Date-stamped : 13 Feb95 - 14:52 India "A" v England "A", ODI 1 Indore, 11 February 1995 India break their duck - Simon Hughes IN VIEW of the negligible crowds at most of the games on England A`s tour, the Indian organisers might just as well have prepared an assortment of pitches at Bangalore or Calcutta, and played all the matches there. It would have saved a lot of everybody`s time and money. As it was, the teams spent much of yesterday travelling from In- dore to Ahmedabad for tomorrow`s second one-day game. The jour- ney, via Delhi, involved nearly 10 hours spent hopping between various airports and planes. The best-of-three one-day series is now set up nicely, with India A at last having won a game. Their six-run victory at Indore on Saturday was more a product of England electing to bat second on a rapidly deteriorating wicket than the deduction of one over from their innings because they failed to meet their deadline in the field by a matter of four minutes. The umpires` decision meant that England had 49 overs in which to score 202 for victory. No batsman really got going though Dominic Cork, with 25 from 28 balls, and Paul Weekes`s 33 threatened to win the game. The extra over proved decisive, however. The 49th over began with 14 runs still wanted and that proved too much for Paul Nixon and Richard Stemp. Overall, England did not perform badly, but the four players who missed out in Indore (Keith Piper, Ian Salisbury, Michael Vaughan and Min Patel) should get a game tomorrow otherwise there is not much point in them being here. If they lose again, however, they will not be able to drown their sorrows, as the only people allowed a drink in this city are re- gistered alcoholics. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by cric8wala (sidi@iastate.edu)