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Rain does not prevent West Indies embarrassment
Rain had the final say on the fourth day of the Hamilton test but not before the New Zealand bowlers had reasserted the dominance they had established over the West Indies batsman on the second day
Chris Rosie
19-Dec-1999
Rain had the final say on the fourth day of the Hamilton test but not
before the New Zealand bowlers had reasserted the dominance they had
established over the West Indies batsman on the second day.
A sweeping shower extended the first drinks break 11 minutes and persistent
rain drove the players from the field for good 15 minutes after lunch. For
the West Indies, teetering on 64 for four, the interruption was a blessing.
The weather went with prediction but, unlike the previous three days,
action was not long in coming in the opening session. Adrian Griffith and
Sherwin Campbell resumed for the West Indies, having faced one over from
Daniel Vettori at the beginning of the innings the previous evening. For
the third delivery of Chris Cairns' first over, Campbell left an inviting
gap between bat and pad for the ball to take an inside edge into the
stumps. West Indies: no runs, one wicket.
Griffith played out a Dion Nash over before, in Cairns's second, the new
batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, offered a defensive prod, succeeding only
in getting an edge to Adam Parore behind the wickets. West Indies: no runs,
two wickets.
Full postRajasthan score 89-run victory over MP
Rajasthan completed an 89-run victory over Madhya Pradesh in their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match at Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points
19-Dec-1999
Rajasthan completed an 89-run victory over Madhya Pradesh in
their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match at
Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points. After
Rajasthan had declared at their overnight 159-4 to set their
opponents a victory target of 307 in a minimum of 90 overs, MP
fell away from a promising 156-3 to be bowled out for 217 from
82.2 overs. Opener Parvezullah Khan top scored with 41. For
Rajasthan Shamsher Singh had the best figures of 3-52 (for
a match haul of 8-78).
A century by Yusuf Pathan and his 83-run seventh wicket stand
with HM Shah (46) took Baroda to a comfortable score of 326 in
their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Saurashtra
at Rajkot yesterday. At stumps Saurashtra were 97-3 from 50 overs
with Padmanav Jadeja on 24 and Nikhil Rathod on 18. Pathan made
133 (210 balls, 13 4's, 4 6's) and followed it up by taking 1-23
in 15 overs. For Saurashtra, Karavadra and Hansalpara took 3
wickets each.
A fine 91 from Sumit Chavan and a patient 56 from Shirish Kamthe
helped Maharashtra to the first innings lead against Gujarat in
the West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Ahmedabad yesterday. Replying to Gujarat's 206, Maharashtra, at one point 236-4,
had slumped to 242-7 by stumps. Timil Patel, one of the five
Patels in the Gujarat line-up, followed up his knock of 59 with
a haul of 5-75 from 32 overs.
A brilliant unbeaten 139 (213 balls, 14 4's) from ASK Verma
and his unbroken stand of 140 with Y Gnaneswara Rao (72) helped
Andhra post an imposing 317-2 from 93 overs on the first day
of their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Karnataka
at Vishakapatnam yesterday. Verma had earlier been involved in
another century stand of 128 with opener M Suresh (80). Karnataka
used eight bowlers during the day but their attack wilted under
the onslaught.
Full postPunjab's run riot on final day
The Punjab batsmen, led by Yuvraj Singh, just kept piling on the agony for Bihar on the fourth and final day of the Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) final at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday
Partab Ramchand
19-Dec-1999
The Punjab batsmen, led by Yuvraj Singh, just kept piling on
the agony for Bihar on the fourth and final day of the Cooch
Behar Trophy (under-19) final at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur
on Sunday. Having already made sure of winning the title on
Saturday, Punjab who were 431 for two at close of play on the
third day in reply to Bihar's first innings total of 357, batted
the whole day and ended with the mammoth score of 839 for five
in 854 minutes off 222 overs.
Skipper Yuvraj Singh, on 232 overnight, just kept batting and
batting till he was finally out for 358. The Chandigarh born lad,
who turned 18 earlier this month, batted 579 minutes, faced 404
balls and hit 40 fours and six sixes. His partnership for the
third wicket with V Mahajan realised 341 runs from 87.2 overs.
It was truly a monumental effort by the teenager, who had come
to the crease on Friday evening at the fall of the first wicket
at 60. He had initially put on 207 runs for the second wicket
with Manish Sharma.
There was no respite for the beleaguered Bihar bowlers even
after they had dismissed Yuvraj Singh. Mahajan and HK Kali (40)
then added 72 runs for the fourth wicket off 12.2 overs. The
cascade of runs continued unabated with Mahajan and M Dhuper
(66) increasing the score by 119 runs during a fifth wicket
association that lasted 22.2 overs. Dhuper made merry, facing
just 73 balls and hitting eleven fours. But by now all eyes
were on Mahajan who was nearing his double century. He got it
just before close and at the end of the game was unbeaten with
204, compiled off 520 minutes. He faced 414 balls and hit 21 fours.
The Bihar bowlers, not unexpectedly, ended up with the kind of
figures they see in their bad dreams. A Yadav sent down 81 overs
and conceded 289 runs while capturing two wickets. Satendra Mishra
was expensive conceding 218 runs off 49 overs while taking
two wickets.
Full postRajasthan pack off MP by 89 runs
Rajasthan completed an 89 run victory over Madhya Pradesh in their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points
19-Dec-1999
Rajasthan completed an 89 run victory over Madhya Pradesh in their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points. After Rajasthan had declared at their overnight 159-4 to set their opponents a victory target of 307 in a minimum of 90 overs, MP fell away from a promising 156-3 to be bowled out for 217 from 82.2 overs. Opener Parvezullah Khan top scored with 41. For Rajasthan Shamsher Singh had the best figures of 3-52 (for a match haul of 8-78).
Full postMaharashtra take first innings lead
A fine 91 from Sumit Chavan and a patient 56 from Shirish Kamthe helped Maharashtra to the first innings lead against Gujarat in a West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Ahmedabad yesterday
19-Dec-1999
A fine 91 from Sumit Chavan and a patient 56 from Shirish Kamthe helped Maharashtra to the first innings lead against Gujarat in a West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Ahmedabad yesterday. Replying to Gujarat's 206, Maharashtra, at one point 236-4, had slumped to 242-7 by stumps. Timil Patel, one of the five Patels in the Gujarat line-up, followed up his knock of 59 with a haul of 5-75 from 32 overs.
Full postVerma cracks unbeaten century
A brilliant unbeaten 139 (213 balls, 14 4's) from ASK Verma and his unbroken stand of 140 with Y Gnaneswara Rao (72) helped Andhra post an imposing 317-2 from 93 overs on the first day of their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Karnataka
19-Dec-1999
A brilliant unbeaten 139 (213 balls, 14 4's) from ASK Verma and his unbroken stand of 140 with Y Gnaneswara Rao (72) helped Andhra post an imposing 317-2 from 93 overs on the first day of their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Karnataka at Vishakapatnam yesterday. Verma had earlier been involved in another century stand of 128 with opener M Suresh (80). Karnataka used eight bowlers during the day but their attack wilted under the onslaught.
Full postRajiv Nayyar's century sustains North Zone
Rajiv Nayyar, who has an insatiable appetite for runs, hit an unbeaten 105 to help North Zone towards a challenging total of 469 in their first innings on the second day of their five day Duleep Trophy final against West Zone at the Eden Gardens in
Partab Ramchand
18-Dec-1999
Rajiv Nayyar, who has an insatiable appetite for runs, hit an unbeaten
105 to help North Zone towards a challenging total of 469 in their
first innings on the second day of their five day Duleep Trophy final
against West Zone at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Saturday. At
stumps West Zone were eight for no loss.
Nayyar, the 31-year-old right hander from Himachal Pradesh has been in
tremendous form this season. His crowning glory was the 271 he
compiled in the North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir
last month when he batted 1015 minutes - the longest innings in the
history of first class cricket. He has monumental patience and a good
defence and he showed the twin qualities in abundant measure on
Saturday.
North Zone, who resumed on 263 for four, did not lose a fifth wicket
till well into the morning's play thanks to some good work by
nightwatchman Navdeep Singh. He helped Rajiv Nayyar to add 64 runs for
the fifth wicket off 29 overs before he was caught by wicketkeeper PH
Patel off Mhambrey for 23. Navdeep defended dourly for 136 minutes. He
faced 85 balls and hit two boundaries.
Much was expected of the inform Virendra Shewag who got 274 in the
quarterfinal against South Zone. But he was caught by Wasim Jaffar off
Mhambrey for 13. Vijay Dahiya, also expected to be among the runs, was
caught by Williams off Kulkarni for 10. And when Nikhil Chopra, who
got 132 in the semifinal against holders Central Zone, was bowled by
Zakir Khan for two, North Zone had slid to 383 for eight.
Full postNew Zealand take first innings lead on day three
New Zealand will look back on the third day of the Hamilton test against the West Indies and reflect on what might have been
Chris Rosie
18-Dec-1999
New Zealand will look back on the third day of the Hamilton test against
the West Indies and reflect on what might have been. A 28-run first innings
advantage was small return for a lot of hard work. Eight batsmen passed 20,
three passed 50 but it all came to a halt at Chris Cairns' top score of 72.
New Zealand resumed on 113 for three in similar conditions to the first two
days; high cloud and humid but the midday start again taking some of the
atmospheric advantage from the pace men.
West Indies captain Brian Lara tried the pace-spin combination in the form
of Courtney Walsh and Dinanath Ramnarine, the latter finding some sharp
turn out of the footmarks to the resuming New Zealand left-handers, captain
Stephen Fleming and nighwatchman Daniel Vettori.
In the fifth over of the session, Ricardo Powell, diving high to his left,
failed to hold a Vettori slash at Walsh. Other wise neither batsman had
much difficulty negotiating the first hour, adding 40 to the overnight total.
Full postIndian bowlers make little impression
A make shift Indian bowling line up, bereft of two leading bowlers in Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble as well as the in form Ajit Agarkar made little impression as the Tasmanian openers put on 166 without loss off 58 overs at stumps on the second day
Partab Ramchand
18-Dec-1999
A make shift Indian bowling line up, bereft of two leading bowlers in
Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble as well as the in form Ajit Agarkar
made little impression as the Tasmanian openers put on 166 without
loss off 58 overs at stumps on the second day of their four day game
at Hobart on Saturday. This was in reply to the Indians' first innings
total of 316 for nine declared.
Stand in captain Saurav Ganguly tried six bowlers in all, including
himself, to break the partnership. But Dene Hills and skipper Jamie
Cox came in undisturbed after having batted four hours and faced 58
overs in all. By stumps Hills had faced 182 balls and had nine fours
in his 67 while the more aggressive Cox had faced 173 balls for his
88. He also had nine hits to the ropes. Incidentally Cox leads
Somerset in the English county championship.
None of the Indian bowlers - Venkatesh Prasad, Mohanty, Ganguly,
Kumaran, Harbhajan Singh and Vijay Bhardwaj - looked like taking a
wicket as the Tasmanian duo dealt with them comfortably. On the slow
wicket, neither the pacemen nor the spinners enjoyed
success. Harbhajan, whose only other appearance on the tour was during
a festival one day match in Canberra finished the day with none for 34
off 14 overs, the most sent down by an Indian bowler in the
day. Mohanty besides being expensive - his 13 overs cost 49 runs -
also sent down five no balls.
Earlier, resuming at 241 for six, the Indians declared at the lunch
interval after an unbroken last wicket partnership of 47 runs in 95
minutes and off 26.1 overs between Venkatesh Prasad (17) and Mohanty
(22). Left arm medium pacer Andrew Downton who took all the three
wickets to fall on Saturday morning to reduce the tourists to 269 for
nine, finished with five for 90 from 30 overs. Colin Miller bowled
economically but finished wicketless after bowling 32 overs while
conceding 43 runs.
Full postWI fall away
The West Indian cricketers who had pride of place in the Lord Mayor's parade on the first day of this first Test against New Zealand finished the journey on the dust-cart yesterday
Don Cameron
18-Dec-1999
The West Indian cricketers who had pride of place in the Lord Mayor's parade on the first day of this first Test against New Zealand finished the journey on the dust-cart yesterday.
From the imposing position of 282 for one wicket overnight, the West Indies first innings declined rapidly, with the last nine wickets falling for 83 runs, and ended on 365 from 138.1 overs - when all the tenets of Test cricket would have suggested a dominating score of 400-plus.
Batsman-friendly
The visitors regained some of that lost ground when they had both New Zealand openers out at 67 for two, and put the match back on balance when leg-spinner Dianath Ramnarine took the third wicket at 107 with a googly, suggesting that the pitch may not remain batsman-friendly and that New Zealand's stumps position of 113 for three was a mite precarious.
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