Unsurprisingly, Australia beat (Sach)inconsistent India

Besides being India’s 51^st Republic Day, it was also Australia Day. While the former made no changes to their playing eleven, the latter made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – the two Damiens (Martyn and Fleming) made way for Ian Harvey and Stuart MacGill.

Incidentally, Martyn was Australia’s twelfth man, and Nikhil Chopra was India’s twelfth man. The match was attended by 29,506 people. On winning the toss, Steve Waugh, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat.

While Australia’s 50 came off 9.2 overs in 38 minutes, their 100 came off 18.4 overs in 78 minutes, and their 150 came off 27,5 overs in 111 minutes. 

Adam Gilchrist, whose 102-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 92. His 50, which came off 59 balls in 75 minutes, included five boundaries and a six. Thirty overs into the match, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 163-run partnership in 117 minutes.

Ricky Ponting, whose 33-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 43. Seventy-nine balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Kumble broke the 100-run partnership in 51 minutes. While Australia’s 200 came off 35.4 overs in 138 minutes, their 250 came off 43 overs in 164 minutes.

Mark Waugh, the player of the match, scored 116. His 131-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. While his half-century, which came off 74 balls in 109 minutes, included a boundary, his century, which came off 157 balls, including five boundaries. Nine balls later, he was stumped by Sameer Dighe. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, broke the 16-run stand.

Andrew Symonds, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 26. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Javagal Srinath broke the 26-run stand. Shane Lee, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Harvey didn’t face a ball. The next ball, Debasis Mohanty and Srinath ran him out. Australia’s 300 came off 47 overs in 184 minutes. Bevan, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Micha)eleven. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. They scored 329 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. It was their highest-ever total in Australia, beating the 323 they scored against the Sri Lankans at the World Series Cup in 1984/85.

Robin Singh, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Sourav Ganguly, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 19. Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 29. Mohanty, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 50. Tendulkar, who bowled seven overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 55. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 71. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Ganguly, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Shane. Glenn McGrath broke the 12-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by MacGill, who never represented Australia in One-day Internationals again. Brett Lee broke the 27-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kanitkar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Brett. While India’s 50 came off 14.4 overs in 63 minutes, their 100 came off 24.5 overs in 105 minutes.

Dravid, whose 82-ball innings included 10 boundaries, scored 63. His 50, which came off 67 balls in 75 minutes, including nine boundaries. Ninety-four balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Shane broke the 68-run partnership.

Singh, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. Eleven balls later, Shane broke the four-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jacob, whose 50-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary, scored 17. Five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Symonds.

India’s 150 came off 39.2 overs in 160 minutes. Dighe, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. Seventy-two balls later, he was caught by McGrath. MacGill broke the 52-run stand.

Srinath, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Eight balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Brett broke the three-run stand. Kumble, who faced 44 balls, scored 26. A dozen balls later, Brett broke the eight-run stand.

Prasad, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. Mohanty, who faced 12 balls, scored a run. Thirteen balls later, Brett broke the three-run stand. Australia conceded 16 extras. India, who were dismissed for 177 off 46.5 overs, lost by 152 runs.

Steve, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded five. He was wicketless, as was Harvey, who bowled eight overs, conceding 39. McGrath bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13, picking up a wicket.

Symonds, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket, as did MacGill, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38. Shane, who bowled seven overs, conceded 35. He picked up two wickets. Brett bowled 8.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up five scalps.

DiSpiRiTed India suffer another l‘Aus’

India made a couple of Ch(opr)anges to their playing eleven – Jacob Martin and Ajit Agarkar made way for Devang Gandhi and Nikhil. Australia made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians.

While Stuart MacGill was Australia’s twelfth man, Hrishikesh Kanitkar was the twelfth man for India. The match was attended by 38,831 people.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat. He faced 11 balls, scoring just a run. Sixteen ballS(ach)into the match, he was caught by Adam Gilchrist. Glenn McGrath broke the six-run stand.

Sourav Ganguly, who faced nine balls, scored five. Nine balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. McGrath broke the three-run stand. V V S Laxman, who faced 25 balls, scored just a couple. Thirty-seven balls later, McGrath broke the nine-run stand.

Gandhi, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Michael Bevan. Brett Lee broke the 11-run stand. India’s 50 came off 20.4 overs in 101 minutes.

Singh, whose 34-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored 11. Seventy-two balls later, he was caught by Damien Martyn. Shane Lee broke the 42-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 70-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Andrew Symonds, the player of the match, who broke the three-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Anil Kumble, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Gilchrist off the bowling of Symonds. Sameer Dighe, who faced 21 balls, scored just a couple. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Martyn. McGrath broke the eight-run stand.

India's 100 came off 36.1 overs in 178 minutes. Chopra, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14.

Twenty balls after Dighe's dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Symonds, who broke the 18-run stand.

Javagal Srinath, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Venkatesh Prasad, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball after Chopra's dismissal, he was dismissed by Symonds.

Australia conceded 32 extras. India scored 100 off 36.3 overs. Fleming, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 18. Shane, who bowled seven overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Brett, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket. Symonds, who bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 11. He picked up four scalps, as did McGrath, who bowled 10 overs, including four overs. He conceded eight.

India’s innings finished at 5:30pm. There was a 10-minute break for a change of innings. This was followed by 20 minutes of play, before dinner at 6pm. Off the five overs before the break, Australia scored 12 without the loss of a wicket. At that point, Gilchrist and Mark Waugh were batting on eight and one, respectively.

Mark, who faced 28 balls, scored just three. Fifty-two balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the 28-run stand. Ricky Ponting, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eight balls later, he was caught by Laxman. Prasad broke the one-run stand.

Australia’s 50 came off 13.5 overs in 71 minutes. Gilchrist, whose 51-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Srinath broke the 26-run stand. Bevan, who faced 10 balls, scored just a couple. Three balls later, he was caught by Kumble. Srinath broke the one-run stand.

Rain stopped play for 26 minutes (between 7:12pm and 7:38pm), but there was no adjustment to the overs. Steve Waugh, Australia’s skipper, faced eight balls, scoring four. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the three-run stand.

Martyn, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Symonds, who scored 28. His 32-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. India conceded 14 extras. Australia, who scored 101 for the loss of five wickets off 26.5 overs, won by five wickets with 139 balls to spare.

Kumble, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a dozen. Singh bowled a couple of wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded a run. Ganguly, who bowled 3.5 wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Prasad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 30, picking up four scalps.

Australia (Tendulk)are victorious over India

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Hrishikesh Kanitkar made way for Jacob Martin. Australia made four changes to the (Reiff)eleven that last played the Indians – Darren Lehmann, Tom Moody, Shane Warne and Paul made way for Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds and the Lee brothers, Shane and Brett.

Adam Dale and Nikhil Chopra were Australia’s and India’s twelfth men, respectively. The match was attended by 73,219 people. Steve Waugh, the Aussie skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Adam Gilchrist, who faced a couple of balls, scored three. Fourteen balls into the match, he was caught by V V S Laxman. Javagal Srinath broke the 10-run stand.

Mark Waugh, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 10 balls later, he was caught by Laxman. Ajit Agarkar broke the nine-run stand. Michael Bevan, whose 54-ball (Rob) innings included three boundaries, scored 41. A hundred and six balls later, he was caught by Agarkar. Singh broke the 99-run partnership.

The hosts put on 50 off 9.2 overs in 44 minutes, and 100 off 19.1 overs in 86 minutes. Bevan and Ricky Ponting, the player of the match, put on 50 for the third wicket off 58 balls in 43 minutes. The fourth-wicket pair put on 38. Steve, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. Fifty balls later, Srinath, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, and Sameer Dighe ran him out.

Ponting, whose 121-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 115. His 50 – which came off 47 balls in 60 minutes – included half-a-dozen boundaries and the six. His century – which came off 109 balls in 158 minutes – included eight boundaries and the six. Eighty-five balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Srinath broke the 71-run partnership. Australia’s 200 came off 39.3 overs in 168 minutes.

The sixth-wicket pair put on five. Symonds, who faced four balls, scored three. Five balls later, Singh ran him out. Martyn, who faced 45 balls, scored 30. Three balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Anil Kumble broke the two-run stand.

Shane, whose 15-ball innings included a six, scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Damien Fleming, who faced 13 balls, scoring 14. India conceded 11 extras. Australia scored 269 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs.

Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23. Sourav Ganguly, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 16. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 52.

Singh, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Agarkar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 47. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a wicket. Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 52. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Laxman, who faced 15 balls, scored a couple. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Gilchrist. Needless to say, Glenn McGrath was in seventh heaven. Dighe, who faced 25 balls, scored three. Fifty-three balls later, he was caught by Mark. Fleming broke the 24-run stand. The third wicket pair put on 37. Tendulkar, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty balls later, Shane and Gilchrist ran him out.

India’s 150 came off 34.1 overs in 145 minutes. The fourth-wicket pair put on 109. Ganguly, whose 127-ball innings included 10 boundaries, scored 100. His half-century – which came off 64 balls in 94 minutes – included seven boundaries and five runs off one ball. His century – which came off 126 balls in 170 minutes – included 10 boundaries and a five. A hundred and thirty-six balls later, Symonds ran him out.

Ganguly and Rahul Dravid put on 50 off 69 balls in 48 minutes, and 100 off 123 balls in 84 minutes. An unruly section of the crowd stopped play for 17 minutes – between 9:39pm and 9:56pm – by throwing bottles onto the field upon Ganguly’s dismissal.

India’s 200 came off 44.4 overs in 215 minutes. Dravid, whose 85-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 60. His 50 came off 76 balls in 136 minutes. It included a boundary. Thirty-seven balls after Ganguly’s dismissal, The Wall was caught by Martyn. Shane broke the 35-run stand.

Singh, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 33. He was unbeaten. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Martin, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball after Dravid’s dismissal, Martyn ran him out. Agarkar, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen.

Australia conceded 25 extras. India, who scored 241 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs, lost by 28 runs. Symonds and Martyn bowled five wicketless overs each, conceding 28 apiece. Brett bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 49.

Shane bowled 10 overs, conceding 57. He picked up a wicket. Fleming and McGrath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 32.

India end century (Ki)with T(endulka)riumph

This was India’s last One-day International match of the 20^th century. They made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ajay Jadeja and Ajit Agarkar made way for One-day International debutant Devang Gandhi and Javagal Srinath.

New Zealand made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. On winning the toss, Stephen Fleming, their skipper, chose to bat. Nathan, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 25 balls into the match, he was trapped (Ast)leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the 11-run stand.

Craig Spearman, who faced 27 balls, scored just three. Thir(unavukkarasu)ty-three balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Kumaran broke the 12-run stand.

Fleming, whose 60-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Sixty-nine balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sourav Ganguly, the player of the match and the player of the series, who broke the 35-run stand.

Chris Cairns, whose 57-ball (Rob)innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 41. Eighty-eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Singh, who broke the 66-run partnership.

Roger, whose 94-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 47. Fifty-two ballS(uni)later, he was caught by Vijay Bharadwaj. Joshi broke the Tw(os)enty-eight-run stand.

Adam Parore, who faced 32 balls, scored 13. Sixteen balls later, Kumaran broke the nine-run stand. Chris Harris, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on four. Scott Styris, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he ran him out.

Alex Tait, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Seven balls later, he was caught by Singh. Kumaran broke the run-a-ball stand. The ninth-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Daniel Vettori, who faced a ball, scored a couple. Three balls later, Bharadwaj (Kuma)ran him out.

India conceded 26 extras. New Zealand – whose 100 came off 30.1 overs – scored 179 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Nikhil Chopra bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16. Ganguly bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket.

Joshi and Singh bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 28. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Kumaran bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 24, picking up three scalps.

Gandhi, whose 67-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 30. A hundred and sixty balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chris Drum, who broke the 117-run partnership.

Ganguly, whose 110-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and a six, scored 86. His 50, which came off 78 balls, included seven boundaries and the six. Thirty-nine balls later, he was stumped by Parore. Vettori broke the run-a-ball stand. Dravid, whose 67-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 29. He was unbeaten.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Tendulkar, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Vettori off his own bowling. Bharadwaj, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 19 extras. India, whose 100 came off 24.5 overs, scored 181 for the loss of three wickets off 44 overs, winning by seven wickets with half-a-dozen overs to spare. Tait, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10. Astle, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Harris, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 30. Cairns bowled seven wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded 10. Styris bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 23.

Drum, who bowled five overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Vettori bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 46, picking up two scalps.

India won the five-match series 3-2.

Mannava Prasad never represented India in One-day Internationals again. 
  

India (Tendulk)are not the (Ki)winners

For the Children’s Day ODI, played at a stadium named after India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Anil Kumble and Debasis Mohanty made way for Sunil Joshi and One-day International debutant Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran.

New Zealand made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians, whose skipper, Tendulkar, (Sach)inserted the visitors on winning the toss. Nathan, who faced four balls, scored a run. Nineteen balls into the match, he was trapped (Ast)leg before wicket by Kumaran, who broke the 17-run stand.

Stephen Fleming, the New Zealand skipper, faced eight balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly. Ajit Agarkar broke the 13-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on just a couple. Craig Spearman, whose 22-ball (Rob)innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 25. Thirteen balls later, Singh ran him out. Roger Twose, whose 81-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 46. A hundred and forty-three balls later, he was caught by Singh. Nikhil Chopra broke the 96-run partnership.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 15. Adam had no (Paro)reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Nineteen balls later, Singh ran him out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 59. Chris Cairns, the player of the match, scored 80. His 114-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes. Sixty-six balls later, Kumaran ran him out.

Chris Harris, whose 38-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. Three balls later, he was caught by Kumaran. Vijay Bharadwaj broke the four-run stand. Scott Styris, who faced 11 balls, scored three. A dozen balls later, Bharadwaj broke the four-run stand.

Alex Tait, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored 13. He was unbeaten. Vettori, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scoreD(ani)eleven. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Chopra, who broke the 23-run stand. Chris Drum, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 19 extras. New Zealand scored 236 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Ganguly bowled three wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18. Joshi, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19. Singh, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 20.

Kumaran bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket. Agarkar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 68, picking up a wicket. Chopra, who bowled nine overs, conceded 33. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Bharadwaj, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 41.

Tendulkar, who faced 10 balls, scored a couple. Twenty-five balls into the chase, he was caught by Spearman. Drum broke the 22-run stand. Rahul Dravid had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Eight balls later, he was caught by Parore. Cairns broke the five-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ganguly, whose 18-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 17. Five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Drum. Bharadwaj, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. Ninety-eight balls later, Harris broke the 56-run partnership.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 45-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Parore. Vettori broke the two-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on three. Singh had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. A dozen balls later, Harris ran him out.

Mannava Prasad, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Forty-nine balls later, he was caught by Twose. Vettori broke the 38-run stand. Joshi, whose 56-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 61. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 46. Chopra, who faced 26 balls, scored 13. Fifty-four balls later, Harris ran him out. Agarkar, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Styris, who broke the six-run stand.

Kumaran, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Astle. Styris broke the 10-run stand. New Zealand conceded half-a-dozen extras. India, who were dismissed for 188 off 45,3 overs, lost by 48 runs.

Tait, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine. He was wicketless, as was Astle, who bowled seven overs, conceding 32. Cairns bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14, picking up a wicket. Harris, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket.

Drum bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up two wickets. Styris, who bowled 9.3 overs, conceded 39. He picked up two wickets. Vettori bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a couple of scalps.

New Zealand levelled the five-match series 2-2.

It’Sa(chi)narrow (Ki)win for the Indians

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad made way for Ajit Agarkar and Debasis Mohanty. New Zealand made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shayne O’Connor made way for Alex Tait. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Sourav Ganguly, the player of the match, scored 153. His 150-ball innings included 18 boundaries and three sixes. His half-century came off 82 balls, and included seven boundaries. His century came off 127 balls, and included 11 boundaries and a six. His 150 came off 149 balls. He was unbeaten.

Tendulkar, who faced 23 balls, scored a run. Forty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Stephen Fleming, New Zealand’s skipper. Chris Drum broke the 23-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Sixty-five balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Matt Horne. Tait broke the 40-run stand.

Nikhil Chopra, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 31. Sixty balls later, Nathan Astle broke the 34-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, who faced 24 balls, scored 15. Forty-seven balls later, he was caught by Astle, who broke the 41-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on four. Vijay Bharadwaj, who faced nine balls, scored just a couple. A dozen balls later, Scott Styris and Adam Parore ran him out. Singh, whose 34-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 45. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 16 extras. India scored 261 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Styris, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 37. Chris Harris, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 34. Chris Cairns bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 56.

Tait, who bowled seven overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Drum, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 58. Astle, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Craig Spearman, whose 62-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 32. A hundred and twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Chopra broke the 99-run partnership. Parore, who faced 10 balls, scored three. Twenty balls later, Ganguly broke the 14-run stand.

Astle, whose 111-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, scored 97. Anil Kumble broke the 57-run partnership. Fleming, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. Four balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chopra, who broke the two-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 18. Roger, who faced 15 balls, scored nine. Tw(os)enty-nine balls later, Agarkar ran him out. Cairns, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. Nine balls later, he was caught by Mohanty. Agarkar broke the eight-run stand.

Harris, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was unbeaten. Styris, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 25. Thirty-one balls later, Kumble broke the 39-run stand.

Tait, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Four balls later, Chopra broke the three-run stand. Daniel Vettori, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten. India conceded 21 extras. New Zealand, whose 247 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by 14 runs.

Singh bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Mohanty, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 38. Bharadwaj, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 41. Ganguly bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket.

Agarkar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled eight overs, conceded 38. He picked up two wickets. Chopra bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up three scalps.

India led the five-match series 2-1.

Te(ndulka)rrific India beat New Zealand

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, New Zealand made (Di)one change to their playing eleven – Nash made way for Chris Drum. On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Their openers put on 10. Sourav Ganguly, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Ten balls into the match, Shayne O’Connor ran him out. 

Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 186. His 150-ball innings included 20 boundaries and three sixes. His half-century, which came off 60 balls, included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Rahul Dravid, whose-run-a-ball innings included 15 boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 153. Two hundred and seventy-eight balls later, he was caught by Stephen Fleming, New Zealand’s skipper. Chris Cairns broke the 331-run partnership. Ajay Jadeja, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand scored 31 extras. India scored 376 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 50 overs. Chris Harris and Nathan Astle bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While former conceded 27, the latter conceded 20. O’Connor, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 61.

Daniel Vettori, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 39. Drum, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 85. Scott Styris, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 58. Cairns, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 73. He picked up a wicket.

Craig Spearman, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Tendulkar. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 23-run stand.

Astle, who faced 11 balls, scored nine. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Javagal Srinath broke the four-run stand. Roger, whose Tw(os)enty-five-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Twenty-eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Nikhil Chopra, who broke the 40-run stand.

Fleming, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Srinath. Anil Kumble broke the 34-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 39. Twenty balls later, he was stumped by Mannava Prasad. Vijay Bharadwaj broke the 19-run stand.

Harris, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Chopra. Kumble broke the seven-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 13. Cairns, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Eleven balls later, Bharadwaj and Mannava ran him out.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Vettori, who faced eight balls, scored five. Fourteen balls later, Srinath ran him out. The ninth-wicket pair put on four. O’Connor, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. Thirteen balls later, Srinath and Chopra ran him out.

Styris, whose 52-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 43. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by Mannava. Venkatesh broke the 46-run stand. Although he was unbeaten, Drum, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

India conceded 28 extras. New Zealand, who were dismissed for 202 off 33.1 overs, lost by 174 runs. Ganguly bowled a wicketless over, conceding 15. Bharadwaj bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Srinath bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 37. He picked up a wicket, as did Chopra, who bowled seven overs, conceding 38. Venkatesh bowled 5.1 overs, conceding 38. He picked up two wickets, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 39.

India levelled the five-match series 1-1.



   

The Kiwis T(endulka)rounce the Indians

India made three changes to the playing eleven – Sadagoppan Ramesh, Sunil Joshi and Debasis Mohanty made way for Sachin Tendulkar (who was leading the team), Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble.

New Zealand made four changes to the (Dani)eleven that last played the Indians – Matt Horne, Craig McMillan, Gavin Larsen and Geoff Allott made way for Craig Spearman, One-day International debutant Scott Styris, Vettori and Shayne O’Connor.

On winning the toss, Stephen Fleming, New Zealand’s skipper, chose to bat. Spearman, whose 44-ball innings included 15 boundaries, scored 68. Fifteen overs into the match, he was caught by Vijay Bharadwaj. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 115-run partnership.

Roger Twose, whose 53-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 56. Ninety-nine balls later, Srinath broke the 109-run partnership. Fleming, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 20-run stand.

The fourth-wicket stand put on 33. Chris Cairns, whose 20-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Five overs later, Singh ran him out. Nathan Astle, the player of the match, scored 120. His 136-ball innings a dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Venkatesh broke the 31-run stand.

Chris Harris, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Bharadwaj broke the 25-run stand. Adam Parore, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 18. Three balls later, he was caught by Nikhil Chopra. Needless to say, Bharadwaj was in seventh heaven.

Dion Nash, who faced four balls, scored half-a-d0zen. He was unbeaten. Styris, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Ten balls later, he was stumped by Mannava Prasad. Kumble broke the two-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Vettori, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Ajay Jadeja off the bowling of Kumble. O’Connor didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 23 extras. New Zealand scored 349 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Singh, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 20. Tendulkar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Chopra, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 72.

Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 51, picking up a wicket. Bharadwaj, who bowled five overs, conceded 44. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 64. Venkatesh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 75. He picked up three scalps.

Tendulkar, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 32. Seventy balls into the chase, he was caught by Cairns. Styris broke the 87-run partnership. Sourav Ganguly, whose 44-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 41. Four balls later, he was caught by Harris. O’Connor broke the three-run stand.

Dravid, whose 43-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 39. Eighty-five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Astle, who broke the 81-run partnership. Singh, who faced 25 balls, scored 23. Sixty-six balls later, he was caught by Spearman. Harris broke the 68-run partnership.

Bharadwaj, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Six balls later, he was caught by Twose. Needless to say, Vettori was in seventh heaven. Chopra, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was stumped by Parore. Vettori broke the one-run stand.

Mannava, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Four balls later, Astle broke the three-run stand. Jadeja, whose 97-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 95. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Horne. Astle broke the 17-run stand.

Srinath, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Horne. Styris broke the run-a-ball stand. Kumble, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was unbeaten. 

Venkatesh, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Astle. Styris broke the 24-run stand. New Zealand conceded 30 extras. India, who were dismissed for 306 off 47 overs, lost by 43 runs.

Nash, who bowled an over, conceded a couple. He was wicketless, as was Cairns, who bowled eight overs, conceded 47. O’Connor, who bowled three overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket, as did Harris, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 56.

Vettori, who bowled eight overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of wickets. Astle, who bowled seven overs, conceded 40. He picked up three scalps, as did Styris, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 63.

The New Zealanders led the five-match series 1-0.   

 

 

It’SA loss for Jadeja-led India

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, South Africa made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Boeta Dippenaar made way for Alan Dawson. On winning the toss, Ajay Jadeja, India’s skipper, inserted the South Africans.

Lance Klusener, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Debasis Mohanty had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the two-run stand. Jacques Kallis, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 10-run stand.

Jonty Rhodes, who faced a dozen balls, didn’t get off the mark. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly. Venkatesh broke the six-run stand. Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s skipper, scored 39. His 41-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. Eighty-three balls later, Nikhil Chopra broke the 78-run partnership.

Derek Crookes, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. Fifty-five balls later, he was caught by Mannava Prasad. Mohanty broke the 53-run partnership.

Herschelle Gibbs, the player of the match, scored 84. His 124-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes. His half-century came off 87 balls, and included four boundaries and a couple of sixes. Fifty balls later, Vijay Bharadwaj, the player of the series, broke the 38-run stand.

Dale, whose 30-ball (Benkenste)innings included a boundary, scored 18. Three boundaries later, Bharadwaj broke the one-run stand. Shaun Pollock, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Mark Boucher, who faced 15 balls, scored 10. Thirty-five balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Bharadwaj broke the 24-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dawson, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Ganguly and the offie (Chop)ran him out.

Steve Elworthy, who faced three balls, scored nine. His innings included a six. He was unbeaten. He was unbeaten. India conceded a dozen extras. South Africa scored 235 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Ganguly, who bowled an over, conceded 16. He was wicketless, as was Robin Singh, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding 18.

Sunil Joshi, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 55. Chopra, who bowled nine overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket. His sixth over – the 27^th over of the innings – was a five-ball over. It was called by the West Indian umpire Eddie Nicholls.

Mohanty and Venkatesh bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell including a couple of maidens, conceded 36, the latter, whose spell included five maidens, conceded 21. Bharadwaj, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. He picked up three scalps.

Sadagoppan Ramesh, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. Thirty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Crookes. Dawson broke the 18-run stand. Ganguly, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Boucher. Needless to say, Pollock was in seventh heaven.

Dravid, whose 65-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 30. A hundred and nine balls later, he was caught by Rhodes. Crookes broke the 65-run partnership. The fourth-wicket pair had put on 44 when Mannava retired. He was batting on 56 at that point. Dravid came out as a runner for him after the 32^nd over. He resumed his innings when India had scored 196 for the loss of seven wickets.

Jadeja, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 30. Fifty-nine balls after Dravid’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Dippenaar. Pollock was in seventh heaven.

Singh, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Sixteen balls later, Crookes broke the 22-run stand. Bharadwaj, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Pollock. Klusener broke the 27-run stand.

Joshi, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Eight balls later, he was stumped by Boucher. Crookes broke the six-run stand. Chopra, who faced eight balls, scored five. Seven balls later, he was caught by Crookes. Klusener broke the five-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Mannava, whose 90-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 63. His 50 came off 72 balls, and included half-a-d0zen boundaries. Eight balls later, Kallis and Boucher ran him out.

Venkatesh, who faced four balls, scored four balls. He was unbeaten. Mohanty, who faced two balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kallis, who broke the one-run stand.

South Africa conceded 12 extras. India, who were dismissed for 209 off 47.3 overs, lost by 26 runs. Elworthy, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21. Kallis, who bowled 8.3 overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket, as did Dawson, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43.

Klusener, who bowled seven overs, conceded 33. He picked up two wickets, as did Pollock, who bowled nine overs, conceding 28. Crookes, who bowled nine overs, conceding 47. He picked up three scalps.

The South Africans won the 1999/00 LG Cup.

Jadeja-led India beat Zimbabwe, advance

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Zimbabwe made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Paul Strang, Heath Streak and Eddo Brandes made (Mbang)way for Gavin Rennie, Andy Whittall and Pommie.

On winning the toss, Alastair Campbell, Zimbabwe’s skipper, inserted the Indians. Sadagoppan Ramesh, whose 49-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. Ninety-seven balls into the match, Guy Whittall broke the 70-run partnership.

Singh, whose 62-ball (Rob)innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 41. A hundred and twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Andy Blignaut. Guy broke the 107-run partnership.

Rahul Dravid, whose 15-ball (Goodw)innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Thirty-five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Murray, who broke the 36-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, India’s skipper, scored eight. His six-ball innings included a six. Ten balls later, he was caught by Neil Johnson. Henry Olonga broke the 11-run stand.

Sourav Ganguly, the player of the match, scored 139. His 147-ball innings included 11 boundaries and five sixes. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Campbell. Olonga broke the 21-run stand.

Vijay Bharadwaj faced half-a-dozen balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten. Joshi, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 25. Sixteen ballS(uni)later, Guy broke the 19-run stand. Nikhil Chopra, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe conceded 13 extras. India conceded 277 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Grant Flower and Johnson bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 14. Andy Whittall and Mbangwa bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 68, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 54.

Goodwin, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up a wicket. Olonga, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48. He picked up a couple of wickets. Guy, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 55. He picked up three scalps.

Grant, whose run-a-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 38. Sixty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Dravid. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 52-run partnership. The second-wicket pair put on 13. Campbell had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Fifteen balls later, Chopra and Debasis Mohanty ran him out.

Stuart Carlisle, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 21. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Mohanty broke the 27-run stand. Goodwin, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Thirty-seven balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Chopra broke the 28-ball stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Andy Flower, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chopra. Johnson, whose 67-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 52. A couple of overs later, he was caught by Joshi. Chopra broke the 11-run stand.

Rennie, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. Seven overs later, he was caught by Singh. Bharadwaj broke the 27-run stand. Guy, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Eight balls later, he was caught by Venkatesh. Bharadwaj broke the two-run stand.

Andy Whittall, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Bharadwaj broke the 10-run stand. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Olonga, who faced nine balls, scored four. Four balls later, he was caught by Ramesh off Chopra's bowling.

Mbangwa, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. India conceded five extras. Zimbabwe, who were dismissed for 170 off 38.3 overs, lost by 107 runs. Ramesh, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Joshi, who bowled seven overs, conceding 26.

Mohanty and Venkatesh bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 23. Bharadwaj, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 34. He picked up three wickets. Chopra, who bowled 8.3 overs, conceded 33. He picked up four scalps.

India advanced.

Jadeja-led India beat hosts Kenya

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Kenya (Moham)made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Sandeep Gupta, Aasif Karim and Joseph Angara made way for Tony Suji, Sheikh and Josephat Ababu.

On winning the toss, Maurice Odumbe, Kenya’s skipper, inserted the Indians. Sourav Ganguly, whose 38-ball (Mart)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. Seventy-five balls into the match, he was caught by Thomas Odoyo. Suji broke the 35-run stand.

Sadagoppan Ramesh, whose 117-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 50. A hundred and twenty-nine balls later, he was stumped by Kennedy Otieno. Odumbe broke the 76-run partnership.

Rahul Dravid, whose 56-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. Nine balls later, he was caught by Alpesh Vadher. Odumbe broke the five-run stand. Nikhil Chopra, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Steve Tikolo, who broke the 18-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 55. Ajay Jadeja, India’s skipper, scored 31. His 32-ball innings included a couple of sixes. Forty-two balls later, Odumbe and Odoyo ran him out. Vijay Bharadwaj, the player of the match, scored 41. His 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Robin Singh, who faced five balls, scored three. Ten balls later, Odoyo broke the nine-run stand. Sunil Joshi faced half-a-dozen balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a six. Eight balls later, he was caught by Odumbe, who broke the 13-run stand. Mannava Prasad, who faced four balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

Kenya conceded 21 extras. India scored 220 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Sheikh, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17. Ababu bowled four wicketless overs, including a maiden, conceded 15. Tony bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24.

Martin bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up a wicket. Tikolo and Odoyo bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 35. Odumbe bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 51, picking up three scalps.

Kenya’s openers did (Otie)not get off the mark. The wicketkeeper, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was caught by India’s wicketkeeper, Prasad, off the bowling of his naMeSaKe, Venkatesh Prasad.

Although his innings included a couple of boundaries, Steve Tikolo had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just eight. Ten balls later, he was caught by Chopra. Debasis Mohanty broke the 11-run stand.

Odumbe, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Thirty balls later, he was caught by Mannava. Venkatesh broke the 10-run stand. Ravindu Shah, whose 28-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 26. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Joshi. Mohanty broke the 21-run stand.

Hitesh Modi, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Seventy-nine balls later, he was caught by Mannava. Chopra broke the 23-run stand. Vadher, whose 65-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Forty-two balls later, he was caught by Bharadwaj, who broke the 11-run stand.

Odoyo, whose 60-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 33. Eighty-two balls later, he was caught by Venkatesh. Bharadwaj broke the 57-run partnership. Tony, whose 50-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. Three balls later, he was caught by Mannava. Bharadwaj broke the five-run stand.

Sheikh, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by Mannava off the bowling of Venkatesh, who broke the two-run stand. Martin, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unbeaten. Ababu, who faced 18 balls, scored 11. Five overs later, Chopra broke the 22-run stand.

India conceded 12 extras. Kenya, who were bundled out for 162 off 50 overs, lost by 58 runs. Singh bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He was wicketless, as was Joshi, who bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 24.

Mohanty bowled eight overs, including two maidens. He conceded 25, picking up a couple of wickets. Chopra bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of wickets.

Bharadwaj, who bowled seven overs, conceded 38. He picked up three scalps, as did Venkatesh, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 26.