Emerging Players Tournament, Brisbane, 1st round

Badrinath pilots India to easy win

Cricinfo staff

July 15, 2008

India Emerging Players 5 for 272 (Badrinath 83*, Dhawan 75) beat Australian Institute of Sports 7 for 269 (Wade 115, Forrest 50*, Pankaj 3-58) by five wickets
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Half-centuries by S Badrinath and Shikhar Dhawan helped India Emerging Players overhaul a target of 270 with ease against Australian Institute of Sports at the Fred Kratzman Oval. Matthew Wade's 115 rescued the Australians from a shaky 4 for 38 after opting to bat but his efforts weren't enough to challenge India as they coasted home by five wickets with nearly eight overs to spare.

Pankaj Singh, the fast bowler, did the early damage to remove the Australian top order before Wade and Greg Moller staged a recovery with a stand of 70. Wade received good support from Peter Forrest who made an unbeaten 50 off 44 balls. Wade counter-attacked with a 93-ball knock to help his team to what appeared a competitive 7 for 269 in a match reduced to 48 overs-a-side.

Moises Henriques, the right-arm seamer, struck early removing Ajinkya Rahane, but it was a stand of 126 for the second wicket between Badrinath and Dhawan which handed the initiative back to India. After Dhawan fell for 75, bowled by Aaron Raymond, Badrinath added 61 with Abhishek Nayar. Besides Henriques, who conceded 42 off ten overs with two maidens, the rest, especially the slower bowlers leaked runs and hardly troubled the visitors as they recorded their second straight win on tour.

New Zealand Emerging Players 5 for 94 (Ingram 30*, Ryder 27, de Villiers 3-6) beat South Africa Emerging Players 93 (van Jaarsveld 34*, Ryder 2-10, Arnel 2-13, Scott 2-13) by five wickets
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A day after their Twenty20 loss to India, South Africa Emerging Players crashed to another defeat as they tumbled to 93 against New Zealand Emerging Players at the Peter Burge Oval. The match lasted just 64 overs as a combined effort from the bowlers helped New Zealand gnaw through the batting before the captain Jesse Ryder and Peter Ingram led the chase.

South Africa barely recovered from a precarious at 28 for 5. Vaughn van Jaarsveld and Wayne Parnell were the only batsmen to cross double figures and the total could have been far worse had New Zealand not conceded 20 extras, which included 12 wides. Brent Arnel, the seamer, was the most effective bowler, finishing with miserly figures of 2 for 13 off ten.

New Zealand had a few anxious moments in their chase as the seamers Yusuf Abdullah and CJ de Villiers struck early blows to leave them at 53 for 5. However, Ingram and Corey Anderson ensured no further loss of wickets as New Zealand wrapped it up in the 28th over.

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