Wills Trophy Quarter Final and Semi Final - Brief Report

Wills Trophy 1994 - Report

Quarter Finals, 2 October 1994

Bombay defeated Bengal :

Bengal _almost_ pulled off an upset victory.

Wills-XI 'defeated' Karnataka :

Only 64 overs could be bowled,  before  rains  played  spoil
sport at the KSCA stadium B'lore.  Result was decided by the
spin  of the  coin  which  Kumble  lost.  Highlights  of the
(incomplete)  match  were :  a stylish  38 by Rahul  Dravid,
some  good   batting(!!)  display  by  Kumble  and  Srinath.
Karnataka  managed to score  218/7 in 50 overs.  Fraser  was
impressive (10-1-36-0) but was not among wickets.  Prabhakar
bowled an  expensive  spell  (10-0-63-0).  When the Wills-XI
batting opened, Haynes was tied down by some good bowling by
Prasad  and  Srinath.  He was 21* in a  score  of 51/0 in 14
overs when the game was halted due to rain.

Haryana defeated Uttar-Pradesh :

Haryana :  243 for 7 in 50 overs  (Jadeja 51, Puri 51, Kapil
33, Kaypee 36) Haryana won by 51 runs.

---------------------------

Semi Finals, 5 October 1994

Haryana defeated Wills-XI :

MOM Ajay Jadeja's  century(104 in 140 balls), Kapil's 42 and
Rajesh  Puri's  44  helped  Haryana  pile up 252 a.o in 49.4
overs.  Prabhakar was again  expensive  10-0-63-3 and Fraser
(9.4-1-41-1) couldn't do much.  Kapil led the bowling attack
and with good help from other  bowlers,  Haryana  restricted
Wills-XI  to  189  a.o.  Haynes  scored  30  run  out.  (was
dropped at slip off Kapil when on 19)

Bombay "defeated" Board President's XI :

was to be the first  day-night  Wills trophy match played at
Hyderabad.  Washed  out  completely...  and the  result  was
decided  by the  spin of the  coin,  which  SRT won !!.  And
there were  rumours that the Bombay  Manager  Suru Nayak had
asked  Sachin to  practice  with the coin (for  "calling  it
right")  the day  before the semis  :-).  Real  professional
approach, isn't it ?.

So, it's Bombay vs Haryana in the FINAL.

 Contributed by Amit (amit@india.hp.com)