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Modi and Parthiv lead Gujarat reply
Half-centuries by Nilesh Modi and Parthiv Patel put Gujarat in a comfortable position after the second day of the Ranji Trophy Plate League final against Railways
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06-Jan-2008
Gujarat 140 for 2 (Modi 66*, Parthiv 52) trail Railways 260 (Rawle 110, Parmar 4-63) by 120 runs
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Half-centuries by Nilesh Modi and Parthiv Patel put Gujarat in a comfortable position after the second day of the Ranji Trophy Plate League final against Railways at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. After Railways had extended their first innings to 260, Gujarat closed the day on a 140 for 2, with Modi still at the crease on a patient 66.
Harshad Rawle had earlier reached his second first-class hundred to ensure that Railways added 58 more to their overnight 202 for 7. Rawle, resuming on 89, got valuable support from Santosh Saxena, the No. 10 batsman, after Harvinder Singh fell in the fourth over of the day. Rawle and Saxena added 44 for the ninth wicket before Amit Singh, the right-arm medium-pace bowler, had Rawle caught behind by Parthiv. Saxena fell soon after, giving Parthiv his sixth catch of the innings, and Railways were bowled out for a modest total after choosing to bat first.
Gujarat got off to a solid, if painstakingly slow, start. Modi and Rajesh Tabiar, the openers, added 53 in 30.5 overs, with Tabiar crawling to 14 from 104 deliveries before nicking one to the wicketkeeper off Sanjay Bangar. Parthiv came, and the scoring rate picked up, as the two added 87 in 33 overs. Parthiv's 52 took just 99 balls, and included a couple of glorious on-drives.
Full postSaurashtra in trouble chasing 162
Shitanshu Kotak and the Saurashtra tail stood between Uttar Pradesh and a place in the Ranji Trophy final
The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga in Vadodara
06-Jan-2008
Saurashtra 127 (Praveen Kumar 4-40, Tyagi 4-49) and 93 for 7 (Kotak 41*, Tyagi 3-24, Praveen Kumar 2-30) need another 69 to beat Uttar Pradesh 188 and 100 (Dhurv 5-20, Makvana 2-14)
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Saurashtra have an uphill task, given that the match has an average score of 13.73 per wicket so far, but Sandeep Jobanputra and Sandip Maniar, the batsmen to follow, have shown an aptitude to stick around with a specialist batsman - Jobanputra scored 17 in the first innings and shared a 34-run ninth-wicket stand with Rakesh Dhurv. In any case the current 30-run eighth-wicket partnership between Kotak and Kamlesh Makvana is the highest in the innings so far.
The wicket here at the Moti Bagh Stadium had a covering of live grass and a firm surface but didn't warrant such a meek batting display. Saurashtra, in their second innings, belied the feeling that they couldn't play worse than in the first and never looked like putting up a fight once they lost Jaydev Shah, their best batsman in the first innings, in the second over. Kanaiya Vaghela followed two balls later in similar fashion, edging behind to Amir Khan.
Full postLockyear blasts confident Tasmania home
A round-up of the latest matches in the KFC Twenty20
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06-Jan-2008
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Tasmania 2 for 131 (Lockyear 64) beat South Australia 7 for 127 (Ferguson 40) by eight wickets
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Rhett Lockyear blasted 64 from 27 balls to give Tasmania a comprehensive victory over South Australia that almost certainly booked the Tigers the right to host the Twenty20 final. Tasmania passed the Redbacks' total in the 11th over after Lockyear's pyrotechnics saw Jason Gillespie and Ryan Harris go at 15 and 17 an over respectively. Michael Dighton made 30 from 21 deliveries as Tasmania made a mockery of South Australia's target. The Redbacks had labored in reaching 7 for 127 from their 20 overs with Nathan Adcock taking 42 balls to reach 39 and Callum Ferguson top scoring with 40 off 36. Ben Hilfenhaus was difficult to get away, claiming 2 for 21 from his four overs.
Victoria 6 for 154 (Hussey 70) beat New South Wales 8 for 142 (Thornely 26) by 12 runs
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Manhas gives Delhi 72-run first-innings lead
Mithun Manhas helped Delhi edge ahead after the second day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Baroda in Indore
The Bulletin by S Rajesh
06-Jan-2008
Baroda 199 and 8 for 0 trail Delhi 271 (Manhas 97, Vohra 4-39) by 64 runs
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Mithun Manhas helped Delhi edge ahead after the second day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Baroda in Indore. A match in which no other batsman topped 50, Manhas scored a fluent 97 and was largely instrumental in Delhi managing a first-innings lead of 72. They were bowled out just before close of play for 271, while Baroda's openers saw off four overs without too many alarms to ensure that they still have a good chance of fighting back.
The Baroda bowlers kept it tight throughout the day, with Sankalp Vohra, the left-arm medium-pacer, being the pick of the lot. Pitching it in the corridor and getting the ball to angle away from the right-handers, Vohra finished with impressive figures of 4 for 39, and was helped significantly by Yusuf Pathan in the slips, who snaffled four catches.
Full postLara century lights up Trinidad
A round-up of the second day's play of the first round of matches in the Carib Beer Series
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06-Jan-2008
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Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 115, his 11th regional hundred, to take Trinidad to 273 for 3 in response to Guyana's 334 at the end of the second day's play in Port of Spain. Lara, whose knock featured 12 fours, was aided by Kieron Pollard, who blasted his way to an unbeaten 41 off 46 balls, as the duo were involved in an unbroken 86-run fourth-wicket stand. The foundation for Trinidad's innings was laid by openers Adrian Barath (39) and Lendl Simmons (25), who added 64 runs for the first wicket. Earlier, Guyana, who resumed on 264 for 4, were rocked by the dismissal of Ramnaresh Sarwan, who fell to the new ball off the bowling of Richard Kelly without adding to his score of 63. Offspinner Amit Jaggernauth then helped himself to a brace of wickets to finish with figures of 4 for 84 as Guyana were bowled out for 334, losing six wickets for the addition of 67 runs.
Windward Islands 190 and 58 for 3 (Bascombe 20, Best 2-22) lead Barbados 246 (Hinds 95*, Best 39, Shillingford 4-60, Pascal 4-70) by 2 runs
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Ryan Hinds remained unbeaten on 95 to help defending champions Barbados claim a vital 56-run first-innings lead against Windward Islands in Kingston. Barbados, who resumed on 64 for 3, slumped to 110 for 5 and then 152 for 7, but Hinds, who took full toll of a dropped chance soon after reaching his half-century, added 67 runs for the eight wicket with Tino Best (39). Best was the more aggressive of the two, scoring 39 off 59 balls with two fours and a six. Right-arm seamer Nelon Pascal got his fourth wicket when he dismissed Alcino Holder early in the morning as Barbados resumed on 64 for 3, while offspinner Shane Shillingford also claimed four wickets by cleaning up the tail. Best returned to torment Windward by trapping openers Heron Campbell and Miles Bascombe before Hyron Shallow was caught behind off Dwayne Smith. Barbados hold the edge going into the third day as Windward finished with 58 for 3 with an effective lead of only two runs.
Full postAustralia clinch thriller to equal record
Ricky Ponting's Australia emulated Steve Waugh's run of 16 consecutive Test wins as they took a 2-0 lead in the series against India in a thriller of a game that went right down to the wire at the SCG
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
06-Jan-2008
Australia 463 (Symonds 162*, Hogg 79, Lee 59, Ponting 55, Kumble 4-106) and 7 for 401 dec (Hussey 145*, Hayden 123, Symonds 61, Kumble 4-148) beat India 532 (Tendulkar 154*, Laxman 109, Ganguly 67, Dravid 53, Lee 5-119) and 210 (Ganguly 51, Clarke 3-5, Symonds 3-51) by 122 runs
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Ricky Ponting's Australia emulated Steve Waugh's run of 16 consecutive Test wins as they took a 2-0 lead in the series against India in a thriller of a game that went right down to the wire at the SCG. With only six minutes to spare as the shadows lengthened Michael Clarke picked up the last three wickets from only five balls as Australia sneaked home. India will be gutted, not merely because they had resisted stoutly but because once again they were at the receiving end of some umpiring decisions that will be talked about for some time to come.
At the end of a very long day it seemed as though India had hung in there for the draw that left the series open heading into Perth when Clarke was thrown the ball in the 69th over of the day. Anil Kumble, who had resisted admirably, negotiated it with little trouble. But it was the next Clarke over that knocked the last nails into India's coffin.
Off the first ball, a brute that reared and took the outside edge to be smartly caught by Michael Hussey, Harbhajan Singh was dismissed. RP Singh planted his foot down the pitch to the next one but only interrupted the ball's onward journey to the stumps and was lbw for a first-ball duck. Ishant Sharma negotiated the hat-trick ball, another straight one, and dabbed the next to the on side but the fifth ball did for him. Tossed up and outside the off, the ball gripped the surface and went via outside edge straight to slip, and Australia had the result they wanted.
Full postNew Zealand storm to nine-wicket win
A four-pronged seam attack turned the Test quickly in the first session, grabbing the opposition by the scruff of the neck after a 161-run opening stand, before Daniel Vettori mopped up the tail quickly after lunch
The Bulletin by Jamie Alter
06-Jan-2008
New Zealand 357 (Oram 117, Bell 107, Mortaza 4-74) and 39 for 1 beat Bangladesh 137 (Tamim 53, Martin 4-64) and 254 (Tamim 84, Siddique 74, Vettori 4-70) by nine wickets
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New Zealand stormed back from an indifferent second day to dismiss a submissive Bangladesh for 254 and wrapped up a nine-wicket win before tea on day three at Dunedin's University Oval.
A four-pronged seam attack turned the Test quickly in the first session, grabbing the opposition by the scruff of the neck after a 161-run opening stand, before Daniel Vettori mopped up the tail quickly after lunch. With Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique dismissed in succession it all fell apart in the second innings rather spectacularly for Bangladesh, who lost ten wickets for 93 runs to hand the hosts a series lead with one to play.
Full postIndian win ends South Africa's tournament
A third successive defeat meant South Africa U-19 were knocked out of the tournament
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05-Jan-2008
India Under-19 226 for 4 (Kohli 71, Tiwary 53*, Srivastava 50, Parnell 3-34) beat South Africa Under-19 223 for 9 (Malan 57, Abdulla 3-29, Srivastava 3-42) by 6 wickets
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A third successive defeat, with Friday's game against Bangladesh Under-19 washed out, resulted in South Africa Under-19 being knocked out of the triangular tournament being held in Pretoria.
South Africa needed to beat India Under-19 to have a chance of going through to the final, but the hosts suffered a six-wicket loss. Tanmay Srivastava was once again instrumental in thwarting South Africa; he had scored a century in the previous round-robin encounter between the two teams, and though he scored only 50 in this game, his three wickets had helped his team restrict the hosts to 223 from their alloted 50 overs.
Wayne Parnell, the South African captain, opted to bat and his team made a brisk and steady start, with 56 runs being added before the first wicket - of JJ Smuts - fell on the last ball of the tenth over. Opener Pieter Malan top scored for his side with 57; South Africa were looking good at 105 for 2 off 22.3 overs before Srivastava struck to remove Malan.
Full postUP take charge on bowler-dominated day
Uttar Pradesh were bundled for 188, but by stumps, they had Saurashtra tottering at 116 for 8
The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga in Vadodara
05-Jan-2008
Saurashtra 116 for 8 (Shah 57, Praveen Kumar 3-35, Tyagi 3-43) trail Uttar Pradesh 188 (Kaif 80, Maniar 6-88, Jobanputra 3-60) by 72 runs
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Saurashtra's new-ball bowlers Sandeep Jobanputra and Sandip Maniar were the stars with the ball as Uttar Pradesh were bundled for 188, but by stumps, one of them was batting and the other - the last man - was padded up, as UP had Saurashtra tottering at 116 for 8.
On a day when eighteen wickets fell - including four occasions when two fell in the same over - Saurashtra will rue letting UP recover after having them at 69 for 7.
Full postRailways' Rawle stands tall amid ruins
A gritty unbeaten 89 from Harshad Rawle enabled Railways finish the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate League final against Gujarat at 202 for 7
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05-Jan-2008
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A gritty, unbeaten 89 from Harshad Rawle helped Railways recover from a shaky start to finish the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate League final against Gujarat at 202 for 7. Rawle provided spine to the innings - the next highest score was 26 - but Railways would have felt they hadn't done justice to Murali Kartik's decision to bat.
Gujarat were on the ball from the start, with Siddharth Trivedi striking twice to reduce Railways to 18 for 2. Rawle then joined the veteran Sanjay Bangar at the crease and the two added 49 runs for the third wicket. Runs came at a trickle and, when Ashraf Makda had Bangar caught behind in the 34th over, Railways had managed 67.
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