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Good fightback by Middlesex
Middlesex bowled well to reduce Gloucestershire to 157 for 7 in 82 overs with Phil Tufnell taking 3 for 16 and Angus Fraser 2 for 43
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22-Aug-2000
Middlesex bowled well to reduce Gloucestershire to 157 for 7 in 82
overs with Phil Tufnell taking 3 for 16 and Angus Fraser 2 for 43.
Only opener Dominic Hewson (43) and wicket keeper Reggie Williams (30
not out) put on a decent score. Earlier Middlesex made a disappointing
207 after being 151 for 5 overnight. Middlesex got a bonus batting
point thanks to Richard Johnson's quickfire 31. Martyn Ball took 3 for
31 for Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire's reply started off very badly when they lost Tim
Hancock their opener for a duck to Fraser, then lost Hewson, Windows
and Mark Alleyne to Tufnell and were at one stage 83 for 5. But the
Gloucestershire lower order hung on grimly to keep the match even.
Full postSolanki passes 150 as Worcestershire bat on
Vikram Solanki held up Warwickshire for a further 85 minutes today as Worcestershire topped 300 in a first innings at New Road for the first time this season
Mike Beddow
22-Aug-2000
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Vikram Solanki Photo © John Dawson |
Vikram Solanki held up Warwickshire for a further 85 minutes today as Worcestershire topped 300 in a first innings at New Road for the first time this season.
Solanki is a batsman who cashes in on his big innings. Resuming on 113 - thed ninth first-class century of his career - he went on to pass 150 for the seventh time.
Full postSri Lanka under-19 team recover
The England team after putting the Sri Lankan team into bat on a rain affected first day of the second under-19's Test match at Northampton failed to press home the advantage
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21-Aug-2000
The England team after putting the Sri Lankan team into bat on a rain
affected first day of the second under-19's Test match at Northampton
failed to press home the advantage.
Sri Lanka, one down in the series, were at one stage 79 for 3 but
rallied to make 223 for 5 at the end of day thanks to a stand of 98
between Thilina Kandamby (58) and Jehan Mubarak (46) in 34 overs. The
openers Ian Daniels (38) and Nimesh Perera (27) put on 51 runs in 12
overs when the latter was out to Tim Murtagh. Malintha Gajanayake was
the next to go, dismissed by Justin Biship for 1. Then Daniels left at
79. The fourth wicket stand between Kandamby and Mubarak initiated a
recovery before left arm spinner Monty Panesar bowled Mubarak for 46.
Finally Kandamby succumbed to Bishop.
Kaushalya Weeraratne and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara played out till
the end of the day.
Full postWarwickshire in control after opening morning at New Road
Warwickshire took an immediate stranglehold on a low-key local derby meeting between two fading forces in the second division promotion race
Mike Beddow
21-Aug-2000
Warwickshire took an immediate stranglehold on a low-key local derby meeting between two fading forces in the second division promotion race.
Worcestershire, beaten in five of their last eight Championship games, lost three wickets for eight runs after winning the toss against a visiting side without a win in six matches.
Philip Weston was first to depart, leg-before to Ed Giddins, and Graeme Hick failed to score before edging Alan Richardson to wicketkeeper Keith Piper.
Paul Pollard then flickedd a leg-side catch to Piper, giving Giddins a second wicket on his return to action after a back strain.
Full postSolanki leads counter-attack against Warwickshire at New Road
Vikram Solanki gathered unexpected riches for Worcestershire with his second century of the season in the first of two Championship meetings with Warwickshire this month
Mike Beddow
21-Aug-2000
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Vikram Solanki Photo © John Dawson |
Vikram Solanki gathered unexpected riches for Worcestershire with his second century of the season in the first of two Championship meetings with Warwickshire this month.
The local rivals from Edgbaston marched into New Road to take the first three wickets for eight runs, but Solanki led the counter-attack with an unbeaten 113 in a total of 231 for five on a rain-shortened opening day.
Full postLanger leads Middlesex at Bristol
Middlesex captain Justin Langer maintained his fine run of form with an unbeaten 76 on the first day of the County Championship second division match with Gloucestershire at Bristol
Mark Easterbrook
21-Aug-2000
Middlesex captain Justin Langer maintained his fine run of form with an unbeaten 76 on the first day of the County Championship second division match with Gloucestershire at Bristol.
The Australian batsman came into the game on the back of two successive championship hundreds and a third is now within his sights.
Langer elected to bat first when he won the toss, but soon found himself having to revive the innings after the early loss of Andrew Strauss, Mike Roseberry and Mark Ramprakash had left the visitors on 24-3 in the 12th over.
Full postWorcestershire recover after dreadful start
Vikram Solanki's century (113) and debutant James Pipe's half century (54) helped Worcestershire to move to 231 for 5 in 64 overs after being 8 for 3 against Warwickshire at New Road today
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21-Aug-2000
Vikram Solanki's century (113) and debutant James Pipe's half century
(54) helped Worcestershire to move to 231 for 5 in 64 overs after
being 8 for 3 against Warwickshire at New Road today.
James Pipe, reserve wicketkeeper to Steve Rhodes, was included as a
specialist bat due to impressive performances in the second XI. He was
quick to gain attention with a wide range of shots in his 64 ball
innings. But it was Solanki, who took the centre stage with his second
century of the season off 140 balls after being dropped on 81.
Worcestershire after winning the toss made a disastrous start, losing
Philip Weston and Graeme Hick for ducks and Paul Pollard for five by
the eighth over of the innings. Then Solanki and David Leatherdale
stemmed the rot with a fourth wicket partnership of 67 runs in 23
overs.
Full postSolanki half-century revives Worcestershire
Vikram Solanki's third consecutive Championship 50 revived Worcestershire after a nightmare start against local rivals Warwickshire at New Road
Mike Beddow
21-Aug-2000
Vikram Solanki's third consecutive Championship 50 revived Worcestershire after a nightmare start against local rivals Warwickshire at New Road.
Ed Giddins and Alan Richardson took the first three wickets for eight runs, but Solanki reached an unbeaten 72 and shared in half-century stands with David Leatherdale and Jamie Pipe.
Wicketkeeper Keith Piper held two catches - the first to remove Graeme Hick for nought - when Worcestershire fell into trouble against good seam and swing
bowling.
Full postMarshall, Vincent lead Academy recovery
The contest between Hyderabad Cricket Association and New Zealand Cricket Academy was rather delicately poised at the end of the second day's play in this MRF-Buchi Babu quarterfinal game at the Guru Nanak College ground in Chennai today
Sankhya Krishnan
21-Aug-2000
The contest between Hyderabad Cricket Association and New Zealand
Cricket Academy was rather delicately poised at the end of the second
day's play in this MRF-Buchi Babu quarterfinal game at the Guru Nanak
College ground in Chennai today. The Academy boys had replied with
208/4 to Hyderabad's first innings total of 392, still 184 in arrears.
In the morning fast medium bowler Kerry Walmsley added one more wicket
to his kitty (5/102) as Hyderabad, resuming at 353/7, were bowled out
in the 109th over. Overnight batsmen Yadav and Sabharwal added another
30 runs today before being separated, the last three wickets falling
for nine runs. Left arm seamer James Franklin, 19, took the remaining
two wickets to fall today.
The Academy made a disastrous start as Canterbury right hander Michael
Papps fell for a third ball duck in the first over of the innings,
bowled by Fiaz Ahmed. When Jarrod Englefield had his stumps
disarranged by off spinner Jogam Yadav for 7, the visitors had slid to
45/2. That set the stage for a fightback by James Marshall of Northern
Districts and Lou Vincent of Auckland, both 21, who added 130 for the
third wicket in a little over 57 overs.
Fiaz Ahmed finally bowled Vincent for 72 (176 balls, 6 fours, 1 six)
and Hyderabad pulled back another late wicket when Aaron Redmond was
dismissed by Parth Satwalkar for six, six overs before stumps were
drawn. Marshall's powers of concentration did not wane until the very
end and he trudged back undefeated at close, having negotiated 87
overs without accident, on a personal tally of 95 (256 balls, 7
fours).
Full postInteresting finish in prospect
An interesting final day's play is on the cards in the Buchi Babu all India invitation tournament between ONGC and TNCA President's XI at the AC Tech college ground in Chennai on Tuesday
Partab Ramchand
21-Aug-2000
An interesting final day's play is on the cards in the Buchi Babu all
India invitation tournament between ONGC and TNCA President's XI at
the AC Tech college ground in Chennai on Tuesday. At stumps on the
second day on Monday, ONGC were 95 for two in their first innings in
reply to the home team's score of 383. A total of 289 runs in a day
with eight wickets in hand is a tough, but not impossible task. On the
other hand, it is also possible for TNCA President's XI to take eight
wickets without conceding that many. All in all, it can be said that
the match is nicely poised for a keen battle for the all important
first innings lead.
Having resumed at 296 for five, TNCA President's XI could not have
been happy at getting only 87 runs on Monday morning. The overnight
sixth wicket pair of Badri Attavar and D Dhandapani took their
partnership to 151 before the latter was out for 62. Attavar was
comparatively subdued but got to 155 before he was leg before to Saif.
He batted 426 minutes, faced 306 balls and hit 18 boundaries. There
was some resistance from the tail but the home team's total fell below
expectations. Rahul Sanghvi finished the most successful bowler with
three for 90.
ONGC were off a good start with openers Manoj Mudgal and Gagan Khoda
putting on 52 runs off 12 overs before the former was out for 25.
Skipper G Vadhera (3) did not last long but Khoda continued to go for
his shots. Shortly before close, he reached his half century with
eight fours and a six. By close he had faced 67 balls and a lot will
obviously depend on him as ONGC continue their run chase on Tuesday.
Keeping him company is another run getter with the proper credentials,
Virendra Shewag who has started off well, getting 13 runs off ten
deliveries with two hits to the fence.
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