GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday January 13, 2014
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Finch ton secures Australia win, more misery for England (REUTERS) - Aaron Finch struck his second 50-over hundred as Australia maintained their dominance over England with a six-wicket victory in the first one-day international
Down Under after their test series whitewash. Australia’s openers enjoyed their share of luck with Finch dropped by Ballance on eight and Warner, when on 22, called back from the boundary line after replays could not establish conclusively Jos Buttler had taken a clean catch behind the stumps. Warner eventually holed out in the deep off Joe Root to depart after a 72-ball knock that included five boundaries and a six off Chris Jordan. Jordan dismissed Shane Watson for a two-ball duck in the next over but Clarke and Finch scored freely to kill the contest, before Balance eventually caught Finch in the 40th over off Ben Stokes, ending his 128-ball blitz. England suffered an early blow when Cook edged the
yesterday. Finch (121) and fellow opener David Warner (65) dazzled while captain Michael Clarke contributed 43 brisk runs as the hosts eased to a victory
De Villiers’ surgery a success, on track to face Aussies (REUTERS) - South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers had successful surgery on his injured hand on Friday last and should be fit to take on Australia next month, Cricket South Africa said. “He will start light rehab today and is on track to be ready for the upcoming tour against Australia,” Saturday’s statement said. De Villiers had a plate in-
serted into his left hand two years ago after breaking it while competing in the Indian Premier League, but it had recently caused discomfort forcing him to undergo more surgery. South Africa will play three tests and three Twenty20 internationals against Australia, starting with the first five day game at Centurion on February 12.
Australia’s Aaron Finch celebrates his feat at becoming the first Victorian to score a ODI ton at the MCG as Australia cruised to a four-wicket win captain Alastair Cook had opted target of 270 with 4.2 overs to to bat first. spare. The 163-run stand between Earlier, half-centuries from Finch and Warner in 28 overs Gary Ballance (79) and Eoin laid the foundation for AustraMorgan (50) helped England lia’s comprehensive win which put behind a wobbly start and prolonged England’s misery post 269 for seven wickets after
AB de Villiers
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER Compliments of THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market & The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230)& CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL CO. LTD-83 Garnette Street, Campbellville (Tel: 225-6158; 223-6055) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: Viv Richards 15 Today’s Quiz: How many West Indians have scored Test double-centuries against India to date? Put these in order beginning with the man who first captained the West Indies in ODIs: Ritchie Richardson; Gordon Greenidge; Courtney Walsh; Jeff Dujon; Desmond Haynes Answers in tomorrow’s issue
A. Cook c Haddin b McKay 4 I. Bell b Doherty 41 J. Root lbw b McKay 3 G. Balance c Doherty b McKay 79 E. Morgan c Coulter-Nile b Maxwell 50 R. Bopara c Haddin b Coulter-Nile 17 B. Stokes b Faulkner 21 J. Buttler not out 34 T. Bresnan not out 16 Extras (lb-1, w-3) 4 Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 269 Did not bat: C. Jordan, B. Rankin Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-22 3-62 4-145 5-173 6-206 7-228 Bowling: McKay 10-0-44-3 (w1) Coulter-Nile 10-0-51-1 (w-1), Maxwell 8-0-40-1, Doherty 7-0-29-1, Faulkner 10-0-68-1 (w-1), Watson
fourth ball of the day to perish caught behind for four. Clint McKay (3-44) claimed his second victim in Root (three) to reduce the tourists to 22 for two before Ian Bell and Ballance steadied the ship. Bell reverse-swept Xavier Doherty for a boundary and slog-swept Glen Maxwell for a six to reach 41 before attempting a repeat of the same shot only to be clean bowled by Doherty. Morgan joined Ballance in the middle for England’s most productive partnership, adding 83 runs from 14.1 overs with some cheeky shots and sharp running between the wickets. Maxwell dismissed Morgan for 50 off 47 balls while Ballance fell in the 46th over, having justified his call-up with his maiden ODI fifty.
5-0-36-0. Australia A. Finch c Ballance b Stokes 121 D. Warner c Stokes b Root 65 S. Watson b Jordan 0 M. Clarke c Cook b Bresnan 43 G. Bailey not out 17 G. Maxwell not out 8 Extras (lb-6, w-10) 16 Total (4 wickets; 45.4 overs) 270 Did not bat: B. Haddin, J. Faulkner, N. Coulter-Nile, C. McKay, X. Doherty. Fall of wickets: 1-163 2-165 3-237 4-247. Bowling: Rankin 8-0-53-0(w-2), Jordan 10-0-50-1(w-5), Bresnan 9.4-0-56-1, Stokes 10-0-65-1(w-1), Bopara 6-0-30-0, Root 2-0-11-1(w-2).
Kanden re-elected as president of Albion for the 13th straight year FOR THE 13th successive year, the members of Albion Community Centre Cricket Club exercised their faith and confidence in Lloyd Kanden, whom they re-elected unopposed to head the club at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held last Thursday in the Club’s Main Hall. Kanden, a Pastor by profession, will again have Imtiaz Baccus, a former Senior Factory Laboratory Technician at Guysuco Albion Estate and Grievance Officer attached to NAACIE as his Vice President. Former Berbice and Guyana Youth Manager and current
Lloyd Kanden
Human Resources Manager of Guysuco’s Albion Estate Vemen Walter returned as Secretary while Executive Secretary of the National Cane Farming Committee Muthusammi Permaul will continue to serve as Treasurer and former Guyana Under-19 and Berbice Senior Inter-County off-spinner Orvin Managru as the Assistant Secretary/Treasurer. Five Committee Members were also elected in that of former West Indies Test opener Sewnarine Chattergoon, former Berbice Under 19 wicket-keeper/batsman and University of Guyana student Andy Mohan,
Totaram Harichand and new faces Dhanraj Singh Budhu and Muniram Lalbeharry. Budhu, a retired Guysuco Human Resources Manager and Lalbeharry, a former Albion captain and Berbice senior Inter-County fast bowler are the only two changes from the previous year’s executives, replacing Puran Mangal and Threrbhowan Jagdeo. The new Executive will be meeting shortly to name the Captains, Vice Captains and Managers of the respective teams, together with the Club’s Sub-Committees for 2014.