Report
Despite Samuel's 91 Jamaica lose to Guyana
Marlon Samuels, the Jamaican batsman recently recalled by the West Indies for the Australian tour, scored a valiant unbeaten 91 but ended up on the losing side
Cricinfo staff
07-Oct-2005
 |
|
Samuels put together a 105-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Tamar Lambert, the vice-captain, but when Lambert fell to Mahendra Nagamootoo (2 for 54) with the score on 178, a middle-order collapse ensued and Jamaica lost four wickets for 20 runs.
Earlier, Ramnaresh Sarwan, following on from his two centuries in his two previous innings, hit 63 from 59 balls with six fours. The Man-of-the-Match Nagamootoo hit a rapid 31 from 17 balls with one four and three sixes and shared a crucial, ninth wicket stand of 37 with Neil McGarrell (14) to help Guyana post 219. Jamaica are still in with a remote chance of qualifying for semi-finals but will need the results in the other fixtures to go in their favour.
Full postBarbados beat Windward Islands by one run in a thriller
Nerves were on edge as Barbados defeated the Windward Islands by one run in a dramatic third round match of the KFC Cup
T&T Express
07-Oct-2005
Nerves were on edge as Barbados defeated the Windward Islands by one run in a dramatic third round match of the KFC Cup yesterday.
All and sundry at the Cable & Wireless ground, Wildey, kept their eyes fixed on the middle in fading light when fast bowler Corey Collymore ran in from the south to bowl the third-to-last over with seven runs required and two wickets standing.
Needing 221 for victory off 50 overs, the Windwards recovered significantly from 129 for six in the 34th through an 81-run partnership off 14.1 overs between captain Rawl Lewis with 38 from 56 balls, and Liam Sebastien, the fellow all-rounder, who was left high and dry on 43 without facing a ball in the final over.The pair kept Barbados under pressure with excellent running between the wicket apart from a few telling boundaries and seemingly had victory secured when Collymore plucked out Lewis' leg stump with a yorker off the last ball of the 48th over, leaving the score 210 for seven. Ronald Etienne was then leg before wicket by Sulieman Benn, the left-arm spinner, without scoring as he played across a full-length ball in the next over which yielded four runs.
Full postLeeward Islands edge T&T in a two-run thriller
Leeward Islands claimed a two-run victory in their third round match of the KFC Cup limited-overs competition over Trinidad and Tobago
T&T Express
07-Oct-2005
Leeward Islands 244 for 9 (Morton 75, Cornwall 59, Willett 61) beat Trinidad & Tobago 242 (Ganga 62) by 2 runs
Scorecard
Scorecard
|
|
|
Chasing 245 runs from their allocation of 50 overs, T&T required three runs from the final over, and Sylvester Joseph, the Leewards captain, entrusted Tonge with the responsibility of being his side's hero. With his first delivery-a fast, straight, full-length ball-Tonge forced Denesh Ramdin onto the backfoot and to play across the line, and gained a palpable lbw verdict from umpire Eddie Nicholls.
It was the Leewards' second win of the competition, following a nine-wicket triumph over Jamaica in the opening round, and a tie against Guyana in the second round. For T&T, the reigning champions of the West Indies limited-overs competition, it was their third straight defeat and leaves their chances of qualifying for the Final Four in Guyana next week nothing short of a lottery.
Full postGilchrist blitz seals the series
Adam Gilchrist rocked the Telstra Dome with an innings of scintillating brilliance as Australia gained an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series
The Bulletin by S Rajesh
07-Oct-2005
Australia 328 for 4 (Gilchrist 103, Ponting 66, Martyn 54) beat World XI 273 (Sangakkara 61, Gayle 54) by 55 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary
How they were out
Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary
How they were out
|
|
|
Adam Gilchrist rocked the Telstra Dome with an innings of scintillating brilliance as Australia gained an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series with a 55-run win in Melbourne. After a tepid opening match, there were plenty of fireworks on display in the second game: 601 runs were scored in 95.3 overs, but in the end, Gilchrist's blistering 103 off 79 balls - the fastest century by an Australian in a one-day international - was the difference between the two sides.
Gilchrist's tour de force helped Australia power themselves to a seemingly unassailable 328 for 4, but even that score seemed under threat during the first half of the World XI's reply, as Chris Gayle and Kumar Sangakkara decided to administer some power-hitting of their own. However, a flurry of wickets - the result of tight bowling, super fielding, and some panic-stricken running between the wickets - meant that the run-chase fizzled out much before the last ball was bowled.
Full postBrowne leads Barbados to victory
Barbados beat Trinidad and Tobago by 41 runs to record their first win of the KFC Cup this season
T&T Express
05-Oct-2005
Barbados 267 for 6 (Browne 90*, Nurse 47) defeated Trinidad and Tobago 191 for 8 (Powell 49) by 41 runs in a rain-affected match
Scorecard
Scorecard
|
|
|
Chasing 268 for victory off 50 overs, Daren Ganga's team were 181 for 7 in the 39th over, when rain swept across the Banks Breweries ground just before 5pm. After the rain abated, the target was revised to 233 off 40 overs - effectively leaving Trinidad and Tobago to score 52 more runs from 11 balls. They ended on 191 for 8, their second defeat of the campaign. The title holders are now under pressure to reach the final four.
Barbados' 267 for 6 off 50 overs was due mainly to a hurricane unbeaten 90 off 50 balls from captain Courtney Browne, who was let off four times. Browne and Ian Bradshaw blasted 110 off 64 balls in an unbroken seventh-wicket stand to lift the tempo in stunning fashion.
Full postGuyana and Leeward Islands tie thriller
Reon King took a wicket off the last ball of the match as Guyana and Leeward Islands played out a thrilling tie
Cricinfo staff
05-Oct-2005
Guyana 291 for 5 (Sarwan 113) tied with Leeward Islands 291 for 7 (Richards 77, Morton 68, Joseph 64)
Scorecard
Reon King took a wicket off the last ball of the match as Guyana and Leeward Islands played out a thrilling tie in a high-scoring game at Windward Cricket Club in Barbados. Leeward Islands, chasing 292 to win, required nine to win off the last over when King induced Carl Simon to edge to the wicketkeeper to effect a tie.
Scorecard
Reon King took a wicket off the last ball of the match as Guyana and Leeward Islands played out a thrilling tie in a high-scoring game at Windward Cricket Club in Barbados. Leeward Islands, chasing 292 to win, required nine to win off the last over when King induced Carl Simon to edge to the wicketkeeper to effect a tie.
Earlier, Ramnaresh Sarwan scored his second successive century of the tournament to enable Guyana to reach 291. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine both pitched in with 52.
Full postLewis leads Windwards to victory
Rawl Lewis led Windward Islands to a four-wicket victory against Jamaica in the second round of the KFC Cup
T&T Express
05-Oct-2005
Windward Islands 233 for 6 (Lewis 65*, Murray 53, Smith 43, Powell 4-64) defeated Jamaica 254 for 8 (Parchment 65, Samuels 54, Lambert 42, Sammy 4-49) by four wickets in a rain-reduced match
Scorecard
Scorecard
Rawl Lewis played a captain's innings to lead Windward Islands to a four-wicket victory against Jamaica in the second round of the KFC Cup at the North Stars Cultural & Social Club on Tuesday.
Chasing a revised target of 230 runs from 43 overs, after rain interrupted play, Windwards coasted home with 17 balls to spare, when Lewis slashed a searing cut off the left-arm spinner, Nikita Miller, to bring up his tenth four.
Lewis finished with an undefeated 65 from 47 balls. He also hit one six that helped him to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, after his side dipped to 176 for 6 and had looked in danger of giving up the ghost.
Full postAustralia seal convincing win
A typically clinical bowling performance overcame a less distinguished fielding effort as Australia dismantled a star-studded World XI
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
05-Oct-2005
Australia 255 for 8 (Katich 58, Vettori 4-33) beat World
XI 162 (Sangakkara 65) by 93 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary
How they were out
Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary
How they were out
|
|
|
A typically clinical bowling performance overcame a less distinguished fielding effort as Australia dismantled a star-studded World XI, winning the first of the three Super Series matches by 93 runs under lights, and a roof, at the Telstra Dome while it rained on the rest of Melbourne. Ricky Ponting's men chose to bat, put 255 on the board, and then made it seem more like 355 with canny bowling.
Kumar Sangakkara must have wondered if he was back in Colombo batting for Nondescripts Cricket Club as he ploughed a lone furrow, stitching together a stylish, yet occasionally streaky, half-century while all around him faltered and fell. The target of 256 appeared on the lower side, even accounting for a sluggish outfield, but Glenn McGrath showed why he is still the most lethal thing with a new ball in hand.
Full postSouth Africans escape with tense draw
South Africa came perilously close to defeat against a mixture of India hopefuls on the third day of the opening tour game
Wisden Cricinfo staff
04-Oct-2005
South Africans 226 for 5 dec and 172 for 8 drew with Indian Board President's XI 361 for 6 dec (Mongia 148, Badani 74*)
Scorecard
Scorecard
 |
|
South Africa came perilously close to defeat against a mixture of India hopefuls on the third day of the opening tour game. The Indian Board President's XI dislodged all but two wickets as the South African experiment of rejigging their batting line-up almost blew up. They struggled to go past the Board XI's 135-run lead, and once they had stuttered by, could add only 37 runs when stumps were called.
Earlier in the day, the Board XI had declared at 361 for 6 when Dinesh Mongia fell for 148, ending a stand worth 154 runs with Hemang Badani, who remained unbeaten on 74. Graeme Smith claimed Mongia after eight expensive overs. He was hampered by an injury to Jacques Kallis, who bowled only three overs before suffering a side strain that put his participation in the first Test in danger.
Full postRicky's century puts Punjab in charge
With the Indian team yet to settle on an opening partner for Virender Sehwag, Punjab's Ravneet Ricky threw his hat into the ring with a belligerent 133 as his team seized control of their Group B match against Assam
Wisden Cricinfo staff
04-Oct-2005
With the Indian team yet to settle on an opening partner for Virender Sehwag, Punjab's Ravneet Ricky threw his hat into the ring with a belligerent 133 as his team seized control of their Group B match against Assam. Yuvraj Singh, fighting to get back his place in the Test team, made just 29, but there was a half-century for Pankaj Dharmani, another of the domestic stalwarts that Indian cricket forgot.
Elsewhere, Mumbai choked off the runs as Madhya Pradesh dawdled to 164 for 7 by stumps. Naman Oja (33) and Amay Khurasiya added 50 for the second wicket, and Nikhil Patwardhan chipped in with an unbeaten 34 late in the day as runs came in a trickle. For Mumbai, Wilkin Mota (3 for 21) and Swapnil Hazare (2 for 43) took the bowling honours, while Ajit Agarjar went wicketless.
Also in Group A, Gujarat recovered well from a mid-afternoon wobble to post 286 for 7 against Karnataka. Parthiv Patel made just 16, but there were half-centuries for Mukund Parmar (73) and Niraj Patel (54). For Karnataka, both Vinay Kumar and Dodda Ganesh picked up three wickets apiece, but they were frustrated late in the day by Siddharth Trivedi and Timil Patel, who batted through to stumps.
On a day of mixed fortunes for those trying to find their way back into the Indian squad, there was a fine unbeaten 68 from Jai P Yadav as Railways made 305 for 9 against Bengal. Tejinder Pal Singh (86) and Amit Pagnis (57), who used to represent Mumbai, provided the early impetus, while Bengal were indebted to Ranadeb Bose (4 for 52) and Sabir Ali (3 for 48), their new-ball combination.
Full post