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[poondu]

Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 15,16,17,18 September 2008 (4-day match)
 


         
 Delhi 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
 A Chopra c Adnan Akmal b Asad Ali 4 18 13 1 0 30.76
 V Sehwag b Imran Ali 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
 V Kohli not out 8 0 15 2 0 53.33
 M Manhas not out 4 0 12 1 0 33.33
     Extras (nb 1) 1     
       
     Total (2 wickets; 7 overs) 17 (2.42 runs per over)


To bat M Tehlan, R Bhatia, P Bisht, I Sharma, P Sangwan, A Nehra, C Nanda 


Fall of wickets1-4 (Sehwag, 1.3 ov), 2-4 (Chopra, 4.1 ov)


       
  Bowling O M R W Econ 
  Asad Ali 4 1 9 1 2.25 (1nb)
  Imran Ali 3 2 8 1 2.66 


     
 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited team     
Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Ali, Imran Ali, Adil Raza, Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Yasir Arafat (2), Azhar Shafiq, Khurram Shehzad, Imran Khalid 

[LosingNow]

They are playing a game in Delhi, 2 days after terrorist bombings .. against team from Pak

[prfsr]

Virat Kohli top scores with 52 out of a team total of 134. 

[dextrous]

gas pipeline? hmm is this a real team

[RicePlateReddy]

gas pipeline? hmm is this a real team

Hey this gas pipeline team is kicking Delhi's butt. What did Sehwag think this gas pipeline was - the exit queue from his paratha vendor?

[kban1]

Speedster Imran treated Sehwag as average Joe!

Tanmoy Mookherjee | Cricketnext.com

Posted on Sep 15, 2008


 

Middle-order keen to start afresh: Vengsarkar Aussies to tour India but still cautious ICL welcomes six Bangladesh players Delhi fight back after Imran hat-trick Warne blasts Symonds but hopes comeback West Indies tour to Pakistan hits road block Arthur fore-runner to coach Kiwis: Report New Zealand A bulldoze Aus A Kapil, Azhar may shake their legs soon New Delhi: He may not have represented Pakistan yet, but Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited fast bowler Imran Ali created enough ripples in domestic cricket circles when he bagged six wickets including a hat-trick in the Mohammad Nissar Trophy against Delhi here on Monday.

"It's my first time in India," beamed the 27-year-old pacer after demolishing Delhi's batting line-up with figures of 6-52, which included India's opening batsman Virender Sehwag.

It seems the pacer doesn't go by reputation at all. "When I went out to bowl, I did have a thought in my mind about how to bowl to Sehwag. But when the game started, I just thought of him as a normal batsman," Ali remarked after rattling the Delhi captain's stumps without scoring.

Like Delhi, the SNGPL, winners of Pakistan's Quaid-e-Azam Trophy last year, are also kick-starting their season with the Mohammad Nissar Trophy. But a look at the bowler's performances last season would reveal his penchant for five-fors and hat-tricks.

"I took 5-33 (including a hat-trick) in the final of the ABN AMRO Trophy limited overs final, the second last game of the season," he says. But he also showered praise for fellow pacers and university mates Asad Ali and Adil Raza for their support role in an innings that saw Delhi bowled out for 134.

He went on to add that he looked up to each and every Pakistani fast bowler, for there was no dearth of bowling heroes in his country, but the legendary Wasim Akram came in for special mention.

Even Delhi's top scorer Virat Kohli singled out Imran's efforts. "He moved the ball both ways but it was his disciplined line and length that really did the trick."

Kohli pointed out that although the newly-laid Feroz Shah Kotla wicket had a healthy covering of grass, there was no reason for Delhi to be skittled out for a paltry 134.

Kohli, who scored 52, was promoted up the order in the absence of Gautam Gambhir, and made full use of his opportunity. But the Indian ODI batsman was undone by the first ball after the second rain delay.

The right-hander also praised Ashish Nehra, who marked his return to first-class cricket after a long hiatus due to a spate of injuries with three wickets. "He's a world-class bowler. He has worked very hard for his comeback and we are all very happy with the way he bowled today."

http://www.cricketnext.com/news/speedster-imran-treated-sehwag-as-average-joe/34121-13-single.html

[kban1]

Imran Ali hat-trick gives SNGPL the edge

Cricinfo staff

September 15, 2008

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 143 for 6 (Umar 58, Nehra 3-36) lead Delhi 134 (Kohli 52, Manhas 49, Imran 6-52, Asad 3-32) by nine runs
Scorecard

On a day when 16 wickets tumbled, the honours rested with Imran Ali, Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited's (SNGPL) right-arm seamer, who took a hat-trick to sink a star-studded Delhi to 134 under overcast conditions at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Imran finished with 6 for 52 , claiming the wickets of Puneet Bisht, Chetanya Nanda and Pradeep Sangwan to attain his feat, spread over two overs. However, SNGPL were in for a rude shock of their own as their top order too crumbled and ended with a slender advantage of nine runs with four wickets in hand.

The newly-laid surface at the Kotla was expected to assist the seamers on the opening day, but curiously enough, the Delhi captain Virender Sehwag opted to bat. It was a decision he would regret straightaway as he chopped one onto his stumps off Imran in the second over of the morning. His opening partner Aakash Chopra, the leading run-scorer in the previous Ranji season, started off the new campaign inauspiciously, fetching an away swinger off Asad Ali.

Virat Kohli and Mithun Manhas began the rescue act and did do in positive fashion. The pair weren't intimidated by the early swing as they counter-attacked for around 40 minutes. Manhas was the more aggressive of the two, slamming nine fours in his 49. However, the introduction of spin got SNGPL the breakthrough as Manhas offered a return catch to Imran Khalid, the left-arm spinner.

Rain forced the players off the field, and the overcast conditions played into SNGPL's hands as Imran ran through the middle order. Asad started the slide after the interruption, dismissing Rajat Bhatia for 1, before handing over to Imran. Four wickets fell for the addition of no runs as the middle order looked clueless against Imran's swing and accuracy.

Imran struck in the first ball of the 31st over, getting Mayank Tehlan to edge to Adnan Akmal, before breaking through again in the last ball of that over. Bisht was trapped lbw to one that pitched on a length and cut back in sharply and in the following over, Nanda and Sangwan followed suit. Nanda was bowled by one that went straight through and Sangwan was trapped in front off a slower delivery. Imran had incidentally taken a hat-trick in SNGPL's victory in the ABN AMRO Cup limited-overs tournament in April, making it two in a row for his side.

Another interruption - this time due to bad light - curtailed play and the innings was wrapped up soon after the resumption. The Delhi batting card had a sorry look to it, littered with five ducks and only two double-digit scores.

The Delhi seamers couldn't extract the same bounce as their opponents, with the exception of Ashish Nehra. He struck early with the wicket of Yasir Arafat, but was another when Ishant Sharma dropped Umar Akmal early in his innings. He capitalised with a half-century and with Mohammad Hafeez for company, took control with a stand of 49.

However, a steady fall of wickets helped Delhi claw back, much like the opponents did to them earlier. Both Umar and Misbah-ul-Haq were bowled by Nanda in similar fashion, playing back to deliveries that straightened. Adnan was trapped leg before by Nehra just before stumps to leave the game more evenly-poised.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/369839.html

[kban1]

Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 15,16,17,18 September 2008 (4-day match)
 

         
 Delhi 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
 A Chopra c Adnan Akmal b Asad Ali 4 18 13 1 0 30.76
 V Sehwag b Imran Ali 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
 V Kohli c Adnan Akmal b Asad Ali 52 134 83 11 0 62.65
 M Manhas c & b Imran Khalid 49 72 52 9 0 94.23
 R Bhatia c Adnan Akmal b Asad Ali 1 22 19 0 0 5.26
 M Tehlan c Adnan Akmal b Imran Ali 0 19 14 0 0 0.00
 P Bisht lbw b Imran Ali 0 3 4 0 0 0.00
 C Nanda b Imran Ali 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
 P Sangwan lbw b Imran Ali 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
 A Nehra not out 4 21 17 1 0 23.52
 I Sharma lbw b Imran Ali 8 16 14 2 0 57.14
     Extras (b 5, lb 9, nb 2) 16     
       
     Total (all out; 36.3 overs; 165 mins) 134 (3.67 runs per over)


Fall of wickets1-4 (Sehwag, 1.3 ov), 2-4 (Chopra, 4.1 ov), 3-90 (Manhas, 19.4 ov), 4-107 (Bhatia, 25.4 ov), 5-118 (Tehlan, 30.1 ov), 6-118 (Bisht, 30.5 ov), 7-118 (Nanda, 30.6 ov), 8-118 (Kohli, 31.1 ov), 9-122 (Sangwan, 32.1 ov), 10-134 (Sharma, 36.3 ov)
       
  Bowling O M R W Econ 
  Asad Ali 14 5 32 3 2.28 (2nb)
  Imran Ali 15.3 5 52 6 3.35 
  Adil Raza 4 0 21 0 5.25 
  Imran Khalid 3 0 15 1 5.00 


 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
 Mohammad Hafeez c sub (G Chabra) b Nehra 28 57 39 4 1 71.79
 Yasir Arafat (2) lbw b Nehra 0 12 4 0 0 0.00
 Umar Akmal b Nanda 58 130 73 9 0 79.45
 Azhar Shafiq lbw b Sangwan 22 55 35 3 0 62.85
 Misbah-ul-Haq b Nanda 9 22 21 2 0 42.85
 Khurram Shehzad not out 4 0 23 0 0 17.39
 Adnan Akmal lbw b Nehra 14 20 18 3 0 77.77
 Imran Ali not out 7 0 15 0 0 46.66
     Extras (lb 1) 1     
       
     Total (6 wickets; 38 overs) 143 (3.76 runs per over)

To bat Adil Raza, Asad Ali, Imran Khalid 

Fall of wickets1-7 (Yasir Arafat, 2.3 ov), 2-56 (Mohammad Hafeez, 12.5 ov), 3-99 (Azhar Shafiq, 23.3 ov), 4-113 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.6 ov), 5-118 (Umar Akmal, 29.1 ov), 6-133 (Adnan Akmal, 34.2 ov)
       
  Bowling O M R W Econ 
  A Nehra 10 3 36 3 3.60 
  I Sharma 11 2 50 0 4.54 
  P Sangwan 9 1 51 1 5.66 
  R Bhatia 4 2 4 0 1.00 
  C Nanda 4 3 1 2 0.25 

Toss Delhi, who chose to bat first

Umpires SA Asani and UL Dubey
Match referee AK Sharma

Close of play
15 Sep day 1 - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 1st innings 143/6 (Khurram Shehzad 4*, Imran Ali 7*, 38 ov)
 
Match notes
Day 1
Delhi 1st innings
Imran Ali took a hat-trick with the wickets of P Bisht, C Nanda and P Sangwan 

[prfsr]

Ishant laying eggs so far?

[keep-it-cool]

Why is Gambhir not playing this match?

[keep-it-cool]

Good fightback by Delhi - 166/1 in the second innings ...34 runs ahead now. Kohli gets his second half century of the match and going strong at 56*

[vijay]

Kohli is making good use of his opportunities.  Badrinath is fading after his 25 run effort in the ODI win at SL.

[keep-it-cool]

242/1 at stumps

Chopra on 93 and Kohli on 91 at the crease!

[prfsr]

The future captain of India making steady progress here. Hope he has a strong domestic season.

[OldPal]

While Kohli has used his chances pretty well. VS has started his  consistently inconsistent approach.
Prof, Did Shahji approach you for the new committee ?

[broadbat]

Delhi lead by 240 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Delhi 134 and 372/1; Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 266
A Chopra 143*  V Kohli 167*

[keep-it-cool]

395/1 - Chopra: 156*; Kohli - 176*

[justforkix]

WOWWW !!!! very impressive

maybe we should consider Chopra as opener again and move GG to #3 for the Aussie series

[keep-it-cool]

431/1 ... Kohli on 197

Is this a three or four day match?

[broadbat]

4 day match but both Chopra and Kohli miss double hundreds.

[keep-it-cool]

beats me why they are still batting on .. 380+ lead now .. max of 108 overs left ... Delhi need to win outright in order to win the title as they conceded the first innings lead ... no move to up the pace either

[OldPal]

WOWWW !!!! very impressive

maybe we should consider Chopra as opener again and move GG to #3 for the Aussie series

Why not PP, He scored in both the innings. Has utilised his ODI chances fairly well.
I haven't watched the game, thus don't know if either had chances. IF VK scores handsomely as opener in more more match, I can say he is in good touch and should be continued to play.

[justforkix]

WOWWW !!!! very impressive

maybe we should consider Chopra as opener again and move GG to #3 for the Aussie series

Why not PP, He scored in both the innings. Has utilised his ODI chances fairly well.
I haven't watched the game, thus don't know if either had chances. IF VK scores handsomely as opener in more more match, I can say he is in good touch and should be continued to play.

Chopra was amongst the top 3-4 run getters last season and he seems to be continuing his form. Kohli has barely played a handful of FC games. Let him show consistent performance over a full season. There is no need to rush a youngster into test matches !! Games was not live, so I didn't watch it either. IMO - 3 guys deserve a reasonable run before moving to other players - Kaif, Chopra, Badri.

[justforkix]

beats me why they are still batting on .. 380+ lead now .. max of 108 overs left ... Delhi need to win outright in order to win the title as they conceded the first innings lead ... no move to up the pace either

Dicey though, at tea, they could not declared with less than 350 runs ahead with 120 overs to go. Conditions apprently were bowler friendly - overcast after tea but Delhi batted on. Oh well, with full day's play Delhi will have 98 overs to bowl at them if Veeru declared overnight.

Both UP and Mumbai had won since its start in 2006 - we might give up the Trophy for the 1st time now.

[keep-it-cool]

beats me why they are still batting on .. 380+ lead now .. max of 108 overs left ... Delhi need to win outright in order to win the title as they conceded the first innings lead ... no move to up the pace either

Dicey though, at tea, they could not declared with less than 350 runs ahead with 120 overs to go. Conditions apprently were bowler friendly - overcast after tea but Delhi batted on. Oh well, with full day's play Delhi will have 98 overs to bowl at them if Veeru declared overnight.

Both UP and Mumbai had won since its start in 2006 - we might give up the Trophy for the 1st time now.

maybe not at tea .. but say 10 overs after tea with some risks being taken .. the pair at the crease appeared to be playing quite sedate cricket .. esp given that in this match a draw is anyway a loss .. we may still pull this off, lets see

[justforkix]

beats me why they are still batting on .. 380+ lead now .. max of 108 overs left ... Delhi need to win outright in order to win the title as they conceded the first innings lead ... no move to up the pace either

Dicey though, at tea, they could not declared with less than 350 runs ahead with 120 overs to go. Conditions apprently were bowler friendly - overcast after tea but Delhi batted on. Oh well, with full day's play Delhi will have 98 overs to bowl at them if Veeru declared overnight.

Both UP and Mumbai had won since its start in 2006 - we might give up the Trophy for the 1st time now.

maybe not at tea .. but say 10 overs after tea with some risks being taken .. the pair at the crease appeared to be playing quite sedate cricket .. esp given that in this match a draw is anyway a loss .. we may still pull this off, lets see

Agreed - Delhi should have attacked much more an hour after lunch and declared at tea with a lead of ~425. apparently, looks like there was no intent to go for the kill from the batters.

[keep-it-cool]

beats me why they are still batting on .. 380+ lead now .. max of 108 overs left ... Delhi need to win outright in order to win the title as they conceded the first innings lead ... no move to up the pace either

Dicey though, at tea, they could not declared with less than 350 runs ahead with 120 overs to go. Conditions apprently were bowler friendly - overcast after tea but Delhi batted on. Oh well, with full day's play Delhi will have 98 overs to bowl at them if Veeru declared overnight.

Both UP and Mumbai had won since its start in 2006 - we might give up the Trophy for the 1st time now.

maybe not at tea .. but say 10 overs after tea with some risks being taken .. the pair at the crease appeared to be playing quite sedate cricket .. esp given that in this match a draw is anyway a loss .. we may still pull this off, lets see

Agreed - Delhi should have attacked much more an hour after lunch and declared at tea with a lead of ~425. apparently, looks like there was no intent to go for the kill from the batters.

run rate was quite healthy till Kohli got out ..then it stagnated

actually, to be fair to sehwag, play stopped 18 overs before schedule due to bad light ... he may have thought about putting them in with 10 overs to go or something

[justforkix]

Anwyays, it is pouring in Delhi right now - very unlikely that there will be any play tomorrow....