The Headlines for Oct 96

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31st October

The first ever West Indies A tour of Sri Lanka starts with a hard day in the field for the tourists.

Meanwhile England-A are saved from embarrasment by 18 year old Shah as their tour of Australia gets underway.

30th October

Wasim Akram takes his 300th ODI wicket as Pakistan squeeze a 3 wicket win in the first one-day International against Zimbabwe

29th October

South Africa win again in the Titan Cup, comfortably beating India by 5 wickets. 28th October

Goa win their first Ranji Trophy game after eleven years of trying, beating the Ranji champions, Karatanaka.

27th October

Titan Cup - the 6th game (between India and Australia) is washed out without a ball being bowled

Shane Warne takes 5-35 as he returns to top level cricket after his finger surgery.

26th October

The 2 W's destroy Zimbabwe's hopes of saving the 2nd test, as Pakistan win by 10 wickets.

25th October

In the 2nd Pakistan-Zimbabwe test debutants Mbangwa and Matambanadzo take 2 wickets each as Pakistan are dismissed for 267. Zimbabwe recover from 1/2 to 136/3 at the close.

South Africa maintain their unbeaten record in the Titan Cup, as they beat Australia by 2 wickets in game 5.

24th October

In the 2nd Pakistan-Zimbabwe test, Hasan Raza makes his debut as the youngest Test cricketer ever, at 14 years, 238 days, beating the previous mark of 15 yrs, 124 days, set by Mushtaq Mohammed v the West Indies in 1959. On the first day, Wasim Akram takes 6-48 as Zimbabwe make only 133, Andy Flower top-scoring with 61.

23rd October

A century by Cullinan helps set India an insurmountable target as South Africa beat India in the 4th Titan Cup match.

22nd October

Western Australia keeper Adam Gilchrist joins the Australian squad in India, as a replacement for the injured Healy.

21st October

Zimbabwe hang on for a draw against a Pakistan side fired up on the back of Wasim Akram's record breaking 257* in the First Test.

In the Titan Cup, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble put on 52 in an unbroken 9th wicket partnership as India beat Australia by 2 wickets in a thriller!

20th October

Wasim Akram breaks the previous Test record for most sixes in an innings as he hits 12 whilst making an unbeaten 257*. He also, with Saqlain Mushtaq, breaks the Test 8th wicket record, as they put on 313 in the first Pakistan- Zimbabwe test.

Trindad and Tobago win the Shell-Sandals one day trophy, beating Guyana in the final.

19th October

Gary Kirsten wins a second MoM award, as his 105* leads South Africa to a comfortable 7 wickets win over Australia in the Titan Cup.

In thefirst Pakistan- Zimbabwe test, Wasim Akram (144*) and Saqlain Mushtaq (37*) bat most of the day, to pass Zimbabwe's total by the close

18th October

In thefirst Pakistan- Zimbabwe test, Zimbabwe are in a strong position, as Pakistan are reduced to 189/6, facing a Zimbabwe total of 375 (G Flower 110, P Strang 106*).

17th October

India lose to South Africa in the first Titan Cup game. Man-of-the match Kirsten makes 84 as South Africa win by 47 runs.

In the first Pakistan- Zimbabwe test, Zimbabwe are 240/6, with Grant Flower unbeaten on 98.

14th October

Zimbabwe draw their first match of their tour of Pakistan, failing to take the last wicket to beat the Board XI. A last wicket partnership of 68 between Mohammad Hussain (58*) and Mohammad Zahid foils the tourists.

13th October

India beat Australia by 7 wickets in the only Test of of the Australian tour. Kumble takes 5-67 (9 wickets in the match), and India lose 3 wickets in reaching a target of only 58.

12th October

Day 3 of the India-Australia test finishes with India in a commanding position. India, dismissed for 361, reduce Australia to 168/6 (Kumble 3/42). Mongia finishes with 152, and has a stumping and a catch in Australia's 2nd innings.

Former West Indies test player Keith Boyce collapses and dies on his 53rd birthday.

Zimbabwe former captains Houghton and Flower make centuries in their first tour game against a Pakistan Board XI.

11th October

N Mongia bats through day 2 of the India-Australia test, finishing the day on 137*, India reaching 319-6.

10th October

In the only test of the tour Australia are dismissed for 182 (Kumble 4-63). In reply India are 57-1.

8th October

Auckland have signed Aravinda de Silva, the Sri Lankan cricketer, to play for them in the New Zealand Domestics this season.

7th October

Australians drew with the Indian Board President's XI in the rain curtailed 3 day tour match at Patiala today. Mark Waugh, bowling his offbreaks picked up 6 for 68 while the sole resistance came from Pankaj Dharmani who scored an unbeaten 130 off 170 balls with 22 fours and a six.

Yorkshire announce that they will be leaving Headingley for a new site near Wakefield by the year 2000.

6th October

Indian selectors dropped Manjrekar, Kambli and Jadeja from the squad for the one-off Test against Australia starting from October 10th. The only new face in the squad is VVS Laxman. The complete squad is: *SR Tendulkar, V Rathour, +NR Mongia, SC Ganguly, MA Azharuddin, R Dravid, VVS Laxman, SB Joshi, AR Kapoor, A Kumble, J Srinath, BKV Prasad, DJ Johnson and ND Hirwani.

South Africa won the Kenya Cricket Association Centenary Cup beating Pakistan by 7 wickets in the Finals. Gary Kirsten scored an unbeaten century, his 6th in ODIs, to guide South Africa to victory, and won the man of the match award. Allan Donald, who picked up 3-32 won the man of the tournament award. Scores: Pakistan 203 all out in 46.2 overs, South Africa 204/3 in 39.2 overs.

In the 2nd day of the tour match against the Indian Board President's XI, Australia declared their first innings at 358/8, with Bevan scoring 100 not out. Karnataka's new ball bowler Ganesh picked up 5 wickets for 103 runs. In reply the Board XI had scored 85/2 at the end of the day.

5th October

Australians started their first day of cricket in India in a rain curtailed first day of the tour first class game against the Board President's XI. Overnight rain and wet outfield prevented play in the first two sessions. Play commenced in the third session with Australians reaching 122 for the loss of Mark Taylor's wicket. Slater on 52 and Ponting on 45 were the not out batsmen at the crease.

Brian Strang and Paul Strang of Mashonaland pick up all the 10 wickets to fall in the Matabeleland innings in the first round of the Inter Provincial first class match in Zimbabwe, on Friday, 4th October. This is the first such instance.

4th October

The Centenary Cup sees a thrilling game with world records broken, and Pakistan qualifying for the final against South Africa by the slimmest of margins. Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar make centuries in Pakistan's total of 371. Shahid Afridi (man of the match), in his first International innings, ties the records for most sixes (11), and breaks the record for fastest century (37 balls). Afridi also scored his 50 from 18 balls, the record for which is held by ST Jayasuriya, made in 17 balls. This is also Saeed Anwar's 9th ODI century, and along with Ramiz Raja, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar, has the maximum number of centuries in ODIs for an active batsman.

Sri Lanka need 290 to make the final based on run rate differential, but are reduced to 27-4 by Waqar Younis. A fine recovery is led by Aravinda de Silva (122, his 7th century in ODIs), Ranatunga (52), and Dharmasena (51), but Saqlain Mushtaq (4-33) leaves Sri Lanka needing 11 from the last over with only one wicket in hand. Vaas hits the first ball for 6, the 4th for 4, and is yorked by Waqar Younis with the 5th, leaving Sri Lanka the losers by 82 runs, but more importantly one run short of the 290 required for them to advance on run rate differential.

3rd October

Kenya collapse against Alan Donald (6-23) as they attempt to overtake a stiff target of 305 set by South Africa. South Africa win by 202 runs, to confirm a place in Sunday's final. Their opponent will be determined by the Pak-SL game, with Pakistan needing to win by a large margin to reach the final.

2nd October

Pakistan survive a scare against Kenya to win their Centenary tornament game by 4 wickets. The Kenyans recover well from a poor start (62-7) with a partnership between opener Chudasama (51) and man-of-the-match Thomas Odoyo (32) to finish with 148. Pakistan falter in reply, losing their 6th wicket on 61, but a half century by Mohin Khan secures the victory. Odoyo (18 years old) takes 3-25 from his 10 overs.

1st October

In the much anticipated battle between the two top ODI teams Sri Lanka come out on top after a close game. Both teams struggle in a difficult wicket. South Africa make 169 (Cullinan 51, Mulitharan 4-35), and following an intital flurry by man of the match Jayasuria (45 off 30 balls), Sri lanka srape home with 2 wickets remaining.

The India senior team wins the Challenger Trophy, beating India-B in the final. Tendulkar makes 133 in a comfortable 7 wicket win.