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Gareth von Hoesslin blasts brilliant hundred
A round-up of play on the second day of the latest round of matches in the UCB Cup
Cricinfo staff
21-Oct-2005
A superb hundred from Gareth von Hoesslin gave Border the edge over Boland at East London. They closed the day on 248 for 8, a lead of 68, but with much of the first day lost to rain, a draw still looks the likely outcome. Murray Ranger took another three wickets, finishing with 6 for 30 as Boland slumped to 180 after resuming on 149 for 4. Border then suffered an even more dramatic collapse, but from 44 for 6, Gareth von Hoesslin blasted a brilliant 101 not out to turn the match around. He found an ally in debutant Darryl Brown (77), who helped him add 141 for the ninth wicket before Boland declared at stumps.
Griqualand West were within sight of victory over Free State thanks to a career-best 6 for 37 by Alan Kruger. Griqualand West had failed to build on a strong overnight position, losing their last seven first-innings wickets for 60, a lead of 47. Free State overcome an uncertain start to reach 108 for 3 before Kruger took six of the last seven wickets to fall. Set a target of 127, Griqualand West need just 54 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
A green Newlands pitch was to largely to blame as the match between Eastern and Western Province barely lasted four sessions, Western winning by six wickets before tea on the second day. After 24 wickets fell yesterday, things returned to normality, but the damage had already been done as far as Eastern Province were concerned. Resuming on 115 for 5, they crept to 168, but had no answer to Rory Kleinveldt, who took the last four wickets to fall and finished with 6 for 57, the first five-wicket haul of his career. Set 107 to win, Western Province started cautiously, and although Grant Howell took two wickets, Myles Williamson (35) and Warren Wyngaard (37) ensured their were no further alarms.
Full postGanguly hundred puts East Zone ahead
Sourav Ganguly showed signs of his vintage best to help East Zone gain a slender advantage
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at Rajkot
21-Oct-2005
North Zone 106 for 3 (Ricky 56) and 178 (Bose 4-45) trail East Zone291 (Ganguly 117, Dasgupta 57) by 7 runs
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With a triumphant century heralding his return, Sourav Ganguly showed signs of his vintage best to help East Zone gain a slender advantage on the second day of the Duleep Trophy game at Rajkot. After gaining a 113-run lead, East appeared to have let things slip as the North openers comfortably added 105, but three quick wickets at the end of the day tilted the scales.
But between 5pm on the first day and 2pm on the second, the match had a more important sub-plot. North v East was forgotten. Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Deep Dasgupta played fine hands as East forged ahead, Gagandeep Singh and VRV Singh produced impressive spells as North stayed afloat, a lead was there to be jostled over, a match to be won but all these were mere sidelights. Ganguly's riveting tale was unfolding in three acts, and nobody could think of much else.
Full postGanguly hundred puts East Zone ahead
Sourav Ganguly's glorious 117 in a do-or-die situation ensured that East Zone took the second day's honors, and a double strike by Shib Paul (2-24) before stumps left North Zone stuttering at 3 for 106, still seven runs behind
Cricinfo staff
21-Oct-2005
North Zone 106 for 3 (Ricky 56) and 178 (Bose 4-45) trail East Zone291 (Ganguly 117, Dasgupta 57) by 7 runs
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Sourav Ganguly's glorious 117 in a do-or-die situation ensured that East Zone took the second day's honours, and a double-strike by Shib Paul (2 for 24) before stumps left North Zone stuttering at 106 for 3.
Ganguly, the ousted Indian captain, batted for four hours and gave East a fighting chance in the match. Vikram Singh (4 for 65) did his part in controlling the damage with a fiery spell in the afternoon session, and was the most successful wicket-taker for North.
Ravneet Ricky and Shikhar Dhawan, North's openers, had put on 105, but both fell to Paul, and those who follow have the daunting task of scoring against an attack that has already dismantled the team's top order in the first innings.
Full postCarnage in Cape Town as wickets tumble
UCB Cup round-up
Keith Lane
20-Oct-2005
Border and Boland were frustrated by rain in East London, as no play was possible till after the tea break when the skies cleared. Murray Ranger took three of the four wickets to fall in the Boland innings to help restrict them to 149 for 4 at the close, after forties from both the openers Louw and Prinsloo who put on 61 for the first wicket.
A 160-run ninth-wicket partnership between Roger Telemachus and Tello Motsamai allowed Free State to recover from 85 for 8 to declare at 250 for 9. Telemachus, having waited 69 first-class matches to record his maiden career hundred, made it a memorial one scoring 116 off 112 balls in which he struck 15 fours and three sixes. Motsamai also recorded his first half-century. For Griqualand West, Ruan Pietersen impressed with his seamers, returning career-best figures of 4 for 44. At the close Griquas had moved to 228 for 3 after Jason Brooker (70) and Alan Kruger (103 not out) had put on a 174-run partnership for the third wicket.
Twenty-four wickets fell on a green Newlands pitch, as first Eastern Province declared at 59 for 9 and then Western Province struggled to 121. The Western Province seamers took full advantage of the early conditions with Mark de Stadler taking four wickets and Monde Mahlombe, on debut, taking three. Renier Munnik, a class above the rest, was the top scorer of the day with 59 not out while Lyall Meyer with 5 for 38 was the pick of the Eastern Province bowlers. Eastern Province faired slightly better in their second innings going to 115 for 5, a lead of 53 runs at the close.
Zimbabwe Under-23 made a good start to their Cup campaign as they reduced KwaZulu-Natal to 32 for 4 in the first hour of play at Chatsworth. Allen Mwayenga was the destroyer-in-chief picking up the first three wickets to fall, and he ended the day with 4 for 28. Two good partnerships followed for Natal as M Bekker (115) scored his maiden century, followed by a career-best 89 not out by Robert Frylinck. When bad light ended play with only 57 overs having been bowled, Natal were slightly better placed at 286 for 7.
Full postde Villiers prospers for Titans
SuperSport Series round-up
Keith Lane
20-Oct-2005
The Dolphins were made to pay for their decision to bowl first at Durban, after 48 from Blake Snijman at the top of the order and half-centuries from Justin Ontong (59 not out) and Neil McKenzie (65 not out). The only success for the Dolphins was two wickets from Jon Kent as the Lions went to 207 for 2 when bad light stopped play with nearly 30 overs remaining.
South Africa's selectors will be thanked for releasing AB de Villiers from national squad duties to play for the Titans in their season opener against the Eagles at Benoni. Coming to the crease at 54 for 3, de Villiers recovered the innings with Andre Seymore (52) and then was run out on 98 with the Titans having consolidated at 257 for 6. Pierre de Bruyn then took over the reins, steering them to 315 for 6 with a solid 59 not out at the close.
The Warriors made slow but steady progress against a disciplined Cobras attack at Port Elizabeth. Having been sent in under cloudy skies, the Warriors lost two quick wickets but recovered well with Carl Bradfield and Arno Jacobs putting together a 165-run partnership. Jacobs eventually went for 87, bowled by Ian Harvey to give him his first wicket. At the close the Warriors had moved to 245 for 5 with Bradfield unbeaten on 118. A feature of the play was that 107 overs were bowled, that is 11 more than the limit for the day.
Full postBalaji's double strike pulls things back
Despite bowling out South Zone for 219 after putting them in, West Zone won't be breathing easy as they were jolted by a double strike by Lakshimipathy Balaji, losing two early wickets for just four runs
Cricinfo staff
20-Oct-2005
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South Zone collapsed from a relatively good position of 135 for 3, struggling against the spin of Ramesh Powar (4 for 78) and Sairaj Bahutule (3 for 65). Robin Uthappa and Sridharan Sriram had stabilised the innings after the early exit of the Swapnil Asnodkar, putting on 40 runs for the second wicket when, with the score of 43, Uthappa was run out by Dheeraj Jhadav. VVS Laxman departed soon, falling cheaply for 7, bowled by Munaf Patel.
Then Sriram and Hemang Badani (42 off 109 balls) took the total to 135 when Sriram fell to Bahutule. Sriram spent four hours and 10 minutes at the crease for his 43 off 167 balls. Seven runs later, Bahutule struck again, trapping Badani lbw. Then the collapse started as Powar struck four times. Dinesh Kartik fought a lone battle chipping in with a breezy 34 off 41 balls as wickets tumbled around him.
Full postNorth fight back after dismal batting display
Ranadeb Bose took 4 for 45 and Shib Paul 3 for 51 as North Zone were dismissed for 178 after East Zone won the toss and elected to bowl at Rajkot.
Cricinfo staff
20-Oct-2005
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Ranadeb Bose took 4 for 45 and Shib Paul 3 for 51 as North Zone were dismissed for 178 after East Zone won the toss and decided to bowl at Rajkot. Despite an accomplished showing by its bowlers, East were unable to drive home the advantage, reaching 77 for 4 at stumps, still 101 runs behind.
North were left struggling at 49 for 4 after Bose and Paul each claimed two early wickets. Bose started the proceedings, bowling Shikhar Dhawan for 1, and Paul was quick to join the party, forcing Sangram Singh to edge one to Deep Dasgupta, the wicketkeeper, for 8 with the score on 27. No significant partnerships emerged as both new-ball bowlers applied the pressure.
Full postBulls suffer as rain forces draw
Queensland suffered a miserable day as wet weather ruined their chances of an outright victory in the opening match of the Pura Cup
Cricinfo staff
20-Oct-2005
Tasmania 7 for 208 (Bailey 61, Di Venuto 49) and 268 drew with Queensland 459 (Maher 153, Hopes 77, Hartley 76, Bichel 56)
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Queensland suffered a miserable day as wet weather ruined their chances of an outright victory in the opening match of the Pura Cup. Tasmania were struggling with a 17-run lead and only three wickets remaining when the drizzle forced the players off the field 12 minutes before lunch and the rain stayed for the rest of the day.
George Bailey managed the second half-century of his career with 61, a display which included eight fours and a six, as the Tigers added 60 runs while losing two wickets in the first session. Sean Clingeleffer, the wicketkeeper was 12 when he edged an Andy Bichel bouncer to Chris Hartley and Bailey followed when he fell to James Hopes, who gave Martin Love his third smart catch of the innings.
Queensland took two points from the match courtesy of their 191-run first-innings lead and Jimmy Maher was Man of the Match for his 153. The teams face each other again in the ING Cup at the Gabba on Saturday.
Full postFirst blood to New Zealand
The growing popularity of 20-over cricket was again in evidence as a packed house at Johannesburg watched New Zealand beat South Africa by five wickets
The Bulletin by Cricinfo staff
20-Oct-2005
New Zealand 134 for 5 (Fleming 31) beat South Africa 133 (Smith 61, Patel 3-20) by five wickets
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The growing popularity of 20-over cricket was again in evidence as a packed house at Johannesburg watched New Zealand beat South Africa by five wickets in the continent's first shortened international. New Zealand won with 11 balls to spare - a country mile in this form of the game - and some eccentric captaincy by Graeme Smith contributed to the outcome.
Smith was in the spotlight throughout. When South Africa batted, he slammed 61 from 43 balls at the top of the order to give his side a flying start, but it was one they squandered. At the death, he brought himself on to bowl with 21 needed off three overs and conceded 20 runs. And he riled New Zealand by refusing to allow Scott Styris a runner - in fairness, Styris has been hampered by a hamstring strain since the tourists landed and brought the injury into the game, but it ensured the tone of the tour was set - it is unlikely to be up for the Spirit of Cricket Series of the Year at next year's ICC Awards.
Full postJohnson makes Tasmania suffer
Queensland moved into a dominant position at the end of the third day of their Pura Cup match against Tasmania at Brisbane
Cricinfo staff
18-Oct-2005
Tasmania 5 for 148 (Di Venuto 49) and 268 trail Queensland 459 (Maher 153, Hopes 77, Hartley 76, Bichel 56) by 43 runs
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Queensland moved into a dominant position at the end of the third day of their Pura Cup match against Tasmania at Brisbane. Queensland compiled 459 and Tasmania finished the day trailing by 43 runs in their second innings with only five wickets remaining after Australia A quick Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 6 in 20 balls.
Called up to the Australia A side that recently toured Pakistan on the back of just six first-class appearances for Queensland, Johnson was watched by Australia's chief selector Trevor Hohns. A left-handed quick, Johnson, 23, seems to have recovered from the injuries that have blighted his career since Dennis Lillee described him as a "once-in-a-lifetime" quick at the age of 16 and is in frame for a call-up to the full Australian squad to face West Indies.
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