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Griquas demolish North West
KIMBERLEY (January 10) - Griqualand West scored their highest total in a limited overs match to cruise to a comfortable 167-run victory over North West in the Standard Bank Cup on Wednesday evening
MWP
10-Jan-2001
KIMBERLEY (January 10) - Griqualand West scored their highest total in a limited overs match to cruise to a comfortable 167-run victory over North West in the Standard Bank Cup on Wednesday evening. The home team's total of 318 for nine wickets in their 45 overs was also the third highest in the history of the competition.
North West could only manage 151 all out in 31.4 overs.
Griquas' victory was set up by a superb opening partnership of 173 between Pieter Koortzen and Loots Bosman. Their stand fell 13 runs short of Griquas' first-wicket record partnership, also scored against North West last season.
Koortzen produced his best first class performance of 134, scored off 103 balls and including 15 fours and four sixes before he played a delivery from Garth Roe onto his own wicket.
Full postWI Domestic: Barbados, Guyana game ends in draw
Ian Bradshaw yesterday admitted that Barbados' attack lacked the necessary firing power after Guyana performed the rare feat in attaining a first innings target in excess of 400
09-Jan-2001
Ian Bradshaw yesterday admitted that Barbados' attack lacked the necessary firing power after Guyana performed the rare feat in attaining a first innings target in excess of 400. "We weren't penetrative enough in our bowling. The pitch was a good one. It was a little bit slow, but I thought we could have been a little bit more penetrative," the new Barbados captain said after the drawn opening Busta match at Kesington Oval.
In the twinkling of an eye, Barbados swiftly lost their seemingly firm advantage after lunch.
Corey Collymore's splendid spell of fast bowling in the morning session in which he uprooted Carl Hooper's off stump with arguably the best ball of the match, appeared to have been the decisive strike in defence of their big target of 422.
Hooper, resuming on 117, was out for his best regional first-class score of 159 and it was Collymore's sixth wicket which reduced Guyana to 391 for eight a few minutes before lunch.
Full postTest discard Younis hits superb unbeaten 146
A scintillating unbeaten century by Test discard Younis Khan (146) enabled Peshawar amass 352 for four wickets against Lahore Whites on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the LCCA Ground on Monday
09-Jan-2001
A scintillating unbeaten century by Test discard Younis Khan (146) enabled Peshawar amass 352 for four wickets against Lahore Whites on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the LCCA Ground on Monday.
At close of play, Younis and Taimur Khan (50) were at the creae having piled up 168 runs in their 149-minute unbroken fifth wicket stand.
Younis Khan came at the crease 10 minutes before the lunch interval when Wajahatullah Wasti (34) and Rifattulah (31) were back in the pavilion after Peshawar were put into bat by Lahore Whites' captain Aamir Sohail.
Younis batted with authority and belted 22 boundaries and one six during a stay of 234 minutes. He consumed 190 balls. Taimur's 50 contained six boundaries.
Full postEngland Under-19 end first day on happy note
India Under-19 skipper Ajay Ratra won the toss in the first 'Test' against the England Under-19 and elected to bat at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday
Waleed Hussain in Mumbai
09-Jan-2001
India Under-19 skipper Ajay Ratra won the toss in the first 'Test' against
the England Under-19 and elected to bat at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai
on Tuesday. They were bowled out for 257 in 78.5 overs.
In reply, England Under-19 openers Nikki Peng (18) and Gary Pratt (4)
negotiated the medium pace duo of Nitin Agarwal and Siddarth Trivedi to end
the day at 24 for no loss off 9 overs.
Little could Ratra have realised that his decision to bat would not be a
happy outing for the hosts as they were bowled out in two and a half
sessions. Alind Naidu top scored with 83 while skipper Ajay Ratra chipped
in with 43. Kyle Hogg bagged three for 33. He was well complimented by
Justin Bishop who took three for 24. Andrew McGarry and Monty Panesar
picked up two wickets each.
The first session of the day belonged to the English bowlers as they
restricted the hosts to 101 for four. Justin Bishop and Kyle Hogg took two
wickets each in the session swinging the pendulum towards the tourists.
Full postRain mars second day in Dunedin
Only 20 minutes were possible in today's scheduled second day of the Otago-Northern Districts Shell Trophy match at Carisbrook in Dunedin today
Warwick Larkins
09-Jan-2001
Only 20 minutes were possible in today's scheduled second day of the Otago-Northern Districts Shell Trophy match at Carisbrook in Dunedin today.
Steady overnight rain turned to drizzle for much of the day and it wasn't until four hours after the usual start time of 10.30am that play started.
In the time available, Northern Districts added nine runs without the loss of their last wicket to go into the third day tomorrow on 232/9.
Full postBen Smith first to score 500 for the summer
Central Districts' English import Ben Smith taught Canterbury a thing or two about professional batting on the second day of their Shell Trophy match in Christchurch today
Matthew Appleby
09-Jan-2001
Central Districts' English import Ben Smith taught Canterbury a thing or two about professional
batting on the second day of their Shell Trophy match in
Christchurch today.
After Canterbury's top order men, Gary Stead excused, failed the test
against the new ball yesterday, Smith scored highly for his effort today.
Canterbury's mid-term report is going to make shocking reading.
CD were on 435/8 off 131 overs at the close.
Firstly with Mathew Sinclair, then Glen Sulzberger, and finally Mark
Douglas, the Leicestershire strokemaker came out top of the New Zealand
domestic class by the close. He added consecutively 116, 121 and 77 for the
third, fourth and fifth wickets, as rock-bottom Canterbury were given a
lesson in using a good pitch to their advantage.
Full postShahid's fighting 60 rescues Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi found the going tough as they struggled to reach 199 for eight wickets in their first innings against Faisalabad on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Monday
09-Jan-2001
Rawalpindi found the going tough as they struggled to reach 199 for eight wickets in their first innings against Faisalabad on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Mohammad Zubair was batting on 12 (49 balls) with one four and Test pacer Mohammad Akram (3) were at the crease when play ended with 15 overs still to be bowled. Faisalabad's slow bowling rate and half an hour loss due to fog in the morning allowed only 66 overs to be completed.
Put into bat, the hosts never found it easy to score runs. Experienced Shahid Javed yet again came good scoring a patient 60 spiced with seven fours. He faced 166 balls spanning 220 minutes. Javed reached his fifty off 134 balls with six fours. For the fifth wicket, Javed shared a 57 runs stand in 69 minutes with Pervez Aziz (20 off 39). Haider removed Javed leg before which prompted a sudden collapse in the last session when four quick wickets fell. The hosts were 133 for four at tea. Earlier, Rawalpindi lost opener Asif Mahmood (7) at the total of 14 to medium pacer Shahid Nazir. Naveed Qureshi and Shahid Javed saw off the new ball to carry the total to 47 when opener Naveed snicked one to wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman off Wasim Haider just before lunch. Naveed scored 20 off 47 balls spanning 86 minutes, his knock included four boundaries.
Naseer Ahmed (16) and Test batsman Mohammad Wasim (4) yet again failed. Wasim was trapped leg before by Shahid Nazir.
Full postTwin centuries tell different stories
In a nutshell, the difference between the centuries of Roger Twose and Matthew Bell which helped Wellington to a 46-run first innings lead over Auckland on the second day of their Shell Trophy match at the Basin Reserve today, was that one aims to
Steve McMorran
09-Jan-2001
In a nutshell, the difference between the centuries of Roger Twose and
Matthew Bell which helped Wellington to a 46-run first innings lead over
Auckland on the second day of their Shell Trophy match at the Basin Reserve
today, was that one aims to score runs quickly while the other just wants to
score runs.
From different starting points, with differing goals and differing
approaches, Twose and Bell reached similar destinations as the former made
108, the latter 104 and as they helped Wellington to 301 in their first
innings in reply to Auckland's 255. Auckland suffered a setback when they
lost opener Tim McIntosh to the last ball of the day and were 16-1 in their
second innings by stumps.
Twose makes no secret of the fact that now his international career is
firmly focused on the one-day game, he sees little value in playing long
and painstaking innings at Trophy level. He aims to score as quickly as he
can, playing the four day game as if it were a one day game so that his
approach, regardless of his playing environment, remains consistent.
In that vein, he batted only 144 minutes today for his 108 runs and he hit
22 boundaries, setting the pace and the parameters of a third-wicket
partnership with Bell of 168 for Wellington's third wicket. It spoke most
highly of Twose that he managed, particularly in the second half of his
innings, to eclipse a player who was in the process of posting his fourth
century from only seven Trophy innings this season.
Full postUP restrict Punjab to 160
Punjab made a bad start, made a recovery of sorts through a fifth wicket partnership of 52 runs and then slid again to be dismissed for 160 off 87.1 overs at stumps on the opening day of their three day Vijay Merchant knock out tournament (under-16)
Staff Reporter
09-Jan-2001
Punjab made a bad start, made a recovery of sorts through a fifth wicket
partnership of 52 runs and then slid again to be dismissed for 160 off 87.1
overs at stumps on the opening day of their three day Vijay Merchant knock
out tournament (under-16) semifinal against Uttar Pradesh at the Eden
Gardens on Tuesday.
Electing to bat, Punjab ran into trouble early. Openers Tavish Gupta (8)
and Varun Gupta (7) fell with only 22 runs on the board. Worse was to
follow as Vishwas Bhalla (4) and Rahul Arora (10) fell to Praveen Gupta and
Punjab were 61 for four.
Vipul Sharma (49) and Gourav Gupta (51) added 52 runs for the fifth wicket
off 21.3 overs but just as Punjab were breathing a bit more freely, Vipul
Sharma was leg before to Rahat Ilahi. He faced 142 balls and hit four of
them to the ropes. Praveen Gupta and Rahat Iralhi then got among the
wickets as Punjab lost their last six wickets for 47 runs off 24.4 overs.
Ilahi took two for nine off nine overs while Praveen Gupta was the
wrecker-in-chief taking five for 50 off 23.1 overs. The gallant Gourav
Gupta was eighth out at 150. He faced 101 balls and hit four fours and a
six. It now remains to be seen whether Punjab's modest score can keep them
in the fight.
Full postSlick South Africans take 3-0 lead in ODI series
With Jacques Kallis pacing his innings to perfection and Jonty Rhodes scampering hither and thither, South Africa made tracking down Sri Lanka's best score of the series seem pretty much routine as they won the third Standard Bank one-day
Peter Robinson
09-Jan-2001
With Jacques Kallis pacing his innings to perfection and Jonty Rhodes scampering hither and thither, South Africa made tracking down Sri Lanka's best score of the series seem pretty much routine as they won the third Standard Bank one-day international at Boland Park by eight wickets on Tuesday.
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It was never quite as easy as that and it was by no means South Africa's most polished performance in the field, but with Kallis and Rhodes apparently nerveless, Sri Lanka were again unable to check the onward surge of a supremely confident home team.
Sri Lanka's tour is not over, not just yet. By winning the next three one-dayers and the third Test they could square both series. But it takes some leap of faith to believe that Sanath Jayasuriya's tourists still have something in reserve to draw upon.
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