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Delhi's strong reply against Bihar
Delhi, not at all overawed by Bihar's imposing first innings total of 398, replied with 115 for two at close of play on the second day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Monday
13-Dec-1999
Delhi, not at all overawed by Bihar's imposing first innings total of 398, replied with 115 for two at close of play on the second day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Monday. The stage is thus set for a battle royal for the all important first innings lead on Tuesday.
Bihar who had taken their time to get 199 for four off 94 overs on Sunday, turned on the heat on the second day, hitting another 199 runs off just 52.2 overs. First Manish Kumar and T Pratap, the overnight batsmen added 61 runs for the fifth wicket before the latter was out for 39. This was followed by a sixth wicket stand of 78 runs from 23.2 overs between Manish Kumar and MS Dhoni (38). Manish Kumar was finally eighth out at 336 but not before he got 101. He batted 320 minutes, faced 246 balls and hit ten fours. M Diwakar (46) and Satendra Mishra (22) kept the innings going by adding 40 runs for the ninth wicket. Suhail Sharma who sent down 50.2 overs finished with five for 94.
Diwakar who opened the bowling followed his valuable contribution by dismissing both the Delhi openers with only 23 runs on the board. However an unbroken third wicket stand of 92 runs from 29.1 overs between G Gambhir (57) and P Chawla (44) revived Delhi's hopes. Gambhir has hit nine fours and Chawla seven.
Full postManish, Yuvraj put Punjab on top
Centuries by Manish Sharma and skipper Yuvraj Singh helped Punjab take a stranglehold on their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Madhya Pradesh at stumps on the second day at the Telco club ground in Jamshedpur on Monday
13-Dec-1999
Centuries by Manish Sharma and skipper Yuvraj Singh helped Punjab take a stranglehold on their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Madhya Pradesh at stumps on the second day at the Telco club ground in Jamshedpur on Monday.
MP, 264 for eight overnight, were dismissed for the addition of only four more runs. Yuvraj Singh and Uniyal took four wickets each. Punjab were given a fine start by openers RS Ricky (45) and Manish Sharma who put on 122 runs off 47.4 overs. This was followed by a second wicket partnership of 119 runs from 24.2 overs between Manish Sharma and Yuvraj Singh. Manish Sharma was then leg before to Maninder Singh for 118. He batted 284 minutes, faced 215 balls and hit 17fours and two sixes. In the company of V Mahajan, Yuvraj too reached his century and at close was batting with 103. In aggressive mood, the skipper faced only 115 balls hitting 15 fours and two sixes. With Mahajan (10) he dominated the unbroken third wicket stand of 55 runs off 13 overs. By stumps Punjab had made 296 for two off 85 overs a lead of 28 runs with eight wickets intact.
Full postUP claim first innings points
Uttar Pradesh took first innings points against Rajasthan as their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Bhilwara ended in a draw yesterday
13-Dec-1999
Uttar Pradesh took first innings points against Rajasthan as their
Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Bhilwara ended in a draw
yesterday. Resuming at 87-1, Rajasthan progressed to 161-3 but then
lost their last 7 wickets for 45 runs to be all out for 206. R Gurjar
top scored with 58. For UP, S Shukla with 4-37 and P Chaudhary with
3-41 were the chief wreckers. In the time that remained UP knocked off
sixty without loss in 15 overs.
Full postWest Zone certain of berth in Duleep final
West Zone are virtually through to the Duleep Trophy final
12-Dec-1999
West Zone are virtually through to the Duleep Trophy final. On the
fourth day of their semifinal against East Zone at the Eden Gardens in
Calcutta on Sunday, they bowled out the home team for 255 runs in
their first innings. Despite getting a lead of 345 runs, they did not
enforce the follow on and opted to bat again. Their second innings
score of 174 for one has made their entry into the final certain.
West Zone did not take long to dismiss East Zone when play
resumed. Overnight 208 for five, East Zone lost the five remaining
wickets for the addition of only 47 runs in 13 overs. Their last
bastion of strength Saba Karim fell without adding to last evening's
score of 60. But even as Siddiqui and Kulkarni cut through the tail
with clinical precision, Sukhbinder Singh, the other overnight batsman
stood firm. He remained unbeaten with 51 after having faced 107 balls
and hitting eight fours and a six.
In their second innings, West Zone were again a good start by openers
Wasim Jaffar and Cecil Williams who put on 71 runs in 30.4
overs. Williams, who got a century in the first innings, was out for
41. Jaffar (75) and AV Kale (55) then added 103 runs for the unbroken
second wicket in 43.2 overs with West Zone enjoying a huge lead of 519
runs at the end of the penultimate day.
Full postUnbeaten ton by Raja Ali but Central face uphill task
Madhya Pradesh's Raja Ali kept Central Zone's slim hopes of qualifying for the Duleep Trophy final alive with a gallant unbeaten century on the penultimate day of their semifinal against North Zone at Guwahati on Sunday
12-Dec-1999
Madhya Pradesh's Raja Ali kept Central Zone's slim hopes of qualifying
for the Duleep Trophy final alive with a gallant unbeaten century on
the penultimate day of their semifinal against North Zone at Guwahati
on Sunday. The 23-year-old right hander saw the holders reach 328 for
seven at the end of the fourth day of the match. But Central who still
need another 216 runs to overhaul North Zone's first innings total of
543, face an uphill task.
Central resumed at 149 for three and suffered a major blow when opener
Jyoti Yadav, after batting 383 minutes was caught by Dharmani off
Sodhi for 70. During his patient knock, Yadav had faced 243 balls and
hit six fours. The fourth wicket stand between Yadav and Ali had
realized 74 runs off 32 overs.
Skipper Gyanendra Pandey did not last long, being caught by Sodhi off
Chopra for two. A little later, S Shukla was out for seven and Central
were in dire straits at 199 for six. However M Saif and Ali then came
together for a seventh wicket partnership that revived Central's faint
hopes. The two put on 91 runs off 34.3 overs before Saif was leg
before to Mongia for 35. He batted 2-1/2 hours, faced 105 balls and
hit five fours. PV Gandhe joined Ali who had in the meantime passed
the three figure mark. But having scoring three off 17 balls, Gandhe
retired hurt. Ashish Winston Zaidi (12) however stayed with Ali till
stumps. Ali has so far faced 283 balls for his 122 and has hit 16
fours and a six.
Full postAustralians relentless in tightening the grip
A continuation of Shane Warne's fine individual form in the match, two controversial decisions by Umpire Daryl Harper, and some generally unremarkable batting from the tourists have all combined to consign India to a troubled state after the third
John Polack
12-Dec-1999
A continuation of Shane Warne's fine individual form in the match, two
controversial decisions by Umpire Daryl Harper, and some generally
unremarkable batting from the tourists have all combined to consign
India to a troubled state after the third day of the First Test
against Australia here at the Adelaide Oval. Following another
relentlessly tough day of cricket, the Indians face an overall deficit
of 227 runs; Australia positioned at a scoreline of 71 for two in its
second innings.
For the second successive day, the principal star of proceedings today
was Australian leg spinner Shane Warne. Although India is a nation
against which he has generally struggled at Test level, the Victorian
showed no signs of being out of his depth at all today in this
particular company as his teasing accuracy and control forced most of
the batsmen to whom he bowled into a defensive mould. Closing in on
Dennis Lillee's record for the most number of wickets ever taken by an
Australian in Tests all the while (he is now just eight short of
equalling Lillee's mark of 355), he returned the figures of 4/92 in a
due tribute to how intelligently varied his flight, his line and his
pace. So efficiently did he bowl, in fact, that it looked very likely
for a long period that he would ultimately be able to claim his first
ever five wicket haul in an innings of an Adelaide Test.
Possibly the highlight of Warne's day came in the middle of the
post-lunch session when he bowled MSK Prasad (14) with a classically
prodigious leg break. He had been threatening to make that particular
incision for some time, and was duly ecstatic when he pitched a
delivery well outside the right hander's leg stump and spun it back in
stunning fashion to bowl a completely confounded Prasad around his
legs. And ranking not far behind it in terms of spectacle - and
certainly ahead of it in effect - was his dismissal of Saurav Ganguly
(60). After an innings in which he had executed very few false shots,
the lithe left hander advanced down the pitch shortly after lunch,
only to be beaten by a ball which, having been deliberately directed
well outside off stump on a flat fast trajectory, stayed low,
travelled under his defensive bat and presented Adam Gilchrist with a
gleefully accepted stumping opportunity.
Nevertheless, for the first 90 minutes of the day, the complexion of
proceedings had looked entirely different. For this was the period
during which India's two key figures with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar
(61) and Ganguly himself combined brilliantly to frustrate the home
team. In stark contrast to some dull, overcast weather at the Oval
through the early morning, the duo constructed a lucent display. A
mixture of front and back foot strokes were in evidence as they vented
their considerable skills upon anything even vaguely erring in either
line or length. Two stunning shots in succession from Tendulkar from
the bowling of Michael Kasprowicz just after the first drinks break of
the day - one an imperiously directed shot along the ground to the
backward square leg fence and the other an audacious cover drive -
were probably the enduring highlights, but their partnership of 108
for the fifth wicket was littered with superb strokeplay throughout.
Full postMumbai recover after poor start
Recovering from a poor start meant taking a lot of time over their runs but Mumbai did well in scoring 191 for four in 93 overs after losing three wickets for 51 on the opening day of their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against
12-Dec-1999
Recovering from a poor start meant taking a lot of time over their
runs but Mumbai did well in scoring 191 for four in 93 overs after
losing three wickets for 51 on the opening day of their West Zone
Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Saurashtra at Mumbai on
Saturday.
Medium pacer Hansalpara rocked Mumbai by dismissing both the openers
with only 12 runs on the board. A third wicket at 51 through a run out
had Mumbai in trouble. But a fourth wicket partnership of 128 runs off
57 overs between VA Indulkar and SP Bagul saw Mumbai make a
recovery. Shortly before close, Bagul was out for 60. He batted three
hours, faced 152 balls and hit eight fours. Indulkar however carried
on till stumps and was unbeaten with 85 after having batted 327
minutes. He faced 272 balls and hit 13 of them to the ropes.
Full postSaikia brings about Orrisa collapse
Khanin Saikia, with a bag of six wickets for 30, helped Assam bowl out Orissa on the opening day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match at Guwahati on Saturday
12-Dec-1999
Khanin Saikia, with a bag of six wickets for 30, helped Assam bowl out
Orissa on the opening day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16)
match at Guwahati on Saturday.
There was a brief moment of initial defiance with Priyadarshi
Debashish (34) and Rakesh Mohanty (32) adding 53 runs for the second
wicket. But Saikia dismissed Mohanty to break the stand and then
worked havoc. Wickets fell at regular intervals in the middle order
and then in a heap towards the end. The last six wickets fell for the
addition of just three runs in seven overs as Orissa collapsed from
115 for four to 118 all out. This followed a 36 run stand for the
fifth wicket between Priyadarshi Debashis and skipper SP Priyadarshan
(21). Saikia finished with figures of 16-6-30-6.
When Assam batted, Rakesh Mohanty followed his valuable knock by
taking two wickets in one over as Assam were 35 for two at stumps.
Full postMatruja hits ton in Baroda's big total
With a lead of 228 runs on the first innings, Baroda were holding all the aces at stumps on the second day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Maharashtra at Pune on Saturday
12-Dec-1999
With a lead of 228 runs on the first innings, Baroda were holding all
the aces at stumps on the second day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy
(under-16) match against Maharashtra at Pune on Saturday.
After dismissing the home team for 171 on Friday, Baroda replied with
399. Maharashtra in their second knock were five for no wicket at
close of play.
Baroda's imposing total was built upon a 200 run first wicket
partnership in 37.3 overs between KB Desai (45) and Yogesh
Matruja. Valuable contributions were also made by skipper Shantrunjay
Gaekwad (47), DK Dave (39) and Yusuf Pathan (76). Gaekwad and Dave
added 67 runs for the fourth wicket while Pathan bolstered the late
order. He faced only 72 balls, hitting nine fours and three sixes
before being last out. But the star was Yogesh Matruja who hit 138 off
just 121 balls, before being first out. He batted 161 minutes and hit
18 fours and four sixes. Maharashtra skipper Kiran Adhav was the most
successful bowler with five for 92.
Full postBihar proceed cautiously on day one
A first wicket partnership of 106 runs laid the foundation for Bihar hitting 199 for four off 94 overs at close of play on the first day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Delhi at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday
12-Dec-1999
A first wicket partnership of 106 runs laid the foundation for Bihar hitting 199 for four off 94 overs at close of play on the first day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Delhi at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday.
Adopting a cautious approach, openers Ratan Kumar (70) and S Vig (31) took 50.5 overs to score the runs. Ratan Kumar was the first to leave, being caught by Mohan off Suheil Sharma. He batted 3-3/4 hours, faced 159 balls and hit eleven fours. Suheil Sharma struck again in his next over when he had F Khan caught by Mohan for one. Without any addition to the score, Vig gave A Bedi a return catch. The obdurate Vig was at the crease for 223 minutes. He faced 163 balls and did not even hit one boundary.
From 106 for no loss, Bihar had slumped to 108 for three. However A Hashmi and Manish Kumar got the innings going again with a fourth wicket partnership of 54 runs off 26.5 overs before Hashmi was bowled by Gupta for 22. Manish Kumar (36) and T Pratap (30) then added another 37 runs during an unbroken fifth wicket association. While Manish Kumar batted patiently, facing 104 balls and hitting four boundaries, Pratap was more aggressive, getting his runs off only 32 balls with five hits to the ropes.
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