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Monday, 30 April, 2012
Super cricket league match schedule LAHORE StAff RepoRt
The 18 matches Schedule of 2nd phase of LCCA Super cricket League has announced here. All matches will be played from April 30th to MAy 6th at various grounds of the city. April 30: 1st match Shining Club vs Mughalpura Sports at new Iteefaq Ground, 2nd match Model Town Greens vs Shalimar Gym at Model Town Greens ground, 3rd match Wahdat eaglets vs ehsan Memorial club at Wahdat colony ground, 4th match Apallo CLub vs Ludhiyana Gym at Iteefaq Ground LCCA, 5th match P&T Gym vs Chand Memorial club at Model Town club ground. May 1: City Gym vs Faran Gym at Iteefaq Ground LCCA May 2: Ist Match Young Model Town Club vs YU Slim at Imtiaz Academy ground, 2nd Match City Gym Gym vs Ghulam Qadir club at Iteefaq ground LCCA, 3rd MAtch Mughalpura Whites vs Imtiaz Club at LCCA ground, 4th match Mughalpura Institute vs Universal Club Mughalpura Institute ground, 5th macth Aamir memorial vs Victorius club at new Iteefaq ground, 6th match Mehboob PArk vs Mughalpura XI at KAshmir Crown ground May 3: 1st Match Model Town Gym vs Prince club at Model Town club ground, 2nd Match Tauseef Club vs Township Whites at Iteefaq Ground LCCA, 3rd match Universal Club vs nayyer soch club at KAshmir crown ground, 4th Macth Muslim Gym vs Shining club at LCCA ground May 4: Punjab CLub vs Rising Star at LCCA ground May 6: Lahore Gym vs Aligarh Club at Bagh e Jinnah ground.
Wiesberger relishes ‘amazing’ maiden win SEOUL Afp
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eRnD Wiesberger, ranked 170 in the world, showed a cool head to score his maiden victory on the european Tour as he ran away with the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship on Sunday. The 26-year-old from Austria, competing in his 71st event on the Tour, never looked back after firing consecutive 65s on Friday and Saturday on the 7,302-yard, par 72 layout at Blackstone Golf Club, Icheon, South Korea. His four-under 68 on Sunday was his third consecutive bogey-free round and he maintained his overnight five-stroke advantage with little fluster to hold off a charge from Scotland's Richie Ramsay, who carded a superb closing round of seven-under 65 to get to 13under-par. When Ramsay birdied the 16th he had pulled to within three of Wiesberger, but the Austrian, cheered on by his Belgian coach Philipp de Busschere, who flew in from Jakarta overnight, simply rolled in a birdie of his own at the 15th to re-establish a four-shot margin. "I can't say I wasn't nervous on the first tee box," said the Austrian, who was a runner-up twice on the european Tour in 2011 but had never led going into the final round of an event. "But when I got the first shot out there on the fairway it was a bit of a relief." Wiesberger didn't really feel the tournament was in the bag until he stood on the 18th green with, as he put it, "a million putts to win". "I know that things can happen and that things have happened. But I talked with my caddie and he said just try to play our game. Try to be aggressive and make birdies because these guys are going to come after us and they are not going to back down," Wiesberger added. "So I was only sure when my ball was on
Gambhir extends Kolkata's lead at No. 2
KolKAtA: Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers congratulate bowler Jacques Kallis (c) for taking the wicket of Royal challengers Bangalore batsman AB de villiers during the iPl twenty20 match. afp ing a pull off his first ball. The visitors were KOLKATA CRICINfo
Gautam Gambhir made Royal Challengers Bangalore pay for dropping him twice, batting with aggression and precision to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a match-winning total, which the visitors struggled to chase on a traditionally slow pitch at eden Gardens. Gambhir used the depth of his crease, as well as his feet, to pound the leg side, where he scored 11 out of his 14 boundaries, primarily through pull shots. His 93, and supporting acts from Brendon McCullum and Jacques Kallis, helped Knight Riders stay no. 2 and move two points clear of their closest rivals, Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings. Knight Riders' bowlers also came to the fore during the defence, striking early and neutralising their biggest threat, Chris Gayle, by keeping him off strike. Yusuf Pathan, who has struggled for form with bat and ball, bowled an economical opening spell, during which he dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first over. In the sixth, Kallis ripped the heart out of Royal Challengers' chase by trapping Virat Kohli lbw and having AB de Villiers caught miscu-
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34 for 3, and by the end of the eighth over Gayle had faced only 16 balls and scored as many runs. The chase went nowhere after that, despite Gayle batting until the 20th over to finish with 86 off 58; Sunil narine confounding batsmen with his variations on a responsive pitch. Royal Challengers' struggle for any sort of fluency only highlighted the quality of Gambhir's performance after he chose to bat. Despite scoring heavily between long-on and square leg, Gambhir's first boundary was on the off side, when he cut his first ball, from Zaheer Khan, through point. So was his second, but his slash to third man off Zaheer was initially caught by Harshal Patel, running and diving to his left before he lost control of the ball after hitting the ground. Two balls later Gambhir, on 13, cut firmly towards gully, where Gayle stuck out his left hand but did not catch the ball. Gambhir went on to score 80 more runs, and dominate partnerships of 95 and 80 with McCullum and Kallis. ScORES: Kolkata Knight Riders 190 for 4 (Gambhir 93, McCullum 43) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 143 for 6 (Gayle 86) by 48 runs.
icheoN: Bernd wiesberger of Austria at the Blackstone Golf club during the final day of the Ballantine's championship. afp the green at 18 and I had a million putts to win the tournament. That was when I kind of realised what had happened." His superb performance meant that he had played 59 consecutive holes without a bogey since the 13th hole on Thursday. Starting the week at number 170 in the world, he looks set now to move into the top 100 when the new rankings are announced on Monday after picking up the largest cheque of his career, $470,000. He becomes only the third Austrian to win on the european Tour after Markus Brier and Martin Wiegele. It was a remarkable feat for such an inexperienced player when Tour greats such as Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Y.e. Yang all failed to threaten the top of the leaderboard. British Open champion Darren Clarke didn't even make it to the weekend after rounds of 77 and 72. "To play the way I did this week is
very special," Wiesberger said. It was fun out there. Amazing. My first time in Korea and a great week." Ramsay was the only player in the chasing pack to get anywhere near the Austrian. "It was a fantastic day. I'm very happy with second place," the Scot said. Spanish veteran and Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez, runner-up here last year to Lee Westwood, played immaculately from tee to green all week but could not find the killer touch on the greens which would have enabled him to shoot a low round and close on the leader. Jimenez carded a final round of three under par 69 to finish tied for fifth at 10-under-par for the week. But he left a disappointed man after finishing with an expensive bogey six at the 18th which denied him a share of third place and cost him around $36,000 in prize money after being disturbed by someone in the crowd.
cricket center beat city Gym LAHORE StAff RepoRt
Cricket Center beat City Gymkhana by seven wickets and qualified for the final of the Third Khayaban-e-Ameen Cricket Tournament. Playing at the Khayaban-e-Ameen Ground, City Gymkhana batting first 114 all out after 20 overs. Muhammad Ikhlaq 47 & Adnan Hussain 22 runs. Cricket Center bowling Toqeer 5/14 and Adnan Munir 2/16 wickets. In reply Cricket Center 115/3 after 16 overs. Raza Ali Daar 37, Adnan Munir 18, Umar Akmal 37 runs not out & Kamran Akmal 17 runs not out. City Gymkhana bowling Jahangir Mirza 1/28 wickets. Masood Khan, Irfan Dilshad Umpire, Sajid Hashmi TV Umpire & Waqar ahmad was the scorer. end of the match Chief Guest Saleem Ali give away man of the match award to Toqeer. A large number of spectators on the occasion were present to enjoy the match. Specially Indian Lawyers Delegation also enjoy this match. The Head of the Delegation Dr. Anmol Ratan Singh promised to the president Khayaban-eAmeen Cricket Team Saleem Ali and Sports Coordinator TDCP Sajid Anwar to work for betterment of Pak Indian Cricket Relations. He also promised for the tour of Dehli Cricket Association Cricket Team to the Khayaban-eAmeen next year.
Disappointed Scott finishes with flourish SEOUL Afp
Adam Scott fired his best round of the week Sunday, a seven-under par 65, but it was not enough to lift the world number 12 into the top 10 at the Ballantine's Championship. The Australian who was the highest ranked player in the field at Blackstone Golf Club, Icheon, could not hide his disappointment despite his final-day flourish which left him in a tie for 12th on 280, eight-under par.
Morkel inspires incredible Delhi win DELHI CRICINfo
Morne Morkel's bowled a sensational final over to turn a straightforward chase from Rajasthan Royals on its head and snatch victory for Delhi Daredevils. The victory creates daylight between Daredevils and the rest of the chasing pack, as they remain at the top of the points table. Royals required 15 runs off the last two overs, with nine wickets in hand and victory seemed a foregone conclusion. But, Morkel gave away only three runs in an over filled with yorkers and claimed the wicket of Brad Hodge to set up a tense final over. Umesh Yadav was tasked with defending 12 runs for Daredevils against the in-form Ajinkya Rahane. Yadav started off with a fast full toss that Rahane missed. Desperation took over as Rahane looked to smash the next delivery, no matter what its length, and ended up mistiming his slices and breaking his bat. Owais Shah stole a single off the inside edge before Rahane hit the first six of the Royals innings, off a full toss to take back the advantage. Two more runs came off the penultimate ball, which left two to get off the final one. Yadav kept it full, Rahane missed but ran anyway and Shah was not quick enough. naman Ojha hit the stumps to run Shah out and deny Rahane victory, leaving him unbeaten on 84.
Rahane and Rahul Dravid are the most successful opening pair in this edition of the IPL and they showed why with a stand of 99 to set up the chase. Rahane started their reply in quietly confident fashion when Rahane flicked the first ball he faced - a poor one on legstump line from Irfan Pathan - for four. Dravid rolled out his vintage drives and showed off powerful pulls as the Daredevils bowlers' lines and lengths presented no challenge. The two combined in a partnership that looked too easy, Dravid played with Sehwag-esque styled aggression while Rahane, once again, impressed with his timing and poise. By the end of the eighth over, Royals needed less than 100 runs to win and Rahane and Dravid had racked up the same number of runs, 27 each. Rahane eclipsed his captain, reclaimed the orange cap and brought up his 50 with a finesse-filled flick to on the leg-side. Daredevils thought they had some success when Dravid began walking after a cut that was thought to be caught behind but umpire Rod Tucker called him back. Tucker said he gave Dravid out when he saw him walking as it was the end of the over, but the misunderstanding gave Dravid a lifeline. He added only three more runs after that incident and was caught at long-on by a leaping Ajit Agarkar. Rahane was unmoved by the dis-
lAhoRe: Kh imran, Aqeel Butt and Zubair yousuf Butt with the winners of the Muzaffar Butt Memorial weightlifting Gold cup.
missal and marched on, right to the brink of victory. He was only tripped up in the penultimate over and even then did not give up without a fight, as he scooped Yadav for six and very nearly gave Royals victory. Daredevils may have thought their total was not enough after an underwhelming effort with the bat, save for Virender Sehwag's half-century and a lastover blitz from nagar. Sehwag became the first player to score four consecutive halfcenturies in the IPL and rebuilt Daredevils innings by himself after two early blows. Mahela Jayawardene and Kevin Pietersen were dismissed in the first three overs but Sehwag's full range of shots was on hand to resurrect matters. He pulled, reverse swept, drove and struck two stunning sixes over long-off and long-on. Just as he threatened to take the innings away from Royals, they dismissed him when Ashok Menaria took a well-judged catch off a back foot cut. Ross Taylor had been an almost absent partner in the stand with Sehwag and was bowled the over after Sehwag departed. Taylor looked to take a Pankaj delivery from outside off and flick on the leg-side but did not make contact and was bowled. ScORES: Delhi Daredevils 152 for 6 (Sehwag 63, Pankaj 2-25) beat Rajasthan Royals 151 for 3 (Rahane 84*, Morkel 1-26) by one run
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