Wednesday 19 August 2015

South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: RSA won by 20 runs

New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2015 

 

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South Africa has won the first ODI match in the ongoing series against New Zealand today. While batting first, the host team scored 304 runs that were good enough to get the game. New Zealand got all out for 284 runs in 48.1 overs. Hashim Amla has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 124 (126) innings.

South Africa were invited to bat first and they made good out of it by scoring 304 runs in 50 overs. RSA lost 7 of their wickets. Hashim Amla scored highest 124 runs of 126 balls and Rilee Rossouw (89) was the second highest scorer.

Both Adam Milne and Mitchell McClenaghan took 2 wickets each for New Zealand. NZ was given a target of 305 runs to be chased in 50 overs.

South Africa Innings Score Card


New Zealand lost their first wicket for just 3 runs, but then, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson stood up and did what was necessary to turn the game back for their team. But that was not enough as no other follow player could score big runs and NZ team got out 20 runs short the target score.

Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir and David Wiese got 2 wickets each for South Africa.

New Zealand Innings Score Card

Friday 14 August 2015

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test, Day 3: Sri lanka leads by 153 runs

India tour of Sri Lanka, 2015



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Sri Lanka has changed the face of the match on Day 3 of the ongoing Test match against India. Following the score of 5/2 (4 overs) from Day 2, Sri Lanka team took their score card to a respectable 367 runs, getting a lead of 176 runs for 2nd innings.

On day 3, Sri Lanka started playing at the score of 5/2 with Dhammika Prasad (3) and Kumar Sangakkara (1) at the crease. The team lost another few wickets in quick succession until a partnership of 125 runs formed between Thirimanne and Chandimal. Dinesh Chandimal remained not out and scored 162 runs out of 169 balls. Check the scorecard below

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings Scorecard


India have been given a target of 176 runs that they need to chase within 10 wickets. They have already scored 23 runs in first 8 overs with the loss of 1 wicket

India 2nd Innings Scorecard


Possible conclusions of this match are as below
  1. If India scores 176 runs before losing 10 wickets - India Win
  2. If SL manages to get all 10 wickets of India - Sri Lanka Win
  3. If India manages to stay in the field for remaining two days, but could not reach the target score - DRAW (Unlikely)
It is Indian Independence Day tomorrow and would be great to watch Indian players play for a victory. Let's wish them best.

The conclusion of Day 3 match is that Sri Lanka is back into the game and still has a fair chance to win the match.

Thursday 13 August 2015

India vs SL 1st Test, Day 2: Sri Lanka trail by 187 runs

India tour of Sri Lanka, 2015

 

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India is leading by 187 runs over Sri Lanka after the Day 2 match in the 1st Test between India and Sri Lanka. SL scored 183 runs in their first innings and India scored 375 runs in their first innings giving a trail of 192 runs. In their 2nd innings, Sri Lanka has already lost two wickets in first 4 overs and scored 5 runs.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Sri Lanka was not in the game from the very first day of the match. Apart from Angelo Mathews (64) and Dinesh Chandimal (59), no one could get a fifty and the first innings were limited for just 183 runs. 

Ravichandran Ashwin took 6 wickets for India. Check the Scorecard below


India 1st Innings

India were given a trail of 183 runs for the first innings. With the help of centuries from Shikhar Dhawan (134) and Virat Kohli (103), the team managed to score 375 runs before losing 10 wickets and thus, getting a lead of 192 runs.

Kaushal took 5 wickets for Sri Lanka.


Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

The 2nd innings of the team is not going any better than the first one. Sri Lanka has already lost both openers for just 5 runs in first 4 overs.

 

Stay tuned!

Sunday 9 August 2015

Michael Clarke to retire from Test cricket after Oval Test


The legendary Australian player and captain Michael Clarke has announced that he will retire at the end of the ongoing Ashes series. Australia has already lost the series against England by 1-3 on third day of the 4th Test.

Clarke was reportedly not in the mood of retiring until the Trent Bridge Test, where his team lost the match by an innings and thus, adding one more to the consecutive series loss in England.

34-year-old Clarke has been playing Test cricket for past 11 years and believes that he was physically and mentally exhausted by now and should leave when it is time. Clarke himself confirmed the news soon after his team lost their 3th Test in the ongoing series. This was Australia's first loss by an innings against England in 30 years.

"The boys have worked hard, I don't blame anyone in that change room. As a team we haven't performed as well as we needed to be beat England, and as a captain I certainly haven't led from the front."

Michael Clarke will play the final Test match of the series as Captain against England at the Oval in London. The current Ashes series has not done any good for Clarke and he is now at his all-time lowest Ashes average of 16.71. He indicated that it is time for him to move on and make place for someone better. Former England captain Michael Vaughan supported Clarke's decision saying that he was not surprised with the decision.

Clarke has scored 8605 runs in his career that include 28 centuries and 27 half centuries. A big applause for one of the best Cricket players of all-time.

Saturday 8 August 2015

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 3: England won by an innings and 78 runs

The Ashes, 2015

 

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England has won the 4th Test match of the Ashes 2015 series by an innings and 78 runs. Australia lost all 10 wickets in their second innings for 253 runs and lost the match by 78 runs. England has also won the 5-match Test series by 3-1.

Australia were at 241/7 when they started playing on Day 3. The team needed 90 more runs to avoid the innings loss, but could only score 12 more runs before it lost remaining 3 wickets. Stokes took 1 wicket while Mark Wood took remaining two wickets today.

Australia Day 3 Scorecard


England has won their third match in the ongoing Ashes series and thus, has regained the series in its name. There is one more Test match left to be played in the series that will start on 20th August.


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Friday 7 August 2015

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 2: Australia trail by 90 runs

The Ashes, 2015

 


After the end of the second day match of the 4th Test of the Ashes series 2015, Australia are still trailing by 90 runs and have already lost 7 wickets. England declared their first innings after scoring 391 runs for 9 wickets in 85.2 overs. Australian team is on the verge of losing the match by inning.

England continued their first innings on day 2 and declared the innings after 85.2 overs and scored 391 runs in total. Joe Root scored 130 runs of 176 balls. England team lost 9 wickets before they declared the innings for 391 runs with a lead of 331 runs over Australia.

England 1st Innings Scorecard


Australia was given a trail of 331 runs. In their second innings, Australian team has already scored 241 runs for 7 wickets and is still trailing by 90 runs runs. If Australia manages to cover the trail, they will avoid the innings loss. Mitchell Starc (0) and Adam Voges (48) are still batting.

Australia 2nd Innings Scorecard


Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI: NZ won by 38 Runs

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2015

 


New Zealand has won the 3rd ODI match against Zimbabwe by 38 runs. New Zealand, while playing first, scored 273 runs in 50 overs. Zimbabwe could only score 235 runs in 47.4 Overs and lost all 10 wickets. New Zealand has also won 3-match ODI series with 2-1. Kane Williamson has been chosen the Man of the Match and Man of the Series as well.

The third ODI match between Zimbabwe and NZ was played on Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field. New Zealand scored 273 runs in their innings and lost 6 wickets. Kane Williamson (c) scored highest 90 runs.

Graeme Cremer took 3 wickets for Zimbabwe.

New Zealand Innings Scorecard


Zimbabwe was given a target of 274 runs. But they could only score 235 runs in 47.4 overs and lost all 10 wickets. Sean Williams (63) remained the highest scorer and Hamilton Masakadza scored 57 runs for his team.

Mitchell McClenaghan took 3 wickets for New Zealand.

Zimbabwe Innings Scorecard

 

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Thursday 6 August 2015

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 1: England lead by 214 runs

The Ashes, 2015


 
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The first day of the 4th Test match of the Ashes, 2015 series was as excited as it could be. Team Australia, while playing first could only score 60 runs and lost all its wickets. Stuart Broad took 8 wickets for England and gave only 15 runs in 9.3 overs. England in its first innings have already scored 274 runs by the end of first day and is leading by 214 runs.

The 4th match of the Ashes, 2015 Test series between Australia and England started on Thursday, Aug 06 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England won the toss and invited Australia to bat first and sent them back soon after. Australia team scored only 60 runs in 18.3 overs and lost all 10 wickets. Mitchell Johnson (13) remained the highest scorer for Australia.

Australia 1st Innings (batting)


England 1st Innings (bowling)


After bowling out Australian team for 60 runs, England took charge with the bat. With the help of Joe Root's ton and Jonathan Bairstow's 74 runs innings, England has scored 274 runs in 65 overs on day 1 of its first innings. Joe Root (124) and Mark Wood (2) are at crease. Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for Australia.

England 1st Innings (batting)


Some Records created today
  1. Alastair Cook completes 2000 runs in Ashes cricket. 
  2. Stuart Broad's 8 wickets in 9.3 overs for 15 runs.
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Tuesday 4 August 2015

Zimbabwe vs NZ, 2nd ODI: New Zealand won by 10 wkts

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2015

 

Zimbabwe vs NZ, 2nd ODI

New Zealand has won the second match of the 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by 10 wickets. The match was played on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Zimbabwe, while playing first, scored 235 runs for 9 wickets. New Zealand chased down the target in 42.2 overs with all 10 wickets remaining.

Both Martin Guptill and Tom Latham have been chosen Man of the Match for their record opening stand (236*).

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The team struggled throughout its innings. Only Sikandar Raza, who came at seventh place, could score a respectable 100* for his team and none other player could reach even 50 runs.

Ish Sodhi took 3 wickets for New Zealand.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card


New Zealand was given a target of 236 runs to be chased in 50 overs. The team did not loss any wicket and scored 236 runs in 42.2 overs. Martin Guptill scored 116 runs and Tom Latham scored 110 runs. Both openers remained not out and were given joint Man of the Match reward.

New Zealand Innings Score Card

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1: Bangladesh trail by 241 runs

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

 


The first Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa is being played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong. Today was the first day of the match. RSA, while batting first scored 248 runs for loss of 10 wickets. Bangladesh scored 7 runs in 2 overs with loss of no wicket.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, but they probably regretted the decision later as the entire team was bowled out for 248 runs in just 83.4 overs. Temba Bavuma (54) was the highest scored for RSA. Not any other player could score even a fifty.

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets for his team while Jubair Hossain got 3 wickets.

South Africa First Innings Score Card


Bangladesh was trailing by 248 runs after RSA's first innings. The hosts played 2 overs of match today and scored 7 runs. Both openers are still at the crease and will continue the game tomorrow.

Bangladesh Day 1 Innings Score Card

Sunday 19 July 2015

India vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20: Zimbabwe won by 10 runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

India vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20

Ending the long series of defeats, Zimbabwe has won the second T20 match against India. The match was played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Sunday, July 19. Zimbabwe, while batting first, scored 145 runs in 20 overs while India could score 135 runs and lost by 10 runs. The T20 series ended in a tie (1-1).

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The team started well with the opener Chamu Chibhabha scored 67 runs of 51 balls. Zimbabwe team scored 145 runs with the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma, each took 2 wickets for India.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card


India was given a target of 146 runs to be chased in 20 overs, which didn't seem very big seeing the recent performances of the team, but the luck probably was not in the favour of the team. India lost first 5 of their wickets for just 69 runs. Only Robin Uthappa did a respectable job and scored 42 runs for 25 balls before he was caught by Seam Williams. Indian team could only score 135 runs in 20 overs and lost 9 wickets.

Graeme Cremer took 2 wickets for his team.

India Innings Score Card

Saturday 18 July 2015

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 3: Australia lead by 362 runs

The Ashes, 2015

The Ashes 2015 Eng vs Aus 2nd Test Day 3

On third day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia, England scored 227 more runs and lost their remaining 6 wickets. Australia is now playing their 2nd innings and have already scored 108 runs in 26 runs with no wicket loss. The guests are now leading by 362 runs.

England continued its first innings match from where they left off after 2nd day. Cook was playing at 21 and Stokes at 38 runs. England was 85 for 4. Both Alastair Cook (96) and Ben Stokes (87) played for long and contributed runs for their team, but none other player could play noticeable innings for England. The whole team collapsed for 312 runs.

Both Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Johnson got 3 wickets each for Australia.

England Score Card


When Australia started playing for their second innings, they were already leading by 254 runs. In 26 overs, Australia scored 108 runs and lost no wicket. Both openers Chris Rogers (44) and David Warner (60) are at the crease. The team is now leading by 362 runs.


Australia Score Card

 

Friday 17 July 2015

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 2: England trail by 481 runs

The Ashes 2015


The 2nd Test match of the Ashes, 2015 Test series is being played at Lord's stadium, London. The second day of the match is officially over and England (85/4) is trailing by 481 runs behind Australia. Australia scored 566 runs in its first innings.

Australia continued from their first day match with Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) at the crease and 337 runs at the scoreboard. The second wicket of Australia fell in the form of Chris Rogers at 362. Rogers and Smith contributed a partnership of 284 runs. Steven Smith, however remained at the crease for longer and scored 215 runs in 346 balls. Australia declared their innings at 566 runs after 149 overs.

Stuart Broad took 4 wickets for England.

Australia 1st Innings Score Card



England was trailing by 566 runs after Australia's first innings. Adam Lyth and Alastair Cook (c) started England's first innings. Lyth was caught out for 0 runs in the very first over of the game. Cook, however is still batting. England has already lost 4 of their wickets and are now playing at 85 runs. Cook (21) and Ben Stokes (38) are at the crease.

Mitchell Johnson took two wickets while Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each.

England 1st Innings Day 2 Score Card

India vs Zimbabwe, 1st T20: India won by 54 Runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 


After winning the ODI series with 3-0, India has also won the first T20 International match against Zimbabwe played on Friday, 17th July. While batting first, India scored 178 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Zimbabwe could only score 124 runs in 20 overs and lost 7 wickets.

Axar Patel has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 3/17 in 4 overs.

The first T20 match of the two T20 match series between India and Zimbabwe was played today at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India won the toss and chose to bat and scored 178 runs with the loss of 5 wickets in its innings. Ajinkya Rahane (c) scored 33 of 32 balls, Murali Vijay 34 of 19 balls and Robin Uthappa (wk) 39 of 35 balls. The team lost 5 of its wickets and jotted down 178 runs in 20 overs.

Chris Mpofu took 3 wickets for Zimbabwe.

India Innings Score Card


Zimbabwe was given a target of 179 runs to be chased in 20 overs, but it could only score 124 runs and lost 7 wickets. Hamilton Masakadza scored highest 28 runs of 24 balls.

Axar Patel took 3 wickets for India.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card

 

Notable Points:
  1. This is Zimbabwe's 9th successive T20 defeat at Harare

Thursday 16 July 2015

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 1: AUS 337/1

The Ashes, 2015


The Ashes 2015 Eng vs Aus 2nd Test Day 1 Steven Smith
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The first day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia is over. Australia has scored 337 runs with the loss of just one wicket in 90 overs played today. Chris Rogers is playing at 158 while Steven Smith is not out at 129 runs.

The 2nd Test match in the ongoing Ashes series started on Thursday, 16th July. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Opener David Warner scored 38 runs of 42 balls and was caught by Anderson. Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) are still batting and will continue the Australia Innings tomorrow. 90 overs of match were played today.

Australia 1st Day Score Card

The Ashes 2015 Eng vs Aus 2nd Test Day 1 Aus

The wicket of Warner was taken by Moeen Ali.

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Wednesday 15 July 2015

Champions League T20 (CLT20) tournament discontinued

clt20 discontinued

The Champions League T20 tournament has been discontinued with immediate effect because of the poor demand and user base. BCCI, on Wednesday confirmed that an agreement has been reached by the Governing Council of CLT20 to discontinue the tournament with immediate effect.

CLT20, which was a joint venture of BCCI, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA), could not find enough sponsors or fans to be continued any longer. The fan base was poor since the very beginning of this tournament in 2009 and now, the hosts are even struggling to find sponsors. The decision was taken unanimously by all three host associations.

Anurag Thakur, Secretary of the BCCI said, “This has been a difficult decision as the Champions League T20 provided added context to a number of domestic Twenty 20 competitions around the world such as the IPL in India, Big Bash League in Australia and South Africa’s Ram Slam T20. "

After this decision, the upcoming edition of CLT20, scheduled in September and October, will be discarded.

CLT20 was not reportedly drawing enough attraction of audience from any country other than India and this was not good for the business. BCCI, though gave a hint of organizing a 'mini-IPL' to be played in the UAE to replace the discontinued CLT20.

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka won by 2 wkts

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2015


The 2nd ODI match of the series was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on Wednesday, July 15 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. Sri Lanka won this match by 2 wickets in the second last over of the match. The target was of 288 runs.

Kusal Perera has been chosen the Man of the Match for scoring 68 runs in 25 balls. He gave his team the strong start Sri Lanka needed at the time.

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat and played well. Opener Azhar Ali scored 79 runs of 104 balls and gave a solid base to next players. Shoaib Malik (51) and Mohammad Rizwan (52) scored fifties and Pakistan team, in total scored 287 runs in 50 overs with the loss of 8 wickets. The target was of 288 runs, which was not less in any terms, but Sri Lanka managed to chase it somehow.

Pakistan Innings Score Card


Sri Lanka won the match with 11 balls and 2 wickets remaining. The game was in the control of hosts from the moment they started batting until last 10 overs by the time they lost all important wickets. Opener Kusal Perera scored the highest 68 runs in just 25 balls. Dinesh Chandimal (wk), who came at sixth position remained at the crease till the end and took the game back from the jaws of Pakistan.

Rahat Ali took 3 wickets for Pakistan.

Sri Lanka Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Bangladesh won by 9 wkts (D/L method)

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015



Bangladesh has won the third and final match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. The team has also won the ODI series with 2-1. Bangladesh team, which is not counted as very big in terms of International cricket, has shown some great performances, first against Pakistan, then India and now, against South Africa. Bangladesh has already won the 2nd ODI match and now, this one. South Africa looked really small in this game and performed bad both with ball and bat.

The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain. Soumya Sarkar has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 90 runs of 75-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, but couldn't do much with the bat. They could only score 168 runs in 40 overs and lost 9 wickets. Jean-Paul Duminy (51) remained the highest scorer while David Miller (44) scored second highest for RSA.

Shakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets for his team.

South Africa Innings Score Card


Bangladesh was given the target of 169 runs, which the team chased down in just 26.1 overs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Soumya Sarkar scored highest 90 runs of 75 balls. Both openers played really well and gave a partnership of 154 runs before Tamim Iqbal were caught out on a personal score of 61 runs. Soumya Sarkar did the job and won the game for his team with 9 wickets remaining.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

 

Tuesday 14 July 2015

India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI: India won by 83 runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

India vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI

India has won the third and last ODI match in the 3-match series against Zimbabwe. The match was played on Tuesday, July 14 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India has also won the ODI series with 3-0. Kedhar Jadhav has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 105 runs of 87 balls.

Ambati Rayudu is the Man of the Series.

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field first and gave India a golden opportunity to score big while playing first. Indians played really well, not all but some of them. Openers couldn't do very well, but Manish Pandey (71) and Kedar Jadhav (105) scored big and gave India a solid score of 276 runs. The team lost 5 of its wickets.
Zimbabwe couldn't do well with the ball. Neville Madziva got 2 wickets.

India Innings Score Card


Zimbabwe was given the target of 277 runs, but they could only score 193 runs and lost all 10 wickets in 42.4 overs. Chamu Chibhabha scored the highest 82 runs.

Stuart Binny took 3 wickets while Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel and Harbhajan Singh got 2 wickets each.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card