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From: mamohamm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (SKEPTICAL)
Subject: Waqar
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:29:28 GMT

	Does anybody out there know for how long has Waqar Younus
	has played for Surrey?
	I think he just finished his second season with the county,
	but I am not so sure.

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From: pieter@ford.ee.up.ac.za
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Subject: Indian Team for first test
Date: 13 Nov 1992 12:08:07 -0600
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Oops, Looks like I forgot to post the Indian team. Well, after a few requests,
here goes:

Shastri, Amre, Manjrekar, Tendulkar, Azhar, Jajeda, Kapil Dev, More,
Prabhakar, Kumble, Shrinath

Yesterday it was announced that Raman would be playing, but this morning he
was replaced by the 12th man Amre.
From: peterg@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (Peter George)
Subject: Re: oiling or Seasoning?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:12:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard IC Business Division R&D, Palo Alto, CA
Keywords: seasoning, linseed


I'll relate my experience with a couple of Slazenger V* series
bats. The bats were specified as non-oil and came with a very
thin polyurethane coating (much thinner than the "plastered"
bats of old). They were broken in gradually with progressively
firmer cricket balls and survived one season. The next season
superficial cracks began to develop and I was advised to strip
the poly- coating and apply linseed oil. I did so and this seemed
to arrest further cracking. However, the blades cracked mid-way
through the season, catastrophically. I attributed this to the
dessication of the willow in the relatively dry Calif. climate,
despite the poly sealer.

I've given up on non-oil bats based on personal experience and
that of other cricketers around here. As far as "regular" bats
go, I'm into my third Grey-Nicolls Dynadrive. First, I use raw
linseed oil to pretty much soak the blade for about three weeks.
Then I break the bat in with a ball-mallet and cricket balls over
a month or so. I've had good service from the two previous GN's,
their eventual retirement being due to handle failure.
I also recommend using the thicker grade of raw linseed oil
available from a paint-shop/hardware store rather than the
usually thinner grade stuff available by mail-order from UK.

Now, if I could only find some time to play..lately..



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From: justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Justin Ridge)
Subject: Schedule for WI/Pak tour of Australia
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 09:36:38 GMT

Greetings.  The subject should tell you pretty much what this posting
is about.  If anyone has typed the schedule for the WI/Pak tour of this
summer, could you please Email me a copy, or else suggest where I might
look to obtain it?
I am looking for the dates of things like Tests, B&H World Series etc.

I realise that this has probably been asked before and that the answer
may well have been posted, so a apoligise if this is a 'repeat'.

Thank-you for any assistance forwarded.
Regards,
Justin Ridge
University of Tasmania

PS Please send anything via Email as this group is likely to be full
to bursting before I get to reading it again!
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From: pieter@ford.ee.up.ac.za
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Hudson out, b Kapil 14. SA 43/2
Date: 13 Nov 1992 03:04:13 -0600
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Ball came in from the pitch and Hudson got a thick inside edge driving.

Kepler is on 25
Kirsten       2

Kapil 2/16 (approx)
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From: pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao)
Subject: Re: Vinod Kambli 
Organization: Rice University
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 06:50:52 GMT


In article <4eyHoSa00iV3A1y1EW@andrew.cmu.edu>, Sujan Azad Parikh <sp48+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:


|> bear any resemblence of solidity. Remember, our batting order ends with
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|> Azza. Kapil has shown that he can still pack a few big hits (World cup
   ~~~~
|> '92) but even he is aging. 


Remember, our bating order started after Azza in Oz. :-)


|>    Let me tell you a few things about Kambli. Our school played against
|> their school (Shardashram) in the inter school cricket championships in
|> Bombay. Even Tendulkar was there in the team at that time. He came in at
|> number three and Kambli at four. Their school scored 800/2 against our
|> team. Kambli got a triple hundred that day. He really hammered our


So, I guess you had the fortune of watching one of the greatest partnerships
ever in the history of high schol crikcet!


|> attack. Seeing Raman stand (he is the most lethargic player I have ever
                                              ~~~~~~~~~

I'm not a big Raman fan, but I must say many people like that quality and
call it by a nice name `lazy elegance'. However, I must agree that it does
not help him in scoring runs.


|> seen) makes me think, does the Indian team deserve this? Remember,
|> Kambli can also fill up the role of the opener.
|> 
|> Sujan Parikh      

PVR
From: vemuri@informix.com (Sudhakar Vemuri)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Cricket quiz
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:51:29 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <9211070330.AA02494@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> B536HIND@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU (C. S. Sudarshana bhat) writes:
>The three instances in which Gavaskar scored two separate centuries in
>the same Test match are:
>124 and 220, vs. West Indies, Port Of Spain, 1971.  Result: Draw.
>111 and 137, vs. Pakistan, Karachi, 1978.  Result: Pakistan (Imran?) won.
>107 and 182 n.o., vs. West Indies, Calcutta, 1978-79.  Result: India won.
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No. the match is drawn. India could have won the match. Umpire upheld the
bad light appeal by the last wicket pair with 2 more overs to go. I think
one of the batsmen is Sivanaren.

India won the next match at Madras.

>Didn't Chetan Sharma take another hat-trick this past  fortnight agains t
>Zimbabwe in a one-dayer?



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From: pieter@ford.ee.up.ac.za
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Subject: Scores in South Africa: 6/11, 13h00
Date: 6 Nov 1992 05:26:15 -0600
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At Centurion Park, the President's XI are batting against the Indian 
tourists having won the toss. At lunch the scorecard is:
Steyn c More b Banerjee		0
Lazard c Tendulkar b Sinath	16
Koen n.o.			43
Cronje n.o.			11
Extras				 4
				--
				74/2

Prabhakar 0/7 Banerjee 1/14 Srinath 1/17 Chetan 0/21 Raju 0/10
Shastri 0/4

The pitch is somewhat unreliable, but is expected to ease up as the
match progresses. Prabhakar was quite impressive, and Srinath impressed
with quite a lively pace, having Lazard caught at third slip with a ball
that bounced sharply. Steyn was out to a highly ambitious shot -- trying
to pull one from outside the off stump.

Of the South Africans, Koen has played some pleasing shots, but has also
been beaten outside the off stump; his duel with Raju was intriguing, with
Raju continually tempting Koen to drive. Cronje has looked rock solid.

Other cricket

Border 108/7 vs. Natal (Malcolm Marshall 3/25)
Eastern Province ~90/3 vd. Free State (Donald 2/11)
Western Province ~70/2 vs. Transvaal(Lamb looking ominous ...)
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From: gsriniva@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Tin2)
Subject: oiling or Seasoning?
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:02:09 GMT


Hi gys,
I need to know how to season(i am not sure about this term) the bat.
Although I have read about it before , I never paid much attention to
it as I thought I wouldn`t need it.
My friend brought a new bat Symonds super tusker for me. 
 It seems the person who sold the bat said to my friend asked him to
oil the bat. Could any of u mail how to season or oil the bat. I am
also not sure if I have to oil the bat or not.  Thanks in advance.

Tin2
George Mason University
fairfax,Va-22031.

gsriniva@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
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From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Subject: Re: Women's Cricket
Organization: -=[ Curtin University of Technology ]=-  Perth  Australia
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:58:12 GMT

In article <1992Oct27.072547.20888@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au>, louise@.cs.uwa.oz.au (Louise Carver) writes:
> I play women's cricket here in Perth, Western Australia.  I play club cricket 
> (we have 3 grades in Perth) and first class cricket (i.e. I represent W.A. in 
> the annual Australian championships).
> 
> Australia are the current world champions and are generally considered the 
> team to beat in international cricket.  The competitions in the eastern states 
> of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia....) seem to be a 
> little stronger than here in W.A. mostly due to the larger numbers playing 
> the game.
> 
> As far as the international scene goes Aust play New Zealand in the annual
> Shell Rosebowl One-day series in January and Aust tour England in the 1993
> season.

Such a small world Louise!!!

Did you mention the women's program you, I and Kathryn host???  :v>

Rod
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From: rajagopa@charlie.ece.scarolina.edu (Sundararaman Rajagopal)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: (none)
Date: 11 Nov 1992 21:26:58 -0600
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Hi everyone!

With the first test of the series just a few days from now I thought it was
appropriate to discuss who will make it to the final eleven of the Indian
team.With most of the players picking themselves, according to me there is just
one place in the team that should be debatable.

And that is whether an extra batsman is to be played or to stick with the same
composition that played against Zimbabwe.Looking at past records it is only
prudent to go with the former option.Indian team has always done badly in the
first test match of a series after which we have come back strongly in the rest
of the test matches.Infact under Azhar's captaincy there is a 100% record of
India losing its first test except for the one test match against Zim.

Going with the first option the man to be left out is definitely Raju who had
a real bad test against Zim.Also the faster tracks in SA,would tend to help
Kumble better than Raju if we are going in with a spinner.I also think we shouldgo in with a specialist spinner rather than 4 pacers since if 3 of them cant do the job then it is unlikely that the fourth one is going to do it.

Raman should be retained although it was not by any means a great performance
against Zim.Shastri is our best opener after Sunny retired.It is infact true
that Shastri's performance as an opener has been remarkable.He has scored 
atleast 4 centuries since then and everyone of them as an opener.Add to that
the matchwinning 89 against sriLanka in India.Remember all the 4 tons came in
foriegn soil - 1 against WI,2 in England and a double century in Australia.
Hence it is tough to drop him although he is not in the best of nicks.

That leaves us with either Jadeja or Amre.I would say Amre since he is a test
match player and has played well in the limited chances he has got.Also Jadeja
primarily being an opener will not fit into the middleorder.Also it is not
advisable at this stage to keep changing his order in the batting lineup.

Hence my team would be:

Shastri
Raman
Manjrekar
Tendulkar
Azhar
Amre
Kapil Dev
Prabhakar
More
Srinath
Kumble

Discussions welcome!

Raj.

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From: d188sid@utarlg.uta.edu (S RAMACHANDRAN)
Subject: Re: Vinod Kambli
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:55:00 GMT

In article <741@wavefront.wti.com>, ravi@wti.com (Ravi Raj) writes...

> 
>Srikkanth is a case in point. He was an extremely entertaining batsman.
>But during the initial stages of his career, he was lucky enough to get
>the number of chances he got. But of course, he made the most of it,
>and went on to become an excellent partner to Gavaskar. But that precisely
>is my point. If there really were regional biases against him because he was 
>from TN, he probably wouldn't have gotten the number of chances he did, and 
>he wouldn't have become the dreaded opener that he became.
> 
>Replace Srikkanth with let's say, Ramnath Parkar. Had Parkar been treated
>the same way as Srikkanth was, we'd all be screaming, "Bombay favoritism!"
>at some point or the other...

I really think that if R.Parkar had been as swashbuckling a batsman as
Srikkant he would have definitely got as many chances as Srikkant got(as
you say he got in the early stages of his career). Srikkant would have
got the same chances even if he was from Bombay... 

Sidd.R.
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From: colin@physci.uct.ac.za (COLIN HENDERSON)
Subject: India vs. Pres. XI. Tea.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 13:45:47 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town


At tea, the President's XI were 189/5.  Men at the crease were Errol Stewart 
with a breezy 40 and Mahuwa (playing his first first-class match, the 
commentator said. Sure this can't be correct) on 1.

Not sure what everyone else scored, bur Hansie Cronje stroked a classy 73 (
12x4) and was last man out.

Prabhakar 2/23 off 11, Bannerjee 1/26 off 13, Raju 0/22 off 12, Sharma got a 
pasting, Shastri 1/15 off 6.  (Got Cronje going on a big hit.)


Allan Lamb has knocked up a superb 85 not out against Transvaal, 
particularly severe on Snell. G. Kirsten 100 not out, WP 215/2 at tea.

Border 199 all out, Natal 56/3.
E.P. 189/6 - Rushmere 85, Donald 2/18 off 11.

Back to work!
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Physics Dept, UCT, South Africa.
From: vaghela@laxatv.reo.dec.com (Umesh Vaghela)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: SA Side for 1st test
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:33:05 GMT
Reply-To: vaghela@laxatv.reo.dec.com (Umesh Vaghela)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

Could someone post the final Indian Line-up for the match.
From: van@wucs1.wustl.edu (Van K. Vo)
Subject: Final Tach/AVCA Div. III Poll
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:05:33 GMT

Tachikara/AVCA Div. III Poll (November 5, 1992)

Rank	School			Record:	Poll	Current	Tournament	Points
1.	Washington (MO) University	35-0	36-0	Central		210 
2.	Juniata 			31-4	36-4	East		196 
3.	St. Thomas			24-2	27-2	Central		181 
4.	Rochester Inst. Tech. (RIT)	45-4	49-5	East		157
5.	Menlo				18-5	19-5	West		138
6.	SUNY-Stony Brook		28-3	34-3	East		132
7.	UW(Wisc.)-LaCrosse		28-3	30-4	Central		121
8.	Upsala				48-4	50-5	East		118
9.	UW-Platteville			35-2	38-2	Central		 94
10.	UW-Whitewater			27-5	29-6	Central		 85
11.	UC-San Diego			9-17(!)	10-18	West		 62
12.	Calvin				31-7	34-7	Mid-West	 57
13.	Thomas More			27-12	29-17	Mid-West	 47
14.	St. Benedict			25-5	27-6	Central		 20
	LaVerne				14-10	14-11	West		 20
Others with 14+ points: Colorado College.

So obviously, the Central region is the toughest region with all six teams
in the top 15.  The east pulls up second with four ranked teams.  The west
looks to be Menlo's domain, but you can never rule out UCSD.  The Mid-West
seems to be humdrum, with just the 12th and 13th ranked teams going
for a final four spot (arguments for real seeding?).  Thomas More looks like
an upset special, having lost 5 of their last 7 matches.

If you are within driving range of any of the regionals, go and take a look,
especially in the Central (Platteville, Wis.) and East (SUNY-Stony Brook).
There is some very good play in Div. III, and if you are in Platteville,
you'll hear the loud and obnoxious WashU Bears.  Come by and chat.

Van Vo
Washington Univ. VBC
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From: tom@ethome.iupui.edu (Thomas Boehm)
Subject: Re: Ankle supports - Air Casts
Reply-To: tom@lightning.cadcam.iupui.edu
Organization: School of Engr and Tech, Purdue Univ at Indpls
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:11:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.094644.1@pa881a.inland.com>, kuhn@pa881a.inland.com writes:
> I turned my right ankle about four weeks ago causing a severe sprain.  I had
> an inversion sprain, I turned my ankle inward.  The outside of my foot and an
> area from just behind the toes to the ends of my toes turned completely purple.
> Two days ater the injury my doctor gave me a perscription for an Air Cast ankle
> support.  After wearing the brace for less than a day I was able to start
> putting some weight on the ankle.  Within about three or four days I was
> walking around without crutches (I still had a very noticable limp though).

  I have a question. I have turned my ankle numereous times, (last incident: 
just 3 1/2 weeks ago) and so I went thru rehab quite a bit. I remember a sports 
doctor telling me that it is better to stay on crutches, if you can not walk 
without a limp. I am not sure what the exact reason is for that, since it was 
about 8 years ago. I think the doc mentioned that the other foot might be over-
used ???

> <some stuff deleted>
> 
> The "Air Cast" ankle support is a great piece of equipment.  Not only does it
> help to recover quickly from a ankle injury, but you can continue to use it
> while playing volleyball to prevent any future injuries.  And it is comfortable
> enough to wear all the time.  

  I have talked to several people in the medical and sports profession, which tell
me that you should not permanently wear the air cast for playing volleyball. The
problem is that it will never give the ankle a chance to strengthen itself again.

  I plan on playing tonight (with aircast), but then going back to the ankle braces.
The braces I have are from Sweden and have served me very well (no ankle rolling of
ankle or even overstraining), the recent sprain came when I wasn't wearing the brace.
Actually I was wearing a brace on the other foot, then (lucky me!!) I landed on 
somebody else's foot.

> <some good description of air casts deleted>  
> 
> I hope this information is of some help to everybody asking about ankle
> injuries and "Air Cast" supports.  I wish you good luck in recovering from your
> ankle injuries, because sitting court side just watching sucks when you love
> playing the game.

  I still think the main use of the air cast should be recovery, supplemented with
some exercises to get the natural strength back.

  Of course all is IMHO. 

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Date: Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 11:01:51 CET
From: <CVIBERTI@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject:    January 9th thru 18th, any 2*2 tournaments ?

Hi everybody from Europe (the Netherlands).

I am looking for beach volleyball 2 vs 2 or 3 vs 3 tournaments in the subject
period, possibly in the South East of the USA (Alabama, Louisiana, Florida,
but also Texas would be O.K.).

Look forward to receiving some good news about this.
Coming over to the States alone, I would also need to be paired with a player.
I ranked n. 4 at Dutch National level in July, for the Dutch National beach
volley championships.

Advanced thanks for any info you can provide.

Cheers,
Carlo Viberti
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From: wang@cs.uiuc.edu (Eric Wang)
Subject: Another reason to support a pro indoor vb league in the USA
Reply-To: wang@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:06:28 GMT

Another reason to support a pro indoor vb league in the USA is so that
we can give New York a franchise and let them choose the obvious name
for it.

Eric Wang
wang@cs.uiuc.edu

(Honk if this was too subtle.)
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From: pjs1@cec2.wustl.edu (Philip John Schielke)
Subject: Div III Tournament bracket
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:39:55 GMT


===============================================================================
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From: van@wucs1.wustl.edu (Van K. Vo)
Subject: Women's Div. III Ending
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:52:58 GMT

Hi all.  It's that time of year again.  Women's Div. III is wrapping up this
weekend and the Regionals start next weekend (Nov. 12).  As a Washington
University (home of the first Pres. debate) fan, I'm happy to announce that
the Bears are ranked #1 with little competition on the horizon.

AVCA DIVISION III POLL
(October 29, 1992)

Rank	School(Record)			(1st Place)	Pts.
_____________________________________________________________
1.	Washington University (29-0)	(18)		270
2.	Juniata (28-4)					252
3.	St. Thomas (22-2)				229
4.	Wisconsin-Platteville (31-0)			195
5.	Upsala (46-3)					190
6.	Rochester Inst. Tech. (41-3)			180
7.	Menlo (17-4)					163
8.	SUNY-Stony Brook (25-3)				135
9.	Wisconsin-LaCrosse (27-3)			115
10.	UC-San Diego (9-15)				102
11.	Wisconsin-Whitewater (21-5)			 64
12.	Calvin (26-7)					 55
13.	Thomas More (26-12)				 54
14.	St. Benedict (23-5)				 51
15.	LaVerne (11-10)					 41

Others with 15+ points: Colorado College, Illinois Benedictine.

As this is extremely dated, I can give some updated information.

Wash. U. is currently 35-0 with a game record of 103-3.  Their three
losses went to Thomas More, Wis-Platteville, and (Oh I forgot).  They
have faced UCSD, their arch-rivals, twice.  No team has given any indication
of being able to challenge us this year.  There is a good chance of having
the Finals here at Wash U for an unprecedented 4th straight year.

Platteville has finally been defeated by both LaCrosse and Whitewater.
The UW teams seem to be fairly strong and are very likely to have
a Regional tournament in their backyard.  Look for them to break through
next year.

Out to the west, all of us Wash U fans who remember Menlo three years
ago are hoping to see them again.  We're interested to see whether UCSD
will make it to the Final Four this year.  I won't show my stripes just
yet.

Juniata looks like it might have a chance to finally make the finals for
the first time this year.  They lose in the semis every year.

That's about it for now.  The Regional sites and teams will be announced
this Sunday (11/8).  Cross your fingers that a regional tournament is
coming to a site near you...


Van Vo
Washington University VBC
Home of the Women's Div. III VB Champs '89, '91, (soon to be '92)