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Ranjan stars in Bihar's victory
A fine 134 by N.Ranjan featured Bihar's easy 94 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the MBB stadium, Tripura on Thursday
12-Nov-1999
A fine 134 by N.Ranjan featured Bihar's easy 94 run victory over
Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the MBB
stadium, Tripura on Thursday.
Put in to bat, Bihar made 274 for two off 50 overs. Openers Zeeshan
Ali and Ranjan put on 179 runs in 39.2 overs. Zeeshan was out for 71
for which he faced 109 balls and hit three fours. Ranjan and Rajib
Kumar then hit out while adding 50 runs for the second wicket in just
5.2 overs before Ranjan was out. He faced 150 balls and hit 15
boundaries. Rajib Kumar and S.Kumar then flogged the Tripura attack in
adding 45 runs off 5.2 overs during an unbroken third wicket
partnership.
Tripura were never in with a chance of scoring the required runs and
it was only an unbroken eighth wicket partnership of 75 runs off 16
overs between S. Roy (45) and Aditya Shukla (30) that enabled them to
reach 180 for 7 in 50 overs.
Full postRobin Singh bowls Delhi to ten wicket victory
Mandi: A hostile bowling spell by Robin Singh who scalped seven wickets enabled Delhi to beat Himachal Pradesh by ten wickets during their third league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four day match which concluded here today
Amarnath Gaur
10-Nov-1999
Mandi: A hostile bowling spell by Robin Singh who scalped seven
wickets enabled Delhi to beat Himachal Pradesh by ten wickets during
their third league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four day match
which concluded here today.
Himachal Pradesh, 329 runs behind on the first innings, resumed their
second innings at the score of 215 for 4. Nischal Gaur (70) and
Sangram Singh (103) played well before Nischal Gaur was bowled by a
Robin Singh yorker. Gaur helped add 32 runs to the total. Jaswant Rai
(30) who came in after Gaur's departure played sensibly, scoring
mostly in singles. He batted 84 minutes and faced 73 balls before he
was out leg before with the score 313 for 6. Rai added 66 runs for the
sixth wicket with Sangram Singh.
Robin Singh who was bowling with a lot of fire did not allow the
batsmen to settle down and captured three more wickets to take his
tally in the second innings to seven for 80 in 23.1 overs. In the
meantime Sangram Singh who was playing with courage and confidence
completed his maiden century in his 7th Ranji match. He faced 172
balls and stayed for 247 minutes at the crease. His knock consisted of
12 hits to the fence and a six over long on. He was also out leg
before to Robin Singh.
Himachal were all out for 338. Delhi who had to score ten runs for
victory achieved the target in 2.2 overs. With this Delhi took their
points tally to 21 from three league matches while Himachal Pradesh
have five points, also from three encounters.
Full postHimachal forced to follow on
Mandi: Forced to follow on, Himachal Pradesh were struggling at 215 for four in their second innings, still needing 115 runs to avoid an innnings defeat in the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against Delhi on the penultimate day at the Shaheed
Amarnath Gaur
09-Nov-1999
Mandi: Forced to follow on, Himachal Pradesh were struggling at 215
for four in their second innings, still needing 115 runs to avoid an
innnings defeat in the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against
Delhi on the penultimate day at the Shaheed Krishan Chand memorial
stadium here on Monday.
Resuming at their overnight score of 148 for five, Himachal lost the
sixth wicket, that of Jaswant Rai (70) with the total on
203. Yashwinder Singh (53) and Jaswant Rai added 148 runs for the
sixth wicket. Rai hit 12 boundaries while facing 115 balls. After his
departure the remaining four wickets fell for the addition of only 41
runs. Sandeep Angurala was the most successful bowler claiming four
wickets for 80 runs. Robin Singh junior and off spinner Sunil Joshi
captured two wickets each giving away 50 and 40 runs
respectively. Himachal's first innings folded up at 244.
In the follow on the hosts started badly as they were two down for
27. But by close of play they had recovered to score 215 for four.
Skipper Rajiv Nayyar (42) and Yashwinder Singh (40) played good knocks
to give their team a chance of avoiding an innings defeat. Nischal
Gaur (53*) and Sangram Singh (55*) played with responsibility and
added 106 runs for the unfinished fifth wicket. Sunil Joshi and Robin
Singh bagged two wickets each for 22 and 36 runs respectively.
Full postGallage steals show in rain-hit match
The three-day match between the President's XI and Sri Lanka at Bulawayo Athletic Club was again badly disrupted by rain for the second time in as many days, which all but rules out a result going into the final day this morning
The Herald
09-Nov-1999
The three-day match between the President's XI and Sri Lanka at
Bulawayo Athletic Club was again badly disrupted by rain for the
second time in as many days, which all but rules out a result going
into the final day this morning.
In all, 64 overs, which translates to four hours and 16 minutes of
play, have been lost to the rain and bad light over the last two days.
Still, there was enough quality cricket to lift the moods of those
who turned up at BAC yesterday.
Resuming on their 215-4 yesterday, the Presidents's XI went on to
close their innings on 325 -- a fairly good knock when considering
that they were staring at humiliation on 39-3 on the first morning of
the match.
Full postDharmani, Sodhi star's in Punjab's victory
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 64 by medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi and a triple century by Pankaj Dharmani enabled Punjab to rout Jammu & Kashmir by an innings and 288 runs on the penultimate day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the
Vinod Saxena
09-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 64 by medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi
and a triple century by Pankaj Dharmani enabled Punjab to rout Jammu &
Kashmir by an innings and 288 runs on the penultimate day of the four
day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Punjab Agriculture University
ground here on Monday.
Punjab resumed at 452 for six with Dharmani on 214 and Harminder Jugnu
on 30 and after adding 168 runs without any further loss declared
their innings at 620 for six at the stroke of lunch. Dharmani scored a
triple century which is the highest individual score for Punjab in the
Ranji Trophy. The earlier record was 298 by Gursharan Singh against
Bengal in 1988-89. Dharmani's marathon innings (305*) came from 479
balls during a ten hour stay at the wicket. His chanceless knock
consisted of 30 hits to the fence and two mighty sixes.
Jugnu also scored his first century while playing his 13th match. He
scored an unbeaten 106 with the help of seven boundaries and two
sixes. He faced 120 balls and stayed at the crease for 224
minutes. The pair added an unfinished 231 runs for the seventh wicket.
J & K was under tremendous pressure when they commenced their second
innings. Medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi bowled a tight line and length
and accounted for five wickets. Navdeep Singh (3 for 47) and Sarandeep
Singh (2 for 16) assisted Sodhi as the innings folded up for 37
minutes after tea for 161. Tailender Sanjay Sharma (46*), Pradeep Bali
(31) and Dhruv Mahajan (29) put up some resistance.
Full postHaryana beat Services by an innings
Gurgaon: Fine bowling by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain (4 for 50) and Feroz Ghyas (3 for 82) enabled Haryana to score an innings and 94-run victory over Services on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here on Monday
Raj Kumar
09-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: Fine bowling by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain (4 for 50) and
Feroz Ghyas (3 for 82) enabled Haryana to score an innings and 94-run
victory over Services on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy
league match here on Monday.
Services resumed their second innings at 31 for one. Overnight batsmen
Narender Singh and C D Thomson (85*) played with cool heads and added
62 runs for the second wicket when Narender Singh (41) misjudged an
inswinger from Vineet Jain and was bowled when the total was 72. He
stayed at wicket for 120 minutes and hit seven boundaries in his knock
of 72 balls. Harish Bhaskar was also bowled by Vineet Jain without
opening his account. Skipper Sanjay Verma (7) did not last long as he
was removed by Feroz Ghyas at 82.
Pankaj Maitrey (52) and Thomson then added 68 runs for the fifth
wicket. Out of this, 52 runs were scored by Maitrey before he was sent
back to pavilion by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain. He faced 110 balls
and hit four of them to the ropes. Sarabjeet Singh (25) stayed at
wicket for some time but was also removed by Pradeep Jain, who then
claimed two more wickets in quick succession.
Syed Javed (47) who came at No 11 showed courage and played a splendid
knock and added 68 runs for the tenth wicket with Thomson who with 85
not out played a sheet anchor role. Javed hit seven boundaries and a
six in his knock of 53 balls. Thomson, in his stay of 437 minutes
during which he faced 303 balls, hit seven boundaries and a
six. Services were all out for 308.
Full postDharmani, Rathore put Punjab in command
Ludhiana: An unbeaten 214 by Pankaj Dharmani and skipper Vikram Rathore's 114 helped Punjab to score 452 for six at close of play on the second day to get a lead of 281 runs with four first innings wickets still in hand in their four day North Zone
Vinod Saxena
08-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: An unbeaten 214 by Pankaj Dharmani and skipper Vikram
Rathore's 114 helped Punjab to score 452 for six at close of play on
the second day to get a lead of 281 runs with four first innings
wickets still in hand in their four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league
match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Punjab Agriculture University
stadium here on Sunday.
In reply to J & K's first innings total of 171, Punjab resumed their
first innings from the overnight score of 97 for two and added 355
runs losing four wickets, those of Vikram Rathore (114), Dinesh Mongia
(31), Sanjay Kumar (36) and Sandeep Sharma (8). Two of the wickets
were claimed by Pardeep Bali who has so far taken four for 119. A
wicket each went to Dhurv Mahajan and Kanvaljit Singh.
Dharmani and Harminder Jugnu (30) were at the crease when stumps were
drawn. Dharmani his 26 boundaries. He batted 451 minutes and faced 325
balls. Rathore got his 114 with the help of 11 boundaries and two
sixes. He batted 248 minutes during which he faced 170 deliveries.
Rathore scored his 16th century playing the 104th innings of his 67th
Ranji match while Dharmani scored his second successive double
century. He made 202 not out in the last league match against Services
at Mohali.
Dharmani has scored four double centuries in the National
championship. This was his 47th innings in his 36th match. In all he
has scored seven centuries. Rathore added 229 runs for the third
wicket with Dharmani before he was caught by Shashi Kumar off Dhruv
Mahajan at 253.
Full postSehwag hits ton as Delhi pile up runs
Mandi: A brilliant 165 by Virender Sehwag and a quick 72 by Mithun Minhas helped Delhi to pile up a massive score of 573 for seven on the second day of their four day league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against Himachal Pradesh here on
Amarnath Gaur
08-Nov-1999
Mandi: A brilliant 165 by Virender Sehwag and a quick 72 by Mithun
Minhas helped Delhi to pile up a massive score of 573 for seven on the
second day of their four day league match of the North Zone Ranji
Trophy tie against Himachal Pradesh here on Sunday.
Resuming their innings at the overnight score of 313 for thee, Delhi
lost the wicket of skipper Ajay Sharma at 376. Akash Malhotra who
came next could not score any run and the fifth wicket fell at
379. Ajay Sharma failed to complete his century as he was run out,
while trying to take a second run, following a direct throw by Rajiv
Nayyar from cover. He made 85 runs with the help of six boundaries and
two sixes. He batted 269 minutes and faced 188 balls. Mithun Minhas
contributed 72 runs with the help of 11 boundaries before he was
caught by Arun Verma off Shakti Singh at 504.
Virender Sehwag who was on 30 at close of play yesterday, scored a
brilliant 165 with the help of 13 hits to the fence and five huge
sixes. He batted 265 minutes and faced 163 deliveries before he was
bowled by Nischal Gaur. It was his fourth century in his 15th innings
in his 12th Ranji Trophy game and his highest individual score. His
highest score earlier was 163 against Orissa at Cuttack in last year's
super league match. He and Ajay Sharma added 138 runs for the fourth
wicket stand.
Sunil Joshi (35) and Sandeep Angurala (2) were at the crease when
their skipper declared the innings. Parveen Sharma and Shakti Singh
captured two wickets each giving away 91 and 133 runs respectively.
Full postRennie rescues the Board XI as Sri Lanka start their tour
Rain cut short the first day's play of Sri Lanka's first match of their four-week cricket tour of Zimbabwe
Herald
08-Nov-1999
Rain cut short the first day's play of Sri Lanka's first match of
their four-week cricket tour of Zimbabwe.
Playing the President's XI at BAC in a three-day match, Sri Lanka not
only saw their hosts recover from a somewhat shaky start, but have
the rain intervene shortly after 2 p.m. from where no further play
was possible.
When the umpires, Geoff Fenwick and Chuck Coventry, called off play
for the day, the President's XI side were on 214-4. and that after
they were reeling at 39-3.
Their fight-back was largely down to a gutsy century by Gavin Rennie,
looking for some form to consolidate his position in the Test team
and work his way up the order.
Full postIndia get their own back with interest
After the beating India took at Rajkot, I think the Indian team said whatever you can do we can do better
Geoffrey Boycott
08-Nov-1999
Geoffrey Boycott analyses the second one day international between India
and New Zealand at Hyderabad
After the beating India took at Rajkot, I think the Indian team said
whatever you can do we can do better! And they did with an awesome
batting display which was reminiscent of Ganguly and Dravid at Taunton
in the World Cup.
This time it was Tendulkar who was determined to make up for his last
match dismissal and Dravid who looked in great touch from the first
ball. The New Zealanders were stirred up with superb cricketing shots
and perfect placement. Both batsmen kept pace with each other and 300
runs always looked on the cards. What we did not expect was the
carnage that took place once they had made centuries. Dravid
accelerated so quickly after reaching the milestone that he outscored
Sachin plundering runs all over the park with effortless classic
strokes. Eventually he succumbed to a mistimed slog to mid-wicket.
At the other end Sachin would not be outdone. He improvised with quick
thinking and enormous power. Young bowlers like Chris Drum tried to
stick it in the block hole but the master got his left leg quickly out
of the way and kept smashing to and over mid-wicket. At one stage the
young seamer bowled four full tosses and was hit in four different
places. He was trying for yorkers but by this time the brain was
scrambled. Nobody was queuing up to bowl as Sachin moved around the
crease. Sachin was awesome as he out thought, out hit and out batted
the bowling. They couldn't live with his stroke play as he plundered
boundary after boundary beating and bashing the bowling into
submission. By the time New Zealand walked off the field they must
have been shell shocked. Records came and went as Tendulkar and Dravid
claimed the highest partnership ever in one day cricket and Tendulkar
the highest score by an Indian. In years to come people will say I was
there. I saw it and it was mind blowing.
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