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Karnataka restricted to moderate total
Rajasthan pegged back Karnataka to an unimposing 243 all out on the opening day of their Super League match at the RSI Ground in Bangalore today
16-Feb-2000
Rajasthan pegged back Karnataka to an unimposing 243 all out on the
opening day of their Super League match at the RSI Ground in Bangalore
today. But the visitors stuttered in their reply as Javagal Srinath
fired out their captain and best batsman Gagan Khoda for 3. Rajasthan
were 24/1 from 9 overs at stumps.
Earlier in the day Khoda won the toss and invited Karnataka to take
first strike. Shamsher Singh packed off Rowland Barrington with the
innings just three balls old. Mithun Beerala (48) and Rahul Dravid
then steadied the boat with an enterprising 108 run stand from 24.3
overs. A middle order slump followed with 4 wickets falling for 41
runs as the home side groped their way to 150/5. Dravid was out for a
brisk 71 off 90 balls with 12 fours. Although Thilak Naidu and Sunil
Joshi marshalled a brief recovery with a sixth wicket stand of 63, the
last five wickets tumbled for 30. DP Singh's 4/44 were the best
bowling figures for Rajasthan.
Full postRajiv, Sunil steady Bihar
Bihar inched their way to a steady 225/6 after winning the toss on Day 1 of their Super League match against Hyderabad at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad today
16-Feb-2000
Bihar inched their way to a steady 225/6 after winning the toss on Day
1 of their Super League match against Hyderabad at the Lal Bahadur
Shastri stadium in Hyderabad today.
After a none too happy start when they lost three wickets for 30,
Rajiv Kumar (85; 204 balls) and captain Sunil Kumar (80; 156 balls)
frustrated Hyderabad with a 153 run 4th wicket stand. The hosts
rebounded by taking three wickets for 42 to regain the
initiative. Wicketkeeper Youraj Singh had a good day in the field
snapping up three catches and also throwing out Rajiv Kumar.
Full postBhatt, Kotak prop up Saurashtra
A 185 run 3rd wicket stand between captain Sitanshu Kotak and PJ Bhatt laid a solid platform for Saurashtra as they progressed to 285/5 from 90 overs at stumps on the opening day of their Super League match against Haryana at Rohtak today
16-Feb-2000
A 185 run 3rd wicket stand between captain Sitanshu Kotak and PJ Bhatt
laid a solid platform for Saurashtra as they progressed to 285/5 from
90 overs at stumps on the opening day of their Super League match
against Haryana at Rohtak today.
After Saurashtra won the toss and chose to bat, openers Vasanth Kumar
and Merchant fell cheaply. Kotak and Bhatt then came together in an
association that lasted three and a quarter hours. Kotak's 83 came off
177 balls with 11 fours. Bhatt followed up scores of 61 and 88 in a
losing cause against Tamil Nadu last week with 110 (158 balls, 17
fours, 1 six). Although Haryana's bowlers toiled for the better part
of the day they pulled back 3 wickets for 47 runs towards the latter
part as V Jain and P Thakur finished with two wickets each.
Full postRailways running at snail's pace
VN Buch's 4/47 put the skids on Railways as they crawled to 194/5 from 90 overs on the opening day of their Super League clash against Baroda at Delhi's Karnail Singh Stadium today
16-Feb-2000
VN Buch's 4/47 put the skids on Railways as they crawled to 194/5 from
90 overs on the opening day of their Super League clash against Baroda
at Delhi's Karnail Singh Stadium today.
After winning the toss on their home ground the Railways batsmen
failed to press home the advantage. While Sanjay Bangar, who has come
into the selectors' reckoning recently, fell cheaply, the other opener
Vishal Sharma stroked his way to 43 off 83 balls. After four wickets
had fallen for 86, Y Goud (60 not out) and Devendra Singh (47) added
93 for the 5th wicket. Buch dismissed Devendra to claim his fourth
wicket following which S Wankhade (5 not out) and Goud closed shutters
for the day.
Full postRaul spares Orissa's blushes
Sanjay Raul played a lone hand with a gallant unbeaten 108 as Orissa folded up for 241 in 84 overs on the opening day of their Super League engagement against Uttar Pradesh at the Green Park in Kanpur today
16-Feb-2000
Sanjay Raul played a lone hand with a gallant unbeaten 108 as Orissa
folded up for 241 in 84 overs on the opening day of their Super League
engagement against Uttar Pradesh at the Green Park in Kanpur
today. The hosts played out four overs without any mishap to close the
day at 8/0.
Orissa skipper Shiv Sunder Das, coming off a fine showing in the
Challenger series, won the toss and batted. He failed however to set
an example for his mates, being the first to depart for 23. Pravanjan
Mullick and Rashmi Ranjan Parida also fell cheaply for 16 apiece. It
was left to Raul to salvage a semblance of honour for his team. In his
three and three quarters of an hour vigil at the crease he faced 198
balls and struck 14 fours. UP captain Gyanendra Pandey was the most
successful bowler with 4/42.
Full postWest Indies Domestic: Bajans busted
Barbados formally surrendered their Busta Cup title yesterday, but not before they subjected spectators to another shoddy, uninspiring batting performance that has typified their effort all season
15-Feb-2000
Barbados formally surrendered their Busta Cup title yesterday, but not
before they subjected spectators to another shoddy, uninspiring
batting performance that has typified their effort all season.
Their last-wicket pair survived the final 11.3 overs to ensure that
the vastly one-sided semifinal against the Leeward Islands ended in a
draw, but it was hardly any consolation for a side which was
thoroughly outplayed throughout the match.
For the eighth time in 11 innings, Barbados lost their fifth wicket
before the total reached 120 and defeat seemed certain when Wilden
Cornwall, hardly a recognised bowler, collected his fifth wicket and
the eighth of the innings just before 4 p.m.
It required the resolute Roland Holder with Dayne Maynard and Dave
Marshall to hold on for the final hour-and-a-half to deny the Leewards
victory.
Full postWest Indies Domestic: Barbados shut out
At 10 a.m
14-Feb-2000
At 10 a.m. yesterday, Barbados had a sniff of a chance of clawing
their way back into the Busta Cup semifinal against the Leeward
Islands.
By 6 p.m., not even the most eternal optimist would have given them
any chance.
In the intervening eight hours, a purposeful Leewards unit batted the
hosts out of the contest with solid contributions from Keith
Arthurton, Dave Joseph, Ridley Jacobs and Carl Tuckett.
For those partisan supporters at Kensington Oval, the entertainment
value might have been minimal on a day in which only 231 runs were
scored for the loss of five wickets.
Full postPakistan go down fighting in first one-dayer
Karachi, Feb 13: Marvan Atapattu struck his maiden century against Pakistan to power Sri Lanka to a convincing 29-run victory in the first one-day international at the packed-to-capacity National Stadium here on Sunday
Samiul Hasan
14-Feb-2000
Atapattu's unbeaten century inspires Sri Lanka to victory
Karachi, Feb 13: Marvan Atapattu struck his maiden century against
Pakistan to power Sri Lanka to a convincing 29-run victory in the
first one-day international at the packed-to-capacity National Stadium
here on Sunday.
The 29-year-old from Kalutara scored a flawless and elegant unbeaten
119 - his third century in 90 one-dayers - to lift Sri Lanka to an
imposing 274 for eight after Saeed Anwar had won the toss and opted to
field first on a perfect batting track.
A cool and calculated Atapattu, named Man-of-the-Match, faced 134
balls during his entertaining innings that spiced seven hits to the
fence.
Full postNew South Wales crumble yet again.
Another dismal collapse by the most successful state in Australian cricket history, New South Wales, saw Victoria handed a 148-run win in the Pura Milk Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground today
Rick Eyre
13-Feb-2000
Another dismal collapse by the most successful state in Australian cricket history, New South Wales, saw Victoria handed a 148-run win in the Pura Milk Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.
Sixteen wickets fell in little more than three hours today, with the Blues, chasing a realistic target of 265 to win in 91 overs, bundled out for just 116. Apart from Michael Bevan (43*), no other NSW batsman lasted at the crease for more than half an hour. Victorian captain Paul Reiffel put in a fine early spell, taking 3/23 to add to his 4/74 in the first innings to win man of the match.
Victoria collapsed in the first hour of play today from their overnight score of 4/149 to be all out for 178, Stuart MacGill (3/34) and Jamie Heath (3/37) cleaning up the tail. Any thoughts of a morning declaration were put aside following the Victorian collapse, but the NSW bats squandered any prospect of chasing a competitive target.
Bevan, who also scored 132 in the first innings, stood out among the NSW lineup. It is curious that he was the only New South Welshman in the Australian ODI squad to tour New Zealand who was not "rested" for this match. The Waugh twins, the Lee brothers, and Glenn McGrath (who has not played a shield match for NSW since October 1997) were all allowed to sit this one out.
Full postWest Indies Domestic: Bats to the wall
Barbados gave another dismal batting display yesterday, and this time there was not even the satisfaction of a fightback from their lower order
13-Feb-2000
Leewards 190 and 82-3; Barbados 148
Barbados gave another dismal batting display yesterday, and this time
there was not even the satisfaction of a fightback from their lower
order.
Unable to come to terms with a disciplined Leewards Islands attack and
let down by three soft dismissals from experienced players, Barbados
crashed to their lowest total in the tournament.
For the umpteenth time, they lost the cream of the batting before the
total reached 100 and with Hendy Bryan, Ian Bradshaw and company
unable to repeat their heroics of earlier matches, they conceded a
significant first innings deficit of 42 in the do-or-die semifinal.
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