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Williams ton keeps Baroda afloat
Baroda face an onerous task in the fight for first innings points in their Super League clash against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi
18-Feb-2000
Baroda face an onerous task in the fight for first innings points in
their Super League clash against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium
in Delhi. At stumps on the third day today Baroda were 265 runs adrift
of Railways' first innings total of 506, with seven wickets in hand.
Resuming at 448/6, Railways batted on for just over an hour in the
morning. Yere Goud's patient 681 minute vigil came to an end when he
was eighth out for 182 (488 balls, 15 fours). Valmik Buch, who took
four of the first five wickets to fall but went wicketless afterwards,
retained the best bowling figures for Baroda: a 64 over effort that
yielded 4/109.
In reply Baroda lost two early wickets but Connor Williams and HR
Jadhav then held the innings together with a fighting 199 run 3rd
wicket association which was prised open in the penultimate over of
the day when Williams was trapped leg before for 123 (250 balls, 14
fours). Baroda closed at 241/3 with Jadhav still there on 82 (167
balls, 6 fours, 1 six).
Full postKarnataka all set to complete last rites
Karnataka were just two wickets away from a crushing victory over Rajasthan at the end of the third day of their Super League game at Bangalore's RSI Ground today
18-Feb-2000
Karnataka were just two wickets away from a crushing victory over
Rajasthan at the end of the third day of their Super League game at
Bangalore's RSI Ground today. After an untypically swift Rahul Dravid
century had helped set Rajasthan a victory target of 359, the visitors
were tottering at 128/8 from 51 overs when stumps were drawn.
Resuming at 77/1, Beerala and Dravid advanced the score to 128 without
further mishap before the former was out for 59 (124 balls, 7
fours). Thilak Naidu arrived at the crease to add a further 115 in
Dravid's company. Naidu was out one short of his fifty but Dravid went
on to compile 149 off just 173 balls (16 fours, 1 six) before his
stumps were disturbed by Anup Dave. Kumble declared at the fall of A
Vijay's wicket at 326/6.
Rajasthan never looked like making a match of it and a dismal middle
order slump from 62/1 to 73/6 sealed their fate. Opener AS Jain top
scored with 32 as Srinath, Prasad and Kumble claimed two wickets each.
Full postHaryana staring defeat in the face
Saurashtra all but wrapped up their Super League tie against Haryana at Rohtak at the end of the third day today
18-Feb-2000
Saurashtra all but wrapped up their Super League tie against Haryana
at Rohtak at the end of the third day today. The home team just about
managed to avoid an innings defeat, being 25 runs ahead with a lone
second innings wicket standing.
It was a day on which Haryana lost 15 wickets. They never really
recovered from the one-two punch that off spinner Hitesh Parsana
delivered in his first two overs of the morning to send back overnight
batsmen Ajay Ratra and Rajesh Puri with just two runs added to the
board. Haryana went rapidly downhill to fold up for 224 as Parsana
(6/68) and part time spinner Sitanshu Kotak (3/14) cleaned up the
tail.
Following on 181 runs behind, Haryana continued to lose wickets at
regular intervals. Rajesh Puri mounted a lone rearguard action and was
undefeated on 77 (155 balls, 11 fours, 1 six). This time the wrecker
in chief was off spinner Firoz Bambhaniya who scalped 4/39. Stumps
were drawn at the fall of the 9th wicket (Feroze Ghyas) with the score
on 206.
Full postKalyani puts Bengal on top
Bengal managed to get the vital first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Delhi at the Eden Gardens on Friday
Sakyasen Mittra
18-Feb-2000
Bengal managed to get the vital first innings lead in their Ranji
Trophy Super League encounter against Delhi at the Eden Gardens on
Friday. On a day when overnight rain curtailed play by 104 minutes,
Bengal, riding on a solid 90 from Srikant Kalyani and useful
contributions from the middle order, declared at 374 for eight
wickets, 44 minutes after tea. Delhi were 30 for no loss when play was
called off. They need another 104 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Bengal's strategy was quite simple on Friday. While Kalyani was to
hold one end up, the others could go for runs from the other. That is
exactly the way Saba Karim, Utpal Chatterjee, Wrichik Mazumdar and
Laxmi Ratan Shukla played. Karim blazed his way to 46 before hitting a
full toss from off spinner Virendra Shewag to cover. However, Bengal
had already managed to take the lead before his dismissal. He had
added 70 runs with Kalyani for the fifth wicket.
In walked Utpal Chatterjee and from the start, he was severe on his
counterpart Rahul Sanghvi in the Delhi side. Utpal got 24 in 35 balls
hitting Sanghvi for a six and a four in one over. Then Mazumdar got 34
in 46 balls. He hit Nikhil Chopra for a lovely six over long on and
added 59 runs for the seventh wicket in 58 minutes. Shukla who came in
next also was very aggresive against the second new ball taken after
95 overs. He hit Sanjay Gill over midwicket for a huge six before the
innings was declared after Kalyani's dismissal.
The former Maharashtra Ranji Trophy captain, who has settled down in
Bengal, once more showed why he is technically considered a very sound
batsman. He rotated the strike beautifully and despatched the loose
deliveries for boundaries. His 200 ball innings with six boundaries
did not really have any flaws. He perished simply because the skipper
asked him to go for runs. He tried to hit Gill out of the ground and
ended in skying it to Akash Malhotra in the covers.
Full postOrissa struggling to avoid defeat
Orissa were fighting a grim battle to avoid defeat against Uttar Pradesh in their Super League tie at Kanpur today
18-Feb-2000
Orissa were fighting a grim battle to avoid defeat against Uttar
Pradesh in their Super League tie at Kanpur today. At the end of the
third day they were still 117 behind, having already lost three second
innings wickets. Earlier UP were all out for 487 in 146.2 overs.
As expected, UP skipper Gyanendra Pandey completed his century in the
morning session. Having lost his overnight partner Rizwan Shamshad for
115 (with their partnership worth 229) , he found another able ally in
S Shukla with whom he put on 75 for the 5th wicket. Pandey was sixth
out for 163 (290 balls, 22 fours, 1 six). Orissa off spinner Sanjay
Satpathy toiled for 48.2 overs to finish with 6/147.
Shalabh Srivastava rocked Orissa by dismissing Mahapatra and Mullick
off successive balls in his 3rd over (and the 6th of the
innings). When SS Das followed soon, Orissa were down to 20/3. Sanjay
Raul and Rashmi Parida then pulled off a rescue act with an unbroken
109 run stand off 30.2 overs. At stumps Raul was on 51 (88 balls, 8
fours) and Parida on 54 (103 balls, 8 fours).
Full postLaxman, Pratap put Hyderabad in front
VVS Laxman and Vanka Pratap slammed centuries as Hyderabad took a 59 run first innings lead over Bihar, with two wickets remaining, on the third day of their Super League tie at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad today
18-Feb-2000
VVS Laxman and Vanka Pratap slammed centuries as Hyderabad took a 59
run first innings lead over Bihar, with two wickets remaining, on the
third day of their Super League tie at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in
Hyderabad today. The home team scored a round 300 runs during the day
to finish at 440/8.
In the morning Nandakishore added only eight runs to his overnight
score before he was dismissed for 82, with the first wicket stand
worth 164, but his partner Laxman went on to crack three figures (119
off 173 balls, 17 fours, 1 six). Pratap and all rounder Parth
Satwalekar then put on 119 for the 5th wicket. When the latter fell
for a 114 ball 73, the flood gates opened with four wickets falling
for 33 runs in the space of 21 balls as Hyderabad attempted to force
the pace towards the close of play. Pratap survived to remain unbeaten
on exactly 100 (218 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes).
Full postHaldipur, Gavaskar put Bengal in driver's seat
A second wicket partnership of 123 runs off 175 balls between Nikhil Haldipur (92) and Rohan Gavaskar (53) placed Bengal in the driver's seat in their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Delhi at Calcutta on Thursday
Sakyasen Mittra
17-Feb-2000
A second wicket partnership of 123 runs off 175 balls between Nikhil
Haldipur (92) and Rohan Gavaskar (53) placed Bengal in the driver's
seat in their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Delhi at
Calcutta on Thursday. Bengal finished the day at 194 for four wickets
when play was called off 19.2 overs before the scheduled close of play
due to bad light.
Earlier, the Bengal bowlers had restricted Delhi to 236 in the first
knock with opener Akash Chopra being the top scorer with 95. It was a
marathon knock that saw occupy the crease for 437 minutes. He faced
328 balls and hit 12 boundaries. He was the last batsman to be
dismissed off Utpal Chatterjee, caught at slip by Saurav
Ganguly. Laxmi Ratan Shukla took the wickets of Rahul Sanghvi and
Sanjay Gill to finish with four wickets while Sumit Panda started the
slide dismissing Nikhil Chopra in the third over of the morning.
Bengal were rocked early as Gill had Devang Gandhi caught behind for a
duck. Then Haldipur and the junior Gavaskar took over. Both played
freely in front of the wicket and never allowed the bowlers to
dominate. Haldipur was severe on Robin Singh (jr) whom he hit for
three fours in an over. Just when he looked set for his sixth Ranji
Trophy hundred he holed out to mid on of the bowling of Rahul
Sanghvi. It was a rash shot. His 92 was compiled off 118 balls with 16
boundaries. Gavaskar completed his 50 gliding Chopra to the fine leg
fence. But he perished in the next over bowled by Sanghvi. He tried to
loft him over mid off and was caught by Chopra.
In walked Ganguly. The 8000-odd crowd which had gathered to watch him
however, were disappointed as he fell for five. He was not fully
forward to a ball from Chopra and the resultant pad-bat was snapped up
at silly point by substitute Gautam Gambhir for only five. At stumps
Srikant Kalyani (23) and Syed Saba Karim (11) were taking Bengal
towards their first target of five points for the first innings lead.
Full postSaurashtra have the edge in keen contest
Saurashtra had the better of the proceedings on Day 2 of their Super League match against Haryana at Rohtak today with the home team still 221 behind on first innings with six wickets in hand
17-Feb-2000
Saurashtra had the better of the proceedings on Day 2 of their Super
League match against Haryana at Rohtak today with the home team still
221 behind on first innings with six wickets in hand. Resuming at
285/5 Saurashtra extended their first innings to 405 thanks in part to
a 56 run 8th wicket stand between HJ Parsana (43) and MM Parmar
(34). Haryana's V Jain took 4/96 but he also bowled 16 no balls as the
home team gifted away 54 runs in extras of which 29 were no balls.
Haryana openers Jitender Singh (51) and Parender Sharma (43) added 99
for the first wicket in 30.1 overs but then followed a dramatic
collapse as four wickets fell for the addition of just three runs in
the space of 27 balls. Parsana was the chief wrecker as he ran out
Jitender and dismissed Jasvir Singh and S Dalal cheaply. Rajesh Puri
responded with a blistering counter attack, stroking an undefeated 62
off 59 balls, and along with wicket keeper Ajay Ratra (13 not out) put
on 82 runs in an unbroken association for the 5th wicket. At close
Haryana were 184/4 from 50 overs.
Full postGoud, Wankhede take Baroda apart
Railways' Y Goud and S Wankhade sent Baroda on a leather hunt with a 255 run 6th wicket partnership on the second day of their Super League game at the Karnail Singh stadium in Delhi today
17-Feb-2000
Railways' Y Goud and S Wankhade sent Baroda on a leather hunt with a
255 run 6th wicket partnership on the second day of their Super League
game at the Karnail Singh stadium in Delhi today. Resuming at 194/5,
Railways lost just one wicket during the day for the addition of 254
runs.
Goud batted through the day to remain unbeaten on a monumental 161
(641 minutes, 464 balls, 12 fours). Wicketkeeper Wankhede was
dismissed in the 88th over of the day for 139 (397 minutes, 296 balls,
18 fours). Z Khan became Baroda's sole wicket taker during the day
when he castled Wankhede. At stumps Railways were 448/6 from 180 overs
with Z Hussain (11 not out) keeping Goud company.
Full postJoshi spins web around Rajasthan batsmen
Sunil Joshi upstaged his more illustrious partners in the Karnataka bowling attack as the home side grabbed an overall lead of 109 with nine second innings wickets standing at close on Day 2 of their Super League match against Rajasthan at the RSI
17-Feb-2000
Sunil Joshi upstaged his more illustrious partners in the Karnataka
bowling attack as the home side grabbed an overall lead of 109 with
nine second innings wickets standing at close on Day 2 of their Super
League match against Rajasthan at the RSI Ground in Bangalore.
Joshi's 6/48 from 26 overs helped Karnataka extinguish Rajasthan's
challenge for 211 and claim a first innings lead of 32. Srinath,
Prasad, Kumble and Ganesh all picked up a wicket apiece. Rajasthan's
one-drop N Doru top scored with 66 (153 balls, 8 fours). Karnataka
openers Beerala and Barrington then put on 52 in 14 overs before the
latter fell for 22. At stumps the hosts were 77/1 with Beerala on 37
and Dravid on 11.
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