Unbeaten 152 by Rickey
Patiala: A superb unbeaten 152 by Raveent Rickey helped Punjab score 304 for five in 90 overs against Haryana on the opening day of their second league match of the Cooch Behar tournament at the Dhruv Pandove stadium here on Monday
Rakesh Sanghi
26-Oct-1999
Patiala: A superb unbeaten 152 by Raveent Rickey helped Punjab score
304 for five in 90 overs against Haryana on the opening day of their
second league match of the Cooch Behar tournament at the Dhruv Pandove
stadium here on Monday.
Electing to bat, Punjab lost opener Munish Sharma without any run on
the board but the other opening batsman Ravneet Ricky & skipper Yuvraj
Singh put on 85 runs for the second wicket and took their team to a
good position. Yuvraj Singh contributed 25 runs. Gaganinder Singh who
joined Rickey was also out without opening his account. Then Manav
Dhuper and Rickey established the innings and got their team out of
the woods by adding 127 runs for the fourth wicket. Dhuper contributed
75 runs with the help of ten boundaries.
At close of play Rickey was batting on 152 while Ankur Sondhi was on
8. Rickey hit 18 boundaries in his marathon knock of 365 minutes
during which he faced 277 balls. Joginder Singh took two wickets for
64 runs.