ft ums on uqforpattaMo argarlence to hour been udtness to the making qf Motory tens at the magnificent Eden Qartlene tod«^.

in an occasion that comes perhaps only once tn a tfjettne, cricket towers saw South Africa endktg their long 2Tyear international isolation from the sport before an aiecblfytng Eden Gardens, sptling over with nearly a hundred thousand people. The crowd. much bigger than those for the 1967 World Cup or the 1989 Nehru Cup Jbwis botuiesn bettor known teams, saw the South Africans suffer defeat with dignity tn their maiden one-day bitoi iMiftanal at the hands qf former world champions Mto.

Alan Donald. who picked up five Indian wickets for Just 38 runs w«h a superlative etMrttion qf brdliant. hostde fest^ bowling helped the Springboks to avoid disgrace on

to reply to the ufoBsrs' modest total qf 177 for eght wickets to 47 ousts, Md Asharuddto’s man had to struggle al the way bqforv reaching 178 for seven to the 41 st over.

Despite the rusUnaes through lack qf exposure at the bUanwtiorwi level, the South African batsmen, led by Kepler Wessels with SO and Adrian Kuiper with 43. twercaaw a stow, shaky start and reached a total of

Dorudd's openbg tpdl sent sharers down the Indian baObrg’s epbw and but for an toascusaHe blunder by fast boudar Mchaed Snail to running out Sachin Tendulkar, then art three, thmge might have turned out altogether dgjbrandy. Tbndidfcar not only escaped. but went on to produce the tontogs that India needed, making a career-boot one-day score qf S3 that earned him a share qf the man-qfthe-match award along with Adan Donald. Bui than, that’s what crlclmt is al about

Engrossing Ms /settops to (Ms corr*spondsnt qfier the match. South African cricket boss AU Bacher said "We war* ostorwhskMod by ft al — the atmosphere far today's match, the wofcame we ruostusd. the very occasion — euerythingr

tto been a meat memorable return to totemattonal ertdsst for us’

Begardbig a toseetton about South idea’s crichmbg Mto uMh atom mas Baigfadeeh. AU Bacher said his UCBBA would be qfferlng several scholarships to praaMhg BangiadesM players to play and develop thetr game to South J^tea.

Sktppar Obm Hhe. eqplaining Ms toam's performance S^d^f, said he was Myyy wth the outoonm. ‘Look out for

Tbrnbg to TtoidUkar'. Rtae said. ‘He’S soon become dm boot bi Sw worhL’

the CHdbet kosertoSton qf Bengal capped the oceoeion wbh a Mg dbuwr m the Imdehiy demreaad BC hoy dub Hume bubde the Edon Qardans. Must say. the menu was as •• “ «*» oceaeion.