HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: fotedar@gothamcity.uucp (Sunil Fotedar [MDSSC])
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: David Gower
Date: 13 Apr 1992 14:44:19 GMT
Organization: Software Technology Branch - NASA/Johnson Space Center

Hello netters:
My answers to the following questions I sent you earlier:

(1) Against which country did bowlers like Bedi, Chandra, and Venkat have
good luck with their bats - which series and what were their individual
(only highest) scores?
Ans: Bedi 50* (remember those 3 sixes off 4 balls)
	Chandra 20* (Chandra's 22* was against England in some other
series played before this series)
	Venkat 64 (included 2 to 3 sixes).
All this happened in a series against NZ (1976-77). In fact, Chandra
played only three innings, one per test, (20* with 4-5 fours,10* with
2 fours,1* for an aggregate of 31 runs - even Gavasker could not
have better average than that, and even great Headley could not take
his wicket :-))
Prasanna got 37 against Tony Lewis' England team in 1972-73 home series.
I don't think Prasanna even played against NZ in 1976-77 series.

(2) Name two players with identical names (without middle names) who
played for different countries, and around same time? Also name the countries
they played for? Hint: Both were bowlers and both have taken prize wicket of
Vishwanath.
Ans: Yes, it was Andy Roberts. AR of NZ played few tests, he was a middle-order
batsman (and scored 80 odd runs against India at Madras (?) in 76-77 series)
and a fast-medium bowler (took Vishy's wicket once).
*******
One more question, name one player from NZ and two players from Indian team
who had same last name (players are not currently playing in test matches -
and the names might be pronounced differently).

(3) Has Gavasker taken any test wickets? If so, how many? Details.
Ans: Yes, it was Zaheer's wicket for 97 (?) in 78-79 series. That's
the only wicket Gavasker has taken as far as I remember (Dennis Amiss's
wicket sounds doubtful - but then again I can be wrong).

********
Q: How many wickets has great Bradman taken? List his three highest test scores.
That should be easy.
Good luck.
Sunil
.
 
Sunil Fotedar
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: patb@lazy.helios.nd.edu (Pathikrit Bandyopadhyay)
Subject: Re: Reflections on the performance of the Indian team -Part 1 (v.v long!)
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:25:07 GMT

In article <5APR199221024943@rigel.tamu.edu> g0m0078@rigel.tamu.edu (giri) writes:
>In article <1992Apr5.071731.7780@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, sidi@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Sadiq Yusuf) writes...
>>In article <9204020530.AA28323@barred.owlnet.rice.edu> pvr@rice.edu (Narasimha Pvr) writes:
>[all sorts of excelent analysis deleted]
>
>No one has talked about the vice-captain. I feel Shastri, More will fill
>the slots for the tests and ODI respectively.
>
>Have Fun,
>
>giri
>----
>IF you cannot speculate , you cannot accumulate 
>					-PGW

i think vice-captain should be somebody young who will learn to become a
captain. manjrekar (may be tendulkar in another 5-6 years) should be a good
choice. this is sort of like the vice-president (yes yes not counting dan q).
From: KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: WI/SA OD2 SA after 25 overs
Date: 11 Apr 1992 10:26:14 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

From:	IN%"KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu" 11-APR-1992 09:41:43.73
To:	CRICKET
CC:	
Subj:	WI/SA OD2 SA after 10 overs

From:	IN%"KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu" 11-APR-1992 09:07:29.68
To:	aus@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
CC:
Subj:	WI/SA ODI 2 SA after 6 overs

     WI won the toss and sent SA to bat. Ambrose bowled 4 wides in the first
over and rwo in the second. He got Wessels caught by Williams off a ball which
would have been a wide had Wessels left it alone.

     Hudson was out off a brilliant throw from Simmons which hit the stupms.
Hudson hit the ball to Simmons and he fielded and threw it to hit the stupms.


Hudson 6  run out  (25)
Wessels c William b Ambrose 1
Kirsten not out
Kuiper  not out

33 for 1

     SA team is: Wessels, Hudson, Kirsten, Kuiper, Richardson, Henry, Snell,
Pringle, Donald and ...

      WI team has Patterson and Harper in place of Hooper and Logie


Rao
From: azhar@duke.cs.duke.edu (D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Miandad vs Crowe
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:24:13 GMT
Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Apr6.222730.16528@ncar.ucar.edu> amanning@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Andrew Manning) writes:
>> I thought that Miandad also deserved to share this award. He was as
>> consistent as Crowe was.
>
>I suggest you take another look at the statistics. Crowe had more runs (in
>one less game, if Miandad played them all?), had a much better average (120
>odd), AND, he had a very high strike rate (roughly 90%). 
>Andrew M. 				e-mail: amanning@acd.ucar.edu

	   . There is no comparision between Crowe and Miandad, because
the two were playing different roles in different teams.

	   . Individual statistics are a weak way of guaging performance,
and very infrequently employed by people who don't know cricket.
For example, Miandad's 57 in the semi was far more valuable than some
of his centuries. 

	   . Runs are scored in patnerships, not by individuals.

	   . It is impossible to quantify the role Crowe played in
Rutherford's innings during semi-final, and it is also impossible to
quantify the role Miandad played during Inzamam's innings in the semi. 

Salman [appreciates finer points of cricket] Azhar

-- 
``I will pass you in a small boat trapped by stormy seas, without
saying a word. Perhaps, there is nothing to say, and there is no time
for words. In these situations, words lose their meanings.''
          ----- D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar
From: vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: World Cup : Readers' Survey : Winners.......
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:42:35 GMT

	The final grades of the participants have been released a while ago.
We sincerely apologize for this long delay (of 10 days). In addition to our
academical commitments, organizing 284 entries into an ordered input caused
this length of time.

	The first three (surprisingly tied) winners of the survey are,

900847s@ace.acadiau.ca           [name please...]      : 61 points
mks5778@hertz.njit.edu           [Mahesh K Samdani]    : 61 points
moghal%koh-sun12.usc.edu@usc.edu [Nadeem Moghal]       : 61 points	

	We congratulate these three people for their  sharpness.  It was a
tough World Cup to predict.  We are sure that they deserve some awards for
this achievement; maybe all of us (RSC readers) may applaud them this time.  
We would try to find some sponsors and awards if we organize the same next 
time(!!!).

Some statistics:

Range of points distribution :  26 to 61
Mean of distribution         :  43.78   
Median of distribution       :  44
Mode of distribution         :  42
25th percentile              :  40
75th percentile              :  48
Standard deviation           :  41.85   (Variance 6.47)

	We received some personal mails in the past that few of our postings 
(summary of predictions etc.) did not reach  some of the sites.  In order to
observe the distribution, we request you to send an acknowledgement (if your 
name starts with R) to the address above.

Thanks,

Vicky and John,
UMass, Apr 07
++++

Was it a Normal Distribution?

26-27 *
28-29 **
30-31 ****
32-33 ******
34-35 ************
36-37 *************
38-39 ****************************
40-41 *****************************
42-43 *******************************************
44-45 ***********************************
46-47 ************************************
48-49 *************************
50-51 **************
52-53 **************
54-55 *********
56-57 ********
58-59 *
60-61 ***
From: fotedar@galileo.uucp (Sunil Fotedar [MDSSC])
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: testing
Date: 10 Apr 1992 18:10:38 GMT
Distribution: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: Software Technology Branch - NASA/Johnson Space Center

Testing.
Sunil
From: rajiv@dvorak.amd.com (Rajiv Malhotra)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: WI news
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:03:49 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <kuski4INN2ip@news.bbn.com> ckhan@BBN.COM (Chico Kahn (Room # 20/317 B)) writes:
>
>It's true that Hooper did have a decent run with the ball, but he's in
>the team as a batsman - his bowling is incidental.  With the present
>state of the West Indies team, we can ill afford a batting position 
>being taken by an out of form batsman who is there only for his bowling.
>With the replacement of Dujon by Williams we've lost a valuable
>stabilising bat in the middle order.  My point is, Hooper will have to 
>start producing soon (read 'by thru the Australia tour') on a CONSISTENT
>level, or face the consequences.
>
>Last I heard, he was injured.  Of course, that's what they said about
>Marshall as well, and we all know what Mako had to say about that...
>
>Chico.

The important thing is that Hooper bowls "spin". For a specialist
spinner to get into the team AND replace Hooper he better be DAMN
good. I don't think Harper quite fits the bill. Is there such a
spinner in the WI islands? I don't really know. Hooper has proven
his worth as a batsman on several occasions. Just like any other
batsman he is going through a lean patch and he should be able to
bounce back into the team. Just like any other
batsman he is going through a lean patch and he should be able to
bounce back into the team........at least one hopes. 

- Rajiv

- Rajiv



-- 
  
--- There is no future in time travel.
 
****     Rajiv Malhotra    ***
From: anantha@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ram Anantha)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: WILL IMRAN RETIRE???
Date: 26 Mar 92 10:34:39 GMT
Reply-To: anantha@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ram Anantha)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: anantha@dopey.cc.utexas.edu


Now that Imran has achieved his dream of Pakistan winning the 
World Cup, I will not be surprised if he retires. The contemporary
cricketeers who have had illustrious careers would love to
retire in STYLE. I am sure Imran too would do the same thing unless
there is a heavy pressure from his team mates and the people
of Paksitan(including the P.M). Lets wait and watch.

The other comment I want to make is: Why was Martin Crowe awarded
the Man of the Series before the Final was played? I thought that
Miandad also deserved to share this award. He was as consistent as
Crowe was.

I would take this opportunity to thank (on behalf of all the netters)
KRE, Mohan, Dr. K.S.Rao, Prashanth, and others who had contributed a
lot to make sure the scores were posted on time. THANKS ONCE AGAIN.

Ram
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: del@hawk.adied.oz.au (D Elson)
Subject: Re: The Shield Final
Organization: Australian Defence Industries
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 09:48:58 GMT

eefps@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Frank Savaglio) writes:

>In case ANYONE cares

Probably not, but there were quite a few at the ground.

>West Australia have won the Sheffield Shield...

Of course.  WA have to win the shield at least one year in two or it
gets homesick.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D Elson                              |   Systems Engineer
del@adied.oz.au                      |   Clough-ADI
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From: karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran Mohan Karnik)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Essex v England 'A'
Keywords: cold wet draw derekpringle
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:48:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr17.154859.2750
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In <3001@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> linshu@Sol25.essex.ac.uk (Lin S) writes:

>Greetings from soggy England.

>Other results (both three-day games): LEICESTERSHIRE (279-2 dec)
>beat CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (1st forfeited, 146) by 133 runs; DURHAM
							     ^^^^^^
>(286-2 dec) drew with OXFORD UNIVERSITY (105-2).

	BTW, was this Durham's first game in the county championships ? Or did
they start last season ? Any foreign players in the team ?

>Neil Dewhurst neil@essex.ac.uk

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neeran  Karnik - Dept. of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: raza@surya.ccs.uwo.ca (Mr. Raza Syed)
Subject: Re: Miandad vs Crowe
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 01:52:46 GMT

In article <4622@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> tom@minnie.cs.su.OZ.AU (Thomas James Jones) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.222730.16528@ncar.ucar.edu>, amanning@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Andrew Manning) writes:
>|> In article <69130@ut-emx.uucp> anantha@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ram Anantha) writes:
>|> >
>|> >The other comment I want to make is: Why was Martin Crowe awarded
>|> >the Man of the Series before the Final was played? I thought that
>|> >Miandad also deserved to share this award. He was as consistent as
>|> >Crowe was.
>|> 
>|> I suggest you take another look at the statistics. Crowe had more runs (in
>|> one less game, if Miandad played them all?), had a much better average (120
>|> odd), AND, he had a very high strike rate (roughly 90%). He was also the
>|> captain, and was correctly given a lot of the credit for New Zealand's
>|> remarkable performance in the Cup (many are saying we would have done
>|> better (but not necessarily have won) the semi if Crowe had been on the
>|> field). 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> 
>
>	Miandad certainly missed one game, and I also believe his
>	contribution was as worthy of recognition as that of Crowe,
>	who's side (when it counted), was not good enough.
>
>	tom j. jones

Crowe deserved the award. Why the award was given just for preliminary round? is
another thing. IMO opinion Miandad would certainly had got the award if
it was awarded on the basis of performance in whole tournament. The importance
of Miandad performance cannot be judged just by statistics (esp in this
World cup), i think most of the people will agree with me.

S.R.Raza.
From: tom@minnie.cs.su.OZ.AU (Thomas James Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Popularity of Cricket
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:40:13 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.170905.31715@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao) writes:
|> cheriv@nason110.its.rpi.edu (Vinay M. Cherian) writes:
|> >Where would cricket be ranked in terms of popularity?
|> 
|> >Would it come second, after Soccer??
|> 
|> I don't know about cricket, but basketball is number 2.  I would guess
|> cricket to be very far down the list because of the amount of
|> equipment needed to play the game.  At a rough guess soccer,
|> basketball, tennis, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, and hockey
|> would be more popular than cricket (if popular = number of people that
|> play the sport).
|> 
|> >Just curious,
|> 
|> >Vinay
|> 
|> bharat
|> --
|> R. Bharat Rao, E-mail: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (bharat@kbesrl.me.uiuc.edu)
|> AI Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
|> 405 N. Matthews, Urbana, IL 61801  (217)-244-1263 (O) 244-8371(F)
|> Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana

	Careful with these sort of estimations.
	There are 250 million people in USA, and a lot
	of them may indeed play basketball.
	There are 1 BILLION people in India/Pakistan.
	Unless there is an huge underground basketball following
	in the subcontinent...
	
	Also, there are another 1.2 Billion or so people in
	China, possibly spending their leisure time playing
	Pengong. 

	I would agree, though, that soccer probably would
	win internationally.

	tom j. jones
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: WILL IMRAN RETIRE???
From: cctr123@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Alan Murray, CSC Operations, Uni of Canty)
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:14:54 +1200
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

In article <69130@ut-emx.uucp>, anantha@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ram Anantha) writes:
> The other comment I want to make is: Why was Martin Crowe awarded
> the Man of the Series before the Final was played? I thought that
> Miandad also deserved to share this award. He was as consistent as
> Crowe was.

The Man of the Series was for the round robin part of the tournament only -
this was so that all had an even chance of winning it. The only other serious
contender after the round-robin phase was Peter Kirsten from South Africa.
Miandad did shine in the semis and the final but these did not count towards
the award.

Alan
From: g0m0078@zeus.tamu.edu (giri)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: British elections and WC...
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:20:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Hello,

It has been pointed out earlier that every time the defending
champion in WC loses the title, the ruling party in Britian
wins. Despite the opinion polls stating otherwise, the ruling
conservative party won.
Major must be hoping for a PAk's loss in the next WC -);-);

Interesting coincidence.

Have Fun,

giri
------
If you believe, there is no need to explain and if you donot believe
there is no use in explaining.
From: rky0742@hertz.njit.edu (J a M m B a Z z)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: good news about pakistan team!!!!
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:59:15 GMT
Distribution: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Apr9.035646.3749@gw.wmich.edu> x91ahmed4@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>good new guys.....pakistan is going to tour england for a cricket tournament
>and with help of God be victorius ........
	
welcome to the world of r.s.c  ... 
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From: shamim@khayyam.bellcore.com (Shamim Naqvi)
Subject: Re: Imran not to tour England
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ
	<1992Apr15.213511.21605@leland.Stanford.EDU>
	<1992Apr16.211027.21009@julian.uwo.ca>
Date: 17 Apr 92 14:20:11

In article <1992Apr16.211027.21009@julian.uwo.ca> raza@hobbes.ccs.uwo.ca (Mr. Raza Syed) writes:

   Imran's arrogance is not new,  and people and press has only supplemented
   it over the years.....by glamourizing (sp?) him too much for reasons which
   are not cricket(most of the times).

   Imran is a dictator by nature, and for those of you who know little bit
   about state of affairs in Pakistan Hockey, Pakistan has now got a Brig Atif
   in cricket also. 

I do not find this arrogant and non-arrogant distinction interesting.
Clearly, first, the results speak for themselves. Second, it is clear
in the former case where the blame ought to lie, and who should get
the plaudits. Look at the Indian cricket scene: after a bad series and
WC, it is not clear whether it was Azhar's mistakes, or the BCCI's
selection, or BCCI's antics during the series, or lack of output from
players, etc. Before Imran's tenure, Pakistan had similar problems.
How many people remember Asif Iqbal's tour of India, or Burki's tour
of England, etc. Who took the blame? In the 1970s, as has been
remarked repeatedly on this net, Pakistan had a magnificent batting
lineup with Zaheer, Majid, Asif, Mushtaq, Sadiq, Raja, etc. And this
lineup failed more often than clicked. Who took the blame? If Imran is
crazy enough to take this sort of dictatorial role, and take the heat,
by all means let him. If he wins, fine, otherwise the public knows
exactly whom to roast. And as we all know they will. 

A more appropriate hockey analogy would be to cite the example of Air
Marshall Nur Khan who was a dictator, and who as President of the
Hockey Federation took Pakistan hockey from the doldrums to the
pinnacle of world, olympic and Asian championships in a few years.

In some sense all successful captains have had strong biases. How much
say do you think Gooch has in the England selection process? He took
Botham along against almost everybody's objection. Why do you think
Gower, after topping the batting averages in Aus, was dropped?  Gooch
does not like Gower's easy attitude towards the game. Should I mention
Richardson of the WI? Or Lloyd, or Richards?  Last year's most
successful batsman, Robin Smith, was dropped from the final game in
the WC? As was England's most successful bowler, Tuffnel. These were
strong decisions, what you may call "arrogant."  But if Illingworth
had taken 5 for 15 or Lamb had knocked 75 in 5 overs, wouldn't Gooch
have gone around strutting like a peacock?  

Let Imran take the glory. In his time, he has also taken a lot of the
heat.  It must be a very weak individual who will get upset over his
statements of "I won the cup." Everybody knows that it took 11
players.
--
	--SAN
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: sanju@eng.umd.edu (Munjal Sanjeev)
Subject: Cricket balls.
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 18:37:50 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: na
Originator: sanju@pepsi.eng.umd.edu

Hi netters,

I need information on buying good quality and reasonably priced
cricket balls. Our team plays in the local league in the Washington
metropolitan area. Presently we pay $26 per ball. Is there a place
where we can buy for cheaper? We need about 20 balls.
Any information on address, telephone # of vendor, price etc will be 
appreciated. Other netters may have similar needs, so you may respond
on rsc or send me e-mail and I will post a summary. 

thank you,

sanjeev
From: sridhara@plains.NoDak.edu (Venkatesh Sridharan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: 2ND ONE DAYER, WI Vs SA, SUMMARY.
Keywords: Result.
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:15:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.16692
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo

The second one dayer between the WI and SA was won by the WI, the scores
are as follows:

SA - 152 all out, in 43 overs.
     Jonty Rhodes 45, Crinje 22, Ambrose 3-24.
WI - 154 for no loss, in ~*27* overs.
     Brian Lara 86 n.o. off 91 balls.
     Haynes ~55 n.o.

This game was, evidently even more one sided than the first one. Only 3 
South Africans reached double figures, Ambrose took 3 wickets ( the first
one off a near wide and the last two batsmen).

The WI, chasing 153, made a mockery of the target. Lara scored 86 off 91 
balls, with 13 fours and 3 sixes. At one stage, it looked as though the
match would be over by the time 25 overs were bowled in the WI innings.
The WI hundred came off 16 overs. Donald went for 41 runs in his first 
5 overs, Omar Henry went for 41 in his 4.3 overs. In short, a massacre of
the SA bowling. The stadium at the Queens Park Oval was packed to capacity,
tickets were reportedly sold out as early as 7'00 in the morning.



VENKY. ( Venkatesh Sridharan)
Win or Lose, forever Windies.
email: sridhara@plains.Nodak.edu

Score courtesy: Dr. K.S. Rao.
From: linshu@Sol25.essex.ac.uk (Lin S)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Essex v England 'A'
Keywords: cold wet draw derekpringle
Date: 17 Apr 92 10:47:39 GMT
Reply-To: neil@essex.ac.uk
Organization: University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Greetings from soggy England.

The opening fixture in the English cricket season, a four-day game
between the reigning county champions Essex and England's 'A' team,
ended yesterday in a draw. A lot of time was lost due to rain. The 
scores were:

ENGLAND A:	456-7 dec (D Bicknell 115, Moxon 71, Johnson 53,
		  H Morris 51)

ESSEX:		317-8 dec (M Waugh 61, Gooch 75, Pringle 115no; 
		  Munton 3-84, Salisbury 3-79)

Other results (both three-day games): LEICESTERSHIRE (279-2 dec)
beat CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (1st forfeited, 146) by 133 runs; DURHAM
(286-2 dec) drew with OXFORD UNIVERSITY (105-2).

  --
Neil Dewhurst neil@essex.ac.uk