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Hampshire v Zimbabweans at Southampton - Day 3
After a rainy second day when no play was possible, the third day of the match was cool but sunny throughout
John Ward
30-Apr-2000
After a rainy second day when no play was possible, the third day of the match was cool but sunny throughout. The rain had left the bowler's run-ups sodden through and any pressure on the grass sent water spurting up like an artesian well, so no play was possible until after lunch. By the close, Zimbabwe had scored 281 for six, a lead of 150, and were still in with a fair chance of victory on the fourth and final day, given uninterrupted play.
Murray Goodwin opened the day's scoring after lunch, clipping Simon Francis neatly through midwicket for four. His partner Trevor Gripper, enjoyed a life when on 6, snicking a shoulder high catch to third slip, the guilty fielder getting his hands to the ball but still allowing it to burst through them to the boundary.
While Gripper concentrated on perfecting his forward defence, Goodwin took Francis apart and when he changed ends, with five fours in an over, a pull, two cuts and two drives. He slowed down as he approached his fifty, though, eventually reaching it off 75 balls. Then Gripper, attempting a rare attacking strike, sliced a catch to gully, off left arm spinner Charlie van der Gucht for 24. Lee Savident held the catch, this made up for a very poor over he has just delivered. The pair had added 103 for the second wicket.
Alistair Campbell soon announced his presence with two successive off side fours off van der Gucht, but Goodwin 70 pulled the same bowler to midwicket for Alex Morris to hold a sharp chance. Carlisle scored one this afternoon whether one was talking cricket or soccer, cricketer Stuart laboured to move the ball off the square until skying an attempted drive to mid-off, where Simon Renshaw held the catch. The out-of-form Neil Johnson 0 was dropped low down at mid-off, off Renshaw; but next ball snicked a catch to Jason Laney at second slip.
Full postZimbabwean bowlers make BCCSL XI struggle
Following their great escape in the first unofficial test match the Zimbabwean bowlers have continued where they left off in Kurunegala
Charlie Austin
30-Apr-2000
Following their great escape in the first unofficial test match the Zimbabwean bowlers have continued where they left off in Kurunegala. Sri Lanka, who won the toss and elected to bat, struggled against the miserly bowling of the visitors on a turning pitch at De Zoysa Stadium and were bowled out for just 212.
The Zimbabwean players have immediately responded to the coach's request for greater discipline in the bowling after the Kurunegala test match. Even the opening bowlers, who have been extremely expensive in the tour so far, acquiesced by bowling a tighter line and shorter length. The spinners - Peacock, Rennie and Price - continued the good work, although initially they bowled a little too flat and fast for this dry, turning wicket.
Kumar Sangakkara held the innings together for the Sri Lankans with a fine 90 off 195 balls. The left handed wicket-keeper played a businesslike innings for his team. Unlike the present Sri Lankan wicketkeeper, Romesh Kaluwitharana, he appears a watchful and patient batsmen. Nevertheless he was prepared to attack the bowlers when given the opportunity and hit a total of 12 boundaries. He was though lucky to survive two chances: a catch down the leg-side in the
50th over and a run-out chance after he slipped in the middle of the wicket.
Apart from Sangakkara and Upeka Fernando (46), who shared a third wicket partnership of 99, the Sri Lankan batsmen failed to apply themselves nor show the kind of intensity and commitment that one has come to expect from Sri Lankan sides during the last few months.
Full postGloucestershire beat Sussex by 10 runs at Bristol
An amazing fight-back from Gloucestershire gave them a miraculous ten run victory over the Sussex Sharks on Sunday
Sean Beynon
30-Apr-2000
An amazing fight-back from Gloucestershire gave them a miraculous ten run
victory over the Sussex Sharks on Sunday. Cruising at 125-4, needing 20 runs
to win, with all the time in the world, Sussex looked virtually impregnable.
Four wickets from Averis ripped away the Sharks' backbone, as one of the
unlikeliest victories in years came into fruition.
Sussex, playing in their first season in Division 1, won the toss and sent the Gladiators in. The home side were soon in trouble, losing pinch-hitter Jeremy Snape and opener Tim Hancock caught in the slips, and Matt Windows, unlucky to be given lbw, as the score crept to 16. Kim Barnett and Mark Alleyne set about the recovery mission, Alleyne cutting and driving with power. The innings never gained impetus, flickering to life only with Jack Russell's breezy knock of 23. Rob Kirtley was the pick of the bowlers, with 3-18 from his allocation. In spite of Barnett's patient 55, 145 never looked enough.
The pitch kept low, offering some help to the seamers. After two early losses, Chris Adams and Michael Bevan eased out a 48 partnership before the former was run out for 12. At 83-3, the hard work appeared to have been done. Jeremy Snape struck with his first ball, but Jamie Carpenter and the invisible Bevan steadied the ship.
A Harvey yorker was too good for Carpenter, and with a lengthy Sussex tail,
perhaps the Gladiators had a chance. James Averis got rid of Robin Martin-Jenkins for a duck, and a direct-hit from Hancock saw the end of Rashid, also for one. Wilton popped an Averis slower ball to mid-wicket, out for one. From holding an iron grip, the Sharks were suddenly 133-8. If there is to be any criticism of Bevan it is that he did not look for the boundaries - appearing content to leave the strike with the tail enders. With two overs left, and Harvey finished with 2-5, (9 overs) Sussex needed a run a ball. Rob Kirtley couldn't get the ball of the square, so resorted to try and loft Averis. The ball skied to mid off, swerving in the wind. It appeared that Harvey had misjudged the take, but he somehow managed a grab, diving backwards, the ball over his head. It was an amazing catch - and is clear why his nickname is the `freak.'
Full postBangladesh crushed by imports
An almost full strength Bangladesh national team playing as Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolitan XI were crushed by the Overseas XI, comprising foreign players currently participating in the country's Premier League
Syedur Rahman
30-Apr-2000
An almost full strength Bangladesh national team playing as Cricket
Committee of Dhaka Metropolitan XI were crushed by the Overseas XI,
comprising foreign players currently participating in the country's Premier
League. The match held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium was organized by
one of the country's oldest clubs, Wari Club as part of their Centneary
celebrations. It was curtailed to a 38-over a side encounter due to heavy
rain on the previous night. Akram Khan led the Bangladesh side while Tareq
Mehmood was in charge of the guests' side which had ten Pakistanis out of
the eleven.
Electing to bat first, CCDM lost Naimur Rahman early for 12, before
Shahriar Hussain and Habibul Bashar added 91 runs for the second wicket.
Bashar left for 37 with the score on 112 and his partner Shahriar was the
next to go, top scoring with 66, an innings which inlcuded three boundaries
and two sixes.Shahriar was Pakistani left armer Mohammad Hossain's first
victim and more soon followed. The rest of the batsman were unable to put
up any resistance against the Overseas attack, as Hossain ripped through
the ordertaking 5/19. CCDM ended at up with a disappointing score of 182/9
in their allotted 38 overs.
Overseas XI started disastrously losing Mohammad Hossain, who failed to
score. But after that another good second wicket partnership, this time
between Salim Elahi (69 off 19 balls, 10 fours and a six) and Imran Farhet
(39) worth 92 put the imports in a very comfortable position. After the
departure of both the anchoring batsman, Sarfaraz followed cheaply with
just 2. With the score on 157 and just 23 runs required, Abid Hanif (19)
and Manzoor Elahi (18) played it safe and Overseas XI sailed to victory
with 3 overs to spare.
Full postKerala falter after good start
Tamil Nadu recovered a lot of ground in the final hour on the opening day of their three day Coca Cola Trophy (under-25) tournament final against Kerala at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday
Partab Ramchand
30-Apr-2000
Tamil Nadu recovered a lot of ground in the final hour on the
opening day of their three day Coca Cola Trophy (under-25)
tournament final against Kerala at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Saturday.
Kerala were 188 for two in the 77th over but then in the space of
12 overs, they lost four wickets for 20 runs to slide to 208 for
six - which is there they finished at stumps.
Put in to bat, Kerala lost an early wicket when their in form
opener MP Sorab was caught by Subash Raj off Shrinivas for 10
with the score on 29. But the other opener Varun Girilal and wicketkeeper CM Deepak added 78 runs for the second wicket off
30.4 overs through careful batting. Girilal was then out stumped
by Vasudevan off Ganesh Kumar for 64. He faced 133 balls and hit
eleven of them to the ropes.
Deepak and SK Nair then continued the recovery process by adding
81 runs for the third wicket off 35.2 overs. While Deepak continued
to bat in dogged fashion, Nair was a bit more aggressive, hitting
44 off 97 balls with five fours.
Full postKenyan team draws with Mumbai CA
The final day's play in the match between the visiting Kenyan team and the Mumbai CA XI at the Wankhede stadium was not devoid of excitement
Partab Ramchand
29-Apr-2000
The final day's play in the match between the visiting Kenyan team and
the Mumbai CA XI at the Wankhede stadium was not devoid of excitement.
Ultimately however the three day game ended in a draw.
The home team, resuming at 70 for two, declared their second innings
at 199 for eight. Opener Praful Dhule top scored with 52 off 105 balls
with the help of four fours and a six. He and the other overnight
batsman Milind Tahamane (24) added 57 runs for the third wicket off
11.4 overs. Wickets then fell at regular intervals and F Otieno picked
up three for 41.
The declaration left the Kenyans a victory target of 226 runs and they
got off to a fine start with openers Ravindu Shah (97) and KO Otieno
(38) putting on 112 runs off 21 overs. Then TM Odoyo (34) and Shah
added 68 runs for the fourth wicket off 16 overs. After that however
wickets fell in a heap as the Kenyans went for runs and off 49 overs
they were 190 for eight when stumps were drawn. Shah who was fourth
out at 185 batted almost three hours, faced 119 balls and hit three
fours and a six. Sandeep Odoyo took three for 34 while NS Shetty
finished with four for 40.
Full postKerala prolong Karnataka's agony
With Kerala's entry into the final already certain by the end of the second day, the last day's play in their Coca Cola Trophy South Zone (under-25) tournament group A game against Karnataka at the Maharaja Jayamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Compex in
Partab Ramchand
28-Apr-2000
With Kerala's entry into the final already certain by the end
of the second day, the last day's play in their Coca Cola Trophy
South Zone (under-25) tournament group A game against Karnataka
at the Maharaja Jayamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Compex in Bangalore
was devoid of much interest. Kerala, resuming at 410 for three
in reply to Karnataka's first innings total of 264, batted on
till they were all out for 615 in 157.2 overs. In the remaining
time, Karnataka scored 92 for two in their second innings.
There was no respite for the beleaguered Karnataka bowlers even
on the final day. Overnight not out batsmen CM Shyam (90) and
skipper NA Kudua (54) made their fourth wicket association worth
94 runs off 18.2 overs. Kudua was in a particularly aggressive mood
and his 54 was made off just 50 balls with eleven hits to the
ropes. Then Shyam and Ramakrishna prolonged Karnataka's agony
by adding 88 runs for the sixth wicket off 22.4 overs. Shyam was
a trifle unlucky to miss his century by ten runs. He faced 179
balls and hit 20 fours. Ramakrishna also made runs at a nifty
rate hitting 42 off 64 balls with four fours and two sixes.
F Muhammad, at No 9, made Karnataka's misery complete by hitting
20 off 22 balls with two fours and a six. S Rath was the only
bowler to stand up to the punishment and he was rewarded with
four wickets for 110 runs.
The truncated Karnataka second innings saw openers Shyam Ponappa
(47) and BA Vinay (23) putting on 72 runs off 16.3 overs. Rain
forced an early closure. Kerala with ten points from two
matches formally qualified for the final where they will meet
Tamil Nadu. The three day match commences on Saturday.
Full postMumbai CA gain first innings lead
Mumbai CA XI took a first innings lead of 26 runs on the second day of their three day match against the visiting Kenyan team at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday
Partab Ramchand
28-Apr-2000
Mumbai CA XI took a first innings lead of 26 runs on the second day of their three day match against the visiting Kenyan team at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday.
Mumbai declared their innings at the overnight score of 179 for nine. The Kenyans lost wickets at regular intervals and were all out for 153. None of the batsmen really stayed for any length of time. They were on the backfoot from the first over when D Otieno was out for a duck. The other opener Ravindu Shah was the top scorer with 37 compiled off 63 balls with two fours. Off spinner Khanolkar (3 for 27) and left arm medium pacer Sandeep Dahad (2 for 27) were the main wicket takers.
In the remaining time, Mumbai scored 70 for two in their second innings. Praful Dhule (22 not out) and skipper Kiran Powar (32) added 54 runs for the second wicket off eight overs.
Full postSatish's 169 places Tamil Nadu in final
The stage seemed set for a keen duel for the all important first innings lead
Partab Ramchand
28-Apr-2000
The stage seemed set for a keen duel for the all important first innings lead. But thanks to some fine batting by R Satish, this never came about. The Tamil Nadu right hander stroked his way to a splendid 169 as his team rather comfortably took the lead against Hyderabad in their group B game and qualified for the final of the Coca Cola Trophy South Zone (under-25) tournament at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu were 224 for six in reply to Hyderabad's first innings score of 283 when play resumed on the final morning. The overnight not out batsmen Satish and Shrinivas steered Tamil Nadu close to their target. Then at 272, Shrinivas was out for 49 compiled off 138 balls and inclusive of four hits to the ropes. In the same over Ghous Baba got rid of Vasudevan for a duck and at 272 for eight, Tamil Nadu were suddenly under some pressure. However Raghuram hit three successive fours of Baba and Tamil Nadu achieved their objective.
Following this, Satish and Raghuram batted with gay abandon and proceeded to add 114 runs for the ninth wicket off 17 overs. Satish, who had come in when Tamil Nadu were precariously placed at 31 for four in the ninth over, was finally out at 386 in the 108th over. For his exemplary 169, Satish batted a shade over six hours, faced 293 balls and hit 24 fours. Off the next delivery, Raghuram was out for a breezy 62. He faced only 50 balls and hit seven fours and two sixes. Ghous Baba finished with five for 95.
In the remaining time, Hyderabad scored 160 for five off 46 overs. Opener Karthik Ramaswamy (46) and skipper Anirudh Singh (60 not out) added 64 runs for the second wicket off 18.5 overs. The match was called off after eight mandatory overs.
Full postKarnataka under-19 team make winning start
The Karnataka under-19 team made a winning start to their tour of Sri Lanka when they defeated the Sri Lanka Schools Combined Under-19 side by 94 u runs in a two day game at the De Zoyasa stadium in Moratuwa on Thursday
Charlie Austin
28-Apr-2000
The Karnataka under-19 team made a winning start to their tour of Sri Lanka when they defeated the Sri Lanka Schools Combined Under-19 side by 94 u runs in a two day game at the De Zoyasa stadium in Moratuwa on Thursday.
The game was played on 70 overs a side. The visiting team were all out for 237 in 66 overs on Wednesday. The Lankan team in reply folded up for 143 runs off 47 overs. Wickets fell at regular intervals and no batsman, save M Fernando, put up a fight. Fernando scored 50 not out. After five wickets had fallen for 66 runs, Fernando and Chandana (16) added 30 runs for the sixth wicket. Later, Fernando and K Anthony (18) added 39 runs for the eighth wicket. But the home team never really got anywhere the Karnataka side's total and their final score was inflated by as many as 30 extras. Medium pacer G Lhaitra was the most successful bowler with four for 41. He was ably supported by S Lazarus (2 for 26) and P Hajeri (2 for 24).
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