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Rose revives Somerset
Graham Rose turned the clock back nine years to frustrate Yorkshire on the second day of the County Championship match at Taunton
Richard Latham
03-Aug-2000
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Graham Rose - 105* Photo © Stu Forster / AllSport |
Graham Rose turned the clock back nine years to frustrate Yorkshire on the second day of the County Championship match at Taunton.
It was in the corresponding fixture at the same venue in 1991 that the former Middlesex player reached his maiden first class century, smashing 7 sixes and 7 fours in an unbeaten 105, off just 114 balls.
Nottinghamshire fight back on opening morning at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire lost both openers early but then fought back on the first morning of their County Championship match against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge
Dave Bracegirdle
03-Aug-2000
Nottinghamshire lost both openers early but then fought back on the first morning of their County Championship match against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. Having been invited to bat first by Warwicks captain Neil Smith they reached lunch on 104-2.
Back spasms again ruled out John Morris, with Chris Tolley for AJ Harris the only change for Notts. The visitors also made one change from the side which triumphed in Tuesday's NCL encounter with David Hemp in for Anurag Singh.
With one or two damp patches on the square the start was put back by fifteen minutes. With everyone in position and Allan Donald preparing to bowl the first ball to Darren Bicknell a quick shower sent the players racing back to the pavilion but the stoppage only amounted to a further ten minutes.
Full postRain delays start at Old Trafford
Perhaps the most crucial match of the 2000 cricket season was set to begin under overcast skies at the historic Old Trafford ground in Manchester, with showers expected for later in the day
John Ward
03-Aug-2000
Perhaps the most crucial match of the 2000 cricket season was set to begin
under overcast skies at the historic Old Trafford ground in Manchester, with
showers expected for later in the day. Damp conditions led to a delay before play was scheduled to begin at noon. With England and West Indies entering the match at one victory each in the three-match series, the outcome here is critical for both teams.
It is perhaps the veterans on both teams who hold the key. Before play began, awards were made to the two former England captains Mike Atherton, on his home ground, and Alec Stewart on the occasion of their hundredth Test match. They are still England's outstanding batsmen, the two who will be leading the resistance against the two evergreen West Indian pacemen Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. The England bowling attack will be spearheaded by Darren Gough and Andy Caddick, both still in their prime but with perhaps fewer years ahead rather than behind them, while the tourists' batting is as usual built around Brian Lara and captain Jimmy Adams, both in their early thirties. The younger players will probably play comparatively minor roles, although there will be most interest in the performance of debutant Marcus Trescothick for England after his sparkling form in the one-day series.
England go into this match on a high after their victory in that triangular series, before which they pulled off that brilliant and unexpected win over the West Indies at Lord's. They will be confident but wary, knowing that West Indies are likely to be inspired by the return of the rested Ambrose and Walsh; they are twice the team when those two are fit and playing. Victory is crucial to both teams and they know it. A fascinating contest should be in store.
Full postNottinghamshire recover before rain forces early tea
Nottinghamshire, having been asked to bat first had reached 133-3 when heavy rain forced an early tea to be taken on the first day of their Division Two match against Warwickshire
Dave Bracegirdle
03-Aug-2000
Nottinghamshire, having been asked to bat first had reached 133-3 when heavy rain forced an early tea to be taken on the first day of their Division Two match against Warwickshire.
There was a dramatic start to the afternoon session when Allan Donald who had taken both of the morning's wickets, went round the wicket to bowl tot he left-handed Afzaal. Immediately upon release the South African fell to the ground clutching his left instep. He bowled another delivery but was clearly in pain and limped off in his stockinged feet. The over, the 30th of the innings, was completed by Ashley Giles.
With the NatWest semi's less than two weeks away Warwickshire's supporters will have been heartened to see their spearhead return to the field after an absence of half an hour. He visibly signalled to team-mates that strapping had been applied to the injury.
Full postEngland dominate rainy day in Manchester
England had very much the better of an abbreviated first day's play in the crucial Third Test match against West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester
John Ward
03-Aug-2000
Old Trafford, close of play, Day 1: West Indies 87 for four
England had very much the better of an abbreviated first day's play in the
crucial Third Test match against West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester.
In the 42 overs allowed by the weather, they reduced the tourists to 87 for
four wickets, thanks once again to superb bowling by their three specialist
seamers, Darren Gough, Andy Caddick and Dominic Cork.
Play began an hour late and England struck almost immediately, removing
the West Indian openers for two runs apiece. In Gough's second over, Sherwin Campbell failed to keep down an edge and was very well caught at third slip by Graham Thorpe; West Indies 3 for one. Then, with the total on 12, Caddick got a ball to straighten on Adrian Griffith and trapped him lbw.
Full postA Day of Strange happenings
Nothing was strange about the team selections
Colin Croft
03-Aug-2000
Nothing was strange about the team selections. Ramnaresh Sarwan was the obvious replacement for the injured West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, while England gave themselves every option by selecting all four of their faster bowlers, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough, Andy Caddick and Craig White, plus the off-spin of Robert Croft. Since Graeme Thorpe was returning and had to be selected, the other Graeme, Hick, was omitted.
The first strange decision came when the West Indies captain, Jimmy Adams, won the toss and confounded most by electing to bat first, despite the overcast conditions, the fact that England had bowled the West Indies out for 54 the last time the two teams had met, the pitch not being properly prepared because of the persistent rains and the final fact that the pitch was only cut moments before the delayed start. All of these suggested that the West Indies should have fielded first, having won the toss. The decision to bat first soon backfired.
Roger Harper, the West Indian Coach, after the day's play, suggested:
Full postMRF break into little sweat to dismiss Andhra challenge
MRF thrashed Andhra by 161 runs in a lopsided encounter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today to move into the quarter finals of the KSCA Diamond Jubilee tournament for the Coromandel Cement Trophy
Sankhya Krishnan
03-Aug-2000
MRF thrashed Andhra by 161 runs in a lopsided encounter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today to move into the quarter finals of the KSCA Diamond Jubilee tournament for the Coromandel Cement Trophy. When Andhra captain MSK Prasad got the better of his counterpart, M Senthilnathan over the spin of the coin, he invited MRF to take first strike. They posted a total of 225 which proved more than adequate in the circumstances as Andhra crumbled to a miserable 64 in just under two hours.
In the morning session, MRF were bowled out in the last of their allotted fifty overs, with five balls to spare. They suffered a poor start when Aashish Kapoor was caught off the bowling of former India A seamer N Madhukar for nought. In the fifth over, one of the heroes of India's Under-19 World Cup triumph, Venugopala Rao was thrown out to leave the tire manufacturers at 18/2.
Hemang Badani and Hrishikesh Kanitkar then steadied the boat with a 82 run third wicket stand before the former was trapped leg before one run short of his half century. Badani had struck six boundaries in his run a ball knock. Kanitkar duly went past the fifty mark but was given the marching orders by Ram Mohan for 61 (77 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) in the 31st over.
All rounder Rajat Bhatia also showed his mettle with a useful 46 but when he tickled one through to Prasad off Madhukar, the lower order fell apart and MRF settled for a score of 225. Madhukar ended with the creditable figures of 4/48 but it was Watekar who combined both potency and miserliness to finish with 4/24.
Full postTorrid start for Somerset as Reeve quits as coach
Somerset have confirmed that Head Coach Dermot Reeve will be leaving the club at the end of the season to concentrate on his media career
Richard Latham
02-Aug-2000
Somerset have confirmed that Head Coach Dermot Reeve will be leaving the club at the end of the season to concentrate on his media career. The news was the main talking point at Taunton on a day when only 37.3 overs were possible due to heavy showers.
Somerset closed on 73-3 after winning the toss, with Peter Bowler's unbeaten 29 steadying the innings after a torrid start against Chris Silverwood and Matthew Hoggard.
Reeve was not at the ground and it is his many absences this summer due to increasing commitments as a television commentator that has led him to sever his four-year connection with the county.
Full postReuben Paul helps Pistons knock out NCA
Amidst turmoil in Bangalore, the India Pistons team from Chennai coasted to a 76 run victory over the local National Cricket Academy (NCA) side
Anand Vasu
02-Aug-2000
Amidst turmoil in Bangalore, the India Pistons team from Chennai
coasted to a 76 run victory over the local National Cricket Academy
(NCA) side. This is the first time the NCA has fielded a side in the
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Diamond Jubilee Tournament.
Their inexperience showed through loud and clear as they were knocked
out in the very first match they played.
When the NCA captain Reetinder Singh Sodhi won the toss, he put India
Pistons in to bat. Vikram Rathore, former India opener and seasoned
Ranji Trophy cricketer managed to stay at the crease long enough to
make 17. It was Anand George however who was the first to be
dismissed, with just 12 runs on the board. He was caught by the
captain off the bowling of talented young mediumpacer Mrithyunjay
Tripathi. The youngster struck again soon after, when he had Rathore
caught behind.
Steady middle order bat Satyajit Medappa was in his element in a low
scoring game. Making a well paced 33 including 3 boundaries, Medappa
propped up the middle order. C Hemanth Kumar who has been among the
runs in the first division league in Chennai, where he made an
unbeaten hundred in the last game he played, was the next to go,
stumped by Ajay Ratra off the Mumbai off spinner Romesh Powar. A mini
collapse in the middle order looked inevitable as India Pistons
slumped to 83/6.
Any hopes Sodhi would have harboured of knocking India Pistons out for
a low score were dismissed by Reuben Paul who slammed an unbeaten 58
batting at number 7. The hard hitting wicketkeeper batsman notched up
a half century partnership with the experienced Sunil Subramaniam.
Reuben Paul, known more for his hard hitting than his ability to stay
at the wicket long, brought up his half century off just 56 balls.
Given the fact that India Pistons were 83/6 at one point, this was an
invaluable innings. Sunil Subramaniam made 28 in his stay at the
wicket. At the end of their allotted 45 overs, India Pistons managed a
respectable 176. The match was earlier reduced to 45 overs a side as
overnight rain forced a 40 minute delay in starting the match.
Full postOstler leads Bears to 244-6 at Trent Bridge
Warwickshire Bears, who elected to bat first, made 244-6 in their day/night match at Trent Bridge against the CricInfo-sponsored Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Dave Bracegirdle
01-Aug-2000
Warwickshire Bears, who elected to bat first, made 244-6 in their day/night
match at Trent Bridge against the CricInfo-sponsored Nottinghamshire
Outlaws. Dominic Ostler top scored, making 79 not out from 92 deliveries.
Richard Stemp was once again the pick of the home bowlers, taking 4-36.
Notts were rocked before the start with the news that a back injury would
sideline John Morris allowing Guy Welton another chance at the top of the
order. Warwickshire made two changes from their last Norwich Union outing,
bringing Anurag Singh and Keith Piper back into the starting line
up.
With the floodlights already on Singh and Nick Knight opened the innings
confidently but Notts missed the chance of an early breakthrough. Singh
slashed David Lucas to point but Stemp couldn't hold the chance. The miss
was to prove expensive as Singh began to hit the ball with venomous power.
47 runs came from the first ten overs but as Jason Gallian began to ring the
changes the runs flowed at an alarming rate. Ten went from AJ Harris' first
over and Paul Franks conceded eleven, including two no-balls, from his. The
boundary boards were being peppered with regularity as The Bears took 43
from five overs before the fielding restrictions were lifted, with the score
on 90-0.
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