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Jaffer and Rahane keep West's hopes alive
Big tons from overnight batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Wasim Jaffer left West Zone with an outside chance of qualifying for the final
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13-Feb-2008
England Lions 14 for 1 (Carberry 5*, Joyce 5*) and 355 trail West Zone 494 (Rahane 172, Jaffer 151, Parthiv 59, Rashid 3-88, Panesar 3-106) by 125 runs
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Big tons from overnight batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Wasim Jaffer left West Zone with an outside chance of qualifying for the final. West, who need to win against the England Lions to top the group, finished their first innings at 494, a lead of 139. At 14 for 1, the Lions still look poised to force a draw and make it to the final.
West Zone resumed on 187 for 1 and both Rahane and Jaffer went on to score hundreds. The duo added another 155 runs and the 342-run stand for the second wicket before Steve Kirby got rid of Rahane, who made 172. His knock included 26 fours. Jaffer followed soon after; Kirby was the successful bowler yet again as the opener, who was dropped from India's playing XI for the final Test in Adelaide, fell for 151.
Full postPaine ton ends Redbacks' hopes
It was always going to require something magical for the departing Matthew Elliott to follow up Darren Lehmann's fairytale farewell century in November when they enjoyed a record stand
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13-Feb-2008
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Wednesday night send-offs for former Australian batsmen are becoming something of a feature for the Redbacks this season. But it was always going to require something magical for the departing Matthew Elliott to follow up Darren Lehmann's fairytale farewell century in November when they enjoyed a record stand.
The stage was set - Elliott is the leading runscorer in the competition this year and was Player of the Year last year - but instead he made 15 and promptly declared his final partnership with Lehmann "the standout of the season". This knock was in a losing cause as South Australia's batsmen went all-out to chase the 278 they needed from 25 overs for two bonus points against table-toppers Tasmania who ruled them out of finals contention and sealed a home final at Bellerive with a crushing 121-run victory with barely any need for lights.
Full postWarriors try to force result in rainy Brisbane
Western Australia conceded first-innings points and were hoping for a final-day chase as they desperately sought a victory in their rain-affected game against Queensland
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13-Feb-2008
Queensland 3 for 27 and 9 for 310 dec (Watson 80, Edmondson 7-95) lead Western Australia 2 for 115 dec (Langer 51*) by 222 runs
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Western Australia conceded first-innings points and were hoping for a final-day chase as they desperately sought a victory in their rain-affected game against Queensland. At stumps on the third day the Warriors had made inroads into the Bulls' top order and the score was 3 for 27 with Martin Love on 6 and Shane Watson on 7.
The problem for Western Australia was they still trailed by 222 runs after a day on which further showers interrupted play following the complete wash-out on day two. The Warriors are third on the Pura Cup table but are well behind New South Wales and Victoria and need a win to stay in touch.
Full postButt's 290 puts Punjab in command
A round-up of the third day of the first round matches of the Pentangular Cup
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12-Feb-2008
Federal Areas 383 and 37 for 3 trail Punjab 599 for 7 dec (Butt 290, Jamshed 108, Yousuf 56, Azam 3-133) by 179 runs
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A power-packed performance from Punjab, propelled by Salman Butt's 290, put them in control of their match against Federal Areas at stumps on the third day. Punjab declared after amassing 599 for 7, and then reduced Federal Areas to 37 for 3.
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Punjab carried their momentum from the previous day, when Butt and Mohammad Hafeez added a 191-run opening stand. Butt, who resumed on 135, combined well with No. 3 Nasir Jamshed to pile the misery for the Federal Areas bowlers, led by Shoaib Akhtar. The two added 290 runs for the second wicket - 262 of which came today - before Shehzad Azam dismissed them both. Jamshed, who scored fifties in his first two ODIs for Pakistan during the Zimbabwe series, made 108.
However, the star of the day was Butt, whose knock needed only 318 deliveries, and included an astounding 50 fours and and one six, perhaps a timely reminder to the selectors who dropped him during the Zimbabwe series. Mohammad Yousuf also helped himself to a fifty before Punjab declared on 599. Azam claimed three wickets, but he was carted for more than a run-a-ball in his 20 overs. The rest of the bowlers didn't impress either, with the likes of Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir and Yasir Arafat conceding more than four an over.
Aizaz Cheema then removed both the Federal Areas openers cheaply, before left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman struck to leave the opposition struggling, still trailing by 179 runs.
Full postAustralia and West Indies off to winning starts
Australia and West Indies got their Under-19 World Cup campaigns off to winning starts on day two of the warm-up matches
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12-Feb-2008
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Australia and West Indies got their Under-19 World Cup campaigns off to winning starts on day two of the first round of warm-up matches.
Australia had an easy day at the Royal Military College, bowling Zimbabwe out for 57 and then needing just 7.2 overs to knock off the required runs with ten wickets in hand. Steven Smith took 5 for 21 and David King chipped in with 2 for 6 to flabbergast Zimbabwe and in reply Phillip Hughes hit an unbeaten 40 from 31 deliveries.
Darren Bravo offered a glimpse of the similarity between himself and brother Dwayne, the WI senior side allrounder, by starring in a four-wicket win for West Indies over Sri Lanka. Though he nipped out two tail-end wickets after his team-mates did most of the damage in restricting Sri Lanka to 174 all out after 47.5 overs, it was Bravo's unbeaten 43 from 54 balls that clinched the win. West Indies were 95 for 5 when he walked in to bat, after left-arm medium-pacer Chathura Peiris nailed two early blows, but his composed innings proved match-winning.
Full postVRV five-for puts North in control
East Zone were skittled out for 143, to give North a massive 213-run first-innings lead and put them on the brink of a place in the final
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12-Feb-2008
North Zone 360 (Manhas 88, Nanda 58, Mishra 52, Paul 5-106) and 109 for 2 (Chopra 56*, Goel 34) lead East Zone 143 (Wriddhiman 56*, VRV Singh 5-59) by 326 runs
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VRV Singh's five-wicket burst put North Zone in control on the second day of their match against East Zone in Rajkot. East were skittled out for 143, to give North a massive 213-run first-innings lead and put them on the brink of a place in the final.
Resuming at 260 for 7, North's lower-order continued their spirited showing to take their side to 360. Chetanya Nanda did the bulk of the scoring, carting nine boundaries in his 59-ball 58. After Shib Paul dismissed overnight batsman Uday Kaul (48) to grab his 15th first-class five-wicket haul, Vikramjeet Malik (13) and VRV (20*) chipped in with aggressive cameos.
Full postJaffer and Rahane lead West's strong reply
Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane led West Zone's strong reply to England Lions' 355 on the second day at the Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara. West ended the day on 187 for 1 with Jaffer and Rahane still unbeaten
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12-Feb-2008
West Zone (Rahane 93*, Jaffer 82*) trail England Lions 273 for 4 (Yardy 169, Dhurv 3-53) by 168 runs
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Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane led West Zone's strong reply to England Lions' 355 on the second day at the Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara. West, needing an outright win to advance, ended the day on 187 for 1 with Jaffer and Rahane still unbeaten.
Earlier, the Lions' overnight batsmen, captain Michael Yardy (169) and nightwatchman Graham Onions (31) guided their side to a solid 322 for 4 before a dramatic collapse allowed West back into the game. The Saurashtra pair of Sandeep Jobanputra and Rakesh Dhurv shared five of the last six wickets to spark West's fightback.
Full postRain ruins second day in Brisbane
Western Australia's hopes of making a late run for the Pura Cup final took a major blow as rain washed out the second day of their game against Queensland in Brisbane
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12-Feb-2008
Western Australia's hopes of making a late run for the Pura Cup final took a major blow as rain washed out the second day of their game against Queensland in Brisbane. The third-placed Warriors need a win to have any possibility of overhauling either of the top two teams, Victoria and New South Wales.
Ben Edmondson's six wickets gave them some chance on the first day, although they let Queensland escape to 6 for 270 by the close. However, constant drizzle on the second day meant not a ball was bowled and the forecast suggested further poor weather on day three.
Full postMcCullum and Ryder flay pathetic England
If England thought things couldn't get worse after their defeat on Saturday they were wrong. Very wrong. In one of their most abject displays in recent times they crashed to a humiliating 10-wicket defeat
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
12-Feb-2008
New Zealand 165 for 0 (McCullum 80*, Ryder 79*) beat England 158 (Cook 53, Vettori 2-16) by 10 wickets
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If England thought things couldn't get worse after their defeat on Saturday they were wrong. Very wrong. In one of their most abject displays in recent times they crashed to a humiliating 10-wicket defeat, their fourth in history, with nearly half the overs to spare after the match was cut down to 36 overs per side by rain. England lost eight wickets in 20.1 overs after the interruption, then watched helplessly in the field as Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum flayed the bowlers to all corners of Seddon Park.
The way the game changed after the two-and-a-half hour stoppage was mind-boggling. England went from 90 for 2 to 158 all out, adding to their woes with more embarrassing running. Just as in the first match at Wellington, three wickets fell to major misjudgments, including the top-scorer Alastair Cook for 53. Even with a little helping hand from Duckworth-Lewis New Zealand only needed 165. It didn't prove a contest.
Full postDilshan guides Sri Lanka home
A 21-over match should have suited the reigning world Twenty20 champions India, but a revised-down total and some blistering early strikes from Sanath Jayasuriya lifted Sri Lanka to their first win of the CB Series
The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale
11-Feb-2008
Sri Lanka 2 for 154 (Dilshan 62*) beat India 5 for 195 (Rohit 70*) by eight wickets (by D/L method)
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A 21-over match should have suited the reigning world Twenty20 champions India, but a revised-down total and some blistering early strikes from Sanath Jayasuriya lifted Sri Lanka to their first win of the CB Series. Rain reduced the target to 154 and Tillakaratne Dilshan's half-century eased Sri Lanka home with 12 balls to spare.
India were on the wrong end of the weather adjustments after Rohit Sharma's career-best 70 not out set up what should have been a competitive total following morning showers. But further rain during the innings break meant Sri Lanka could pursue a victory in Twenty20 style.
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