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Gillespie rocks Queensland with five-wicket haul
Jason Gillespie sliced through Queensland's middle order with a five-wicket haul as the Bulls were bowled out for 252 in the first day of their Pura Cup match against South Australia
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19-Feb-2006
South Australia 3 for 41 (Bichel 3-12) trail Queensland 252 (Perren 74, Gillespie 5-40) by 211 runs
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Jason Gillespie sliced through Queensland's middle order with a five-wicket haul as the Bulls were bowled out for 252 on the first day of their Pura Cup match against South Australia. In reply, the Redbacks' top order struggled, finishing the day at 3 for 41 with Andy Bichel claiming all three victims.
Queensland seemed comfortably placed at 3 for 117 until Gillespie struck, dismissing James Hopes for 8, caught by Cameron Borgas. Brendan Nash failed to open his account and Gillespie then removed Chris Hartley and Bichel off successive deliveries, leaving them limping at 7 for 136. Clinton Perren and Ashley Noffke resurrected the innings with an 82-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Perren hung on almost to the end, adding a further 32 with Daniel Doran, after Gillespie clean bowled Noffke to take his fifth wicket. Perren finished with 74 with ten fours and a six.
Full postAustralia put India on the ropes
Australia put themselves in a strong position after two days of the one-off Adelaide Test, forcing India to follow on and then reducing them to 3 for 51 in their second innings
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19-Feb-2006
India 93 and 3 for 51 trail Australia 250 (Sthalekar 72, Rolton 63, Goswami 4-43) by 106 runs
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India were in trouble as soon as their innings started and were unable to cope with some aggressive bowling. Sarah Andrews, on debut, prised out Monica Sumra - caught by the captain Karen Rolton - in the fourth over before triggering a dramatic collapse.
From 1 for 41, India fell to 6 for 51 at lunch with Andrews trapping Karu Jain - India's highest scorer with 21 - and Cathryn Fitzpatrick removing Raj (16) and Rumeli Dhar (4). Nooshin Al Khader stuck around for 41 minutes for 16, but Julie Hayes removed her as India were bowled out in 61.4 overs. Fitzpatrick was the most successful bowler with 3 for 24.
Full postWestern Australia prevail in thriller
Western Australia defeated New South Wales by one run in a thrilling contest at the Drummoyne Oval in Sydney
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19-Feb-2006
Western Australia 247 (Voges 57, Worthington 50, MacGill 4-54) beat New South Wales 8 for 246 (Clarke 75, Simmons 51, Thornely 50) by 1 run
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Western Australia defeated New South Wales by one run in a thrilling contest at the Drummoyne Oval in Sydney. Chasing 248, the Blues were cruising with nine runs needed off the last 10 balls with five wickets in hand until they were hit by a three-wicket collapse.
Michael Clarke and Craig Simmons laid the foundation for the Blues with a 116-run second-wicket stand, scoring 75 and 51 respectively. Western Australia's bowlers managed to stem the flow of runs despite the partnership and came right back into the match, picking up four wickets for 20 runs.
Brad Haddin and Matthew Phelps failed and after Clarke's dismissal at 140, the Blues had lost half their side with more than a hundred to get. However, Aaron O'Brien (47) and Dominic Thornely (50) staged a recovery, putting on 98 for the sixth wicket. With the required rate climbing, the Blues lost both the well-set batsmen in quick succession towards the end, making the task harder for the tail-enders.
Full postEngland build on lead
England managed to gain a 47-run lead by dismissing CCI President's XI for 252
The Bulletin by George Binoy
19-Feb-2006
England 299 and 30 for 1 lead CCI President's XI 251
(Samant 53, Blackwell 4-57) by 78 runs
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Marcus Trescothick was back for England's second innings after missing the
first day due to illness. Andrew Strauss clipped Abid Nabi straight to
square leg but Trescothick showed impressive form, carting Redkar for four
boundaries, three square cuts and a cover drive, off the last over of the
day.
England had a relaxed warm-up session before the start of the day and
carried that attitude into the match. The bowlers preferred to gently get
accustomed to the conditions rather than fire on all cylinders. Steve
Harmison got steep bounce as usual but was nowhere near the hostility he's
capable of. Matthew Hoggard didn't find the swing that is so vital to his
success and Simon Jones jogged in gingerly from a short run up and let
loose at a little more than half his usual speed. Only Andrew Flintoff
revved up the pace and conceded just four runs in his four-over spell.
Full postNorth West upset Free State
A round-up from the thrid day of the latest round of matches in the SAA Provincial Challenge
Keith Lane
19-Feb-2006
North West caused an upset in Potchefstroom beating a strong Free State
team by four wickets. Free State had been in a strong position as they
declared at 358 for 4 after solid knocks from Petrus Koortzen (96), Cliff Deacon
(69*) and Benjamin Hector (68). The target of 309 was, however, not
enough as North West chased it down in 52.1 overs despite 4 for 80
from Bennett Sekonyane. A magnificent 103 from Mohammad Akoojee and an unbeaten 66
from Frikkie Holtzhausen saw North West register a satisfying
win and a jump to the second spot in Pool A.
Western Province only needed 9.2 overs on day three to claim victory against Boland in Cape Town. Set a huge 473 to win,
Boland were bowled out for 74. The winning margin of 398 is the biggest in South African first-class domestic cricket. Quentin Friend picked up 3 for 32 while the first innings
destroyer, Mark de Stadler, took 3 for 6.
KwaZulu-Natal inflicted a nine-wicket win over Border in Durban as they
chased down a target of 178 for the loss of Mark Sanders (69). Rivash
Gobind (71*) and Imraan Khan (37*) carried on to see Natal home.
Border's second innings was a vast improvement on their first, with Laden
Gamiet (105) and a career-best 47 from Kevin Bennett taking them to 334.
Robbie Frylinck was the main wicket-taker for Natal with 4 for 63.
Despite taking 11 wickets in the match, Ahmed Nawab and Gauteng had to
settle for a tame draw against Northerns in Johannesburg. A good pitch and
some resolute defence from Gauteng, chasing a target of 376, saw the
game peter out to a draw with Gauteng on 204 for 4 and Enoch Nkwe not
out on 71. Earlier, Nkwe and William Motaung (75) had put 75 in just 70 minutes as Gauteng went after the target. The loss
of Motaung and a further wicket slowed things down and a draw became
inevitable. Northerns had tried hard to set a realistic target with
Heino Kuhn (50), Alfonso Thomas (42*) and Johan Myburgh (64*) scoring freely, but it was Nawab who stole the show in taking 5 for
66 to add to his 6 for 106 in the first innings.
Full postIndia romp to emphatic win
An assured opening salvo from Rahul Dravid, opening the batting in place of the rested Sachin Tendulkar, led India's pursuit of 287 in the final one-dayer at Karachi
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Karachi
19-Feb-2006
India 287 for 2 (Yuvraj 107*, Dhoni 77*, Dravid 50) beat
Pakistan 286 for 8 (Younis 74*, Yousuf 67) by 8 wickets
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A wave of inevitability enveloped the National Stadium at Karachi as India
signed off with an emphatic eight-wicket win and completed a 4-1 drubbing
in style. Yet again India chased, yet again they triggered a top-order
collapse, yet again they rode on a Yuvraj Singh special and yet again they
left Pakistan quite hopeless at the end of it all. One just needed to see
Pakistan's fielding to realise the rift between the two sides. It was
really a no-contest.
The scorecard might suggest otherwise - after all 288 can be a pretty
imposing score. It was an impressive revival, once the top order faltered
against Sreesanth and Co. for the fourth successive game, with Mohammad
Yousuf and Younis Khan providing the boost. But considering the nature of
the surface, the insipid nature of Pakistan's bowling effort, and their
atrocious fielding display, no total might have been enough. Add Yuvraj
Singh's near-invincible touch and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's golden hand,
India's 13th successful run-chase on the trot was almost written in stone.
Full postIreland end on a high
Under-19 World Cup roundup
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18-Feb-2006
Ireland 166 for 4 (Morgan 60*) beat Uganda 165 for 8 b six wickets
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Ireland ended their World Cup campaign with a second successive win, this time against Uganda in the Plate Championship play-off final on Saturday. Eoin Morgan's side restricted Uganda to 165 for 8 and then knocked off the required runs for just four wickets.
Morgan was the man who steered his side home with an unbeaten 60 as Ireland secured the victory with 14.1 overs in hand. The win meant Ireland finished as the 13th-ranked of the 16 teams in action, ahead of Uganda, Namibia, and Scotland.
Ireland's victory was founded upon some excellent, disciplined spin bowling that strangled the Uganda innings.
Full postHosts Sri Lanka sign off with limp defeat
Under-19 World Cup roundup
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18-Feb-2006
Bangladesh 278 for 8 (Sakib Al Hasan 67, Mehrab Hossain 66*) beat Sri Lanka 180 (Cooray 58) by 98 runs
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Hosts Sri Lanka signed off from the World Cup with a limp defeat to Bangladesh in the Super League play-off final on Saturday.
Bangladesh reached 278 for 8, their highest total of the tournament, after being put into bat and then dismissed their opponents for 180 in 44.5 overs. It meant Bangladesh finished as the fifth-ranked side of the 16 teams on show, their best-ever result in this competition.
Bangladesh's innings was one of fits and starts. They adopted an aggressive approach right from the start but lost early wickets because of it and slipped to 66 for 3 as Shalika Karunanayake (4 for 63) and Thisara Perera (1 for 50) did the early damage.
Full postGoswami bowls India into strong position
India reduced Australia to 8 for 230 by the end of the first day at Adelaide
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18-Feb-2006
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India will be well pleased with their efforts on the opening day of the only Test at Adelaide. By the close they had reduced Australia to 8 for 230 with Jhulan Goswami and Neetu David doing the damage to knock over the top order. Goswami ended with an impressive 3 for 39 from 23 stingy overs of pace bowling. David grabbed 2 for 46 from her 15 overs of spin.
Australia can take some comfort from the day, though. Karen Rolton's first innings at the helm since taking over from the retired Belinda Clark proved a successful one - she made 63, and passed Clark as Australia's leading runscorer in Tests at the same time, but will be kicking herself for not going on from there.
Full postVictoria out of contention
Griffith dashes Victoria's hopes with four-wicket haul
Cricinfo staff
18-Feb-2006
Tasmania 7 for 242 (Paine 47, Bailey 42) beat Victoria 128 (Griffith 4-36) by 114 runs
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A four-wicket haul by the pace bowler Adam Griffith helped Tasmania trounce Victoria by 114 runs at Melbourne on Saturday. With this defeat, Victoria also squandered their chance of making the ING Cup finals.
Victoria went into the match resting their key players - Shane Warne, Brad Hodge and Mick Lewis. Chasing 243, the Bushrangers got off to a disastrous start losing both openers to Griffith without a run on the board. Liam Buchanan fell shortly after, with the score on 14, and the Bushrangers struggled to construct substantial partnerships, the highest being 43 for the fourth wicket between David Hussey and Aiden Blizzard. Griffith claimed two more wickets to finish with 4 for 36, which were his best figures in the competition.
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