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Windies Beat Zimbabwe by 4 Wickets Monday 8th March, 2010 15 Letter More on SCOREBOARD ‘when agony Zimbabwe West Indies H. Masakadza c Miller b Roach 14 C. Gayle b Cremer 88 followed V. Sibanda run out (Roach) 5 A. Barath lbw b Price 7 ecstasy’ B. Taylor lbw b Gayle 47 D. Bernard st Taibu b Price 1 T. Taibu c Chanderpaul b Miller 31 S. Chanderpaul lbw b Lamb 10 Nostalgic memories A. Fletcher b Cremer 0 came flooding back when I S. Matsikenyeri c Gayle b Miller 2 N. Deonarine not out 65 read the letter sent by Mr. G. Lamb c and b Miller 23 S. Skandakumar that E. Chi’bura c Deonarine b Roach 50 K. Pollard c Sibanda b Taylor 7 D. Sammy not out 9 appeared in Sunday G. Cremer b Miller 17 Island on the 7th of March Extras: (4lb, 16w, 1nb) 21 P. Utseya not out 6 2010. Those were the times TOTAL: (for six wickets) 208 when large crowds flocked R. Price b Roach 0 Overs: 47.5. the grounds to witness club C. Mpofu run out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-47, 3-82, 4-85, matches. Extras: (1b, 5lb, 5w) 11 5-168, 6-187. As a Bloomfield C & AC TOTAL: (all out) 206 Did not bat: N. Miller, S. Benn, K. supporter, I too was a wit- Overs: 49.5. ness to the match where Roach. Tamil Union C &AC were Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-34, 3-93, 4-100, Bowling: Utseya 10-0-53-0, Price 8.5- playing Police SC at the 5-107, 6-180, 7-183, 8-205, 9-206, 0-31-2 (3w), Mpofu 4-1-30-0 (4w), Police Park. Needless to 10-206. Lamb 10-2-23-1 (6w), Cremer 10-0- say I was hoping for a draw Bowling: Roach 9.5-0-37-3, Bernard 4- 44-2 (1w), Matsikenyeri 2-0-8-0 (w2), and was wondering at the 1-22-0 (1w), Benn 9-1-37-0, Sammy 5- Chigumbura 2-0-9-0 (1nb), Taylor 1-0- negative tactics of Tamil 0-17-0, Gayle 10-0-25-1 (1w), Miller 9- 6-1. Union when they were Result: West Indies won by four wickets. bowling a negative line and 0-43-4 (2w), Pollard 3-0-19-0 (1w). going through the overs Man of the match: N. Deonarine. frantically at a rapid pace on the last day of the match. Then, when one of Deonarine was positive from through. the Police SC batsmen hit the time he came to the crease Roach also claimed Hamilton the ball in the air, a fielder and outscored his skipper in a Masakadza (14), whose upper cut dropped it and we distinct- fifth-wicket stand of 83 that tilted went straight to third man at 34-2. ly heard someone say the balance to West Indies. Taylor and wicketkeeper “leave it” just before the Gayle, misstumped twice (on Tatenda Taibu shared a third- catch was dropped. 50 and 53) by Tatenda Taibu off wicket rescue of 59 before the So Tamil Union C & AC Cremer, was in sight of a 20th spin of Gayle and Miller sparked won the match outright one-day ton when he was bowled a mid-innings collapse. and the next day Tamil by Cremer to rattle West Indian Taylor struck four fours and Union C & AC were nerves. Gayle slammed seven a six before he was lbw to Gayle declared winners of the fours and two sixes. while Miller claimed Stuart trophy and we at Kieron Pollard, the Indian Matsikenyeri (2) and Taibu (31). Bloomfield were a dejected Premier League millionaire, Matsikenyeri punched lot. Then the officials at Chris Gayle pulls during his half century while Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tatendra Taibu looks on during West added to the tension when he gift- straight to extra cover while Bloomfield C & AC did a ed his wicket for 7 at 187-6 but Taibu, after hitting two fours off thorough check of the Indies 2nd ODI against Zimbabwe, Providence, March 6, 2010. Deonarine sensibly steered his 46 balls, top-edged a sweep to scorebooks. An official (since dead) of Bloomfield C & AC came down from PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AP) - Trincomalee and did a Captain Chris Gayle and thorough check of the Narsingh Deonarine hit half cen- score sheets. He somehow turies to steer West Indies to a had access to them and series-leveling four-wicket win Windies beat Zimbabwe focused on the score sheets over Zimbabwe in the second one- of Tamil Union during the day cricket international at entire season and came up Guyana National Stadium on with what he did as Saturday. explained by Mr. S. Gayle struck a top score of 88 Skandakumar. (God knows off 111 deliveries as West Indies by 4 wickets what he had discovered reached the victory target of 208- (and suppressed) when he 6 with 13 balls to spare. Roach’s 3-27 helped limit When a rampant Price side home. short fine leg at 107-5. checked the score sheets of Fellow left-hander Deonarine Zimbabwe to 206 all out off 49.5 removed David Bernard three He and Darren Sammy shared Lamb and Chigumbura fash- Bloomfield C & AC). was unbeaten on 65. His innings, overs. runs later, Gayle became an unbroken seventh-wicket ioned another recovery, adding 73 A week later a protest which spanned 85 balls and was Allrounder Elton Chigumbura becalmed as he led the rebuilding stand of 21 off 20 balls to seal the was lodged and Bloomfield for the sixth wicket in 19 overs. spiced with six fours and a six, topscored with 50 off 72 balls and effort. win. C & AC were declared win- Lamb compiled 23 off 48 balls earned him the man of the match Brendan Taylor added 47 off 66 He added 35 with Shivnarine Earlier, Zimbabwe stuttered ners reversing the earlier before he fell in the batting award. deliveries. Chanderpaul (10) before the expe- after winning the toss and bat- decision by the Board. We Powerplay trying to accelerate. Left-arm spinner Ray Price (2- Gayle provided the hosts with rienced Guyanese was lbw to the ting as both openers fell cheaply. all expected a legal battle Chigumbura was eventually 31) and legspinner Graeme a boundary-studded start to their miserly Greg Lamb. Vusi Sibanda, man of the due to the importance of bowled by Roach, who also cas- the Trophy at the time as Cremer (2-44) led Zimbabwe’s pursuit, blasting four fours and The innings was at the cross- match for his 95 on Thursday, fell tled Ray Price in the final over. Tamil Union had more attack. two sixes before he lost his open- roads when Andre Fletcher was in the first over for 5 as he tried than sufficient legal Earlier, Nikita Miller’s career- ing partner Adrian Barath to beaten and bowled through the for a suicidal single and was run The third one-dayer is at St. grounds to challenge the best 4-43 and pacer Kemar Price at 44-1. gate by a Cremer googly at 85-4. out by Roach in his follow Vincent next Wednesday. latter decision by the Board. However, no sooner the board announced the decision Mr. Skandakumar handed the trophy back to International Schools Athletics Championships Thurstan-Isipatana the Bloomfield C & AC on a platter. We were made to Limited Overs Big Match understand that he had Hansi and Infas best athletes done so despite strong Nawaratne guides Thurstan protests by his team mates. by Reemus Fernando at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. Lyceum International School who Those were the days by Reemus Ekayayake was awarded the best aggregated 955 points won the overall Isipatana. Sachith when cricket was played in Fernando Hansi Ekanayake of Lyceum athlete in the girls’ category for her championship of the 10th edition Dias was the pick of the true spirit of the game and for the sheer joy and International School, Wattala and performance of 67.78 seconds in the while Gateway International, the bowlers for prestige of participation. Infas Nawas of Leeds International Under-17 400 meters. Colombo and Lyceum International, Wicketkeeper Thurstan as he Money had not tainted the won the best athletes’ awards for their Infas Nawas won the best athlete Nugegoda were the first and second batsman Supun picked up four wick- game in any way. impressive performances in the three title in the boys’ category for his leap runner-up. Nawaratne anchored ets. Imagine such an day International Schools Athletics of 6.40 meters in the Under-19 boys They collected 936 and 461 points Thurstan College With their two episode being repeated Championship which came to a close long jump. respectively batting line up with wicket victory, today? No chance I would a valuable half-cen- Thurstan equaled say. tury to record a the victory tally 15-15 Under-19 Cricket thrilling two wicket and it was their Amila K. Perera victory over fourth consecutive Kandy Armstrong hopeful of meeting Prabodha Isipatana College in limited overs match their 30th Limited victory in the series. amasses Overs Big Match Awards: Gateway to conduct Nelson Mandela played at P. Sara Man of the under-19 cager 178 against Stadium yesterday. Match: Supun MURCIA, Spain (AP) - been as good as he hoped, stressed” about his perform- Chasing 162 runs Nawaratne tourney Lance Armstrong says he but that he is “not too ance. Wesley to victory, Thurstan Best Batsman: The Gateway hopes to meet with Nelson Opener Kusal were 81 for four Supun Nawaratne International schools Mandela during a visit to Prabodha amassed a wickets at one stage Best Bowler: under 19 invitation bas- South Africa next week.
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