From: 9063iyerm@vms.csd.mu.edu (Murali Iyer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: More from Sadiq [ Once again from India ] Yusuf!!
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:01:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: vms.0095FF5D.8D3219C0
Reply-To: 9063iyerm@vms.csd.mu.edu
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services

I got this message from Sadiq [the West Zone rooter] Yusuf this morning, and
thought it would not be fair to keep you guys waiting for too long. Hence this
quick post. 

As usual, all typos henceforth go to Sadiq/Srinivas' Karmic Account. 
Enjoy the note.

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Hi Murali,
        Whats up ? How are things in the old US of A ?! Things are OK
around here. Sorry about not sending stuff for so long, but haven't
been coming in here at all. I still havent read your message, heard from
my friend that you had sent one but it isn't in his directory right now.
Will ask him about it when he returns in abn hour or so.
        Anyway, I assume (and hope :-) ) that you managed to send in my
last note to the net. So, I'll send some moore right now ! The domestic
season is beginning to roll, what with the Duleep and all.
        I wish I had proper access here, and maybe a scanner to go with it!
That would have been great fun - have come across so much that would go down
great on the net ! Oh well. Anyway. Do send me some sort of acknowledgement
when you get this note, Ill get my friend to get me a printout if I can - or
maybe come in sometime. Meanwhile take care, and at worst Ill get to you
by the 20th odd of September from NU ! Bye now !

                        Sadiq [ West Zone wallah ] Yusuf
************ here we go ************* kaato kaato kaato***********

Duleep Trophy Qtrfinals

        I suppose you guys have got the results of this thing by now, with
the details and stuff. Just in case you haven't , (this is from memory, don't
hold me to it) South beat East by 150 odd runs.
        East collapsed on the first day to 226 all out ( this was Vizag,
a spinners paradise) - aah sorry, that was South that got 226 all out. East got
250 odd in reply, South then came back with 350 or so and East got 160 odd
all out ( Pandit topscored with 34 in the 2nd innings). Raju got like 12 for
120 in the match, Saridindu Mukerjee got 6 for 77 in the first inning and
nonw in the second. Avinash Kapur (east) got 9 wickets in the game, Ranjib
Biswal got 5 wickets in the 2nd inning after not bowling in the first. Raman
got 2 biggish scores.

Duleep Trphy semis  West v/s Central

        As a Bombayite Iam biased, but if West lose this game ( it's still in
progress), I think it'll be entirely due to the stupid quota system that we
have in the selections. This game is at Madras, it was expected it might be a
spinning track as at Vizag. But because of the stupid quota system, the West
team is selected with regional balance in mind - both Sanjay Patil (terrific
Bombay left arm spinner) and Sairaj Bahutule ( young , promising Bombay leggie)
are missing from the squad as their presence would mean that the team was
overloaded with Bombayites. Instead , Rashid Patel is playing ( a 3rd seamer
is clearly a waste on this pitch) , inspite of the fact that  there was no
way to judge his form - he is coming off the one year suspension for that
altercation with Lamba.
        Anyway , onto the game.
        Day 1 ----

                Showers early in the day curtail play. Central win the toss
and bat, are 79 for 1 at tea and 122 for 1 with ten minutes to close, when
things start happening. Kuruvilla , who went wicketless in his first spell
of 8 overs and didn't bowl particularly well, got the last ball of the over to
kick off a length and take the edge of Kirti Pate;ls bat for More to take the
catch. Patel got 37 , holding himself in check on a wicket on which strokes
were not possible.
        Then its all Ankola. First he has nightwatchman Rajesh Chouhan leg
before. AMre then takes a single off his first ball. Ankola then spreadeagles
Amrish Gautams stumps with a yorker ( Gautam got 40) .
        Earlier in the day Yusuf Ali Khan and Kirit Patel had put on 66 for
the first wicket before Ankola forced Khan to fend one to Bhave at gully.
At the end of the day Central were 127/4, with Ankola returning with 3 for
23 off 9 overs.

        Day 2 ----
                Central ended up with 347 all out, with 47 of those runs
coming in the form of the penalty for bowling short of the overrate. West,
at the end of the day had replied with 64 for no loss ( coming in 126 mins.
Shastri is 19 n.o., and was scoreless for 25 mins at one stage and was
barracked by the crowd). The feature of the Central inning was AMre getting
83 - he was last out attempting to hit out and reach a century before he ran
out of partners.
        Shastri followed a policy of containment all day, trying to make
runs hard to come by. Ankola was the best bolwer , ending up with 5 wickets.
Kuruvilla could have done the same if he had gotten the same sort of
encouragement of an early wicket - Abhay Sharma pushed an Ankola half volley
to Manjrekar early in the day. Kuruvilla had a confident shout for LBW
against AMre turned down when he was 3, and turned him square the very next
ball only to see Bhave at gully fail to scoop it up. Left hander Gyanendra
pandey added 59 with Amre for the 6th wicket before being stumped of Radia,
and Sanjeev Sharma added 61 for the 7th before falling to Ankola (in the
slips ) with the new ball. Prashant Vaidya slogged Kuruvilla for 2 fours
beofre being run out.
        Yusuf Ali Khan c Bhave b Ankola 28 ; Patel c More b Kuruvilla 37
        A Gautam b Ankola 40; R Chouhan lbw Ankola 0 ; Amre c Shastri
        b Radia 83 ; Sharma c Manj b Ankola 2 ; Pandey st More b Radia30
        S Sharma c Tend b Ankola 26 ; P Gandhe c More b Kuruvilla 0 ;
        P Vaidya r.o. 19 ; Zaidi n.o. 5 ( 8 overs short - penalty 47)
        Total 347
        Kuruvilla 25-5-76-2 ; Patel 21-3-56-0 ; Ankola 22-4-67-5 ;
        Tendulkar 21-9-35-0 ; Sugwekar 3-0-10-0 ; Radia 9-0-45-2

        Day 3 ---
                Central offie Rajesh Chouhan claimed 6 for 62 to give his
side a lead of 86 ( I say guys, maybe we ought to add his name to our list
of probables, what ? :-) ) The Central openers then batted out the last 34 mins
scoring 21 to deny West any advantage from skipper Shastris suprise declaration
Shastri was left ruing two things today. First the poor batting display of
Sachin and Kambli , out pplaying unwarranted shots. Second the lack of a class
spinner to expploit a track much like the one at Vizag, where 38 of the 40
wickets fell to spin. The absence of Sanjay {Patil is bound to be felt
tomorrow, and perhaps that of Bahutule as well ( there, what did I tell ya :-)
A third seamer like Patel is a waste on this wicket, and worse , the
footmarks creatred when he went round the wicket proved a boon for Chouhan.
        Chouhans flight and drift kept the batsmen in check and Shastri and
Manjrekar had to use all their skill to hang on and prevent the spinners
running thru the side. Left arm spinner Pandeys flight troubled both , and
Shastri twice gave him hte charge being lucky to avoid Amre at extra cover.
Finally Manjrekar drove straight to AMre. Then Chouhan got to work. First,
he had Shastri playing over one thta hastened thru. Soon after lunch, Sachin
drew away and cut a sppinning and rising ball to backward point. Kambli, instead
of biding his time, chanced his arm. After a few near misses, he lofted Chouhan
into the hands of Zaidi at longon - he made just 15. Then, More swept too
early ( 3rd ball), and was leg before. Next , SHantanu Sugwekar pulled to
Amre at midwicket, after putting on 26 in 90 minutes with Radia. Ankola was
caught at silly point by Kirti Patel. Finally, Shastri declared to try and
get a couple of wickets before the close, but the gamble misfired.

        Shastri b Chouhan 62 ; Bhave c Chouhan b Vaidya 40 ;
        Manj c Amre b Pandey 48; Sachin c Sharma b Chaouhan 11;
        Kambli c Zaidi b Chouhan 15 ; Sugwekar c Amre b Chouhan 26;
        More lbw Chouhan 0 ; Radia n.o. 19 ; Ankola c Patel b Chouhan 16;
        R. Patel n.o. 10  ( for 8 decl ) 261
        Vaidya 19-6-38-1 ; Zaidi 12-2-23-0 ; Chouhan 30-11-62-6;
        S. Sharma 19-1-59-0; Gandhe 20-8-58-0 ; Pandey 13-2-32-1

        Day 4 ---
                Well, no newspaper today ( yesterday was Ganesh Chaturti),
so no details !! But I just bought me a Mid-day ( they even have a Calvin
and Hobbes now :-) , so could give you guys a scorecard and little else.
The details so far have been provided courtesy of the Times of India :-)
        Despite Salil Ankola's match figures of 9 for 108, due to an inadequate
spin attack, Central built up a decent score of 256 all out 65 minutes before
close. Facing a target of 343 to win in 396 minutes and 15 mandatory overs,
West were 37 for no loss at the close. Openers Bhave (12) and Kambli (25) (!)
were at the crease. Shastri led the spin attack, bowling from the first over
and for 17 overs unchanged this morning. . Along with Radia , the spinners tood
4 wickets before lunch.
        Yusuf Khan st More b Shastri 26 ; Kirti Patel lbw Radia 48;
        Gautam c Tend b Shastri 6 ; Amre lbw Ankola 44;
        A Sharma c Bhave b Radia 8 ; PPandey c sub b Radia 29;
        S Sharma c Bahve b Tend 37 ; Chouhan lbw ANkola 5 ;
        Gandhe b Ankola 19 ; Vaidya n.o. 14 ; Zaidi lbw Ankola 0 ( 256)
        Ankola 15.3-4-41-4 ; Kuruvilla 17-5-33-0 ; Radia 24-1-72-3;
        Shastri 19-3-52-2 ; Sachin 11-0-49-1

        Lets go West ! Lets go West ! We can do this !!! :-) :-) :-)
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        Well, thats that for now. Will send the other match stuff separately.

This is Murali Again:

Excuse the jumbled line-wrap. I got it this way, and could not do anything to
correct it. Sorry if you can't make out much. (Mani is Maninder Singh).
I have made a bit of cosmetic rearrangement to the layout. 

BEGIN SECOND MESSAGE HERE:

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Hi Murali,
        Running late, so not much details here of the 2nd game. ANyway.

        Duleep semis North v/s South


Hoy you doing? This is Srinivas here. Whats up in Wisconsin.
Here goes the score.     North vs South
                          317     367

All right , Iam back.

        Jadeja c Azhar b R Singh 39; Sidhu c Raju b Prasad 11;
        Prabahkar c Vaidya b Raju 55; A Sharma lbw Prasad 61;
        Bhaskar c vaidya b Srinath 26; Puri c Vaidya b Prasad 4
        Kaypee b Kubmble 38 ; Yadav b srinath 56;
        Chetan lbw Kumble 1 ; mani no 3
        Bhandari c prasad b kumble 6  317
        Srinat 2-42 ; Prasad 3-68 ; Raju 1-61 ; Kumble 3-13 off 12 overs

South Zone:

XXXXXXXXX         b Mani     45 
Azhar  c Siddhu   b Chetan  153 
Dravid c Puri     b Prabh    14 
Robin  c sub      b Bhandari 22 
Ayub   c and      b Chetan   18 
Kumble c Bhandari b Prab 3
Raju              lbw Chetan 10 
Vaidya                no     16 
Srinath           lbw Chetan 4l 
Prasad      c and b Chetan    3
  
                              367


Prab 2-79; Chetan 5-87; Mani 2-96

Gotto go . Bye

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I shall send a thank you note to Sadiq and Srinivas for this informative
bulletin. Unfortunately, Sadiq is not able to make it more frequently. 
I guess we should be glad we can receive as much as we do. 

-Murali

                               Murali Iyer 

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