ScorecardSulieman Benn took four wickets in the second innings•WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks LaTouche Photogr

Roston Chase’s unbeaten 136 helped set up a crushing Barbados win, inside three days at the Kensington Oval. They took 19 points and moved up to second on the table with an overall tally of 63 points. On the other hand, Leeward Islands, who were handed their fifth defeat in five matches, were left rooted to the bottom.After being inserted, Barbados were dented early by pacer Gavin Tonge, but Jonathan Carter gave them a solid platform. He hit eight fours during his 90-ball 54 before Chase took over and lifted the hosts to 368. Tonge dismissed Barbados’ top four but was overshadowed by Chase who produced his career-best effort.In reply, Leeward Islands had a reasonably steady start before Ashley Nurse and Miguel Cummins combined to trigger a slide. Opener Chesney Hughes and No.3 Sherwin Peters made 32 and 44 before the middle order and lower order crumbled. Leward Islands were asked to follow on after falling from a promising 73 for 1 to 170 all out.Leeward Islands were then quickly reduced to 47 for 6 in their second dig, which left them starting at an innings defeat. However, fifties from Orlando Peters and Jacques Taylor, to add to lower-order contributions, spared Leeward Islands that ignominy. Nurse took three wickets, pushing his match tally to eight, while Sulieman Benn claimed four wickets. Leeward Islands eventually managed 198, making Barbados bat again for a target of one run.

Central Zone scored an easy four wicket victory over North Zone in theVijay Hazare (under-16) Trophy tournament atthe SJ Public School in Jaipur on Tuesday. Itwas Central Zone’s second victory in three matches inthe tournament.Chasing a modest total of 161 set by North Zone, Central Zonewere home in the 42nd over. Central Zone were in troubleinitially against the North Zone opening bowler N Agarwal, whofinished with three for 36.Agarwal in fact rocked Central Zone by dismissing the first twobatsmen with only 21 runs scored. But Ashraf Ali (33 runs of60 balls) put on 41 runs off 6.5 overs with AS Naidu (21 runs of19 balls) for the third wicket. Then S Dixit (30 runs of 56balls) put on 54 runs in 12 overs for the fifth wicket withR Elahi (22 runs of 48 balls). Finally Afroz Khan with an unbeaten32 off 48 balls with five fours made sure of Central Zone’s victorywith eight overs to spareEarlier, North Zone were all out in 48.3 overs. Bhuvnesh Sharma,who came in at 36 for one in the eighth over, made the onlysignificant contribution. He scored 50 off 111 balls withone boundary before he was eighth out at 148 in the 46thover. North Zone were dismissed in the 49th over withonly three other batsmen reaching double figures.

The sign of the cross, a gesture of praise and gratitude forall Christians, has taken on a diametrically opposite meaning for WestIndian cricketers over the past week.As the only one of his faith in the team representing the IslamicRepublic of Pakistan, Yousuf Youhana celebrates every landmark in aninnings with a religious acclamation more familiar in the Caribbeanthan in his homeland.It was evident twice on his way to 115 on the first day of the secondTest at Kensington Oval last Thursday that guided Pakistan throughearly troubles to a respectable total.Youhana was able to repeat it in similar circumatances on the firstday of the third, final and decisive Test here yesterday by scoring102 runs not out. For five-and-a-half hours and 228 balls ofunwavering concentration and flawless stroke selection, he kept theWest Indies at bay after they had justifiably chosen to bowl onwinning the toss and had once more undermined the early Pakistanbatting.The closest the West Indies came to removing him was when he snickedWalsh a couple of feet short of Shivnarine Chanderpaul at second slipwhen 27 and when his one hook stroke, off Walsh, just clearedAmbrose’s elongated stretch at fine leg and went for six to carry himinto the 90s.In a repetition of the previous two Tests, Pakistan battled their wayout of a tight spot to a satisfactory, if not commanding, position bythe end of the day’s 90 overs.Youhana and Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had been at the heart of the earlierrecoveries, shared a partnership of 97 with Youhana either side oflunch that steadied the innings.In yet another of the wholehearted spells that have characterised hislengthy career, Courtney Walsh removed the threatening Inzamam to acatch at point for 55, that included six meaty fours and a pulled outof-the-ground six off Ambrose, and the troublesome Abdur Razzaq fortwo just before tea.But the West Indies had neither the penetration nor the variety tosustain their advantage in conditions that always offered them someencouragement, especially in the opening exchanges.They could not budge Youhana, who received useful support insuccessive stands of 41 with his captain, Moin Khan, and 33 with WasimAkram before both fell to edged catches just when they threatened todisrupt West Indian plans even further.Moin edged low to ‘keeper Ridley Jacobs during a spell of eight oversfrom Franklyn Rose, as spirited as that from Walsh, whom he replaced.Akram was neatly taken by Sherwin Campbell, low down at first slip,off Reon King, who had an otherwise lacklustre day.West Indian frustration was compounded by Saqlain Mushtaq, who heldfirm for one hour before the tireless Walsh despatched him to anotherCampbell slip catch off his second delivery with the second new ballas the shadows lengthened.West Indian problems were typified by 16 no-balls, five more than intheir previous three innings in the series put together and shoddyground fielding that conceded two boundaries from overthrows.It was an unusual off-day for Ambrose, who bowled only five oversafter lunch and none at all after tea.There was the rare gamble of a couple of overs of unpractised leg-spinfrom Ramnaresh Sarwan. The youngster had previously sent down eight,wicketless overs all season and now went for 16 as Akram lashed a fourto midwicket and a huge six over the Richie Richardson Stand at longon.Yet the West Indies made their usual encouraging start.As if they didn’t have enough to concern them, Pakistan lost the tossand had to cope with a pitch spiced by preparation moisture.

Promising leg-spinner Danish Kaneria bowled himselfnearer to a Test cap with a career-best haul of seven for 39 asGujranwala were bundled out for just 92 against Karachi Whites on thesecond day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-ICricket Championship clash at the KCCA Stadium here on Sunday.It was an unexpected turnaround for Karachi Whites who had made asmall total of 169 on Saturday. But by close of play, the home sidehad put themselves in an impregnable position by extending theirsubstantial first innings lead of 77 to 216.They were 139 for three in their second knock with Hasan Raza (37) andskipper Asif Mujtaba (19) at the crease in an unfinished partnershipof 49 runs.Opener Khalid Latif, who turned 15 on Saturday, made a compact 40 off101 balls in 135 minutes with five fours while Zeeshan Pervezcontributed a stylish 35 off 72 balls in 76 minutes with threeboundaries.Gujranwala’s hopes of restricting Karachi Whites to a reasonable scorein the second innings were severely jolted by an injury to young leftarm spinner Abdul Rehman, who needed three stitches to his bowlinghand after taking a nasty blow in a failed attempt to hold a hotreturn chance offered by Khalid Latif.But the day belonged to Danish Prabha Shankar Kaneria, the 19-year-oldcousin of former Test wicket-keeper Anil Dalpat. Already touted as asecret weapon by the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board for theforthcoming Test series against England, Kaneria enhanced his growingreputation by eclipsing his previous best innings analysis of sevenfor 101 – achieved for Pakistan Reserves against KRL at the KRLStadium in Rawalpindi last season.At the start of the day, everything pointed in Gujranwala’s favourwhen they resumed at 29 for two. But exactly 100 minutes later, theremaining eight wickets crashed for an addition of 53 runs in 27.3overs, including the last seven for 37 runs in 18.2 overs.Bowling in tandem with young off-spinner Tahir Khan, Kaneria capturedsix for 31 in 57 deliveries, bamboozling the hapless batsmen with hismixture of leg-breaks, googlies, top-spinners and flippers.None of the batsmen was able to master Kaneria’s wily bowling on apitch that is giving spinners marginal assistance.Atiq-ur-Rehman top-scored for the visitors with 42 off 119 balls untilhe failed to read a flipper and was comprehensively bowled. His 112-minute stay included four boundaries.Former Test star Zahid Fazal struck Tahir for a six. But havingreached 17, he was caught behind by Atiq-uz-Zaman, who excelled withfour catches.Tahir proved an ideal foil to Kaneria with figures of two for 34 in 17overs.

Mumbai defeated arch-rivals Baroda by seven wickets in an Under-14 WestZone league tie at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on Monday. Chasing178 for victory on the final day, the hosts were buoyed by an unbeatencentury from opener Sagar Pawar, en route to collecting eight points forthe outright win.Baroda won the toss and choosing to bat, were skittled out for 142 on theopening day with Mumbai new ball bowler Pratik Kar, who ripped out the toporder, finishing with 4/29. In reply, Mumbai limped to 131/6 on the firstevening but managed to eke out a lead of 42 before they folded up. KamranShaikh senior did most of the damage, collecting a haul of 6/34. Mumbai’swicketkeeper cum opening bat, Pawar top scored with a breezy 40 off 42 balls.The visitors marched to 199/6 at the end of the day with R Rana (59) and PShah (69) doing the bulk of the scoring. On the third morning however, theylost their last four wickets for the addition of just 20 runs. Mumbai’sShoaib Shaikh and Dinar Gaonkar took four wickets apiece. The home team’sbatsmen made light of the target, which they knocked off in just 41 overs.Pawar’s 121 (131 balls, 18 fours) and his 111-run second wicket stand withGaurang Shah (35) were the key elements of the runchase.

Chetan Sharma scored 148 off 355 deliveries to help Delhi gain thefirst innngs lead against Haryana in the North Zone U-22 tournamentmatch at Gurgaon on Sunday. Delhi gained five points and Haryana tookthree.Batting first, Delhi scored 320 off 127.5 overs, opener Sharmasmashing 16 boundaries and one six. He was well supported by halfcenturies by Sandeep Rana (55) and Sonu Vaid (62). Saurabh Virmanibagged four for 94 and Deepak Sain picked up three for 75.In reply, Haryana were bowled out for 261 in 117 overs. Puru Singh andAmit Suman picked up three wickets each for 43 and 71 runsrespectively. Opener Praveen Sharma (48) played a patient 90-ballinnings. Anuj Sharma (56) and Pradeep Sahu (55) made valiant halfcenturies but could not prevent Delhi from taking the first inningslead. Delhi batted out the second innings for 22 overs scoring 95 forthree.

Yorkshire’s debutant seamer Steven Kirby put CricInfo Championship leaders Yorkshire on the road to a nine-wicket victory over Kent at Headingley today with a sensational exhibition of bowling.After Kent’s sixth wicket pair had defied Yorkshire throughout the morning session, Kirby wiped away the remainder of the batting with five wickets for nine runs in just 29 balls, leaving him with the remarkable figures of seven for 50.Kent were bowled out for 250 which left Yorkshire to make 50 to extend their lead at the top of the table and they took just 12 overs to reach their target soon after tea.Kirby, who had dismissed openers David Fulton and Rob Key with consecutive balls yesterday after they had put on 93 together, began by trapping Martin Saggers lbw for a career-best 30 to end his 66 stand with Paul Nixon.In his next over he had Nixon lbw and James Golding caught behind off consecutive deliveries and soon after he smashed down Min Patel’s stumps with a yorker and gained another lbw decision to send back last man Ben Trott.Scott Richardson was quickly into double figures for Yorkshire before his opening partner Matthew Wood hit Trott for six and four off consecutive balls, only to be caught behind off the following delivery.Yorkshire by now, however, were well on their way towards their fourth win of the season and it came when Richardson found the boundary to leave him unbeaten on 29.An ecstatic Kirby said afterwards: “It was a dream come true to suddenly find myself called up to replace Matthew Hoggard when he was drafted into the England squad.”It was an honour just to play for Yorkshire and I can hardly believe that I have taken seven wickets and helped to keep them to the top of the Championship table.”Kirby’s figures were the best by a Yorkshire debutant in Championship cricket since Paul Hutchison had an identical analysis of seven for 50 against Hampshire at Portsmouth in 1997.Yorkshire achieved their win despite being without Chris Silverwood since he pulled up with a groin strain after tea on the third day.

A third century of the season for Zimbabwean Murray Goodwin helped Sussex gain the initiative on the opening day of their match against Notts at Trent Bridge.Goodwin’s 115, and half-centuries from Bas Zuiderent and Mike Yardy were the major contributions in a close of play score of 315–6.Put in to bat by Darren Bicknell, the visitors were soon in trouble at 31–2. Both Richard Montgomerie and Chris Adams edging AJ Harris into the slip cordon.Goodwin and Zuiderent then combined to add 151 before the Dutchman fatally misread Richard Stemp’s arm–ball and was bowled.In the 72nd over of a low–key day Goodwin reached his 100, with a clip through midwicket off Stemp and by tea Sussex had moved on to 229–3.Shortly after the re–start Goodwin sliced a widish delivery from Gareth Clough straight to Stemp at point. His chanceless innings had lasted for 284 minutes, from 230 balls, with 16 boundaries.Left handers Mike Yardy and Umar Rashid then added to a frustrating day for the home attack. Greg Blewett twice thought he should have had Yardy out lbw and then, on 27, the same player was dropped behind by Chris Read off the bowling of Clough.Rashid played and missed with regularity but his luck ran out when he tried to pull Harris and mis-hit to Bicknell at mid off.Yardy, without ever looking either fluent or at ease, ground his way towards his half-century (154 mins 120 balls 8×4) which eventually arrived with a dab to third man off Blewett.For the second evening in succession Trent Bridge was brightly illuminated as play continued beyond 7pm, although on this occasion floodlighting wasn’t required.As the shadows lengthened Notts took the new ball as soon as it became due and with the second delivery with the new cherry Greg Smith knocked back Yardy’s off stump.

The Sri Lankan selectors have made four changes to the one-day squadthat won the ARY Gold Trophy in Sharjah in April and have revealed achange of strategy for the forthcoming triangular series against Indiaand New Zealand.Five fast bowlers and only two specialist spinners have been picked inthe 15-man squad, an unusual combination on Sri Lanka pitches. Thefinal team is expected to include three fast bowlers.The new look squad, the first selected by the new five-man panel ofselectors, confirms that the team management and selectors are nowfocusing their attention on the 2003 World Cup, where it is felt thatSri Lanka will need the services of fast bowling all rounders.Suresh Perera and Dulip Liyanage have been marked out as fast bowlerscapable of scoring valuable runs in the lower middle order and theyhave been included in the squad in place of Akalanka Ganegama andThilan Samaraweera. The recall of 23-year-old Perera is based uponpotential, rather than hard statistics. In his last 11 ODIs heaverages just 10.6 and has only scored two half centuries in his 36match first class career. Nevertheless, he is clearly an excitingprospect, possessing the priceless potential to change the course of amatch with both bat or ball.Dulip Liyanage, no youngster at 29 years of age, is recalled after animpressive first class season for Colts CC, in which he averaged 22.7with the bat and claimed 38 wickets. He made his ODI and Test debutway back in 1992/3 before suffering from a debilitating ankle injury.Dilhara Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, and Nuwan Zoysa, subject to hisexpected recovery from an ankle injury, all retain their places in thesquad.All the fast bowlers can look forward to helpful conditions in thetournament, especially when they play India, as the curators have beenasked to leave more grass on the pitches. Slower pitches are, however,expected in the New Zealand games.Avishka Gunawardene and Chamara Silva are recalled after impressiveperformances against Pakistan A, in place of Tillakaratne Dilshan andIndika de Saram, both of whom have failed to grasp the opportunitiesgiven to them by previous selection committees.Tillakaratne Dilshan stormed onto the international scene 18 monthsago with an unbeaten Test century in his second game, but hasdisappointed thereafter, especially in the Test arena. In one-daycricket he has played 14 games, but has not batted in the top six onsix occasions and has never been given an opportunity to bat higher upthe order than number six.Indika de Saram, nearly 28, has now played in 15 ODIs, but has failedto pass fifty once and boasts a highest score of just 38 and anaverage of 16.63. He too, however, has often suffered from a lowlyposition in the batting order.Kumar Sangakkara retains his place in the squad though he has been inpoor form recently. With Romesh Kaluwitharan likely to take thegloves, Sangakkara will be forced to compete with Gunawardene andSilva for the final batting places.Should Sri Lanka opt to play seven batsmen and four bowlers, then bothGunawardene and Sangakkara will probably play ahead of Silva. However,they may well play six batsmen and ask Kumar Dharmasena, retaining hisplace despite a stiff challenge from Thilan Samaraweera, to bat atnumber seven. This would leave room for just one of the three.The squad:Sanath Jayasuriya (Capt), Marvan Atapattu (Vice Capt), RomeshKaluwitharana, Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sanagakkara,Avishka Gunawardene, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Dulip Liyanage,Suresh Perera, Nuwan Zoysa, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan,Dilhara Fernando

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has presented some of his cricketingmemorabilia to the Cricket Association of Bengal’s museum which willexhibit items gifted by star cricketers past and present.The Ganguly contribution, consisting of caps, bats, balls and shirtsused during the 1997 Sahara Cup limited overs series against Pakistanin Toronto was handed over to the CAB by his family members in Kolkataon Wednesday. The elegant left hander had earned four man-of-the-matchawards in the five match series that year.The CAB joint secretary, Debdas Banerjee told reporters that theIndian captain had also gifted one of his shirts used during the 1999World Cup held in England. He said Ganguly had sent a communication tothe CAB regretting that he could not personally hand over the itemsfor the CAB’s museum.Ganguly is currently leading the Indian team in the ongoing Coca-ColaCup tri-series in Sri Lanka.The CAB museum, exhibiting cricket memorabilia of past andcomtemporary cricketers, will be formally opened for the generalpublic on Thursday though no inaugural function has been planned.