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Free State regain initiative against Easterns
Free State regained the initiative against Easterns on the third day of their encounter, although the game remained in the balance with one day left
MWP
03-Feb-2001
Free State regained the initiative against Easterns on the third day of their encounter, although the game remained in the balance with one day left.
By the close, Free State, chasing a challenging 339 for victory, had moved to 116 for one, with Gerhardus Liebenberg, unbeaten on 59, and Louis Wilkinson, on 30, having added an unbroken 50 for the second wicket.
Liebenberg, who has matched the achievement of Mike Rindel in making two half-centuries in the match, had put on 66 for the first wicket with Andrew Gait (24) as the visitors to Willowmoore Park set out in pursuit of their target in positive fashion.
Earlier, Easterns had gone well beyond their first innings total of 224 when Derek Crookes and nightwatchman Andre Nel had extended their fifth-wicket partnership to 115. Nel contributed 44 and Crookes, who has played a major role with the bat in getting Easterns into the Super Eight phase, fell just five short of a deserved century.
Full postNash sends Central thudding back down to earth
From Dion Nash's perspective, Auckland's Shell Trophy match against Central Districts which ended at Fitzherbert Park today was in every way a satisfactory outing - though he might have had a sneaking sense of unease about a four-day match concluded
Steve McMorran
02-Feb-2001
From Dion Nash's perspective, Auckland's Shell Trophy match against Central Districts which ended at Fitzherbert Park today was in every way a satisfactory outing - though he might have had a sneaking sense of unease about a four-day match concluded within two days.
He made a winning start as Auckland's captain, a role he has taken from Blair Pocock, leading his team to a win by eight wickets in six sessions and to a more prominent position on the Trophy table.
From a personal point of view he scored 64 in Auckland's first innings - the second-highest individual score of the match and a component in a partnership which gave Auckland it's dominant position. And, most importantly, most happily from his own viewpoint, he bowled 11 overs of medium pace - including seven brisk and effective overs today, to take 3-30 and to announce the end of his long, wearisome rehabilitation from a serious back injury.
No-one made a more comprensive contribution towards determining the outcome of the match than Nash - though it could be argued the Central batsman who were out in two innings for 132 and 108 had a substantial say in matters.
Full postTuffey reigns supreme as ND humble Wellington
Daryl Tuffey left Wellington reeling this morning as the Northern Districts pace bowler ripped through the championship leaders to the tune of seven wickets for 12 runs
Chris Rosie
02-Feb-2001
Daryl Tuffey left Wellington reeling this morning as the Northern Districts pace bowler ripped through the championship leaders to the tune of seven wickets for 12 runs. And he added an extra four in the afternoon to complete his first 10-wicket match bag as Wellington crumbled to an outright defeat by an innings and 46 runs inside two days.
Tuffey found a spot from which he exploited Wellington batting deficiencies as they failed to get into line. If he wasn't just missing the edge, he was catching it, providing a busy morning for those behind the stumps. Grant Bradburn (3), Robbie Hart (2) and Mark Bailey (1) all shared in the Tuffey bonanza.
Only Mark Gillespie, coming in at the fall of the seventh wicket, offered any resistance, contributing an unbeaten 33 to the paltry Wellington total of 78 in reply to Northern's first-day 283.
Tuffey gained his reward with accuracy, pace, lift and movement off a pitch that provided him with more assistance than he might have expected after it had been treated to the Hamilton sun of the first day. At the other end, Simon Doull (two for 30) provided the perfect foil, allowing the Wellington batsmen no relief.
Full postWeakened Canterbury crawl through second day
Canterbury's brittle-looking batting did as well as might have been expected in making 198/6 on the second day of their Shell Trophy match with high-flying Otago at Christchurch's Village Green
Matthew Appleby
02-Feb-2001
Canterbury's brittle-looking batting did as well as might have been expected in making 198/6 on the second day of their Shell Trophy match with high-flying Otago at Christchurch's Village Green.
Marcel McKenzie will be Canterbury's main batting hope tomorrow. He is nearing his first-class best of 43, having crawled to an important 39 not out off 168 balls in the evening sun.
Otago coach Dennis Aberhart, who has a special insight into Canterbury cricket as their last coach but one, told CricInfo, "today we bowled pretty good channels on what's a pretty good wicket. It was good disciplined bowling. We kept the pressure on throughout the day."
"It was a disappointing end to the Cup series," he added, (Otago were last of six), and all we've got to play for now is the Trophy. We want to continue developing as a team over this game and the next four to be in contention to win this competition."
Full postDay of the Roses at Sabina Park
It was a day of the Roses in Kingston today
Kate Laven
02-Feb-2001
It was a day of the Roses in Kingston today. The best of the White Roses, Ryan Sidebottom and Chris Silverwood, shared eight wickets and Jamaica's new ball bowler Franklyn Rose put paid to Ian Ward's sensational run of form.
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The early departure of the Surrey opening batsman who has made three centuries and accumulated a table topping 579 runs from seven innings, came as a shock after he had added just two runs to his tally, but the extra pace and bounce extracted by the West Indies and former Northamptonshire pace man Franklyn Rose saw him edge the ball to second slip with a mistimed shot.
Michael Powell also went cheaply and by the close of the first day's play in this fifth round Busta Cup match, England A were trailing the home side by 130 runs with the score 44 for two.
Full postKhoda and Central Zone prolong South's agony
Central Zone, riding on Gagan Khoda's unbeaten 246, piled on the agony for South Zone on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Stadium in Goa on Friday
Staff Reporter
02-Feb-2001
Central Zone, riding on Gagan Khoda's unbeaten 246, piled on the
agony for South Zone on the second day of their Duleep Trophy
match at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Stadium in Goa on Friday. Resuming at
178 for two, Central Zone lost only one wicket the whole day
while amassing a total of 469 for three. This was in reply to
South Zone's first innings total of 141.
Khoda was in his elements. He struck the ball crisply and showed
deep concentration and total determination. By close, the 26-year-old right
hander from Rajasthan had faced 416 balls and hit 29 fours
and five sixes. Khoda, who played in two ODIs against Bangladesh
and Kenya in 1997-98, was at ease against the reputed South Zone
attack which included Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil
Joshi, Aashish Kapoor, Vijay Bhardwaj and Venkatapathi Raju.
Khoda and the other overnight batsman Md Kaif took the score to
282 before the latter was caught by wicketkeeper Naidu off Kapoor
for 69. He batted three hours, faced 179 balls and hit seven fours
and a six. The third wicket partnership between Khoda and Kaif
added 176 runs off 57.3 overs. That was South Zone's only success
of the day for Khoda and Yere Goud then came together to share
an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 187 runs off 54.2 overs. At
stumps, Goud who got a century in the last match against champions North
Zone was on 75 compiled off 163 balls with eleven hits to
the ropes. South Zone who are already in arrears by 328 runs
face another tiring day in the field on Saturday.
Full postBryant helps Jumbos close in on North West
Eastern Province were on 230 for four at the close of play on the second day of their Supersport Series match against North West in Port Elizabeth on Friday
Craig Ray - MWP
02-Feb-2001
Eastern Province were on 230 for four at the close of play on the second day
of their Supersport Series match against North West in Port Elizabeth on
Friday.
Earlier North West were dismissed for 341, having started the day on 304 for
seven, leaving the hosts a deficit of 111-runs to make up by the close of
play.
Off spinner Shafiek Abrahams ended with five for 37 from 22.1 overs. In the
Jumbos innings, right-hand bat James Bryant was the pick of the line-up,
scoring 70.
It was his first half-century of the season which, considering he scored
five centuries the previous summer, highlights the problems he has had this
year. It was a timely return to form for one of the bright prospects of the
game.
Full postPowar hits unbeaten ton as West Zone make a pile
West Zone piled on the runs on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match against East Zone at the Nehru stadium in Pune on Friday
Staff Reporter
02-Feb-2001
West Zone piled on the runs on the second day of their Duleep Trophy
match against East Zone at the Nehru stadium in Pune on Friday. If
yesterday, it was Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli who held centre
stage, today it was the turn of Ramesh Powar to steal the show. He
scored 113 as West Zone raced to 656 for seven declared in their first
innings. In reply, East Zone were 50 for no loss off 14 overs.
Resuming at 384 for four, West Zone lost Kambli early. The former
Indian left hander was bowled by Javed Zaman for 117. Sairaj Bahutule
joined Jacob Martin and the two pushed the score along past the 450
mark. Martin was rather laborious taking 150 minutes to compile 39
runs. He faced 121 balls and hit six fours before being run out by
East Zone skipper Shiv Sundar Das.
The East Zone bowling came in for punishment when Bahutule and Powar
shared a 109-run seventh wicket partnership off 36.5 overs. Bahutule
was then run out by Rohan Gavaskar for 62. The Mumbai leg spinner
faced 129 balls and hit eight fours and a six.
Powar who settled down quickly now went for the bowling. He and Indian
all rounder Ajit Agarkar did pretty much what they liked with the
tired and dispirited attack in adding 94 runs for the unbroken eighth
wicket off just 21 overs. Powar, who came in at No 8, batted three
hours, faced 140 balls and hit 15 fours and two sixes. Agarkar
remained unbeaten on 32 off 64 balls with four boundary hits and a
six.
Full postNarrow win for India Under-19s
England colts can take some pride even in defeat in their first one day match against India Under-19 at Hyderabad on Friday
Santhosh S
02-Feb-2001
England colts can take some pride even in defeat in their first one
day match against India Under-19 at Hyderabad on Friday. Defending a
modest score of 127, the English boys bowled and fielded well, putting
pressure on a complacent Indian side. The fielding and catching of
this England side has gone up by leaps and bounds. They gave an
impressive show, with Pratt taking an amazing catch in the gully to
get rid of the dangerous looking Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan.
India were almost made to pay dearly for not forcing the issue and
letting England add 23 runs for the last wicket. Ajay Ratra made things look
better with a match-winning knock of 22 not out. And when the
Indian three-wicket victory arrived belatedly, Amit Mishra was with
Ratra on two.
Chasing a modest English total, India was made to struggle by a side living on high adrenalin. The pitch offered nothing to the English seamers with Robert Ferley not even required to turn his arm over.
Gautam Gambhir and Vinayak Mane gave India a blazing start. Gambhir
made a quickfire 18 off just 11 balls. He struck four boundaries in
the first two overs. Mane played a powerful hook shot off the bowling
of Justin Bishop in the third over, for a huge six.
Full postTahir leads the way as Central crush South by an innings
Central Zone crushed South by an innings and 147 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (Under-16) tournament quarterfinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Friday
Staff Reporter
02-Feb-2001
Central Zone crushed South by an innings and 147 runs in the Vijay
Hazare Trophy (Under-16) tournament quarterfinal match at the Maharaja
Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Friday. Central
Zone now take on East Zone in the semifinals from February 4 to 6 at
Bangalore.
The reality was that South Zone were well and truly beaten by an
inspired Central Zone team in all departments of the game be it
batting or bowling. If the day was dominated by their skipper Tahir
Abbas' (212 not out) willow, Central Zone's new ball bowler Devendra
Singh (5 for 40) was not to be left far behind as he demolished South
Zone for the second time in the match to pick up match figures of 9
for 111.
Resuming at 284 for 4, Tahir Abbas and Rahar Ilahi (84) took the score
along to 316, when the latter was sent back to the pavilion, caught by
Nalin Reddy off I Varun. The partnership between Tahir and Ilahi
extended to 142 runs for the fourth wicket. During a 141 minute stay
at the center, Ilahi needed just 99 balls to score his runs, which
came by mainly in the form of 19 boundaries. The dismissal of Ilahi
brought Gaurav Tikkas (105) to the crease. But Tahir was not finished
yet and in the company of Tikkas he tormented the South attack for a
further 45.1 overs, plundering a 189 run stand.
Tahir's innings was studded with 29 boundaries in all while requiring
374 balls during his near eight hour long stay at the crease. Gaurav
Tikkas gave ample company for his captain but more important was the
fact that he scored his runs at will. He needed only 67 balls to reach
his fifty and a further 62 balls to bring up his century. After
batting for close to two sessions on the final day the Central Zone skipper declared the innings at the fall of Tikkas. After a 165 minute stay at the
middle Tikkas offered a return catch to Nalin Reddy in the 131st over
of the innings.
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