The Hindu : Dravid's 81 fails to save Scotland

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Thursday, Aug 07, 2003

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Dravid's 81 fails to save Scotland

London Aug. 6. Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid's elegant 81 went in vain as English county minnows Scotland crashed to a seven-wicket defeat against Hampshire in a National League one-day match at the Rose Bowl yesterday.

Put in to bat first, Scotland scored 225 for 5 wickets in the allotted 45 overs, with Dravid, who had played a crucial role in his team's maiden National League triumph on Sunday, scoring his runs from 99 balls with the help of eight boundaries.

Dravid, who steadied Scotland's innings, which was at one stage reeling at 65 for three, put on 103 runs for the fourth wicket with South Africa's Jon Kent (78 not out).

Hampshire, who handed a debut to Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas, cruised to its win losing three wickets and with six balls to spare.

It was an ideal start for Vaas, who arrived on Sunday as a replacement for Wasim Akram. After Scotland had been put in, Vaas struck with his 12th ball trapping Dougie Lockhart with a trademark nip-backer. He also gave away 31 runs from nine overs to emerge Hampshire's most economical bowler.

He almost added Dravid, but the umpires turned down a caught behind appeal on the ground that the nick did not carry to the wicketkeeper. — PTI

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