Video highlights of India Vs Pakistan 3rd ODI, Kanpur

Watch Video highlights of Third ODI played between India and Pakistan at Kanpur. Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field first.



Sachin Tendulkar Wicket - 3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur



Sourav Ganguly Wicket - 3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur



India Inning - Batting Highlights 1



India Inning - Batting Highlights 2



Gautham Gambir Wicket - 3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur



3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur - 48th Over



3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur - 49th Over



3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur - 50th Over



Pakistan Innings - Wicket of Younis Khan



Pakistan Innings - Wicket of Mohhamad Yousuf



Pakistan Innings - Wicket of Sohail Tanvir



Pakistan Innings - Wicket of Salman Butt



Presentation Ceremony 3rd ODI India Vs Pakistan Kanpur

India Vs Pakistan 1st ODI Video Highlights at Guwahati

India Vs Pakistan 1st ODI of indian oil 5 match series, where India won the match by 5 wickets. MS Dhoni was selected as man of the match. Here is some video highlights for you :D

All Wickets of Pakistan Innings



Sachin Tendulkar Wicket



Wicket of Sourav Ganguly



India Vs Pakistan 1st ODI 2007 Guwahati - Presentation Ceremony

India Won The First ODI Against Pakistan at Guwahati

India ease to five-wicket win

November 5, 2007

India 242 for 5 (Dhoni 63, Yuvraj 58) beat Pakistan 239 for 7 (Yousuf 83*, Butt 50) by 5 wickets

India had the best of Pakistan in a lackluster contest on a slightly demanding pitch, restricting them to 239 and then knocking off the runs through a string of contributions from the top order. It was not the most spectacular cricket, but it was sensible from India and perhaps a touch too circumspect from Pakistan, whose batsmen did not do enough, and whose bowlers were committed and disciplined but rarely penetrative.

When Shoaib Malik won the toss and chose to bat it appeared to be a sound decision, given that the pitch was dry, on the slower side, and threatened to break up in the second half. And when Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal got off to a breezy start, it appeared that India would have their work cut out. Akmal square drove crisply for boundaries when he was offered width and Butt used his wrists to guide the ball into gaps with excellent timing.

The fall of Akmal's wicket, however, when he was declared lbw to an Irfan Pathan ball that pitched outside leg, changed the complexion of the innings. Younis Khan was uncomfortable batting on this pitch - with the ball not coming on truly - and grew increasingly disturbed as India's spinners checked the flow of runs.

Soon after reaching a well-paced half-century, Butt did himself no favours when he charged down the pitch after the ball speared off the leading edge towards cover, only to be sent back by his partner and run out. At least while Butt was at the crease runs came from one end, but with Mohammad Yousuf joining Younis the runs just dried up.

The singles came easily enough, with Yousuf knocking the ball away into the leg side with soft hands, but Younis' frustration reached such proportions, especially after sweeps and reverse-sweeps failed, that he holed out to long-on for a 58-ball 25. For a painful 21.2 overs Pakistan could not manufacture a single boundary, and this might have prompted Malik to promote Shahid Afridi up the order.

Even Afridi could not plunder as he would've liked and though he managed a front-foot pull over long-on, his 31 off 32 balls before being smartly stumped as he charged down the pitch to Sachin Tendulkar was a bit short of what Pakistan needed. Malik then added to the pressure, heaving a leg-stump full-toss straight down midwicket's throat.

Fortunately for Pakistan, while wickets fell at one end, Yousuf had crept to his half-century and with about five overs to go took it upon himself to increase the tempo. He paddle swept Pathan fine and then drove RP Singh inside-out over cover. The late charge took Yousuf to an unbeaten 83, off an acceptable 88 balls, and Pakistan to 239 for 7 from 50 overs.

With probing bowling and tight fielding Pakistan might well have given India a serious run for their money chasing 240, but instead they bowled without much purpose and out-did India in the poor fielding standings to let the game slip out of their hands. At no point in the course of the chase were India under serious pressure, and Pakistan were waiting for an India collapse that never came.

Shoaib Akhtar gave Pakistan some hope early on when he trapped Tendulkar in front with a slower ball, with only 14 on the board. But Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir then added 82 for the third wicket to take India towards safety. Neither Ganguly nor Gambhir was in total control at the crease, with some streaky strokes eluding the fielders, but when the opportunity was there to score both batsmen backed their instincts and it paid off.

Ganguly was quick to go after anything that was a bit wide, slanting and angling his bat to get the ball through cover point and third man. Gambhir opened the face of his bat so much that he edged between keeper and slip twice consecutively, but was undeterred. Once the ball lost its hardness and Shoaib gave way to less pacy bowlers, Gambhir knuckled down and cover drove with confidence. His timing and placement were excellent, and the ball went along the ground more often than not.

It was against the run of play that India lost their next two wickets. Ganguly played one down to fine leg and headed for a single that Gambhir did not want, and could not turn around and regain his crease in time. Ganguly had made 39 but looked good for more. Gambhir too should have got more than the 44 he managed, but failed to pick an offbreak from Shahid Afridi and was bowled round his legs.

Then came another partnership, of 105, between India's captain and vice-captain and this all but sealed the deal. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had come out in the mood to give the ball a thrash, sluggish pitch notwithstanding, and he succeeded. There were some streaky boundaries, but for the best part the ball boomed off the middle of the bat and there was not much Pakistan's bowlers could do. He found an excellent ally in Yuvraj Singh, who hit the ball as hard as anyone, and looked to be positive against the spinners and the quick men.

Both Yuvraj and Dhoni reached the half-century mark, and with only 22 needed for victory Pakistan broke the partnership. Yuvraj (58) slog-swept Abdur Rahman, the left-arm spinner, but did not quite get hold of the ball and failed to clear Afridi in the deep. Soon after, Dhoni (63) flashed at Shoaib, who returned to the attack in the 45th over, and India wobbled at the doorstep of victory. Only 15 were needed for victory at that stage, and you wondered why Malik had not re-introduced Shoaib earlier. Robin Uthappa and Pathan knocked off the remaining runs and the five-wicket win gave India a 1-0 lead in this five-match series.

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Final Score Card:

Pakistan in India ODI Series [India won by 5 wickets]
India Vs Pakistan,Nehru Stadium, Guwahati,05 NOV 2007
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

India Batting (50 overs max)

SN	Name	Status	R	B	M	4s	6s
1	SC Ganguly	(runout).Salman Butt,Kamran Akmal	39	55		6	1
2	SR Tendulkar	lbw.Shoaib Akhtar	4	7		1	0
3	G Gambhir	b.Shahid Afridi	44	51		7	0
4	MS Dhoni	c.Kamran Akmal b.Shoaib Akhtar	63	77		8	0
5	Yuvraj Singh	c.Shahid Afridi b.Abdur Rehman	58	74		6	1
6	RV Uthappa *	notout	11	11		2	0
7	IK Pathan	notout	5	8		1	0
8	Harbhajan Singh	dnb
9	M Kartik	dnb
10	Z Khan	dnb
11	RP Singh	dnb
Extras		(lb 7, b 4, nb 1, w 6 )	18
Total		( 5 wicket(s), 47.0 overs, mins)	242 (R.R 5.15)
FoW		1-14(SR Tendulkar,2.5 ov), 2-96(SC Ganguly,16.5 ov), 3-113(G Gambhir,20.6 ov), 4-218(Yuvraj Singh,42.6 ov), 5-225(MS Dhoni,44.1 ov)

Pakistan Bowling

SN	Name	O	M	R	W	Wb	Nb
1	Shoaib Akhtar *	8.0	0	52	2	3	0
2	Umar Gul	7.0	2	26	0	1	0
3	Iftikhar Anjum	8.0	0	50	0	0	0
4	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	34	1	1	0
5	Abdur Rehman	10.0	1	54	1	1	0
6	Shoaib Malik	4.0	1	15	0	0	1

Player of the match MS Dhoni (India)

Fixtures of Pakistan tour of India, 2007/08

The Asian two rivals India and Pakistan gear up the fire in the cricket world at the end of the year 2007. Both teams are confident to win the most prestigious series. And thus two teams re-shuffle their team to get success.

In India, Rahul Dravid and Dinesh Karthik have been left out of the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against Pakistan. Virender Sehwag makes a comeback, as does Gautam Gambhir, who recently recovered from a groin strain, while Uttar Pradesh allrounder Praveen Kumar is the only new face. The series kicks off on November 5, with the first ODI in Guwahati.

In Pakistan, Shoaib Akhtar included with the team to shine their bowling action and after rejecting the captaincy twice in his career, Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has accepted the responsibility of taking over as the vice-captain for the tour of India, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today.Younis takes over from opener Salman Butt, who held the post through the two-Test series against South Africa.

Fixtures

Pakistan tour of India, 2007/08

November 2007
Fri 2 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	Delhi v Pakistanis Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon 5 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	1st ODI - India v Pakistan Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Thu 8 D/N 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	2nd ODI - India v Pakistan Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 11 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	3rd ODI - India v Pakistan Green Park, Kanpur
Thu 15 D/N 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	4th ODI - India v Pakistan Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Sun 18 D/N 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	5th ODI - India v Pakistan Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Thu 22 - Mon 26 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT	1st Test - India v Pakistan Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 30 - Tue 4 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT	2nd Test - India v Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata
December 2007
Sat 8 - Wed 12 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT	3rd Test - India v Pakistan M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

The Two Teams:

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (c), Younis Khan (vc), Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Yasir Hameed.

India: MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh.

South Africa beat Pakistan by 45 runs in the first ODI in Lahore

Pakistan v South Africa, 1st ODI, Lahore
October 18, 2007

South Africa 294 for 5 (de Villiers 103*, Gibbs 102) beat Pakistan 249 (Yousuf 53, Afridi 47, Ntini 4-69) by 45 runs

South Africa continued the impressive form that won them the Test series and went up 1-0 in the one-dayers by beating Pakistan by 45 runs in Lahore. Twin centuries from Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers helped them amass a challenging total on a flat pitch, before Makhaya Ntini's four-wicket burst shut out Pakistan's chances of making a fight of the chase.

Needing a brisk start to have realistic hopes of overhauling South Africa's 294, Pakistan's batsmen succumbed to the pace and bounce of a rejuvenated Ntini, who had looked out of sorts until the final day of the second Test. Coming wide of the crease and cramping the batsmen for room, Ntini slowed down Pakistan's progress after their openers came out firing.

Imran Nazir, who had earlier driven Shaun Pollock through the covers, edged a lifter for four over the slips off Ntini before elegantly driving one off the back foot for another boundary. However, he then smashed a full delivery straight into the hands of Justin Kemp at short extra-cover to give South Africa their first breakthrough.

Several Pakistan batsmen got off to starts but failed to build and make a big score. Younis Khan and Mohammad Hafeez lost their wickets to poor strokes and when Shoaib Malik's leading edge was taken at cover, Pakistan were struggling at 55 for 4.

Mohammad Yousuf and Misbah-ul-Haq stabilised the innings temporarily but Misbah's top edge and Yousuf's uppish drive to short midwicket, after a battling 53, left Shahid Afridi and co with 153 to get off the last 15 overs. Afridi signalled his intent by pulling his second ball for six and soon the boundaries began to flow. He drove powerfully down the ground, flicked deftly over short fine leg, blasted fours through point and all of a sudden Pakistan were in with an outside chance.

Afridi and Shoail Tanvir, however, were left with too much to do and their dismissals - Tanvir bowled as he moved too far across his stumps, and Afridi caught at long-on - as the asking-rate approached ten an over, ended Pakistan's challenge. South Africa's 294 was too much to get after the poor start that Pakistan had.

South Africa's innings, however, had a superb start with Graeme Smith and Gibbs adding 85 for the first wicket, but it was the partnership between Gibbs and de Villiers - 137 for the 3rd wicket - that built the platform.

de Villiers came to the crease after two wickets had fallen in quick time. Smith was run out and Jacques Kallis, Pakistan's tormentor-in chief in the Tests, was caught and bowled by Afridi. The situation demanded patience for Afridi was bowling a tight line and boundaries were difficult to come by.

Both batsmen relied on singles and twos and kept the scoreboard ticking. Gibbs, who had impressed with his front-foot drives against the fast bowlers, cut Afridi past point and then swept him to midwicket to break the shackles. He soon moved back into destructive mode and drove Umar Gul past mid-off for four after the ball was changed in the 35th over. After reached his 18th ODI century, Gibbs slipped while turning for a second run and was found short of his crease as Kamran Akmal effected his second run out of the match.

Gibbs' departure brought about a change in tempo from de Villiers. Having been content with singles and occasional boundary earlier, he moved into overdrive. As the bowlers strove for extra pace and bowled the yorkers consistently at the death, de Villiers capitalised on the slightest of errors and dispatched Gul and Tanvir over long-on for sixes while a few streaky edges and drives brought him more boundaries.

As he drove Rao Iftkhar past point for his ninth four to bring up his century, de Villiers had set South Africa a firm foundation from where the bowlers took charge and enabled the visitors to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

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India Vs Australia 7th ODI Video Highlights Future Cup 2007

India Vs Australia 7th ODI video highlights- India won by two wickets.

Video : Pitch Report



Short Highlights of Australian Innings



First 5 Wickets



Last 5 Wickets



Short Highlights of Indian Innings



Murali Kartik's All 6 Wickets

India won by two wickets Over Australia in the last ODI of seven match Future Cup, 2007

India v Australia, 7th ODI, Mumbai

Indian tailenders steal unlikely victory.

India 195 for 8 (Uthappa 47) beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) by 2 wickets


An undefeated 52-run stand for the ninth wicket between Zaheer Khan and Murali Kartik helped India sneak to an unlikely two-wicket win in Mumbai. Australia still sealed the series 4-2, but the result meant India had at least reduced the margin of defeat, something that looked almost impossible when India had slumped to 64 for 6. It was also India's first ODI victory chasing against Australia since April 1998.

25 overs India 94 for 6 (Uthappa 30*, Harbhajan 8*) need 100 runs to beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27)


If the afternoon had been about left-arm spin, it was all Australian pace under lights. In conditions where the bat didn't dominate as it had in previous games, India were swiftly plunged into disarray, and facing the prospect of a 5-1 series defeat. Australia's new-ball attack - Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson - swung the ball at high speeds approaching 150 kmph and began India's slide to 94 for 6 at the half-way stage.

Even though the target of 194 wasn't an imposing one, it was imperative that India got a solid start. They didn't, with Johnson inducing diffident edges from both Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Karthik. Sachin Tendulkar, probably playing his final game at the Wankhede, sparkled briefly, with two glorious cuts for four off Johnson, but the moment he played on against Lee, the writing was clearly legible on the wall.

Lee bowled at fearsome pace but, if anything, India's plight only worsened with the introduction of Nathan Bracken's medium pace. Showing superb control of swing and seam, Bracken had Yuvraj Singh edging behind before slanting one away from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to get the same result.

When Pathan edged to slip off James Hopes - there was no weak link for the Indians to exploit anywhere - thoughts of victory receded into the distance and the cheers as Uthappa spanked two huge sixes rang as India's only claims to batting greatness. At one stage, with the scoreboard showing 64 for 6, even three figures looked unlikely, but Uthappa found an ally in Harbhajan Singh as the relentless Australian march to victory was slowed down.

50 overs Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) v India

The last time Murali Kartik played an international game in Mumbai, he was instrumental in India defending a paltry target of 107 in a dead-rubber, dismissing Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn in the same over. The man who captained India to that improbable win, Rahul Dravid, may have been missing today but Kartik was again to the fore as India fought to stave off the embarrassment of a 5-1 series defeat. Ponting was a thorn in their side, with an accomplished half-century, but Kartik's stunning six-wicket haul induced an almighty wobble that ended in Australia being bowled out for 193 in 41.3 overs.

Kartik was on a hat-trick twice and the key moments undoubtedly came in the passage of play when Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds were dismissed off successive deliveries. Symonds, the outstanding player of the series, came to the crease accompanied by a chorus of boos, and many more jeers and whistles followed him back after he cut a delivery to Sachin Tendulkar at short cover. The previous ball had seen Hodge's Indian nightmare continue, with Kartik angling one across to take the edge to slip.

It was respite that India needed after they had squandered the perfect start. Michael Clarke was plumb first ball, but though Zaheer Khan did little wrong, RP Singh started woefully at the other end, conceding four wides in his opening over.

Adam Gilchrist struggled as the ball moved around, but Ponting was ruthless on the slightest bowling transgressions, driving, flicking off the pads and cutting with precision. India's plight worsened when Zaheer was denied a second wicket as Gilchrist, on 2, edged one toward the slips. Robin Uthappa got his fingertips to it, but couldn't wrap them around the ball.

After a sedate start by his standards, Gilchrist appeared to be finding some touch with two fours in Irfan Pathan's opening over but when he subsequently slashed at one, Harbhajan Singh took a running catch at third man.


With pace not doing the trick, and Sourav Ganguly's mixed bag not helping, Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned to his spinners. And once again, it was the forgotten man of Indian cricket that highlighted his credentials.

The otherwise wayward RP Singh also played his part with the crucial wicket of Ponting, coming round the wicket to induce an edge. Ponting had made 57 and was assured in conditions where the bat was nowhere near as dominant as it had been in earlier games.

If Kartik's first double-whammy put India in charge, the second killed off Australian hopes of a large total. Brad Haddin, dropped moments earlier by Zaheer at deep midwicket, was trapped in front by the arm ball before Brad Hogg and Brett Lee fell to the fourth and fifth balls of the over. Hogg was dubiously given out, caught at forward short leg, while Lee edged one to RP Singh at short gully.

By the time he ended a 22-run cameo from James Hopes, Kartik had the best figures by an Indian against Australia. Only a late burst from Mitchell Johnson pushed Australia closer to 200 but, with this likely to be Sachin Tendulkar's final match at the Wankhede, the Indians were undoubtedly hoping that it would be nowhere near enough. Against Australia, even a consolation win is something.
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Full Scorecard:

Australia in India ODI Series [India won by 2 wickets]
India Vs Australia,Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai,17 OCT 2007
Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Australia Batting (50 overs max)

SN	Name	Status	R	B	M	4s	6s
1	MJ Clarke	lbw.Khan	0	1	1	0	0
2	AC Gilchrist	c.Harbhajan Singh b.Pathan	19	26	51	4	0
3	RT Ponting	c.Dhoni b.Singh	57	78	129	9	0
4	BJ Hodge	c.Karthik b.Kartik	16	29	50	2	0
5	A Symonds	c.Tendulkar b.Kartik	0	1	2	0	0
6	BJ Haddin	lbw.Kartik	19	38	48	3	0
7	JR Hopes	b.Kartik	22	23	46	3	0
8	GB Hogg	c.Uthappa b.Kartik	0	3	4	0	0
9	B Lee	c.Singh b.Kartik	0	1	1	0	0
10	MG Johnson	notout	24	31	42	2	1
11	NW Bracken	c.Harbhajan Singh b.Singh	3	18	25	0	0
Extras		(lb 3, b 4,nb 0, w 26 )	33
Total		( All out , 41.3 overs, 203 mins)	193 (R.R 4.65)
FoW		1-0(MJ Clarke, 0.1 ov), 2-60(AC Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 3-117(BJ Hodge, 19.5 ov), 4-117(A Symonds, 19.6 ov), 5-129(RT Ponting, 26.1 ov), 6-162(BJ Haddin, 31.1 ov), 7-162(GB Hogg, 31.4 ov), 8-162(B Lee, 31.5 ov), 9-177(JR Hopes, 35.5 ov), 10-193(NW Bracken, 41.3 ov)

India Bowling

SN	Name	O	M	R	W	Wb	Nb
1	Z Khan	9.0	1	22	1	5	0
2	RP Singh	8.3	1	59	2	9	0
3	IK Pathan	5.0	0	23	1	0	0
4	SC Ganguly	2.0	0	24	0	3	0
5	Harbhajan Singh	7.0	0	31	0	1	0
6	M Kartik	10.0	3	27	6	0	0

India Batting (50 overs max)

SN	Name	Status	R	B	M	4s	6s
1	SC Ganguly	c.Gilchrist b.Johnson	0	7	9	0	0
2	SR Tendulkar	b.Lee	21	36	52	4	0
3	KD Karthik	c.Gilchrist b.Johnson	0	6	12	0	0
4	Yuvraj Singh	c.Gilchrist b.Bracken	15	26	47	2	0
5	RV Uthappa	lbw.Clarke	47	59	100	4	2
6	MS Dhoni	c.Gilchrist b.Bracken	5	11	22	1	0
7	IK Pathan	c.Clarke b.Hopes	0	5	4	0	0
8	Harbhajan Singh	c.Ponting b.Johnson	19	49	73	1	0
9	Z Khan	notout	31	43	66	3	1
10	M Kartik *	notout	21	34	48	3	0
11	RP Singh	dnb
Extras		(lb 12, b 4,nb 0, w 20 )	36
Total		( 8 wicket(s), 46.0 overs, 220 mins)	195 (R.R 4.24)
FoW		1-3(SC Ganguly, 1.4 ov), 2-8(KD Karthik, 3.4 ov), 3-38(SR Tendulkar, 10.2 ov), 4-49(Yuvraj Singh, 13.5 ov), 5-63(MS Dhoni, 17.5 ov), 6-64(IK Pathan, 18.5 ov), 7-129(RV Uthappa, 31.3 ov), 8-143(Harbhajan Singh,35.4 ov)

Australia Bowling

SN	Name	O	M	R	W	Wb	Nb
1	B Lee	10.0	1	37	1	3	0
2	MG Johnson *	10.0	0	46	3	9	0
3	NW Bracken	10.0	3	30	2	0	0
4	JR Hopes	5.0	0	13	1	1	0
5	GB Hogg	8.0	0	40	0	3	0
6	MJ Clarke	3.0	0	13	1	0	0

Series Australia won the 7-match series 4-2

Player of the match M Kartik (India)
Player of the series A Symonds (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AM Saheba
TV umpire GA Pratapkumar
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire CR Mohite

India Vs Australia future cup 5th ODI, Vadodara

The biggest match of 7 match series India Vs Australia, match scheduled to begin at 09:00 local time (03:30 GMT)- Oct 11, 2007.

If Australia win the match they will win the series. On the other hand India should have to win the game to stay alive on the series. So, In Indian perspective the match is much more important.

Australia Won the match by nine(9) wickets.

South Africa took the control of Bank Alfalah 2nd test after day3, video highlights

South Africa are on top of the gear of Bank Alfalah cup 2nd test on day three against Pakistan. SA's total lead now 305 runs with 8(eight) wickets in hand. Smith on unbeaten 75*, Kallis on unbeaten 37* by an unbeaten 88-run partnership between Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis and two day's paly to go.

Earlier Pakistan continued their poor batting performance by loosing wickets at regular interval and lastly fold up to 206 in their first innings. Inzamam in his last could not use his name as required.

In Pakistan 2nd innings day 3 the scorecard was:
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Inzamam-ul-Haq c wicketkeeperBoucher b Kallis 14
Misbah-ul-Haq c wicketkeeperBoucher b Ntini 41
Shoaib Malik c Amla b Steyn 1
Abdur Rehman not out 25
Umar Gul lbw b Ntini 0
Danish Kaneria c wicketkeeperBoucher b Ntini 0
Mohammad Asif c Amla b Harris 4
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Inzamam in His Last Test

Inzamam Ul Haq former Pakistan Cricket Captain , who is playing his last test in Lahore against South Africa.

Pakistan Vs South Africa 2nd Bank Alfalah Cup Test, day one

Pakistan's bowlers did their jobs so well that they end 1st day of 2nd Bank Alfalah test against South Africa riding on top.

After winning the toss Smith of SA elected to bat first and at the end of day they scored 259/6. SA lost wickets at regular intervals but managed to string together a few partnerships before bad light saw play called off seven overs before the scheduled close.

Most of the SA's batsman got runs but could not make it longer because of consistent bowling from Pakistan's bowlers. Jacques Kallis looked set for another big score when he went past 50 for the third consecutive time in the series. Driving the ball elegantly on either side of the wicket, Kallis once again frustrated the Pakistan attack with solid defence and accurate placement. He hit a huge six in Abdur Rehman's first over but was undone by a Kaneria googly as he shaped to play the ball towards midwicket and was trapped leg before.

After de Villiers fell, play was called off due to bad light. A much better performance by the Pakistan bowlers and also the fielders has South Africa now into their tail with Nel in at number 8. A crucial 1st hour awaits South Africa tomorrow morning. Pakistan will want to further the advantage on day two while South Africa will hope Boucher and the tail can take them past the 300-run mark on a pitch getting slower and better for batting.

Full scorecard:

South Africa in Pakistan Test Series - 2nd Test Pakistan v South Africa

2007/08 season

Played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on 8,9,10,11,12 October 2007 (5-day match)

	South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		HH Gibbs	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	13	36	30	1	0	43.33
		GC Smith	b Danish Kaneria	46		90	4	0	51.11
		HM Amla	b Mohammad Asif	10		31	1	0	32.25
		JH Kallis	lbw b Danish Kaneria	59		115	8	1	51.30
		AG Prince	b Abdur Rehman	63		132	5	0	47.72
		AB de Villiers	run out (Mohammad Asif)	45		83	2	0	54.21
		MV Boucher	not out	9		24	1	0	37.50
		A Nel	not out	0		0	0	0	-
		Extras	(w 2, nb 7, pen 5)	14
		Total	(6 wickets; 83 overs)	259	(3.12 runs per over)

To bat PL Harris,DW Steyn,M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-24 (Gibbs, 7.2 ov), 2-47 (Amla, 16.1 ov), 3-100 (Smith, 33.6 ov), 4-160 (Kallis, 53.1 ov), 5-243 (Prince, 75.2 ov), 6-259 (de Villiers, 82.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Asif	23	5	55	1	2.39
	Umar Gul	18	1	78	1	4.33	(6nb, 2w)
	Danish Kaneria	27	4	73	2	2.70
	Abdur Rehman	10	3	28	1	2.80
	Shoaib Malik	5	0	20	0	4.00	(1nb)

Pakistan team

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Player of the match--to be added-- UmpiresSJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpireNadeem Ghauri Match refereeAG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpireIftikhar Malik Close of play day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 259/6 (MV Boucher 9*, A Nel 0*, 83 ov)

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India won 4th ODI Against Australia After Hard Work

When MS Dhoni won the toss of 4th ODI against Australia at Chandigarh in India then Dhoni's face was shining to won the match and decided bat first to prove that. And that was the result India won by eight(8) runs after real hard contest against Australia.

India were come back in the game largely by their spinners, Kartik and Harbhajan Singh, balled with maintaining superb line and length as well as got some important wickets of Hayden, Clarke and Hodge. They built the pressure on Hodge by denying him singles which kept Symonds away from the strike. Irfan Pathan was also difficult to get away and RP Singh's return after a miserable start was superb.

Earlier India started their batting quite sensibly not to loosing any wickets early. Though the runs did not came flourishingly but it was the base to go as close as 300 runs. Ganguly finished with 41 and Tendulkar made 79 who was initially looking out of place as the fast men swung the ball at will. He just could not lay bat on ball - Lee was especially threatening - but despite two close lbw shouts and a possible inside edge that was turned down by the umpire, Tendulkar did not give up. And in later Dhoni and Robin Uthappa came home with a bang. Finally they scored 291/4 to through a challenge for Australia.

To chase the target of 291 Australia started with swing of bat to make good use of power play and the did it well enough to chase it and gave Australia a terrific start as they raced to 106 for 1 from 15 overs. Hayden and Symonds both clinched their third consecutive fifty with good knocks. Hayden had built a solid base with 92 at a run a ball but the pressure began to mount when he departed. But Symonds was handling it quite sensibly. When Symonds bowled out by a dream delivery of RP Sing then the game was tougher for Asutralia. Before that Ponting was stumped by a full in length delivery of Pathan, slanting away from Ponting who leans forward to drive. The bat comes outside the line and the ball threads the bat and pad gap. Dhoni gathers and whips the bails off in flash. The line belongs to the umpire and he was out. Ponting stood there for a long time, unhappy at the verdict even as he walked up the stairs to reach the dressing room. It was a decision made by the third umpire.

Thats way India alive in seven match series by trailing 2-1 in four. MS Dhoni was judged as man of the match for his quick, important 50* from just 35 balls. The fifth game at Vadodara on Thursday.

Australia in India ODI Series - 4th ODI India v Australia

2007/08 season

Played at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, on 8 October 2007 (50-over match) Result India won by 8 runs

	India innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		SC Ganguly	c Gilchrist b Hopes	41	95	59	6	0	69.49
		SR Tendulkar	run out (Lee)	79	184	119	7	0	66.38
		Yuvraj Singh	c Ponting b Hopes	39	61	55	5	0	70.90
		MS Dhoni	not out	50	59	35	5	1	142.85
		R Dravid	b Bracken	13	15	14	2	0	92.85
		RV Uthappa	not out	30	16	18	6	0	166.66
		Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 31)	39
		Total	(4 wickets; 50 overs; 219 mins)	291	(5.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-91 (Ganguly, 19.6 ov), 2-174 (Yuvraj Singh, 35.6 ov), 3-221 (Tendulkar, 41.5 ov), 4-244 (Dravid, 45.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	7	1	26	0	3.71	(3w)
	NW Bracken	10	0	78	1	7.80	(4w)
	MG Johnson	8	0	51	0	6.37	(3w)
	JR Hopes	9	0	43	2	4.77	(1w)
	A Symonds	7	0	39	0	5.57	(3w)
	GB Hogg	9	0	46	0	5.11	(2w)

	Australia innings (target: 292 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	c Khan b Singh	18	25	17	1	1	105.88
		ML Hayden	c Khan b Kartik	92	156	92	11	2	100.00
		RT Ponting	st Dhoni b Pathan	29	62	33	5	0	87.87
		MJ Clarke	c & b Harbhajan Singh	6	13	15	1	0	40.00
		A Symonds	b Singh	75	103	84	3	1	89.28
		BJ Hodge	st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	17	36	29	1	0	58.62
		JR Hopes	not out	23	30	20	1	0	115.00
		GB Hogg	run out (Singh)	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		B Lee	not out	5	14	9	0	0	55.55
		Extras	(lb 5, w 13)	18
		Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 227 mins)	283	(5.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-37 (Gilchrist, 5.1 ov), 2-122 (Ponting, 18.2 ov), 3-132 (Clarke, 21.4 ov), 4-190 (Hayden, 33.5 ov), 5-246 (Hodge, 43.2 ov), 6-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ov), 7-268 (Hogg, 46.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	9	0	68	0	7.55	(2w)
	RP Singh	10	1	66	2	6.60	(9w)
	IK Pathan	10	0	46	1	4.60	(1w)
	SC Ganguly	1	0	7	0	7.00
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	43	2	4.30	(1w)
	M Kartik	10	0	48	1	4.80

Toss India, who chose to bat first Series Australia led the 7-match series 2-1 Player of the matchMS Dhoni (India) UmpiresSA Bucknor (West Indies) and SL Shastri TV umpireGA Pratapkumar Match refereeBC Broad (England) Reserve umpireSD Ranade

Fixures of Australia tour of India, 2007/08

The fixtures of Australia Vs India on Australia tour of India 2007/08 is bellow where both will take part in seven ODI and one twenty20 matches.

September 2007
Sat 29 D/N 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	1st ODI - India v Australia M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
October 2007
Tue 2 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	2nd ODI - India v Australia Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Fri 5 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	3rd ODI - India v Australia Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Mon 8 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	4th ODI - India v Australia Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Thu 11 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	5th ODI - India v Australia I.P.C.L. Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara
Sun 14 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT	6th ODI - India v Australia Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur
Wed 17 D/N 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	7th ODI - India v Australia Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sat 20 D/N 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Only Twenty20 International - India v Australia Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Coming up India Vs Australia ODI, 2007/08

Just One and half a day to go to kick off hard rocking Australia tour of India. In this tour Australia will take part on seven ODI and one Twenty20 matches against recent world cup twenty20 champion, India.

On the eve of this tournament Australia already arrived in India and Ricky Ponting, the captain of Australia in his first press conference of the tour was all about pressure - pressure on India given their recent successes, the pressure of accommodating senior players into a settled side, the pressure of the one-day format, the on-field pressure typically exerted by the Australian style of cricket.

He(Ponting) told the press at a Bangalore hotel on Thursday that India definitely deserved twenty20 and they thoroughly deserve to come back as champions but that's finished now. "We've got to look at the seven games we have here in India and we know what we have to do to win on the subcontinent. If anything now, a bit of the pressure will come back on the Indians," He added.

India add their three most senior and master player, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly as well as India paceman Zaheer Khan also added to the squad who was promoted two rungs to the elite category in the Indian cricket board's new central contracts announced on Thursday.

So there was a question on the press that What impact would the return of India's three senior batsmen - Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly - have on the team and the series? "Three very good and experienced players coming back will obviously add a bit to the Indian team. But the one thing that stood out for all of us, looking at the Indian team throughout the Twenty20, was the amount of youthfulness they had in the team. It's been well-documented that they fielded well all tournament and I think it's a fresh outlook on the game. The thing for us is that we've play against those guys a lot [Dravid, Ganguly, Tendulkar] and we should know their strengths and weaknesses very well. If anything, it'll probably make it a lot easier for us to play India with those guys in the team." He(Ponting) said.

"India are the world Twenty20 champions, we're the test and the world 50-over champions and we've 50-over cricket coming up." He added.

He also said that if we can score 200 in a Twenty20 game why can't we score 400 in a 50-over game? and if we get some really good conditions here we'll see some good scores.

So there will be certainly a good cricket coming up.

Team India:
MS Dhoni(captain+wicket keeper), Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh, S Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh.

Team Australia:
Ricky Ponting (c), Adam Gilchrist (vc), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Adam Voges, Michael Hussey, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson.

The Record in First ICC World Cup Twenty20

The First ICC World Cup Twenty20, South Africa just ended with lots of excitements, huge fans supporting their team and with some marvelous performance as individual and team efforts. Here is the records that is made in this tournament by as individual or team:

Record	Team	Opposition	Score	Match Date	Ground
WC win	India	Pakistan	157/5	24 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Highest innings totals	Sri Lanka	Kenya	260/6	14 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Lowest innings totals	Kenya	New Zealand	73	12 Sep 2007	Durban
Largest margin of victory (by runs)	Sri Lanka	Kenya	172 runs	14 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Largest margin of victory (by wickets)	Australia	Sri Lanka	10 wickets	20 Sep 2007	Cape Town
Tied matches	India	Pakistan	India win Bowl out 3-0	14 Sep 2007	Durban
Most sixes in an innings	West Indies	South Africa	205/6(12 Six)	11 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Most fours in an innings	Sri Lanka	Kenya	260/6(30 4s)	14 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Most total runs(individually)	ML Hayden (Aus)	---	265 in 6 matches	Sep 2007	SA
Most total wickets(individually)	Omar GUl(Pak)	---	13 in 7 matches	Sep 2007	SA
Most runs in an innings	CH Gayle (WI)	South Africa	117	11 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Hat-tricks	B Lee (Aus)	Bangladesh	---	16 Sep 2007	Cape Town
Six Sixes in an Over	Yuvraj (Ind)	Australia	70	22 Sep 2007	Durban
Most sixes in an innings(individual)	CH Gayle (WI)	South Africa	117(10 sixes)	11 Sep 2007	Johannesburg
Highest partnerships for any wicket	CH Gayle, DS Smith (WI)	South Africa	145	11 Sep 2007	Johannesburg