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Delhi's top order clicks
Good work by the Delhi top order saw them score 279 for five at close of play on the second day in their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Rajasthan at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds on Sunday
06-Feb-2000
Good work by the Delhi top order saw them score 279 for five at close of play on the second day in their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Rajasthan at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds on Sunday.
After the first day on Saturday had been washed out, Delhi won the toss and elected to bat. They lost A Choppra (11) at 32 but for the rest of the day, the home team's batsmen dominated. First Ashu Dani (82) and G Gambhir (33) added 60 runs for the second wicket off 23.2 overs. After Gambhir's departure, Dani and skipper Ajay Sharma (52) put on 63 runs for the third wicket off 18.2 overs. Dani was third out at 155 after having faced 171 balls and hitting eleven fours. Sharma and Virendra Shewag then consolidated by increasing the score by 75 runs during a fourth wicket association that lasted 14.3 overs. While Sharma faced 105 balls and hit seven fours in his 52 before he was run out, the in form Shewag faced just 66 balls for his 64, hitting nine fours. Mithun Minhas (16) and Vijay Dahiya (2) were the not out batsmen when stumps were drawn.
Full postBaroda hold all the aces
Baroda held all the aces at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Bihar at the IPCL sports complex ground in Baroda on Sunday
06-Feb-2000
Baroda held all the aces at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Bihar at the IPCL sports complex ground in Baroda on Sunday. The home team scored 499 in their first innings, shot out Bihar for 119, enforced the follow on and had taken three second innings wickets for 74 at close.
It was totally Baroda's day. Resuming at 360 for six, they did well to get to almost 500. HR Jadhav was chiefly responsible for this. On six overnight, Jadhav, when the innings ended, was unlucky to be left high and dry on 98. He faced 134 balls and hit 13 fours and a six. With VN Buch (39) he added 83 runs for the ninth wicket off 21.2 overs and then with last man IK Pathan (4) he increased the score by 46 runs off just 5.2 overs. The wickets were shared by the seamers Dhiraj Kumar (6 for 167) and M Diwakar (4 for 125).
Bihar's first innings was a fair disaster. They lost wickets at regular intervals and only a defiant 31 by wicketkeeper MS Dhoni and a rollicking 34 by No 10 batsman Dhiraj Kumar, who faced 38 balls and hit six fours, saw Bihar reach three figures. Z Khan was the wrecker-in-chief taking five wickets for 43 off 9.5 overs but he received able support from his new ball partner RB Patel (2 for 38) and IK Pathan (3 for 31).
Following on 380 runs behind, Bihar lost two wickets for six runs, but opener N Ranjan (38 not out) and skipper Sunil Kumar (26) added 48 runs for the third wicket. However, Bihar still face an uphill task.
Full postAustralia go one-up in Rose Bowl
The Australian Southern Stars carried on today where they left off against England
Rick Eyre
06-Feb-2000
The Australian Southern Stars carried on today where they left off against
England. Fresh from a 4-0 clean sweep against the English women, Australia
scored a thirteen-run victory over New Zealand today at Albert Ground,
Melbourne, to take a one-nil lead in the three-match series.
The Rose Bowl is the annual symbol of Trans-Tasman supremacy in women's
cricket, with New Zealand the defending title holders.
An even hundred by veteran New Zealand opener Debbie Hockley was not enough
as the visitors were dismissed for 167 chasing Australia's 9/180 - captain
Belinda Clark contributing 69.
For the fifth time in five one-day internationals this season, Clark,
Australia's most-capped captain, won the toss. She elected to bat first,
but New Zealand made an early breakthrough when Rachel Pullar had Lisa
Keightley trapped lbw in the eighth over of the day for 3.
Full postWest Indies Domestic: Barbados all out for 196
Port-of-Spain - If it were a cricketing crime to give away wickets with loose strokes, most of Barbados' front-line batsmen would have been arrested, charged and convicted here yesterday
Haydn Gill
05-Feb-2000
Barbados 196, T&T 36-2
Port-of-Spain - If it were a cricketing crime to give away wickets with
loose strokes, most of Barbados' front-line batsmen would have been
arrested, charged and convicted here yesterday.
The offenders, in chronological order, were captain Philo Wallace,
Sherwin Campbell, Roland Holder, Ryan Hurley and Hendy Bryan.
In order to avoid an outright defeat and be assured of a place in the
Busta Cup semifinals, they will now need to escape at the rate in which
prisoners have been getting away from Trinidad's Golden Grove Prison in
the last six months.
Full postMumbai take honours despite Arun Kumar's 76
Despite a gallant 76 by in form opener J Arun Kumar, Mumbai took the honours on the first day of their Group A Ranji Trophy Super League match against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Saturday
05-Feb-2000
Despite a gallant 76 by in form opener J Arun Kumar, Mumbai took
the honours on the first day of their Group A Ranji Trophy Super
League match against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium
in Bangalore on Saturday. After dismissing the hosts for 209
runs in their first innings, Mumbai scored 17 without loss
by close.
Opting to bat, Karnataka were given a good start with Arun Kumar
and Mithun Beerala (14) putting on 46 runs off 17.4 overs. But
the fall of Beerala and Sujith Somasundar in successive overs
was a major blow. However Arun Kumar and VST Naidu (20) steadied
the innings with a fourth wicket stand of 66 runs off 20.4 overs.
But the fall of Arun Kumar who was fourth out at 141 started a
mini collapse. While A Vijay stood firm, wickets fell at
regular intervals at the other end and medium pacer S Kannan
hastened the end of the innings with some quick wickets. Arun
Kumar who faced 171 balls hit 13 fours while Vijay who was last
out, faced 102 balls for his 41, which included six hits to the
ropes. Kannan finished with four for 55 while Nilesh Kulkarni
had three for 41.
Mumbai batted for seven overs and openers Wasim Jaffer and Amit
Phagnis batted out till stumps were drawn.
Full postArothe leads Baroda run feast
Skipper Tushar Arothe led a Baroda run feast on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Trophy Super League match against Bihar at the IPCL Sports Complex ground in Vadodara on Saturday
05-Feb-2000
Skipper Tushar Arothe led a Baroda run feast on the opening
day of their Group B Ranji Trophy Super League match against
Bihar at the IPCL Sports Complex ground in Vadodara on Saturday.
The left handed Arothe hit 125 as Baroda finished with 360
for six off 90 overs at stumps.
It was indeed a superb recovery by the home team who were
put in to bat. For, medium pacer Dhiraj Kumar removed in form
opening batsman Cecil Williams and SS Parab with successive
deliveries to have Baroda tottering at ten for two in the third
over. Then started the spirited Baroda rally. The recovery
process was initiated by opener RA Swaroop (59) and Nayan Mongia
(65) who added 89 runs for the third wicket off 29.3 overs.
Swaroop was then out after facing 98 balls and hitting eight
fours. But Mongia and Arothe continued the rescue act by adding
114 runs for the fourth wicket off 26 overs. Mongia then fell to
Dhiraj Kumar. He faced 161 balls and hit four of them to the
fence. The 33-year-old Arothe and former India player Atul
Bedade then consolidated with a fifth wicket partnership of 97
runs off 18.3 overs. Arothe was finally fifth out at 310. In a
stay of three hours, he faced 145 balls and hit 20 fours. Bedade
fell shortly afterwards for 49, compiled off 72 balls with the
help of seven hits to the ropes. RB Patel enlivened the closing
stages with a bright unbeaten 32 off just 23 balls with the
help of five fours to set the seal on Baroda's dominance.
Dhiraj Kumar, who took the first four wickets to fall, had
figures of four for 114 at close of play.
Full postOnly 32 minutes play possible
Only 32 minutes play was possible on the opening day in the Group B Ranji Trophy Super League match between Hyderabad and Punjab at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Saturday
05-Feb-2000
Only 32 minutes play was possible on the opening day in the Group
B Ranji Trophy Super League match between Hyderabad and Punjab
at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Saturday.
In that time, Hyderabad, put in to bat, were 16 for no loss
off 6.4 overs. The match started only at 4 pm due to rain.
At close, VVS Laxman (10) and A Nandakishore (6) were batting.
Full postTamil Nadu top order clicks
The Tamil Nadu top order clicked in a major way on Saturday, the opening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy Super League match against Saurashtra at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai
05-Feb-2000
The Tamil Nadu top order clicked in a major way on Saturday, the
opening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy Super League match against
Saurashtra at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. Put in to bat by
Sitanshu Kotak, Tamil Nadu's way of saying `thank you' was to run up a
score of 348 for four at stumps.
Opener Anand George was the only batsman to fail. He scored only six
as Tamil Nadu lost their first wicket at 26 in the sixth over. For the
rest of the day, the hosts dominated. First Aashish Kapoor and S
Sriram added 69 runs for the second wicket off 14.5 overs. Kapoor then
left for a bright 59 off just 60 balls. He hit nine fours. Sriram and
Hemang Badani then consolidated with a third wicket partnership of 119
runs off 32.4 overs. The left handed Sriram was unlucky to miss his
century by two runs for at 98 he was adjudged leg before to
Bambhaniya. Sriram faced 144 balls and hit 12 of them to the
ropes. There was no respite for Saurashtra even after Sriram's
departure. For Badani and Sridharan Sarath then got together for a
fourth wicket association that realised 84 runs off 25 overs. Badani
was then dismissed for 86. He faced 177 balls and hit six fours and
two sixes. Sarath and JR Madanagopal (18) then put on another 50 runs
for the unbroken fifth wicket off 12 overs. At stumps the in form
Sarath was batting with 58. The left hander faced 113 balls and hit
seven fours.
Full postWest Indies Domestic: Trinidad take lead
Port-of-Spain - An absorbing duel between Barbados' bowlers and Trinidad and Tobago's batsmen culminated with a hard-earned advantage for the desperate hosts yesterday
05-Feb-2000
Barbados 196, Trinidad and Tobago 251-6
Port-of-Spain - An absorbing duel between Barbados' bowlers and
Trinidad and Tobago's batsmen culminated with a hard-earned
advantage for the desperate hosts yesterday.
On a gripping second day, Barbados toiled in the face of the
crucial century stand between Richard Smith and Keno Mason that
earned Trinidad and Tobago unlikely first innings points.
There was plenty of frustration for the defending Busta Cup
champions who could only manage four wickets on the day,
including that of a night watchman.
Full postEast Zone maintain winning streak
East Zone maintained their winning streak defeating North Zone by three wickets in the Vijay Hazare (Under-16) Trophy Tournament at the KL Saini Stadium in Jaipur on Friday
05-Feb-2000
East Zone maintained their winning streak defeating North Zone by
three wickets in the Vijay Hazare (Under-16) Trophy Tournament at
the KL Saini Stadium in Jaipur on Friday. East Zone, who had
already made sure of the trophy, registered their fourth straight
win and ended with eight points. North Zone finished with four
points from four matches.
East Zone, chasing a target of 228, were struggling at 37 for
three in the tenth over. PJ Das (61 runs of 68 balls) was joined
by A Nandi (59 runs of 81 balls) and they put on 84 runs for the
fourth wicket off 17.3 overs. Then N Behera (31 runs of 50 balls)
and Nandi added 55 runs off 9.3 overs for the fifth wicket.
Towards the end, captain M Talukdar (32 not out of 26 balls)
hastened East's victory, which came in the 47th over.
Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss, North Zone made
a good start with M Kholi (39 runs of 69 balls) and R Jaswal (32
runs of 34 balls) adding 75 for the first wicket in 14.2 overs.
Then Rajan Singh (41 runs of 70 balls) and J Sharma (41 runs of
62 balls) put on 87 runs in 20.1 overs for the third wicket. But
North Zone, plagued by four run outs, ended with a score of 227
for 9 in 50 overs.
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