Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Australia vs Pakistan 1st Test Match --- 26th - 30th Dec


Now Pakistan are in tour of Australia, who will be playing 3 Test matches, 5 ODI's and 1 T20. The 1st Test match between them was started on 26th Dec 2009 and played till today 30th Dec 2009, the match was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The home team Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.

Australia's Squad:
S Watson, S Katich, R Ponting, M Hussey, N Hauritz, M Clarke, M North, B Haddin, M Johnson, D Bolinger and P Siddle.

Pakistan's Squad:
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Aamer, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Asif and Saeed Ajmal.

Match Result:
Australia won the match by 170 runs on Day 5, the player of the match award was given to S Watson for his 213 runs(93 & 120) and 1 wicket.

Match Summary:
Day 1 26th Dec - Australia started their 1st innings with S Watson and S Katich, the opening pair batted very well and scored 182 runs in their partnership. Australia lost their 1st wicket S Watson with 93 runs in 60.1 overs and Aus were 182/1, 2nd wicket was S Katich who also went out without making century and 2 runs short of it, he went for 98 runs in 74.3 overs and Aus were 233/2, 3rd wicket was R Ponting with 57 runs in 83.2 overs and Aus went 291/3. Then N Hauritz joined M Hussey as night watchman and the pair managed to play till the stumps of Day 1. At stumps Australia were 305/3 in 90 overs with M Hussey 37 and N Hauritz 5 in the field.

Day 2 27th Dec - M Hussey and N Hauritz played well and added nearly 90 runs in their partnership. Australia lost their 4th wicket M Hussey with 82 runs in 112.5 overs, Aus were 383/4 and their 5th wicket was N Hauritz with 75 runs in 127.6 overs, Aus were 454/5. When Aus were 454/5 declared their innings. With trail of 454 runs Pakistan Started their 1st innings with Imran Farhat and Salman Butt, Pakistan lost their 1st wicket Imran Farhat with just 9 runs in 12.2 overs when Pak were 26/1. 2nd wicket was Faisal Iqbal with 15 runs in 31.2 overs and Pak went 59/2. Then lost their 3rd wicket Salman Butt with 45 runs in 39.3 overs and Pak were 84/3. With 1 ball remaining in the 2nd day's play Pakistan lost their 4th wicket Mohammad Yousuf with in 48.5 overs. At the stumps of Day 2 Pakistan were 109/4 in 49 overs with Umar Akmal 10*and Mohammad Aamer 0*.

Day 3 28th Dec - In Day 3's play Pakistan lost all their wickets by just scoring 258 runs in 99 overs. Their 5th wicket was Umar Akmal with 51 runs in 60.6 overs and Pak were 159/5, their 6th wicket was Mohammad Aamer with 15 runs in 80.3 overs and Pak were 203/6. 7th wicket was Kamran Akmal with 12 runs in 82.5 overs and Pak were 215/7. Their 8th wicket was Abdur Rauf with 3 runs in 86.6 overs, Pak were 219/8. 9th wicket was Mohammed Asif who went out without scoring in 87.6 overs, Pak were 220/9 and their last wicket was Saeed Ajmal with 4 runs. Misbah stood not out with 65 runs. Pakistan Ended their 1st innings with 258 runs in 99 overs. With the lead of 196 runs Australia started their 2nd innings and on day 3's play they lost 3 wickets by scoring 111 runs in 34 overs. Their 1st wicket was S Katich with 2 runs in 6.3 overs and Aus were 15/1. 2nd wicket was R Ponting with 12 runs in 9.4 overs and Aus were 32/2. 3rd wicket was M Hussey with 4 runs in 11.1 overs and Aus were 40/3. At stumps of Day 3 Australia were 111/3 in 34 overs with S Watson 64* and M Clarke 21*.

Day 4 29th Dec - In day 4's play Australia declared their 2nd innings with 225 runs when theyt lost their 8th wicket. In 2nd innings it was an one man show for Australia, S Watson who scored 1120 runs and remained not out. With the Target of 422 runns Pakistan started their 2nd innings with Imran Farhat and Salman Butt, and they lost top 3 wickets, 1st wicket was Imran Farhat with 12 runs in 6.3 overs and Pak were 18/1. 2nd wicket was S Butt with 33 runs in 22.2 overs and Pak were 80/2. 3rd wicket was Faisal Iqbal with 48 runs in 31.3 overs and Pak were 116/3.At the stumps of day 4 Pakistan were 170/3 in 45 overs with Mohammad Yousuf 45* and Umar Akmal 27*.

Day 5 30th Dec - Pakistan were not able sustain Aussies bowling attack and lost their remaining 7 wickets on Day 5 and lost their 1st Test match. 4th wicket was Umar Akmal with 27 runs, 5th wicket was Misbah 0 run, 6th wicket was Kamran Akmal 30 runs, 7th wicket was Mohammad Aamer 0 run, 8th wicket was Abdur Rauf with 5 runs, 9th wicket was Mahammad Yousuf with 61 runs and last wicket was Saeed Ajmal with 10 runs.

In 1st innings for Pakistan Asif took 2 wickets, Abdur Rauf & Saeed Ajmal each took 1 wicket. For Australia Bollinger & M Johnson each took 3 wickets, Siddle took 2 wickets and Hauritz & Watson each took 1 wicket.

In 2nd innings for Pakistan Mohammad Aamer took 5 wickets, Asif & Ajmal each took 1 wicket. For Australia Hauritz took 5 wickets, Johnson took 3 wickets and Bollinger took 2 wickets.

2nd Test match will be played from 3rd Jan to 7th Jan 2010 at Sydney.

Barclays Premier League Weekend Results


Saturday 26th Dec Matches
Brimingham City 0-0 Chelsea
Fulham 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 2-0 Portsmouth
Burnely 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City
Sunderland 1-1 Everton
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton

Goal Scorers
West Ham United - Diamanti, Kovac
Burnely - Nugent
Bolton Wanderers - Taylor
Manchester City - Petrov, Tevez
Sunderland - Bent
Everton - Fellaini
Wigan Athletic - Rodallega
Blackburn Rovers - McCarthy
Liverpool - Gerrard, Benayoun

Sunday 27th Dec Matches
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa
Hull City 1-3 Manchester United
Goal Scorers
Arsenal - Fabregas(2), Diaby
Hull City - Fagan
Manchester United - Rooney, Dawson, Berbatov
Monday 28th Dec Matches
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Sunderland
Chelsea 2-1 Fulham
Everton 2-0 Burnely
Stoke City 0-1 Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Manchester City
Goal Scorers
Tottenham Hotspur - Modric, Defoe
Blackburn Rovers - Pedersen, Diouf
Sunderland - Bent(2)
Chelsea - Drogba, Smalling
Fulham - Gera
Everton - Vaughan, Pienaar
Birmingham City - Jerome
Manchester City - Tevez(2), Garrido
Today's Matches - 29th Dec Tuesday
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers vs Hull City
30th Dec Tuesday Matches
Portsmouth vs Arsenal
Manchester United vs Wigan Athletic

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

India wins ODI Series against Sri Lanka


India won the 5 match ODI series against Sri Lanka as 3-1 and one more game yet to be played.
The 1st ODI match was played at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot on 15th Dec and India won the match by 3 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field, India scored 414 runs in 50 overs with Sehwag 146 runs. Sri Lanka scored 411 runs with Dilshan 160 runs and lost the match by just 3 runs.Sehwag was named the Player of the match and India led series 1-0.
2nd ODI was played at Nagpur on 18th Dec in which Sri Lanka won the match by 3 wickets. India won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 301 runs with Dhoni scoring 107 runs. With the target of 302 Sri Lanka batted well and attained it at 49.1 overs with Dilshan 123. The Player of the match award was given to Dilshan and Sri Lanka level series as 1-1.
3rd ODI was played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 21st Dec in which India won the match by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but was able to score only 239 runs and lost all their wickets in 44.2 overs with Tharanga 73 runs. With the target of 240 runs India played well and managed to attain it in 42.3 overs with Sachin 96 not out. The player of the match award was given to Jadeja for his 4 wickets and India led the series as 2-1.
The 4th ODI was played today at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. In 50 overs they scored 315 runs by losing 6 wickets. For Sri Lanka Tharanga scored 118 runs, Sangakkara 60 runs and Perera 31 runs. For India Zaheer and Nehra each took 2 wickets. With the target of 316 runs India started to bat but lost Sehwag and Sachin too early then Kohli and Gambhir played a brilliant innings and paved the way for India's victory. 224 runs came between their partnership and India managed to score 317 runs in 48.1 overs by losing 3 wickets. For India Gambhir scored 150* and Kohli 107 runs. For Sri Lanka Lakmal took 2 wickets. Gambhir was named the player of the match.
Through this victory India won the 5 match ODI series as 3-1. The 5th ODI will be played at Delhi on Dec 27th Sunday.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

India Drawn the T20I Series against Sri Lanka


Sri Lanka won the 1st T20I match against India by 30 runs on Dec 9th and led the series 1-0. The 2nd T20I match between India and Sri Lanka was played today in Mohali, Chandigarh.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first.

India's Squad :
G Gambhir, V Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Y Singh, S Raina, D Karthik, Y Pathan, R Jadeja, I Sharma, A Nehra, and S Tyagi. For there was three changes in the Playing XI D Karthik replaced R Sharma, R Jadeja replaced P Ojha and S Tyagi replaced A Dinda.

Sri Lanka's Squad :
T Dilshan, S Jayasuriya, K Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, C Kapugedera, A Mathews, C Jayasinghe, K Weeraratne, N Kulasekara, D Fernando and L Malinga. In Sri Lankan side there was only one change K Weeraratne replaced M Pushpakumar.

Match Summary
India's poor fielding performance in the 1st match caused them a loss against Sri Lanka and in the today's match it continued and there was no any improvement in the fielding department, which allowed the Sri Lankans to score 206 runs in 20 overs. There was lot of misfieldings and many dropped chances from Indian side.

Sri Lanka started their innings with T Dilshan and S Jayasuriya, but the dangerous man T Dilshan went out in the second over by I Sharma with just 1 run. Then the skipper Sangakkara joined with Jayasuriya, it was the same kind of show from the skipper as of the previous match, he scored 59 runs with 8-4's & 2-6's. With good batting performance of Jayasinghe and A Mathews Sri Lanka were able to score 206 runs by losing 7 wickets. For Sri Lanka Jayasuriya scored 31 runs, Sangakkara 59, Jayasinghe 38, A Mathews 26* and Kulasekara 10*. India added 24 extras to the Sri Lanka's score. For India Y Singh took 3 wickets,I Sharma took 2 wickets and Y Pathan 1 wicket.

With the target of 207 India started their innings with G Gambhir and V Sehwag, the opening partnership added 58 runs. It was a good show from the Indian batsman's by which they were able to score 211 runs in 19.1 overs with 6 wickets remaining in hand. Sehwag and Dhoni added 50 runs and then Dhoni paired up with Yuvraj and they scored 80 runs in 36 balls which made their winning path more easier and India won the match by 6 wickets with Yuvraj remined not out with 60 runs. For India Sehwag scored 64 runs( 7-4's, 3-6's), Yuvraj 60* runs(3-4's, 5-6's) and Dhoni 46(3-4's, 2-6's). For Sri Lanka Malinga and Fernando each took 1 wicket.

All of whole it was a single man show from the birthday baby Yuvraj who scored 60 runs and bagged 3 wickets.

Player of the match award was given to Yuvraj

Player of the series award was given to Sangakkara.
The 2 match T20I series was drawn as 1-1.

Friday, December 11, 2009

BRACLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND FIXTURES


Dec 12th, Saturday's Matches
Stoke City vs Wigan Athletic
Brimingham City vs West Ham Utd
Bolton Wanderers vs Manchester City
Burnely vs Fulham
Chelsea vs Everton
Hull City vs Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland vs Portsmouth
Tottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester Utd vs Aston Villa

Dec 13th, Sunday's Match
Liverpool vs Arsenal
Team Standings
Chelsea --- 36
Manchester Utd --- 34
Arsenal --- 28
Tottenham Hotspur --- 27
Aston Villa --- 26
Man City ---25
Liverpool --- 24
Fulham --- 12
Birmingham City--- 21
Sunderland --- 20
Stoke City --- 20
Blackburn Rovers --- 18
Burnley --- 17
Wigan Atheltic --- 17
Everton --- 16
Hull City --- 16
West Ham Utd --- 14
Wolverhampton Wanderers --- 13
Bolton Wanderers --- 12
Portsmouth ---10

Thursday, December 10, 2009

New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd Test Match


The 3rd test match between New Zealand and Pakistan will be played at McLean Park, Napier from tomorrow Dec 11th till Dec 15th. New Zealand won the 1st Test Match in University Oval, Dunedin by 32 runs. Then Pakistan won the 2nd test match in Basin Reserve, Wellington by 141 runs to level the series as 1-1. The 3rd Test match in Napier will be the decider of this test series.
New Zealand's Squad :
D Vettori(cap), G Elliott, D Flynn, M Guptill, B McCullum, T McIntosh, C Martin, I O'Brien, J Patel, T Southee, R Taylor, D Tuffey, B Watling. New Zealand had made a chnge in their squad, they had dropped P Fulton and included B Watling.
Pakistan's Squad :
Mohammad Yousuf(cap), Kamran Akmal, Abdur Rauf, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat. No changes from Pakistan side in their squad.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Sri Lanka won their 1st T20 against India


Indian's are failing to come out of their past T20 records and they are still contuning to be on the worst side and on the other side Sri Lankan's are holding their records. India's poor fielding performance cost them a loss against Sri Lankan's.

The 1st T20 match was played today at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.
India won the toss and invited the visitors Sri Lankan's to bat first.

India's Squad :
G Gambhir, V Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Y Singh, R Sharma, S Raina, Y Pathan, A Dinda, A Nehra, P Ojha and I Sharma

Sri Lanka's Squad :
T Dilshan, S Jayasuriya, K Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, C Kapugedera, A Mathews, C Jayasinghe, M Pushpakumar, N Kulasekara, D Fernando and L Malinga.


Match Summary
Sri Lanka started their innings with T Dilshan & S Jayasuriya and they both scored 43 runs in their partnership. In 6.2 overs Sri Lanka lost their first wicket S Jayasuriya with 26 runs. Then the skipper Sangakkara showed his brilliant performance with bat and scored 78 runs off just 37 balls. 100 runs came for Sri Lanka in 11.2 overs. Sri Lankan's gave good show and scored 215 runs in 20 overs by losing 5 wickets. For Sri Lanka Sangakkara scored 78, Dilshan 34, Kapugedera 47, Jayasuriya 26. For India Nehra, Dinda, Pathan and R Sharma each took 1 wicket.

Then with the target of 216 India started their chasing, after losing Sehwag's wicket too early Gmbhir batted very well and got his 50 off just 19 balls and he scored 55 runs off 26 balls. Other batsmen's failed to do their job and India were able score only 186 runs in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets. For India Gambhir scored 55, Sehwag 26, Raina 21, Dinda 19, Nehra 22. For Sri Lanka Mathews & Jayasuriya each took 2 wickets, Kulasekara, Pushpakumar & Dilshan each took 1 wicket.

The player of the match award was given to K Sangakkara.
The Second match will be played on 12th Dec at Mohali.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka T20 series


Sri Lanka after losing the test series against India they are looking for a strong come back in the T20 series and ODI series. India and Sri Lanka will be playing 2 T20 matches which will be played on Dec 9th & 12th.

T20 matches schedule
1st T20 Day Night match at Nagpur, Dec 9th
2nd T20 Day Night match at Mohali, Dec 12th

India's T20 Squad:
MS Dhoni(cap), Yuvraj Singh, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sudeep Tyagi. From India side Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan has been rested. Most probably Sreesanth is in doubt for the 1st T20 because of his stomach upset and Ashok Dinda or R Ashain or S Tyagi may get their chance.

Sri Lanka's T20 Squad :
Sangakkara(Cap), Sanath Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilshan, M Jayawardene, Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Kapugedera, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Thushara, Chanaka Welegedara and Kaushalya Weeraratne. For Sri Lanka Muralitharan is in doubt due to his injuries in fingers.

Monday, December 07, 2009

South Africa vs England ODI series



England were in tour of South Africa and they played their ODI series which includes 5 ODI's. The series started on Nov 20th and ended on Dec 4th.

The visitors England won the series against the home side South Africa as 2-1.

The 1st match was in Johannesburg on Nov 2oth which was abandoned due to bad weather and series level 0-0.

2nd ODI was in SuperSport Park,Centurion on Nov 22nd in which England won the match by 7 wickets. England won the toss and decided to field first, South Africa scored 250 runs in 50 overs with Petersen scoring 64 & Amla 57. With the target of 251 England started to bat and scored 252 in 46 overs with Collingwood scoring 105 * & Trott 87. Man of the match award was given to Paul Collingwood for his brilliant century and 2 wickets.

3rd ODI was in Newlands, cape Town on Nov 27th. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. After losing their 2nd ODI they fought back very well and scored 354 runs in 50 overs by losing 6 wickets. AB de Villers scored 121, Amla 86. Broad took 4 wickets. Then England failed to chase their target 355 and scored only 242 in 41.3 overs by losing all their wickets. P Collingwood scored 86, Pietersen 45. Parnell took 5 wickets. South Africa won the match by 112 runs and series levels 1-1. Man of the match award was given to AB de Villers for his 121 runs.

4th ODI was in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on Nov 29th. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first and scored only 119 runs in 36.5 overs, Petersen scored 51 & AB de Villers 22. James Anderson took 5 wickets. With the target of 120 England started their chasing and in 31.2 overs they scored 121 and won the match by 7 wickets. Trott scored 52* & Strauss 32. Botha took 2 wickets. Man of the match award was given to J Anderson for his 5 wicket haul. England lead the series 2-1.

5th ODI was scheduled to start in Kingsmead, Durban on Dec 4th which was abandoned due to bad weather.

By which England won the 5 match ODI series as 2-1.


Player of the Series award was given to Paul Collingwood.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Match, Day 5


At stumps of day 4 Sri Lanka were 274/6 in 93 overs with Sangakkara 133* & Kulasekara 9* and trailing the innings by 86 runs.

Today Sri Lanka resumed their play and lost their 7th wicket which was their skipper Sangakkara who went out in the very first over of Day 5's play by Z Khan, he went out in 93.3 overs with 137 runs and Sri Lanka went 278/7. Then Sri Lankan's tail end were not able to stay for a while and all went out by just adding 31 runs. The 8th wicket by Herath with 3 runs taken by Z Khan in 97.1 overs and Sri Lanka were 282/8. Then 300 runs came for Sri Lanka in 98.4 ovres. Then Sri Lanka lost their 9th wicket Nuwan Kulasekara with 19 runs in 99.5 overs , Sri Lanka went 307/9 and the wicket was taken by Z Khan. Then their last wicket was Muralitharan who scored 14 runs and went out in 100.4 overs by Harbhajan Singh. At the end of Sri Lanka's 2nd innings, they scored 309 runs by losing all their wickets and still trailing by 24 runs.

Through Z Khan's brilliant blowing India won the match without playing the 2nd innings, India won by an innings and also 24 runs. For India Z Khan took 5 wickets, Bhaji & Ojha each took 2 wickets and Sreesanth took 1 wicket. Through this victory India win the 3 Test Match series as 2-0. The player of the match award was given to V Sehwag who scored 293 runs in the 1st innings off just 254 balls. Also the Player of the Series was given to V Sehwag for his 491 runs which includes 1-50, 1-Century and 1- double century(16&51, 131,293).



Through winning this series India leads the world Test team ranking, this is the time for India to be in the Number #1 spot.



After this India and Sri Lanka will be playing 3 T20 matches and 5 ODI's.

T20 Matches
1st T20 Day Night match at Nagpur, Dec 9th
2nd T20 Day Night match at Mohali, Dec 12th
ODI Series
1st ODI at Rajkot, Dec 15th
2nd ODI Day Night match at Visakhapatnam, Dec 18th
3rd ODI at Cuttack, Dec 21st
4th ODI at Kolkata, Dec 24th
5th ODI at Delhi, Dec 27th

Saturday, December 05, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Day 4


At the stumps of day 3 India Sri Lanka were 11/0 in 3 overs with Dilshan 3* & Paranavitana 8*. Sri Lanka trailing by 322 runs, started their 2nd innings today and scored 263 runs in Day 4.

India came very well with the ball and got Dilshan's wicket in the 9th over by Harbhajan, Dilshan went with 16 runs and Sri Lanka were 29/1. The the skipper Sangakkara and Paranavitana paired up and played very well and scored 90 runs in their partnership. At drinks Sri Lanka were 48/1 in 17 overs with Paranavitana 21* & Sangakkara 7*. 50 runs came for SL in 18.2 overs. At lunch break Sri Lanka were 84/1 in 31 overs with Paranavitana 42* and Sangakkara 22*.
After lunch 100 runs came for Sri Lanka in 39.5 oners and 50 runs came for Paranavitana off 134 balls. in 45.3 overs Sri Lanka lost their 2nd wicket Paranavitana with 54 runs and Sri Lanka were 119/2. At drinks break Sri Lanka were 125/2 in 48 overs with Sangakkara 44* & M Jayawardene 5*. Then 50 runs came for Sangakkara in 145 balls. Sri Lanka then lost their 3rd wicket M Jayawardene with 12 runs in 53.4 overs and Sri Lanka were 135/3. Immediately after losing M Jayawardene's wicket Sri Lanka lost their 4th wicket Samaraweera in 57.6 overs who went out without scoring any runs and SL were 137/4. Then Mathews joined with skipper and just scored 5 runs and went out in 60.5 overs and Sri Lanka went 144/5. 200 runs came for SL in 72.1 overs.and in 75.3 over.
At tea break Sri Lanka were 206/5 in 74 overs with Sangakkara 81* & P Jayawardene 30* and 64 runs came in the partnership of Sangakkara & P Jayawardene , Sri Lanka lost their 6th wicket P Jayawardene with 32 runs in 75.3 overs and Sri Lanka were 208/6. Then Kulasekara paired with Sangakkara and played till the end of today's play. 100 runs came for Sangakkara in 225 balls, 250 came for Sri Lanka in 85.5 overs. Then 50 runs came in the Partnership off 68 balls. At the stumps of day 4 Sri Lanka were 274/6 in 93 overs with Sangakkara 133* & Kulasekara 9* and still trailing by 86 runs.
For India Z Khan & Ojha each took 2 wickets, Sreesanth & Bhaji each took 1 wicket.

Friday, December 04, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Match, Day 3


At the stumps of day 2 India were 443/1 in 79 overs with Sehwag 284* and Dravid 62*. By just 16 runs shot of his triple ton Sehwag entered the field with Dravid and resumed their 1st innings.
In Day 3's play India attained their mark of 450 runs in 81.2 overs and lost their 2nd wicket Sehwag who went without scoring his triple ton (293) in 82.2 overs and India were 458/2. Then they lost their 3rd wicket Dravid with 74 runs and India were 487/3. At drinks break India were 497/3 in 95 overs with Tendulkar 31* and Laxman 0*. After drinks break India reached 500 runs in 95.6 overs and at lunch break India were 536/3 in 108 overs with Tendulkar 48* and Laxman 16*, then 50 runs came in their partnership in 111 runs and then Sachin got his half century off 88 balls with 6-4's. 550 runs came for India in 113.1 overs and Laxman too got his half century off 79 balls.
Then India lost his 4th wicket Sachin with 53 runs in 114.2 overs and went 558/4. At drinks break India were 583/4 in 120 overs with Laxman 57* & Yuvraj 7*. Then lost its 5th wicket Laxman with 62 in 122.4 overs and went 591/5. 600 runs came for India in 123.6 overs. Before tea break India lost 2 wickets, 6th wicket was Yuvraj with 23 runs in 127.2 overs and 610/6, then lost his 7th wicket Harbhajan with 1 run and went 7 wickets down for 615 runs.
At tea break India were 629/7 in 135 overs with Dhoni 21* & Z Khan 3*. Then lost its 8t wicket Z Khan with 7 runs in 144.6 overs and were 647/8. In 145.5 overs India reached 650 runs. Then Dhoni scored his 50 runs off96 balls and before drinks break India lost his 9th wicket Sreesanth with 5 runs and were 670/9 in 151.4 overs. 700 runs came for India in 159.4 overs and then 50 runs came between Dhoni & Ojha's partnership in 70 balls which helped India to lead the innings by 333 runs. Dhoni got his century 100 runs off 154 balls and declared their 1st innings with 726/9 in 163.3 overs with Dhoni 100* and Ojha 13*.

For Sri Lanka Muralitharan took 4 wickets, Herath 3 wickets, Welegedara & Kulasekara each took 1 wicket.

With trailing by 333 runs Sri Lanka started their 2nd innings with Dilshan and Paranavitana who played till the end of day 3. At stumps of day 3 Sri Lanka were 11/0 in 3 overs with 322 runs behind India and both the openers remained not out as Dilshan 3* and Paranavitana 8*.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Match, Day 2



Sehwag's double ton(284*) helped India to score 400+ runs in the second day of the 3rd test match. At the stumps of day 1 Sri Lanka were 366/8 in 89 overs with Mathews 86* and Muralitharan 0*. Today Sri Lanka resumed their 1st innings and they were able to score only 27 runs and lost all their wickets in 94.4 overs. Their 9th wicket was Mathews in 92.4 overs who went out with 99 runs and Sri Lanka were 379/9. Then their last wicket was Welegedara with 8 runs in 94.4 overs with Muralitharan remained not out with 4 runs and Sri Lanka were 393.

With the trail of 393 runs Sehwag and M Vijay entered the field to start the 1st innings for India. Both the openers played extremely well, 50 runs came for India in 9.4 overs with Vijay 20* and Sehwag 29*, then half century came for Sehwag off 54 balls with 5-4's & 2-6's. At lunch India were 92/0 in 18 overs with Vijay 39* & Sehwag 53*. After lunch break 100 runs came for India in 19.2 overs. Then Vijay too scored 50 runs off 79 balls with 6-4's & 1-6's. Before drinks 150 runs came for India in 29.4 overs and at drinks break India were 167/0 in 31 overs with Sehwag 92* and Vijay 70*.
After drinks break Sehwag got his 17th test ton off just 101 balls which includes 13-4's & 3-6's. Then 200 runs came for India in 36.4 overs and in 39.1 overs India lost his 1st wicket M Vijay, who went out for 87 runs with 10-4's & 1-6's and India were 221/1. Sehwag and Murali scored 221 runs in their partnership and it was broken by Herath. Then Dravid paired up with Sehwag they both played till the end off 2 days play. 250 runs came for India in 44.1 overs and then Sehwag scored 150 runs off just 130 balls with 19-4's & 5-6's.
At tea break India were 260/1 in 45 overs with Sehwag 151* & Dravid 17*. After drinks break 300 runs came for India in 53.6 overs. Then before drinks break Sehwag scored his double ton off just 168 balls with 27-4's & 6-6's. At drinks break India were 330/1 in 57 overs with Sehwag 202* and Dravid 35*. Then 350 runs came for India in 60.3 overs. Then 150 runs came between Sehwag and Dravid's partnership off 148 balls. After the drinks break Sehwag scored 250 runs off just 207 balls with 35-4's & 7-6's. 400 runs came for India in 68.1 overs and then Dravid got his half century off 94 balls. At stumps of day 2 India were 443/1 in 79 overs with Sehwag 284* & Dravid 62*. 222 runs came between Sehwag and Dravid's partnership.


For Sri Lanka Herath took 1 wicket.


Wednesday, December 02, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Match, Day 1


The final test between India and Sri Lanka started today at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. As India lead the 3 test match series 1-0. Sri Lankan's are looking forward for a victory in this match to draw the test series.

Indian Squad - Sehwag, M Vijay, Dravid, Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Laxman, Dhoni(cap), Harbhajan Singh, Ojha, Z Khan and Sreesanth.

Sri Lankan Squad - Paranavitana, Dilshan, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Mathews, P Jayawardene, Kulasekara, Herath, Muralitharan and Welegedara.

The visitors Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, Paranavitana and Dilshan entered the field to start the 1st innings of the 3rd test match for Sri Lanka. The opening batsmens played very well and constructed and 93 runs came between their partnership, at 19.5 overs Bhaji took the wicket of Paranavitana to break the partnership, Paranavitana went out with 53 runs off 81 balls and Sri Lanka were 93/1.
Then the skipper Sangakkara joined Dilshan, 100 runs came for Sri Lanka in 22.5 over and then Dilshan scored his half century off 57 balls, but Sangakkara didn't stay for too long and went out at 30.5 overs with just 18 runs and Sri Lanka were 128/2. Then M Jayawardene joined Dilshan and 59 runs came between their partnership and in 47.4 overs M Jayawardene went out with 29 runs and Sri Lanka were 187/3 and the wicket was taken by Sreesanth. Then Samaraweera came with bat and was not able to stay in the field and went out with just 1 run in 48.1 overs and Sri Lanka were 4 wickets down for 188 runs.
Then Mathews joined Dilshan and they both played very well, 200 runs came for Sri Lanka in 52.3 overs then after tea break Dilshan got his 100 off 139 balls with 10-4's and 2-6's. 74 runs came in their partnership, in 64.6 overs Dilshan went out with 109 runs and Sri Lanka were 262/5. Then P Jayawardene joined Mathews, 50 runs came for Mathews off 60 balls. 300 runs came for Sri Lanka in 73.2 overs and then in 79.6 overs P Jayawardene went out with 43 runs and Sri Lanka were 329/6. Then Kulasekara joined Mathews and scored 30 runs, in 84.6 overs Kulasekara went out with 12 runs and Sri Lanka were 359/7. immediately after losing Kulasekara wicket Herath left the field with just 1 run in 87.2 overs. Then Muralitharan joined Mathews and play came to the end of day's play in 89 overs. At stumps Sri Lanka were 366 for 8 wickets with Mathews 86* and Muralitharan 0*.

For India Harbhajan Singh took 4 wickets, Ojha took 2 wickets and Z Khan & Sreesanth each took 1 wicket.

Monday, November 30, 2009

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UPDATE


Group Stage Team Standings after Matchday 5
Group A
FC Girondins de Bordeaux - 13
Juventus - 8
FC Bayern Munchen - 7
Maccabi Haifa FC - 0
Group B
ManU FC - 10
VfLWolfsburg - 7
PFC CSKA Moskva - 7
Besiktas JK - 4
Group C
Real Madrid CF - 10
AC Milan - 8
Olymopique de Marseille - 7
FC Zurich - 3
Group D
Chelsea FC - 13
FC Porto - 9
Club Atletico de Madrid- 3
APOEL FC- 2
Group E
ACF Fiorentina - 12
Olympique Lyonnais - 10
Liverpool FC - 7
Debreceni VSC - 0
Group F
FC Barcelona - 8
FC Internazionale Milano - 6
FC Rubin Kazan - 6
FC Dynamo Kyiv- 5
Group G
Sevilla FC - 10
FC Unirea Urziceni - 8
VfB Stuttgart - 6
Rangers FC - 2
Group H
Arsenal FC- 13
Olmpiacos FC - 7
R.Standard de Lia ge - 4
AZ Almaar- 3

Upcoming Matches
Matchday 6, 8th Dec

Group A
Juventus vs FC Bayern Munchen
Maccabi Haifa FC vs FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Group B
Besiktas JK vs PFC CSKA Moskva
VfLWolfsburg vs ManU FC

Group C
FC Zurich vs AC Milan
Olymopique de Marseille vs Real Madrid CF
Group D
Chelsea FC vs APOEL FC
Club Atletico de Madrid vs FC Porto

Matchday 6, 9th Dec
Group E
Liverpool FC vs ACF Fiorentina
Olympique Lyonnais vs Debreceni VSC

Group F
FC Internazionale Milano vs FC Rubin Kazan
FC Dynamo Kyiv vs FC Barcelona

Group G
VfB Stuttgart vs FC Unirea Urziceni
Sevilla FC vs Rangers FC

Group H
Olmpiacos FC vs Arsenal FC
R.Standard de Lia ge vs AZ Almaar

Sunday, November 29, 2009

South Africa vs England 4th ODI


The 4th ODI between South Africa and England was played today at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Toss was won by the home team South Africa and decide to bat first.

South Africa's Squad - Amla, Smith, de Villers, Duminy, Petersen, Boucher, McLaren, Botha, Parnell, M Morkel, Langeveldt.

England's Squad - Trott, Strauss, Pietersen, Collingwood, Morgan, Prior, Wright, Broad, Swann, Bresnan, Anderson.

Match Summary

As South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first, Amla and Smith entered the field to start South Africa's innings. The only good thing for the South Africans were their toss and after that nothing went good for them. They started to lose their batsman at a regular intervals. Their 1st wicket was at 1.2 overs when they lost their skipper Smith for just 2 runs and South Africa was 6/1. 2nd wicket was Amla with 11 runs at 6.6 overs South Africa were 24/2 and the wicket was taken by Anderson. 3rd wicket was Duminy who went out for 6 runs at 10.3 overs, South Africa were 35/3 and the wicket was taken by Anderson. 4th wicket was at 13.5 overs when de Villers went out for 22 runs , wicket was taken by Bresnan and South Africa were 55/4.

Then Petersen and Boucher joined the field and 23 runs came in their partnership and its was broken by Anderson at 20.6 overs when Boucher went out for 13 runs and South Africa were 78/5. Then again Anderson made the damage to the home side when McLaren went out with adding any runs at 22.5 overs and South Africa were 78/6. 7th wicket was Both at 26.2 overs with 1 run and South Africa were 84/7. Then 8th wicket went down for South Africa at 29.5 overs when Parnell went with 1 run and SA were 92/8. 9th wicket was M Morkel at 33.6 overs with 7 run and SA were 112/9. Last wicket was Petersen with 51 runs at 36.5 overs. South Africa was able to score only 119 runs, the only player who came well with bat was Peterson who scored 51 runs off 126 balls with 5-4's. Anderson was the bowler who made a major damage to the South African by picking 5 wickets, Broad and Collingwood each took 2 wickets and Bresnan took 1 wicket.

Then with the target of 120 England started their innings with Trott and Strauss, the openers played very well and scored 74 runs in their partnership in 16.5 overs and then Strauss went out with 32 runs and England were 74/1. The 2nd wicket was Petersen who went out with singel digit score 3 runs at 18.4 overs and England were 80/2. 3rd wicket was Collingwood who also went out in short time with 2 runs and England were 83/3. Then Morgan joined Trott and played till the end. Moran scored 28* runs and Trott scored 52*. For South Africa Botha took 2 wickets and McLaren 1 wicket.

England reached their traget at 31.2 overs by losing 3 wickets and won the 4th ODI by 7 wickets. Through this victory England lead the 5 match ODI series as 2-1. The player of the match award was given to Anderson for his 5 wicket haul.

5th ODI will be played at Durban on 4th Dec.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Match


1st test match between Australia and West Indies started on 26th Nov at Brisbane Cricket Ground. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.

Australia's Squad - Watson, Katich, Ponting(Cap), Hussey, M Clarke, North, Haddin, Johnson, Hauritz, Siddle and Hilfenaus.

West Indies Squad - Gayle(Cap), Barath, Dowlin, D Bravo, Nash, Ramdin, Benn, Taylor, Roach, and Rampaul.

Australia started their 1st Innings on 26th Nov and at the stumps of day 1's play Australia managed to score 322 runs by losing 5 wickets in 90 overs with North 42* and Haddin 9* in the field. Australia resumed their 1st innings on the next day and scored 480 runs by losing 8 wickets and decided to declare their 1st innings at 135 overs. For Australia Katich scored 92, Ponting 55, Hussey 66, Clarke 41, North 79, Haddin 38, Johnson 7, Hauritz 50*, Siddle 20* and Watson went without scoring any runs. And for West Indies D Bravo picked up 3 wickets, Benn 2 wickets, Taylor, Roach and Rampul each took 1 wicket.

Then West Indies started their 1st innings, at stumps of day 2 West Indies were 134/5 with Dowlin 40* and Rmdin 22* in 39 overs, then resumed their 1st innings on Day 3 but they were not able to score more runs and started to loss their wickets in a regular interval and scored only 228 runs in 62.6 overs, also failed to avoid the follow on and were imposed by Australia to start the 2nd innings. For West Indies in 1st Innings Gayle scored 31, Barath 15, Dowlin 62, Chanderpaul 2, Bravo went out without scoring runs, Nash 18, Ramdin 54, Benn 28, Taylor 8, Roach no runs, Rampaul 1*. For Australia Johnson and Hauritz each took 3 wickets, Hilfenhaus 2 wickets, Watson and Siddle each took 1 wicket.

On day 3 West Indies started their 2nd innings and again it was not their day and lost all their wickets for just 187 runs. Through this Australia won their 1 test match by an innings and 65 runs. For West Indies Gayle scored 1, Barath 104, Dowlin 4, Chnderpaul 2*, Bravo 23, Nash 7, Ramdin 16, Taylor no runs, Benn 15*, Roach 5 and Rampaul went out without scoring any runs. And for Australia Hilfenhaus took 3 wickets, Watson and Hauritz each took 2 wickets, Hussey, Siddle and Johnson each took 1 wicket.

Barath got his maiden century and this was his debut match for him and Rampaul.

The player of the match award was given to Hilfenhaus for his 5 wicket.

Friday, November 27, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Day 4


India registered their 100th test victory by winning the 2nd Test Match against Sri Lanka. Its was a biggest margin win by India which was a Innings victory and also of 144 runs. Through this victory India went to the NO 1 spot in Test Match team table. The 2nd test match started on 24th Nov in which India won the toss and elected to bat first and they came well with bat, at the end of day 1's play India were 417/2, on day 2 India lost all their wickets by scoring 642. Then Sri Lanka started their 1st Innings and at the end of day 2's play Sri Lanka scored 66/1. And resumed their 1st innings on day 3 and was able to score only 229 runs and lost all their wickets and also failed to avoid the follow on and were imposed to start their 2nd innings, at the end of day 3's play Sri Lanka were 57/4, on day 4 Sri Lanka lost all their wickets by scoring just 269 runs.

Day 4's summary

Sri Lanka started their 2nd innings as 57/4 with Samaraweera 1* and Mathews 2* at 23 overs. Sri Lanka started their play with a positive approach but that was not for too long, remained only for 1.4 overs till the fall of Mathews wicket. Mathews went out at 24.4 overs by scoring 15 runs and Sri Lanka were 79/5. Then P Jayawardene came to field and joined Samaraweera, Then 100 run came for Sri Lanka at 29.2 overs and then 50 run partnership came between them in just 60 balls, at drinks Sri Lanka were 130/5 in 35 overs. After drinks break at 37.5 overs Sri Lanka lost their 6 wicket, P Jayawardene who went out for 29 runs and Sri Lanka were 140/6. Then comes Herath and 150 run came for Sri Lanka in 39.2 overs. And within a short time their lost another wicket, 7th wicket was Herath who went for 13 runs off 13 balls and Sri Lanka were 154/7 at 41.2 overs.
Then 8th wicket was Muralitharan with 29 runs of just 13 balls and Sri Lanka were 191/8 at 44.5 overs. Then Mendis joined Samaraweera and their partnership frustrated India in which 73 runs came between them and Samaraweera got his half century and at 64.2 overs their partnership was broken by Yuvraj when Mendis went out for 27 runs and Sri Lanka were 264/9. At 65.3 overs Sri Lanka lost all of their wickets and scored 269 runs with Samaraweera 78*. For India Bhaji took 3 wickets, Ojha 2 wickets, Zaheer, Sreesanth, Sehwag and Yuvraj each took 1 wicket.
Sreesanth was named as the Man of the match for his 6 wicket.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Day 3


At stumps of day 2 in the 2nd test match Sri Lanka were 66/1 with Pranavitana 30* and Sangakkara 30* in 24 overs. Today Sri Lanka resumed their play and India came too strong with the ball. The whole day's play was the Sreesanth's show who picked 6 wickets(5 in 1st innings and 1 in 2nd innings). After the start of today's play the 2nd wicket of Sri Lanka went sooner, Paranavitana went out for 38 runs at 29.2 overs. Then M Jayawrdene joined the skipper and in their partnership just 19 runs came and 3rd wicket Sangakkara went out for 44 runs at 33.4 overs and Sri Lanka were 101/3. Then Samaraweera came to field and was able to score only 2 runs and went out at 37.2 overs when Sri Lanka were 111/4. Then 33 runs came between M Jayawardene and Mathews partnership and their partnership was broken by Harbhajan at his very first over, when Mathews went out in 43,5 overs with 13 runs and Sri Lanka were 134/5. Then P Jayawardene joined M Jayawardene and builded a partnership of 60 runs, and after P Jayawardene went out with 39 runs at 66.6 overs and Sri Lanka were 194/6. After P Jayawardene's wicket nothing went right for them and lost their tail ends 4 wickets for just 35 runs. The 7th wicket was M Jayawardene who went out for 47 runs at 71.2 overs and Sri Lanka were 204/7, the 8th wicket was Herath with 11 runs at 74.4 overs and Sri Lanka were 216/8, the 9th wicket was Muralitharan with 6 runs at 78.6 overs and they were 219/9 and the last of Sri Lanka was Welegedara who went out for 7 runs at 83.6 overs and Sri Lanka ended their 1st innings with 229 runs, Sri Lanka failed to avoid follow on and India imposed them to start the 2nd innings with trail by 413 runs. For India in 1st innings Sreesanth made his 2nd 5 wicket haul in test match, Bhajii and Ojha bagged 2 wickets each and Zaheer took 1 wicket.

Then trailing by 413 runs Sri Lanka started their 2nd innings with Dilshan and paranavitana and again nothing went right for them and lost their 1st wicket Dilshan for just 11 runs and again the damage was by Sreesanth and Sri Lanka were 13/1 at 3.3 overs. Then Sangakkara joined Paranavitana and sooner they lost Paranavitana's wicket at 10.5 overs but this time the damage was by Sehwag and Sri Lanka were 37/2. Then M Jayawardene joined Sangakkara but M Jayawardene didn't stay for long and went out with just 10 runs at 18.3 overs and Sri Lanka were 54/3. Immediately after losing M Jayawardene's wicket Sri Lanka lost its skipper Sangakkara at 19.1 overs and he went out for 11 runs and Sri Lanka were 54/4. Then Samaraweera and Mathews joined and played till the end of today's play. At Stumps of day 3 Sri Lanka were 57/4 in 23 overs with Samaraweera 1* and Mathews 2*. For India Sreesanth, Bhajii and Sehwag each bagged 1 wicket in the 2nd innings.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Day 2


As India finished their first day's play in a strong position as 417/2 with Dravid 85* and Tendulkar 20* in 90 overs. Today India resumed their play and 50 run partnership came between Dravid and Sachin off 93 balls. Immediately Dravid scored his 28th century off 172 balls with 10-4's. Then 450 came for India in 99.2 overs. At 102.5 overs India lost master blaster's wicket when he was with 40 runs off 91 balls, and India were 464/3. After sachin's wicket Laxman joined Dravid and drinks break were announced at 104 overs when India were 470/3 with Dravid 116* and Laxman 1*.

Then 500 runs came at 110.1 overs for India, then India lost Dravid's wicket at 113.2 overs when he was with 144 runs and India were 511/4. Then Yuvraj joined Laxman , they both managed get their half centuries, Laxman scored his 50 off 92 balls and Yuvraj off 69 balls. With both of their partnership 600 came for India in 135.5 overs. Then India lost Laxman 63 at 141.1 overs when India were 613/5. Then Dhoni joined Yuvi, but after Laxmans wicket no other player stayed for a long time all went out with single digit runs. Dhoni went out at 145.2 overs with 4 runs, then Harbhajan went out for 5 runs at 149.4 overs 639/7, Yuvi went out for 67 runs at 152.2 overs 641/8, Zaheer went out for 1 run at 153.3 overs 641/9 and the last wicket was Sreesanth duck out . Finally India ended their 1st Innings with 642 runs in 154 overs at the run rate of 4.16.

For Sri Lanka Herath bagged 5 wickets, Mendis grabbed 2 wickets and Muralitharan 2 wickets.

Then Sri Lanka started their 1st Innings with Dilshan and Paranavitana, but Sri Lanka lost their 1st wicket Dilshan in the very first ball of the Innings from Zaheer Khan.

Then Sangakkara joined Paranavitana and played till the end of days play. At the 2nd day's play Sri Lanka were 66/1 with Paranavitana 30* and Sangakkara 30* off 24 overs. For India Zaheer took 1 wicket.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Day 1


After the first test ended in draw, both the team headed today for the second test match at Green Park, Kanpur. The second match will be played from today until 28th Nov.

For India Mishra and I Sharama were replaced by Ojha and Sreesanth.
India's Squad
Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, Dhoni(Cap & WK), Harbhajan Singh, PP Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth.

For Sri Lanka Mendis replaced Prasad.
Sri Lanka's Squad
TM Dilshan, Paranavitana, Sangakkara(Cap), M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Mathews, P Jayawardene, Mendis, Herath, Muralitharan, Welegedara.

India won the toss and elected to bat first, Sehwag and Gambhir headed to field to start India's Innings, Initially it was not a good start for sehwag with bat, were his catch was missed in slip for Zero, team India struggled to score runs till drinks with the fast bowlers. After drinks slow blowers were introduced in attack and both the batsman played their attacking game and scored 1100 run partnership in 21.2 overs, Before launch both Sehwag and Gambhir scored their 50 runs. At the time of launch India were 131/0 in 26 overs.

After launch they both continued their attacking, and Sehwag scored 100 runs for just 97 balls with 13-4's and 2-6's. Then 200 run partnership came between them in 37.5 overs. India lost their 1st wicket, Sehwag for 233 runs from 41.2 overs and drinks were announced, after drinks Dravid joined with Gambhir, and Gambhir scored his 100 off 132 balls with 10-4's. India's 300 run came in 57.3 overs, 350 came around 68 overs and Dravid got his half century off 98balls.

India lost their second wicket , Gambhir at 75.1 overs when he was with 167 runs. Then Sachin joined with Dravid and scored till the end of first day's play. At the end of day's play India were 417/2 in 90 overs with Dravid 85* and Sachin 20*.

For Sri Lanka Muralitharan took both the wickets.

Monday, November 23, 2009

BRACLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND RESULTS


21st Nov 2009, Saturday
Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
Birmingham City 1-0 Fulham
Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa
Chelsea 4-0 Wolves
Hull City 3-3 West Ham Utd
Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal
Manchester Utd 3-0 Everton

22nd Nov 2009, Sunday
Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic
Stoke City 1-0 Portsmouth

Goal Scorer
Liverpool - Skrtel, Benayoun
Manchester City - Adebayor, Ireland
Birmingham City - Bowyer
Burnley - Caldwell
Aston Villa - Heskey
Chelsea - Malouda, Essien(2), Cole
Hull City - Cole(O.G), Zayatte, Bullard
West Ham Utd - Franco, Collison, Da Costa
Sunderland - Bent
Manchester Utd - Fletcher, Carrick, Valencia
Blackburn Rovers - Dunn, Ricketts(O.G)
Tottenham Hotspur - Crouch, Defoe(5), Lennon, Kirkland, Kranjcar
Wigan Athletic - Schamer
Stoke City - Fuller


This week Fixtures

25th Nov 2009, Wednesday
Hull City vs Everton
Fulham vs Blackburn Rovers


28th Nov2009, Saturday
Blackburn Rovers vs Stoke City
Fulham vs Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City vs Hull City
Portsmouth vs Manchester Utd
West Ham Utd vs Burnley
Wigan Athletic vs Sunderland
Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur


Team Standings
Chelsea --- 33
ManU --- 28
Arsenal --- 25
Tottenham Hotspur --- 25
Aston Villa --- 22
Man City ---21
Liverpool --- 20
Sunderland --- 20
Stoke City --- 19
Burnley --- 17
Blackburn Rovers --- 16
Fulham --- 15
Birmingham City--- 15
Everton --- 15
Wigan Atheltic --- 14
Hull City --- 12
West Ham Utd --- 11
Bolton Wanderers --- 11
Wolverhampton Wanderers --- 10
Portsmouth ---7

Sunday, November 22, 2009

England vs South Africa 2nd ODI


The second match of the England South Africa ODI series held today at SuperSport Park, Centurion. The visitors England won the toss and invited the home side South Africa to bat first.

South Africa's Squad: Amla, Smith, de Villers, Duminy, Petersen, McLaren, Morkel, Boucher, Van der Merwe, Steyn and Langeveldt.

England's Squad: Trott, Strauss, Pietersen, Collingwood, Morgan, Prior, Wright, Bresnan, Rashid, Mahmood and Anderson.

South Africa scored 250 runs in 50 over by lossing 9 wickets. For South Africa Amla scored 57 off 72 balls, Duminy scored 41 off 47 balls, Petersen scored 64 off 65 balls and Boucher scored 30* off 37 balls. And for England Anderson took 3 wickets for 60 runs in 10 overs, Bresnan took 2 wickets for 46 runs in 10 overs, Collingwood grabbed 2 wickets for 24 runs from 6 overs and Mahmood and Wright each took 1 wicket.

With traget of 251 England entered the field and scored 252 from 46 overs and won the 2nd ODI by 7 wickets.

For England, Collingwood's and Trott leaded their team for victory with 162 runs partnership. Collingwood made his 5th ODI century, he scored 105 off 110 balls with 7-4's and 2-6's , Trott made 87 runs off 119 balls with 8-4's, Morgan made 27 off 18 balls with 4-4's and 1-6's. And for South Africa Langeveldt took 2 wickets and Morkel 1 wicket.

Collingwood was named as man of the match for his brilliant 105 and getting 2 wickets.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Kallis Out of England Series


Kallis was recently suffered from back injury, which was since the Champions League in India were he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he was too careless about the pain, had also taken a treatment for the time being and the team noticed there was no end for it. So they scheduled for a re-scanning and that happened today morning, in which they found there is a fracture in the cartilage of the ribs. This injury will lead him to be out of action for at least four weeks and not sure how fast he recover from it. So he has been ruled out of ODI series against England and most probably will also miss the first test match which starts at 16th Dec.Mickey Arthur, the coach of South African team, on a press meet said about the kallis injury.
The team would have planned for Kallis to open the match with Smith for them, but it will not be simple for the team to find a replacement for kallis. The team will have a big problem because of Kallis absence since they will miss one of the worlds best All-Rounder from their side. Most probably Amla will be the replacement for him but the team selector will be also have Loots Bosman in their mind for a replacement, who had recently showed his ability in the T20 series against England and by scoring 94 runs in 45balls against them in the second T20 match.

Friday, November 20, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Final Day

India finished their 4th Day's play as 190/2 in 45 0vers with Gambhir 74* and Mishra 12* runs. The final day of the first test match was played today , as India started their play with Gambhir and Mishra in field. But the night watchman was not able to be in field for long and went out with 24 runs when India were 209/3 off 55.6 overs. Then Sachin, The Little Master came to field with just 35 runs short for his 30,000 runs of his cricket career. Gambhir scored his ton off 188 balls with 12-4's. Then launch break was announced when India were 256/3 in 74 overs with Gambhir 105* and Tendulkar 26*. Immideately after launch break India lost Gambhir's wicket in the last ball of 79th over by Herath when India were 275/4. After the loss of Gauti Laxman joined with Sachin. Sachin scored his 30,000 at 88.2 overs against Welegedara by getting a single.
India attained the margin of 300 runs in 90.3 overs off 553 balls. After that sachin scored 50 runs off 127 balls and 50 run partnership came between the both in 115 balls sachin contributing 20 runs, Laxman 16 runs and 14 runs came in extras. At tea break India were 341/4 for 104 over with Sachin 55* and Laxman 28*. After tea 100 run partnership came for them off 209 balls. Then Laxman Scored his half century in 132 balls. 400 runs came for India in 122.3 overs and after Sachin scoring his 43rd test century off 211 balls with 11-4's, Umpire's declared the match was ended in draw. The next test match will be played at Kanpur from 24th Nov to 28th Nov.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Day 4


As Sri Lanka gave a pause to their 1st innings at the end of day 3 as 591/5, and came strong to the field to continue their innings with M Jayawardene and P Jayawardene. M Jayawardene looked to be too strong and constructed his 250 runs. Sri Lanka attained the margin of 700 in 187.6 overs. Nothing were went good to Indian bowlers but surprisingly , Mishra came good ant managed to grab M Jayawardene's Wicket when he was at 275 runs off 435 balls with 27-4's and 1-6, and at that time Sri Lankan's were 726/6 at 193.5 overs. The team waited for P Jayawardene to get his 150+ runs and sent Prasad to support him on the field, undoubtedly he made his job very well and P Jayawardene got his 150 runs off 302 balls with 11-4's. Then Sri Lankan's decided to declare their innings when they lost Prasad's wicket at 202.4 overs when they were at 760 for 7 wickets.

India started their second innings with trail of 335 runs, Gambhir and Sehwag headed to field and batted very well, till at the time of tea break India were 77/0 in 16.0 overs with Gambhir 22* and Sehwag 47*. After coming from drinks break Sehwag got his 50 runs off 63 balls. But Sri Lankan blower's didn't allow him to stay for too long and Herath took his wicket at 16.6 overs when India were 81/1. Then Dravid came to field to join Gambhir and they two scored 89 runs and India lost Dravid's wicket at 40.1 overs with Dravid at 38 runs. A Mishra was sent to the field as Night Watchman and he managed to stay still the end of Day 4. At the end of day 4's play India were 190/2 in 45 overs with Gambhir 74* and A Mishra 12*.

For Sri Lanka Welegedara and Herath each took 1 wicket.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Day 3


At the end of day two Sri Lanka finished their play as 275/3 with Jayawardene 36* and Samaraweera 45* for 70 overs. Today they continued their 1st Innings, they both Jayawardene and Samaraweera played well builed a partnership of about 138 runs and then Sri Lanka lost Samaraweera at 86.4 overs when they were 332/4. Then Mathews joined with Jayawardene and scored 43 runs of partnership and their partnership was broken by Harbhajan Singh when Mathews was caught out by Gambhir at 96.2 overs when they were 375/5.
At launch Sri Lanka were 375/5 with M Jayawardene in the field scoring 86 runs. After the launch break Prasana Jayawardene came out to bat. Jayawardene got his 100 for 151 balls with 10-4's and 1-6. Sri Lqnka attained the score of 400 runs at 100.6 overs, M Jayawardene again shared 100 runs of partnership with P Jayawardene too. Indian bowlers struggled too hard to break their partnership but they failed to do it. Sri Lanka attained the margin of 500 runs in 128.5 overs. At the over of 151 drinks break was announced when Sri Lanka were 564/5. Both the Jayawardene's managed to construct a partnership of 200 runs. At the end of day three Sri Lanka were 591/5. With M Jaywardene 204* and P Jayawardene 84*.

For India I Sharm took Samaraweera and Harbhajan took Mathews wickets.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Day 2


The first days play of India ended as 385 for 6 wickets, with Dravid and Bahji in the field scoring Dravid- 177 1nd Bhaji- 2, with this 177 runs Dravid managed to reach 11000 runs in test cricket.

India started to countinue their 1st innings in day 2 , but were able to destruct the Dravid's well constructed 177 very early, Dravid went out without adding any runs in day 2 at 92.4 0vers by welegedara blowing out him. Then Zaheer Khan came into field to join Bhaji and that partnership doesn't sustained for long time since India lost their 8th wicket Khan(12) at 101.2 overs when India were 414/8. Then India lost their last 2 wickets in quicker time by scoring 426 runs for 104.5 overs at the run rate of 4.06 runs per over.Bhaji Scored 22 runs, Mishra- 7* and Sharma went out without scoring runs.

For the Sri Lanka Welegedara took 4 wickets, Muralitharan- 3 wickets, Prasad- 2 wickets and Herath - 1 wicket.

Then Sri Lanka started their 1st innings with Dilshan and Paranavitana. Indian bowlers were not good with their ball and Sri Lanka lost 1st wicket Paranavitana- 35 runs at 16.5 over when Sri Lanka were 74 for 1. Then the captain Sangakkara joined with Dilshan and build ed a partnership of over 100 runs. Dilshan scored his maiden 100 in India for just 120 balls, later he went out for 112 runs at 43.1 overs when they were 189 runs for two wickets. After losing Dilshan's wicket the skipper Sangakkara didn't sustained too long and got out for 31 runs at 45.3 overs as 194/3. After that Jayawardene and Samaraweera batted till the end of day two by scoring 36 and 45 runs respectively. Sri Lanka finished with 275 runs by just losing 3 wickets. For India Zaheer bagged two wickets and Sharma 1 wicket.

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India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Day 1


The first test match of the 3 match series between India and Sir Lanka started today at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.

Playing 11's for the team are

India - MS Dhoni(cap), Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishanth Sharma, Mishra

Sri Lanka - Sangakkara(cap), Dilshan, Paranavitana, M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Mathews, Prasad, Herath, Muralitharan, Welegedara.

India won the toss and elected to bat first. India lost their 1st wicket at 2.5 overs, Gambhir(1) got bowled out by Welegedara because of the thin inside edge at that stage India were 14/1. Then comes Dravid the great wall of India in 3rd position. This time India lost 2 wickets in the 7th over again to welegedara, the 2nd wicket was Sehwag (16-lbw)at 6.1 and the 3rd wicket was master blaster Sachin(4) who was bowled out at 6.4 overs at the end of 7 overs India were 31/3. The 4th wicket went at the next over and now it was Prasad who got Laxman(0) bowled out at 7.4 over before drinks India lost 4 wickets for 47 runs. Then the partnership started to build up between Dravid and Yuvraj and the pair scored 125 runs when yuvraj(68) was caught by Dilshan bowled by Muralitharan, India lost 5th wicket at 36.1 over for 157 runs. Again Dravid managed to start a partnership with Dhoni and they scored 224 runs and Dhoni left the field for 110 runs at 87.1 over and India were 381. Bhajii joined with Dravid and played the remaining overs till end of day 1.

Dravid Scored 177 runs(not out) through which he attained 11000 runs in test cricket and became the fifth player to reach 11000 runs in the test cricket. Through this ton he got his 27th century and 10th 150+ runs. Through his two 100 runs partnership with Yuvraj and Dhoni he also made an record for hold 78 100 runs partnership.

The first day of 1st match was all belonged to Dravid for his 177* runs with 26-4's and 1-6's. At the end of day one India were 385 for 6 wicket with Dravid(177*) and Bhaji(2*).

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

20 Years of Sachin's Era

Name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born : 24th April 1973, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Debut to Cricket : 15th Nov 1989

Sachin Tendulkar made his debut to cricket field at the age of 16 against Pakistan 15th Nov 1989. At his debut match he was hitted by a bouncer from Waqar Younis which and continued to play with bleeding nose and blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred came at Old Trafford at the age of 17 against England which was a match saving innings. Following that his two centuries as 19 year old in Australia series rose him to stature. After that he had created many history's with his bat. Some of his records are



HIS CAREER RECORDS
Most runs in career 29961 runs with Avg 48.24, Highest Score of 248*.
Most Hundreds in career 87 - 100's
Most 90's in career 24- 90's
Most 4's in career 35550+
TEST MATCH RECORDS (Debut : Versus Pakistan in 15th Nov 1989)
Most runs in career 12773 runs with Avg 54.58 and highest score of 248*.
Most Centuries in career 42
Most 50+ runs in career 95 which include 42-100's and 53-50's
Most 4's in career 1676+ 4's
Fastest to reach 8000 runs, which he scored in 154 innings
Only player to score 12000 runs which came at his 247th innings.

ODI CAREER RECORDS (Debut : Versus Pakistan 18th Dec 1989)
Most runs in career 17178 runs with Avg of 44.50 and highest score of 186*
Most hundreds in career 45-100's
Most hundreds in a calender year 9-100's which came in the yeat 1998
Most fifties in career 91-50's
Most 50+ runs in career 136
Most 4's in career 1872 4's
Most player of the match awards 60 awards
Most player of the series awards 14 awards
Most consecutive matches for a team - 185 matches from 25th April 1990 to 24th April 1998
Most centuries against single opposition team- against Australia 9 100's and also holds second place with 8 100's against Sri Lanka
Most 90's in career 17
Fastest to reach 10000 runs which came in 259 innings
Fastest to reach 11000 runs which came in 276 innings
Fastest to reach 12000 runs which came in 300
Fastest to reach 13000 runs which came in 321 innings
Only player to reach 14000+ runs.
Dismissed at 99 runs 3 times



The biggest compliment to his batting came from Sir Donald Bradman himself in 1999 when he said that Tendulkar's style of playing resembled his style. "That touch I used to feel when I batted", he had said.