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India
trounced Sri Lanka by eight wickets to lift
the women's cricket Asia Cup for the third
consecutive year at the Sawai Man Singh
stadium here on Thursday. Electing to bat,
Sri Lanka was bundled out for 93 in 44.1
overs. Opener C. Polgampala (22) put up
some resistance even as Sri Lanka lost wickets
at regular intervals. Tailender S. Weerakoodey
(17) was the other batswoman to put up some
kind of a fight. For India, Jhulan Goswami,
Rumeli Dhar and Devika Palshikar claimed
two wickets each. In reply, India lost both
openers, Sulakshana Naik (16) and Tirush
Kamini (13), early. But unbeaten knocks
by Sunetra Paranjpe (35) and skipper Mithali
Raj (17) helped the host cruise to victory
in 27.5 overs.
Courtesy:
www.hindu.com, December 22, 2006
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India
register Historic Test Win in South Africa
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Johannesburg,
Dec 18 (IANS) Pacer Sreesanth took eight
wickets as India made history Monday by
winning their first-ever Test against South
Africa in this country by 123 runs on the
fourth day here Monday. India lead the three-Test
match series 1-0. South Africa, chasing
402 runs to win and overnight 163 for five,
were all out for 278 in their second innings
as India completed the win in their 10th
Test in South Africa. India had scored 249
and 236 while the home side made 84 in their
first innings at the Wanderers. Sreesanth
took five wickets in the first innings and
three in the second to finish with eight
for 99 to be adjudged the Man of the Match.
India have now played 10 Tests in South
Africa, won one and lost four. In all, the
two countries have played 17 Tests, with
India winning four and South Africa seven
while six have ended in draws. Besides Sreesanth,
Laxman (28 and 73 runs), Sourav Ganguly
(51 and 25) and Zaheer Khan (five wickets)
were the other prominent performers in the
five-day match that ended well inside four
days.
Courtesy:
www.teluguportal.net, December 18, 2006
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India
Win First Gold in Doha
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Koneru
Humpy provided India with the golden touch
on an otherwise bleak day by clinching the
women's rapid chess title at the Asian Games
to open the country's yellow metal hunt.
Humpy, who was disappointed by Xue in the
sixth round on Sunday, cameback with vengenace
to win all the three matches scheduled on
the final day of the event. The Vijaywada
stalwart, first got the better of Irine
Kharisma Sukandar of Indonesia in the seventh
round and subsequently beat Mahri Geldyyeva
of Turkmenistan in the eighth maintaining
her half point lead to end the Chinese dominance
in the event. Humpy had recently defeated
former world champion Anatoly Karpov of
Russia at Cap d'Adge Chess Festival in France
in rapid format. She will now play in the
team championships to be held in the classical
format from Wednesday. Humpy, leading the
bunch by half a point going into the final
three rounds of the tournament on Monday,
finished with a highly creditable eight
points out of a maximum nine to add to the
country's medal tally of three silver and
two bronze medals won over the last two
days at the shooting range. The 19-year-old
girl from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh,
coached by her father Ashok since the tender
age of five, stormed her way to the finish
line by winning all her three matches on
Monday. Top seed Humpy, who lost only to
silver medallist Zhao Xue of China, outsmarted
her rivals Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia),
Mahri Geldyyeva (Turkeministan) and Dana
Aketayeva of Kazakhstan to give the Indian
contingent its biggest success of the Games
so far.
Courtesy:
www.hindustantimes.com, December 4, 2006
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