England v India: 2nd Test, Day Five England 198 (Cook 43, Khan 4/59) & 355 (Vaughan 124, Khan 5/75), India 481 (Tendulkar 91, Panesar 4/101) & 73/3 (Karthik 22, Jaffer 22, Tremlett 3/12). India win by 7 wickets, lead series 1-0 with 1 to play.
Monthly Archive for July, 2007
England v India: 2nd Test, Day Four England 198 (Cook 43, Khan 4/59) & 355 (Vaughan 124, Khan 5/75), India 481 (Tendulkar 91, Panesar 4/101) & 10/0.
India ‘A’ tied up an easy win over Zimbabwe Select on Friday, after another poor batting performance by Zimbabwe in their second innings (following-on) left India needing only 66 from their second innings to secure the match by 9 wickets. Zimbabwe began the final day on 15/1, needing to bat out the day to secure a draw, but some excellent bowling by Piyush Chalwa made sure that didn’t happen. A 108-run partnership by Taibu and Sibanda early in the day had given Zim some hope, but Chalwa’s four wickets for just 40 runs conceded proved to be the nail in Zimbabwe’s coffin.
Zim struggled with both bat and ball in this match. Tatenda Taibu’s 1st-innings 123 was a great way for him to mark his return to the side, and is a good indication of what Zimbabwe needs if they’re to improve - experienced players. Unfortunately, there’s no sign of anyone else returning to the side at the moment. Prosper Utseya and Vusi Sibanda also put in decent knocks along the way, but without much support from the rest of the side. With the ball, Zimbabwe were reasonably economical - great in a one-day game, but not so much in a 4-day game where you really need to bowl your opponents out, and in that area Zimbabwe struggled, allowing India to build a large 1st-innings lead that made India’s eventual run-chase that much easier. Full scorecard below the cut.
The 2nd match begins in Bulawayo on Monday. Terence Duffin, who missed the first match with a cold, is expected to replace Tino Mawoyo, after Mawoyo failed to do much with the bat. Graeme Cremer is also expected to miss out after Zim’s spinners struggled against the Indians.
India A 489 (Uthappa 88, Rainsford 3/82) & 69/1 (Pathan 39*, Brent 1/27), Zimbabwe Select 338 (Taibu 123, Chalwa 4/40) & 216 (Sibanda 69, Chalwa 4/30). India A win by 9 wickets, lead series 1-0 with 1 to play.
England v India: 2nd Test, Day Three England 198 (Cook 43, Khan 4/59) & 43/0 (Strauss 21*, Singh 0/4), India 481 (Tendulkar 91, Panesar 4/101).
England v India: 2nd Test, Day Two England 198 (Cook 43, Khan 4/59), India 254/3 (Karthik 77, Panesar 2/50).
England v India: 2nd Test, Day One England 169/7 (Cook 43, Zaheer 3/50), India yet to bat.
India 489 (Uthappa 88, Rainsford 3/82), Zimbabwe 338 (Taibu 123, Piyush Chawla 4/40) & 15/1 (following on - Masakadza 8*, Singh 1/5)
Taibu’s century - and a respectable 53 from Utseya - weren’t enough to save Zimbabwe from the follow-on, and their second innings got off to the worst possible start with the dismissal of Mawoyo before there were any runs on the board.
Zimbabwe now trail by 136 runs. A win is pretty much out of the question - ideally Zimbabwe will need to bat out the full day on Friday to secure a draw, but given their batting form so far in this match that’s not going to be easy.
India 489 (Uthappa 88, Rainsford 3/82), Zimbabwe 129/4 (Masakadza 38, Singh 1/12).
Zimbabwe facing the follow-on unless their remaining batsmen can do a lot better than the top order. India were dismissed just after lunch, after treating Zim’s spinners with disdain to build a good total for their innings. In reply, Zimbabwe started off confidently enough, but with wickets falling at regular intervals after Tino Mawoyo’s dismissal (45/1), things weren’t looking too good by close of play.
A scorecard for the match so far was published in today’s Herald, but there are a number of glaring inconsistencies in it so I’m not got to reproduce it here. Hopefully an accurate card will make an appearance before too long.
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: 3rd ODI Sri Lanka 196 (39.5/40 overs; Mubarak 72, Abdur Razzak 3/47), Bangladesh 157 (37.1/40 overs; Tamim Iqbal 54, Jayasuriya 4/14). Sri Lanka win by 39 runs, win series 3-0.
India 331/5 (Uthappa 88, Patel 67, Sharma 65, Kaif 63), Zimbabwe yet to bat.
India won the toss and elected to bat, and proceeded to make the most of their time in the middle - although it will be a frustration for the visitors that none of their batsmen have so far been able to score a century. Utseya (2), Chigumbura (2) and Mpofu (1) were the wicket-takers for Zimbabwe, while Tatenda Taibu marked his return to the side by taking the catch that removed Kaif. On the downside, Zim’s fielding has been less than impressive, with 5 dropped catches over the course of the day.