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Chris Rogers pushes his case for Perth Test
Chris Rogers staked his claim for national selection but it was his namesake, John, who stole the show on the second day of the ACT Invitational XI match against the Indians. While Chris pushed his case with a timely 60, John, a 20-year-old Canberra local
ACT Invitational XI 8 for 292 (John Rogers 98, Chris Rogers 60) trail Indians 9 for 325 dec by 33 runs
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Chris Rogers staked his claim for national selection but it was his namesake, John, who stole the show on the second day of the ACT Invitational XI match against the Indians. While Chris pushed his case with a timely 60, John, a 20-year-old Canberra local, thwarted the Indians with an assured 98. It meant his side ended on 8 for 292, trailing the Indians by 33 runs.
Not much was heard of John Rogers this season, considering his poor form in the second grade competition. He walked in amid a mini-collapse, with Ishant Sharma striking three blows in quick time, but shepherded the lower order with gusto, mixing attack and defence in good measure. Eager to get to his hundred, he spooned one to third man but by then had ensured his side inched towards parity.
Full postWarriors set up home final against Victoria
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Western Australia 4 for 160 (Marsh 67, Ronchi 52, S Smith 3-18) beat New South Wales 7 for 159 by 6 wickets
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Luke Ronchi and Shaun Marsh blasted Western Australia to a home final, both smashing half-centuries to take them to a comfortable six-wicket win against New South Wales in Sydney. Ronchi faced 26 balls in his 52, while Marsh took 50 for his 67, as Western Australia chased down the target of 160 with 15 balls to spare. That was despite three late wickets from Steven Smith, who also top scored for the Blues with 33.
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Luke Ronchi and Shaun Marsh blasted Western Australia to a home final, both smashing half-centuries to take them to a comfortable six-wicket win against New South Wales in Sydney. Ronchi faced 26 balls in his 52, while Marsh took 50 for his 67, as Western Australia chased down the target of 160 with 15 balls to spare. That was despite three late wickets from Steven Smith, who also top scored for the Blues with 33.
Brett Dorey and Aaron Heal both took two wickets, but the home side kept fighting throughout their innings. It was, however, not enough and the Warriors, as one of the top two, have now secured their chance to not only go for the prize, which Adam Voges said earlier this week was important as they have lacked silverware of late, but also to go forth to the Twenty20 Champions League where US$2 million is up for grabs. "I'd be lying if I said that wasn't motivation," Voges said earlier this week. He and his side are one step closer now.
Victoria 9 for 142 (Hussey 50, Tait 3-28) beat South Australia 137 (D Harris 48, Christian 40) by five runs
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Victoria pulled off a victory against South Australia in a tight encounter in Adelaide, ensuring their place in the final for the third year running, and a chance to defend their title. Clinton McKay had the honours of the last over, and Daniel Christian took his first ball for six, leaving eight needed off five. He sneaked two the next ball with a push to space at mid-on. But with six needed from the last four he holed out at long-off, the half-centurion David Hussey fittingly taking the catch.
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Victoria pulled off a victory against South Australia in a tight encounter in Adelaide, ensuring their place in the final for the third year running, and a chance to defend their title. Clinton McKay had the honours of the last over, and Daniel Christian took his first ball for six, leaving eight needed off five. He sneaked two the next ball with a push to space at mid-on. But with six needed from the last four he holed out at long-off, the half-centurion David Hussey fittingly taking the catch.
Smith and Pollock crush hapless Windies
South Africa completely dominated the first day in Durban removing West Indies for a paltry 139 before Graeme Smith's unbeaten 122 led a thumping reply to put South Africa 74 ahead by the close
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
10-Jan-2008
South Africa 213 for 1 (Smith 122*, Amla 55*) lead West Indies 139 (Pollock 4-35, Nel 3-45) by 74 runs
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Following their poor performance in Port Elizabeth South Africa have slowly moved through the gears. It wasn't until the final stages in Cape Town that they pulled away emphatically from West Indies, but here they applied pressure from the first over and never gave the visitors a chance. At times during the final session, as Smith and Hashim Amla picked off an endless supply of dross, West Indies were taking such a pummelling that the kind thing to have done would have been to award South Africa an early knock-out.
Smith and Herschelle Gibbs set off like a train, bringing up South Africa's fifty in the eighth over. For Smith it was a continuation of the way he played during the run chase in Cape Town, where he blasted 85 of 79 balls, but for Gibbs it was more of a cathartic process following his pair in the first Test and subsequent omission. He cracked Fidel Edwards over point for six before, sadly for the crowd and the neutrals, dragging a pull into his stumps.
Full postMisbah helps SNGPL seize advantage
Misbah-ul-Haq drove home the advantage for SNGPL on day four of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final
The Bulletin by Faras Ghani in Karachi
10-Jan-2008
SNGPL 351 and 145 for 4 (Misbah 71*, Shehzad 29*, Kamran 3-26) lead HBL 192 by 304 runs
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Misbah-ul-Haq rescued Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) from 14 for 3 with a fluent, unbeaten half-century and drove home the advantage at close on day four of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final.
Dismissing Habib Bank Limted (HBL) for 192 in their first-innings, SNGPL had gained a valuable 159-run first-innings lead, one that will be enough to win them the tournament if all four innings are not completed. However, Kamran Hussain, HBL's left-arm fast-bowler, dismissed Mohammad Hafeez on the first ball of SNGPL's innings and added the scalps of Umar Akmal and Azhar Shafiq - off consecutive deliveries - to bring excitement back into the match.
Full postYuvraj, Sehwag and Karthik fail to impress
In what was truly a batsmen's paradise, the Indians were kept down to 9 for 325 dec on the first day of their warm-up match against ACT Invitational XI in Canberra
ACT Invitational XI 0 for 10 trail Indians 9 for 325 dec (Jaffer 92, Dravid 62) by 315 runs
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In what was truly a batsman's paradise, the Indians were kept down to 9 for 325 declared on the first day of their warm-up match against an ACT Invitational XI in Canberra. A couple of batsmen managed half-centuries but none went on to a big score against an attack that was club-standard.
Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid reached half-centuries but Indians will worry about three batsmen who squandered this chance. Virender Sehwag struggled before falling to a sensational catch, Dinesh Karthik flowed before throwing it away, and Yuvraj continued to sleepwalk through the series. The fact that they failed against a mostly unthreatening attack is the biggest worry.
Full postGujarat clinch Plate League title with thrilling win
On a thrilling final day Railways, led by Sanjay Bangar's six-wicket haul, fought hard but Gujarat hung on for a one-wicket win to become the Ranji Trophy Plate League champions
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09-Jan-2008
Gujarat 280 (Modi 107, Bangar 5-54) and 152 for 9 (Parmar 41, Bangar 6-53) beat Railways 260 (Rawle 110, Parmar 4-63) and 169 (Ali 46, Singh 3-22) by 1 wicket
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On a thrilling final day Railways, led by Sanjay Bangar's six-wicket haul, fought valiantly but Gujarat hung on for a one-wicket win to become the Ranji Trophy Plate League champions.
After a see-saw battle over the last four days, Gujarat required 150 to win in the fourth innings and had started the final day at 30 for 0, eyeing an easy win. Bangar, though, made it clear it wouldn't be an easy ride, as he struck twice in the fourth over of the morning, the second one being the big wicket of Parthiv Patel. Four overs later, Bangar removed Rajesh Tabiar, the other opener, and the game was on.
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A star-studded Habib Bank Limited (HBL) batting line-up crumbled against the pace of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited's (SNGPL) opening bowlers
The Bulletin by Faras Ghani in Karachi
09-Jan-2008
HBL 106 for 5 (Raza 37*, Kamran 16*, Asad 3-38, Samiullah 2-24) trail
SNGPL 351 (Hafeez 69, Misbah 64, Adnan 54, Kamran 4-99) by 245
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A star-studded Habib Bank (HBL) batting line-up crumbled against
the pace of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines' (SNGPL) opening bowlers on
the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final. Chasing SNGPL's first-innings total of 351, HBL were reduced to 48 for 5
before a rescue act by Hasan Raza (37*) and Kamran Hussain (16*) took them
past the 100-mark on another day affected by bad light.
HBL were in trouble from the start, with the left-arm pace
and movement of Samiullah Khan causing several play-and-misses. Humayun
Farhat did get off the mark with a streaky edge past four slips and a
gully but an inswinger from Samiullah soon trapped him plumb in front. Younis
Khan, with 751 Test runs in 2007, failed in his first
outing in the new year. A similar dismissal to that of Farhat saw HBL
slide to 24 for 2, soon to become 28 for 3 with young Asad Ali forcing
Rafatullah Mohmand to edge one to Adnan Akmal.
Full postIndia U-19s lift final with ease
India Under-19 continued their impressive form with a whopping 137-run defeat over Bangladesh Under-19 in the final of the triangular tournament in Pretoria
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09-Jan-2008
India Under-19 continued their impressive form with a whopping 137-run defeat over Bangladesh Under-19 in the final of the triangular tournament in Pretoria.
Having won the toss, India put up 260 for 8 in their stipulated 50 and then bowled out Bangladesh for 123 in 37.3 overs, handing them their third loss in a row.
India's top order didn't click too well, slipping to 56 for 4, but a 148-run stand between Saurav Tiwary and Manish Pandey steered them out of choppy waters. Tiwary scored 74 from 88 balls, with two sixes, and Pandey a 77-ball 72. Pradeen Sangwan clubbed 23 not out from 14 balls to get India up and over 250.
Full postGujarat need 150 to claim Plate title
A strong bowling performance put Gujarat on course for victory in the final of the Ranji Trophy Plate League at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai
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08-Jan-2008
Gujarat 280 and 30 for 0 need a further 120 runs to beat Railways 260 and 169 (Rawle 45, Raja Ali 46, Singh 3-22)
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A strong bowling performance put Gujarat on course for victory in the final of the Ranji Trophy Plate League at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Gujarat ended the fourth day requiring just 120 more to win with all ten wickets intact. The stars of the day were their bowlers, who dismissed Railways for just 169 in their second innings. The openers then chopped off 30 runs from their target of 150 before close of play.
Resuming their overnight score of 14 for 1, Railways' slide started when Sanjay Bangar and Murali Kartik fell within the space of three deliveries, leaving them tottering at 23 for 3. The middle order barely resisted and succumbed to a three-wicket burst by Amit Singh, as Railways slumped to a precarious 79 for 6.
Harshad Rawle and Raja Ali then battled it out for more than 30 overs in their stand of 56. Rawle scored 45 off 180 balls while Ali was the more fluent of the two, scoring 46 off 99. Their partnership was dislodged by legspinner Timil Patel, and the lower order could do little to push the score. Singh finished with figures of 3 for 22 while Mohnish Parmar, Ashraf Makda and Patel too two wickets apiece.
Full postVictoria back on track with two in two
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Victoria 7 for 178 (Hussey 54, Geeves 3-36) beat Tasmania 7 for 171(Geeves 40) by seven runs
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Victoria are back on track in the Twenty20 competition with a second successive win following their first loss in the tournament last week. In a top-of-the-table encounter they beat Tasmania by seven runs.
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Victoria are back on track in the Twenty20 competition with a second successive win following their first loss in the tournament last week. In a top-of-the-table encounter they beat Tasmania by seven runs.
The home side reached the highest score of the three games on Tuesday evening, putting on 7 for 178 as their assault on the competition continued and this time Tasmania's bowlers were in the line of fire. Cannons saluted every six and David Hussey led them with three in a 33-ball 54 which will once again prick the national selectors' attention, particularly as he went on to take a wicket, two catches and effect a run-out.
It wasn't just the bat that thrilled - Brett Geeves was on a hat-trick, after bowling Adam Crosthwaite and Shane Harwood in the last over, but Clinton McKay defended and the damage had already been done. Travis Birt responded with 40 and Geeves threatened late on with the bat but wickets fell with enough regularity for Victoria to take the honours.
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