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England A wrap up seven wicket victory over Jamaica
England A took just 55 minutes to complete an emphatic seven wicket victory over Busta Cup leaders Jamaica at Sabina Park today
Kate Laven
05-Feb-2001
England A took just 55 minutes to complete an emphatic seven wicket victory over Busta Cup leaders Jamaica at Sabina Park today.
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It was an excellent win for Mark Alleyne's side after they had dominated play from the outset against a squad which is regarded as the best in the Caribbean.
Their task of scoring the 50 runs needed for victory was made easier by a hamstring injury to West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh, who pulled up after nine overs yesterday and is now looking uncertain to play in the forthcoming Test series against South Africa.
Resuming on 133 for two this morning, England A quickly lost John Crawley when he was deceived by a straight ball from spinner Nehemiah Perry. His nick to the wicketkeeper, Keith Hibbert, ended a steady innings from the Lancashire captain who is an increasingly key player in the England A line up.
Full postBarbados holding trump cards
Barring extended rain or any other unforeseen happening today, Barbados should subject the Windward Islands to their fifth successive defeat and keep alive their slim hopes of winning the Busta Cup
Haydn Gill
05-Feb-2001
Barring extended rain or any other unforeseen happening today,
Barbados should subject the Windward Islands to their fifth successive
defeat and keep alive their slim hopes of winning the Busta Cup.
Set 335 from a minimum of 115 overs after an enterprising, exciting
display from Philo Wallace and Sean Armstrong, rock-bottom Windwards
showed more resilience than they have all season in the 25 overs they
faced before the close.
They reached 67 for two, principally anchored by their solid 18-yearold opening batsman Romel Currency. He batted though until the end in
the company of the Windwards' most dangerous batsman, Junior Murray.
Murray, however, should take been back in the pavilion, but Ryan Hinds
missed an easy chance at extra-cover from a long-hop off leg-spinner
Dave Marshall.
Full postMcCullum honours Sutcliffe name with scintillating century
New Zealand Under-19 captain Brendon McCullum made a scintillating 186 to put his side in control in the Second Youth Test at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln today
Matthew Appleby
05-Feb-2001
New Zealand Under-19 captain Brendon McCullum made a scintillating 186 to put his side in control in the Second Youth Test at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln today.
New Zealand's recovery from 72/6 and 106/7 mirrored South Africa's from 106/6 yesterday.
While the visitors eventually made 308 all out, the New Zealander's did even better to record 311, then leave South Africa 9/0 when they took an offer of the light with 17 overs left.
McCullum, after a 97-ball ton in the first Youth Test win at Alexandra last week, went one better to reach three figures in 96 balls this time on an auspicious day at the former BIL Oval near Christchurch.
Full postStill miles to go for East Zone
East Zone still need 72 to take the first innings lead over Central Zone at the end of the second day's play of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament match at the RSI Grounds in Bangalore on Monday
Staff Reporter
05-Feb-2001
East Zone still need 72 to take the first innings lead over Central Zone at the end of the second day's play of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament match at the RSI Grounds in Bangalore on Monday. In reply to Central Zone's 270, East Zone were 199 for 5.
East did not have a happy beginning to their first innings as they lost opener Ajay Gorai (10) in the fifth over with the score on 15. Ajith Singh (22) joined M Biswas (77) and both the batsmen forged a 59 run second wicket partnership before the lefthanded Singh was sent back by SK Shukla in the 31st over. Singh was out caught by A Alam off Shukla. New batsman A Iqbal (1) lasted only for six balls and was dismissed caught by SK Shukla in the first slip off Praveen Gupta.
Biswas then steadied the ship with a 61 run fourth wicket with SP Priyadarshan (41). Priyadarshan looked set for a long innings was bowled by A Yadav in the 57th over. Rakesh Mohanty joined Biswas and the pair added 49 runs for the fifth wicket before the well settled Biswas fell to A Yadav giving SK Shukla his second catch of the innings at first slip. During a 288 minute stay at the crease Biswas faced 206 balls and hit eleven fours. Rakesh Mohanty (31) and Bignesh Mohanty (5) were manning the crease for East Zone.
Earlier, the Central Zone innings was prolonged for a further 12.1 overs. Gaurav Tikkas (78) in the company of Devendra Singh (9) added 29 more runs for the last wicket to take the score to 270. Tikkas was the last batsman to be dismissed when he gave a return catch to Rakesh Mohanty. A Iqbal (4 for 37) and Rakesh Mohanty (3 for 53) were the pick of the East attack.
Full postNorth Zone make a merry of West attack
With the help of some supreme batsmanship by three centurions Vishwas Bhalla (159), Gaurav Gupta (134) and Abhinav Bali (101), North Zone piled up a massive 557 in the first innings of their Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 Tournament semifinal match at
Staff Reporter
05-Feb-2001
With the help of some supreme batsmanship by three centurions Vishwas
Bhalla (159), Gaurav Gupta (134) and Abhinav Bali (101), North Zone piled up a massive 557 in the first innings of their Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 Tournament semifinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Monday. West Zone were 160 for 3 at stumps on day two.
Resuming at their overnight score of 338 for four, North Zone lost Bhalla soon. Having added just nine more runs to his overnight score of 150, Bhalla departed to a catch by Chetan Suryavanshi off Kunjan Fadia. During his 375 minute stay at the crease, Bhalla had faced 260 balls and hit 20 boundaries and a six. Kuldeep Rawat who was the next man in did not trouble the scorers much as he lasted just five balls and was trapped legbefore by G Yadav for a nought.
This brought A Bali and Gupta together and they responded with a 98 run seventh wicket partnership before the second centurion of the match Gupta was caught behind by Parthiv Patel off Nikhil Rathod. During his 252 minute stay at the crease, Gupta faced 195 balls and hit 18 boundaries. Thereafter, Bali found ample company in Abhishek Sharma (43) and two added 95 runs off just 13 overs for the eighth wicket to take the score to 557 before Bali fell to Rathod after completing a well deserved century. Abhishek Sharma was run out for 43 of the next ball and Rathod finished North's innings when he dismissed last man Punit Sharma for a duck. North Zone lost its last three wickets with no further addition to the score of 557. For West, G Yadav (3 for 132) and Nikhil Rathod (3 for 84) were the pick of the bowlers.
In response, West Zone made a confident start to their innings as the
openers Sahil Kukreja (53 not out) and Bhushan Chauhan (24) added 49 runs in 11.1 overs. Chauhan was the first to be dismissed when a direct throw from Abhishek Sharma found the mark. Then Parthiv Patel (37) joined Kukreja and took the score to 97. Patel was the next to be sent back stumped by Bhupinder Singh off Abhishek Sharma. Nikhil Rathod added 48 run for the third wicket with Kukreja. Rathod was trapped leg before by Abhishek Sharma in the 39th over. At close of play, Kukreja and Chetan Suryavanshi (7) were holding the fort for West Zone.
Full postCentral Zone clinch runner-up spot
Central Zone trounced South Zone by an innings and 14 runs on the final day of the final round of Duleep Trophy matches at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Stadium in Goa on Sunday
Staff Reporter
04-Feb-2001
Central Zone trounced South Zone by an innings and 14 runs on the final day
of the final round of Duleep Trophy matches at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar
Stadium in Goa on Sunday. The win helped Cental Zone clinch the runner-up
spot behind North Zone, who were crowned champions with a round to spare
after racing away to 23 points. Central finished on 19 to edge West Zone
into third place with 17. East Zone's tally of 13 placed them fourth while
South Zone's second successive defeat consigned them to bottom of the heap
on a measly eight points.
South began the fourth morning at 204/4, needing 205 more to make Central
bat again. Lefthanders Sridharan Sriram and Sunil Joshi extended their
fifth wicket stand to 54 before the latter was thrown out for 45. The
Karnataka allrounder who used the long handle effectively struck four fours
and two sixes in a 43 ball knock. Two overs later seamer Jai Prakash Yadav
trapped Aashish Kapoor leg before for a fourth ball duck.
Javagal Srinath contributed a brisk 30 to a 45 run seventh wicket stand with
Sriram before he handed leg spinner Narendra Hirwani his first wicket of
the match. Hemang Badani who had dropped down the order because of a stiff
neck strode to the crease at No.9 to join his Tamil Nadu colleague and they
took South through to lunch at 297/7 with Sriram undefeated on 131.
Sriram's marathon innings had spanned 7 hours and 51 minutes when medium
pacer Devendra Bundela dismissed him a second time in the match, for a
disciplined 150 (329 balls, 20 fours). Their stand was worth 57 and Central
were frustrated further by a pesky 55 run ninth wicket association between
Badani and Venkatesh Prasad. It ended when Badani was caught off Hirwani
two runs short of his fifty.
Full postDonald hurt as Easterns secure victory over Free State
It's not often a fast bowler is reduced to tears in the middle of a match-winning spell, but that was the lot of burly Easterns opener Andre Nel, when he realised that his hero, Allan Donald, was clearly in distress after being felled by a bouncer
MWP
04-Feb-2001
It's not often a fast bowler is reduced to tears in the middle of a match-winning spell, but that was the lot of burly Easterns opener Andre Nel, when he realised that his hero, Allan Donald, was clearly in distress after being felled by a bouncer from him as their match neared completion.
Nel had already taken four of the five wickets he would end up with, at a cost of 43 runs, when the incident occurred, with Donald on 13 and Free State struggling to avoid defeat. After resuming on 116 for one, Free State had fallen to 170 for seven, largely as a result of Nel's blitzkrieg, when Donald joined Rasheed Lewis, who blazed away in a losing cause for an unbeaten 49.
The stand had just started to become a little irritating when Donald ducked into a wickedly rising ball from Nel, which didn't get up as high as he'd anticipated and hit him above the left ear. Donald went down and took several minutes to recover, but a couple of balls later, in trying to avoid another lifter, he stumbled and fell, remaining prone for some time.
Nel, who'd only been doing his job, was seen standing at his bowling mark, head in hands, and clearly shedding a few tears as Donald was treated before being helped off the field and off to hospital via a hastily summoned ambulance a little later.
Full postEastern Province defeat North West to keep alive hope of reaching final
Eastern Province kept alive their faint hopes of making the final of the Supersport Series with a nine-wicket win over North West at St George's Park on Sunday
MWP
04-Feb-2001
Eastern Province kept alive their faint hopes of making the final of the Supersport Series with a nine-wicket win over North West at St George's Park on Sunday.
North West scored 227 in their second innings which left the home team requiring a moderate score of 121 to claim victory in the first round of the
Super Eight phase.
Eastern Province ended on 123 for one, with opener Mark Benfield unbeaten on 66.
North West resumed the final day on 83 for five and posted a useful total, which came thanks only to an 86-run 10th wicket stand between Alphonso Thomas and Jannie Dreyer.
Full postBoland build lead in tight encounter against Western Province
Western Province and local rivals Boland battled through a third consecutive closely contested day of cricket with the likelihood now that both captains will have all but dismissed any chance of stealing all the points from what has been an absorbing
MWP
04-Feb-2001
Western Province and local rivals Boland battled through a third consecutive closely contested day of cricket with the likelihood now that both captains will have all but dismissed any chance of stealing all the points from what has been an absorbing encounter.
By stumps on Saturday, Boland had moved into a second innings lead worth 137, with eight wickets still standing. Individual honours for the day were shared between two youngsters, continuing the theme set by some of South Africa's bright young talents over the course of this match.
Still there at the close for Boland was Gerhard Strydom (60), the 21 year-old posting his maiden first-class fifty on debut. The left-hander looked composed and at home with his unfussy technique as he defied the likes of Roger Telemachus, Alan Dawson and Paul Adams while receiving good support from a man of far greater experience at the other end, Louis Koen (46).
Earlier Graeme Smith had moved serenely to his first Supersport Series century, after resuming on 79 overnight. 20 year-old Smith - another left-hander - was brought down from Johannesburg last year by Western Province and has shown a great deal of promise without ever reinforcing it with a big score. He put that right on Saturday.
Full postOtago shoot to Trophy lead after Pryor mops up tail
The best way to save a game is to win it
Matthew Appleby
04-Feb-2001
The best way to save a game is to win it.
Canterbury's position at the bottom of the table meant they had not much to lose by remaining positive. But blameless young batsman Marcel McKenzie completed 40 balls for four runs at a crucial time, after being scoreless for 45 before being given out in the first innings.
This first innings go-slow, along with the second innings crawl did not save Canterbury from defeat, and probably stopped them having a chance of winning.
The away team, Otago, said they were going to "bowl our guts out," in their quest to go top of the Trophy table. Match-winner Craig Pryor, who removed the last four Canterbury batsmen to force the win, told CricInfo, "It would be great to stay there. It's a very even competition and it will be interesting cricket over the next 16 days."
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