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Khadkikar pegs back Haryana
Kashinath Khadkikar bagged a five wicket haul to restrict Haryana to 242 all out off 88.2 overs on the first day of the MA Chidambaram Trophy match played at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak on Wednesday
Staff Reporter
07-Feb-2001
Kashinath Khadkikar bagged a five wicket haul to restrict Haryana to
242 all out off 88.2 overs on the first day of the MA Chidambaram
Trophy match played at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak on
Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Haryana skipper Ajay Ratra won the toss and
decided to parade the batting skills of the Cooch Behar champions.
Little did he realise that his decision would backfire on the first
ball of the innings. Left arm medium pacer Steve Lazarus castled the
explosive Manvinder Bisla with the first ball of the match.
Bisla's early dismissal made the batsmen adopt a defensive approach
early on, as they scored the first fifty off 22.1 overs. The other
opener Bhuvanesh Sharma departed after a steady innings of fifteen off
55 balls. Sumeet Sharma followed suit giving Khadkikar his second
wicket of the morning.
One drop Ishan Ganda and skipper Ajay Ratra then set down to
consolidate and build up the tottering innings. The prolific duo added
105 runs off 197 balls for the fourth wicket. Ratra played second
fiddle as Ganda dominated the partnership with his innings of 76 laced
with twelve boundaries. The skipper played 98 balls for his 44 with
three sedate hits to the fence. Ganda mistimed a Khadkikar delivery
and holed out to Deepak Joon. Two runs later, Ratra joined him in the
pavilion having his bails cleaned out by Naman Oza.
Full postDebut bowler captures six Auckland wickets
Otago's Bradley Scott will never forget his first day of first-class cricket after taking six Auckland wickets for 48 runs at Carisbrook in Dunedin today
Warwick Larkins
06-Feb-2001
Otago's Bradley Scott will never forget his first day of first-class cricket after taking six Auckland wickets for 48 runs at Carisbrook in Dunedin today.
When Otago won the toss and put Auckland into bat on the first day of the four-day Shell Trophy match at Carisbrook, it seemed unlikely that a full day of play would result because of predicted rain and hail. However, almost a full days play was possible (only 73 minutes lost in total) and Auckland after a shaky start finished up on 263/9.
A member of a well known Otago cricketing family, Scott had a dream debut in first-class cricket.
He made a boys' own start when having four of his wickets, for 12 runs from 11 overs he bowled before lunch.
Full postCanterbury punished as prolific Bell follows in Jones' wake
It was a case of keeping up with the Joneses' today at Christchurch Village Green for Wellington captain Matthew Bell
Matthew Appleby
06-Feb-2001
It was a case of keeping up with the Joneses' today at Christchurch Village Green for Wellington captain Matthew Bell.
Richard Jones in particular. The 27-year-old ex-Auckland right hander hit a maiden career century and went on to 145, with 24 magnificent boundaries off 218 balls.
Bell rang up his fifth century of the season, but his was of a different complexion to Jones'. The pair added 220 for the first wicket to provoke a dressing-down from the Canterbury coach for his bowlers, who sprayed the ball about on both sides of the wicket and failed to exploit early dampness in the pitch.
Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson told CricInfo, "We had a particularly bad day in Hamilton a couple of days ago when we fell off the horse." The Firebirds lost top spot in the Shell Trophy that day when Northern Districts, and in particular Daryl Tuffey bowled Johnson's men out twice in two days to win by an innings.
Full postHefford stakes claim as Central dominate first day
The rise and rise of Brent Hefford continued at McLean Park, Napier today
Peter Hoare
06-Feb-2001
The rise and rise of Brent Hefford continued at McLean Park, Napier today. Two months ago the 22-year-old fast-medium bowler from Marlborough was on the fringes of the Central Districts squad. Now he is on the fast track to international honours.
Hefford came into the side almost by default, with injuries and international call-ups depleting Central's bowling resources. He played a decisive part in the closing stages of his team's victorious Shell Cup campaign, taking the Player of the Finals award.
Today he showed that he can perform just as proficiently in the first-class game, with figures of 24-5-50-5. There is no secret to his method. From an economical run up and efficient action he maintains good control, obtains movement and sometimes gets extra bounce from just short of a length.
He gives batsmen few scoring opportunities, so they are inclined to make mistakes when one comes along. Northern's top scorers Mark Bailey (47) and Hamish Marshall (41) both fell to Hefford in this way today.
Full postEast Zone enter final on first innings over Central Zone
An enterprising century by Rakesh Mohanty (100) helped East Zone enter the finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament as the match ended in a draw
Staff Reporter
06-Feb-2001
An enterprising century by Rakesh Mohanty (100) helped East Zone enter the finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament as the match ended in a draw. East Zone entered the next stage by virtue of their 43 run first innings lead over Central Zone on the third and final day at the RSI Grounds in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Resuming the day at the score of 199 for 5, Rakesh Mohanty and Bignesh Mohanty (30) were engaged in a valuable sixth wicket partnership worth 85 runs. Rakesh Mohanty in the process completed his fifty in 129 minutes off 94 balls. With the scores at level, Bignesh Mohanty was out caught by Ali Akbar off Rahat Ali in the 100th over of the innings. Rakesh duly completed a well deserved century off 172 balls which included 13 hits to the fence. Rakesh departed soon after reaching the milestone, caught by Tahir Abbas in the first slip off Praveen Gupta with the score on 306. With the fall of Rakesh saw a procession as East lost their last three wickets with the addition of just seven runs to be allout for 313.
With nothing much to play for, Central in their second innings scored 144 runs losing three wickets of 37 overs. Openers Rahat Ilahi (50) and Shivakanth Shukla (25) added 51 runs in 11.1 overs. Shukla was the first to be dismissed wehn Mayukh Biswas held on to the catch at long on off SK Roy. Then Ali Akbar (30) forged a partnership of 57 runs for the second wicket with Ilahi, before Ilahi offered a catch to Biswas at mid wicket off A Iqbal. With only two more runs added to the total, Biswas came into the the action again, holding on to a chance offered by Akbar off S Biswas. A Alam (14) and V Yadav (20) were at the crease at stumps. East meet North in the three-day final to be played in Bangalore from 8-10 February.
Full postNorth clash with East for Vijay Hazare Trophy
North Zone made a relatively easy entry into the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament with the help of the massive 198-run first innings lead over West Zone in the semifinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on
Staff Reporter
06-Feb-2001
North Zone made a relatively easy entry into the Vijay Hazare Trophy
Under-16 tournament with the help of the massive 198-run first innings lead
over West Zone in the semifinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar
Sports Centre in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Resuming at 160 for three, West Zone's overnight pair of opener SO
Kukreja (79) and CR Suryavanshi (74) took the socre to 207. Kureja was the
first to be dismissed on the final morning, stumped by Bhupinder Singh off
Abhinav Bali. During a 224-minute stay at the crease, Kukreja faced 185
balls and hit eleven fours and two sixes. Yousuf Pathan (6) did not last
long and in the 63rd over was trapped leg before by Paras Dogra. Parag
Madkaikar (54) then joined Suryavanshi and forged a 68-run partnership for
the seventh wicket. Suryavanshi was the next to be dismissed, caught by
Rahat Ali off Gaurav Gupta. During a stay of two hours at the crease,
Suryavanshi faced 121 balls and hit six fours. Thereafter, an eighth wicket
stand worth 52 runs ensued between Madkaikar and Sunasura (32). Though
Madkaikar battled at one end he lost partners and the innings folded up at
359.
North Zone in their second innings scored 107 for 1 in 25 overs. Openers
Rahul Arora (25) and S Dhawan (66) added 72 runs in 17.3 overs. Arora was
the only casuality of the day for North, when he found himself run out.
Then Kuldeep Rawat (12) and Dhawan took the team to stumps.
Full postHussain content after first tour outing
England may not have covered themselves in glory, but for a first outing, this two-day practice game against a Sri Lanka Board Colts XI was surely a satisfactory start
Charlie Austin
06-Feb-2001
England may not have covered themselves in glory, but for a first outing, this two-day practice game against a Sri Lanka Board Colts XI was surely a satisfactory start. The game was eventually called off at 4.55pm with England 24 for two in their second innings after the Colts XI had declared on 232 for eight in their first innings.
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Nasser Hussain Photo CricInfo |
The England team treated this game as little more than middle practice, and in spite of a brittle performance by the middle order yesterday and a second cheap dismissal for Michael Atherton today, Nasser Hussain was pleased with the progress that has been made in adapting to Sri Lankan conditions.
"It's been a satisfying two days against a good side on a sporting wicket," he said. "Everyone got a bowl and bat and a few of the boys are a little tired now. No matter how much training you do in the gym you feel it in the legs after 80 overs in the field. But I'm glad that we're tired, that's exactly what we wanted. It's important for both the batsmen and the bowlers to get used to the heat.
Full postWestern Province and Boland settle for draw
Western Province and neighbours Boland cemented their places at the top of the Super Eight log with a hard fought draw on Sunday
MWP
05-Feb-2001
Western Province and neighbours Boland cemented their places at the top of the Super Eight log with a hard fought draw on Sunday.
Four days of keenly contested cricket were not enough to separate the two sides, but Province might just feel they let a glimmer of a chance slip on the final day.
After bowling Boland out for 255 in their second innings, Province found themselves chasing a victory target of 260 from 58 overs - eminently reachable, especially with the likes of Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis and Neil Johnson waiting to take a swing at an injury-depleted Boland bowling attack.
What nobody could have predicted - surely - is that Paul Adams would emerge at the fall of the second wicket, with Province 120-2 and still very much in the hunt. It is true that Adams used to open the batting for his school, and that he struck a career-best 42 against Natal earlier this season, but he remains very much a tail-ender.
Full postProlific Ward leads England A into winning position
Swann: Precipitated mid-innings collapse Photo © CricInfo Ltd
Kate Laven
05-Feb-2001
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Swann: Precipitated mid-innings collapse Photo © CricInfo Ltd. |
England A set their sights on an outright win against Jamaica and by the close of play on the third day at Sabina Park, the plan was close to completion.
The tourists dominated the first two days of this fifth round match and today was no different after starting with two quick wickets to shatter the Jamaican confidence and finishing with a potentially winning stand between Ian Ward and John Crawley.
By stumps, the partnership finally had been broken but not before they had added 96 runs for the second wicket to steer England through to 133 for two at the close, needing another 50 runs for victory with eight wickets still in tact.
Full postGauteng scramble their way to safety against Griquas
Griqualand West were denied a rare Supersport Series win on Sunday by a courageous sixth wicket partnership between Andrew Hall (92) and Marthinus Otto (88) as The Highveld Strikers scrambled their way to safety on Sunday
MWP
05-Feb-2001
Griqualand West were denied a rare Supersport Series win on Sunday by a courageous sixth wicket partnership between Andrew Hall (92) and Marthinus Otto (88) as The Highveld Strikers scrambled their way to safety on Sunday.
The Supersport Shield is perhaps not the most obvious place for heroics, but 160 runs shared by the two batsmen rescued the Strikers from what would have been an ignominious defeat indeed.
At the time the pair come together, Strikers had crumbled to 59-5, a lead of just three runs - as Griquas came out fighting on the final morning. Sven Koenig, Adam Bacher and Zander de Bruyn could manage just 15 runs between them - in the Strikers first innings they had teamed up for a combined total of 304.
But Hall and Otto were unbowed in their resistance and by the time the partnership was broken the match was more or less safe. Not long afterwards the captains shook hands on a draw, Griquas not even given the opportunity to bat again.
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