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Zimbabwe 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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05-Jul-2000
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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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Michael Strong Photo © Allsport UK |
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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Ashley Giles Photo © AllSport |
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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05-Jul-2000
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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.
Glamorgan have Kent on the hop
Glamorgan adjusted better to the wet conditions at Canterbury to finish the shortened day with the advantage over Kent in their NatWest fourth-round match
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05-Jul-2000
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Maynard - successful call makes Kent toil Photo © Huw John |
Glamorgan adjusted better to the wet conditions at Canterbury to finish the
shortened day with the advantage over Kent in their NatWest fourth-round match. If as expected they complete their victory tomorrow it will be the third time they have reached the quarter-final in four years. At 65-1 from 13 overs they require just 57 runs to beat Kent who could manage only 121 runs from 48.4 overs.
Matthew Maynard set the ball rolling for Glamorgan by asking Kent to bat
after he had called correctly. The batsmen were unable to get the quicker bowlers away. Alex Wharf unsettled the home batsmen further by dismissing Alan Wells, Rahul Dravid and Matthew Walker and Adrian Dale accounted for James Hockley and Alan Ealham. It could have been worse for the home side who were then 66-6 but Paul Nixon (38 n.o.) pushed the total into three figures.
Full postMorale boosting victory for Sri Lanka in Singer Triangular Series
Sri Lanka may have lost the test series against Pakistan but they remain one the world's best sides in the world when it comes to one-day cricket
Charlie Austin
05-Jul-2000
Sri Lanka may have lost the test series against Pakistan but they remain one the world's best sides in the world when it comes to one-day cricket. In front of a full house in Galle International Stadium they comfortably defeated Pakistan by five wickets.
Whilst some may deride the one day game as Mickey Mouse cricket, the importance of the victory should not be underestimated. The Sri Lankan's have had a difficult month, they don't like losing and desperately needed a morale boosting victory. They will now face South Africa tomorrow with renewed zeal and confidence.
Speaking afterwards Dav Whatmore was clearly a relieved man: "That was a game we really needed to win. It's been a month since we have a victory in any form of the game so it was very important for us. This win today has down wonders for the confidence and could be the springboard for getting back to the kind of one day form that Sri Lanka is accustomed to."
Nuwan Zoysa was the key to their victory. An amicable and modest man he may have been embarrassed when receiving his man of the match award, but he thoroughly deserved it for a penetrative seven over opening spell in which he picked up three top order wickets.
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