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Haryana in comfortable position
Rohtak, 30 October: Devastating bowling by pacer Sandeep Mor and half centuries by skipper Satish Ohlan and Maninder Bhola put Haryana in a comfortable position on the opening day of the Cooch Behar Cricket Match against Jammu and Kashmir at
A.Anil Gulati
31-Oct-1999
Rohtak, 30 October: Devastating bowling by pacer Sandeep Mor and half
centuries by skipper Satish Ohlan and Maninder Bhola put Haryana in a
comfortable position on the opening day of the Cooch Behar Cricket Match
against Jammu and Kashmir at Vishwakarma Stadium here today.
After winning the toss Haryana inserted the visitors in to bat first. A
hostile spell of bowling by Sandeep Mor (14-6-25-7).suppoted by Rahul
Rathee (2 for 18) from the other end helped Haryana to pack the Jammu
Kashmir innings at 114 in 45.4 overs. Opener Ankit Khajuria top scored
with 36. Inderjeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh contributed 20 runs
each.No other batsman could reach double figures.
In the remaining 162 minutes Haryana consolidated its position by
wiping out the Jammu Kashmir total at the loss of Praveen Sharma's
wicket. He was adjudged lbw for 8 off the bowling of Rajinder Saini.
Satish Ohlan and Maninder Bhola put on unbeaten 107 runs for the second
wicket to put Haryana in a solid position. At draw of stumps today
Haryana had made 120 for one wicket. Satish Ohlan was batting on 53 (162
minutes,140 balls & 11x4s) where as Maninder Bhola was batting on 52
(148minutes, 107 balls, 8x4s).
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South Africa are well on the way to amassing a big lead over Zimbabwe in the First Test at Goodyear (formerly Springbok) Park, Bloemfontein
Rick Eyre
30-Oct-1999
South Africa are well on the way to amassing a big lead over Zimbabwe in the
First Test at Goodyear (formerly Springbok) Park, Bloemfontein. After two
days, South Africa are 253 for 4 in their first innings in reply to
Zimbabwe's 192 all out.
With South Africa resuming their first innings on Saturday morning on 29 for
nought, Test debutant Boeta Dippenaar was the first dismissal of the day,
trapped lbw by Henry Olonga for 20. Olonga and Mbangwa kept runs to a
premium in the first hour. Adam Bacher had advanced his score to 42 when he
pushed an Mbangwa delivery to Goodwin at point. Jacques Kallis had scored
three runs from his first 45 balls faced when he trebled his score in one
Bryan Strang over. Kallis played the anchor while Darryl Cullinan found the
Zimbabwean attack easier to despatch. At lunch South Africa were 116/2,
Cullinan (24*) already ahead of Kallis (20*).
Cullinan (27) was dismissed shortly after lunch when Grant Flower took a
brilliant diving catch behind point off the bowling of Guy Whittall. Kallis
and Cronje batted through the remainder of the afternoon session to go to
tea at 183 for 3. Most of the session was unspectacular going, though
Cronje did find the time to score seven boundaries out of his 34 runs, and
to become South Africa's leading all-time run scorer in Tests.
Kallis reached his half-century shortly after tea having faced 175
deliveries. At 64 he was beaten by Guy Whittall and trapped lbw. With
Jonty Rhodes joining his captain at the crease, South Africa ended the day
at 253 for 4 when bad light stopped play twelve minutes early (and whatever
did happen to that playing condition allowing the switching on of
floodlights to enhance failing daylight?). Cronje took his score to 60 for
the innings, and 3525 for his career. Rhodes' 24 not out included the only
six of the match to date, swinging Bryan Strang over mid-wicket.
Full postHaryana held by J & K
Faridabad : Jammu & Kashmir did well to force a draw against Haryana in their opening North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Wednesday
Madhu Sanghi
28-Oct-1999
Faridabad : Jammu & Kashmir did well to force a draw against Haryana
in their opening North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Wednesday.
All credit to the J & K batsmen who played patiently to deny Haryana
victory. They resumed at five for one, after being forced to follow
on. Nightwatchman Vijay Sharma (58*) played in obdurate fashion and
frustrated the Haryana bowlers with his defence. He played throughout
the final day's play to help his team to draw the match. He faced 271
balls remained at the wicket for 369 minutes. Amit Pal Singh (35) and
Kanvaljit Singh (25) played admirable supporting roles.
Sanjay Jakhar took two wickets to raise Haryana's hopes but Vijay
Sharma held firm at one end. Haryana also took the new ball after 82
overs with the total 142 for four. But the J & K batsmen held on and
finished with a score of 155 for four in 94 overs. They earned three
points while Haryana claimed five.
Full postSri Lanka A lose first tour match
Potchefstroom: Sri Lanka A lost their first tour match when they opened their five weeks tour with a six-wicket defeat at the North West Stadium by a combined side made up of Free State, North West and Griqualand West players
Trevor Chesterfield
28-Oct-1999
Potchefstroom: Sri Lanka A lost their first tour match when they
opened their five weeks tour with a six-wicket defeat at the North
West Stadium by a combined side made up of Free State, North West and
Griqualand West players.
The three-day game ended late on the final afternoon after the
Combined XI recovered from a poor start to their second innings on
Tuesday. Although their required target was only 94 the Combined XI
slid alarmingly to 37 for four before skipper Nicky Boje steered his
side to victory with an unbeaten 39. With solid support from Glen
Hewitt, Boje went after the Sri Lanka A bowlers as he hammered six
fours and a big six over long-on.
For the Lankans, who recovered for their first innings set back with
TM Dilshan propping up the top-order, it was a far better batting
performance although the North West fast bowler Jannie Dreyer earned
five wickets for 81 to dismiss the tourists for 264.
Dilshan narrowly missed his century when, on 96, he drove wide at a
Dreyer delivery and was caught behind by Wendell Bossenger. Dilshan
was helped by the former Lanka A captain Sajith Fernando with a sound
innings of 55 and all-rounder Nimesh Perera with 44.
Full postHaryana hold Punjab to a draw
Patiala: The Haryana batsman played with cool heads in their second innings after being obliged to follow on to hold Punjab to a draw in their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match here on Wednesday
Rakesh Sanghi
28-Oct-1999
Patiala: The Haryana batsman played with cool heads in their second innings
after being obliged to follow on to hold Punjab to a draw in their
North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match here on Wednesday.
Resuming at 203 for 8 in first innings Haryana were all out for 218.
Amit Uniyal captured both the wickets to fall on Wednesday and got
five wickets for 43 runs. Forced to follow on Haryana lost their first
wicket at 11 when Nishant Goyal (4) was bowled by Gagandeep.
Opener Parveen Sharma (56) and Maninder Singh (61) added 102 runs
for the second wicket before Parveen cut a short ball into the hands
of keeper Sondhi off Yuvraj Singh.
Haryana skipper Satish Olhan who replaced Parveen then took the
responsibility of sustaining the innings. He remained unbeaten with
52. Haryana lost only four wickets while scoring 217 runs when the match
ended. Gagandeep took two wickets for 20 runs, while Sanjay Dhull
and Yuvraj Singh got a wicket each. Punjab got five points and
Haryana three.
Full postHaryana force J & K to follow on
Faridabad: Hostile bowling spells by Vineet Jain (4 for 79) and Manish (3 for 58) enabled Haryana to enforce the follow on against Jammu and Kashmir on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday
Madhu Sanghi
27-Oct-1999
Faridabad: Hostile bowling spells by Vineet Jain (4 for 79) and Manish
(3 for 58) enabled Haryana to enforce the follow on against Jammu and
Kashmir on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match here
on Tuesday. J & K were all out for 242 runs, finishing 228 runs in
arrears.
J & K resumed at 93 for one. Overnight batsman Ranjit Bali who was 44
added only one run to his score before he was bowled by Vineet Jain's
inswinger. After his departure, Vineet and Manish struck at regular
intervals. Off-spinner Pankaj Thakur captured two wickets for 42 runs.
Kanvaljit Singh (62) played a gallant knock to carry the J & K total
to respectibility. He faced 214 balls and batted for 273 minutes
before being bowled by Manish. The batsmen who followed could not add
much to the total. Haryana claimed the second new ball after 84.1
overs at 163 for four. The decision proved to be successful as the
remaining six wickets fell for 79 runs.
Following on, J & K started their second innings badly as they lost
their consistent opening batsman Ranjit Bali (0) in the third over
bowled by Vineet Jain. At close of play, they were five for one in
four overs.
Full postServices struggling to avoid innings defeat
Delhi: Despite a valuable 60-run fifth wicket partnership between Abu Eric Samy and Saranjeet Singh, Services were struggling to avoid an innings defeat against Delhi on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday
Madhu Sanghi
27-Oct-1999
Delhi: Despite a valuable 60-run fifth wicket partnership between
Abu Eric Samy and Saranjeet Singh, Services were struggling to
avoid an innings defeat against Delhi on the third day of their
North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday.
Services, trailing by 303 runs after Delhi declared their first
innings at 444 for eight, were reeling at 140 for five in their
second innings, at close with Sarabjeet Singh, on 42, waging a
lone battle at the Harbax Singh stadium.
The hosts, who were shot out for a paltry 141 in their in their first
essay, still needed 163 runs to make Delhi bat again with only five
wickets intact.
Earlier, Manhas, who was 15 short of his century, completed his ton but
lost his overnight partner Rahul Sanghvi (25), bowled by off-spinner
M.V.Rao. Manhas continued his good work with Amit Bhandari (20 not
out) to take Delhi to 444 at the first drinks break when skipper Ajay
Sharma declared the innings. Manhas remained unbeaten at 125 with nine
hits to the ropes.
Full postPunjab poised for victory
Mohali: Punjab were well placed to score a victory over Himachal Pradesh at stumps on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday
Rajesh Arora
27-Oct-1999
Mohali: Punjab were well placed to score a victory over Himachal
Pradesh at stumps on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy
match here on Tuesday.
Punjab declared their second innings at lunch at 176 for six, setting
HP a target of 402 for victory in 143 overs. At close of play, HP were
reeling at 127 for five.
Punjab resumed their second innings at the score of 38 for 2. Dinesh
Mongia slammed a well compiled century and added 133 runs for the
third wicket with his overnight partner Amit Sharma (33).
Mongia smashed three consective boundaries to square leg off Shakti
Singh who got six wickets in the first innings. Jaswant Rai who
replaced Shakti Singh was also punished by Mongia as he hit 22 runs
from his first two overs which included two big sixes and one hit to
the fence. Mongia completed his fifth century in the Ranji Trophy
while playing in his 43rd innings of his 28th match off just 109 balls
with 10 hits to fence and two mighty sixes. Amit Sharma (33) also made
a valuable contribution.
Full postHaryana struggling to avoid follow on
Patiala: Haryana at 203 for 8, still needed 48 runs to avoid the follow-on on the second day of the North Zone Cooch Behar cricket match against Punjab here on Tuesday
Rakesh Sanghi
27-Oct-1999
Patiala: Haryana at 203 for 8, still needed 48 runs to avoid the
follow-on on the second day of the North Zone Cooch Behar cricket
match against Punjab here on Tuesday.
Earlier, resuming at 304 for five, opener Ravneet Ricky completed a
brilliant double century to power Punjab to 400 for 7 declared. He
scored 48 runs off 32 balls in the morning to complete a well-deserved
double hundred. In all Rickey was at the crease for 439 minutes and
faced 331 balls to score 201 runs with the help of 26 hits to the
fence. The Punjab skipper declared the innings after Rickey was bowled
by Sumeet Sharma.
The other overnight batsman Ankur Sodhi contributed 45 runs with the
help of four boundaries before he was caught by Joginder Sharma off
Sumeet and added 114 runs with Ricky for the sixth wicket. Joginder
Sharma and Sumeet Sharma took two wickets each giving away 85 and 51
runs respectively.
When Haryana batted, they found runs hard to come by. Only Isham Ganda
(58), Sumeet Sharma (38) and Sukhbir Chodhary (33) could put up some
resistance. Amit Uniyal was the most successful bowler taking three
wickets for 34 runs while Sanjay Dhull got two wickets giving away 46
runs.
Full postPunjab opt for batting practice after gaining big lead
Mohali: Fine medium fast bowling by Reetinder Sodhi (5 for 30) and Sandeep Sharma (3 for 46) put Himachal Pradesh on back foot as they were bundled out 46 minutes after tea for a paltry total of 129 runs in their first innings in reply to Punjab's
Rajesh Arora
26-Oct-1999
Mohali: Fine medium fast bowling by Reetinder Sodhi (5 for 30) and
Sandeep Sharma (3 for 46) put Himachal Pradesh on back foot as they
were bundled out 46 minutes after tea for a paltry total of 129 runs
in their first innings in reply to Punjab's total of 354 on the second
day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match here on Monday.
Punjab started their first innings from the overnight total of 317 for
8. Sarandeep Singh (57) was the first to depart in the seventh over of
the day when he was bowled by Shakti Singh's inswinger with the total
330. He added 72 runs for ninth wicket with Navdeep Singh (36 not
out). Shakti Singh finished with six wickets at a cost of 107 runs.
This was tenth time he had claimed five or more wickets in an innings
in his 42nd match.
The Himachal batsmen were never in the hunt to come anywhere near the
Punjab total. The wickets fell at regular intervals. Most of the
damage was done by medium pacers Reetinder Sodhi (5 for 30) and
Sandeep Sharma (3 for 46). Navdeep Singh and Sandeep Sawal got a
wicket each.
Yashwant Pal Singh(32), Nischal Gaur (29) and Jaswant Rai (20) showed
some resistance. Yashwant was impressive as he hit four boundries
while facing 102 balls.
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