3 Match = South Africa vs New Zealand

South Africa vs New Zealand - ODI - September 24, 2009 Centurion

Toss: South Africa elected to field |

Result: SA won by 5 wkts
Man of the match: W Parnell South Africa: 217 - 5 (41.1 overs) Current RR: 5.27

A Morkel 19(14) - *AB Villiers 70(76)
Partnership: 37 runs in 32 balls - This over: 4,

Scoreboard

New Zealand Innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Brendon McCullum (W)	c JP Duminy b Johan Botha	44	58	3	2	33.33
	Jesse Ryder	c van der Merwe b Parnell	8	12	1	0	66.67
	Martin Guptill	c Amla b Wayne Parnell	21	26	4	0	80.77
	Ross Taylor	lbw b Wayne Parnell	72	106	6	2	67.92
	Grant Elliott	b Roelof van der Merwe	39	48	4	0	81.25
	Neil Broom	lbw b Roelof van der Merwe	1	4	0	0	25.00
	Gareth Hopkins	c JP Duminy b Wayne Parnell	13	13	2	0	100.00
	Kyle Mills	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	0	3	0	0	0
	Daniel Vettori (C)	Not Out	1	2	0	0	50.00
	Daryl Tuffey	c JP Duminy b Wayne Parnell	4	2	1	0	200.00
	Shane Bond	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	0	4	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 4,lb 5,w 1, nb 1)	11
	Total	(all out; 47.5 overs)	214	(4.47 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1. 12/1 (3.6 ov) Jesse Ryder, 2. 58/2 (12.6 ov) Martin Guptill, 3. 92/3 (23.1 ov) Brendon McCullum, 4. 163/4 (38.6 ov) Grant Elliott, 5. 171/5 (40.5 ov) Neil Broom, 6. 203/6 (44.6 ov) Gareth Hopkins, 7. 204/7 (45.5 ov) Kyle Mills, 8. 209/8 (46.3 ov) Ross Taylor, 9. 213/9 (46.5 ov) Daryl Tuffey, 10. 214/10 (47.5 ov) Shane Bond

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dale Steyn	9.5	1	32	2	3.25
Wayne Parnell	8	0	57	5	7.13	(w 1)
Jacques Kallis	8	0	24	0	3.00
Albie Morkel	3	0	13	0	4.33	(nb 1)
Johan Botha	9	0	44	1	4.89
Roelof van der Merwe	10	1	35	2	3.50

Power Play: 1-10, 11-15 (bowling), 43-47 (batting)

South Africa Innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Graeme Smith (C)	c Vettori b Daryl Tuffey	7	14	1	0	50.00
	Hashim Amla	lbw b Daniel Vettori	38	65	3	0	58.46
	Jacques Kallis	c McCullum b Shane Bond	36	39	6	0	92.31
	AB de Villiers	Not Out	70	76	9	0	92.11
	JP Duminy	c McCullum b Kyle Mills	11	13	2	0	84.62
	Mark Boucher (W)	c McCullum b Daryl Tuffey	28	28	4	0	100.00
	Albie Morkel	Not Out	19	14	3	0	135.71
	Johan Botha
	Roelof van der Merwe
	Wayne Parnell
	Dale Steyn
	Extras	(b 0,lb 2, w 4, nb 2)	8
	Total	(5 wickets; 41.1 overs)	217	(5.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1. 22/1 (5.6 ov) Graeme Smith, 2. 74/2 (16.3 ov) Jacques Kallis, 3.108/3 (23.2 ov) Hashim Amla, 4. 138/4 (26.5 ov) JP Duminy, 5. 180/5 (35.5 ov) Mark Boucher

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Mills	8.1	0	45	1	5.51	(nb 1)
Shane Bond	10	0	51	1	5.10	(w 2)
Daryl Tuffey	9	1	52	2	5.78
Daniel Vettori	10	1	34	1	3.40
Jesse Ryder	2	0	15	0	7.50
Martin Guptill	1	0	13	0	13.00
Grant Elliott	1	0	5	0	5.00

Power Play: 1-10, 11-15 (bowling), 40-44 (batting)

Series: Champions Trophy, 2009
Venue: Centurion, Tshwane
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK),Asad Rauf (PAK) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
Man of the Match: Wayne Parnell

Read more...

Match 2 = Pakistan vs West Indies

West Indies vs Pakistan

Match: 2nd ODI
Venue: Johannesburg | Date: September 23, 2009
Toss: West Indies elected to bat

West Indies 133-10 (34.3) | G Tonge 4(9)

This Over: 0,1,W,

Other innings: Pakistan

West Indies vs Pakistan Match: 2nd ODI Venue: Johannesburg | Date: September 23, 2009 Toss: West Indies elected to bat

Coverage: Champions Trophy 2009

West Indies 133-10 (34.3) | G Tonge 4(9)

This Over: 0,1,W,

Other innings: Pakistan

Cricket scores on your mobile, sms CRI to 57333

Scoreboard

refresh

West Indies	133-10 (34.3)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
D Richards	c and b Aamer	1	4	0	0	25.00
A Fletcher	c Nazir b Naved-ul-Hasan	7	14	1	0	50.00
D Smith	c U Akmal b Gul	18	28	2	0	64.29
T Dowlin	c K Akmal b Aamer	0	2	0	0	0.00
*F Reifer	c M-ul-Haq b Gul	7	23	0	0	30.43
D Bernard	b Aamer	6	14	1	0	42.86
D Sammy	b Ajmal	25	37	5	0	67.57
C Walton	lbw b Gul	0	1	0	0	0.00
N Miller	c Malik b * Afridi	51	57	6	1	89.47
T Best	st K Akmal b Ajmal	8	19	1	0	42.11
G Tonge	not out	4	9	0	0	44.44

Extras: 6 b:0 lb:0 nb:1 w:5

Total: 133-10 (34.3) | Curr. RR: 3.86

FOW:D Richards (2-1, 1), A Fletcher (11-2, 4), T Dowlin (14-3, 4.5), D Smith (36-4, 10.3), D Bernard (43-5, 13.3), *F Reifer (47-6, 14.3), C Walton (47-7, 14.4), D Sammy (85-8, 24.5), T Best (121-9, 31.1), N Miller (133-10, 34.3)

Pakistan	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
M Aamer	7	1	24	3	0	1	3.43
Naved-ul-Hasan	7	0	26	1	1	2	3.71
U Gul	8	2	28	3	0	2	3.50
*S Afridi	8.3	0	39	1	0	0	4.59
S Ajmal	4	0	16	2	0	0	4.00
I Nazir
U Akmal
M Yousuf
S Malik
K Akmal
M-ul-Haq

Pakistan team: M Aamer, Naved-ul-Hasan, U Gul, *S Afridi, S Ajmal, I Nazir , U Akmal, M Yousuf, S Malik, K Akmal, M-ul-Haq

Powerplay: 1: 1-10 ovs, 2: 11-15 ovs, 3: 27-31 ovs

Scoreboard

refresh

Pakistan	134-5 (30.3)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
I Nazir	b Tonge	5	6	1	0	83.33
K Akmal	c Walton b Tonge	5	12	1	0	41.67
S Malik	c Walton b Tonge	23	39	2	1	58.97
M Yousuf	c Walton b Tonge	23	31	4	0	74.19
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Walton b Bernard	6	22	0	0	27.27
U Akmal	not out	41	51	6	0	80.39
*S Afridi	not out	17	25	1	0	68.00
Naved-ul-Hasan
M Aamer
U Gul
S Ajmal

Extras: 14 b:0 lb:2 nb:3 w:9

Total: 134-5 (30.3) | Curr. RR: 4.39

FOW:I Nazir (5-1, 1.1), K Akmal (21-2, 5.1), S Malik (54-3, 13.3), M Yousuf (61-4, 15.1), Misbah-ul-Haq (76-5, 22.3)

West Indies	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
D Sammy	7	0	29	0	0	0	4.14
G Tonge	10	3	25	4	1	2	2.50
T Best	6.3	0	50	0	0	5	7.69
D Bernard	7	0	28	1	0	3	4.00
*F Reifer
T Dowlin
D Richards
C Walton
N Miller
A Fletcher
D Smith

West Indies team: D Sammy, G Tonge, T Best, D Bernard, *F Reifer, T Dowlin, D Richards, C Walton, N Miller, A Fletcher, D Smith

Powerplay: 1: 1-10 ovs, 2: 11-15 ovs

Read more...

Match 1 = South Africa vs SriLanka

South Africa vs SriLanka Match: 1st ODI Venue: Centurion | Date: September 22, 2009 Toss: South Africa elected to field

Result: Sri Lanka won by 55 runs (D/L Method) Man of the match: T Dilshan

South Africa 206-7 (37.4) | A Morkel 29(32) RE Merwe 3(4)

Patnership: 8 run(s) in 10 ball(s) | This Over: 1,1,2,0,

Other innings: Sri Lanka inn: 319-8 (50)

Sri Lanka	319-8 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
T Dilshan	c Morkel b Steyn	106	92	16	1	115.22
S Jayasuriya	lbw b Steyn	10	9	2	0	111.11
*K Sangakkara	c and b Duminy	54	74	5	0	72.97
M Jayawardene	c Duminy b Parnell	77	61	8	1	126.23
T Samaraweera	c Merwe b Parnell	37	47	1	0	78.72
A Mathews	b Steyn	15	14	0	0	107.14
T Kandamby	c Duminy b Parnell	6	5	1	0	120.00
N Kulasekara	run out (Merwe)	1	2	0	0	50.00
M Muralitharan	not out	0	0	0	0
L Malinga
A Mendis

Extras: 13 b:0 lb:5 nb:3 w:5

Total: 319-8 (50) | Curr. RR: 6.38

FOW:S Jayasuriya (16-1, 2.2), *K Sangakkara (174-2, 28), T Dilshan (181-3, 29.1), M Jayawardene (297-4, 46.3), T Samaraweera (297-5, 46.4), T Kandamby (314-6, 49), N Kulasekara (317-7, 49.4), A Mathews (319-8, 50)

South Africa	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
D Steyn	9	2	47	3	0	1	5.22
W Parnell	10	0	79	3	1	3	7.90
J Kallis	7	0	43	0	0	0	6.14
A Morkel	4	0	39	0	1	0	9.75
J Botha	9	0	53	0	1	1	5.89
RE Merwe	10	0	42	0	0	0	4.20
JP Duminy	1	0	11	1	0	0	11.00
*G Smith
H Amla
AB de Villiers
M Boucher

South Africa team: D Steyn, W Parnell, J Kallis, A Morkel, J Botha, RE Merwe, JP Duminy, *G Smith, H Amla, AB de Villiers, M Boucher

Powerplay: 1: 1-10 ovs, 2: 11-15 ovs, 3: 45-49 ovs

South Africa	206-7 (37.4)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*G Smith	b Mendis	58	44	9	1	131.82
H Amla	b Mathews	2	10	0	0	20.00
J Kallis	c Mathews b Mendis	41	48	4	0	85.42
AB de Villiers	c Jayawardene b Malinga	24	38	0	0	63.16
JP Duminy	b Mendis	0	1	0	0	0.00
M Boucher	lbw b Mathews	26	29	2	0	89.66
A Morkel	not out	29	32	3	0	90.62
J Botha	c Mathews b Malinga	21	20	4	0	105.00
RE Merwe	not out	3	4	0	0	75.00
W Parnell
D Steyn

Extras: 2 b:0 lb:0 nb:0 w:2

Total: 206-7 (37.4) | Curr. RR: 5.47

FOW:H Amla (9-1, 3), *G Smith (90-2, 14.1), J Kallis (113-3, 20.3), JP Duminy (113-4, 20.4), AB de Villiers (142-5, 26.2), M Boucher (163-6, 31.2), J Botha (198-7, 36)

Sri Lanka	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
L Malinga	7.4	0	43	2	0	1	5.61
N Kulasekara	7	0	44	0	0	0	6.29
A Mathews	8	1	43	2	0	0	5.38
M Muralitharan	8	0	46	0	0	0	5.75
A Mendis	7	0	30	3	0	1	4.29
T Kandamby
S Jayasuriya
T Samaraweera
T Dilshan
M Jayawardene
*K Sangakkara

Sri Lanka team: L Malinga, N Kulasekara, A Mathews, M Muralitharan, A Mendis, T Kandamby, S Jayasuriya, T Samaraweera, T Dilshan, M Jayawardene, *K Sangakkara

Powerplay: 1: 1-10 ovs, 2: 11-15 ovs, 3: 34-38 ovs

Read more...

Sri Lanka drub South Africa in rain-hit game

Led by a blazing century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and a brace of cameos, the world's No. 5 team started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style by beating the top-ranked side. Graeme Smith's decision to field was based on the amount of dew around, but bar Dale Steyn none of the bowlers made an impression in the afternoon. Dilshan's 92-ball 106, coupled with significant inputs from captains former and present, lifted them to a daunting total that was well beyond South Africa.

Sri Lanka carried the energy from their powerful batting display into the field and Ajantha Mendis, unlike the home side's spinners, extracted bounce and turn under lights. Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis showed signs of dominance with an 81-run stand in quick time but once Smith was bowled by Mendis' first delivery, and Kallis and JP Duminy fell in successive balls, Sri Lanka had applied the chokehold.

Smith had a smile on his face when the toss went his way and Steyn nipped out Sanath Jayasuriya, but it was soon replaced by a frown. In a 158-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara, who provided solid support with 54 from 74 balls, Dilshan played anchor and aggressor in equal measure. The first to feel Dilshan's force was Wayne Parnell, preferred to Makhaya Ntini; he struggled to hit a consistent length and went for 39 in five overs. It was a recurring leitmotif in those early overs, Parnell dragging the ball down and Dilshan pinging the deep point and midwicket boundaries. Albie Morkel was thrashed for 22 in two overs as Sri Lanka reached 100 in the 13th over.

The onslaught forced Smith, who refused to delay the Powerplay, to turn to his spin pair to try and stop the destruction. The pair stemmed the flow of boundaries but lacked bite and Sri Lanka ticked along at over six an over. Dabs, drives, flicks, shots off angled bats, and punches all evaded fielders and Sangakkara brought up his first half-century since February. He fell to an innocuous delivery from Duminy, after which Dilshan's boundary blasting - he hit 16 fours and a six - ended when he slashed the first ball of Steyn's return over to third man.

Sri Lanka used the platform extremely well and crossed 300 thanks largely to Mahela Jayawardene's 77 off 61. He was his usual deft self: cutting, nudging and pushing into the gaps with excellent timing. His feet constantly moved as he made room to create singles and, with Thilan Samaraweera playing in a similar vein, Sri Lanka pressed ahead. Before South Africa knew it Jayawardene was 41 off 40 balls - the majority of those runs coming from controlled paddles and sweeps - and the stage was set for a late surge; the final ten overs cost 85. Parnell gave some respectability to his figures by dismissing Jayawardene and Samaraweera in successive deliveries though by then Sri Lanka were 297 for 5 in the 47th over.

Chasing more than a run a ball from the start, South Africa needed a strong platform. They were in early trouble when Hashim Amla was cleaned up by Angelo Mathews off an inside edge in the third over. Kallis joined Smith, looking leaner having shed a few kilos, and the pair milked the wayward Nuwan Kulasekara, who seemed to contract Parnell's problem of bowling short. Kallis was quick to punish him and Kulasekara's fifth over went for 14, with Smith particularly strong through the off side.

While Smith danced down the track at will and shuffled about to unsettle the fast bowlers, Kallis chose to clip the ball sweetly from the crease. Smith looked increasingly confident at the crease, but playing for a Mendis offbreak he missed one that skidded and hurried on and had his leg stump pegged back.

Mendis had again proved a valuable go-to man for his captain by ending the flourishing partnership. Smith's bullish start hinted at the possibility of a Dilshan-style ambush, but inside four overs Mendis ripped the heart out of the batting order. Kallis showed glimpses of his class in compiling a brisk 41 before he was excellently caught at mid-off by a tumbling Mathews. Next ball, Duminy was castled by a flipper.

The required run-rate was already above seven at 113 for 4 in the 21st over, placing too much pressure on the rest of the order. Lasith Malinga, having bowled just one over at the start, returned to dismiss AB de Villiers and later snapped a gung-ho stand between Morkel and Johan Botha before rain interrupted the chase. At that stage Sri Lanka were well in command, and were later adjudged deserved winners.

Sri Lanka had previously lost only once after posting a 300-plus total in one-day internationals and, led by Mendis, the masters of asphyxiation struck. Adapting to early-season South African conditions superbly, Sri Lanka have taken the lead in showing that Asian teams are a force to be reckoned with in this tournament. South Africa, frustratingly, have shown again why their ability in multi-team tournaments has long been questioned.

Read more...

India Squad - champions trophy

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R.P.Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amith Mishra, Dinesh Karthik.

Hoping that Gambhir is back, Virat Kohli may be a replacement if Gambhir doesnt make it..

Sachin is at his ever best, classic century at the emerald isle is a good example to show the elegance and the ease with which Sachin plays these days..

Rahul’s inclusion is great for the side. MSD and Yuvi have been more than consistent.. The only cause of worry could be the inexperience in the lower middle order and the fast-bowling is a bit weak.. Though Nehra is back to form, the fast bowling doesn’t have enough experience to handle an onslaught..

Read more...