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Orissa get five points, Bengal three
Orissa opted for batting practice and five points as their four day East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Bengal ended in a tame draw at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday
30-Dec-1999
Orissa opted for batting practice and five points as their four day
East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Bengal ended in a tame
draw at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. Bengal got three
points.
Orissa had gained a first innings lead of 95 and were 24 without loss
at close of play on the third day. They batted throughout the final
day and ended at 336 for five off 90 overs. Opener and skipper SS Das
and P Mullick added 146 runs for the second wicket off 38.2
overs. While Das was out for 82 compiled off 156 balls with eleven
fours and a six, Mullick remained unbeaten with 111. He faced 219
balls, and hit 13 fours and a six. Raul chipped in with a bright 52
off 54 balls with seven fours and two sixes. He and Mullick added 96
runs for the third wicket.
Full postWest Zone lose to Central Zone
Central Zone beat West Zone by 47 runs in the CK Nayudu Trophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament in Chennai on Thursday
PartaPartab Ramchand
30-Dec-1999
Central Zone beat West Zone by 47 runs in the CK Nayudu Trophy
inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament in Chennai on Thursday.
Put in to bat, Central Zone posted a challenging total of 253 for
eight in 50 overs. A Kapoor and VA Saxena set them on the road to a
good score by adding 133 runs for the second wicket off 30.5
overs. Kapoor hit 88 off 101 balls with eight fours and two sixes
while the less aggressive Saxena's 60 was compiled off 106 balls with
four fours and two sixes. Parvinder Singh kept the innings afloat
with a bright unbeaten 54 off 68 balls with five hits to the ropes.
In reply, West Zone lost three wickets for 43 runs but SE Manjrekar
(86) and RA Parab (43) raised their hopes with a fourth wicket
partnership of 89 runs off 21.3 overs. Parab faced 68 balls and hit
five fours while Manjrekar who was seventh out in the 42nd over, faced
118 balls and hit eight fours. Surendra Singh who dismissed both the
batsmen then ripped through the batting and finished with five for 52
off 8.2 overs as West Zone crashed to 206 all out in 45.2 overs.
Full postWindies follow on
Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve
Don Cameron
29-Dec-1999
Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic
defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding
closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against
New Zealand at the Basin Reserve.
The visitors will need even stronger batting over the remaining two days,
for they are still 337 runs short of suffering an innings defeat.
The brave Lara-Griffith rearguard action, in a fourth-wicket stand of 112,
was the only solid contribution to the miserly first innings total of 179.
Once again the fragile tail accentuated the touring side's batting
problems, for the last four wickets fell for five runs in 17 balls.
In the last three overs Griffith was in defensive action again, and he and
Sherwin Campbell took the total to two without loss - with the New Zealand
first innings of 518 for nine looming over the West Indians like an
avalanche which will sweep them away.
Full postKirsten's record century earns him hero status
TWO late wickets from medium-pacer Andrew Flintoff restored England's hopes of winning the third Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday after opener Gary Kirsten had scored a record-breaking century to guide South Africa towards safety
Ken Borland
29-Dec-1999
TWO late wickets from medium-pacer Andrew Flintoff restored England's hopes of winning the third Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday after opener Gary Kirsten had scored a record-breaking century to guide South Africa towards safety.
The beefy all-rounder struck six overs before the close when he had Daryll Cullinan caught behind for 16 and followed it up in his next over with the big scalp of South African captain Hansie Cronje (1), also caught behind.
Before that, Kirsten replied to the huge pressure on him to keep his place in the team by scoring the sweetest of centuries to take South Africa to 242 for two half-an-hour before the close, allowing home fans to feel confident about their chances of saving the game.
Kirsten's century was his 10th at Test level and saw him edge out Cullinan (9) in the race to beat Dudley Nourse's long-standing record for the most by a South African. Given the circumstances, South Africa battling to save
the game after being forced to follow-on and the batsman playing for his long-term career, the innings was remarkably fluent. The hundred came off 280 balls and took 379 minutes, including eight fours.
Full postFighting 115 by Rohan Gavaskar
Despite a fighting 115 by Rohan Gavaskar, Bengal conceded a first innings lead of 95 runs to Orissa on the third day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Monday
28-Dec-1999
Despite a fighting 115 by Rohan Gavaskar, Bengal conceded a first
innings lead of 95 runs to Orissa on the third day of their East Zone
Ranji Trophy league at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on
Monday. Replying to Orissa's 370, Bengal were all out for 275. Orissa
in their second innings were 24 without loss at stumps.
Resuming at 53 for three, Bengal lost two more wickets quickly and
were tottering at 61 for five. However Gavaskar and A Das retreived
the situation with a sixth wicket partnership of 84 runs off 24.2
overs. Gavaskar totally dominated the stand with Das scoring only
eight runs.
Skipper U Chatterjee and Gavaskar then continued the recovery process
by adding 62 runs for the seventh wicket off 11.3 overs. Chatterjee's
bright 34 was scored off 48 balls with six hits to the ropes. Gavaskar
was finally ninth out at 233. The left hander batted 225 minutes,
faced 149 balls and hit 13 fours and two sixes. A last wicket stand of
42 runs from 8.5 overs between LR Shukla (29) and S Panda (15) kept
the Orissa lead down to below 100. Opening bowler A Barick who did
most of the early damage finished with four for 83.
Full postKarnataka turn the tables on Andhra
After conceding a first innings lead of 83 runs, Karnataka turned the tables on Andhra for a 46 run victory in their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Andhra at Kakinada on Tuesday
28-Dec-1999
After conceding a first innings lead of 83 runs, Karnataka turned the
tables on Andhra for a 46 run victory in their South Zone Ranji Trophy
league match against Andhra at Kakinada on Tuesday.
Karnataka came back strongly into the match on the third day by
scoring 273 in their second innings. Openers Arun Kumar (53) and MR
Beerala (94) put on 101 runs and A Vijay came up with a valuable 47 in
the middle order. Beerala faced 133 balls and hit ten fours and a
six. Arun Kumar's bright knock was scored off only 49 balls with five
fours and two sixes.
Requiring 191 runs for victory, Andhra were 46 for three at stumps on
the third day. On Tuesday, medium pacer Mansoor Ali Khan ripped
through their batting and Andhra were bowled out for 144. Khan
finished with six for 47. Onoy KS Sahabudhin with an unbeaten 45 at No
8 put up a semblance of a fight.
Full postLee, Tendulkar grace MCG stage
Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a magical day three of the Second Test between
John Polack
28-Dec-1999
Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant
improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite
ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a
magical day three of the Second Test between Australia and India at
the Melbourne Cricket Ground today. In his first Test, paceman Brett
Lee dramatically provided the spark on another brilliant day for the
home team and in response, Sachin Tendulkar composed a glorious
innings amid the sheer wreckage of India's first innings score of 235
in response to the home team's 405.
On a day when the quality of Melbourne's weather finally reached the
verge of acceptability for Test cricket, so this turn for the better
was indeed replicated by a considerable improvement in both the amount
and the general quality of the cricket which was played.
Almost immediately, the pitch again showed itself to be on the
capricious side, and the opening passages of the morning's play
belonged almost exclusively to India as a result. In conditions
conducive to swing bowling, Javagal Srinath (4/130) beat the edge of
the bat at least twice in the first over of the day, and similarly
false strokes were n frequent evidence as the first half hour
unfolded. That Adam Gilchrist (78), Ricky Ponting (67) and Shane
Warne (2) were all forced to beat a hasty retreat back to the pavilion
represented the ultimate confirmation of this pattern.
But for the next seven captivating hours, matters did not so easily
fall India's way. Indeed, the tourists' aspirations of finally coming
out on top at the end of a day's cricket in this series were more than
adequately stymied from the moment that Lee (27) entered a Test arena
for the first time to indulge in an unexpected, ungainly and effective
half century stand for the ninth wicket with Damien Fleming (31*).
Fleming again underlined the notion that he is gradually on the
improve as a Test batsman, while Lee overcame some early nerves to hit
out forcefully.
Full postSouth Africa pay price for omitting Rhodes
THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs
Ken Borland
28-Dec-1999
THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs ahead on the first innings.
Rhodes, the darling of Kingsmead and averaging 48.8 in his last 17 Tests, made way for an extra bowler, but South Africa were desperately in need of his uplifting presence during their two days in the field and missed his gritty batting even more as they slumped to 84 for eight on one of their blackest days since the return to international cricket.
Overnight thundershowers and a non-functional roller delayed the start of play to 10.53am, prompting Nasser Hussain, 146 not out, to declare on England's overnight total of 366 for nine. Caddick then sliced through the South African batting like the proverbial hot knife, the steep bounce he extracted inducing mass apoplexy amongst the batsmen as they careened to 32 for three by lunch and then 84 for eight.
Herschelle Gibbs (2), Gary Kirsten (11) and Jacques Kallis (0), down the leg-side, all edged the tall paceman to wicketkeeper Alec Stewart, leaving Daryll Cullinan to partner his captain, Hansie Cronje, through the six overs to lunch.
Full postSiddiqui bags eight for 72
Maharashtra seam bowler Iqbal Siddiqui was in devasating form on the opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at the Deccan Gymkhana ground in Pune on Monday
28-Dec-1999
Maharashtra seam bowler Iqbal Siddiqui was in devasating form on the
opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against
Saurashtra at the Deccan Gymkhana ground in Pune on Monday. He took
eight wickets for 72 as Saurashtra were restricted to 217 in their
first innings. Maharashtra were 46 for one at close of play.
SB Nair took the first wicket when he dismissed SS Tanna for two. But
thereafter it was Siddiqui all the way. He took the remaining eight
wickets that fell to bowlers for HJ Parsana retired hurt when he was
58. In the process, Siddiqui became the highest wicket taker for
Maharashtra. He now has 156 wickets from 38 matches and went ahead of
Pandurang Salgaonkar who had 155 wickets in 48 games.
Parsana's 58 was the highest score. He batted 90 minutes, faced 68
balls and hit eleven fours and a six. Skipper SH Kotak (36), PJ
Bhatt(46) and tailender YU Bambhaniya (25) came up with valuable
contributions. But Siddiqui took the day's honours with his final
figures of 24.1-8-72-8.
Maharashtra openers SS Bhave and DS Jadhav put on 46 runs when shortly
before stumps, Bhave was out for 30.
Full postHyderabad Struggling against Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad were struggling at 95 for four in reply to Tamil Nadu's first innings total of 404 at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday
Partab Ramchand
28-Dec-1999
Hyderabad were struggling at 95 for four in reply to Tamil Nadu's first innings total of 404 at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday.
Medium pacer S Mahesh was chiefly responsible for Hyderabad being up against it. After Gokulkrishna removed Nandakishore for seven at 22 in the tenth over, Mahesh struck thrice in quick succession to leave Hyderabad gasping for breath. At 55, he bowled D Vinay Kumar for 15. Two overs later, with the total on 62, he bowled Manohar for 34. And in his next over, Mahesh had Vanka Pratap caught by Madanagopal for two at 64.
Skipper Md Azharuddin, who had come in at the fall of the second wicket and the experienced MV Sridhar however stemmed the rot and by close had added 31 runs off 6.5 overs. At stumps Azharuddin was batting with 24 with four hits to the fence. But Mahesh had taken the afternoon honours by finishing with three for 32 from 14 overs.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu resuming at 252 for four did well to run up a total of 404. Overnight not out batsmen S Sriram and Robin Singh took the score to 282 before the skipper was leg before to NP Singh for 29. In the same over NP Singh bowled Vasanth Saravanan for 4. The left handed Sriram was finally seventh out at 309, caught by Sridhar off NP Singh. Sriram batted 402 minutes for his 121. He faced 305 balls and hit eleven of them to the ropes. Reuben Paul (17) fell in the next over. But the innings was kept going by an unexpected ninth wicket partnership of 89 runs from 26.4 overs between S Mahesh and J Gokulakrishnan, each of whom scored 46. While Gokulakrishnan faced 85 balls and hit five fours, Mahesh faced 80 balls and hit four fours and two sixes. Medium pacer NP Singh was the pick of the bowlers and he was rewarded with five wickets for 100 off 29 overs.
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