Tour Match: Indian Board President's XI v England XI at Hyderabad, 22-24 Nov 2001 Anand Vasu |
Indian Board President's XI 1st innings:
England XI 2nd innings: |
Michael Vaughan, who has had a lacklustre start to the tour of India failed to get going once more, being cleaned up by a quick delivery from Tinu Yohannan that slipped past the bat and uprooted the stumps. Vaughan added to his first innings 22, a second innings 18.
Mark Butcher, taking his time over getting his eye in, faced 32 balls for his 12, before nicking a ball from left-arm seamer Surendra Singh through to the 'keeper. The other big hope for England in this tour of the subcontinent, Graham Thorpe failed with the bat. The usually compact middle-order batsman played at a ball well away from his body and ended up dragging the ball onto his stumps. Sanjay Bangar picked up his third wicket of the match when Thorpe departed on 13.
Nasser Hussain (37 not out), unfazed by the conditions, went about his batting as usual in the company of Mark Ramprakash (17 not out). The latter took a liking to Sarandeep Singh, lofting him for a six and a four over midwicket in his very first over.
The post tea session is mainly of academic interest. The batsmen will be hoping to improve their first class records while the bowlers would be attempting to catch the Indian selectors' eye.
Jacob Martin (89) added just 6 runs to his overnight score before being bowled by Matthew Hoggard. When the partnership for the third wicket was finally broken, it was worth a massive 202 runs.
Rohan Gavaskar, more an attractive strokemaker than a hard worker, took on the spinners from the word go, using his feet superbly and coming down the track. He was particularly severe on Martyn Ball, coming down the wicket and lofting him for a straight six. It was the bowler who had the last laugh however, having the batsman caught and bowled when he had made just 24.
Over the course of the next 12 balls, two more wickets fell, slowing down the progress of the home side a great deal. Sriram, chasing a wide one outside the off nicked the ball for ‘keeper James Foster to take a good catch. Dismissed on 149, perhaps more out of anxiety to reach 150 than anything else, Sriram had faced 289 deliveries and struck 16 fours.
Pankaj Dharmani (5) was unlucky to be given out lbw, struck by Craig White outside the line and well in front.
A declaration at lunch is very much on the cards.
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Date-stamped : 24 Nov2001 - 18:40