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A woeful tale of Pakistan batting
Hobart, Nov 18: Pakistan's batting was made to look a joyless, labouring task on the opening day of the second Test By having bowled Pakistan out for 222
A Jalil
19-Nov-1999
Hobart, Nov 18: Pakistan's batting was made to look a joyless,
labouring task on the opening day of the second Test By having bowled
Pakistan out for 222. Australia captain Steve Waugh's decision to put
the opposition in was totally vindicated.
It's been a woeful tale of Pakistan's batting (Mohammad Wasim's
innings excepted) here on Bellerive's pitch which, despite being
traditionally batsman friendly, had retained some moisture and showed
plenty of life earlier in Pakistan's innings.
It was a good toss to win as both captains would liked to have bowled
first. Australia had the luck of winning the toss, for the second
time in two Tests and today it certainly gave them the advantage. But
having said that, the fall of Pakistan's early wickets, before lunch,
with the exception of Saeed Anwar's were less to the credit of the
bowling than to the batsman's errors.
Anwar received a brute of a ball from Glenn McGrath' It lifted from
not short of a length and took the shoulder of the bat. But Ijaz
Ahmed, having got themselves into form with a century earlier in the
week against South Australia, after a poor first Test, made a half
hearted attempt to cut a ball from McGrath which was far too close to
him to attempt the shot and Pakistan were 2 for 18 , a similar
situation as in Brisbane.
Full postMP qualify for Wills Trophy
Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by eight wickets in the Central Zone Ranji one day match here yesterday to finish with an all win record and qualify for the Wills Trophy from Central Zone
OP Sharma
19-Nov-1999
Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by eight wickets in the
Central Zone Ranji one day match here yesterday to finish with an all
win record and qualify for the Wills Trophy from Central Zone.
MP captain Rajesh Chauhan won the toss and elected to field first on a
perfect batting wicket. Rajasthan openers Anshu Jain and Nikhil Dora
added 46 runs before the latter was caught behind off Mohd Arif for
18. Rahul Kanwat then played a cameo innings of 33 off 38 balls before
he was bowled by Manish Majithia, in trying to late cut an
armer. Rahul and Jain added 54 runs for the second wicket. Saket
Bhatia, who till last season played for Railways, scored an unbeaten
79 in his first outing for Rajasthan. He and Jain added 79 runs for
the third wicket before Jain was run out as a result of some fine
fielding by Amay Khurasia. Jain made 72 runs off 128 balls with three
boundary hits. In the slog overs Bhatia and Sanjeev added 73 runs
before Sanjeev was out for 27 off the last ball of the innings sent
down by Rajesh Chauhan. Bhatia remained unbeaten with 79 from 72 balls
with four hits to the ropes. Railways finished with 252 for four in 50
overs.
MP started confidently with openers JP Yadav and Rajagopalan puting on
48 runs. Rajagopalan was out for 16, caught at short mid wicket by
S.Bhatia off P.Krishna. Yadav and Amay Khurasia added 107 runs for the
second wicket off 21.5 overs before the former was bowled by P.Krishna
for a well compiled 74 off 109 balls with six boundaries. Khurasia who
was going great guns completed his half century in the company of
Abbas Ali who also played some fine strokes to complete his half
century to steer MP to victory. Khurasia's unbeaten 78 was compiled
off 101 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six while Abbas
Ali's 58 not out was hit off just 51 balls with the aid of six fours
and a six. Their unbroken third wicket partnership realised 99 runs
from 16.1 overs.
Full postMudgal's century highlights UP's victory
New Delhi: A breeezy 100 off 104 balls by opener M.Mudgal helped Uttar Pradesh to defeat Railways by three wickets in a high scoring Central Zone Ranji one day match at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday
19-Nov-1999
New Delhi: A breeezy 100 off 104 balls by opener M.Mudgal helped Uttar
Pradesh to defeat Railways by three wickets in a high scoring Central
Zone Ranji one day match at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday.
Batting first Railways hit 278 for five in 50 overs. Openers S.Bangar
(51) and H.Bajwa (38) put on 56 runs in only 8.3 overs. But the real
substance of the innings was provided by Y. Goud and skipper PS Rawat
who each scored 62 and added 111 runs for the fourth wicket off 21.2
overs.
UP were also off to a good start with Mudgal and Jyoti Yadav putting
on 54 runs off just seven overs. Mudgal and skipper GK Pandey (38)
added 100 runs for the third wicket off 20.2 overs to give the scoring
rate an impetus. Mudgal was fourth out at 201 in the 38th over. He hit
eleven boundaries. Later a bright unbeaten 27 off 19 balls by M Saif
who hit two fours and a six saw UP home with one ball to spare.
Full postUnbeaten 148 by HR Jadhav
Baroda: A keen tussle for the first innings lead highlighted the West Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Baroda and Gujarat here yesterday
18-Nov-1999
Baroda: A keen tussle for the first innings lead highlighted the West
Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Baroda and Gujarat here
yesterday.
Batting first Gujarat, with most of their top order batsmen striking
form, scored 295. MS Kadri was the most successful bowler taking six
wickets for 46 runs.
Baroda in reply lost half the side for 89 but HR Jadhav who came in at
the fall of the second wicket at 44 stood firm. With the help of the
tail he turned the innings around. Finally with last man Z Khan he
added 44 runs which was enough to give Baroda the lead. Jadhav batted
six hours for his unbeaten 148 and he hit 20 fours and a six. Baroda
were finally all out for 329. In their second innings Gujarat were 166
for three when stumps were drawn on the penultimate day of the four
day match.
Full postMumbai defeat Maharashtra by innings
Mumbai: Mumbai defeated once mighty Maharashtra by an innings and 11 runs with a day to spare in the West Zone Ranji Trophy match here yesterday
18-Nov-1999
Mumbai: Mumbai defeated once mighty Maharashtra by an
innings and 11 runs with a day to spare in the West Zone
Ranji Trophy match here yesterday. Maharashtra were
dismissed for 142 and 148. The wrecker-in-chief was young
left arm spinner Rajesh Pawar who took six for 19 and five
for 49. In the second innings, Nilish Kulkarni was also
quite unplayable taking five for 44.
Mumbai scored 301 in their only innings the highlight
being a fighting century by Paras Mhambrey. The former
Indian opening bowler hit a timely 117 coming in at 127
for five. After seven wickets had fallen for 139, he and
S Kannan added 85 runs from 28 overs to turn the match
Mumbai's way. Mhambrey batted 224 minutes, faced 173 balls
and hit 16 fours and three sixes. For Maharashtra, Siddiqui
took seven wickets for 69 runs.
Full postRain affected match ends in a draw
The four day match between India A and Trinidad & Tobago, at the FCB Clarke Road United Grounds in Penal, which was badly disrupted by rain ended in a draw yesterday
18-Nov-1999
The four day match between India A and Trinidad & Tobago, at the FCB
Clarke Road United Grounds in Penal, which was badly disrupted by rain
ended in a draw yesterday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 123-6, Trinidad & Tobago were all
out in the space of 21 balls for the addition of just one run to
concede a first innings lead of 103. Last man Asif Jan was unable to
bat. Rahul Sanghvi picked up the bowling honours for India A taking
4-23. Amit Bhandari and Karthik Murali took two wickets each.
India A however failed to make the most of the opportunity for some
useful batting practice as they were all out for 163 in their second
knock. Sameer Dighe was the top scorer with 49 and he and Harvinder
Sodhi (31) put on 56 for the sixth wicket in the only sizable
partnership of the innings. Jacob Martin who top scored with 81 in the
Indian first innings total of 227, made only 11 this time
around. Dodda Ganesh was unable to bat having strained a muscle (he
bowled only three overs in the Trinidad innings).
Spinners Mukesh Persad (5-46) and Dinanath Ramnarine (3-53) were among
the wickets again. They finished with match hauls of eight wickets
each and Ramnarine got the Man of the Match award for his labours.
Full postAshwani, Surinder bowl J & K to victory
New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singh helped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final day of their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax Singh stadium here today
Madhu Sanghi
17-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singh
helped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final day
of their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax
Singh stadium here today.
Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services, resuming on 24 for
two, were skittled out for 128 half an hour before tead with left-arm
medium pacer Surinder Singh (three for 18) and off-spinner Ashwani
Gupta (three for 29) doing the most damage.
The morning session saw just 43 runs coming for the loss of three
wickets and at lunch, the hosts were struggling at 67 for five.In the
second session, wickets fell at regular intervals, with the seventh
and eighth falling on 114 before the hosts innings folded up.
Barring a patient 49 by skipper Sanjay Verma, which took Services past
the 100 mark, none of the other batsmen moade any significant
contribution. Verma stayed at the wicket for 104 minutes facing 84
balls and hits seven hits to the fence in his 49. Pankaj Maitrey
stayed at the wicket for 110 minutes and faced 69 balls but he could
contribute merely four runs to the total.
Full postZimbabwe v South Africa at Harare - Zimbabwe Cricket Online review
Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock smiled at the Harare Sports Club pitch, and the pitch smiled back at them
John Ward
17-Nov-1999
Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock smiled at the Harare Sports Club
pitch, and the pitch smiled back at them. They were quite
compatible. The only wish now of the South African pace pair was
for their captain to win the toss so they could bowl on it when
it was at its most co-operative - and Lady Luck smiled on them
all.
This is a major complaint of Zimbabwe players. "Other countries
prepare pitches to give their players home advantage, so why
can't we?" they understandably cry. The Harare Sports Club
pitch, with quite a bit of grass left on it, favoured the South
African pace attack far more than it did Zimbabwe's comparatively
inexperienced seamers. Our batsmen, so lacking in practice in
the longer game recently, needed a good sound batting pitch to
regain their confidence. Instead they were doomed to struggle
all the way against the two most successful pace bowlers in the
world during the past two years.
The way Zimbabwe have been playing recently, they would have lost
this match heavily whatever happened, whatever pitch they were
playing on. This is not to denigrate the team; if they were able
to play with the same spirit and fire that they had shown in the
World Cup match against the same opposition in Chelmsford who
knows what could have happened? At their best they can take on
any team in the world with confidence. Without that confidence,
they have had a disastrous time this season. Things were looking
better in the Bloemfontein Test, and had the umpires always been
able to make the right decisions they would not have lost by as
much as an innings. The improvement would probably have
continued in Harare. It was like kicking a man when he's down to
expect the team to play on the Harare pitch as it was then.
Curator Charles Wallace has come under a lot of criticism this
season for his pitches, especially the one-day pitch against
Australia, on which two matches were played. Again the excessive
amount of early life played into the hands of the Australian pace
attack - because, needless to say, Zimbabwe lost the toss on both
those occasions. Mr Wallace prides himself on producing pitches
with pace and life, and when he gets it right it is a beauty, as
it was for the Test against Australia, and that against India
last year. But if there are any problems in preparation, or he
leans a little too far in that direction, Zimbabwe are in serious
trouble. As former national captain David Lewis said during the
match, a pitch on which the captain winning the toss is eager to
bowl is not good enough for Test cricket.
Full postPunjab gain narrow first innings lead
Ludhiana: The final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Delhi and Punjab here yesterday was dominated by batsmen as Virender Sehwag hammered 187 runs and Dinesh Mongia slammed an unbeatan ton at the Punjab Agricultural University
Rajesh Arora
17-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: The final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match
between Delhi and Punjab here yesterday was dominated by batsmen as
Virender Sehwag hammered 187 runs and Dinesh Mongia slammed an
unbeatan ton at the Punjab Agricultural University Grounds here.
Luck did not favour the brave as Delhi fought to take the first
innings lead thanks to the heroic knock of 187 off 175 balls by
Sehwag. But they fell short by three runs. Punjab thus got five points
and Delhi three taking their points tally to 29 and 24 respectively.
The PAU ground witnessed a barrage of sixes from Sehwag, who was on 97
overnight. He attacked from the very beginning and there was no
stopping him. He hit 20 boundaries and nine sixes, six of them in this
morning. Harbhajan was hit for three sixes while Mongia and Navdeep
Singh were hit once each over the fence.
Sehwag's fifth century in the Championship was one of sheer
enterprise. He was eighth out caught at square leg by Sandeep Sharma
of Harbhajan Singh, who finished with five wickets for 156
runs. Navdeep Singh who took the last wicket took three for 120. Delhi
were finally all out for 527, about 50 minutes before lunch.
Full postHaryana defeat Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs
Rohtak: Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs on the fourth and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Vishwakarama Stadium here today
Anil Gulati
17-Nov-1999
Rohtak: Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs on the fourth
and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at
Vishwakarama Stadium here today. The Haryana bowlers captured the
remaining five wickets today at the cost of only 85 runs. Himachal
Pradesh's second innings ended within two hours of play on the final
day at 183.
Haryana's victory looked inevitable once Himachal's not out batsman
Rajiv Nayyar was removed by Pradeep Jain for 33. The wicket fell at
109. Pradeep Jain struck again with the very next ball to dismiss the
new batsman Arun Verma for a duck. The tailenders showed some
resistance but they were overpowered by the Haryana bowlers. Shakti
Singh made an aggressive 22 on 13 balls before being caught by Sanjay
Dalal off Pankaj Thakur. Before his dimissal Shakti had lashed Pankaj
Thakur for two sixes and a four off successive balls in his 6th
over. Sandeep Moudgil scored 30 in 87 minutes off 57 balls with four
boundaries. He was bowled by Pankaj Thakur.
Pradeep Jain was the most successful Haryana bowler with a haul of
four wickets for 29 runs while Pankaj Thakur took three wickets.
Haryana gained 8 points from today's victory. They now have 24 points
from 4 matches. Haryana is scheduled to play against Punjab in their
last league encounter to be played at Gurgaon later this week.
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