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Friday, 11 May, 2012
Warner, Ojha swat aside Deccan
wadat eaglets outplay ehsan Memorial
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LahoRE STAFF REPORT
Wahdat Eaglets has outplayed Ehsan Memorial club by 171 runs in the 2nd phase match of LCCA super cricket league played at Wahdat Colony ground the other day. SCORES: wahdat eaglets 260 all out in 48.5 overs. abdul waheed 15, M ali Shah 39, najaf Lateef 13, haris nazar 56, zaheer 30, Sohaib Munir 21, qaiser ashraf 45, Imran ali Shah 13(no). asad ullah 5/41, ehsan ali 2/56, zahid hussain 1/38, abdul qadeer 1/34, asim Mehmood 1/35. ehsan Memorial club 89 all out in 29.2 overs. M Sabir 28, umer Bashir 13, M ahmed 13. qaiser ashraf 5/20, ali tipu Sultan 2/19, zaheer Siddiq 1/3, hanan Bashir 1/19.
Punjab excel in Inter-provincial volleyball LahoRE STAFF REPORT
Punjab excelled with gold medal in the final of PSB Inter provincial youth U-14 boys volleyball championship. kPk secured second while Fata attained third positions.Punjab beat kPk 3-0 in the final held at Iqbal Park Sports Complex. Fata hit Balochistan 3-0 to win third position. The Director Sports Jalil Ahmed Chohan was the chief guest to distribute prizes among the winners. Nasir Mehmood of Punjab was declared the best player and was given the prize amounting rs.10,000. On the other hand,the Governor Fata declared rs.40,000 for every participant and announced a dinner for their team .
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VEN 187 wasn't enough to push Deccan Chargers' inexperienced bowling attack to pull off a surprise win against Delhi Daredevils. David Warner filled the vacuum left by kevin Pietersen with a blistering century - his second in the IPL - in only his second game of the season. With a little help from Naman Ojha, Daredevils butchered their way back to No.1, overhauling the target with 20 balls to spare. Chargers risked fielded a bowling attack without foreign players, the most experienced being Amit Mishra. It was a recipe for a mauling. There was no respite even at the other end as the promising Ojha capitalised on his promotion, hitting five sixes in his 64. The pair overshadowed a similar performance by another Indo-Australian left-right duo earlier in the evening, by Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White. Daredevils' response was so swift and intimidating that Virender Sehwag's early departure was a distant memory. Sehwag tried to make a mockery of the decision to open the bowling with Dhawan by lofting the first ball of the chase to long-off. A similar attempt off the second ball resulted in a top edge that swirled to point as White held a well-judged catch running backwards. It was the only memorable bit of fielding from Chargers. The familiar misfields reflected on another flat performance in the field, completely out of synch with the batting performance. Warner hit two forceful boundaries to take 16 off the opening over and set the tone for the rest of the chase. Warner proceeded to expose the lack of depth and experience among the bowlers, one that should serve as a lesson for the franchise before the next trading window. TP Sudhindra, back after warming the bench for over a month, gave away 13 off his first over. Ashish reddy, one of the impressive newcomers this season for Chargers, had his confidence dented with a 20-run opening over. Two consecutive short balls were pounded by Warner over cover and deep
hyDeraBaD: Delhi Daredevils batsman David warner leaps in to air after scorong a century, 100 runs, during the IPL twenty20 match. AfP square-leg respectively. When he pitched it full, he was spanked through the off side. ScoreS: Delhi Daredevils 193 for 1 (Warner 109*, Ojha 64*) beat Deccan Chargers 187 for 4 (Dhawan 84, White 65) by nine wickets gAyLe doeS it AgAin for bAngALore: It wasn't the easiest of pitches to bat on at the Wankhede Stadium, and Mumbai Indians possess the most potent bowling attack in the competition, but none of that mattered to Chris Gayle as he swung sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot.
PGA refuses to take stance over Augusta membership PontE VEDRa BEaCh REuTERS
The PGA Tour will not take a stance over Augusta National's no-women membership policy or determine whether it is right or wrong, Commissioner Tim Finchem said on Wednesday. Augusta National's membership policy came under fire during last month's Masters tournament with club chairman Billy Payne refusing to discuss whether change was on the agenda. Asked how the PGA Tour, which includes the Masters as an official money event, views the policy, Finchem said there was no change in their stance. "We don't get to determining whether their policies are right or wrong because we don't have to, because we made the conclusion that regardless of those policies, we are going to continue to play and recognize them as part of the PGA Tour," Finchem said at a news conference ahead of Thursday's first round of the Players Championships. "I know some people don't like that position and I appreciate that and understand their reasoning but that's the decision we've made." However, Finchem said the PGA Tour's approach to regular venues was demanding of open-membership policies. "The position of the PGA Tour hasn't changed. We have a policy that says that when we go out and do a co sanctioned event, we are going to play it at a club that is as open to women members, open to minority members etc and we follow that policy carefully," said Finchem. "In the case of the Masters, we have concluded a number of times now that we are not going to give up the Masters as a tournament on our tour. It's too important and so at the end of the day, the membership of that club have to determine their membership. They are not doing anything illegal." Augusta National's membership policy has been an issue for years but it
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georgIa: Louis oosthuizen of South africa walks onto the ninth green during final round play in the 2012 Masters golf tournament at the augusta national golf club. ReUTeRS took on added significance after Ginni rometty became chief executive officer of IBM in January. IBM, the world's largest technology services company, is a long-standing sponsor of the Masters and its past four CEO's were granted membership to Augusta National. But the club now faces a dilemma of whether to change its policy to allow rometty to join or spurn one of its major sponsors. U.S. President Barack Obama stepped into the debate during the buildup to the tournament. ‘iSLAnd green’ fAScinAteS but tiger wouLd Move it: The "island green" 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is one of the most recognisable in golf, but Tiger Woods would rather it not be part of the thrilling finale to the Players Championship. The penultimate hole on the Stadium Course is hugely popular with spectators as, apart from a small path to the green, the putting surface is surrounded by water, offering little room for error and a heavy punishment for inaccuracy. Forty tee shots found the water during last year's Players Championship, down sharply from the 93 balls that ended up in the lake in 2007.
But Woods, while a fan of the hole, believes its placement as the penultimate hole with little chance of recovery from a mistake, means it is in the wrong place on the course. "I understand the premise behind it. It's dramatic. But I just think that as a par three, I just don't think it should be that, as the 17th. Great eighth hole or maybe something early in the back nine but maybe I'm more of a traditionalist in that regard," Woods said ahead of Thursday's opening round. "As a great finishing hole, I'm not in that opinion, but I think the collection of holes, 16th, 17th and 18th is the most dramatic that I think we play out here on tour." Of the players in the field, nobody has hit their first tee shot in the water on No. 17 more than Aaron Baddeley and Heath Slocum - who both have found water on seven occasions - while Phil Mickelson has hit six tee shots in the water, according to tour statistics which began keeping track in 2002. Woods's view on the hole might find some support from those who find a round ruined by a splash but most players seem to enjoy the challenge the hole provides.
Victories for rajasthan royals and kings XI Punjab on Tuesday and royal Challengers' win today has tightened the table again, with only three points separating the five teams in the middle. Mumbai's batting has rarely been at its best this season, and continued to struggle today. The royal Challengers bowling has had some off days this year, but turned in one of their more impressive performances as Vinay kumar's double-strike in the second over and Muttiah Muralitharan's two wickets off successive deliveries later in the innings limited Mumbai to 141. With the ball nipping around, it seemed a competitive
score, particularly given the strength of Mumbai's bowling. Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan watchfully played out the main threat, Lasith Malinga, and focussed their energy on scoring plenty off the rest. As he has been all season, Gayle was relatively cautious early on. Mumbai had two gilt-edged chances to dismiss him within the Powerplays: first, in the second over when a direct hit would have caught him well short, and then in the sixth over when Dwayne Smith put down a skier at cover. ScoreS: royal Challengers Bangalore 142 for 1 (Gayle 82*) beat Mumbai Indians 141 for 6 (karthik 44) by nine wickets.