Consolation win for Sri Lanka against India

Sri Lanka clinch consolation win over India in the last & final ODI match at Colombo. Sri Lanka won the toss & selected to bat first. Sri Lankan opener having a flying start & also having a handy run rate. Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan top scoring with 97,to help Sri Lanka 320 for eight.

India win the series 4-1 & captured the five match ODI series

India loose Sehwag in the very second over & their batting scrambled begin. They lost Raina & Gambhir at 52, Kulasekara to leave India in great trouble on 52 for 3. Yuvraj played a fine knock of 76.

test

Australia Come back in the 2nd ODI

After Loosing the 1st ODI Australia captured the second ODI at Hobart against South Africa. Australia come back strongly & win by 5 runs. Australia batted first & scored 249 for 9. A 135 runs partnership between Skipper Ponting & Marsh. Both are made half-century.

Marsh played a wonderful innings of 78 while skipper Ponting scored 64. South African bowlers mainly Ntini taking 3 wickets, Steyn & Kallis took 2 wickets each.

Shaun marsh declared man-of-the match for his fine knock of 78

The visitor’s started their innings very poorly & lost their opener very soon. Kallis & de Villiers build a 93 runs partnership. Kallis scored 72 from 96 after that South Africa started to struggle. And they lost their batsman very soon. Also the pressure was built on South Africa. Duminy was hitting some boundary but it was quite late. Australia win by 5 runs.

Ponting’s men leveled the series 1-1 & keep some hope for their fan.

 

Clinch victory for South Africa

After winning the test series South Africa win the opening one day against Australia by three wickets & taking 1-0 lead of the 5 match series.

Australia batted first & reaching 271/8 in the 50 over. Australian opener Shaun marsh hits highest scored for his team of 79,while D.Hussey’s smashing 52 runs help Australia to reach a comparative total. Albie Morkel, Johan Botha & Morne Morkel taking 2 wickets each.

Albie Morkel not out 40 from 18 balls

South Africa lost their opener very soon & at one stage they were 90 for 3. JP Duminy(71) & McKenzie(63) added 123 runs for fourth wicket. after that Australia has come back strongly & took last four wickets for eight runs then south Africa 221/7. But Albie Morkel played a handful innings of 40* only from 18 balls & South Africa reach the target with three balls to spare.

Albie Morkel declared man-of-the-match for his fine knock.

Manchester United moves to 2nd spot at the premier league

It’s a real good news for the manchester united fan. Man United moves to second spot in the English premier league. at 14 January,2009 Wednesday they defeated Wigan Athletic by 1-0 & moves on to the 2nd position of the league table. they are now only 2 points behind of Liverpool. Liverpool with 46 points from 21 matches while manchester United with 44 from 20 matches. Rooney scored the winning goal for manchester united. Chelsea joined the third spot with 42 points of the league table.

Dhoni slips down to 2nd spot in the ICC rankings

Indian skipper MS dhoni lost his top spot position & slips down at the 2nd spot of the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI rankings. West Indies batsman Chris Gayle regains his top position.

Dhoni slips down to 2nd spot of the list with 779 points & an average of 46.84 while the top spot holder Gayle accumulated 783 points with an average of 40.63, thanks to a series of delightful performance against New Zealand.

Indian left handed talent Yuvraj Singh slipped down one spot & moves into sixth spot while South African skipper Smith is on fifth spot. India’s Master blaster Sachin retained his 12th spot with 708 points.

Among the bowlers the top spot holder Australia’s Nathan Bracken while India’s Zaheer Khan only Indian bowler who retained his 11th spot with 660 points.

Goutam Gambhir’s career turned from Lanka Tour

Lanka tour turning point of my career - Indian in form test opener Goutam Gambhir said. Last year Lanka tour is the turning point of his career & helped him to settled his place as a test opener in the Indian cricket test team.

in the 20-20 cricket & the ODI cricket Gambhir have already proved himself as a good batsman. But in the test cricket he wasn’t a regular guy but after Sri Lanka tour he secured his position as a good test opener in the Indian test team.

India lost the three match test series 1-2 but Gambhir became the second highest run scorer after his opening partner Virendra Sehwag. But his good innings helped him to secured his position in the Indian test cricket team.

Ponting set a target or 376 runs against SA

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting made a bold declaration on Tuesday afternoon into the third & final test match at Sydney against South Africa. Ponting set a target of 376 runs. Australian team declared their second innings at 257/4.

At the end of the forth day of the final test South Africa made 62 runs loss of one wicket. opener Morne Morkel out for a duck, acting skipper Neil McKenzie(25) & in-form batsman Amla(30) are not out. Lets see what will be happen in the final day.

Sauth African skipper ruled out due to hand injury

It was a sad day for the South African Cricket fan. South African skipper Graeme Smith ruled out due to his finger injury at the third day of the ongoing test series against Australia.

South African vice-captain Mark Boucher is expected to lead the team as a captain for the remaining three days of the final test match. But no decision has not yet to made.

Smith batted well at the second day of the final test match while he was in 30, Mitchell Johnson raising delivery hit of his left hand’s little finger. After that Smith retired hurt.

Dhoni may better captain than Ganguly - Sehwag

According to the Indian devastating opener Virendra Sehwag former Indian captain Sourav is the most successful captain in the Indian cricket history but Dhoni may prove even better than Sourav.

Dhoni has a great leadership quality, very cool minded & also Handel difficult situation very easily – Sehwag added.

BCCI request Sri Lanka for ODI series

India has a huge posibility to play a brief one-day series against sri Lanka. Recently India canceled their tour of Pakistan because of the terror attack in Mumbai. So the BCCI approaches to the Sri Lanka cricket board to play a one day series in the mid of February.

The BCCI has just lost of RS 120 crore because of cancellation of the last two match against England & also in Pakistan tour.

Micheal Clarke back in form to get Aus in a positive start

Australian out of form batsman Clarke hits 73 not out in the last test match against South Africa at Sydney. Australia won the toss & decided to bat first. the top order Australian batsman failed again. hayden & Katich are good start but didn’t last. Hayden out at 31 while Katich was 3 short of his test 50s. Clarke scored 73 of 150 balls with 9th boundary & not out. At the end of the first test Australia scored 267 for lost of 6 wickets.

South African bowler Steyn took off 2 wickets while the others are gifted by one wickets each.

9 wicket victory for South Africa

South Africa beat Australia by 9 wickets to win the test match & capture the test series at Melbourne. South Africa need 153 runs to reach the target at the final day in the boxing day cricket match. they can easily reach the target fall of only one wicket. South African captain Smith played a blasting innings of 75 just 94 balls with 10 fours. Neil Mc Kenzie(59) & Hashim Amla(30) are not out. South Africa reached the target of 183 runs mark at just 48 overs.

Dhoni enters top spot in the ODI rankings

Indian skipper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has maintained the top position in the ICC One day rankings. Dhoni has 779 points, three points ahead of Australian Hussy who has 776 points while S.African skipper Smith join the 3rd spot with 776 points. Yuvraj Singh the only other Indian batsman who is in the top 10 with 744 points & hold the sixth spot in the ICC rankings.

Among the bowler no Indian bowler in the top 10 position. Even Zaheer Khan holds his 11th position with 660points two points behind of Andrew Flintoff(662),at the 10th spot.

South Africa close to victory

South Africa is very close their historic series win over Australia. South African pace bowler Dale Steyn has grabbed his second five wicket against Australia in the forth day of the 2nd test match at Melbourne. Australia only managed to score 247 in their second innings. Australian skipper Ricky ponting just one short of his century. He scored 99,top scorer of the Australian team. South Africa need just 152 runs to win the 2nd test match. At the end of the day four SA  scored 30/0 in 6th over. Skipper Smith(25) with Neil Mc Kenzie(3).

South Africa is on the driver seat

South Africa is on driver seat at the day three of the 2nd test match between Australia. Australia finished their 1st innings 394/10. Australian skipper Ricky played an wonderful nock of 101 & Clarke 88 not out. South Africa loosed their top order very soon. Only S.African skipper opener Smith scored 62. Jean-Paul Duminy the only South African batsman who crossed the 100 marks & scored 166. South Africa ended their first innings at 459. Australia started their second innings 4 without loss. Australia trail by 61 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.

Liverpool settle to draw against Hull City

Liverpool star footballer Gerrard strike twice in the premiere league match against Hull city. But at last they are settling to draw. In this result Liverpool at the top spot with 38 points from 17 games, Chelsea with 36 points from 16 games & no 3 spot hold by Man Utd with 31 points from 15 games.

Smith helps SA back in action

South African Skipper Greame Smith played an aggressive cricketing stroke to made his 18th test century at the Perth against Australia. South Africa needs 414 runs to win but captain Smith played an outstanding innings and scored 108. At the end of the forth day South Africa were 227/3. They need 187 runs in the final day with seven wicket remaining.

Rahul Dravid back in form

Indian former skipper Rahul Dravid back in form at Mohali. Dravid scored his 24th test century and bring back his confidence. Gambhir said that Dravid played an important role for his carrier & team also. in the last 10th test Dravid had scored only 322 runs so Dravid’s carrier point of view this runs get him a lot of confidence. Dravid scored 136 & India finished their innings at 453.

Saina enters in World Cup semis

Indian badminton beauty Saina Nehwal win against Wong 21-10, 17-21, 21-16 to enters the semi final of the World master super series. This is her second successive win after loosing the first match to Tine Rasmussen. Saina played a delightful match and win the last 2 match to enter semi.

Injured Bhutia out of Fed cup final

Due to knee & ankle injury Mohan Bagan skipper & no 1 striker Bhaichung Bhutia ruled out for 15 to 20 days. so in the coming fed cup final which is between Mohan Bagan & Dempo on Sunday,Bhutia will not take part of this because his knee heavily padded. this is a very sad news for the Bagan fan.

India gets positive starts at day 1 of Mohali test

After loosing opener Virendra Sehwag India gets positive starts with the help of Goutam Gambhir & Mr. dependable. Gambhir played a match winning performance & scored his 4th century which was coming only 215 balls. Former skipper Rahul Dravid regain his old form & cracked his gritty 54th test match fifty to give India in a challenging first day score of 179/1.

The only success was coming for England Virendra Sehwag’s wicket. Stuart Broad dismissed the Delhi bluster in a duck.

Dravid batting down the order

Former Indian skipper has been struggling his poor form. So the Indian skipped decided to drop down his order & regain his form in the second test against England. The second test match will starts on 19 Dec,2008 at Mohali.

Delhi Daredevils introduces new oz opener

David Warner the young opener has been introduce by Delhi Daredevils. He is from the Australia’s New South Wales. He is singing for two years contract with Delhi Daredevils.

In the last month the 20 years old young opener batsman played a not out innings of 165 against Tasmania in a Ford Ranger Cup game. He will play with the other hero like Macgrath(Australia)Delhi’s skipper Sehwag & South African hero AB de Villiers.

Aus – SA 1st test match on Dec 16th

The first test match between Australia & South Africa will start on 16th December at Melbourne. The off-spinner Jason Krejza & all rounder Watson named as the 12th man squad for the first test match.

Shane Watson named for 12th man that mean Jason Krejza will play for tomorrow’s game.

Australia Skipper says that the finger spin will help to win for us.