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Pakistan edge closer to England
Pakistan clawed their way back into this match with some brave batting
The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson
14-Nov-2005
Pakistan 125 for 2 (Salman Butt 53*, Mohammad Sami 0*) trail England 418 (Trescothick 193, Bell 71, Flintoff 45) by 19 runs
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At last something for the home crowd to cheer about. After being on the backfoot for most of the first two days - and watching Marcus Trescothick cruise to a brilliant 193 today - Pakistan clawed their way back into this match with some brave batting.
Salman Butt led the charge and brought them near to parity with his second fifty of the match, and he was well supported by Younis Khan who perished for 48 just before the close. The smart money is still on England, though, thanks largely to the efforts of Trescothick as Pakistan closed on 125 for 2, 19 runs behind.
Full postFinal tantalisingly poised after Dasgupta and Shukla fightback
An 120-run partnership for the sixth-wicket between Deep Dasgupta (61) and Laxmi Shukla (66) pulled East Zone from dire straits at 39 for 5 to 176 for 9 at stumps on day 2 to leave the low-scoring Duleep Trophy Final intriguingly placed
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13-Nov-2005
East Zone 150 (A Das 56, Bahutule 3-29, M Patel 3-41) and 176/9 (Dasgupta 61, Shukla 66, Zaheer 4-41) lead West Zone 157(Parthiv 43, Ganguly 3-20) by 169 runs
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The advantage swung either way on a day where Sourav Ganguly bagged a pair-dismissed by Zaheer again- and at the end the match was evenly poised. However, East has put up runs on the board and the pressure will be on the West Zone batsmen tomorrow.
Zaheer Khan rocked East Zone with an incisive opening burst sending back both the openers Arindam Das - in the opening over- and Shiv Sunder Das. Sourav Ganguly walked in at 35 for 3 when Vasanth Saravanan was run-out by Munaf Patel. He had been dismissed for a duck in the first innings by the bowler he had handpicked - Zaheer - and now in the second, was done in by the same man. Trapped lbw off the very first ball he faced. 35 for four soon became 39 for five when Rohan Gavaskar edged behind.
Full postWindies lose despite Smith blitz
The West Indians went down by four wickets in a twenty-over match against Victoria
Cricinfo staff
13-Nov-2005
Victoria 173 for 6 beat West Indians 172 for 6 (DR Smith 81*) by 4 wickets
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The West Indians continued to search in vain for their first win on the Australia tour as they went down by four wickets in a twenty-over match against Victoria. The idea to stage the game came up when the West Indians were bowled out in the first innings of the second-Test warm-up at the Junction Oval with only a session left. The West Indians batted first and posted a challenging 172, thanks for an unbeaten 81 by Dwayne Smith, but Victoria got home with three balls to spare.
Smith had done well in the three-day game as well, taking three wickets and scoring 40, and he continued in a similar manner, hitting three fours and a staggering six sixes in his 40-ball knock. None of the other batsmen lent him much support, though, till Denesh Ramdin slammed 30 off 21 balls, helping Smith add 82 for the seventh wicket.
Full postWest Indies struggle in a drawn match
West Indians were bowled out for 302, after having resumed the final day on 4 for 144, but the match was called-off with a session to play
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13-Nov-2005
West Indians 302 (Chanderpaul 59, Samuels 50, Wise 3-47) drew with Victoria 571 (Hodge 177, Hussey 104, White 63, Smith 3-50)
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The West Indians were bowled out for 302 on the final day of the three-day match against Victoria at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. With only a session left to play, both sides agreed to a draw and chose to play a Twenty20 match to entertain the crowd.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Smith, the overnight batsmen, pushed the score past 200 after the West Indians started the day on 4 for 144. Smith fell to Cameron White, the Victoria captain, but not before he had turned in a good all-round performance in the match, scoring 40 after taking three wickets in the Victoria innings of 571.
Full postHayden and Perren star in Queensland win
Matthew Hayden smashed a 69-ball 83 while Clinton Perren made a controlled 96 as Queensland pulled off a superb win against New South Wales
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13-Nov-2005
Queensland 7 for 277 (Perren 96, Hayden 83) beat New South Wales 6 for 275 (Jaques 152*, Katich 51) by 3 wickets
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Matthew Hayden smashed a 69-ball 83 while Clinton Perren made a controlled 96 as Queensland pulled off a superb win against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Needing 276 to win, Queensland coasted home with 16 balls to spare.
The result meant that a superb unbeaten 152 by Phil Jaques, the New South Wales opener, came to nothing. Jaques hit 13 fours and two sixes en route to registering his highest score in one-day matches. Simon Katich, the captain, reached 51 as the two added 89 for the first wicket, but apart from 36 from Aaron O'Brien none of the other batsmen made significant contributions.
Full postEngland end on top as Trescothick cruises to century
England closed 21 runs behind Pakistan with seven wickets in hand after a cracking day at Multan
The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson
13-Nov-2005
Close England 253 for 3 (Trescothick 135*, Bell 71, Hoggard 0*) trail Pakistan 274 (Salman Butt 74, Inzamam-ul-Haq 53) by 21 runs
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England love it when a plan comes together, and their team were certainly on their A-game today as Marcus Trescothick hit an imperious century to complement his bowlers' earlier destruction of Pakistan's tail. By the close he was unbeaten on 135, with his side trailing by just 21 runs in the first innings, and with seven wickets left.
Ian Bell may not have figured in England's original thoughts, but he slotted in at No 3 with a stylish, composed 71. Together he and Trescothick put on 180 to hand England firm control of this match.
Full postEngland ease to second win
England's women cruised to their second convincing win over Sri Lanka women to complete a 2-0 series win in Colombo
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12-Nov-2005
England Women 206 for 9 (Newton 60, Gunn 49, de Alwis with 3-38) beat Sri Lanka Women 107 (Birch 4-22) by 99 runs
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England's women cruised to their second convincing win over Sri Lanka women to complete a 2-0 series win in Colombo. The batting again worked hard to reach 206 - led by Laura Newton's half-century - before Sri Lanka were rolled over for 107 as England's bowlers produced another impressive performance.
Sri Lanka won the toss but asked England to bat first and Newton followed up here 59 in the first ODI with 60. It was tough going for the batsmen with a slow outfield and even slower bowlers making it hard to get pace on the ball. Newton, speaking to Cricinfo after the match, gave an insight into the conditions.
"The Sri Lankans don't have the best attack in the world but it has been hard work in the middle. In women's cricket, the slower you bowl the harder it becomes because you have to put the pace on the ball. Their attack consisted of four spinners and two others who were really just a slowish medium-pace so there was plenty of running. We ran 102 singles in our total so it is certainly a tough task in these conditions. The outfield is also quite thick which adds to it."
Full postGanguly, the bowler, has his say
Sourav Ganguly overcame a dismal day with the bat by taking three crucial wickets to leave West Zone stuttering at 61 for 5 at stumps after East was bowled out for just 150 one day one at Ahmedabad
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12-Nov-2005
West Zone 61for 5 (Ganguly 3-20) trail East Zone 150 (A Das 56, Bahutule 3-29, M Patel 3-41) by 89 runs
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Sourav Ganguly overcame a dismal day with the bat by taking three crucial wickets to leave West Zone stuttering at 61 for 5 at stumps after East Zone were bowled out for just 150 on day one at Ahmedabad. West trail by 89 runs, and with their main batsmen back in the pavilion, they face an uphill task on day two.
Earlier, Ganguly chose to bat and East struggled from the word go. Arindam Das (56) apart, it was a virtual no-show from East's batting line-up, with names like Ganguly, Shiv Sunder Das, Deep Dasgupta, and Rohan Gavaskar all coming a cropper on a day in which double strikes were the name of the game. A twin blow from Rakesh Patel left East stuttering at 14 for 2, and just when it seemed like the batsmen were setting themselves up for something good, Zaheer Khan returned to have Dasgupta caught at the wicket and bowled Ganguly for a duck.
Full postVoges and Marsh see Western Australia home
Western Australia (WA) sauntered to a comfortable 6-wicket victory after Brad Williams (4-35) and Brett Dorey (2-25) combined to dismiss South Australia (SA) for a paltry 190 in the ING Cup at Adelaide
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12-Nov-2005
Western Australia (Marsh 63*, Vogues 53*) beat South Australia (Cosgrove 71, Williams 4-35) by 6 wickets
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Western Australia (WA) sauntered to a comfortable six-wicket victory against South Australia (SA) in the ING Cup at the Adelaide Oval on November 12. Shaun Marsh (63) and Adam Vogues (56) put on an unbeaten 116 runs for the fifth wicket to chase down the target inside 40 overs and thus earn a bonus point. SA were restricted to a paltry 190 by Brad Williams (4 for 35) and Brett Dorey (2 for 25) .
Williams, who came in as second change, troubled the batsmen with his pace and along with Dorey, engineered a collapse in the middle as SA lost four wickets for eight runs in four overs to slip from 1 for 73 to 5 for 81. Mark Cosgrove (71) added 41 for the sixth-wicket with Cameron Borgas, who came in as the Supersub to replace the tailender Paul Rofe, to help stem the rot before dragging a wide delivery on to his stumps. Test discard Jason Gillespie chipped in with a valuable 42 to lift his side to 190 but it was never going to be enough to test the strong WA batting line-up.
Full postVictoria hold the aces on rain-curtailed day
The disillusionment has been typified over the past week by the meek surrender in the first Test and, even more starkly, by the abject performance against Victoria.
Tony Cozier
12-Nov-2005
West Indians 4 for 144 (Samuels 50) trail Victoria 571 (Hodge 177, Hussey 104, White 63, Smith 3-50) by 427 runs
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Nowhere else in the confined world of cricket are the West Indies held in such high esteem and regarded with such fondness as in Australia.
But the cherished memories of the great series, teams and players of the past are fading. They are being replaced by general frustration at the declining standards of the recent representatives who carry the responsibility of upholding the great tradition. The disillusionment has been typified over the past week by the meek surrender in the first Test and, even more starkly, by the abject performance against Victoria.
"The question must be asked whether it is really good for Australia's progress to play a team that would struggle to be competitive in the Pura Cup (inter-state completion)?," Robert Craddock, one of Australia's best known writers, declared in his column following the First Test. Such a slur was sufficient to raise the hackles of West Indians who recall the decade of the 1980s when the same humiliating point could be made - but never was - about Australian teams routinely thrashed by those under Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards and by even greater margins than that in Brisbane.
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