Monday, September 10, 2018

(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.   


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