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Day 3 ReportFrizzell County Championship Division OneEssex 271 for 6 v Leicestershire 600 for 7 dec at Southend
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Only 16 overs at Southend, but it was enough for Leicestershire to tighten their grip on the game. Charlie Dagnall bowled Antonio Palladino for 5 in the first over of the brief evening session. Andy Flower, however, hung on to remain 125 not out and James Middlebrook hit a sprightly 28 not out before the close. Essex need another 179 to avoid the follow on.There was no play elsewhere in either division due to rain.Surrey 411 v Middlesex 346 for 8 at Guildford
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Jimmy Ormond had a day to remember with four wickets in six balls, including a maiden first-class hat-trick, to give Surrey the edge against Middlesex at Woodbridge Road. To add to his heroics with the ball, Ormond nearly scored what would have been the second fifty of his career earlier in the day as he and Saqlain Mushtaq added a further 36 runs to Surrey’s first innings of 411. Andy Strauss (87) and Sven Koenig (42) then replied in emphatic fashion, putting on 101 for the first wicket. But when Strauss became Ormond’s first victim, Middlesex lost five wickets for only two runs. Ormond’s hat-trick accounted for Ben Hutton, Ed Joyce – who suffered his third golden duck against Surrey this season – and Paul Weekes. And when Owais Shah fell to Martin Bicknell for 22, Middlesex had collapsed to 165 for 6. However, Abdul Razzaq (78) and David Nash (69*) saved them with a stand of 155 as Middlesex closed 65 behind Surrey, and with two wickets in hand.Lancashire 575 for 6 dec v Warwickshire 192 for 8 at Old Trafford
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Glen Chapple continued his sparkling form with the bat – not the mention the ball – as Lancashire took total control over Warwickshire in Manchester. Chapple scored 132 and shared a partnership of 228 with Stuart Law, who ended unbeaten on 236. It was a mammoth effort from Law: the fourth double-hundred of his career and his highest score for Lancashire. He batted for over eight hours in all, and smashed 32 fours and two sixes. Three of the Warwickshire bowlers went for over 100, and Neil Smith had the embarrassment of being despatched for 22 off four consecutive balls. Warren Hegg declared on 575 for 6 and he then took five catches behind the stumps as wonder boy Chapple took 4 for 43 to leave Warwickshire staring at the follow on at 192 for 8.Frizzell County Championship Division TwoNorthamptonshire 325 beat Somerset 96 and 168 by an innings and 61 runs at Northampton
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Somerset lost an astonishing 18 wickets in one day as they crashed to an inning defeat against Northants at Wantage Road inside two days. Resuming on 26 for 2, and 203 behind, Andre Nel and Adam Shantry took three wickets each as Somerset crumbled to 96 all out. And things didn’t go much better second time round. This time it was Jason Brown who starred as he spun out six wickets in Somerset’s second innings of 168. Michael Burns (55) and Ian Blackwell (40) put up some resistance with 83 for the fifth wicket, but once they were both out, Brown made light work of the tail with the last four wickets tumbling for 11 runs. While questions were thrown up about the state of the pitch, ECB inspector Peter Walker afterwards confirmed that although it was, in his opinion, “below average”, he would not be docking Northants any points. He said: “It was a lot of wickets to fall in a day……but you had one side on the top of their form and another at the bottom of theirs.”Gloucestershire 271 v Worcestershire 392 for 7 at Cheltenham
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Ben Smith and Andrew Hall drove Worcestershire into a strong position against Gloucestershire at the College Ground. Resuming the day on 48 for 1, Worcestershire made steady progress to a valuable first-innings lead, despite a mid-innings wobble. Graeme Hick made only nine on his return to the side, caught off Shoaib Malik, and when Anurag Singh also fell to Malik, the score was 103 for 4. However, Vikram Solanki got the show back on the road with a solid 35, before Smith (92) and Hall (73) put on 108 for the sixth wicket as Worcestershire increased their lead to 121 runs.Yorkshire 384 and 23 for 0 v Hampshire 289 at Scarborough
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Simon Katich single-handily rescued Hampshire against Yorkshire at the North Marine Road Ground. Katich likes to reserve his best against his former counties and he saved Hampshire from the depths of 96 for 5 with a gutsy 143 not out, including 20 fours and a six. It was his 19th first-class century and his second of the season, and both have come against his former clubs, Durham and Yorkshire. After polishing off the Yorkshire tail for 384, Hampshire were in immediate trouble as Chris Silverwood (4 for 86) and Steve Kirby (2 for 79) removed four of the top six for ducks. But Katich came to the rescue and with some sturdy support from Shaun Udal (26) and debutant Iain Brunnschweiler (34), Hampshire avoided the follow on. However, they still have some work to do as Yorkshire closed with a lead of 118, and all 10 wickets in tact.Day 2Derbyshire v Durham 434 for 7 at Derby
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Dominic Cork’s decision to put Durham in at the County Ground turned out to look as foolish as his new mullet hair cut as Vince Wells and Nicky Peng cashed in on some wayward bowling. Jonathan Lewis (77) and Michael Gough (36) put on 110 for the first wicket and built the platform for Wells to smash 106 from 112 balls, and for Peng, who in the end fell for 99. It was a long day, and one to forget, for Derbyshire’s bowlers. Kevin Dean went for 0 for 117, and Lian Wharton 2 for 103 as Durham ended on 434 for 7.

Sri Lanka’s star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of theongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle.The left-armer, the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 23 scalps,will return home to Colombo to receive treatment before a two-Test serieswith New Zealand.”Chaminda (Vaas) will be returning tonight,” confirmed Ajit Jayasekera, theSri Lanka team manager.”With some rest and treatment we are hopeful that he will be ok for the NewZealand series, we just don’t to take any risks with him here,” addedJayasekera.Sri Lanka have called up uncapped paceman Dharshana Gamage as a replacement.The 24-year-old right-arm fast bowler, also known as Dharshana Nayanakantha,who plays his club cricket for Bloomfield, joins his first internationaltour after impressing against the ECB Academy.

Never shy of throwing down a verbal gauntlet to the opposition, Shoaib Akhtar has warned that he would be at his fastest and most furious in the crucial Centurion game against arch-rivals India on Saturday.With Pakistan having lost two matches, the fixture against India is too important for them, and winning more or less essential in order to qualify for the Super Sixes. Pakistan would still retain a slight chance of making the next round even if they lose, but that is a little far-fetched and dependent on other’s largesse.And despite their rather woeful batting form, Waqar Younis said here after a training session that he was confident that his side has what it takes to turn things around.This is a promise that has remained unfulfilled on previous occasions in recent times. But against India it is different. The adrenalin runs high, and it is likely to ensure that the so far missing intensity is there.”These last two matches are very crucial for us. And it has been a long time since we have played against India. When you play India, the hype is always there. We are all motivated to go into the match with the best we have got, and try the hardest we can. Insh’allah, we are going to achieve victory,” said Shoaib.On whether he would be targeting certain batsmen, Shoaib said: “Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are important wickets, but I’m targeting the whole Indian team and not any individual batsmen”.With the Centurion wicket hard and dry, and affording him more bounce and swing, would he be even more difficult than usual to counter?”While the bounce would definitely be a help, and if there is movement one is likely to get snicks. But because I’m quick through the air, and home in on the stumps, and that is why a very high percentage of my wickets are either bowled or leg before, to me the surface really doesn’t matter. But it surely looks like a good track.”On whether he would try to clock more than 100 mph again, he said that he had never aimed to bowl quick just to break records.”I know I can bowl quicker than this [100 mph], something in the vicinity of above 165 kph. But I want to get five wickets and win the match for my team instead of bowling at 100 mph,” he said, adding that after he went for so many runs against England “I was so unhappy with myself, I couldn’t sleep that night.”But against India, he says he would love to bowl with a lot of fire.”I’m again bowling quick with the old ball. That has come back to me, and that adds to my lethalness. Against India, I’m going to go after the bigger names, I’m not going to make it easy for them.”On whether he would like to exploit India’s traditional vulnerability against pace, he conceded that it was easier to bowl against India than Australia, who are more used to batting against fast bowling on bouncy wickets. But he says that it is irrelevant who is against him if he bowls up to the standard that he sets for himself.”If I run in well, if I’ve the rhythm, and I’m bowling quick and landing the ball in the right areas, that is my day, mate. Then I don’t care who is at the other end, whether it is Ponting or Sachin.”He believes that he could have done better in the 2003 World Cup than his 10 wickets.”I’ve struggled because I came from a seven-week break. But I’m getting it right now.”But he has succeeded in another, improbable area. He is leading the batting averages for Pakistan.”Well, these days whenever I wake up in the morning, I look for my bat (laughs). But seriously, I’m very keen to bat well these days. I know I’ve the potential. And it is quite handy for the team if I contribute 20s or 30s.”

The State Shield final between Wellington and Canterbury at the Basin Reserve, won by Wellington by 53 runs, was a match of serpentine twists and turns, of dizzying swings of fortune.There were in the match, played in bitterly cold conditions before an ardent and dedicated crowd, the best catch most spectators will ever see at close quarters and two or three others that were of the very highest quality.There were, in total, five run outs which scrambled innings and gave impetus to the batting collapses of both teams.Their were single incidents, moments of magical intensity, which changed the course of the match. And there was evidence of a vast reservoir of determination within the Wellington team which helped them become holders of all three major national cricket titles simultaneously.Wellington plunged from 146/1 after a 117-run partnership between David Sales and Richard Jones who were the game’s leading scorers to 192/9 before levelling off and reached 200/9, setting Canterbury 201 to win.And Canterbury were 73/1 in the 21st over and moving steadily towards their winning target when they were overcome by the same unsteadiness and lost nine wickets for 74 runs to be all out for 147.When Wellington’s innings ended, the advantage in the match belonged unquestionably to Canterbury. Wellington had aimed to score 230 runs after batting first and winning the toss and when they were 125/1 in the 30th over they should have gone on to an even more substantial score – to 250 at least.But two brilliant catches by Darron Reekers, another by Shanan Stewart and the run outs of Mayu Pasupati, Mark Jefferson and Paul Hitchcock knocked the stuffing out of their innings.Canterbury thought 201 a gettable total on a wicket which had been glued together for this match and which held its pace much better than either captain had anticipated. But as they paced their run chase, led at first by Paul Wiseman who made 42, they were knocked back on their heels by two moments of brilliance from the Wellington field.The most crucial was the run out of captain Gary Stead for 12 by Sales when Canterbury were 101. But the most spectacular was the catch taken by Pasupati near the backward square leg boundary which removed Aaron Redmond for six and left Canterbury 104/6.Spectators will never see, from one year’s end till the next, a catch as athletic, as dramatic or as influential as Pasupati’s. He made the catch diving full length above the ground and snatching the ball out of the air with one large, outstretched hands.That moment by itself knocked the stuffing from Canterbury, dented their confidence but at the same time led Wellington to believe deeply and unanimously that they were fated to win.Pasupati returned to the bowling crease to claim in a single over the wickets of Reekers, who had begun to mount a threatening rearguard action and was out for 24, and of Carl Anderson. Canterbury went on to dismissal at 147 and to comprehensive defeat.Wellington, in victory, were left in possession of all three of New Zealand’s major domestic cricket titles – the State Max title which they won last year for the third year in succession, the Shell Trophy and the State Shield.Of these the one-day championship was most satisfying. It has been 11 years since Wellington last won a national one-day title but the championship has eluded them, narrowly and in frustrating circumstances, several times in the interim.”When I took over as coach in Wellington they were very keen to get the one-day game right,” Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson said. “I felt in my first couple of years as coach I hadn’t done that.”That made this title especially pleasing.”Wellington captain Matthew Bell saw the completion of Wellington’s grand slam – a Tiger slam as it was hailed in a festive dressing room – as similarly significant.”To have come so close in the past and failed to win was disappointing,” Bell said.”You can say we have a different set up now and different players. The players involved in that period since we last one the one-day title have moved on but their history remains with us.”People had been talking all week about Wellington choking but we didn’t listen to that and more than anything we’re aware that we’ve now firmly laid that chokers tag to rest.”We’ve built something new here and we’ve won all three titles at one time to christen a new era for Wellington.”Stead, Canterbury’s diehard captain whose own dismissal had turned the game, was hard-pressed to determine how the game, that had once appeared so winnable, had eluded his team.”We were happy to have restricted them to 200,” he said. “They should have scored 240 or 250 with the start they got, 200 on that wicket we should have got.”But that’s the pressure of a big game. It was a strange game with five or six run outs, with all sorts of strange things, with all sorts of swings of fortune and they came through better than we did.”There are critical moments in any game and both sides experienced two or three throughout this game. Ultimately the partnership between Jones and Sales was the clinching factor if you look back at it.”The 117-run partnership between Sales and Jones was certainly the most productive of the match, as were their individual innings.Sales, opening the innings for the second time, made 62 in 129 minutes – hard graft – and Jones 71 in 122 minutes. Sales hit only six fours and Jones four. There were 12 fours in total in Wellington’s innings.But after Sales’ dismissal Wellington lost nine wickets for 46 runs in fewer than 14 overs – 6-33 in the last 10 overs during which not a single boundary was hit.But for the partnership between Sales and Jones, Wellington’s total would have been indefensible.Great credit was conferred during the Wellington innings on those two batsmen but also on the Canterbury bowlers and fielders.Redmond, who should have taken only a token role in bowling attack, ended up bowling 10 overs into a stiff and bitterly southerly breeze and took 2-46, including the wickets of Jones and Andrew Penn. Cleighten Cornelius bowled 10 overs and took 2-28.And Reekers’ catches helped propel Wellington down that headlong slope, from comfort at 146/1 to an eventual and dismal total which Canterbury might easily have surpassed.During Canterbury’s innings, Sales’ run out of Stead was crucial. He dived to stop the ball as the players comitted themselves to a single, then, in one motion, returned the ball to bowler Matthew Walker who whipped off the bails. The run out of Peter Fulton, a youngster who made a composed 29, was also crucial.”I suppose if you look at the game, we set ourselves up to get 250 and we were on target after 36 overs,” Johnson said.”We lost a couple of crucial wickets – Sales’ dismissal was crucial – and then a lot of wickets fell very quickly.”Canterbury put pressure on us and they held us to 200. We wanted more but we had to make that enough. Again the character in the side came through.”

Henry Khaaba Olonga – born Lusaka (Zambia), 3 July 1976Right-handed batsman, right-arm fast bowlerCareer: 1993/94-2001/02Abbreviations: Capital letters for team names denotes a Test match.Man – ManicalandMash – Mashonaland * indicates not out inningsMat – Matabeleland + indicates wicket-keeperMCD – Mashonaland Country Districts *+ retired hurt/illMid – Midlands # batted firstZim – Zimbabwe/ZimbabweansGrounds:Alex – Alexandra Sports Club OG – Old Georgians Sports ClubBAC – Bulawayo Athletic Club OH – Old Hararians Sports ClubHSC – Harare Sports ClubNo. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1993/94 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalOn his first-class debut Henry took five wickets and also survived at the crease for the final fewminutes of the match to earn a draw for his team.1 Matabeleland v Mashonaland (11) 0 214 – (3) 15.3 1 48 3 #358(HSC, 4 March – drawn) (11) 1* 253/9 1 (3) 10 2 46 2 160/3d1993/94 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 1 1 1* — – – 1 25.3 3 94 5 18.80 3/48 – -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1994/95 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry became Zimbabwe’s first black Test player with his selection for the First Test againstPakistan – appropriately Zimbabwe’s first Test victory. He took the wicket of Saeed Anwar inhis first over, but the occasion was marred when he was called for throwing. Injury preventedhim from bowling in the second innings and kept him out of the rest of the series.2 Matabeleland v Mashonaland (11) 3 178 – (3) 16 2 58 1 #344/7d(BAC, 16 Sept – lost) (11) 34 241 – — 76/13 Mat Select v South Africa A (11) 4 #379 – (3) 16 2 76 1 471/9d(BAC, 27 Sept – lost) (11) 1 308 – (3) 5 2 18 0 219/44 Zim Board XI v Northern Tvl B (11) 3* 205 – (1) 13 1 54 0 #276/9d(HSC, 5 Jan – lost) (11) 0 117 – (1) 17 5 29 1 227/7d5 Matabeleland v MCD (11) 4 127 – (5) 9 2 20 1 #123(Harare South, 20 Jan – won) — 335/3 – (5) 14 2 56 3 3366 President’s XI v Pakistanis — #301/4d 1 (1) 17 1 72 1 327/6d(Harare South, 27 Jan – lost) (11) 0* 143 – (1) 5 1 16 0 119/37 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) — 544/4d – (3) 10 0 27 1 322(HSC, 31 Jan – won) – — 1588 Mash Select v Northamptonshire (10) 0 83 – (2) 16 2 40 1 #276/7d(HSC, 4 April – won) — 417/4 2 (2) 18 3 53 3 2239 Matabeleland v Glamorgan — 302/8d 1 (1) 13 2 55 1 266/7d(BAC, 11 April – won) — 294/7d – (1) 6 2 30 1 171M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM8 9 2 49 34 7.00 – – 4 175 27 604 15 40.26 3/53 – -Career 9 11 3 50 34 6.25 – – 5 200.3 30 698 20 34.90 3/48 – -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total10 Matabeleland v Mashonaland (10) 0 #305 – (1) 19.4 2 50 4 219(HSC, 15 Sept – W) — 300/7d – (1) 20.2 6 34 2 227M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCareer 10 12 3 50 34 5.55 – – 5 240.3 38 782 26 30.07 4/50 – -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (South Africa) bat Score Total bowl Total11 Zimbabwe A v Eastern Province (11) 3 #112 1 (1) 18.4 1 57 4 313(Port Elizabeth, 28 Sept – L) (11) 0* 14412 Zimbabwe A v South Africa A (11) 4 #221 1 (1) 12 0 60 1 310(Durban, 6 Oct – D) — 256/81995/96 (SOUTH AFRICA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 3 1 7 4 3.50 – – 2 30.4 1 117 5 23.40 4/57 – -Career 12 15 4 57 34 5.18 – – 7 271.1 39 899 31 29.00 4/50 – -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total13 Zim Board XI v Boland B (10) 13 229/9d – (1) 11 1 42 1 #238(Paarl, 27 Oct – D) — 176/7 – (1) 3 0 13 0 226/6d14 Matabeleland v MCD (10) 6 #152 – (2) 19 4 80 5 209(BAC, 17 Nov – W) (10) 10 344 – (1) 18 4 81 2 28315 Zim Board XI v Griqualand West (10) 9 153 – (2) 28.1 5 94 4 #290/9d(Harare South, 15 Dec – D) (10) 23* 258/9 1 (2) 12 2 48 1 183/9d1995/96 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 6 1 61 23* 12.20 – – 1 131.1 24 442 19 23.26 5/80 1 -Career 15 20 5 118 34 7.86 – – 8 362.2 55 1257 44 28.56 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl TotalOn his first tour with the national side, Henry found the pitches in New Zealand did not suit him.16 Zimbabweans v New Zealand XI (8) 41 172 1 (1) 10 3 24 0 #111(Wanganui, 2 Jan – W) — 154/3 1 (1) 11 2 39 2 21217 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (9) 0 196 1 (3) 14 2 65 1 #230(Hamilton, 13 Jan – D) — 208/6 2 (6) 3 1 20 0 222/5d1995/96 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 2 0 41 41 20.50 – – 5 38 8 148 3 49.33 2/39 – -Career 17 22 5 159 41 9.35 – – 13 400.2 63 1405 47 29.89 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Sri Lanka) bat Score Total bowl Total18 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (7) 1 145 1 (2) 17 3 57 2 #349(Colombo Pre, 11 Sept – L) (9) 0 12719 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (11) 3 #141 – (1) 26 6 81 0 350/8d(Colombo SSC, 18 Sept – L) (11) 3* 235 – (1) 3.4 0 17 0 30/01996/97 (SRI LANKA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 4 1 7 3* 2.66 – – 1 46.4 9 155 2 77.50 2/57 – -Career 19 26 6 166 41 8.30 – – 14 447 72 1560 49 31.83 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total20 Matabeleland v Mashonaland (10) 4 #118 1 (1) 24 6 70 3 314(BAC, 4 Oct – L) (10) 33 279 – (1) 8 2 33 0 85/21996/97 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCareer 20 28 6 203 41 9.22 – – 15 479 80 1663 52 31.98 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Pakistan) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry, taking over as Zimbabwe’s spearhead in the absence of Heath Streak through injury,himself broke down during the First Test, which ended his tour.21 Zimbabweans v Combined XI (9) 2* #307/7d 1 (1) 14 3 32 1 236/8d(Sahiwal, 12 Oct – D) (9) 1 203/8d – (1) 7 1 24 0 238/922 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (11) 7 #375 – (1) 19 6 60 1 553(Sheikhapura, 17 Oct – D) — 241/71996/97 (PAKISTAN) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 3 1 10 7 5.00 – – 1 40 10 116 2 58.00 1/32 – -Career 22 31 7 213 41 8.87 – – 16 519 90 1779 54 32.94 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total23 Matabeleland v England XI (10) 7 188 1 (1) 14 3 63 2 #334(BAC, 10 Dec – L) (10) 4 261 – (1) 11 3 41 1 230/5d24 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (1st) (11) 0 #376 – (4) 23 2 90 3 406(Queens, 18 Dec – D) (11) 0 234 – (2) 2 0 16 1 204/625 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (2nd) (11) 0 215 – (3) 9 1 23 1 #156(HSC, 26 Dec – D) – (3) 7 0 31 0 195/326 Mat Invitation v Worcestershire (10) 17 168/9d 1 (3) 14 3 38 3 #145(BAC, 28 March – L) (10) 29* 222 – (3) 13 2 53 1 263/8d1996/97 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 9 1 94 33 11.75 – – 3 125 22 458 15 30.58 3/38 – -Career 26 38 8 270 41 9.00 – – 18 612 104 2134 66 32.33 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1997/98 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl TotalThis for Henry was a season ravaged by injury, although the selectors kept faith in him when hewas fit. He played no first-class matches in Zimbabwe but did tour New Zealand. Even when fit,he showed little real form or accuracy.27 Zimbabweans v New Zealand A (11) 0* #67 – (1) 14 0 49 0 271/8d(Dunedin, 8 Feb – L) (11) 3* 1951997/98 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 2 3 3* — – – – 14 0 49 0 –Career 27 40 10 273 41 9.10 – – 18 626 104 2183 66 33.07 5/80 1 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalFine bowling by Henry in both innings played a major part in Zimbabwe’s Test victory over India.28 Pres XI v Plascon Cricket Acad. (9) 0 194 – (3) 15 2 53 1 #358/7d(Sunrise, 21 Aug – W) — 307/4 – (4) 11 3 25 1 137/2d29 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Only) (9) 5 #221 – (2) 26 7 70 5 280(HSC, 7 Oct – W) (9) 5 293 1 (1) 10 1 40 1 173M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCareer 29 43 10 283 41 8.57 – – 19 688 117 2371 74 32.04 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Pakistan) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry’s pace bowling again played a major part in Zimbabwe’s first away Test victory.30 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (10) 3 238 – (2) 17 3 47 2 #296(Peshawar, 27 Nov – W) — 162/3 – (2) 11 1 42 4 10331 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (9) 3 #183 – (2) 25 9 63 3 325(Lahore, 10 Dec – D) — 48/01998/99 (PAKISTAN) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 2 0 6 3 3.00 – – 2 53 13 152 9 16.88 4/42 – -Career 31 45 10 289 41 8.25 – – 21 741 130 2523 83 30.39 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total32 Matabeleland v Mashonaland (10) 5 232 – (2) 12 3 41 0 #243(BAC, 5 Jan – D) — 278/6 – (1) 8 1 33 0 333/2d1998/99 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 4 0 15 5 3.75 – – 1 82 17 262 8 32.75 5/70 1 -Career 32 46 10 294 41 8.16 – – 21 761 134 2597 83 31.28 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalInjury to Heath Streak meant that during a full season Henry had to be the backbone of a thinZimbabwe bowling attack.33 ZIMBABWE v AUSTRALIA (Only) (11) 0* #194 – (1) 17 1 83 0 422(HSC, 14 Oct – L) (11) 0* 232 – — 5/0M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCareer 33 48 12 294 41 8.16 – – 21 778 135 2680 83 32.28 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (South Africa) bat Score Total bowl Total34 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only) (10) 1 #192 – (1) 33.1 7 93 4 417(Bloemfontein, 29 Oct – L) (10) 24 2121999/2000 (SOUTH AFRICA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 0 25 24 12.50 – – – 33.1 7 93 4 23.25 4/93 – -Career 34 50 12 319 41 8.39 – – 21 811.1 142 2773 87 31.87 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total35 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only) (10) 0 #102 1 (1) 33 7 107 3 462(HSC, 11 Nov – L) (10) 4* 14136 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (11) 1* #286 – (1) 32 6 103 4 428(Queens, 18 Nov – D) — 136/337 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (10) 10* #174 – (1) 30 5 88 2 432(HSC, 26 Nov – L) (11) 0 292 – (1) 5 1 14 0 38/438 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd) (11) 3* #218 – (1) 22.4 2 54 3 231(HSC, 4 Dec – D) — 197/7d – (1) 4 1 11 0 36/11999/2000 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 8 6 18 10* 9.00 – – 1 143.4 23 460 12 38.33 4/103 – -Career 38 56 16 337 41 8.42 – – 22 937.5 164 3150 99 31.81 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (West Indies) bat Score Total bowl Total39 Zimbabweans v President’s XI (11) 23 394 – (1) 18 4 103 3 #349(Pointe-a-Pierre, 10 Mar – D) – (1) 23 1 98 3 41740 ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (1st) (10) 2 236 – (2) 18 7 44 1 #187(Port-of-Spain, 16 March – L) (10) 0 63 – (2) 13 3 38 2 14741 ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (2nd) (11) 22* #308 – (1) 31.1 8 65 3 339(Kingston, 24 March – L) (10) 2 102 – (3) 3 0 20 0 75/01999/2000 (WEST INDIES) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 1 49 23 12.25 – – – 106.1 23 358 12 29.83 3/65 – -Career 41 61 17 386 41 8.77 – – 22 1044 187 3508 111 31.60 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2000 (England) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry, no doubt suffering the effects of a long tiring season, suffered a leg injury early on thatrefused to clear up.42 Zimbabweans v Hampshire — 364/7d – (1) 13 3 31 0 #131(Southampton, 27 April – D) — 234/4 – (1) 12 0 60 0 234/443 Zimbabweans v Essex (10) 45 #315 1 (1) 22.3 6 73 2 249(Chelmsford, 11 May – D) — 75/0d2000 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 1 0 45 45 45.00 – – 1 47.3 9 164 2 82.00 2/73 – -Career 43 62 17 431 45 9.57 – – 23 1091.3 196 3672 113 32.49 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total44 Zimbabwe A v New Zealanders (10) 16 168 – (1) 22 1 120 0 #677/7d(Kwekwe, 7 Sept – D) — 72/3 – (1) 5 1 22 0 137/3d45 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (10) 4 166 – (1) 27 5 115 3 #465(HSC, 19 Sept – L) (10) 0 370 – — 74/2M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCareer 45 65 17 451 45 9.39 – – 23 1145.3 203 3929 116 33.87 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (India) bat Score Total bowl TotalOn an otherwise unsuccessful tour, Henry entered the record books as a batsman, sharing with AndyFlower a Zimbabwean Test record partnership of 97 unbroken for the last wicket in the First Test.46 Zim v National Cricket Academy — #322/6d – (3) 12 2 69 0 323/6d(Indore, 8 Nov – D) — 320/5d – (1) 6 0 28 1 42/147 Zimbabweans v President’s XI — 236/5d 1 (1) 18 6 47 0 #314/5d(Faridabad, 13 Nov – W) — 262/6 – (1) 11 1 44 0 183/2d48 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (1st) (11) 11* #422/9d – (4) 20 3 79 2 458/4d(Delhi, 18 Nov – L) (11) 10 225 – (3) 6 0 26 0 190/349 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (2nd) (11) 0 382 – (2) 24 4 98 0 #609/6d(Nagpur, 25 Nov – D) — 503/6d2000/01 (INDIA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 3 1 21 11* 10.50 – – 1 97 16 391 3 130.33 2/79 – -Career 49 68 18 472 45 9.44 – – 24 1242.3 219 4320 119 36.30 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl Total50 Zimbabweans v Canterbury (10) 4 150 – (3) 28 7 78 3 #330/5d(Christchurch, 21 Dec – D) — 38/2 – (1) 8 3 8 0 121/0d51 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (Only) — 340/6d 1 (3) 30 2 105 0 #487/7d(Wellington, 26 Dec – D) — 60/2 – (4) 2 0 12 0 153/4d2000/01 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 1 0 4 4 4.00 – – 1 68 12 203 3 67.66 3/78 – -Career 51 69 18 476 45 9.33 – – 25 1310.3 231 4523 122 37.07 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry was due to play for Mashonaland in the Logan Cup, having moved to Harare from Bulawayo, butinjury prevented him from appearing for them. He broke down during his only home Test match ofthe year.52 Zimbabwe A v Bangladeshis (9) 17 222/8d – (4) 21 8 61 2 #333(BAC, 13 April – D) — 205/3 1 (4) 12 1 25 3 16653 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (1st) (10) 16 #173 – (4) 8 1 35 1 318(Queens, 7 June – L) (10) 0 328 – — 184/22000/01 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 6 0 53 17 8.83 – – 1 95 17 378 9 42.00 3/35 – -Career 53 72 18 509 45 9.42 – – 26 1351.3 241 4644 128 36.28 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Bangladesh) bat Score Total bowl Total54 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (1st) (11) 2* 431 – (3) 6.2 0 18 3 #107(Dhaka, 8 Nov – D) 1 (3) 5 1 17 0 125/355 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (2nd) — #542/7d – (3) 12 0 40 1 251(Chittagong, 15 Nov – W) — 11/2 – (4) 15 5 31 1 3012001/02 (BANGLADESH) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 1 1 2 2* — – – 1 38.2 6 106 5 21.20 3/18 – -Career 55 73 19 511 45 9.46 – – 27 1389.5 247 4750 133 35.71 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Sri Lanka) bat Score Total bowl Total56 Zimbabweans v SL Board XI — #319/6d – (1) 20 6 52 2 269/4d(Colombo Sav, 21 Dec – L) — 169/5d – (2) 10 0 60 2 223/557 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (11) 4 184 – (3) 23 3 103 0 #586/6d(Colombo SSC, 27 Dec – L) (11) 0 23658 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (11) 18 #236 – (3) 24 2 131 0 505(Kandy, 4 Jan – L) (11) 1 175 -59 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd) (11) 0 236 – (3) 18 6 52 0 #418(Galle, 12 Jan – L) (11) 0 79 – (5) 7 0 56 1 212/2d2001/02 (SRI LANKA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 6 0 23 18 3.83 – – – 102 17 454 5 90.80 2/52 – -Career 59 79 19 534 45 8.90 – – 27 1491.5 264 5204 138 37.71 5/70 2 -No. Own Team Ct No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalHenry was appointed captain of Mashonaland A, but could only play in two matches; both were won byfairly narrow margins.60 Mashonaland A v CFX Academy (10) 3* #346 – (3) 6 1 24 2 273/9d(Country Club, 1 March – W) (10) 2 149 – (1) 15.3 4 37 2 18461 Mashonaland A v Manicaland (10) 37* 307 – (9) 5 0 14 1 #255(Alex, 22 March – W) (8) 11 155/8 1 (1) 6 0 28 0 206M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 4 2 53 37* 26.50 – – 1 32.3 5 103 5 20.60 2/24 – -Career 61 83 21 587 45 9.46 – – 28 1524.2 269 5307 143 37.10 5/70 2 -RECORD SEASON BY SEASONM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1993/94(Z) 1 2 1 1 1* — – – 1 25.3 3 94 5 18.80 3/48 – -1994/95(Z) 8 9 2 49 34 7.00 – – 4 175 27 604 15 40.26 3/53 – -1995/96(SA) 2 3 1 7 4 3.50 – – 2 30.4 1 117 5 23.40 4/57 – -1995/96(Z) 4* 6 1 61 23* 12.20 – – 1 131.1 24 442 19 23.26 5/80 1 -1995/96(NZ) 2 2 0 41 41 20.50 – – 5 38 8 148 3 49.33 2/39 – -1996/97(SL) 2 4 1 7 3* 2.66 – – 1 46.4 9 155 2 77.50 2/57 – -1996/97(P) 2 3 1 10 7 5.00 – – 1 40 10 116 2 58.00 1/32 – -1996/97(Z) 5 9 1 94 33 11.75 – – 3 125 22 458 15 30.58 3/38 – -1997/98(NZ) 1 2 2 3 3* — – – – 14 0 49 0 –1997/98(Z) -1998/99(P) 2 2 0 6 3 3.00 – – 2 53 13 152 9 16.88 4/42 – -1998/99(Z) 3 4 0 15 5 3.75 – – 1 82 17 262 8 32.75 5/70 1 -1999/00(SA) 1 2 0 25 24 12.50 – – – 33.1 7 93 4 23.25 4/93 – -1999/00(Z) 5 8 6 18 10* 9.00 – – 1 143.4 23 460 12 38.33 4/103 – -1999/00(WI) 3 5 1 49 23 12.25 – – – 106.1 23 358 12 29.83 3/65 – -2000 (E) 2 1 0 45 45 45.00 – – 1 47.3 9 164 2 82.00 2/73 – -2000/01(I) 4 3 1 21 11* 10.50 – – 1 97 16 391 3 130.33 2/79 – -2000/01(NZ) 2 1 0 4 4 4.00 – – 1 68 12 203 3 67.66 3/78 – -2000/01(Z) 4 6 0 53 17 8.83 – – 1 95 17 378 9 42.00 3/35 – -2001/02(B) 2 1 1 2 2* — – – 1 38.2 6 106 5 21.20 3/18 – -2001/02(SL) 4 6 0 23 18 3.83 – – – 102 17 454 5 90.80 2/52 – -2001/02(Z) 2 4 2 53 37* 26.50 – – 1 32.3 5 103 5 20.60 2/24 – -61 83 21 587 45 9.46 – – 28 1524.2 269 5307 143 37.10 5/70 2 -*Including one UCBSA Bowl match played in South Africa.RECORD IN EACH COUNTRYM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMZimbabwe 31 47 13 331 37* 9.73 – – 13 795.5 137 2746 87 31.56 5/70 2 -England 2 1 0 45 45 45.00 – – 1 47.3 9 164 2 82.00 2/73 – -Australia -South Africa 4 6 1 45 24 9.00 – – 2 77.5 9 265 10 26.50 4/57 – -West Indies 3 5 1 49 23 12.25 – – – 106.1 23 358 12 29.83 3/65 – -New Zealand 5 5 2 48 41 16.00 – – 6 120 20 400 6 66.66 3/78 – -India 4 3 1 21 11* 10.50 – – 1 97 16 391 3 130.33 2/79 – -Pakistan 4 5 1 16 7 4.00 – – 3 93 23 268 11 24.36 4/42 – -Sri Lanka 6 10 1 30 18 3.33 – – 1 148.4 26 609 7 87.00 2/52 – -Bangladesh 2 1 1 2 2* — – – 1 38.2 6 106 5 21.20 3/18 – -Kenya -61 83 21 587 45 9.46 – – 28 1524.2 269 5307 143 37.10 5/70 2 -RECORD ON ZIMBABWEAN GROUNDSM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMAlexandra 1 2 1 48 37* 48.00 – – 1 11 0 42 1 42.00 1/14 – -Bulawayo AC 9 14 1 174 34 13.38 – – 5 230 50 856 26 32.92 5/80 1 -Country Club 1 2 1 5 3* 5.00 – – – 21.3 5 61 4 15.25 2/24 – -Harare South 3 4 2 36 23* 18.00 – – 2 85.1 13 306 10 30.60 4/94 – -Harare SC 12 18 7 35 10* 3.18 – – 5 330.1 53 1017 35 29.05 5/70 1 -Kwekwe 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 – – – 27 2 142 0 –Mutare -Old Hararians -Queens SC 3 5 1 17 16 4.25 – – – 65 9 244 9 27.11 4/103 – -Sunrise 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 – – – 26 5 78 2 39.00 1/25 – -Total: 31 47 13 331 37* 9.73 – – 13 795.5 137 2746 87 31.56 5/70 2 -LOGAN CUP RECORDM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMFor Matabeleland:1993/94 1 2 1 1 1* — – – 1 25.3 3 94 5 18.80 3/48 – -1994/95 2 3 0 41 34 13.66 – – – 39 6 134 5 26.80 3/56 – -1995/96 2 3 0 16 10 5.33 – – – 77 16 245 13 18.84 5/80 1 -1996/97 1 2 0 37 33 18.50 – – 1 32 8 103 3 34.33 3/70 – -1997/98 -1998/99 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 – – – 20 4 74 0 –1999/20002000/01Total: 7 11 1 100 34 10.00 – – 2 193.3 37 650 26 25.00 5/80 1 -For Mashonaland A:2001/02 2 4 2 53 37* 26.50 – – 1 32.3 5 103 5 20.60 2/24 – -TOTAL: 9 15 3 153 37* 12.75 – – 3 226 42 753 31 24.29 5/80 1 -RECORD AGAINST OTHER LOGAN CUP TEAMSM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMFor Matabeleland:Mashonaland 5 8 1 80 34 11.42 – – 2 133.3 25 413 15 27.53 4/50 – -MCD 2 3 0 20 10 6.66 – – – 60 12 237 11 21.54 5/80 1 -Total: 7 11 1 100 34 10.00 – – 2 193.3 37 650 26 25.00 5/80 1 -For Mashonaland A:CFX Academy 1 2 1 5 3* 5.00 – – – 21.3 5 61 4 15.25 2/24 – -Manicaland 1 2 1 48 37* 48.00 – – 1 11 0 42 1 42.00 1/14 – -Total: 2 4 2 53 37* 26.50 – – 1 32.3 5 103 5 20.60 2/24 – -For all Logan Cup teams:CFX Academy 1 2 1 5 3* 5.00 – – – 21.3 5 61 4 15.25 2/24 – -Manicaland 1 2 1 48 37* 48.00 – – 1 11 0 42 1 42.00 1/14 – -Mashonaland 5 8 1 80 34 11.42 – – 2 133.3 25 413 15 27.53 4/50 – -MCD 2 3 0 20 10 6.66 – – – 60 12 237 11 21.54 5/80 1 -TOTAL: 9 15 3 153 37* 12.75 – – 3 226 42 753 31 24.29 5/80 1 -HIGHEST SCORE45 Zimbabweans v Essex Chelmsford 2000Highest in Zimbabwe:37* Mashonaland A v Manicaland Alexandra Sports Club 2001/02`PAIRS’0 and 0 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (1st Test) Queens Sports Club 1996/970 and 0 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd Test) Galle 2001/02FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS1 5/80 Matabeleland v Mash Country Districts Bulawayo Athletic Club 1995/962 5/70 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Only Test) Harare Sports Club 1998/99BEST MATCH FIGURES7/161 (5/80 & 2/81) Matabeleland v Mash Country Dist Bulawayo Athletic Club 1995/96MOST OVERS BOWLED IN AN INNINGS33.1 (33.1-7-93-4) ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only) Bloemfontein 1999/200033 (33-7-107-3) ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only) Harare Sports Club 1999/2000MOST OVERS BOWLED IN A MATCH41 (41-5-201-6) Zimbabweans v WI President’s XI Pointe-a-Pierre 1999/2000MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS131 (24-2-131-0) ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd Test) Kandy 2001/02MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN A MATCH201 (41-5-201-6) Zimbabweans v WI President’s XI Pointe-a-Pierre 1999/2000MOST MAIDEN OVERS BOWLED IN AN INNINGS9 (25-9-63-3) ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd Test) Lahore 1998/99DETAILS OF DISMISSALS AS A BATSMANbowled 10 16.13lbw 14 22.58caught 30 48.39caught by wicketkeeper 5 8.06caught and bowled 2 3.23stumped 1 1.61run out -TOTAL 62 100.00%DETAILS OF DISMISSALS AS A BOWLERbowled 24 16.78lbw 35 24.47caught 47 32.87caught by wicket-keeper 34 23.78caught and bowled 2 1.40stumped – 0.00hit wicket 1 0.70TOTAL 143 100.00%MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS2, on 3 occasionsMOST CATCHES IN A MATCH3 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (First Test) Hamilton 1995/96

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya admitted that he felt Sri Lanka’svictory chance had slipped away during a nail-biting final hour in Kandy.Sri Lanka eventually won the match with just 16 minutes to spare as man ofthe match Muralitharan grabbed three wickets in 12 balls to finish off theWest Indies and win the match by 131 runs.Going into the final hour, with the light fading fast, West Indies still hadfour wickets remaining with Marlon Samuels and Mervyn Dillon going strong.”In my heart I had doubts that we could win it in that last hour,” he said.”But the light was okay and I had to keep persevering with Murali. Thewicket of Dillon allowed us to break through.”Jayasuriya was delighted with the performance of his two senior bowlers:Muttiah Muralitharan, who took ten-wickets in the game for the fourthconsecutive Test, and Chaminda Vaas.”Both Murali and Chaminda bowled really well. The ball bounced and turned inthe first innings, but getting wickets in the second innings was not easy.They bowled one line and kept the batsmen under pressure.””It was an all round performance that won us the game. Everyone is doingtheir job at the right time and we are playing well as a team at themoment.”He revealed that the presence of Lara had delayed the declaration, which wasmade after discussion with the senior players and coach Dav Whatmore.”Brian Lara and Carl Hooper were in our minds when we made the declaration.Lara can score a hundred at anytime. We didn’t want to lose. That was ourfirst consideration.””We felt though that 84 overs would be sufficient to bowl out the WestIndies on a fifth day wicket. The weather was out of our control. If it hadrained then that was bad luck.”

The Hyderabad squad for the opening match of Quaid-i-AzamTrophy Grade-I tie against Bahawalpur has not yet beenannounced, till the filing of this report Monday , either bythe defunct District Cricket Association (DCA) Hyderabad orthe ad hoc committee.No statement has so far been issued by the ad hoc committeepertaining to the selection of team. The team was expectedto leave for Bahawalpur late Monday.Meanwhile, a rowdy scene was witnessed here at Niaz StadiumSunday when a practice-cum-warm-up match between two teamsof Hyderabad district was disrupted by around 60 to 70youths, who trespassed into the outfield and forced thecancellation of match.The joint secretary of DCA, which has been dissolved by itspresident Dec 24, has accused Mir Haider Ali Khan Talpur,chairman selection committee of the defunct DCA, of leadingthe youths to force the closure of match.Mir Haider has, however, denied the allegations and saidthat he had talked to Faheem Baig for calling a meeting ofselection committee to discuss names of team members.Witnesses said that a practice match between HyderabadGreens and Whites was in progress at 11.30am when around 60to 70 persons entered the ground, raising slogans.

The Yorkshire and England pace bowler Matthew Hoggard was today ruled out of the 2nd npower Test Match against Zimbabwe at Durham next week with a knee injury.Hoggard, who was forced to leave the field during Yorkshire’s C and G Trophy Match at Worcester on Wednesday, under-went a scan yesterday which revealed a torn meniscal cartilage in his right knee.ECB Chief Medical Officer Dr Peter Gregory said: “Matthew will need to see a surgeon to find out if an operation is required. Our initial assessment is that he is likely to be out of cricket for approximately six weeks.”The Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath, who made his Test debut at Lord’s against Zimbabwe last week, also underwent a scan yesterday on his injured side. The scan revealed no tear and his condition is improving. He will be re-assessed by the England medical team next week.

India took the initiative on day one of the first Test against England at Mohali, after the tourists were reduced from the promising position of 172 for 2 to 238 all out. At the close India had reached 24 for 1 in reply.With the pitch looking a seamer’s paradise before the start, the Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won the toss and gave his fast bowlers first use of it. All three of the faster bowlers, Tinu Yohannan, Iqbal Siddiqui and Sanjay Bangar, are making their Test debuts, as are England’s Richard Dawson and James Foster, who received their England caps in the now traditional on-field ceremony.India broke through in the very first over as Mark Butcher, after driving Yohannan through the covers for four, was caught at second slip by VVS Laxman off the same bowler. Nasser Hussain flexed his muscles with a delightfully cut boundary off a short, wide ball from Yohannan. After an uncharacteristically quiet start, Marcus Trescothick opened his shoulders at the end of the seventh over, driving a half volley from Yohannan through the covers for four.Siddiqui was on the receiving end as well, as Hussain first cut and then drove boundaries. Bangar fared little better, going for two more boundaries as England posted 50 in the twelfth over. Anil Kumble came on for Yohannan, and Trescothick looked fortunate to survive an lbw appeal when he was hit on the toe and credited with four runs to third man. He celebrated with boundaries through extra cover and long on, as England reached 70 for one at the end of an expensive first over for the leg-spinner. Hussain maintained the flow with two more offside boundaries off Bangar. Trescothick swept Kumble to fine leg for a single, and then reached the boundary with a similar shot off the same bowler to bring up England’s 100 and his eighth Test 50. Hussain hoisted the century partnership with a delightful dab to the third man boundary, and at lunch England were healthily placed at 107 for 1.Hussain soon reached his 50 in fine style, pulling to the boundary just in front of square. It was his eighteenth 50 in Tests. An error of judgement then led to Trescothick’s downfall, as he left a ball from Yohannan that held its line when Trescothick expected it to seam away. It sent his off stump cartwheeling. Trescothick had made a fluent 66 and England were 129 for 2. Graham Thorpe then got away with an uppish hook for a single. Siddiqui returned in place of Yohannan in the 43rd over, and Thorpe struck a half volley with perfect timing to the extra cover boundary, repeating the stroke in Siddiqui’s next over as he over-pitched again. But to his chagrin Thorpe was dismissed in the same over, flashing at a ball outside the off stump and giving a straightforward catch to Laxman at second slip. Siddiqui had his first Test wicket; Thorpe had made 23 and England were 172 for 3.Mark Ramprakash immediately made the most of a wide half volley from Harbhajan, driving it to the cover boundary. Hussain then advanced down the wicket to hit Harbhajan for four over mid-off, before being missed in the same over behind the stumps by Deep Dasgupta. An edge in Harbhajan’s next over fell just short of Laxman at slip. The England captain’s response to adversity was aggressive. Twice he hit Harbhajan over the top, first for a magnificent six over extra cover long off, and then a miscued swing over midwicket for three. Ramprakash took three more off Siddiqui as he pierced the covers again, and Harbhajan then made way for Anil Kumble. A single from Ramprakash brought up the 200, but Kumble then struck a vital blow, dismissing Hussain for 85, caught by Laxman at silly point off pad and bat as he pushed defensively forward. The tourists reached the interval on 207 for 4.England’s run rate dropped substantially after tea, and a bowling change by Ganguly paid immediate dividends as Ramprakash, playing Harbhajan defensively across the line, was beautifully caught at silly point by Shiv Sunder Das for 17. 224 for 5 became 227 for 6 when Flintoff perished for 18, aiming to hit Harbhajan over the top and finding Kumble at backward point. Harbhajan missed out on his third wicket in three overs when Dasgupta failed to gather a thin outside edge from Craig White.Harbhajan was not to be denied for long, dismissing Foster for a duck as he tried to sweep a ball from around his off stump. Kumble then dismissed White for five as he dabbed a late cut straight to Rahul Dravid at first slip without addition to the total. Dawson, popped up a straightforward catch for Laxman at silly point off Harbhajan, and Matthew Hoggard lasted just one ball, caught off bat and pad by the substitute Connor Williams at short leg to give Harbhajan his fifth wicket. He finished with 5 for 51, and on a day when many expected the seamers to dominate, seven wickets had fallen to spin and England had subsided to a mediocre total.England opened their attack with Hoggard and James Ormond, and Dasgupta immediately looked in good touch. taking four off Ormond as Hussain chased unavailingly to the midwicket boundary. Butcher was brought on as first change, and provided the breakthrough England desperately needed in his second over when Das left a delivery, which hit his off stump. Anil Kumble entered the arena as nightwatchman, and by the close India had reached 24 for 1.

Perennial ‘unfit’ fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was rewarded when named tolead PCB-XI in the warm up match one-day match against New Zealand tobe played at the National Stadium, Karachi on Sept 16.Opener Imran Nazir has been appointed as vice-captain of the team.Both captain and the vice-captain have been failed to get a place inthe Pakistan squad announced for the three one-day match seriesagainst New Zealand, starting from Sept 19 at Karachi.Aftab Baloch has been named as coach and manager of the team.The team is: Imran Nazir, Salman Butt, Faisal Iqbal, NaveedLatif, Hasan Raza, Shoaib Malik, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan,Shoaib Akhtar (captain), Mohammad Zahid, Yasir Arafat. Asim Kamal(12th man).