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18 Monday,May 19, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi

allow an amateur to operate? You are “She will be depriving one of ours by they play,” Procter said. FEERREE the trained professionals who know taking his slot” was the response. In fact, Procter was accused by IIFFF NNTT your job and no one else should be al- “THis is a men’s circuit!” columnist Mike Gibson for not taking D lowed to teach on the range.” In Eu- stronger action against McGrath when Love or the game? D Not the done thing Udayshankar rope and the USA parents are not al- he began waving his finger at umpire avagal Sri- lowed on the course or the range. Is he West Indian victory, or rather David Shepherd. Under the headline nath’s mar- anyone listening? the Australian defeat in the fourth “Aussies are out of control”, Gibson J riage broke The Sorenstam storm! T Test, strengthened the belief of wrote: “Instead of making McGrath up. Mohammad S aware that his behaviour was unac- ST S many that the men from Down Under Azharuddin ROKE s it the battle of the sexes or is it An- are bad sports. Fortunately, Glenn ceptable and would not be tolerated, he walked out of his nika Sorenstam just wanting to “see McGrath realised his folly and was allowed the umpire to be humiliated by marriage to settle I how good I am against the best men brave enough to come forth and con- a player who had lost control. The lilly- with tinsel town in the world..”? AP livered reaction of those in charge has twinkle Sangeeta Whose championship? In 1945 when the made a laughing stock of the game.” Bijlani. Sourav great Babe Zacharias Cashing on county cricket Ganguly’s case am totally shocked! What I saw went through the was more like today is against the very spirit of same exercise in the ahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Harb- hell and back af- “I golf ! This ‘‘parents’ phenome- Los Angeles Open, hajan Singh, Javagal Srinath...the ter his alleged re- non’’ is something I have never seen there was, no TV cov- R list of Indian cricketers partici- lationship with before!” These words came from an ag- erage, so perhaps the pating in county cricket has grown actress Nagma itated Dr Donato di Ponziano, Europe’s storm in the golf cup over the years. It is strange that the became public. doyen and teacher of leading golf was less. But now very men who complain about too ’s Gra- coaches. By chance, Donato’s camp for there is no denying much cricket readily pack their bags to ham Thorpe left mid-tour from India cent article: “The problems appear teaching professionals, playing pros that the challenge play more across the seven seas when to save his sagging marriage. But he both generational and cultural, with and top amateurs at the Jaypee Greens which has drawn the the domestic calendar ends. was dismissed. the majority of divorces occurring last week coincided with the Jaypee whole gamut of male Unfortunately, the lure of the lucre What’s happening? Cricket wid- in England.” Seems true, with Dar- Greens open golf for junior and sub- reactions from Vijay that is too hard to resist. For gone are ows are as old as maybe when Ran- ren Gough, Graham Thorpe, Mark junior boys, so Dr Donato was witness Singh’s reported “I the days when cricketers used to look jitsinhji played what was later chris- Butcher and Dominic Cork being to what sadly is the normal scene at hope she misses the forward to learn a few things about the tened leg glance. Long tours are tak- seeing the splits. The administrators such tournaments when parents all cut” to Phil Michel- game in its motherland. Given the cur- ing their toll on the relationships on their part have been fairly lenient too often are an overwhelming pres- son’s chivalrous “I rent English standard, the county play- and none more than in England. As generally, allowing wives and girl- ence, with their own agenda, to the think its great”, ers would do well to learn a few things former England player- turned-jour- friends to join their men on tour. But despair of organisers. promises a unique from their overseas colleagues. nalist Derek Pringle wrote in his re- is that helping? “This is not a juniors’ tournament, TV opportunity and a Of course, Englishmen such as it is a parents’ competition! ‘My child huge viewership. Alec Stewart hold an opinion tha arena, Diwakar has been landed with a In order to send a strong warning is better than yours!’ Unbelievably, I “We wont miss a t England’s chances of international private sponsor. across the lifting community, it tilted saw parents walking on the course be- single one of her golf success were being damaged by a Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. against sending its team to the junior hind their children. I saw one father shots” said Lance decision to allow county teams to pick has vowed their assistance to the world championships. “Our intention slap his little son on the face when he Barrow of CBS. So is Annika Sorenstam two overseas players each. But the pugilist till the Olympics in Athens is clear. It’s an exemplary step and had a three-putt!” A horrified Donato the usually genial counter-argument is equally solid — next year. “It’s for the first time such a everyone should take notice of this,” pointed out that golf should be fun and Nick Price’s right when he accuses An- fess that he could make plenty of importing class players gives the thing has happened,” said Gurbax said Balbir Singh Bhatia, the newly- children pressured like this would end nika of being a publicity hound? excuses but that would not justify what counties a chance to improve and Singh Sandhu, the chief national elected secretary of the federation. up hating the game. “I saw fathers had occurred. bridge the gap. Scotland can definitely coach. And what’s interesting is that Indeed, it is. Wanderer agrees whole- teaching their kids on the range. That The fact is that she is very honest One big reason why the Australians learn from Dravid more than the latter this time he has gone to Cuba for train- heartedly. should never be allowed,’’ he told the about having selected a realtively have got away with sledging and un- can from Scotland. ing-cum-competition along with his But what’s intriguing is that most of teaching pros. “In a hospital would you short course which she feels suits her ruly behaviour is because they have Srinath, who has signed a contract coach A Lakra. the India hopefuls were in the list of 23 Udayshankar game, which “I can nobody to tell them and it wasn’t the with South Africa’s Gauteng, has “It’s nice to have someone backing that were named in the defaulters’ list handle” for she done thing. On the contrary,their own helped Durham both as a player and me in my quest for honours at the in- at the junior nationals in Chennai in makes no claims of countrymen make ludicrous excuses coach. A key reason why Yorkshire ternational arena,” said Diwakar, a January. “So how could we select a being a female John to justify the inappropriateness of chose Yuvraj is because the officials former Steel Plant boxer, who joined team?” asked a federation source. Daly. She is count- the behaviour. hope that the Asian community’s in- Railways a couple of weeks back. Moreover, even if the federation ing on her “manag- This time, while captain Steve terest would help them improve their What’s good for him is that if TISCO went ahead with the team, some senior ing” of the golf Waugh blamed back-to-back matches financial situation. finds his good they might even extend members felt, that might expose some ball. So, come on that increased the potential for the contract. of the lifters at the international are- guys, what’s the Sponsor in the ring flare-ups, prime minister John na. Promising lifter Shaileja Pujari problem? What are Enough is enough Howard stopped short of praising Mc- e is just 19, but his punches thud was among the defaulters, too. you scared of ? Grath’s reaction saying that it was a with confidence and power. He o matter what it does, controver- “No we don’t want any more embarassment for the federation,” But our own “very natural Australian thing to do” H has a penchant for delivering sies always seem to haunt its said Bhatia. PGAI, some years if somebody did say something about when needed and can duck a hook or a N shadow. The Weightlifting Feder- Bravo IWF! Beware dopers! Hope ago, had the very his wife. jab with the swiftness of a gazelle. Di- ation of India once again was split on more federations will have the courage same horrified re- Even match referee Mike Procter wakar Prasad is a boxer with attitude. the dissection table. This time for not to follow such tough measures. action when India’s came to the defence of the Australians. But how’s that different from others. sending its junior team to the world one and only “Australia have always played pretty For first timers — he has a sponsor. championships in Mexico. However, woman pro try tough cricket and I don’t think Perhaps, in one of the most significant the federation this time claims it to be the Indian circuit. anyone wants to change the way breakthroughs in the country’s boxing a ‘cleansing’ operation. Aussies beat Showmaker’s perfect hat-trick Windies in Sleem chance, AFP Speilberg (Austria): World the podium for the two Fer- champion Michael Schu- rari drivers here, albeit in truncated tie macher survived a pit-lane front of a thinner crowd than Kingston (Jamaica): World but he did it fire in the Austrian Grand last year,in what could be the Cup champions Australia By Ashis Ray Jacob lost the first of the Prix on Sunday to claim his A1-Ring’s last ever race. hung on to beat the West In- opening day’s singles to J third successive race victory Briton Jenson Button fin- dies by two runs under the ennis was introduced in Samazeuilh in straight sets. for Ferrari at the scene of ished fourth for BAR-Honda Duckworth-Lewis method at TIndia by the British army their biggest mistake. but he was more than half a Sabina Park here on Satur- But Sleem, in a display that and civil service in the last brought spectators to their Schumacher was jeered off minute behind Barrichello day, stretching their unbeat- quarter of the 19th century. the podium last year after be- with Scot David Coulthard en run in One-day cricket in- feet, outgunned and outlast- As chronicled by Pratip Ku- ed W Laurentz — 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, ing handed victory by team- even further back in fifth for ternationals to 18. mar Datta, the Punjab lawn mate Rubens Barrichello on McLaren-Mercedes. Australia scored 270 for 6-2, 6-0. championships, at La- On the second day, L S the final corner of the race Ralf Schumacher finished five off their 50 overs and the hore, was held in 1885. Two in sixth place for Williams- West Indies were 114 for two Deane and AA Fyzee caused years later, the Bengal lawn another upset by beating J BMW,while Australian Mark from 23.3 overs when rain tennis championships was Brugnon and W Laurentz in Webber, of Jaguar, and Ital- stopped play for an hour. launched in Calcutta (now the doubles 6-1, 2-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6- ian Jarno Trulli, of Renault, When play resumed, the Kolkata). 4. completed the points-scoring West Indies’ revised target However, the British soon Amazingly, the Indians top eight. The race was de- was 208 off 37 overs, or 94 discovered Indians were had twice come from two sets layed after first start was runs off the last 84 balls, quick to adapt to the game to one down to win a rubber. aborted just as the lights which appeared to be in the and, indeed, become quite It demonstrated a never-say- were about to go out when home side’s favour. adept at it. By 1908, an Indi- die spirit. But the best of the Toyota driver Cristiano da But a combination of tight an, Sardar Nihal Singh had exponents tend to crack on Matta waved his hand to sig- Australian bowling and field- entered the Wimbledon the deciding day. Could the nal he had an electrical prob- ing and indisciplined West championships and a couple Indian batting got Ricky underdogs make history as lem with his car. of years later, reached the they stood on the threshold of The Brazilian rookie was Ponting’s men home in the third round of this premier first of a seven-match series. it? forced to drop to the back of tournament. In the first of the reverse the grid but once again he Ponting was named man- In 1921, Mohammed Sleem of-the-match for his innings singles, Sleem sensationally suffered a problem with his went a step further by enter- but there were no such tor- of 59, but he conceded that thrashed Samazeuilh 6-1, 6-3, car and he forced the start to German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher jubilates on the podium of the Spielberg race- ing the last 16; and this was ments this time as the Ger- all-rounder Ian Harvey de- 6-3. And India clinched the be aborted for a second time. track after winning the the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday. followed by SM Jacob, an offi- man kept cool to deliver a served the accolade after hit- dead rubber, too, to complete By the third start, the left- Williams-BMW, passing sec- cer of the Indian Civil serv- smooth performance. ting an unbeaten 48 off 30 an impressive 4-1 victory. hand side of the grid was ond-placed Raikkonen and Results ice, qualifying for the quar- He ended the jinx of previ- balls in a valuable partner- Interestingly, the last time sparse of cars with Sauber’s Barrichello passing fourth- 1. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Ferrari, 69 laps, 1 hour, 24 minutes, 4.888 sec- terfinals in 1925. In a way, ous A1-Ring winners by be- ship with Michael Bevan India met the French, once Heinz-Harald Frentzen being placed German Nick Heid- onds, average speed 213.03 kph (138.38 mph). though, Sleem and Jacob’s coming the first man to win and taking 3-37 off seven again in France, a young Le- forced out of the race and feld, of Sauber, behind him. 2. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, McLaren-Mercedes, 69, 1:24:08.250, 3.62 feats were not unexpected, for here back-to-back and moved 3. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari, 69, 1:24:08.839, 3.951. overs. ander Paes did a Sleem, win- Webber and Spaniard Fer- But the safety car was de- India had rather stunned the within two points of the 4. Jenson Button, Britain, BAR-Honda, 69, 1:24:47.131, 42.243. It was Harvey who turned ning both his singles, beating nando Alonso, of Renault, ployed at the end of one lap 5. David Coulthard, Britain, McLaren-Mercedes, 69, 1:25:04.628, 59.740. championship lead by finish- the match for Australia with world in the summer of 1921 Henri Leconte in four sets starting from the pitlane. when Jos Verstappen parked 6. Ralf Schumacher, Germany, Williams-BMW, 68, 1:24:12.754. ing one place ahead of title the key wickets of Brian with their David Cup debut. and A Boetsch in three. India When the red lights finally his Minardi by the side and 7. Mark Webber, Australia, Jaguar, 68, 1:24:19.742. race leader Kimi Raikkonen. 8. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Renualt, 68, 1:24:39.039. Lara (23), Devon Smith (26) Sleem, who spelt his name prevailed 3-2. went out Schumacher shot the field bunched up until 9. Antonio Pizzonia, Brazil, Jaguar, 68, 1:24:44.746. and Marlon Samuels (2) in in this uncommon, some- Paes and Mahesh Bhu- Barrichello finished third into the lead with Colom- they were set free again 10. Cristiano Da Matta, Brazil, Toyota, 68, 1:24:51.065. three overs. what anglicised manner, was pathi, albeit separately, will to complete a happy return to bian Juan Pablo Montoya, of three laps later. AFP Australia: 270 for 5wkts in 50 overs reputed to be an aristocratic be in action in the doubles in West Indies: C Gayle c Hogg b Lee 37 lawyer, but a marvellous ten- the , the globe’s CROSS COUNTRY R Powell c Gilchrist b Lee 37, D Smith c nis talent, too. greatest clay court champi- Gilchrist b Harvey 26 ,B Lara c Gilchrist b India’s baptism of fire in Indians ready for new rules Harvey 23, R Sarwan not out 47, M onships. Much as many In- Samuels c Symonds b Harvey 2 ,O Banks the World Cup of tennis — dians would probably ago- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing the penalty corner has to be more alert run out (Hayden) 12, C Baugh b McGrath 7, the — took place nise over this, it may be Easy for top seeds V Drakes b Symonds 1, M Dillon not out 8 now,” said Harendra Singh, the penalty cor- against France, a well-estab- thrilling to see both Indians New Delhi: A new set of problems await the Extras: (lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 5 Chennai: Barring two re- K.Ganesan (1.5) drew with P.Priya (1.5); ner coach for the side. Total: (For 8 wkts, in 37 overs) 205 lished nation in the sport, in the same final! And don’t Indian hockey team when they reach Sydney sults, all the top seeds had a Dwarak Krishnan (2)bt S.R.Santhosh (1); The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) had, Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-75, 3-124, 4-133, that too, in Paris. Not sur- forget to follow the fortunes D Krishnadoss (1) lost to C.Delphin (2); for a three-nation tournament next week. 5-137, 6-161, 7-176, 8-185. smooth sailing in the sec- however, ensured that the players get at least prisingly, few, if any thought of 16-year-old Sania Mirza, H.Nilavoli (2) bt N.Sasi Kumar (1); S.San- India for the first time will play an inter- Bowling: McGrath 8-1-34-1, Lee 8-2-52- ond round of the 3rd Adyar thosh (1) lost to M.Vinoth Kumar (2) R.P. a feel of the rules at home and the new rules 2 (1 nb), Bichel 7-1-38-0 (1 nb), Harvey 7- such an encounter would be now in the world’s top 10 in national tournament which has new penalty Times Millennium FIDE- Senthil Kumaran (2) bt I.Shri Humurdhaa were applied during the Bombay Gold Cup, 0-37-3 (1 w), Symonds 7-0-42-1. anything other than a cake girls tennis, who could be- (1) and S.Sridev (1) lost to J.K.Gowtam corner rules. According to the new rules, it Australia won by 2 runs (Duckworth- rated Open chess tourna- (2). PTI Beighton Hockey and a tournament in Lewis method). Man-of-the-match: walk for the French. come India’s first player in will not be necessary for the attacking team ment. Bhopal. Ricky Ponting (Aus). AFP Indeed, it began that way. WTA singles! IM R.B. Ramesh of Indi- to stop the ball dead during penalty corners “But we will get a better experience and an Oil Corporation suffered Services in final while taking a shot at the goal. However, the knowledge only when we reach Sydney,” said CAPITAL SPORT a mild setback on Sunday ball still has to travel outside the circle before veteran Dhanraj Pillay. Ballia: Services defeated other matches, International lati 20; Arun Rawat 5/16). when B. Sivasankar of a shot is taken. But a shot at goal during Pakistan, the second team in the tourna- Delhi Blues win: Delhi Maharashtra 1-0 to book a Blues beat St Marks by eight Society Football Scool de- Chennai held him to a draw. penalty corners can be prevented by raising ment apart from Australia, have had a first- Laxman Dass memorial cricket tour- place in the final of the the stick above the shoulder, something only wickets in a U-15 DDCA feated Frank Anthony Public nament: RR Gymkhana: 201 for 9 in 40 In a long drawn battle, hand experience of the new rules during the overs (Deepak Sharma 48, Pardeep 12th under-21 National goalkeepers were allowed to do so far. League match. School (B) 3-2 while DAV Ramesh employed his pet Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia. Aus- Public School thrashed St Chawla 47; Sanjeev Tomar 3/45, Amit Football Championship It will be interesting to see how India ad- St Marks: 121 all out in 42 overs (Ab- Tawetiya 3/23) beat Abhay Ram Sicilian Paulsen variation tralia too have played with the new rules. Columba’s (C) 14-1. where it will meet last just to these rules since penalty corner con- hishek Sharma 27, Raghav Ankush 3/14, Gymkhana: 167 in 38.5 overs (Sanjeev against white’s King Pawn Indian team is taking the three-nation Karandeep Singh 2/26) Delhi Blues: Tomar 37 not out, Sahil Chaudhary 54, year’s runners- up West versions have always been troublesome for 5th National inter-state veterans opening. tournament as a preparatory tour for their 125/2 in 18.5 overs (Gaurav Upadhyay cricket championship: Haryana: 221 Sachin Chaudhary 35; Gaurav Rathi Bengal. them. “We have planned a few ways of tack- Afro-Asian Games and the Champions Tro- 75 no, Amitoze Singh 36 no) 3/14, Gagan Malik 2/29). Results, 2nd rd: B.Sivasankar (1.5) drew The final would be for 8 in 40 overs (M P Singh 86, Vishal R.B.Ramesh (1.5); Sundarajan Kidambi ling this. The goallines saves can be little phy campaigns. India will play the Olympic Ambuja Cup: Mt St Mary Singh Yadav 36; Vinod Gogte 2/34, IIIrd National Yoga Championship: (2) Bt Utham Sharma (1); R.Ananth (1) played on Monday. The Bharat Thakre 2/38, Hemant Wasu 2/39) easy, but the first defender rushing out dur- qualifiers in Madrid in March 2004. School beat St Columba’s (B) Olympic Yoga Sports (junior Girls): 1. lost to G.B. Prakash (2); Deepan- only goal of Sunday’s beat Vidharbh: 174 for 6 in 40 overs Poonam Singh (Del), 2.Ashwani Tare (MP), chakravarthi (2) bt J.Sridhar (1); Vijay match came in the 83rd School 7-1 to reach the (Sameer Gujar 60 not out, Manoj Gogte 3.Aditi Nigam (UP).Junior boys: 1. Parteek Anand M (1) lost to V.Saravanan (2); INDIANS ABROAD semifinals of the Ambuja Cup 35; Rajender Madan 2/26, Vishal 2/29). minute when striker Name And Fame runs to glory Arya (Har), 2. Roshan (UP), 3. Mukesh Ku- S.Poobesh Anand (2) bt M.R.Sangeetha football tournament. Sham Goswami Ganesh Dutt memorial mar (Del).Senior girls: 1. Rajni (Pun), 2. (1); K.V.Anil Kumar (1) Lost to M.G. Ramchandran’s New Delhi: Name And Fame with B Prakash Andrady (3), Pradeep Gurjar cricket tournament: Goswami Ganesh Yasmeen (Raj), 3. Nidhi (Raj). Senior boys: K.Visweswaran (2); R.Balasubramaniam Bhupathi-Mirnyi reach final 1. D N Rudraswamy (Kar), 2. Sandeep shot found the net. atop won the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Cup, (2), Aurnob Godinho and Dutt memorial organising committee XI: (2) bt S.Anand Kumar (1); P.Malarselvi New Delhi: Second seeds Mahesh Bhu- 187 for 4 in 25 overs (Rajinder Singh 38, Rathor (Del), Rakesh Kumar (HP). (1.5) drew with R.R.Laxman (1.5); Maharashtra fought the main even of the Bangalore races. Aditya Singh scored for pathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus ad- Davinder Singh 55; Gopal Shukla 3/37) Forthcoming events:1st R.Parthiban (1) lost to J.Ramakrishna (2); back and mounted sever- Results: The Mount Everest (Plate Div. II): Exalted 1, Astor 2, De- MSM. Darru pulled one back beat Delhi Sports Journalist Association: Syed Anwar Shazuli (2) bt K.C.Krish- vanced to the ATP Masters final in Ham- manding 3; The Aureole Time Plate: Princess Gabriella 1, Diamonds Madhav Rao Scindia Memor- al attacks on the Services for St Columba’s. But St 172 for 6 in 25 overs (G S Vivek 82, Vijay ial Cricket tournament organ- naprasad (1); A.L.Kasi (2) bt Shravanku- burg, beating the third seed duo of Bob Galore 2, Surprise Gift 3; The Malenahalli Plate: Hoorpari 1, Ithica 2, Kumar 36 not out). post but some tight mark- Argentum Blue 3; The Heir Apparent Salver: Chilli Girl 1, Calescent 2, Columba’s A team managed ised by Hind Cricket Club at martalwar (1); R.Aanandh (1) lost to Bryan and Mike Bryan of the US in the J.Venkataramana (2); K.V.Shantharam ing saved the day for the Samyuktaa 3; The Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Cup (Grade III): Name And a semifinal berth by beating Rajiv Gandhi Smriti North Delhi crick- Govt Sr Sec School, An- (1.5) drew with Arun Srinivas R.S. (1.5); latter. In the first semis semifinal on Saturday. However Leander Fame 1, Tide Of Fortune 2, Just Brave Appu 3; The R Khodayar DDA Academy 3-1. Cedric et league: KN Colts: 221 for 6 in 35 drews Ganj from May 24. For T.U.Akhil (1) lost to K.Gopalakrishnan (2); on Saturday, West Bengal Paes and Czezh David Rikl as the duo lost Memorial (Plate Div. I): Florale 1, Dare You Say 2, Allespagne 3; The Rodinson scored a hat-trick overs (Harish Pandey 63 not out, Dinesh G.Dinesh Kumar (2) bt Athavan R.K. (1); Mount Everest (Plate Div. I): Smart Supreme 1, Daddys Darling 2, Es- Rai 52; Rajneesh 2/19, Shri Pal 2/22, Ar- details contact: SS mehra Arun Hariharan (1) lost to E.P.Nirmal (2); had defeated hosts Uttar to top ranked Mark Knowles of Bahamas sex 3; The Kungial Stud (Plate): Southern Goddess 1, Nimitz 2, Roy- for the winners while DDA’s jun 2/24) beat Sunheri Cricket Club: 111 9818223644, VS Rawat: P.Rajesh (2) bt R.A. Pradeep Kumar (1); Pradesh 2-1. PTI and Daniel Nestor of Canada. PTI al Carnival 3; The R Khodayar Memorial (Plate Div. II): Slanka 1, So Kshitij reduced the margin. In in 17.2 overs (Prem Kumar 32, Arjun Gu- 9810366607. Supreme 2, Tribal Dance 3.

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