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Jatinder and Jasvir slam centuries
Gurgaon: Openers Jitender Singh and Jasvir Singh cracked centuries in the first - wicket stand of 198 runs to pilot Haryana to a comfortable 266 for one on the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four-day league tie against Services at the
Raj Kumar
07-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: Openers Jitender Singh and Jasvir Singh cracked
centuries in the first - wicket stand of 198 runs to pilot
Haryana to a comfortable 266 for one on the opening day of the
North Zone Ranji Trophy four-day league tie against Services at
the Nehru stadium here on Sunday.
Jatinder Singh remained unconquered on 117 with the help of 13
hits to the fence in his 360 minute knock, facing 267 balls while
Jasbir (116, 282 minutes, 211 balls, 17 x4 ) fell to Sachin
Kulkarni after a splendid knock as both made merry with a
vengeance following their loss to Services in the one-day
encounter on Saturday.
Electing to bat on a placid wicket, the Haryana openers justified
the decision by compiling quick runs. Jasvir completed his
hundred first before leg spinnerKulkarni made the breakthrough by
dismissing Jasbir soon after the tea interval.
There were no further breakthroughs however for the Services
skipper Parender Sharma (batting 26) saw the day through for
Haryana along with Jatinder.
Full postServices beat Haryana in cliff hanger
Gurgaon: Services defeated Haryana by one run in a cliff hanger in their third one day inter-state encounter at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday
Rakesh Sanghi
06-Nov-1999
Gurgaon: Services defeated Haryana by one run in a cliff hanger in
their third one day inter-state encounter at the Nehru Stadium here on
Friday.
Electing to bat on a wicket which appeared full of runs, Services
after making a hesitant start were able to raise a respectable total
of 217 for 8 in the allotted 50 overs. Sarabjit Singh emerged the top
scorer with 58 runs hitting five boundaries of 108 balls before being
caught by Vineet Jain off Parender Sharma. Opener K.K.Dixit (44 runs,
49 balls, 1x6, 5x4 ) and C.D.Thomson (42 runs, 55 balls, 3x4 ) also
made useful contributions. A partnership of 69 runs between Sarabjit
Singh and C.D.Thomson for the fifth wicket was also a highlight of the
Services innings. Amit Nadkari remained not out on 26.
For Haryana Sonu Sharma bowled economically conceding just 18 runs in
10 overs to capture one wicket. However, skipper Parender Sharma was
the most successful bowler taking three wickets at the cost of 32 runs
while Pradeep Jain and Manish Sakhalkar took two wickets each giving
away 35 and 60 runs respectively.
Chasing a target of 218 at an asking rate of 4.36, Haryana looked
certain to win at one stage, but lost the match by the narrowest of
margins when four balls remained to be bowled. They were all out for
216 runs in 49.2 overs.
Full postMahajan hits unbeaten century
Solan: An unbeaten 114 by Vivek Mahajan put Punjab in a commanding position against Himachal Pradesh at close of play on the first day of their three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy league match at the YS Parmar University ground here on Thursday
Sushil Dewan
05-Nov-1999
Solan: An unbeaten 114 by Vivek Mahajan put Punjab in a commanding
position against Himachal Pradesh at close of play on the first day of
their three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy league match at the YS
Parmar University ground here on Thursday. After dismissing the hosts
for 125, Punjab scored 279 for eight at stumps.
Yuvraj Singh won the toss for Punjab and asked the hosts to bat
first. Hari Krishan Kali dealt Himachal Pradesh three early blows with
only 10 runs on the board. Hitesh Angrish (31) and Pankaj Kapoor (19)
added 40 runs for the fourth wicket when Angrish was sent back to the
pavilion by Yuvraj Singh. Another two wickets fell in quick succession
and Himachal were 57 for six. No 10 batsman Anuj Pratap Singh (31)
brought some respectibility to his team's total and Himachal managed a
modest total of 125 runs. Yuvraj Singh was the most successful bowler
picking up four wickets for 29 runs.
Punjab lost skipper Yuvraj Singh to the second ball of the innings.
Ajay Partap Singh sent him back without scoring. Vivek Mahajan and
Manav Dhuper (49) then added added 84 runs for the fourth
wicket. Dhuper played an attacking knock, hitting 10 boundaries and
faced only 49 balls before he was caught by Verma off Anuj
Thakur. Hari Krishan Kali (32), Vikramjit Sodhi (20) and Ankur Sondhi
(19) all made valuable contributions. But all eyes were on Vivek
Mahajan who played elegant strokes all around the ground. He played
159 balls and hit 17 of them to the ropes. Ajay Partap Singh, Mohan
Singh and Shivender Pal Singh shared two wickets each giving away 57,
45 and 72 runs respectively.
Full postGeoffrey Boycott analyses the first NZ-India one-day match at Rajkot
Batting first New Zealand gave an exceptional display of constructive aggression
Geoffrey Boycott
05-Nov-1999
Batting first New Zealand gave an exceptional
display of constructive aggression. After the first few overs the
openers picked their spot with a mixture of classical shots on the
floor and thumping good length balls 'over the top'. The bowlers were
powerless to curtail the run rate because the pitch was so true with a
nice even bounce. With field restrictions only allowing two men
outside the 30 yards circle. Tendulkar did the only thing he could
which was to swap the bowlers around and not leave any bowler on for
long.
Sadly for India it didn't matter who bowled at which end or
where the fielders were placed. It was 'slaughter in the sun' as
Spearman in particular pulled and drove with ease. Left hander Twose
was a revelation as he got his right leg out of the way to make room
for himself and whack the ball into every leg side gap. It was almost
as if he was toying with the bowling. At one stage with Astle batting
nicely and the dangerous Cairns just beginning to tune up there was a
danger of New Zealand scoring 400. But Astle got himself 'bogged
down' consciously trying to make sure of his century and in doing so
ran Cairns out stupidly. Astle eventually got his hundred but at a
cost of doing India a favour of getting rid of the most destructive
batsman in the New Zealand team and slowing down his own batting.
After that the tempo increased again and with so many wickets in hand
the loss of a few didn't hamper the run rate. All it did was flatter
a few bowling figures !
For future games it is vital that India find two bowlers who can bowl
' at the death' very straight and in the block hole. Nobody does it
consistently and so length balls were being smacked for huge sixes and
the scoring of runs could not be controlled. Captain and bowler
should be on the same wavelength as to exactly what line and what
length the bowler will bowl. When the ball is being walloped all over
the ground bowlers one under pressure and can't always think straight.
May be Sachin has to be much firmer and tell them where he wants them
to bowl. Then they are in trouble if they don't do as he says.
India are notoriously a poor chasing side and if they were to get the
huge target then the guys would have to play 'out of their skins' and
would need some luck. They got some good fortune when Tendulkar was
dropped behind off the 3rd ball and then Nash went off injured after
one over. Ganguly made 7 glorious shots for boundaries but Dravid was
at his best. Jadeja with Singh got the team in a good position with
sensible cricket but just when the tempo needed to be raised Singh
holed out in the deep. From then on India committed cricket
suicide. Jadeja slogged one up in the air and was dropped. Bharadwaj
tried to hit his 2nd ball for 6! He never gave himself time to get
in and get used to the pitch or the bowling. A stupid inexperienced
shot was followed by Chopra dragging his foot out of the batting
crease.
Full postRajiv Nayyar bats for over 1000 minutes
It is not every time in a first class match that a batsman can be at the crease for over 1000 minutes
Vinod Saxena
04-Nov-1999
It is not every time in a first class match that a batsman can be at
the crease for over 1000 minutes. But the Himachal Pradesh captain
Rajiv Nayyar did just that in his team's four day North Zone Ranji
Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir which ended in a tame draw at the
Police stadium in Chamba on Wednesday.
Nayyar batted for 16 hours and 55 minutes in scoring 271, in the
process creating a new individual record for Himachal Pradesh.
Resuming at the overnight score of 407 for 6 in reply to J & K's first
innings total of 249, Nayyar opted to go for a statistical record
instead of trying to obtain full points for his team. But he was
successful in his objective and went on to get 271 runs to become the
first Himachal batsman to score a double hundred. He occupied the
crease for a record time of 1015 minutes. He faced 728 balls and hit
26 fours and a six. J & K who bowled a mainly defensive line were on
the field for virtually three days after being all out for 249 just
before close on the first day.
Nayyar who came in early on the second day when the first wicket had
fallen at 39, was 89 at stumps and raised his score to 170 by the
third evening. This was his 61st Ranji Trophy match (113th innings)
and the marathon knock was his 13th hundred in the National
competition. Incidentally he had also got a hundred against J & K last
year. With Nischal Gaur who also hit a century against J & K last
season, Nayyar added 146 runs for the second wicket, Gaur's share
being a patient 69.
Full postDalal's ton helps Haryana draw with Delhi
New Delhi: Young and talented Sanjay Dalal (107*) enabled Haryana to salvage their pride by foring a draw against Delhi in their second encounter of the North Zone Ranji trophy four day league match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here on Wednesday
Madhu Sanghi
04-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Young and talented Sanjay Dalal (107*) enabled Haryana
to salvage their pride by foring a draw against Delhi in
their second encounter of the North Zone Ranji trophy four day league
match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here on Wednesday.
Haryana resumed their overnight innings at 90 for two with in-form
Jasvir Singh and Amarjeet Kaypee. Amit Bhandari raised hopes for his
team as he trapped Kaypee in front of the wickets when he added only
one run to his overnight score. Ashish Nehra then took the wicket of
Jasvir Singh (47) at 107. Rajesh Puri and Sanjay Dalal then
played with cool heads and added 124 runs off 39 overs before
Puri was leg before to Nehra at 231. Puri scored 66 runs facing
113 balls. He remained at the wicket for 145 minutes and hit nine fours.
Ajay Ratra now joined Dalal. At this stage Delhi seemed headed
for an outright victory because there were still 40 overs to be
bowled. However full marks to Dalal and Ratra who showed a lot of
responsibilty. Sanjay Dalal scored his first century while playing
his 12th innings in his ninth Ranji Trophy match. He faced 231 balls
and hit 11 boundaries. He was at the wicket for almost the whole day.
Ajay Ratra also rose to the occassion and scored 61 runs with the
help of seven boundaries. He faced 123 balls and was at the crease for 169
minutes. The two youngstars added 115 runs for the unfinished
sixth wicket partnership and Haryana were able to pocket three valuable
points. Haryana finished with 346 runs for the loss of five wickets. Ashish
Nehra and Amit Bhandari captured two wickets each giving away 66 and 80
runs respectively.
Delhi have 13 points from two matches while Haryana
increased their points tally to eight from an equal number of games.
Full postSkipper's knock by Rajiv Nayyar
Chamba: A skipper's knock of 170 not out by Rajiv Nayyar put Himachal Pradesh in a commanding position on the third day of the four day league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy against Jammu & Kashmir here on Tuesday
Vinod Saxena
03-Nov-1999
Chamba: A skipper's knock of 170 not out by Rajiv Nayyar put Himachal
Pradesh in a commanding position on the third day of the four day
league match of the North Zone Ranji Trophy against Jammu & Kashmir
here on Tuesday. The hosts scored 407 runs for 6 wickets at close of
play in reply to J & K's first innings score of 249.
Resuming at the overnight total of 219 for three, Himachal lost the
wicket of Sangram Singh after adding 64 runs to the total. Sangram was
run out for 27 at 283. Rajiv Nayyar scored his 13th century while
playing his 113th innngs of his 61st Ranji match.
Yashwinder Singh who joined Nayyar scored 55 runs before he was bowled
by Sanjay Sharma and the fifth wicket partnership of 91 runs carried
the score to 374. The Himachal boys made slow and steady progress.
They lost a sixth wicket, that of Anuj Pal Dass (10) who was also
bowled by Sanjay. Only 188 runs were scored during the day and Rajiv
Nayyar who hit 15 fours and a six could add only 81 runs to his
overnight tally of 89 runs. Himachal, ahead by 158 runs is virtually
assured of five points with only one day left in the game.
Full postServices on verge of innings defeat
Mohali: Excellent off spin bowling by young Sarandeep Singh (6 for 41) dragged Services to the doorstep of an innings defeat on the third day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here on
Rajesh Arora
03-Nov-1999
Mohali: Excellent off spin bowling by young Sarandeep Singh
(6 for 41) dragged Services to the doorstep of an innings defeat
on the third day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match
at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here on Tuesday.
Services resumed at their overnight score of 76 for four with Pankaj
Maitrey and Saranjeet Singh. Both batsmen played with a cool head and
held firm. Punjab skipper Vikram Rathore rotated
his bowlers and he was able to break the 70 run partnership for
the fifth wicket 36 minutes before lunch. Maitrey (40) played an
uppish drive off Sandeep Sharma and was held by at point by
Sanjay Kumar at 135. Maitrey stayed at wicket for 158 minutes and
faced 113 balls, hitting five of them to the ropes.
After Maitrey's departure, Sevices were bundled out in just 49 minutes
and 12.3 overs. Sarandeep Singh was the wrecker-in-chief as he removed
the remaining five wickets in a spell of 6.1 overs for 18 runs.
The batsmen were unable to negotiate his leg cutters. This
was his best bowling effort in his 7th Ranji match. His previous
best was 5 for 58 against Hyderabad last year.
Besides Maitrey, only Sarabjeet Singh (26) and G.S.Thapa (17*) managed
to reach double figures. The Services innings folded up 13 minutes after
lunch at 171. Trailing by 362 runs, they were forced to follow on.
Full postDelhi in command against Haryana
New Delhi: Delhi looked set to add at least five points to their tally as they reduced Haryana 90 for two in the second innings after posting a 304 runs first innings lead on the penultimate day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy league cricket
Madhu Sanghi
03-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Delhi looked set to add at least five points to their tally
as they reduced Haryana 90 for two in the second innings after posting
a 304 runs first innings lead on the penultimate day of the four day
North Zone Ranji Trophy league cricket match here on Tuesday.
Delhi declared their first innings at 470 for 8 at the first post
lunch drinks break after skipper Ajay Sharma (143) had scored his
first century of this season.
Resuming at 290 for three, Sharma (333 mts, 218 balls, 10x4, 3x6)
added 83 runs to his individual score in a superb innings. He reached
his hundred by lifting off spinner Sanjay Jakhar for a towering six
over mid on. It was his 31st century in the national championship
while playing the 98th innings of his 82nd match.
Earlier, the other overnight batsman Sehwag (47) fell to former Delhi
medium pacer Feroze Ghyas' first delivery. Akash Malhotra (45) teamed
up with his skipper to consolidate the innings before Ghyas had him
caught by Parender Sharma. Amit Bhandari scored a quickfire 25 runs
off 12 balls with the help of two sixes and three boundaries. For
Haryana Feroze Ghyas and Sanjay Jakhar bagged three wickets each
giving away 90 and 159 runs respectively. Vineet Jain took two wickets
for 95 runs.
Full postPunjab rout Services by an innings
Mohali: Hosts Punjab routed Services by an innings and 173 runs on the final day in their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here today
Rajesh Arora
03-Nov-1999
Mohali: Hosts Punjab routed Services by an innings and 173 runs on the
final day in their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Punjab
Cricket Association stadium here today.
Services, resuming at their overnight score of 112 for five were all
out for the addition of 77 runs, 23 minutes before lunch. Overnight
batsman Pankaj Maitrey (1) was the first to depart as he nicked an
outswinger from Reetinder Sodhi to Pankaj Dharmani at 119. Ghan Sham
Thapa then joined his skipper Sanjay Verma and the two added 54 runs
for the seventh wicket in 85 minutes. Sanjay Verma (67) was playing
with grace and he struck six boundaries. He faced 199 balls during his
stay of 237 minutes at the crease. He was dismissed by a magnificant
return catch by Navdeep Singh at 173. After his departure, the
remaining three batsmen M.V.Rao (0), Syed Javed (6) and Sachin
Kulkarni (7) were dismissed with the addition of only 16 runs to the
total.
Sarandeep Singh who took six wickets in the first innings, captured
four wickets in the second innings taking his match tally to ten for
91. Sandeep Sawal and Reetinder Sodhi bagged two wickets each giving
away 19 and 18 runs respectively.
With this win, Punjab collected 16 points from two matches while
Services have not got any point so far.
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