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England win second tour match
Bloemfontein: England secured the second win of their South African tour on Monday when they outclassed a Free State/Griqualand West Combination XI by 153 runs at Goodyear Park
Michael Finch
16-Nov-1999
Bloemfontein: England secured the second win of their South African
tour on Monday when they outclassed a Free State/Griqualand West
Combination XI by 153 runs at Goodyear Park.
In a match which saw a complete turnaround in the fortunes of the
visitors, England's bowling attack overcame a stubborn 79-run fifth
wicket stand between Loots Bosman and Finlay Brooker to bowl out the
hosts for 222 in their second innings.
For captain Nassar Hussain, it just the tonic for a side that have
battled with injury and mediocre form during their opening three
matches.
``Everyone contributed and of course, a key man like Darren Gough also
came through," Hussain said. "Everyone should a bit of form which, of
course, is a good sign."
Full postServices-J & K tie poised for exciting finish
New Delhi: Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services were 24 for two in the second innings of the penultimate day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Jammu & Kashmir here on Monday
Madhu Sanghi
16-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services were 24
for two in the second innings of the penultimate day of their North
Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Jammu & Kashmir here on Monday.
Resuming at 262 for eight in their first essay, Services added just
one run before their innings folded up. They however were able to take
a first innings lead of 42 runs. When J & K batted again, Services leg
spinner Sachin Kulkarni (4 for 58) and Syed Javed (3 for 4) restricted
the batsmen. Despite valuable contributions from Ranit Bali (31),
Ashwani Gupta (33), Sanjay Kumar (31), Dhruv Maharaj (28) and Amit Pal
Singh (34), J & K were all out for 200.
In their second innings, Services suffered an early jolt when left arm
spinner Pradeep bali struck twice in the same over to dismiss Sarabjit
Singh (13) and Syed Javed (0) at 21. Narinder Singh (7) and CD Thomson
(0) were batting at stumps with Services still requiring 135 to win
with eight wickets in hand.
Full postSplendid 140 by Ashu Dani
Ludhiana: A superb 140 by Ashu Dani steered Delhi out of the woods as his team finished with a score of 405 for six on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Punjab at the Punjab Agricultural University grounds here on
Rajesh Arora
16-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: A superb 140 by Ashu Dani steered Delhi out of the woods as
his team finished with a score of 405 for six on the third day of
their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Punjab at the
Punjab Agricultural University grounds here on Monday.
Resuming at 58 for no loss, Delhi were dealt two quick blows by
Harbhajan Singh who dismissed Devender Sharma (28) and Akash Malhotra
(0). Ajay Sharma joined Dani at this stage and hit two mighty sixes of
Harbhajan Singh. The two added 116 runs for the third wicket before
Ajay Sharma was brilliantly caught by substitute fielder Sandeep Sawal
off Harbhajan Singh just before lunch for 36.
Ashu Dani, who was striking the ball beautifully made a number of
fluent cuts and drives and completed his sixth century in the National
championship and his second consecutive hundred. This is his 35th
match. His knock of 140 contained 24 power packed hits which crossed
the ropes. Left arm spinner Navdeep Singh, who was bowling a tight
line and length, finally trapped Dani into giving him a return catch.
Despite losing six wickets, Delhi scored 347 runs from 90 overs bowled
during the day. Virender Sehwag came down the order as he was running
high fever but made some sweetly timed strokes to be on 96 not out at
stumps. He hit eleven boundaries and three sixes. He faced only 108
balls and added 99 runs for the sixth wicket with Vijay Dahiya (42).
Harhbahan Singh was the most successful bowler taking three wickets
for 104. Navdeep Singh got two wickets for 100.
Full postBengal take first innings points against Assam
Calcutta: Bengal got the all important first innings lead on the last day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Assam which ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens here yesterday
16-Nov-1999
Calcutta: Bengal got the all important first innings lead on the last
day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Assam which
ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens here yesterday. Bengal thus picked
up five points while Assam had to be content with three points.
Resuming at the overnight score of 334-9 the last pair of Wrichik
Majumdar and Jyotish Das took Bengal past Assam's first innings total
of 347. They had added 64 for the last wicket when they were finally
separated with the total at 351. Majumdar remained not out on 68.
The match meandered into an academic exercise after that with Assam
notching up 228-5 in their second innings thanks to Tariquer Rehman's
unbeaten 103. Bengal now plays Tripura from November 22 while Assam
takes on Bihar from December 25.
Full postHaryana in command against Himachal
Rohtak: Haryana was in a commanding position against Himachal Pradesh at draw of stumps on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Vishwakarma stadium here on Monday
Anil Gulati
16-Nov-1999
Rohtak: Haryana was in a commanding position against Himachal Pradesh
at draw of stumps on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy
league match at the Vishwakarma stadium here on Monday. After setting
a victory target of 432 to be scored in 117 overs, they captured five
HP wickets after for only 98 runs by stumps.
Haryana resumed its second innings with an overall lead of 192 runs
with seven wickets in hand. Overnight not out batsman Rajesh Puri
scored 56 before falling leg before to Shakthi Singh. He played just
55 balls and hit ten fours. Wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra top scored with 75
runs. Haryana declared at 361 for 9. Among the Himachal bowlers,
medium pacer Shakthi Singh who had taken six wickets in the first
innings took five wickets in the second.
Chasing a tough victory target, the Himachal batsmen succumbed to the
psychological pressure, lost wickets steadily and were in a hopeless
situation by close.
Full postBihar defeat Tripura by 51 runs
Agartala: Bihar won their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Tripura at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College stadium here yesterday by 51 runs to pick up the maximum eight points
16-Nov-1999
Agartala: Bihar won their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against
Tripura at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College stadium here yesterday by
51 runs to pick up the maximum eight points.
Set 234 for victory, Tripura was bowled out for 182 in 78.3 overs on
the last day. Resuming at 29-0 Tripura seemed to have the match under
control at 108-2 with A Vilaskar (58) and V.Prajapati (22) putting on
62 runs for the third wicket in 23.3 overs. But they lost their last
eight wickets for 74 runs. The men who did the damage for Bihar were
left-arm spinners Avinash Kumar and Prasad Rao who bagged five wickets
each for 47 and 65 runs respectively.
Tripura now goes on to play Bengal while Bihar next plays Orissa, both
matches starting on November 22.
Full postAndhra make good score on opening day
Hyderabad: After opting to bat first on a placid batting track at the Gymkhana grounds, Andhra started quietly with no runs in the first over
Blessington Thomas
16-Nov-1999
Hyderabad: After opting to bat first on a placid batting track at the
Gymkhana grounds, Andhra started quietly with no runs in the first
over. Vanka Pratap, sharing the new ball with Narenderpal Singh, took
a severe beating from the Andhra skipper Amit Pathak, with his first
couple of overs costing him 20 runs, all scored in boundaries.
Soon after Amit turned his attention towards N P Singh and continued
in the same vein, striking the bowler for 3 more fours to register the
first 50 runs on the board in 51 minutes off 11.5 overs, Pathak
contibuting 38 of them in the company of L N Prasad Reddy. Reddy [
16 ] lived a charmed life when Kanwaljeet could not hold on to a
return catch offered at 63 in the 19th over of the innings and 9th of
the bowler.
Venkatapathi Raju drew first blood with an arm ball to deceive Amit
Pathak who was clean bowled for an aggressive 56 off 73 balls in a
stay of 89 minutes. Nagini Kumar accompanied Reddy who lofted
Kanwaljeet over mid-wicket for a huge 6. Azharuddin replaced Raju at
the pavilion end as both Kanwaljeet and Raju were no threat to the
batsmen and struck immediately to trap Reddy in front of the wickets
to get an LBW decision from umpire Giridharan standing at the Pavilion
end.
Lunch was taken at 113 for 2 after 42 overs. Nineteen runs after the
resumption Raju replaced Kanwaljeet and was successful in getting a
verdict of LBW in the first over of his second spell, bowling from the
pavilion end. Venugopal who came in at the fall of Reddy found an able
partner in R V Ch.Prasad and the two repaired the innings to give
solidity by adding 142 runs for the fourth wicket in less than even
time.
Full postButcher, Gough shine as England experience revival
Bloemfontein: England experienced their best day of their South African tour on Sunday as Darren Gough and Mark Butcher put a smile back onto the normally stern face of coach Duncan Fletcher
Michael Finch
15-Nov-1999
Bloemfontein: England experienced their best day of their South
African tour on Sunday as Darren Gough and Mark Butcher put a smile
back onto the normally stern face of coach Duncan Fletcher.
At stumps after the third day of the four-day tour match against a
Free State/Griqualand West Combined XI, the tourists found themselves
in a winning position as the Combined XI finished the day on 10
without loss still 366 runs short of their winning target.
The day had belonged completely to England and was sparked off by a
remarkable bowling spell by 29-year-old Yorkshire paceman, Darren
Gough, bowling in only his second competitive match since injury
ruined his English summer in mid-July.
Bowling with plenty of pace and hostility, Gough grabbed the prize
wicket of local hero Gerhardus Liebenberg for 92 in the 12th over of
the day on his way to an impressive haul of four for 60 off 21 overs.
Full postRailways bat entire day for 83 runs, break world record
In a remarkable display of stonewalling, Railways thwarted Madhya Pradesh's hopes of an outright victory by batting right through the last day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Maharani Usha Raje ground in Indore on Sunday
Partab Ramchand
15-Nov-1999
In a remarkable display of stonewalling, Railways thwarted Madhya
Pradesh's hopes of an outright victory by batting right through the
last day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Maharani Usha
Raje ground in Indore on Sunday. In an entire day's play comprising
104 overs, they scored just 83 runs losing five wickets in the process
to finish at 86 for five off 109 overs when stumps were drawn.
MP, which opened the attack with the right arm off breaks of Rajesh
Chauhan and the slow left arm orthodox of Sunil Lahore on the third
evening when Railways had followed on 322 runs behind pressed into
service three more spinners in Manish Majithia (slow left arm
orthodox), Narendra Hirwani (right arm leg break and googly) and Abbas
Ali (right arm off break). But the five man spin attack could only
prise the door half open.
Some of the statistics associated with the Railways batsmen make for
astonishing reading. PS Rawat, the captain, played 110 balls for two
runs. Y Gowd, who came in at No 4, played 181 balls for 13 runs.
Opening batsman Sanjay Bangar for the top score of 39 played 208
balls. But easily the most amazing statistic was associated with
Majithia, the MP spinner. He sent down 20 overs without conceding a
run, picked up the wicket of Gowd and in the process finished with the
amazing analysis of 20-20-0-1.
The 83 runs that Railways scored in an entire day constituted a world
record for the least number of runs made in a day's uninterrupted
play. The previous record was 95 by Australia (80 all out) and
Pakistan (15 for two) in their one off Test match at Karachi in 1956.
Full postRailways bat entire day for 83 runs, break World record
Indore: In a remarkable display of stonewalling, Railways thwarted Madhya Pradesh's hopes of an outright victory by batting right through the last day at the Maharani Usha Raje ground here yesterday
15-Nov-1999
Indore: In a remarkable display of stonewalling, Railways thwarted
Madhya Pradesh's hopes of an outright victory by batting right through
the last day at the Maharani Usha Raje ground here yesterday. In an
entire day's play comprising 104 overs, they scored just 83 runs
losing five wickets in the process to finish at 86 for five off 109
overs when stumps were drawn.
MP, which opened the attack with the right arm off breaks of Rajesh
Chauhan and the slow left arm orthodox of Sunil Lahore on the third
evening when Railways had followed on 322 runs behind pressed into
service three more spinners in Manish Majithia (slow left arm
orthodox), Narendra Hirwani (right arm leg break and googly) and Abbas
Ali (right arm off break). But the five man spin attack could only
prise the door half open.
Some of the statistics associated with the Railways batsmen make for
astonishing reading. PS Rawat, the captain, played 110 balls for two
runs. Y Gowd, who came in at No 4, played 181 balls for 13
runs. Opening batsman Sanjay Bangar for the top score of 39 played 208
balls. But easily the most amazing statistic was associated with
Majithia, the MP spinner. He sent down 20 overs without conceding a
run and he picked up the wicket of Gowd in the process.
The 83 runs that Railways scored in an entire day constituted a world
record for the least number of runs made in a day's uninterrupted
play. The previous record was 95 by Australia (80 all out) and
Pakistan (15 for two) in their one off Test match at Karachi in 1956.
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