(Azharudd)In-‘fo(u)r’m India are the WInners

The bilateral series between India and the West Indies resumed a couple of days after the final of the triangular series. The hosts made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Atul Bedade and Vijay Yadav made way for returnees Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia, who were suspended for the remainder of the tournament for stonewalling in a match in Kanpur against the same opposition.

The islanders made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jimmy Adams and Rajindra Dhanraj made way for Junior Murray and Barrington Browne. Courtney Walsh, their skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts, whose innings was reduced to 44 overs.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 54-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Murray. Anderson Cummins broke the 64-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 64-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 54. He was caught by Cummins. Carl Hooper broke the 73-run stand. Navjot Singh, the player of the match, scored 114. His 103-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes. He waS(idh)unbeaten.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 45. His 42-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Walsh. Keith Arthurton broke the 113-run stand. Vinod Kambli, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Arthurton. Walsh broke the eight-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indians conceded eight extras. India scored 260 for the loss of four wickets off 44 overs. Browne and Phil Simmons bowled five overs each. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 23. They were wicketless, as was Cameron Cuffy, who bowled nine overs, conceded 41.

Arthurton, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He picked up a wicket, as did Hooper and Cummins, who bowled seven overs apiece. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 43. Walsh, who bowled nine overs, conceded 50. He picked up a scalp.

The West Indies were fined an over for a slow over rate, so they had to achieve the target (261) off 43 overs. Their openers put on 86. Stuart Williams, whose 60-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 49. He was run out. Simmons, whose 77-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 51. Tendulkar broke the 59-run stand.

Brian Lara, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Venkatapathy Raju. Prabhakar broke the 33-run stand. Hooper, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 74. He was unbeaten.

Arthurton, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 24-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 13. Cummins, who faced a ball, scored a couple. He was run out. Roland Holder, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the five-run stand.

Walsh, who faced four balls, scored three. Kumble broke the 10-run stand. Murray, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. India conceded 22 extras. The West Indies, who scored 256 for the loss of seven wickets off 43 overs, lost by four runs.

Venkatesh Prasad bowled three overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as were Raju, who bowled seven overs, conceding 41, and Javagal, who bowled overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-one.

Tendulkar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 39. He picked up a wicket. Kumble bowled seven overs, conceding 41. He picked up two scalps, as did Prabhakar, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 61.  

India led the five-match series 2-1. 

India WIn A(zharuddi)nother summit clash

India made just one Ch(et)ange to their playing eleven – Sharma made way for Atul Bedade. The West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Kenny Benjamin and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made way for Brian Lara and Rajindra Dhanraj. Courtney Walsh, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Tendulkar – the player of the match as well as the player of the series – scored 66. His 68-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Stuart Williams. Cameron Cuffy broke the 108-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 100-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 58. He was caught by Lara. Dhanraj broke the 39-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 51-ball innings included a six, scored 28. He was caught by Jimmy Adams. Anderson Cummins broke the 28-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 41. His 38-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Roland Holder. Carl Hooper broke the 62-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 40-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 58. He was unbeaten. Bedade, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Keith Arthurton. Dhanraj broke the 29-run stand.

Vijay Yadav, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the one-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies scored 19 extras. India scored 274 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. All the five bowlers bowled 10 overs apiece. Walsh, Cummins, Cuffy (whose spell included a maiden) and Hooper picked up a scalp each. They conceded 46, 50, 53 and 55, respectively. Dhanraj, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 55. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Williams, whose (Srina)thirty-four-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 29. He was caught by Azharuddin. Javagal broke the 46-run stand. Lara, who faced 11 balls, scored just a run. Venkatesh Prasad broke the three-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 19. Phil Simmons, whose 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was run out.

Hooper, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was caught by Azharuddin. Venkatapathy Raju broke the 33-run stand. Holder, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was caught by Jadeja. Tendulkar broke the 15-run stand. Adams, who faced five balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Kumble. Jadeja broke the five-run stand.

Arthurton, whose 59-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 42. Raju broke the 41-run stand. Cummins, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Kumble broke the 20-run stand.

Walsh, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 30. He was caught by Tendulkar. Raju broke the 20-run stand. Dhanraj, who bowled a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. The tenth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Cuffy, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Kumble off the bowling of Raju.

India conceded 22 extras. The West Indies, who were dismissed for 202 off 44 overs, lost by 72 runs. Jadeja, who bowled five overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, Srinath and Prasad (whose spell included three maidens) bowled seven overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 27, 25 and 23, respectively.

Tendulkar bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 35, picking up a wicket. Raju, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 58. He picked up four scalps.

The Indians won the 1994/95 Wills World Series.

India crush the Kiwis agA(zharudd)in

India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia made way for Vijay Yadav and Sharma. New Zealand made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Blair Hartland and Chris Pringle made way for One-day International debutant Darrin Murray and Simon Doull.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 62. His 54-ball (Sach)innings included 13 boundaries. Matthew Hart broke the 100-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 35. He was caught by Hart. Richard de Groen broke the 75-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 127-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 90. He was caught by Hart. Dion Nash broke the 47-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 45-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 58. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 36.

New Zealand conceded eight extras. India scored 289 for the loss of three wickets off 50 overs. Chris Harris bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 24. Doull and Shane Thomson bowled 10 wicketless overs each. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 58, the latter conceded 51.

De Groen and Hart bowled nine overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 67, the latter conceded 36. Nash, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a scalp.

New Zealand’s openers failed to get off the mark. Bryan Young, who faced (Srina)three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Yadav off the bowling of Javagal. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Murray, who faced 17 balls, scored three. He was run out.

Rutherford, the Kiwi skipper, scored eight. His 12-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Srinath. The 15-run stand was broKen by Venkatesh Prasad. Stephen Fleming, whose 48-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 56. Tendulkar trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 79-run stand.

Thomson, who faced 27 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Venkatapathy Raju. Tendulkar broke the 26-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 105-ball innings included a boundary, scored 51. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raju, who broke the 10-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Hart, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. He was run out. Harris, who faced 35 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Srinath. Raju broke the four-run stand.

Nash wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Anil Kumble broke the one-run stand. Doull, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was stumped by Yadav. Kambli broke the nine-run stand. De Groen, who faced seven balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 11 extras. The Kiwis, who were dismissed for 182 off 45.4 overs, lost by 107 runs. Sharma bowled a wicketless over, conceding 23. Kambli, who bowled four balls, was in seventh heaven, because he picked up his only international wicket.

Prasad and Srinath bowled seven overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 22. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a wicket.

Raju and Tendulkar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 29.

The Indians advanced.

Unchanged India aren’t the WInners

While India made no change to their playing eleven, the West Indies made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Brian Lara, Sherwin Campbell and Barrington Browne made way for Keith Arthurton, Roland Holder and Cameron Cuffy. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the islanders.

Stuart Williams, whose 86-ball (Sach)innings included four boundaries, scored 45. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the 115-run stand. Carl Hooper, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the five-run stand.

Phil Simmons, whose 96-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 65. He was caught by Javagal Srinath. Tendulkar broke the 10-run stand. Holder, whose 49-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Srinath broke the 89-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 31. Anderson Cummins, who faced 14 balls, scored a dozen. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Arthurton, the player of the match, scored 72. His 62-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was run out. Kenny Benjamin, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 27 extras. The West Indies scored 257 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 50. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 36. Anil Kumble, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 50.

The Karnataka pacer bowled nine overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-one. He picked up a wicket, as did Raju, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. Tendulkar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 31. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 154-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 102. He was unbeaten. Tendulkar, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 34. Cummins broke the 56-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 22. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Azharuddin, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Cummins. Cuffy broke the 41-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50. Vinod Kambli, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was run out. The fifth-wicket pair put on 26. Ajay Jadeja, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. He was run out. Nayan Mongia, who faced 21 balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

The West Indies conceded 18 extras. India, who scored 211 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs, lost by 46 runs. Arthurton bowled one over, which was a wicketless maiden. Simmons, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 19. Hooper, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 36.

Courtney Walsh, the West Indian skipper, bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 20. Benjamin bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39. Cuffy, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket, as did Cummins, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39.

The Indians (Azh)are convincing (Ki)winners

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Rajesh made way for Venkatapathy Raju. New Zealand made a couple of changes to the team that last played the Indians – Gavin Larsen and Danny Morrison made way for Blair Hartland and Richard de Groen.

Ken Rutherford, New Zealand’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Bryan Young, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Needless to say, Javagal Srinath was in seventh heaven.

Hartland, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Manoj broke the 20-run P(rabhak)artnership. The third-wicket pair put on 180. Rutherford, whose 102-ball innings included 13 boundaries, scored 108. He was run out.

Adam Parore, who faced 138 balls, scored 96. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the 61-run stand. Stephen Fleming, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 33. He was unbeaten, as was Shane Thomson, who didn’t face a ball.

India conceded 19 extras. New Zealand scored 269 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, the player of the match, bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 27. Raju bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter conceded 49. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Prabhakar, whose 95-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 74. He was caught by Matthew Hart, who broke the 144-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by de Groen. Hart broke the 18-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 85. Tendulkar, whose 136-ball innings included nine boundaries and three sixes, scored 115. He was run out. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 47. His 39-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, who scored 12. His six-ball innings included two boundaries.

New Zealand conceded 12 extras. India, who scored 271 for the loss of three wickets off 48.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare. Chris Harris and Thomson bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 25.

De Groen, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 52. Chris Pringle, who bowled 9.1 wicketless overs, conceded 53. Dion Nash, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 51. Hart, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 56. He picked up a couple of scalps.   

India land WI A(zharuddi)nother blow

This was the opening match of a triangular series* sandwiched between the five-match One-day International series between India and the West Indies. While India made just one change to their playing eleven (Atul Bedade made way for Ajay Jadeja), the West Indies made a couple of changes to theirs – Keith Arthurton and Cameron Cuffy made way for debutant Sherwin Campbell and Kenny Benjamin.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors. Phil Simmons, who faced (Srina)thirteen balls, scored a couple. Javagal broke the 29-run stand. Stuart Williams, whose 64-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 35-run stand.

Brian Lara, whose 83-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 74. He was trapped leg before wicket by Tendulkar, who broke the 112-run stand. Jimmy Adams, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Tendulkar, who broke the two-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Carl Hooper, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 58. He was caught by Anil Kumble off his own bowling. Campbell, who faced 14 balls, scored three. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 24-run stand.

Chanderpaul, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Shiv)n(ar)ineteen. Manoj broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Benjamin, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Prasad broke the five-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Anderson Cummins, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was run out. Courtney Walsh, the West Indies’ skipper, faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the mark. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Barrington Browne, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

India conceded eight extras. The West Indies were dismissed for 221 off 49.2 overs. Rajesh Chauhan, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 46. Srinath, who bowled seven overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. Prasad bowled 8.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a couple of wickets. Tendulkar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36, He picked up three scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 17 balls, scored three. He was caught by Lara. Walsh broke the 17-run stand. Tendulkar, who faced 24 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Hooper. Cummins broke the 25-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 62-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 38. He was trapped leg before wicket by Walsh, who broke the 38-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Hooper. Benjamin broke the 56-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was caught by Campbell. Benjamin broke the 42-run stand. Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 81. His 84-ball innings included seven boundaries and the only six of the match. He was caught by Walsh. Cummins broke the 17-run stand.

Mongia, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Kumble, who scored nine. His 11-ball innings included a boundary. The West Indies conceded 19 extras. India, who scored 225 for the loss of six wickets off 48.2 overs, won by four wickets with 10 balls to spare. Hooper, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Simmons bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Browne, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 38. Cummins, who bowled 9.2 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Benjamin and Walsh, who bowled 10 overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 33.

(*Note: New Zealand were the third team in the tournament.)

India WIn; It’s (Azh)arevised target

Both teams made one change apiece to their playing elevens – while Kapil Dev made way for Venkatesh Prasad, Kenny Benjamin made way for One-day International debutant Barrington Browne. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors.

Stuart Williams, who faced half-a-dozen balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Javagal broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Brian Lara, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Prasad. Srinath broke the 14-run stand.

Phil Simmons, whose 52-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad, who broke the 16-run stand. Keith Arthurton, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 15-run stand.

Jimmy Adams wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the nine-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 54. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Azharuddin ran him out.

Carl Hooper, whose 86-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 70. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the 43-run stand. Courtney Walsh, the West Indies’ skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring three. He was caught by Atul Bedade. Prasad broke the 13-run stand.

Anderson Cummins, whose 49-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 34. He was caught by Tendulkar. Manoj broke the 15-run P(rabhak)artnership. Browne, who faced 22 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Cuffy, who faced five balls, scoring just (Camer)one.

India conceded 20 extras. The West Indies scored 192 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Rajesh Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket, as did Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34.

Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up three wickets. His statemate bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-four, picking up three scalps.

India’s target was revised to 128 from 33.1 overs. Their openers failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Lara off the bowling of Walsh. Tendulkar, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Hooper. Cuffy broke the two-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu celebrated his 31^st birthday with an unbeaten knock of 65, which earned him the player of the match award. His 102-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Azharuddin, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Chanderpaul. Cuffy broke the 61-run stand. Kambli, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Arthurton. Cummins broke the 48-run stand. The big-hitting Baroda batsman, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unBe(d)a(de)ten.

The West Indies conceded eight extras. India, who scored 135 for the loss of four wickets off 33.1 overs, won by eight runs. Hooper bowled five overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Browne, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 27.

Cummins, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Walsh, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15. Cuffy bowled 8.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a couple of scalps.

India levelled the five-match series 1-1.



  

  

India don’t WIn, (Azh)are shocked

India made one change to the eleven that returned home triumphant from Sri Lanka – Venkatesh Prasad made way for Javagal Srinath. The West Indies made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – while Richie Richardson made way for Courtney Walsh to lead the side, Roland Holder, Winston Benjamin and Curtly Ambrose made for three One-day International debutants – Stuart Williams, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Cameron Cuffy.

On winning the toss, Walsh chose to bat. Williams, whose 83-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 61. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Srinath broke the 132-run stand. Brian Lara, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 16-run stand.

Phil Simmons, the player of the match, scored 76. His 100-ball innings included three boundaries and four sixes. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 16-run stand. Carl Hooper, whose 50-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 61. He was unbeaten.

Arthurton, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored (Kei)thirty-nine. He was out hit wicket. Srinath broke the 90-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Anderson Cummins, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Atul Bedade off the bowling of Srinath. Jimmy Adams, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 25 extras. The West Indies scored 273 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Kapil Dev, the legendary all-rounder, was playing his last One-day International at his home ground. Unfortunately, the limited-overs international career of the man nicknamed the Haryana Hurricane didn’t end well – he bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 37.

Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled five overs, conceded 32. He was wicketless, as was Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45. Kumble and Chauhan bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 45. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 42, picking up three scalps.

Tendulkar, who faced four balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Lara. Walsh broke the two-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Walsh broke the three-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced half-a-dozen deliveries, scored a run. He was caught by Lara. Cuffy was in seventh heaven. Vinod Kambli, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Adams. Cuffy broke the nine-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 87-ball (Benjam)innings included seven boundaries, scored 52. He was caught by Cummins. Kenny broke the 96-run stand. Bedade, whose 55-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Adams. Benjamin broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Dev, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Walsh. Simmons broke the six-run stand.

Mongia, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten. Kumble, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Simmons. Hooper broke the 14-run stand.

Chauhan, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Adams. Arthurton broke the 27-run stand. Srinath, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was caught by Simmons. Hooper broke the one-run stand.

The West Indies conceded 13 extras. India, who were dismissed for 176 off 45 overs, lost by 96 runs. Cummins, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 27. Arthurton, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket, as did Simmons, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38.

Walsh, who bowled five overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of wickets. Hooper, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets. Cuffy bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a couple of wickets. Benjamin, who bowled eight overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The West Indies led the five-match series 1-0.

The IndianSLift A(zharuddi)n overseas title

The final was reduced to a 25-overs-a-side match due to a wet ground. India made one change to their playing eleven – Venkatapathy Raju made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Sri Lanka made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s captain, won the toss, inserting the hosts.

Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Atul Bedade. Manoj broke the five-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the (Mahana)mark. Roshan, who faced 11 balls, scored a couple. Azharuddin ran him out.

Aravinda de Silva, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Prasad. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 19-run stand. Hashan Tillakaratne, who faced 21 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Vinod Kambli. Kapil Dev broke the four-run stand.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper and the player of the series, faced 22 balls, scoring 13. He was caught by Chauhan. Anil Kumble broke the 36-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 10. Upul Chandana, who faced seven balls, scored a couple. Kumble ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a couple. Pubudu Dassanayake, who faced a ball, scored a run. Dev ran him out. Ruwan Kalpage, whose 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Prasad broke the 15-run stand.

Kumar Dharmasena, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. Prabhakar broke the four-run stand. Chaminda Vaas, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Pramodya Wickramasinghe, who faced a couple of balls, scoring three.

India conceded 10 extras. Sri Lanka scored 98 for the loss of nine wickets off 25 overs. Kumble, Chauhan, Prasad and Dev bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 22, 21, 17 and 17, respectively. Prabhakar bowled five overs, conceding 19. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Sachin Tendulkar, the batsman of the series, faced a couple of balls. He failed to get off the mark. He was caught by de Silva. Vaas broke the six-run stand. Prabhakar, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the nine-run stand.

Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 45. His 51-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the match. He was caught by Mahanama. Vaas broke the 71-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 46 balls, scored 24. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wickramasinghe, who broke the two-run stand.

Kambli, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Bedade, who faced eight balls, scoring four. Sri Lanka scored eight extras. India, who scored 99 for the loss of four wickets off 23.4 overs, won by six wickets with eight balls to spare.

De Silva, who bowled four wicketless balls, conceded five. Jayasuriya, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 15. Kalpage and Dharmasena bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 23, the latter conceded 22.

Vaas and Wickramasinghe bowled five overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded 13.

India won the 1994 Singer World Series.

Australia’s Steve Waugh was adjudged the bowler of the series.

  

IndiA(zh)are victorious; Australia rue weather

India made one change to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath made way for Venkatapathy Raju. Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Paul Reiffel and Damien Fleming made way for Michael Slater, Craig McDermott, Ian Healy and Tim May.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Manoj, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Slater. Shane Warne broke the 87-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. He was caught by David Boon. May broke the 42-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Healy. McDermott broke the 44-run stand.

Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 110 – his maiden One-day International ton. His 130-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. McDermott broke the 38-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 47-ball innings included a six, scored 43. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair put on five. Kapil Dev faced four balls, scoring as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was run out by Slater, Steve Waugh and Healy. The sixth-wicket pair put on a couple. Atul Bedade, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Langer, the substitute, and Healy ran him out.

Nayan Mongia, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Healy. Warne broke the eight-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced three balls, scored a run. Steve broke the 11-run stand. Rajesh Chauhan, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded seven extras. India scored 246 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Michael Bevan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 17. Mark Waugh, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19. Glenn McGrath bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Steve bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. May bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Warne and McDermott bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 46.

Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring four. He was caught by Prabhakar, who broke the 22-run stand. Slater, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Prabhakar. Dev broke the 34-run stand.

Boon, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 40. Chauhan broke the 67-run stand. Mark, whose 81-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 61. Chauhan broke the 20-run stand. Steve, who faced 42 balls, scored 22. Prabhakar broke the 38-run stand.

McDermott, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the two-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Healy, who faced 14 balls, scored 15. Prabhakar and Raju ran him out. Bevan, who faced 40 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Sidhu. Kumble broke the three-run stand.

Warne, who faced five balls, scored a run. Raju broke the one-run stand. May, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair put on a couple. McGrath, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Prabhakar and Mongia ran him out.

India conceded 16 extras. Australia, who were dismissed for 215 off 47.4 overs, lost by 31 runs. Tendulkar bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 15. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket.

Kumble bowled nine overs, conceding 31. He picked up a wicket, as did Raju, who bowled 9.4 overs. He conceded 38. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a couple of scalps. Prabhakar bowled eight overs, conceding 34. He picked up three scalps. 

It’s (Azh)areduced match; The IndianSLose

When the match was restarted, it was reduced to a 25-overs-a-side match. While India made no Chan(dana)ges to their playing eleven, Sri Lanka made one to theirs – Sanjeeva, the youngest of the four Ranatunga brothers, made way for Upul. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper (and the second of the four siblings), won the toss, inserting the Indians.

Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kumar Dharmasena. Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Manoj, who faced 18 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Sanath Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 31 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Jayasuriya broke the 32-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 35-ball innings included the only boundary of the innings, scored 25. He was caught by Chandana. Dharmasena broke the 32-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, who faced 39 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. Atul Bedade, whose run-a-ball innings included the only six of the innings, scored 21. Wickramasinghe broke the 35-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 125 for the loss of five wickets off 25 overs.

Arjuna bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Chaminda Vaas and Ruwan Kalpage bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 17.

Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 17. Wickramasinghe, who bowled five overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.

Mahanama, who faced 78 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka’s openers weren’t in seventh heaven. Jayasuriya, who faced three balls, scored as many. Azharuddin ran him out. Aravinda de Silva, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 88. Arjuna, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 41. Ajay Jadeja, the substitute, and Mongia ran him out. Kalpage, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out. India conceded 15 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 126 for the loss of three wickets off 24.2 overs, won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.

Dev, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Chauhan and Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 21. Prabhakar bowled 4.2 wicketless overs, conceding 17. Srinath and Kumble bowled five overs each. While the former, who was wicketless, conceded 21, the latter, who picked up a scalp, conceded 17.    

For India, it’s sans (Azh)areSuLt

India made a Kapil of changes to the eleven that played their last One-day International – Ajay Jadeja and Venkatesh Prasad made way for Manoj Prabhakar and Dev. Sri Lanka made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dulip Samaraweera and Muttiah Muralitharan made way for Sanjeeva Ranatunga and Kumar Dharmasena.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper (and Sanjeeva’s older brother), won the toss, inserting the Indians. Prabhakar, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Tendulkar, who scored 11. His 16-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries. Sri Lanka conceded two extras. India had scored 16 without losing a wicket off four overs, when rain stopped play.

Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Chaminda Vaas bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded nine, the latter conceded half-a-dozen. Rain reduced the match to a 40-overs-a-side match, and interrupted play again. It ended without a result, and had to be restarted the next day.  

India beat the Aussies, advA(zharuddi)nce

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Bhupinder Singh Senior made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Tom Moody, Allan Border, Craig McDermott, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes and Mike Whitney made way for Mark Waugh, Michael Bevan, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and Glenn McGrath.

On winning the toss, Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat. He scored 11. HiS(rina)thirty-thre-ball innings included a boundary. Javagal broke the 29-run stand. David Boon, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on nine. Mark, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was run out.

Bevan, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Kumble broke the 53-run stand. Steve Waugh, whose 72-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 53. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Srinath broke the 43-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 64. Langer, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 36. He was run out.

Hayden, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 48. He was caught by Jadeja. Kumble broke the five-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on 14. Warne, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was run out.

Reiffel, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Sachin Tendulkar. The Karnataka pacer broke the (Srina)three-run stand. Fleming, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was McGrath, who faced a ball. He didn’t open his account.

India conceded 21 extras. Australia scored 244 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Jadeja, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 33. Tendulkar and Prasad bowled eight wicketless overs each, conceding 39 apiece. The latter’s spell included a maiden.

Rajesh Chauhan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 37. Srinath bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up three wickets. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 50, picking up three scalps.

Tendulkar, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Taylor. McGrath broke the 11-run stand. Jadeja, the player of the match, scored 87. His 106-ball innings included 12 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Boon. Warne broke the 130-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 110-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 80. He was stumped by Langer. Warne broke the 69-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 36. His 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, who scored 28. His 17-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Australia conceded eight extras. India, who conceded 245 for the loss of three wickets off 45.4 overs, won by seven wickets with 26 balls to spare. Mark, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Steve and Reiffel bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 32. Fleming, who bowled 9.4 wicketless overs, conceded 59. McGrath, who bowled eight overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Warne, who bowled nine overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps. 

India advanced to the final.