Sunday, November 25, 2018

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 37th 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).




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