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Middlesex win in a hurry
Somerset didn't hang around too long at Southgate this morning
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06-Jul-2000
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Tim Bloomfield wrecked Somerset Photo © AllSport |
Somerset didn't hang around too long at Southgate this morning. Middlesex
crushed them by 169 runs on their way to a place in the NatWest Trophy quarter-finals. The visitors were bowled out for 58 - perhaps an improvement after being once 9-4. Fast bowler Tim Bloomfield (4-17) did the main damage and was appropriately Man-of-the-Match.
Partnered by veteran Angus Fraser he ripped through the Somerset batting in
dismissing Marcus Trescothick, Peter Bowler, Michael Burns and Ian Blackwell in a shattering opening burst. Bloomfield expressed his pleasure at being back in the county side after a month's absence.
Full postGlamorgan survive Ealham shock to beat Kent
Keith Newell (62 n.o.), the Glamorgan opening batsman, kept his nerve at Canterbury as Kent showed greater fight today than they had the day before in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match
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Keith Newell steered Glamorgan home Photo © Huw John |
Keith Newell (62 n.o.), the Glamorgan opening batsman, kept his nerve at
Canterbury as Kent showed greater fight today than they had the day before in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match. Rain had upset play to a considerable degree yesterday and starting at 65-1 the visitors needed to score a further 56 runs from 37 runs.
After their opponents' lacklustre performance hitherto it seemed to be little more than a formality. That reckoned without Marl Ealham who struck an inspired patch in which he dismissed Stephen James, Matthew Maynard, Adrian Dale and Michael Powell, three to catches by Paul Nixon behind the stumps. Yet he could not shake Newell's resolve and he saw Glamorgan home by 5 wickets at 122-5 and to a quarter-final match against Warwickshire.
Full postZimbabwe shock win brings NatWest Series to life
Bristol, NatWest Series: West Indies (232 for seven off 50 overs) lost to Zimbabwe (233 for four off 45 overs) by six wickets
John Ward
06-Jul-2000
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Neil Johnson - first star of the new series Photo © CricInfo |
Bristol, NatWest Series: West Indies (232 for seven off 50 overs) lost to
Zimbabwe (233 for four off 45 overs) by six wickets.
The NatWest Series has come to life, thanks to the shock result of the first
match in the programme. Against all expectations, a Zimbabwe team castrated
by the in part avoidable absence through injury of its three top bowlers
gained a comfortable six-wicket victory over a West Indian team that
appeared quite unprepared in the field for a stern contest. It was
Zimbabwe's first win over West Indies in any form of cricket, and they have
now beaten each of the other Test-playing countries at least once.
Full postCork's quick wicket
Dominic Cork showed spectators an early touch of what he had produced for England in the Test Match at Lord's
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Cork once more amongst the wickets Photo © Stamp Publicity |
Dominic Cork showed spectators an early touch of what he had produced for
England in the Test Match at Lord's. In just his fifth over in the NatWest Trophy fourth-round match the Derbyshire skipper had Warwickshire opener Graeme Welch (11) caught by Karl Krikken on mid-on.
The Bears batsmen had struggled from the start against Cork and Tim Munton.
Cork almost broke through again when Luke Sutton failed to hold a catch behind the stumps from Mike Powell. Sutton was keeping wicket because Krikken had
experienced a back spasm in practice and decided to play primarily as a
batsman.
Full postIndia beat Pakistan in rehearsal of final
Mustering up drive to play hard in a dead rubber is not always the easiest thing to do
Anand Vasu
05-Jul-2000
Mustering up drive to play hard in a dead rubber is not always the
easiest thing to do. However, India had no such problems when they
beat Pakistan by 33 runs in their final league match at the Asian
Cricket Council (ACC) Under-15 tournament on Wednesday. Beating
Pakistan before the final should give the Indians a psychological edge
over their arch rivals.
India took on Pakistan at the Club Aman in Ampang, Malaysia. Coming
off a winning streak, India were under no pressure. It must also be
said that Pakistan were in a similar situation. While India had won
four matches on the trot, Pakistan had won three without losing any.
After playing India, they will take on hosts Malaysia on Thursday.
There is very little doubt about the possible outcome of that
encounter. The two sides have been a cut above the rest in the
tournament.
Winning the toss, Pakistan skipper Kashif Mahmood put India in to bat.
The Indians have enjoyed a good run of form with the bat in the
tournament thus far. However they were up against by far their
toughest opponents and could muster only 181.
Although this did not seem like a winning target, it proved to be
enough for India at the end of the day. The Indian innings revolved
around wicketkeeper Abhinav Kumar who made a steady unbeaten 52. Both
captain Subhash Dixit (25) and Navin Chaudhary (28) chipped in as
India ended on 181/6 off 40 overs.
Full postNorthants keep winning record against Yorkshire
Debutant Michael Strong broke the back of Yorkshire's innings with three wickets in twenty deliveries as Northamptonshire, who have never lost to the Tykes in this competition, beat their visitors by 69 runs in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round
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Debutant Michael Strong broke the back of Yorkshire's innings with three
wickets in twenty deliveries as Northamptonshire, who have never lost to the Tykes in this competition, beat their visitors by 69 runs in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match at Wantage Road. The 26 year-old quick bowler sent back Gary Fellows, Richard Blakey and Darren Lehmann as Yorkshire slumped to 183 all out.
Northamptonshire's own 252 runs total had been built around a 118 runs
third-wicket partnership between Matthew Hayden (63) and David Sales (65) which had retrieved the ground lost by the early dismissal of Adrian Rollins and Mal Loye to Gavin Hamilton. The Australian hit a six and seven fours in his stay of 69 deliveries, and Sales' more circumspect approach - taking 94 balls - showed why he had been made Northamptonshire's player-of-the-month for a sequence of impressive limited-overs performances.
Full postGiles stuns Cork - and Derbyshire
Ashley Giles made his first one-day hundred to inspire Warwickshire to a 40 runs win over Derbyshire at Edgbaston in their NatWest fourth-round match
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05-Jul-2000
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Ashley Giles made his first one-day hundred to inspire Warwickshire to a 40
runs win over Derbyshire at Edgbaston in their NatWest fourth-round match. The visitors fought back through opener Mike di Venuto and kept the contest open until almost the end.
Yet it was Giles' imposing 107 from 97 balls with 12 fours and two sixes which settled the match in taking Warwickshire to the strong position of 257-8 in their allotted overs. He fell finally to Dominic Cork, but gained some satisfaction form catching "the man of the hour" of England's dramatic win at Lord's when he seemed to have hit Dougie Brown for six. Cork stared in amazement as Ashley held the catch at the second attempt.
Full postGiles first hundred puts Warwickshire on top
Ashley Giles, who has represented England at one-day cricket, made his maiden limited-overs hundred in taking Warwickshire to an impressive 257-8 from their 50 overs against Derbyshire at Birmingham in their NatWest Trophy four-round match
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Ashley Giles Photo © Allsport UK |
Ashley Giles, who has represented England at one-day cricket, made his maiden
limited-overs hundred in taking Warwickshire to an impressive 257-8 from their 50 overs against Derbyshire at Birmingham in their NatWest Trophy four-round match.
His century took 94 balls (12 fours and a six). Then he hit another six off Mathew Dowman before the bowler induced him to hit a catch to Dominic Cork in the covers. His 107 came off 97 balls in which he enjoyed half-century partnerships with Mike Powell, Dominic Ostler and Trevor Penney. It was some recompense for being omitted from England's side for the NatWest Series triangular tournament against Zimbabwe and West Indies which starts
tomorrow.
Full postChampion Gloucester's dramatic victory
Gloucestershire, holders of the NatWest Trophy, showed the quality of real champions as they beat Leicestershire by 10 runs at Grace Road - coming the day after they had beaten Worcestershire in their replayed match from the preceding round
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05-Jul-2000
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Ian Harvey - Hustled Leics to defeat Photo © AllSport |
Gloucestershire, holders of the NatWest Trophy, showed the quality of real
champions as they beat Leicestershire by 10 runs at Grace Road - coming the day after they had beaten Worcestershire in their replayed match from the preceding round. In a dramatic turn-about they took their host's last five wickets for just nine runs in three overs to grasp victory from apparent defeat.
Leicestershire seemed to be sailing to victory with just 20 runs needed from the last five overs with five wickets in hand. Ian Harvey (4-40) had other ideas and wrecked their prospects by taking three of the last five wickets.
Full postOval and out - rain holds up play
With just two overs play possible in which the vsitors made 5-0 Surrey and Sussex will resume their NatWest fourth-round match at The Oval tomorrow
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Mike Harris and Graham Burgess check the light at The Oval Photo © CricInfo |
With just two overs play possible in which the vsitors made 5-0 Surrey and
Sussex will resume their NatWest fourth-round match at The Oval tomorrow.