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From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: NatWest Semi-Finals 1992 August 12
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:13:25 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


National Westminster Bank Trophy - Semi Finals
60 overs per side
Both Matches Weather Affected

At Leicester       Essex   v   Leicestershire

  ESSEX

* GA Gooch           c Benson      b Benjamin    8        (17-2)
  JP Stephenson      c Benson      b Mullally    0         (1-1)
  JJB Lewis          c Nixon       b Agnew      21        (50-3)
  PJ Prichard                      b Potter     87       (184-6)
  N Hussain                        b Parsons    40       (162-4)
  DR Pringle         c Potter      b Parsons     3       (174-5)
  NV Knight                   not  out           8
+ MA Garnham                  not  out           1
 
  Extras                                        20

  Total                                        176-6 from 49 overs





At Birmingham            Warwickshire     v    Northamptonshire

  WARWICKSHIRE

  AJ Moles                     lbw b Curran     19      (56-4)
  RG Twose           c Bailey      b Capel      15      (20-1)
* TA Lloyd                     c & b Taylor     10      (35-2)
  DP Ostler          c Lamb        b Ambrose     6      (45-3)
  DA Reeve                     lbw b Ambrose    18      (87-6)
  TL Penney                    lbw b Capel       7      (82-5)
  NMK Smith          c Fordham     b Penberthy   8      (99-7)
+ KJ Piper                         b Curran     12     (121-8)
  GC Small           c Capel       b Taylor     23     (143-9)
  AA Donald                   not  out          14
  TA Munton                   run  out           0     (149)

  Extras                                        17

  TOTAL                                        149 all out from 59.2 overs

  
  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

  A Fordham          c Piper       b Donald      6       (7-1)
  NA Felton                   not  out          24
  RJ Bailey          c Piper       b Munton      7      (27-2)
* AJ Lamb                     not  out           8

  Extras                                         2

  Total                                         47-2 from 23 overs

  Northamptonshire require 103 more runs to win from 37 overs @ 2.78 per over.o




  Both Matches finish THURSDAY



CDC

  W
From: aapfl6!zulfiqar@aapfl1.attmail.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: ENG vs PAK ONE DAYS ON CABLE
Date: 18 Aug 1992 08:39:44 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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        England vs Pakistan One Day Internationals would be televised
        by most of the cable companies throughout the US.

        Different companies are airing the matches at different times.
        Majority is showing it LIVE on AUGUST 22 (SATURDAY). Some would
        TAPE-DELAY the event by a few hours.

        The AUGUST 24 match may be TAPE-DELAYED and played on
        AUGUST  29 (SATURDAY). Some systems would show it LIVE.

        Your best bet would be to check with your local cable company
        to find the time and day of both the matches. I understand that
        the operators may not know yet because AVI has just struck deals
        with these companies. You might have to talk to your PPV MANAGER
        to get details.

        I also understand that the match would be SCRAMBLED and would not
        be distributed to satellite dish owners unless you make special
        advance arrangements with AVI @ (407) 239-8933.

        Different cable companies are charging different amounts. The
        range is from  $15 to $20.

        Some folks want to know what they can do if their cable company
        is unaware of the matches. I suggest that you call the PPV MANAGER
        of your company and let him/her know of your interest and ask them
        to contact AVI @ (407) 239-8933. It would not be a bad idea to
        give AVI the name/phone of your cable company's PPV MANAGER
        as well.

        If anyone needs any further info. you can post it to rsc and I
        will see if I can get the answers.


Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: aapfl6!zulfiqar@aapfl1.attmail.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: PAK, ENG  ONE DAYS ON PPV
Date: 21 Aug 1992 09:56:10 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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        DON'T  FORGET  PAKISTAN  VS  ENGLAND  ODI  THIS  SATURDAY

                                ON  PPV


        England vs Pakistan One Day Internationals would be televised
        by most of the cable companies throughout the US.

        Different companies are airing the matches at different times.
        Majority is showing it LIVE on AUGUST 22 (SATURDAY). Some would
        TAPE-DELAY the event by a few hours.

        The AUGUST 24 match may be TAPE-DELAYED and played on
        AUGUST  29 (SATURDAY). Some systems would show it LIVE.

        Your best bet would be to check with your local cable company
        to find the time and day of both the matches. I understand that
        the operators may not know yet because AVI has just struck deals
        with these companies. You might have to talk to your PPV MANAGER
        to get details.

        I also understand that the match would be SCRAMBLED and would not
        be distributed to satellite dish owners unless you make special
        advance arrangements with AVI @ (407) 239-8933.

        Different cable companies are charging different amounts. The
        range is from  $15 to $20.

        Some folks want to know what they can do if their cable company
        is unaware of the matches. I suggest that you call the PPV MANAGER
        of your company and let him/her know of your interest and ask them
        to contact AVI @ (407) 239-8933. It would not be a bad idea to
        give AVI the name/phone of your cable company's PPV MANAGER
        as well.

        In reply to someone's question, Sammons Communications has indicated
        that in towns where they operate there is no interest in cricket
        and so would not be carrying it. That is hard to believe.
        However, there are other companies in NJ, MA, NY carrying these
        games and are in close proximity.

        If anyone needs any further info. you can post it to rsc and I
        will see if I can get the answers.
From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: County Championship 1992 August 14 (Friday)
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:39:14 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


County Championship 1992 August 14 (Friday)
Day 1 of 3

At Chesterfield
Derbyshire (3) 207
Kent (5) 190-4 (TR Ward 87, NR Taylor 60*)

At Hartlepool
Glamorgan (4) 396-9 dec (H Morris 126, A Dale 68, A Cottey 91)
Durham (2) 5-1

At Colchester
Nottinghamshire (2) 247-8 (PR Pollard 65, CL Cairns 80*, JP Stephenson 5w)
v Essex (3)

At Bournemouth
Hampshire (2) 260 (KD James 74, RA Smith 62, KM Curran 6-45)
v Northamptonshire (2)

At Uxbridge
Yorkshire (3) 286 (SR Tendulkar 82, PCR Tufnell 4-92)
Middlesex (4) 33-0

At The Oval
Leicestershire (2) 216 (V Wells 56, NJ Kendrick 6-61)
Surrey (4) 7-1

Matches Continue Saturday, Monday




Regretably, there will soon be a break in coverage. From about 20th August to
6th September, I will be in 'The Cricket-Starved Land' (as one netter put it)
and will have no access either to the scores or to a terminal. Apologies about
this but I'll be back for the last week or two of the season.
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From: ramana@unislc.uucp (Ramana Ramachandran)
Subject: Re: Swing, seam and cut
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:31:14 GMT

Sudhama Gopalan (sudhama@engin.umich.edu) wrote:
: This is an effort to expand the discussion on swing to include all kinds of
: deviation a fast bowler can produce. Now, my experience with cricket is largely
: limited to what I see on TV. Hence I'd like to pose a few questions to the
: hans-on types:
: 1) What kind of deviation is more pronounced, generally speaking? Swing (in the
	when the ball seams,it 'looks' more pronounced b'cos the ball has
	swung and then it has seamed.

: air) before the ball pitches, or deviation after the ball pitches. Which can
: be considered to be more difficult to play?

	At test level the degree of difficulty is determined mostly on how
	'late' the ball starts swinging.A late outswinger I would consider to
	be the most difficult to play.Onether important factor is controlling
	the swing.I remember Mike hendriks (?) when he beat the bat usually
	ends up beating the edge also! Ofcourse it depends on the skill of the
	batsman too.for eg: Once when boycott got out to a beauty from holding
	the commentators said that "only boycott could have edged the ball!"

: 2) Is deviation after the bounce solely due the seam hitting the ground or do 
: the principles of swing (in the air) also hold?

	IMO the deviation off the bounce is solely due to seaming.

: 3) Is cut to be distinguished from the above because it is solely a consequence
: of the fingers (or wrist - isn't that what Merv Hughes does) - just like spin is?

	Somehow we associate seaming with the new ball (forget W&W for the
	moment shall we!) and cut with a old ball though the basic principle
	is not much different.As per my observation, the ball seams in the same
	way as does the swing (If it swings away from the batsman it will
	seam still away from the batsman after pitching) though I did see
	garner swing away from sunny and then seam back at the 83' finals.I
	believe its a freak happening and a bowler cannot produce it 
	consistently.

	To cut a ball one needs to  use both the wrist and fingers.To produce
	an offcutter one needs to 'snap' the wrists and fingers and apply
	pressure on the middle finger with the seam at around 1 O clock angle.

	Generally speaking outswingers and leg cutters and away seamers are
	more difficult the their opposites.

	Now to some general thumb rules!

	Batting is basically about getting 'behind the ball' (I you dont do
	it its better you try your hand at baseball :-) :-)) hence anything
	that moves 'away' from the batsman is more dangerous.Since its more
	difficult to get behind a swinging ball its considered more dangerous.
	Thus my grading of the difficuly (Just my opinion ofcourse)
	(1) outswinger (a late outswinger increases the difficulty)
	(2) inswinger
	(3) legcutter
	(4) offcutter

	I have not graded the seamers b'cos I believe that they are a
	byproduct of the swing.

These are the observations of a 'pure' batsman

:  Sudhama

ramana
ramana@unislc.slc.unisys.com
From: Alastair.T.Clarke@cm.cf.ac.uk (Alastair Clarke)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: 3rd ODI: Eng v Pak at Nottingham: England Innings
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:29:06 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff

Pakistan won the toss and put England in to bat

England scored 363 for 7, the largest ever score in a One Day International
Match. (6.61 per over)

Alastair
From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Tour Match 1992 August 12 (Wendesday)
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:42:55 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.

Tour Match 1992 August 12 (Wednesday)
Limited Overs Match at Taunton
Somerset v Pakistan XI

Match Abandoned without a ball bowled

Another Match tomorrow.
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From: papadopoulos-dimitrios@CS.YALE.EDU (Dimitrios Papadopoulos)
Subject: Re: W&W Swing Bowling
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:18:19 GMT

In article <5a8480ab3.003ba43@licorice.engin.umich.edu> sudhama@engin.umich.edu (Sudhama Gopalan) writes:
>Among other things SAN writes:
>
>Woodcock summed it up the best. Imagine, he said, that you are a
>Pakistani batsmen who has just endured a fast spell from Malcolm. With
>relief you see him taking his sweater and being replaced by Pringle.
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>  Looks as if Devon Malcolm has suddenly become a slightly menacing bowler. I
>remember the last time India toured England - Devon Malcolm would usually get
>thrashed - by everyone. Angus Fraser was THE consistently good bowler for 
>England; Chris Lewis had the ability to produce unplayable stuff once in a way.
>But Malcolm would usually be off target and Azhar in particular used to freak
>out on Malcolm's bowling. I'd usually snigger when the BBC commentators would
>describe Malcolm as probably England's only genuine pace bowler - he must be 
>good because he had bowled well in a Test against Australia earlier and did 
>well in the County season.
>
>Sudhama
Though Malcolm was thrashed by most of the batsmen he was quick and 
at times intimidating.I remember in the first test when azhar got that
hundred in 87 deliveries,azhar was hit on the helmet from a very 
quick delivery from Malcolm which came up just from short of good
length.In the same innings(or was it the first one-day??)manjrekar
was hit on back of his helmet when he took his eyes of another of
Malcolm's bouncer.

--Pushkar
From: KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Pak/Eng ODI3 after 5 overs England
Date: 20 Aug 1992 05:11:07 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



    SAlim Malik won the toss for Pakistan and sent England to bat. They are 22 
for no loss after 5 overs.

Gooch   13
Stewert  6
Extras   3

Total 22 for no loss after 5 overs

It is good to be back in time for the ODIs.

Rao
From: matthew@tadsrc.uucp (Matthew Sweet)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Bowling Cheats
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:28:24 GMT
Distribution: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: Tadpole Technology plc

Posted for a colleague, Please reply to him.

Matthew

matthew_sweet@tadtec.uucp

From seb@tadtec  Thu Aug 13 10:03:46 1992
>
>Steady on, some of the comments here are getting as bad as the UK tabloid
>press!
>
>The tabloids neatly "forgot" to say that Mickey Stewart, after
>making his rather inflammatory/insensitive comments went on to
>add, right at the end of his spiel, words to the effect of,
>"Hey, nothing I have said should be taken as implying any cheating
>went on."  This was reported in the quality newspapers (see the
>Telegraph for an exact quote, I think) but omitted from The Sun,
>Today, etc.  It also seems to have been omitted from r.s.c, hence
>my adding it now.
>
>Graham Gooch's comments also seem to have been lost.  He said
>that England lost to the better team.  Does that count as whingeing?
>I think not.
>
>Personally, I'd like to say thanks to Pakistan for coming & playing
>some great cricket, helping make some fascinating matches, and
>showing us *three* great bowlers - not to mention some outstanding
>batting.  Let's forget about the acrimony & remember the overall
>quality of the matches. Here's to the return in five year's time
>- perhaps England will have some outstanding bowlers fit for then
>& the series can be even closer & more exciting. 
>
>Steve B.
From: pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: New York Cricket (Pak vs ROW)
Date: 15 Aug 1992 02:53:27 GMT
Organization: Rice University

In article <1992Aug14.145557.20199@Princeton.EDU>, sguha@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Saumyen Guha) writes:

|> In article <1992Aug14.095158@is.morgan.com> andyc@is.morgan.com (Andrew Coad) writes:


|> >Rest OF World:
|> >Viv Richards   ...............1
|> >Desmond Haynes
|> >Richie Richardson
|> >Ian Bishop    ................1
|> >Brian Lara
|> >Mohammed Azaruddin
|> >Sachin Tendulkar
|> >Sanjay Manurekar
|> >Kiren More
|> >Navjit Sidhu
|> >Mark Ramprakash


|> What kind of joke is this? I hardly see any regular bowler in ROW team.
|> Is this team correct? As I have pointed, only two regular bowlers. I
|> guess, SRT,Ramprakash,Aza,Lara will serve as other bowlers. This 
              ~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~
|> is going to be a real joke against a full strength pakistan team.


Seriously, can anyone tell me if Lara and Ramprakash can bowl?
I don't know about RamP, but I am almost certain that Lara can't.
If I remember right, he didn't bowl a single ball in any ODI. Can
anyne tell me if Lara bowls in the Red Stripe Cup? Probably, Desi
can bowl better.

Talking about bowling and looking at the list, I remember a TV
interview of SV Manjrekar. A few days before the Pepsi doublewicket
tournament in late 1990, there was a curtain-raiser on DD (Indian TV).
Manjrekar was one of the "experts" (incidentally, he was the only one
among those experts, who gave a chance to the team of Kaps and SRT -
they finally won the trophy). The interviewers asked him if he wanted
to participate in the tournament next year. Manjrekar didn't reply
directly, but kept saying, "I used to bowl leg-spin at school. I used
to be good, I should say. But, you see, you have to make choices. My
first love was always batting and I had to give up my bowling for that.
But, I used to bowl well and I love bowling ....." He sounded as if he
wanted to play next year.

So, to add a leggie to the attack, the organizers may try out Manjrekar,
I guess.


|> -Saumyen


--------
PVR Narasimha [SRT is simply the best
               Whether it's an ODI or a test] Rao
From: ckhan@BBN.COM ()
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: WI 16 to Australia
Date: 20 Aug 1992 04:38:47 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: world
Reply-To: ckhan@BBN.COM ()
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Just back from a week in Barbados :-( and the sixteen players to go to
Australia was announced today.  The team was actually selected yesterday,
but was not announced until today!? 

Ritchie Richardson
Gus Logie
Desmond Haynes
Phil Simmons
Brian Lara
Jimmy Adams
Carl Hooper
Keith Arthurton
Junior Murray
David Williams
Kenneth Benjamin
Ian Bishop
Curtley Ambrose
Anderson Cummins
Courtney Walsh
Patrick Patterson

I don't know it Murray will replace Williams as the numero uno 'keeper,
but I certainly hope so!  It was disappointing to see Simmons still in
the side instead of Lambert, Holder or Samuels.  Perhaps even Best may
have been a better choice...  Even though Arthurton did reasonably well
against South Africa, I'd prefer if he wasn't there and would have liked
to see a spinner in the side (besides Hooper), either Perry or Dhanraj.
I think we could have taken the five fast bowlers (minus Benjamin) and
one spinner and still be able to play with four fast bowlers on the 
wickets that require it.

On the bright side, my boy Adams is there (how could they leave him out!)
and Bishop is back.  I think going into any of the tests with Ambrose,
Walsh, Cummins and Bishop, with the medium guys (Adams and Simmons) and
the spin of Hooper, the bowling is pretty sound.  The batting lineup
STILL looks pretty brittle and except to add Adams, the selectors seem
to be unwilling to try anything new.

Chico.
From: Gihan.N.Wikramanayake@cm.cf.ac.uk (Gihan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Aus vs SL
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:16:05 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, WALES, UK.
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

Australia scored 393/7 by close on the 4th day to gain a lead of 102 runs.
Many half centuries were scored, including D.Jones 67 run out, M.Waugh 54 and
G.Matthews 51 n.o.
	Gihan(W)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: 10702830@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (RAJIB DATTA)
Subject: Re: Aus V SL stumps day 2
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:23:19 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.202305.24916@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> s1172217@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Smith) writes:
>From: s1172217@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Smith)
>Subject: Aus V SL stumps day 2
>Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:23:05 GMT
>All I know is Sri Lanka are 3/265 with Ranatunga hitting 29 from 3 Shane Warne
>overs.
>
>This gives SL a lead of 9 with 7 wickets in hand, is history in the making?
>
>Mark.


I think it might be. It throws egg in the face of Peter McFarlane who said 
Sri Lanka weren't good enough to be included in test cricket earlier this 
year.(The Age) The Aussies boast about how well they do on home soil, but 
they have never really done well on the sub-continent, have they?

I don't think the Aussies have a right to consider themselves one of the top 
two teams, especially after Pakistan defeated England so convincingly. It 
will be interesting to see what excuses Border can come up with this time?!
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: shafqat@neuro.duke.edu (Saad Shafqat)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Pakistan's sleight of hand.
Date: 15 Aug 92 02:08:52 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center.



Excerpted from The Sunday Times of Aug 9, 1992, authored by 
Peter Roebuck:

Far too often, here [England] and in Australia, Oriental victories
are put down to jiggery-pokery, especially by people whose true
metier was to govern the sub-Continent some time in the 1890's.
Rashid's innings was due to rare talent and technique, as were
those of Miandad and Salim.  Mushtaq's dazzling bowling owed nothing
to sleight of hand, save in the literal sense.  Wasim and Waqar
were devastating and legal.

A moment after Harold Bird had checked the ball, presumably for
scuffing or whatever, Wasim produced one that swung in and cut away
from Smith.

Nor are the criticisms of Pakistani batsmen for failing to walk
remotely justified.  Far and away the greatest hypocrites I have
played against were those whose reputation for walking was high
(though not the highest).  As for unscrupulous activities, they are
not entirely unknown in the county championship, especially in the
eastern counties.

Rather than rabbiting on about Pakistani cheating or trickery, let
us acknowledge their true qualities and not begrudge them their
splendid victory if - and when - it arrives today.

England have played with considerable fortitude but have met 
opponents bursting with talent; opponents who are winning because
they are stronger.  Apart from isolated moments, Pakistan's cricket
has been entertaining and worthy, and it would be better for England
to graciously acknowledge this and to examine their own weaknesses.
No doubt, in Graham Gooch and his various managers, they have men
capable of seeing the broader picture.



--
From: s1172217@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Aus V SL
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:52:37 GMT
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill 3842, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

Lunch Day 3

SL 5/365
Ranatunga ~120
Gursinghe 119no
Matthews 3/?
on a hat trick after lunch.

Mark.
From: KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Texaco Trophy
Date: 22 Aug 1992 23:55:01 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



        As most of you know the fourth Texaco gamewill be continued at Lord's
on Sunday starting at 11:30 am (5:30 am CDT). I am hoping the the game will
come unscrambled on some satellite - possibly the same G5 on channel 7. Let us
hope that the guys who are going to have the PPV showing do not wise up and
have this feed scrambled. We should NOT CALL any cable company or AVI about any satellite feed at all. That was why the semis and finals of the World CUP 
were scrambled.

       The final Texaco game is on Monday, Aug 24 and the game starts at 10:45 
am (4:45 CDT).

Rao
From: shamim@.bellcore.com (Shamim Naqvi,MRE-2E342,829-4813,,21272)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: One Bouncer Law...
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:59:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: walter.1992Aug14.175904.18304
Reply-To: shamim@.bellcore.com
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ

In article 091011@is.morgan.com,  andyc@is.morgan.com (Andrew Coad) writes:
>	1) Has the ICC made a specific ruling above and beyond that provided
>	for in the MCC laws? If so, can anyone produce the exact wording and
>	scope of the ruling (e.g. to what level of cricket does it apply? County
>	Test, village green?)

Yes. The ICC adopted a new experimental rule that explicitly limits 
1 bouncer per batsman per over. This experimental rule is 
orthogonal to the intimidatory bowling laws. 


	--SAN
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