(Sach)India lose decider to Pakistan

India made one change to their playing eleven – Vinod Kambli made way for Sourav Ganguly. Pakistan made one change to theirs as well – Saleem Elahi made way for Shadab Kabir. On winning the toss, Wasim Akram, Pakistan’s skipper, chose to bat.

Saeed Anwar, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Rahul Dravid. Aashish Kapoor broke the 44-run stand. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 53-ball innings included a boundary, scored 27. He was caught by Anil Kumble, who broke the 51-run stand.

Kabir, who faced two balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Dravid. Kumble broke the four-run stand. Aamer Sohail, whose 96-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 44. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. The (Kumb)leggie broke the nine-run stand.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, who faced 19 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Venkatesh Prasad. Kapoor broke the 27-run stand. Saleem Malik, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 43. Prasad broke the 39-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 21. Akram, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 17. Nayan Mongia ran him out. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Saqlain Mushtaq didn’t face a ball. Mongia ran him out.

The ninth-wicket pair put on just a couple. Moin Khan, who faced 29 balls, scored 15. Kumble ran him out. Waqar Younis, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored 12. He was unbeaten, as was Mushtaq Ahmed, who faced five balls, scoring as many.

India conceded 27 extras. Pakistan scored 213 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Javagal Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He was wicketless, as was Sunil Joshi, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Prasad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Kapoor, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of wickets. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up three scalps.

India’s openers put on 46. Tendulkar, India’s skipper, scored 23. His 44-ball (Sach)innings included a six. Malik ran him out. Jadeja, who faced 80 balls, scored 20. Mushtaq, the player of the match, broke the 16-run stand.

Joshi, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Malik. Mushtaq broke the four-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 13 balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Inzamam. Mushtaq broke the four-run stand.

Ganguly, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sohail, who broke the 22-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on four. Srinath, who faced four balls, scored just a couple. Kabir ran him out.

Dravid, who faced 39 balls, scored 20. He was caught by the substitute, Shahid Nazir. Mushtaq broke the three-run stand. Kapoor, whose 19-ball innings included a six, scored 18. He was caught by Ijaz. Mushtaq broke the 28-run stand.

Mongia, who faced 25 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Akram. Saqlain broke the one-run stand. Kumble, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was unbeaten. Prasad, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. He was caught by Anwar. Saqlain broke the 33-run stand.

Pakistan conceded 25 extras. India, who were dismissed for 161 off 45.5 overs, lost by 52 runs. Malik bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Waqar and Akram bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 16.

Sohail bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket. Saqlain, who bowled 7.5 overs, conceded 34. He picked up a couple of wickets. Mushtaq, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up five scalps.

Pakistan won the five-match series 3-2.

 

  

India (Tendulk)are beaten (Pakist)another time

While India made no change to their playing eleven, Pakistan made one to theirs – Azhar Mahmood made way for Inzamam-ul-Haq. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis.

Saeed Anwar, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 35. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 42-run stand. Saleem Elahi, who faced (Srina)three balls, scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Javagal, who broke the one-run stand.

Aamer Sohail, whose 54-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 23. He was caught by Srinath. Sunil Joshi broke the 41-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Saleem Malik faced a ball, scoring a run. Aashish Kapoor and Nayan Mongia ran him out.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 86. Inzamam, whose 67-ball innings included four minutes and a six, scored 40. Ajay Jadeja ran him out. Ijaz Ahmed, the player of the match, scored 90. His 110-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. Anil Kumble broke the 37-run stand.

Wasim Akram, Pakistan’s skipper, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. He was caught by Prasad. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 21-run stand. Khan, whose 21-ball (Mo)innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 33. He was stumped by Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 13-run stand.

Mushtaq, whose nine-ball (Saqla)innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was unbeaten, as was Waqar Younis, who didn’t open his account. He faced a ball. He was unbeaten. India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan scored 258 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded eight. Kapoor, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Tendulkar, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket. Srinath and Joshi bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 45. Prasad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50, He picked up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Mongia, who faced nine balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Ijaz. Akram broke the four-run stand. Tendulkar, who bowled nine balls, scored three. He was caught by Malik. Akram broke the five-run stand.

Rahul Dravid, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 25. He was caught by Khan. Saqlain broke the 32-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Elahi. Saqlain broke the 17-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on five. Vinod Kambli, who faced 15 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Ijaz ran him out. Sunil Joshi, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was caught by Khan. Saqlain broke the one-run stand. Kapoor, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was caught by Khan. Waqar broke the 53-run stand.

Kumble, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was caught by Sohail. Malik broke the 30-run stand. Srinath, whose five-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. He was caught by Mushtaq. Waqar broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Jadeja, whose 84-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 47. He was stumped by Khan. Malik broke the one-run stand. Prasad, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 18 extras. India, who were dismissed for 161 off 39.2 overs, lost by 97 runs.

Mushtaq, who bowled seven overs, conceded 33. He was wicketless, as was Sohail, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 36. Malik, who bowled 1.2 overs, conceded half-a-dozen. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Akram bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 11, picking up a couple of wickets. Waqar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 51. He picked up a couple of wickets. Saqlain, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded nine, picking up three scalps.

Pakistan levelled the five-match series 2-2.  





   

India lead aS(achi)neighbours Pakistan capitulate

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sourav Ganguly made way for Aashish Kapoor. Pakistan made one change to theirs as well – Inzamam-ul-Haq made way for Saleem Elahi. Sachin Tendulkar, India’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat.

Nayan Mongia, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wasim Akram, who broke the five-run stand. Tendulkar, who faced 13 balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Aamer Sohail. Akram broke the nine-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 68-ball (Mo)innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was stumped by Khan. Sohail broke the 74-run stand. Rahul Dravid, the player of the match, scored 46. His 93-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Elahi. Saqlain Mushtaq broke the 15-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 29. He was stumped by Khan. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 30-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Akram broke the 46-run stand.

Javagal, who faced five balls, scored (Srina)three. He was caught by Saqlain. Akram broke the eight-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on just a couple. Sunil Joshi, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 31. Saqlain ran him out.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kapoor, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Mushtaq off the bowling of Saqlain. The last-wicket pair put on a couple. Anil Kumble, who faced a ball, scored two. Saeed Anwar and Saqlain ran him out. Venkatesh Prasad, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India were dismissed for 191 off 50 overs. Azhar Mahmood bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28. Waqar Younis bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15.

Sohail bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Mushtaq bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29, picking up a wicket. Saqlain, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 45. He picked up a couple of wickets. Akram, who bowled nine overs, conceded 35. He picked up four scalps.

Elahi, who faced nine balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Kambli. Srinath broke the nine-run stand. Sohail, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the three-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the four-run stand. Anwar, whose 52-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Tendulkar. Kumble broke the 47-run stand.

Saleem Malik, whose 51-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 27. He was trapped (Kumb)leg before wicket by the leggie, who broke the three-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Akram, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was stumped by Mongia off the bowling of Kumble.

Mahmood, who faced 34 balls, scored 10. Kumble broke the 25-run stand. Saqlain, who faced 24 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Tendulkar. Prasad broke the 33-run stand. Mushtaq, who faced three balls, scored one. He was stumped by Mongia. Joshi broke the seven-run stand.

Khan, whose 67-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 42. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the five-run stand. Younis, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. Pakistan, who were dismissed for 136 off 42.4 overs, lost by 55 runs. Tendulkar, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Kapoor, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 27. Joshi, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Srinath, who bowled 7.4 overs, conceded 20. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prasad bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 22, picking up three wickets. Kumble bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 12, picking up four scalps.

The Indians led the five-match series 2-1.

Pakistan beat India, (Tendulk)are delighted

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Pakistan made one change to theirs – Shadab Kabir made way for Mushtaq Ahmed. On winning the toss, Wasim Akram, the latter’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

Tendulkar, India’s skipper, scored 20. His 23-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Akram. Azhar Mahmood broke the 32-run stand. Nayan Mongia, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Akram. Mahmood broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 99-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 88. He was caught by Mahmood. Mushtaq broke the 161-run stand. Vinod Kambli, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Aamer Sohail. Mushtaq broke the nine-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

Rahul Dravid, whose 114-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 90. Saqlain Mushtaq broke the 31-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Akram off the bowling of Saqlain. Sourav Ganguly, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 13 extras. India scored 264 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Saleem Malik, the player of the match, bowled a wicketless over, conceding nine. Aamer Sohail, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 33. Waqar Younis, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 37.

Akram bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 52. Mushtaq and Azhar bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 38. Saqlain, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Sohail, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Mongia. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 10-run stand. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the 34-run stand.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, whose 48-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 71-run stand. Saeed Anwar, whose 78-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 80. He was caught by Sunil Joshi. Tendulkar broke the 29-run stand.

Malik, whose 81-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 70. He was unbeaten. Khan, whose 16-ball (Mo)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was caught by Azharuddin. Joshi broke the 25-run stand. Akram, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 20. He was caught by Ganguly. Srinath broke the 44-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on just a couple. Mahmood, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Jadeja ran him out. Mushtaq, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was caught by Srinath, who broke the six-run stand. Saqlain, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 24 extras. Pakistan, who scored 266 for the loss of eight wickets off 49.5 overs, won by a couple of wickets with a ball to spare. Jadeja, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 20. Tendulkar, who bowled seven overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket.

Joshi bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 57, picking up a wicket. Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Prasad and Srinath bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter conceded 53.

Pakistan levelled the five-match series 1-1. 

India beat Pakistan (Sach)in Canada

Rain reduced the match to a 33-overs-a-side match. While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Pakistan made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Rashid Latif, Basit Ali, Aaqib Javed and Ata-ur-Rehman made way for Shadab Kabir, Wasim Akram (who was leading the side), Moin Khan and debutant Azhar Mahmood.

On winning the toss, Tendulkar, India’s skipper, (Sach)inserted the Pakistanis. Aamer Sohail, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Rahul Dravid. Javagal Srinath broke the 44-run stand. Saeed Anwar, whose 34-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 46. He was caught by Anil Kumble, who broke the 36-run stand.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was caught by Kumble. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 11-run stand. Saleem Malik, who faced 11 balls, scored three. He was caught by Sunil Joshi. Kumble was in seventh heaven. Kabir, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 10-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed, whose 50-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored (Srina)thirty-five. He was trapped leg before wicket by the Karnataka pacer, who broke the 15-run stand. Khan, who faced five balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Tendulkar, the player of the match. Srinath broke the eight-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair put on four. Akram, who faced 19 balls, scored nine. Dravid and Nayan Mongia ran him out.

Mahmood, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Joshi. Prasad broke the 13-run stand. Mushtaq, whose 23-ball (Saqla)innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Waqar Younis, who faced 10 balls, scoring half-a-dozen.

India conceded 24 extras. Pakistan scored 170 for the loss of nine wickets off 33 overs. Tendulkar bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 12. Ajay Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30. Joshi, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Prasad, who bowled seven overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of wickets. Kumble and Srinath bowled seven overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 23.

Mongia, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Younis broke the 18-run stand. Tendulkar, whose run-a-ball innings included nine boundaries and three sixes, scored 89. He was unbeaten.

Dravid, whose 50-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 39. He was caught by Sohail. Malik broke the 90-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 30. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded half-a-dozen extras. India, who scored 173 for the loss of two wickets off 29.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 19 balls to spare. Sohail, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 25. Mahmood, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Saqlain, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 39. Akram, who bowled 6.5 wicketless overs, conceded 37. Younis, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Malik, who bowled four overs, conceded 21.

India led the five-match series 1-0.     

        

        

India win; Pakistan (Azh)aren’t delighted

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Prashant Vaidya, Rahul Dravid and Venkatapathy Raju made way for debutant Vikram Rathour, Aashish Kapoor and Venkatesh Prasad. Pakistan made a couple of changes to the team that last played the Indians – Rameez Raja and Mushtaq Ahmed made way for Basit Ali and Ata-ur-Rehman.

On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Rathour, who faced a dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Waqar Younis broke the nine-run stand. Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 118. His 140-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Aamer Sohail, Pakistan’s skipper. Younis broke the 231-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on five. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 117-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 101. Saeed Anwar ran him out. Javagal Srinath, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Sohail. Ata-ur-Rehman broke the 19-run stand.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 13-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was caught by Rashid Latif. Younis broke the 17-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 29. He was unbeaten, as was Sanjay Manjrekar, who didn’t face a ball.

Pakistan conceded 22 extras. India scored 305 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs*. Saqlain Mushtaq (whose spell included a maiden), Aaqib Javed and Sohail bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 60, 58 and 49, respectively. Ata-ur-Rehman, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 85. He picked up a wicket. Younis bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 44, picking up three scalps.

Anwar, who faced four balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Prasad broke the 16-run stand. Latif, whose 31-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 50. He was caught by Azharuddin. Anil Kumble broke the 72-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on 84. Sohail, whose 76-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 78. Rathour ran him out.

Ijaz Ahmed, whose 51-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 42. Srinath broke the 18-run stand. Inzamam, who faced 11 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prasad broke the nine-run stand. Saleem Malik, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 42. He was caught by Kapoor. The (Kumb)leggie broke the 49-run stand.

Aaqib wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just five. He was caught by Rathour. Srinath broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Ali, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. He was caught by Rathour. Tendulkar broke the 11-run stand.

Younis, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten. Ata-ur-Rehman faced four balls, scoring as many. He was caught by the substitute, Rahul Dravid**. Srinath broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Saqlain, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Tendulkar.

India conceded eight extras. Pakistan, who were dismissed for 277 off 46.1 overs, lost by 28 runs. Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 14. Kapoor, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 52.

Tendulkar, who bowled 7.1 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of wickets. Prasad and Kumble bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 64, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 38. Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 65. He picked up three scalps.

[*Note (1): It was the first time they scored 300-plus in an ODI, and it was then their highest total, eclipsing their previous best of 299 for the loss of four wickets off 40 overs against Sri Lanka at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on January 17, 1987.]

[**Note (2): Dravid substituted for Sidhu.]

India (Azh)are defeated yet (Pakist)a(gai)n

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Venkatesh Prasad made way for Prashant Vaidya. Pakistan made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis.

Saeed Anwar, whose 43-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 44. Vaidya broke the 77-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 38. Rameez Raja, whose 33-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 17. Tendulkar ran him out.

The third-wicket pair put on 41. Saleem Malik, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Azharuddin ran him out. Inzamam-ul-Haq, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Tendulkar broke the 11-run stand.

Aamer Sohail, Pakistan’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 105. His 127-ball innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Anil Kumble, who broke the 68-run stand. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 53-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 43. He was unbeaten, as was Rashid Latif, whose 15-ball innings included a six. He scored 21.

India conceded 10 extras. Pakistan scored 271 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Azharuddin, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11. Venkatapathy Raju, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 57.

Javagal Srinath bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46. Vaidya, who bowled nine overs, conceded 55. He picked up a wicket. Kumble and Tendulkar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 46.

Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Anwar. Aaqib Javed broke the eight-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 43. He was caught by Anwar. Saqlain Mushtaq broke the 68-run stand.

Azharuddin, who faced 25 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Aaqib. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 13-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 43-ball (Saqla)innings included three boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by the off-spinner, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Rahul Dravid, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Latif. Mushtaq broke the four-run stand. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 84-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 59. He was caught by Anwar. Waqar Younis broke the 116-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on just one. Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Sohail ran him out. Kumble, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Ata-ur-Rehman, the substitute. Needless to say, Mushtaq was in seventh heaven. Vaidya faced three balls, scoring as many. Waqar broke the 10-run stand.

Mongia, whose 78-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 69. Mushtaq broke the four-run stand. Raju, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 14 extras. India, who were dismissed for 233 off 47.2 overs, lost by 38 runs. Sohail, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 28. He was wicketless, as was Malik, who bowled seven overs, conceding 35.

Aaqib bowled seven overs, conceding 33. He picked up a wicket. Waqar and Saqlain bowled nine overs each, picking up two wickets apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 44, the latter conceded 42. Mushtaq bowled 9,2 overs, conceding 47. He picked up four scalps.

The Indians (Azh)are (Pa)krushed again

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, Pakistan made a couple of changes to the eleven that was knocked out of the World Cup by the Indians at the quarter-final stage – Javed Miandad and Ata-ur-Rehman made way for Rameez Raja and Saqlain Mushtaq.

Aamer Sohail, Pakistan’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 35. He was caught by Rashid Latif. Aaqib Javed broke the 44-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, faced 51 balls, scoring 29. He was caught by Latif. His opposite number broke the 66-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 17. Rahul Dravid wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. Mushtaq Ahmed ran him out. Tendulkar, whose 111-ball (Sach)innings included nine boundaries and a six, scored 100 (which was his second ODI ton outside the subcontinent). He was stumped by Latif. Saqlain broke the 59-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on nine. Ajay Jadeja faced five balls, scoring as many. Latif ran him out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 10. Nayan Mongia, who faced nine balls, scored three. Latif ran him out. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 56-ball (Saqla)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 41. He was caught by Aaqib. The off-spinner broke the 18-run stand.

Anil Kumble, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He was unbeaten. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was stumped by Latif. Saqlain broke the one-run stand. Venkatesh Prasad, who faced four balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India scored 226 for the loss of eight wickets off 47.1 overs, before rain stopped play. Inzamam-ul-Haq, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Saleem Malik, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17.  Waqar Younis bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42.

Mushtaq, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 58. Sohail, who bowled nine overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket, as did Aaqib, who bowled 7.1 overs, conceding a dozen. Saqlain, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up three scalps.

The interruption resulted in a revision in Pakistan’s target – they had to chase 187 off 33 overs. Sohail, the player of the match, scored 76. His 89-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Saeed Anwar, whose 49-ball innings included eight boundaries and three sixes, scored 74. He was caught by Dravid. Raju broke the 144-run stand. Raja, who faced 10 balls, scored five. He was trapped (Kumb)leg before wicket by the leggie, who broke the 18-run stand. Malik, whose 24-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 10 extras. Pakistan, who scored 190 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 28 overs, won by eight wickets with five overs to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 18.

Prasad and Srinath bowled seven wicketless overs apiece.  While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 34. Raju, who bowled five overs, conceded 51. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39.

This was, incidentally, the second instance of a century by Tendulkar going in vain. The Indians were knocked out of the Singer Cup.

India suffer A(zharuddi)nother (Pa)krushing defeat

India made one change to their playing eleven – Prashant Vaidya made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Pakistan made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Saleem Malik, Basit Ali, Rashid Latif, Akram Raza and Ata-ur-Rehman made way for Ghulam Ali, Moin Khan (who was leading the side), a couple of One-day International debutants (Zafar Iqbal and Naeem Ashraf) and Nadeem Khan.

On winning the toss, Moin chose to bat. Aamer Sohail scored 40. His run-a-ball (Sach)innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Tendulkar. Javagal Srinath broke the 58-run stand. Saeed Anwar, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 25. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Anil Kumble broke the 15-run stand.

Ali, who faced 49 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Tendulkar. Utpal Chatterjee broke the 31-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 18. Asif Mujtaba wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored four. He was run out. Moin, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Chatterjee broke the 11-run stand. Inzamam-ul-Haq, whose 100-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 88. Prasad broke the 81-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 41. Wasim Akram, whose 46-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 50. He was run out. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Iqbal, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. He was dismissed by Kumble. Ashraf, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 11. Nadeem, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was run out. India conceded 16 extras. Pakistan scored 266 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Tendulkar, who bowled seven overs, conceded 27. He was wicketless, as was Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 64.

Prasad, who bowled eight overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket, as did Srinath, who bowled nine overs, conceding 60. Chatterjee and Kumble bowled eight overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 29.

The Delhi all-rounder, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Moin. Aaqib Javed, the player of the match, broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Tendulkar, who faced nine balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Moin. Javed broke the nine-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was caught by Mujtaba. Javed broke the 26-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Vinod Kambli, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Javed. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 81-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 54. He was trapped leg before wicket by Iqbal, who broke the 69-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 73-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 50. He was caught by Mujtaba. Sohail broke the 38-run stand. Nayan Mongia, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was dismissed hit wicket. Needless to say, Akram was in seventh heaven.

The eighth-wicket pair put on just a run. Srinath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Javed off his own bowling. The ninth-wicket pair put on just a run. Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Chatterjee, who faced 25 balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. Prasad, who faced 16 balls, scored three. He was caught by Moin. Sohail broke the 16-run stand.

Pakistan conceded 26 extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 169 off 42.4 overs, lost by 97 runs. Ashraf, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 40. He was wicketless, as was Nadeem, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 42.

Iqbal and Akram bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 23. Sohail, who bowled 1.4 overs, conceded just three. He picked up a couple of wickets. Javed bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up five scalps.