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Test 3: Day 4: West Indies v Pakistan: Antigua.
The West Indies have started aggressively in the hunt for that 216
Colin E. Croft
28-May-2000
Tea Interval:
The West Indies have started aggressively in the hunt for that 216. They started with about five sessions and 154 overs overall to complete a famous victory. At tea, after 16 overs, they are 62-2, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 19 and Wavell Hinds on 13, including a four and a six in consecutive deliveries from Mustaq Ahmed.
Already out are Sherwin Campbell, for 06, caught at backward square-leg by Yousuf Youhana, hooking to Wasim Akram, while Adrian Griffith, for 23, was also caught at backward square-leg, by Waqar Younis this time, while hooking at Wasim.
Wasim is bowling tremendously quickly and holds the key to this game for Pakistan. With intermittent rain causing the outfield to be wet and the ball slippery, Wasim and Waqar could have extended spells.
Full postVeteran's perform
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Tony Cozier
28-May-2000
St. John's - Mr. Justice Malik Qayyum might not be entirely convinced
of their commitment, but Pakistan relied on their tried and trusted
campaigners to get them out of a couple of tight spots on the third
day of the third and final Test yesterday.
Wasim Akram, the 33-year-old veteran in his 95th Test, first turned
the match on its head with a lengthy, unbroken spell of incisive,
controlled left-arm swing bowling in the morning.
It brought him the last six West Indies wickets at the miserly
personal cost of two runs from 28 balls as the home team collapsed
from 214 for three at the start to 273 all out two balls after lunch.
Their lead was limited to a meaningless four runs, transforming the
match into a straightforward second innings contest.
Full postMorale boosting victory for Zimbabwe at Headingley
Zimbabwe's morale received a welcome boost just five days before the second Test match when they beat Yorkshire in this Vodaphone Challenge match
Neil Whitaker
27-May-2000
Zimbabwe's morale received a welcome boost just five days before the second Test match when they beat Yorkshire in this Vodaphone Challenge match.
Heavy rain just before the scheduled start meant that play was delayed for 10 minutes, but Zimbabwe soon had their first success. With Yorkshire needing 180 to win opening bowler Mbangwa stuck in the second over with his second ball. He had Yorkshire skipper David Byas caught at forward short leg by Murray Goodwin.
In his next over he removed Richard Harden for one. Harden hit a leading edge straight to Nkala at mid on. With the first ball of Brian Strang's third over Victor Craven was caught by Grant Flower in the gully. There was more bad news for Yorkshire when Wood became the fourth man out. He was caught by Brent at mid off. Yorkshire were now 13 for four and Mbangwa had taken three wickets for just three runs.
Michael Lumb who was making his first class debut for Yorkshire joined Garry Fellows. Michael who is the 21-year-old son of former Yorkshire vice Captain Richard Lumb cannot play county cricket for Yorkshire until next season because he was born in South Africa. The pair looked comfortable and took the score to 54 before Fellows was out. He pushed forward to Strang and was caught behind by Any Flower.
Full postWest Indies v Pakistan: Bridgetown test, Statistical highlights
It was the 1496th Test match in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta
27-May-2000
- It was the 1496th Test match in cricket history.
Test 3: Day 3: Pakistan v West Indies: Antigua
1st innings centurion Yousuf Youhana, on 41 not out, stands between the West Indies running through Pakistan's late order batsmen and maybe Pakistan getting to 250
CricInfo
27-May-2000
Close of Play:
1st innings centurion Yousuf Youhana, on 41 not out, stands between the West Indies running through Pakistan's late order batsmen and maybe Pakistan getting to 250. Saqlain Mustaq is 02 not out. Recovering from a worrying 3-2, Pakistan are 157-5. In effect, they are 153 runs on.
Yousuf and Saqlain came together after captain Moin Khan, who made 10, was easily caught by Wavell Hinds at square leg, from the face of the bat, from Reon King's bowling. It was then 150-5.
Earlier, Imran Nazir who has had a miserable game in Antigua, was caught at gully, by Ramnaresh Sarwan, from Courtney Walsh's bowling, for no-score;Pakistan 0-1. That was Walsh's 449th Test wicket.
Full postWest Indies: Cool hands steady ship
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Tony Cozier
27-May-2000
St. John's 'With the single-mindedness and diligent application on which their records and reputations are built, captain Jimmy Adams and Shivnarine Chanderpaul steered the West Indies out of potential crisis into a position of strength on the second day of the third Test here yesterday.
The two left-handers, the most experienced batsmen in a team temporarily without the commanding direction of Brian Lara, carried the score from an insecure 84 for three, 40 minutes after lunch, to 214 without being separated when fading light ended a day extended to 6:06 p.m. by the sluggish over-rate and a rain break.
Their unbroken partnership of 130 occupied the last hour and three-quarters and, already the highest for the West Indies in their two Tests against Pakistan at the ARG, has built the foundation for as sizeable a lead as the 145 in the second Test at Kensington last week.
The West Indies are within 55 of Pakistan's first innings that was swiftly wrapped up by the perennial Courtney Walsh.
Full postGloucestershire v Worcestershire, Day 4
Waiting for the rain to end the misery the rival coaches of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire shared one view - every point this season is going to be vital at the final count
26-May-2000
Waiting for the rain to end the misery the rival coaches of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire shared one view - every point this season is going to be vital at the final count.
Worcester took two points from the Bristol wash-out to keep up the challenge with Warwickshire for top spot in division two but the one they denied their hosts - who finished with six points - really pleased their coach Bill Athey.
"They were just one run from a batting point when we bowled them out and from the joy in the field you'd have thought we had taken a point rather than keeping one from them" he said. "In a way we had, for every point, come September, will count, for things are that tight with three teams going up."
Gloucestershire's New Zealand coach John Bracewell agrees players are now full aware of the demands caused by the new bonus system offering up to five batting points in the first innings with three for bowling.
Full postTest 3: Day 2: Pakistan v West Indies: Antigua
The West Indies are in a relatively comfortable position, closing the 2nd day on 214-3, only 55 runs behind the Pakistani 1st innings total, and with seven 1st innings wickets still in hand
Colin E. Croft
26-May-2000
Close:
The West Indies are in a relatively comfortable position, closing the 2nd day on 214-3, only 55 runs behind the Pakistani 1st innings total, and with seven 1st innings wickets still in hand.
Captain Jimmy Adams is 60 not out, his 12th half century in 44 Tests, made in about three and a half hours of batting, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul has batted for nearly four hours for his 64 not out. This is Chanderpaul's 19th half century in 42 Test appearances.
The pair came together with the West Indies in some bother at 84-3 after Sherwin Campbell, for 31, Adrian Griffith, for 22 and Wavell Hinds, for 26, had been dismissed.
Full postIt's 'You' again
The sign of the cross, a gesture of praise and gratitude for all Christians, has taken on a diametrically opposite meaning for West Indian cricketers over the past week
Tony Cozier
26-May-2000
The sign of the cross, a gesture of praise and gratitude for
all Christians, has taken on a diametrically opposite meaning for West
Indian cricketers over the past week.
As the only one of his faith in the team representing the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, Yousuf Youhana celebrates every landmark in an
innings with a religious acclamation more familiar in the Caribbean
than in his homeland.
It was evident twice on his way to 115 on the first day of the second
Test at Kensington Oval last Thursday that guided Pakistan through
early troubles to a respectable total.
Youhana was able to repeat it in similar circumatances on the first
day of the third, final and decisive Test here yesterday by scoring
102 runs not out. For five-and-a-half hours and 228 balls of
unwavering concentration and flawless stroke selection, he kept the
West Indies at bay after they had justifiably chosen to bowl on
winning the toss and had once more undermined the early Pakistan
batting.
Full postTwo views of day 1
It was a tough day
Haydn Gill
26-May-2000
On the day's play:
Roger Harper, West Indies coach
It was a tough day. It's always tough playing back-to-back Test
matches. I thought that some of our bowlers felt the effects of that,
but we stuck to the task fairly well. We're still in a fairly decent
position.
On the decision to field first:
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