; Arjun Raina, 2nd, KV Nagrota and Akshar Rana, 3rd, KV Samba. Under-17 yr: Manish Badwal, Ist, KV Samba; Murali Mohan, 2nd, KV Udhampur and Ashok Kumar, 3rd, KV Udhampur. Under-19 yr: Sudeep Singh, Ist, KV Amritsar; Ghan Shyam Gurung, 2nd, KV 4 Pathankot and Santosh Kumar, 3rd, KV 1 Amritsar. 100 meter Free style under-14 yr: Deepak Swhrawat, Ist, KV 2 Jammu; Rohan Patil, 2nd, KV 2 Amritsar and Nirmal Sambyal, 3rd, KV Samba. Under-17 yr: Manish Badwal, Ist, KV Samba; Karan Raina, 2nd KV Nagrota and Gautam Singh, 3rd, KV 1 Akhnoor. Under-19 yr: Sudeep Singh, Ist, KV 1 Amritsar and Santosh Kumar, 2nd, KV 1 Amritsar. Track and Field events Short Put under-14 yr: Gurvinder Singh, Ist, KV Amritsar; Ganesh Datt, 2nd, KV 3 Pathankot and Inderjeet Singh, 3rd, KV Tibri Cantt. 100 meter Running under-14 yr: Ajay Pal, Ist, KV Tibri; Ranjeet Bishal, 2nd, KV 1 Amritsar and Guruvindha Singh, 3rd, KV 3. Under-17 yr: Manjeet Singh, Ist, KV Tibri; Sanjeev Bishal, Ist, KV Nangalbhur and Anil,3rd, KV Yol Cantt. Under-19 yr: Vijay Kumar, Ist, KV 2 Pathankot; Raman Kumar, 2nd, KV 1 Udhampur and Rajinder Kumar, 3rd, KV 1 Akhnoor. Football Pathankot beat Yol Cantt and Jammu beat Udhampur 5-1. Hockey Jammu beat Udhampur 2-1 and Pathankot beat Yol Cantt 1-0. UDHAMPUR Regional level Athletics meet for girls was declared open at KV No.1 Udhampur by the Principal, Mr R C Dharmdasani. In the morning session, shot-put, Long Jump and High Jump competitions were held. Kavita of KV 1 Udhampur stood first in high jump under 14 year. Kumari Nirmala and Kavita of KV 1 Udhampur stood first and second in shotput. KALUCHAK KV Kaluchak is holding the events of Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and Volleyball in girls section. Earlier, the meet was declared open by Brigadier, Sukhdev Singh, 26, Artillery Brigade and Chairman, VMC at midst march past by the participating teams. The results KHO-KHO Pathankot beat Udhampur by five points; Jammu beat Yol Cantt by one point; Jammu beat Pathankot by one inning and two point and Yol Cantt beat Udhampur by three points. KABADDI Udhampur beat Yol Cantt 41-38; Pathankot beat Yol Cantt 45-30 and Pathankot beat Jammu 28-23. VOLLEYBALL Yol Cantt beat Jammu 2-0 (15-8, 15-8); Pathankot beat Udhampur 2-0 (15-13, 15-12) and Yol Cantt beat Udhampur 2-0 (15-7, 15-5). |
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Victory for Badgam, Mohindra Club in Junior Hockey Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Rangrett Club registered 2-1 win over Friends Club in first round of the Junior Hockey Tournament of District Badgam which began at Shri Amar Singh College grounds, here. Bittu Singh of Rangrett Club scored both the goals. The first goal came in the 10th minute of the match, while second goal was scored in the 4th minute of the second half. While from Friends Club, Omar Ashraf scored the only goal in the 20th minute of the second half to make it 2-1. In another match of the day, Mohindra Club thrashed Deshmash Club Badgam by six goals to nil. Mohinder scored two goals, while Yasir Khan also hit equal number of goals to bring the score to 4-0. In the last ten minutes game, winners Mohindra Club added two more goals through Sazad and Aarjeet. The matches were conducted by Gurdeep Singh Sangral, S P Singh, Dara Singh and Harjeet Singh. The matches were witnessed by the students of the college, besides a number of sports lover from outside. Meanwhile, selection trials for the Sub-junior nationals of Kashmir Division are impresses. Out of 60 probables, 20 players have been selected for the final selection, a handout issued by the Association here said. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Due to the differences between the two factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Association, the Ist Harbans Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament organised by the Guru Nanak Hockey Club has been postponed. The tournament which was to begin today has been postponed by a fortnight, a handout issued here said. |
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NZ’s Larsen retires early due to arthritis WELLINGTON, Oct 12: Injuries and worsening arthritis in his right foot have robbed veteran New Zealand bowler Gavin Larsen of his planned final cricket season in front of the home fans. Larsen, 37, has retired immediately because of the health problems rather than his previously planned retirement at the end of the next Southern season, NZ cricket said in a statement. "One thing I could never live with would be lowering my personal standards through playing for the sake of playing," Larsen said in the statement. "My instinct is that I would be unable to attain the standards I expect of myself this coming season." Larsen is the longest serving player in the New Zealand team, having played 121 one-day internationals, his specialist arena, and eight tests. In his nine years of one-dayers, "the postman" — for his always accurate deliveries — collected 113 wickets at an average of 35.38 runs, for an economy rate of 3.76. "He has been our most consistent performer in the one-day game for many years, always giving 100 per cent and proving to be New Zealand’s most economical one-day bowler of the past decade," said NZ cricket general manager Tim Murdoch. NZ cricket said it had planned to call up Larsen to join the New Zealand tour of India for a one-day series following the current test series. (REUTERS) |
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