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Bichel shines in the Gabba gloom
Andy Bichel grabbed five wickets as Queensland enjoyed the better of a gloomy opening day of their Pura Cup match against Tasmania at The Gabba
Cricinfo staff
17-Oct-2005
Tasmania 8 for 234 (Dawson 55, Bichel 5-64) v Queensland
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Bichel finished with 5 for 64 after Tasmania were put in, but the visitors' batsmen dug deep in difficult conditions and closed on 8 for 234, a commendable achievement given the circumstances.
On a green pitch and with low cloud cover, it was always going to be a day which favoured the bowlers, and so dull was it that the floodlights were on for most of the afternoon and evening sessions.
Full postChattergoon leads Guyana to title triumph
Opener Sewnarine Chattergoon hit a magnificent 119 to lead Guyana to a seven-run victory over Barbados in the KFC Cup final
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17-Oct-2005
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Sulieman Benn, the left-arm spinner, turned from hero to villain for the Barbadians as he conceded 16 runs from the 49th over as the hosts just sneaked home with a win on the on the Duckworth/Lewis system. The 33-year-old Neil McGarrell hit a straight six just before umpires Norman Malcolm and Billy Doctrove halted the game in poor light.
Guyana, chasing Barbados' total of 249 for 8 off 50 overs, ended 247 for 7 off 49 overs, needing 240 to tie on the Duckworth/Lewis system. The 24-year-old Chattergoon smacked 14 boundaries off 140 balls in a classy knock that inspired the Guyanese to their ninth title.
He and Krishna Arjune (34) laid the foundation with an opening stand of 92 in 20.5 overs.
Despite the cheap loss of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, at 119 for 3, Guyana stayed in control. Sarwan, with three centuries in the competition, and Chanderpaul both fell to their West Indies team-mate Corey Collymore. Sarwan drove to cover while Chanderpaul got a questionable edge to wicket-keeper Courtney Browne. Chattergoon and fellow left-hander Narsingh Deonarine forged a fourth partnership of 90 in 14.5 overs.
Full postWarne and MacGill demolish World XI
Stuart MacGill and Shane Warne combined to destroy World XI as Australia swept to victory by 210 runs in the Super Test
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
16-Oct-2005
Australia 345 and 199 beat World XI 190 and 144 (MacGill 5-43) by 210 runs
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Stuart MacGill scalped three wickets in five balls, finishing with fantastic match figures of 9 for 82, as Australia steamrolled the World XI by 210 runs to win the Super Test at the SCG. The decisive blows, though, had been landed by Shane Warne in the morning, with Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara - who added 49 for the third wicket - both flummoxed by his guile and variety on a helpful pitch.
Jacques Kallis stood resolute throughout the carnage with a classy unbeaten 39, but the fact that the World XI managed to last a combined total of 97.1 overs in the match spoke volumes about the abject poverty of their performance, and also of how keyed up Australia were after surrendering the Ashes.
Full postWestern Province beat Natal in a 2-run thriller
Western Province prevailed over KwaZulu-Natal by just two runs in a thriller at the Chatsworth Stadium
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16-Oct-2005
Western Province 265 for 6 (Munnik 109, Williamson 94)
beat Easterns 263 (Smit 73, Becker 66* ) by 2 runs
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Western Province prevailed over KwaZulu-Natal by just two runs in a thriller at the Chatsworth Stadium. Chasing 266 to win, Natal despite an enterprising 60-ball 73 from the opener Kyle Smit, were at doldrums at 158 for 7. M Becker (66 not out) and Robert Frylinck (47) then, shared a crucial 90-run partnership for the eighth wicket to take them close when Frylinck fell to de Stadler when they needed 18 off 18 balls. Stadler took one more wicket and Friend bowled out Lucky Dladla off the last ball to take Western Province home. Batting first, Western Province, led by a dashing century by Renier Munnik and a fine 94 by the opener M Williamson, piled up 265.
North West 184 (43.2 overs, Moleon 32, de Bruyn 2-24) lost to Northerns 185 for 4 (35 overs, Aronstam 48, du Plessis 43) by 6 wickets
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Northerns convincingly beat North West by six wickets as they chased down a target of 185 in 35 overs, winning with 10 overs to spare. The North West innings never gained any momentum as they were dismissed in the 43rd over. Eugene Moleon top-scored with 32. In comparison, the Northerns batsmen maintained the required run-rate and easily gained the bonus point. Maurice Aronstam top-scored for Northerns with 48, while the bowling honours were shared: no bowler was able to take more than two wickets in either innings.
Full postMartin's efforts go unrewarded
Despite excellent bowling from Chris Martin, New Zealand A had to be content with a draw against their Sri Lankan counterparts
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16-Oct-2005
Sri Lanka A 165 (Kandamby 44, Martin 5-41) and 126 for 5 (Mendis 58*, Martin 2-26) drew with New Zealand A 197 (Fulton 72, Zoysa 4-32)
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In a match frustrated by the weather, New Zealand A were unable to enforce a victory on the final day of their game against Sri Lanka A at Colombo - despite Chris Martin bowling them into an excellent position yesterday. Martin, who has bowled impressively throughout the tour, took 5 for 41 in Sri Lanka's first innings; only Thilina Kandamby (44) offered much resistance as the home side were dismissed for 165. New Zealand didn't fair much better in their reply, stumbling to 197 all out. Peter Fulton, who played for the senior team against Bangladesh in a one-day match in 2004, struck a captain's knock of 72 - but received little support from his team-mates. Sri Lanka lost 5 for 67 in their second innings, before Jeevan Mendis steadied the ship with an unbeaten 58 as the match petered out to a draw.
Full postNondescripts Cricket Club set new Twenty20 record
Nondescripts Cricket Club beat Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club by the thumping margin of 142 runs at Colombo
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16-Oct-2005
Nondescripts Cricket Club 254 for 4 (20 overs, Kulasekara 98, Sangakkara 93) beat Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 103 for 9 (20 overs, Rizan 21, Chandana 3-18) by 142 runs
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A new world record in the Twenty20 competition was set at Colombo on Sunday between Nondescripts Cricket Club and Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club. Nondescripts, batting first, rattled up an astonishing 245 for 4 in their 20 overs. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who recently represented the World XI in the one-day matches of the ICC Super Series, clobbered 93 from 49 balls. Kosela Kulasekara, the 20-year-old, matched his senior partner in striking 98, including eight sixes, from the same number of balls. The Air Force Sports Club were never in the hunt, with Upul Chandana taking 3 for 18 from four overs to take Nondescripts to a thumping 142-run victory.
Full postWorld XI lose early wickets in quest of 355
Australia struck twice with the new ball as World XI struggled to 25 for 2 when play was play was called off due to bad light
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
16-Oct-2005
World XI 190 and 25 for 2 need 330 more runs to beat Australia 345 and 199 (Hayden 77, Ponting 54, Harmison 3-41, Flintoff 3-48, Muralitharan 3-55)
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After their marquee names picked up the last nine Australian wickets for just 47 runs, the World XI's pursuit of an improbable 355 for victory floundered in the gloom at the SCG. Glenn McGrath had already sent Graeme Smith packing, and Stuart MacGill had seen to Virender Sehwag - top-scorer in the first innings - by the time bad light forced the players off for the third and final time with the World XI needing a further 330 to win. And despite a spirited counterattack from their bowlers in the afternoon, it was hard to escape the thought that Matthew Hayden's splendid 77 and Ricky Ponting's doughty 54 had already put Australia in an impregnable position.
It was 107 years ago that Joe Darling scripted a magnificent 160 as Australia eased to a six-wicket win against England while pursuing 275. Since then, no team had managed more in a successful chase at Sydney, and with the pitch affording the spinners extravagant turn, it needed an against-all-odds effort from Smith and his boys to prevent Australia wrapping up the Super Test inside four days.
Smith didn't stay long to lead the resistance, with McGrath conjuring up a stunning fifth-ball yorker that knocked out the off stump. But with spin clearly the chosen weapon, Shane Warne was thrown the ball after just two overs. The beginning may not have been auspicious - Sehwag thumped a full toss into the stands at square leg - but with plumes of dust being kicked up off the rough patches, Ponting's gambit was soon justified by MacGill.
Full postSmith powers Barbados to the final
An aggressive 96 by Dwayne Smith helped Barbados ease into the final of the KFC Cup,
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15-Oct-2005
Barbados 270 for 7 (Smith 96, Browne 51*) beat Windward Islands 175 for 8 (Murray 47, Sammy 46) by 41 runs - D/L method
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An aggressive 96 by Dwayne Smith, the West Indian middle-order batsman, helped Barbados ease into the final of the KFC Cup, the one-day tournament in the Caribbean. Smith's knock helped Barbados power to 270 for 7 in 50 overs. Windwards fell short by 41 runs in a run-chase interrupted by rain in Georgetown, but the match was marred by controversy over the tournament rules for reserve days.
Windwards had recovered after losing two early wickets in the fourth over, from Corey Collymore, and were reasonably well-placed at 100 for 3 after 25.1 overs when Junior Murray and Darren Sammy accepted the offer to go off for bad light. They did so under the impression that play would continue the next day - and they'd get the entire 50 overs to chase the target - if the total number of overs weren't completed that evening. The tournament fixtures release by the West Indies board indicated a reserve day, but there was no mention of it in the tournament's playing conditions which were released to the media just before the KFC Cup began.
Full postSpinners put Australia in control
Andrew Flintoff biffed 35 from 36 balls, but it was Stuart MacGill that stole the show after tea, picking up all three wickets to fall as the World XI were bundled out for just 190
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
15-Oct-2005
Australia 345 (Hayden 111, Gilchrist 94, Flintoff 4-59) and 66 for 1 lead World XI 190 all out (Sehwag 76, MacGill 4-39, Warne 3-23) by 221 runs
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Glenn McGrath made a stellar contribution with the new ball, but thereafter, it was the legspin show at the Sydney Cricket Ground as Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill embarrassed the much-vaunted World XI batting line-up to put Australia in complete control of the one-off Super Test. By stumps, Australia had served further notice of their world-champion status, stretching the lead to 221 for the loss of Justin Langer.
For a brief 90-minute period after lunch, Virender Sehwag and the solid Jacques Kallis had threatened to make a match of it, blunting the threat of McGrath and carving up the indifferent bowling of Brett Lee and Shane Watson. But once Ponting turned to Warne and MacGill, the World XI innings imploded, losing the last seven wickets for just 56.
Full postHayden and Gilchrist take the honours
Australia ended the first day of the Super Test on 331 for 6
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
14-Oct-2005
Australia 331 for 6 (Hayden 111, Gilchrist 94*) against World XI
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Matthew Hayden took another giant stride on the road to batting redemption, and Adam Gilchrist produced another thrill-a-minute innings in a crisis situation as Australia put to bed ill-informed opinions about their cricket going into tailspin in the wake of the Ashes debacle last month. Hayden rode his luck to script a memorable 22nd Test century, and Gilchrist chiselled out a classy unbeaten 94 as Australia ended the first day of the Super Test at 331 for 6. The World XI rode on the skill of Muttiah Muralitharan - playing his first Test at the SCG in his 14th season of international cricket - to stay in touch, but even he had to cede the day's honours to two men who raged against light that had supposedly lost its incandescence in England.
Hayden and Gilchrist added 96 in even time either side of tea, and utterly transformed an innings that had been in the balance when Muttiah Muralitharan and Daniel Vettori engineered a slump from 154 for 2 to 163 for 4. Michael Clarke became the first Test batsmen to be given out caught at bat-pad after a referral to the third umpire, and when Simon Katich was run out by a combination of Graeme Smith's alertness at mid-on and a collision with Murali, Australia were tottering.
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