The Indians (Azh)are not (Carib)bea(te)n

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath made way for Karnataka teammate Anil Kumble. The West Indies made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Desmond Haynes, Vivian Richards, Malcolm Marshall, Winston Benjamin and Courtney Walsh made way for Clayton Lambert, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Ian Bishop and Patrick Patterson.

Richie Richardson, the West Indian skipper, inserted the Indians on winning the toss. Shastri, who faced 33 balls, scored (Ra)VI. He was stumped by Jeff Dujon. Hooper broke the 33-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 81-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Hooper. Bishop broke the 128-run stand.

Navjot Singh, whose 113-ball innings included half-a-boundaries and the only six of the innings, missed hiS(id)hundred by just a couple of runs. He was stumped by Dujon. Hooper broke the 20-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced 14 balls, scoring a dozen. He was caught by Phil Simmons, who broke the three-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 32. Tendulkar, whose 27-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was run out. Vinod Kambli, his chum at school [Shardashram Vidyamandir (English) High School, Dadar (West), Mumbai], faced 23 balls, scoring 29. He was unbeaten.

Kapil Dev faced seven balls, scored as many. He was caught by Simmons. Bishop broke the 16-run stand. Manoj Prabhakar, the player of the match, faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten. The West Indians conceded 14 extras. India scored 240 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs.

Keith Arthurton, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Patterson and Curtly Ambrose bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 47, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 32.

Simmons, who bowled eight overs, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket. Bishop and Hooper bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 46.

Simmons, who faced 44 balls, scored 20. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 54-run stand. Richardson, whose 45-ball innings included a maiden, scored 28. He was caught by Azharuddin. Shastri broke the 62-run stand. Lambert, whose 89-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 66. He was caught by Kumble, who broke the seven-run stand.

Gus Logie, who faced nine balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the 10-run stand. Hooper, who scored 24 balls, scored 17. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the 38-run stand. Arthurton, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Kiran More. Kumble broke the four-run stand.

Dujon, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the 11-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Ambrose, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar.

Lara, whose 44-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 45. Prabhakar broke the eight-run stand. Bishop, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. He was caught by Shastri. Prabhakar broke the 27-run stand. Patterson, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 13 extras. The West Indians, who were dismissed for 221 off 48.5 overs, lost by 19 runs. Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 50. Venkatapathy Raju, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 44.

Shastri bowled 10 overs, conceding 38. He picked up two wickets. Prabhakar, who bowled 9.5 overs, conceded 30. He picked up four scalps, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 50.

Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar, who bowled 9.5 overs, conceded 30. He picked up four scalps, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 50.

The IndianSLift yet A(zharuddi)nother title

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Sri Lanka made just one change to theirs – Don Anurasiri made way for Graeme Labrooy. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the Sri Lankans on winning the toss.

Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced 52 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Kiran More. Atul Wassan broke the 48-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on just a couple. Charith Senanayake, who faced 39 balls, scored 25. He was run out.

Aravinda de Silva, who faced 28 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Saradindu Mukherjee, who broke the 42-run stand. The latter never represented India again. The fourth-wicket pair put on 58. Asanka Gurusinha, who faced 54 balls, scored 39. He was run out.

Roshan Mahanama, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was caught by More. Kapil Dev broke the 25-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on just a run. Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, scored 49. His 57-ball innings included three boundaries. He was run out.

Rumesh Ratnayake, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the five-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was caught by Sanjay Manjrekar off the bowling of Dev.

Labrooy faced a dozen balls, scoring 10. He was caught by Manoj. Dev broke the 21-run P(rabhak)artnership. Champaka Ramanayake, who faced 14 balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten, as was Jayananda Warnaweera, who faced a ball. He didn’t open his account.

India conceded 21 extras. Sri Lanka scored 204 for the loss of nine wickets off 45 overs. Ravi Shastri, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 15. Venkatapathy Raju, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Prabhakar bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36. Wassan, who bowled seven overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket, as did Mukherjee, who bowled nine overs. He conceded 39. Dev, who bowled nine overs, conceded 31. He picked up four scalps.

Shastri, who faced 22 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Labrooy broke the 14-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 31 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Ranatunga, who broke the 16-run stand.

Manjrekar, whose 95-ball innings included a boundary, scored 75. He was unbeaten. Tendulkar, whose 70-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 53. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ratnayake, who broke the 91-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 39-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 54. He was unbeaten. He was adjudged the player of the match. The Sri Lankans conceded just a couple of extras. India, who scored 205 for the loss of three wickets off 42.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 17 balls to spare.

Jayasuriya, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 30. Warnaweera and Gurusinha bowled six wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 26. Ramanayake bowled seven wicketless overs, including two maidens. He conceded 32.

Ranatunga, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up a wicket. Ratnayake, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket. Labrooy bowled 8.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a scalp.

The Indians won the 1990/91 Asia Cup, which was their third title in as many attempts (they pulled out of the second essay of the tournament in Sri Lanka in 1986 due to soured cricketing relations with the host nation, following the controversial series there the previous year).   

  

Despite India’SLoss, they (Azh)aren’t eliminated

India made one change to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman made way for Ravi Shastri. Sri Lanka made a couple of changes to theirs – Dammika Ranatunga (who, in fact, never represented them again) and Romesh Kaluwitharana made way for Charith Senanayake and Sanath Jayasuriya.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced 57 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Venkatapathy Raju. Atul Wassan broke the 51-run stand. Senanayake, who faced 32 balls, scored 27. Wassan broke the 11-run stand.

Aravinda de Silva, who faced 17 balls, scored 11. He was caught by Kiran More. Saradindu Mukherjee broke the 24-run stand. Asanka Gurusinha, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 34. Wassan broke the 73-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on three. Roshan Mahanama, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

Arjuna, the player of the match, scored 53. His 105-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the match. He was caught by Manoj, who broke the 28-run P(rabhak)artnership. Rumesh Ratnayake, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand.

The eight-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Champaka Ramanayake, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Dev. The ninth-wicket pair put on 23. Don Anurasiri, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. He was run out.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jayasuriya, who faced 24 balls, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev. Jayananda Warnaweera, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten. India conceded 32 extras. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 214 off 49.2 overs. Raju, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42.

Prabhakar (whose spell included a couple of maidens) and Mukherjee bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 30. Dev bowled 9.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 48, picking up three wickets. Wassan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.

India’s openers put on 24. Shastri, who faced 25 balls, scored four. He was run out. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by Mahanama. Anurasiri broke the 13-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 44. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 54 balls, scored 26. He was run out.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced 11 balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ranatunga, who broke the 14-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 40. His 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was stumped by Tillakaratne. Jayasuriya broke the 16-run stand.

Prabhakar, who faced 15 balls, scored four. He was caught by de Silva. Warnaweera broke the 12-run stand. Dev, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. Ratnayake broke the 42-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on just a run. Raju, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was run out.

Wassan, who faced three balls, scored a run. Ratnayake was in seventh heaven. More, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 27. Ratnayake broke the five-run stand. Mukherjee, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 13 extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 178 off 45.5 overs, lost by 36 runs. Ramanayake, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Jayasuriya, who bowled six overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket, as did Warnaweera, who bowled eight overs, conceding 34.

Anurasiri and Ranatunga bowled 10 overs each, picking up as wicket apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 36. Ratnayake bowled 6.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up three scalps.

India triumph; Bangladesh (Azh)aren’t merry

The fourth edition of the Asia Cup commenced on Christmas Day. India, the defending champions, were hosting the tournament for the first time. They made three changes to their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri, Arshad Ayub and Anil Kumble made way for Woorkeri Raman, Venkatapathy Raju and One-day International debutant Saradindu Mukherjee.

Bangladesh made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Harunur Rashid, Gazi Ashraf, Zahid Razzak, Golam Faruq and Jahangir Shah made way for Nurul Abedin, Faruk Ahmed, Akram Khan, Enamul Haque and Jahangir Alam Talukdar.

On winning the toss, Minhajul Abedin, Bangladesh’s skipper, chose to bat. Nurul, who faced 21 balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Raju. Manoj broke the eight-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Azhar, whose 50-ball (Hossa)innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Atul Wassan broke the 20-run stand. Athar Ali Khan, whose 76-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 44. Raju broke the 108-run stand.

Minhajul, who faced 18 balls, scored nine. Kapil Dev broke the 14-run stand. Faruk, whose 126-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 57. He was caught by Wassan. Raju broke the nine-run stand.

Akram, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the five-run stand. Haque, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Aminul Islam, who faced five balls, scoring three.

The Indians conceded 29 extras. Bangladesh scored 170 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 15. He was wicketless, as was Mukherjee, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29.

Wassan and Prabhakar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 41, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 28. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of wickets. Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Raman, whose 101-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 44. He was trapped leg before wicket by Athar, who broke the 121-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 104. His 109-ball innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 21 balls, He scored 11.

Bangladesh conceded a dozen extras. The Indians, who scored 171 for the loss of one wicket off 36.5 overs, won by nine wickets with 79 balls to spare. Islam, who bowled 1.5 wicketless overs, conceded 11. Hossain and Talukdar bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 16.

Haque, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 26. Minhajul and Gholam Nousher bowled nine wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 24. Athar bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up the only wicket to fall.  

India lose; ISLanders regA(zharudd)in pride

India made no changes to their playing eleven. Sri Lanka made three changes to theirs – Marvan Atapattu, Graeme Labrooy and Kapila Wijegunawardene made way for two One-day International debutants – Romesh Kaluwitharana and Jayananda Warnaweera – and Champaka Ramanayake.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Their openers failed to get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced four balls, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Ramanayake.

Ravi Shastri, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was caught by Asanka Gurusinha. Ramanayake broke the 26-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Ramanayake broke the 13-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Mahanama. Don Anurasiri broke the 30-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 21 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne. Warnaweera broke the 24-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 29-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 30. He was caught by Anurasiri, who broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 51-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Kiran More, who faced 16 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kaluwitharana. Warnaweera broke the 13-run stand. Arshad Ayub, who faced seven balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dammika Ranatunga. Aravinda de Silva broke the 13-run partnership.

Anil, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped (Kumb)leg before wicket by Rumesh Ratnayake, who broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple. Atul Wassan, who faced eight balls, didn’t open his account. Ratnayake broke the three-run stand. Sri Lanka conceded 19 extras. India were dismissed for 136 off 40.3 overs.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, bowled four wicketless overs. He conceded 22. De Silva, who bowled three overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket. Ratnayake bowled 6.3 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of wickets.

Anurasiri and Warnaweera bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 24. Ramanayake bowled seven overs, including four maidens. He conceded 15, picking up three scalps.

Dammika, who faced 18 balls, scored five. He was caught by Dev, who broke the 10-run stand. Mahanama, who faced 27 balls, scored eight. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the 14-run stand. Gurusinha, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. He was caught by Azharuddin. Ayub broke the 31-run stand.

De Silva, the player of match, scored 63. His 70-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the Sri Lankan innings. He was unbeaten, as was Arjuna, who scored 30. His 42-ball innings included three boundaries.

The Indians conceded a dozen extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 137 for the loss of three wickets off 32.5 overs, won by seven wickets with 103 balls to spare. Wassan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11.

Shastri, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He was wicketless, as was Prabhakar, who bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16. Dev, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picking up a wicket.

Ayub bowled 8.5 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 34, picking up a wicket. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a scalp.

India won the three-match series 2-1.  

The Indians (Azh)are SureLy delighted

It was a 49-overs-a-side match. India made just (Viv)ek change to their playing eleven – Razdan made way for Atul Wassan. Sri Lanka Mad(urasingh)e a couple of changes to theirs – Athula Samarasekera and Ranjith made way for One-day International debutant Dammika Ranatunga, the older brother of skipper Arjuna, and Don Anurasiri.

On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s captain, inserted the visitors. Roshan Mahanama, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Kiran More. Sachin Tendulkar, the player of the match, broke the 52-run stand. Dammika, whose 76-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. Tendulkar broke the 25-run stand.

Aravinda de Silva, who faced four balls, scored one. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Wassan broke the three-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 97. Arjuna, whose 27-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was run out. Rumesh Ratnayake faced four balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Tendulkar. Arshad Ayub broke the one-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on just one. Marvan Atapattu, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was run out. Asanka Gurusinha, whose 76-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Tendulkar. Manoj broke the one-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten. Graeme Labrooy, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Ayub broke the 34-run stand. Anurasiri, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 34 extras. The Sri Lankans scored 227 for the loss of eight wickets off 49 overs. Kumble, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 51. He was wicketless, as was Kapil Dev, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15.

Prabhakar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 45. He picked up a wicket, as did Wassan, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 29. Ayub, who bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a couple of wickets. Tendulkar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Navjot Singh, whose Si(dhu)xty-three-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 38. Anurasiri broke the 76-run stand. Shastri, whose 88-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 53. He was caught by Labrooy. Anurasiri broke the 32-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 38 balls, scored 23. He was caught by Kapila Wijegunawardene. Labrooy broke the 38-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 49-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten.

Tendulkar, whose 41-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 53. Labrooy broke the 80-run stand. Dev, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. The Sri Lankans conceded 11 extras. The Indians, who scored 230 for the loss of four wickets off 45.3 overs, won by six wickets with 21 balls to spare.

Atapattu, who bowled three wicketless balls, conceded four. Arjuna, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 32. Ratnayake bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43.

Wijegunawardene bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44. Labrooy, who bowled nine overs, conceded 50. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Anurasiri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 44.

The hosts led the three-match series 2-0.   

The Indians certainly (Azh)aren’t SLoppy

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to the eleven that played their last One-day International – Dilip Vengsarkar and Sanjeev Sharma made way for Vivek Razdan and Arshad Ayub.

Sri Lanka (Mahana)made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sanath Jayasuriya, Uvais Karnain, Ravi Ratnayake and Asoka de Silva made way for Mahanama, Graeme Labrooy, One-day International debutant Marvan Atapattu and Kapila Wijegunawardene.

On his 27^th birthday, Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 52. He was trapped leg before wicket by Rumesh Ratnayake, who broke the 133-run stand.

Shastri, the player of the match, scored 101. His 147-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and (R)aVI. He was unbeaten. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne. Wijegunawardene broke the 31-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced four balls, scoring a couple. Asanka Gurusinha broke the 13-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 22-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 36. Ratnayake broke the 47-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Mahanama. Labrooy broke the 11-run stand. Razdan, who never represented India again, faced four balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 29 extras. The Indians scored 245 for the loss of five wickets off 45 overs. Ranjith Madurasinghe, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He was wicketless, as was Ranatunga, who bowled eight overs, conceding 36.

Gurusinha, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 28. He picked up a wicket. Wijegunawardene, who bowled eight overs, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket. Labrooy bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 58, picking up a wicket. Ratnayake, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Athula Samarasekera, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the one-run stand. Mahanama, who faced 23 balls, scored four. He was caught by Kiran More. Manoj broke the 10-run P(rabhak)artnership. Gurusinha, who faced 25 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Prabhakar broke the one-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 49. Ranatunga had no reason to celebrate – he faced 19 balls, scoring 14, He was run out. Tillakaratne, whose 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Razdan. Shastri broke the 94-run stand.

Aravinda de Silva, whose 124-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 104. He was caught by Razdan. Dev broke the 49-run stand. Ratnayake, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Labrooy, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by More. Prabhakar broke the four-run stand. Atapattu, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 18 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 45 overs, lost by 19 runs. Razdan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31. Ayub, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 43.

Anil Kumble, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 35. Shastri, who bowled three overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up three wickets.

The Indians led the three-match series 1-0.

India beat the Englishmen AgA(zharudd)in

It was a 55-overs-a-side match. Both teams made one change apiece to their playing elevens – while Woorkeri Raman made way for Dilip Vengsarkar in the Indian team, Devon Malcolm made way for Gladstone Small in the England team. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

Although his 15-ball innings included a boundary, Graham Gooch, England’s skipper, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Manoj broke the 12-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair put on 35. David Gower, whose 30-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 25. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on 15. Allan Lamb, who faced 18 balls, scored three. He was run out. Michael Atherton, whose 95-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 59. He was caught by Kiran More. Prabhakar broke the 111-run stand.

Robin Smith, the player of the match, scored 103. His 105-ball innings included 11 boundaries. Ravi Shastri broke the 73-run stand. Phil DeFreitas, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Sanjeev Sharma broke the eight-run stand.

Chris Lewis, who faced 10 balls, scored seven. Prabhakar trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 21-run stand. Small faced four balls, scoring as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kapil Dev broke the five-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on just one. Eddie Hemmings, who didn’t face a ball, was run out.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jack Russell, one of the two players of the series, scored 50. His run-a-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Azharuddin, the other player of the series, off the bowling of Dev. Angus Fraser, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 22 extras. England were dismissed for 281 off 55 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Anil Kumble bowled 11 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 58.

Sharma, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled 11 overs, conceding 52. Dev bowled 11 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40, picking up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar, who bowled 11 overs, conceded 58. He picked up three scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 23. Small broke the 42-run stand. Shastri, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Atherton. Hemmings broke the 27-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 94-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 59. He was stumped by Russell. Hemmings broke the 97-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 62-ball innings included three boundaries and two sixes, scored 54. Lewis broke the 20-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 44-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 63. He was unbeaten. Tendulkar, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. Fraser broke the 63-run stand. Dev, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten.

England conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 282 for the loss of five wickets off 53 overs, won by five wickets with two overs to spare. DeFreitas, who bowled 11 wicketless overs, conceded 59.

Small and Lewis bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 73, the latter conceded 54. Fraser bowled 11 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a wicket. Hemmings bowled 11 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53, picking up a couple of scalps.

India won the two-match series 2-0.





   

The Indians (Azh)are the lE(ngl)a(n)ders

It was a 55-overs-a-side match. India made one change to their playing eleven – Krishnamachari Srikkanth made way for his Tamil Nadu teammate Woorkeri Raman. England made four changes to the (Cap)eleven that last played the Indians – Wayne Larkins, Alec Stewart, David and Gladstone Small made way for One-day International debutant Michael Atherton, David Gower, Chris Lewis and Devon Malcolm.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Atherton, who faced 18 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the 22-run P(rabhak)artnership. Graham Gooch, England’s captain, scored 45. His 75-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Ravi, who broke the S(hastr)ixty-four-run stand.

Gower, whose 95-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. Anil Kumble broke the 48-run stand. Robin Smith, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. He was caught by Kiran More. Kumble broke the eight-run stand. Jack Russell, who faced 20 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Sanjay Manjrekar. Kapil Dev broke the 44-run stand.

Allan Lamb, whose 77-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Prabhakar. Dev broke the 10-run stand. Lewis, whose innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the 15-run stand. Eddie Hemmings faced three balls, scoring as many. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 10-run stand.

Phil DeFreitas, who faced 21 balls, scored 11. Sharma broke the three-run stand. Angus Fraser, who faced four balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten. Malcolm, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Dev. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand. India conceded 23 extras. England were dismissed for 229 off 54.3 overs.

Prabhakar bowled 10.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up three wickets. Shastri, who bowled 11 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Sharma and Dev bowled 11 overs, including a maiden, each. While the former conceded 57, the latter conceded 49. They picked up a couple of wickets apiece. Kumble, the player of the match, bowled 11 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29 and picked up a couple of scalps.

Raman, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Atherton. DeFreitas broke the one-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 70-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was trapped leg before wicket by Lewis, who broke the 75-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 38-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and the only six of the match, scored 19. Malcolm broke the 39-run stand.

Manjrekar, whose 133-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 82. He was caught by Gower. Lewis broke the 68-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 50-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 55. He was unbeaten, as was Shastri, who scored 23. His 29-ball innings included four boundaries. England conceded 15 extras. India, who scored 233 for the loss of four wickets off 53 overs, won by six wickets with a couple of overs to spare.

Fraser and Hemmings bowled 11 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included three maidens, conceded 37, the latter conceded 36. DeFreitas bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket. Malcolm, who bowled 11 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a wicket. Lewis, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Indians led the two-match series 1-0.

The IndianSLose by A(zharuddi)narrow margin

India (Shar)made half-a-dozen changes to their playing eleven – Sanjay Manjrekar, V B Chandrasekhar, Gursharan Singh, Ajay Sharma, Atul Wassan and Narendra Hirwani made way for Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri, Sanjeev and One-day International debutant Anil Kumble.

Sri Lanka (Mahana)made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Roshan, Brendon Kuruppu, Graeme Labrooy and Kapila Wijegunawardene made way for Sanath Jayasuriya, Uvais Karnain, Rumesh Ratnayake and Ranjith Madurasinghe. Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians.

Woorkeri Raman, who faced 29 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne. Ravi Ratnayake broke the 30-run stand. Cheeka, who faced (Srikkan)thirty-fou balls, scored 19. He was caught by Athula Samarasekera. Karnain broke the five-run stand.

Sidhu, whose 73-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 64. He was caught by Rumesh. Asanka Gurusinha broke the 114-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 19. Tendulkar, who faced a dozen balls, scored 10. He was run out. Shastri, who faced 13 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Aravinda de Silva. Karnain broke the 22-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 33. Kapil Dev, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Kiran More, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Samarasekera. Ravi broke the 13-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 108. His 116-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Madurasinghe. Ravi broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple. Manoj Prabhakar and Sharma faced four balls apiece, scoring a couple each. They were unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 10 extras. India scored 241 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Asoka de Silva, who bowled six overs, conceded 38. He was wicketless, as was Ranatunga, who bowled eight overs. He conceded 40. Rumesh, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 52.

Gurusinha, who bowled six overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket. Karnain bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up a couple of scalps. Ratnayake, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 31. He picked up three scalps.

Athula Samarasekera, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by More. Dev broke the 29-run stand. Tillakaratne, whose 44-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Sharma broke the 12-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 56. Gurusinha, who faced 32 balls, scored 21. He was run out.

Aravinda, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 34. Sharma broke the 14-run stand. Ranatunga, the player of the match, scored 85. His 77-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten. Jayasuriya, who faced 15 balls, scored four. He was caught by Tendulkar. Shastri broke the 17-run stand.

Karnain, who faced nine balls, scored just a run. He was caught by More. The (Kumb)leg-spinner broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Ravi, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Prabhakar broke the 69-run stand. Rumesh, whose eight-run innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. He was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 22 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 242 for the loss of seven wickets off 49.2 overs, won by three wickets with four balls to spare. Dev bowled 9.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket.

Prabhakar, Kumble and Shastri bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 51, 42 and 30, respectively. Prabhakar’s and Shastri’s spells included a maiden each. Sharma bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 63, picking up a couple of scalps.

    

India (Azh)are eliminated; Australia advance

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sanjay Manjrekar and Sachin Tendulkar made way for V B Chandrasekhar and One-day International debutant Gursharan Singh. Australia made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dean Jones made way for Merv Hughes.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Manoj, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Mark Taylor. Hughes broke the 12-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair put on 80. Manjrekar, whose 70-ball innings included a boundary, scored 33. He was run out.

Woorkeri Raman, whose 86-ball I(a)nnings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was caught by Healy. Peter Taylor broke the 16-run stand. Chandrasekhar, who never represented India again*, faced 10 balls, scoring three. He was caught by Allan Border, Australia’s captain. Peter broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Singh, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Peter, who broke the nine-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 37. He was trapped leg before wicket by Hughes, who broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 51.

Kapil Dev, whose 53-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 48. He was unbeaten. Ajay Sharma, who faced half-a-dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Greg Campbell. Hughes broke the 20-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Kiran More, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was run out. Atul, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He Was(sa)n’t dismissed.

Australia conceded five extras. India scored 211 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Terry Alderman, who bowled seven overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Campbell, who bowled eight overs, conceding 25.

Simon O’Donnell and Border bowled nine wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 62, the latter conceded 40. Hughes bowled seven overs, conceding 36. He picked up three scalps, as did Peter, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31.

Mark, whose 90-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 56. He was stumped by More. Sharma broke the 112-run stand. Steve Waugh, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was caught by Prabhakar. Narendra Hirwani broke the 46-run stand.

Geoff Marsh, the player of the match, scored 86. His 144-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Singh. Dev broke the 45-run stand. David Boon, whose run-a-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Border, whose six-ball innings included a six. He scored nine, and was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. Australia scored 212 for the loss of three wickets off 48 overs, winning by seven wickets with a couple of overs to spare. Wassan bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding a dozen. Prabhakar bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29.

Raman bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43. Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket. Sharma bowled 10 overs, conceding 57. He picked up a wicket. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 25, picking up a scalp.

While India were eliminated, the Aussies advanced.

(*Note: Chandrasekhar hung himself at his Chennai residence on August 15, 2019. He was six days short of his 58^th birthday.)

The Indians (Ki)win by (Azh)arun

It was a 49-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven – V B Chandrasekhar made way for Sachin Tendulkar. New Zealand made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – John Wright and Stu Roberts made way for Jeff Crowe and Richard Hadlee. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

The Indian openers put on eight. Woorkeri Raman, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Manoj, whose 59-ball (Mart)innings included four boundaries, scored 36. He was caught by Crowe, New Zealand’s skipper. Danny Morrison broke the 58-run P(rabhak)artnership. The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced a ball, had no reason to be (Colon)elated – he didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Morrison.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 27. Sanjay Manjekar, whose 82-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 36. He was run out by Jeff. The fifth-wicket pair put on 29. Azharuddin, whose (Smi)thirty-six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. He was run out by Ken Rutherford and Ian. Tendulkar, whose 51-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 36. He was caught by Smith. Shane Thomson broke the 41-run stand.

Kiran More, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Rutherford. Thomson broke the 10-run stand. Ajay Sharma, who faced 16 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Smith. Hadlee broke the 34-run stand. Kapil Dev, the player of the match, scored 46. His 59-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Rutherford. Morrison broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Atul Wassan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. Narendra Hirwani, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Martin Crowe. Hadlee broke the two-run stand. New Zealand conceded 20 extras. India were dismissed for 221 off 48.2 overs.

Gavin Larsen and Martin Snedden bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 50. Hadlee bowled 9.2 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27, picking up a couple of wickets. Thomson, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a couple of wickets. Morrison, who bowled nine overs, conceded 33. He picked up three scalps.

Martin Crowe, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by More. Dev broke the 33-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 22. Andrew Jones, who faced 23 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Jeff, whose 76-ball innings included a boundary, scored 26. He was caught by More. Hirwani broke the 13-run stand.

Mark Greatbatch, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 53. He was caught by Prabhakar. Wassan broke the 80-run stand. Rutherford, whose 50-ball innings included the only six of the New Zealand innings, scored 44. Prabhakar broke the 26-run stand.

Smith, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was caught by the substitute, Gursharan Singh. Wassan broke the 21-run stand. Thomson, who faced four balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Wassan. Prabhakar broke the 15-run stand.

Larsen, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar broke the one-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on nine. Snedden, who didn’t face a ball, was run out. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Hadlee, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 46. He was dismissed by Dev. Morrison, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 17 extras. New Zealand, who were dismissed for 221 off 48.5 overs, lost by just one run. Sharma, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 35. Hirwani, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.

Dev bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45, picking up a couple of wickets. Wassan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up three scalps. 

India (Azh)are trounced by Australia

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sachin Tendulkar and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Narendra Hirwani. Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Geoff Marsh, Greg Matthews, Merv Hughes and Geoff Lawson made way for the Taylors (Mark and Peter), Greg Campbell and Carl Rackemann.

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Mark, who faced 48 balls, scored 10. He was stumped by Kiran More. Hirwani broke the 31-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 20. David Boon, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was run out.

Dean Jones, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. He was caught by Manjrekar. Hirwani broke the 41-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 27. Border, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 37. He was run out.

Steve Waugh, who faced 28 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Manjrekar. Kapil Dev broke the four-run stand. Simon O’Donnell, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ajay Sharma, who broke the 17-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 30. Healy, whose 27-ball I(a)nnings included a boundary and a six, scored 25. He was run out. Peter, who faced 28 balls, scored 18. He was unbeaten. Campbell, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by More. Dev broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Rackemann, who faced nine balls, scored eight. He was caught by Dev. Manoj broke the 15-run P(rabhak)artnership.

India conceded 15 extras. Australia scored 187 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Atul Wassan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 36. Sharma, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 35. Hirwani bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 39, picking up a couple of wickets. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Woorkeri Raman, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Mark. Terry Alderman, the player of the match, broke the five-run stand. V B Chandrasekhar, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Waugh. Alderman broke the nine-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 24 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Healy. Rackemann broke the nine-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 56-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Jones. Campbell broke the 52-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 26. His 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Alderman. Peter broke the 23-run stand.

Sharma, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by O’Donnell, who broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Dev, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Jones. Alderman broke the 44-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Waugh. Rackemann broke the one-run stand. More, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Campbell. Alderman broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Wassan, who faced 11 balls, scored four. Alderman broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Hirwani, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The Aussies conceded 16 extras. India, who were dismissed for 169 off 45 overs, lost by 18 runs.

O’Donnell and Campbell bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 29. Peter bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 39, picking up a wicket. Rackemann, who bowled nine overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Alderman bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 32, picking up five scalps.

  

(Duned)Inconsistent India (Azh)aren’t the (Ki)winners

The opening match of the triangular series was also India’s first match of 1990. It was a 47-overs-a-side match. India made eight changes to their playing eleven – Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Raman Lamba, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Ravi Shastri, Salil Ankola, Vivek Razdan and Maninder Singh (Shar)made way for Woorkeri Raman, V B Chandrasekhar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay, Kapil Dev and a couple of One-day International debutants – Atul Wassan and Venkatapathy Raju.

New Zealand made four changes to theirs – Tony Blain, Chris Kuggeleijn, John Bracewell and Ewen Chatfield made way for Martin Crowe and three One-day International debutants – Shane Thomson, Gavin Larsen and Stu Roberts.

On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts. John Wright, the New Zealand captain, scored 23. His 44-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Dev. Wassan broke the 38-run stand.

The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Andrew Jones, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wassan. Mark Greatbatch, who faced 22 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Sharma. Wassan broke the 28-run stand.

Crowe, the player of the match, scored 104. His 135-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. Manoj broke the 152-run P(rabhak)artnership. Ken Rutherford, whose 75-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 78. He was unbeaten.

Ian Smith, who faced four balls, scored as many. Dev broke the 15-run stand. Thomson, who faced four balls, scored three. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand. India conceded 21 extras. New Zealand scored 246 for the loss of six wickets off 47 overs. Sharma and Raju bowled nine wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 38.

Dev, who bowled nine overs, conceded 49, He picked up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 49, picking up a couple of wickets. Wassan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 45. He picked up three scalps.

Chandrasekhar, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Smith. Danny Morrison broke the 19-run stand. Vengsarkar, who faced five balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Morrison, who broke the 14-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Greatbatch. Thomson broke the 24-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Tendulkar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Thomson off his own bowling. Sharma, who faced nine balls, scored three. Thomson broke the eight-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Raman, whose 38-ball (Mart)innings included five boundaries, scored 32. He was caught by Wright off the bowling of Snedden.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Prabhakar, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was run out. Dev, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Smith. Larsen broke the six-run stand. Kiran More, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Wassan, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Morrison broke the 31-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on 10. Raju, who faced nine balls, scored four. He was run out. New Zealand conceded 16 extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 138 off 32.1 overs, lost by 108 runs. Roberts, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Larsen bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14, picking up a wicket. Snedden bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket. Thomson bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up three wickets. Morrison bowled 8.1 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.   

India (Srik)ka(re)n(’)t(h) triumphant; WI advance

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Mumbaikar Sanjay Manjrekar made way for Mohammad Azharuddin. The West Indies made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Carlisle Best and Robert Haynes made way for Phil Simmons and Keith Arthurton.

On winning the toss, Krishnamachari, India’s skipper, chose to bat. The openers put on (Srikkan)three. Cheeka, who faced 10 balls, scored just a run. He was run out. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Courtney Walsh broke the 47-run partnership.

Raman Lamba, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 29. He was caught by Richie Richardson. Walsh broke the five-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 28 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Vivian Richards, the West Indies’ skipper, who was adjudged the player of the match. Walsh broke the 21-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 19. He was trapped leg before by Curtly Ambrose, who broke the 31-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 56-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Desmond Haynes. Simmons broke the 24-run stand.

Manoj Prabhakar, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Richards. Malcolm Marshall broke the 10-run stand. Ajay Sharma, whose 23-ball innings included the only six of the match, scored 15. Winston Benjamin broke the 10-run stand.

Chetan Sharma, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Richards. Benjamin broke the eight-run stand. Kiran More, who faced 18 balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. Arshad Ayub, who faced a dozen balls, scored three. He was caught by Marshall. Ambrose broke the six-run stand.

The West Indians conceded 16 extras. India were dismissed for 165 off 48.5 overs. Richards, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21. Simmons bowled seven overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Marshall, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19.

Ambrose, who bowled 8.5 overs, conceded 13. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Benjamin, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 34. Walsh bowled 10 overs, conceding 39. He picked up three scalps.

Simmons, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 22-run stand. Haynes, whose 100-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 64. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 117-run stand.

Richardson, whose 110-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 58. He was unbeaten, as was Jeff Dujon, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries. He scored 20. India conceded 13 extras. The West Indies, who scored 166 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 42.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 47 balls to spare.

Lamba bowled a wicketless ball, conceding a couple. Azhariddin bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 17. Prabhakar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 21. Srikkanth bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30.

Ajay and Ayub bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens, apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 29. Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 31. He picked up both the wickets that fell.    

The West Indies advanced.

India knock (Srikkan)the Aussies out

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu. Australia made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Mike Veletta, Greg Ritchie, Dirk Wellham, Tim Zoehrer, Bruce Reid and Simon Davis made way for Dean Jones, Allan Border, Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Terry Alderman and Geoff Lawson.

Border, the Aussie skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. David Boon, whose 60-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 49. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Amarnath broke the 59-run stand. Geoff Marsh, whose 48-ball innings included a boundary, scored 27. He was stumped by Kiran More. Ajay Sharma, the player of the match, broke the 50-run stand.

Jones, whose 77-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 53. He was caught by More. Ajay broke the 56-run stand. Border, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 41. Ajay broke the 23-run stand. Greg Matthews, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kapil Dev, who broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 15.

Steve Waugh, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Ajay. Dev broke the 11-run stand. O’Donnell, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. He was caught by the substitute. Manoj broke the 19-run P(rabhak)artnership. Healy, who faced 13 balls, scored 14. He was unbeaten. The eighth-wicket pair put on just three. Hughes, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was run out.

Lawson faced three balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten. India conceded nine extras. Australia scored 247 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Chetan Sharma, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Arshad Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49.

Prabhakar bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Amarnath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ajay, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 41. He picked up three scalps.

Srikkanth, whose 65-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was caught by O’Donnell. Matthews broke the 115-run stand. Amarnath, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Matthews was in seventh heaven. Raman Lamba, whose 92-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 57. He was trapped leg before wicket by Matthews, who broke the 10-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Border, who broke the nine-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by Boon. Lawson broke the 50-run stand. Ajay, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 32. He was caught by Waugh. Border broke the eight-run stand.

Dev, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Healy. Lawson broke the 10-run stand. Chetan, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 20. He was unbeaten, as was Prabhakar, who scored 16. His 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. The Australians conceded 19 extras. India scored 249 for the loss of seven wickets off 47.1 overs, winning by three wickets with 17 balls to spare.

O’Donnell, who bowled 5.1 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Hughes and Alderman bowled six wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 27, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 23.

Border and Lawson bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39. Matthews, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 56. He picked up three scalps.

India (Srik)kant(h)er, and are (En)gla(n)d

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath and Ravi Shastri made way for Dilip Vengsarkar and Ajay Sharma. England made six changes to their eleven that last played the Indians – Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting, John Emburey, Paul Downton and Neil Foster made Way(ne) for Larkins, Robin Smith, Alec Stewart, David Capel, Jack Russell and Angus Fraser.

On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, inserted the Englishmen, whose skipper, Graham Gooch, scored 21. His 33-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Chetan Sharma broke the 43-run stand. Smith, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin. Manoj broke the second-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth five.

Larkins, whose 68-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 42. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ajay, who broke the 32-run stand. Allan Lamb, whose 109-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 91. He was caught by Srikkanth. Chetan broke the 130-run stand. Capel, who faced three balls, scored a Kapil. Dev broke the nine-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 20. Stewart, whose 80-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 61. He was run out. Phil DeFreitas, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Russell, whose six-ball innings included two boundaries, scored 10. He was unbeaten, as was Gladstone Small, who didn’t face a ball.

India conceded 17 extras. England scored 255 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Arshad Ayub, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 27. Prabhakar and Ajay bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 37. Chetan and Dev bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 78, the latter conceded 56.

Raman faced 38 (Lam)balls, scoring 16. He was caught by Russell. Small broke the 41-run stand. Cheeka, whose 48-ball innings included five boundaries, scored (Srikkan)thirty-two. He was stumped by Russell. Eddie Hemmings broke the 24-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 105. Navjot Singh, whose 67-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored Si(dhu)xty-one. He was run out.

In what was a surprise move, Chetan was promoted to number four, and bagged the player of the match award for his 96-ball 101, which included eight boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten. Vengsarkar, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Larkins. DeFreitas broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 81. Dev, who faced a ball, scored a boundary. He was unbeaten.

England conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 259 for the loss of four wickets off 48.1 overs, won by six wickets with 11 balls to spare. Capel, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 24. Gooch, who bowled 5.1 wicketless overs, conceded 37. Fraser bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31. DeFreitas, Hemmings and Small bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 66, 51 and 44, respectively.

  

India (Srik)kan(’)t(h) maintain WInning momentum

It was a 45-overs-a-side. India made one Ch(et)ange to their playing eleven – one Sharma (Ajay) made way for another. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Phil Simmons and Keith Arthurton made way for Gus Logie and Robert Haynes. On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, inserted the West Indians.

Desmond Haynes, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kiran More. Manoj Prabhakar broke the 11-run stand. Carlisle Best, who faced 44 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Raman Lamba. Chetan broke the 33-run stand. Logie, who faced 10 balls, scored eight. Mohinder Amarnath broke the 21-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 66. Vivian Richards, the West Indian skipper, scored 44. His 42-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was run out. Jeff Dujon, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was stumped by More. Arshad Ayub broke the nine-run stand.

Richie Richardson, whose 110-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 57. He was caught by Ayub, who broke the 29-run stand. Robert, who faced five balls, scored four. Chetan broke the nine-run stand. Winston Benjamin, who faced five balls, scored four. Kapil Dev broke the eighth-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Malcolm Marshall, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 27. He was caught by Amarnath. Chetan broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Curtly Ambrose, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. He was unbeaten, as was Courtney Walsh, who scored six. His three-ball innings included a boundary.

India conceded 18 extras. The West Indies scored 196 for the loss of nine wickets off 45 overs. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket.

Jimmy, who bowled 10 overs, conceded (Amarna)thirty-four. He picked up a wicket. Ayub and Chetan bowled nine overs apiece. While the former conceded 55 and picked up a couple of wickets, the latter conceded 46, picking up three scalps.

Cheeka, who faced (Srikkan)thirty balls, scored 10. He was caught by Dujon. Marshall broke the 29-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu faced 22 balls, scoring nine. He was caught by Desmond. Walsh broke the 25-run stand. Amarnath, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. He was caught by Logie. Richards, the player of the match, broke the 37-run stand.

Lamba, whose 80-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 61. He was caught by Dujon. Walsh broke the 24-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was caught by Richards, who broke the 28-run partnership.

Shastri, whose 25-ball innings included (R)aVI, scored 20. He was caught by Robert. Richards broke the 15-run stand. Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Robert. Richards broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. More, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before by Richards. The ninth-wicket pair put on just five. Prabhakar, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was run out. Chetan, who faced nine balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was unbeaten.

Ayub, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Richards broke the 11-run stand. The West Indies conceded 15 extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 176 off 41.4 overs, lost by 20 runs. Benjamin and Ambrose bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 19.

Marshall, who bowled nine overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Walsh bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a couple of wickets. Richards, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 41. He picked up six scalps.   

India beat (Srikkan)the iSLanders narrowly

India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Dilip Vengsarkar and Sharma made way for Raman Lamba and Kapil Dev. Sri Lanka made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Duleep Mendis, Uvais Karnain and Ranjith Madurasinghe made way for Asanka Gurusinha, Hashan Tillakaratne and Asoka de Silva.

On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Raman Lamba, who faced 36 balls, scored 11. He was caught by Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper. Ravi Ratnayake broke the 24-run stand. Cheeka, who faced (Srikkan)thirty-eight balls, scored 16. He was caught by Ranatunga. Kapila Wijegunawardene broke the 10-run stand.

The third-wicket pair had put on 61 when Mohinder, who scored 28 off (Amarna)thirty-nine balls, became the second player to be dismissed for obstructing the field in One-day Internationals. He kicked the ball away from the bowler to avoid being run out.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 43 balls, scored 26. Ratnayake broke the 73-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on eight. Kapil Dev, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was run out.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 23. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 80. His 88-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the match. He was run out. Ravi Shastri, who faced 21 balls, scored 22. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Graeme Labrooy broke the nine-run stand.

Ajay Sharma, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Gurusinha. Ratnayake broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth just a run. Kiran More, who faced seven balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten, as was Manoj Prabhakar, who faced 10 balls, scoring 11.

Sri Lanka conceded 14 extras. India scored 227 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Ranatunga and Asoka bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 39.

Wijegunawardene and Labrooy bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 60, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 35. Ratnayake bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up three scalps.

Roshan Mahanama, who faced 31 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Sidhu. Prabhakar broke the 22-run stand. Brendon Kuruppu, who faced 24 balls, scored nine. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the two-run stand.

Aravinda de Silva faced 29 balls, scoring 20. He was caught by Arshad Ayub, who broke the 48-run stand. Ranatunga, who faced 16 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Dev. Shastri broke the 15-run stand. Athula Samarasekera faced 35 balls, scoring 22. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 50-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 24. Tillakaratne, who faced 18 balls, scored 11. He was run out. Gurusinha, whose 106-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 83. Prabhakar broke the 25-run stand. Labrooy, who faced 19 balls, scored 25. Prabhakar broke the 34-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Ratnayake, who faced 15 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Lamba off the bowling of Dev. Asoka, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Wijegunawardene, who didn’t face a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Dev broke the one-run stand.

India conceded 11 extras. Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 221 for 49.4 overs, lost by six runs. Ajay, Srikkanth and Amarnath bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 30, 26, and 20, respectively.

Ayub bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 8.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 26, picking up three wickets. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 34, picking up three scalps.