Sign-ups International Cricket - 1991/2 and onwards

[Slowcoach]

@Nitrogen @CerealKiller

Score update:

India A v West Indies A - 5th Unofficial Test 1991/2 - Bangalore

India A 36/3 (12 overs)
(C.E.Cuffy 1-11, V.C.Drakes 1-2, A.C.Cummins 1-7)

West Indies A's new look pace attack, mainly because of injury, has India A rattled at 36/3 at the first Drinks break on Day 1.
Down 1-0, the visitors mount one last effort to save the series.

 

[zwarrior]

Ranatunga pulled us back in the game. Good batting display !

 

[Slowcoach]

Sorry for the lack of activity lately, getting back into this tonight, score updates to follow

 

[zwarrior]

No problem. Take your time.

 

[Slowcoach]

@CerealKiller @zwarrior

Match preview for 2nd T20 International between Sri Lanka and West Indies:


Sri Lanka v West Indies - 2nd T20 International - S.S.C.Colombo

Pitch: 5 - Normal

Weather: 7 - Sunny, some cloud


Sri Lanka XI:

D.S.B.P.Kuruppu (wk)
S.T.Jayasuriya SLA
A.P.Gurusinha RM
M.S.Atapattu
P.A.de Silva OB
A.Ranatunga (c) RM
E.A.R.de Silva LBG
M.A.W.R.Madurasinghe OB
C.P.H.Ramanayake RFM
G.P.Wickremasinghe RFM
K.P.J.Warnaweera OB

West Indies XI:

D.L.Haynes
P.V.Simmons RM
R.B.Richardson (c)
B.C.Lara
J.C.Adams SLA
C.L.Hooper OB
D.Williams (wk)
R.A.Harper OB
C.E.L.Ambrose RF
C.A.Walsh RF
B.P.Patterson RF

West Indies are full strength and injury free for the 2nd T20 International, with Lara and Adams back to replace Logie and Best.
Walsh is also fit again and comes back with Patterson, replacing Marshall and Winston Benjamin.
Sri Lanka replace the injured paceman Rumesh Ratnayake with offspinner Madurasinghe.
It should be a good match, with West Indies starting as slight favourites despite Sri Lanka winning the first one.

 

[zwarrior]

It's a loss for us losing Ratnayake but hopefully we will carry our form to the next game.

 

[Slowcoach]

Sri Lanka had a very good batting lineup around this time, I can see why they managed to win a World Cup in the 90's.
West Indies played a Test in Sri Lanka in 1993/4 but it was rained out after about 20 runs or so split them on first innings.
Sri Lanka might have won that with some luck, and in this league have a chance to break West Indies unbeaten run in Test series since 1980.

 

[Slowcoach]

@CerealKiller @Nitrogen

Score update:

India A v West Indies A - 5th Unofficial 4 day Test 1991/2 - Bangalore

India A 245/3 (57 overs)
(V.G.Kambli 139*, S.C.Ganguly 82*)

India A were 3/36 after some good new ball bowling by West Indies A, but an unbroken double century partnership between Kambli and Ganguly has India A on top at Tea on Day 1.
West Indies A are running out of ideas on a pitch rated Normal, and probably should have done a lot better given their good start.
India A lead the series 1-0 and will be confident of winning the series from here.

 

[Slowcoach]

@CerealKiller @zwarrior

Score update:

Sri Lanka v West Indies - 2nd T20 International 1991/2 - S.S.C.Colombo

Sri Lanka 77/2 (10 overs)
(S.T.Jayasuriya 36*, M.S.Atapattu 35*, C.E.L.Ambrose 1-21, C.A.Walsh 1-23)

Early wickets to Ambrose and Walsh as Kuruppu and Gurusinha were out in the first 3 overs, but Jayasuriya and Atapattu repair the damage and put Sri Lanka on top at the 10 over mark.

 

[Slowcoach]

@CerealKiller @zwarrior

Score update:

Sri Lanka v West Indies - 2nd T20 International 1991/2 - S.S.C.Colombo

Sri Lanka 92/5 (13 overs)
(S.T.Jayasuriya 44*, M.S.Atapattu 35; J.C.Adams 2-4)

Hooper and Adams strike as Sri Lanka lose 3 wickets in 2 overs, Jayasuriya the key to a decent score from here.

 

[Slowcoach]

@CerealKiller @zwarrior

Score update:

Sri Lanka v West Indies - 2nd T20 International 1991/2 - S.S.C.Colombo

Sri Lanka 124/7 (20 overs)
(S.T.Jayasuriya 63*, M.S.Atapattu 35; C.E.L.Ambrose 2-21, J.C.Adams 3-25)

An excellent bowling performance in the 2nd half of the innings by the West Indies has left them needing a mediocre total on a decent pitch.
Ambrose lead the way early, but it was Adams 3 wickets in the middle overs which put the breaks on the Sri Lankan scoring.
West Indies will be confident of a win from here to take the series to a decider.

 

[zwarrior]

We collapsed after the 10 overs mark. Should have got atleast 20 more. Reckon this will be a lost cause.

 

[Slowcoach]

A couple of managers seem to have pulled out, so I have decided not to continue this for now.
I will resurrect the idea at another point, probably with more recent players so managers are more familiar with their squads.