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[Slowcoach]

@NaviN GandhI

Bangladesh President's XI v West Indians - 3 day match - Dhaka

With conditions heavily in favour of spin the West Indies gave their spinners a long bowl in the Bangladesh President's XI 2nd innings.
Ramnarine took 5 wickets and Hooper 3 as the home side slumped to an innings and 177 run defeat.
Some gritty batting by the tail frustrated the West Indian bowlers but in the end victory was comfortable enough with 3 hours to spare.

West Indians won by an innings and 177 runs

Man of the Match: S.L.Campbell

Bangladesh President's XI 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 157/10 All Out (Overs 70.5)
    Batsman                    Fieldsman                                         Bowler                         Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    Shahriar Hossain           c IR Bishop                                       b CL Hooper                      12  54  37  0  0
    Athar Ali Khan                                                               b D Ramnarine                    17  62  36  3  0
    Al Sahariar                lbw                                               b CL Hooper                       0   3   3  0  0
    Aminul Islam*              c D Williams                                      b D Ramnarine                     6  34  23  0  0
    Akram Khan                                                                   b D Ramnarine                     5  17  19  0  0
    Naimur Rahman                                                                b D Ramnarine                     0   2   3  0  0
    Khaled Mashud+                                                               b D Ramnarine                     9  13  15  0  0
    Enamul Haque               c CL Hooper                                       b JC Adams                       14  79  65  0  0
    Fahim Muntasir             lbw                                               b CL Hooper                      10  29  27  0  0
    Shafiuddin Ahmed                                                             b KLT Arthurton                  40 120 123  1  0
    Morshed Ali Khan           not out                                                                            32  74  79  2  0
      extras                                                                     (b7 lb0 w1 nb4)                  12
    TOTAL                                                                        10 wickets for                  157

    FOW
    1-30(Shahriar Hossain) 2-30(Al Sahariar) 3-30(Athar Ali Khan) 4-40(Akram Khan)
    5-40(Naimur Rahman) 6-46(Aminul Islam) 7-52(Khaled Mashud) 8-69(Fahim Muntasir)
    9-101(Enamul Haque) 10-157(Shafiuddin Ahmed)

    Bowler                   Overs Maid Runs Wkts
    IR Bishop                5     0    16   0 
    CE Cuffy                 3     1    7    0 
    FA Rose                  2     1    4    0 
    D Ramnarine              28    3    57   5 
    CL Hooper                21    4    42   3 
    JC Adams                 8     1    17   1 
    KLT Arthurton            2.5   0    5    1 
    SC Chanderpaul           1     0    2    0

 

[Slowcoach]

@NaviN GandhI

Please choose an XI for the 1st Test v Bangladesh

Bangladesh v West Indies - 1st Test - Dhaka

Pitch: 19 -
Hard and bumpy, this wicket will always give the faster bowlers a chance. There is also the
prospect that it will not stand up to five (or even four) days play and batting could become a
nightmare in the later stages. It is doubtful that this wicket is really up to test standard.

Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

Injuries:
S.C.Williams - 1 match
C.E.Cuffy - 2 matches

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

Score update for 1st Test

India v Australia - 1st Test - Calcutta

Lunch Day 1

Toss: India

Debuts: Harbhajan Singh, S.C.G.MacGill

India won the toss and made slow but steady progress on a very flat and slow pitch.
The openers put on 51 before MacGill bowled Laxman to take his first Test wicket.
Warne also looked dangerous but Sidhu and Dravid carried them to Lunch without further loss.

India 65/1 (32 overs)

(N.S.Sidhu 32*, V.V.S.Laxman 29, R.S.Dravid 3*; S.C.G.MacGill 1-22)

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

Score update for 1st Test

India v Australia - 1st Test - Calcutta

Tea Day 2

India struggled against the Australian spinners scoring at below 2 per over in their first innings of 285.
The slow pitch frustrated the batsmen as much as the bowlers and it took an 89 run partnership between spinners Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble to haul India out of trouble.
Warne lead the way as the spinners took 8 wickets between them with MacGill making an impressive debut and Lehmann chipping in with the wicket of Tendulkar.

India 1st Innings 285/10 All Out (Overs 150)
    Batsman                    Fieldsman                                         Bowler                         Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    NS Sidhu                                                                     b SCG MacGill                    40 145 118  0  0
    VVS Laxman                                                                   b SCG MacGill                    29  98  76  0  0
    RS Dravid                                                                    b SCG MacGill                     8  56  48  0  0
    SR Tendulkar                                                                 b DS Lehmann                     20  73  58  0  0
    SC Ganguly                 c DW Fleming                                      b GD McGrath                     30 158 130  0  0
    M Azharuddin*                                                                b SK Warne                       33 146 122  2  0
    NR Mongia+                                                                   b SK Warne                        7  43  27  0  0
    Harbhajan Singh            not out                                                                            40 211 168  2  0
    A Kumble                                                                     b JN Gillespie                   49 158 134  1  2
    J Srinath                  c DR Martyn                                       b SK Warne                       12  41  32  0  0
    BKV Prasad                 c MA Taylor                                       b SK Warne                        0   3   3  0  0
      extras                                                                     (b1 lb0 w10 nb6)                 17
    TOTAL                                                                        10 wickets for                  285

    FOW
    1-51(VVS Laxman) 2-77(NS Sidhu) 3-78(RS Dravid) 4-110(SR Tendulkar)
    5-158(SC Ganguly) 6-173(NR Mongia) 7-176(M Azharuddin) 8-265(A Kumble)
    9-285(J Srinath) 10-285(BKV Prasad)

    Bowler                   Overs Maid Runs Wkts
    GD McGrath               24    6    37   1 
    JN Gillespie             18    3    33   1 
    DW Fleming               20    4    40   0 
    SK Warne                 41    15   61   4 
    SCG MacGill              34    6    85   3 
    DS Lehmann               13    3    28   1

 

[Slowcoach]

@Life Warrior

Can you please choose a 17 man squad to tour Pakistan for 3 Tests from the following list of players.

List of available Test players for New Zealand in 1997/8

B.A.Young
C.M.Spearman
B.A.Pocock
M.J.Horne

S.P.Fleming
R.G.Twose
N.J.Astle
C.D.McMillan

C.L.Cairns
C.Z.Harris

A.C.Parore (wk)

D.L.Vettori
P.J.Wiseman
M.W.Priest
G.E.Bradburn

G.I.Allott
S.B.Doull
D.J.Nash
S.B.O'Conner
H.T.Davis
D.G.Sewell

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

India v Australia - 1st Test - Calcutta

The Australian top order struggled against spin and much like the Indian innings it was rescued by an 8th wicket partnership.
Warne made 76 and Gillespie 43 as the pair added 78.
Harbhajan impressed on debut as he and Kumble took 3 wickets apiece to give their side a 32 run first innings lead.

Australia 1st Innings 253/10 All Out (Overs 105.4)
    Batsman                    Fieldsman                                         Bowler                         Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    ML Hayden                  c VVS Laxman                                      b A Kumble                       28  69  60  0  0
    MA Taylor*                 c SR Tendulkar                                    b A Kumble                       16  92  75  0  0
    RT Ponting                 c NR Mongia                                       b Harbhajan Singh                 0   9   7  0  0
    DR Martyn                  c M Azharuddin                                    b SC Ganguly                     26  79  81  1  0
    DS Lehmann                                                                   b Harbhajan Singh                26  80  70  1  1
    IA Healy+                                                                    b Harbhajan Singh                21 108  90  1  0
    DW Fleming                 c SR Tendulkar                                    b BKV Prasad                      4  38  30  0  0
    SK Warne                                                                     b A Kumble                       76 139 115  3  2
    JN Gillespie               c NR Mongia                                       b J Srinath                      43 107  98  3  1
    SCG MacGill                c NR Mongia                                       b J Srinath                       2  14  15  0  0
    GD McGrath                 not out                                                                             0   6   2  0  0
      extras                                                                     (b2 lb0 w5 nb4)                  11
    TOTAL                                                                        10 wickets for                  253

    FOW
    1-40(ML Hayden) 2-44(RT Ponting) 3-48(MA Taylor) 4-93(DR Martyn) 5-102(DS Lehmann)
    6-111(DW Fleming) 7-162(IA Healy) 8-240(SK Warne) 9-248(SCG MacGill)
    10-253(JN Gillespie)

    Bowler                   Overs Maid Runs Wkts
    J Srinath                17.4  2    39   2 
    BKV Prasad               17    5    31   1 
    SC Ganguly               7     0    16   1 
    A Kumble                 30    5    72   3 
    Harbhajan Singh          29    10   76   3 
    SR Tendulkar             5     0    17   0

 

[Life Warrior]

C.M.Spearman
M.J.Horne
S.P.Fleming
R.G.Twose
N.J.Astle
C.D.McMillan
C.L.Cairns
C.Z.Harris
A.C.Parore (wk)
D.L.Vettori
P.J.Wiseman
M.W.Priest
G.E.Bradburn
G.I.Allott
D.J.Nash
H.T.Davis
D.G.Sewell

@Slowcoach

 

[Slowcoach]

@Life Warrior

Thankyou for the squad, can you please choose an XI from those players for the following 4 day warmup match.

Pakistan A v New Zealanders - 4 day match - Peshawar

Pitch: 81 -
Some signs of grass around, there may be a little help for the quick bowlers early on. However
the groundsman believes that the wicket will play easily for most of the game but with
perhaps a little help for the spinners on the final day.

Weather : 2 - Hot and Sunny

Injuries: None.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

India v Australia - 1st Test - Calcutta

Tendulkar and Ganguly lead the Indian batting in the 2nd innings as they added 108 for the 4th wicket.
Warne again bowled well but this time received little support enabling India to declare an hour into Day 5 when the lead passed 300.
Australia were set 301 to win in a minimum of 72 overs on a pitch set to speed up throughout the day.
A closely fought match was set for an interesting finish.

India 2nd Innings 268/5 Declared (Overs 120)
    Batsman                    Fieldsman                                         Bowler                         Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    NS Sidhu                   lbw                                               b DW Fleming                     30 113  96  1  0
    VVS Laxman                 lbw                                               b SCG MacGill                    10  52  23  0  0
    RS Dravid                                                                    b SK Warne                       42 147 104  0  1
    SR Tendulkar                                                                 b SK Warne                       79 261 221  2  0
    SC Ganguly                 not out                                                                            74 253 220  1  0
    M Azharuddin*              c ML Hayden                                       b SK Warne                        5  41  31  0  0
    NR Mongia+                 not out                                                                            11  36  40  1  0
    Harbhajan Singh            dnb                                                                                
    A Kumble                   dnb                                                                                
    J Srinath                  dnb                                                                                
    BKV Prasad                 dnb                                                                                
      extras                                                                     (b2 lb0 w2 nb13)                 17
    TOTAL                                                                        5 wickets for                   268

    FOW
    1-29(VVS Laxman) 2-61(NS Sidhu) 3-123(RS Dravid) 4-231(SR Tendulkar)
    5-249(M Azharuddin)

    Bowler                   Overs Maid Runs Wkts
    GD McGrath               21    5    55   0
    JN Gillespie             14    2    38   0
    DW Fleming               15    5    26   1
    SK Warne                 39    13   67   3
    SCG MacGill              23    5    55   1
    DS Lehmann               8     1    25   0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

India v Australia - 1st Test - Calcutta

A brilliant century by Damien Martyn lit up the run chase as the 1st Test came to a dramatic conclusion.
In the end some tight death bowling by Venkatesh Prasad prevented Australia from claiming victory and they fell 2 short as the match was drawn.
Martyn added 126 with Ricky Ponting in the most entertaining batting of the match but in the end steady wickets ensured the Australians fell just short.

Match Drawn

Man of the Match: S.K.Warne

Australia 2nd Innings 299/7 Closed (Overs 84)
    Batsman                    Fieldsman                                         Bowler                         Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    ML Hayden                  c NR Mongia                                       b BKV Prasad                      3  24  19  0  0
    MA Taylor*                 c RS Dravid                                       b SC Ganguly                     13  46  41  0  0
    RT Ponting                 c RS Dravid                                       b Harbhajan Singh                69 102  85  7  0
    DR Martyn                  c NR Mongia                                       b BKV Prasad                    135 234 204 13  0
    DS Lehmann                 st NR Mongia                                      b A Kumble                       28  54  55  3  0
    IA Healy+                  c SC Ganguly                                      b A Kumble                       10  34  35  1  0
    DW Fleming                                                                   b BKV Prasad                     31  74  63  3  0
    SK Warne                   not out                                                                             4  13   8  1  0
    JN Gillespie               dnb                                                                                 
    SCG MacGill                dnb                                                                                 
    GD McGrath                 dnb                                                                                 
      extras                                                                     (b0 lb0 w4 nb2)                   6
    TOTAL                                                                        7 wickets for                   299

    FOW
    1-9(ML Hayden) 2-25(MA Taylor) 3-151(RT Ponting) 4-197(DS Lehmann) 5-226(IA Healy)
    6-290(DR Martyn) 7-299(DW Fleming)

    Bowler                   Overs Maid Runs Wkts
    J Srinath                13    0    55   0 
    BKV Prasad               14    3    39   3 
    SC Ganguly               3     0    17   1 
    A Kumble                 27    3    87   2 
    Harbhajan Singh          25    1    87   1 
    SR Tendulkar             2     0    14   0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Ashutosh. @Sinister One

Please choose your XI's for the 2nd Test in Bangalore.

India v Australia - 2nd Test - Bangalore

Pitch: 89 -
Badly prepared wicket with both umpires and skippers already talking about preparing
written complaints that this is offered as a Test match surface. The pitch is dusty and
uneven and must surely help all types of bowler right from the stat. The match will go
ahead, but under protest.

Weather - 1 - Hot and Humid (favours swing)

Injuries:
S.R.Tendulkar - 1 match

 

[Master Bates]

langer in place of taylor
steve waugh in place of lehmann

 

[NaviN GandhI]

S.C.Campbell
S.C.Williams
B.C.Lara
C.L.Hooper
CB Lambert
J.R.Murray
C.E.Cuffy
C.E.L.Ambrose
IR Bishop
D Ramnarine
M.Dillon

 

[Slowcoach]

@NaviN GandhI

S.C.Williams and C.E.Cuffy are both injured for this game and will need to be replaced.

 

[NaviN GandhI]

S.C.Campbell
CB Lambert
B.C.Lara
C.L.Hooper
S.C.Chanderpaul
J.R.Murray
C.E.L.Ambrose
IR Bishop
C.A.Walsh
D Ramnarine
M.Dillon