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ScorecardFile photo: Pieter Seelaar top-scored for Netherlands with a crucial 49•Peter Della Penna

Late innings resiliency with both bat and ball ensured Netherlands escaped with a six-run win over UAE at Abu Dhabi on Friday to wrap up a two-match WCL Championship sweep for the visitors on Friday. The latest victory vaulted Netherlands past Hong Kong to the top of the WCLC table with 10 points to Hong Kong’s nine. The Dutch are currently undefeated in six games with 10 points coming from four wins and two no results.Netherlands scratched their way to 216 after being sent in thanks to Pieter Seelaar, whose 49 at No. 7 helped the Dutch rebuild after the double-blow of losing Roelof van der Merwe and Wesley Barresi in the space of three overs reduced the visitors from 108 for 4 to 112 for 6 in the 30th. Seelaar added 76 for the seventh wicket with Michael Rippon in the biggest stand of the innings and hung around until the final over before he was ninth man out but not before giving his side a defendable total.In reply, UAE were cruising at 158 for 3 after 37 overs, needing 59 more to win at a little more than four per over, when Timm van der Gugten shifted momentum in the match by removing Shaiman Anwar for 71, ending a 103-run partnership with Mohammad Usman. Van der Gugten struck again later in the over to nab Saqlain Haider for 1 and Usman was dislodged for 52 by Mudassar Bukhari off the first ball of the 42nd to make it 178 for 6.Still, UAE only needed 39 to win off 53 balls, but the run rate was choked successfully by Bukhari, Rippon and Ahsan Malik. In his first tour back since being reported at the World Twenty20 Qualifier for a suspect bowling action, Malik’s impact continued to show as he claimed 2 for 18 in his second spell of 3.3 overs at the death.Entering the final over UAE needed 13 to win with the last pair of Rohan Mustafa, on 21, and Manjula Guruge at the crease. A dot was followed by a six from Mustafa to bring UAE within one shot of leveling the score but Malik struck on the next ball, having Mustafa caught by Bukhari to end the match.

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Starts rarely come as emphatic as this, especially with India overseas and even more so in a series decider. Rahul Dravid presented his batsmen a New Year’s gift by calling tails at the toss, provided South Africa with a surprise opening pair and sat back to enjoy India’s best start in this country.Wasim Jaffer led the merriment on a bone-dry Newlands pitch, steering India to an imposing 254 for 3 at stumps in a largely one-sided contest. It was an indicator of Indian dominance that his partnership with Dinesh Karthik has been the only century opening stand by any country against South Africa in two years. Andre Nel’s absence, owing to a bruised ankle, hurt South Africa and they didn’t have much to cheer in a venue that is traditionally proved to be a fortress.It was a surface tailor-made for Jaffer, similar to the pancake-flat surfaces that he thrives on in domestic games back home. His third Test hundred, and first in the first innings, was a superbly-controlled affair, driving and pulling with authority. He gauged the nature of the pitch soon and reeled off regal strokes when presented with width.His back-foot expertise came to the fore, especially as the bowlers were unable to extract much lateral movement, and he rolled his wrists over the ball while attempting the pull. Confident defense was interspersed with smooth wristwork and, barring a couple of jaffas that beat the outside edge, he was totally in command. His only indiscretion came when he was on 116, hanging his bat limply and edging head-high to give Jacques Kallis, at second slip, his 100th victim.His partner was the surprise package. India decided to move Virender Sehwag down the order but instead of bringing in Gautam Gambhir, the specialist, went for Karthik, who last turned out for India in September 2005. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was ill disposed with a chest infection and bruised fingers, and Karthik was asked to open for the first time in Tests.He enjoyed a large slice of fortune when on 32 – Graeme Smith fluffed a regulation edge at first slip – and occasionally resorted to the airy-fairy but he more than impressed with his compact technique. He got behind the line nicely and struck a gorgeous straight drive to welcome back Kallis to the bowling crease. He endured a nervy last over before tea, when Kallis targetted him with a bouncer barrage, but completed his second half-century in 14 innings. He was unlucky to be given out soon after tea, handing left-arm spinner Paul Harris with his maiden wicket, but he’d done a fine job by then.

Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini, South Africa’s new-ball pair, couldn’t summon much life from the flat pitch and it was left to the accurate Shaun Pollock to provide some respite. He produced more movement than the rest and even managed to get the edge, only to be frustrated by Smith’s butterfingers at first slip. Pollock’s spell to Dravid, who was looking ominous in his brief stay, was a masterclass in prising out a wicket. He frustrated him with a nagging line, managed some reverse with the old ball before nailing him with a near-perfect delivery that pitched outside off and kissed the edge.Steyn came back to remove Jaffer with the new ball but Sachin Tendulkar, unfurling some gorgeous strokes towards the end, and VVS Laxman, cautiously shouldering arms, took India safely to stumps. Exactly three years ago, in a series decider at Sydney, Sourav Ganguly won the toss on a belter of a pitch and had the satisfaction of seeing his batsmen ending the opening day on 284 for 3. Is history about to repeat itself?Short cuts

Highlight of the day: After pull shot at Kingsmead, WasimJaffer had a lot to prove, most of all to himself. And on a pitch thatcould have been prepared in Mumbai or Nagpur, he did just that with afluent century, building on a circumspect start with some gorgeous driveson both sides of the wicket.Lowlight of the day: For two sessions, this was a triumphant return toTest cricket for Dinesh Karthik. But when the first ball after teaappeared to fly off the pad to silly point, his luck took a turn for theworse. Hashim Amla, who grabbed the ball, didn’t even bother to appeal,lobbing the ball back to Mark Boucher in an attempt to catch Karthik shortof the crease. But with Boucher backing up Paul Harris’s fervent appeal,Asad Rauf lifted the finger. Not the best of decisions, and certainly noway to end such a brave innings.Shot of the day: The first session had been all about patience andconsolidation, but soon after lunch, Karthik drove an over-pitcheddelivery from Makhaya Ntini past the mid-off fielder with a fluent swingof the bat. It was a glorious, breath-stopping stroke, from a man whoclearly believed that he belonged at this level.Ball of the day: When Rahul Dravid came in and set about Dale Steyn, thegame appeared to be running away from South Africa. It needed anotherrelentlessly accurate spell from Shaun Pollock to rein it back, and hecrowned it with the big wicket – Dravid nibbling at one that pitched justoutside off stump and held its line.Catch of the day: Late in the day, with the evening sun beating down,Jaffer poked at one from Steyn. It flew off the edge, and JacquesKallis stuck his hands in front of his face while moving to his right atsecond slip. Stunning reflexes from such a big man, and a fine way tobring up 100 catches in Tests.Message of the day: With the stump microphone audio available in anothersoundproof press box, all the chirping could be heard. Mark Boucher ledthe way with his exhortations, but it was Graeme Smith’s voice that wasmost distinctive. “He’s tired, boys, he’s done his bit for the team,” heshouted out, even as Paul Harris pitched into the rough outside off stump.Wasim Jaffer said not a word, but after one delivery had escaped for fourbyes, he paddle-swept another for four more. Cue momentary silence.Off the park: Even after bowling 18 wicket-less overs in the day, Ntini’sspirit was unbroken. Soon after close of play, he came down from thedressing room and signed dozens of autographs for the waiting fans – allwith that trademark goofy grin on his face. A touch of class, in a sportthat’s getting more and more distanced from its fans and roots.

Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan are two of a host of leading players from around the world who have confirmed their availability for a charity game against the touring Pakistani side on July 10 at The Oval. The Twenty20 game, organised to raise funds for the victims of last October’s earthquake which struck northern territories of Pakistan, includes players from seven Test-playing nations.”It’s fantastic to have such strong support from all of these magnificent cricketers,” Paul Sheldon, Surrey’s chief executive commented. “The likes of Lara and Muralitharan are huge draw cards, worth the admission prices alone, so we’re expecting a big crowd to come along and watch what should be a hugely entertaining match.”Approximately 10,000 tickets have already been sold for the match, and are available at Surrey’s website for £20.The match will raise money for the Oval Cricket Relief Trust, which last year raised over £1 million for victims of the Tsunami.International XI team confirmed to play in the match:Rahul Dravid (capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Azhar Mahmood, Chris Cairns, Andrew Hall, Darren Gough, Mohammad Akram

In the last year you have been given ODI status (courtesy of the top six finish in the ICC Trophy). How has this changed the profile of the game inside Ireland?
Enormously. There’s been a dramatic increase in the level of interest in Irish cricket, at every level. We’ve attracted much more media interest from home and abroad; we’ve gained additional sponsorships; Sports Council and ICC grants have increased very significantly; and the squad has within the past six months been honoured with receptions by both the President of Ireland and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. At the most basic level, the man or woman in the street is now much more likely to know that Ireland plays cricket, and has recently been doing so very well!Some chairmen have complained that the ICC has not given enough financial backing to support the marked increase in the demands on Ireland and your players. Would you agree?
I would agree that the extra money made available to the High Performance countries, while substantial, and absolutely essential to our ability to meet our commitments, is always less than the actual cost of participating in the extra programmes and tournaments. But I can understand, from ICC’s perspective, why this should have been so. Its budgets are limited and it is tasked to get as much quality activity as possible out of them. This inevitably means leveraging in part of the cost through the countries. The current gap is, however, unsustainable, and it is essential that sufficient of the extra money that ICC will be getting from its new media rights contract finds its way into the High Performance Programme to cover a more realistic proportion of the countries’ costs – in particular those relating to players’ loss of earnings.Given the financial gulf between the Full Members and the Associates, can the gap in playing standards ever be breached? Can you see one of the Associates, for example, playing Test cricket within a decade?
The financial gulf is, I suspect, largely related to television exposure, and therefore tends to start resolving itself once Test status is granted. More intractable, I believe, is the need for an underpinning structure of domestic first-class cricket. We would love to progress to Test status. Our record in the Intercontinental Cup suggests that we are probably, at least on the field, the Associate best equipped to do so. For understandable reasons, it took ICC several years to devise a fair, transparent and effective pathway to ODI status. A corresponding pathway to Test status now needs to be developed. It remains to be seen whether that pathway can be both developed and completed by an existing Associate within the next decade.What are your views on players – and obviously Ed Joyce springs to mind – being lured away to play for Full Member countries?
I think ‘lured’ is a little harsh – certainly in Ed’s case. His has always been a very special talent, and it’s long been evident that he had the potential to play cricket at a higher level than Ireland could offer – even with ODI status. The only path to Full Member Test and ODI cricket is through playing professional cricket with a first-class team. Ed’s years with Middlesex have enabled him to lift his game to an even higher plane – as he showed when helping us to qualify for the World Cup – and all his friends in Ireland have been delighted by his recent success with the England squad – particularly that century against Australia! But every promising young Irish player isn’t an Ed Joyce, and we have had rather more instances of players getting county contracts but not forcing their way into the first team. A couple of years in the county seconds set-up doesn’t necessarily move a player forward, and I can think of several examples where such players have come back to us less accomplished cricketers than when they first went to the counties.With the boot on the other foot, what are your views on players from outside a country – for example, from Asia, Australiasia, Soth Africa or the Caribbean – being able to play for Associates after a relatively short qualification period?
I don’t regard four years as a particularly short qualification period. Where someone genuinely moves home and takes up residence in a new country, they shouldn’t have to wait an unreasonably long time before becoming eligible to represent that country. Our team has benefited greatly from the players who have come to Ireland from Australia and South Africa and settled here – often demonstrating their good taste by marrying Irish girls – and they’re certainly every bit as committed to Ireland’s cause as the Irish-born members of the squad.Do you feel that the major countries give you enough help in terms of high-profile matches, A-team tours etc? What more could they do?
The only way in which Ireland will continue to improve is through regular matches against teams that are better than us. Now that we have ODI status, that should mean ODIs against Full Members. The World Cup is about to give us such exposure, but we really need it every year. As the only European Full Member, ECB clearly has a special responsibility in relation to the three European High Performance countries. We were delighted when England agreed to be our first ODI opponents in Belfast last June. It was a brilliant occasion, and did a lot to put Irish cricket on the map. It would be excellent if they would agree to play regular ODIs against their nearest neighbours, as well as using their influence to ensure that touring sides do so when they come each summer. Another key area where we need positive help from ECB is in ensuring that players with county contracts are automatically released when we need them for ODIs or other ICC competitions – just as England-qualified players without central contracts would be released by their counties if the England selectors asked for them.

How hard is it to attract sponsors to support the national side given the relatively low profile of the game in Ireland?
This has been a seriously inhibiting factor for many years. The situation has, however, improved a lot since our success in the ICC Trophy in 2005. The Bank of Ireland came on board last year as senior team sponsors and we are getting an increased flow of expressions of interest from other potential sponsors. We have a long way to go, however, before sponsorship income represents the proportion of revenue that it ought if we are to develop the game in all the ways we wish.Should the ICC ensure that what are full ODIs should wherever possible be televised, or if not, that audio, video and live scores are available to the media to ensure that coverage is maximised?
Certainly we need this kind of media coverage – particularly terrestrial television – for all our ODIs. Where they take place in ICC tournaments, I believe ICC should put the necessary contracts and infrastructure in place – as they have done for the World Cup.How hard is it for your players to strike balance between being essentially amateur players in a professional world?
Very difficult, and I’ve nothing but admiration for the way our squad have committed themselves to our pathway to the World Cup, and for the understanding that they’ve been shown by their families and employers. We are in a process of transition from amateur to semi-professional status, having introduced a relatively modest match fee/bonus regime last summer and then effectively bought the squad out of employment for the first three months of 2007. Ultimately, we aspire to having a fully professional squad, but it is likely to be some years before the necessary income flows can be developed.While the results were disappointing, were you please with the overall performances at the World Cricket League?
There certainly were significant positives. We were by common consent the best batting side in the competition, and we got ourselves into what should have been winning positions against the three best teams. But we failed to convert those positions into results, leaving us with some major learning points prior to the World Cup. Ultimately, ‘finishing’ effectively in tight situations is a matter of experience, and I’m sure the guys will have identified the things they will need to do better next time.What are your realistic expectations for the World Cup?
To perform competitively against the Full Members and, hopefully, to win at least one match.How strong is grassroots cricket in Ireland, in terms of quantity and quality?
In terms of quantity, we have about 150 clubs, some 500 teams (men’s, women’s and youth), and some 500 active coaches. Youth cricket is particularly strong, all age-groups from Under-13 to Under-23 having won their respective European Championships in 2006. Quality trends in adult grassroots cricket are harder to appraise. The general perception would be that we are not moving forward as well as we would wish, and that a major inhibiting factor is the indifferent quality of most club pitches (combined with the damp Irish weather!).What one change to the game would really benefit the game in Ireland?
The return of live international cricket to terrestrial television. Nothing promotes a sport more effectively than the regular availability of top-level competition in everyone’s living room.Where do you see Ireland cricket in five and ten years time?
In five years – to have qualified for, and performed competitively in, the 2011 World Cup; to have an increasing proportion of ODI wins, especially against Full Members; and to have made further progress towards a fully professional senior squad.In 10 years – more of the same, plus measurable progress along the pathway to Test status.

Shane Warne has said he would be keen to spend time bowling with Yasir Shah in the nets while he is on a brief visit to Dubai this week.There is a vast amount of mutual respect between the two legspinners – Yasir, who has climbed to No.2 in the world Test rankings, counts Warne as a hero and he in turns says Yasir is a “fantastic, wonderful bowler” – and Warne, who is due to leave on Friday, suggested he would try to join a Pakistan net session ahead of the final Test in Sharjah.Warne has previously met Yasir in Adelaide during the World Cup and has chatted with him again since – although admitted a few language issues – and as he prepares for a return to cricket in his All Stars venture in the USA he was enthused about forming a legspin pairing, however briefly.”I would love to have another session with him,” he said. “If I can find some time this week I’d love to go down and have a bowl with him. I’m looking to get as much practice as I can.”Warne, who was in Dubai to launch the Icons of Cricket golf event, was flying as Yasir took four wickets, including the last one of Adil Rashid with just 6.3 overs remaining, to clinch the second Test but had seen enough to be further impressed, although he did have some words of advice.”I think he’s a fantastic, wonderful bowler,” Warne said. “Sometimes, from what I’ve seen, he looks a bit impatient – he has all the toys, he just needs to slow down a little bit, take a breath. Just chill out and set a batsman up a little bit more rather than just ripping legbreaks, wrong ‘uns, straight ones, going around the wicket, over the wicket. He just needs to toil away a little more.”Warne also had further words of encouragement for Rashid who claimed just 2 for 191 in Dubai after almost conjuring a remarkable victory for England in Abu Dhabi with 5 for 64 in the second innings.”They are completely different bowlers, Yasir is a real hustle-and-bustle legspinner, to me he’s the best in international cricket at the moment, and Rashid will hopefully get better. He’s not as fluent as someone like Yasir, but that doesn’t mean he’s not as effective. If he gets his confidence up I think he can be a real handful.”Rashid has twice been thrust into bowling first with Alastair Cook losing both tosses so far and Warne said that the role was something even he had to learn during his career.”I ended up doing it a lot,” he said. “I had to learn, it’s all the subtleties of a legspinner, patience, changing position on the crease, not bowling the same ball twice, don’t attack too much with the field, basically try to tie up an end – especially here where it’s so hot, so the quicks can rotate.”It’s about trying to beat them in flight, get them driving. My line would change a bit, you’d go a bit wider, then you’d use the faster, straighter one as a major weapon. But the hard spun legbreak is the real key and you just had to try that as much as you could. That was basically it for the first two days.”

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The shambolic organisation surrounding the issuing of visas for many of those traveling from Australia and New Zealand to the World Cup shows no sign of improving.Almost a fortnight after the scale of the problem first came to light, it seems that little has been done to alleviate the situation. Mike Agostini, who until recently was Trinidad and Tobago’s honorary consul in Australia, reported to Cricinfo that the Caricom Visa issuing offices in Sydney were “are still not operative, or, if so, just barely”.In a letter to Rose Blenman, who is in charge of the implementation of the controversial US$100 visa, Agostini wrote: “Are you intent on deluding the people wanting such visas, many of whom are continuing to complain, especially travel agents, about the failure of this Mission to provide proper assistance?”He also flagged that applicants from New Zealand faced an even more difficult problem because of the lack of appropriate information and also the fact that they had to pay for the additional costs of sending their applications and passports to Sydney as well as for their return.”I am as amazed as I am appalled at what is happening here and looks likely to become much worse, with the deadline for these visas being January 15, 2007 and the issuing office not fully operative and the time stated for issuing of visas and return of passports being still ‘up to three weeks’.”He warned that the whole exercise was set to become a “total debacle” unless the scheme was abandoned. “The impression here continues to be a money-making exercise and thus also a ‘rip-off’ which is the way it still seems to be, for which the reputations of all Caricom countries will suffer.”Cricinfo has tried to contact Caricom to ask for clarification of the situation but has received no response. We have also asked Cricket Australia whether it has taken up the issue on behalf of supporters but no response has been forthcoming.Chris Dehring, who is heading the organisation of the event, said: “”We believe the outcome of what Caricom has implemented … will be much appreciated by fans. The visa cost works out to US$10 per country which is not particularly high. Also, nationals of many Caribbean countries require a visa to go to Australia and in some cases they have to send their passports to Washington.”

Former Cambridge University allrounder Richard Halsall will be appointed as England’s first full-time fielding coach, according to a report in The Times. The Schofield Report, published in May, recommended such a position be made permanent.Halsall has been working on a part-time basis with Sussex, as well as coaching the England Under-15 side. He also helped the England women prepare for their tour of India earlier this year.He is currently working as head of physical education at Wellington College but will have to give that post up if appointed by the ECB.

Ireland have named their squad for the World T20, adding batsman Kate McKenna to the 14 who secured a place at the tournament by winning the ICC Qualifier late last year.Isobel Joyce will captain the side, who have been drawn against Australia, the reigning champions, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka in Group A.”We’ve gone with the fourteen who performed so well out at the qualifying tournament in Thailand, with Kate McKenna also coming into the squad,” head coach Aaron Hamilton said. “Kate is an electric fielder, which is so important in the T20 game, and she will also bolster our batting line-up.”Cricket Ireland has also made a further coaching appointment for the World T20, which takes place in India in March, by bringing in former Australia wicketkeeper Julia Price – who played 10 Tests and 84 ODIs between 1996 and 2005 – as an assistant alongside Alex Cusack.”It’s great to have Julia joining our support staff for the World T20,” Hamilton said. “Julia brings a wealth of knowledge and coaching experience to the group.”Ireland women squad: Isobel Joyce (capt), Catherine Dalton, Laura Delany, Kim Garth, Jennifer Gray, Cecelia Joyce, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Gaby Lewis, Robyn Lewis, Ciara Metcalfe, Kate McKenna, Lucy O’Reilly, Clare Shillington, Mary Waldron.

Graham Gooch, the former England captain who played his last Test at the age of 42, has urged India’s experienced middle-order batsmen to convert the final phase of their careers into a “golden one”, and said they still had four or five years left in them. Having watched the Indians’ tour game against England Lions at Chelmsford, Gooch gushed about Sachin Tendulkar’s 171 on the second day and felt there was nothing to suggest that his powers were on the decline.Gooch scored more than half his Test runs, including 12 hundreds, after he passed the age of 35, and was the top-scorer in the 1990 and 1991 seasons. “I think the likes of Sachin, [Rahul] Dravid, [Sourav] Ganguly are all 34-35 and for me that was the golden period of my cricket,” he told Cricinfo at the County Ground in Chelmsford. “My batting got better in those four or five years, so there’s no reason why they can’t go on.”Tendulkar has occasionally spoken of the demands that age imposes and even changed his game accordingly. While he used to attack more often in the early part of his career, he’s off late preferred the more compact style, accumulating more often than blazing away. He spoke about this after his classy innings yesterday and indicated that his body dictated the way he approached an innings.Gooch echoed the sentiment. “It [carrying on despite the growing years] depends on your desire, your fitness … and if you haven’t got the desire you aren’t going to be able to remain fit. You need to work that much harder, naturally you’re deteriorating and you’re concentration and general sharpness disappears. There’s no reason why they can’t carry on for 4-5 years.”However, he was quick to point out that Tendulkar still possesses all the attributes. “He’s still standing still, watching the ball and has the ability to counterattack. I didn’t see anything yesterday to suggest his powers are on the decline. It’s how much you want to keep going, whether you’ve got aspirations still. He’ll hope he’s got one last flurry over here to entertain people in this country. If he and the rest of the batsmen can put up 500-plus in their matches they’re definitely going to stand a chance.”India’s senior-most cricketer, though, isn’t a middle-order batsman but a legspinner who will be expected to carry the attack. Gooch, who faced a bespectacled 20-year-old Anil Kumble on the 1990 tour, believes he can pull it off. “He played the second Test at Old Trafford in 1990 [when Tendulkar got his first Test hundred] and what I liked about him was his desire to take wickets. I faced Derek Underwood early in my career and they were similar with regard to the pace they bowled with. Underwood wasn’t a big spinner of the ball but relied on accuracy. Same with Kumble.”He’ll get bounce on English pitches and that’s what he mainly relies on for those catches at silly point and bat-pad. He’s not a big turner like conventional spinners but his record stands the test of time. The pitches in England don’t deteriorate as much these days and are tough for spinners but he doesn’t rely too much on a pitch that spins square, it’s the bounce that gets him wickets usually.”

ScorecardFile photo – Mithun Manhas continued his good form, ending day three unbeaten on 95•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Karaparambil Monish snatched a victory for Kerala as his five-wicket haul helped Kerala bowl out Saurashtra for 69 in their final-innings chase of 115. Monish claimed 5 for 46 as he ran through Saurashtra’s middle-order. Sandeep Warrier and Akshay Chandran supported him as they picked up two wickets apiece, giving away just 6 and 3 runs respectively.Saurashtra started the day at 16 for 1, requiring 99, but were soon reduced to 34 for 6 within the first 12 overs in the day. Saurya Sanandia and Jaydev Unadkat were the only players that crossed double-digit scores, providing Saurashtra with some lower-order resistance, with scores of 17 and 15 respectively.Monish’s 6 for 81 in the first innings, had him end the game with career-best match-haul of 11 for 127,
ScorecardThe run-feast at Jammu continued as Ian Dev Singh’s 115 and Mithun Manhas’ unbeaten 95 drove Jammu Kashmir to 325 for 5 on day three, in their reply to Goa’s 552 for 5 declare in the first innings.Ian Dev Singh shared a 100-run partnership with Pranav Gupta for the third wicket, reviving Jammu Kashmir from 9 for 2 to 109, before Gupta was bowled by Shadab Jakati. Mithun Manhas then combined with Ian Dev Singh to share a 156-run partnership, before Jakati once again broke a threatening partnership by having Ian Dev Singh caught behind.His captain, Parvez Rasool, soon followed as Jammu & Kashmir slumped to 300 for 5. No more wickets fell in the day with Manhas ending the day on a resilient 95.
ScorecardPacers Ravi Kiran and Chama Milind placed Hyderabad in a commanding position, as Tripura were asked to follow-on after being bowled out for 237 in response to the hosts’ mammoth 548 for 5. Both pacers picking up three wickets apieceArindam Das anchored Tripura’s innings, as they kept losing regular wickets, with a patient 73 before he was dismissed with the score at 158 for 7. Manisankar Murasingh’s lower-order 51 took Tripura past 200, before they eventually folded for 237.Tripura’s openers Virag Awate and Arindam Das ended the day at 25 for no-loss in their second innings.