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Railways 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.
Full postKeen tussle for first innings lead
Calcutta: Consistent batting down the order saw Bengal get to within 13 runs of Assam's first innings total on the third day of the East Zone Ranji Trophy league match here yesterday
15-Nov-1999
Calcutta: Consistent batting down the order saw Bengal get to within
13 runs of Assam's first innings total on the third day of the East
Zone Ranji Trophy league match here yesterday. Replying to Assam's
347, Bengal were 334 for nine at close.
Resuming at 137 for two, overnight not out batsmen Rohan Gavaskar and
Srikant Kalyani both got half centuries. While Gavaskar got 63,
Kalyani was out for 59. Gavaskar faced 112 balls and hit seven fours
while Kalyani faced 153 balls and hit nine boundaries. Safi Ahmed (21)
and A Das (28) came up with valuable contributions and then WP
Majumdar kept the latter half going with an unbeaten 54. In an
aggressive mood, Majumdar hit five fours and three sixes while facing
94 balls. He and last man Jyotish Das (8) carry Bengal hopes of
snatching first innings points. Sukhwinder Singh was the most
successful bowler capturing five wickets for 111 from 46 overs.
Full postRanji match poised for keen finish
Agartala: The East Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Bihar and Tripura is poised for a keen finish
15-Nov-1999
Agartala: The East Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Bihar and
Tripura is poised for a keen finish. At stumps on the third day here
yesterday, Tripura chasing a target of 234 were 29 without loss at
close of play.
After a close tussle for the first innings lead which Bihar finally
won by two runs, the visitors were all out for 231 in their second
innings. Opener N.Ranjan (51) and V.Kumar (42) added 95 runs for the
second wicket from 28 overs before falling in successive overs. Rajib
Kumar then got a valuable 45 but wickets fell at regular intervals
before V.Saxena and AV Kumar added 43 runs for the eighth wicket off
13 overs. However the last three Bihar wickets fell in ten balls
without the addition of a run.
In their quest of a victory target of 234, Tripura openers
R. Chowdhuri (12) and S Roy (15) came in unbeaten after batting nine
overs by close.
Full postServices take first innings lead against J & K
New Delhi: Brilliant half-century knocks by skipper Sanjay Verma (74) and C.D.Thomson (74) and their 142 runs sixth wicket partnership helped Services to notch up 282 for eight and take a vital 41-run first innings lead against Jammu and Kashmir on
Madhu Sanghi
15-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Brilliant half-century knocks by skipper Sanjay Verma (74)
and C.D.Thomson (74) and their 142 runs sixth wicket partnership
helped Services to notch up 282 for eight and take a vital 41-run
first innings lead against Jammu and Kashmir on the second day of the
four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league tie being played at the Harbax
Singh stadium here today.
Resuming at the overnight score of 20 for three, Services lost Sachin
Kulkarni without adding to the score when seamer Surinder Singh
rattled his stumps to give J & K an early breakthrough.
Services got another jolt when Syed Javed (27) was trapped leg before
wicket by off-spinner Ashwani Gupta, leaving them tottering at 54 for
five. Thomson then joined Verma and both batted sensibly. They kept
the scoreboard ticking with small nudges and pushes to give some
respectability to the total.
Verma was finally dismissed by J & K skipper Kanvaljit Singh when
Dhruv Mahajan caught him. His 74 included seven hits to the fence.
Fifteen runs later, Thomson was adjudged leg before wicket to Surinder
Singh. His fighting 74 was studded with ten boundaries. For the
visitors Surinder Singh took three wickets for 67 runs while Vijay
Sharma bagged two wickets for 45 runs.
Full postDharmani hits consective third century
Ludhiana: Pankaj Dharmani (101) slammed his third consective century in the fourth outing of this season as Punjab declared their first innings at 530 for seven 15 minutes after tea on the second day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league tie at the
Rajesh Arora
15-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: Pankaj Dharmani (101) slammed his third consective century
in the fourth outing of this season as Punjab declared their first
innings at 530 for seven 15 minutes after tea on the second day of the
North Zone Ranji Trophy league tie at the Punjab Agriculture
University stadium here today.
In reply, Delhi were 58 without loss at close of play with Devender
Sharma on 25 and Ashu Dani on 29.
The overnight centurion Reetinder Sodhi (104) was sent back to the
pavilion in the very first over of today when he was bowled by Robin
Singh Junior at the overnight score of 276. Dinesh Mongia joined
Dharmani and played steadly. Dharmani completed his century in style
as he hit an excellent cover drive for four off Sandeep Angurala. He
was out to Robin Singh off the very next ball. Dharmani played 200
balls during his stay of 268 minutes. His powerful hits crossed the
boundary ropes 14 times and he also hit one six. So far this season
he has scored 678 runs in four games at an average of 339.
Sanjay Kumar then joined Mongia and both played agressive
cricket. Sanjay was in an attacking mood and scored 66 runs off 115
balls with the help of eight boundaries. The duo added 123 runs for
the fifth wicket. Dinesh Mongia (92), who was playing responsibly
missed his ton when he was caught behind by Dahiya off Harinder
Chaudhary while trying to cut a delivery which was not too short.
Full postJ & K hit back against Services
New Delhi: After being restricted to 221, Jammu and Kashmir hit back hard to dismiss three Services batsmen for 20 runs at close of play on the first day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here yesterday
15-Nov-1999
New Delhi: After being restricted to 221, Jammu and Kashmir hit back
hard to dismiss three Services batsmen for 20 runs at close of play on
the first day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here
yesterday.
Electing to bat, J & K lost two wickets for 47 but skipper Kavaljit
Singh (58) and AP Singh (82) put on 121 runs for the third wicket in
43.2 overs. However following Kavaljit's dismissal there was precious
little batting and J & K lost their last seven wickets for just 31
runs. SV Gagh was the wrecker-in-chief taking four wickets for 24 runs
from 20 overs.
In the short time available, Services ran into trouble against Vijay
Sharma who took two wickets. The other batsman was run out.
Full postHimachal collapse gives Haryana the lead
Rohtak: Himachal conceded a 70 runs lead as their innings suddenly collapsed on the second day against Haryana in the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Vishwakarma stadium here today
Anil Gulati
15-Nov-1999
Rohtak: Himachal conceded a 70 runs lead as their innings suddenly
collapsed on the second day against Haryana in the North Zone Ranji
Trophy league match at the Vishwakarma stadium here today.
Resuming at the overnight score of 32 for two in reply to Haryana's
first innings total of 222, Himachal batsmen Nischal Gaur and skipper
Rajiv Nayyar put on 76 runs for the third wicket. When the score was
108, Gaur was dismissed for 50 by medium pacer Feroz Ghyas. Before
being caught behind by Ajay Ratra, Gaur stayed at the crease for 205
minutes. He faced 159 balls and hit eight boundaries. His departure
signalled a sudden collapse in the session between lunch and
tea. Seven Himachal wickets fell for the addition of only 44 runs and
the entire team was bundled out for 152.
Vineet Jain returned with the impressive figures of 13.4-6-30-4. Feroz
Ghyas and Pankaj Thakur took three wickets each giving away 49 and 35
runs respectively.
Haryana started their second innings immediately after tea. They
tested a new pair of openers. Pradeep Jain who is a specialist bowler,
opened with Jitender Singh. The experiment did not work and Pradeep
was bowled by Shakti Singh when he had made nine runs. Jitender and
Parender played ten overs togather before the former was dismissed by
Rahul Panta for 15. At 62, Amarjeet Kaypee was out after scoring 11
runs. He was leg before to Shakti Singh.
Full postMaiden ton in Subbaiah Pillai Trophy by Manohar
Hyderabad: Hyderabad's left hand opening batsman Daniel Manohar's maiden century in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy marked the highlight of the day's proceedings in the match between hosts Hyderabad and Andhra at the Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday
Blessington Thomas
15-Nov-1999
Hyderabad: Hyderabad's left hand opening batsman Daniel Manohar's
maiden century in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy marked the highlight of
the day's proceedings in the match between hosts Hyderabad and Andhra
at the Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday. Hyderabad won easily by seven
wickets.
Chasing a moderate target of 220 set by the opposition. Hyderabad
opened the innings with recalled India batsman VVS Laxman and southpaw
Daniel Manohar. The opening pair put on a century stand, before Laxman
was out after scoring a fine 58. Laxman took some time because of the
low bounce of the track to make some pleasing strokes on either side
of the wicket. He was pretty severe on Madhukar. Laxman scored 20
off the 28 runs conceded by the bowler in his first spell of five
overs. KST Sai replaced Madhukar and he too faced the punitive blade
of Laxman who struck three lovely drives for boundaries.
At the other end Daniel Manohar kept the tempo going and the two
batsmen raised the 50 in the 12th over and 100 in the 21st over.
Laxman was the first to reach 50 off 62 balls in 85 minutes and 19
minutes later Manohar reached his 50 off 70 deliveries with the help
of five fours to Laxman's seven.
Andhra met with success when left arm bowler Ram Mohan replaced
Shahabuddin at 107 in the 22nd over and dismissed Laxman in his second
over. Nanda Kishore did not stay long and gave Vatekar a return catch
at three with the total 116. Skipper Mohammad Azharuddin joined
Manohar and the two added 88 runs for the third wicket in 77 minutes,
the later dominating with some powerful strokes. In Vatekar's 8th
over Azharuddin straight drove a ball so powerfully that after hitting
the boot of the Umpire Ramachandran the ball struck him in the face
between the right upper lip and nose. The umpire, for a brief time
was replaced by the match referee Pawan Agarwal, while he was given
first aid. Ramachandran was back on duty after 20 minutes (3.4 overs).
Full postRailways forced to follow on
Indore: Rajesh Chauhan (5-99) and his fellow spinners bowled their hearts out to force Railways to follow on on the third day of the Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Indore yesterday
Mahaveer Singh Arya
14-Nov-1999
Indore: Rajesh Chauhan (5-99) and his fellow spinners bowled their
hearts out to force Railways to follow on on the third day of the
Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Indore yesterday. Having
made 538-7 declared in their first innings, MP bowled Railways out
for 216. Railways had made three without loss in their second innings.
Resuming at 55-1, the Railways batsmen struggled throughout the day
against the all spin MP attack. Excepting captain Prahlad Rawat who
batted for 259 minutes and Abhay Sharma who played for 217 minutes,
none of the Railways batsmen were comfortable against Chauhan,
Hirwani, Majithia, Lahore and Abbas Ali. MP desperately need an
outright victory in this match as they have only six points from two
previous matches.
Rajesh Chauhan became the sixth MP bowler to capture 200 wickets in
the Ranji Trophy when he dismissed Zakir Hussain. He thus emulated the
feat of Narendra Hirwani (307), C.S. Nayudu (295), Chandu Sarwate (285), Hiralal Gaikwad (278) and Sunil Lahore (226). Chauhan was playing in his 59th match. He made his debut against Rajasthan at Rajnandgaon in 1988-89 claiming 7-39 and 4-3.
Full postKrishnakumar bowls Rajasthan to innings victory
Jaipur: Rajasthan coasted to an innings and 74 run victory over Vidarbha with a day to spare in the Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Jaipur on Saturday
14-Nov-1999
Jaipur: Rajasthan coasted to an innings and 74 run victory over
Vidarbha with a day to spare in the Central Zone Ranji Trophy league
match at Jaipur on Saturday.
Resuming at 423 for eight in reply to Vidarbha's first innings total
of 163, Rajasthan were all out for 442. In deficit by 279 runs,
Vidarbha after a poor in which they lost three wickets for 44 were
always struggling to avoid an innings defeat. Only defiant knocks by
AV Deshpande (50, 77 balls, four boundaries) and UV Gandhe (65, 129
balls, eight fours, one six) saw Vidarbha reach 205. Krishnakumar
sealed Vidarbha's fate with a fine spell of 9.1-2-31-5. Rajasthan got
eight points and Vidarbha zero.
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