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Sunday, May 23, 1999. World Cup Edition No.10

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PAKISTAN POWER ON TO SUPER SIX

By John Polack

Leeds: Pak 275/8 d Aus 265; Pak wins by 10 runs

After Ian Botham unleashed his quite extraordinary (and surely never to be forgotten) heroics against the old enemy at Headingley in 1981 in the midst of one of the most astonishing Test series of all time, Australian cricket took years to recover from the ignominious scars that were opened up by the defeat. Botham's ability to drive a stake deep into the heart of his opponents indeed ensured that it was introspection and soul-searching which were the defining features of Australia's approach to the game for years to come.

At the same venue tonight, it is difficult not to draw at least some comparisons with that infamous occasion, for the Australians' narrow, heart-wrenching defeat in their Group B World Cup match against Pakistan today has left them highly vulnerable to the virtually unthinkable prospect of not claiming a place among the six nations which will continue into the next phase of this event. While the collective pulse of the men from the Southern Hemisphere has not come to a complete stop as yet, this ten run loss was a shattering blow - and one which might, once their eventual fate in this tournament is decided, will go down in the annals of their country's cricketing history as among its most depressing of black moments. Whilst they performed well today - and probably would have beaten just about any of the other sides assembled here - it certainly seems hard to recall a point in their recent history at which they will have been at a lower ebb than the one in which they will find themselves tonight.

To over-emphasise Australia's peril, however, would (quite wrongly) be to denigrate the play of a Pakistan team that continued to perform today with all of the magnificent flair, passion and spirit that has so manifestly characterised their approach since the return in recent months of the incomparable Wasim Akram to the post of captain. Whilst the basis for this triumph was essentially clinched in a pulsating last ten overs of their innings (in which they added an astounding 108 runs) and this wasn't one of their greatest all-time efforts, it is truly difficult not to laud substantial praise on this Pakistan team.

In essence, this outfit draws many comparisons with the 1992 World Cup-winning team. Its players do not surrender easily, they respond gloriously under pressure, and they thrill in their own and their teammates' successes. They also appear to have fostered a sense of unity which has ensured that many of the bitter personal rivalries that hitherto existed within the squad have become all but distant memories. And maybe even most importantly of all, they have developed an inextricably close connection with the fanatical (and impressively large) band of supporters who have followed them here from their embattled homeland which inspires them to excel.

Maybe even symbolically, their performance today was reminiscent of several which underpinned their World Cup-winning performance of 1992. With the loss of early wickets, then a steadfast mid-innings partnership, and a brutally extravagant late innings hitting assault at the forefront, their batting exhibition indeed conjured many memories of their stunning victories in both the Semi-Final against New Zealand and the Final against England. At the core of their effort was a steadfast (if slow) partnership from the steadily maturing Abdur Razzaq (60) and the enigmatic Inzamam-ul-Haq (81); in truth, not one of the most stylish associations we will see during this World Cup but certainly likely to be among the more effective. But what really stood out today was their ability to hit out with power and purpose during the final overs; the performances of Yousuf Youhana (29 off 16 balls), Wasim Akram (13 off 12 balls) and Moin Khan (31 not out from just 12 deliveries) truly stupendous in the context of a tremendous arm-wrestle between the sides for much of the day.

Although it was not the most comprehensive of efforts, their bowlers then did what they had to do, responding effectively after two partnerships had threatened to shatter their hold on the game. First, Razzaq underlined his growing maturity as an all-rounder by dismissing Mark Waugh (41) at a crucial stage and then, Akram and Shoaib Akhtar underlined their monumental importance to the team's campaign with an excellent performance at the end. Wasim indeed probably made the most decisive break of the whole innings, his ability to lure the gritty Michael Bevan (61) to leading edge a ball to Ijaz Ahmed at point after a 113 run stand with Steve Waugh (49) for the fifth wicket of huge import in the final analysis. These breakthroughs came on either side of a vital wicket taking burst from Saqlain Mushtaq in the middle of the innings - his effort in removing Ponting and Darren Lehmann (5) in the space of three balls also hugely significant when one pinpoints the pivotal moments of this contest.And so it is that Australia's cricketers, who came to Headingley looking for a win and the chance to start their assault on qualifying for a place in the last six of this competition, leave a Leeds again looking grey in more ways than one with emptiness in their hearts. One senses that they can still probably reserve a ticket in the Super Six stage of the event with a win in Manchester against the West Indians in a week's time from now, but this result has certainly ensured that the lid on their 1999 World Cup casket is beginning to be nailed ever more securely in place. The dire circumstances in which they find themselves and the format of this simply marvellous tournament decree that that immediate amelioration of their form (meaning nothing less than two wins from the final two preliminary games) is indeed now the only conduit to recovery.

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TENDULKAR'S CLASS BOOSTS INDIA'S HOPES OF SURVIVAL

By John Ward

India were doubtless relieved to pay the minnows Kenya at this stage as they were in the unenviable position of having to win each of their last three matches to have any chance of going through to the Super Six. Perhaps in view of the emotional and physical stress Tendulkar has experienced he was put down the order. All it meant was that the crowd had to wait a little longer to see the tournament's classiest batsman perform and put India in an unassailable position.

The morning sky was heavily clouded but with no sign of likely rain. Asif Karim won the toss for Kenya and followed the usual course by putting India into bat.

The news from the Indian dressing room was that Kumble had a leg strain and Prasad a shoulder strain, so they were to be rested for the next match. Robin Singh was demoted to twelfth man, a little surprisingly as he had not performed badly in earlier matches. Kenya's Tony Suji, one of their more successful and experienced bowlers, was also missing through injury. The pitch had a greenish tinge and as usual gave a little help to seamers, especially early on.

The usual vociferous crowd erupted with every major event to take place on the field, including such dramatic incidents as wides or leg-byes. Kenya, in place of the experienced Tony Suji, blooded pace bowler Angara, but he was to prove very expensive.

Ramesh seemed in good form, scoring most of the early runs, but Ganguly never looked in good form and he was the first to go. He was clearly lbw to the persevering Suji after putting on 50 with Ramesh. Suji was doing a fine job and found quite a bit of early life and movement in the pitch, but Karim was unable to find any other paceman to give him support at the other end. Karim had Suji bowl his ten overs without a break, which was a mistake, as he failed to take another wicket and became noticeably tired and more expensive in his last two overs. It also meant that Karim had nobody to turn to in a tight situation later in the innings. Both Ramesh and Dravid were able to drive him as he overpitched and picked off ones and twos.

Karim brought himself on to bowl his left-arm spin from the Jessop Stand end but the Indian batsmen, who cut their teeth on this type of bowling, had little trouble in picking him off for singles. Suji was replaced by Odoyo, but his direction proved erratic. However, there came about a very silly run-out, which resulted in Ramesh, backing up, being stranded several leagues down the pitch while the stumps at the bowler's end were broken. There followed a great roar of acclaim as Tendulkar walked quietly on to the field to take his place. Ramesh had scored 44 and India were 92 for three.

Tendulkar played three balls from Karim quietly before pushing the fourth gently to wide long-on to get off the mark. The Kenyans got very excited when he sparred at Odoyo outside the off stump, but in any case no-ball had been called. Then the ground erupted as he drove him straight back down the ground to the sightscreen. In Odoyo's next over he hooked and missed, and there was a desperate Kenyan appeal for a catch. Then came a cracking cut to the boundary. He was not at his best, but his genius kept shining through.

Generally Kenya guarded the boundaries well, except when Karim himself dived over a flick to midwicket from Tendulkar, but were left completely gasping when it came to plugging the ones and twos. There was naturally tremendous acclaim when Tendulkar played the ball to long-on for the single that brought up his fifty, just beating Dravid to the landmark.

India then began to look more aggressively for boundaries. Dravid, unwilling to be completely overshadowed by Tendulkar, took two superbly timed leg-side boundaries off Angara. Tendulkar reached the eighties with a superb lofted drive for four over extra cover, soon followed by a lofted straight drive to the pavilion, both well clear of fielders. He reached the nineties trying to hit a straight six, but his timing was slightly awry and the ball landed not far wide of long-off; two runs resulted. Dravid was missed off a low catch to midwicket when on 77.

Tendulkar finally reached three figures with an off-drive for two off Tikolo, to the great acclaim of the crowd. His century had taken him just 84 balls and was particularly marvellous effort considering all he has been though during the past five days. He quickly celebrated with a boundary through extra cover, and was now scoring off virtually every ball.

This seemed to be time to experiment for Tendulkar. After a drive over extra cover, he hit two more boundaries in the same over: a sweep over the keeper's head, and a wristy 'fiddle' to third man. Dravid, still looking for his century, got little of the bowling. When the 300 came up, the pair had set a new thirdwicket record in the World Cup, beating the 207 by the Waugh brothers in the 1995/96 World Cup - against Kenya, and also the highest for any wicket in the World Cup.

Tendulkar continued to experiment, with a superbly timed reverse sweep also going for four. The last over came up with Dravid on 98; he took a single, and then regained the strike when a pull by Tendulkar was dropped at long leg. Next ball he cut to backward point and ran through to three figures. Tendulkar celebrated the final ball with an effortless six over midwicket, which was actually caught by a fielder, but on the wrong side of the ropes.

This was India's highest World Cup score, beating their 289 for six against Australia in Delhi in 1987/88, while Tendulkar's unbeaten 140 is second-best only to Kapil Dev's incredible 175 not out against Zimbabwe in 1983. Off only 101 balls he hit 3 sixes and 16 fours. It was described on television as one of the greatest innings ever played; if so, to be honest, only because of the personal circumstances preceding it, as the bowling was quite innocuous throughout. And probably India would still have won this match without it. Still, it was the master at work in an indisputable display of greatness.

At first it seemed as if Kenya's policy was to occupy the crease at all costs and block their way through their fifty overs, as Otieno and Shah scored only 15 runs in the first 9 overs. The bowlers Srinath and Agarkar managed to move the ball away from the bat, and frequently beat the Kenyan openers, flashing in vain time and again, while blocking the straight ones. After successfully resisting all efforts from the crowd to encourage them to open up, the nerve of the Kenyans seemed to snap as Mohanti came on to bowl. Otieno played the first truly aggressive shot that actually made contact with the ball, clipping him through midwicket for three. Next ball Shah drove him to the cover boundary. After a few more overs of rigid defence, a straight drive by Otieno off the doubtless astounded Srinath raced to the boundary by the Jessop Stand. Such levity, though, was hardly likely to last, and in the next over Shah drove hard into the covers and was well held low down by substitute Robin Singh. Next ball the bowler, Mohanti, beat Gupta and won the lbw decision. The crowd now erupted, anticipating a hat-trick, but Tikolo was equal to the occasion and played the ball firmly into the covers.

The batsmen now seemed more prepared to take their chances and attack when they could, frequently lofting the ball when they did so but managing to stay clear of the fielders. Otieno in particular began to play the lofted drive with abandon, leaving one wondering how long he could last before yielding a catch.

Kenyan supporters, in the minority and with little to celebrate all day, finally had cause for rejoicing as Tikolo pulled Mohanti well over the midwicket boundary for a superb six. In his next over he flicked another ball to fine leg, almost for another six. Otieno meanwhile had settled down into perhaps the third stage of his innings, looking aggressive but taking more care to keep the ball on the ground. In between they kept the score moving in ones and twos, and the score mounted at a rate that might be considered worrying had Kenya been batting first. But past matches have shown that once Kenya lose three or four wickets their batting becomes very fragile.

Tikolo had a life when he aimed a six over midwicket, only to send up a terrific skier which travelled straight to the boundary fielder but was dropped. Although they lived rather dangerously, the players put up a real challenge to India's weakened bowling attack and restored some interest to the game.

Fortune is said to favour the brave, and she did indeed continue to favour both Otieno and Tikolo as they scored off almost every ball as they continued their dominance of the bowling. As they reached the 28th over they actually overtook the score that the Duckworth-Lewis would require of them for victory were the match to be abandoned at that moment.

And precisely at that moment Otieno played one shot too many, swinging Chopra towards long leg, where Agarkar running in took an excellent catch off his bootlaces. Otieno had scored 56 off 84 balls, and Kenya were now 147 for three. This brought in Odumbe, and on past performances Kenya have little batting left after him. Srinath was brought back for his benefit, and almost had him playing on to his first ball. But he had suddenly lost his line and put three deliveries wide down the leg side. Next over he strayed well outside the off stump and was removed from the attack.

Tikolo's fine innings came when he moved across his stumps to Mohanty and was adjudged lbw. His 58 had come off 75 balls. India were now on top, and at once began to play with more conviction. Both batsmen struggled against the bowlers and Odoyo survived a confident appeal for a catch at the wicket, then a difficult high return catch to Chopra, and an uppish pull narrowly wide of midwicket. He is always eager to move down the pitch, even to pace bowlers, which he often works to his advantage but which sometimes gets him into trouble. Two paces down the pitch, and he hit Mohanti for a superb straight six. This young man has plenty of talent and should go far when he gains the experience to make the best use of it.

Odumbe, who had looked the safer of the two, was the first to go, pulling Mohanti straight to substitute Robin Singh on the deep square leg boundary. Both Odoyo and new batsman Karim made good use of the vacant slips now to score many of their runs. Then Odoyo reverted to his tactic of moving down the pitch and hammering the ball into the midwicket area, giving the appropriate deep fielder plenty of exercise. Aasif Karim decided to back away and make room for his stroke, but a yorker from Srinath made a fool of him, bowling him for 8.

Kenya were left needing 121 to win off the final five overs. More realistically, another 21 runs would at least reduce the margin of defeat to double figures. Odoyo laid into Srinath, hitting him a huge blow over mid-on which the fielder could not reach and which went for four, then hooked him for six over a very fine leg. Srinath fought back with a yorker that struck him a painful blow on the toe, but was then hooked for four to long leg. He had less success against Agarkar or Ganguly, who cleverly restrained both batsmen, but they began the last over 96 behind. If Odoyo had any hopes of scoring them single-handed, they were extinguished by the first ball, when Agarkar finally broke through his defences with a fine yorker. Odoyo had played an impressive innings of raw talent for 39, and Kenya were 233 for seven.

The last over was played out in anticlimax until the last ball was bowled, and then the hordes of primitive savagery took over, as an utterly irresponsible mob ignored appeals over the loudspeaker and burst on to the field, to mob the players, run over the pitch and steal the stumps and everything else they could lay their hands on.

This was a high-scoring match, due in the main to two weak bowling attacks. India have kept alive their hopes of reaching the Super Sixes, although they still have to beat England and Sri Lanka. Karim admitted that his team still needed to work on their bowling, but he was pleased with the batting, which had done well in every match so far. The feature of the match, though, was without a doubt the brilliant batting of Tendulkar, who dedicated his innings to the memory of his father.

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SCORECARDS

ODI # 1457 ICC World Cup, 1999, 15th Match India v Kenya, Group A County Ground, Bristol 23 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: India won by 94 runs Points: India 2, Kenya 0

Toss: Kenya Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and ID Robinson (Zim) TV Umpire: JW Holder Match Referee: PJP Burge (Aus) Man of the Match: SR Tendulkar (Ind)

India innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 S Ramesh run out (Tikolo) 44 66 7 0 SC Ganguly lbw b MA Suji 13 26 3 0 R Dravid not out 104 109 10 0 SR Tendulkar not out 140 101 16 3 Extras (lb 5, w 21, nb 2) 28 Total (2 wickets, 50 overs) 329

DNB: *M Azharuddin, A Jadeja, +NR Mongia, N Chopra, AB Agarkar, J Srinath, DS Mohanty.

FoW: 1-50 (Ganguly, 10.4 ov), 2-92 (Ramesh, 20.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W MA Suji 10 2 26 1 (3w) Angara 7 0 66 0 (1nb, 6w) Odoyo 9 0 59 0 (1nb, 2w) Tikolo 9 1 62 0 (2w) Aasif Karim 7 0 52 0 (5w) Odumbe 8 0 59 0

Kenya innings (target: 330 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 +K Otieno c Agarkar b Chopra 56 82 5 0 Ravindu Shah c sub (RR Singh) b Mohanty 9 29 1 0 SK Gupta lbw b Mohanty 0 1 0 0 SO Tikolo lbw b Mohanty 58 75 6 1 MO Odumbe c sub (RR Singh) b Mohanty 14 28 1 0 T Odoyo b Agarkar 39 55 2 2 *Aasif Karim b Srinath 8 15 1 0 A Vadher not out 6 13 1 0 MA Suji not out 1 4 0 0 Extras (lb 10, w 31, nb 3) 44 Total (7 wickets, 50 overs) 235

DNB: HS Modi, JO Angara.

FoW: 1-29 (Ravindu Shah, 11.1 ov), 2-29 (Gupta, 11.2 ov), 3-147 (Otieno, 27.6 ov), 4-165 (Tikolo, 32.3 ov), 5-193 (Odumbe, 40.2 ov), 6-209 (Aasif Karim, 44.4 ov), 7-233 (Odoyo, 49.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W Srinath 10 3 31 1 (4w) Agarkar 10 0 35 1 (1nb, 7w) Mohanty 10 0 56 4 (1nb) Ganguly 9 0 47 0 (1nb, 3w) Chopra 10 2 33 1 (2w) Tendulkar 1 0 23 0 (2w)

ODI # 1458 ICC World Cup, 1999, 16th Match Australia v Pakistan, Group B Headingley, Leeds 23 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Pakistan won by 10 runs Points: Pakistan 2, Australia 0

Toss: Australia Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and P Willey TV Umpire: R Julian Match Referee: R Subba Row Man of the Match: Inzamam-ul-Haq

Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 Wajahatullah Wasti c SR Waugh b McGrath 9 31 1 0 Saeed Anwar c Gilchrist b Reiffel 25 23 5 0 Abdur Razzaq c Fleming b Warne 60 99 3 1 Ijaz Ahmed lbw b Fleming 0 6 0 0 Inzamam-ul-Haq run out (Fleming) 81 104 6 1 Yousuf Youhana run out (Warne/Lehmann) 29 16 4 1 *Wasim Akram c Gilchrist b Fleming 13 12 1 0 +Moin Khan not out 31 12 2 3 Azhar Mahmood run out (Martyn/McGrath) 1 1 0 0 Saqlain Mushtaq not out 0 0 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 15, nb 5) 26 Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 275

DNB: Shoaib Akhtar.

FoW: 1-32 (Saeed Anwar, 7.4 ov), 2-44 (Wajahatullah, 11.1 ov), 3-46 (Ijaz Ahmed, 12.3 ov), 4-164 (Abdur Razzaq, 39.3 ov), 5-215 (Yousuf Youhana, 44.4 ov), 6-229 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 46.2 ov), 7-261 (Wasim Akram, 48.6 ov), 8-264 (Azhar Mahmood, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Fleming 10 3 37 2 (1nb, 4w) Reiffel 10 1 49 1 (1nb, 4w) McGrath 10 1 55 1 (1nb, 4w) Warne 10 0 50 1 (1w) SR Waugh 6 0 37 0 (1w) Martyn 2 0 25 0 (1nb) Lehmann 2 0 17 0

Australia innings (target: 276 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 +AC Gilchrist b Wasim Akram 0 3 0 0 ME Waugh c Moin Khan b Abdur Razzaq 41 49 6 0 RT Ponting c Saeed Anwar b Saqlain Mushtaq 47 60 7 0 DS Lehmann c Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 5 9 1 0 *SR Waugh b Shoaib Akhtar 49 65 2 1 MG Bevan c Ijaz Ahmed b Wasim Akram 61 80 3 1 DR Martyn b Wasim Akram 18 25 0 0 SK Warne run out (Ijaz Ahmed) 1 6 0 0 PR Reiffel c Wasim Akram b Saqlain Mushtaq 1 4 0 0 DW Fleming not out 4 3 0 0 GD McGrath b Wasim Akram 0 2 0 0 Extras (b 7, lb 10, w 14, nb 7) 38 Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 265

FoW: 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-91 (ME Waugh, 16.6 ov), 3-100 (Ponting, 19.2 ov), 4-101 (Lehmann, 19.4 ov), 5-214 (Bevan, 41.3 ov), 6-238 (SR Waugh, 44.5 ov), 7-248 (Warne, 46.2 ov), 8-251 (Reiffel, 47.2 ov), 9-265 (Martyn, 49.3 ov), 10-265 (McGrath, 49.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W Wasim Akram 9.5 1 40 4 (5nb, 1w) Shoaib Akhtar 10 0 46 1 (3w) Azhar Mahmood 10 0 61 0 (3w) Saqlain Mushtaq 10 1 51 3 (2nb) Abdur Razzaq 10 0 50 1 (5w)

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POINTS TABLE

Group A Played Won Lost NR Tied Points Net RR For Against South Africa 3 3 - - - 6 +1.495 678/147.2 466/150 Zimbabwe 3 2 1 - - 4 +0.062 680/141 676/142 England 3 2 1 - - 4 -0.429 514/135.5 632/150 India 3 1 2 - - 2 +0.662 831/146 741/147.2 Sri Lanka 3 1 2 - - 2 -0.609 512/146 603/146.5 Kenya 3 - 3 - - 0 -1.430 667/150 764/130

Group B Played Won Lost NR Tied Points Net RR For Against Pakistan 3 3 - - - 6 +0.845 765/150 634/149 New Zealand 2 2 - - - 4 +0.936 331/78.2 329/100 Australia 3 1 2 - - 2 -0.053 660/144.5 670/145.2 West Indies 2 1 1 - - 2 -0.120 385/96.3 411/100 Bangladesh 2 - 2 - - 0 -0.794 298/100 300/79.3 Scotland 2 - 2 - - 0 -1.156 348/99 443/94.5

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