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Gallage steals show in rain-hit match
The three-day match between the President's XI and Sri Lanka at Bulawayo Athletic Club was again badly disrupted by rain for the second time in as many days, which all but rules out a result going into the final day this morning
The Herald
09-Nov-1999
The three-day match between the President's XI and Sri Lanka at
Bulawayo Athletic Club was again badly disrupted by rain for the
second time in as many days, which all but rules out a result going
into the final day this morning.
In all, 64 overs, which translates to four hours and 16 minutes of
play, have been lost to the rain and bad light over the last two days.
Still, there was enough quality cricket to lift the moods of those
who turned up at BAC yesterday.
Resuming on their 215-4 yesterday, the Presidents's XI went on to
close their innings on 325 -- a fairly good knock when considering
that they were staring at humiliation on 39-3 on the first morning of
the match.
Full postDharmani, Sodhi star's in Punjab's victory
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 64 by medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi and a triple century by Pankaj Dharmani enabled Punjab to rout Jammu & Kashmir by an innings and 288 runs on the penultimate day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the
Vinod Saxena
09-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 64 by medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi
and a triple century by Pankaj Dharmani enabled Punjab to rout Jammu &
Kashmir by an innings and 288 runs on the penultimate day of the four
day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Punjab Agriculture University
ground here on Monday.
Punjab resumed at 452 for six with Dharmani on 214 and Harminder Jugnu
on 30 and after adding 168 runs without any further loss declared
their innings at 620 for six at the stroke of lunch. Dharmani scored a
triple century which is the highest individual score for Punjab in the
Ranji Trophy. The earlier record was 298 by Gursharan Singh against
Bengal in 1988-89. Dharmani's marathon innings (305*) came from 479
balls during a ten hour stay at the wicket. His chanceless knock
consisted of 30 hits to the fence and two mighty sixes.
Jugnu also scored his first century while playing his 13th match. He
scored an unbeaten 106 with the help of seven boundaries and two
sixes. He faced 120 balls and stayed at the crease for 224
minutes. The pair added an unfinished 231 runs for the seventh wicket.
J & K was under tremendous pressure when they commenced their second
innings. Medium pacer Reetinder Sodhi bowled a tight line and length
and accounted for five wickets. Navdeep Singh (3 for 47) and Sarandeep
Singh (2 for 16) assisted Sodhi as the innings folded up for 37
minutes after tea for 161. Tailender Sanjay Sharma (46*), Pradeep Bali
(31) and Dhruv Mahajan (29) put up some resistance.
Full postHaryana beat Services by an innings
Gurgaon: Fine bowling by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain (4 for 50) and Feroz Ghyas (3 for 82) enabled Haryana to score an innings and 94-run victory over Services on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here on Monday
Raj Kumar
09-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: Fine bowling by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain (4 for 50) and
Feroz Ghyas (3 for 82) enabled Haryana to score an innings and 94-run
victory over Services on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy
league match here on Monday.
Services resumed their second innings at 31 for one. Overnight batsmen
Narender Singh and C D Thomson (85*) played with cool heads and added
62 runs for the second wicket when Narender Singh (41) misjudged an
inswinger from Vineet Jain and was bowled when the total was 72. He
stayed at wicket for 120 minutes and hit seven boundaries in his knock
of 72 balls. Harish Bhaskar was also bowled by Vineet Jain without
opening his account. Skipper Sanjay Verma (7) did not last long as he
was removed by Feroz Ghyas at 82.
Pankaj Maitrey (52) and Thomson then added 68 runs for the fifth
wicket. Out of this, 52 runs were scored by Maitrey before he was sent
back to pavilion by left arm spinner Pradeep Jain. He faced 110 balls
and hit four of them to the ropes. Sarabjeet Singh (25) stayed at
wicket for some time but was also removed by Pradeep Jain, who then
claimed two more wickets in quick succession.
Syed Javed (47) who came at No 11 showed courage and played a splendid
knock and added 68 runs for the tenth wicket with Thomson who with 85
not out played a sheet anchor role. Javed hit seven boundaries and a
six in his knock of 53 balls. Thomson, in his stay of 437 minutes
during which he faced 303 balls, hit seven boundaries and a
six. Services were all out for 308.
Full postDharmani, Rathore put Punjab in command
Ludhiana: An unbeaten 214 by Pankaj Dharmani and skipper Vikram Rathore's 114 helped Punjab to score 452 for six at close of play on the second day to get a lead of 281 runs with four first innings wickets still in hand in their four day North Zone
Vinod Saxena
08-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: An unbeaten 214 by Pankaj Dharmani and skipper Vikram
Rathore's 114 helped Punjab to score 452 for six at close of play on
the second day to get a lead of 281 runs with four first innings
wickets still in hand in their four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league
match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Punjab Agriculture University
stadium here on Sunday.
In reply to J & K's first innings total of 171, Punjab resumed their
first innings from the overnight score of 97 for two and added 355
runs losing four wickets, those of Vikram Rathore (114), Dinesh Mongia
(31), Sanjay Kumar (36) and Sandeep Sharma (8). Two of the wickets
were claimed by Pardeep Bali who has so far taken four for 119. A
wicket each went to Dhurv Mahajan and Kanvaljit Singh.
Dharmani and Harminder Jugnu (30) were at the crease when stumps were
drawn. Dharmani his 26 boundaries. He batted 451 minutes and faced 325
balls. Rathore got his 114 with the help of 11 boundaries and two
sixes. He batted 248 minutes during which he faced 170 deliveries.
Rathore scored his 16th century playing the 104th innings of his 67th
Ranji match while Dharmani scored his second successive double
century. He made 202 not out in the last league match against Services
at Mohali.
Dharmani has scored four double centuries in the National
championship. This was his 47th innings in his 36th match. In all he
has scored seven centuries. Rathore added 229 runs for the third
wicket with Dharmani before he was caught by Shashi Kumar off Dhruv
Mahajan at 253.
Full postSehwag hits ton as Delhi pile up runs
Mandi: A brilliant 165 by Virender Sehwag and a quick 72 by Mithun Minhas helped Delhi to pile up a massive score of 573 for seven on the second day of their four day league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie against Himachal Pradesh here on
Amarnath Gaur
08-Nov-1999
Mandi: A brilliant 165 by Virender Sehwag and a quick 72 by Mithun
Minhas helped Delhi to pile up a massive score of 573 for seven on the
second day of their four day league match of the North Zone Ranji
Trophy tie against Himachal Pradesh here on Sunday.
Resuming their innings at the overnight score of 313 for thee, Delhi
lost the wicket of skipper Ajay Sharma at 376. Akash Malhotra who
came next could not score any run and the fifth wicket fell at
379. Ajay Sharma failed to complete his century as he was run out,
while trying to take a second run, following a direct throw by Rajiv
Nayyar from cover. He made 85 runs with the help of six boundaries and
two sixes. He batted 269 minutes and faced 188 balls. Mithun Minhas
contributed 72 runs with the help of 11 boundaries before he was
caught by Arun Verma off Shakti Singh at 504.
Virender Sehwag who was on 30 at close of play yesterday, scored a
brilliant 165 with the help of 13 hits to the fence and five huge
sixes. He batted 265 minutes and faced 163 deliveries before he was
bowled by Nischal Gaur. It was his fourth century in his 15th innings
in his 12th Ranji Trophy game and his highest individual score. His
highest score earlier was 163 against Orissa at Cuttack in last year's
super league match. He and Ajay Sharma added 138 runs for the fourth
wicket stand.
Sunil Joshi (35) and Sandeep Angurala (2) were at the crease when
their skipper declared the innings. Parveen Sharma and Shakti Singh
captured two wickets each giving away 91 and 133 runs respectively.
Full postRennie rescues the Board XI as Sri Lanka start their tour
Rain cut short the first day's play of Sri Lanka's first match of their four-week cricket tour of Zimbabwe
Herald
08-Nov-1999
Rain cut short the first day's play of Sri Lanka's first match of
their four-week cricket tour of Zimbabwe.
Playing the President's XI at BAC in a three-day match, Sri Lanka not
only saw their hosts recover from a somewhat shaky start, but have
the rain intervene shortly after 2 p.m. from where no further play
was possible.
When the umpires, Geoff Fenwick and Chuck Coventry, called off play
for the day, the President's XI side were on 214-4. and that after
they were reeling at 39-3.
Their fight-back was largely down to a gutsy century by Gavin Rennie,
looking for some form to consolidate his position in the Test team
and work his way up the order.
Full postIndia get their own back with interest
After the beating India took at Rajkot, I think the Indian team said whatever you can do we can do better
Geoffrey Boycott
08-Nov-1999
Geoffrey Boycott analyses the second one day international between India
and New Zealand at Hyderabad
After the beating India took at Rajkot, I think the Indian team said
whatever you can do we can do better! And they did with an awesome
batting display which was reminiscent of Ganguly and Dravid at Taunton
in the World Cup.
This time it was Tendulkar who was determined to make up for his last
match dismissal and Dravid who looked in great touch from the first
ball. The New Zealanders were stirred up with superb cricketing shots
and perfect placement. Both batsmen kept pace with each other and 300
runs always looked on the cards. What we did not expect was the
carnage that took place once they had made centuries. Dravid
accelerated so quickly after reaching the milestone that he outscored
Sachin plundering runs all over the park with effortless classic
strokes. Eventually he succumbed to a mistimed slog to mid-wicket.
At the other end Sachin would not be outdone. He improvised with quick
thinking and enormous power. Young bowlers like Chris Drum tried to
stick it in the block hole but the master got his left leg quickly out
of the way and kept smashing to and over mid-wicket. At one stage the
young seamer bowled four full tosses and was hit in four different
places. He was trying for yorkers but by this time the brain was
scrambled. Nobody was queuing up to bowl as Sachin moved around the
crease. Sachin was awesome as he out thought, out hit and out batted
the bowling. They couldn't live with his stroke play as he plundered
boundary after boundary beating and bashing the bowling into
submission. By the time New Zealand walked off the field they must
have been shell shocked. Records came and went as Tendulkar and Dravid
claimed the highest partnership ever in one day cricket and Tendulkar
the highest score by an Indian. In years to come people will say I was
there. I saw it and it was mind blowing.
Full postKaypee hits his 27th Ranji century
Gurgaon: An unbeaten 108 by veteran Amarjeet Kaypee and a five wickets haul by Feroz Ghyas had Services facing the follow-on on the second day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match aginst Haryana at the Nehru stadium here on Sunday
Raj Kumar
08-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: An unbeaten 108 by veteran Amarjeet Kaypee and a five wickets
haul by Feroz Ghyas had Services facing the follow-on on the second
day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match aginst
Haryana at the Nehru stadium here on Sunday.
In reply to Haryana's first innings score of 502 for four declared,
Services could muster only 100 runs in 29.4 overs in their first
innings and after following on they were struggling at 31 for one when
the stumps were drawn.
Earlier, resuming at 266 for one, Haryana lost overnight batsman
Jatinder Singh for the addtion of 14 runs. He could add only 8 runs to
his individual score as he was caught by Sarajeet Singh off M.V.Rao at
280. Then Amarjit Kaypee joined the othernight batsman Parender Sharma
(53) who completed his half century with the help of six hits to the
fence before he was caught by Sarabjeet Singh off Pankaj Maitry with
the total at 330.
After the departure of skipper Parander Sharma, Rajesh Puri joined
Kaypee and the two raised a 172 run fouth wicket stand before he fell
to Maitrey, caught by Harish Bhaskar. They carried the the total to
502 for six. Puri contributed 87 runs with seven boundaries and three
sixes in his 87 minutes at the crease facing just 80 balls.
Full postSparking knock by Ashu Dani
Mandi: A sparking knock of 126 by opener Ashu Dani and an unbeaten 72 by skipper Ajay Sharma helped Delhi to pile up 313 for three in their first innings on the opening day of the four day Ranji tie against Himachal at shaheed Krishan Chand memorial
Amarnath Gaur
07-Nov-1999
Mandi: A sparking knock of 126 by opener Ashu Dani and an
unbeaten 72 by skipper Ajay Sharma helped Delhi to pile up 313
for three in their first innings on the opening day of the four
day Ranji tie against Himachal at shaheed Krishan Chand memorial
stadium here on Sunday.
Winning the toss, Delhi elected to bat but lost the first wicket
for 18 as Devender Sharma (11) was bowled by Praveen Sharma.
Vijay Dahiya who came next to join Ashu Dani added 128 runs for
the second wicket. Vijay Dahiya was out for 63 hitting 9
boundaries in his 132 minute knock facing 98 balls.
Ashu Dani who was joined by Ajay Sharma added 92 runs for the
third wicket before he was bowled for 126. Sharma was at crease
with 72 while Virender Sehwag was unbeaten with 30 at draw of
stumps. Ashu Dani hit 18 fours, batting 313 minutes and facing
228 balls Sharma hit two sixes and three hits to the fence. He
batted 211 minutes and faced 153 balls. Parveen Kumar was most
successful bowler claiming two wickets for 47 runs.
Full postPunjab in commanding position
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 28 by feft arm spinner Navdeep Singh enabled Punjab to dismiss Jammu & Kashmir for 171 in their first innings on the opening day of the four day Ranji Trophy match at the Punjab Agriculture University ground here on
Vinod Saxena
07-Nov-1999
Ludhiana: A rich haul of five for 28 by feft arm spinner Navdeep
Singh enabled Punjab to dismiss Jammu & Kashmir for 171 in their
first innings on the opening day of the four day Ranji Trophy
match at the Punjab Agriculture University ground here on Sunday.
When play was called off Punjab were in commanding position
having scored 97 for the loss of two wickets. Skipper Vikram
Rathore was batting on 43 with the help of a six and four
boundaries and Pankaj Dharmani on 47 which included ten hits to
the fence. Punjab lost the wickets of Reetinder Sodhi (0) at four
and Ravneet Ricky (5) when the score board read 24. Both these
wickets were claimed by Pradeep Bali for 30 runs.
Winning the toss, J & K started on a disastrous note losing
opener Rajesh Gill who was caught at short cover by Ravneet Ricky
off Reetinder Sodhi for one. Three more wickets with the addition
of two runs added to the agony of J & K. skipper Kanvaljit Singh
scored 47 and Ashwani Gupta contributed 40.
Three J & K batsmen - Shashi Kumar, Dhruv Mahajan and Pradeep
Bali - failed to open their account while last man Surinder
Sharma remained not out on zero.
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