India are (Ka)p(i)leased; Australia Devanquished

Australia made four changes to the team that last played the Indians – Dean Jones, Allan Border, Greg Dyer and Craig McDermott made way for Mike Veletta, Simon O’Donnell, Drik Wellham and Tim Zoehrer. India made just one – Raman Lamba made way for Sunil Gavaskar. On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, the latter’s skipper, inserted the former.

Veletta, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was caught by Gavaskar. Manoj Prabhakar broke the 20-run stand. Geoff Marsh, the Aussie skipper, scored 39. His 89-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Gopal Sharma broke the 62-run stand.

Steve Waugh faced 43 balls, scoring 20. He was caught by Sharma. Maninder Singh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 47. O’Donnell faced 11 balls, scoring five. He was caught by Sadanand Viswanath. Singh had a reason to be in seventh heaven.

David Boon scored 62. His 113-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Dev broke the five-run stand. Greg Ritchie, who faced five balls, scored three. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the one-run stand.

Wellham faced 17 balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten, as was Greg Matthews, who scored 17. His 16-ball innings included a boundary. India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 176 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Bharat Arun, who bowled three overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Ravi Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 28.

Sharma and Prabhakar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 46, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 18. Dev and Singh picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, who bowled eight overs, conceded 36, the latter, who bowled nine overs, conceded 26.

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Krishnamachari, who faced (Srikkan)three balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Matthews off the bowling of Bruce Reid. Gavaskar scored 78. His 109-ball innings included six boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 84. His 129-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Marsh. O’Donnell broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 165. Dev, who faced four balls, scored two. Waugh broke the four run-stand. Shastri, who faced 10 balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten.

The Aussies conceded 11 extras. India scored 177 for the loss of three wickets off 42 overs, winning by seven wickets with eight overs to spare. Simon Davis bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Matthews, who bowled nine overs, conceding 43.

O’Donnell and Waugh bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 33. Reid bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a scalp.

India Devictors, England edged out

India, a.k.a. Bharat, made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sunil Gavaskar and Raju Kulkarni made way for Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Arun.

England made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Graeme Fowler, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Mike Gatting, Derek Pringle, Paul Downton, Richard Ellison and Graham Dilley made way for Chris Broad, Tim Robinson, Phil DeFreitas, Jack Richards, Neil Foster and three One-day International debutants – Neil Fairbrother, James Whitaker and David Capel.

On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, chose to field. Graham Gooch scored 31. His 53-ball innings included five boundaries. Maninder Singh broke the 60-run stand. Broad scored 57. His 94-ball innings included three boundaries. He was stumped by Viswanath. Ravi Shastri broke the 46-run S(t)(adan)and.

Fairbrother, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary scored 14. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Shastri broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 28. Whitaker, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. Sharma broke the nine-run stand.

Robinson, who faced 45 balls, scored 34. He was caught by Srikkanth. Shastri broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. The sixth-wicket pair put on 22. Capel faced 15 balls, scoring eight. He was run out.

John Emburey, England’s captain, scored 25. His 27-ball innings included a six. Dev broke the 17-run stand. DeFreitas, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Richards, who faced 13 balls, scoring 14.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. England scored 211 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Arun bowled four overs, conceding 32. He was wicketless, as was Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17.

Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Singh and Sharma bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 38. Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up three scalps.

Prabhakar, who faced 25 balls, scored four. He was caught by Phil Edmonds. Foster broke the 22-run stand. Raman faced 14 (Lam)balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Whitaker. Edmonds broke the 11-run stand.

Srikkanth scored 56. His 73-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Fairbrother. Capel broke the 53-run stand. Shastri, who faced 21 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Edmonds. Emburey broke the 11-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar scored 40. His 66-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Robinson. Edmonds broke the 49-run stand. Dev, the player of the match, scored 64. His 54-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Capel. Emburey broke the 48-run stand.

Azharuddin, who faced 33 balls, scored 24. He was unbeaten. Viswanath faced three balls, scoring as many. Emburey broke the six-run stand. Arun scored seven. His six-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

England conceded five extras. India scored 214 for the loss of seven wickets off 48.5 overs, winning by three wickets with seven balls to spare. DeFreitas bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 33.

Foster bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up a scalp. Capel, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 45. He picked up a wicket. Edmonds, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of wickets. Emburey, who bowled 9.5 overs, conceded 38. He picked up three scalps.









 

India (Kapi)leave the iSLanders dishear‘ten’ed

The match was reduced to a 40-overs-a-side contest. India made one change to their playing eleven – Mumbaikar Ravi Shastri made way for Madan Lal. The Sri Lankans made a couple of changes – Guy de Alwis and Ranjan Mad(ugall)e way for Sidath Wettimuny and Ashantha de Mel. On winning the toss, Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 46. His 27-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Arjuna Ranatunga broke the 67-run partnership. Sunil Gavaskar, the player of the series, scored 25. His 35-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by de Mel. Ranatunga broke the 21-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 94-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 108. He was unbeaten. Dilip Vengsarkar scored 52. His 49-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by de Mel. Ravi Ratnayake broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 115.

Raman, whose 37-(Lam)ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 39. He was caught by the substitute. Graeme Labrooy broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 84. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, faced three balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 25 extras. India scored 299 for the loss of four wickets off 40 overs. De Mel bowled four overs, conceding 45. He was wicketless, as was Rumesh Ratnayake, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 63.

Ratnayake bowled (Ra)VI overs, conceding 50. He picked up a wicket, as did Labrooy, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 68. Ranatunga bowled 10 overs, conceding 59. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Wettimuny, who was playing his last One-day International, scored 14. His 15-ball innings included a boundary. Raju Kulkarni broke the 36-run stand. Ranatunga scored 29. His 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Shivlal Yadav. Lal broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 48.

The third-wicket pair put on 63. Mendis, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. Roy Dias scored 15. His 12-ball innings included three boundaries. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Yadav broke the forth-wicket partnership, which was worth 27.

Asanka Gurusinha scored 52. His 34-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Dev. Kulkarni broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 50. The sixth-wicket pair put on 12. Roshan, the player of the (Mahana)match, scored 98. His 91-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was run out.

De Mel, who faced five balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Dev broke the 10-run stand. The Ratnayakes were unbeaten. While Rumesh, whose 22-ball innings a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 28, Ravi scored five off 11 balls.

India conceded 11 extras. Sri Lanka scored 289 for the loss of seven wickets off 40 overs, losing by 10 runs. Maninder Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 69. Yadav bowled five overs, conceding 37. He picked up a wicket.

Lal bowled seven overs, conceding 51. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, who bowled nine overs, conceding 68. Kulkarni bowled nine overs, conceding 57. He picked up a couple of scalps. 

India won the five-match series 4-1.

India take an unaSsaiLable (Kapi)lead

It was a 43-overs-a-side match. India made one change to their playing eleven – Madan Lal made way for Shivlal Yadav. Sri Lanka made Don changes to theirs – Aravinda de Silva and Ashantha de Mel (Mahana)made way for Roshan and Anurasiri.

On winning the toss, Duleep Mendis, the Sri Lankan skipper, inserted the hosts. Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced 63 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Mahanama. Anurasiri broke the 96-run stand. Raman, who faced 28 (Lam)balls, scored 22. He was stumped by Guy de Alwis. Anurasiri broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 65.

Sunil Gavaskar, the player of the match, faced 94 balls, scoring 69. He was caught by Mendis. Graeme Labrooy broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. The fourth-wicket pair put on just a Kapil. Dev, India’s skipper, faced eight balls, scoring five. Ravi Ratnayake dismissed him.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 23, balls, scored 22. He was caught by the substitute, de Mel. Labrooy broke the 30-run stand. Chandrakant Pandit, who faced 14 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by the substitute, Roshan Jurangpathy. Labrooy broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 25.

Ravi Shastri, who faced 14 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Mendis. Labrooy broke the four-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Labrooy, who broke the four-run stand. Raju Kulkarni faced five balls, scoring three. He was unbeaten, as was Maninder Singh, who faced three balls, scoring a run.

Sri Lanka conceded 13 extras. India scored 235 for the loss of eight wickets off 43 overs. Asanka Gurusinha bowled an over, conceding eight. He was wicketless, as was Arjuna Ranatunga, who bowled four overs, conceding 30. Rumesh Ratnayake bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 34.

Ravi bowled eight overs, conceding 52. He picked up a wicket. Anurasiri bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. He picked up a couple of wickets. Labrooy bowled 10 overs, conceding 57. He picked up five wickets.

Ravi faced 27 balls, scoring 14. He was stumped by Pandit. Yadav broke the 45-run stand. Mahanama, who faced 38 balls, scored 25. Kulkarni broke the four-run stand. The third-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Roy Dias, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out.

Ranatunga, who faced 24 balls, scored 20. Singh broke the 45-run stand. Gurusinha, who faced 62 balls, scored 26. He was stumped by Pandit. Yadav broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Rumesh Ratnayake, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Lamba. Shastri broke the five-run stand.

De Alwis, who faced 24 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Srikkanth. Shastri broke the 25-run stand. Mendis, who faced 19 balls, scored 21. He was caught by Azharuddin. Shastri broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

Labrooy, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored 12. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srikkanth, who broke the 13-run stand. Anurasiri, who faced 11 balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten. Ranjan Madugalle was absent hurt.

India conceded 11 extras. Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 141 off 36.3 overs, lost by 94 runs. Dev bowled six wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15. Srikkanth bowled three balls, conceding half-a-dozen. He picked up a wicket. Kulkarni bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket.

Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a wicket. Yadav bowled seven overs, conceding 20. He picked up a couple of wickets. Shastri bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up three scalps.

India won the five-match series 3-1.   

India Kapi(ta)lise; Sri Lanka trail

It was a 44-over match. India made one change to their playing eleven – Raju Kulkarni replaced Shivlal Yadav. So did Sri Lanka – Asoka de Silva made way for Graeme Labrooy. On winning the toss, Kapil, India’s skipper, inserted Devisitors.

Ravi Ratnayake faced 56 balls, scoring 22. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Kulkarni broke the 54-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, who faced 108 balls, scored 51. Kulkarni broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 78.

Asanka Gurusinha scored 54. His 64-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Madan Lal. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 26.

Rumesh Ratnayake, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Kulkarni broke the four-run partnership. Ashantha de Mel, who faced eight balls, scored five. Dev broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 17.

Arjuna Ranatunga, who bagged the player of the match award, scored 41. His 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes. He was caught by Pandit. Dev broke the 22-run stand. Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka’s skipper, faced nine balls, scoring half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Roy Dias, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

India conceded 23 extras. Sri Lanka scored 208 for the loss of six wickets off 44 overs. Ravi Shastri and Lal bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 21. Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30.

Azharuddin bowled a couple of overs, conceding 14. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled eight overs, conceding 48. He picked up a couple of wickets. Kulkarni bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 41 balls, scored 28. He was caught by Ranatunga. Rumesh broke the 50-run partnership. Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ranatunga. Labrooy broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 10.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 67 balls, scored 36. He was caught by the substitute, Roshan Mahanama. Ranatunga broke the 37-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar scored 56. His 68-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. Ranatunga broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 66.

Raman, who faced 56 (Lam)balls, scored 57. He was unbeaten, as was Dev, who scored 16 off as many balls. Sri Lanka scored 10 extras. India scored 209 for the loss of four wickets off 41.3 overs, winning by six wickets with 15 balls to spare. Ratnayake bowled (Ra)VI overs, conceding 33. He was wicketless, as was de Mel, who bowled seven overs, conceding 36.

Rumesh (who bowled 8.3 overs) and Labrooy (who bowled 10 overs) conceded 48 each, picking up a wicket apiece. Ranatunga bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India led the five-match series 2-1.



     



     

     

India’s convincing (De)victory is Series-Levelling

It was a 46-overs-a-side match. Sri Lanka made just one change to their playing eleven – Ranjan Madugalle replaced Roshan Mahanama. India made a Kapil of changes to theirs – Bharat Arun and Chetan Sharma made way for Mohammad Azharuddin and Shivlal Yadav. Dev, the latter’s skipper, chose to field on winning the toss.

Aravinda de Silva, who faced 13 balls, scored just three. He was caught by Azharuddin. Needless to say, Madan Lal was in seventh heaven. Asanka Gurusinha scored half-a-dozen. His 39-ball innings included a boundary. Yadav broke the 20-run stand.

Ravi Ratnayake faced 43 balls, scoring 11. He was caught by his namesake, Ravi Shastri. Yadav broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Arjuna Ranatunga wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t open his account. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth off the bowling of Maninder Singh.

Roy Dias scored 26. His 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 58-run partnership. The sixth-wicket stand was worth just two. Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka’s captain, scored 31. His 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev.

Madugalle, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was unbeaten. The seventh-wicket pair put on 17. Rumesh Ratnayake, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, was run out.

Ashantha de Mel, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Azharuddin. Shastri broke the 15-run stand. Guy de Alwis faced five balls, scoring half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 16 extras. Sri Lanka scored 145 for the loss of eight wickets off 46 overs. Dev’s and Lal’s spell included a maiden each. They bowled nine overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 25.

Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Shastri and Yadav bowled nine overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 28, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 18.

Srikkanth scored 19. His 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Rumesh, who broke the 44-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar, the player of the match, scored 70. His 83-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and the only six of the match. He was unbeaten.

Raman, who faced a couple of (Lam)balls, scored as many. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ravi, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 62-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 62. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded a dozen extras. India, who scored 146 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 27.3 0vers, won by eight wickets with 111 balls to spare. Asoka de Silva bowled three wicketless overs, including the only maiden of the match. He conceded 14.

Ranatunga, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 24. De Mel, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 43. The Ratnayakes picked up a wicket apiece. While Rumesh (who bowled six overs) conceded 26, Ravi (who bowled 6.3 overs) conceded 38.

India levelled the five-match series 1-1.

India Kapi(tu)late; Sri Lanka Devinners

It was a 46-overs-a-side match. India, a.k.a. Bharat, made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Mohammad Azharuddin and Roger Binny made way for One-day International debutant Arun and Chetan Sharma.

Sri Lanka made three changes to theirs – Hashan Tillakaratne, Graeme Labrooy and Don Anurasiri were replaced by Ravi Ratnayake, Roy Dias and One-day International debutant Asoka de Silva.

On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, inserted the tourists. Ravi scored seven. His nine-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 15-run stand. Roshan Mahanama faced 35 balls, scoring 13. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Dev broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 18.

Aravinda de Silva, who faced 18 balls, scored three. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sharma broke the 10-run stand. Arjuna Ranatunga, the player of the match, scored 31. His 49-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arun, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 52.

Asanka Gurusinha scored 35. His 58-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Madan Lal. Singh broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Dias, who faced 27 balls, scored 11. He was caught by Singh, who broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 16.

Guy de Alwis scored 15. His 20-ball innings included a boundary and a six. Singh broke the 33-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on just five. Duleep, Sri Lanka’s captain, scored 26. His 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was (Men)dismissed by Sharma.

Ashantha de Mel, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. He was unbeaten, as was Rumesh Ratnayake, who scored 19. His innings included three boundaries and a six.

India conceded a dozen extras. Sri Lanka scored 195 for the loss of eight wickets off 46 overs. Ravi Shastri bowled five overs, conceding 25. He was wicketless, as was Lal, who bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Arun bowled eight overs, conceding 43. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled seven overs, including three maidens. He conceded 10, picking up a couple of wickets. Sharma, who bowled eight overs, conceded 50. He picked up a couple of wickets. Singh, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24, picking up three scalps.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by de Alwis. Ratnayake broke the (Ra)VI-run stand. Raman Lamba, who faced 11 balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ravi, who broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 17. His 42-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by de Alwis. Ranatunga broke the 19-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 10. Vengsarkar, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was run out.

Shastri, who faced 22 balls, scored eight. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Ranatunga broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth nine. Chandrakant Pandit, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Ranatunga, who broke the three-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Dev, whose 13-ball innings included a six, scored nine. He was caught by Ravi Ratnayake off his own bowling. Lal, who faced nine balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Mahanama. Rumesh broke the eighth-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Sharma scored eight. His nine-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gurusinha. Ranatunga broke the 13-run partnership. The tenth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Arun, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Asoka off the bowling of Rumesh.

Singh, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. The Sri Lankans conceded five extras. India, who were bundled out for 78 off 24.1 overs, lost by 117 runs. Asoka bowled a couple of overs, conceding 13. He was wicketless, as was de Mel, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22.

Rumesh bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a couple of wickets. Ravi, who bowled 3.1 overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up three wickets.

Ranatunga bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14, picking up four scalps.

Sri Lanka led the five-match series 1-0.

India are inconsistent; WI Devinners

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made one change to their playing eleven – Chetan Sharma made way for Dilip Vengsarkar. The West Indians made three changes – Larry Gomes, Joel Garner and Michael Holding were replaced by Gordon Greenidge, Winston Benjamin and Tony Gray.

On winning the toss, Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, chose to field. The openers didn’t get off the mark. Greenidge, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev. The second-wicket stand was worth 33. Richie Richardson, who faced 28 balls, scored 18. He was run out.

Desmond Haynes faced 48 balls, scoring a dozen. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Madan Lal broke the 10-run stand. Vivian Richards, the West Indian skipper and the player of the match, scored 62. His 58-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes. He was caught by Roger Binny. Maninder Singh broke the 81-run partnership.

Gus Logie scored 58. His 93-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. Jeff Dujon scored nine. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth 17.

Roger Harper, who faced eight balls, scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Azharuddin, who broke the two-run stand. The seventh-wicket partnership was worth 23. Malcolm Marshall scored 10. His nine-run innings included a boundary. He was run out.

The eighth-wicket stand was worth eight. Benjamin, who faced four balls, scored five. His innings included a boundary. He was run out. Gray scored 10. His nine-run innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 13 extras. The West Indies scored 198 for the loss of eight wickets with 45 overs to spare. Ravi Shastri, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He was wicketless, as was Binny, who bowled nine overs. He conceded 41.

Lal bowled six overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 11, picking up a wicket. Singh, who bowled eight overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. Azharuddin bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, who faced eight balls, scored a dozen. His innings included a boundary and a six. Marshall broke the 17-run stand. Raman Lamba, who faced 13 balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Dujon. Gray broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth five.

Vengsarkar, who faced 18 balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Dujon. Benjamin broke the nine-run stand.

Gavaskar scored 63. His 107-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Gray broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 92.

Azharuddin scored 38. His 67-ball innings included a boundary. Gray was in seventh heaven. Dev, whose 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

The Mumbaikar, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Benjamin broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth just a run. Pandit, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Greenidge. Courtney Walsh broke the five-run stand.

Lal, who faced 16 balls, scored eight. Marshall broke the 25-run stand. Binny, who faced seven balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 15 extras. India, who conceded 165 for the loss of eight overs off 45 overs, lost by 33 runs. All the five bowlers bowled nine overs apiece. Harper and Walsh conceded 31 runs each. While the former was wicketless, the latter conceded a wicket.

Benjamin and Marshall picked up two scalps apiece. While the latter conceded 33, the former, whose spell included two maidens, conceded 25. Gray, who conceded 32, picked up three scalps.

India leave the iSLanders Devastated

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Dilip Vengsarkar, Rajinder Singh Ghai and Rudra Pratap Singh made way for Sunil Gavaskar, Roger Binny and Chetan Sharma. Sri Lanka made a couple of changes – Roy Dias and Ravi Ratnayake were replaced by One-day International debutants Hashan Tillakaratne and Graeme Labrooy.

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the islanders. Aravinda de Silva faced 40 balls, scoring 33. His innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Sharma broke the 61-run stand.

Roshan Mahanama, who faced 65 balls, scored 26. Sharma broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 23. Arjuna Ranatunga scored 39. His 44-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. Madan Lal broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 41.

Asanka Gurusinha faced a dozen balls, scoring four. Binny broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 13. The fifth-wicket pair put on 21. Duleep, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 35. His 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Binny (Men)dismissed him. Tillakaratne, who faced 30 balls, scored 18. Sharma broke the 26-run stand.

Guy de Alwis scored 17. His 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six. Dev broke the 14-run stand. Ashantha de Mel scored 11. His nine-run innings included a boundary. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Dev broke the five-run stand.

Rumesh Ratnayake faced eight balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten. The ninth-wicket pair put on nine. Labrooy, who faced four balls, scored three. He was run out. Don Anurasiri, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. Sri Lanka scored 214 for the loss of nine wickets off 45 overs. Maninder Singh, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight overs. He conceded 40. Lal, who bowled nine overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket.

Binny and Dev bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 28. Sharma conceded eight overs, conceded 40. He picked up three scalps.

Sunil Gavaskar scored 27. His 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by de Alwis. Labrooy broke the 42-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Raman Lamba, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was dismissed by Labrooy.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 92. His 89-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes. Gurusinha broke the third-wicket pair, which was worth 111. Azharuddin, who faced 79 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten, as was Dev, who scored 34. His 36-ball innings included three boundaries.

Sri Lanka conceded a dozen extras. India, who scored 215 for the loss of three wickets off 41.3 overs, won by seven wickets with 21 balls to spare. Ranatunga, who bowled four overs, conceded 28. He was wicketless, as was Anurasiri, who bowled five overs, conceding 30.

Ratnayake bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44. De Mel bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 32. Gurusinha bowled 8.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45, picking up a wicket. Labrooy bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up two scalps.

India (Kapi)lose to the Australians

It was a 48-overs-a-side match. Australia made just one change to their playing eleven – Dave Gilbert made way for Bruce Reid. India made three – Sunil Gavaskar, Roger Binny and Gopal Sharma were replaced by Dilip Vengsarkar, Rajinder Singh Ghai and Rudra Pratap Singh.

On winning the toss, Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, inserted the hosts. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 23. His 36-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Craig McDermott. Greg Matthews broke the 59-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on 84. Mohammad Azharuddin scored 28. His 56-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Raman, the player of the match, faced 120 (Lam)balls, scoring 102. His innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. Reid broke the 36-run stand.

Vengsarkar scored 25. His 29-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Steve Waugh broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. The fifth-wicket pair put on 19. Ravi Shastri, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was run out.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, scored 58. His 31-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was trapped leg before wicket by Waugh, who broke the 59-run stand. Chandrakant Pandit faced 15 balls, scoring 14. He was unbeaten, as was Madan Lal, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

Australia conceded seven extras. India scored 260 for the loss of six wickets off 48 overs. Border, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10. McDermott bowled nine wicketless overs, as did Simon Davis. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 61, the latter conceded 34.

Matthews bowled eight overs, conceding 51. He picked up a wicket, as did Reid, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 48. Waugh bowled 10 overs, included a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up a couple of scalps.

Australia's openers put on 68. Marsh, whose 44-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was run out. David Boon scored 39. His 45-ball innings included three boundaries. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the 17-run stand.

Dean Jones scored 55. His 42-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by Lamba. Rudra Pratap Singh broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 91. Border scored 91. His 88-ball innings included nine boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Greg Ritchie, who scored 35. His 62-ball innings included four boundaries.

India conceded four extras. The Aussies, who scored 263 for the loss of three wickets off 46.3 overs, won by seven wickets with nine balls to spare. Azharuddin bowled three balls, conceding four. He was wicketless, as was Srikkanth, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding 11.

Ghai bowled 6.2 overs, conceded 37. He was wicketless, as were Lal (who bowled eight overs, conceding 50) and Maninder Singh (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49). Rudra Pratap Singh bowled 9.4 overs, conceding 58. He picked up a scalp, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 50.

Ghai (whose last name, appropriately, could be translated to hurry) and Rudra Pratap Singh never represented India again.

India won the six-match series 3-2.

India triumph, (De)vin the (Aus)s(er)ies

The Australians made one change to their playing eleven – Bruce Reid made way for Craig McDermott. So did India – Dilip Vengsarkar was replaced by Gopal Sharma. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Sunil Gavaskar scored a dozen. His 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Simon Davis broke the 33-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 26. His 51-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Greg Dyer. Dave Gilbert broke the 26-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 10. His 15-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gilbert, who broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket partnership was worth four. Raman Lamba, who faced 43 balls, scored 17. He was run out.

Dev, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by David Boon. Steve Waugh broke the five-run stand. Chandrakant Pandit faced 18 balls, scoring eight. He was caught by Allan Border, Australia’s captain. Greg Matthews broke the 12-run partnership.

The seventh-wicket partnership was worth 67. Madan Lal scored 30. His 54-ball innings included three boundaries. He was run out. Roger Binny faced five balls, scoring a run. He was caught by Boon. McDermott broke the one-run stand.

Shastri, the player of the match, scored 53. His 54-ball innings included (Ra)VI boundaries. He was caught by Dean Jones. Davis broke the ninth-wicket partnership, which was worth 15.

Sharma, who faced 20 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Davis broke the last-wicket partnership, which was worth just a couple. Maninder Singh scored eight. His seven-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded 15 extras. India were dismissed for 193 off 47.4 overs. McDermott bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Waugh bowled 10 overs, conceding 46. He picked up a wicket.

Matthews bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. Gilbert bowled 10 overs, conceding 52. He picked up a couple of wickets. Davis, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 35. He picked up three scalps.

Boon, who faced a dozen balls, scored five. He was caught by Lal. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Jones wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. He was caught by Lamba. Dev broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth eight.

The third-wicket partnership was worth 69. Geoff Marsh scored 43. His 96-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. The fourth-wicket pair put on 18. Border, whose 64-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 43. He was run out.

Matthews, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Srikkanth. Sharma broke the one-run stand. The sixth-wicket partnership was worth 21. Greg Ritchie, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was run out.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Waugh, who faced 23 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Pandit off the bowling of Shastri.

McDermott, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the four-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on eight. Dyer, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. He was run out.

Gilbert, who faced nine balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. Davis faced six balls, scoring just a run. Lal broke the three-run stand.

India conceded three extras. The Aussies, who were dismissed for 141 off 43.3 overs, lost by 52 runs.

Binny, who bowled six overs, conceded 27. He was wicketless, as was Singh, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29.

Lal bowled three balls, conceding as many. He picked up a wicket, as did Sharma, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 42.

Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17 and picked up a couple of wickets. Shastri bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of scalps.

The Indians took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the six-match series.

India Devinners; Australia aren’t Del(h)ighted

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. While Australia made no changes to their playing eleven, India made a couple – Rudra Pratap Singh and Gopal Sharma made way for Sunil Gavaskar and Roger Binny. On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, put the Aussies in.

Geoff Marsh scored five. His 14-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Binny, who broke the eight-run stand. David Boon scored 24. His 26-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Binny broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 34.

Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, faced 17 balls, scoring five. He was caught by Raman Lamba. Maninder Singh broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 31. The fourth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Dean Jones, whose 48-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 43. He was run out.

Greg Matthews scored 15. His 34-ball innings included a boundary. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Singh broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth 33. Greg Ritchie scored 35. His 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ravi Shastri, who broke the 18-run partnership.

Steve Waugh scored 57. His 53-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Greg Dyer, who scored 45. His 43-ball innings included four boundaries and a six.

India conceded nine extras. Australia scored 238 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs. Madan Lal, who bowled eight overs, conceded 45. He was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.

Shastri bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 46, picking up a wicket. Binny, who bowled eight overs, conceded 75. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 30.

Gavaskar scored six. His 10-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Border. Simon Davis was in seventh heaven. Srikkanth, who faced 26 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Ritchie. Bruce Reid broke the 17-run stand.

Lamba, the player of the match, scored 74. His 68-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. He was caught by the substitute, Mike Veletta. Waugh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 102.

Dilip Vengsarkar scored 37. His 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Matthews. Waugh broke the 15-run stand. Pandit, who faced 23 balls, scored 13. Reid broke the 27-run stand.

Dev scored 36. His 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Dyer. Dave Gilbert broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 25. The tall Mumbaikar scored 29. His 26-ball innings included three boundaries and (Sh)as(tr)ix. He was unbeaten.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 15. His 18-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ritchie. Reid broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth 39. Lal, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded 14 extras. India scored 242 for the loss of seven wickets off 43.3 overs, winning by three wickets with nine balls to spare. Matthews bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 54.

Davis bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket. Gilbert bowled 10 overs, conceding 59. He picked up a wicket. Waugh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of wickets. Reid bowled nine overs. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.

India led the six-match series 2-1.

Thunderstorm K(urt)a(p)ils third Australia-India ODI

Australia made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Tim Zoehrer and Craig McDermott made way for Greg [who was playing his first One-D(a)yer] and Dave Gilbert.

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Sharma and Roger Binny made way for Madan Lal, One-day International debutant Rudra Pratap Singh (the Uttar Pradesh right-arm medium-pacer) and Gopal Sharma.

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, put the Australians in. David Boon scored 26. His 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Dev. Lal broke the 55-run stand.

The second-wicket stand was worth 23. Geoff Marsh scored 30. His 52-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was run out. Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, faced 10 balls. He wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Raman Lamba. Ravi Shastri broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 33.

Dean Jones scored 48. His 63-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by Lal. Shastri broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 15. Greg Matthews scored 20. His 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sharma broke the 33-run stand.

Greg Ritchie scored 75. His 53-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Dev broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 83. Steve Waugh scored 25. His 34-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 11 extras. Australia scored 242 for the loss of six wickets off 47 overs. Rudra Pratap Singh bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19. He was wicketless, as was Maninder, who bowled seven overs. He conceded 42.

Sharma bowled seven overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket, as did Lal (who bowled nine overs, conceding 60) and Dev (whose 10-over spell, which included a maiden, yielded 40). Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored nine. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Bruce Reid broke the 18-run stand. Lamba scored 20. His 36-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored eight. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

Australia conceded four extras. The Indians had scored just 41 for the loss of one wicket off 10.4 overs. Gilbert, who bowled an over, conceded a run. He was wicketless, as was Simon Davis, who bowled 5.4 overs. He conceded 17. Reid, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

There was no result, because the match was washed out by a thunderstorm. The six-match series was level 1-1.

India aren’t Devinners; (Aus)S(er)ies level

This 47-overs-a-side match was India’s 100^th One-day International. Neither team made a change to its playing eleven. Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, put the hosts in. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 24. His 35-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Tim Zoehrer. Greg Matthews broke the 50-run partnership.

Raman Lamba wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just one. He was caught by Zoehrer. Davis broke the (Sim)one-run stand. The third-wicket pair had put on 30 when Dilip Vengsarkar, who scored 12, retired hurt. His 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

The third-wicket pair put on 27. Sunil Gavaskar scored 52. His 56-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was run out. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 44 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Steve Waugh broke the 15-run stand.

Chandrakant Pandit scored 24. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Bruce Reid broke the 28-run partnership. Ravi faced 52 balls, scoring 37. His innings included three boundaries. Reid broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 31.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dev, India’s skipper, scored 16. His 11-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Marsh off the bowling of Davis. Chetan Sharma scored 17. His 14-ball innings included a boundary. Waugh broke the 24-run stand.

Roger Binny, who faced 17 balls, scored 11. He was unbeaten, as was Maninder Singh, who faced four balls, scoring a couple. Australia conceded 10 extras. India scored 222 for the loss of eight wickets off 47 overs. Craig McDermott bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37.

Matthews, who bowled nine overs, conceded 52. He picked up a wicket. Waugh, who bowled nine overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Davis and Reid, who bowled 10 overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 51, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 37.

The Aussie openers failed to get off the mark. Boon, who faced five balls, D(av)id not open his account. He was caught by Lamba off the bowling of Dev. Dean Jones scored a dozen. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Pandit. Binny broke the 19-run stand.

Marsh faced 34 balls, scoring 17. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Pandit. Binny broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 20. Border, the player of the match, scored 90. His 106-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Greg Ritchie scored 28. His 41-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the 63-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 70. Matthews scored 31. His 43-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Waugh, who faced 20 balls, scored 19. His innings included four boundaries. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the 41-run stand. Zoehrer faced five balls, scoring a run. He was caught by Dev, who broke the three-run stand. McDermott, whose five-year innings included a boundary, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. Australia, who scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 46 overs, won by three wickets with an over to spare. Sharma bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Maninder, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 50. Binny, who bowled eight overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Dev, who conceded 37 off nine overs, which included two maidens, and Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 60.

The Aussies levelled the six-match series 1-1.

India trounce Australia; Devin's convincing

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. Australia made a change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dirk Wellham made way for Greg Ritchie. The hosts made a change to their playing eleven as well – Raman Lamba, who was making his One-day International debut, reP(ati)laced Sandeep.

On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, inserted the tourists. Their openers put on 212. Geoff Marsh scored 104. His 139-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six. He was run out.

David Boon scored 111. His 118-ball innings included 10 boundaries and two sixes. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the 13-run stand. Dean Jones, who faced 12 balls, scored 17. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The third-wicket pair put on just three. Allan Border, Australia’s captain, scored three off as many balls. He was run out. Ritchie, who scored seven off as many balls, was unbeaten. India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 250 for the loss of three wickets off 47 overs.

Chetan Sharma bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31. Roger Binny bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 48.

Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 31. Azharuddin bowled seven overs, conceding 53. He picked up a wicket.

India’s openers put on 86. Sunil Gavaskar, whose 56-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was run out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 102. His 104-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Jones. Bruce Reid broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 102.

Lamba scored 64. His 53-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. He was caught by Border. Greg Matthews broke the 22-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 24 balls, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Dev, who faced 26. His 13-ball innings included three boundaries and two sixes.

The Aussies conceded 15 extras. India scored 251 for the loss of three wickets off 41 overs, winning by seven wickets with six overs to spare. Simon Davis and Steve Waugh bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 42.

Craig McDermott bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 75. Reid bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. He picked up a scalp, as did Matthews, who bowled nine overs. He conceded 47.

India led the six-match series 1-0.

India Devictors; England (Kapi)level series

It was a 55-over match. While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, England made one change to theirs – Les Taylor was replaced by Phil Edmonds. David Gower, the English skipper, put the tourists in on winning the toss.

Sunil Gavaskar faced six balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Graham Gooch. Richard Ellison broke the four-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 39 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Gower. Edmonds broke the 45-run partnership.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced 67. His 93-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Graeme Fowler. John Emburey broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 60. Dilip Vengsarkar scored 29. His 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Emburey broke the eight-run stand.

It was Sandeep Patil’s last One-day International. He scored 12. His 27-ball innings included a boundary. Graham Dilley broke the 13-run stand. Ravi Shastri scored 62. His 72-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Kapil Dev, India’s captain, scored 51. His 45-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Paul Downton. Dilley broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 104. Chetan Sharma, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

England conceded 14 extras. India scored 254 for the loss of six wickets off 55 overs. Each of the bowlers bowled 11 overs. Derek Pringle, who conceded 49, was wicketless. Ellison conceded 55, picking up a wicket.

Edmonds, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket. While Emburey's spell included a maiden, Dilley's spell included a couple of maidens. They conceded 46 each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece.

Gooch scored 10. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. Dev trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 18-run stand. Fowler scored 10. His 33-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Roger Binny, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth nine.

The third-wicket stand was worth 115. Allan Lamb, whose 71-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 45. He was run out. Gower, who won the player of the match award and Sha(st)r(i)ed the player of the series award with the Mumbai all-rounder, scored 81. His 94-ball innings included four boundaries. Binny broke the 15-run stand.

The fifth-wicket partnership was worth 85. Mike Gatting scored 39. His 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Pringle scored 49. His 52-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Downton, who scored four off as many balls.

India conceded 18 extras. England, who faced 256 for the loss of five wickets off 53.5 overs, won by five wickets with seven balls to spare. Azharuddin, who bowled two overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as was Sharma, who bowled 9.5 overs, conceding 49.

Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 11 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 55, the latter conceded 37. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a wicket. Binny bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up two scalps.

Although England levelled the two-match series 1-1, it was the Indians who won it on the basis of a superior scoring rate.

India beat England; Devictory's convincing

India made a couple of changes to the eleven that played their last One-day International – Kirti Azad and Madan Lal were reP(ati)laced by Sandeep and Roger Binny. England made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Martyn Moxon, Vic Marks, Phil Edmonds, Neil Foster and Norman Cowans made way for Graham Gooch, Derek Pringle, John Emburey, Graham Dilley and Les Taylor.

It was the first of a Kapil of 55-overs matches, and Dev, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts on winning the toss. Gooch scored 30. His 52-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Chetan Sharma broke the 54-run stand. The second-wicket stand was worth 13. Graeme Fowler scored 20. His 77-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Gower, England’s captain, D(av)idn’t open his account. He was caught by Dev off the bowling of Ravi Shastri. Allan Lamb, who faced seven balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Dev. Maninder Singh broke the three-run stand.

Mike Gatting scored 27. His 58-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Dev. Shastri broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth 32. Paul Downton, who faced 17 balls, scored four. He was caught by Azharuddin. Binny broke the 13-run stand. Pringle scored 28. His 66-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Azharuddin. Sharma broke the 16-run stand.

Richard Ellison faced 15 balls, scoring 10. He was caught by Binny, who broke the seven-run partnership. Dilley, who faced a dozen balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Sharma broke the 13-run stand. The last-wicket partnership was worth 11. Emburey scored 20. His 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Taylor, who faced six balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 16 extras. England were dismissed for 162 off 55 overs. Each of the bowlers bowled 11 overs. Dev, whose spell included a maiden, was wicketless. He conceded 32. Maninder, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. 

Binny and Shastri picked up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 38, the latter conceded 25. Sharma, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 25. He picked up three scalps.

The Indian openers didn’t get off the mark. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Downton off the bowling of Dilley. Sunil Gavaskar scored 65. His 132-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Azharuddin, the player of the match. He scored 83. His 154-ball innings included eight boundaries.

England conceded 15 extras. India scored 163 for the loss of one wicket off 47.2 overs, winning by nine wickets with 46 balls to spare. Taylor bowled seven wicketless overs, included a maiden. He conceded 30. Pringle bowled 8.2 wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded 20. Ellison, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Emburey and Dilley bowled 11 overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 15, the latter, who conceded 53, picked up the only wicket that fell.

India led the series 1-0.

India win the Semi-finaL, aD(e)vance

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Roger Binny made way for Chetan Sharma. The Sri Lankans made four changes to the eleven that last played their neighbours – Amal Silva, Ranjan Madugalle, Roger Wijesuriya and Vinothen John (Mahana)made way for Roshan, Asanka Gurusinha, a Guy named de Alwis and Anurasiri.

Kapil Dev, India's skipper, chose to field on winning the toss. Aravinda de Silva faced five balls, scoring nine. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sharma broke the eight-run partnership. Mahanama, who faced 30 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Sandeep Patil. Sharma broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Roy Dias faced 30 balls, scoring nine. Maninder broke the 38-run stand. Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka’s captain, faced 50 balls, scoring 32. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Madan Lal broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 71. Gurusinha scored 68. His 113-ball innings included a six. Kirti Azad broke the six-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 30. De Alwis scored 19. His 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was run out. The seventh-wicket partnership was worth 23. Arjuna Ranatunga, who faced 25 balls, scored 28. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Ashantha de Mel scored 15. His 19-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

Rumesh Ratnayake, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Azad. Sharma broke the seven-run partnership. The ninth-wicket partnership was worth half-a-dozen. Ratnayake, who faced (Ra)VI balls, scored three. He was run out. Anurasiri faced three balls. His name (Don) is Marathi for two, and that was, incidentally, the number of runs he scored. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. Sri Lanka scored 205 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Ravi Shastri bowled eight overs, conceding 40. He was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39. Azad bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket.

Lal, who bowled eight overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Maninder bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket. Sharma bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 59. His 63-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was stumped by de Alwis. Anurasiri broke the 93-run partnership. Sunil Gavaskar, the player of the match, scored 71. His 109-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by de Silva. De Mel broke the 72-run partnership.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 30. His 65-ball innings included a boundary. De Mel broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just five. Azad, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was caught by Gurusinha. Anurasiri broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth just one.

Dev faced three balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Dias. Anurasiri broke the four-run stand. Patil, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. De Mel broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 16.

Shastri scored 21. His 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten. The seventh-wicket pair put on just three. Chandrakant Pandit, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was run out. Lal, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded five extras. India, who scored 206 for the loss of seven wickets off 49.1 overs, won by three wickets with five balls to spare. De Silva, who bowled three overs, conceded nine. He was wicketless, as was Ranatunga, who bowled seven overs, conceding 36.

The Ratnayakes were wicketless. Rumesh, who bowled 9.1 overs, including a maiden, conceded 36. Ravi bowled 10 overs, conceding 39. De Mel and Anurasiri bowled 10 overs each. They conceded 40, picking up three scalps apiece.

India advanced to the final.

India beat the Kiwis, aD(e)vance

It was a 44-overs-a-side match. India made five changes to their playing eleven following the defeats Down Under – Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chetan Sharma, Kiran More and Shivlal Yadav made way for 1983 World Cuppers Sandeep Patil, Kirti Azad and Madan Lal, One-day International debutant Chandrakant Pandit and Maninder Singh.

New Zealand made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Bruce Edgar, John Reid, Jeremy Coney, Richard Hadlee and Stu Gillespie made way for Ken Rutherford, Tony Blain, John Bracewell, Evan Gray and Gary Robertson. Jeff Crowe succeeded Coney as skipper.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Kiwis. Rutherford, who faced 53 balls, scored a dozen. Singh broke the 37-run partnership. Martin Crowe faced nine balls, scoring just a run. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the second-wicket stand, which was worth just five.

Snedden scored 26. His 75-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary. He was caught by Patil. Singh broke the six-run stand. Jeff, who faced 56 balls, scored 36. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Blain, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Patil off the bowling of Singh.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bruce Blair, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Bracewell scored 25. His 33-ball innings included a boundary and a six. Ravi broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 33. Gray, who faced 14 balls, scored just a couple. Shastri broke the 14-run stand.

Robertson, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Azad broke the one-run stand. McSweeney, who faced 17 balls, scored 18. His (Erv)innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten. India conceded a dozen extras. New Zealand scored 132 for the loss of eight wickets off 44 overs.

Roger Binny bowled five overs, conceding a dozen. He was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled six overs, including three maidens. He wasn’t in seventh heaven. Lal bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded a dozen and picked up a wicket.

Azad, who bowled eight overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Shastri and Singh bowled nine overs apiece. While the former conceded 25 and picked up a couple of wickets, the latter conceded 23 and picked up three scalps.

The openers did not get off the mark. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced six balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by McSweeney off the bowling of Ewen Chatfield, the player of the match.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Chatfield, who broke the eight-run partnership. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 11. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Blair. Chatfield broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 11.

Although his innings included a boundary, Patil, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Martin Crowe broke the six-run stand. Azad scored 30. His 61-ball innings included a couple of sixes. Bracewell broke the 56-run stand. Shastri, who faced 59 balls, scored 25. He was stumped by McSweeney. Gray broke the one-run stand.

Dev, who faced 39 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Blain. Snedden broke the 35-run stand. Pandit scored 33. His 34-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Lal, who scored eight. His 12-ball innings included a boundary.

New Zealand conceded five extras. India scored 134 for the loss of seven wickets off 41.4 overs, (Ki)winning by three wickets with 14 balls to spare. Robertson bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 13.

Martin Crowe bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a wicket. Snedden bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Gray bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket.

Bracewell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up a wicket. Chatfield bowled nine overs, including five overs. He conceded 14, picking up three wickets.

The Indians advanced to the semi-finals.

India (Kapi)lose the (Aus)tr(al)iangular series

While Australia played an unchanged eleven, the Indians made a change to theirs – Ashok Malhotra was replaced by Shivlal Yadav. The former, incidentally, never played One-day Internationals again. On winning the toss, Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, inserted the Indians.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 26 balls, scored 11. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Border. Simon Davis broke the 34-run stand. 

Krishnamachari scored (Srikkan)thirty-seven. His 71-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Greg Matthews, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 32. The latter didn’t just win the player of the match award, but was also the player of the finals.

The third-wicket pair put on just four. Mohinder Amarnath, who scored 15, became the first player to be dismissed handling the ball in One-day Internationals. His 26-ball innings included a boundary.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, faced five balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Tim Zoehrer. Bruce Reid broke the one-run stand. The fifth-wicket partnership was worth 37. Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored 14, was run out. His 26-ball innings included a boundary.

Dilip Vengsarkar scored 41. His 66-ball innings included four boundaries. Matthews broke the 43-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. In fact, Chetan Sharma, who was run out, didn’t face a ball.

Roger Binny, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Reid, who broke the eighth-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Kiran More, who faced six balls, scored a run. He was run out.

The tenth-wicket stand was worth 19. Ravi Shastri, who scored 49 off 52 balls, was run out. Yadav, who faced 14 balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Australia conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 187 off 50 overs.

Steve Waugh, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He was wicketless, as were Border (who bowled seven overs, conceding 33) and Craig McDermott (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 35).

Davis bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a wicket. Reid and Matthews bowled 10 overs apiece, conceding 37 and picking up a couple of scalps each. The latter's spell included a maiden.

Geoff Marsh, who faced 33 balls, scored nine. Dev, who was adjudged the man of the preliminary series, trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the opening stand, which was worth 31.

The second-wicket pair put on 46. David Boon, who scored 44, was run out. His 78-ball innings included four boundaries.

Dirk Wellham scored 43. His 97-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 67.

Border, whose 67-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 65. He was unbeaten, as was Dean Jones, who faced 23 balls, scoring 19.

The Indians conceded eight extras. Australia scored 188 for the loss of three wickets off 47.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 16 balls to spare. The hosts won the best-of-three finals 2-0.

Binny bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 13. Azharuddin bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 37. Sharma bowled 8.2 wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Shastri and Yadav bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded 27. Dev bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a couple of scalps.

India are inconsistent, Australia Devinners

The first of the best-of-three finals was a 44-overs-a-side match. The Australians made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Phillips and Dave Gilbert made Way(ne) for One-day International debutant Tim Zoehrer and Greg Matthews. India made just one – Raju Kulkarni made way for Dilip Vengsarkar.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts on winning the toss. Geoff Marsh scored 36. His 66-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Chetan Sharma. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the 69-run stand. Dirk Wellham wasn’t in seventh heaven – he scored just half-a-dozen. Mohinder Amarnath broke the 17-run partnership.

Allan Border, Australia’s captain, faced 21 balls, scoring a dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Ravi Shastri broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 24. Dean Jones scored 30. His 44-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

David Boon, who faced 92 balls, scored 50. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ashok Malhotra. Shastri broke the eight-run partnership. Steve Waugh faced four balls, scoring just one. Azharuddin broke the four-run stand. 

The sixth-wicket pair put on 13. Matthews, who faced 11 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was run out. Zoehrer, who faced 19 balls, scored 11. Dev broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth 29.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Craig McDermott, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Bruce Reid, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 13 extras. Australia scored 170 for the loss of eight wickets off 44 overs. Sharma bowled five overs, conceded 34. He was wicketless, as was Roger Binny, who bowled seven overs, conceding 30.

Amarnath, who bowled five overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 21. Shastri and Azharuddin bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 26.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced five balls, failed to get off the mark. Simon Davis broke the four-run stand. Shastri, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. He was caught by Zoehrer. Davis was in seventh heaven. Jimmy, who faced 36 balls, scored (Amarna)thirteen. He was caught by Marsh. Matthews broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 29.

The wristy Hyderabadi, who faced 13 balls, scored just (Azh)arun. Matthews broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen. Vengsarkar scored 45. His 81-ball innings included a six. He was caught by Jones. Waugh broke the 30-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Dev, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Matthews. Malhotra, who faced 20 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Border, who broke the 30-run partnership.

Sunil Gavaskar scored 32. His 58-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Jones. Border broke the 14-run stand. Sharma scored 19. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

Binny scored 16. His 15-ball innings included a boundary. Border broke the ninth-wicket partnership, which was worth 23. Kiran More, who faced five balls, scored just two. Davis broke the 10-run partnership.

Australia conceded 11 extras. India, who were dismissed for 159 off 43.4 overs, lost by 11 runs, trailing the finals 0-1. McDermott, who bowled five overs, conceded 26. He was wicketless, as was Reid, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 34.

Waugh bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Border (who bowled five overs, conceding 23), Davis (who bowled 7.4 overs, including three maidens, and conceded 10) and Matthews (who bowled nine overs, conceding 27) picked up three scalps apiece.