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Bangladesh edge past West Indies
There were wins for Ireland, New Zealand and Bangladesh in the Plate semi-finals in the Under-19 World Cup
Cricinfo staff
15-Feb-2006
New Zealand beat USA by 170 runs
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New Zealand beat USA by 170 runs to book a place in the final of the Plate Championship. Led by an excellent unbeaten 100 by Andrew de Boorder, New Zealand posted an imposing 295 for 8 after being sent into bat before dismissing USA for 120 in 29.3 overs, with seamer Hamish Bennett collecting 4 for 16. de Boorder's innings spanned just 115 balls, included eight fours and continued his rich vein of form as he made 87 against Ireland. With useful contributions from opener Todd Astle (59) and Martin Guptill (42) to back up de Boorder's innings, New Zealand made the USA bowlers suffer in conditions that were once more hot and humid. Abhimanyu Rajp took 5 for 61.
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New Zealand beat USA by 170 runs to book a place in the final of the Plate Championship. Led by an excellent unbeaten 100 by Andrew de Boorder, New Zealand posted an imposing 295 for 8 after being sent into bat before dismissing USA for 120 in 29.3 overs, with seamer Hamish Bennett collecting 4 for 16. de Boorder's innings spanned just 115 balls, included eight fours and continued his rich vein of form as he made 87 against Ireland. With useful contributions from opener Todd Astle (59) and Martin Guptill (42) to back up de Boorder's innings, New Zealand made the USA bowlers suffer in conditions that were once more hot and humid. Abhimanyu Rajp took 5 for 61.
USA lost wickets at regular intervals and, after a promising beginning when they reached 35 for 0 in the seventh over, they collapsed. Only one player - Sumon Bari, with 23 - reached 20 and they never came close to threatening the target.
Despite two wins in as many days, New Zealand coach Dipak Patel said his side still had more to offer. "We still have not played to our full potential," he said.
"Our preparation before the tournament was minimal and that was shown in our early results and we are still struggling with the new ball, although our spinners and medium-pacers are doing a good job now.
Full postSouth Africa U-19s make short work of Scotland
South Africa took a step towards winning the Plate Championship of the Under-19 World Cup when they made short work of Scotland, beating them by the compelling margin of 185 runs on Tuesday
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
14-Feb-2006
South Africa 337 for 8 (Elgar 86) beat Scotland 152 (Goudie 59) by 185 runs
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South Africa took a step towards winning the Plate Championship of the Under-19 World Cup when they made short work of Scotland, beating them by the compelling margin of 185 runs on Tuesday.
Put into bat, South Africa - still smarting under the failure to qualify for the Super League - made mincemeat of the hapless Scotland bowlers to pile up 337 for 8, the highest total of the tournament. Scotland were dismissed for 152 off 40.4 overs.
South Africa's match-winner was the left-hander Jean Symes who deservedly bagged the Man-of-the-Match award; after his knock of 63 off 90 balls, he grabbed 3 for 38 in a superb allround display.
Full postNew Zealand's surge avoids Irish upset
Eyeing a famous win over New Zealand for much of the match, Ireland eventually fell by three wickets
Andrew McGlashan
14-Feb-2006
New Zealand 305 for 7 (Southee 94) beat Ireland (Morgan 124) by 3 wickets
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This tournament has come close to producing an upset on a couple of occasions before
the favourite has squeezed through, and today Ireland appeared to be en route to inflict a heavy defeat of New Zealand. Eoin Morgan's outstanding 124 powered Ireland past 300 and when their opponents were 150 for 4, with the asking rate over eight, the Irish were eyeing a famous win. However, a display of hugely powerful hitting from Tim Southee, and a determined 87 from Andrew de Boorder, carried New Zealand across the line
in a blaze of boundaries, with four balls to spare.
The pair took advantage of an attack that wilted under the heat and
against the onslaught, regularly finding the rope and often going over it.
In a strange decision from Morgan he refused to bring back his strike
bowler, Niall McDarby, who had taken 6 for 50 against England earlier in
the tournament, until the game was well within New Zealand's grasp.
Although McDarby did strike late on, it was not enough to steal the match
back at the end. Ireland will be ruing a couple of missed chances,
including a vital stumping against de Boorder when he was on 16. However,
nothing can be taken away from Kiwi comeback.
Full postTigers extend advantage after Victoria slip to 135
Tasmania grabbed the first-innings lead against Victoria and was threatening to create a major upset in the Pura Cup match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne
Cricinfo staff
14-Feb-2006
Tasmania 295 and 5 for 141 lead Victoria135 (Drew 4-33) by 301 runs
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Tasmania grabbed a first-innings lead against Victoria and threatened to create a major upset in the Pura Cup match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. Powered by a four-wicket haul from Brendan Drew, Tasmania, who are bottom of the points table, dismissed Victoria for 135 and gained a 160-run lead. However, they chose not to enforce the follow-on and were 5 for 141 by the end of the second day.
No Victorian batsmen passed 25 as Drew, who has taken seven wickets at 54.85 in his three first-class games, grabbed his four victims in 18 balls before lunch. But the Bushrangers fought back through a disciplined bowling performance - Shane Harwood picked up 2 for 23 - to reduce Tasmania to a shaky 5 for 97 before Dan Marsh and Sean Clingeleffer added 44 vital runs. Given the Bushrangers' recent record of successful chases, Tasmania will be looking to set a big target.
Full postLanger half-century sets up Western Australia
Justin Langer made 61 and charged Western Australia to 4 for 238 in 73.2 overs before bad light stopped play on the opening day against New South Wales at the SCG
Cricinfo staff
14-Feb-2006
Western Australia 4 for 238 (Langer 61) v New South Wales
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Justin Langer made 61 and charged Western Australia to 4 for 238 in 73.2 overs before bad light stopped play on the opening day against New South Wales at the SCG. On an overcast day when the floodlights were on throughout, Langer provided the fireworks with ten boundaries. He reached his half-century after lunch to lift WA to a position of strength at 1 for 129 before Jason Krejza spun NSW back into the game.
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Krejza, the offspinning allrounder, is playing his first game of a season marred by shin splits, and he got into the act quickly, removing Langer and Shaun Marsh to push the Warriors on the back foot at 3 for 154. Thirty runs later Matthew Nicholson got rid off Adam Voges to raise hopes of a good day for the hosts before an unbroken 54-run partnership between Marcus North and David Bandy pulled Warriors out of trouble. NSW fielded two spinners on a pitch expected to assist them, and while Krejza picked up a couple of wickets, Stuart MacGill went wicketless in his 19 overs.
Full postGilchrist and Katich seal series
Adam Gilchrist finished his home international season the way he started it by smashing a national record for the fastest century as he led Australia to a 2-1 VB Series finals victory
Peter English at the Gabba
14-Feb-2006
Australia 1 for 267 (Gilchrist 122, Katich 106*) beat Sri Lanka 9 for 266 (Arnold 76, Jayawardene 86, Sangakkara 59, Bracken 3-44) by nine wickets
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How they were out
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How they were out
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Adam Gilchrist finished his home international season the way he started it by smashing a national record for the fastest century as he led Australia to a 2-1 VB Series finals victory. With Gilchrist, the Man of the Match, galloping to his hundred in only 67 balls - it arrived six deliveries sooner than his 103 in the second Super Series ODI in October - Australia underlined the Adelaide loss in the opening match as a blip in a dominating performance that matched Sunday's 167-run victory.
Sri Lanka's seemingly testing total of 9 for 266 looked scrawny as soon as Gilchrist shrugged off a slow start, and he bounded to 122 off 91 before Simon Katich reached his overlooked maiden century to secure a nine-wicket victory. Gilchrist supplied a devastating performance in a rare third final and the power of his hitting stunned a crowd of 26,139 that turned up at only two days' notice, and delayed the finish by pelting the ground with empty cups.
Full postGanguly and Das shine for Bengal
A summary of the latest action in the Ranji Trophy One-Day Tournament
Cricinfo staff
13-Feb-2006
An opening stand of 159 between Subhomoy Das and Sourav Ganguly guided Bengal to a nine-wicket win over Jharkhand at Dhanbad. Ganguly was dismissed for 72, but Das went on to score 126 not out off 139 balls. Jharkhand's 245 for 9 was built around an unbeaten from Rajiv Kumar, with Ganguly, Shib Paul and Saurasish Lahiri each taking two wickets.
Tripura clinched a low-scoring affair against Assam at Dhanbad by five wickets thanks to the steady hand of Manoj Singh (44). Winning the toss and electing to field, Tripura dismissed Assam for just 123 in 46.1 overs with Vinit Jain (3 for 33) and Timir Chandra (3 for 25) rocking the top order. Left reeling at 46 for 7, Assam recovered somewhat thanks to Anand Katti's dour 29 from 89 deliveries, but in the end a total of 123 proved too little. S Tarafdar gave Tripura a run for their money initially, taking 4 for 41before they reached home in the 44th over.
Hemang Badani's 109 and tight bowling from Tamil Nadu's bowlers saw them clinch a 66-run win over Hyderabad. Consuming just 77 deliveries in his thrilling innings - complete with seven sixes - Badani took TN to a commanding 264 before Ganapathi Vignesh and Sridharan Sriram picked up key wickets to rout Hyderabad for 198 in 45.3 overs. Badani also picked up the wicket of top-scorer D Vinay Kumar (58) as TN swept the hosts aside. The win, the third in-a-row for TN, gave them 14 points from three matches. It was Hyderabad's third consecutive loss.
Chandrashekar Raghu's second hundred of the tournament and four wickets from Vinay Kumar powered Karnataka to a 66-run win over Andhra Pradesh and helped record their third straight win to pick 14 points from three matches. at Secunderabad. Batting first, Karnataka's total of 273 was centered around Raghu's 110 from 92 deliveries and Robin Uthappa's 54 at the top of the innings. In response, Andhra never really got off the blocks as strikes from Kumar left them struggling at 28 for 3. Venugopal Rao, the Andhra captain, hit 72 to try and lead a fightback but was unable to sustain it due to a lack of partners at the other end.
Full postDi Venuto and Birt give Tasmania some substance
Travis Birt and Michael Di Venuto narrowly missed centuries, but their bright contributions gave Tasmania a solid start in their Pura Cup match against Victoria at St Kilda
Cricinfo staff
13-Feb-2006
Tasmania 295 (Di Venuto 96, Birt 89, Denton 4-51) v Victoria
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Travis Birt and Michael Di Venuto narrowly missed centuries, but their bright contributions gave Tasmania a solid start in their Pura Cup match against Victoria at St Kilda. The Bushrangers suffered a double blow before the match when the top-order batsmen Brad Hodge and Jason Arnberger were ruled out with flu, and the Tigers added to their problems until Gerard Denton's late strikes helped dismiss them for 295.
Michael Di Venuto lost his opening partner David Dawson when he offered no shot and was lbw to Denton's second ball of the match, but he settled his side against Victoria, who hold a two-point lead at the top of the table. Hitting 13 fours, Di Venuto found the conditions comfortable and he seemed certain to pick up a century before he edged Denton behind for 96.
Full postMumbai and Maharashtra post wins
A summary of the latest action in the Ranji Trophy One-Day Tournament
Cricinfo staff
13-Feb-2006
Mumbai completed a comfortable 73-run win after a fine bowling performance dismissed Gujarat for 122 at the Motibaug Palace Ground in Baroda. Powered by three 30 plus scores from A Kadam (49), Hiken Shah (35) and Bhavin Thakkar (34) Mumbai reached 195 for 7. Aavishkar Salvi never allowed the run chase to hit the road, grabbing three top-order wickets to reduce Gujarat to 38 for 5. Hemal Watekar, batting at No 8, chipped in with 32 that lent some respectability to the Gujarat score but by then Mumbai had run away with the match.
Punjab routed Delhi by six wickets after VRV Singh and Gagandeep Singh rocked the top order to restrict the hosts to 193 for 9 at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. Singh picked 3 for 40 and Gagandeep Singh grabbed 2 for 18 to leave Delhi struggling at 14 for 4 before Manhas (54) and Rajat Bhatia (54) pulled the team out of trouble. Dinesh Mongia (97) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi (70) saw Punjab home in style. The visitors are now on eight points with two wins while Delhi have 5 points. The match was not without its share of off-field issues that had plagued Delhi cricket throughout the season with Aakash Chopra being made the captain in place of Mithun Manhas.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar's 48 and lower-order contributions propelled Maharashtra to victory against Saurashtra in a low-scoring encounter at Vadodara. Shitanshu Kotak came up with a patient 158-ball 73 but it was a breezy 70 from Rakesh Dhurv that lifted Saurashtra to a fighting 180 for 5 in the allotted overs. Kanitkar anchored the run chase and despite losing wickets regularly the lower order batsmen chipped in with small but vital contributions that enabled Maharashtra overhaul the target in 43.2 overs.
Yashpal Singh's 100 and Narender Kumar's five-wicket haul powered Services to a resounding 131-run win against Jammu & Kashmir at the Palam A Stadium in New Delhi. Narender Singh and Sarbajit Singh hit half-centuries to join in the run-fest with Yashpal to lift Services to a mammoth 304 for 6 in their allotted overs. For J&K Kavaljit Singh (42) put up a semblance of a fight but Narender Kumar, playing in his second match, removed four of the top five batsmen to leave J&K struggling at 71 for 5, a position from which they never recovered.
Full postYuvraj and Dhoni clinch the win
An outstanding 102-run partnership in just 79 balls between Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni made light of a difficult target as India romped by five wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series
India 292 for 5 (Tendulkar 95, Yuvraj 79*, Dhoni 72*) beat Pakistan 288 for 8 (Malik 108, Razzaq 64*) by 5 wickets
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How they were out
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An irresistible batting force swept across the floodlit Gaddafi Stadium as
India produced a superbly-paced run-chase, clinching their 11th
consecutive win while chasing in a one-dayer to record a memorable
five-wicket triumph.
Three dazzling half-centuries - with Sachin Tendulkar coating his with a
varnish of genius, Yuvraj Singh reeking confidence from every pore, and
Mahendra Singh Dhoni jam-packing his with immense power - blended into an
intoxicating mix as India cruised to an imposing 289 and ran away to a 2-1
lead in the series.
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