It’S(ach)interrupted; India don’t WIn

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Vikram Rathour, Sourav Ganguly and Dodda Ganesh made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Rahul Dravid and debutant Abey Kuruvilla.

The West Indies made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sherwin Campbell, Richie Richardson, Roger Harper and Ottis Gibson made way for Stuart Williams, Carl Hooper, Jimmy Adams and debutant Franklyn Rose.

On winning the toss, Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat. India’S(ach)innings was reduced to a 49-overs-a-side match. Sidhu, who faced 16 balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Curtly Ambrose, who broke the 40-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 43-ball innings included 10 boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Courtney Browne. Ambrose broke the 25-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 12 balls, scored three. Rose broke the six-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Hooper. Rose broke the 15-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 57-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was caught by Browne. Rose broke the 33-run stand.

Robin Singh, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Williams. Ian Bishop broke the four-run stand. Anil Kumble, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Hooper. Adams broke the 31-run stand. Sunil Joshi, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. Ambrose broke the 17-run stand.

Nayan Mongia, who faced 75 balls, scored 29. Ambrose broke the one-run stand. Kuruvilla, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Venkatesh Prasad, who faced seven balls, scored five. Adams ran him out.

The West Indies conceded 31 extras. India were dismissed for 179 for 48.3 overs. Courtney Walsh, the West Indian skipper, bowled eight overs, conceding 34. He was wicketless, as was Hooper, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33.

Adams bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded eight, picking up a wicket. Bishop, who bowled seven overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket. Rose bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 25, picking up three wickets. Ambrose, who bowled 9.3 overs, conceded 36. He picked up four scalps.

Owing to several rain interruptions, the hosts’ target was revised to 146 off 33 overs. Williams, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Prasad. Kumble broke the 42-run stand.

Shivnarine, the (Chander)p(au)layer of the match, scored 83. His 88-ball innings included 12 boundaries. He was caught by Kuruvilla. Prasad broke the 90-run stand. Brian Lara, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten, as was Hooper, who faced 11 balls, scoring nine.

India conceded 18 extras. The West Indies, who scored 149 for the loss of two wickets off 27.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 31 balls to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 11. Joshi, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Kuruvilla, who bowled 4.5 wicketless overs, conceded 27. Singh, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25. The (Kumb)leggie bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up a scalp, as did Prasad, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.

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



 

Outfield’s (Zimbab)wet; India aren’t T(endulka)riumphant

There was no toss. The match was abandoned without a ball being bowled owing to a (Zimbab)wet outfield the previous morning. 

The hosts won the two-match series 1-0. Or, to sum up the result in fewer words, India Hara re (which could be translated to, “India lost”).

India suffer losS(ach)in Zimbabwe too

Owing to rain, the match was delayed, and it was reduced to a 44-overs-a-side match. India made four changes to their playing eleven – Rahul Dravid, Saba Karim, Javagal Srinath and Salil Ankola made way for Vikram Rathour, Nayan Mongia, Sunil Joshi and debutant Dodda Ganesh. Zimbabwe made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Stuart Carlisle made way for Andy Waller.

Tendulkar, India’s skipper, scored 13. His 15-ball (Sach)innings included the only six of the match. He was caught by Grant Flower. Eddo Brandes broke the 23-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 10. Sourav Ganguly, who faced 20 balls, scored a couple. Paul Strang ran him out.

The Punjab-born batsman, who never represented India again, scored (Ra)th(irty-f)our. His 53-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Alastair Campbell, Zimbabwe’s skipper. Guy Whittall broke the 35-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on four.

Ajay Jadeja, who faced (Hea)three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Andy Flower off the bowling of Streak, the player of the match. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 47-ball innings included a boundary, scored 24. He was caught by Andy Flower. Brandes broke the 12-run stand.

Mongia, who faced 22 balls, scored four. He was caught by Waller. Craig Evans broke the 11-run stand. Anil Kumble, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Campbell. Streak broke the 64-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Joshi, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Streak. Ganesh, who never played an ODI again, faced eight balls, scoring four. He was caught by Streak, who broke the nine-run stand.

The last-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Singh, whose 62-ball (Rob)innings included three boundaries, scored 45. He was caught by Andy Flower off the bowling of Streak. Venkatesh Prasad, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 21 extras. India were dismissed for 168 off 43.5 overs. Strang, who bowled a couple of overs, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless. So was John Rennie, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 38.

Whittall and Evans bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 20. Brandes bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up a couple of wickets. Streak, who bowled 8.5 overs, conceded 32. He picked up five scalps.

Zimbabwe’s target was revised to 136 off 38 overs. Waller, whose 39-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 25. Ganesh broke the 31-run stand. Grant Flower, whose 71-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 61. He was unbeaten.

Campbell, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 65-run stand. Whittall, whose 17-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 10 extras. Zimbabwe scored 139 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 25.5 overs, winning by eight wickets with 73 balls to spare. Joshi and Ganguly bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 10.

Singh, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31. Prasad bowled 6.5 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Ganesh, who bowled five overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18.

The Zimbabweans led the two-match series 1-0.

India lose; SA(chi)nail another final

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Nayan Mongia and Sunil Joshi made way for Saba Karim and Salil Ankola. South Africa made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Pat Symcox made way for Rudi Bryson. Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat.

Andrew Hudson, whose (Srina)thirty-three-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. He was caught by Karim. Javagal broke the 44-run stand. Gary Kirsten, whose 69-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Rahul Dravid, the player of the match. Robin Singh broke the 86-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jacques Kallis, whose 70-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 49. He was trapped leg before wicket by Singh. Jonty Rhodes, whose 45-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 41. Tendulkar, India’s skipper, broke the 91-run stand.

Cronje, the player of the series, faced 14 balls, scoring 10. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 21-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Shaun Pollock, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad. Daryll Cullinan, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 60. Anil Kumble broke the two-run stand.

Lance Klusener, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 22-run stand. David Richardson, whose 13-ball innings included a six, scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Bryson, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

India conceded 15 extras. South Africa scored 278 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Ankola, who never represented India again, bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 50. Tendulkar, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 50.

Singh, Kumble and Prasad (whose spell included a maiden) bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 63, 45 and 43, respectively.

Owing to a rain interruption between the innings, India’s target was revised to 251 off 40 overs. Sourav Ganguly, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was caught by Allan Donald. Pollock broke the 18-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 33-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 45. He was caught by Bryson. Cronje broke the 66-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 45. He was caught by Rhodes. Pollock broke the 81-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. He was caught by Hudson. Klusener broke the 33-run stand.

Dravid, whose 94-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 84. He was caught by Kirsten. Klusener broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. The sixth-wicket pair put on 14. Singh, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Cronje ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Karim, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was dismissed by Donald. The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Donald.

The ninth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Kumble, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. Klusener ran him out. Srinath, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Cullinan. Donald broke the four-run stand. Prasad, who faced three balls, scored two. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 10 extras. India, who were dismissed for 234 off 39.2 overs, lost by 17 runs. Kallis, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was Bryson, who bowled seven overs, conceded 47.

Cronje bowled eight overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Pollock bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 39. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Klusener, who bowled eight overs, conceding 42. Donald bowled 7.2 overs, conceding 48. He picked up three scalps.

The South Africans won the 1996/97 Standard Bank International One-day Series.

India’S(ach)innings ends; The match iSAbandoned

While India played an unchanged eleven, South Africa made a couple of changes to the eleven that last P(au)layed the Indians – Adam Bacher and Adams made way for Andrew Hudson and Pat Symcox. On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Their openers put on 43. Sourav Ganguly, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Symcox ran him out. Tendulkar, whose 27-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 32. He was caught by Jonty Rhodes. Lance Klusener broke the 11-run stand.

Rahul Dravid, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Gary Kirsten. Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper, broke the 62-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, who faced 22 balls, scored 10. Allan Donald broke the 22-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 24. Singh, whose 25-ball (Rob)innings included the only six of the innings, scored 16. Kirsten ran him out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 15. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 81-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 60. Daryll Cullinan ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, D(av)id not open his account. He was caught by Richardson off the bowling of Shaun Pollock. Nayan Mongia, who faced 11 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Hudson. Needless to say, Klusener was in seventh heaven.

Anil Kumble, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was caught by Klusener. Donald broke the three-run stand. Sunil Joshi, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Venkatesh Prasad, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

The South Africans conceded seven extras. The Indians scored 191 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Jacques Kallis, who bowled four overs, conceded 27. He was wicketless, as was Symcox, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. Cronje bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a wicket.

Pollock bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Klusener and Donald bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 35, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 23.

Hudson, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Joshi. Srinath broke the 18-run stand. Kirsten, whose 41-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 20. He was unbeaten, as Kallis, who scored eight. His 22-ball innings included a boundary.

The Indians conceded seven extras. The South Africans scored 42 for the loss of one wicket off 14.3 overs. Singh, who bowled three wicketless balls, conceded a couple. Prasad bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26. Srinath bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded a dozen, picking up the only wicket that fell.

The match was abandoned due to rain.   

 

India T(endulka)riumph over Zimbabwe, advance

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Saba Karim and Salil Ankola made way for Nayan Mongia and Sunil Joshi. Zimbabwe made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Andy Waller made way for Stuart Carlisle. Tendulkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, (Sach)inserting the Zimbabweans.

Carlisle, who faced 18 balls, scored three. He was caught by Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 18-run stand. Grant Flower, whose 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 40. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Joshi broke the 61-run stand.

Guy Whittall, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Rahul Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 49-run stand. Andy Flower, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 35. Joshi broke the 62-run stand.

David Houghton, who faced nine balls, scored just one. He was caught by Kumble. Joshi broke the four-run stand. Alastair Campbell, Zimbabwe’s skipper, scored 86. His 108-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. Srinath broke the 17-run stand. Craig Evans, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

Paul Strang, who faced four balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Needless to say, Kumble was in seventh heaven. Streak, who faced four balls, scored (Hea)three. Srinath broke the six-run stand. Eddo Brandes, who faced eight balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 21 extras. Zimbabwe scored 240 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Sourav Ganguly, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 16. Robin Singh, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Venkatesh Prasad bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 53. He picked up a couple of wickets. Joshi and the Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded (Srina)thirty-five.

Ganguly, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Carlisle. John Rennie broke the 19-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. Rennie broke the 15-run stand. Dravid, who faced 27 balls, scored 17. Whittall broke the 85-run stand.

Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 104. His 97-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. He was caught by Campbell. Evans broke the 39-run stand. Jadeja, whose 66-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 56. He was unbeaten, as was Singh, who scored 38. His 29-ball innings included a boundary and a six.

Zimbabwe conceded a dozen extras. India conceded 241 for the loss of four wickets off 39.2 overs, winning by six wickets off 64 balls to spare. Strang, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 30. Brandes, who bowled 5.2 wicketless overs, conceded 50. Streak, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 62.

Evans, who bowled five overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket, as did Whittall, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 36. Rennie bowled nine overs, conceding 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India advanced.

India’s woes continue; Zimbabwe T(endulka)riumph

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Sunil Joshi made way for Salil Ankola. Zimbabwe made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

Rahul Dravid, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Andy Flower. John Rennie broke the 25-run stand. Javagal Srinath, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored nine. He was caught by Craig Evans, one of the two players of the match. Heath Streak broke the 21-run stand.

Sourav Ganguly, whose 44-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Strang, the other P(au)layer of the match. Guy Whittall, broke the 21-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 56-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 41. He was caught by Andy Waller. Alastair Campbell, Zimbabwe’s skipper, broke the 70-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 67-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 44. He was stumped by Andy Flower. Strang broke the 24-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 34. Ajay Jadeja, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 36. Streak ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 33. Robin Singh, who faced 17 balls, scored 11. Eddo Brandes ran him out. Anil Kumble, who faced nine balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Andy Flower. Brandes broke the 18-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Saba Karim, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Campbell ran him out. The last-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Whittall off the bowling of Brandes. Venkatesh Prasad, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 15 extras. India were dismissed for 216 off 48.4 overs – their lowest total for a completed innings against the Zimbabweans. Evans, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as was Grant Flower, who bowled three overs, conceding 14. Campbell, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded eight. He picked up a wicket.

Whittall, who bowled five overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket. Rennie bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket. Strang, who bowled nine overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Streak bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 42, picking up a wicket. Brandes, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 44. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Following a delay due to rain between the innings, Zimbabwe’s target was revised to 171 off 34 overs. Andy Waller, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Ganguly. Prasad broke the 16-run stand. Grant, whose 32-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Ankola broke the 30-run stand.

The third-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Whittall, who faced 10 balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Ganguly ran him out. Andy, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Karim. Singh broke the two-run stand.

David Houghton, who faced 20 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Kumble. Singh broke the 22-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on just one. Campbell, who faced 21 balls, scored 10. Azharuddin ran him out.

Evans, whose 47-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 43. He was caught by Azharuddin. Kumble broke the 71-run stand. Strang, whose 42-ball innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was unbeaten, as was Streak, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary. He scored 11.

India conceded 20 extras. Zimbabwe, who scored 171 for the loss of seven wickets off 33.4 overs, won by three wickets with a couple of balls to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was the Karnataka fast bowler, who bowled seven overs, conceding 32. Ankola, who bowled five overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-two. He picked up a wicket.

Prasad, who bowled 6.4 overs, conceded 39. He picked up a wicket, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled seven overs, conceding 31. Singh bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of scalps.

It was the African nation’s maiden victory against the Indians in ODIs.  

It’SA(chi)nother loss for the Indians

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Salil Ankola made way for Sunil Joshi. South Africa made no changes to theirs. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Their openers put on 117. Rahul Dravid, whose 71-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 53. Gary Kirsten ran him out. Tendulkar, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was caught by Daryll Cullinan. Lance Klusener broke the 33-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Allan Donald broke the 21-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on five. Sourav Ganguly, one of the two players of the match, scored 83. His 136-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and the only six of the innings. Jonty Rhodes ran him out.

Ajay Jadeja, who faced 29 balls, scored 19. He was caught by Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper. Klusener broke the 40-run stand. Singh, whose 21-ball (Rob)innings included three boundaries, scored 32. He was unbeaten, as was Karim, who faced 11 (Sa)balls, scoring seven.

South Africa conceded 11 extras. India scored 232 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Paul Adams, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 32. Jacques Kallis, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Cronje bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. Shaun Pollock bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 26. Donald bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a wicket. Klusener, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Adam Bacher, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 44-run stand. Cullinan, whose 47-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 32. He was stumped by Karim. Joshi broke the 90-run stand.

Kirsten, the other player of the match, scored 82. His 117-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Kumble. Venkatesh Prasad broke the eight-run stand. Kallis, whose 58-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten.

Rhodes, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was trapped leg before wicket by Javagal Srinath, who broke the 58-run stand. Cronje, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 13 extras. The South Africans, who scored 236 for the loss of four wickets off 49.2 overs, won by six wickets with four balls to spare. Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded three. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17. Singh, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Prasad bowled 9.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up a wicket. Srinath, Joshi and the (Kumb)leggie (whose spell included maiden) bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 50, 48 and 36, respectively.

The (Sach)Indians suffer a losSAgain

India made no changes to their playing eleven. South Africa made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Andrew Hudson, Pat Symcox and Craig Matthews made way for debutant Adam Bacher, Jacques Kallis and Paul Adams.

Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat. Their openers did not get off the mark. Sourav Ganguly, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Bacher – the nephew of former South African captain and administrator Dr Ali Bacher – ran him out.

Javagal, who faced 14 balls, scored (Srina)three. He was caught by David Richardson. Needless to say, Kallis, the player of the match, was in seventh heaven. Tendulkar, who faced 14 balls, scored just a run. Allan Donald broke the four-run stand.

Rahul Dravid, whose 104-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 50. He was caught by Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper. Donald broke the 105-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 93-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 57. He was caught by Jonty Rhodes. Donald broke the two-run stand.

Saba Karim, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Bacher. Adams broke the 12-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kallis, who broke the 17-run stand.

Singh, whose run-a-ball (Rob)innings included a six, scored 18. He was caught by Donald. Shaun Pollock broke the 21-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced 18 balls, scored 11. He was unbeaten. The ninth-wicket pair put on 11. Salil Ankola, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Richardson ran him out.

South Africa conceded eight extras. India scored 179 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Cronje, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Lance Klusener, who bowled eight overs, conceding 28.

Pollock and Adams bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 31. Kallis bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of wickets. Donald bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40, picking up three wickets.

Gary Kirsten, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Venkatesh Prasad broke the eight-run stand. Bacher, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 39-run stand.

Daryll Cullinan, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Jadeja. Singh broke the 42-run stand. Kallis, whose 127-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 79. He was caught by Ankola. Singh broke the 63-run stand.

Rhodes, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 29. He was unbeaten, as was Cronje, who scored 20. His 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings.

India conceded 12 extras. South Africa, who scored 180 for the loss of four wickets off 45.1 overs, won by six wickets with 29 balls to spare. Srinath bowled 7.1 wicketless overs, including a couple of boundaries. He conceded 24. Ankola, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42.

Prasad and Kumble bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 30. Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 34. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Zimbabwe match endS(ach)In(di)a tie

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Zimbabwe made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Craig Wishart, Mark Dekker, Ali Shah and Bryan Strang made way for Andy Waller, Dave Houghton, Eddo Brandes and John Rennie. On winning the toss, Alastair Campbell, Zimbabwe’s skipper, chose to bat.

Waller, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 17-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 15. Andy Flower, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Rahul Dravid ran him out.

Grant Flower, whose 48-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 28. Salil Ankola broke the 19-run stand. Paul Strang, whose 87-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 47. He was caught by Anil Kumble. Prasad broke the 94-run stand.

Campbell, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 61. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Javagal Srinath broke the 27-run stand. Houghton, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Prasad. Needless to say, the (Kumb)leggie was in seventh heaven.

Guy Whittall, who faced 16 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Prasad, who broke the 32-run stand. Craig Evans, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 40. Kumble broke the 25-run stand. Heath Streak, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 21 extras. Zimbabwe conceded 236 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, bowled five overs, conceding 22. He was wicketless, as was Robin Singh, one of the two players of the match. He bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens, conceding 33.

Ankola bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, conceding (Srina)thirty-four. He picked up a wicket. Kumble bowled 10 overs, conceding 58. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 49, picking up three scalps.

Tendulkar, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Campbell. Eddo Brandes, the other player of the match, broke the 10-run stand. Srinath, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Brandes broke the 12-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced nine balls, scoring half-a-dozen. Brandes broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 45. Dravid, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Campbell ran him out.

Sourav Ganguly, whose 79-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was caught by Grant. Evans broke the 25-run stand. Saba Karim, whose 46-ball innings included a boundary, scored 38. He was caught by Strang, who broke the 56-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, who faced 58 balls, scored 32. Brandes broke the 10-run stand.

Kumble, who faced eight balls, scored four. Brandes broke the 28-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on 25. Ankola wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just nine. Streak ran him out.

The last-wicket pair put on seven. Singh, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 48. Brandes ran him out. Prasad, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 23 extras. India were dismissed for 236 off 49.5 overs. It was their third tie overall, and the second against Zimbabwe. John Rennie, who bowled three overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Whittall, who bowled seven overs, conceding 28.

Streak, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 52. Evans and Strang bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 38. Brandes bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up five scalps.  

India stumble [(SA)ch]in tri-series opener

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman, Sunil Joshi and Nayan Mongia made way for Sourav Ganguly, debutant Saba Karim and Salil Ankola. South Africa made six changes to the eleven that last P(au)layed the Indians – Herschelle Gibbs, Derek Crookes, Brian McMillan, Nicky Boje, Fanie de Villiers and Adams made way for Lance Klusener, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, David Richardson, Craig Matthews and Allan Donald.

On winning the toss, Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper, chose to bat. Andrew Hudson, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 36-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on 18. Klusener, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 15. Prasad ran him out. Daryll Cullinan, whose 77-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 51. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Anil Kumble broke the 111-run stand.

Gary Kirsten, whose 99-ball (Rob)innings included five boundaries, scored 73. He was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the three-run stand. Jonty Rhodes, the player of the match, scored 57. His 39-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Cronje, who scored 44. His 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six.

India conceded 15 extras. South Africa scored 270 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Jadeja, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 22. Singh, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 40.

Javagal Srinath and Ankola bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 45. Kumble, who bowled nine overs, conceded 44. He picked up a wicket. Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 63, picking up a couple of scalps.

Tendulkar, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Pollock broke the 14-run stand. The man from Mysuru, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries, scored (Srina)thirty-seven. He was caught by Cullinan. Klusener broke the 73-run stand.

Ganguly, whose 64-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 40. He was caught by Rhodes. Donald broke the 20-run stand. Rahul Dravid, who faced 22 balls, scored eight. Pat Symcox broke the 21-run stand.

Jadeja, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Richardson. Cronje broke the one-run stand. Singh, who faced 11 balls, didn’t get off the mark. Needless to say, Symcox was in seventh heaven. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 59-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 52. Klusener broke the 43-run stand.

Ankola, who faced nine balls, scored three. Klusener broke the four-run stand. Kumble, who faced 15 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Richardson. Klusener broke the 28-run stand. Karim, whose 48-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 55. Klusener broke the 20-run stand. Prasad, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 18 extras. India, who were dismissed for 231 off 47.4 overs, lost by 39 runs. Matthews bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 31. Cronje bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket. Pollock bowled eight overs, conceding 46. He picked up a wicket.

Donald bowled nine overs, conceding 43. He picked up a wicket. Symcox bowled 10 overs, conceding 38. He picked up two wickets. Klusener, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 42. He picked up five scalps. 

The IndianSAre T(endulka)riumphant in year-e(Mohi)nder

India made just one change to their playing eleven for their last ODI for 1996, which was a benefit match for former India cricketer Amarnath, a M(ohind)e(mbe)r of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad – Sanjay Manjrekar made way for Woorkeri Raman.

South Africa made four changes to the eleven that last P(au)layed the Indians – Lance Klusener, Jonty Rhodes, David Richardson and Allan Donald made way for Herschelle Gibbs, Derek Crookes, Brian McMillan and Adams.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Raman, whose 51-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 29. He was caught by Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper. Pat Symcox broke the 90-run stand. The Tamil Nadu southpaw didn’t represent India in the shorter version again.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Gary Kirsten, who was keeping wicket. Crookes broke the 60-run stand. Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 114. His 126-ball innings included 14 boundaries. He was stumped by Kirsten. Nicky Boje broke the 38-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 14. Rahul Dravid, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Daryll Cullinan ran him out. Ajay Jadeja, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and four sixes, scored 54. He was unbeaten.

Singh, whose 14-ball (Rob)innings included a six, scored 10. He was caught by Symcox. Adams broke the 28-run stand. Javagal, who faced four balls, scored (Srina)three. He was caught by Gibbs. Adams broke the 19-run stand. Sunil Joshi, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 18 extras. India scored 267 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. De Villiers bowled F(an)i(v)e wicketless overs, conceding 24. Cronje and McMillan bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 33.

Crookes, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Symcox and Boje bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 33. Adams, who bowled seven overs, conceded 50. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Kirsten, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was caught by Azharuddin. Venkatesh Prasad broke the two-run stand. Cronje, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. He was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the 33-run stand.

Andrew Hudson, whose 60-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 45. Joshi broke the 45-run stand. Cullinan, whose 71-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Joshi. Singh broke the 42-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 39. Crookes, whose 27-ball innings included the only six of the innings, scored 18. Azharuddin ran him out. Gibbs, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Raman. Prasad broke the five-run stand.

Boje, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Prasad. Kumble broke the eight-run stand. McMillan, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Srinath broke the 14-run stand.

Symcox, who faced 12 balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. De Villiers, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Srinath. Adams, who faced eight balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the five-run stand.

India conceded 22 extras. South Africa, who were dismissed for 193 off 46 overs, lost by 74 runs. Raman bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25. Singh bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 29. He picked up a wicket.

Joshi bowled seven overs, conceding 25. He picked up a wicket. The (Kumb)leggie bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up a wicket. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up two wickets. Prasad bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up four scalps.

India won the one-off match. 

 

India S(achi)nap SA’s winning streak

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Mumbaikar Sanjay Manjrekar. South Africa made a change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Herschelle Gibbs made way for Andrew Hudson.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Manjrekar, who faced 31 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by David Richardson. Fanie de Villiers broke the 34-run stand. He never represented India in the shorter format again.

Javagal Srinath, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by de Villiers. Allan Donald, the player of the series, broke the nine-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Richardson. Nicky Boje broke the 48-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 88-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 67. He was caught by Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper. Boje broke the 46-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. De Villiers broke the 10-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Robin Singh, who faced 24 balls, scored five. Jonty Rhodes ran him out. Ajay Jadeja, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 43. He was unbeaten.

Nayan Mongia, who faced 22 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Boje. De Villiers broke the 51-run stand. Sunil Joshi, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 13 extras. India scored 220 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Lance Klusener, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26. Cronje, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 27. Pat Symcox, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42.

Donald bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket. Boje bowled 10 overs, conceding 51. He picked up a couple of wickets. De Villiers bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 32, picking up three scalps.

Hudson, whose 14-ball innings included a maiden, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Azharuddin. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 19-run stand. Klusener, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. He was caught by Dravid. Prasad broke the 10-run stand.

Gary Kirsten, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was caught by Dravid. Kumble, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Rhodes, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Joshi. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 11-run stand.

Cronje, who faced 28 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Joshi. Singh broke the 24-run stand. Daryll Cullinan, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was caught by Azharuddin. Singh broke the eight-run stand.

Boje wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was caught by Azharuddin. Joshi broke the four-run stand. Richardson, whose 66-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 43. He was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth 88.

Symcox, whose 61-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 46. He was stumped by Mongia. Kumble broke the one-run stand. De Villiers, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Donald, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Kumble.

India conceded 13 extras. South Africa, who were dismissed for 185 off 47.2 overs, lost by 35 runs. Srinath, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 45. Joshi, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.

Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a couple of wickets. Prasad, who bowled nine overs, conceded 28. He picked up three wickets. Kumble bowled 8.2 overs, conceding 25. He picked up four scalps.

India won the 1996/97 Titan Cup.  

India beat the AussieS(achi)narrowly again

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Aashish Kapoor made way for Robin Singh. Australia also made just one changes to theirs – Damien Fleming made way for Paul Reiffel. Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians.

India’s openers put on 54. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Brad Hogg ran him out. Javagal, who faced eight balls, scored (Srina)three. He was stumped by Ian Healy. Mark Waugh broke the 21-run stand.

Tendulkar, India’s skipper, scored 62. His 60-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Stuart Law. Mark broke the 20-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 67-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Taylor. Law broke the 110-run stand.

Singh, who returned to the Indian team after spending seven years in the cricketing wilderness, scored half-a-dozen. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Michael Slater. Law broke the 12-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the player of the match, scored 94. His 104-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Mark. Glenn broke the (McGra)thirty-six-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 25. He was unbeaten, as was Nayan Mongia, who scored 15. His 19-ball innings included three boundaries.

Australia conceded 13 extras. India scored 289 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Hogg, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Jason Gillespie, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 63.

Reiffel bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 52. McGrath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 52. He picked up a wicket. Mark, who bowled nine overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Law, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 65.

Mark, whose 49-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. Singh broke the 84-run stand. The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Law, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin off the bowling of Singh.

Steve Waugh, whose 40-ball included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by Mongia. Sunil Joshi broke the 67-run stand. Taylor, whose 92-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 78. He was trapped leg before wicket by Anil Kumble, who broke the four-run stand.

Michael Bevan, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 40. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 86-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Healy, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Srinath ran him out.

Slater, whose 38-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 52. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the two-run stand. Reiffel, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Kumble broke the 15-run stand.

Gillespie, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. The (Kumb)leggie broke the eight-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on 11. Hogg, who faced 14 balls, scored 11. Mongia ran him out. McGrath, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

India conceded a dozen extras. Australia, who were dismissed for 284 off 49.1 overs, lost by five runs. Tendulkar, who bowled a dot ball, was wicketless. Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11.

Prasad, Srinath and Joshi bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 68, 62 and 50, respectively. Singh, who bowled seven overs, conceded 45. He picked up a couple of wickets. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up three scalps. 

While the Aussies were eliminated, the hosts advanced.