Dyson set to take over
John Dyson, the former Australian opener who leaves for the Caribbean on Monday to take up his appointment as the successor to compatriot Bennett King, says he needs to sit down with the West Indian players and quickly discover why they are underachieving in world cricket. “Over the last 10 years, by anyone’s standards, they have been playing some pretty average cricket,” he said.
Tiwari-Murali win golf title
Dayamay Tiwari and CP Murali, with 64 points, won the 2nd KGA-Epson shotgun start golf tournament at the Karnataka Golf Association course on Saturday.
Results: Dayamay Tiwari/ CP Murali (64 points) 1; Sanjay Kumar/ Sridhar Padmanabhan (63) 2; D Padmanabhan/ TV Prithvi (62) 3; Keshav Chander/ R Mohan (62) 4.
BMS post big win over SJCC
Bangalore Military School dumped St Joseph College of Commerce 7-1 in the inter-collegiate football tournament organised by Rotary Bangalore, Indiranagar, and KSFA at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Saturday.
Results: Bangalore Military School: 7 bt St Joseph College of Commerce: 1; Al Ameen PU College: 6 bt Acharya Institute of Technology: 1.
Vijaya PU down Seshadripuram
Riding on a 45-run knock by Sujayendra, Vijay PU College got the better of Seshadripuram PU College by five wickets in the 36th inter-Pre-University College State-level cricket tournament on Friday.
Brief score: Sheshadripuram PU College: 162/6 in 25 overs (Parash 2-43, Suhash 2-36) lt to Vijay PU College: 166/5 in 21.2 overs (Sujayendra 45, Vetisha 31; Abhijeeth 2-19, Pawan 2-33).
Postal drub Coorg Blues
Riding on a brace from Taranath (25th, 41st), Postal defeated Coorg Blues 4-1 in the State ‘A’ Division hockey league on Saturday. Adarsh Ganapathy (9th) and Jijed (39th) scored the other two goals for the winners, while KK Poonacha scored a consolation goal for Coorg Blues.
In the other match of the day ITI brushed aside the challenge of Flying Hockey Club 3-2.
Other results: DBHA: 3 (Ponnappa 22nd, Sharif 32nd, Harigobind 57th) bt BEL: 0; ITI: 3 (Ayyappa 32nd, Vinoba 40th, 54th) bt Flying HC: 2 (Dharmendra 28th, 59th)
KBA names State junior squad
The Karnataka Badminton Association has announced the State team to participate in the 32nd junior National badminton championships at Nellore from December 20 to 27.
Team: Boys: Singles: Aditya R Prakash, Prakash Jolly. Doubles: Anup Kiran/ Prateek Khurana.
Girls: Singles: V Ruth Misha, Ashwini Ponnappa, Ankita Ashok, Monisha Vinayak. Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/ Nitya Sosale. Coach: Ramakrishna, N Shiva Prakash.
State Sub-Junior volleyball teams
Pradeep Kumar and Nisha J will lead State boys’ and girls’ teams respectively in the 30th Sub-Junior Nationals to be held in Renukut (UP) from December 12 to 18.
Teams: Boys: Pradeep Kumar (captain), Madhu BA, Chethan N, Vinaykumar K, Nandish N, Akash HG, Chandankumar A, Uttam K, Syed Farhan, Chethan P, Suraj G Nayak and Vinod M. Coach: L Krishnegowda.
Girls: Nisha J (captain), Arpitha Mary, Anusha SB, Pooja SN, Monika SS, Shilpa M, Chaithrasree NP, Swarnashree MP, Sparsha G Raj, Vaishnavi MP, Nallika Shetty and Anusha PG. Coach: Anil V Lokare.
CITY SPORT
CRICKET: India vs Pakistan third Test, second day, 9.30 am, Chinnaswamy stadium.
BADMINTON: Senior National-ranking tourney, 10.00 am, KBA courts.
MOTORCROSS: SFMSCI-MRF National Supercross championship, 10.00 am, Ring Road.
HOCKEY: State ‘A’ Division men’s league, 1.30 pm onwards, KSHA Stadium.
