TVS Cup in India (Aus, Ind, NZ), Oct - Nov 2003

[Radaga]

Well done to Williams!!!
And also to all the Australian bowlers, they are doing extremley well considering the players that are out.

 

[Rangeela]

Fleming lashes out at quality of pitches

Wisden Cricinfo staff

November 4, 2003



Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming have expressed concern about the quality of pitches being used in some of the games in the ongoing TVS Cup. The comments came after the one-day international between Australia and New Zealand at Pune started with a rush of top-order wickets, just as their earlier face-off at Faridabad did.

"They've got it wrong," said Fleming, in a report on the BBC's website. "You can't start this early with wickets like this, there's no point."

In the TVS Cup, India are playing all their games in day-night situations, which Fleming pointed out as a case of double standards. "It's a case of two competitions going on," he said. "Australia and us play one competition where it seams around and it is tough to bat, and India play another one where it gets slower and slower and turns.

"We've been on the wrong side of it twice and it makes the next game a lottery as well," Fleming added. "We can complain, but it won't matter. It will fall on deaf ears because India are not playing.

"So much rides on the toss. At least in New Zealand it seams for 100 overs, here it seams for 25 and after that it's a belter."

Australia won both games against New Zealand, but Ponting agreed that the early starts made a dent in the top-order. "I was telling some of our guys that the wickets at both Faridabad and Pune would have been ideal for day-night games after they got a few hours to dry out," he said. "India are trying to better their wickets for the standard of their own cricket, but they've just left too much juice in them for one-day cricket."

On the part of the BCCI, a spokesman said that both teams had been had been presented with the itinerary a month before the series began on October 23, and that neither team had raised any objections.

? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd

 

[Rangeela]

Doctors clear Ganguly for November 12 match

 

[Rangeela]

Anil Kumble will miss India's next match in the TVS Cup against New Zealand at Cuttack, due to the death of his father. The Indian team sent condolences to the Kumble family for this bereavement.

Sairaj Bahutule, the legspinner from Mumbai, has been included in the squad as Kumble's replacement. Aashish Nehra looked comfortable during a four-hour team practice session on Tuesday and is likely to play in the match at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Murali Kartik, the left-arm spinner, is also a likely replacement for Kumble in the playing XI.

? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd

 

[Rangeela]

6th Match India vs New Zealand

Toss: India

India 246/9 (50 ov) (Kaif 64) (Tuffey 3/31, Styris 3/38)
New Zealand 249/6 (47.3 ov) (Styris 68, McMillan 82*) (Khan 2/49)

Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets

Man of the Match:Scott Styris

Points:New Zealand 5, India 1

With this win New Zealand are pretty much alive in the series

Standings

Australia 18 points
India 9 points
New Zealand 9 points

 

[Radaga]

Yay! i dont care who wins as long as it's not India!!!

 

[Rangeela]

7th Match Australia vs New Zealand

Toss: New Zealand

Australia 225/7 (50 ov) (Bevan 84*, Ponting 52) (Mills 2/36)
New Zealand 181 (45.3 ov) (Styris 54) (Bracken 3/34)

Result: Australia won by 44 runs

Man of the Match: MG Bevan

 

[bomber]

Good to see Nathan Bracken back taking wickets.

 

[Rangeela]

Probable Squads for Match 8 btwn Australia and India

Australia (probable) 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Michael Bevan, 7 Michael Clarke, 8 Ian Harvey, 9 Andrew Bichel, 10 Nathan Bracken, 11 Brad Williams.

India (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 VVS Laxman, 4 Rahul Dravid (wk), 5 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 Mohammad Kaif, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Anil Kumble, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashish Nehra

 

[Rangeela]

8th Match India vs Australia

Toss: Australia

Australia 347/2 (50 ov) (Gilchrist 111, Ponting 108*, Martyn 61*) (Kumble 1/60)
India 286/8 (50 ov)(31.1 ov) (Sachin 89) (Symonds 3/42)

Result: Australia won by 61 runs

Man of the Match: A.Gilchrist


Standings

Aus 28 points
India 10 points
New Zealand 10 points

 

[Rangeela]

Squads for Match 9 btwn India and New Zealand

India (likely) Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly (capt), VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid (wk), Virender Sehwag, Hemang Badani, Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh, Aavishkar Salvi.

New Zealand Chris Nevin, Lou Vincent, Scott Styris, Craig McMillan, Jacob Oram, Chris Cairns (capt), Chris Harris, Brendon McCullum (wk), Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey.

 

[guido]

India will win, they just scored over 350!!!

 

[Rangeela]

Match 9th Result

9th Match India vs New Zealand

Toss: India

India 353/5 (50 ov) (Sachin 102, Sehwag 130, Dravid 50*) (Styris 2/46)
New Zealand 208 all out (47.0 ov)(Styris 54) (Khan 3/30)

Result: India won by 145 runs

Man of the Match: V.Sehwag


Final will be played on 18th between Australia and India

 

[Rangeela]

Probable Squads for Final

India 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 4 VVS Laxman, 5 Rahul Dravid (wk), 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 Mohammad Kaif, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Anil Kumble, 10 Harbhajan Singh, 11 Zaheer Khan.

Australia 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Michael Bevan, 7 Michael Clarke, 8 Ian Harvey, 9 Andrew Bichel, 10 Brad Williams, 11 Nathan Bracken

 

[sangam]

what i suggest is VVS should be out and nehra should be in...so india has 1 extra bowler...Tendulkar,Ganguly,Dravid,Yuvraj,Kaif and even sehwag can do the job pretty much.