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Punjab too strong for Himachal
Mohali: In a one sided affair, Punjab routed Himachal Pradesh by 178 runs in the season's opening North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the PCA stadium here on Saturday
Rajesh Arora
25-Oct-1999
Mohali: In a one sided affair, Punjab routed Himachal Pradesh by 178
runs in the season's opening North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league
match at the PCA stadium here on Saturday.
Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar won the toss and elected to field first.
His new ball bowlers Shakti Singh and Parveen Sharma bowled according
to plan. Shakti Singh in particular was very accurate. He accounted
for Sandeep Sharma (15) who while defending a slower delivery snicked
to the wicketkeeper. Test discard Navjot Singh Sidhu (3) was also
caught by the 'keeper off the bowling of Parveen Sharma.
After the fall of these two early wickets, Punjab skipper Vikram
Rathore in company with Reetinder Sodhi played a sensible innings.
This pair added 134 runs for the third wicket. Rathore in particular
played elegant strokes as he hit ten boundaries and a huge six in his
knock of 88 runs which came off 100 balls. While trying to clear the
long off fence, he was caught by Sangram Singh off Ajay Mannu.
Reetinder Sodhi also fell soon after when he was caught behind off
Mannu while trying to cut a short delivery.
After Sodhi's departure, Pankaj Dharmani took charge of scoring runs
at will. He placed the ball in the gaps with ease and hit three
boundaries in his knock of 54 runs (61 balls). In the slog overs, Amit
Sharma (27) and Yuvraj Singh (17*) took the total to 273 in the 50
overs. Shakti Singh and Ajay Mannu took two wickets each giving away
41 and 48 runs respectively.
Full postParminder Singh's century helps UP take lead
Udaipur: A fine unbeaten century by middle order batsman Parminder Singh and his 135 runs partnership with captain M Tripathi helped UP to take a 114 runs crucial lead on 2nd day at Field club ground here
OP Sharma
25-Oct-1999
Udaipur: A fine unbeaten century by middle order batsman Parminder
Singh and his 135 runs partnership with captain M Tripathi helped UP
to take a 114 runs crucial lead on 2nd day at Field club ground here.
Earlier Rajasthan were all out 179 runs in their 1st innings in their
central zone Cooch Behar trophy match on Monday.
Resuming at 22 for 1, UP were in danger after losing 4 more wickets in
quick succession. But Parminder (118 n.o) and M Tripathi (64) added
135 runs for the 6th wicket in 47.1 overs. M Tripathi's 50 came in 144
minutes off 131 balls with 7 fours and a six. Parminder then added 72
runs (unbroken) for the unfinished 7th wicket partnership wicketkeeper
batsman Vinay Sharma is batting with 32 runs.
For Rajasthan Anup Dave and Surendra Singh took 2 wickets each. While
Kishan Chaudhary and Gourav Gour took 1 wicket each.
Full postServices fumble against Delhi pacemen
New Delhi: Services were bundled out for 141 in their first innings against Delhi on the opening day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbaksh Singh stadium here today
Madhu Sanghi
24-Oct-1999
New Delhi: Services were bundled out for 141 in their first innings
against Delhi on the opening day of the four day North Zone Ranji
Trophy match at the Harbaksh Singh stadium here today. At close Delhi
were 61 for one with Ashu Dani (29) and Ashish Malhotra (14) at the
crease.
Hostile bowling by the Delhi medium pacers gave a hard time to the
Services batsmen. Ashish Nehra was the pick of the bowlers as he
accounted for five wickets giving away 25 runs. He was supported by
some disciplined bowling from Amit Bhandari and Rahul Sanghvi> Nehra
inflicted early damage when he had Sarabjeet Singh (0) caught by Vijay
Dahiya in his second over. He struck again, trapping Narender Singh
(11) in front of the wickets with the total at 23.
Rahul Sanghvi removed Abu Eric (11) off his very first ball, caught by
Nehra in the covers. After three wickets had gone down for 39,
seasoned campaigner Pankaj Maitrey (28) and skipper Sanjay Verma (37)
put on 61 runs for the fourth wicket to steady their innings. However,
Verma's departure to a quick stumping by Dahiya off Sanghvi started a
collapse, with none of the batsmen who followed, with the exception of
G.S.Thapa (20*), reaching double figures.
The Services innings folded up 15 minutes after tea. Delhi began their
innings on a confident note but lost opener Vijay Dahiya (16) through
a brilliant diving catch by wicketkeeper Sarabjeet Singh off the
bowling of Syed Javed.
Full postRajesh Puri slams unbeaten century
Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana to pile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir at the close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league match played at the Nahar Singh Stadium here
Madhu Sanghi
24-Oct-1999
Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana to
pile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir at
the close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league match
played at the Nahar Singh Stadium here on Sunday.
The opening pair of Jatinder Singh (36) and Parender Sharma (79) put
the hosts on a sound footing with their 80-run stand. Jatinder was
caught at first slip by Ashwani Gupta off left arm spinner Sanjay
Sharma. Parender Sharma and new batsman Rajesh Puri rotated the strike
frequently and added 119 runs for second wicket in 134 minutes and 191
balls. Parender gave a return catch to Kanwaljeet while playing a
casual shot with the total at 199.
Rajesh Puri was in attacking mood as he hit 13 boundries and two huge
sixes in his unbeaten knock of 107 runs off just 142 balls. This was
his 13th century in the national championship playing his 90th innings
in his 62nd match. Veteran Amarjeet Kaypee (17*) joined Puri after the
departure of skipper Sharma and was looking confident at stumps.
Sanjay Sharma and Kanwaljeet Singh took a wicket each giving away 56
and 25 runs respectively.
Full postDave, Dalpat show defiance
Udaipur: Rajasthan were all out for 179 about thirty minutes before close of play on the opening day of their Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh here on Sunday
OP Sharma
24-Oct-1999
Udaipur: Rajasthan were all out for 179 about thirty minutes before close of play on the opening day of their Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh here on Sunday. At stumps, UP were 22 for one.
Rajasthan captain Anup Dave won the toss and elected to bat. But they lost wickets at regular intervals and were badly placed at 93 for seven. Only opener Dalpat Singh (58) showed some defiance. Anup Dave and Kishen then added 69 runs for the eighth wicket. It took the second new ball taken at 171 for eight to bring the innings to a quick end. Dave's 50 came up off 98 balls with seven fours. Dalpat's 50 came up off 143 balls with nine fours.
Full postHaryana defeat J & K by eight wickets
Faridabad: Fine batting by Jatinder Singh (81*) and Rajesh Puri (47) enabled Haryana to beat Jammu and Kashmir team by eight wickets in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league cricket match played at Nahar Singh stadium here on Sunday
Madhu Sanghi
23-Oct-1999
Faridabad: Fine batting by Jatinder Singh (81*) and
Rajesh Puri (47) enabled Haryana to beat Jammu and Kashmir team by eight wickets in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league cricket match played at Nahar Singh stadium here on Sunday.
The match was delayed by half an hour due to overnight dew. Hence
the umpires decided to have 48 overs a side match.
Parender Sharma won the toss for Haryana and asked J & K to bat first.
Ajay Bhatti (3) was out cheaply off the bowling of Vineet Jain with the
total at 11. Ranjeet Bali (19) and Kanwaljeet (42) took the score to 52 when Bali gave a return catch to Parender Sharma. Then Ashwani Gupta and Kanwaljeet added 57 runs for the third wicket. Once this partnership was broken due to the run out dismissal of Gupta (33) J & K batsmen fumbled and the side were all out for 178 runs in 46.4 overs due to a tight bowling spell by Manish Sakhalkar who captured four wickets at the cost of 32 runs.
In the face of a modest target, Jatinder Singh played a brillant
knock of 81 out out with the help of five boundaries. He played his
shots with utmost elegance and was ably supported by Rajesh Puri who scored a brisk 47. Haryana lost only two wickets both of which were taken by Sanjay Sharma.
Full postDelhi win by 7 wickets
New Delhi: Rahul Sanghvi's five wicket haul led Delhi to an impressive seven wicket victory over Services in the first tie of the North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league at the Harbaksh Singh stadium here on Saturday
Madhu Sanghi
23-Oct-1999
New Delhi: Rahul Sanghvi's five wicket haul led Delhi to an
impressive seven wicket victory over Services in the first tie
of the North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league at the Harbaksh Singh
stadium here on Saturday.
Sanghvi (5 for 16) and skipper Ajay Sharma (3 for 22) enabled
Delhi to dismiss Services for 114 runs in 46.4 overs. Chasing the easy
target Delhi made the required runs in 23.3 overs losing just
three wickets.
Services started coutiously with their openers putting on 55 runs
before Sarabjeet Singh (15) became the first victim of Sanghvi. The
other opener Narender Singh (29) followed by giving a simple catch to Nikhil Chopra at slip off Sanghvi. The other victims of Sanghvi were Abu Eric (11), C.D. Thomson (0) and M.V.Rao (6).
Delhi began the run chase disastarously by losing Ashu Dani (9) with
just 18 runs on the board. Sohail Rauf (22) joined Vijay Dahiya (22) to
steady the innings and added 45 runs for second wicket before Dahiya was caught by Sanjay Verma off Sudhakar Ghag. Then Jadev raised Services' hopes by dismissing Rauf in the next over with an inswinger. But Ajay Sharma and Mithun Minhas played with a cool head to stear Delhi home. Minhas with four boundaries remained unbeaten on 28 while Sharma chipped with an unbeaten 27.
Full postInnings win for Punjab
Patiala: Hosts Punjab did not face any problem in decimating Jammu & Kashmir by an innings and 117 runs in their Cooch Behar trophy tie here on Thursday
Madhu Sanghi
22-Oct-1999
Patiala: Hosts Punjab did not face any problem in decimating Jammu & Kashmir by an innings and 117 runs in their Cooch Behar trophy tie here on Thursday. After putting up a timid and uninspired display on the opening day, J & K were expected to cast aside their weariness and
disappointment of yesterday's play. On the contrary they came up
with yet another pathetic show from their batsmen.
Resuming at their overnight first innings total of 15 for 5,
the J & K tail wagged merrily to enable the team to cross the three figure mark. Following on, the Punjab bowlers again put them on a tight leash and bundled them for just 155 runs in the second innings giving themselves a morale boosting win.
For long, J & K have come to be known as the "whipping
boys" in the North Zone cricket in all grades - be it the Ranji Trophy, Cooch Behar or even the Vijay Merchant Trophy and with their performance in this match the tag remains intact. So disastrous was the display of the visitors that thet were beaten outright before tea on the second day of the thee-day match.
For Punjab Gagandeep Singh and Amit Uniyal took four wickets each giving away 22 and 33 runs respectively in the first innings while Sanjay Dhull captured five wickets at the cost of 51 runs and Sandeep Sanwal got three wickets for 53 runs. With today's win, the hosts have garnered the maximum of eight points.
Full postPothas once again stakes a claim
As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over
Keith Lane
22-Oct-1999
As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Some of the boundaries coming from edges and miss-timed drives.
Bacher (34) was first to go with the score on 47, stretching on the drive to Meyrick Pringle and being caught in the covers. Koenig (18) followed with the score on 68 being trapped on the back foot by Dave Callaghan.
This brought Ken Rutherford and Daryll Cullinan together. Cullinan taking 13 balls to get off the mark grew in confidence, while Rutherford found the middle of the bat from ball one. Together they saw the score past Eastern Province's 99 going to lunch at 139/2.
After lunch they accelerated the score along with some fine positive batting, and an exhibition of batting that the small crowd will treasure for a few years. Pulling, hooking, driving and cutting the ball to all areas of the Wanderers ground. By the time tea came Gauteng had progress to 319/4 losing Rutherford (100) and Crookes to Hayward. 180 runs had been scored in the session.
Full postPothas stakes another claim
As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over
Keith Lane
22-Oct-1999
As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Some of the boundaries coming from edges and miss-timed drives.
Bacher (34) was first to go with the score on 47, stretching on the drive to Meyrick Pringle and being caught in the covers. Koenig (18) followed with the score on 68 being trapped on the back foot by Dave Callaghan.
This brought Ken Rutherford and Daryll Cullinan together. Cullinan taking 13 balls to get off the mark grew in confidence, while Rutherford found the middle of the bat from ball one. Together they saw the score past Eastern Province's 99 going to lunch at 139/2.
After lunch they accelerated the score along with some fine positive batting, and an exhibition of batting that the small crowd will treasure for a few years. Pulling, hooking, driving and cutting the ball to all areas of the Wanderers ground. By the time tea came Gauteng had progress to 319/4 losing Rutherford (100) and Crookes to Hayward. 180 runs had been scored in the session.
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