India lose; SA on (Azh)aroll

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, South Africa made a change to theirs – Fanie de Villiers made way for One-day International debutant Brett Schultz. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Thirty-four balls into the match, he was caught by Brian McMillan, the player of the match. Schultz broke the eight-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 32. Azharuddin, who faced 31 balls, scored five. Fifty-three balls later, McMillan ran him out.

Woorkeri Raman, whose 60-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 33. Thirty-seven balls later, Craig Matthews broke the eight-run stand. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced 36 balls, scored 10. Thirty-five balls later, he was caught by David Richardson. Dave Callaghan broke the 17-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 15. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Forty-six balls later, de Villiers, the substitute, ran him out. Dev, who faced a Kapil of balls, scored a run. The next ball, he was caught by Jonty Rhodes. McMillan broke the one-run stand.

Manoj, who faced 15 balls, scored just a run. Nine balls later, he was caught by Richardson. McMillan broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. The eighth-wicket stand put on 28. Amre, whose 49-ball (Prav)innings included a boundary, scored 30. Eight overs later, Matthews and Richardson ran him out.

Anil Kumble, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Thirty-two balls later, McMillan broke the run-a-ball stand. Kiran More, whose 69-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. Three balls later, McMillan broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just three. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded five extras. India were dismissed for 147 off 49.4 overs. Hansie Cronje, who bowled six overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was Allan Donald, who bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 26.

Callaghan, who bowled five overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket. Schultz bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Matthews bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. McMillan, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 32. He picked up four scalps.

Andrew Hudson, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Three overs into the chase, Dev broke the eight-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Peter Kirsten, who faced 20 balls, scored five. Thirty-one balls later, Dev ran him out.

Rhodes, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Ten overs later, he was trapped leg before by Srinath, who broke the 26-run stand. Kepler Wessels, the South African skipper, scored 30. His 83-ball innings included three boundaries. Ten overs later, he was caught by Jadeja. Prabhakar broke the 24-run stand.

Callaghan, whose 82-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 45. He was unbeaten, as was Cronje, who scored 38. His 59-ball innings included three boundaries. India conceded a dozen extras. South Africa, who scored 148 for the loss of four wickets off 46.4 overs, won by six wickets with 20 balls to spare.

Jadeja bowled 4.4 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22. Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18. Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22.

Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled nine overs, including two maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a scalp.

South Africa led the seven-match series 2-0.     

India (Azh)are disappointed; SA win

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri made way for Woorkeri Raman. South Africa made three changes to the eleven that played the Indians at the World Cup – Adrian Kuiper, Richard Snell and Meyrick Pringle made way for Craig Matthews and a couple of One-day International debutants – Dave Callaghan and Fanie de Villiers.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Raman, whose 103-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 47. Hansie Cronje, the player of the match, broke the 164-ball stand, which was worth 92.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 69-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Peter Kirsten. Cronje broke the 16-ball stand, which was worth 11. Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by David Richardson. Allan Donald broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Tendulkar, whose 27-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 15. Brian McMillan was in seventh heaven, because he broke the 24-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 25 balls, scored 13. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Matthews. Cronje broke the seven-run stand.

Pravin Amre, who faced eight balls, scored four. A couple of dot balls later, he was caught by Andrew Hudson off the bowling of Cronje. Manoj, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Four overs later, he was caught by Kepler Wessels, South Africa’s captain. Cronje broke the 13-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Kiran More, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Four balls later, he was caught by Kirsten. Donald broke the five-run stand. Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 27. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Cronje. McMillan broke the 26-run stand.

Anil Kumble, who faced five balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Javagal Srinath, who didn’t face a ball, was run out off the last ball of the innings. South Africa conceded five extras. India were dismissed for 184 off 50 overs.

Callaghan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 11. De Villiers bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24. Matthews, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 38.

McMillan and Donald bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell conceded a couple of maidens, conceded 32. Cronje, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 32. He picked up five scalps.

South Africa’s opening stand lasted 116 balls. Hudson, whose 56-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Prabhakar. Tendulkar broke the 56-run stand. The second-wicket stand, which lasted 97 balls, was worth 52. Wessels, whose 100-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 43. Jadeja ran him out.

Jonty Rhodes, who faced 28 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Tendulkar. Forty-five balls later, the Karnataka pacer broke the (Srina)thirty-two-run stand. Kirsten, whose 90-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Raman. Prabhakar broke the run-a-ball stand, which lasted 28 balls.

Callaghan, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Cronje, who scored 12. His five-ball innings included the only six of the innings. India conceded 11 extras.

The South Africans, who scored 185 for the loss of four wickets off 49.3 overs, won by six wickets with three balls to spare. Dev and Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 43, the latter conceded 38.

Prabhakar bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket. Srinath and Tendulkar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included two boundaries, conceded 34, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 25.

South Africa led the seven-match series 1-0.

India win; Zimbabwe (Azh)aren’t pushovers

India’s first limited-overs assignment after the World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand in February and March 1992, was a one-off match against Zimbabwe (one of the two teams the Indians beat at the premier One-day tournament, the other being the eventual winners, Pakistan).

India made (Srikkan)three changes to the eleven that played South Africa, their last opponents at the World Cup – Krishnamachari, Vinod Kambli and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Ravi Shastri, Ajay Jadeja and Anil Kumble.

Zimbabwe made four changes to the eleven that played the Indians at the World Cup – Andy Pycroft, Iain Butchart, Eddo Brandes and Kevin Duers made way for One-day International debutants Grant Flower (Andy Flower’s younger brother), Craig Evans, Gary Crocker and David Brain. David Houghton, their skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Jadeja, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. Brain broke the one-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Shastri, who faced four balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Grant off the bowling of Mark Burmester.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 29. His 58-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Brain. Crocker broke the 74-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 56-ball (Sach)innings included seven boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Brain. Crocker broke the three-run stand.

Amre scored 36. His 55-ball (Prav)innings included the only six of the innings. He was trapped leg before wicket by John Traicos, who broke the 73-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was caught by Evans. Grant broke the 17-run partnership.

Sanjay Manjrekar, the player of the match, scored 70. His 70-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Andy. Crocker broke the 43-run stand. Manoj, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was caught by the substitute. Crocker broke the eighth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth a dozen.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 15. Kiran More, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was run out. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair put on a run. Kumble, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was run out.

Zimbabwe conceded 16 extras. India were dismissed for 239 off 49.4 overs. Ali Shah bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38. Grant and Burmester bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 38.

Brain and Traicos bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 48. Crocker, who bowled 7.4 overs, conceded 26. He picked up four scalps.

Grant scored 34. His 67-ball innings included four boundaries. Srinath broke the 63-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 25. Shah, who faced 30 balls, scored 16. He was run out. Houghton, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Amre. Jadeja broke the 10-run stand.

Andy Waller, whose 13-ball innings included a six, score nine. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the 22-run stand. Evans, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the three-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 58. Andy, whose 104-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 62. He was run out. Brain, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Srinath broke the 15-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Alastair Campbell, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Srinath. Burmester, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand.

The tenth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Crocker, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many six, scored 50. He was dismissed by Dev. Traicos, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. Zimbabwe, who were dismissed for 209 off 49.1 overs, lost by 30 runs. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 16. Shastri, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Jadeja, who bowled five overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket. Kumble bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Dev bowled 8.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up two wickets. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded (Srina)thirty-five, picking up three scalps.

  

 

India lose; Australia (Azh)are victorious

India made one change to their playing eleven – Narendra Hirwani made way for Venkatapathy Raju. Australia made no changes to theirs. Allan Border, the latter’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

David Boon, the player of the preliminary series and one of the two players of the finals, scored 20. His 42-ball innings included three boundaries. Manoj broke the 47-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Dean Jones, who faced 22 balls, scored nine. He was stumped by Chandrakant Pandit. Raju broke the 27-run stand. Tom Moody, who faced 32 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Sachin Tendulkar. Raju broke the 40-run stand.

The younger of the Waugh twins, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the Mark. He was stumped by Pandit. Raju broke the three-run stand. Geoff Marsh, the other player of the finals, scored 78. His 136-ball (Prav)innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Amre. Javagal Srinath broke the 51-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Border, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was run out. Steve Waugh, who faced 10 balls, scored five. Prabhakar broke the 17-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on eight. Healy, whose 12-ball I(a)nnings included a boundary, scored 11. He was run out. Peter Taylor, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

Craig McDermott, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Prabhakar broke the eight-run stand. Mike Whitney, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was unbeaten. India conceded 19 extras. Australia scored 208 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.

Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 18. Ravi Shastri and Kapil Dev bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden, each. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 42.

Srinath bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, conceding 31. He picked up three scalps, as did Raju, who bowled 10 overs, included a maiden. He conceded 32.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Mark. Whitney broke the 19-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 26. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was run out.

The Mumbaikar, whose 115-ball innings included three boundaries, scored S(hastr)ixty-one. He was caught by Whitney. Moody broke the 76-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 11. His nine-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Whitney. Border broke the 25-run stand.

Dev, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by McDermott, who broke the eight-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 100-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 69. He was caught by Whitney. Steve broke the 36-run stand.

Amre, whose 17-ball innings included two boundaries. He scored 17. He was caught by Jones. McDermott broke the five-run stand. Pandit, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Prabhakar, who faced half-a-dozen balls. He scored four.

Australia conceded seven extras. India scored 202 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs, losing by six runs. Taylor bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 44. Border, who bowled two overs, conceded 15. He picked up a wicket. Whitney bowled 10 overs, conceding 32. He picked up a wicket.

Steve and Moody bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 31. McDermott bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a couple of scalps.

The Aussies won the best-of-three finals 2-0.  

   

India (Azh)are defeated; Australia triumph

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Australia made one change to theirs – Paul Reiffel made way for Dean Jones. Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Geoff Marsh, whose 46-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Tendulkar broke the 54-run stand.

David Boon, whose 107-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 78. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Manoj broke the 88-run P(rabhak)artnership. Tom Moody, who faced 18 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Pravin Amre. Ravi Shastri broke the 27-run stand.

Mark Wa(ugh)sn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was caught by Amre. Shastri broke the seven-run stand. Jones, whose 96-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 73. He was caught by the substitute. Kapil Dev broke the 40-run stand.

Border, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 28. He was unbeaten, as was Steve Waugh, who faced five balls, scoring as many. India conceded a dozen extras. The Aussies scored 233 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Narendra Hirwani, who never represented India in the shorter format again, bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 34. Javagal bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-two. Tendulkar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket.

Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 53, picking up a wicket. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India’s openers put on 37. Shastri, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was run out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 41. He was caught by Peter Taylor. Steve broke the 35-run stand.

Tendulkar, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Mike Whitney. Moody was in seventh heaven. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was caught by Healy. Steve broke the five-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Healy. Moody broke the 30-run stand. Amre, who faced 41 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Border. Taylor broke the 16-run stand. Dev, whose 40-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on five. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Pandit, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Steve. Taylor broke the one-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on just a run. Srinath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Hirwani, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Marsh. McDermott broke the nine-run stand.

The Aussies conceded eight extras. India, who were bundled out for 145 off 42 overs, lost by 88 runs. Whitney bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19. McDermott, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.

Steve, who bowled seven overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Taylor (who bowled nine overs, conceding 27), and Moody (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 34).

Australia led the best-of-three finals 1-0.



  

   

India WIn, (Azh)are the finalists

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Pravin Amre and Narendra Hirwani. The West Indies made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. Richie Richardson, the West Indian skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Their openers put on 21. Philo Wallace, who faced 32 balls, scored just a couple. He was run out. Desmond Haynes, who faced 51 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Javagal broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced 26 balls, scored 11. He was stumped by Pandit. Hirwani broke the 21-run stand.

Richardson, whose 64-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was trapped leg before wicket by Hirwani, who broke the 39-run stand. Carl Hooper, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 45. He was caught by Sanjay Manjrekar. Manoj broke the 43-run P(rabhak)artnership.

The sixth-wicket pair put on just a run. Malcolm Marshall, who didn’t face a ball, was run out. Carlisle Best, whose 42-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 29. Srinath broke the 10-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on nine. David Williams, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was run out. Curtly Ambrose, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Anderson Cummins, who faced 11 balls. He scored 10.

India conceded 17 extras. The West Indies scored 175 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Ravi Shastri, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight. Sachin Tendulkar, the player of the match, bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Dev bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a Kapil of maidens. He conceded 27. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Srinath and Hirwani bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39, the latter conceded 34.

Shastri, who faced 35 balls, scored 11. He was caught by Hooper. Ambrose broke the 20-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 24 balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Williams. Patrick Patterson broke the 18-run stand.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 84-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 60. He was caught by Williams. Ambrose broke the 62-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 88-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 57. He was unbeaten.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced 12 balls, scoring five. He was caught by Lara. Hooper broke the 15-run stand. Pravin Amre, who faced 43 balls, scored 18. He was caught by the substitute. Hooper broke the 54-run stand. Dev, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 22 extras. India scored 176 for the loss of five wickets off 46.4 overs, winning by five wickets with 20 balls to spare. Richardson, who bowled two wicketless balls, conceded four.

Cummins and Marshall bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 33. Patterson bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket.

Hooper, who bowled eight overs, conceded 35. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Ambrose, who bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 17.

The Indians advanced to the best-of-three finals.

India (Azh)aren’t fine; Australia win

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sourav Ganguly and Kiran More made way for Ravi Shastri and Chandrakant Pandit. Australia made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dean Jones and Bruce Reid made way for Mark Waugh and One-day International debutant Paul Reiffel.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. The Mumbaikar, whose S(hastr)ixty-seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Reiffel broke the 52-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was caught by David Boon. Steve Waugh broke the five-run stand.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 56-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 42. Reiffel broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 51 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Tom Moody broke the 42-run partnership.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 18. Tendulkar, whose 44-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 21. Kapil Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.

Azharuddin, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Allan Border, Australia’s skipper. Craig McDermott, the player of the match, broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Pandit, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Ian Healy. McDermott broke the five-run stand.

Manoj, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Mike Whitney, who broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Venkatapathy Raju, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten. Javagal Srinath, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Steve broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth 12.

Australia conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 175 off 49.4 overs. Peter Taylor, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 40. Moody, who faced five balls, scored 18. He picked up a wicket. Whitney bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket.

Steve, who bowled 5.4 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets. Reiffel bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a couple of wickets. McDermott bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of scalps.

Marsh, who faced 16 balls, scored three. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Boon, whose 101-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 79. He was unbeaten, as was Moody, who scored 87. His 121-ball innings included five boundaries.

India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 177 for the loss of one wicket off 39.2 overs, winning by nine wickets with 64 balls to spare. Manjrekar and Tendulkar bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece, While the former conceded four, the latter conceded 14. Dev, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 11.

Raju, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 46. Shastri and Srinath bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 28. Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 29. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

The Indians don’t WIn agA(zharudd)in

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri and Pravin Amre made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu and One-day International debutant Sourav Ganguly. The West Indies made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Keith Arthurton made way for Carlisle Best.

On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Sidhu, who faced 19 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Carl Hooper. Malcolm Marshall broke the 14-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced four balls, scored just a run. He was run out.

Krishnamachari, who faced (Srikkan)thirty-three balls, scored four. He was caught by Marshall. Anderson Cummins, the player of the match, broke the one-run stand. Azharuddin, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was trapped leg before by Marshall, who broke the 14-run stand.

Ganguly, who faced 13 balls, scored three. He was trapped leg before wicket by Cummins, who broke the 27-run stand. He was dropped, and made a comeback to the Indian team four years later. Manoj, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was caught by Patrick Patterson, who broke the 23-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Dev, whose 58-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Marshall. Patterson broke the 76-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 127-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 77. He was caught by the substitute. Cummins broke the 17-run stand.

Kiran More, whose 10-ball innings included the only six of India’s innings, scored 11. He was unbeaten. Venkatapathy Raju, who faced eight balls, scored as many. He was caught by David Williams. Cummins broke the 13-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Williams off the bowling of Srinath. The West Indies conceded 36 extras. India were dismissed for 191 off 48.3 overs. Curtly Ambrose and Hooper bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 24.

Patterson, who bowled nine overs, conceded 52. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Marshall, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 30. Cummins bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up five scalps.

Philo Wallace, who faced 17 balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Srinath. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced 27 balls, scored four. He was caught by Manjrekar. Srinath broke the 11-run stand.

Desmond Haynes, whose 105-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 52. He was caught by the substitute. Raju broke the 109-ball stand. Richie Richardson, the West Indies’ skipper, scored 72. His 117-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the 37-run stand.

Hooper, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Best, who scored nine. His 10-ball innings included a boundary. India conceded 32 extras. The West Indies, who scored 192 for the loss of four wickets off 48.3 overs, won by six wickets with nine balls to spare.

Sidhu, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded a couple. Srikkanth, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 21. Tendulkar, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 27. Dev bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three boundaries. He conceded 33.

Srinath bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket. Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up a couple of scalps.



  

   

India lose to Australia agA(zharudd)in

India made one change to their playing eleven – Narendra Hirwani made way for Venkatapathy Raju. Australia made (Sim)one change to the eleven that played the Indians – O’Donnell made way for Mike Whitney. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat.

Ravi Shastri, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Bruce Reid, who broke the two-run stand. Krishnamachari, who faced four balls, scored (Srikkan)three. He was caught by Craig McDermott, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was just a couple.

Tendulkar, whose 35-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Dean Jones. Steve Waugh broke the 33-run stand. The fourth-wicket stand was worth four. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 32 balls, scored a dozen. He was run out.

Pravin Amre, who faced 22 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Ian Healy. Whitney broke the 23-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 53 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Healy. Whitney broke the five-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 39-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was run out. Kapil Dev, whose 56-ball innings included a boundary, scored 39. He was caught by Tom Moody. Peter Taylor broke the 14-run stand.

Kiran More, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was trapped leg before wicket by McDermott, who broke the 16-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on eight. Javagal Srinath, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. He was run out. Raju, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded 10 extras. India were bundled out for 157 off 48.4 overs. Taylor, Reid and Waugh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket. They conceded 41, 32 and 27, respectively. McDermott, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets, as was Whitney, who bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 22.

David Boon, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Dev broke the 10-run stand. Geoff Marsh, who faced 14 balls, scored three. Prabhakar was in seventh heaven. Jones, whose 119-ball innings included three balls and a six, scored 63. He was run out.

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, was adjudged the player of the match, because he scored 76. His 102-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by the substitute. Raju broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 137.

Moody, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Tendulkar. Raju broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Waugh, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 10 extras. The Aussies, who scored 158 for the loss of four wickets off 40.5 overs, won by six wickets with 55 balls to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled 1.5 overs, conceded three. He was wicketless, as was Srikkanth, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding 24. Srinath, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Shastri, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 34. Prabhakar and Dev bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded a dozen. Raju bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a couple of scalps.

India show (Azharudd)in‘ten’t and WIn

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Subroto Banerjee made way for Narendra Hirwani. The West Indies made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Ravi Shastri, who faced 22 balls, scored four. He was caught by David Williams. Curtly Ambrose broke the 27-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 82. His 84-ball innings included 10 balls and the only six of the innings. He was stumped by Williams. Carl Hooper broke the 96-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 98-ball innings included a boundary, scored 55. He was caught by Philo Wallace. Keith broke the 65-run pArt(hurto)nership. Tendulkar, whose 57-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Arthurton, who broke the 22-run stand.

Azharuddin, who faced 28 balls, scored 31. He was unbeaten, as Kapil Dev, who scored 21. His 19-ball innings included a boundary. The West Indians conceded 21 extras. India scored 262 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs.

Patrick Patterson, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 47. Malcolm Marshall and Anderson Cummins bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 59, the latter conceded 41.

Hooper and Ambrose bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 35. Arthurton, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Wallace, whose 96-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 52. He was caught by Javagal Srinath. Hirwani broke the 124-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on just three. Richie Richardson, the West Indies’ skipper, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple, and was run out.

Brian Lara, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 29. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 57-run stand. Hooper, who faced 19 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Manjrekar. Dev broke the 21-run stand.

Desmond Haynes, whose 116-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 89. He was caught by Shastri. Srinath broke the one-run stand. Arthurton, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was caught by Amre. Dev broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth six.

Williams, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Manoj, who broke the eight-run P(rabhak)artnership. Marshall, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the 23-run stand.

Ambrose, who faced 11 balls, scored 10. Dev broke the eight-run stand. Cummins, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Dev broke the one-run stand. Patterson, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 252 off 50 overs, lost by 10 runs. Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10. The Madhya Pradesh leg-spinner, who bowled (Hirwa)nine overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket.

Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 45. He picked up a wicket. Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 54, picking up four scalps.  

India (Azh)are routed by Australia

Both India and Australia made no changes to their playing elevens. Mohammad Azharuddin, the former’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Shastri, who faced (Ra)VI balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Craig McDermott, who broke the two-run stand.

Krishnamachari, who faced (Srikkan)thirty-six balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Ian Healy. McDermott broke the 16-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 99-ball innings included a boundary, scored 57. He was caught by Healy. Bruce Reid broke the 102-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 107-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 57. He was caught by Steve Waugh. Peter Taylor broke the 14-run stand. Kapil Dev wasn’t in seventh heaven, scored three. He was caught by Taylor, who broke the three-run stand. Pravin Amre, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. Simon O’Donnell broke the 14-run stand.

Azharuddin, who faced 23 balls, scored 21. He was unbeaten. Subroto Banerjee, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was caught by Dean Jones. McDermott broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

The eighth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership was worth five. Manoj, who faced five balls, scored just a run. He was run out. Javagal Srinath faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded 14 extras. India scored 175 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Tom Moody, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He was wicketless, as was Waugh, who bowled seven overs, conceding 31.

Reid and O’Donnell bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 35. Taylor, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up a couple of wickets. McDermott bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 19, picking up three scalps.

David Boon, the player of the match, scored 102. His 168-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was unbeaten. Geoff Marsh, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Srinath broke the 45-run stand.

Jones, whose 99-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Tendulkar. Manjrekar broke the 129-run stand. Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, didn’t face a ball. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 18 extras. The Aussies, who scored 176 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 48.3 overs, won by eight wickets with nine balls to spare. Srikkanth, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Banerjee, who bowled six wicketless overs, conceded 41.

Prabhakar and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 29. Dev bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 21.

Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Manjrekar bowled three balls, conceding two. He picked up a scalp.

India triumph; Australia (Azh)are walloped

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Greg Campbell and Terry Alderman made way for Dean Jones, Tom Moody, Craig McDermott and Bruce Reid. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Ravi, whose S(hastr)ixty-eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Jones. Steve Waugh broke the 49-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 15. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was run out.

Krishnamachari, whose run-a-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 60. He was caught by Moody. Waugh broke the (Srikkan)thirty-one-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ian Healy. Moody broke the 17-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 65-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 36. He was caught by Peter Taylor. Moody broke the three-run stand. Amre, whose 53-ball (Prav)innings included a boundary, scored 33. He was caught by Jones. McDermott broke the 68-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was unbeaten. Manoj, who faced 10 balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Waugh, who broke the 10-run P(rabhak)artnership. Subroto Banerjee, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The Australians conceded 28 extras. India scored 208 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Taylor bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18. Simon O’Donnell bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 39. Reid bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 16.

McDermott bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket. Moody, who bowled nine overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of wickets. Waugh, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up three scalps.

David Boon, who faced 16 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Dev. Prabhakar broke the three-run stand. Jones, who faced eight balls, scored just a run. Dev broke the three-run stand. Geoff Marsh, whose 60-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. He was caught by Kiran More. Banerjee broke the 46-run stand.

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, scored 32. His 45-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by More. Javagal broke the (Srina)thirteen-run stand. Moody, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by More. Srinath broke the three-run stand.

Waugh, who faced 30 balls, scored five. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the seven-run stand. Healy, who faced nine balls, scored three. He was stumped by More. Shastri broke the nine-run stand. Taylor, who faced 21 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Amre. Shastri broke the nine-run stand.

O’Donnell, who faced 27 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Dev. Shastri broke the six-run stand. McDermott, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Tendulkar. Shastri broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Reid, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 15 extras. Australia, who were bundled out for 101 off 37.5 overs, lost by 207 runs. Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding eight. Prabhakar and Dev bowled six overs, including a couple of maidens, each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded five.

Banerjee bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket. Srinath bowled seven overs, conceding 24. He picked up a couple of scalps. Shastri bowled 6.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15, picking up five scalps.



  

India-WI match ends (Azharudd)in tie

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Dilip Vengsarkar, Chandrakant Pandit and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Mohammad Azharuddin (who returned as skipper), Kiran More and One-day International debutant Subroto Banerjee.

The West Indies made six changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Phil Simmons, Clayton Lambert, Gus Logie, Jeff Dujon, Ian Bishop and Winston Benjamin made way for Desmond Haynes, Philo Wallace, Brian Lara, Malcolm Marshall, David Williams and Anderson Cummins.

Richie Richardson, the West Indian skipper, won the toss, inserting India. Krishnamachari, who faced eight balls, scored (Srikkan)three. He was caught by Carl Hooper. Patrick Patterson broke the eight-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 39 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Williams. Cummins broke the 27-run stand. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced nine balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Richardson. Cummins broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Azharuddin, who faced 24 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Lara. Curtly Ambrose, the player of the match, broke the 17-run stand. Ravi, whose 110-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Lara. Marshall broke the S(hastr)ixteen-run stand.

Kapil Dev, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was caught by Richardson. Marshall broke the 14-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 23. Manoj Prabhakar, who faced 22 balls, scored 13. He was run out.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Pravin Amre, who faced 50 balls, scored 20. He was run out. More, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Richardson. Ambrose broke the three-run stand.

Banerjee, who faced four balls, scored just two. He was unbeaten. The tenth-wicket pair put on just a run. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out. The West Indies conceded 24 extras. India were dismissed for 126 off 47.4 overs. Hooper bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32.

Patterson bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket. Ambrose bowled 8.4 overs, including three maidens. He conceded nine picking up a couple of wickets.

Cummins bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a couple of wickets. Marshall bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of scalps.

The West Indian openers didn’t get off the mark. Haynes, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by More off the bowling of Dev. Wallace, who faced 33 balls, scored 11. Prabhakar broke the 23-run stand.

Richardson, who faced 28 balls, scored 12. He was caught by More. Dev broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Hooper, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary, scored 12. Srinath broke the 30-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Keith Arthurton, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was dismissed by Srinath. Lara, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by More. Banerjee broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Williams, who faced seven balls, scored five. He was caught by Srikkanth. Banerjee broke the eight-run stand. Marshall, who faced 36 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by More. Banerjee broke the seven-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 37. Ambrose, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the match, scored 17. He was run out. Cummins, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Azharuddin. Tendulkar was in seventh heaven.

Patterson, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten. India conceded 16 extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 126 off 41 overs. The match ended in a tie – India’s first. Tendulkar, who bowled an over, conceded five. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30.

Dev and Srinath bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell included three maidens, conceded 30, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 27. Banerjee bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30, picking up three scalps.

This was the fourth tied One-day International, and the West Indies, incidentally, were involved in three of them.

    

The IndianSAre not the (Ra)victors

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Azharuddin and Kiran More made way for Ravi Shastri (who led the team), Dilip Vengsarkar and Chandrakant Pandit. South Africa made a couple of changes to theirs – Mandy Yachad and Clive Eksteen made way for Andrew Hudson and Brian McMillan.

Shastri chose to bat on winning the toss. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 61-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 53. He was stumped by David Richardson. Peter Kirsten, the player of the match, broke the 86-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, one of the two players of the series, scored 105. His 82-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by McMillan. Clive Rice, South Africa’s skipper, broke the 175-run stand.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Jimmy Cook. Allan Donald broke the three-run stand. The fourth-wicket put on 23. Shastri, whose 149-ball innings included 11 boundaries, scored 109. He was run out. Kapil Dev, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 16 extras. India scored 287 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. McMillan, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 40. Richard Snell and Craig Matthews bowled 10 wicketless overs each. Their spells included a maiden apiece. While the former conceded 56, the latter conceded 50.

Kirsten, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket. Rice, who never represented South Africa again, bowled nine overs, conceding 54. He picked up a wicket. Donald bowled 10 overs, conceding 55. He picked up a scalp.

Cook, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries, scored (Srina)thirty-five. He was caught by Manoj. Javagal broke the 72-run P(rabhak)artnership. Kepler Wessels, the other player of the series, scored 90. His 105-ball innings included 10 boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 111.

Kirsten, whose 92-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 86. He was unbeaten, as was Adrian Kuiper, who scored 63. His 41-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six.

India conceded 14 extras. South Africa, who scored 288 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 46.4 overs, won by eight wickets with 20 balls to spare. Srikkanth, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 25. Tendulkar, who bowled six wicketless overs, conceded 38.

Dev, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 37. Prabhakar, who bowled 8.4 wicketless overs, conceded 64. Srinath and Raju bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 69, the latter conceded 48.

India won the three-match series 2-1.

Vengsarkar never represented India in One-day Internationals again.

The IndianSA(zh)are the series winners

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri made way for Krishnamachari Srikkanth. South Africa made three changes to theirs – Andrew Hudson, Brian McMillan and Tim Shaw made way for One-day International debutants Mandy Yachad, Craig Matthews and Clive Eksteen.

On winning the toss, Clive Rice, South Africa’s skipper, inserted the hosts. Srikkanth, whose 86-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 68. He was caught by Yachad. Richard Snell broke the 130-run stand.

Navjot Singh, whose 91-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the Indian innings, scored Si(dhu)xty-one. He was caught by Eksteen. Rice broke the 14-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose run-a-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by David Richardson. Matthews broke the 15-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 19. His 24-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Peter Kirsten. Allan Donald broke the 43-run stand.

Kapil Dev wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Donald broke the 16-run stand. Pravin Amre, who faced three balls, scored four. Donald broke the five-run stand. South Africa conceded a dozen extras. India scored 223 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs.

Eksteen, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18. Adrian Kuiper, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 38. Rice, Snell and Matthews bowled nine overs, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 46, 43 and 41, respectively. Donald bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up three scalps.

South Africa’s opening pair didn’t open its account. Jimmy Cook, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Kiran More off the bowling of Dev. Yachad, whose 77-ball innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the 94-run stand. Incidentally, this was Yachad’s only international appearance.

Kirsten, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership. Adrian Kuiper, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the 46-run stand.

Kepler Wessels, the player of the match, scored 71. His 96-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was caught by More. Javagal Srinath broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Richardson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was caught by Dev. Raju broke the 17-run stand.

Snell, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Manjrekar. Srinath broke the two-run stand. Rice, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. He was caught by a substitute. Raju broke the three-run stand.

Matthews, who faced 16 balls, scored 10. He was unbeaten, as was Eksteen, who faced 23 balls, scoring six. South Africa conceded 25 extras. India, who scored 185 for the loss of eight wickets off 45 overs, won by 38 runs. Srikkanth, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 14. Tendulkar, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket. The Karnataka paceman bowled nine overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-four. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Dev, who bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 27. Raju, who bowled nine overs, conceded 43. He picked up three scalps.

India won the three-match series 2-0.

India beat (Azh)areturning South Africa

This 47-overs-a-side match was South Africa’s first One-day International since their readmission to international cricket following their 21-year-long isolation. While 10 members of their playing eleven were making their debuts in the shorter format of the game, the Indians made just one change to theirs – Vinod Kambli made way for fellow Mumbaikar Praveen Amre, who made his ODI debut.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the South Africans. Andrew Hudson, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Kiran More. Kapil Dev broke the three-run stand. Jimmy Cook, who faced 48 balls, scored 17. He was trapped leg before wicket by Javagal Srinath, who broke the 25-run stand.

Peter Kirsten, who faced 29 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Venkatapathy Raju broke the 21-run stand. Kepler Wessels, who represented Australia in the apartheid years, scored 50. His 95-ball innings included three boundaries. Sachin Tendulkar broke the 60-run stand. Adrian Kuiper, whose 64-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 43. He was caught by Amre. Manoj broke the 42-run stand P(rabhak)artnership.

Clive Rice, the South African captain, scored 14. His 23-ball innings included a boundary. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 11. Brian McMillan, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was run out. Richard Snell, who faced 13 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Amre. Dev broke the nine-run stand.

David Richardson faced four balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten, as was Tim Shaw, who didn’t face a ball. India conceded 24 extras. South Africa scored 177 for the loss of eight wickets off 47 overs. Ravi Shastri, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17. Tendulkar, who bowled five overs, conceded 17. He picked up a wicket.

Srinath and Raju bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 32. Dev bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of wickets. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a couple of scalps.

Shastri, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Richardson. Allan Donald, one of the two players of the match, broke the one-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. Donald broke the two-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 14 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by McMillan. Donald broke the 17-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was stumped by Richardson. Shaw broke the 40-run stand. Tendulkar, the other player of the match, scored 62. His 73-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. He was caught by Snell. Donald broke the 56-run stand.

Dev, who faced 30 balls, scored 11. Kuiper broke the 32-run stand. Amre, whose 74-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, scored 55. He was trapped leg before wicket by Donald, who broke the 29-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced 18 balls, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was More, who faced three balls. He didn’t get off the mark.

The South Africans conceded 15 extras. The Indians, who scored 178 for the loss of seven wickets off 40.4 overs, won by three wickets with 38 balls to spare. Rice, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 14. Snell and McMillan bowled six wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 30.

Kuiper, who bowled five overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket. Shaw, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket. Donald, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 29. He picked up five scalps.

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

  

   

India are the WInners agA(zharudd)in

India made one change to their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri made way for Woorkeri Raman. The West Indies made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Brian Lara made way for Winston Benjamin.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the West Indians on winning the toss. Phil Simmons, who faced 26 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Manoj. Kapil Dev broke the 24-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Clayton Lambert, who faced 31 balls, scored 11. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sachin Tendulkar, who broke the 15-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on eight. Carl Hooper, who faced 14 balls, scored eight. He was run out.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Gus Logie, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Kiran More off the bowling of Tendulkar. Richie Richardson, the West Indies’ skipper, scored 16. His 48-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Azharuddin. Tendulkar, who was adjudged the player of the match, broke the 31-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Jeff, who faced D(uj)on balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Kiran More off the bowling of Tendulkar. Keith Arthurton, whose 83-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 59. He was caught by Prabhakar, who broke the 51-run stand.

Ian Bishop, who faced 49 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Prabhakar, who broke the one-run stand. Benjamin, who faced 15 balls, scored nine. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 13-run stand.

Curtly Ambrose, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. The tenth-wicket pair put on a couple. Patrick Patterson, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was run out.

India conceded nine extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 145 off 46.2 overs. Venkatapathy Raju bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29. Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs, including two maidens. He conceded 24.

Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up two wickets. Prabhakar, who bowled 8.2 overs, conceded 32. He picked up two wickets. Tendulkar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up four scalps.

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Raman, who faced a couple of balls, was trapped leg before wicket by Bishop for a blob. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 80-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 43. He was trapped leg before wicket by Bishop, who broke the 108-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 99-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Logie off the bowling of Benjamin. Azharuddin, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Tendulkar, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary. He scored 11.

The West Indians conceded 30 extras. India, who scored 147 for the loss of three wickets off 37.3 overs, won by seven wickets with 75 balls to spare. Arthurton, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded 11.

Hooper bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 24. Patterson, who bowled 6.3 wicketless overs, conceded 16. Ambrose bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22.

Benjamin, who bowled nine overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket. Bishop bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 28, picking up a couple of scalps.