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Blues continue to dominate Warriors
Without their Test stars, New South Wales' unsung heroes continued to control the match against Western Australia at Perth. They finished the second day 360 runs ahead and have only five more WA first-innings wickets to take
Cricinfo staff
07-Nov-2005
Western Australia 5 for 115 trail New South Wales 7 for 475 dec (O'Brien 147, Thornely 92, Lambert 66) by 360 runs
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Without their Test stars, New South Wales' unsung heroes continued to control the match against Western Australia at Perth. They finished the second day 360 runs ahead and have only five more WA first-innings wickets to take.
Aaron O'Brien and Dominic Thornely added 27 runs to their overnight stand of 169 before Thornely fell eight runs short of his sixth first-class hundred. His wicket brought Grant Lambert to the crease and he ensured that WA would fail to capitalise on the breakthrough by clubbing his first 50 at this level and combining for 83 with O'Brien for the fifth wicket. After reaching his maiden first-class hundred in seven matches, O'Brien added 47 further runs, allowing NSW to declare on 7 for 475 - their highest score at Perth for 15 years - as Damien Martyn's bowlers suffered.
Full postVaughan knee injury adds to England's worries
England's preparations for next week's first Test at Multan took one step forward but two steps back on the second day of their first-class warm-up against Pakistan A after Michael Vaughan suffered a knee injury
Andrew Miller
07-Nov-2005
Pakistan A 138 and 31 for 1 (Farhat 12*, Nazir 0*) need another 214 to beat England XI 126 and 256 (Collingwood 61, Strauss 56, Mansoor 5-97)
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The initial signs were none too encouraging. Vaughan twisted the same right knee ahead of the Lord's Test against New Zealand in May 2004 - the match in which Strauss stepped in to make a memorable debut century. Today Strauss was at the non-striker's end when Vaughan pulled up abruptly after turning for a third run. After several minutes' treatment on the field, he was taken to hospital for a scan, and though he returned to the ground before the close, he was walking gingerly. Dr Peter Gregory, the ECB medical officer, later admitted the chances of him playing at Multan are "slim".
Vaughan's injury came at a most inopportune moment for England's jittery top-order. Marcus Trescothick had already been pinned lbw for 1 by Pakistan A's first-innings destroyer, Mohammad Asif, and Vaughan himself had faced just one delivery when his injury jinx struck. Kevin Pietersen, who had been middling everything in practice but had managed a top score of 10 in three innings so far, was then sent on his way by Asif for a first-ball duck, and at 10 for 2, England had not even wiped off their slender first-innings deficit of 12.
Full postBlewett leads Redbacks' rainy chase
Queensland struck three blows on a rain-affected day at Adelaide as they fought for control against South Australia
Cricinfo staff
07-Nov-2005
South Australia 3 for 89 (Blewett 43*) trail Queensland 342 (Symonds 163, Hartley 66, Rofe 4-56) by 253 runs
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Queensland struck three blows on a rain-affected day at Adelaide as they fought for control against South Australia. The weather forced an 85-minute delay after only three balls in the morning and showers arrived again before tea to curtail the action with the Redbacks 3 for 89. Greg Blewett, who hit Mitchell Johnson for consecutive cover-driven boundaries, showed some steel to be not out on 43 while the captain Darren Lehmann was 5.
The Bulls, who had increased their overnight total by 20 before being dismissed for 342, removed Matthew Elliott in the 20-minute period before lunch with a catch to Andrew Symonds at point. Shane Deitz and Callum Ferguson both made small impressions in the gloomy conditions, but Deitz went for 21 when he missed a Symonds inswinger and Ferguson slipped up in getting an edge to first slip off Johnson.
Paul Rofe ended the Queensland innings by inducing nicks from Andy Bichel and Johnson to claim figures of 4 for 56. Jason Gillespie and Mark Cleary both captured two victims.
Full postBushrangers steal remarkable follow-on victory
Victoria secured victory after following on for only the sixth time in Australian domestic history with a remarkable performance against Tasmania
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07-Nov-2005
Tasmania 347 and 105 (Harwood 3-20, Denton 3-33) lost to Victoria 167 and 394 (Klinger 107, Hodge 70, Hussey 50, Kremerskothen 4-63) by 109 runs
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Victoria secured victory after following on for only the sixth time in Australian domestic history with a remarkable performance against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. The Tigers, who led by 180 on first innings, were sensationally bundled out for only 105.
The Bushrangers made a brutal mark defending 215 by claiming four wickets in 11.1 overs as Mick Lewis and Gerard Denton crashed through. Scott Kremerskothen became the fourth lbw dismissal of the innings when he fell to Shane Harwood and at tea the damage was a hefty 5 for 61. The situation got much worse after the break when they lost their last four wickets for 15 runs and suffered a demoralising defeat. Harwood and Denton each added three wickets while George Bailey top scored with 24 and Sean Clingeleffer was stranded on 18.
It was the second time the Bushrangers have achieved a victory following on in two seasons after they beat Queensland by 156 runs last December. On that occasion the 183-run deficit was turned around by centuries to Jason Arnberger and Cameron White.
Full postBlues take control against WA
A unbroken stand of 169 between Aaron O'Brien and Dominic Thornely but New South Wales in control against Western Australia
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06-Nov-2005
New South Wales 3 for 312 (O' Brien 88*, Thornely 77*, Dorey 3-68) v Western Australia
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Phil Jaques provided the early platform with his third half-century of the season before become one of Brett Dorey's three wickets. Dorey was the only bowler to make an impact on a tough day for the Western Australia attack. His strikes had kept New South Wales within reach during the first two sessions, but the final two hours were dominated by O'Brien and Thornely.
It was a significant innings for O'Brien, who was playing just his seventh first-class match and before today had a top score of 21. He quickly scrubbed that from the records and registered his maiden half-century. By the close he was within touching distance of converting it into a three-figure score. Thornely, the promising allrounder, hit 13 boundaries as Damien Martyn rotated his attack with little impact.
Full postSymonds century lifts Queensland
South Australia's hopes of shooting Queensland out cheaply after reducing them to 4 for 88 were dashed by Andrew Symonds
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06-Nov-2005
Queensland 8 for 322 (Symonds 163, Hartley 66) v South Australia
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South Australia's hopes of shooting Queensland out cheaply after reducing them to 4 for 88 were dashed by Andrew Symonds who hammered a 183-ball 163 to take Queensland to 8 for 322 on the first day at the Adelaide Oval.
Jimmy Maher's decision to bat seemed to have backfired after Jason Gillespie trapped Maher leg before for a duck with a late in-swinger in the first over and followed up with Martin Love's wicket in the ninth. Symonds, who arrived at 2 for 6, formed the mainstay of handy partnerships with Clinton Perren and Lachlan Stevens that took Queensland to 5 for 157. Chris Hartley then joined Symonds and the two put on 111 runs in just 120 balls to give Queensland the upper hand, with Daniel Cullen coming in for the punishment of giving up 124 runs in 26 overs.
Symonds, who hit 23 fours and a six and plundered 97 runs in the post-lunch session, received praise from Darren Lehmann, the South Australia captain. "Boof [Lehmann] said I can't bat any better than that," he said. "I was happy with my patience today, I played straight for a long time and that results in runs usually. I played within myself until I was a bit after a hundred and let it snowball from there."
Full postEasy wins for East and West Zones
Hamilton Masakadza's fighting, unbeaten 103 could not prevent East from crushing the Zimbabwe President's XI by an innings and 17 runs inside three days at Mumbai. Dheeraj Jhadav (57*) and Jacob Martin (36*) took West to a comfortable seven-wicket victory
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06-Nov-2005
East Zone 362 for 9 (A Das 80, SS Das 61, Dasgupta 56) beat Zimbabwe President's XI 156 (Bose 5-28) and 189 (Masakadza 103*, Lahiri 4-34) by an innings and 17 runs
Hamilton Masakadza's fighting, unbeaten 103 could not prevent East from crushing the Zimbabwe President's XI by an innings and 17 runs inside three days at Mumbai. Masakadza, the Zimbabwean captain, was the only player to display aggression and courage to take on East's bowlers, and it was a sad commentary on the Zimbabweans' batting that the next highest score was 23 from Graeme Cremer at No.10.
Resuming the day at 20 for 0, the Zimbabweans soon found themselves reeling at 65 for 5 as 16-year old Shahbaz Nadeem, the left-arm spinner, struck to send back Neil Ferreira, Dion Ebrahim, Brendon Taylor and Charles Coventy in a tight spell. Nadeem (4 for 67) was ably supported by the choking off-spin of Saurasish Lahiri (4 for 34), who ripped through the lower order. It was the second time in the match that the Zimbabweans had collapsed after slow but steady starts.
Full postDilshan and Arnold take Sri Lanka home
An undefeated 131-run stand for the sixth wicket between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Russel Arnold ensured that Sri Lanka ended their four-match losing streak as they romped to a five-wicket win
The Bulletin by S Rajesh
06-Nov-2005
Sri Lanka 286 for 5 (Dilshan 81*, Arnold 49*) beat India 285 for 8 (Gambhir 103, Dravid 103*, Maharoof 4-20) by 5 wickets
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With the series already sealed, India opted to rest three of the regulars - Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan - and while the move didn't hamper the Indians when they were batting, in the field, they missed the experience of Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh. India were still in the hunt, though, till Dilshan stamped his authority with an emphatic unbeaten 81 off just 67 balls. With Arnold (49 not out) offering splendid support, a tough run-chase ultimately turned into a facile win.
In the last three matches here, teams have scored more than 300 five times, and teams chasing have twice successfully chased more than 300. Given that backdrop, and considering the fact that the dew late in the evening was always likely to hamper the team fielding second, a target of 286 looked slightly short of par for course. However, despite fielding an inexperienced bowling attack - RP Singh and Murali Kartik were the replacements for Pathan and Harbhajan - the Indians made a spirited fist of it at the start, taking three early wickets.
Full postKlinger comes to Victoria's rescue
Michael Klinger came to the party and brought 107 runs with him as Victoria replied strongly in their follow-on
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06-Nov-2005
Victoria 167 and 5 for 323 (Klinger 107, Hodge 70, Hussey 50) lead Tasmania 347 by 143 runs
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Michael Klinger cracked 107 as Victoria replied strongly in their follow on after beginning the day on 0 for 7, 173 runs behind Tasmania. Klinger was ably supported by Brad Hodge and Victoria ended the third day on 323, 143 runs ahead with five wickets in hand.
Jason Arnberger completed his pair with a duck early on, but thereafter Tasmania's hopes of an innings victory were snuffed out by a succession of solid partnerships. Hodge made a resolute 70 of 146 balls in a 135-run stand with Klinger for the second wicket. Ben Hilfenhaus had his lbw appeal against Hodge upheld but the danger of an innings defeat passed as Nick Jewell and Klinger were involved in a 58-run third-wicket partnership that gave Victoria the lead. Just when they were set to press on Scott Kremerskothen had Jewell (32) stumped, and then took a brilliant return catch to account for Klinger, who made his maiden first-class century, leaving Victoria effectively 4 for 40.
Klinger's hundred came at the same venue where four years ago, Paul Reiffel, the then Victorian captain, declared and left Klinger stranded on 99. "I was pretty confident I'd get another chance," Klinger told AAP. "Same ground, same wicket. It probably would've just topped it off maybe if Pistol [Reiffel] was umpiring. I was a bit emotional at the time [of reaching his hundred], the fact that I was probably thinking about my mum at the time ... that was probably one thing that went through my head straight away knowing she'd be pretty proud."
Full postSouth Africa storm to 4-0 series win
South Africa completed a 4-0 series win with a five-wicket win under the Duckworth-Lewis method and Centurion Park
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
06-Nov-2005
South Africa 140 for 5 (Smith 66) beat New Zealand 215 (Vincent 66, Hall 4-22) by 5 wickets (D/L method)
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South Africa completed a 4-0 series win with a five-wicket win under the Duckworth-Lewis method at Centurion Park. Graeme Smith put them firmly on course with a thumping 66, cruelly exposing the flaws in New Zealand's game which have hampered them all series. South Africa's march to victory was interrupted by one of Pretoria's infamous thunderstorms but, despite losing some wickets carelessly, the result was never in doubt. Andrew Hall was the star in the field, taking a career-best 4 for 23 as New Zealand's batting again struggled to post a defendable total.
Smith made his intentions clear from the outset of the run chase, latching onto anything loose from Shane Bond and Kyle Mills - and often thrashing the good balls to the boundary for good measure. As if to confirm the growing confidence in his game he also walked across his stumps and came down the track to the seamers.
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