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Jabbar, Kanitkar make it a smooth journey for MRF
A stroke filled 176-run fourth wicket partnership off 50.3 overs between Tanveer Jabbar (110 not out) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (79) saw MRF end the first day at 320 for five against All India Associate Bank XI in the Buchi Babu all India invitation
Natarajan Sriram
20-Aug-2000
A stroke filled 176-run fourth wicket partnership off 50.3 overs
between Tanveer Jabbar (110 not out) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (79)
saw MRF end the first day at 320 for five against All India
Associate Bank XI in the Buchi Babu all India invitation cricket
tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.
Electing to bat, MRF were given a steady start with openers
Aashish Kapoor (30) and Venu Gopal Rao putting on 43 runs off 9.4
overs before the former gave a simple chance to Sudeesh at
midoff, off the bowling of Akhil. This brought Hemang Badani (47)
to the crease and he and Venu Gopal Rao took the score on to 116.
At this stage, Badani was caught short of his crease by a direct
hit by Sridhar from deep square leg. Venu Gopal Rao and Tanveer
Jabbar then saw MRF through to lunch.
Soon after the interval, Venu Gopal Rao was caught at silly point
with the score at 139. The opener had faced 120 balls for his 34
and hit four of them to the ropes. Kanitkar, who came at the fall
of the third wicket, looked in fine touch right from the start.
At the other end Tanveer Jabbar kept the score ticking. In
particular, Jabbar played the spinners with aplomb. Never afraid
to step out, he collected two sixes and quite a few of his 14
boundaries during his 218-ball essay off spinners Akhil and
Sridhar. The duo took MRF to tea without any further hiccups.
The last session saw Kanitkar change gears. He started playing
his strokes and before long reached his half century in style,
stepping out to lift the left arm spinner Shridhar over the long
on fence for a boundary. Jabbar was the more sedate of the two,
preferring to play the waiting game. He chose to hit the loose
deliveries which were quite a few towards the closing stages of
the day's play with the Associate Bank bowlers looking a tired
lot.
Full postKerala CA lose ground, then recover
Kerala Cricket Association XI got off to a good start, lost ground in late afternoon but made a recovery of sorts late in the day on the opening day of their Buchi Babu All India invitation cricket tournament pre quarterfinal against Jolly Rovers at
Partab Ramchand
20-Aug-2000
Kerala Cricket Association XI got off to a good start, lost
ground in late afternoon but made a recovery of sorts late in the
day on the opening day of their Buchi Babu All India invitation
cricket tournament pre quarterfinal against Jolly Rovers at the
IIT-Chemplast ground in Chennai on Sunday. From 172 for one,
Kerala slid to 185 for four before ending with a closing score of
275 for seven at stumps.
Openers Varun Girilal (87) and MA Sorab (25) put on 57 runs off
14.5 overs after Kerala opted to bat. Then Girilal and Prasanth
Menon (54) consolidated the position with a second wicket stand
of 115 runs off 38.5 overs. But midway through the day, Jolly
Rovers came back strongly into the match. First Girilal was
bowled by Tinu Yohannan. During his 231-minute stay at the
crease, the opening batsman faced 155 balls and hit 13 of them to
the fence. Experienced campaigner Sunil Oasis did not last long,
being caught by Dinesh Mongia off Ganesh Kumar for two. Shortly
afterwards Yohannan bowled Prasanth Menon who batted a shade over
three hours for 54. He faced 138 balls and hit seven of them to
the ropes.
Kerala, having lost three wickets for 13 runs off 5.3 overs
suddenly lost the initiative. Vipinlal and B Ramprakash however
started a rally by adding 40 runs for the fifth wicket off 9.4
overs. Vipinlal's role in this partnership was totally passive,
scoring just six runs off 39 balls. He batted for almost an hour
before he was bowled by R Ramkumar. Then Ramprakash and skipper
KN Ananthapadmanabhan continued the recovery process by figuring
in a 44-run sixth wicket partnership that lasted 17.5 overs.
Ramprakash was out shortly before close, caught behind by TR
Arasu off Ganesh Kumar for a fighting 47. The experienced player
batted 132 minutes, faced 88 balls and hit four fours and a six.
Ramkumar then had Sreekumar Nair caught by Yohannan for a duck.
Ananthapadmanabhan however carried on and was unbeaten with 30 at
close. He has so far batted 104 minutes and has dispatched four
of the 59 balls he has faced to the ropes.
The Jolly Rovers bowling was chiefly in the hands of Yohannan,
Ramkumar and Ganesh Kumar who sent down 20, 27 and 21 overs
respectively to bag two wickets each.
Full postBack to drawing board for Leicestershire Foxes
With Leicestershire having it all to do with only 53 runs to defend they were unable to get the early breakthrough that they desperately wanted
Steve Wright
20-Aug-2000
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Hoggard: 5-28 Photo © AllSport |
With Leicestershire having it all to do with only 53 runs to defend they
were unable to get the early breakthrough that they desperately wanted.
Phil Defreitas, along with Jimmy Ormond opened the bowling attack and
neither created chances.
Somerset cruise to victory over Worcestershire
Inspirational captain Jamie Cox made a fluent half-century and held three catches as Somerset cruised home by 53 runs to replace Worcestershire at the top of the National League First Division
Mike Beddow
20-Aug-2000
Inspirational captain Jamie Cox made a fluent half-century and held three catches as Somerset cruised home by 53 runs to replace Worcestershire at the top of the National League First Division.
Now the West Country team are on course for a first double in the new era of two-division cricket. With four matches to play, they can add the overall title to last year's promotion success.
Cox scored 57 and shared in a partnership of 74 with Michael Burns (51) to put Somerset on the way to a more-than-adequate total of 227 for nine on a slow pitch.
Full postPakistan defeats New Zealand in grand style
The heavy overnight rain that engulfed Singapore rendered the Kallang Cricket Ground unplayable for the game without proper drying
Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim
20-Aug-2000
The heavy overnight rain that engulfed Singapore rendered the Kallang Cricket Ground unplayable for the game without proper drying. The match was therefore delayed to start at 2:10 p.m. local time. The game was reduced to 25 overs each, obviously promising adventurous cum thrilling cricket.
It ended in a highly exciting manner. In a close finish Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 12 runs.
Batting first Pakistan lost opener Imran Nazir early in the innings while Shahid Afridi took his score to an exciting 33 before he was out. With a useful contribution of 22 by Saeed Anwar, Pakistan lost 3 wickets for 82 runs. Yousuf Youhana and Ijaz Ahmed then got into a strong partnership playing exciting cricket and raising Pakistan's score to a formidable 191 for 6. Both of them were, however, unlucky to miss their half centuries, which they very much deserved. While Youhana was out for 46, Ijaz took his bat to 49. Pakistan offered a challenging target of 191 runs to the Kiwis to be scored in 25 overs.
Although the target was not an easy one, the New Zealanders took it in good spirit, fully determined to achieve it. They started the innings as adventurously as Pakistan scoring 71 for 3 in the first 10 overs. Roger Twose (35) and Chris Harris (40) were the batsmen who posed a danger to Pakistan. They played a highly enterprising innings hitting fours and sixes all over the field.
Full postTons for Madanagopal, Sharath as MAC-TNCA takes command
Contrasting centuries from JR Madanagopal and Sridharan Sharath helped MAC - TNCA to a commanding 314/4 on the first day of their MRF-Buchi Babu pre-quarterfinal game with Indian Airlines at the CPT-India Pistons Ground at Chennai today
Sankhya Krishnan
20-Aug-2000
Contrasting centuries from JR Madanagopal and Sridharan Sharath
helped MAC - TNCA to a commanding 314/4 on the first day of their
MRF-Buchi Babu pre-quarterfinal game with Indian Airlines at the
CPT-India Pistons Ground at Chennai today.
Madanagopal's 108 which encompassed five and a quarter hours, was
persevering but Sharath's unbeaten 111 was the more enterprising.
The Airlines attack included two Test bowlers, Dodda Ganesh and
Murali Karthik, the latter picking up two of the three wickets
that fell to the bowlers. Javagal Srinath who turned out for
Airlines in the just concluded Coromandel Cement Trophy in
Bangalore was not among the eleven.
MAC-TNCA won the toss and elected to take first strike, opening
with S Suresh and George John, in the absence of Sadagopan Ramesh
who is in Australia. Suresh was the first to go for 12, failing
to beat S Chaudhary's throwing arm in Ganesh's fourth over. John
and Madanagopal added 75 for the second wicket before Kartik
ended the former's sojourn at the middle by beating and bowling
him for 29.
Elegant lefthander C Hemanth Kumar who struck two hundreds in the
TNCA first division league last month failed to come good on this
occasion, hitting Chaudhury into the hands of Shafiq Khan for 20.
Sharath joined Madanagopal with the score at 151. Both centurions
compiled a century partnership for the fourth wicket, 112 to be
precise, before Kartik trapped Madanagopal in front in the 83rd
over for 108 (245 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes).
Full postAnirudh Singh hundred gives Hyderabad plenty of cheer
Hyderabad Cricket Association, last year's runners-up, showed every inclination to go the same distance in this year's edition of the MRF-Buchi Babu invitation tournament as they ran up 353/7 in 94 overs against the New Zealand Cricket Academy colts
Sankhya Krishnan
20-Aug-2000
Hyderabad Cricket Association, last year's runners-up, showed
every inclination to go the same distance in this year's edition
of the MRF-Buchi Babu invitation tournament as they ran up 353/7
in 94 overs against the New Zealand Cricket Academy colts at the
Guru Nanak College Ground in Chennai today.
Opener Anirudh Singh contributed generously to that final figure
with 143 as he and one-drop Arjun Yadav (70) constructed a 166-
run stand in a little over 43 overs. The 27-year-old fast-medium
bowler Kerry Walmsley who played two Test matches against Sri
Lanka over five years ago (7 wickets at 49.14) bagged 4/77.
Hyderabad had only three of the side that lost to Mumbai in the
Ranji Trophy final in April this year - A Nandakishore, Parth
Satwalkar and Fiaz Ahmed. Nandakishore, skippering the side here,
won the toss and hurried to a rapid 32 from 34 balls before
Walmsley won a lbw shout.
This set the stage for the aforementioned partnership between
Singh and Yadav that ended at 224 when the latter was caught by
Central Districts wicketkeeper Martyn Sigley, captaining the side
in the absence of Jacob Oram. Indeed NZCA also took the field
without Hamish Marshall, century maker in their previous game
against Tamil Nadu Districts. The bowler was leg spinner Aaron
Redmond.
Full postSurrey on brink of second division title
Derbyshire, having suffered a mid-week defeat by an innings, inside two days (a fate that befell another team twenty-four hours later at a higher level of cricket, at Headingley, one is tempted to mention in these heady days) against Surrey in the
Andy Jalil
20-Aug-2000
Derbyshire, having suffered a mid-week defeat by an innings, inside two days
(a fate that befell another team twenty-four hours later at a higher level of
cricket, at Headingley, one is tempted to mention in these heady days)
against Surrey in the championship, went down again to the Londoners today,
this time by six wickets in the Norwich Union league. The victory takes
Surrey to the brink of the Second Division league title.
A half-century stand early in the Surrey innings between Ian Ward, 34 and
Nadeem Shahid, 23, had built a platform for Surrey. But then, after the home
side had lost three wickets in a space of five overs to be reduced to 83 for
four, came the unbroken match-winning partnership of 93 in 119 balls between
captain Adam Hollioake who faced 66 balls to remain unbeaten on 48 and Jason
Ratcliffe 42 not out from 58 balls.
It was a most entertaining stand which comfortably took the match away from
Derbyshire as Surrey reached their target of 176 with an over to spare. Both
batsmen played freely with the bowling making little impression on either.
Hollioake found the gaps in the field to place his shots with excellent
timing. Ratcliffe was more aggressive, displaying powerful strokes as he was
quick to pull and cut the balls that were short of length. He hit three
boundaries and a huge six over long-on towards the end of the innings.
Full postHampshire Hawks achieve double over Essex Eagles.
Half centuries from Robin Smith and Derek Kenway allowed Hampshire Hawks to win their third Norwich Union National League match in four, with some style, by beating Essex Eagles comfortably at Castle Park, Colchester
Vic Isaacs
20-Aug-2000
Half centuries from Robin Smith and Derek Kenway allowed Hampshire Hawks to win their third Norwich Union National League match in four, with some style, by beating Essex Eagles comfortably at Castle Park, Colchester. Completing the seasons double over their opponents.
Essex choosing to bat first on a dry wicket that caused some uneven bounce early on, were soon in trouble to Mascarenhas, as both openers were dismissed, Prichard edged to the wicket-keeper and the dangerous Stuart Law had his leg stump dislodged by as the ball trickled of his pad, glove and ground.
Wickets fell at steady times throughout the innings, giving the Eagles little opportunity to build.
Full postSchofield guides Lancashire to 154 run win over Kent
Chris Schofield returned to form in a superb Lancashire win over Kent at Old Trafford today which kept them firmly in the hunt for their first outright title since 1934
Colin Evans
19-Aug-2000
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Peter Martin - 5-42 in 1st innings Photo © John Dawson |
Chris Schofield returned to form in a superb Lancashire win over Kent at Old
Trafford today which kept them firmly in the hunt for their first outright
title since 1934.
John Crawley's side completed a 154 runs victory after claiming the extra
half hour of the third day, bowling out relegation haunted Kent for 125.
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