Friday, August 31, 2018

India concede (Srikk)an(o)ther Pakistan clash

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. India made a Kapil of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Raman Lamba and Dev made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sharma. Pakistan made a couple of changes to theirs as well – skipper Imran Khan and Wasim Akram made way for Sohail Fazal and Waqar Younis.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis. Shahid Saeed, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the 33-run P(rabhak)artnership. Shoaib Mohammad, who faced 85 balls, scored 51. He was stumped by Kiran More. Ajay Sharma broke the 92-run stand.

Fazal, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 32. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Arshad Ayub broke the 70-run stand. Saleem Malik, the player of the match and the player of the series, scored 102. His 115-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the 53-run stand.

Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 28. His 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Ijaz Ahmed, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. India conceded 21 extras. Pakistan scored 252 for the loss of four wickets off 47 overs.

Ravi Shastri, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 35. Mohinder Amarnath, who bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. Chetan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Ajay bowled seven overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket, as did Ayub, who bowled nine overs, conceding 51. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, who faced 12 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf. Aaqib broke the 17-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 31 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Yousuf. Aaqib broke the 25-run stand. Sidhu, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Ijaz. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 11-run stand.

The Mumbaikar, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a S(hastr)ix, scored 22. He was caught by Malik. Mushtaq broke the 35-run stand. Ajay wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ijaz. Saeed broke the 12-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 75-ball innings included a boundary, scored 35. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohammad, who broke the 45-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on just one. Prabhakar, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was run out.

Jimmy, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored (Amarna)thirty. He was unbeaten. More, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was stumped by Yousuf. Mohammad broke the 41-run stand.

Chetan, who faced five balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Aaqib, who broke the 15-run stand. Ayub, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India scored 214 for the loss of nine wickets off 47 overs, losing by 38 runs.

Waqar, who bowled six overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was Abdul Qadir, who bowled seven overs, conceding 35. Saeed bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Mushtaq bowled six overs, conceding 33. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Mohammad, who bowled eight overs, conceding 42. Aaqib bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. He picked up three scalps.

Pakistan won the 1989/90 Champions Trophy.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The Indians go (Srikkan)through Pa(k)i(sta)n

It was a 46-0vers-a-side match. India made four Ch(et)anges to the eleven that last played the Pakistanis – Ajay Sharma, Chandrakant Pandit, Sanjeev Sharma and Maninder Singh made way for Ravi Shastri, Kiran More, Sharma and Manoj Prabhakar.

Pakistan made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played India – Rameez Raja, Moin-ul-Atiq, Aamer Malik, Naved Anjum, Haafiz Shahid and Tauseef Ahmed made way for Shahid Saeed, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan (Pakistan’s skipper), Saleem Yousuf, Mushtaq Ahmed and Aaqib Javed.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s captain, won the toss, choosing to bat. He scored 51. His 70-ball innings included four boundaries. He was stumped by Yousuf. Mushtaq broke the 92-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 108. His 121-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. Wasim Akram broke the 161-run stand.

Dev, whose seven-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries, scored 13. He was caught by Saeed. Akram broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 80-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 88. He was caught by Saleem Malik off the bowling of Akram.

Shastri, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced a ball, scoring a couple. Pakistan conceded 11 extras. India scored 273 for the loss of four wickets off 46 overs. Shoaib Mohammad, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18.

Saeed bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 24. Khan and Abdul Qadir bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 58, the latter conceded 44. Aaqib bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 46. Mushtaq bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up a wicket. Akram bowled nine overs, conceding 30. He picked up three scalps.

Saeed, whose 65-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 50. Shastri broke the 99-run stand. Akram, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and four sixes, scored 37. He was caught by More. Arshad Ayub broke the 53-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 17. Mohammad, whose 78-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 65. He was run out. Malik, whose 58-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 68. He was unbeaten.

Miandad, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was stumped by More. The Mumbai broke the S(hastr)ixty-five-run stand. Khan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. Pakistan, who scored 274 for the loss of four wickets off 44.4 overs, won by six wickets with eight balls to spare. Amarnath bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 15. Chetan, who bowled 5.4 wicketless overs, conceded 35. Dev, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 47.

Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 67. He picked up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled nine overs, conceded 60. He picked up a couple of scalps.    



Saturday, August 18, 2018

India aVeng(sarkar)e loss to Pakistan

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Kiran More and Narendra Hirwani made way for Ajay Sharma and Chandrakant Pandit. Pakistan made five changes to the team that last played the Indians – Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad, Manzoor Elahi and the Saleems (Yousuf and Jaffar) made way for Moin-ul-Atiq, Aamer Malik, Shoaib Mohammad, Naved Anjum and Haafiz Shahid.

On winning the toss, Dilip Vengsarkar, the Indian skipper, (Colon)elected to field. Rameez Raja, whose 53-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the 62-run stand. Moin, whose 64-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. Maninder Singh broke the 29-run partnership.

Saleem Malik, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Singh, who broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Aamer, who faced 18 balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ayub, who broke the 10-run stand.

Mohammad, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Ayub broke the five-run stand. Anjum wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ayub, who broke the four-run stand. Wasim Akram, who faced seven balls, scored four. Ayub broke the eight-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed faced 40 balls, scoring 14. Kapil Dev broke the four-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, scoring three. He was run out. Shahid, who faced a dozen balls, scored a couple. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Tauseef Ahmed, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 17 extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 142 off 42.2 0vers. Krishnamachari Srikkanth bowled a wicketless over, conceding just a couple. Mohinder Amarnath and Ajay bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 15. Sanjeev Sharma, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 26.

Dev bowled 6.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceding 25, picking up two wickets. Ayub, who was adjudged the player of the match, bowled nine overs, conceding 21. He picked up five scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 17 balls, scored three. Anjum broke the 13-run stand. Srikkanth, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Qadir broke the 63-run stand. Amarnath, whose 122-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 74. He was unbeaten.

The third-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Vengsarkar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Qadir. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 28 balls, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who faced the 34-run stand.

Dev, who faced a dozen balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Aamer. Qadir broke the three-run stand. Ajay faced four balls, scoring a couple. Akram broke the three-run stand. Pandit, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 19 extras. India scored 143 for the loss of six wickets off 40.4 overs, winning by four wickets with 26 balls to spare. Mohammad and Saleem bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded half-a-dozen, the latter conceded five. Shahid, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17.

Tauseef, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 22. Anjum, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Akram, who bowled nine overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets. Qadir bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 27, picking up three scalps.

Monday, August 13, 2018

The Indians (Vengsark)are Pa(k)i(sta)ned again

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Pakistan made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Imran Khan made way for Tauseef Ahmed. On winning the toss, Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, (Colon)elected to field.

Rameez Raja, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sanjeev Sharma broke the three-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 38. Mudassar Nazar, who faced 31 balls, scored 11. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on 126. Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 52. His 75-ball innings included four boundaries. He was run out. Abdul Qadir, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Singh broke the four-run partnership.

Saleem Malik, the player of the match, scored 101. His 124-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Kiran More. Singh broke the eight-run stand. Wasim Akram, who faced four balls, scored just a couple. Singh broke the one-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 20. Manzoor Elahi, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was run out. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Dev broke the 29-run stand.

Saleem Yousuf, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 25. He was caught by Narendra Hirwani. Dev broke the 10-run stand. The last-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Tauseef Ahmed, who faced three balls, faced just a couple. He was run out. Saleem Jaffar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 246 off 49.1 overs. Mohinder Amarnath bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 20. Hirwani bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 41. Ravi Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 45.

Sanjeev bowled eight overs, conceding 51. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 9.1 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up three wickets.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who broke the 40-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on (Amarna)thirty. Jimmy, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on five. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was run out. Azharuddin, who faced 50 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Malik. Qadir broke the 57-run stand.

Vengsarkar scored 51. His 71-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Miandad. Akram broke the 51-run stand. Dev, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Elahi. Jaffar broke the 13-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Shastri, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by the substitute off the bowling of Jaffar. Sanjeev, who faced 17 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

More, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. He was caught by the substitute off the bowling of Jaffar, who broke the five-run stand. Singh, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The Pakistanis conceded 11 extras. The Indians, who scored 212 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by 34 runs. Elahi, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 22. Mudassar and Tauseef bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 37.

Qadir, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket. Akram bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up a couple of wickets. Jaffar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 37. He picked up three scalps.