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Pollock century puts SA in charge of Third Test

Marcus Prior

31-Mar-2001

Friday at the Kensington Oval was a day of bests, firsts and highests - all of them for South Africa - as the tourists took complete control of the third Test against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval. At stumps on day two, the West Indies were 7-0, after taking the better part of two days to bowl South Africa out for 454.

It was South Africa's highest ever score against the West Indies, surpassing their 406-8 declared in Cape Town in 1998-9.

It could and perhaps should have been so much better for the home side. After reducing the South Africans to 315-8 shortly after lunch, it looked as though captain Carl Hooper's stated objective of bowling them out for 325 was a genuine possibility.

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Sachin Tendulkar's brilliance sinks the Australians

India bounced back after their dismal performance in Pune to win the third One-Day International played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Indore, against Australia by a whopping margin of 118 runs

Santhosh S

31-Mar-2001

India bounced back after their dismal performance in Pune to win the third One-Day International played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Indore, against Australia by a whopping margin of 118 runs. Australia were all out for 181 runs in 35.5 overs, chasing a tough victory target of 300 in 50 overs.

The day clearly belonged to the world's premier batsman, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. After being put into bat by Steve Waugh, India really wanted Tendulkar to fire on all guns. Waugh's choice of bowling first was based on the fact that there was some moisture on the track. Tendulkar initially tamed the bowling by playing sensibly, curtailing his extravagant stroke play but once he got to his fifty, he cut loose.

Tendulkar made 139 runs off 125 balls decorating his knock with 19 classy strokes past the ropes. This was Tendulkar's 28th ODI hundred and in the end it proved to be a match winning one. Indore went into the record books today, Tendulkar becoming the first batsman in the history of ODI cricket to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs. In the course of the Indian innings, Glenn McGrath became the third Australian to reach 200 wickets, when he bowled Vijay Dahiya for nought.

Chasing India's imposing total of 299/8 in 50 overs, Australia was bound to struggle. On a pitch with uneven bounce and keeping low, fluent stroke play was not really on. The fact that Australia's best ODI batsman Mark Waugh was out of the team with a fractured finger must have been a big let down for his twin brother Steve Waugh. Australia's policy of rotation seems not to be working; today they rested their in-form batsman Matthew Hayden.

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Patron's Trophy Grade II: PWD lift Trophy in the rain-affected Final

Bazid Khan hit a magnificent 121 to help Public Works Department lift the Patron' s Trophy in the rain-affected final played against Sui Gas at the Lahore Cricket Association ground, Lahore

Mahmood Ahmad

31-Mar-2001

Bazid Khan hit a magnificent 121 to help Public Works Department lift the Patron' s Trophy in the rain-affected final played against Sui Gas at the Lahore Cricket Association ground, Lahore.

The last two days of this four-day encounter were completely washed out due to the rain, which started on the evening of the second day, and due to its ferocity, ensured that PWD take the trophy on the basis of first innings lead.

Bazid, the son of former Pakistan captain, Majid Khan, drafted his innings with utter prudence as he played the bowling on merit. He was, however, was not alone in his efforts. First, it was Shahzad Malik, at the opener's slot, who led his side out of danger after Zahid Ghouri had lost his wicket with only two on the board. Shahzad added 47 for the second wicket with Imran Khan Jnr (31 off 29 balls) and then 81 for the third wicket with Bazid before being out at the individual score of 60, which contained 6 fours.

Still it was Bazid upon whom the PWD innings revolved. He faced 186 ball during his stay at the crease and hit 7 fours and one six to help his side surpass the opposition's first innings score of 285 in 90 overs.

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McGrath leads Yorkshire to roses win in Good Hope Challenge

Yorkshire achieved a comfortable victory over Lancashire in the second match of the Good Hope Challenge under cloudy Cape Town skies

CricInfo

31-Mar-2001

Yorkshire achieved a comfortable victory over Lancashire in the second match of the Good Hope Challenge under cloudy Cape Town skies. The White Rose county was in control for most of the match. They did allow the Lancashire lower-order batting to threaten the target, but it was too little too late.

Yorkshire adopted the classic one-day method of starting conservatively and saving wickets for the closing overs. At the half-way mark, they had scored just 46 off 22 overs, but still had nine wickets in hand. Gavin Hamilton played a guarded innings before running himself out attempting a second run after the first had raised his half-century. Thereafter Anthony McGrath opened up dramatically. His first 50 took up 75 balls, but he raced to his century off just 28 more before being caught for 104 off 105 balls, his innings including 9 fours and 2 sixes. Victor Craven kept the momentum going with an undefeated 40 runs off just 36 balls. Peter Martin enjoyed a good opening spell of 6-1-7-1, and conceded just 4 runs in the final over, while Chris Schofield also applied the brakes nicely in conceding just 30 runs in his nine overs.

Lancashire made a poor start, losing two wickets in the first five overs. The left-handed pair of Driver and Fairbrother staged a partial recovery before Richard Dawson claimed two wickets in his first three overs with some accurate off-spin. With Hamilton also getting into the act, the score declined to 71 for 6 before the aggressive Joe Scuderi was instrumental in adding 62 for the seventh wicket with Schofield. The latter was dismissed after hitting a six and a dozen singles, opening up the tail. Any hopes of a dramatic recovery were dashed when Scuderi was stumped off the expensive James Middlebrook and, with the asking rate climbing towards 10 an over, the Red Roses wilted and were systematically plucked. Hamilton finished with 3 for 22 and Dawson with an almost as impressive 2 for 23.

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Hampshire complete a hat trick of defeats in the Winelands Tournament

Hampshire completed a hat trick of defeats in the Winelands Tournament, when they again failed to post a decent score, against a well drilled Warwickshire outfit

Vic Isaacs

31-Mar-2001

Hampshire completed a hat trick of defeats in the Winelands Tournament, when they again failed to post a decent score, against a well drilled Warwickshire outfit.

Losing the toss for the third successive time, Warwickshire piled on agony as their batsmen made hey, whilst the sun shone. Nick Knight carried his bat throughout the 40 overs for 79, whilst Wagh and Ostler attacked the Hampshire bowlers, none of whom had any answer to it, the midland side registering the highest score of the six match tournament.

Hampshire's batting was again in a sorry state, as the 103 run defeat showed. Again having to bat in the less than effective floodlights, Robin Smith looked totally out of sorts, and managed just two, before being comprehensively bowled by Dagnall. Aymes was caught mid-wicket after being sent back by White and was run out. Prittipaul, White and Kendall all went in quick succession, and at 22 for 5, were in danger of posting an embarrassing low score.

The Morris brothers Alex and Zac at least started putting the bat to the ball, with Alex being particularly aggressive, but both fell to Sierra the Warwickshire seam bowler, and by then it was "Goodnight Sierra" for Hampshire. Hamblin was another needless run out, as Shah and Francis pushed the score past the century mark, but by then the game was well lost, and Warwickshire were going through the motions.

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Lancashire lose their first match on tour

Lancashire suffered their first defeat of the South African tour at the hands of arch enemies Yorkshire at Newlands despite a battling innings from Joe Scuderi

John Dawson

31-Mar-2001

Lancashire suffered their first defeat of the South African tour at the hands of arch enemies Yorkshire at Newlands despite a battling innings from Joe Scuderi.

Yorkshire opted to bat first, and for the first 20 overs the Lancashire bowlers contained them well only allowing on average two runs an over but only took one wicket in the process. This allowed Yorkshire the safety of being able to really attack the bowlers in the latter part of the innings. Gavin Hamilton was the second wickets to go down, thanks to a great piece of fielding from Chris Schofield, being run out for 50.

Anthony McGrath and Vic Craven then dispatched the Lancashire attack to all parts of the ground in the last 10 overs to set up a tony McGrath made 104 at a run a ball and Craven remained unbeaten for a whirlwind 40.

Lancashire got of to the worst possible start, losing Chilton and Roberts early. Neil Fairbrother who has got Lancashire out of a mess many times before started to go after the inexperienced Yorkshire attack, missing the likes of Gough, White, Silverwood, Hoggard, Hutchison and Sidebottom.

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Logan Cup Fourth Round: Midlands v Mashonaland 'A'

In what seemed to be the most exciting Logan Cup fixture of the weekend, Midlands managed to draw their game with the much-fancied Mashonaland A side

Colin Sanders

30-Mar-2001

In what seemed to be the most exciting Logan Cup fixture of the weekend, Midlands managed to draw their game with the much-fancied Mashonaland A side.

The Mashonaland A captain Everton Matambanadzo won the toss and elected to bat first on a wicket that traditionally does not offer much to the bowlers. After a solid opening partnership between Dion Ebrahim (21) and Trevor Gripper (44), the Mashonaland A side soon lost their way. A mixture of some good bowling and poor shot selection soon saw the Mashonaland A side struggling at 118 for eight. A fine ninth-wicket partnership of 122 runs between Tatenda Taibu and David Mutendera helped the batting side eventually reach 248 all out. Taibu was not out on 75 and he was well supported by the hard-hitting Mutendera who made 53 before being caught by Martin Pretorius off the bowling of Doug Hondo. Most of the Midlands bowlers took wickets, with Doug Hondo, Colin Sanders and Doug Marillier picking up two wickets each, and the in-form Ray Price finished with bowling figures of 23 overs, three wickets for 49 runs.

The Midlands side when batting also found the going very tough and lost wickets at regular intervals. The Mashonaland A bowlers bowled with great discipline in terms of line and length and restricted the Midlands side to 175 all out. Once again the Midlands captain, Doug Marillier, showed his form by scoring 54 before he was bowled by Dirk Viljoen attempting the reverse sweep. Other batting contributions came from Doug Hondo (29) and Craig Grant (24). Notable bowling figures for Mashonaland A were Dirk Viljoen (four for 51) and Everton Matambanadzo (three for 38).

Mashonaland A now held a first-innings lead of 73 and on a very flat track soon took advantage. An opening partnership of 99 between Dion Ebrahim and Trevor Gripper set a solid foundation. Trevor Gripper was dismissed for 53 when he stepped on his stumps attempting to pull a short ball from Craig Grant. The new batsman Stu Carlisle was nearly caught off the very next ball, but soon settled down, playing some magnificent strokes. After a partnership of 109 between Ebrahim and Carlisle, Ebrahim was adjudged lbw off the bowling of Craig Wishart for 90, not long after Carlisle was caught on the boundary for 47. After a very breezy 39 off 15 balls by Andy Blignaut the Mashonaland side declared, leaving the Midlands side 337 runs to win the match off a possible 90 overs.

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Record win for New Zealand is worst loss for Pakistan

New Zealand cricket just got a whole lot tougher to take a record win, and inflict a record loss, over Pakistan after a stunning fourth and final day in Hamilton today

Lynn McConnell

30-Mar-2001

New Zealand cricket just got a whole lot tougher to take a record win, and inflict a record loss, over Pakistan after a stunning fourth and final day in Hamilton today.

New Zealand's win of the third National Bank Test by an innings and 185 runs was the greatest in its history and the margin was the worst suffered by Pakistan, beating their previous worst of an innings and 174 runs at Kingston, Jamaica against the West Indies in 1957/58.

It was a remarkable win for a New Zealand team which has been decimated by injury all summer, and which two Test matches ago suffered the most embarrassing loss of its modern history with a last day collapse of nine wickets for 26 runs and eight for 10.

The win, achieved on a pitch with bounce and carry - the new and preferred pitch of the modern generation of players, was made all the more memorable by the fact it was achieved in little over two days, 189 overs, of playing time, and incorporated some outstanding batting feats.

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Black Caps thrash Pakistan to square the Test Series

New Zealand achieved a commendable victory over Pakistan in the 3rd and final Test of the National Bank Series, which finished at Hamilton on Friday

Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim

30-Mar-2001

New Zealand achieved a commendable victory over Pakistan in the 3rd and final Test of the National Bank Series, which finished at Hamilton on Friday. The two teams will remember the encounter for all times to come, the Black Caps for a glorious victory and some of the records they achieved and Pakistan for a concentrated dose of humiliation they suffered during an unexpectedly short span of time. Pakistan's unpredictable batting line crumbled twice in the game that ended well before closing time on the 4th day. Taking out the time consumed by rain, the actual play did not extend more than two and a half days, something unusual for a test match, especially one producing a result on the 4th day!