(Azharudd)In-‘fo(u)r’m India are the WInners

The bilateral series between India and the West Indies resumed a couple of days after the final of the triangular series. The hosts made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Atul Bedade and Vijay Yadav made way for returnees Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia, who were suspended for the remainder of the tournament for stonewalling in a match in Kanpur against the same opposition.

The islanders made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jimmy Adams and Rajindra Dhanraj made way for Junior Murray and Barrington Browne. Courtney Walsh, their skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts, whose innings was reduced to 44 overs.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 54-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Murray. Anderson Cummins broke the 64-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 64-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 54. He was caught by Cummins. Carl Hooper broke the 73-run stand. Navjot Singh, the player of the match, scored 114. His 103-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes. He waS(idh)unbeaten.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 45. His 42-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Walsh. Keith Arthurton broke the 113-run stand. Vinod Kambli, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Arthurton. Walsh broke the eight-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indians conceded eight extras. India scored 260 for the loss of four wickets off 44 overs. Browne and Phil Simmons bowled five overs each. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 23. They were wicketless, as was Cameron Cuffy, who bowled nine overs, conceded 41.

Arthurton, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He picked up a wicket, as did Hooper and Cummins, who bowled seven overs apiece. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 43. Walsh, who bowled nine overs, conceded 50. He picked up a scalp.

The West Indies were fined an over for a slow over rate, so they had to achieve the target (261) off 43 overs. Their openers put on 86. Stuart Williams, whose 60-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 49. He was run out. Simmons, whose 77-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 51. Tendulkar broke the 59-run stand.

Brian Lara, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Venkatapathy Raju. Prabhakar broke the 33-run stand. Hooper, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 74. He was unbeaten.

Arthurton, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 24-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 13. Cummins, who faced a ball, scored a couple. He was run out. Roland Holder, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand.

Walsh, who faced four balls, scored three. Kumble broke the 10-run stand. Murray, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. India conceded 22 extras. The West Indies, who scored 256 for the loss of seven wickets off 43 overs, lost by four runs.

Venkatesh Prasad bowled three overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as were Raju, who bowled seven overs, conceding 41, and Javagal, who bowled overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-one.

Tendulkar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 39. He picked up a wicket. Kumble bowled seven overs, conceding 41. He picked up two scalps, as did Prabhakar, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 61.  

India led the five-match series 2-1. 

India WIn A(zharuddi)nother summit clash

India made just one Ch(et)ange to their playing eleven – Sharma made way for Atul Bedade. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Kenny Benjamin and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made way for Brian Lara and Rajindra Dhanraj. Courtney Walsh, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Tendulkar – the player of the match as well as the player of the series – scored 66. His 68-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Stuart Williams. Cameron Cuffy broke the 108-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 100-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was caught by Lara. Dhanraj broke the 39-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 51-ball innings included a six, scored 28. He was caught by Jimmy Adams. Anderson Cummins broke the 28-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 41. His 38-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Roland Holder. Carl Hooper broke the 62-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 40-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 58. He was unbeaten. Bedade, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Keith Arthurton. Dhanraj broke the 29-run stand.

Vijay Yadav, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the one-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies scored 19 extras. India scored 274 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. All the five bowlers bowled 10 overs apiece. Walsh, Cummins, Cuffy (whose spell included a maiden) and Hooper picked up a scalp each. They conceded 46, 50, 53 and 55, respectively. Dhanraj, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 55. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Williams, whose (Srina)thirty-four-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 29. He was caught by Azharuddin. Javagal broke the 46-run stand. Lara, who faced 11 balls, scored just a run. Venkatesh Prasad broke the three-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 19. Phil Simmons, whose 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was run out.

Hooper, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was caught by Azharuddin. Venkatapathy Raju broke the 33-run stand. Holder, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was caught by Jadeja. Tendulkar broke the 15-run stand. Adams, who faced five balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Kumble. Jadeja broke the five-run stand.

Arthurton, whose 59-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 42. Raju broke the 41-run stand. Cummins, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Kumble broke the 20-run stand.

Walsh, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 30. He was caught by Tendulkar. Raju broke the 20-run stand. Dhanraj, who bowled a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. The tenth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Cuffy, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Kumble off the bowling of Raju.

India conceded 22 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 202 off 44 overs, lost by 72 runs. Jadeja, who bowled five overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, Srinath and Prasad (whose spell included three maidens) bowled seven overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 27, 25 and 23, respectively.

Tendulkar bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 58. He picked up four scalps.

The Indians won the 1994/95 Wills World Series.

India crush the Kiwis agA(zharudd)in

India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia made way for Vijay Yadav and Sharma. New Zealand made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Blair Hartland and Chris Pringle made way for One-day International debutant Darrin Murray and Simon Doull.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 62. His 54-ball (Sach)innings included 13 boundaries. Matthew Hart broke the 100-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 35. He was caught by Hart. Richard de Groen broke the 75-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 127-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 90. He was caught by Hart. Dion Nash broke the 47-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 45-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 58. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 36.

New Zealand conceded eight extras. India scored 289 for the loss of three wickets off 50 overs. Chris Harris bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 24. Doull and Shane Thomson bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 58, the latter conceded 51.

De Groen and Hart bowled nine overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 67, the latter conceded 36. Nash, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a scalp.

New Zealand’s openers failed to get off the mark. Bryan Young, who faced (Srina)three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Yadav off the bowling of Javagal. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Murray, who faced 17 balls, scored three. He was run out.

Rutherford, the Kiwi skipper, scored eight. His 12-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Srinath. The 15-run stand was broKen by Venkatesh Prasad. Stephen Fleming, whose 48-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 56. Tendulkar trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 79-run stand.

Thomson, who faced 27 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Venkatapathy Raju. Tendulkar broke the 26-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 105-ball innings included a boundary, scored 51. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raju, who broke the 10-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Hart, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. He was run out. Harris, who faced 35 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Srinath. Raju broke the four-run stand.

Nash wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Anil Kumble broke the one-run stand. Doull, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was stumped by Yadav. Kambli broke the nine-run stand. De Groen, who faced seven balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 11 extras. The Kiwis, who were dismissed for 182 off 45.4 overs, lost by 107 runs. Sharma bowled a wicketless over, conceding 23. Kambli, who bowled four balls, was in seventh heaven, because he picked up his only international wicket.

Prasad and Srinath bowled seven overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 22. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a wicket.

Raju and Tendulkar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 29.

The Indians advanced.

Unchanged India aren’t the WInners

While India made no change to their playing eleven, the West Indies made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Brian Lara, Sherwin Campbell and Barrington Browne made way for Keith Arthurton, Roland Holder and Cameron Cuffy. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the islanders.

Stuart Williams, whose 86-ball (Sach)innings included four boundaries, scored 45. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the 115-run stand. Carl Hooper, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the five-run stand.

Phil Simmons, whose 96-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 65. He was caught by Javagal Srinath. Tendulkar broke the 10-run stand. Holder, whose 49-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Srinath broke the 89-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 31. Anderson Cummins, who faced 14 balls, scored a dozen. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Arthurton, the player of the match, scored 72. His 62-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was run out. Kenny Benjamin, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 27 extras. The West Indies scored 257 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 50. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 36. Anil Kumble, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 50.

The Karnataka pacer bowled nine overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-one. He picked up a wicket, as did Raju, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. Tendulkar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 31. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 154-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 102. He was unbeaten. Tendulkar, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 34. Cummins broke the 56-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 22. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Azharuddin, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Cummins. Cuffy broke the 41-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50. Vinod Kambli, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was run out. The fifth-wicket pair put on 26. Ajay Jadeja, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Nayan Mongia, who faced 21 balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India, who scored 211 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs, lost by 46 runs. Arthurton bowled one over, which was a wicketless maiden. Simmons, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 19. Hooper, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 36.

Courtney Walsh, the West Indian skipper, bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 20. Benjamin bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39. Cuffy, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket, as did Cummins, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39.

The Indians (Azh)are convincing (Ki)winners

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Rajesh made way for Venkatapathy Raju. New Zealand made a couple of changes to the team that last played the Indians – Gavin Larsen and Danny Morrison made way for Blair Hartland and Richard de Groen.

Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Bryan Young, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Needless to say, Javagal Srinath was in seventh heaven.

Hartland, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Manoj broke the 20-run P(rabhak)artnership. The third-wicket pair put on 180. Rutherford, whose 102-ball innings included 13 boundaries, scored 108. He was run out.

Adam Parore, who faced 138 balls, scored 96. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the 61-run stand. Stephen Fleming, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 33. He was unbeaten, as was Shane Thomson, who didn’t face a ball.

India conceded 19 extras. New Zealand scored 269 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, the player of the match, bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 27. Raju bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter conceded 49. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 95-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 74. He was caught by Matthew Hart, who broke the 144-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by de Groen. Hart broke the 18-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 85. Tendulkar, whose 136-ball innings included nine boundaries and three sixes, scored 115. He was run out. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 47. His 39-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, who scored 12. His six-ball innings included two boundaries.

New Zealand conceded 12 extras. India, who scored 271 for the loss of three wickets off 48.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare. Chris Harris and Thomson bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 25.

De Groen, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 52. Chris Pringle, who bowled 9.1 wicketless overs, conceded 53. Dion Nash, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 51. Hart, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 56. He picked up a couple of scalps.   

India land WI A(zharuddi)nother blow

This was the opening match of a triangular series* sandwiched between the five-match One-day International series between India and the West Indies. While India made just one change to their playing eleven (Atul Bedade made way for Ajay Jadeja), the West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Keith Arthurton and Cameron Cuffy made way for debutant Sherwin Campbell and Kenny Benjamin.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors. Phil Simmons, who faced (Srina)thirteen balls, scored a couple. Javagal broke the 29-run stand. Stuart Williams, whose 64-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 35-run stand.

Brian Lara, whose 83-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 74. He was trapped leg before wicket by Tendulkar, who broke the 112-run stand. Jimmy Adams, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the two-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Carl Hooper, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 58. He was caught by Anil Kumble off his own bowling. Campbell, who faced 14 balls, scored three. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 24-run stand.

Chanderpaul, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Shiv)n(ar)ineteen. Manoj broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Benjamin, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Prasad broke the five-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Anderson Cummins, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was run out. Courtney Walsh, the West Indies’ skipper, faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the mark. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Barrington Browne, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

India conceded eight extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 221 off 49.2 overs. Rajesh Chauhan, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 46. Srinath, who bowled seven overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. Prasad bowled 8.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a couple of wickets. Tendulkar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36, He picked up three scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 17 balls, scored three. He was caught by Lara. Walsh broke the 17-run stand. Tendulkar, who faced 24 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Hooper. Cummins broke the 25-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 62-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 38. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the 38-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Hooper. Benjamin broke the 56-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was caught by Campbell. Benjamin broke the 42-run stand. Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 81. His 84-ball innings included seven boundaries and the only six of the match. He was caught by Walsh. Cummins broke the 17-run stand.

Mongia, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Kumble, who scored nine. His 11-ball innings included a boundary. The West Indies conceded 19 extras. India, who scored 225 for the loss of six wickets off 48.2 overs, won by four wickets with 10 balls to spare. Hooper, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Simmons bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Browne, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 38. Cummins, who bowled 9.2 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Benjamin and Walsh, who bowled 10 overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 33.

(*Note: New Zealand were the third team in the tournament.)

India WIn; It’s (Azh)arevised target

Both teams made one change apiece to their playing elevens – while Kapil Dev made way for Venkatesh Prasad, Kenny Benjamin made way for One-day International debutant Barrington Browne. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Stuart Williams, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Javagal broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Prasad. Srinath broke the 14-run stand.

Phil Simmons, whose 52-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad, who broke the 16-run stand. Keith Arthurton, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 15-run stand.

Jimmy Adams wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the nine-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 54. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Azharuddin ran him out.

Carl Hooper, whose 86-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 70. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the 43-run stand. Courtney Walsh, the West Indies’ skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring three. He was caught by Atul Bedade. Prasad broke the 13-run stand.

Anderson Cummins, whose 49-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 34. He was caught by Tendulkar. Manoj broke the 15-run P(rabhak)artnership. Browne, who faced 22 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Cuffy, who faced five balls, scoring just (Camer)one.

India conceded 20 extras. The West Indies scored 192 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Rajesh Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34.

Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up three wickets. His statemate bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-four, picking up three scalps.

India’s target was revised to 128 from 33.1 overs. Their openers failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Lara off the bowling of Walsh. Tendulkar, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Hooper. Cuffy broke the two-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu celebrated his 31^st birthday with an unbeaten knock of 65, which earned him the player of the match award. His 102-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Azharuddin, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Chanderpaul. Cuffy broke the 61-run stand. Kambli, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Arthurton. Cummins broke the 48-run stand. The big-hitting Baroda batsman, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unBe(d)a(de)ten.

The West Indies conceded eight extras. India, who scored 135 for the loss of four wickets off 33.1 overs, won by eight runs. Hooper bowled five overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Browne, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 27.

Cummins, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Walsh, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15. Cuffy bowled 8.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a couple of scalps.

India levelled the five-match series 1-1.



  

  

India don’t WIn, (Azh)are shocked

India made one change to the eleven that returned home triumphant from Sri Lanka – Venkatesh Prasad made way for Javagal Srinath. The West Indies made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – while Richie Richardson made way for Courtney Walsh to lead the side, Roland Holder, Winston Benjamin and Curtly Ambrose made for three One-day International debutants – Stuart Williams, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Cameron Cuffy.

On winning the toss, Walsh chose to bat. Williams, whose 83-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 61. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Srinath broke the 132-run stand. Brian Lara, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 16-run stand.

Phil Simmons, the player of the match, scored 76. His 100-ball innings included three boundaries and four sixes. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 16-run stand. Carl Hooper, whose 50-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 61. He was unbeaten.

Arthurton, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored (Kei)thirty-nine. He was out hit wicket. Srinath broke the 90-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Anderson Cummins, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Atul Bedade off the bowling of Srinath. Jimmy Adams, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies scored 273 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Kapil Dev, the legendary all-rounder, was playing his last One-day International at his home ground. Unfortunately, the limited-overs international career of the man nicknamed the Haryana Hurricane didn’t end well – he bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 37.

Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled five overs, conceded 32. He was wicketless, as was Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45. Kumble and Chauhan bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 45. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 42, picking up three scalps.

Tendulkar, who faced four balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Lara. Walsh broke the two-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Walsh broke the three-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced half-a-dozen deliveries, scored a run. He was caught by Lara. Cuffy was in seventh heaven. Vinod Kambli, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Adams. Cuffy broke the nine-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 87-ball (Benjam)innings included seven boundaries, scored 52. He was caught by Cummins. Kenny broke the 96-run stand. Bedade, whose 55-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Adams. Benjamin broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Dev, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Walsh. Simmons broke the six-run stand.

Mongia, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten. Kumble, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Simmons. Hooper broke the 14-run stand.

Chauhan, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Adams. Arthurton broke the 27-run stand. Srinath, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was caught by Simmons. Hooper broke the one-run stand.

The West Indies conceded 13 extras. India, who were dismissed for 176 off 45 overs, lost by 96 runs. Cummins, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 27. Arthurton, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket, as did Simmons, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Walsh, who bowled five overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of wickets. Hooper, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets. Cuffy bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a couple of wickets. Benjamin, who bowled eight overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The West Indies led the five-match series 1-0.

The IndianSLift A(zharuddi)n overseas title

The final was reduced to a 25-overs-a-side match due to a wet ground. India made one change to their playing eleven – Venkatapathy Raju made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Sri Lanka made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s captain, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Atul Bedade. Manoj broke the five-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the (Mahana)mark. Roshan, who faced 11 balls, scored a couple. Azharuddin ran him out.

Aravinda de Silva, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Prasad. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 19-run stand. Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced 21 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Kapil Dev broke the four-run stand.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper and the player of the series, faced 22 balls, scoring 13. He was caught by Chauhan. Anil Kumble broke the 36-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 10. Upul Chandana, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. Kumble ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a couple. Pubudu Dassanayake, who faced a ball, scored a run. Dev ran him out. Ruwan Kalpage, whose 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Prasad broke the 15-run stand.

Kumar Dharmasena, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. Prabhakar broke the four-run stand. Chaminda Vaas, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Pramodya Wickramasinghe, who faced a couple of balls, scoring three.

India conceded 10 extras. Sri Lanka scored 98 for the loss of nine wickets off 25 overs. Kumble, Chauhan, Prasad and Dev bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 22, 21, 17 and 17, respectively. Prabhakar bowled five overs, conceding 19. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Sachin Tendulkar, the batsman of the series, faced a couple of balls. He failed to get off the mark. He was caught by de Silva. Vaas broke the six-run stand. Prabhakar, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the nine-run stand.

Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 45. His 51-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the match. He was caught by Mahanama. Vaas broke the 71-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 46 balls, scored 24. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wickramasinghe, who broke the two-run stand.

Kambli, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Bedade, who faced eight balls, scoring four. Sri Lanka scored eight extras. India, who scored 99 for the loss of four wickets off 23.4 overs, won by six wickets with eight balls to spare.

De Silva, who bowled four wicketless balls, conceded five. Jayasuriya, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 15. Kalpage and Dharmasena bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 23, the latter conceded 22.

Vaas and Wickramasinghe bowled five overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded 13.

India won the 1994 Singer World Series.

Australia’s Steve Waugh was adjudged the bowler of the series.

  

IndiA(zh)are victorious; Australia rue weather

India made one change to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath made way for Venkatapathy Raju. Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Paul Reiffel and Damien Fleming made way for Michael Slater, Craig McDermott, Ian Healy and Tim May.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Manoj, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Slater. Shane Warne broke the 87-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. He was caught by David Boon. May broke the 42-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Healy. McDermott broke the 44-run stand.

Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 110 – his maiden One-day International ton. His 130-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. McDermott broke the 38-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 47-ball innings included a six, scored 43. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair put on five. Kapil Dev faced four balls, scoring as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was run out by Slater, Steve Waugh and Healy. The sixth-wicket pair put on a couple. Atul Bedade, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Langer, the substitute, and Healy ran him out.

Nayan Mongia, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Healy. Warne broke the eight-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced three balls, scored a run. Steve broke the 11-run stand. Rajesh Chauhan, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded seven extras. India scored 246 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Michael Bevan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 17. Mark Waugh, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19. Glenn McGrath bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Steve bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. May bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Warne and McDermott bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 46.

Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring four. He was caught by Prabhakar, who broke the 22-run stand. Slater, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Prabhakar. Dev broke the 34-run stand.

Boon, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 40. Chauhan broke the 67-run stand. Mark, whose 81-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 61. Chauhan broke the 20-run stand. Steve, who faced 42 balls, scored 22. Prabhakar broke the 38-run stand.

McDermott, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the two-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Healy, who faced 14 balls, scored 15. Prabhakar and Raju ran him out. Bevan, who faced 40 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Sidhu. Kumble broke the three-run stand.

Warne, who faced five balls, scored a run. Raju broke the one-run stand. May, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair put on a couple. McGrath, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Prabhakar and Mongia ran him out.

India conceded 16 extras. Australia, who were dismissed for 215 off 47.4 overs, lost by 31 runs. Tendulkar bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 15. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket.

Kumble bowled nine overs, conceding 31. He picked up a wicket, as did Raju, who bowled 9.4 overs. He conceded 38. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a couple of scalps. Prabhakar bowled eight overs, conceding 34. He picked up three scalps. 

It’s (Azh)areduced match; The IndianSLose

When the match was restarted, it was reduced to a 25-overs-a-side match. While India made no Chan(dana)ges to their playing eleven, Sri Lanka made one to theirs – Sanjeeva, the youngest of the four Ranatunga brothers, made way for Upul. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper (and the second of the four siblings), won the toss, inserting the Indians.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kumar Dharmasena. Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Manoj, who faced 18 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Sanath Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 31 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Jayasuriya broke the 32-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 35-ball innings included the only boundary of the innings, scored 25. He was caught by Chandana. Dharmasena broke the 32-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, who faced 39 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. Atul Bedade, whose run-a-ball innings included the only six of the innings, scored 21. Wickramasinghe broke the 35-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 125 for the loss of five wickets off 25 overs.

Arjuna bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Chaminda Vaas and Ruwan Kalpage bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 17.

Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 17. Wickramasinghe, who bowled five overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.

Mahanama, who faced 78 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka’s openers weren’t in seventh heaven. Jayasuriya, who faced three balls, scored as many. Azharuddin ran him out. Aravinda de Silva, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 88. Arjuna, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 41. Ajay Jadeja, the substitute, and Mongia ran him out. Kalpage, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out. India conceded 15 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 126 for the loss of three wickets off 24.2 overs, won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.

Dev, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Chauhan and Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 21. Prabhakar bowled 4.2 wicketless overs, conceding 17. Srinath and Kumble bowled five overs each. While the former, who was wicketless, conceded 21, the latter, who picked up a scalp, conceded 17.    

For India, it’s sans (Azh)areSuLt

India made a Kapil of changes to the eleven that played their last One-day International – Ajay Jadeja and Venkatesh Prasad made way for Manoj Prabhakar and Dev. Sri Lanka made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dulip Samaraweera and Muttiah Muralitharan made way for Sanjeeva Ranatunga and Kumar Dharmasena.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper (and Sanjeeva’s older brother), won the toss, inserting the Indians. Prabhakar, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Tendulkar, who scored 11. His 16-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries. Sri Lanka conceded two extras. India had scored 16 without losing a wicket off four overs, when rain stopped play.

Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Chaminda Vaas bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded nine, the latter conceded half-a-dozen. Rain reduced the match to a 40-overs-a-side match, and interrupted play again. It ended without a result, and had to be restarted the next day.  

India beat the Aussies, advA(zharuddi)nce

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Bhupinder Singh Senior made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Tom Moody, Allan Border, Craig McDermott, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes and Mike Whitney made way for Mark Waugh, Michael Bevan, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and Glenn McGrath.

On winning the toss, Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat. He scored 11. HiS(rina)thirty-thre-ball innings included a boundary. Javagal broke the 29-run stand. David Boon, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on nine. Mark, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was run out.

Bevan, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Kumble broke the 53-run stand. Steve Waugh, whose 72-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 53. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Srinath broke the 43-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 64. Langer, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 36. He was run out.

Hayden, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Jadeja. Kumble broke the five-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on 14. Warne, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was run out.

Reiffel, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Sachin Tendulkar. The Karnataka pacer broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Fleming, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was McGrath, who faced a ball. He didn’t open his account.

India conceded 21 extras. Australia scored 244 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Jadeja, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 33. Tendulkar and Prasad bowled eight wicketless overs each, conceding 39 apiece. The latter’s spell included a maiden.

Rajesh Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37. Srinath bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up three wickets. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up three scalps.

Tendulkar, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Taylor. McGrath broke the 11-run stand. Jadeja, the player of the match, scored 87. His 106-ball innings included 12 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Boon. Warne broke the 130-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 110-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 80. He was stumped by Langer. Warne broke the 69-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 36. His 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, who scored 28. His 17-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Australia conceded eight extras. India, who conceded 245 for the loss of three wickets off 45.4 overs, won by seven wickets with 26 balls to spare. Mark, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Steve and Reiffel bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 32. Fleming, who bowled 9.4 wicketless overs, conceded 59. McGrath, who bowled eight overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Warne, who bowled nine overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps. 

India advanced to the final. 

India, (Azhar)u(ddi)nsurprisingly, beat the UAE

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Kapil Dev, Salil Ankola and Venkatesh Prasad made way for a couple of One-day International (Beda)debutants (Atul and Bhupinder Singh Senior) and Venkatapathy Raju. Each member of the UAE’s playing eleven was making his debut.

Sultan Zarawani, the UAE skipper and the only Emirati in the eleven, won the toss, inserting the Indians. Ajay Jadeja, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by the Karachi-born Arshad Laeeq. Sohail Butt, who was born in Lahore, broke the 49-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t get off the mark. Butt broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Tendulkar, whose 77-ball (Sach)innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 63. He was caught by the Poonch-born Imtiaz Abbasi. Zarawani had his moment in the sun, breaking the 75-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the Indian skipper, scored 81. His 99-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes. There’s no two ways about the fact that his dismissal was the most interesting of the lot – he was caught by the Colombo-born Johanne Samarasekera. Saleem Raza, who was born in Lahore, broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 100.

Vinod Kambli, the player of the match, scored 82. His 66-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten. Bedade, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Abbasi. Samarasekera broke the 24-run stand. Nayan Mongia, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

The UAE conceded 11 extras. The Indians scored 273 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Laeeq and Azhar Saeed, who was born in Lahore, bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 56, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 38.

Zarawani, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket. Raza, who bowled seven overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket. Samarasekera, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48, picked up a wicket. Butt, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 52. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Riaz Poonawala – who, as his name suggests, hailed from Pune – scored 22. His 14-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Singh broke the 26-run stand. The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Saeed, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was caught by Mongia off the bowling of Javagal Srinath.

Vijay Mehra, who was born in New York, scored 43. His 83-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Singh broke the 94-run stand. Mohammad Ishaq, who was born in Lahore, scored 23. His 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Jadeja. Srinath broke the 41-run stand.

Raza, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the eight-run stand. Mazhar Hussain, who was also born in Lahore, scored 70. His 112-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Jadeja. Singh broke the 13-run stand.

Samarasekera, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Tendulkar. Raju broke the one-run stand. Zarawani, who faced 13 balls, scored four. Kumble broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Laeeq wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. Kumble broke the three-run stand. Abbasi, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Butt, who scored half-a-dozen as well. His nine-ball innings included a boundary.

The Indians conceded a dozen extras. The UAE, who scored 202 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 71 runs. Jadeja and Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 22.

Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a couple of scalps. Srinath and Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 34.







 

The IndiaNZ, understandably, (Azh)are dejected

India made one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Rajesh made way for One-day International debutant Venkatesh Prasad. New Zealand made one to theirs as well – Blair Hartland made way for Matthew Hart. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Tendulkar, whose 26-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries, scored 40. Gavin Larsen broke the 61-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Dion Nash. Chris Harris broke the 19-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 34. Vinod Kambli, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was run out. Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Larsen. Hart broke the four-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 38 balls, scored 15. Danny Morrison broke the 32-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 132-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 68. He was caught by Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper. Chris Pringle broke the 33-run stand. Nayan Mongia, whose 39-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 40. He was unbeaten, as was Anil Kumble, who scored 18. His 14-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings.

New Zealand conceded a dozen extras. India scored 222 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Nash bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 33. Pringle, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket, as did Larsen, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. Morrison, Hart and Harris bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 47, 30 and 25, respectively.

Harris, who faced 11 balls, failed to get off the mark. Dev was in seventh heaven, because he trapped him leg before wicket. Bryan Young, whose 79-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 43. Kumble broke the 82-run stand. Stephen Fleming, who faced 33 balls, scored 25. He was caught by Prasad. Kumble broke the 46-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rutherford, whose 90-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 61. He was caught by Kumble off his own bowling. Shane Thomson, the player of the series, scored 40. His 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Adam Parore, the player of the match, who scored 47. His 46-ball innings included four boundaries.

India conceded seven extras. New Zealand, who scored 223 for the loss of four wickets off 49.5 overs, won by six wickets with a ball to spare. Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 22. He was wicketless, as was Salil Ankola, who bowled eight overs, conceding 37.

Prasad bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 49. Javagal Srinath bowled 9.5 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Dev bowled eight overs, including three maidens. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up three scalps. 

The four-match series was levelled 2-2.

India notch up A(zharuddi)nother (Ki)win

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sanjay Manjrekar made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu. New Zealand made one change to theirs as well – Matthew Hart made way for Dion Nash. Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Tendulkar, whose 75-ball (Sach)innings included nine boundaries, scored 63. He was trapped leg before wicket by Gavin Larsen, who broke the 105-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 56. Danny Morrison broke the 49-run stand.

Sidhu, whose 77-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 71. He was unbeaten. Vinod Kambli, who faced 33 balls, scored 23. He was caught by Chris Pringle. Nash broke the 45-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 24. His 20-ball innings included three boundaries. Morrison broke the 38-run stand. Kapil Dev faced four balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Shane Thomson. Pringle broke the 11-run stand. Nayan Mongia, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 11 extras. India scored 255 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Chris Harris bowled five overs, conceding 30. He was wicketless, as was Thomson, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 39.

Pringle bowled seven overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Nash, who bowled nine overs, conceding 55. Larsen, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Morrison, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Bryan Young, who faced 11 balls, scored just a couple. Javagal Srinath broke the five-run stand. Harris, whose 52-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Jadeja. Anil Kumble, the player of the match, broke the 60-run stand.

Blair Hartland, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was stumped by Mongia. Kumble broke the five-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Stephen Fleming, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Rutherford, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Dev. Srinath broke the 55-run stand. Thomson, whose 61-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 60. He was stumped by Mongia. Kumble broke the 85-run stand.

Larsen, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Srinath broke the five-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 61-ball innings included a boundary, scored 47. Kumble broke the 10-run stand. Nash, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dev. Kumble broke the one-run stand.

Pringle, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Morrison, who faced three balls, scoring four. India conceded a dozen extras. New Zealand, who scored 243 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 12 runs.

Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Jadeja and Rajesh Chauhan bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 30.

Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 40. Salil Ankola, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 55. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-one, picking up three wickets. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 33. He picked up five scalps.

India led the four-match series 2-1. 

  

The IndiaNZ (Azh)are certainly cock-a-hoop

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Rajesh. New Zealand made one change to theirs as well – Dion Nash made way for Matthew Hart. Ken Rutherford, the latter’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Blair Hartland, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand. Rutherford, who faced 22 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Javagal Srinath broke the 10-run stand.

Bryan Young, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Salil Ankola broke the 20-run stand. Stephen Fleming, who faced 28 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mongia. Dev broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

Shane Thomson, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mongia. Ankola broke the one-run stand. Chris Harris, whose 71-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 50. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 52. Adam Parore, who faced 77 balls, scored 23. He was run out. Hart, who faced 21 balls, scored 10. Chauhan broke the 19-run stand. Larsen, whose eight-ball (Gav)innings included a boundary, scored five. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the six-run stand.

Danny Morrison, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the four-run stand. Chris Pringle, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Srinath broke the 27-run stand.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. The New Zealanders were dismissed for 142 off 49.4 overs. Ajay Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded half-a-dozen. Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29.

Srinath bowled 7.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of wickets. Ankola, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of wickets. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.

Jadeja, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Rutherford. Pringle broke the 61-run stand. Tendulkar, playing his first (Sach)innings as an opener, scored 82. His innings included 15 boundaries and a couple of sixes. The player of the match was caught by Hart, who broke the 56-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Hart. Harris broke the nine-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 17 balls, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 20 balls. He was in seventh heaven.

The Kiwis conceded three extras. The Indians scored 143 for the loss of three wickets off 23.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 160 balls to spare. Larsen, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24. He was wicketless, as was Morrison, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 46.

Harris bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13, picking up a wicket. Hart, who bowled 5.2 overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Pringle bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a scalp.

The four-match series was level 1-1.

The Indians (Azh)aren’t the (Ki)winners

India made a Kapil of Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven – Pravin Amre and Rajesh made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Dev. New Zealand made eight changes to the team that last played the Indians – Mark Greatbatch, Rod Latham, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Ian Smith, Chris Cairns, Dipak Patel and Willie Watson made way for Blair Hartland, Bryan Young, One-day International debutant Stephen Fleming, Shane Thomson, Dion Nash, Adam Parore, Danny Morrison and Chris Pringle.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Hartland, who faced 24 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 17-run stand.

Young, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the nine-run stand. Rutherford, New Zealand’s captain, scored 23. His 36-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. The 34-run stand was broKen by Salil Ankola.

Thomson, who scored 83, was adjudged the player of the match. His 97-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Anil Kumble broke the 144-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 26. Fleming, whose 107-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 90. He was run out. Chris Harris, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Nash, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. India conceded just half-a-dozen extras. New Zealand scored 240 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar bowled five overs, conceding 37. He was wicketless, as were Jadeja, who bowled eight overs, conceding 41, and Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 36. Ankola, who bowled seven overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 59, picking up a couple of scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 42-ball (Gav)innings included four boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Parore. Larsen broke the 66-run stand. Jadeja, whose 93-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 59. He was caught by Pringle. Harris broke the 57-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 59-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. He was stumped by Parore. Thomson broke the 27-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. Harris broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Tendulkar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Rutherford. Nash broke the 24-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 29 balls, scored 22. He was unbeaten.

Dev, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Morrison broke the 30-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison.

Srinath, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Hartland. Pringle broke the five-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mongia, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison. Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The Kiwis conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 212 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 28 runs.

Thomson, who bowled five overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket. Larsen and Nash bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded 34.

Pringle bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Harris, who bowled eight overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets. Morrison bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up three scalps.

New Zealand led the four-match series 1-0.  

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India made three changes to their playing eleven – Manoj Prabhakar, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble may way for Ajay Jadeja, Salil Ankola and Venkatapathy Raju. Sri Lanka made three to theirs as well – Aruna Gunawardena, Nisal Fernando and Ravindra Pushpakumara made way for Dulip Samaraweera, Pubudu Dassanayake and Pramodya Wickramasinghe.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Jadeja, whose 62-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 37. Ruwan Kalpage broke the 83-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the series, scored 46. His 79-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the match. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 19-run stand.

Pravin, who never (Am)represented India again, faced a dozen balls, scoring three. Sanath Jayasuriya broke the 10-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Vinod Kambli, who faced 22 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne off the bowling of Muralitharan.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced 13 balls, scoring 11. He was caught by Samaraweera. Aravinda de Silva, the player of the match, broke the 24-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Nayan Mongia, who faced 11 balls, scored three. He was run out.

Javagal Srinath, who faced 14 balls, scored seven. He was caught by Samaraweera. De Silva broke the 19-run stand. Rajesh Chauhan, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 48. Tendulkar, whose 63-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 52. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Chaminda Vaas. Raju, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 15 extras. India scored 213 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Wickramasinghe bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 34. Jayasuriya bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Vaas and Kalpage bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 43, the latter conceded 36. De Silva bowled seven overs, conceding 30. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Muralitharan, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40.

There were three rain interruptions during the Sri Lankan innings, as a result of which it was reduced to a 33-over innings. The islanders’ target was revised to 141. Roshan Mahanama wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the eight-run stand.

Tillakaratne, who faced 41 balls, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raju, who broke the 64-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 16. Samaraweera, whose 65-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 49. He was run out. De Silva, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 32. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jayasuriya, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Raju. The fifth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ranatunga, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Mongia off the bowling of Raju.

Kalpage, who faced 14 balls, scored four. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 11-run stand. Dassanayake, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was unbeaten.

India conceded seven extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 141 for the loss of six wickets off 32.5 overs, won by four wickets with a ball to spare. Ankola bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 23. Chauhan bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18.

Tendulkar bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 7.5 overs, conceding 53. Raju bowled eight overs, conceding 19. He picked up three scalps.

India won the three-match series 2-1.

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While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Sri Lanka made three changes to theirs – Dulip Samaraweera, Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Don Anurasiri made way for a couple of One-day International debutants – Aruna Gunawardena and Ravindra Pushpakumara – and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors on winning the toss. Gunawardena – who never represented Sri Lanka again – faced 10 balls, scoring a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Manoj broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mongia. Prabhakar broke the eight-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Rajesh Chauhan. Prabhakar broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Roshan Mahanama, whose 25-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Tendulkar. Prabhakar broke the 14-run stand. Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced 22 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 34-run stand.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 98. His 115-ball innings included 10 boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Prabhakar broke the 132-run stand. Ruwan Kalpage, whose 104-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Javagal Srinath, who broke the 20-run stand.

Nisal Fernando, who never represented Sri Lanka again, scored 20. His 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Pushpakumara, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring three.

India conceded 28 extras. Sri Lanka scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Kapil Dev bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19. Anil Kumble bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 39. Chauhan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 40.

Tendulkar bowled eight overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44. Prabhakar, the player of the match, bowled 10 overs. He conceded 35, picking up five scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 68-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Muralitharan broke the 98-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 63. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 113-ball innings included eight boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 79. He was run out.

Vinod Kambli, whose 84-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 56. He was unbeaten. Azharuddin, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Pushpakumara. Jayasuriya broke the 36-run stand. Tendulkar faced 18 balls, scoring 11. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 26 extras. India, who conceded 227 for the loss of three wickets off 48.2 overs, won by seven wickets with 10 balls to spare. De Silva, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Vaas bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22. Pushpakumara, who bowled 7.2 wicketless overs, conceded 30. Kalpage bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 47. Jayasuriya bowled eight overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket, as did Muralitharan, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 39.

India led the three-match series 2-0.    

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India – who ended 1993 with the Hero Cup triumph – made three Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven for their first match the following calendar year – Ajay Jadeja, Vijay Yadav and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, One-day International debutant Nayan Mongia and Rajesh.

The Sri Lankans made four changes to theirs – Asanka Gurusinha, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Dulip Liyanage and Champaka Ramanayake made way for Dulip Samaraweera, Don Anurasiri and a couple of One-day International debutants – Nisal Fernando and Chaminda Vaas.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts, whose openers put on 122. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 87-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 67. He was run out. The second-wicket pair on 59. Vinod Kambli, who faced 41 balls, scored 25. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on 30. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 14. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was caught by Ranatunga. Ruwan Kalpage broke the three-run stand.

Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 108. His 132-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Vaas broke the 22-run stand. Pravin Amre, who faced 17 balls, scored 16. He was unbeaten, as was Kapil Dev, who faced three balls, scoring four.

Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 246 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Ranatunga, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18. Aravinda de Silva, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Anurasiri, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 43.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Pramodya Wickramasinghe bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 41. Vaas bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket. Kalpage, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 37. He picked up a scalp.

Samaraweera, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 46-run stand. Mahanama, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the 20-run stand.

Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 53-run stand. Ranatunga, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 18-run stand.

Jayasuriya, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Kambli. Kumble broke the 63-run stand. De Silva, whose 85-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 67. Kumble broke the 18-run stand.

Kalpage, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and six, scored 25. Javagal Srinath broke the 17-run stand. Fernando, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten. Wickramasinghe who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Srinath broke the three-run stand. Anurasiri, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 238 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by eight runs. Dev bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 25. Chauhan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 33. Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 53.

The Karnataka pacer bowled seven overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-seven. He picked up two wickets. Tendulkar bowled eight overs, conceding 43. He picked up three scalps, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 41.

India led the three-match series 1-0.    

India WIn, (Azh)are the Heroes

India made one change to their playing eleven – Salil Ankola made way for Venkatapathy Raju. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Roger Harper and Courtney Walsh made way for Anderson Cummins and Kenny Benjamin. Richie Richardson, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Manoj, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Jimmy Adams. Curtly Ambrose broke the 25-run P(rabhak)artnership. Ajay Jadeja, whose 63-ball (Benjam)innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 30. He was caught by Richardson. Winston broke the 56-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 80. Vinod Kambli, whose 90-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 68. At the beginning of the 37^th over, Ambrose ran him out. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper and the player of the series, scored 38. His 43-ball innings included three boundaries. Half-a-dozen dot balls later, he was caught by Adams off the bowling of Cummins.

Tendulkar, whose 43-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was unbeaten. Four dot balls after Azharuddin’s dismissal, Pravin Amre, who faced them, was trapped leg before wicket for a blob by Cummins.

Dev, whose 28-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries, scored 24. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by Carl Hooper. Cummins broke the 46-run stand. Vijay Yadav, who faced four balls, scored three. Ten balls later, Ambrose broke the 11-run stand.

Anil Kumble, the player of the match, scored five. His three-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 225 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs.

Phil Simmons, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 14. Hooper, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 42. Kenny bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.

Winston bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up a wicket. Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a couple of wickets. Cummins bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up three scalps.

Simmons, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. Prabhakar broke the one-run stand. Brian Lara, whose 47-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 33. Tendulkar broke the 56-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Richardson, whose 43-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Dev off his own bowling. Keith Arthurton, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the six-run stand.

Roland Holder, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Kumble broke the 38-run stand. Jimmy Adams wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 12-run stand.

Cummins, who faced 16 balls, scored a run. Kumble broke the five-run stand. Hooper, who faced 57 balls, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the four-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Winston, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was dismissed by Kumble. Ambrose, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Kumble broke the one-run stand. Kenny, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 21 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 123 off 40.1 overs, lost by 102 runs. Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded 18. Raju, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded half-a-dozen.

Javagal Srinath, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 12. Prabhakar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Tendulkar, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24.

Dev bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 18, picking up two wickets. The (Kumb)leggie, who was nicknamed Jumbo, bowled 6.1 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 12, picking up six scalps.

India won the 1993/94 C A B Jubilee Tournament (Hero Cup).