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No hiccups for Punjab

Holders Punjab completed an emphatic seven wicket victory over Orissa at the Telco Club Ground in Jamshedpur today in a quarter final match of the Cooch Behar Trophy

07-Dec-1999

Holders Punjab completed an emphatic seven wicket victory over Orissa at the Telco Club Ground in Jamshedpur today in a quarter final match of the Cooch Behar Trophy. In the semis they will face off with the winner of the Saurashtra-Madhya Pradesh quarter final starting tomorrow at the same venue.

Orissa (overnight 92-1) declared at 240-8 after an unbroken 9th wicket partnership of 58. No. 10 Baljit Singh made 51 of these in 29 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. For Punjab opening bowler Gaganinder Singh took 5-68 and captain Yuvraj Singh took 3-72 (match figures 5-90).

Punjab were set a target of 175 off a minimum of 57 overs and they breezed through in the 35th over with Yuvraj Singh capping a fine all round effort by making 73 and adding 77 for the 3rd wicket with Vivek Mahajan (43 not out).

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Indians crash to big defeat

John Polack

07-Dec-1999

A fun, festival-style match this is supposed to be, but it is doubtful that India's cricketers will be leaving Canberra in anything even vaguely resembling a jovial mood after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of the Prime Minister's XI at the Manuka Oval today. Having permitted their opponents to amass the mammoth tally of 334 for five off their 50 overs, the visitors' top order folded disastrously to ensure that they were dismissed for 170 in response, and that they accordingly lost this battle by the shattering margin of 164 runs.

Against a side which was composed of eleven of the most talented young players from Australian domestic ranks, the Indians were comprehensively out-batted, out-bowled and out-fielded today. Their only triumph for the day came at the toss (upon which they sent their rivals in to bat), and even that soon proved a pyrrhic success.

Representing Australia's national political leader, Prime Minister John Howard, the 'home' team went on the attack from the outset and delighted an enthusiastic crowd with some fine aggressive batting. They treated their audience to ten runs from the first over of the day (bowled by Ajit Agarkar) and never really looked back. Capitalising on batsman-friendly conditions, it was the in-form pair of David Fitzgerald (115) and Andrew Symonds (101) who took most of the honours from the morning session. Offering something of a contrast in styles, they indeed found few difficulties on a warm day in the national capital against an attack which struggled in the absence of the rested Venkatesh Prasad, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble.

Fitzgerald again exhibited how rapidly he is maturing as a cricketer, raising yet another century in what is proving a golden summer for him. The South Australian opener did tire noticeably through the latter stages of his innings, but still found time to continue some powerful shotmaking; his repeated use of his feet to the Indian spinners to drive them straight down the ground perhaps the most impressive feature of his hand. He should have been caught behind on 93, makeshift wicketkeeper Rahul Dravid grassing a regulation outside edge off Sachin Tendukar's off spin bowling, but otherwise he was rarely bothered by the attack.

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Bagul, Dalvi in retreiving partnership

A fifth wicket partnership of 133 runs between SP Bagul and SP Dalvi enabled Mumbai to recover from a poor start and score 216 for eight from 90 overs at close of play on the first day of their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy tie against Gujarat at

07-Dec-1999

Mumbai lost four wickets for 38 runs when Bagul and Dalvi came together. While Bagul faced 193 balls for his 76, hitting five boundaries, Dalvi was more aggressive facing 151 balls for his 69 and hitting ten fours. Skipper Rawle then kept the recovery process going with a valuable 29.

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Great Escape for Bihar

Tamil Nadu just failed to pull off a fantastic victory over Bihar at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur in their Cooch Behar Trophy quarter final today

07-Dec-1999

Tamil Nadu just failed to pull off a fantastic victory over Bihar at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur in their Cooch Behar Trophy quarter final today. In a heroic performance the Tamil Nadu bowlers had Bihar on the ropes at 63-8 but time ran out just as they were set to deliver the killer blow. It was an amazing turnaround to a match that Bihar appeared to have sewn up on the strength of their first innings lead yesterday. The draw ensured that hosts Bihar went through to the semis where they will await the winner of the Delhi-Gujarat game starting tomorrow.

Having conceded a first innings lead of 111, Tamil Nadu (overnight 26-1) declared at 271-8 after a century by 18 year old Surendar Doss had opened up a narrow window of opportunity. Doss made 112 (139 balls, 6 fours and 5 sixes) with his second fifty coming off just 40 balls. Bihar were set 161 to win in a minimum of 32 overs and they began to flounder at once.

Ganapathy removed both the openers, including a wicket off the third ball of the innings. Vidyuth opened himself at the other end and he took two wickets off successive balls in his fourth over as Bihar crashed to 9-4. At tea Bihar were 33-4 in 12 overs.

Tamil Nadu were getting through their overs as quickly as possible in an all out bid to force victory. Leg spinner Krishnan Velmurugan, who turns 19 later this month, grabbed 3 wickets in a miserly spell after tea as Tamil Nadu tightened the screws further. The eighth Bihar wicket fell at 59 off the last ball of the 38th over, after which there was time only for two more overs. But Aamir Hashmi and Satendra Mishra played out an over each to deposit last years runners up Tamil Nadu out of the tournament. Hashmi followed up his 1st innings 94 by propping up the brittle Bihar middle order once more with a match saving 32 not out off 86 balls. For TN, Vidyuth took 3-32 from 18 overs while Velmurugan's figures read 11-8-6-3. Amazingly the six runs that he conceded included four no balls.

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Maharashtra struggling against Saurashtra

In the face of a challenging Saurashtra total of 366, Maharashtra were struggling at 126 for four at close of play on the second day of their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) at Pune on Tuesday

07-Dec-1999

Resuming at the overnight score of 263 for four, Saurashtra were all out for 366. Opener V Rathod top scored with 88. He faced 193 balls and hit 12 boundaries. He and Karthik Goswami (44) put on 122 runs for the first wicket. The position was consolidated by useful knocks by P Jadeja (65) and Shakti Zala (39) in the middle order.

Maharashtra lost four wickets for 61 runs, but their hopes were kept alive by an unbroken fifth wicket partnership of 65 runs between Yogesh Takavale and Parag More, both of whom were on 27 at stumps.

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Hussain impressed with Pieterson

England captain Nasser Hussain has been so impressed by the performance of rookie KwaZulu-Natal all-rounder Kevin Pieterson that he has asked the youngster for a chat today concerning the possibility of him playing his cricket in Essex during the

Patrick Compton

06-Dec-1999

Speaking after the third day's play of their tour match against the KZN Dolphins at Kingsmead, Hussain said he had been particularly impressed by the off-spin bowling of the former Durban High School pupil.

"I rate him as a very promising prospect," the Essex and England captain said on a day when he scored the first century by an England player in any representative match in 1999.

Pieterson, who was making his debut for the Dolphins in a first-class match, first caught the eye when he struck an impressive unbeaten 61 in their first-innings total of 310. His innings included four boundaries and four sixes, two of which were magnificent pulls off the best England bowler, Andrew Caddick.

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Hussain scores England's maiden first class century of 1999

England fumbled around like a pimply adolescent on a first date for most of a glorious sunny Sunday at Kingsmead, before Andrew Flintoff and Alex Tudor finally drove home the advantage and provided some entertainment

Ken Borland

06-Dec-1999

The third day ended prematurely with the tourists on 401 for eight in reply to Natal's first innings of 310. Fittingly, given England's negative attitude, it was their refusal to allow floodlights to be used to counter bad light on this tour which costing 8.5 overs of action on Sunday.

Before Flintoff and Tudor put on a sparkling unbeaten partnership of 85 for the ninth wicket, the day had been dominated by visiting captain Nasser Hussain, who scored England's first first-class century of 1999. Having got off the mark with a six on Saturday, Hussain was cautious almost to the extreme on Sunday. Although there was joy in the England camp that the three-figure mark had finally been breached, the innings itself stirred few emotions, except amongst the Natalians, who felt they clearly had him caught behind the wicket on two occasions, off Jon Kent and Kevin Pietersen.

Hussain's century took all of 270 balls and on the flattest of pitches against an average attack, one would have expected the England captain to have led more of a charge. Instead, the batting practice seemed to be focused almost exclusively on defensive technique as England, resuming on 163 for two, scored just six runs in the first 12 overs of the day and 63 in the 40 overs before lunch.

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North Zone book semifinal berth

There were no surprise changes in the script on the final day and the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal between North Zone and South Zone meandered along its predestined course at Agartala on Sunday

Partab Ramchand

06-Dec-1999

There were no surprise changes in the script on the final day and the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal between North Zone and South Zone meandered along its predestined course at Agartala on Sunday. Resuming their second innings at their overnight score of 77 for one, North Zone declared at 257 for eight in 80 overs, leaving South Zone the impossible task of getting 423 runs for victory in 37 overs. South Zone when stumps were finally drawn were 100 for one. On the basis of their first innings lead of 165 runs, North Zone qualified for the semifinal where they now meet holders Central Zone.

The North Zone second innings was marked by a fine 93 by skipper Vikram Rathour. He batted four hours, faced 176 balls and hit ten fours. With Rajiv Nayyar (28) he added 100 runs for the second wicket. Rathour was fourth out at 154. Then Chopra (26 not out)and Shakti Singh (37) added 53 runs for the seventh wicket. The South Zone bowling was chiefly in the hands of spinners Venkatpathi Raju and Aashish Kapoor, who each bowled 28 overs. While Kapoor had three for 124, the steadier Raju took five for 62.

In the South Zone second innings, which held little interest, A Nandakishore (51 not out) and S Mahesh (42) put on 93 runs for the first wicket in 25 overs.

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England and KwaZulu-Natal draw tour match

NATAL'S match against England did eventually peter out in a draw at Kingsmead on Monday, but in terms of preparation for the vital second Test starting in Port Elizabeth on Thursday, home captain Dale Benkenstein feels the tourists got little out of

Ken Borland

06-Dec-1999

Natal finished an abbreviated day on 152 for two in their second innings, Doug Watson and Ahmed Amla stroking half-centuries. Resuming on 401 for eight at 10.45am after heavy overnight rain, England were dismissed for 421, Andrew Flintoff, on his 22nd birthday, being stranded on a powerful 89 not out as Alex Tudor and Phil Tufnell did not come to the party.

Flintoff and Tudor extended their ninth-wicket partnership to 105, before the fast bowler was caught behind off Ross Veenstra for 45, the left-armer promptly snaffling Tufnell next ball, caught in the gully.

Benkenstein, who also captains the SA A team, was quite outspoken in his belief that England were fooling themselves if they thought they had solved their problems at Kingsmead.

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WI make bright start

Taupo, New Zealand - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, with a polished 116, and Ricardo Powell, serving immediate notice of his exciting potential with 68, put together an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 111 as the West Indies made a satisfying start to the

06-Dec-1999

Powell, however, was unable to complete his hundred, falling for 86 to a catch at mid-off after adding 18 off 23 balls.

West Indies had reached 332 for four just before lunch on the second day with Chanderpaul on 139 and captain Jimmy Adams 21.

The West Indies were 266 for three at the end of the first day of three against New Zealand ?A? at Owen Delaney Park in the North Island tourist town of Taupo, with its nearby lake and backdrop of snow capped, active volcano.

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