Monday, January 21, 2019

All iZ(imbab)well aS(ach)India win comfortably

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Aashish Kapoor made way for debutant Sunil Joshi (which meant that every member of India’s bowling attack was from Karnataka). Zimbabwe made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Andy Waller, Stephen Peall and Charlie Lock made way for Craig Wishart, Mark Dekker and Ali Shah.

Tendulkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, (Sach)inserting the Zimbabweans, whose skipper, Alastair Campbell scored 10. His 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Tendulkar. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 22-run stand.

Paul Strang, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. He was stumped by Nayan Mongia. Joshi broke the 28-run stand. Craig Evans, who faced 15 balls, scored four. He was caught by Mongia. Joshi broke the 11-run stand. Grant Flower, who faced 44 balls, scored 26. Anil Kumble broke the 56-run stand.

Wishart, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 53. He was caught by Joshi. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 84-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on just three. Guy Whittall, who faced four balls, scored just a run. Ajay Jadeja, who bagged the player of the match award, ran him out.

Andy Flower, whose 115-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 78. He was caught by Prasad. Kumble broke the 13-run stand. Dekker, who faced (Srina)thirteen balls, scored three. He was caught by Kumble. Javagal broke the 0ne-run stand.

Heath Streak wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. Kumble broke the two-run stand. Shah, who never played a One-day International again, scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Prasad broke the six-run stand. Bryan Strang, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 23 extras. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 226 off 49.4 overs. Sourav Ganguly, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 20. Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 20. Jadeja, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 20.

Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 42, picking up a wicket. Prasad, who bowled 7.4 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Joshi, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 33, picking up four scalps.

Tendulkar, whose 46-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 40. He was caught by Bryan. Streak broke the 91-run stand. Ganguly, whose 52-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 36. He was caught by Bryan, whose older brother, Paul, broke the 57-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 68. He was caught by Andy. Evans broke the 13-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 54-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 40. He was unbeaten, as was Vinod Kambli, who scored 26. His 36-ball innings included four boundaries.

Zimbabwe conceded 16 extras. India, who scored 229 for the loss of three wickets off 43.5 overs, won by seven wickets with 37 balls to spare. Grant, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10. Bryan, who bowled 7.5 wicketless overs, conceded 52. Whittall, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Evans, who bowled five overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Paul and Streak bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 72, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 46.  











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