Report

Warriors defeat Tigers and consolidate top spot

The Western Warriors have defeated Tasmania by sixty-four runs in the Mercantile Mutual Cup match at the WACA Ground, cementing top spot in the standings and almost assuring themselves of a home final in a month's time

Scott Holdaway

26-Jan-2001

The Warriors grabbed the bonus point by skittling the Tigers for 206 in the thirty-ninth over, Graeme Cunningham (68) the last man out after skying an edge to Ryan Campbell to hand the wicketkeeper six catches for the match.

The Warriors now sit eight points clear of second-placed South Australia with two games remaining, with Tasmania fifteen points adrift in fourth place but with a game in hand.

Warriors captain Tom Moody said that, while it was a timely result and good to get the extra point, he was disappointed that the Warriors finished softly after having the Tigers stranded at 4/13 in reply to their total of 7/270.

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Imran Farhat guides Lahore Tigers to 6-wicket win over Pakistan Probables

Imran Farhat, the aggressive left-handed opening batsman, made an elegant 61 off 74 balls to provide a sound platform for a six-wicket victory for Lahore Tigers over Pakistan Probables in the first of the five-match one-day trial matches, which was

Mahmood Ahmad

26-Jan-2001

Imran, the exponent of brilliant cut and pull shots, was in very good touch as he hammered the opening bowling attack of Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar without respite to maintain a run rate of more than six in the opening five overs.

Chasing a modest target of 227 in 50 overs, Lahore Tigers rushed to 69 without loss by the 12th over. But Probables' skipper Moin Khan brought Abdur Razzaq into the attack and the move soon paid off.

After having Saeed Anwar Jnr, who along with Imran opened the batting for the Tigers, caught by Yousuf Youhana, Razzaq also struck in his second over, trapping Imran Abbas plumb in front.

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Central Zone meet South Zone in Final

By virtue of their first innings lead of 112 runs over North Zone, Central Zone moved into the final of the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) tournament at the BOS Engineering ground in Cuttack on Friday

Staff Reporter

26-Jan-2001

By virtue of their first innings lead of 112 runs over North Zone, Central Zone moved into the final of the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) tournament at the BOS Engineering ground in Cuttack on Friday. They now meet South Zone in the final which commences on January 28.

North Zone, who resumed at 198 for six in their first innings, faced an uphill task in the face of Central Zone's 343. Medium pacer CE Atram never gave them a chance of even getting anywhere near the Central Zone total. He took three quick wickets and North Zone were dismissed for 231. Attram finished with six wickets for 58 off 19 overs.

In the remaining time, Central Zone had good batting practice before the final. Skipper A Kapoor and SM Dholpure both hit centuries, adding 209 runs for the second wicket off 47.3 overs. While Kapoor, who opened the batting, faced 150 balls for his 103 and hit 17 fours, Dholpure who also scored 103, faced 153 balls and hit 12 fours and five sixes. Central Zone finished at 306 for five off 69 overs as eight North Zone bowlers turned their arm over.

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Mohanty's all ten feat highlights action packed day in Duleep Trophy

Staff Reporter

25-Jan-2001

Debasish Mohanty's outstanding achievement of taking all ten wickets highlighted the opening day's play in the Duleep Trophy match between South Zone and East Zone at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala on Thursday. The 24-year-old Indian seam bowler cut through the formidable South Zone batting order as they were shot out for 113 runs. The Orissa spearhead bowled unchanged for remarkable figures of 19-5-46-10. But South Zone, with Javagal Srinath in great form, hit back and bowled out East Zone for 124. Srinath took the first six wickets and finished with six for 32. South Zone in their second innings were three for no loss off two deliveries before play was called off because of bad light.

It was indeed an action packed day's play with 20 wickets falling for 240 runs. South Zone skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss, opted to bat first, made a bad start and never recovered. The first to go was Sridharan Sriram who was leg before to Mohanty in the medium pacer's third over. Then in Mohanty's fifth over, the other opener Nandakishore was also leg before.

Dravid faced 14 balls without scoring but the next was his last as he edged Mohanty to wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta. Two balls later, Vijay Bhardwaj was out to the same combination for another duck and South Zone were tottering at 22 for four.

The in form VVS Laxman held firm and he and wicketkeeper VST Naidu took the score to 37 but with the last ball of his ninth over, Mohanty had Naidu leg before. In the next over, Mohanty got the all important wicket of Laxman whom he bowled for 20. Laxman faced 54 balls and hit three fours.

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North make Central toil on opening day

North Zone, who need a win to make sure of winning the Duleep Trophy irrespective of the results of matches to be played in the final round, took the first step on Thursday when they rattled up 391 for four wickets off 90 overs on the opening day of

Staff Reporter

25-Jan-2001

Openers Vijay Dahiya and Vikram Rathour laid the foundation for the imposing score by putting on 188 runs off 44 overs. Put into bat, Dahiya and Rathour batted with a degree of comfort and also scored runs at a good rate. Both however fell within the space of nine runs. First Rathour was out for 94. In a three hour stay, the North Zone captain faced 130 balls and hit 19 boundaries. Then Dahiya fell for 81. In a stay of 200 minutes, he faced 153 balls and hit 15 of them to the ropes.

Yuvraj Singh dominated a third wicket partnership of 38 runs off 8.5 overs with Dinesh Mongia. Yuvraj Singh scored 34 of the runs before he was bowled by Rahul Kanwat. He faced 42 balls and hit eight fours. The good work was then carried on by Mongia and Virender Shewag who added 78 runs for the fourth wicket off 12.5 overs. The in form Shewag hit 43 off 48 balls with eight hits to the fence.

There was still no respite for the Central Zone bowlers as Mongia and Reetinder Sodhi added 87 runs off 21.1 overs for the unbroken fifth wicket. At close, Mongia was batting with 78 off 123 balls with 12 boundary hits while Sodhi was unbeaten with 34 off 68 balls with five hits to the ropes. The Central Zone bowlers toiled hard without much reward on a good batting track.

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Arjun Yadav helps South take a vital 73 run lead over West

With the help of the fighting 87 by captain N Arjun Yadav, South Zone took the vital first innings lead of 73 runs and came back to restrict West Zone to 96 for 6 on the second day of CK Nayudu Trophy semifinal match at the Sunshine ground in Cuttack

Staff Reporter

25-Jan-2001

Resuming the day at 53 for 3, Arjun Yadav and ASK Varma (39) forged a 102 run partnership for the fourth wicket. Varma was bowled by CD Kulkarni. The next batsmen, Stuart Binny failed to impress as he was bowled by Kulkarni without scoring a run. Four balls later Kulkarni sent back M Khadri in the same way for one.

The 47th over saw the back of Arjun Yadav, caught by Kulkarni off S Yadav. But Mohd Faiq joined G Shankar Rao (28) and steadied the boat for South Zone with a 58 run eighth wicket stand. Shankar Rao was then bowled by Yadav before the innings folded with the score line reading 267. C Kulkarni (5 for 56) and Salil Yadav (4 for 86) were the chief wicket takers for West Zone.

In the second innings, West Zone never really looked in good form as they collapsed to 96 for six in the 35 overs that they faced. Opener Vimal Joshi was still manning the crease with an unbeaten 32. Shankar Rao (2 for 18) and Mohd Faiq (2 for 18) have shared the spoils so far for the South.

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Botha leads South African under-19 charge

South Africa Under-19 are in a very strong position to win their opening New Zealand tour match outright, with an 236-run lead heading into the third and final day

Warwick Larkins

25-Jan-2001

South Africa Under-19 are in a very strong position to win their opening New Zealand tour match outright, with an 236-run lead heading into the third and final day.

Otago Under-19 were 21/0 overnight but soon found themselves in all sorts of trouble.

A wicket off the very first ball of the day saw a slide begin from 21/1 to 60/7, at one stage losing five wickets for a mere nine runs during the collapse.

Only Mark Joyce stood between the South Africans and the follow-on enforcement, putting on fine stands of 45, 27 and 25 for the final three wickets with Matt Adair, Ben Ryan and Jamie Murley. Number eight Joyce was last man out for 60.

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Atram strikes thrice to give Central the upper hand

Central Zone took firm control over the proceedings of the game as they reduced North Zone to 198 for 6 on the second day of their CK Nayudu Trophy semifinal encounter at the BOS Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Thursday

Staff Reporter

25-Jan-2001

Resuming at the score of 284 for 5, Central Zone lost the overnight batsman S Raza Ali (87) with the addition of only two runs. Afroj Khan (69) then took the total past 300 with the help of the tailenders while realising his fifty. He was the eighth batsman to be dismissed with the score at 333. During the 199 minute stay at the crease, Afroj faced 154 balls and found the signboards on eight occasions and cleared it twice.

In response, North Zone were given a good start with openers M Bisla (44) and G Geri (15) adding 32 runs in 6.2 overs. Geri was the first to be dismissed, bowled by CS Atram. Then Dhruv Mohan (52) joined Bisla and took the score to 78 when Bisla was caught by A Deshpande off Raza Ali. This brought TT Dilip (25) to the crease and with Mohan he took the score along to 120. Dilip was the next to be dismissed caught by Raza Ali off N Chowdhury.

Sumit Sharma and Mohan then forged a 72 run fourth wicket stand. As North seemed to coast along, they lost three quick wickets. Mohan who held the innings together departed after a 205 minute stay at the centre, bowled by Atram. Mohan faced 138 balls for a well compiled half century, in which he hit eight fours. Sumit Sharma joined him in the pavilion soon after, caught by Deshpande off M Srivastava. New batsman Paras Dogra was then bowled by Atram to leave the visitors in a spot of bother at stumps. V Singh (6) and S Singh (0) were unbeaten at close of play. CS Atram so far has figures of 3 for 46.

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Strydom guides Border into Standard Bank Cup semi-finals

The Border Bears earned themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Standard Bank Cup with a four-wicket win over hosts Boland on Wednesday night

Marcus Prior - MWP

25-Jan-2001

The Border Bears earned themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Standard Bank Cup with a four-wicket win over hosts Boland on Wednesday night. Chasing a modest Boland total of 178 all out, Border hit the winning runs with a full over to spare.

Any lingering hopes at neighbouring Western Province that rivals Boland might do them a favour were dashed when Border reached 170, guaranteeing the all-important bonus point and further participation in South Africa's top domestic one-day competition. Province must now concentrate on their good start to the first-class season.