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Second successive win for Pakistan
Pakistan right-arm leg-spinner Danish Kenaria destroyed Australia's batting with figures of five wickets for 17 runs off 10 overs to give Pakistan victory by four wickets at the R
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
20-Jan-2000
Pakistan right-arm leg-spinner Danish Kenaria destroyed Australia's
batting with figures of five wickets for 17 runs off 10 overs to give
Pakistan victory by four wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium Thursday.
Put into bat on a slow pitch, Australia were shot out for 113 in the
40th over after struggling throughout against the pace of left-armer
Sahid Saeed and the spin of Kenaria. Saeed struck two early blows to
finish with figures of 3 for 13 off 10 overs. Top scorer was Shane Watson
who made a solid 27 off 63 balls.
Australia fought back hard to reduce Pakistan to 68 for 6 in the 33rd
over, before an unbroken seventh wicket stand of 45 off 41 balls
between Humayun Farhat and Yasir Arafat saw them home in the 40th
over. Wicket-keeper Humayun who accounted for three dismissals in the
Australian innings, rescued Pakistan from a tight situation with a
run-a-ball knock of 38 not out which included six fours. He took the
game away from Australia in the 38th over when he slammed three fours
off Michael Clarke to carry Pakistan past the 100-run mark. Having
overcome that psychological barrier, Pakistan cruised home with
Humayun making the winning hit by straight driving Shane Watson to the
boundary.
This was Pakistan's second successive win in the Super League following
their defeat of New Zealand on Tuesday. They meet West Indies in their
final game on Saturday.
Full postComfortable win for West Indies
West Indies scored a comfortable 56-run victory over New Zealand in the Super League of the Under-19 World Cup at the Nondescripts Cricket Club ground in Colombo on Thursday
20-Jan-2000
West Indies scored a comfortable 56-run victory over New Zealand in
the Super League of the Under-19 World Cup at the Nondescripts Cricket
Club ground in Colombo on Thursday.
Opting to bat, West Indies posted a challenging total of 218 for eight
in 50 overs. Opener B Parchment and the tail helped West Indies to
this total after half the side was dismissed for 105 runs. Parchment
played the sheet anchor role and scored 57 off 102 balls with five
hits to the ropes. He was seventh out at 165 in the 38th
over. Parchment and M Samuels (36) initiated the recovery process by
adding 58 runs for the sixth wicket off 13.1 overs. The innings was
kept going by an unbroken ninth wicket partnership of 51 runs off 11
overs between C Alexander (23) and A Richardson (22).
With wickets falling steadily, New Zealand were never in with a chance
of reaching their target. In fact the highest partnership was the 39
runs off 5.5 overs that G Shaw (16) and T Robin (24 not out) put on
for the last wicket before New Zealand were all out for 161 off 43.1
overs. Alexander followed his valuable knock by capturing three
wickets for 49 runs off eight overs.
Full postWest Indies expose New Zealand's batting
The West Indies beat New Zealand by 56 runs at the NCC ground in Colombo
Simon Williams
20-Jan-2000
The West Indies beat New Zealand by 56 runs at the NCC ground in
Colombo. Replying to the Caribbean side's 218 for 6, the Kiwis
collapsed to 162 all out in the 44th over. Nondescripts has proved to
be a happy hunting ground for the West Indians, this victory win
keeping their hopes of a semi final place very much alive.
The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat on a dry pitch. Lopez,
employed in the pinch hitting role got the innings off to a positive
start. His cameo of 22 set the pace. New Zealand did not appear fazed
and responded with early wickets. Zaheer Ali fell LBW to his first
delivery, then the studless Deonarine run out flat on his back for 9.
Brenton Parchment was the anchor of the West Indian innings, driving
and cutting with his usual flourish, finishing with 54 important runs.
At 167 for 8, the game was there to be taken by New Zealand but they
chose not to bring back their strike bowlers before it was too late.
Camillus Alexander and Andrew Richardson were allowed easy runs and
went on to share an unbeaten stand of 51 for the ninth wicket in 11
overs helping the West Indian total onto a respectable 218 for 8 from
their allocated 50 overs.
New Zealand produced a lacklustre reply against a well balanced pace
and spin bowling attack. Hungry for success, Fast bowler Andrew
Richardson made early inroads. Into his rhythm and with legs pumping
he got Leighton Morgan to knick the 2nd ball of the innings to
Francois behind the stumps. A well timed catch by Lopez removed
Horsley and Richardson promptly dealt with How just as he had Morgan
previously.
At 44 for 3 in the twelfth over, New Zealand were on the back foot and
never recovered. Spinners Samuels, Hinds and Alexander made good use
of a turning wicket and strangled the Kiwi middle and lower order.
When Shaw was finally run out in the 44th over, New Zealand were 56
runs in arrears of the West Indian target. The West Indies triumph,
it must be said came with an inept display of batting characterized by
too many unforced errors.
Full postSri Lankan win machine rolls on
The Sri Lankans maintained their winning streak, when they brushed aside the fragile challenge from Nepal at Moratuwa on Thursday
Anand Vasu
20-Jan-2000
The Sri Lankans maintained their winning streak, when they brushed
aside the fragile challenge from Nepal at Moratuwa on Thursday.
Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first against a strong Sri
Lankan bowling attack - a decision they were soon to regret. Shah and
Chaudhary made 20 runs each, but no one else made a sizable
contribution. Akhtar with 12 was the only other person to reach double
digits. Not surprisingly, extras top scored with 21. Even less
surprisingly, Nepal was bowled out for a paltry 89 in 34.2 overs.
The Lankans have a good all round side, stacked with all rounders and
utility cricketers. They lost just one wicket in knocking off the
required runs with over 30 overs to spare. Daniels with 44 not out was
once again the batting star for Sri Lanka. Mubarak helped himself to
31 runs and the game was easily won.
Sri Lanka now march ahead without losing a single game in the
tournament upto this point. If they keep up this form, they look
strong contenders for the title.
Full postIndia assured of semifinal berth
India defeated England by nine wickets at the CCC Ground in Colombo on Thursday
Charlie Austin
20-Jan-2000
India defeated England by nine wickets at the CCC Ground in Colombo on
Thursday. The loss means that England, the defending champions, have
been knocked out of the under-19 World Cup. India is now assured of a
place in the semi-final.
Forced to chase a modest English total of 182 the Indian batsmen
romped to victory with 7.3 overs remaining. Manish Sharma (86*) and
Raneet Ricky (68) thrashed the bowling to all parts of the ground in
an opening partnership of 134.
Such was the ease with which they defeated England, the Indian players
felt the need to have some extra practice after the match to brush up
on some of their batting and bowling skills.
Speaking afterwards to CRICINFO, the Indian coach was a very contented
man. ``It turned out to be an easy one, I didn't expect it to be
that easy. I think we batted pretty well. They didn't try anything
stupid in the first 15 overs. Our fielding though needs to have a bit
more work as our ground fielding was a bit scratchy.''
Full postEngland show a touch of form
Potchefstroom - They are known as the North West Dragons, and for most of the season their fire has spluttered rather than roared in defiance
Trevor Chesterfield
20-Jan-2000
Potchefstroom - They are known as the North West Dragons, and for most of the season their fire has spluttered rather than roared in defiance. On Thursday night they trailed a smoke haze across their new stadium when it was officially opened and cracked the 200 mark for the second time this season before losing by 41 runs against an England XI.
While the tourists used the outing to utilise their options for their opening match of the triangular series in Bloemfontein on Sunday, and put a solid, if unconvincing 264 for nine on the board, North West did what they could to give the local public a little to remember scoring 223 for eight.
A pity the chaotic melee provided by an unruly crowd at the end let down their side who did what they could, having previously failed three times this season to reach 100.
Yet it was not a batting performance to remember: there were odd patches as well as a first wicket partnership of 71 between Gary Outram and Hendrick de Vos. After that the locals were not going to be in the hunt - there was solid batting down the order with 30s littering the scorecard rather than an impressive half-century.
Full postEast Zone race to incredible victory
Chasing a victory target of 306 and winning with almost ten overs to spare
Partab Ramchand
19-Jan-2000
Chasing a victory target of 306 and winning with almost ten overs to
spare. That's the incredible feat that East Zone pulled off on the
opening day of the Deodhar Trophy tournament at Baroda on
Wednesday. When favourites Central Zone led off with 305 for seven in
50 overs, few would have given East Zone a chance of winning. But an
unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 175 runs between opener Nikhil
Haldipur and Saba Karim, both of whom got breezy hundreds, saw East
Zone race to victory for the loss of only three wickets and with 9.5
overs to spare.
The batsmen had things their own way from start to finish. The fact
that 614 runs were scored off 90.1 overs, with three hundreds being
notched up while only 10 wickets fell illustrates the dominance of the
bat over ball. The knocks by Karim and Haldipur, their hectic
partnership and East Zone's remarkable victory put into the shade the
superb century of Jai P Yadav in the morning.
Opting to bat, Central lost the in form Jyoti Yadav quickly when he
was bowled by Zaman for eight. But Gagan Khoda and Jai P Yadav
steadied the innings with a second wicket partnership of 99 runs off
18.3 overs. Khoda was content to play second fiddle as Yadav blazed
forth with bold strokes. After Khoda's departure for 40, Yadav and
Amay Khurasia then maintained the momentum with a third wicket stand
of 110 runs off 18.1 overs. Again Yadav dominated the partnership and
was well past his hundred when Khurasia gave a return catch to Utpal
Chatterjee for 39. The veteran Bengal left arm spinner then dismissed
Yadav in his next over. Yadav's brilliant 128 was compiled off just
117 balls and he hit 17 fours and two sixes.
The sparkle was maintained by a bright 45 by D Bundela. He faced only
27 balls and hit two fours and three sixes. With skipper Gyanendra
Pandey, he gave the innings a final flourish by adding 46 runs for the
sixth wicket off only five overs. The East Zone skipper Chatterjee
was the one bowler to stand up to the punishment and was rewarded with
four for 53 off ten overs.
Full postZimbabwe bounce back
Zimbabwe bounced back from the disappointment of losing to England by just three runs with an emphatic six-wicket victory over Kenya at the Galle Stadium today
Charlie Austin
19-Jan-2000
Zimbabwe bounced back from the disappointment of losing to England by
just three runs with an emphatic six-wicket victory over Kenya at the
Galle Stadium today. In bright sunshine and on a good batting wicket,
they bowled out the Kenyans for just 162 in 44.2 overs, reaching the
target with 18.2 overs remaining.
Speaking after the match to CRICINFO, the Zimbabwean manager was happy
to get a win but not particularly happy with their performance in the
field. ``It is good to get a win under our belt. I?m happy with the
result but not particularly happy with the bowling today, which is one
area in which we have been very good at. We bowled far too many extras
again and went through spells where we lost our concentration. I think
they ended up with 40 too many. On the other hand that is about the
best we have batted all tour. We have just got to get all three
departments right together.''
Zimbabwe now have to beat Namibia on Friday to be sure of qualifying
for the Plate semi-finals but will be desperate to beat Bangladesh as
well. If they win the group then they don?t have to play South
Africa in the semi-final.
The Kenyans will be crestfallen. They came to this tournament with
high hopes but have so far not really performed. Even their fielding ,
which is normally so electric, was bit rugged today. They have
clearly suffered from the lack of match practice in the run up to the
tournament.
Full postBangladesh race to easy victory
Bangladesh wasted no time in racing to a seven wicket victory over Namibia in the Plate Championship of the under-19 World Cup at the Uyanwatte stadium in Matara on Wednesday
19-Jan-2000
Bangladesh wasted no time in racing to a seven wicket victory over
Namibia in the Plate Championship of the under-19 World Cup at the
Uyanwatte stadium in Matara on Wednesday.
Namibia were plainly outplayed. Put in to bat, they were shot out for
57 in 28.3 overs. The fact that extras with 22 provided the top score
tells the sad tale of the Namibia innings. None of the batsmen reached
double digits with S Gericke top scoring with eight. Interestingly
enough, they were no ducks in the innings, Hannan Sarker was quite
unplayable as his final figures of 10-4-15-5 will illustrate.
Bangladesh reached their easy target in only 11.1 overs as probably
the most lop sided encounter in the tournament came to a quick end.
Full postAustralia extend their lead
Australia extended their lead at top of the Carlton & United Series tonight with a comprehensive 81-run win over Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Rick Eyre
19-Jan-2000
Australia extended their lead at top of the Carlton & United Series
tonight with a comprehensive 81-run win over Pakistan at the Sydney
Cricket Ground. Pakistan were dismissed for 205 in 45.2 overs after
Australia made 286 in 49.4 overs. Stuart MacGill was named man of the
match on his ODI debut, taking 4/19 in his ten overs.
Steve Waugh won the toss and Australia batted first in the sixth game
of this year's series. Brett Lee was rested with MacGill coming into
the team. Azhar Mahmood came into the Pakistan side replacing
Wajahatullah Wasti.
Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist opened the batting as usual for
Australia in hot, sunny conditions, against the bowling of the old
firm of Wasim and Waqar. Akram opened tidily but Waqar gave up 15 runs
in his three over spell and was quickly replaced by Abdur Razzaq.
With the score at 23, the Pakistan captain struck twice at the start
of the ninth over of the day. Gilchrist (13) attempted a cut outside
off but didn't have the correct line and gave an edge to Moin Khan.
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