Tuesday, September 06, 2005

India loses again



Hi!
Yesterday India played against New Zealand in the final of the Videocon cup 2005.India won the toss and elected to bat first.
Sehwag and Ganguly were the Indian openers.They had a good partnership of 72 runs.But then Ganguly was caught by Hamish Marshall on a ball by Oram.Sehwag was still firing.Kaif then came to the crease.Kaif also had a good partnership with Sehwag of 83 runs.But then Sehwag got out after scoring a fast 75 of just 65 balls.He was caught by Vincent on a ball by Vettori.Then Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid) was also declared lbw in the same over.He went for a duck.Yuvraj also got out on 20,caught by Bond,bowled by Mills.Venugopal,Yadav,Dhoni and Agarkar got out after scoring 8,11,o and 6.Pathan got out for 10 and Nehra on 0.Kaif remained not out on 93.India was all out in the 50th over for 276.The best bowling figures for New Zealand were those of Oram.His figures were 4-58 after 8.3 overs.
It seemed that it was India's game.But Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle changed the face of the game.Pathan was smashed for 5 fours in an over by Stephen Fleming.They had a great partnership of 121 runs in just 18.1 overs.Stephen Fleming was caught and bowled by Sehwag.Hamish Marshall got out on 3.He was declared lbw on a ball by Sehwag.Styris went for 37 after having a good partnership of 58 with Astle.He got out when he was stump out by Dhoni on a ball by Sehwag.Mc Millan was caught by Dhoni on a ball by Yuvraj.He went after scoring 13.Lou Vincent scored 33 not out.He was dropped twice.First he was dropped by Suresh Raina and the second time he was dropped by Sir Dravid.But Sir Dravid's one was a very difficult catch.Astle scored his 15th ODI century.He remained not out on 115.New Zealand scored 278 and won by 6 wickets.The best bowling figures for India were those of Sehwag.His figures were 3-44 after 10 overs.
Nathan Astle was declared the man of the match for his match winning 115*.Shane Bond being the man of the series as he took 11 wickets in the series.

2 Comments:

At 12:28 AM, Blogger nemo said...

It was indeed a disappointment to see the Indian team lose yet again. But they seem to be slowly coming back to form. I hope to see them win again very soon.

btw, since when did you start making suji halwa?

 
At 8:50 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi there sir dravid's fan
i am really impressed with your writings and your love for your idol.
i agree that sir dravid( i guess you would prefer me call him by this name) is truly a great player. you are a real good writer.
i wish i could write like this at your age.
well done.
i came across your page which really caught my eye. and here nemo says that you make suji ka halwa.
my, my, you are talented.
waiting to see your next blog entry.
i have a younger brother who is a crazy fan of cricket.
take care.
amu

 

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