Randhawa, Kapur miss cut at Alfred Dunhill Links

STAFF WRITER 16:4 HRS IST

St Andrews (Scotland), Oct 5 (PTI) Jyoti Randhawa and Shiv Kapur missed the cut after returning over-par cards in the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Golf Championship here.

While Randhawa carded a two-over 74, Kapur was even worse at four-over 76 in the penultimate round, finishing the rain-hit event outside the top-60 and ties.

At the top, Luke Donald turned in the lowest round of his European Tour career, carding an eight-under 64 to take the lead at the 14-under.

Concessional CL T20 tickets for students

STAFF WRITER 15:36 HRS IST

Mumbai, Oct 5 (PTI) In a bid to lure students to watch watch the Champions League Twenty20 matches, the organisers have announced concessional tickets for the October 8-23 tournament in three Indian cities.

Besides, the organisers have also promised to take the international stars to select schools and colleges for interacting with the students, a media release said.

The initiative, termed "Champions in Schools Programme", would see all three host venues - Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi - having specially demarcated student stands located in good viewing positions, the release said.

The students would be offered 25 per cent concession on the rate of tickets for block bookings of 500 or more or a 20 per cent rebate for individual bookings upon production of bonafide I-cards.

NZ win toss, elect to bat against Australia in CT

STAFF WRITER 17:40 HRS IST

Centurion, Oct 5 (PTI) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the final of the Champions Trophy here today.

The Kiwis were dealt a big blow just before the match as skipper Daniel Vettori pulled out of the game due to a hamstring injury.

Vettori has been replaced by Jeetan Patel in the playing eleven and in his absence Brendon McCullum will lead the side.

Apart from Vettori, there are no other changes in the Kiwi squad, while Australia preferred to stick to the same playing eleven.

Squad:

Australia: Ricky Ponting (C), Shane Watson, Tim Paine, Mike Hussey, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.

New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (C), Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Shane Bond, Jeetan Patel.