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South Africa get back to winning ways
Nairobi - South Africa in their first match against Zimbabwe since the World Cup defeat at Chelmsford beat a gallant Zimbabwean team at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground by 9 wickets
Keith Lane
28-Sep-1999
Nairobi - South Africa in their first match against Zimbabwe since the World
Cup defeat at Chelmsford beat a gallant Zimbabwean team at the Nairobi
Gymkhana Club Ground by 9 wickets. With Lance Klusener scoring his second
one-day international century and ably assisted by first Herschelle Gibbs
and the Jacques Kallis the South Africans reached the 217 run target with 15
overs to spare.
South Africa coming into this match sitting at the bottom of the log started
the overcast morning well by winning the toss and electing to field. Using a
rotation basis for selection. Alan Dawson came in for Steve Elworthy, who
bowled well against India, and Boeta Dippenaar made way for Paul Adams.
A solid first over start by Shaun Pollock, moving the ball both ways and
getting some nice bounce, saw Alan Dawson give away the first boundary to
Grant Flower with a leg side ball in the second over.
Neil Johnson, who was the thorn in the RSA flesh during the World Cup,
lashed out at Pollock in the fifth over sending him to the boundary on two
occasions. Flower finished Dawson's fifth over with a great well timed cover
drive, beating the off side field.
Full postZimbabwe limp home against Kenya
The Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell won the toss in the opening match of the LG Cup and put Kenya in to bat
Anand Vasu
26-Sep-1999
The Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell won the toss in the
opening match of the LG Cup and put Kenya in to bat. Kennedy
Otieno and Ravindu Shah opened the batting for Kenya and played
the Zimbabwe medium-pacers steadily. Debutant Mutendera and Neil
Johnson did not trouble the Kenyan batsmen. Ravindu Shah was in
particularly good form, and played the ball well through the
gaps. Otieno struggled to score freely and was dismissed by
Johnson after he had made 7.
Steve Tikolo joined Ravindu Shah out in the middle and the two
put on a good partnership. Ravindu Shah did a bulk of the
scoring, driving magnificently through the off-side, pulling the
ball effortlessly and cutting the ball with authority. The
boundaries flowed off his bat while at the other end the Kenyans
struggled to get the scoring going. The partnership between
Tikolo and Shah was worth 100 runs when a mix-up in calling
resulted in Tikolo being run out. Tikolo had made 33 in the
partnership of 100. After Tikolo's dismissal none of the other
Kenyans really got going.
Hitesh Modi was steady in his innings of 31. Maurice Odumbe was
given out LBW to a ball from Campbell that looked like it was
going well down leg-side. From this point onwards, Kenya lost
wickets at regular intervals in trying to push the scoring rate.
Ravindu Shah was brilliantly caught by Guy Whittall off his own
bowling. Shah hit the ball straight back at the bowler and
Whittall plucked the ball out of the air. Shah had made a
sparkling 71 that included 11 boundaries. Kenya ended up with 199
for 8 off their allotted 50 overs. A score that looked a trifle
small on this track.
Martin Suji and Thomas Odoyo began briskly to Neil Johnson and
Grant Flower. Both Kenyan openers worked up a good pace. Johnson
and Flower played confidently and stroked the ball well off the
square. Ababu was brought on to bowl his gentle medium pacers
first change and had success immediately. The lack of pace
deceived Johnson, who dragged the ball back onto his stumps.
Alistair Campbell came ion next and looked in ominous form. He
helped himself to 3 boundaries and one glorious six before he
overbalanced to an off-break from Odumbe and was stumped. The
ball from Odumbe turned sharply off the track and Campbell was
beaten all ends up. Campbell had made 27.
Full postIndian Domestic: Andhra bowled out cheaply against Tamil Nadu
Both teams went into play with two changes in their respective teams
Blessington Thomas
23-Sep-1999
Day 1: Ghulam Ahmed Trophy, Andhra Pradesh v Tamil Nadu
Both teams went into play with two changes in their respective teams.
Debutant wicket keeper K Vasudeva Reddy coming in injured Md. Taheer
Hussain, while for Tamil Nadu Srikanth Akkiraju and Raja Mohammed
replacing V Kudawala and L Balaji.
Andhra were off to a good start 43 in 13th over before tragedy truck
in shape of a mis-understanding run out. Opener Varma played sathish
towards mid-on and started off for an existing run but his partner at
the other end failed to respond. Both Varma and Ayyappa were in the
non-strickers end, Surender Doss throw to the keeper's end did the
rest. Varma was storking the ball well. 150 minutes play till lunch
took the host to 77 for 2 in 40 overs. 60 mts after lunch produced 22
runs in 20 overs.
The real drama began 15 mts to Tea and 22 mts after. Andhra lost its 7
wickets for the addition of a 15 runs in 43 balls. The wreckers in
chief being Satish coming on bowl his 4th spell from North end did
most of the damage between his 10th, 11th and 12th over he took 4
wickets in 16 balls. Conceding just a single in his 12th over he
missed hattrick, claiming Shaik Hussain and Vasudeva Reddy in 3 balls.
Full postTamil Nadu gain big lead
Tamil Nadu prospered through three useful partnerships to post an imposing total of 280/9 at close of play on day-2, with an overall lead of Andhras first innings total of 140 runs
Blessington Thomas
23-Sep-1999
Tamil Nadu prospered through three useful partnerships to
post an imposing total of 280/9 at close of play on day-2,
with an overall lead of Andhras first innings total of 140
runs.
The unseperated yesterdays pair of openers added 6 more runs
when Akkiraju was consumed at short leg by Rajkiran. A 33
run 2nd wicket between overnight Srinath and No.3 Prasanna
(19) was broken by leg spinner Shiv Prasad clean bowling
Prasanna. At lunch Tamil Nadu were 15 runs away for the lead when
they added 28 runs in 15 overs. Tamil Nadu surpassed Andhras
total in 243 mts & 58 overs. After which South paw, Vikram
dominated the Scene, he added 35 runs in quick time with
Tanseer Jabbar (19) in 39 mts off 11.2 overs. When Tanseer
was run out with the mis-understanding of both batsmen
stranded at non-strikers crease. Before that R Sathish
/Surender Doss put on 56 runs in less than even time for the
4th wicket in 55 mts off 13.2 overs. For the 9th wicket
Vikram Kumar & Raja Mohmd. contributed a fine 59 runs in 73
mts off 17.4 overs. Vikram Kumar who came on at the fall of
5th at 135, is batting on 66 at close, his 50 came in 162
mts, 126 ball, 6 fours. Should the last batsman provide him
support, he should not fail to register a century with the
wicket playing easy.
Full postPace like fire
Pakistan, already without the injured Shaoib Ahktar, rested Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis so that they could introduce the latest express fast bowler to come off the assembly line in their third successive victory over the West Indies that ended the
Tony Cozier
21-Sep-1999
Pakistan, already without the injured Shaoib Ahktar, rested Wasim
Akram and Waqar Younis so that they could introduce the latest
express fast bowler to come off the assembly line in their third
successive victory over the West Indies that ended the Toronto
Cricket Festival yesterday.
Shabbir Ahmed, a tall, slim, gangling, 23-year-old, raised
eyebrows with his speed and hostility and set tongues wagging
with an unconventional action that will inevitably come under
scrutiny of those on the International Cricket Council (ICC)
committee who sit in judgement of such things.
He ended a long, loping approach with an ungainly delivery that
was repeatedly shown by television replays to involve a crooked
elbow, as much as a cocked wrist.
Umpire David Orchard at square-leg passed it as legal, but the
doubts of the West Indian voices in the crowd of 4 000 who
bellowed for him to watch that action were no unfounded.
Full postAussies take command against Lankan Board XI
Colombo, Sept 18: Opening batsman Michael Slater with 119 and rookie fast bowler Scott Muller with five for 64 took the honours for Australia on the second day of their threeday tour game against a Board XI at the CCC Ground on Saturday
19-Sep-1999
Colombo, Sept 18: Opening batsman Michael Slater with 119
and rookie fast bowler Scott Muller with five for 64 took
the honours for Australia on the second day of their threeday tour game against a Board XI at the CCC Ground on
Saturday.
Slater stroked a magnificent 119 off 136 balls hitting three
sixes and 14 fours and Muller, took five wickets for 64 runs
on his international debut to give Australia a firm grip on
the game.
Australia who took a first innings lead of 41 stretched it
to 264 by the close when they reached 223 for three wickets
going into the third and final day tomorrow.
Cutting and driving with conviction Slater shared a third
wicket stand of 110 with Mark Waugh before being stumped off
part time bowler Saman Jayantha shortly before the close.
Full postPakistan wins series with West Indies
Toronto, Sept 18: Pakistan won the three-match DMC one-day international cricket series in Toronto on Saturday with a decisive 42 run win over the West Indies
19-Sep-1999
Toronto, Sept 18: Pakistan won the three-match DMC one-day
international cricket series in Toronto on Saturday with a
decisive 42 run win over the West Indies.
A magnificent unbeaten century by Yousuf Youhana spurred
Pakistan to 5-222 in their allotted 50 overs. In reply, the
West Indies were bowled out for just 180 in 46.2 overs.
Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss but were
quickly in trouble when Saeed Anwar was bowled by Chris Gale
for six with the total on just 13. Wajahatullah Wasti
followed soon after with the score on 23, bowled by Merv
Dillon. Courtney Walsh was economical in his opening spell,
with just 11 runs coming off his first five overs, which
included three maidens.
The wickets continued to tumble, with Inzaman Ul-Haq (14)
and Aamer Sohail (21) departing to the pavilion by the end
of the 22nd over as Pakistan slumped to 4/68. That brought
Youhana and Abdur Razzaq together at the wicket and the pair
went about the task of rebuilding the Pakistan innings. They
brought up a 50 partnership in 101 balls in the 39th over
before launching a counter-attack.
Full postPakistan go one-up in the DMC Trophy
The first match of the second leg of the DMC Toronto Cricket Festival, dubbed "DMC Trophy" expectedly generated more response from the crowd
Badri Seshadri and Anand Vasu
17-Sep-1999
The first match of the second leg of the DMC Toronto Cricket Festival, dubbed "DMC Trophy" expectedly generated more response from the crowd. This was the first match the Pakistanis were playing after the World Cup final debacle.
Pakistan captain Wasim Akram won the toss and immediately elected to bat. Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti opened the batting for Pakistan. Courtney Walsh, playing his 200th one-day International, was as accurate as ever, not giving anything away. Anwar was the more aggressive of the two openers and he went after the bowling right away. In the 4th over of the day, Anwar flicked King to the square leg boundary and then glanced him to the fineleg boundary the very next ball. In the next over, when Walsh sent a ball down the leg side, the treatment from Anwar was the same, a flick of the wrists, to the square leg boundary. The first signs of aggression from Wasti came in the 6th over, when he played a brilliantly timed stroke to midon off King. While Walsh was accurate throughout, King was wayward, giving away 5 wides in his first 4 overs as he simply cound't cope up with bowling to the left and the right handers alternately.
In the 20th over, King's 10th over (all bowled at a stretch), Wasti pulled a ball straight to Adams at square leg boundary and surprisingly Adams put the catch down. Adams had taken the catch perfectly but as he fell down, his elbow hit the ground and made him spill the ball. In the next over bowled by Bryan, Saeed Anwar played an uppish shot to midon where Brian Lara running backwards dropped the catch. This was going to be Pakistan's day.
Just as Pakistan's scoring rate was dropping considerably, Saeed Anwar got in to the act by playing a majestic shot through the covers off Bryan, a boundary after 74 deliveries! Anwar then got a boundary to fine leg via leg byes when Dillon misdirected a ball down the legside. In the same over, when Dillon bowled short, Anwar pulled him through the midwicket boundary. The introduction of part-timer Wavell Hinds helped increase the run-rate further as Wasti hammered Hinds through the cover boundary and also picked up singles and twos finding the gaps easily. Anwar turned Dillon to fineleg in the 26th over to get his 50, made off 82 balls with 7 boundaries.
Full postPakistan Win by 15 Runs against West Indies
Toronto: Pakistan won the first match of the DMC Trophy against West Indies by 15 runs
17-Sep-1999
Toronto: Pakistan won the first match of the DMC Trophy against West
Indies by 15 runs. Batting first, Pakistan scored 230 runs in the
allotted 50 overs. Pakistan were off to a flying start with Saeed
Anwer (63) and Wasti (40), but later the score was slowed down by West
Indian bowlers.
Azhar Mahmood scored 19 runs in the last over which took the total to
respectable 230 runs. In reply, the West Indian team scored 215 runs
for the loss of 9 wickets in their 50 overs. Saeed Anwer was awarded
"the Man of the Match".
Full postIndia A equalise on a slow LA day
India A have drawn level in the five-match America Challenge series in Los Angeles, defeating Australia A by five wickets in the second match Thursday
Rick Eyre
16-Sep-1999
India A have drawn level in the five-match America Challenge series in Los
Angeles, defeating Australia A by five wickets in the second match Thursday.
The match was a low-scoring affair with the Indians reaching their target of
133 with ease.
The early morning start for these matches proved ambitious yet again, rain
delaying the commencement of play and reducing the match to 42 overs per
side. Australia A, batting first after winning the toss, started
disastrously when Ryan Campbell hit a return catch to Dodda Ganesh from the
first legitimate ball of the match. Gilchrist followed soon after for 6,
and in the first fifteen overs the Australians scored just 54 runs for the
loss of three wickets. In slow conditions the Australian batsmen found the
Indian attack hard to despatch, with Corey Richards the top score of the
innings with 22 (though extras totalled 28).
Australia A were dismissed in 35 overs for 129. Left-arm spinner Sridaran
Sriram took 4/23 from six overs, Harbhajan Singh claiming 2/14 from eight.
Sriram's performance as opening batsman was someone of a letdown after this,
run out at the non-striker's end on the second ball of the Indian innings
without a run on the board. The Indian upper-order struggled, opener Devang
Gandhi dismissed for 5 in the tenth over. When the fourth wicket fell at 63
in the 19th over, Australia were in front.
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