India WIn, salvage (Srikkan)their pride

India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sharma made way for Raman Lamba and Ajay Sharma. The West Indies also made a couple of changes to theirs – Gus Logie and Ian Bishop made way for Carlisle Best and Winston Benjamin. On winning the toss, Vivian Richards, the latter’s skipper, inserted the former.

Lamba, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Courtney Walsh. Curtly Ambrose broke the 37-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, scored 40. His 56-ball innings included four boundaries. Walsh broke the 39-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. That, incidentally, was the number of runs scored by Dilip Vengsarkar, whose four-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Mohinder, whose 63-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. He was caught by Richards. Benjamin broke the (Amarna)thirty-three-run stand.

Ajay, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Ambrose broke the eight-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 57 balls, scored 28. Walsh broke the 26-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 15. Shastri, who faced 17 balls, scored (Ra)VI. He was run out.

Manoj Prabhakar, who faced 17 balls, scored eight. He was trapped leg before wicket by Malcolm Marshall, who broke the 15-run stand. Dev, whose 50-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 41. He was adjudged the player of the match. Benjamin broke the 22-run partnership.

Kiran More, who faced nine balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Arshad Ayub, who faced five balls, scoring seven. The West Indians conceded 24 extras. India scored 211 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.

Richards, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 40. Marshall, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a wicket. Ambrose, Benjamin and Walsh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 43, 36 and 32, respectively.

Desmond Haynes, who faced 10 balls, scored three. Dev broke the five-run stand. Phil Simmons, who faced 23 balls, scored three. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Prabhakar broke the 19-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 35. Richardson, whose 55-ball innings included a six, scored 39. He was run out.

Best, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Ayub broke the 12-run stand. Keith Arthurton, who faced 46 balls, scored 16. Ayub was in seventh heaven. Jeff Dujon, whose 61-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. He was unbeaten.

Marshall, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 40. Ajay broke the 51-run stand. Ambrose, who faced 11 balls, scored three. He was stumped by More. Shastri broke the 17-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Richards, who faced five balls, scored as many. He was run out.

Benjamin, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was stumped by More. Ajay broke the 14-run stand. Walsh, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Dev broke the three-run stand.

The Indians conceded a dozen extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 174 off 46.4 overs, lost by 37 runs. Srikkanth, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Prabhakar bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket.

Dev bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up a couple of wickets. Ajay and Ayub bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 29.

India (Srik)kan(’)t(h) hit WInning ways

India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Arun Lal and Sharma made way for Mohinder Amarnath and Manoj Prabhakar. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs too – Gordon Greenidge and Eldine Baptiste made way for Phil Simmons and Malcolm Marshall.

Krishnamachari, India’s captain, chose to bat on winning the toss. He faced (Srikkan)thirty-nine balls, scoring 11. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Courtney Walsh broke the 43-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Walsh, who broke the three-run stand.

Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-eight-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Vivian Richards, the West Indies’ skipper, broke the 26-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 19. Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was run out.

The fifth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 18 balls, scored 14. He was run out. Ravi Shastri, who faced 18 balls, scored five. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Richards broke the nine-run stand. Kapil Dev, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Dujon. Walsh broke the 20-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Prabhakar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Dujon off the bowling of Walsh. Ajay Sharma, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Curtly Ambrose broke the 20-run stand.

Kiran More, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Ambrose broke the 23-run stand. Arshad Ayub, who faced 10 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 20 extras. India were dismissed for 169 off 48.1 overs.

Ian Bishop, who bowled nine overs, conceded 45. He was wicketless, as was Marshall, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23. Ambrose bowled 9.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22, picking up a couple of wickets.

Richards, the player of the match, bowled 10 overs, conceding 44. He picked up a couple of wickets. Walsh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up four scalps.

Simmons, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Srikkanth. Prabhakar broke the 18-run stand. Richardson, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand.

Desmond Haynes, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by More. Ayub broke the eight-run stand. Richards, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 34. He was caught by Sidhu. Ayub broke the 49-run stand.

Keith Arthurton, whose 118-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Amarnath. Ajay broke the 85-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 65-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 59. He was unbeaten, as was Dujon, who faced a couple of balls, scoring three.

The Indians conceded half-a-dozen extras. The West Indies scored 173 for the loss of five wickets off 47.5 overs, winning by five wickets with 13 balls to spare. Srikkanth, who bowled 4.5 wicketless overs, conceded 27. Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded 16.

Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. Ajay bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar and Ayub bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens, each. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 27. They picked up a couple of scalps apiece.

India can’t aVe(ngsarka)rt a WhItewash

While the West Indies’ innings was curtailed to 43.5 overs, the Indian innings was reduced to 44. India made one change to their playing eleven – Robin Singh made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu. The West Indies made no changes to theirs. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Gordon Greenidge, whose 114-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 80. He was caught by Chetan Sharma off the bowling of Ajay Sharma, who broke the 185-run stand. Desmond Haynes, the player of the match, scored 152. His 126-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes. He was unbeaten.

Richie Richardson, whose 52-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 42. He was caught by Sidhu. Chetan broke the 95-run stand. Keith Arthurton, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. India conceded 15 extras. The West Indies scored 289 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 43.5 overs.

Mohammad Azharuddin bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 23. Krishnamachari Srikkanth bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 33. Ravi Shastri bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 52.

Arshad Ayub and Dev (whose spell included a Kapil of maidens) bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 55, the latter conceded 39. Ajay bowled seven overs, conceding 42. He picked up a scalp, as did Chetan, who bowled 7.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Arun Lal, whose 12-ball I(a)nnings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Gus Logie. Bishop broke the 10-run stand. The second-wicket stand had put on 23 when Srikkanth, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, retired hurt. He scored 17.

The second-wicket pair hadn’t added to that score when Sidhu, who scored four off 13 balls, was caught by Jeff Dujon off the bowling of Curtly Ambrose. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 19. Courtney Walsh broke the 28-run stand.

Vengsarkar, whose 33-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Eldine Baptiste. Walsh broke the 23-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Shastri, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was run out.

Dev, whose 48-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. Vivian Richards, the West Indies’ captain, broke the 46-run stand. Ajay, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the Indian innings, scored 30. He was caught by Walsh. Richards broke the 21-run stand.

Kiran More, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was unbeaten. Ayub, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Richards, who broke the four-run stand. Chetan, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The West Indians conceded 21 extras. India scored 188 for the loss of eight wickets off 44 overs, losing by 101 runs. Richardson, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11. Arthurton bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 10. Baptiste bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 48.

Ambrose and Bishop bowled five overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 18, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 15. Walsh bowled nine overs, conceding 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Richards bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up three scalps.

The West Indies swept the five-match series 5-0.

India are Di(li)(sa)ppointed WIth loss

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu and Narendra Hirwani made way for Arun Lal and Arshad Ayub. The West Indies made no changes to theirs. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 14 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Ian Bishop broke the nine-run stand. Lal, who faced 17 balls, scored a run. He was caught by Keith Arthurton. Bishop broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

The third-wicket pair put on 51. Mohammad Azharuddin faced 36 balls, scoring 27. He was run out by Richie Richardson and Courtney Walsh. Ravi, who faced S(hastr)ixty-seven balls, scored 44. He was caught by Vivian Richards, the West Indian captain, who broke the 107-run stand.

Kapil Dev, who faced 10 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge. Curtly Ambrose broke the 16-run stand. Vengsarkar, who faced 120 balls, scored 88. He was caught by Arthurton. Bishop broke the 16-run partnership.

Ajay Sharma, who faced 22 balls, scored 29. He was caught by Richardson. Ambrose broke the 28-run stand. Robin Singh, who faced 14 balls, scored 10. He was unbeaten.

Kiran More, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by the substitute, Winston Benjamin. Bishop broke the two-run stand. Ayub, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 237 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Walsh and Eldine Baptiste bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter conceded 36.

Richards, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket. Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up a couple of wickets. Bishop bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up four scalps.

The West Indian openers put on 86. Desmond Haynes, who faced 68 balls, scored 42. He was run out. Greenidge, the player of the match, scored 117. His 123-ball innings included seven boundaries and eight sixes. He was caught by Dev. Ajay broke the 130-run stand.

Richardson, who faced 93 balls, scored 58. He was unbeaten, as was Dujon, who faced 14 balls, scoring 11. India conceded a dozen extras. The West Indies scored 240 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 43.2 overs, winning by eight wickets with 40 balls to spare.

Azharuddin, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 10. Srikkanth bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 27. Shastri, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 36. Dev, who bowled six wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Chetan Sharma bowled 7.2 wicketless overs, conceding 52. Ayub, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 36. Ajay, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a scalp.

The West Indies led the five-match series 4-0.

India don’t WIn; Ven(gsarkar)ue unchanged

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sanjeev Sharma made way for the One-day International debutant Singh, who was (Rob)incidentally, born in Trinidad. The West Indies made no changes to theirs. Vivian Richards, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting India.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 64 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Curtly Ambrose. Courtney Walsh broke the 47-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 66. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 32-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 36. He was run out.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 92 balls, scored 50. His innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was caught by Ambrose. Richards broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Kapil Dev, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Keith Arthurton. Ambrose broke the 32-run stand. Singh, who faced five balls, scored three. Richards broke the nine-run stand.

Ravi Shastri, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Ian Bishop broke the 19-run partnership. Dilip Vengsarkar, India's skipper, scored 38. His 43-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Richards. Ambrose broke the two-run stand.

Ajay Sharma, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Richards. Bishop broke the nine-run stand. Kiran More, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Bishop, who broke the four-run stand.

Chetan Sharma, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten. Narendra Hirwani, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. Bishop broke the two-run stand. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India were dismissed for 192 off 49.5 overs.

Eldine Baptiste, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. Walsh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket.

Richards and Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, apiece, picking up a couple of wickets each. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 29. Bishop bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up four scalps.

Gordon Greenidge faced 10 balls, scoring three. Dev trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 11-run stand. Desmond Haynes, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, scoring 18. He was caught by Srikkanth. Chetan broke the 23-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 49. Richardson, whose 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. Arthurton, the player of the match, scored 76. His 114-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Richards, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Hirwani, who broke the 18-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 45. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 18 extras. The West Indies scored 193 for the loss of four wickets off 47.2 overs, winning by six wickets with 16 balls to spare. Singh, who bowled eight balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless. Srikkanth, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Ajay, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 24. Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31. Chetan, who bowled eight overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Dev, who bowled nine overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket, as did Hirwani, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 45.

The West Indies took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

For India, WIns prove (Colon)elusive

India made one change to their playing eleven – Arshad Ayub made way for Narendra Hirwani. West Indies made no changes to theirs. On winning the toss, Vivian Richards, the latter’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

Krishnamachari, who faced 17 balls, scored five. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Curtly Ambrose broke the (Srikkan)thirteen-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Eldine Baptiste broke the nine-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 10. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was run out. Dilip Vengsarkar*, India’s skipper, faced 24 balls. He wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Richards, who broke the 11-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was caught by Richardson. Baptiste broke the 26-run stand. Ajay Sharma, who faced half-a-dozen, scored five. Richards broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen.

Kiran More, who faced 22 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Richards, who broke the 26-run stand. Kapil Dev, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Gus Logie. Richards broke the 11-run stand.

Sanjeev Sharma, who faced 22 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Dujon. Ian Bishop broke the 26-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on four. Chetan Sharma, who faced 32 balls, scored 15. He was run out. Hirwani, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 10 extras. India was dismissed for 148 off 48 overs.

Courtney Walsh bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31. Ambrose and Bishop bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 24, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 22. Baptiste bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a couple of wickets. Richards bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up four scalps.

Desmond Haynes, who scored 36 balls, scored eight. He was caught by More. Shastri broke the 38-run stand. Gordon Greenidge, the player of the match, scored 70. His 105-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes. Srikkanth trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 72-run stand.

Richardson, whose 58-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 35. He was unbeaten. The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Logie, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was caught by Srikkanth off his own bowling.

Keith Arthurton, whose 20-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. He was caught by Sanjeev. Srikkanth broke the 29-run stand. Richards, whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 12 extras. The West Indies, who scored 151 for the loss of four wickets off 38.4 overs, won by six wickets with 68 balls to spare. Ajay bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded five. Chetan bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 27.

Dev bowled seven wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded four. Hirwani, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Shastri bowled eight overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket. Srikkanth bowled 4.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up three scalps.

The West Indies led the five-match series 2-0.

(*Note: Vengsarkar was nicknamed Colonel.)   

India begin year WIth Di(li)(sa)ppointment

It was a 48-overs-a-side match. India made (Ra)VI changes to their playing eleven – V B Chandrasekhar, Chandrakant Pandit, Woorkeri Raman, Sanjay Manjrekar, Margashayam Venkataramana and Rashid Patel made way for Shastri, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kapil Dev, Kiran More and Arshad Ayub.

West Indies made three changes to the eleven that last played India – Carl Hooper, Roger Harper and Patrick Patterson made way for Keith Arthurton, Vivian Richards (the West Indies’ captain, who was, incidentally, celebrating his 37^th birthday) and Eldine Baptiste. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s captain, won the toss, putting the hosts in.

Gordon Greenidge, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Dev broke the 26-run stand. Desmond Haynes, the player of the match, scored 117. His 132-ball innings included eight boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten. Richie Richardson, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Sidhu. Dev broke the 25-run stand.

Arthurton, whose 60-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by Srikkanth. Shastri broke the 65-run stand. Richards, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 40. Ajay Sharma broke the 79-run stand. Gus Logie, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies conceded 248 for the loss of four wickets off 48 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled six overs, conceding 32. He was wicketless, as was Sanjeev Sharma, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 55.

Ayub bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 46. Ajay bowled five overs, conceding 26. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 43. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 30. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, whose 40-ball I(a)nnings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Richards. Bishop broke the 40-run stand. Shastri, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. Courtney Walsh broke the 20-run stand.

Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Baptiste. Richards broke the 31-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Richards broke the nine-run stand.

Dev, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Richards, who broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Baptiste, who broke the one-run stand.

Ajay, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 43. He was unbeaten. More faced 32 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Richards. Baptiste broke the 72-run stand.

Sanjeev, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Bishop was in seventh heaven. Ayub, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 198 for the loss of eight wickets off 48 overs, losing by 50 runs.

Curtly Ambrose bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 42. Walsh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Baptiste and Bishop bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 30. Richards, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up three scalps.

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

India (Vengsark)are the series (Ki)winners

This was India’s 150^th One-day International. They made five Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kapil Dev, Arshad Ayub and Maninder Singh made way for Woorkeri Raman, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sharma and a pair of One-day International debutants – Rashid Patel and Margashayam Venkataramana.

New Zealand made a couple of changes to theirs – Evan Gray and Willie Watson made way for Ian Smith and Danny Morrison. On winning the toss, John Wright, their captain, chose to bat. He scored 70. His 96-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Venkataramana broke the 140-run stand.

Andrew Jones, whose 85-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 57. He was caught by Pandit. Venkataramana broke the 15-run stand. Rutherford, whose 43-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. He was caught by Manjrekar. The 56-run stand was broKen by Chetan.

Mark Greatbatch, whose 82-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 84. He was unbeaten, as was Tony Blain, who faced 16 balls, scoring 11. India conceded 24 extras. New Zealand scored 278 for the loss of three wickets off 50 overs. Raman bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.

Ajay Sharma bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31. Sanjeev Sharma and Patel bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 74, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 58. Chetan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket. Venkataramana, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

V B Chandrasekhar, who faced four balls, scored just a run. He was caught by John Bracewell. Morrison broke the three-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on nine. Raman, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was run out. Pandit, whose 44-ball (Mart)innings included three boundaries, scored 30. Snedden broke the 38-run partnership.

Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, scored 28. His 46-ball innings included a boundary. Chris Kuggeleijn broke the 68-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 108. His 65-ball innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten.

Manjrekar, whose 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 52. He was caught by Ewen Chatfield. Morrison broke the 15-run partnership. Ajay, whose 36-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 50. He was caught by Jones. Morrison broke the 127-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on just three.

Sanjeev, who faced 10 balls, failed to get off the mark. He was run out. Chetan, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Smith. Snedden broke the five-run stand. Venkataramana, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

The Kiwis conceded eight extras. India scored 282 for the loss of eight wickets off 47.1 overs, winning by two wickets with 17 balls to spare. Chatfield and Bracewell bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 61, the latter conceded 49.

Kuggeleijn, who bowled 8.1 overs, conceded 64. He picked up a wicket. Snedden, who bowled nine overs, conceded 51. He picked up a couple of wickets. Morrison, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up three scalps.     

India won the five-match series 4-0.

Patel and Venkataramana never represented India again.

The fifth match, that was slated to take place at Molana Azad Stadium, Jammu, on December 19, 1988, was abandoned without a ball bowled due to heavy rain. 

India (Ki)win series; (Vengsark)Are delighted

(Note: This post was written on August 21, 2018, which happens to be the birthday of V B Chandrasekhar, who turns 57. It was in this match that he scored his highest One-day International score).

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. While India made no changes to their playing eleven, New Zealand made one change – Ian Smith made way for Tony Blain. John Wright, New Zealand’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 49-ball (Mart)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Snedden broke the 59-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 22 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Ken Rutherford. Chris Kuggelieijn broke the 32-run stand.

Chandrasekhar, whose 77-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 53. Kuggeleijn broke the 14-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, faced 25 balls, scoring 14. He was caught by Andrew Jones. Evan Gray broke the 20-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 33 balls, scored 17. He was caught by John Bracewell. Gray broke the 16-run stand. Kapil Dev, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Blain. Snedden broke the 27-run stand.

Ajay Sharma, whose 47-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 52. He was unbeaten. He was adjudged the player of the match. Chandrakant Pandit, who faced 24 balls, scored 19. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 19 extras. India scored 222 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs. Rutherford bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 16. Willie Watson bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30.

Ewen Chatfield bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23. Bracewell bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 40. Gray bowled five overs, conceding 26. He picked up two wickets.

Snedden bowled eight overs, conceding 43. He picked up two wickets. Kuggeleijn bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 43, picking up a couple of scalps.

Jones, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Pandit. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 12-run stand. Rutherford, who faced 17 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dev. Sanjeev broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Wright, whose 74-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 43. He was caught by Arshad Ayub. Maninder Singh broke the 51-run partnership. Blain, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was caught by Singh. Srikkanth broke the 50-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on just four. Kuggeleijn, who didn’t face a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Bracewell, who faced five balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Srikkanth broke the 15-run stand.

Gray, who faced six balls, scored three. He was stumped by Pandit. Srikkanth broke the 10-run stand. He never represented New Zealand again. Snedden, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Pandit. Srikkanth was in seventh heaven.

Mark Greatbatch, whose 97-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 64. He was caught by Dev. Srikkanth broke the seven-run stand. Watson, who faced 14 balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Chatfield, who faced a ball. He didn’t get off the mark.

India conceded 14 extras. The Kiwis, who scored 169 for the loss of nine wickets off 45 overs, lost by 53 runs. Ajay, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 32. Ayub, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18. Singh bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket. Sanjeev, who bowled seven overs, conceded 22. He picked up a couple of wickets. Srikkanth, who bowled six overs, conceded 32. He picked up five scalps. 

The Indians took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

India triumph; NZ (Vengsark)are disappointed

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made no changes to their playing eleven. New Zealand made one change to theirs – Trevor Franklin made way for Evan Grey. On winning the toss, John Wright, the Kiwi captain, chose to bat.

Andrew Jones, whose 45-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Maninder Singh broke the 52-run stand. Wright, whose 59-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 39. Singh broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

The third-wicket pair put on just a run. Mark Greatbatch, who faced a couple of balls, scored just one. He was run out. Ken Rutherford, who faced 15 balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the two-run stand.

Ian Smith, who faced 28 balls, scored nine. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ajay Sharma, who broke the 23-run stand. Chris Kuggeleijn, who faced 17 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Sanjeev Sharma. Srikkanth broke the 19-run stand.

Grey, whose 80-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. Kapil Dev broke the 47-run stand. John Bracewell, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Martin Snedden, who faced three balls, scoring just a couple.

India conceded 18 extras. New Zealand scored 160 for the loss of seven wickets off 45 overs. Sanjeev, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 19. Dev and Ajay bowled seven overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 25.

Srikkanth bowled eight overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket. Ayub bowled nine overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket. Singh bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Willie Watson, who broke the five-run stand. V B Chandrasekhar, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Kuggeleijn broke the 25-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, faced 36 balls, scoring 15. He was caught by the wicketkeeper. Bracewell broke the (Smi)thirty-nine-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 32. He was caught by Bracewell, Grey broke the 48-run stand.

Navjot Singh, whose 108-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored Si(dhu)xty-seven. He was adjudged the player of the match. He was caught by Smith. Watson broke the 42-run stand. Dev, whose 41-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 27. He was unbeaten, as was Ajay, who faced a ball, scoring just a couple.

New Zealand conceded four extras. India scored 161 for the loss of five wickets off 41.3 overs, winning by five wickets with 21 balls to spare. Snedden, who bowled five overs, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was Chatfield, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23.

Bracewell, who bowled five overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket. Grey, who bowled six overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket. Kuggeleijn, who bowled nine overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket. Watson, who bowled 7.3 overs, conceded 33. He picked up a couple of wickets.

India led the five-match series 2-0.     

The Indians (Vengsark)are the (Ki)winners

India made one change to their playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath made way for One-day International debutant V B Chandrasekhar. New Zealand made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Bert Vance, Dipak Patel, Richard Hadlee and Danny Morrison made way for Ken Rutherford, Trevor Franklin, John Bracewell and Martin Snedden. On winning the toss, Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, put the visitors in.

John Wright, the Kiwi captain, faced four balls, scoring just a couple. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Dev broke the opening stand, which was worth just a Kapil. Andrew Jones, whose 89-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 66. He was caught by Sanjeev Sharma. Maninder Singh broke the 114-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the Mark. Greatbatch, who didn’t face a ball, was run out. Rutherford, whose 121-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 67. Krishnamachari Srikkanth broke the 47-run stand. Franklin faced 41 balls, scoring 21. He was caught by Sanjeev. Srikkanth broke the five-run stand. Ian Smith, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Srikkanth broke the eight-run stand.

Chris Kuggeleijn, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Srikkanth, who broke the six-run stand. Bracewell, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Srikkanth broke the nine-run stand. Snedden, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

Willie Watson, who faced three balls, scored a run. Dev broke the three-run stand. Ewen Chatfield, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. India conceded 11 extras. New Zealand scored 194 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11. Sanjeev, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 13.

Ajay Sharma, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 31. Arshad Ayub bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 45. Singh bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled seven overs, conceding 16. He picked up a couple of wickets. Srikkanth bowled seven overs, conceding 27. He picked up five wickets.

Chandrasekhar, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Watson, who broke the 16-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 63. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 24. He was run out. The third-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Vengsarkar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out.

Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 70. His 87-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Chatfield. Bracewell broke the 50-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 74-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 48. He was unbeaten.

Dev, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Greatbatch. Watson broke the 51-run stand. Pandit, who faced 13 balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Rutherford. Snedden broke the eight-run stand. Ajay faced three balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

The Kiwis conceded 18 extras. India scored 197 for the loss of six wickets off 46.2 overs, winning by four wickets with 22 balls to spare. Rutherford bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 25. Chatfield bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 38.

Kuggeleijn bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26. Snedden bowled 4.2 overs, conceding 20. He picked up a wicket. Bracewell bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket. Watson, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of wickets.

India led the five-match series 1-0.



   

The Indians leaVe(ng)S(arka)ri Lanka disappointed

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made no change to their playing eleven. Sri Lanka made one CH(ash)ange to the team that last played the Indians – Tillakaratne made way for Uvais Karnain. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the islanders.

Brendon Kuruppu, whose 41-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Maninder Singh broke the 53-run stand. Roshan Mahanama, whose 47-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohinder Amarnath, who broke the four-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 40. Aravinda de Silva, who faced 25 balls, scored 18. He was run out. The fourth-wicket pair put on eight. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, faced 24 balls, scoring five. He was run out.

The fifth-wicket pair put on eight. Athula Samarasekera, whose 36-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 17. Ravi Ratnayake, who faced 19 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.

Karnain, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Pandit. Krishnamachari broke the (Srikkan)thirty-four-run stand. Graeme Labrooy faced four balls, scoring a run. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand.

Duleep Mendis scored 36. His run-a-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was caught by Amarnath. Srikkanth broke the one-run stand. Ranjith Madurasinghe faced nine balls, scoring just a couple. Srikkanth broke the 10-run stand. Kapila Wijegunawardene, who faced nine balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 18 extras. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 176 off 43.2 overs. Ajay Sharma bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 29. Sanjeev Sharma bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 20. Arshad Ayub bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Amarnath, who bowled six overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket. Dev, who bowled seven overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Singh bowled nine overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Srikkanth bowled 3.2 overs, conceding a dozen. He picked up three scalps.

India’s openers put on 45. Srikkanth, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 23. He was run out. Amarnath, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Kuruppu. Madurasinghe broke the 24-run partnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was adjudged the player of the match and the player of the series, scored 76. His 87-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes. Wijegunawardene broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 86.

Vengsarkar, who faced 81 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Kuruppu off the bowling of Wijegunawardene. Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 12 extras. India scored 180 for the loss of four wickets off 37.1 overs, winning by six wickets with 47 balls to spare. Mahanama bowled a wicketless ball, conceding four. Ranatunga bowled a wicketless over, conceding a dozen. De Silva bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 30.

Labrooy bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 30. Ratnayake bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Madurasinghe bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Wijegunawardene bowled nine overs, conceding 33. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India won the 1988/89 Wills Asia Cup.  

India (Vengsark)are disappointed; SL win

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. While India made no changes to their playing eleven. Sri Lanka made five changes to the team that last played the Indians – Asanka Gurusinha, Ranjan Madugalle, Guy de Alwis, Graeme Labrooy and Don Anurasiri made way for Athula Samarasekera, Duleep Mendis, Hashan Tillakaratne, Kapila Wijegunawardene and Ranjith Madurasinghe.

Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss and inserted the Sri Lankans. Brendon Kuruppu, who faced 35 balls, scored 16. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 35-run stand. Roshan Mahanama, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohinder Amarnath, who broke the 17-run stand.

Samarasekera, whose 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 66. Krishnamachari Srikkanth broke the 126-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, the player of the match, scored 69. His 63-ball innings included three boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 49. His 32-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. Mendis, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 19. He was caught by Amarnath. Kapil Dev broke the 32-run stand. Ravi Ratnayake, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Dev broke the 53-run stand. Tillakaratne, who faced a ball, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 13 extras. Sri Lanka scored 271 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs. Maninder Singh bowled five overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as was Narendra Hirwani, who bowled four overs, conceding 38. Amarnath bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Srikkanth, who bowled six overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Sanjeev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket. Ayub bowled nine overs, conceding 55. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, whose 54-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 42. He was caught by Mahanama. Ranatunga broke the 89-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 55-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. He was caught by Kuruppu. Needless to say, Ranatunga was in seventh heaven.

The third-wicket pair put on 50. Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 31. He was run out. Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wijegunawardene, who broke the 20-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 34. He was caught by Wijegunawardene. De Silva broke the one-run stand.

Kiran More, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ratnayake. Wijegunawardene broke the 15-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 13. Ayub, who faced seven balls, scored nine. He was run out.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 34. He was caught by Madurasinghe. Ratnayake broke the 29-run stand. Singh, who faced half-a-dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by de Silva. Wijegunawardene broke the 28-run stand.

Sanjeev, whose 26-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Wijegunawardene broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Hirwani, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded five extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 254 off 44 overs, lost by 17 runs. Samarasekera bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 17. Madurasinghe bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41. Champaka Ramanayake, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 36.

De Silva, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Ratnayake, who bowled eight overs, conceding 47. Ranatunga, who bowled five overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Wijegunawardene, who bowled nine overs, conceded 49. He picked up four scalps. 

India win; Bangladesh (Vengsark)aren’t glad

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven – Chandrakant Pandit made way for Arshad Ayub. Six players made their One-day International debuts for Bangladesh, who were playing India for the first time – Azhar Hossain, Harunur Rashid, Athar Ali Khan, Aminul Islam, Zahid Razzak and Nasir Ahmed. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Rashid, who faced 14 balls, didn’t get off the mark. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand. Hossain wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev Sharma, who broke the one-run stand. Gazi Ashraf, Bangladesh’s skipper, faced 70 balls, scoring 11. Maninder Singh broke the 31-run stand.

Khan, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Dev. Mohinder Amarnath was in seventh heaven. Islam, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ayub, who broke the 25-run stand. Razzak, who faced 21 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Ayub was in seventh heaven.

Golam Faruq, who faced nine balls, scored four. He was caught by Navjot Singh Sidhu. Narendra Hirwani was in seventh heaven. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Minhajul, whose 67-ball (Abed)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was dismissed by Ayub.

Jahangir Shah, who faced 14 balls, scored seven. He was unbeaten, as was Ahmed, who scored nine. His 10-ball innings included a boundary. India conceded 13 extras. Bangladesh scored 99 for the loss of eight wickets off 45 overs.

The leggie bowled six overs, conceding (Hirwa)nineteen. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled six overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 14, picking up a wicket. Amarnath bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded eight, picking up a wicket.

Sanjeev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 22, picking up a wicket. Singh bowled nine overs, including half-a-dozen maidens. He conceded nine, picking up a wicket. Ayub bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30, picking up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 45-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Khan. Hossain broke the 47-run stand. Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 50. His 71-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the match. He was unbeaten, as was Amarnath, who faced 41 balls, scoring 19.

Bangladesh conceded seven extras. India scored 100 for the loss of one wicket off 26 overs, winning by nine wickets with 114 balls to spare. Abedin bowled a wicketless over, conceding four. Khan bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding a dozen. Faruq bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 19.

Shah and Ghulam Nousher bowled six wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 16, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 15. Hossain, who bowled seven overs, conceded 30. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

India lose; WI aVeng(sarkar)e defeat

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Chandrakant Pandit. The West Indies made one change to their playing eleven – Winston Benjamin made way for Ian Bishop. Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced a D(uj)o(ze)n balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dujon. Curtly Ambrose broke the 16-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Dujon. Courtney Walsh broke the 25-run stand.

Vengsarkar wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Walsh broke the four-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Gus Logie. Roger Harper broke the 40-run stand.

Kapil Dev, who faced four balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge, the West Indian skipper. Carl Hooper broke the one-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 39-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Harper. Hooper was in seventh heaven.

Pandit, who faced 52 balls, scored 31. He was unbeaten. Kiran More, whose 56-ball innings included a boundary, scored 30. He was caught by Logie. Ambrose broke the 51-run stand. Sanjeev Sharma, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 169 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Bishop, who bowled six overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Patrick Patterson, who bowled nine overs, conceding 39.

Harper bowled 10 overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket. Walsh bowled six overs, conceding 19. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ambrose bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up two wickets. Hooper bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a couple of scalps.

Greenidge, whose 118-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 77. He was unbeaten. Desmond Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 85. He was the player of the match. Sanjeev broke the 121-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Richie Richardson, who faced a ball, failed to open his account. He was caught by More off the bowling of Sanjeev. Hooper, who faced five balls, scored just a couple of scalps.

India conceded 11 extras. The West Indians, who scored 175 for the loss of two wickets off 40 overs, won by eight wickets with 60 balls to spare. Srikkanth and Dev bowled four wicketless overs. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 14. Shastri bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 31.

Narendra Hirwani and Maninder Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 32. Sanjeev, who bowled six overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The West Indies advanced.

The Indians (Vengsark)are the WInners

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman and Arshad Ayub made way for Dilip Vengsarkar, who returned to lead the team, and Maninder Singh. The West Indies made five changes to theirs – Phil Simmons, Vivian Richards, Eldine Baptiste, Winston Davis and David Williams made way for Desmond Haynes, Jeff Dujon, Roger Harper, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh.

On winning the toss, Gordon Greenidge, the West Indies’ skipper, inserted the Indians. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 25 balls, scored three. He was caught by Dujon. Patrick Patterson broke the 12-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 30. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 31 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 112. His 113-ball innings included 10 boundaries and five sixes. Carl Hooper broke the 120-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 100-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 76. He was unbeaten.

Kapil Dev, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Gus Logie. Hooper broke the eight-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 21-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was caught by Greenidge. Hooper broke the 48-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 15 extras. India scored 238 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Harper bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 38. Ambrose bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 38. Winston Benjamin bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 49.

Walsh bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Patterson bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Hooper bowled seven overs, conceding 32. He picked up three scalps.

Greenidge, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Dev. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 42-run stand. Richie Richardson, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Narendra Hirwani broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 92.

Haynes, whose 121-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 87. Dev broke the 38-run stand. Logie, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was caught by Dev. Hirwani broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Hooper, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. He was caught by Kiran More. Hirwani broke the 14-run stand. Harper, who faced 15 balls, scored four. Sanjeev broke the 16-run stand. Dujon, who faced 13 balls, scored 10. Hirwani broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

Ambrose, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten. The eighth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Benjamin, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev. Walsh, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Sidhu. Sanjeev broke the two-run stand. Patterson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. Sanjeev broke the three-run stand.

The Indians conceded 15 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 215 off 48.3 overs, lost by 23 runs. Srikkanth bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 41.

Dev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up four wickets. Sanjeev, who bowled 7.3 overs, conceded 26. He picked up five scalps.

    

India (Ki)win the (Shas)triangular series

India made one Ch(et)ange to their playing eleven – Sharma made way for his namesake, Sanjeev Sharma. So did New Zealand – Ken Rutherford made way for Dipak Patel. Ravi Shastri, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Krishnamachari, whose (Srikkan)thirty-two-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Ewen Chatfield broke the 28-run stand. Woorkeri Raman, who faced 34 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Chris Kuggeleijn broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 21.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 53-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Richard Hadlee. Patel broke the 21-run stand. The fourth-wicket stand was worth a dozen. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 13 balls, scored six. He was run out.

Mohinder Amarnath, whose 75-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was caught by Mark Greatbatch. Danny Morrison broke the 72-run stand. Shastri, the player of the match, scored 72. His 66-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes. Hadlee broke the 73-run stand.

Dev, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries and a Kapil of sixes, scored 49. He was unbeaten. Kiran More, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Morrison. Chatfield broke the five-run stand. Arshad, who didn’t face A(yu)ball, was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 250 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Willie Watson bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37.

Morrison, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Patel, who bowled nine overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Hadlee and Kuggeleijn bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp each. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 38. Chatfield, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Bert Vance faced 11 balls, scoring three. He was caught by More. Sanjeev broke the 15-run stand. Andrew Jones faced 33 balls, scoring 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Amarnath, who broke the 45-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 32. John Wright, the New Zealand captain, scored 55. His 65-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was run out. Patel, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Shastri. Narendra Hirwani, the player of the series, broke the two-run stand.

Hadlee faced eight balls, scoring three. He was caught by Ayub. Hirwani broke the five-run stand. Kuggeleijn, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Srikkanth. Hirwani broke the 14-run stand.

Greatbatch, whose 64-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 47. He was caught by Dev. Hirwani broke the 47-run stand. Ian Smith, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 40. He was caught by Sanjeev. Raman broke the 22-run stand.

Watson, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 10. Shastri broke the 14-run stand. Morrison, who faced 23 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Dev broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Chatfield faced 13 balls, scoring a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded nine extras. New Zealand, who were dismissed for 198 off 45.3 overs, lost by 52 runs. Ayub bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 48. Raman and Amarnath bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 14.

Sanjeev bowled six overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 7.3 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 14, picking up a wicket. Shastri bowled nine overs, conceding 25. He picked up a wicket. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, conceding 46. He picked up four scalps.

The Indians won the 1987/88 Sharjah Cup.







   

   

The IndiaNZ (Shas)triumph and advance

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, New Zealand made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Phil Horne, the Crowe brothers (Martin and Jeff), Dipak Patel and Martin Snedden made way for Bert Vance, Andrew Jones, Mark Greatbatch, Chris Kuggeleijn and Richard Hadlee.

On winning the toss, John Wright, the Kiwi skipper, inserted the Indians. Krishnamachari Srikkanth wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a run. Willie broke the (Wats)one-run stand. Woorkeri Raman, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. He was caught by Greatbatch. Hadlee broke the three-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 98-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 88. He was caught by Rutherford. The third-wicket stand, which was worth 158, was broken by Watson. Mohinder Amarnath, the player of the match, scored 102. His 139-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Kapil Dev, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was caught by Kuggeleijn. Hadlee broke the five-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 45. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. He was run out.

Shastri, India’s skipper, scored 29. His 18-ball innings included a boundary and (R)aVI. He was caught by Ian Smith. Hadlee broke the 48-run stand. Kiran More faced three balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

The Kiwis conceded nine extras. India scored 267 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Rutherford and Kuggeleijn bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 33.

Ewen Chatfield and Danny Morrison bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 57, the latter conceded 45. Watson bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 36, picking up a couple of wickets. Hadlee, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 54. He picked up three scalps.

Wright, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was caught by More. Dev broke the 32-run stand. Jones, who faced 20 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin, who broke the 14-run stand. Vance, whose 95-ball innings included a boundary, scored 42. He was caught by More. Arshad Ayub broke the 72-run stand.

Greatbatch, whose 67-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 45. Narendra Hirwani broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Rutherford, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was caught by the substitute. Hirwani broke the four-run stand.

Kuggeleijn wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was stumped by More. Hirwani broke the 15-run stand. Smith, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Hirwani broke the four-run stand. Hadlee, whose 45-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 35. He was unbeaten.

Morrison, who faced 17 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was stumped by More. Ayub broke the 31-run stand. Watson, who faced 14 balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. The New Zealanders, who scored 194 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by 73 runs. Raman bowled a wicketless over, conceding just a run. Chetan Sharma, who bowled seven overs, conceded 28. He was wicketless, as was Shastri, who bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29.

Azharuddin, who bowled four overs, conceded 15. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30. Ayub bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a couple of wickets. Hirwani, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up four scalps.

India advanced to the final.

   

   

India’S(has)triumph leaves Sri Lanka dejected

India made four Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Raman Lamba, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sanjeev Sharma and Maninder Singh made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Woorkeri Raman, Arshad Ayub and Sharma.

Sri Lanka made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sidath Wettimuny, Duleep Mendis, Roy Dias, Rumesh Ratnayake and Ashantha de Mel made way for Brendon Kuruppu, Aravinda de Silva, Ranjan Madugalle (who was leading them), Guy de Alwis and Champaka Ramanayake.

Madugalle, the Sri Lankan skipper, inserted the Indians on winning the toss. Sidhu, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Ravi Ratnayake broke the 31-run stand. The second-wicket stand was worth just a run. Mohinder, who faced (Amarna)three balls, scored a run. He was run out.

Krishnamachari, whose (Srikkan)thirty-eight-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 32. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Ramanayake broke the 31-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 10 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Ramanayake broke the eight-run partnership.

Raman, whose 60-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was caught by Madugalle. De Silva broke the 54-run partnership. Dev, whose 43-ball innings included three boundaries and a Kapil of sixes, scored 48. He was caught by Madugalle. De Silva broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 15.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a dozen. Kiran More, whose 13-ball innings included a six, scored nine. He was run out. Shastri, India’s skipper, scored 26. His 40-ball innings included (R)aVI. He was caught by Mahanama. Ratnayake broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth 46.

Ayub, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was unbeaten, as was Chetan, who scored a dozen. His 10-ball innings included two boundaries. Sri Lanka conceded 15 extras. India scored 219 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs.

Arjuna Ranatunga, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 27. Graeme Labrooy, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 41. Don Anurasiri bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 44.

Ramanayake, who bowled seven overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did de Silva, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens, and conceded 28, and Ravi, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 34.

Kuruppu, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Shastri. Chetan broke the 14-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Asanka Gurusinha, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

Mahanama, whose 124-ball innings included a boundary, scored 51. Narendra Hirwani broke the 137-run stand. De Silva, who was adjudged the player of the match, scored 88. His 100-ball innings included three boundaries. Hirwani was in seventh heaven. Ranatunga, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Azharuddin. Shastri broke the 19-run stand.

De Alwis, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Srikkanth. Dev broke the three-run stand. Madugalle, who faced 19 balls, scored 11. He was stumped by More. Shastri broke the one-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on just a run. Labrooy, who didn’t face a ball, was run out. The ninth-wicket pair out on eight. Ravi, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was run out. The last-wicket pair put on 11. Ramanayake, who faced 13 balls, scored 11. He was run out. Anurasiri faced three balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 17 extras. The Sri Lankans, who were dismissed for 201 off 49.2 overs, lost by 18 runs. Amarnath, who bowled six overs, conceded 26. He was wicketless, as was Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 37.

Chetan bowled six overs, including three maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket. Dev bowled 9.2 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled eight overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Hirwani, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40.