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October 6, 2002 Sunday Rajab 28, 1423

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Walsh spearheads World XI to victory over Britain XI


CARDIFF (Wales), Oct 5: Former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh led the Rest of the World XI to a seven-wicket victory over Britain XI in a ‘power cricket’ match under the Millennium Stadium roof here Friday night.

Walsh, 39, who finished with a world record 519 Test wickets before retiring from international cricket last year, took five for 50 from his allotted five overs as England were bowled out for 155 in their second innings on a match played on a specially laid artificial pitch.

In the first match of its kind played in Britain, the Rest of the World XI were also indebted to New Zealand’s Nathan Astle who made 76 not out in their second innings as they successfully chased 111 for victory.

Power cricket differs from conventional forms of the game in that a match consists of two 15-over innings per side.

Batsmen also scored bonus runs when they hit the ball into different tiers of the Millennium Stadium’s stands.

A hit straight into the lower tier was a six but balls landing directly in the middle section were classed as an eight with those going into the top deck of the 74,000-seater stadium were worth 10 runs.

Astle hit the evening’s only 10 although had any batsmen landed the ball straight on the stadium’s retractable roof they would have scored 12.

No one managed that feat although Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi did come close in front of a sparse crowd at a ground more used to staging rugby union internationals.

Britain were led by England skipper Nasser Hussain with the Rest led by New Zealand Test captain Stephen Fleming.

The second match of the two-game series was scheduled to take place at the same venue Saturday.

If the Rest win that match as well they will collect all the 50,000 pounds (US$78,500) ‘winner takes all’ prize money on offer.

Scoreboard


BRITAIN XI (1st Innings):

R.D.B. Croft c J’wardena b Bond 11

D.P. Fulton c and M’tharan 24

N. Hussain b Bond 2

M.P. Maynard c and b M’tharan 21

A.D. Brown b Shahid 21

A.J. Hollioake b Shahid 16

M.V. Fleming c Astle b M’tharan 1

R.C. Irani not out 9

R.A. Smith c Flower b Wasim 8

D.G. Cork not out 3

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-9) 17

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 15 overs) 133

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-35, 3-50, 4-87, 5-109, 6-110, 7-112, 8-128.

DID NOT BAT: J.P. Crawley, R.W.T. Key, M.A. Ealham, J.S. Foster, S.P. Jones, M.J. Saggers.

BOWLING: Wasim Akram 3-0-38-1; Bond 3-0-27-2; Muralitharan 5-0-29-3; Azhar Mahmood 1-0-12-0; Shahid Afridi 3-0-19-2.

REST OF WORLD XI (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar c Fulton b Saggers 26

Shahid Afridi c Foster b Cork 2

N.J. Astle c Hussain b Croft 24

P.A. de Silva b Ealham 16

A. Flower c Hollioake b Croft 45

Azhar Mahmood c and b Irani 26

D.P.M. Jayawardena not out 20

Wasim Akram not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-5, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (for six wkts, 15 overs) 179

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-28, 3-53, 4-111, 5-149, 6-165.

DID NOT BAT: S.P. Fleming, Yuvraj Singh, A. Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, J. Srinath, S.E. Bond, C.A. Walsh.

BOWLING: Saggers 2-0-23-1; Cork 3-0-26-1 (1nb, 1w); Ealham 3-0-44-1 (1w); Hollioake 3-0-23-0; Croft 2-0-38-2 (2w); Irani 1-0-10-1; Fleming 1-0-11-0.

BRITAIN XI (2nd Innings):

D.P. Fulton c Mushtaq b Srinath 11

R.C. Irani c Shahid b Walsh 0

M.P. Maynard c and b Walsh 6

A.J. Hollioake c M’tharan b Walsh 1

A.D. Brown b Walsh 30

J.P. Crawley c M’tharan b Walsh 36

M.V. Fleming b M’tharan 2

R.W.T. Key b M’tharan 21

M.A. Ealham c Fleming b Shahid 31

R.A. Smith not out 5

D.G. Cork run out 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-3, NB-4) 12

TOTAL (all out, 15 overs) 156

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-21, 3-22, 4-23, 5-77, 6-94, 7-95, 8-146, 9-150.

BOWLING: Walsh 5-0-50-5 (3nb, 1w); Srinath 3-0-34-1 (1nb, 1w); Muralitharan 4-0-27-2; Mushtaq Ahmed 2-0-32-0; Shahid Afridi 1-0-8-1 (1w).

REST OF WORLD XI (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar c Jones b Fleming 27

S.P. Fleming c Fleming b Saggers 4

N.J. Astle not out 76

Shahid Afridi c Jones b Fleming 0

P.A. de Silva not out 1

EXTRAS (W-4) 4

TOTAL (for three wkts, 12.4 overs) 112

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-80, 3-80.

BOWLING: Saggers 4-0-31-1 (2w); Cork 5-0-36-0 (2w); Fleming 2.4-0-32-2; Irani 1-0-13-0.

RESULT: Rest of World XI won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: J.H. Evans and V.A. Holder.

TV UMPIRE: K.J. Lyons.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Courtney Walsh.

NOTE: 16 players per side (11 bat, 11 field).—AFP






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