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England poised to gain sizable lead
England U-19 were poised to gain a sizable first-innings lead against Pakistan U-19 on the second day at Derby
Cricinfo staff
11-Aug-2007
England Under-19 were poised to gain a sizable first-innings lead against Pakistan Under-19 on the second day at Derby. England added 46 runs for the last wicket to extend their total to 332 before their bowlers reduced Pakistan to 216 for 8, trailing by 116 runs. Ali Asad top-scored with 89 but received no support from any of the other batsmen.
At one stage it looked like Pakistan were going to struggle reach 200 after they had lost four top-order wickets for 41 runs. Glamorgan swing bowler James Harris trapped Pakistan's openers, Ahmed Shahzad and Shan Masood, leg before and Pakistan quickly lost Umar Amin and Usman Salahuddin for 9 and 11.
Asad averted a drastic collapse by adding 66 for the fifth wicket with Taimur Ali and another 63 with Imad Wasim. Rory Hamilton-Brown broke the sixth-wicket stand by trapping Wasim lbw, and Asad, after batting for 200 minutes with nine fours and two sixes, was stumped off left-arm spinner Laim Dawson to leave Pakistan on 190 for 7. Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Rameez stuck it out and took Pakistan to 216 for 8 at stumps.
Full postMurali bowls Lancashire to victory
John Ward reports on the third day's play in the Roses match at Headingley as Lancashire wrap up an innings victory
John Ward at Headingley
11-Aug-2007
Lancashire 517 beat Yorkshire 144 and 247 (Muralitharan 5-66) by an innings and 126 runs
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Yorkshire's County Championship hopes for 2007 took a serious blow when they went down weakly, by an innings and 126 runs, to Lancashire at Headingley on the third afternoon. In their second innings Yorkshire subsided for a total of 247. Nine of their batsmen reached double figures, but significantly none had the determination to reach 50.
To add to Yorkshire's shame, it was the heaviest defeat they had suffered at the hands of their Roses rivals. For Lancashire, the last-day hero was Muttiah Muralitharan, who took five wickets, although special mention should be made of Steven Croft for his excellent fielding, which brought two catches and a run-out.
The Yorkshire innings was a slide rather than a rout, and it began with the second ball of the day. It was bowled by Andrew Flintoff, and edged by Joe Sayers (19) to the keeper. After that, Yorkshire did for a while put up a good fight. They had a batsman in at number three with a Test-match double-century to his credit and even if it was Jason Gillespie, in as night-watchman, and the opposition had been Bangladesh, he rarely throws his wicket away and finished as top scorer with 44.
Full postPatel and Badrinath pound Kenya
Boundary-filled hundreds from Parthiv Patel and Subramaniam Badrinath, for the second consecutive match, punished Kenya and put India A in a position from where a clean sweep of the series is a formality
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11-Aug-2007
Kenya 218 and 4 for 2 (Varaiya 2*, Suji 0*) trail India A 429 for 5 dec (Patel 164, Badrinath 160*, Yadav 60) by 207 runs
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Boundary-filled hundreds from Parthiv Patel and Subramaniam Badrinath, for the second consecutive match, punished Kenya and put India A in a position from where a clean sweep of the series is a formality. On a cool day at Mombasa, with the wind blowing across from the coast, Patel and Badrinath again tormented Kenya with a 192-run fourth wicket stand, in just under 40 overs, before Badrinath added 155 with Arjun Yadav (60). It all added up to a total of 429 for 5, at which India declared, before Irfan Pathan removed the Kenyan openers.
Patel was at ease during his hundred, scoring runs almost at will on a very good batting track. Though Pathan fell early, slashing a wide delivery from Lameck Onyango to first slip for 16, Patel found the in-form Badrinath to carry on the fun. Patel was the dominant scorer in their partnership and his pulling and driving was especially worthy as he regularly found the boundaries all around the pitch. He also ran the doubles well.
Full postEngland on the brink of a follow-on
As it stands India are ahead by 338 and England need 139 runs more avoid the follow-on
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
11-Aug-2007
England 326 for 9 (Bell 63, Collingwood 62, Cook 61) trail India 664 (Kumble 110*, Dhoni 92, Karthik 91, Tendulkar 82, Anderson 4-182) by 338 runs
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How they were out
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How they were out
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If the second day was one for Kodak moments and a statistician's delight the third was attritional, one where India probed relentlessly. Anil Kumble wheeled away in tandem with the seamers and the returns came, not in torrents, but regularly enough to leave England at 326 for 9. England's batsmen did their best to keep the bowlers at bay, but all they managed to do was give Rahul Dravid more time to decide whether he wants to enforce the follow-on or not. As it stands India are ahead by 338 and England need 139 more runs to avoid the follow-on.
When the day began, there were still a few die-hard optimists working out the ways in which England could win this game: one way would have been Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan, England's premier batsmen, playing out the whole day at near-Twenty20 pace and living on to fight again on the fourth day. What in fact transpired was very different.
Full postBorchersen shreds fragile Bermuda
If Bermuda's defeat in the first of this two-match series could be put down to jet-lag, there was no mistaking that they were again easily outplayed by Denmark at Brondby's Svanholm Park
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10-Aug-2007
Denmark 177 for 3 (Klokker 67*, Hedegaard 50*, Pedersen 40) beat Bermuda 176 (Celestine 78, Borchersen 5-32, Hansen 4-33) by seven wickets
If Bermuda's defeat in the first of this two-match series could be put down to jet-lag, there was no mistaking that they were again easily outplayed by Denmark at Brondby's Svanholm Park. The margin of Bermuda's defeat was seven wickets, even greater than yesterday, and the flaws in many aspects of their game was all too apparent.
Yesterday they were caught cold and never recovered from sliding to 39 for 7. Today they were put in and with Thomas Hansen, their seven-wicket tormentor in the first game, absent with a sore knee, they scored freely against the new ball. But the introduction of David Borchersen turned the game on its head as Bermuda, cantering at 27 for 0, lost four wickets for 21 runs.
Only James Celestine appeared up for the challenge, and his 78 was the bedrock of the Bermuda innings. Henrik Hansen, ineffective with the new ball, was a changed man with the old and his comeback spell was of 4 for 17 as the innings collapsed for a second time, from 154 for 5 to 176 all out in the 49th over.
Full postHonours even despite Ontong hundred
The second day of the match between Zimbabwe Select and South Africa A at Harare Sports Club ended with honours even after a much-improved bowling display by the Zimbabweans
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10-Aug-2007
Zimbabwe Select 242 (Sibanda 68, Taibu 63, Langeveldt 4-62, Hall 3-29) and 17 for 0 trail South Africa A 280 (Ontong 101, Dippenaar 77, Brent 4-48, Mpofu 3-39) by 21 runs
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The second day of the match between Zimbabwe Select and South Africa A at Harare Sports Club ended with honours even after a much-improved bowling display by the Zimbabweans.
Midway through the day South Africa had appeared to be in a strong position, with Justin Ontong powering to a hundred. But Zimbabwe fought back to restrict the first-innings deficit to 38 and they had reduced that by a further 17 without loss by the end.
South Africa polished off the remaining three wickets at the start of play with little resistance, Charl Langeveldt mopping up the tail to finish with 4 for 62. Tatenda Taibu added seven to his overnight 56 but was left high and dry as his team-mates wilted.
Full postPakistan on top despite Godleman's century
Pakistan Under-19 seized the advantage by reducing England Under-19 to 286 for 9 on the opening day of the second Test at the County Ground in Derby
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10-Aug-2007
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Pakistan Under-19 seized the advantage by reducing England Under-19 to 290 for 9 on the opening day of the second Test at the County Ground in Derby. Middlesex batsman Billy Godleman stood firm at one end and scored 115 but Pakistan's bowlers pegged away at the other, taking seven wickets for 118 runs after England were 172 for 2 at one stage.
Rory Hamilton-Brown's decision to bat initially paid off as England's openers, Godleman and Alex Wakely, added 95 for the first wicket. Rawalpindi fast-bowler Mohammad Aamer gave Pakistan the first breakthrough when he bowled Wakely for 43 and Mohammad Rameez soon had Adam Lyth caught behind with England on 107 for 2.
Full postLaw and Horton flay Yorkshire
John Ward reports on the second day's play in the Roses match at Headingley where Stuart Law hits a double century and Paul Horton a career-best 149
John Ward at Headingley
10-Aug-2007
Yorkshire 144 and 44 for 1 trail Lancashire 517 (Law 206, Horton 149) by 329 runs
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Perhaps in the end Yorkshire did rather well to dismiss Lancashire for 517, after they were 383 for two at one stage. The batsmen chiefly responsible for Lancashire's position of virtually overwhelming strength were the two Australian-born players, opener Paul Horton (149) and the former international Stuart Law (206). Their contributions enabled Lancashire to pass 500 and finish the day 329 runs ahead, with one already Yorkshire wicket down.
Horton and Law began the day in possession of the crease, and stayed in control until well into the afternoon session. They used the well-tried method of laying a firm foundation before attempting to build. Horton, 82 not out overnight, took 48 minutes to reach his second first-class century, and was stuck on 99 for quite a while, but he refused to be flustered and finally turned a ball from Jason Gillespie towards long leg to reach three figures; it took him 186 balls.
Full postHonours even as O'Brien and Botha battle
Scotland's go-slow tactics on the first day gave way to some more adventurous batting today from both sides at Stormont. At the close, Ireland were 179 for 4 in reply to Scotland's 314
Cricinfo staff at Stormont
10-Aug-2007
Ireland 179 for 4 (N O'Brien 83*, Botha 57*) trail Scotland 314 (Blain 93, Smith 40, K O'Brien 4-38) by 135 runs
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Scotland resumed on 183 for 7 in front of fewer spectators than there were players. John Blain and Simon Smith pressed on with more intent than before, Blain rather more streakily at first, toying with attacking shots just out of the reach of close fielders.
Blain's fifty came up of 168 balls, but Ireland finally broke through when Greg Thompson's second ball of the day removed Smith leg-before for 40 - it was not the first lbw decision to have left a batsman feeling aggrieved.
Full postSri Lanka A end tour in style
Sri Lanka A ended their tour with a 154-run win against Durham after bowling them out for 217 on the final day
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10-Aug-2007
Sri Lanka A 379 and 212 for 8 dec (Lokuarachchi 45) beat Durham 220 (Welegedara 5-45) and 217 (Park 51, Welegedara 4-41) by 154 runs
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Sri Lanka A ended their tour with a 154-run win against Durham after bowling them out for 217 on the final day. Chanaka Welegedara claimed four wickets as Durham collapsed following a fourth-wicket stand of 93 between Gordon Muchall and Gary Park.
After batting on for a further 50 runs, Sri Lanka set the home side 372 for victory but they never threatened to get close. However, their bid to save the game started solidly with an opening stand of 71 between Will Smith and Mark Stoneman before Smith was trapped lbw by Dilruwan Perera.
Park made 51, but he was caught behind off Welegedara shortly after Muchall had been run out. The lower-order didn't offer much resistance as the last six wickets fell for 50 runs, the third run-out of the innings completing the victory for Sri Lanka and a highly satisfactory tour where a number of fringe players have shown pleasing form.
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