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and dead pitch responsible for draw’ NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Nothwithstanding master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s failure at the first test match at Ahmedabad, captain Sourav Ganguly said there was no need to debate..............more Advani
continues NEW DELHI, Oct 14: National champion Pankaj Advani continued his superb run while the women cueists put up a disappointing display on the fourth day of the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Jiangmen..........more Aussies to
arrive MUMBAI, Oct 14: World champions Australia will arrive in New Delhi on October 22 to participate in the triangular one-day international cricket tournament...........more |
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Kamal, Nishant, Rajan enter QFs of
Senior Snooker Ankush shows door to last year’s Snooker Champion Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: In the biggest upset of the Tournament so far, second seed and last year’s State Snooker Champion Vishal Abrol......more Red Rose
Rural Arnia Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: Red Rose Rural Arnia has lifted the final of Sant Kabir Sadbhawana Friendly Match Series by defeating Solan...........more Inter-College
cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: MIET College defeated Degree College Bhaderwah by 18 runs in the Inter-College Cricket Tournament......more Inter-School
Athletic Meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: The events of girls section of Inter-School Athletic Meet for Jammu district will start from October 16 at.....more |
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Kiwis coach sounds warning to India MOHALI, Oct 14: Having managed to draw the first test in Ahmedabad, New Zealand coach Ashley Ross today sounded a warning to India ahead of the second and final cricket test, saying his team had the ability succeed on any condition. "I am pleased with the players and their ability to adapt to different conditions. We are fully prepared for the challenge ahead," Ross told reporters here. Ross said his team managed to negotiate the Indian spinners quite well in Ahmedabad which should serve as a confidence-booster when they take the field in the series decider beginning October 16. "It is great for the New Zealand players to face such great spinners in Indian conditions. Facing them is a great challenge," he said. Ross, however, said the outcome in Ahmedabad should leave no room for complacency as there was still many areas which needed improvement. "There is still a lot of areas where we can improve. With every match you have to improve. What is important is to adapt to a given set of conditions," he said. Asked whether New Zealand thought of going for the victory target of 370 runs at any stage of their second innings, Ross said "we were playing for a win throughout." "But given the conditions on last day and with some quick wickets falling, we settled for a draw. "It wasn’t a win, but it wasn’t a loss either," he said. Asked whether New Zealand were contemplating making any changes to the team for the Mohali test, Ross indicated that the team management could opt for a different eleven considering the conditions here. "There is every chance that we may choose a different eleven for this test match. We will decide later," he said. On the Mohali track, ross said "we have played here four years back and we are mindful of its reputation. We are excited by the challenge. It’s an interesting wicket." "I have seen the wicket yesterday and today. There are some cracks", he said. Asked how much emphasis was given by the team on planning in advance, Ross said "we plan well in advance. It helps us enormously. We prepare for all the eventualities. We work hard to be successful in unfamiliar environment". Ross also had a bit of advice for India’s pitch authorities saying that such slow tracks would not help the Indian team when they play outside the country. "To play well in Australia or New Zealand, you need to have the experience of playing on fast wickets." On why Nathan Astle was being asked to play the test match when he was not fit for the triangular series due to a knee injury, ross said the medical panel felt that it was unlikely that he would aggravate the injury further by playing in the test. (PTI) |
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and dead pitch responsible for draw’ NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Nothwithstanding master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s failure at the first test match at Ahmedabad, captain Sourav Ganguly said there was no need to debate on whether he was still the best batsman in the world. "Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman in the world and there is no doubt about it. Anyone surpassing a world record does not make him the best in the world," Ganguly told UNI here today before he left for the second test at Mohali starting from Saturday. With an obvious reference to Mathew Hayden’s world record innings of 380 runs against Zimbabwe at Melbourne, Ganguly said Tendulkar never played for records and no one had the class and consistency in international cricket like the little master. Tendulkar had scored eight and seven runs in the first test match which ended in a tame draw on Sunday. Incidentally, Australian captain Steve Waugh has called yesterday Hayden the best batsman in the world at current form. Moreover, there was much debate in the English media about Sachin’s role as a match winner. Captain courageous wondered why there was any doubt or debate about who was the best. "Tendulkar is much ahead of the rest of the players. The way he dominates the ball, the range of shots, the solid defence, the match winning innings... There is class in everything he does," he pointed out. He was confident that Tendulkar would register a big score at the Mohali test as he always bounced back strongly if he had some indifferent innings to start with. "We are in for a run feat from Tendulkar. Just wait and watch," he added. Ganguly said it was strange that players, who have just started their career and have not reached even the half the runs the master blaster had scored, were being compared with Tendulkar. Talking a dig at the British and Australian media, Ganguly said every achievement of their players becomes "historic" and they lavish praises on very ordinary players. "We have in our team the two best test batsman in the world in Tendulkar and vice-captain Rahul Dravid," he added. When asked whether he was disappointed in not winning the Ahmedabad test, the captain said the Indian team dominated the entire match but could not pull out a victory due to a very "slow and dead" pitch which neither offered bounce nor spin. Ganguly said he expected a much better pitch at Mohali which would have both bounce and spin to win a match. Asked about the final playing XI, Ganguly said that would be decided after inspecting the pitch. On whether Agarakar could be played in the match, he said the team management would take a decision on whether to play with two or three seamers. As many as seven cricketers, including the captain, vice-captain Dravid, Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan had a two-hour meeting with the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI0 on players contract issue. Both parties termed the meeting as "successful" and were hopeful of reaching a contract shortly. While BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya said only modalities remained as all the differences were sorted out and only paper work remained, captain ganguly said he was "happy" with the outcome of the meeting. (UNI) |
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Advani continues winning run at World Snooker NEW DELHI, Oct 14: National champion Pankaj Advani continued his superb run while the women cueists put up a disappointing display on the fourth day of the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Jiangmen, China, today. The day saw Advani and former Asian champion Yasin Merchant recording contrasting wins while two Indian women —Chitra Magimairajan and R Uma Devi — suffered reverses against their more fancied opponents, according to information received here. Advani came up with three finely constructed breaks on the way to a 4-1 win over Jin Long of China in a Group C match. The Indian notched up breaks of 72, 90 and 60 to triumph 72-28 9-78 71-35 104-24 69-43. Merchant came from behind thrice to defeat Hong Kong’s Chi Wai Au in Group F 35-51 78-32 30-76 70-25 86-33 21-99 92-6 in match of fluctuating fortunes. Both the Indian women were no match for their opponents as they lost their matches tamely. Chitra lost her Group C match against Val Finnie of Scotland 76-42 64-74 68-14 80-33 while R Uma Devi was blanked Natascha Niermann of Germany, 23-63, 23-60, 30-58. (PTI) |
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Aussies to arrive on October 22 MUMBAI, Oct 14: World champions Australia will arrive in New Delhi on October 22 to participate in the triangular one-day international cricket tournament. The Aussies will be playing their first match of the tournament at Gwalior against hosts India on October 26 in a day-night encounter. In their second match, Australia will take on their trans-tasman rivals New Zealand at Faridabad on October 29. The world champions’ other league fixtures are against India (Nov 1, Mumbai), New Zealand (Nov 3 Pune and Nov 9 Guwahati) and India (Nov 12, Bangalore). The tri-series final will be played in Kolkata on November 18. (PTI) |
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Kamal, Nishant, Rajan
enter QFs of Senior Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: In the biggest upset of the Tournament so far, second seed and last year’s State Snooker Champion Vishal Abrol was shown the door by one of the youngest participants of the Tournament Ankush Gupta in the third round matches of the Senior Snooker. This apart, Nishant Azad, Rajan Gupta and Kamal Rohmetra today made their entry into the quarter-finals of the Senior Snooker in the 13th Jammu District open Billiards and Snooker Championship-2003. Ankush Gupta (junior) defeated last year’s State Snooker Champion Vishal Abrol by 3-2. Though Ankush Gupta won the first frame by 55-28 yet he could not repeat his performance in the next two frames which he lost by 24-56, 18-58. But in the last two frames he staged come back and won both the frames by 69-44 and 57-37. The defeat of Ankush Gupta in the second and third had conveyed to all that he will lose the match. But he kept everybody astonishing by way of his marvelous comeback in the match in last two frames. In the first pre-quarter finals of the Senior Snooker, Rashu Gupta defeated Sourav Sharma by three frames to nil. The match seemed to be dominated by Rashu Gupta, who gave little chance to Sourav Sharma to play freely. Sourav Sharma managed to collect fast score in the second frame but his attempt could not last long and he was restricted at the score of 32 by Rashu Gupta. In the third frame, Sourav Sharma showed worst performance as he could not take his score beyond seven. Rashu Gupta won the pre-quarter final match with final frame score—55-19, 64-32, 65-07. In second pre quarter-finals, Nishant Azad beat Sumesh Turki by three frames to two. The first two frames were won by Turki with 73-64, 47-35 while the last three frames were clinched by Nishant Azad to enter the quarter-final of the Senior Snooker. The score in last three frames was 51-37, 55-54, 56-32. Kamal Rohmetra defeated Gurdev Singh in the third pre quarter-final. The final frame score was 78-17, 79-30, 62-30. There was hardly any opportunity which Kamal Rohmetra missed resulting into sharp increase in his score in all the three frames. The winner played very freely which created trouble for Gurdev Singh, who remained looking for the opportunities throughout the match. The pre quarter-final match between Jaideep Manocha and Kuldeep Sharma was going on. Manocha had got walkover Sharma as the latter could not turn up in time. But exhibiting good sportsmanship, Manocha waited for Sharma despite being aware of the fact that match was going to be a tough one. This gesture of the Manocha was appreciated by all the players. In other matches of the third round, Kamal Rohmetra defeated Gurpal Singh by 3-0 with frame score 76-40, 42-40, 64-49, Lokesh Sharma beat Sachin Sant by 3-1. The frame score was 69-25, 21-51, 69-45, 54-20. Nikhil Kapahi defeated Ajay Pal Singh by 3-2 and Sohail Khalid beat Aditya Mahajan by 3-2 with frame score 39-47, 49-9, 71-55 and 63-32. Rajiv Seth got walkover Gautam Lakra in the third round matches. |
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Red Rose Rural Arnia wins
Sant Kabir Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: Red Rose Rural Arnia has lifted the final of Sant Kabir Sadbhawana Friendly Match Series by defeating Solan Eleven by five wickets in the grounds of Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni near Solan. In the final match, Solan Eleven scored 154 runs in stipulated 25 overs while Red Rose Rural Arnia chased the target by losing just five wickets that too in 19 overs. In the series, Nauni University team, Coaching Club, Solan Eleven and Red Rose Rural Arnia team participated. All the three matches conducted in the series won by Red Rose Cricket Club Rural Arnia. In the valedictory function held at Nauni University, Dr Jog Raj, Principal Urdu Teaching and Research Centre, Government of India and Dr Chandel were the guest organisers of the programme. Dr Jog Raj was also the sponsor of the programme. Vinod Bral of Red Rose Rural Arnia was the man of the match and Madan Lal of Red Rose Club was the man of the series. Dr Raj awarded the prizes among the players. Prof U N Khosla, former Principal SCERT, Solan arranged cricket kit bags to all the guest players of Red Rose Rural Arnia Jammu team in the memory of his grand daughter Ms Navya. While speaking on the occasion, Dr Raj and Dr Chandel said that by organising such friendly matches spirit of brotherhood and national integration could be developed. |
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Inter-College cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: MIET College defeated Degree College Bhaderwah by 18 runs in the Inter-College Cricket Tournament being played here. Elected to bat first after winning the toss, MIET made a total of 163 runs in 40 overs by losing all wickets. Rahul Sharma, Sohail and Imran were the main batsmen, who contributed 32, 29 and 22 runs respectively. For Bhaderwah College, Zahid cliched three wickets while Mudassir got two wickets. The bowlers of the Bhaderwah College contributed 22 runs to the total of MIET College through extras. In reply, Bhaderwah College managed to score only 145 runs by losing all wickets in 33.4 overs thus losing the match by 18 runs. Rizwan, Zahid, Mudassir and Mahid were the only batsmen of the Bhaderwah College who could stand firm against the strong bowling display by the MIET College and contributed 32, 20, 16 and 15 runs respectively to the total. But their contribution could not yield any fruitful result with the batsmen at tail end lost their respective wickets in regular interval. Even the 27 runs through extras by the bowlers of the MIET College could not help Bhaderwah College much. For MIET, Sohail and Deepak clinched three wickets each. The match was officiated by Parkash Singh, Suresh Singh and Bhagwan Dass. |
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Inter-School Athletic
Meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: The events of girls section of Inter-School Athletic Meet for Jammu district will start from October 16 at MA Stadium. The events of boys section will conclude tomorrow. The Tournament is being organised by Department of Youth Services and Sports, District Jammu in the age groups of 14, 17 and 19 years. The results of the 2nd day are: 1500 mtr Under-19 years for boys: Parveen Kumar of BSF Paloura—first, Raj Kumar of HSS Bishnah—second, Satish Kumar of HSS Bahu Fort—third. 1500 mtrs Under-17 years for boys: Parveen Kumar of HS Sungal—first, Paramveer Singh of HSS Gandhi Nagar—second and Ashwani Kumar of HSS Smailpur—third. 800 mtrs Under-19 years for boys: Iqbal Singh of SRM HSS Jammu—first, Manzoor Hussain of HSS Gandhi Nagar—second and Rakesh Singh of HSS Gho Manhasan—third. 800 mtrs Under-17 years for boys: Gafoor Hussain of HSS Gandhi Nagar—first, Roshan Lal of HSS Bishnah—second and Pankaj Bhardwaj of HSS Akhnoor—third. 600 mtrs Under-14 years for boys: Sahil Bhagat of SOS HGS—first, Kamaljit Singh of MS Ramgarh—second and Rajinder Singh of MS Ramgarh—third. High Jump Under-19 years for boys: Deepak of HSS Bishnah—first, Razeeb of HSS Bishnah—second and Naresh Kumar of HSS Akhnoor—third. High Jump Under-17 years for boys: Mohinder Singh of Hari Singh HSS Jammu—first, Sonu Kumar of SRML HSS Jammu—second and Parshotam of HS Hardiwala—third. High Jump Under-14 years for boys: Sahil of SOS HS—first, Ankush Kumar of MS Bhalwal—second and Sukhdev Raj of MS Pakhian—third. Discus throw Under-17 years boys): Balram of HSS Gandhi Nagar—first, Aditya of Army School Kalu Chak—second and Rajnesh of HSS Smailpur—third. Discus throw Under-14 years boys): Anil Kumar of MS Mill Area, R S Pura—first, Ashwani Kumar of MS Sandhwan—second and Romesh Kumar of MS Mill Area R S Pura—third. Shot-Put Under 17 years for boys: Aditya of Army School Kaluchak—first, Balram of HSS Gandhi Nagar—second and Rahul of JK Public School—third. District Youth Services and Sports Officer Jammu B N Bhat distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up. He is also the organising secretary of the Athletic meet. Senior most Physical Education Teacher—Assa Nand Sharma is the joint organising secretary of the meeting. From October 16, the events in girls sections will begin while events for boys will conclude tomorrow. National Basketball
Championship DHARAMSHALA, Oct 14: Himachal Pradesh boys beat West Bengal in the inaugural match of the 20th Youth National Basketball Championship organised by the Himachal Pradesh Basketball Association in the local grounds at Kangra today. In a one-sided match, the hosts scored 50 against 25 scored by West Bengal. Jagmohan, the highest scorer of the game, played a versatile game and scored 30 baskets for the host. He kept the ball under control and scores 12 two pointer field baskets and scored 2 three pointer field baskets, Sanjeev of Himachal scored 8 baskets in the game. Jafer Hussain of West Bengal scored 8 baskets while fighting the hosts. Himachal kept West Bengal under pressure from the beginning and half time score was 25-9. Karnataka girls today defeated goa on the first day in a one sided game with 41-08 as the final score K Simtha and R Vinita both of Karnataka scored 11 and 8 baskets respectively and clarice of goa scored 3 points. The half time scores were 20-03. Karnataka kept ball under control till the last basket was scored by K Simtha and left Goa in the lurch during the entire game. In another match, Delhi girls scored 44 and defeated Rajasthan girls who scores 30 points. Though R Gandhi of Rajasthan played a good game and scored 16 baskets single-handedly but could not avoid the defeat, as the could not get a support from players. She was the highest scorer of the match. Ankita scored 12 points and raspreet scored nine, both belonging to Delhi. In third match, in the girls’ category between Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh there was a neck and neck fight but ultimately Chandigarh defeated Uttar Pradesh 37-36. Half time score was 18-23. Up was going ahead till half time comfortably but Navneet and Gurjeet of Chandigarh played a game of united effort scoring 11 baskets each and put the team to a winning position. Amrita of up was the highest scorer of the match with 15 baskets. Kerala boys defeated Gujarat by 48-27, Kerala kept the team ahead from the beginning and had half time score as 33-11. Prajith and Aswani of Kerala scored 15 baskets each while highest scorer of the match was from the losing side Gohi with 19 points. Uttarachal defeated Jammu and Kashmir in a one sided match with 56-16. Obroi and SP Singh of Uttaranchal scored 20 and 10 points and Rajat from J and K scored 9 points. Obroi played an impressive game till last and gave a win to the team. (UNI) Vinay named Jt Secy of Boxing Asso Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: Vinay Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Boxing Association by the executive body meeting held here recently. The meeting also elevated Rahul Dev Singh (joint secretary) to the post of vice-president while appointing Rajan Sharma as competition director. Rajan is a senior boxing coach and international referee. Meeting was chaired by Association president, Ashutosh Sharma and attended besides others by Dr Nirmolak Singh, general secretary. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Boxing Association is organising Jammu district championship from October 18 at M A Stadium, here. It will be followed by the state championship on November 18 and 19. DPS Jammu clinches CBSE
North Zone Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 14: Delhi Public School, Jammu clinched under 16 years trophy in CBSE (North Zone) Badminton Tournament held at Amritsar. The pair of Vipul Saini and Anurag Bamba sailed with final against Apeejay Public School Jalandhar. Earlier in the semi-final, they played against Green Land Public School Ludhiana. In all there were 32 teams which took part in the Tournament. Both the players were adjudged as best players of the Tournament and won the trophy for the School. They also secured second position and were selected to represent DPSJ in the CBSE National Badminton Tournament to be held at Lucknow, the dates for which will be communicated later on. Mr Rakesh Kumar accompained the team as Manager, Dr Prem Singh, who being a teacher and coach of the team, gave all sorts of guidance and techniques that students were able to raise the name and fame for the School in the CBSE level. LAHORE, PAKISTAN, Oct 14: Pakistan have lost their captain and most experienced batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq for the first test against South Africa from Friday. "Doctor Tauseef Razzak today examined Inzamam and has confirmed he needs at least a week’s rest to recover from his hamstring strain," Pakistan Manager Haroon rasheed told Reuters. However, there was some good news for Pakistan when Razzak expressed confidence that vice captain Yousuf Youhana would be available for the test. Youhana is also suffering from a hamstring problem. Inzamam and Youhana are the cornerstone of the Pakistan batting line-up. Youhana led the side in the third and fourth matches of the recent one-day series in Inzamam’s absence due to injury. Meanwhile, Pakistan could have opener Taufiq Umar back for the first test as he has made a good recovery from the knee injury that forced him out midway through the series against Bangladesh and to miss the one-dayers against South Africa. Umar, a left hander, was Pakistan’s top scorer earlier this year in the two tests in South Africa. (AGENCIES) |
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