India, (Azhar)u(ddi)nsurprisingly, beat the UAE

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Kapil Dev, Salil Ankola and Venkatesh Prasad made way for a couple of One-day International (Beda)debutants (Atul and Bhupinder Singh Senior) and Venkatapathy Raju. Each member of the UAE’s playing eleven was making his debut.

Sultan Zarawani, the UAE skipper and the only Emirati in the eleven, won the toss, inserting the Indians. Ajay Jadeja, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was caught by the Karachi-born Arshad Laeeq. Sohail Butt, who was born in Lahore, broke the 49-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t get off the mark. Butt broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Tendulkar, whose 77-ball (Sach)innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 63. He was caught by the Poonch-born Imtiaz Abbasi. Zarawani had his moment in the sun, breaking the 75-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the Indian skipper, scored 81. His 99-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes. There’s no two ways about the fact that his dismissal was the most interesting of the lot – he was caught by the Colombo-born Johanne Samarasekera. Saleem Raza, who was born in Lahore, broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 100.

Vinod Kambli, the player of the match, scored 82. His 66-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten. Bedade, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Abbasi. Samarasekera broke the 24-run stand. Nayan Mongia, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

The UAE conceded 11 extras. The Indians scored 273 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Laeeq and Azhar Saeed, who was born in Lahore, bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 56, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 38.

Zarawani, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket. Raza, who bowled seven overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket. Samarasekera, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48, picked up a wicket. Butt, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 52. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Riaz Poonawala – who, as his name suggests, hailed from Pune – scored 22. His 14-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Singh broke the 26-run stand. The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Saeed, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was caught by Mongia off the bowling of Javagal Srinath.

Vijay Mehra, who was born in New York, scored 43. His 83-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Singh broke the 94-run stand. Mohammad Ishaq, who was born in Lahore, scored 23. His 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Jadeja. Srinath broke the 41-run stand.

Raza, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the eight-run stand. Mazhar Hussain, who was also born in Lahore, scored 70. His 112-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Jadeja. Singh broke the 13-run stand.

Samarasekera, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Tendulkar. Raju broke the one-run stand. Zarawani, who faced 13 balls, scored four. Kumble broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Laeeq wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. Kumble broke the three-run stand. Abbasi, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Butt, who scored half-a-dozen as well. His nine-ball innings included a boundary.

The Indians conceded a dozen extras. The UAE, who scored 202 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 71 runs. Jadeja and Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 22.

Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a couple of scalps. Srinath and Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 34.







 

The IndiaNZ, understandably, (Azh)are dejected

India made one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Rajesh made way for One-day International debutant Venkatesh Prasad. New Zealand made one to theirs as well – Blair Hartland made way for Matthew Hart. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Tendulkar, whose 26-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries, scored 40. Gavin Larsen broke the 61-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Dion Nash. Chris Harris broke the 19-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 34. Vinod Kambli, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was run out. Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Larsen. Hart broke the four-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 38 balls, scored 15. Danny Morrison broke the 32-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 132-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 68. He was caught by Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper. Chris Pringle broke the 33-run stand. Nayan Mongia, whose 39-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 40. He was unbeaten, as was Anil Kumble, who scored 18. His 14-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings.

New Zealand conceded a dozen extras. India scored 222 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Nash bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 33. Pringle, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket, as did Larsen, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. Morrison, Hart and Harris bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 47, 30 and 25, respectively.

Harris, who faced 11 balls, failed to get off the mark. Dev was in seventh heaven, because he trapped him leg before wicket. Bryan Young, whose 79-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 43. Kumble broke the 82-run stand. Stephen Fleming, who faced 33 balls, scored 25. He was caught by Prasad. Kumble broke the 46-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rutherford, whose 90-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 61. He was caught by Kumble off his own bowling. Shane Thomson, the player of the series, scored 40. His 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Adam Parore, the player of the match, who scored 47. His 46-ball innings included four boundaries.

India conceded seven extras. New Zealand, who scored 223 for the loss of four wickets off 49.5 overs, won by six wickets with a ball to spare. Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 22. He was wicketless, as was Salil Ankola, who bowled eight overs, conceding 37.

Prasad bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 49. Javagal Srinath bowled 9.5 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Dev bowled eight overs, including three maidens. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up three scalps. 

The four-match series was levelled 2-2.

India notch up A(zharuddi)nother (Ki)win

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sanjay Manjrekar made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu. New Zealand made one change to theirs as well – Matthew Hart made way for Dion Nash. Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Tendulkar, whose 75-ball (Sach)innings included nine boundaries, scored 63. He was trapped leg before wicket by Gavin Larsen, who broke the 105-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 90-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 56. Danny Morrison broke the 49-run stand.

Sidhu, whose 77-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 71. He was unbeaten. Vinod Kambli, who faced 33 balls, scored 23. He was caught by Chris Pringle. Nash broke the 45-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 24. His 20-ball innings included three boundaries. Morrison broke the 38-run stand. Kapil Dev faced four balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Shane Thomson. Pringle broke the 11-run stand. Nayan Mongia, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 11 extras. India scored 255 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Chris Harris bowled five overs, conceding 30. He was wicketless, as was Thomson, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 39.

Pringle bowled seven overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Nash, who bowled nine overs, conceding 55. Larsen, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Morrison, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Bryan Young, who faced 11 balls, scored just a couple. Javagal Srinath broke the five-run stand. Harris, whose 52-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Jadeja. Anil Kumble, the player of the match, broke the 60-run stand.

Blair Hartland, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was stumped by Mongia. Kumble broke the five-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Stephen Fleming, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Rutherford, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Dev. Srinath broke the 55-run stand. Thomson, whose 61-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 60. He was stumped by Mongia. Kumble broke the 85-run stand.

Larsen, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Srinath broke the five-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 61-ball innings included a boundary, scored 47. Kumble broke the 10-run stand. Nash, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dev. Kumble broke the one-run stand.

Pringle, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Morrison, who faced three balls, scoring four. India conceded a dozen extras. New Zealand, who scored 243 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 12 runs.

Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Jadeja and Rajesh Chauhan bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 30.

Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 40. Salil Ankola, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 55. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-one, picking up three wickets. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 33. He picked up five scalps.

India led the four-match series 2-1. 

  

The IndiaNZ (Azh)are certainly cock-a-hoop

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Rajesh. New Zealand made one change to theirs as well – Dion Nash made way for Matthew Hart. Ken Rutherford, the latter’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Blair Hartland, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand. Rutherford, who faced 22 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Javagal Srinath broke the 10-run stand.

Bryan Young, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Salil Ankola broke the 20-run stand. Stephen Fleming, who faced 28 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mongia. Dev broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

Shane Thomson, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mongia. Ankola broke the one-run stand. Chris Harris, whose 71-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 50. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 52. Adam Parore, who faced 77 balls, scored 23. He was run out. Hart, who faced 21 balls, scored 10. Chauhan broke the 19-run stand. Larsen, whose eight-ball (Gav)innings included a boundary, scored five. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the six-run stand.

Danny Morrison, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the four-run stand. Chris Pringle, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Srinath broke the 27-run stand.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. The New Zealanders were dismissed for 142 off 49.4 overs. Ajay Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded half-a-dozen. Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29.

Srinath bowled 7.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of wickets. Ankola, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of wickets. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.

Jadeja, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Rutherford. Pringle broke the 61-run stand. Tendulkar, playing his first (Sach)innings as an opener, scored 82. His innings included 15 boundaries and a couple of sixes. The player of the match was caught by Hart, who broke the 56-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Hart. Harris broke the nine-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 17 balls, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 20 balls. He was in seventh heaven.

The Kiwis conceded three extras. The Indians scored 143 for the loss of three wickets off 23.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 160 balls to spare. Larsen, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24. He was wicketless, as was Morrison, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 46.

Harris bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13, picking up a wicket. Hart, who bowled 5.2 overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Pringle bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a scalp.

The four-match series was level 1-1.

The Indians (Azh)aren’t the (Ki)winners

India made a Kapil of Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven – Pravin Amre and Rajesh made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Dev. New Zealand made eight changes to the team that last played the Indians – Mark Greatbatch, Rod Latham, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Ian Smith, Chris Cairns, Dipak Patel and Willie Watson made way for Blair Hartland, Bryan Young, One-day International debutant Stephen Fleming, Shane Thomson, Dion Nash, Adam Parore, Danny Morrison and Chris Pringle.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Hartland, who faced 24 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 17-run stand.

Young, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the nine-run stand. Rutherford, New Zealand’s captain, scored 23. His 36-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. The 34-run stand was broKen by Salil Ankola.

Thomson, who scored 83, was adjudged the player of the match. His 97-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Anil Kumble broke the 144-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 26. Fleming, whose 107-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 90. He was run out. Chris Harris, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Nash, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. India conceded just half-a-dozen extras. New Zealand scored 240 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar bowled five overs, conceding 37. He was wicketless, as were Jadeja, who bowled eight overs, conceding 41, and Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 36. Ankola, who bowled seven overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 59, picking up a couple of scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 42-ball (Gav)innings included four boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Parore. Larsen broke the 66-run stand. Jadeja, whose 93-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 59. He was caught by Pringle. Harris broke the 57-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 59-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. He was stumped by Parore. Thomson broke the 27-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. Harris broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Tendulkar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Rutherford. Nash broke the 24-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 29 balls, scored 22. He was unbeaten.

Dev, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Morrison broke the 30-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison.

Srinath, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Hartland. Pringle broke the five-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mongia, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison. Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The Kiwis conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 212 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 28 runs.

Thomson, who bowled five overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket. Larsen and Nash bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded 34.

Pringle bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Harris, who bowled eight overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets. Morrison bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up three scalps.

New Zealand led the four-match series 1-0.  

The IndianSLose to rain (Azharudd)interruptions

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Manoj Prabhakar, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble may way for Ajay Jadeja, Salil Ankola and Venkatapathy Raju. Sri Lanka made three to theirs as well – Aruna Gunawardena, Nisal Fernando and Ravindra Pushpakumara made way for Dulip Samaraweera, Pubudu Dassanayake and Pramodya Wickramasinghe.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Jadeja, whose 62-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 37. Ruwan Kalpage broke the 83-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the series, scored 46. His 79-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the match. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 19-run stand.

Pravin, who never (Am)represented India again, faced a dozen balls, scoring three. Sanath Jayasuriya broke the 10-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Vinod Kambli, who faced 22 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne off the bowling of Muralitharan.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced 13 balls, scoring 11. He was caught by Samaraweera. Aravinda de Silva, the player of the match, broke the 24-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Nayan Mongia, who faced 11 balls, scored three. He was run out.

Javagal Srinath, who faced 14 balls, scored seven. He was caught by Samaraweera. De Silva broke the 19-run stand. Rajesh Chauhan, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 48. Tendulkar, whose 63-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 52. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Chaminda Vaas. Raju, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 15 extras. India scored 213 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Wickramasinghe bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 34. Jayasuriya bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Vaas and Kalpage bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 43, the latter conceded 36. De Silva bowled seven overs, conceding 30. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Muralitharan, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40.

There were three rain interruptions during the Sri Lankan innings, as a result of which it was reduced to a 33-over innings. The islanders’ target was revised to 141. Roshan Mahanama wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the eight-run stand.

Tillakaratne, who faced 41 balls, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raju, who broke the 64-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 16. Samaraweera, whose 65-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 49. He was run out. De Silva, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 32. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jayasuriya, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Raju. The fifth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ranatunga, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Mongia off the bowling of Raju.

Kalpage, who faced 14 balls, scored four. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 11-run stand. Dassanayake, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was unbeaten.

India conceded seven extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 141 for the loss of six wickets off 32.5 overs, won by four wickets with a ball to spare. Ankola bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 23. Chauhan bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18.

Tendulkar bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 7.5 overs, conceding 53. Raju bowled eight overs, conceding 19. He picked up three scalps.

India won the three-match series 2-1.

Jalandhar hasn’t hosted an international match since.

The IndianSLead A(zharuddi)nother home series

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Sri Lanka made three changes to theirs – Dulip Samaraweera, Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Don Anurasiri made way for a couple of One-day International debutants – Aruna Gunawardena and Ravindra Pushpakumara – and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors on winning the toss. Gunawardena – who never represented Sri Lanka again – faced 10 balls, scoring a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Manoj broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mongia. Prabhakar broke the eight-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Rajesh Chauhan. Prabhakar broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Roshan Mahanama, whose 25-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Tendulkar. Prabhakar broke the 14-run stand. Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced 22 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 34-run stand.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 98. His 115-ball innings included 10 boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. Prabhakar broke the 132-run stand. Ruwan Kalpage, whose 104-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Javagal Srinath, who broke the 20-run stand.

Nisal Fernando, who never represented Sri Lanka again, scored 20. His 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Pushpakumara, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring three.

India conceded 28 extras. Sri Lanka scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Kapil Dev bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19. Anil Kumble bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 39. Chauhan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 40.

Tendulkar bowled eight overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44. Prabhakar, the player of the match, bowled 10 overs. He conceded 35, picking up five scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 68-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Muralitharan broke the 98-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 63. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 113-ball innings included eight boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 79. He was run out.

Vinod Kambli, whose 84-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 56. He was unbeaten. Azharuddin, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Pushpakumara. Jayasuriya broke the 36-run stand. Tendulkar faced 18 balls, scoring 11. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 26 extras. India, who conceded 227 for the loss of three wickets off 48.2 overs, won by seven wickets with 10 balls to spare. De Silva, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Vaas bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22. Pushpakumara, who bowled 7.2 wicketless overs, conceded 30. Kalpage bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 47. Jayasuriya bowled eight overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket, as did Muralitharan, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 39.

India led the three-match series 2-0.    

India beat the iSLanders agA(zharudd)in

India – who ended 1993 with the Hero Cup triumph – made three Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven for their first match the following calendar year – Ajay Jadeja, Vijay Yadav and Venkatapathy Raju made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, One-day International debutant Nayan Mongia and Rajesh.

The Sri Lankans made four changes to theirs – Asanka Gurusinha, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Dulip Liyanage and Champaka Ramanayake made way for Dulip Samaraweera, Don Anurasiri and a couple of One-day International debutants – Nisal Fernando and Chaminda Vaas.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts, whose openers put on 122. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 87-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 67. He was run out. The second-wicket pair on 59. Vinod Kambli, who faced 41 balls, scored 25. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on 30. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 14. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was caught by Ranatunga. Ruwan Kalpage broke the three-run stand.

Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 108. His 132-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Vaas broke the 22-run stand. Pravin Amre, who faced 17 balls, scored 16. He was unbeaten, as was Kapil Dev, who faced three balls, scoring four.

Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 246 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Ranatunga, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18. Aravinda de Silva, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Anurasiri, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 43.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Pramodya Wickramasinghe bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 41. Vaas bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket. Kalpage, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 37. He picked up a scalp.

Samaraweera, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 46-run stand. Mahanama, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the 20-run stand.

Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 53-run stand. Ranatunga, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 18-run stand.

Jayasuriya, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Kambli. Kumble broke the 63-run stand. De Silva, whose 85-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 67. Kumble broke the 18-run stand.

Kalpage, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and six, scored 25. Javagal Srinath broke the 17-run stand. Fernando, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten. Wickramasinghe who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Srinath broke the three-run stand. Anurasiri, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 238 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by eight runs. Dev bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 25. Chauhan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 33. Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 53.

The Karnataka pacer bowled seven overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-seven. He picked up two wickets. Tendulkar bowled eight overs, conceding 43. He picked up three scalps, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 41.

India led the three-match series 1-0.    

India WIn, (Azh)are the Heroes

India made one change to their playing eleven – Salil Ankola made way for Venkatapathy Raju. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Roger Harper and Courtney Walsh made way for Anderson Cummins and Kenny Benjamin. Richie Richardson, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Manoj, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Jimmy Adams. Curtly Ambrose broke the 25-run P(rabhak)artnership. Ajay Jadeja, whose 63-ball (Benjam)innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 30. He was caught by Richardson. Winston broke the 56-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 80. Vinod Kambli, whose 90-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 68. At the beginning of the 37^th over, Ambrose ran him out. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper and the player of the series, scored 38. His 43-ball innings included three boundaries. Half-a-dozen dot balls later, he was caught by Adams off the bowling of Cummins.

Tendulkar, whose 43-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was unbeaten. Four dot balls after Azharuddin’s dismissal, Pravin Amre, who faced them, was trapped leg before wicket for a blob by Cummins.

Dev, whose 28-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries, scored 24. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by Carl Hooper. Cummins broke the 46-run stand. Vijay Yadav, who faced four balls, scored three. Ten balls later, Ambrose broke the 11-run stand.

Anil Kumble, the player of the match, scored five. His three-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India scored 225 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs.

Phil Simmons, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 14. Hooper, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 42. Kenny bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.

Winston bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up a wicket. Ambrose bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up a couple of wickets. Cummins bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up three scalps.

Simmons, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. Prabhakar broke the one-run stand. Brian Lara, whose 47-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 33. Tendulkar broke the 56-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Richardson, whose 43-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Dev off his own bowling. Keith Arthurton, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the six-run stand.

Roland Holder, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Kumble broke the 38-run stand. Jimmy Adams wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 12-run stand.

Cummins, who faced 16 balls, scored a run. Kumble broke the five-run stand. Hooper, who faced 57 balls, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the four-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Winston, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was dismissed by Kumble. Ambrose, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Kumble broke the one-run stand. Kenny, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 21 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 123 off 40.1 overs, lost by 102 runs. Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded 18. Raju, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded half-a-dozen.

Javagal Srinath, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 12. Prabhakar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Tendulkar, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24.

Dev bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 18, picking up two wickets. The (Kumb)leggie, who was nicknamed Jumbo, bowled 6.1 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 12, picking up six scalps.

India won the 1993/94 C A B Jubilee Tournament (Hero Cup).

For the Indians, it’SA(zharuddi)narrow triumph

While India made no C(allag)hanges to their playing eleven. South Africa made just one – Dave made way for Daryll Cullinan. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Their openers put on a dozen. Manoj Prabhakar, who faced 19 balls, scored three. Cullinan ran him out.

The second-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Vinod Kambli, who faced six balls, scored four. Cullinan ran him out. The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ajay Jadeja, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Fanie de Villiers.

Tendulkar, whose 31-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 15. He was caught by David Richardson. Richard Snell broke the 35-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 95. Amre, whose 90-ball (Prav)innings included a boundary, scored 48. He was run out.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 25. Kapil Dev, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was run out. Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 90. His 118-ball innings included seven boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was caught by Richardson. Snell broke the 11-run stand.

Anil Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, failed to open his account. He was caught by Brian McMillan. Snell broke the five-run stand. Vijay Yadav, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Jonty Rhodes. De Villiers broke the three-run stand.

Javagal, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. De Villiers broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Salil Ankola, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten. South Africa conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 195 off 50 overs. Pat Symcox, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 28.

Allan Donald, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 44. McMillan and Hansie Cronje bowled nine wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 25. Snell, who bowled eight overs, conceded 33. He picked up three scalps, as did de Villiers, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19.

Kepler Wessels, South Africa’s skipper, scored five. His 23-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the 10-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 35. Cronje, who faced 30 balls, scored 13. He was run out.

Cullinan, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 20-run stand. Rhodes, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Azharuddin. Jadeja broke the 41-run stand.

Andrew Hudson, whose 112-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 62. Kumble broke the 24-run stand. McMillan, whose 55-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 48. He was unbeaten. Symcox, who faced 11 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Amre. Jadeja broke the 11-run stand.

Snell, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was stumped by Yadav. The (Kumb)leggie broke the four-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on 44. Richardson, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was run out.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a couple. De Villiers, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. He was run out. Donald, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. India conceded 16 extras. South Africa, who scored 193 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by just a couple of runs.

Tendulkar, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded three. Ankola, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 21. Prabhakar bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30.

Srinath and Dev bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 31. Jadeja, who bowled nine overs, conceded 31, He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 29.

The Indians advanced to the final.

   

   

The IndianSA(zha)re triumphant and advance

India made a couple of Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman and Rajesh made way for Ajay Jadeja and Salil Ankola. South Africa made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Peter Kirsten and Craig Matthews made way for Pat Symcox and Richard Snell.

On winning the toss, Kepler Wessels, the South African skipper, inserted the hosts. Manoj, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Fanie de Villiers, who broke the six-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair put on 88. Jadeja, whose 62-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 39. He was run out.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced 25 balls, scored three. He was caught by David Richardson. Hansie Cronje broke the 35-run stand. Vinod Kambli, the player of the match, scored 86. His 116-ball innings included 10 boundaries. Cronje broke the 51-run stand.

Pravin Amre, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Allan Donald. Cronje broke the eight-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on four. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 31. His 50-ball innings included three boundaries. Jonty Rhodes ran him out.

Vijay Yadav, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Snell broke the four-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on three. Anil Kumble faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. De Villiers ran him out. Javagal Srinath, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Andrew Hudson. Snell broke the 12-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Wessels. De Villiers broke the 10-run stand. Ankola, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 30 extras. India were dismissed for 221 off 49.2 overs. Symcox, who bowled three overs, conceded 16. He was wicketless, as was Donald, who bowled eight overs, conceding 39.

Brian McMillan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 45. De Villiers, who bowled 8.2 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Snell, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 54. Cronje, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 29. He picked up three scalps.

Wessels, who faced nine balls, scored a run. He was caught by Yadav. Srinath was in seventh heaven. Hudson, whose 47-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 27. Dev trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 33-run stand.

Cronje, whose 70-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 39. Jadeja broke the 68-run stand. Dave Callaghan, who faced 22 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Dev. Jadeja broke the 16-run stand.

McMillan, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kumble, who broke the three-run stand. Rhodes, whose 72-ball innings included a boundary, scored 56. He was trapped leg before by Ankola, who broke the 17-run stand.

Richardson, who faced 36 balls, scored 23. He was unbeaten. Symcox, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. Prabhakar broke the three-run stand. Snell, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Kumble. Ankola broke the three-run stand.

De Villiers, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Yadav. Ankola was in seventh heaven. Donald, who faced 24 balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. South Africa, who scored 178 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 43 runs. Srinath bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22, picking up a wicket. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket.

Prabhakar and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 35. Jadeja bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a couple of wickets. Ankola bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up three scalps.

Both the Indians and the South Africans advanced.

      

India-Zimbabwe tie ends (Azharudd)in tie

India (Shar)made just one change to their playing eleven – Sharma made way for Pravin Amre. Zimbabwe made five changes to the eleven that last P(eal)layed the Indians – Mark Dekker, Gavin Briant, Eddo Brandes, Gary Crocker and John Traicos made way for Andy Waller, Guy Whittall, Stephen, Heath Streak and John Rennie.

Andy Flower, Zimbabwe’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Woorkeri Raman wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t open his account. He was caught by Dave Houghton. David Brain broke the six-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 96-ball innings included a boundary, scored 55. He was caught by Rennie. Peall broke the 122-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Vijay Yadav, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Grant Flower off the bowling of Peall. Manoj, the player of the match, scored 91. His 126-ball innings included four boundaries. He was stumped by Andy. Peall broke the 69-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 54. His 56-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten. Tendulkar, whose 16-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. He was caught by Streak, who broke the 42-run stand. Amre, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 23 extras. India scored 248 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Ali Shah, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 31. Grant, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Rennie, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 36. Streak and Brain bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a couple of boundaries, conceded 44, the latter conceded 37. Peall, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 54. He picked up three scalps.

Grant, who faced 14 balls, scored a couple. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Alastair Campbell, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Javagal broke the (Srina)thirteen-run stand.

Houghton, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 22. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kapil Dev, who broke the 44-run stand. Andy Waller, whose 50-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. He was caught by Azharuddin. Tendulkar broke the 64-run stand.

Andy, whose 82-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Yadav. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 12-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 64. Whittall, who faced 43-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was run out.

Shah, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 37. He was caught by Chauhan. Srinath broke the 0ne-run stand. Brain, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the four-run stand.

Peall, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Yadav. Srinath broke the 25-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on 11. Streak, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was run out. Rennie, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 21 extras. The Zimbabweans were dismissed for 248 off 50 overs. The match ended in a tie. Anil Kumble, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 42. Dev, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.

Tendulkar and Chauhan bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 32. Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 44. He picked up two wickets. Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 44. He picked up three scalps.   

 

Match curtailed; India don’t WIn

India made no changes to their playing eleven. The West Indies made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Desmond Haynes, Gus Logie, David Williams and Anderson Cummins made way for Jimmy Adams, Roland Holder, Roger Harper and Courtney Walsh.

On winning the toss, Richie Richardson, the West Indian skipper, chose to bat. Their openers put on 34. Phil Simmons, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was run out. Brian Lara, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Anil Kumble broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Richardson, whose 69-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 41. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Kumble broke the 78-run stand. Carl Hooper, who faced 10 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Vijay Yadav. Javagal Srinath broke the 14-run stand.

Keith Arthurton, whose 80-ball innings included a six, scored 41. Kumble broke the 29-run stand. Adams, who faced 33 balls, scored 26. He was unbeaten. Holder, who faced 16 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Rajesh Chauhan. Srinath broke the 20-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on nine. Harper, who faced five balls, scored just a couple. He was run out. Winston, the player of the match, scored 14. His run-a-ball (Benjam)innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 28 extras. The West Indies scored 202 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Kapil Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 21.

Prabhakar and Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 50, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 41.

The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded (Srina)thirty-three, picking up a couple of scalps. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up three scalps.

Dev, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Curtly Ambrose, who broke the 12-run stand. Prabhakar, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was caught by Adams. Courtney Walsh broke the six-run stand.

Kambli, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Lara. Benjamin broke the 19-run stand. Tendulkar, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the three-run stand.

Woorkeri Raman, who faced 14 balls, scored four. He was caught by Lara. Benjamin broke the 15-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ajay Sharma, who never represented India again, faced a ball, failing to open his account. He was dismissed by Benjamin.

Due to crowd trouble, the match was reduced by 12 overs, and India’s target was revised to 170.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 23. His 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Ambrose. Simmons broke the 22-run stand. Yadav, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was stumped by Adams. Hooper broke the eight-run stand.

Kumble, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Benjamin. Hooper broke the 11-run stand. Chauhan, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. Srinath, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Harper. Hooper broke the four-run stand.

The West Indies conceded 10 extras. India, who were bundled out for 100 off 28.3 overs, lost by 69 runs. Simmons, who bowled five overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket, as did Ambrose, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 18.

Walsh bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 25, picking up a couple of wickets. Hooper bowled 4.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded nine, picking up three wickets. Benjamin, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 27. He picked up three scalps.    

India’sSLosses (Azh)are avenged rather comfortably

India made one change to their playing eleven for the opening match of the tournament played to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the Cricket Association of Bengal – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Woorkeri Raman.

Sri Lanka made a couple of Chan(dika)ges to the eleven that last played the Indians –Hathurusingha and Muttiah Muralitharan made way for Hashan Tillakaratne and Dulip Liyanage.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Sri Lankans. Asanka Gurusinha, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Vijay Yadav. Javagal Srinath, the player of the match, broke the 43-run stand.

Sanath Jayasuriya, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Ajay Sharma. Srinath broke the 10-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 63. Aravinda de Silva, whose 47-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 33. Azharuddin ran him out.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, faced four balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Sachin Tendulkar, who broke the one-run stand. Roshan Mahanama, whose 124-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 73. He was trapped leg before wicket by Rajesh Chauhan, who broke the 30-run stand.

Romesh Kaluwitharana, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Sharma. Chauhan broke the 28-run stand. Liyanage, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Kapil Dev. The Karnataka pacer broke the (Srina)thirteen-run stand.

Ruwan Kalpage faced three balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Srinath broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Tillakaratne, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. He was caught by Srinath. Manoj broke the ninth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth just a couple.

Champaka Ramanayake, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. Pramodya Wickramasinghe, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Dev. Srinath broke the one-run stand.

India conceded 13 extras. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 203 off 49.4 overs. Sharma, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 16. Dev, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 30. Kumble, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 46. Prabhakar bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Tendulkar bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket. Chauhan, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 28. He picked up a couple of wickets. Srinath bowled 6.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up five wickets.

Raman, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wickramasinghe, who broke the one-run stand. Prabhakar, whose 33-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Kalpage. Wickramasinghe broke the 45-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 100-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 78. He was caught by Ramanayake. Liyanage broke the 100-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 105-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 75. He was unbeaten, as was Tendulkar, whose 30-ball innings included four boundaries. He scored 26.

Sri Lanka conceded half-a-dozen extras. India, who conceded 205 for the loss of three wickets off 44.4 overs, won by seven wickets with 32 balls to spare. Ranatunga, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 19. Ramanayake, who bowled 5.4 overs, conceded 31. Jayasuriya, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Kalpage bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 27. Tillakaratne bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 39. Liyanage bowled seven overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket. Wickramasinghe bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13, picking up a couple of scalps.

India suffer A(zharuddi)nother Series Loss

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Pravin Amre made way for Ajay Sharma. Sri Lanka (Mahana)made a change to theirs as well – Hashan Tillakaratne made way for Roshan. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced eight balls, scored seven. He was caught by Ruwan Kalpage. Pramodya Wickramasinghe broke the 22-run stand. Manoj, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Asanka Gurusinha. Wickramasinghe broke the 21-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Vinod Kambli, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was caught by Mahanama, the player of the match. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 22-run stand. Tendulkar, whose (Sana)thirty-nine-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Muralitharan. Jayasuriya broke the 47-run stand.

Sharma, who faced 39 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Romesh Kaluwitharana. Jayasuriya broke the 53-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 16 balls, scored four. He was caught by Aravinda de Silva. Champaka Ramanayake broke the 16-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 103-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 85. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Ramanayake broke the 36-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on just a run. Vijay Yadav, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 27. He was run out.

Anil Kumble, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten. Rajesh Chauhan, who faced a ball, did not open his account. Wickramasinghe broke the one-run stand. Javagal Srinath, whose two-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka conceded 14 extras. India conceded 227 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.

Gurusinha, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Hathurusingha, bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 12. Kalpage bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 45. Muralitharan bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a wicket.

Ramanayake and Jayasuriya, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 38. Wickramasinghe bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 54, picking up three scalps.

Hathurusingha, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was caught by Kambli. Prabhakar broke the 27-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 85. Gurusinha, whose 65-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 43. He was run out.

De Silva, whose 41-ball innings included a boundary, scored 30. Chauhan broke the 66-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair had put on 35 when Mahanama retired hurt*. His 143-ball innings included eight boundaries. He scored 92. Jayasuriya, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the three-run stand.

Kalwitharana, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Dev. Srinath broke the one-run stand. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 22. His 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand.

Kalpage, who faced three balls, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Ramanayake, who faced four balls, scoring as many. India conceded 20 extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 231 for the loss of six wickets off 49.3 overs, won by four wickets with three balls to spare.

Sharma bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 19. Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 15. Kumble and Dev bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 22.

Srinath bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up a wicket. Chauhan bowled nine overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up three scalps.

The Sri Lankans won the three-match series 2-1.

(*Note: The phrase, incidentally, inspired the title of Mahanama’s biography.)

The IndianSLose; It’s A(zharuddi)narrow margin

India made no changes to their playing eleven. Sri Lanka (Mahana)made a couple of changes to theirs – Roshan and Ashley de Silva made way for Romesh Kaluwitharana and One-day International debutant Muttiah Muralitharan. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Asanka Gurusinha, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was caught by Rajesh Chauhan. Manoj broke the 27-run P(rabhak)artnership. Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 62-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. He was trapped leg before wicket by Chauhan, who broke the 55-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 21. Chandika Hathurusingha, whose 91-ball innings included a boundary, scored 38. He was run out. Aravinda de Silva, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kapil Dev broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Sanath Jayasuriya, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was trapped leg before wicket by Chauhan, who broke the 33-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 16. Kaluwitharana, who faced 10 balls, scored nine. He was run out.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 50. His 52-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Tendulkar. Prabhakar broke the 44-run stand. Ruwan Kalpage, who faced 20 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Pramodya Wickramasinghe, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

India conceded 24 extras. Sri Lanka conceded 204 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Tendulkar bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20. Srinath bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34.

Anil Kumble, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 35. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a couple of wickets. Chauhan, who bowled nine overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India’s openers failed to get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Tillakaratne off the bowling of Wickramasinghe. Vinod Kambli, who faced 16 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wickramasinghe, who broke the 16-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 89-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 62. He was caught by Gurusinha. Wickramasinghe broke the 136-run stand. Prabhakar, whose 123-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 86. He was caught by Kalpage. Jayasuriya broke the 23-run stand.

Pravin Amre, who faced five balls, scored a run. Muralitharan broke the three-run stand. Dev, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jayasuriya, who broke the 0ne-run stand. Vijay Yadav, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Kalpage broke the one-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on nine. Tendulkar, who faced 30 balls, scored 15. He was run out. Chauhan wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. He was caught by Kalpage, who broke the seven-run stand.

The last-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Kumble, who faced 18 balls, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by de Silva. Srinath, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 10 extras. India, who were dismissed for 196 off 49.2 overs, lost by eight runs. Gurusinha, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10. Hathurusingha bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14.

Champaka Ramanayake bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23. De Silva, who bowled 1.2 overs, conceded four. He picked up a wicket. Muralitharan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a wicket.

Kalpage, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 22. He picked up a couple of wickets. Jayasuriya, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 45. He picked up a couple of wickets. Wickramasinghe, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. He picked up three scalps.  

The Sri Lankans levelled the three-match series 1-1.

India beat SL by (Azh)arun

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman, Ajay Sharma and Salil Ankola made way for Manoj Prabhakar, Pravin Amre and One-day International debutant Rajesh Chauhan.

Sri Lanka made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Kapila Wijegunawardene made way for Ashley de Silva. Arjuna Ranatunga, their skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 69-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 39. Ruwan Kalpage broke the 77-run stand. Vinod Kambli, who faced 22 balls, scored nine. Kalpage broke the 15-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 77-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Asanka Gurusinha, who broke the five-run stand. Tendulkar, whose (Sana)thirty-nine-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was caught by Gurusinha. Jayasuriya broke the 42-run stand.

Although Amre’s five-ball innings included a boundary, he wasn’t in seventh heaven. Kalpage broke the nine-run stand. Dev, whose 31-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries and a six, scored 27. He was caught by Hashan Tillakaratne. Pramodya Wickramasinghe broke the 52-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 53. His 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Chandika Hathurusingha. Champaka Ramanayake broke the 10-run stand.

Vijay Yadav, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kalpage. Ramanayake broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Anil Kumble, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 212 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Hathurusingha bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 24. Gurusinha bowled seven overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Wickramasinghe, who bowled nine overs, conceding 41.

Jayasuriya bowled 10 overs, conceding 33. He picked up a wicket. Ramanayake bowled 10 overs, conceding 50. He picked up a couple of wickets. Kalpage bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up three scalps.

Roshan Mahanama, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 24. He was stumped by Yadav. Kumble broke the 46-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gurusinha, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was caught by Dev off the bowling of Kumble.

Aravinda de Silva, whose 79-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 62. He was caught by Amre. Javagal Srinath broke the 115-run stand. Ranatunga, who faced 11 balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Chauhan, who broke the 11-run stand.

Hathurusingha, whose 121-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 64. He was trapped leg before wicket by Chauhan, who broke the one-run stand. Tillakaratne, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was caught by Kambli. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand.

Jayasuriya, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was caught by Amre. Dev broke the 10-run stand. Kalpage, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Ashley, who never represented Sri Lanka again, faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring four. He was run out. Ramanayake, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Srinath broke the one-run stand. Wickramasinghe, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Prabhakar broke the three-run stand.

India conceded 24 extras. Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 211 off 49.2 overs, lost by a run. Dev bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled 9.2 overs, conceding 50. He picked up two wickets.

Srinath, Chauhan and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. The (Kumb)leggie’s spell included a couple of maidens. They conceded 64, 41 and 22, respectively.

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

India sweep series agA(zharudd)inst Zimbabwe

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Manoj Prabhakar and Pravin Amre made way for Woorkeri Raman and Ajay Sharma. Zimbabwe made just one change to theirs – Kevin Arnott made way for Ali Shah.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors, whose openers put on 58. Andy Flower, whose 36-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 32. He was run out.

Alastair Campbell, whose 39-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was stumped by Vijay Yadav. Anil Kumble broke the 64-run stand. Grant Flower, whose 86-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 50. He was caught by Yadav. Kumble was in seventh heaven.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 25. Mark Dekker, who faced 21 balls, scored eight. He was run out. The fifth-wicket pair put on 42. Briant, who never represented Zimbabwe again, scored 16. His 27-ball (Gav)innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Shah, who faced seven balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Yadav. Kapil Dev broke the three-run stand. Dave Houghton, Zimbabwe’s skipper, scored 46. His 57-ball innings included three boundaries. Dev broke the 13-run stand.

Gary Crocker, who never represented Zimbabwe again, faced three balls, scoring just a run. Dev broke the three-run stand. Brandes, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Kumble. Javagal Srinath broke thE(d)do-run stand.

David, whose 11-ball (Bra)innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten. John Traicos, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Salil Ankola. Srinath broke the 17-run stand.

India conceded 37 extras. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 234 off 49.5 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30. Ankola, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 32. Sharma, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 34.

The Karnataka pacer bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded (Srina)thirty-four, picking up a couple of wickets. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 34. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 54, picking up three scalps.

India’s openers put on 114. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 74-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 45. He was run out. Raman, whose 86-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 66. He was caught by Grant. Traicos, who never represented Zimbabwe again, broke the 20-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, the player of the match, scored 47. His 62-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. Sharma, whose 55-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 59. He was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 21 extras. India, who scored 238 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 45.3 overs, won by eight wickets with 27 balls to spare. Shah, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 24.

Grant bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 39. Crocker bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39. Brain bowled 9.3 wicketless overs, conceding 47. Brandes bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 31. Traicos bowled 10 overs, conceding 51. He picked up a scalp. 

India won the three-match series 3-0.