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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 06 February 1998   Seeds advance with consummate ease The process of separation of grain from the chaff has begun in the 62nd Bristol Senior National badminton championship at Lal Bahadur Stadium yesterday. The proceedings were enlivened towards late evening when the women's seeds made brief appearances.   Manjrekar unfolds retirement plans Mumbai batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. The 32-year-old Manjrekar said the Mumbai-Australia three-dayer from February 24 would be his final hurrah. Taylor denies reports Australian captain Mark Taylor has denied reports that some players may boycott the Indian tour because of a lack of progress in negotiations with the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). Match abandoned as Pakistan hits Kashmir with a cross bat India took the unusual step of cancelling the last day's play of the India `A' cricket team against Pakistan, in retaliation to the Pakistan cricket team's decision to postpone the game in order to express "solidarity with the people of Kashmir".   Early scare for England The second Test between West Indies and England at the Queens Park Oval pitch witnessed an unpromising start with England's top three batsmen crawling to 70 for one at lunch on the first day. Ajay cracks century Skipper Ajay Sharma's 28th hundred, on an uneven track, guided Delhi to a respectable 263 for six at close of the first day of the Ranji Trophy Group B Super League match in New Delhi, yesterday. Ajay Sharma reached his hundred with a boundary off Ganguly with a fine on-drive but fell soon after that.     India file   Karnataka stable   Baroda struggling   Shukla frustrates TN   Kannan drubs Bhatt   Laxman enthralls   Shiva Keshavan -- a luge favourite with the media   Global Sport   Pratima claims gold   Gymkhana too strong for MLWB   Cronje doubtful for first Test   Focus on Fukuda   Lacklustre auction sale   Ronak has a measure of Lizenka   Vandana quells Pragya's challenge   Mumbai ride rough shod over Railways   Carbon Copy for feature   Vijay, Uzma promise Indian party in final   Manupal, Pablo slam four goals in Essar victory   Sonnet club triumph