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Delhi registers thrilling victory over Punjab
Ludhiana: Delhi registered a thrilling victory over last year's zonal champions Punjab by a wicket with a ball to space in their fourth one-day Ranji Trophy league tie at the Punjab Agriculture University stadium here today
Rajesh Arora
13-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: Delhi registered a thrilling victory over last year's zonal
champions Punjab by a wicket with a ball to space in their fourth
one-day Ranji Trophy league tie at the Punjab Agriculture University
stadium here today.
Electing to bat, Punjab were all out for 259 in 49.3 overs. Delhi
reached their target in 49.5 overs for the loss of nine wickets. Delhi
needed ten runs of the last over which was bowled by Sandeep Sharma.
Last man Rajesh Gehlot hit a six taking his team to the victory.
Punjab skipper and opener Vikram Rathour scored a quickfire 65 off 76
balls which included two sixes and seven hits to the fence and middle
order batsman Pankaj Dharmani blasted 69 of an equal number of balls
with the help of a six and five boundaries. Harbhajan Singh and Dinesh
Mongia chipped in 23 and 33 of 17 and 30 balls respectively.
For Delhi skipper Ajay Sharma claimed five wickets of 32 runs in 5.3
overs while medium pacer Ashish Nehra took two wickets by giving 43
runs.
Full postJammu and Kashmir beat Services by 55 runs
New Delhi: An unbeaten century by Ashwani Gupta (137) and fine bowling by Kanvaljit Singh (3/50) helped Jammu and Kashmir beat Services by 55 runs in their fourth one-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league tie here today
Madhu Sanghi
13-Nov-1999
New Delhi: An unbeaten century by Ashwani Gupta (137) and fine bowling
by Kanvaljit Singh (3/50) helped Jammu and Kashmir beat Services by 55
runs in their fourth one-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league tie here
today.
Put in to bat, J & K made 285 for the loss of eight wickets in the
allotted 50 overs and then bowled out the hosts for 230 in 45 overs.
The visitors began disastrously, losing Ranjit Bali on one and
Kanvaljit Singh seven runs later. Amitpal (41) then joined Ashwani
Gupta in a 104-run partnership for the third wicket. Amitpal Singh was
run out at 112 and new man in Shashi Kumar (4) followed him soon
after. Ashwani Gupta and Dhruv Mahajan (29) then added 69 runs for the
fifth wicket to strenqthen the J & K innings.
Services began their chase badly, losing their top five batsmen for
just 71 runs as J & K seamers Vijay Sharma (2/40), Surinder Singh
(2/22) and Sanjay Sharma (2/28) bowled a tight line. C.D.Thomson (50)
and Amit Nadkarni (73) steadied the innings putting on 79 for the
sixth wicket, before J & K skipper Kanvaljit Singh (3/50) had Thomson
caught by Amitpal.
Full postSaikia ton sustains Assam
Opening batsman SB Saikia, with a splendid 124, enabled Assam to keep Bengal in the field all day while running up a total of 225 for six on the opening day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league tie against Bengal at the Eden Gardens, Calcutta on
13-Nov-1999
Opening batsman SB Saikia, with a splendid 124, enabled Assam to keep
Bengal in the field all day while running up a total of 225 for six on
the opening day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league tie against
Bengal at the Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Friday.
Winning the toss, Assam had a good start with Saikia and AN Bhagawati
(22) putting on 47 runs in 11.4 overs. Saikia was involved in two more
fruitful partnerships. With T Rahman (25) he added 63 runs for the
third wicket in 31 overs and with SR Das (26 not out) he increased the
score by 84 runs during a fifth wicket association which lasted 31
overs. Saikia was fifth out, shortly before stumps were drawn. He
batted 343 minutes, faced 267 balls and hit 19 fours and a six. The
Bengal skipper U Chatterjee took the bowling honours taking 4 for 50
from 32 overs.
Full postRajasthan quickly in command
Jaipur: Rajasthan were well placed at stumps on the first day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Vidarbha here on Thursday
12-Nov-1999
Jaipur: Rajasthan were well placed at stumps on the first day of their
Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Vidarbha here on
Thursday.
Rajasthan, after putting Vidarbha in to bat dismissed them for 163
runs in under 50 overs with former Indian seam bowler Sanjeev Sharma
being the most successful bowler with four for 56. Sharma who had a
long career with Delhi is turning out for Rajasthan as a professional
this season. He played the last of his two Tests for India in England
in 1990. Vidarbha in fact faltered after a first wicket partnership of
81 runs in 17 overs between PH Sutane (54) and AV Deshpande (29). By
close of play Rajasthan were well on their way to taking a big lead
with a score of 114 for two. After two wickets fell for 36 runs, AS
Jain (72) and Ajay Mehra (27) shared an unbroken third wicket
partnership of 78 runs in 31 overs.
Vidarbha 163 in 49.4 overs (PH Sutane 54, Sanjeev Sharma 4 for
56). Rajasthan 114 for 2 in 40 overs (AS Jain 72 not out)
Full postBruyns, McKenzie cash in as SA A plunder Lanka bowling
Centurion: If you ask Mark Bruyns if there is such a thing as the Tooth Fairy he will no doubt think of the two chances he gave in his career-best innings yesterday as he helped himself to his third century of the season
Trevor Chesterfield
12-Nov-1999
Centurion: If you ask Mark Bruyns if there is such a thing as the
Tooth Fairy he will no doubt think of the two chances he gave in his
career-best innings yesterday as he helped himself to his third
century of the season.
Apart from eclipsing the 500 runs mark this season and improving an
already healthy batting average, Bruyns 144 for South Africa A did
much, with the other century-maker, Neil McKenzie, to establish firm
control in the four-day outing against Sri Lanka A at SuperSport Park.
While McKenzie batted with more assurance and took a lot less time to
reach three figures, both batsmen smartly rotated the scoring rate
with accomplished ease against bowling seemingly bereft of ideas as
well as penetration on a pitch which, the South Africa A captain, Dale
Benkenstein had he won the toss would have also bowled first.
There is no doubt either the South Africa A bowling would have been
far more organised as the wayward attack and sloppy fielding display
put together by the visitors added to their misery during the Bruyns
and McKenzie partnership of 177 for the second wicket. It went on to
lay the foundation for the first innings total of 352 for three at the
close.
Full postUnbeaten 136 by JP Yadav
Indore: Madhya Pradesh, put in to bat by Railways, scored 249 for two in 90 overs at close of play on the first day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league tie here on Thursday
12-Nov-1999
Indore: Madhya Pradesh, put in to bat by Railways, scored 249 for two
in 90 overs at close of play on the first day of their Central Zone
Ranji Trophy league tie here on Thursday.
JP Yadav and Rajagopalan shared a first wicket partnership of 212 runs
in 72.2 overs before the latter was out for 70. Amay Khurasia did not
last very long falling for 22 just before close. But Yadav carried on
till stumps and remained unconquered with 136. He batted 379 minutes,
faced 238 balls and hit 13 fours and two sixes.
Full postHaldipur stars in Bengal's easy win
Nikhil Haldipur's bright unbeaten 131 was the feature of Bengal's easy eight wicket victory over Assam in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Thursday
12-Nov-1999
Nikhil Haldipur's bright unbeaten 131 was the feature of Bengal's easy
eight wicket victory over Assam in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day
match at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Thursday.
Winning the toss, Assam posted a modest total of 206 for eight in 50
overs. SR Zuffri (40) and VR Samant (48) shared the only notable stand
of the innings - 68 for the third wicket off 14 overs.
Bengal coasted to victory with 13.3 overs to spare. Openers Haldipur
and AA Lahiri (27) gave them a flying start by putting on 128 runs off
17.4 overs. Bengal then suffered a minor setback with O.Singh removing
both Lahiri and DD Gupta in the same over without any addition to the
score. But Haldipur and Rohan Gavaskar then took Bengal to victory
with an unbroken third wicket partnership of 79 runs off 19.3
overs. While Gavaskar was content to play second fiddle and remained
unbeaten with 26 off 59 balls, Haldipur made a number of scintillating
shots and his unbeaten 131 was scored off just 109 balls with 21
fours.
Full postRanjan stars in Bihar's victory
A fine 134 by N.Ranjan featured Bihar's easy 94 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the MBB stadium, Tripura on Thursday
12-Nov-1999
A fine 134 by N.Ranjan featured Bihar's easy 94 run victory over
Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the MBB
stadium, Tripura on Thursday.
Put in to bat, Bihar made 274 for two off 50 overs. Openers Zeeshan
Ali and Ranjan put on 179 runs in 39.2 overs. Zeeshan was out for 71
for which he faced 109 balls and hit three fours. Ranjan and Rajib
Kumar then hit out while adding 50 runs for the second wicket in just
5.2 overs before Ranjan was out. He faced 150 balls and hit 15
boundaries. Rajib Kumar and S.Kumar then flogged the Tripura attack in
adding 45 runs off 5.2 overs during an unbroken third wicket
partnership.
Tripura were never in with a chance of scoring the required runs and
it was only an unbroken eighth wicket partnership of 75 runs off 16
overs between S. Roy (45) and Aditya Shukla (30) that enabled them to
reach 180 for 7 in 50 overs.
Full postRobin Singh bowls Delhi to ten wicket victory
Mandi: A hostile bowling spell by Robin Singh who scalped seven wickets enabled Delhi to beat Himachal Pradesh by ten wickets during their third league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four day match which concluded here today
Amarnath Gaur
10-Nov-1999
Mandi: A hostile bowling spell by Robin Singh who scalped seven
wickets enabled Delhi to beat Himachal Pradesh by ten wickets during
their third league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four day match
which concluded here today.
Himachal Pradesh, 329 runs behind on the first innings, resumed their
second innings at the score of 215 for 4. Nischal Gaur (70) and
Sangram Singh (103) played well before Nischal Gaur was bowled by a
Robin Singh yorker. Gaur helped add 32 runs to the total. Jaswant Rai
(30) who came in after Gaur's departure played sensibly, scoring
mostly in singles. He batted 84 minutes and faced 73 balls before he
was out leg before with the score 313 for 6. Rai added 66 runs for the
sixth wicket with Sangram Singh.
Robin Singh who was bowling with a lot of fire did not allow the
batsmen to settle down and captured three more wickets to take his
tally in the second innings to seven for 80 in 23.1 overs. In the
meantime Sangram Singh who was playing with courage and confidence
completed his maiden century in his 7th Ranji match. He faced 172
balls and stayed for 247 minutes at the crease. His knock consisted of
12 hits to the fence and a six over long on. He was also out leg
before to Robin Singh.
Himachal were all out for 338. Delhi who had to score ten runs for
victory achieved the target in 2.2 overs. With this Delhi took their
points tally to 21 from three league matches while Himachal Pradesh
have five points, also from three encounters.
Full postHimachal forced to follow on
Mandi: Forced to follow on, Himachal Pradesh were struggling at 215 for four in their second innings, still needing 115 runs to avoid an innnings defeat in the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against Delhi on the penultimate day at the Shaheed
Amarnath Gaur
09-Nov-1999
Mandi: Forced to follow on, Himachal Pradesh were struggling at 215
for four in their second innings, still needing 115 runs to avoid an
innnings defeat in the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against
Delhi on the penultimate day at the Shaheed Krishan Chand memorial
stadium here on Monday.
Resuming at their overnight score of 148 for five, Himachal lost the
sixth wicket, that of Jaswant Rai (70) with the total on
203. Yashwinder Singh (53) and Jaswant Rai added 148 runs for the
sixth wicket. Rai hit 12 boundaries while facing 115 balls. After his
departure the remaining four wickets fell for the addition of only 41
runs. Sandeep Angurala was the most successful bowler claiming four
wickets for 80 runs. Robin Singh junior and off spinner Sunil Joshi
captured two wickets each giving away 50 and 40 runs
respectively. Himachal's first innings folded up at 244.
In the follow on the hosts started badly as they were two down for
27. But by close of play they had recovered to score 215 for four.
Skipper Rajiv Nayyar (42) and Yashwinder Singh (40) played good knocks
to give their team a chance of avoiding an innings defeat. Nischal
Gaur (53*) and Sangram Singh (55*) played with responsibility and
added 106 runs for the unfinished fifth wicket. Sunil Joshi and Robin
Singh bagged two wickets each for 22 and 36 runs respectively.
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