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Robert Ferley spins England Under-19s to victory
Robert Steven Ferley celebrated his nineteenth birthday today with a match winning bowling performance of 10-0-32-4, as England Under-19s completed their first win over the India colts on this tour
Santhosh S
04-Feb-2001
Robert Steven Ferley celebrated his nineteenth birthday today with a match winning bowling performance of 10-0-32-4, as England Under-19s completed their first win over the India colts on this tour. India were bowled out for 217 in the 48th over as England completed a 31 run victory in the second one-dayer played at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium, Vijayawada on Sunday.
Set a target of 249 runs in 50 overs, the Indian U19s got off to a poor start. It was all scorching heat as Nadeem Malik came in to bowl the first over. With the fifth ball of the over, he clean bowled Arindam Das for a duck.
Gautam Gambhir once again fell to the trap outside off stump, caught behind by Mark Wallace off Malik for 14. Alind Naidu didn't do any better, caught behind as he chased a ball outside the off stump off the bowling of Chris Tremlett for just four. India were reduced to 59/3 in the 11th over.
Manvinder Bisla and Arjun Yadav added 94 runs in 18.3 overs and steadied the Indian innings. Robert Ferley and Gordon Muchall were outstanding in the field, making some brilliant diving stops. Yadav made 35 off 48 balls, before he was brilliantly caught by Ian Bell off the bowling of Ferley. Ajay Ratra fell to the very next ball, caught by Tremlett for a duck and the Indian innings was reeling at 153/5.
Full postViswas Bhalla's century gives North Zone a heady start
An unbeaten 149 run fifth wicket stand beween North Zone opener Viswas Bhalla (150) and Gaurav Gupta (74) was the feature of the opening day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament semifinal match between North and West Zone at the Maharaja
Staff Reporter
04-Feb-2001
An unbeaten 149 run fifth wicket stand beween North Zone opener Viswas
Bhalla (150) and Gaurav Gupta (74) was the feature of the opening day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament semifinal match between North and West Zone at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Sunday. North Zone took the days honours as they went into stumps at 338 for 4.
Put into bat, North Zone made a sedate start with openers Bhalla and Shakar Dhawan (30) adding 46 runs in 9.5 overs. Dhawan was the first wicket to fall, caught by Suriyavanshi off Gautam Yadav. The new batsman Rahul Arora (8) flattered to deceive. After plucking two boundaries, Arora was caught behind by Parthiv Patel off Yadav in the 14th over. Then Paras Dogra (17) joined Bhalla and took the score to 95 before being bowled by Kunjan Fadia.
Deepak Soni (27) then forged the first significant partnership with Bhalla. Coming in at the fall of Dogra, Soni added 94 runs for the fourth wicket before Soni departed being run out in the 55th over. Thereafter Bhalla and Gaurav Gupta took over the proceedings. Viswas Bhalla reached his 150 at the fag end of the day. During a day long stay at the crease, Bhalla has so far faced 268 balls and his innings was studded with 19 hits to the fence with one clearing it. At the other end Gourav was at the middle for 144 minutes and faced 108 balls and has hit 10 fours.
Full postCentral struggle to reach 241/9 against East
With the help of a fighting 79 by opener Arvind Maan and an unbeaten 60 by Gaurav Tikkas later in the day, Central Zone struggled to 241/9 at close of play against East Zone in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 semifinal at the RSI grounds in
Staff reporter
04-Feb-2001
With the help of a fighting 79 by opener Arvind Maan and an unbeaten 60 by
Gaurav Tikkas later in the day, Central Zone struggled to 241/9
at close of play against East Zone in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16
semifinal at the RSI grounds in Bangalore on Sunday.
The day started on a bad note for Central Zone as play started an hour late
due to the non-availability of a sight screen and then they lost the toss.
Put into bat, openers Arvind Maan and Shivakanth Shukla (35) added a slow
65 runs in 26.5 overs. Shukla was the first to be dismissed, bowled by
Arshad Iqbal. Thereafter, Iqbal trapped Ali Akbar (4) in the 29th over.
Skipper Tahir Abbas (11) hung around for 27 minutes as the score proceeded
to 87 before he was run out. All along it was Arvind Maan who did the bulk
of the scoring and reached his fifty off the 147th ball he faced. A Alam
was the next to be sent back, bowled by B Mohanty.
After battling for 242 minutes, Maan was run out.
During his stay he faced 203 balls and hit 11 fours. Then Rahat Ilahi
(30) and Gaurav Tikkas forged a 51 run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Rakesh Mohanty bowled Ilahi in the 66th over of the innings after which
Tikkas progressed to his fifty with the help of 84 balls. Though
Tikkas kept one end intact, he lost partners at regular intervals. Devendra
Singh then accompanied Tikkas to stumps. Arshad Iqbal was the pick of the
East Zone attack with figures of 4 for 36.
Full postNash, Lee pilot Blues to much-needed win
The New South Wales Blues have defeated the Western Warriors in convincing fashion, securing for themselves a much-needed win and four crucial points, in the Mercantile Mutual Cup match at the North Sydney Oval today
Felicity Shea
04-Feb-2001
The New South Wales Blues have defeated the Western Warriors in convincing fashion, securing for themselves a much-needed win and four crucial points, in the Mercantile Mutual Cup match at the North Sydney Oval today.
It was very much a case of going from the ridiculous to the sublime for the Blues today. At the outset, the writing appeared to be on the wall. Michael Slater (0) was dismissed courtesy of a questionable caught behind decision within one minute of arriving at the crease. Then Brad Haddin (13) was surprised by a blistering delivery from Darren Wates (1/34 from five overs) and made his exit in the third over.
But, from there, the Blues went on to score 8/302 and to completely overwhelm the top-ranked Warriors.
The total was surprisingly big and no-one was more surprised than captain Shane Lee, especially when it came to tail-ender Don Nash's (61*) incredible turn with the bat. Nash posted the second fastest fifty in the history of Australian domestic one-day cricket when he used just twenty-four balls to score a half ton, smashing three fours and five sixes in the process.
Full postBahutule's hat-trick in West Zone's crushing win over East
Taking 20 wickets in less than a day, West Zone trounced East Zone by an innings and 363 runs with more than a day to spare in their Duleep Trophy league match at the Nehru stadium in Pune on Saturday
Staff Reporter
03-Feb-2001
Taking 20 wickets in less than a day, West Zone trounced East Zone by an
innings and 363 runs with more than a day to spare in their Duleep Trophy
league match at the Nehru stadium in Pune on Saturday. With this, West Zone
completed their engagements with 17 points and await the result of the
Central Zone-South Zone clash to know their fate in the competition. If
Central Zone defeats South Zone, they will finish runners-up with 19
points. If Central Zone get only five points, then West Zone will take the
second spot in the tournament, already won by North Zone.
If Indian medium pacer Ajit Agarkar routed East Zone in the first innings,
former Indian leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule laid them low in the second
innings. While Agarkar, with five for 22, was instrumental in bowling out
East Zone for 132 the first time around, the 28-yearold Bahutule brought
the match to a swift end by taking six for 49 including a hat-trick and
bowling out East Zone for 161 in the second innings.
East Zone's capitulation was surprising considering that they started the
day at 50 for no loss in the face of West Zone's imposing first innings
total of 656 for seven declared. Once the opening stand between skipper
Shiv Sundar Das (38) and SZ Suffri (27) was broken at 55, the rest of the
batting simply caved in. Three wickets fell with the score on 88 as Agarkar
was on a hat-trick after dismissing Das and Sukhbinder with successive
deliveries. Only a last wicket partnership of 27 between Utpal Chaterjee
(18 not out) and J Zaman (1), the next best after the opening stand and the
fact that West Zone conceded as many as 28 extras, boosted the East Zone
total to 132.
East Zone fared no better the second time around. This time their top
scorer was RR Parida with 41. He faced only 48 balls, hitting seven fours
and a six. But the rest of the batting fumbled against Bahutule. Where
Agarkar failed, Bahutule succeeded. He removed Sanjay Raul and Sukhbinder
Singh with the fifth and sixth balls of an over and then with the first
ball of his next, completed an unusual hat-trick by having P Jai Chandra
leg before. It was only the second such feat in the competition, the previous being notched up by Kapil Dev for North Zone against West Zone in the 1978-79 final.
Full postEasterns take control against Free State
A spirited Easterns bowling attack swung the Supersport Series Super Eight match against Free State firmly the way of the hosts on the second day
MWP
03-Feb-2001
A spirited Easterns bowling attack swung the Supersport Series Super Eight match against Free State firmly the way of the hosts on the second day.
Easterns climbed to an overall lead of 209 runs after bowling out Free State for a disappointing 195. The home side finished the day on 180 for four in their second innings. At stumps, Derek Crookes was unbeaten on 40 and nightwatchman Andre Nel was on 10, with the duo having added an unbroken 39 runs for the fifth wicket.
But it was a finish contrary to what took place earlier in the day.
Free State resumed with overnight batsmen, Gerhardus Liebenberg and Wiaan Smit, on 64 for two. They added a further 71 runs in what was looking like becoming a comprehensive first innings lead. But the intervention of slow left-armer Ant Botha proved to be the crucial catalyst needed to swing the match back in Easterns' favour.
Botha bowled Smit for 49 and then dismissed Kosie Venter for a duck and Morne van Wyk for eight, earning him figures of three for three in four overs. Then it was the turn of Gareth Flusk to take care of Liebenberg for 54 runs, and the Eagles had suddenly plummeted to 149 for six, losing four wickets for 14 runs.
Full postMcSkimming rips through Canterbury to set up victory charge
A pair of Otago attackers, Warren McSkimming and Andrew Hore, have proved to be the difference between the potentially top and almost certainly bottom team going into round seven of the Shell Trophy
Matthew Appleby
03-Feb-2001
A pair of Otago attackers, Warren McSkimming and Andrew Hore, have proved to be the difference between the potentially top and almost certainly bottom team going into round seven of the Shell Trophy.
Remarkably, all six Canterbury men out today failed to score. McSkimming removed five of them.
The delighted all-rounder took a career best 6-39 with his right arm fast medium attacking bowling to dismiss Canterbury for 207 all out this morning. They added just nine runs losing four wickets, three to the Ranfurly-born 21-year-old, at the cost of just one run.
He added the wickets of Canterbury's Gary Stead and Jarrod Englefield before the close to complete a great day for him, but a miserable one for Canterbury.
Full postEngland A take first innings points at Sabina Park
A thrilling day's cricket at Sabina Park left England A in a strong position against Jamaica with more valuable first innings points in the bag and everything to play for
Kate Laven
03-Feb-2001
A thrilling day's cricket at Sabina Park left England A in a strong position against Jamaica with more valuable first innings points in the bag and everything to play for.
The climax came in the session before tea when England A, needing 175 to claim more Busta Cup points, suffered a middle order collapse. From 140 for four, they lost four quick wickets but with the very last ball before the interval, Chris Silverwood produced a perfectly executed square drive which sent the ball rattling to the boundary and brought the scores level.
Two wickets remained but there was still a hint of uncertainty after Jamaica's bowlers, most notably Gareth Breese and Courtney Walsh, swept away any confidence in an increasingly frail batting order to take the upper hand.
Every wicket that fell was met by a frenzied reaction from the 700 strong crowd, giving the atmosphere a one-day feel to it as a battle for points was waged ruthlessly in the middle.
Full postBorder make short work of Northerns target
Border made short work of their task, scoring 98 runs in just less than two hours to wrap up a seven-wicket victory over Northerns shortly before lunch on the third day
MWP
03-Feb-2001
Border made short work of their task, scoring 98 runs in just less than two hours to wrap up a seven-wicket victory over Northerns shortly before lunch on the third day. The result earns Border a share of second place with Boland, temporarily at least.
A pitch which harboured variable bounce from the first morning ended up yielding 33 wickets in less than seven sessions, but there were no complaints from either side.
"Good bowling, bad batting," was Northerns coach Dave Nosworthy's succinct assessment of what went wrong for his team. Chasing a minimal 105 for victory, Border scored 108 for three. The pattern for the match was set in Northerns first innings, in which they totalled 190. Border replied with 236 and then dismissed the visitors for 150 in their second innings.
The home side resumed on 10 for one with Northerns still in the game by
virtue of their useful attack and, of course, the pitch. And when Craig Sugden was caught behind for five off Steve Elworthy half-an-hour into the day's play to make it 22 for two, hope must have flickered ever so slightly among the men from Centurion.
Full postKemp powers EP to the brink of victory
All-rounder Justin Kemp powered Eastern Province to the brink of victory over North West in a Supersport Series match following a brilliant 188, which included an over where he smashed five sixes
MWP
03-Feb-2001
All-rounder Justin Kemp powered Eastern Province to the brink of victory over North West in a Supersport Series match following a brilliant 188, which included an over where he smashed five sixes.
Kemp, starting the third day on 53 moved briskly along until he sensed he was running out of partners. And then, in a display of hitting usually reserved for the Lance Kluseners of the world, he launched into unfortunate off-spinner Morne Strydom in the 129th over of the day.
Kemp took 31 runs from the over, missing out on a sixth six with the final ball, which spurted down to fine leg for a single.
He became only the third South African to achieve the feat of five sixes in an over after Mike Procter, Barry Touzel and Dennis Lindsay.
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