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[Slowcoach]

India 'B' v Pakistan 'B', 3rd Unofficial Test (4 days), at Calcutta, 1978



India 'B' extended their lead slowly to 200, before declaring on the stroke of Lunch, setting Pakistan 'B' in 4 hours.

Mindful of the slow scoring throughout the match, and the Pakistani's first innings, they felt 200 about right, though if Pakistan bat well they could win easily.

India will need quick wickets, desperate to salvage something from the series.

K.Srikkanth made his first 50 of the series, but was out soon after, and India batted to slowly to set Pakistan a more difficult target.

Mudassar Nazar claimed a couple of quick scalps before the close, but in truth the Indians just took the innings as batting practice, and the crowd's boredom was palpable.



India 'B' 74/2 declared (46 overs)



A.D.Gaekwad.............lbw Mudassar Nazar...................................23 (141 mins, 126 balls)

K.Srikkanth (c)..........c Mohammad Nazir b Mudassar Nazar.........51 (164 mins, 131 balls) 3 fours

R.Lamba...............................not out...........................................0* (23 mins, 18 balls)

Yashpal Sharma....................not out............................................0* (1 mins, 1 ball)

ExtrasL 0

Fall: 69,74

.................................O...M...R...W

Saleem Altaf..............10 - 3 - 13 - 0

Sikander Bakht..........10 - 4 - 13 - 0

Mohammad Nazir........10 - 3 - 24 - 0

Abdul Qadir.................12 - 4 - 23 - 0

Mudassar Nazar............4 - 3 - 1 - 2

 

[Slowcoach]

India 'B' v Pakistan 'B', 3rd Unofficial Test, at Calcutta, 1978



There was drama at Eden Gardens, with the pitch finally speeding up in the final session, the Pakistan 'B' team nearly pulled off a victory.

Needing 4 off the final over of the last hour to win, the Pakistanis could manage only 3 off Ghavri, as remarkably the match was left drawn with the scores level.

In truth the target was much too low, and victory would have flattered the Pakistanis, as India 'B', desperate to win the level the series, declared too early.

Yadav pulled a muscle in his first over, and was unable to bowl for the rest of the day, hampering the home team's efforts.

Rameez Raja made an excellent hundred to sustain the run chase, accelerating after making 50 and looking in great touch.

Pakistan 'B' won the 3 match series 1-0, with their excellent bowling in the first game setting up the victory.

Throughout the series the Pakistan 'B' batsmen had the better of things, scoring 5 hundreds to India 'B's one.



Pakistan 'B' 200/4 (64 overs)



Mohsin Khan................c K.Srikkanth b D.S.Doshi.........................14 (55 mins, 51 balls)

Talat Ali........................b K.D.Ghavri.............................................23 (107 mins, 76 balls)

Rameez Raja................c Yashpal Sharma b S.Madan Lal...............101 (175 mins, 161 balls) 11 fours

Mansoor Akhtar............st C.S.Pandit b R.M.H.Binny........................22 (73 mins, 51 balls) 2 fours 1 six

Shoaib Mohammad......................not out......................................32* (56 mins, 46 balls) 4 fours

Mudassar Nazar (c)......................not out........................................2* (6 mins, 5 balls)

Extras: 6 (w2, nb4)

TOTAL: 200/4 (64 overs)

Fall: 22,49,112,197

.....................................O...M...R...W

K.D.Ghavri....................14 - 4 - 40 - 1

S.Madan Lal..................12 - 1 - 40 - 1

R.M.H.Binny..................13 - 2 - 42 - 1

D.S.Doshi.....................24 - 3 - 78 - 1

N.S.Yadav.......................1 - 1 - 0 - 0



Match Drawn

Man of the Match: B.P.Patel



Pakistan 'B' win series 1-0

 

[Slowcoach]

India tour of Pakistan, 1978/9



India will tour Pakistan for 6 Tests and a number of 4 day tour matches (and maybe some ODIs).

The Indian squad is as follows:

S.M.Gavaskar

C.P.S.Chauhan

S.Amarnath

D.B.Vengsarkar

G.R.Viswanath

M.Amarnath

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk)

B.Reddy (wk)

Kapil Dev

K.D.Ghavri

S.Madan Lal

S.Venkataraghavan

E.A.Prasanna

B.S.Bedi

B.S.Chandrasekhar



(Note: I added S.Madan Lal to the squad due to the number of tour games I plan, and the fact the squad lacks seamers)



The first match of the tour will be a 4 day game against a strong Banks XI.



Banks XI lineup

Sadiq Mohammad

Mudassar Nazar

Haroon Rasheed

Javed Miandad

Mushtaq Mohammad (c)

Azmat Rana

Wasim Raja

Taslim Arif (wk)

Abdul Raqib

Sikander Bakht

Liaqat Ali



(Note: I used cards from the New Faceless Ones for Azmat (Bat 30), Liaqat (Bat 7, Fast Medium 45), Abdul Raqib (Bat 10, Finger Spin 40)

 

[Slowcoach]

Banks XI v Indians, 4 day tour match, Defence Stadium Karachi, 1978



Pitch: Slow and low bounce (1B)

Weather: Hot and sunny



The Indians won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch expected to break up on the final day.

Gavaskar and Chauhan took full advantage of good batting conditions, both scoring centuries during an opening partnership of 231.

S.Amarnath failed, but Vengsarkar, Viswanath, and Kirmani all batted well, enabling the Indians to declare at 417/5 midway through Day 2.

The home attack struggled, but Abdul Raqib deserved praise for his 2 wickets, outbowling more experienced international players.



Indians 417/5 declared (136.5 overs)



S.M.Gavaskar.....................c Azmat Rana b Abdul Raqib........................120 (263 mins, 250 balls) 13 fours

C.P.S.Chauhan...................b Abdul Raqib..............................................140 (326 mins, 263 balls) 7 fours 1 six

S.Amarnath.......................c Azmat Rana b Sikander Bakht......................6 (15 mins, 12 balls) 1 four

D.B.Vengsarkar...................c Haroon Rasheed b Mushtaq Mohammad.....41 (95 mins, 75 balls) 6 fours

G.R.Viswanath....................c Haroon Rasheed b Mudassar Nazar.............76 (134 mins, 117 balls) 7 fours 1 six

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk).............................not out.......................................33* (103 mins, 94 balls)

Kapil Dev............................................not out..........................................3* (18 mins, 18 balls)

K.D.Ghavri

S.Venkataraghavan

E.A.Prasanna

B.S.Bedi

Extras: 8 (w2, nb6)

TOTAL: 417/5 declared (136.5 overs)

Fall: 231,243,284,329,412

.....................................O...M...R...W

Sikander Bakht.............27.5 - 9 - 68 - 1

Liaqat Ali.......................18 - 3 - 64 - 0

Mudassar Nazar..............17 - 4 - 36 - 1

Abdul Raqib....................27 - 3 - 96 - 2

Mushtaq Mohammad......28 - 6 - 85 - 1

Wasim Raja....................14 - 0 - 50 - 0

Javed Miandad.................5 - 1 - 18 - 0

 

[Slowcoach]

Banks XI v Indians, 4 day tour match, Defence Stadium Karachi, 1978



Pitch: Slow and low bounce (1B)

Weather: Hot and sunny



Banks XI struggled to a mediocre total in reply to the Indians 417, posting 275 to narrowly avoid the follow on.

Haroon Rasheed top scored with 85 batting at number 3, and opener Sadiq made 56, but the rest made starts and gave it away.

The offspinners lead the way, with Venkat claiming 4 wickets to possibly claim a test spot.

Ghavri also bowled well, finally finding some joy after a tough series for India 'B'.



Banks XI 275 all out (89.2 overs)

Sadiq Mohammad..........c Kapil Dev b E.A.Prasanna.................56 (95 mins, 82 balls) 6 fours 1 six

Mudassar Nazar.............c S.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev..................1 (12 mins, 9 balls)

Haroon Rasheed............lbw S.Venkataraghavan......................85 (187 mins, 163 balls) 9 fours 2 sixes

Javed Miandad...............b S.Venkataraghavan.........................29 (61 mins, 55 balls) 4 fours

Mushtaq Mohammad (c)..b S.Venktaraghavan...........................19 (58 mins, 50 balls) 3 fours

Azmat Rana..................b S.Venkataraghavan..........................12 (33 mins, 30 balls) 1 four

Wasim Raja...................c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri..............27 (81 mins, 63 balls) 2 fours 1 six

Taslim Arif (wk)..............S.M.Gavaskar b E.A.Prasanna..............16 (25 mins, 21 balls) 1 four

Abdul Raqib....................c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri..............11 (63 mins, 56 balls) 1 four

Sikander Bakht..............S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri..................2 (17 mins, 13 balls)

Liaqat Ali.........................................not out..............................4* (6 mins, 4 balls) 1 four

Extras: 13 (b3, w4, nb 6)

TOTAL: 275 all out (89.2 overs)

Fall: 9,82,148,193,200,212,239,264,268,275

.....................................O...M...R...W

Kapil Dev......................23 - 6 - 53 - 1

K.D.Ghavri....................14.2 - 2 - 40 - 3

E.A.Prasanna.................17 - 2 - 50 - 2

B.S.Bedi.........................16 - 4 - 68 - 0

S.Venkataraghavan.........19 - 2 - 61 - 4

 

[Slowcoach]

Banks XI v Indians, 4 day tour match, Defence Stadium Karachi, 1978



Pitch: Slow and low bounce (1B)

Weather: (2) Sunny with some cloud



The Indians took their lead to 365, beforing declaring at Stumps on Day 3, leaving Banks XI the final day to chase the target.

Gavaskar made his second century of the match, and Chauhan again batted well in an opening partnership of 89.

Raqib picked up another 2 wickets to complete a handy match, but the bowling in both innings by Banks XI was poor.



Indians 223/4 (71 overs)



S.M.Gavaskar..................................not out..........................117* (247 mins, 221 balls) 10 fours 1 six

C.P.S.Chauhan.............c Taslim Arif b Mudassar Nazar.............47 (80 mins, 61 balls) 8 fours 1 six

S.Amarnath.................c Haroon Rasheed b Abdul Raqib...........6 (12 mins, 8 balls) 1 four

D.B.Vengsarkar.............lbw Wasim Raja..................................16 (74 mins, 68 balls) 2 fours

G.R.Viswanath..............lbw Abdul Raqib...................................6 (14 mins, 11 balls) 1 four

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk)........................not out............................28* (60 mins, 60 balls) 3 fours

Extras: 2 (nb3)

TOTAL: 223/4 declared (71 overs)

Fall: 89,103,150,165

...................................O...M...R...W

Sikander Bakht............10 - 2 - 33 - 0

Liaqat Ali.......................6 - 0 - 27 - 0

Mudassar Nazar.............10 - 1 - 36 - 1

Abdul Raqib...................22 - 5 - 68 - 2

Mushtaq Mohammad......12 -3 - 33 - 0

Wasim Raja.....................10 - 2 - 24 - 1

Javed Miandad..................1 - 0 - 2 - 0



Banks XI need 366 to win on final day.

 

[Slowcoach]

Banks XI v Indians, 4 day tour match, Defence Stadium Karachi, 1978



Pitch: Slow and Low Bounce, becoming Ball Keeping Low

Weather: Hot and Sunny



A magnificent unbeaten 222* by Javed Miandad lead Banks XI to in the end a comfortable victory over the Indians.

Sharing a partnership of 258 for the 3rd wicket with Haroon Rasheed who made 95, Javed punished all the bowlers in a brilliant innings.

The bowlers could find no way through his defence, and captain Bedi was left to rue his declaration, though with little riding on the game, he could be forgiven for 366 was enough.

Bedi himself had a poor match with the ball, and Venkat was once again the best of the spinners.

A young Kapil Dev struggled, though he did strike with the new ball in both innings.

In the end Javed Miandad was named man of the match for his match winning double hundred, despite Gavaskars twin centuries.



Banks XI 366/4 (90.5 overs)



Sadiq Mohammad.................c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri...........................7 (18 mins, 13 balls)

Mudassar Nazar....................c S.Venkataraghavan b Kapil Dev......................2 (12 mins, 10 balls)

Haroon Rasheed...................c C.P.S.Chauhan b S.Venkataraghavan............95 (216 mins, 189 balls) 11 fours 2 sixes

Javed Miandad................................not out...............................................222* (293 mins, 271 balls) 26 fours 5 sixes

Azmat Rana..........................c C.P.S.Chauhan b S.Venkataraghavan............13 (27 mins, 22 balls) 2 fours

Mushtaq Mohammad......................not out.................................................21* (52 mins, 44 balls) 2 fours

Extras: 6 (lb2, w1, nb3)

TOTAL: 366/4 (90.4 overs)

Fall: 9,9,267,302

....................................O...M...R...W

Kapil Dev......................18.5 - 0 - 89 - 1

K.D.Ghavri....................16 - 2 - 54 - 1

E.A.Prasanna.................17 - 3 - 74 - 0

B.S.Bedi.........................20 - 2 - 83 - 0

S.Venkataraghavan.........19 - 1 - 64 - 2



Banks XI won by 6 wickets.


Man of the Match: Javed Miandad

 

[Slowcoach]

Decided to play a 50 over game between the same two teams seeing as I had the players set up on IC Helper.

I don't know how similar the Test and ODI tables are for scoring, but I managed to have a fun game.



Banks XI v Indians, 50 Over Warm Up, Defence Stadium, Karachi, 1978



Pitch: (3) Normal Conditions

Weather: Sunny, some cloud about



Banks XI won the toss, and with conditions normal, elected to bat first.

They were immediately in trouble, as Kapil Dev opened with 4 maidens, dismissing Sadiq and Haroon for ducks.

It was until Taslim Arif hit out in the closing overs that Banks XI approached anything near a competitive score.

Another excellent opening partnership by Gavaskar and Chauhan settled things, the Indians winning by 10 wickets with 8.4 overs.

Man of the match was Kapil Dev, who set things up for the Indians with 4-18.



Banks XI 165/9 (50 overs)



Sadiq Mohammad..................lbw Kapil Dev..........................................0 (9 mins, 7 balls)

Mudassar Nazar......................c S.M.H.Kirmani b B.S.Bedi....................32 (57 mins, 48 balls) 6 fours

Haroon Rasheed.....................c S.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev....................0 (10 mins, 8 balls)

Javed Miandad........................c and b Kapil Dev..................................20 (45 mins, 31 balls) 3 fours

Azmat Rana............................lbw E.A.Prasanna.................................14 (32 mins, 29 balls) 2 fours

Mushtaq Mohammad (c)..........lbw E.A.Prasanna.................................29 (86 mins, 79 balls) 2 fours

Wasim Raja.............................st S.M.H.Kirmani b S.Venkataraghavan...5 (34 mins, 29 balls)

Taslim Arif (wk)...................................not out....................................47* (59 mins, 49 balls) 6 fours

Abdul Raqib.............................b E.A.Prasanna......................................5 (12 mins, 18 balls)

Sikander Bakht........................c G.R.Viswanath b Kapil Dev..................6 (11 mins, 7 balls) 1 four

Liaqat Ali.............................................not out.....................................0* (6 mins, 2 balls)

Extras: 7 (w4, nb3)

TOTAL: 165/9 (50 overs)

Fall: 4,12,40,57,75,96,125,138,155

....................................O...M...R...W

Kapil Dev.....................10 - 4 - 18 - 4

K.D.Ghavri...................10 - 1 - 48 - 0

E.A.Prasanna...............10 - 1 - 35 - 3

B.S.Bedi.......................10 - 1 - 31 -1

S.Venkataraghavan......10 - 1 - 33 - 1



Indians 166/0 (41.2 overs)



S.M.Gavaskar...........................not out......................82* (141mins, 135 balls) 6 fours 1 six

C.P.S.Chauhan.........................not out......................82* (141 mins, 115 balls) 9 fours

S.Amarnath

D.B.Vengsarkar

G.R.Viswanath

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk)

Kapil Dev

K.D.Ghavri

S.Venkataraghavan

E.A.Prasanna

B.S.Bedi

Extras: 2 (w1, nb1)

TOTAL: 166/0 (41.2 overs)

Fall:

.......................................O...M...R...W

Sikander Bakht...............7.2 - 0 - 37 - 0

Liaqat Ali.........................6 - 1 - 28 - 0

Mudassar Nazr.................5 - 0 - 16 - 0

Abdul Raqib.....................9 - 0 - 40 -0

Mushtaq Mohammad.......8 - 0 - 22 - 0

Wasim Raja.....................4 - 0 - 17 - 0

Javed Miandad.................2 - 0 - 8 - 0



Indians won by 10 wickets.

Man of the Match: Kapil Dev

 

[Slowcoach]

Pakistan v India, 1st One Day International, at Sialkot



Pakistan won the toss, and with the pitch Normal and the weather Sunny, with some cloud about, decided to bat first.

All of the top order made runs, with the highlights being quick half centuries to Javed and Mushtaq.

Zaheer and Mohsin offered good support in a good team effort.

Ghavri was the star with the ball, chipping away at the Pakistanis for a 5 wicket haul.

Pakistan would be very happy with their eventual total, and it will be a tough chase for the Indians.



Pakistan 267/9 (50 overs)



Majid Khan....................c D.B.Vengsarkar b K.D.Ghavri.................27 (40 mins, 36 balls) 5 fours

Mudassar Nazar..............c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri..................19 (50 mins, 37 balls) 3 fours

Zaheer Abbas.................c D.B.Vengsarkar b K.D.Ghavri.................44 (80 mins, 62 balls) 5 fours

Javed Miandad................c G.R.Viswanath b S.Venkataraghavan.....53 (57 mins, 50 balls) 8 fours 1 six

Mushtaq Mohammad (c)..c C.P.S.Chauhan b Kapil Dev...................68 (70 balls, 66 balls) 9 fours

Mohsin Khan...................c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri..................41 (53 mins, 36 balls) 3 fours 1 six

Imran Khan.....................b K.D.Ghavri............................................1 (8 mins, 3 balls)

Hasan Jamil...................................not out......................................8* (16 mins, 6 balls) 2 fours

Wasim Bari (wk)...............b M.Amarnath.........................................1 (6 mins, 5 balls)

Sarfraz Nawaz..................c Kapil Dev b M.Amarnath........................0 (3 mins, 1 ball)

Iqbal Qasim....................................not out.....................................0* (2 mins, 2 balls)

Extras: 5 (lb1, w2, nb2)

TOTAL: 267/9 (50 overs)

Fall: 44,47,133,148,256,256,261,267,267

.............................................O...M...R...W

Kapil Dev..............................10 - 0 - 38 - 1

K.D.Ghavri............................10 - 1 - 44 - 5

M.Amarnath..........................10 - 1 - 58 - 2

B.S.Bedi................................10 - 0 - 47 - 0

S.Venkataraghavan...............10 - 0 - 79 - 1

 

[Slowcoach]

Pakistan v India, 1st One Day International, at Sialkot



India fell short by 23 runs in what was an exciting game up until the last couple of overs when things got beyond the later Indian batsmen.

Chauhan and S.Amarnath both made half centuries, as India got themselves into a good position, needing 130 from the final 20 overs.

The steady fall of wickets cost them however, and it was Majid Khan with his handy medium pace who made the decisive impact, claiming 3-18 from 3 overs.



India 244/9 (50 overs)



S.M.Gavaskar........................lbw Imran Khan...............................15 (47 mins, 36 balls) 1 four

C.P.S.Chauhan.....................lbw Iqbal Qasim.................................62 (117 mins, 86 balls) 13 fours

S.Amarnath........................c Sarfraz Nawaz b Iqbal Qasim.............61 (91 mins, 85 balls) 9 fours

G.R.Viswanath.....................c Mudassar Nazar b Majid Khan..........30 (41 mins, 28 balls) 3 fours 1 six

D.B.Vengsarkar.....................c Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim................22 (14 mins, 15 balls) 3 fours 1 six

M.Amarnath.........................c Mushtaq Mohammad b Majid Khan....1 (11 mins, 4 balls)

Kapil Dev..............................c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan................23 (36 mins, 24 balls) 4 fours

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk)..............c Mushtaq Mohammad b Majid Khan....17 (7 mins, 13 balls) 4 fours

K.D.Ghavri...........................c and b Mudassar Nazar.........................0 (4 mins, 4 balls)

S.Venkataraghavan............................not out..................................6* (22 mins, 6 balls)

B.S.Bedhi...........................................not out..................................0* (6 mins, 6 balls)

Extras: 7 (w1, nb6)

TOTAL: 244/9 (50 overs)

Fall: 29,134,156,191,197,202,222,223,243

..........................................O...M...R...W

Imran Khan.......................10 - 3 - 32 - 2

Sarfraz Nawaz....................10 - 2 - 25 - 0

Hasan Jamil.........................8 - 0 - 48 - 0

Mudassar Nazar....................7 - 0 - 39 - 1

Iqbal Qasim........................10 - 0 - 61 - 3

Mushtaq Mohammad............2 - 0 - 21 - 0

Majid Khan...........................3 - 0 - 18 - 3



Pakistan won by 23 runs.

Man of the Match: Majid Khan

 

[Slowcoach]

Decided to play another ODI, but put in the wrong pitch number in IC Helper and a low scoring match on the wrong pitch for the ground resulted.

Not to worry, will just say this is next day on a worn and Uneven Sialkot pitch from the night before.



Pakistan v India, 2nd One Day International, at Sialkot



With an Uneven pitch mistakenly used for the match, Pakistan elected to bowl first, and the move reaped dividends.

Gavaskar and Chauhan, previously in such good form, were out for ducks, and S.Amarnath 6, as India were reduced to 12/3.

They never really recovered, and it took hard hitting 62 by M.Amarnath to drag them to 166.

Pakistan were given an excellent start by Mohsin, and his innings of 69 settled the game.

There were some late wickets to Kapil Dev, but by then the result was not in doubt, and a boundary to Imran saw them across the line with plenty of overs to spare.



India 166/9 (50 overs)



S.M.Gavaskar.............c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan......................0 (2 mins, 2 balls)

C.P.S.Chauhan...........b Sarfraz Nawaz.......................................0 (9 mins, 5 balls)

S.Amarnath...............b Imran Khan..........................................6 (23 mins, 14 balls) 1 four

G.R.Viswanath...........c Javed Miandad b Iqbal Qasim.................39 (85 mins, 67 balls) 6 fours

D.B.Vengsarkar...........lbw Mushtaq Mohammad.........................27 (78 mins, 50 balls) 3 fours

M.Amarnath...............b Hasan Jamil..........................................62 (109 mins, 88 balls) 8 fours 2 sixes

Kapil Dev....................c Imran Khan b Mushtaq Mohammad.........0 (2 mins, 2 balls)

S.M.H.Kirmani (wk).....c Majid Khan b Iqbal Qasim.......................6 (56 mins, 50 balls)

K.D.Ghavri..................c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan.....................15 (29 mins, 18 balls) 1 four

E.A.Prasanna.................................not out..................................3* (14 mins, 5 balls)

B.S.Bedi (c)....................................not out..................................0* (3 mins, 3 balls)

Extras: 8 (b4, w2, nb2)

TOTAL: 166/9 (50 overs)

Fall: 0,8,12,65,76,76,102,153,166

....................................O...M...R...W

Imran Khan.................10 - 4 - 24 - 3

Sarfraz Nawaz..............10 - 3 - 42 - 1

Hasan Jamil...................6 - 0 - 32 - 1

Mudassar Nazar.............3 - 1 - 11 - 0

Iqbal Qasim..................10 - 2 - 32 - 2

Mushtaq Mohammad....10 - 4 - 18 - 2

Majid Khan....................1 - 0 - 3 - 0



Pakistan 170/6 (45 overs)



Majid Khan.......................c S.M.H.Kirmani b K.D.Ghavri.................13 (40 mins, 31 balls) 2 fours

Mohsin Khan....................lbw M.Amarnath.....................................69 (112 mins, 92 balls) 10 fours

Zaheer Abbas....................b Kapil Dev..............................................5 (41 mins, 35 balls)

Javed Miandad..................c G.R.Viswanath b Kapil Dev....................35 (76 mins, 57 balls) 5 fours

Mushtaq Mohammad (c)...b B.S.Bedi...............................................17 (19 mins, 23 balls) 2 fours

Mudassar Nazar.................c S.M.Gavaskar b Kapil Dev......................10 (20 mins, 18 balls) 1 four

Imran Khan.........................................not out.................................8* (18 mins, 13 balls) 1 four

Hasan Jamil..........................................not out.................................6 * (11 mins, 5 balls)

Wasim Bari (wk)

Sarfraz Nawaz

Iqbal Qasim

Extras: 7 (b1, lb2, w1, nb3)

TOTAL: 170/6 (45 overs)

Fall: 41,82.98,119,148,158

..................................O...M...R...W

Kapil Dev...................10 - 0 - 45 - 3

K.D.Ghavri.................10 - 4 - 22 - 1

M.Amarnath................6 - 0 - 40 - 1

B.S.Bedi.....................10 - 0 - 22 - 1

E.A.Prasanna................9 - 0 - 38 - 0



Pakistan won by 4 wickets.

Man of the Match: Mohsin Khan

Pakistan lead series 2-0

 

[Slowcoach]

IC Helper had an error and shut down, leaving me to have to go back to a previous save with different players punched in.

I ended up playing a 50 over game between India 'B' and Pakistan 'B' because I still had the teams set up.

I lost an amazing performance, 346/5 off 50 overs by India because I didn't save, oops.



India 'B' v Pakistan 'B' , 2nd Unofficial ODI, Madras, 1978



Pitch: 1B - Slow pace, Low bounce

Weather" Hot and Sunny



India 'B' won the toss, and elected to bowl first on a slow, low pitch.

Pakistan 'B' started well, the openers putting on 48 in quick time, but 4 wickets to Doshi derailed the innings.

The scoring ground to a halt and middle order wickets tumbled, leaving the visitors only able to post 144 off their 50 overs.

In reply the Indians were untroubled, an opening partnership of 69 between Srikkanth and Gaekwad setting up the win.

Gaekwad was unbeaten on 70 at the end, but the man of the match was Doshi for his 4-25 off 10 accurate overs.



Pakistan 'B' 144 all out (50 overs)



Mudassar Nazar (c)..............b D.S.Doshi.....................................29 (63 mins, 50 balls) 5 fours

Talat Ali...............................lbw D.S.Doshi..................................20 (54 mins, 38 balls) 2 fours

Mohsin Khan.......................lbw N.S.Yadav..................................23 (54 mins, 38 balls) 3 fours

Mansoor Akhtar...................c N.S.Yadav b D.S.Doshi....................2 (15 mins, 16 balls)

Shoaib Mohammad..............b D.S.Doshi......................................2 (12 mins, 12 balls)

Rameez Raja.......................c Yashpal Sharma b N.S.Yadav..........31 (61 mins, 49 balls) 4 fours

Anil Dalpat (wk)...................lbw K.D.Ghavri................................23 (58 mins, 50 balls) 2 fours

Abdul Qadir..........................c C.S.Pandit b R.M.H.Binny................4 (14 mins, 13 balls)

Saleem Altaf........................lbw K.D.Ghavri..................................8 (33 mins, 17 balls)

Mohammad Nazir.................c K.Srikkanth b R.M.H.Binny..............0 (10 mins, 8 balls)

Sikander Bakht................................not out................................0* (16 mins, 11 balls)

Extras: 2 (w2)

TOTAL: 144 all out (50 overs)

Fall: 48,51,59,69,82,124,136,136,138,144

..................................O...M...R...W

K.D.Ghavri.................10 - 2 - 33 - 2

S.Madan Lal...............10 - 3 - 30 - 0

R.M.H.Binny...............10 - 2 - 17 - 2

D.S.Doshi...................10 - 2 - 25 - 4

N.S.Yadav...................10 - 0 - 39 - 2



India 'B' 146/3 (46.4 overs)



A.D.Gaekwad....................................not out.............................70* (170 mins, 137 balls) 11 fours

K.Srikkanth (c).............lbw Mohammad Nazir.............................41 (61 mins, 51 balls) 6 fours

R.Lamba......................c Mudassar Nazar b Mohammad Nazir.......8 (18 mins, 17 balls)

Yashpal Sharma...........c Talat Ali b Abdul Qadir............................0 (15 mins, 14 balls)

B.P.Patel...........................................not out.............................26* (71 mins, 61 balls) 3 fours

C.S.Pandit (wk)

R.M.H.Binny

S.Madan Lal

K.D.Ghavri

N.S.Yadav

D.S.Doshi

Extras: 1 (w1)

TOTAL: 146/3 (46.3 overs)

Fall: 69,85,90

..................................O...M...R...W

Saleem Altaf..............10 - 1 - 30 - 1

Sikander Bakht...........8.3 - 1 - 34 - 0

Mudassar Nazar...........8 - 2 - 23 - 0

Mohammad Nazir........10 - 2 - 27 - 2

Abdul Qadir.................10 - 3 - 32 - 1



India 'B' won by 7 wickets.

Man of the Match: D.S.Doshi

Series level at 1-1

 

[Slowcoach]

Pakistan v West Indies, Tri Series (50 overs), 1st Match, Melbourne, 1981/2



Pitch: 1 - Good Batting Wicket

Weather: 7 - Heavy Cloud



Pakistan won the toss and batted first on a good batting wicket.

The openers started streakily, Mudassar edging one through gully off Marshall, before being trapped lbw by the same bowler with the total on 26/1 off 7.4 overs.

Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas then joined Mohsin Khan, and the pair added 38 before Zaheer had his stumps splayed by a trademark Joel Garner yorker for 15.

That left the score 64/2 off 18 overs.

Mohsin, having looked good for his 37, then fell lbw to Holding, leaving the score 64/3 off 18.4 and the Pakistan innings in some need of rebuilding.

Javed Miandad was dropped badly by Dujon down the legside off Garner on 2, it was to prove a vital miss.

Javed and Wasim Raja then added a brilliant counterattacking stand of 147 for the 4th wicket, off 158 balls, the pair hitting 18 fours and 7 sixes between them.

Javed, again dropped on 57, this time by Roberts at cover off Holding, rode his luck to make 76 off 78 balls, while Raja was eventually bowled by a Marshall yorker for a career best ODI score of 94.

Javed had earlier brought up his 50 off 51 balls, while Wasim Raja took 63 balls for his.

Imran was out first ball, but by then it didn't really matter, and Pakistan eventually totalled 249/7 off their 50 overs, a solid performance on a good pitch.

Holding was the pick of the bowlers, with 3-46.



Pakistan 249/7 (50 overs)



Mudassar Nazar.....................lbw M.D.Marshall.................................11 (39 mins, 27 balls) 1 four

Mohsin Khan.........................lbw M.A.Holding..................................37 (98 mins, 63 mins) 7 fours

Zaheer Abbas (c)...................b J.Garner...........................................15 (52 mins, 23 balls) 3 fours

Javed Miandad.......................b M.A.Holding......................................76 (115 mins, 78 balls) 8 fours, 3 sixes

Wasim Raja...........................b M.D.Marshall.....................................94 (132 mins, 94 balls) 10 fours 4 sixes

Saleem Malik.........................c P.J.L.Dujon b M.A.Holding...................10 (13 mins, 11 balls) 2 fours

Imran Khan...........................c M.D.Marshall b A.M.E.Roberts..............0 (8 mins, 1 ball)

Wasim Bari (wk).....................................not out.................................1* (7 mins, 2 balls)

Abdul Qadir.............................................not out.................................3* (5 mins, 3 balls)

Sarfraz Nawaz

Iqbal Qasim

Extras: 2 (nb2)

TOTAL: 249/7 (50 overs)

Fall: 26,64,64,211,236,245,245

......................................O...M...R...W

A.M.E.Roberts.................8 - 0 - 50 - 1

M.D.Marshall.................10 - 1 - 39 - 2

J.Garner........................10 - 1 - 50 - 1

M.A.Holding...................10 - 3 - 46 - 3

R.A.Harper.....................10 - 0 - 44 - 0

I.V.A.Richards..................1 - 0 - 14 - 0

H.A.Gomes......................1 - 0 - 6 - 0



West Indies need 250 runs to win off 50 overs.

 

[Slowcoach]

Pakistan v West Indies, Tri Series (50 overs), 1st Match, Melbourne, 1981/2



Pitch: 1 - Good Batting Wicket ( Overs 0 - 32) then 7A - Fast Paced Wicket (Overs 0-50)

Weather: Heavy Cloud



In a dramatic finish, with Sarfraz bowling an excellent second last over conceding just two runs and taking a wicket, West Indies needed 6 runs from the final over bowled by Mudassar Nazar.

Imran had earlier bowled out when things got desperate, claiming 3-37 to keep Pakistan in the game, leaving Mudassar to bowl the final over.

Mudassar conceded just 3 runs, and had Holding lbw from the first 5 balls, leaving 3 runs needed for the win off the last ball, or 2 for the tie.

Malcolm Marshall then pulled a good length ball from Mudassar for 4 to win the game for the West Indies from the final ball by 2 wickets.

The run chase was set up by Richards, opening for the first time in ODI's with 82 before being caught off a skier, and Greenidge, batting at 3, with 74.

The pair took a long time to get settled, but once they got flowing the Pakistani bowlers were powerless to stop the flow of runs.

Richards scored his 50 off 80 balls, and Greenidge his off 98, before both sped up in the later overs.

With the pitch speeding up, runs and wickets flowed.

The West Indies were sustained in the final overs by Dujon, who made an 39 off 24 balls, and got them close enough for Marshall to finish things off.

Man of the Match was Wasim Raja for his fighting 94 in a losing cause, his career best innings so nearly bringing his team victory.



West Indies 251/8 (50 overs)



I.V.A.Richards................c Sarfraz Nawaz b Imran Khan........................82 (134 mins, 98 balls) 12 fours 2 sixes

D.L.Haynes...................c Saleem Malik b Imran Khan............................4 (38 mins, 20 balls) 1 four

C.G.Greenidge...............c Zaheer Abbas b Abdul Qadir..........................74 (129 mins, 115 balls) 7 fours 1 six

C.H.Lloyd (c)...................c Zaheer Abbas b Abdul Qadir.........................27 (17 mins, 14 balls) 3 fours 2 sixes

H.A.Gomes.....................c Mudassar Nazar b Iqbal Qasim.....................2 (4 mins, 6 balls)

R.A.Harper......................c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan...........................16 (26 mins, 14 balls) 2 fours 1 six

P.J.L.Dujon (wk)...............................not out........................................39* (35 mins, 24 balls) 6 fours 1 six

J.Garner..........................c Zaheer Abbas b Sarfraz Nawaz......................2 (7 mins, 3 balls)

M.A.Holding.....................lbw Mudassar Nazar........................................0 (7 mins, 6 balls)

M.D.Marshall....................................not out..........................................4* (1 min, 1 ball) 1 four

A.M.E.Roberts

Extras: 1 (nb)

TOTAL: 251/8 (50 overs)

Fall: 17,135,176,179,203,234,244,247

.....................................O...M...R...W

Imran Khan..................10 - 1 - 37 - 3

Sarfraz Nawaz...............10 - 3 - 52 - 1

Mudassar Nazar...............8 - 1 - 50 - 1

Iqbal Qasim...................10 - 1 - 49 - 1

Abdul Qadir....................10 - 0 - 42 - 2

Wasim Raja.....................1 - 0 - 12 - 0

Saleem Malik...................1 - 0 - 9 - 0



West Indies won by 2 wickets.

Man of the Match: Wasim Raja

 

[Slowcoach]

West Indies to Pakistan 1983/4



West Indies will tour Pakistan for 6 Tests, 5 ODIs, 3 First Class tour matches, and 3 List A games.



West Indies squad:



C.G.Greenidge

D.L.Haynes

R.B.Richardson

I.V.A.Richards

H.A.Gomes

C.H.Lloyd (c)

A.L.Logie

P.J.L.Dujon (wk)

M.Pydanna (wk)

E.A.Baptiste

R.A.Harper

M.D.Marshall

W.W.Davis

M.A.Holding

A.M.E.Roberts

J.Garner

W.W.Daniel