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Haryana pile up big total
Faridabad: Jammu & Kashmir made a confident start in their first innings on the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Haryana here on Monday
Madhu Sanghi
26-Oct-1999
Faridabad: Jammu & Kashmir made a confident start in their first
innings on the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match
against Haryana here on Monday.
Haryana declared their first innings after scoring 469 for eight on
the second day. Resuming at 261 for two, the overnight centurian
Rajesh Puri departed after adding two runs to his score and was out
for 109. Sanjay Dalal joined Amarjeet Kaypee and both stroked well
against the toothless J & K attack. They added 148 runs for the fourth
wicket. Seasoned compainer Kaypee (95) missed his 27th Ranji century
by five runs. He struck 14 boundries in his knock of 152 balls and
remained at crease for 234 minutes. He was adjuged lbw off Vijay
Sharma. Dalal scored an impressive 81 runs which came of 123 balls
with the help of seven hits to the fence and two sixes. Vijay Sharma
(4 for 63) and Sanjay Sharma (3 for 90) were the successful bowlers.
J & K started on a sound footing as their openers put on 68 runs. Amit
Pal (26) was the only batsmen to depart, out to Munish. Ranjeet Bali
(44) and Kanwaljeet Singh (14) were at the crease at the close of play
with the total 93 for 1 in 35 overs.
Full postLiebenberg hits entertaining hundred
Sri Lanka A ended the second day of their three-day match against a Combined XI on 120 for three, still 51 runs short of avoiding an innings defeat in Potchefstroom on Monday
Trevor Chesterfield
26-Oct-1999
Sri Lanka A ended the second day of their three-day match
against a Combined XI on 120 for three, still 51 runs short of
avoiding an innings defeat in Potchefstroom on Monday.
Earlier, Gerhardus Liebenberg steered the Combined XI, comprising of
players from North West, Free State and Griquas, to 270 for eight with
an entertaining 126.
Sri Lanka, playing their first game in a six-week tour of the country,
made an awful start to their second innings. Batting after an entire
session was lost to a lunchtime storm, the tourists crashed to 11 for
three with North West quickie Jannie Dreyer claiming all three wickets
in the space of eight balls.
Sajith Fernandez (55 not out) and TM Dilsnan (40 not out) restored
some order to the innings with an unbeaten stand of 109 for the fourth
wicket.
Full postUnbeaten 152 by Rickey
Patiala: A superb unbeaten 152 by Raveent Rickey helped Punjab score 304 for five in 90 overs against Haryana on the opening day of their second league match of the Cooch Behar tournament at the Dhruv Pandove stadium here on Monday
Rakesh Sanghi
26-Oct-1999
Patiala: A superb unbeaten 152 by Raveent Rickey helped Punjab score
304 for five in 90 overs against Haryana on the opening day of their
second league match of the Cooch Behar tournament at the Dhruv Pandove
stadium here on Monday.
Electing to bat, Punjab lost opener Munish Sharma without any run on
the board but the other opening batsman Ravneet Ricky & skipper Yuvraj
Singh put on 85 runs for the second wicket and took their team to a
good position. Yuvraj Singh contributed 25 runs. Gaganinder Singh who
joined Rickey was also out without opening his account. Then Manav
Dhuper and Rickey established the innings and got their team out of
the woods by adding 127 runs for the fourth wicket. Dhuper contributed
75 runs with the help of ten boundaries.
At close of play Rickey was batting on 152 while Ankur Sondhi was on
8. Rickey hit 18 boundaries in his marathon knock of 365 minutes
during which he faced 277 balls. Joginder Singh took two wickets for
64 runs.
Full postRajasthan force a draw
Udaipur: As expected, the Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match between Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw here on Tuesday
OP Sharma
26-Oct-1999
Udaipur: As expected, the Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match
between Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw here on Tuesday.
UP declared their first innings at the overnight score of 293 for six,
thus gaining a first innings lead of 114 runs. In the Rajasthan second
innings, Ranji Trophy player Vinit Saxena scored 61. He faced 206
balls and hit seven fours and a six. He added 60 runs for the fourth
wicket off 33 overs with Arvind Chauhan (31). But after that, wickets
fell steadily and Rajasthan slid from 134 for three to 160 for seven.
Anup Dave and Dishant Yagnik however batted for 41 minutes and 10.5
overs to take the score to 174 for seven before the match was called
off after nine mandatory overs. For UP, opening bowlers Srivastav and
Tripathi took two wickets each.
Rajasthan now have six points from two matches while UP got ten points
from two games.
Full postPunjab dominate Himachal attack
Mohali: Punjab dominated day one by scoring 317 for eight in the North Zone Ranji Trophy four day league match against Himachal Pradesh at the PCA stadium on Sunday
Rajesh Arora
25-Oct-1999
Mohali: Punjab dominated day one by scoring 317 for eight in the North
Zone Ranji Trophy four day league match against Himachal Pradesh at
the PCA stadium on Sunday.
Vikram Rathore elected to bat first and opened the innings with Navjot
Singh Sidhu. But Sidhu (1) fell early, playing a poor hook shot off
the bowling of Shakti Singh to be caught at square leg by Sangram
Singh. Rathore on 37 achieved a milestone, becoming the first player
from Punjab and the 26th batsmen to score 5000 runs in the national
cricket championship. This was his 101st innings in his 65th match. He
reached this landmark in style when he hit a straight six off Jaswant
Rai. On 44 however Rathore was caught and bowled by Jaswant Rai as he
tried to clear mid on.
Reetinder Sodhi (79) and Pankaj Dharmani (70) showed their patience
and skill during a 94-run partnership for the third wicket off 161
balls. Sodhi's innings was studded with 10 hits to fence and a six
over mid wicket off Nischal Gaur. Dharmani showed his grace while
playing the leg glance and square cut as he hit ten boundries. Sodhi
was caught at second slip by Rajiv Nayyar while trying to square drive
an away going delivery of Parveen Sharma.
Dinesh Mongia (2) became another victim of Parveen Sharma as he was
bowled by a quick delivery which kept very low. The middle order
batsmen of Punjab did not contribute much and fell to Shakti Singh's
accurate bowling. Tailenders Sarandeep Singh (54) and Navdeep Singh
(16) added 59 runs for the unbroken ninth wicket partnership at close
of play.
Full postSri Lanka A in trouble
Free State opening bowler Herman Bakkes, who toured Sri Lanka last year with the South Africa A team renewed his acquaintance with the tourists with a blistering six wickets haul at North West Oval in the one-time capital of the old Transvaal,
Trevor Chesterfield
25-Oct-1999
Free State opening bowler Herman Bakkes, who toured Sri Lanka last
year with the South Africa A team renewed his acquaintance with the
tourists with a blistering six wickets haul at North West Oval in the
one-time capital of the old Transvaal, Potchefstroom.
It was not a great start to the tour against the combined side of
North West/Free State and Griqualand West with Test hopeful, Victor
Mpitsang failing to make an impression against the visitors who looked
to be out of touch.
There had been a warning that September rains had forced the tourists
to train indoors for about a month and the outing was the first
serious workout they had experienced since their arrival.
Only Tillekeratne Dilshan batted with any confidence but received
little to no support and the visitors were dismissed for what their
management agreed was a disappointing total of 99.
Full postPunjab too strong for Himachal
Mohali: In a one sided affair, Punjab routed Himachal Pradesh by 178 runs in the season's opening North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the PCA stadium here on Saturday
Rajesh Arora
25-Oct-1999
Mohali: In a one sided affair, Punjab routed Himachal Pradesh by 178
runs in the season's opening North Zone Ranji Trophy one day league
match at the PCA stadium here on Saturday.
Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar won the toss and elected to field first.
His new ball bowlers Shakti Singh and Parveen Sharma bowled according
to plan. Shakti Singh in particular was very accurate. He accounted
for Sandeep Sharma (15) who while defending a slower delivery snicked
to the wicketkeeper. Test discard Navjot Singh Sidhu (3) was also
caught by the 'keeper off the bowling of Parveen Sharma.
After the fall of these two early wickets, Punjab skipper Vikram
Rathore in company with Reetinder Sodhi played a sensible innings.
This pair added 134 runs for the third wicket. Rathore in particular
played elegant strokes as he hit ten boundaries and a huge six in his
knock of 88 runs which came off 100 balls. While trying to clear the
long off fence, he was caught by Sangram Singh off Ajay Mannu.
Reetinder Sodhi also fell soon after when he was caught behind off
Mannu while trying to cut a short delivery.
After Sodhi's departure, Pankaj Dharmani took charge of scoring runs
at will. He placed the ball in the gaps with ease and hit three
boundaries in his knock of 54 runs (61 balls). In the slog overs, Amit
Sharma (27) and Yuvraj Singh (17*) took the total to 273 in the 50
overs. Shakti Singh and Ajay Mannu took two wickets each giving away
41 and 48 runs respectively.
Full postParminder Singh's century helps UP take lead
Udaipur: A fine unbeaten century by middle order batsman Parminder Singh and his 135 runs partnership with captain M Tripathi helped UP to take a 114 runs crucial lead on 2nd day at Field club ground here
OP Sharma
25-Oct-1999
Udaipur: A fine unbeaten century by middle order batsman Parminder
Singh and his 135 runs partnership with captain M Tripathi helped UP
to take a 114 runs crucial lead on 2nd day at Field club ground here.
Earlier Rajasthan were all out 179 runs in their 1st innings in their
central zone Cooch Behar trophy match on Monday.
Resuming at 22 for 1, UP were in danger after losing 4 more wickets in
quick succession. But Parminder (118 n.o) and M Tripathi (64) added
135 runs for the 6th wicket in 47.1 overs. M Tripathi's 50 came in 144
minutes off 131 balls with 7 fours and a six. Parminder then added 72
runs (unbroken) for the unfinished 7th wicket partnership wicketkeeper
batsman Vinay Sharma is batting with 32 runs.
For Rajasthan Anup Dave and Surendra Singh took 2 wickets each. While
Kishan Chaudhary and Gourav Gour took 1 wicket each.
Full postServices fumble against Delhi pacemen
New Delhi: Services were bundled out for 141 in their first innings against Delhi on the opening day of the four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbaksh Singh stadium here today
Madhu Sanghi
24-Oct-1999
New Delhi: Services were bundled out for 141 in their first innings
against Delhi on the opening day of the four day North Zone Ranji
Trophy match at the Harbaksh Singh stadium here today. At close Delhi
were 61 for one with Ashu Dani (29) and Ashish Malhotra (14) at the
crease.
Hostile bowling by the Delhi medium pacers gave a hard time to the
Services batsmen. Ashish Nehra was the pick of the bowlers as he
accounted for five wickets giving away 25 runs. He was supported by
some disciplined bowling from Amit Bhandari and Rahul Sanghvi> Nehra
inflicted early damage when he had Sarabjeet Singh (0) caught by Vijay
Dahiya in his second over. He struck again, trapping Narender Singh
(11) in front of the wickets with the total at 23.
Rahul Sanghvi removed Abu Eric (11) off his very first ball, caught by
Nehra in the covers. After three wickets had gone down for 39,
seasoned campaigner Pankaj Maitrey (28) and skipper Sanjay Verma (37)
put on 61 runs for the fourth wicket to steady their innings. However,
Verma's departure to a quick stumping by Dahiya off Sanghvi started a
collapse, with none of the batsmen who followed, with the exception of
G.S.Thapa (20*), reaching double figures.
The Services innings folded up 15 minutes after tea. Delhi began their
innings on a confident note but lost opener Vijay Dahiya (16) through
a brilliant diving catch by wicketkeeper Sarabjeet Singh off the
bowling of Syed Javed.
Full postRajesh Puri slams unbeaten century
Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana to pile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir at the close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league match played at the Nahar Singh Stadium here
Madhu Sanghi
24-Oct-1999
Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana to
pile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir at
the close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league match
played at the Nahar Singh Stadium here on Sunday.
The opening pair of Jatinder Singh (36) and Parender Sharma (79) put
the hosts on a sound footing with their 80-run stand. Jatinder was
caught at first slip by Ashwani Gupta off left arm spinner Sanjay
Sharma. Parender Sharma and new batsman Rajesh Puri rotated the strike
frequently and added 119 runs for second wicket in 134 minutes and 191
balls. Parender gave a return catch to Kanwaljeet while playing a
casual shot with the total at 199.
Rajesh Puri was in attacking mood as he hit 13 boundries and two huge
sixes in his unbeaten knock of 107 runs off just 142 balls. This was
his 13th century in the national championship playing his 90th innings
in his 62nd match. Veteran Amarjeet Kaypee (17*) joined Puri after the
departure of skipper Sharma and was looking confident at stumps.
Sanjay Sharma and Kanwaljeet Singh took a wicket each giving away 56
and 25 runs respectively.
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