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| Seamers need time to settle down in Australia: Srinath LUCKNOW, Dec 12: Even as the Indian seamers got a pounding from Australia on the first day of the second Test in Adelaide, former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath today backed them, saying they need time to settle down...........more Zaheer
should be fit for ADELAIDE, Dec 12: Zaheer Khan’s hamstring injury was not as bad as feared and the left-arm paceman should be fit for the boxing day Test in Melbourne, Indian cricket team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus said................more India
drown in run ADELAIDE, Dec 12: Ricky Ponting cracked an unbeaten 176 as a merciless Australia put a listless Indian bowling attack to sword to take complete control of the second cricket Test here today..............more J&K-
Tripura tie Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Jammu and Kashmir in their third league match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy competitions today.............more |
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Young Nishant becomes new State Billiards Champion By Sanjeev Sharma JAMMU, Dec 12: After creating history of taking away both Billiards and Snooker titles in the district championship, Nishant has proved that he is the best............more Euro Kids
Care Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Euro Kids Care celebrated their second Annual Day at the school premises here yesterday..........more GCW Gandhi
Nagar, Parade, Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Government College for Women (GCW), Gandhi Nagar, GCW Parade and Post Graduate......more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Rohit Verma bagged first position in below 40 kg bout in boys under 14 age group in the ongoing State Open Judo Championship.....more |
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Tourism inaugurates Kayaking course...... Khalsa, Ranjit Club enter semis of State Hero Cup Hockey.... |
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Seamers need time to settle down in Australia: Srinath LUCKNOW, Dec 12: Even as the Indian seamers got a pounding from Australia on the first day of the second Test in Adelaide, former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath today backed them, saying they need time to settle down. "Our medium pacers are doing well but let them settle down first. Due to injury, (Ashish) Nehra has joined after a long gap and (Irfan) Pathan is also playing his first Test match," Srinath, who was here in connection with a cricket clinic, told reporters. "They will take some time to get settled," said the bowler, who announced his retirement from the game just before the start of the Australian tour. Srinath justified the appointment of former Australian left-arm seamer Bruce Reid as a bowling coach of the team for the four-match Test series. "Reid would be beneficial to our bowlers as he is well versed with the conditions in Australia." "Three of the five pace bowlers in the side are left arm seamers and reid is also a left arm bowler," he said. (PTI) |
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Zaheer should be fit for Melbourne Test: Leipus ADELAIDE, Dec 12: Zaheer Khan’s hamstring injury was not as bad as feared and the left-arm paceman should be fit for the boxing day Test in Melbourne, Indian cricket team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus said. "He has a pinched nerve in his hamstring and I’m sure if not for the three-day game in Hobart (December 19-21), Zaheer would surely be alright for the boxing day Test (starting Dec 26)," Leipus said before the start of the second Test at Adelaide Oval today. Leipus said Zaheer’s "tight hamstring" was not as much a hamstring pull as the nerve which discomforts him from time to time. "He bowled well for 10 deliveries under Bruce (Reid) supervision before he felt the twitch in his hamstring and stopped bowling. We had a close look at it before deciding not to risk it in this Test," the physio said. Leipus remarked the soft outfield of Australian grounds was a possible reason for Zaheer’s injury. (PTI) |
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India drown in run deluge on opening day ADELAIDE, Dec 12: Ricky Ponting cracked an unbeaten 176 as a merciless Australia put a listless Indian bowling attack to sword to take complete control of the second cricket Test here today. The 28-year-old Ponting notched up his 19th Test century to provide the foundation for a huge Australian total as the hosts reached a commanding 400 for five on the first day of the match. At stumps, Adam Gilchrist was giving Ponting company on nine on what turned out to be a nightmarish day for the visitors. Handicapped by the injury-induced absence of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, the Indian bowlers struggled throughout the day to contain the run deluge which saw the hosts posting the highest total in a single day’s play. The skipper-in-waiting led the charge toying with a clueless bowling attack as the world champions scored at an amazing pace of around five runs per over on a perfect batting strip at the Adelaide Oval. Simon Katich (75), Justin Langer (58), Steve Waugh (30), Damien Martyn (30) also looked in superb form but failed to consolidate getting out to some casual shots. Nothing went right for Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly from the moment he lost the toss this morning. India took the field without Zaheer Khan who was replaced by 19-year old debutante Irfan Pathan. Harbhajan Singh, ruled out of the series due to a finger injury, was replaced by the experienced Anil Kumble who failed to make much of an impact. The Australian batsmen responded with vigour after their captain Steve Waugh had no hesitation in opting to bat on a typical Adelaide featherbed. Waugh had demanded his men to play with more "intensity" after the drawn first Test in Brisbane early this week and today the batsmen did just that. Ponting alone hammered 23 fours in his 246-ball unfinished knock. The left-arm seamer Pathan had a dream start to his Test career when, sharing the new ball with Ajit Agarkar, he had the world record breaking Matthew Hayden caught by keeper Parthiv Patel for 12 in the sixth over of the day. But after that it was all downhill for India as langer and Ponting held the visitors by the scruff of the neck. Langer, with a century from the first Test, galloped to his half century in 64 balls, plundering 20 runs from a Kumble over through two sixes and as many fours on the way. The two put on 113 runs for the second wicket before Langer edged a sweep to Virender Sehwag at midwicket off Kumble. Ponting survived a close lbw shout off Agarkar and was dropped by Sehwag in the slips on 17 off Pathan. He made the most of the reprieve by slamming his 19th test hundred that came in 118 balls and contained 17 hits to the fence. Ponting was associated in two half century stands with Martyn and Waugh besides the 138 run stand with Katich. The loss of Martyn and Waugh, both to Nehra, did little to alter the course of the proceedings and the Aussie juggernaut kept rolling. Ponting, in his peak form, combined style with power to maul the Indians into submission. Amazingly, most of his runs came in the third man region. Ponting, known for his stylish on-side play, exploited the geometry of the Adelaide Oval. Instead of his trade mark on drives, on display were chops and late cuts against the fast bowlers to the shortish square boundary. His exquisite drives to long on though came in the later stages of his innings as he repeatedly stepped out to Kumble. The right hander had made two half centuries in Brisbane but was out to his overzealousness. Today, however, he seemed determined to make it big and the result was endless misery for the Indians. Ganguly was in despair as his reputed bowlers only served as cannon fodder for ponting. Nehra picked two for 80 but was expensive at four an over while Kumble and Agarkar conceded 197 runs for two wickets between them. Pathan was equally expensive with an economy rate of 4.56. Pathan could have had two more wickets to his account but for his butter fingered teammates. Besides Sehwag’s reprieve to Ponting, Kumble floored a cut from Martyn off the debutant seamer. Nehra’s twin strikes to remove Martyn and Waugh put the skids on the hosts’ scoring rate somewhat. Ganguly also adopted a defensive field placement with as many as seven or eight manning offside. Waugh began in thumping manner when he smashed Agarkar for three fours in an over. But his discomfort against the short pitched bowling was there though unfortunately there was no Zaheer to exploit it. Nehra coming around the stumps then did the trick. The left-arm seamer slanted one which angled in to Waugh and before the 38-year old veteran could shut the gap in his defense, the red cherry rattled the timber. The second new ball was taken in fading light at the score of 349 for four. Katich greeted Nehra with a mighty pull into the midwicket stands and the left hander completed his 50 in the same over with five fours and a six from 84 balls. The hundred for the fifth wicket came in 162 balls from 107 minutes before the Katich fell in the penultimate over of the day, trying to hook Agarkar and holing out to Sehwag at fine leg. (PTI) SCOREBOARD Australia first innings J Langer c Sehwag b Kumble 58 M Hayden c Patel b Pathan 12 R Ponting not out 176 D Martyn c Laxman b Nehra 30 S Waugh b Nehra 30 S Katich c Sehwag b Agarkar 75 A Gilchrist not out 9 Extras (lb-6 nb-3 w-1) 10 Total (for five wickets) 400 Fall of wicket: 1-22 2-135 3-200 4-252 5-390 Bowling (to date): Agarkar 16-1-82-1, Pathan 21-3-96-1, Nehra 20-3-80-2 (nb-3 w-1), Kumble 28-1-115-1, Sehwag 5-0-21-0 India - S Ganguly (captain), A Chopra, V Sehwag, R Dravid, S Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, P Patel, A Agarkar, A Kumble, A Nehra, I Pathan. 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J&K- Tripura tie ends in a draw Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Jammu and Kashmir in their third league match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy competitions today held visitors Tripura to a draw at MA Stadium, here. Resuming their innings from overnight score of 83 for three in 32 overs, Tripura declared their innings at 266 for eight after playing 92.5 overs, thereby setting a 291 runs target for the hosts to chase in the post lunch session. However, J&K played cautiously and did not allow Tripura bowlers to dominate them in the 41 overs game which hosts played making 96 runs for the loss of four wickets. Earlier, S Mahesh and skipper, Ashish Kapoor played quick fire innings contributing 65 (11x4) and 59 (8x4, 1x6) runs respectively. In fact Tripura were in a mood to set a big target before lunch, but Jagtar Singh’s spin worked and he took five wickets. Surinder also bowled tight spells and bagged two wickets. Later, batting second, J&K were playing at 96 for four when play was called off and the match was declared as drawn game. SCOREBOARD Tripura first innings 235 J&K first innings 210 Tripura second innings Tirth Roy lbw Jagtar Singh 36 Ritesh Joyswal lbw Jagtar Singh 6 Subal Choudhary b Surinder Singh 0 S Mahesh c Vijay b Sameer 65 Chetan c Kavaljeet b Jagtar 25 Timir c Shami Salaria (s) b Jagtar 22 A Sarkar c Shammi (s) b Jagtar 10 T R Arsu not out 26 Ashish Kapoor b Surinder Singh 59 Sandeep Dahad not out 4 Extras 13 Total (for 8 declared in 92.5 overs) 266 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-32, 3-68, 4-137, 5-155, 6-169, 7-176, 8-250. Bowling analysis: Surinder Singh 17.5-1-6-2; Vijay Sharma 7-1-27-0; Jagtar Singh 35-16-71-5; Sameer Khajuria 21-1-75-1; Kavaljeet Singh 8-4-14-0; Dhruv Mahajan 1-0-1-0; Ashwani Gupta 3-0-7-0. J&K first innings Sajjad c & b Sonu Sharma 28 Wajahat Majid lbw Sonu Sharma 7 Vikrant c & b Sonu Sharma 36 Kavaljeet Singh not out 9 Sameer c Ashwani b Sonu 0 Majid Dar not out 6 Extras 10 Total (for four in 41 overs) 96 Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-69, 3-78, 4-78. Bowling analysis: Ashwani Kapoor 17-8-27-0; Sonu Sharma 17-8-37-4; Sandeep Dahad 5-0-16-0; Shubal Choudhary 2-0-9-0. |
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Young Nishant becomes new State Billiards Champion By Sanjeev Sharma JAMMU, Dec 12: After creating history of taking away both Billiards and Snooker titles in the district championship, Nishant has proved that he is the best when he turned the tables against a senior most cueist, Gautam Lakra becoming the new senior Billiards champion in the 13th State Billiards and Snooker Championship which concluded this evening. With both junior and senior Billiards titles to his pocket Nishant has turned to be master of Billiards in Jammu and Kashmir. His over 100 point break right from the beginning and later coming out of the pressure built by Gautam in the last 20 minutes game showed how matured he is at this young age of 17. Nishant, who managed an 100 points lead with the help of fourth shot 47 break, never looked back in the two-hour long final. However, he underwent some moments full of pressure when Gautam suddenly started playing a nice game and reduced the lead from 121 (425-304) points to just 39 (482-443) points with just 13 minutes game remaining. Soon, whispering sounds started coming out of the spectators, who suddenly started making of mind towards Gautam. But, Nishant played sensible game and steadily improved the score without taking any risk. However, with score on board 512-460 in favour of Nishant and one minute remaining, the lights went off. Gautam, who had no chance of recovery shook hands with Nishant and congratulated him for the big win. Later, talking to EXCELSIOR, Nishant admitted that his confidence suddenly was shaken by Gautam with his over 20 point break not once but thrice that too when just 20 minutes were remaining. "I was unable to in-off the on ball. And when time watch moving fast towards the 120th minute and the points gap on the board continuously reducing, really I was fearful and unable to play my shot’’, said Nishant adding, " in today’s final, I could not play the game the way I played in my earlier matches. Really, it was full of fear to play against tall opponent Gautam Lakra." The final was officiated by markers, Surjit Singh Baloria, Rakesh Sharma, Shanker Dass Khajuria and Raveez Ahmed. Final moments of the match was also witnessed by the Minister of State for Sports, Haji Nissar Ali, who later gave away prizes to the winners and runners-up of four events held in this championship. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister described sports as a unifying force and asked youth to actively engage themselves in sports and other curricular activities to become healthy citizen. He assured that every possible measure would be taken to tap the talent of the budding sportsmen to make them complete at the national and international level. Winners trophy in senior Snooker went to Jaideep Manocha, who beat Kuldeep Sharma in the final while junior Billiards and Snooker titles were shared by Nishant Azad and Kuldeep Sharma. Secretary, State Sports Council, Manoj Pant was also present in the prize distribution function. It is pertinent to mention here that Kuldeep Sharma was the only player in 13th edition of the State Billiards and Snooker Championships, who participated in three events and reached the final of all three. Earlier, Siddharth Sharma welcomed the chief guest and other distinguished guests and gave a brief note of the near month long championships. Among others present on the occasion were Som Raj Gupta, S M Bali, Ashutosh Sharma, Ajit Singh Wazir and a host of former players. JKBSA bans Manav Gulati Jammu and Kashmir Billiards and Snooker Association in its disciplinary committee meeting, chaired by president Siddharth Sharma, banned Manav Gulati from participating in any activity organised by the Association in future. However, the Association spokesman informed that the ban will remain in force till the next decision is taken by the committee. It may be recalled that the Association had taken strong note of indiscipline by Manav sometime back. |
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Euro Kids Care celebrates Annual Day Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Euro Kids Care celebrated their second Annual Day at the school premises here yesterday. The preschoolers, all dressed up in various colourful attires and escorted by well made up parents, participated in the celebration with enthusiasm. Mr Niaz Mehmood, DIG Traffic was chief guest on the occasion. Chief guest, in his brief speech, lauded the hard work put in by the staff members and congratulated the management for excellent conduct of preschool education and various activities associated with it. Director, Euro Kids Care, Mrs Bala Gupta said, "management of such small children requires an Herculean effort and we are doing a reasonable job of it." |
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GCW Gandhi Nagar, Parade, PG, sail into quarterfinals Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Government College for Women (GCW), Gandhi Nagar, GCW Parade and Post Graduate (PG) Departments today entered into the quarterfinals of the ongoing inter-college women’s Badminton Tournament. In the first match of the day, Gandhi Nagar defeated Women College, Udhampur 2-0. Shamim Akhter bt Supinder 11-7, 11-2 and Supriya down Shreeya Bakshi in easy straight sets 11-2, 11-0. The second match was won by GCW, Parade beating Degree College, Udhampur 2-0. In singles matches, Jyoti Sharma bt Aparna Abrol 11-3, 11-7 and Reema bt Ruhani 11-3, 11-2. Combined team of Post Graduate Departments beat ASCOMS 2-0 to reach the last eight stage. Nidhi Vaid bt Aditi Sharma 11-0, 11-0 and Neerasha Sambyal bt Rohini 11-1, 11-0. Science College wins in men JAMMU: In men’s section, GGM Science College defeated Degree College, Rajouri 3-0. In singles, Aranav Gupta bt Sapan Gupta 15-1, 15-2 and rohan Magotra beat Farooq 15-1, 15-2. In doubles, the pair of Aranav and Vivek down Sapan and Sourav 15-8, 15-2. Other schedule matches ended in walkovers. Government Medical College got walkover MIER; Degree College, Kathua got walkover Pinther College and Government SPMR College of Commerce got walkover Poonch. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Rohit Verma bagged first position in below 40 kg bout in boys under 14 age group in the ongoing State Open Judo Championship at MA Stadium, here today. Second place in the same group went to Ashish Manhas while Yogesh Badyal and Vishesh Raina shared third position. Other results Under-14 year boys Below 45 kg: Sudhir Singh, Ist; Rahul Koul, 2nd and Mushtaq Ahmed and Shafat Nabi, third. Below 50 kg: Rameez Aslam Khan, Ist; Deepak Dogra, 2nd and Atish Dutta and Sharvana, third. Above 50 kg: Gurtez Singh, Ist; Dharminder, 2nd and Karan Parbhakar and Tahir, third. Under-14 year girls Below 27 kg: Shivani, Ist; Mehreen Bashir, 2nd and Shifali Sharma and Nisha Aslam, third. Below 32 kg: Monika Thakur, Ist; Rifat, 2nd and Nizima and Nazia Nazir, third. Below 36 kg: Priya Sumbriya, Ist; Aparna Bhat, 2nd, Insha Parvez and Nidha Rasool, third. U-20 year girls: Below 44 kg: Jyoti Chowdhary, Ist and Suriya, 2nd. Director Tourism inaugurates Kayaking course Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Dec 12: The Director of Tourism inaugurated Kayaking courses 2003 at Mansar today. 15 students from different schools of Jammu district are participating in first course. In all 30 students drawn from different schools participating. The first course of Kayaking which commenced at historic lake was inaugurated today by the Director Tourism. It will continue upto December 17,2003.The second course will start on December 19 and will last to December 25. The Instructors from J&K Tourism Department, J&K Police Department and Indian Navy will impart training to the participating students. The department is making adventure sports a permanent feature as an added attraction to the tourists coming to the Jammu and Kashmir. The Government is organizing similar courses of adventure sports in Kashmir also .The fourth National Games are being organized at Gulmarg. Khalsa, Ranjit Club enter semis of State Hero Cup Hockey Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Khalsa Club and Ranjit Club (from pool-A) today reached the semi-finals of the State Hero Cup Hockey Tournament underway at Hakhu Stadium, here. Earlier,in the pool matches, Khalsa Club beat Govind Club 5-1. Omkar Singh scored three goals (7th, 50th and 55th) while Gurpreet Singh and Satbir Singh added one goal each in the 26th and 31st minute. From Govind Club, Jagmeet Singh made the only goal in the 4th minute. To reach the last four stage, Ranjit Club outplayed Samba XI 6-2. Ravinder Singh made a hat-trick for the winners sounding the board in the 12th, 15th and 19th minutes of the first half. Other two goals were scored by Baljeet Singh (5th) and Harjinder Singh (8th). Ajatshatru Singh (29th) and Bantu Singh (43rd) made one goal each for Samba XI. In other two scheduled matches, Akali Kour Singh Club blanked Richi Land 6-0; BKD Beli Charana beat Khalsa Blue 4-1. PUNE, Dec 12: Setting aside the order of the lower court, a District and Sessions Court today upheld the suspension of Abhijit Kale by the cricket board. In view of this order by judge B N Deshpande, Kale will not be able to play in the ongoing Ranji Trophy matches. The BCCI had filed an appeal against the lower court order which had allowed the Maharashtra batsman to resume playing quashing the suspension slapped by BCCI in the wake of bribery allegation. (PTI) Vaas, Muralitharan share spoils as Lanka gains lead KANDY (Sri Lanka), Dec 12: Muttiah Muralitharan and pacer Chaminda Vaas claimed four wickets each as Sri Lanka secured an 88-run lead in its second cricket Test match against England here today. Spin ace Muralitharan (4-60) and Vaas (4-77) shared the spoils as England was bowled out for 294 in response to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 382. Sri Lanka put on 39 for the loss of opener Marvan Atapattu’s wicket to left-arm spinner Ashley Giles in the second innings, before bad light forced the third day’s play to be stopped 55 minutes before the scheduled draw of stumps. At close, opener Sanath Jayasuriya (25 not out) and Kumar Sangakkara (1 not out) were at the crease, with Sri Lanka having bolstered its lead to 127. Defensive batting by both teams resulted in just 170 runs being scored in a dull day’s play, which began with England losing three early wickets after resuming at the overnight total of 162 for four. (PTI) |
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