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Zaheer's spell deflates Central Zone
The Zimbabwe President's XI ended day two at 20 for 0, still 186 runs behind East after Sourav Ganguly declared his side's first innings at 362 for 9 at Mumbai
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05-Nov-2005
West Zone 2 for 0 and 220 (Jaffer 58, Bangar 5-37) require another 135 runs to beat Central Zone 206 (Kaif 56, Zaheer 6-54) and 150 (Zaheer 4-70)
West are 2 for 0 at stumps and need just 135 runs more to beat Central at Aurangabad after Zaheer Khan (4 for 70) continued his amazing form in the match by dismantling Central for the second time in two days. Khan struck four times in an extended opening spell, dismissing Naman Ojha, Amit Pagnis, Sanjay Bangar and Devendra Bundela in a a hostile burst. Munaf Patel, the fast bowler, lent good support to Khan with three wickets late in the day. Only Jyoti Prakash Yadav's 41 and Pagnis's 34 up the order stood out in the deflated Central second innings.
Earlier, Bangar's 5 for 37 crushed West's chances of taking a first innings lead over Central. Resuming their innings at 104 for 2, West proceeded to lose Wasim Jaffer (58) and Niraj Patel (6) in quick succession as Bangar rose to the occasion. No significant partnerships followed as Bangar kept a tight line and took three lower order wickets, bowling out West for 220.
Full postGriffiths and Hilfenhaus destroy Victoria
Ben Hilfenhaus and Adam Griffith took four wickets apiece and scuttled Victoria for 167, giving Tasmania a 180-run first-innings lead on day two
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05-Nov-2005
Victoria 167 (Hilfenhaus 4-59, Griffith 4-50) and 0 for 7 trail Tasmania 347 (Birt 93, Dawson 73, Lewis 4-73) by 173 runs
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Ben Hilfenhaus and Adam Griffith took four wickets apiece and scuttled Victoria for 167, giving Tasmania a 180-run first-innings lead on day two at Bellerive Oval. Tasmania resumed on 5 for 299 and their hopes of making 400 received a severe double blow when Scott Kremerskothen, who was trapped leg before by Gerard Denton for 32, and Sean Clingeleffer (44) went without adding a run.
Damien Wright, the allrounder, hit a quick 41 but after he fell Mick Lewis, who was later charged with using an obscenity, quickly wrapped up the tail and ended with 4 for 73. However, Lewis' efforts were wasted when Victoria immediately lost 2 for 2 and they failed to form any significant partnerships as Hilfenhaus and Griffith chipped away at regular intervals. Nick Jewell top scored with 43 in the first innings and after following on Victoria were 0 for 7 at stumps.
Full postPonting and Hayden flay West Indies
Ricky Ponting declared on Australia's overnight total of 2 for 283 to give West Indies a near impossible chase of 509 for a first-Test victory at the Gabba. Heavy rain hit Brisbane overnight but play started on time with the home side in total control
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
05-Nov-2005
Ricky Ponting declared on Australia's overnight total of 2 for 283 to give West Indies a near impossible chase of 509 for a first-Test victory at the Gabba. Heavy rain hit Brisbane overnight but play started on time with the home side in total control
Stumps day 3 Australia 2 for 283 (Hayden 118, Ponting 104*) and 435 lead West Indies 210 (Smith 88, Warne 5-48, McGrath 4-72) by 508 runs
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Ricky Ponting's 25th Test century - going past Greg Chappell and Vivian Richards on the all-time list - and a punishing hundred from Matthew Hayden pushed West Indies several steps closer to a devastating defeat as Australia ended the third day of the Gabba Test 508 runs ahead, with eight second-innings wickets still intact.
Full postNSW maintain form after Jaques ton
Phil Jaques struck a fine century for New South Wales as they continued their winning start to the ING Cup
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04-Nov-2005
New South Wales 8 for 309 (Jaques 100, Richards 62, Williams 4-57) beat Western Australia 284 (Martyn 76, Voges 59, Rogers 53, Bird 3-62) by 25 runs
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Phil Jaques struck a fine century for New South Wales as they continued their good start to the ING Cup and cemented their place at the top of the table. Jaques' 100 powered NSW to a commanding total at the WACA and, despite the best efforts of Damien Martyn, Western Australia could not sustain the asking rate.
NSW were given the perfect platform for a large total through an opening stand of 122 between Craig Simmons and Jaques, whose hundred came up from 109 balls. Corey Richards provided the other substantial score of the innings with a 61-ball 62, while Brad Haddin clubbed an aggressive 43 at better than a run a ball.
Full postSlim-line Cosgrove's century takes SA home
Mark Cosgrove made an emphatic return to the South Australian side, hammering 109 off 102 balls and completing a comprehensive six-wicket win against Queensland
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04-Nov-2005
South Australia 4 for 250 in 45 overs (Cosgrove 109*, Elliot 63) beat Queensland 7 for 249 (Perren 62, Maher 49) by 6 wickets
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At the beginning of October, Cosgrove was given an ultimatum - lose five kilos or your contract. He shifted the weight, and marked his comeback by hammering 109 off 102 balls as South Australia won at a canter.
"I've never hit them that well in my life," Cosgrove said. "It's one of the best I've played, every time I wanted to hit the ball somewhere it just went." And he admitted that a few of the Queensland players had made comments about the weight. "They said your tea's getting cold and things like that, it was a bit of fun in the end."
Full postEast Zone on top after Zimbabweans collapse
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04-Nov-2005
East Zone 108 for 0 trail Zimbabwe President's XI 156 (Bose 5-28) by 48 runs
The two Das', Arindam (51) and Shiv Sunder (50), took East Zone to the commanding position of 108 for no loss at stumps, just 48 runs behind the Zimbabwe President's XI, after Ranadeb Bose (5 for 28) and Shib Paul (3 for 39) combined to dismiss them for just 156 at Mumbai. Put into bat by Sourav Ganguly, the Zimbabweans were extremely slow in getting off the blocks as Paul and Bose bowled a nagging line and choked the scoring rate.
Saurashish Lahiri struck first over to dismiss Terry Duffin for 13, and though Neil Ferreira and Hamilton Mazakadza offered brief resistance, Bose returned to rock the middle order. Only a late- order counterattack from Waddington Mwayenga (42), the No.11, saw the tourists cross 150.
Full postHeavy rain halts South Africa's winning run
Rain ruined the fourth one-day international in Durban, when the Kingsmead ground was saturated by heavy rain
The Bulletin Andrew McGlashan
04-Nov-2005
South Africa 79 for 2 (Kallis 24*, Prince 17*) v New Zealand - No Result
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Rain ruined the fourth one-day international in Durban, when the Kingsmead ground was saturated by heavy rain which arrived after 20 overs. Once the weather closed in their was no chance of any further action and the match was called off just before 8pm local time. The washout brings an end to South Africa's run of 12 wins in a row.
South Africa were handily placed when the rain, which had been threatening since the start of play, arrived. New Zealand took their obligatory early wickets, but could not make full use of helpful conditions. Jacques Kallis was showing ominous form on his return to the side after illness before the weather intervened.
Full postDawson and Birt lead Tasmanian recovery
Travis Birt and David Dawson rescued Tasmania from a disastrous start as they ended the opening day of their Pura Cup match against Victoria on a respectable 299 for 5
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04-Nov-2005
Tasmania 5 for 299 (Birt 93, Dawson 73) v Victoria
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Travis Birt and David Dawson rescued Tasmania from a disastrous start as they ended a wind-swept opening day of their Pura Cup match against Victoria on a respectable 5 for 299. Gerard Denton, the right-arm fast bowler, snaffled both openers, Jamie Cox and Michael Di Venuto, for ducks, but Birt (93) and Dawson (73) put together 171 for the third wicket to steady the Tasmanians at Bellerive Oval.
After the early success, Victoria had to wait more than 50 overs for their next wicket, when Cameron White, their captain, nailed Birt. White claimed two more dismissals as well, ending the day with fine figures of 3 for 48, but Tasmania continued to build useful partnerships - Scott Kremerskothen and Sean Clingeleffer added an undefeated 71 for the sixth to frustrate the Victorians. At the close of play, Kremerskothen was on 32, with Clingeleffer unbeaten on 44.
Full postMethodical McGrath melts Windies
Devon Smith cracked a stroke-filled 88 but West Indies were undone by a characteristically immaculate spell from Glenn McGrath, who ended with 4 for 58 and also took his 100th wicket against West Indies
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
04-Nov-2005
West Indies 6 for 182 (Smith 88, McGrath 4-58) trail Australia 435 all out (Ponting 149, Collymore 4-72) by 253 runs
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The incomparable Glenn McGrath homed in at regular intervals, and despite a chancy innings of great character from Devon Smith, West Indies were staring at a considerable first-innings deficit by stumps on the second day at the Gabba. When play ended 45 minutes past the scheduled close, they were 6 for 182, still 253 in arrears, with McGrath having scalped 4 for 54.
Having defied the Australians for four hours and 175 balls, Smith was finally undone by McGrath going round the wicket, and he stared in bemusement at his tormentor as he walked back to the pavilion. There had been some handsome drives through cover and point early in his innings, especially against a lightning quick but erratic Brett Lee, but Smith was frequently clueless against Shane Warne getting the ball to spin like a top out of the rough.
Full postIndia hold nerve and seal series
Ajit Agarkar's five-wicket haul, ending with the best figures in an ODI at Pune, played a vital part in keeping Sri Lanka down to 261, before Rahul Dravid's composed 63 piloted India to their fourth-consecutive win in the series
The Bulletin by S Rajesh
03-Nov-2005
India 262 for 6 (Dravid 63) beat Sri Lanka 261 (Atapattu 87, Dilshan 52, Agarkar 5-44) by 4 wickets
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In a match with many ebbs and flows, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina provided the decisive twist as India clinched a four-wicket win at Pune to seal an unbeatable 4-0 lead in the seven-match series. Chasing 262 for victory, India were coasting at 176 for 3 before they lost three wickets for four runs to slump to 180 for 6. With the pressure mounting and the asking rate climbing, Raina, in only his fifth ODI, made an unbeaten 39 as he and Dhoni (45 not out) kept their wits about them with a magnificent 82-run unbeaten stand.
The match produced many fine performances, but till Raina and Dhoni got together, none of them were enough to completely snatch the game away from the opposition - Marvan Atapattu broke out of his poor run with a fluent 87 from No.5; Ajit Agarkar bowled superbly with the new ball and at the death to finish with five wickets; Rahul Dravid anchored the run-chase with a typically controlled 63; and Muttiah Muralitharan got Sri Lanka back into what seemed a lost cause with a superb spell in the middle overs.
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