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Asian cricket from May 27ISLAMABAD: India will begin its campaign in the 2000 Asian Cricket Cup with a match against Sri Lanka on May 31 i...
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Asian cricket from May 27
ISLAMABAD: India will begin its campaign in the 2000 Asian Cricket Cup with a match against Sri Lanka on May 31 in the tournament to be held in Bangladesh from May 27 to June 4. The tournament will see new Grey balls being used in place of the costly Australian Kookaburra.Schedule: May 27: Lanka vs Bangladesh, May 28: Lanka vs Pakistan, May 29: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, May 30: Lanka vs India, May 31: Bangladesh vs India, June 2: India vs Pakistan, June 4: Final.
Mumbai take leadAHMEDABAD: Gujarat collapsed to 109 all out to concede a lead of 121 runs on the second day of the West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Mumbai here on Tuesday. Earlier, Mumbai lost their last two men after adding just 14 runs to their overnight 216.
Brief scores: Mumbai 230 (Sangram Bagul 76, Soham Dalvi 69, Jagdish Patel 4-60, Ronak Patel 2-16) & 61-1 (Swpanoj Thakur 36) vs Gujarat 109 (Parthiv Patel 41, Paul Valthaty 2-25, Soham Dalvi 2-26, Sanchit Pande4-10).
Hosts in trouble
PUNE: Maharashtra faces a follow on, reeling at 126 for 4 in reply to Saurashtra’s 366 on the second day of their West Zone Vijay Merchant (U-16) league tie.
Brief scores: Saurashtra 366 (Vaibhav Rathod 88, Kartik Goswami 44, Padmanav Jadeja 65; Aditya Sharma 3-20, Pritesh Mudraka 2-72, Vishal Sonawane 2-58) vs Maharashtra 126-4 (A Lalcheta 2-24).
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Dr Tolani, ARAL top
HYDERABAD: Dr Tolani and ARAL, both from Mumbai, topped Group A and B with 273 and 290 Victory Points respectively and qualified for the Super League in the 41st National bridge championship today.
Formidables, Indian Railways (Group A) and India Blues, OFSCBA (Group B) were second and third respectively after the 15-round Swiss League.
Paes doubtful
NEW DELHI: Leander Paes is unsure about winning an Olympics tennis doubles medal at Sydney due to an injury to his partner Mahesh Bhupathi.“I am doubtful about the Olympic medal even if Mahesh recovers from surgery,” Paes saidon Doodarshan on Monday night. Wills GolfPATNA: Seventy professionals are expected to take part in the Wills Eastern Open Golf Championship to be held here from Dec 9. The championship is the third event of the 1999-2000 season.
Maharashtra win
PUNE: Hosts Maharashtra started on a positive note ousting Delhi 30-20 in the 28th Senior National handball championship today.
Results: Maharashtra 30 (Sudeep Waghchore 8, Rahul Chavan 7, Satish Dondhge 3, Rakesh Bansode 3, K Anil 3) bt Delhi 20 (Narendra Singh 7, Satpal Singh 6) HT 18-11; All-India Universities bt Haryana 27-26; Punjab bt Orissa 40-19; AP bt Manipur 32-30; Kerala ousted TN 34-14; Rajasthan bt Assam 43-12; Pondicherry bt Chandigarh 35-32.
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