Wednesday, November 21, 2018

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.

   



   


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