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.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Fixures of Australia tour of India, 2007/08
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.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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 |
Monday, September 24, 2007
Icc World Cup Twenty20 Final, India vs Pakistan - VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
India claimed the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup after they beat Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final on Monday. Here are some video highlights:
T20 world cup Final Part 1(Indian innings, batting):
T20 world cup Final Part 2(Indian innings, batting):
20 world cup Final Highlights(Indian innings, batting):
T20 world cup Final Part 1(Pakistan innings, batting):
Last over of the India vs Pakistan Twenty20 Final:
Twenty20 Final - Pakistan - Fall of wickets:
Twenty20 Final - Awards + Celebration - India vs Pakistan
India Clinch Inaugural ICC World Cup Twenty20
The young guns of India claimed the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup after they beat Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final on Monday, 24th September 2007.
All-rounder Irfan Pathan and new-ball bowler Rudra Pratap Singh made the main demages for Pakistan and took three wickets each and Pakistan, who started well, tumbled to 152 all out in reply to India's 157 for five.
Just ten days ago India and Pakistan couldn't be separated in Durban. In front of a frenzied crowd at the Wanderers on Monday, they played out perhaps the best final ever seen in a major tournament.
After scrapping hard to get to 157 for 5 India were inspired with the balling and fielding, and Pakistan appeared to be well out of contention with 54 needed from 24 balls and just three wickets in hand. But when Misbah thumped Harbhajan Singh for three sixes and Sohail Tanvir chipped in with a four-ball 12, the improbable became possible.
After huge thought and discussion Dhoni decided to gambled on the inexperienced Joginder Sharma fro the final over from where Pakistan needed 13 runs to win. Starting with wide he was going to make the decision marked as a questionable! And it was became true when the next ball is gone for distance, Six. But with victory in his grasp, his judgement failed him. Moving across his stumps, he went for the scoop down to fine leg. He didn't connect cleanly, and millions on the subcontinent held their breath as Sreesanth came under the ball at short fine leg. When he held it, the stadium erupted.
Opening batsman Imran Nazir had slammed 33 off 14 balls in a flying start for Pakistan but Robin Uthappa ran him out with a direct hit and Pathan claimed the key wickets of Shoaib Malik (8) and Shahid Afridi (0) in his second over to slow their run chase.
Earlier, Opener Gambhir batted through the first 18 overs, however, stroking eight fours and two sixes, and needed just 54 balls for his fluent innings which give India's total respectability. Rohit Sharma scored 30 not out in 16 balls in the closing overs to take India past 150.
Gul took three for 28 in his four overs as India never managed to break free of tight bowling and fielding.
The Final Scorecard:
Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 final between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers here on Monday:
India:
G. Gambhir c Asif b Gul => 75
Yousuf Pathan c Malik b Asif => 15
R. Uthappa c Afridi b Tanvir => 8
Y. Singh c and b Gul => 14
M. Dhoni b Gul => 6
R. Sharma not out => 30
Irfan Pathan not out => 3
Extras: (1lb, 1nb, 4w) => 6
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Total (for five wickets) => 157(Overs: 20)
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Yousuf Pathan), 2-40 (Uthappa), 3-103 (Yuvraj), 4-111 (Dhoni), 5-130 (Gambhir).
Bowling: Asif 3-0-25-1 (w1), Tanvir 4-0-29-1 (w2), Afridi 4-0-30-0, Hafeez 3-0-25-0, Gul 4-0-28-3 (nb1, w1), Arafat 2-0-19-0
Pakistan:
Mohammad Hafeez c Uthappa b Rudra Pratap => 2
Imran Nazir run out (Uthappa) => 33
Kamran Akmal b Rudra Pratap => 0
Younis Khan c Yousuf Pathan b J. Sharma => 24
Shoaib Malik c R. Sharma b Irfan Pathan => 8
Misbah-ul-Haq c Sreesanth b J. Sharma => 43
Shahid Afridi c Sreesanth b Irfan Pathan => 0
Yasir Arafat b Irfan Pathan => 15
Sohail Tanvir b Sreesanth => 12
Umar Gul lbw b Rudra Pratap => 0
Mohammad Asif not out => 3
Extras: (b1, lb4, w6, nb1) => 12
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Total (all out) => 152(Overs: 19.3)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Hafeez), 2-26 (Akmal), 3-53 (Nazir), 4-65 (Younis), 5-76 (Malik), 6-77 (Afridi), 7-104 (Arafat), 8-138 (Tanvir), 9-141 (Gul)
Bowling: Rudra Pratap 4-0-26-3 (nb1), Sreesanth 4-1-44-1 (w2), J. Sharma 3.3-0-20-2 (w2), Yousuf Pathan 1-0-5-0, Irfan Pathan 4-0-16-3 (w1), Harbhajan 3-0-36-0 (w1)
Result: India won by five runs
Toss: India
Man of the match: Irfan Pathan of India.
Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Mark Benson (ENG)
TV umpire: Daryl Harper (AUS)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
Sunday, September 23, 2007
World Cup Twenty20 Final, India Vs Pakistan
The two neighborhood of South Asian, all time rivals, the young guns of India and Pakistan will square off in the first ICC World Cup Twenty20 final at Johannesburg in South Africa.
After a clinical Pakistan performance saw off the challenge of New Zealand at Cape Town in the first of two semifinals on Saturday, India recorded a stunning victory in Durban against the previously all-conquering Australians.
Less than six months after both sides returned in disgrace from the main World Cup, they now have a perfect opportunity for redemption, albeit with vastly different line-ups since their early departure from the Caribbean.
Rookie Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik and incoming India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have the chance to lift a major trophy after a tournament that has packed in more thrills and close finishes in a fortnight than six weeks in the West Indies.
"India-Pakistan is always a huge competition. It's just like a dream for us," said Yuvraj after smashing 70 off just 30 balls.
On the way to the final, both teams have inflicted humiliating defeats on ODI and Test champions Australia and roared past other favourites like hosts South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
There is no Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly in the Indian line-up nor is Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Yousuf in the Pakistan team. But both sides have discovered new stars on way to the Wanderer's Stadium.
India has a new captain in Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is a refreshing contrast to his predecessors with straight thinking and a focus on the basics of the game.
"I told the boys, 'go out and do your best after which I don't care what happens,'" he said after humbling mighty Australia at Durban last night.
Both India and Pakistan find some real talent players. Dhoni himself, the team India has found new stars on the horizon such as Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa and a thinking bowler in RP Singh, who has joined the ever-aggressive S Sreesanth, comeback kid Irfan Pathan and the veteran Harbhajan Singh to deal mortal blows to the opposition.
Pakistan too has a new captain in Shoaib Malik, who has found match winners in newcomers batsman Misbah-ul-Haq and bowler Tanvir Sohail.
"Both teams are playing with a high level of skill. The Indian batting is so dangerous - and Pakistan are bowling beautifully ... So I can't pick a winner because it's that type of game," Gilchrist said after his side lost to India in the second semifinals last night.
In the end, which of the team runs away with the gleaming trophy will depend on who plays well about three hours of cricket on the day. Both teams are surprise finalists and undoubtedly both will give their best on the final night of a tournament that has caught the fancy of cricket lovers everywhere.
You can expect a healthy rivalry over there (against Pakistan in Johannesburg) and a tough game of cricket. The match India v Pakistan will be live at Sep 24, 12:00 GMT.
TEAMS
INDIA (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa.
PAKISTAN (from): Shoaib Malik (captain), Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Misbahul Haq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, Younis Khan.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Yuvraj Singh's Six Sixes in an Over Against England
The most astonishing and sensational Six Sixes in one over made by Yuvraj Singh In the ICC Twenty20 world cup on September 19th against England, bowled by Stuart Broad. He also made the twenty20 world record of fastest fifty(half century) from just twelve (12) deliveries breaking Ashraful's earlier record which was from 20 balls.
Garry Sobers and Ravi Shastri did it in first-class matches, Herschelle Gibbs in the World Cup and now Yuvraj in twenty20.
The Semi Finals of ICC World Cup Twenty20
Two Semi Finals of ICC cricket World Cup Twenty20, South Africa will be held tomorrow. New Zealand And Pakistan will take part in First Semi final at Cape Town - Sep 22, 2007. Match scheduled to begin at 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT), 5.00pm BD and 5.30 India, Pakistan. The 2nd Semi Final will be at Durban where India and Australia will be face each other. And the Match will be begin at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT), 10.00 BD and at 10.30 in India and Pakistan.
Earlier Pakistan beat all team in Super eight on their group. SO they will certainly get the mental advantages against NZ. In comparison to New Zealand and Pakistan both have some talent cricketer who can take the match on their way. In New Zealand McMillan and J. Oram are main hard heater and both are already in the top rank of highest sixes made as a individual batsman. So they will be Pakistan's Main target to check the run rate of NZ. If they can get them quickly NZ might be on trouble. And Pakistan already shown their brilliant performance on bowling in earlier match so they will be on top if they can continue that.
On the other hand Pakistan's batting is mainly depend on their middle order batsmen, like: Younus Khan, Shoib Malik, Misbah and Afridi and all are in top form. So New Zealand bowlers have to bowl accurately maintaining good line-length. NZ also have some good bowlers like Bond and vettory both have the ability to take some quick wicket which can change the match result.
In other Semi's inspired from previous match can through challenge to Australia. Yubraj(Rem. made six sixes on six balls) who is in injury he might be ok for this match which will increase their batting strength. In India's batting top order batsmen Ghambir and Sehwag have to start with brilliant knock so that the late order can show their highest performance. On over all India's Bowling is pretty good with good swinging line-length. But have to check extras, which may be their concern.
On the other hand Australia is always on the top gear without their bad day. They have very deep, nice bating strength, any one can take the match on the end leading their team. Hayden might be India's first target who is on top of individual batting average. On their bowling Lee and bracken can do the damage though they have some other good medium, slow medium and spin bowlers with their brilliant fielding all can be dangerous. So both need to be very cautious on all department to beat.
Lastly, Both the match will be highest contrast and exciting and hopefully will be. No way to talk leaving each other!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
South Africa Won Against New Zealand By Six Wickets
Winning toss South Africa(SA) invited New Zealand(NZ) to bat first and NZ opener start as ideal as required. But when Morne Morkel cam into attack NZ batsman lost their way. As a result some quick wickets limiting to make runs.
At one stage NZ ware 68/0 after 8 overs. After then M Morkel shows his evidence came as a bowling action. In that over he took two wickets which divert NZ way. And he completed his bowling with a tremendous effort, just 17 runs from his 4 overs with 4 huge wickets. His brother A Morkel and Johan van der Wath saw South Africa storm back to restrict NZ to just 153 for 8 from their 20 overs at Kingsmead.
In NZ innings McMillan again play important role starting a huge six over cover off Vernon Philander. McMillan briefly hinted at a furious late inslaught, taking 24 in Albie Morkel's third over, including a massive six over midwicket. He was unbeaten 48 from sparing just 25 balls. M Morkel could have had the first five-for in twenty20 format but for Billy Doctrove calling no-ball after he had bowled Mark Gillespie.
Justin Kemp of South Africa took the main important part of SA's Inning and took the game on their way. Kemp was unbeaten 89* from 68 balls with six massive sixes. He was declared as Man of The Match fro his tremendous unbeaten knock.
So the point table is same for both SA and NZ. The will have to wait for India to pass through Semi Final.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Dhoni India's New ODI Captain
After resigning of Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is selected as a new One day international captain for the cricket nation of India. Dhoni is now leading India's twenty20 team.
The career of Dhoni s improving rapidly after joining with the ODI squad. Rising continued with his appointment on Tuesday as captain of India's one-day team for the home series against Australia and Pakistan. The selector also picked the squad for the first three ODIs against Australia, bringing in Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan but finding no place for Virender Sehwag.
Selector Vengsarkar said "He would have three former captains in the ranks who would give him full support. You are talking about having three captains - Azharuddin had five former captains under him when he led India in England," .
The key points in the selection of the 15-man squad were the return of Harbhajan and Pathan, the continued absence of Virender Sehwag and the dropping of Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel and Rohit Sharma from the side that toured England.
After appointment Dhoni said he was aware of the pressure and challenges that come with it. With PTI Dhoni told "I just heard the news in the afternoon and haven't had the time to reflect on that since I am preparing for the twenty20 games against England and South Africa,".
The career of Dhoni for one-day start in December 2004. He has scored 2477 runs in 84 ODIs at an average of 44.23 and a strike rate of 96.26. His highest score, an unbeaten 183 against Sri Lanka in 2006, is a record for a wicketkeeper and also the record for the most runs scored by a batsman while chasing. Dhoni had also occupied the top batsman's spot in the ICC one-day rankings in April 2006. Dhoni was the vice-captain of the ODI team on the tour of England.
Profile of Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nick : Dhoni, Mahi
Date of Birth : July 7, 1981
Place of birth : Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Profession: Cricketer.
Major Teams: Team India, Bihar, Jharkhand.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: Versus Sri Lanka in December 2005 in Chennai. Made Valuable 30 runs (India 168 all out, match-drawn).
ODI Debut: India Vs Bangladesh at Chittagong, 1st ODI, 2004/05
India one-day squad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt) ,Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Piyush Chawla, RP Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh
Srilanka Win Easily showing 146 is enough big total for Bangladesh
There was little hope with Bangladesh to chase 146 which Srilanka made for them by very good bowling from Bangladeshi bowlers. But they are unable to cope with this because of very very good bowling from all Lankan Bowlers. As a result Srilanka won by 64 runs easily, a handsome victory.
Srilankan Batsmen was in really trouble to make run. No batsmen can not got run as easy as they gained in others match. But at the last couple of overs Dilshan and Mobarak hit well to make as close as 150 because at one stage it was seems far away.
In batting BD batsmen start with flourishing their bat as a result some quick wickets. If they can bat sensibly then it will be their. But they can't do. After First wicket fall in the very first over, the two successive wicket in 4th over of Farnando clearly shown that the result will be on their way. This is a reckless batting form BD batsman.
Pakistan Won Quite Easily to Reach Semi Final
Once again most unpredictable Pakistan prove they can win against any team even if it is world no. 1 on their day.
Yes, Pakistan showed all round performance today and win against Australia by 6 wickets. At the beginning of Australia innings early break through was given by Tanvir, while he took the wicket of Hayden it was blooming that the day might be in favour of Pakistan and that was the end of the innings.
In the middle of Aus innings Ponting and Symonds tried to recover the early damage and they ware doing quite easily. But after the wickets of Symonds taken by Afridi Australia ware lost their way. And that was when Ponting bowled out on successive over by Hafeez. Finally Australia can reach a good looking innings on Hussy and Hodge innings. But at the end it is not good enough for Australia to give some challenge. And Pakistan win quite comfortably.
In Pakistan innings the start by some good shots while Imran Nazir punching Nathan Bracken over square leg for a six, and Mohammad Hafeez pulling Brett Lee for another maximum. But as earlier match The first wicket partnership could not go long. But it did not make any problem for Pakistan's batsmen. Though some quick wickets fall on the top in the middle Misbah and Malik took the match on the way of their favor. Both of them hit some extraordinary shot to reach huff century on their innings. Malik took the initiative early on, chipping Clark over midwicket for six, and then taking two fours and a six from a Michael Clarke over that went for 17. Misbah was tapping the singles at that stage, but once he opened out, the game was Pakistan's for the taking. Shoaib Malik score unbeaten 52 while Misbah-ul-hoq hit unbeaten 66. Misbah was judged as Man of the match.
New Zealand is in Semi Final in Twenty20 World Cup
New Zealand is gone through the Semi-Final bitting England by 5 Runs runs in a very exciting, heart thrilling match live at Durban, South Africa.
Earlier, England bowlers bowled very well with good captency from Collingwood to restrict New Zealand Batsmen within 164. At one stage NZ ware 31/4 . Then in the 5ht wicket partnership McMIllan and Styris recover the early damage and finally scored a challenging score for England to chase. McMillan scored 57 from 31 balls as well as declared as Man of the Match.
Came into the bowling England batsmen give a good foundation to chase the target in opening partnership 62 from 7.5 overs. From here Nz come back strongly and England batsmen lost their wicket regularly as a result run came slowly. at last england needed 46 runs from 36 balls is possible. But they can't because of their good hitting batsmen already in dressing room.
So, New Zealand make their foot first in the ICC twenty20 world Championship Semi Final. And it is difficult for England to make any hope because they already lost two match in three. May be they have to leave after their last match with India.
Happy wishing to New Zealand.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
South Africa 19 Runs Win After Making a Competitive Total
After wining the toss England captain willing to field first wisely and their bowlers bowled well enough to bound south africa's batsmen and get some quick wickets. England Bowler made key breakthrough at regular intervals under the Newlands lights, but their fielders let them down with four catch misses in the outfield in crucial time, as South Africa fought their way to a competitive total of 154 from 8 in their vital Group E encounter. But at one stage everybody thinking SA will be bound under 140. But Albie Morkel made the distance by some massive hits, 3 fours with 4 massive sixes, where two ware record breaking in length 106 and 102 meters to make in total of 154 for 8 wickets.
In bowling action south africa's bowler are inspired by Shaun Pollock for his extremely good bowling spell. Pollock gave the early breakthrough for South Africa with the controversial run-out of Kevin Pietersen when he clashed with pollock to make a run.
At last England made 135/7 in 20 overs and South Africa win b 19 runs.
JA Morkel of South Africa judged as Man of The Match.
Bangladesh Lose Against Australian Bowlers
Good toss to win for Australia and then Good short of length bowling and quick changes of bowling action, four seamer's within five overs and didn't allow the openers to settle. And Bangladeshis could not use the power play effectively. After the Powerplay period, Ponting deployed a double spin attack with Andrew Symonds and Michael Clark and still Bangladesh couldn't free their arms. Nazimuddin who made some good innings in practice match again unable to lengthen his inning and scooped a low catch to Ponting at cover and Tamim Iqbal, who dealt mainly in singles and twos, sliced a skier to point to push Bangladesh further back.
And then expectation of good innings from Aftab and Ashraful increases. But there were a couple of boundaries - Ashraful slashed Mitchell Johnson over backward point to made 7 from 6 balls before out, Aftab smoked a rare full delivery from Lee over cover and Shakib Al Hasan slog-swept Clarke over deep midwicket - but it was too little and too late.
And then the 17th over, historic part of the game to clinch a first ever Hat-trick in Twenty20 international match. He cramped Shakib into edging a intended cut to the keeper, yorked Mashrafe Mortaza to bowled out and trapped Alok Kapali with one that nipped back in and got clean Lbw. Australia had climbed all over Bangladesh. And AUS bound BD to 123/9.
Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist make the target as a little task and imposed themselves to power Australia to a nine-wicket win at Newlands. Hayden disrupting the mediumpacers by walking imperiously down the track to heave the length deliveries away and swept and swung the mediumpacers, disorienting them completely, while Gilchrist took the spinners to the cleaners. Australia clinched the win in their style. Lee was judged as Man of the match.
T20 Super Eight India Lose By 10 Runs
What a heart thrilling game it was! The game was on till the last over. After maiden 190/8 in 20 overs by NZ batsmen India is behind ten runs in 20 overs and New Zealand have won the first Super Eight's match and gained two valuable points. Daniel Vettori was judged as Man of the match for his masterclass of left-arm bowling. Vettori's spell of 4 for 20 that turned the tide in New Zealand's favour.
Earlier McCullum counterattacked after the fall of Lou Vincent, driving Sreesanth nuts with three gorgeous drives before square-driving and pulling RP Singh to the boundary. Bringing in Harbhajan Singh in bowling action New Zealand batsmen are tied up and fall some quick wickets. But later from 16th over(Yuvraj 25 runs from that over) of NZ innings Craig McMillan and Jacob Oram effected some violent late-order hitting to take the total to a healthy 190 but it almost proved inadequate against the openers of Indians.
In Indian innings they start with fly and reach 76 in seventh over. And then they lose their first wicket of Virender Sehwag who hit some massive stroke to made 40 of just spending 17 balls. After that Vettori varied his flight and pace cleverly to choke the run-flow, increase the pressure and eventually lure the batsmen to their demise. Vettori prised two wickets in the 17th over to effectively seal the game. Mainly after losing the Gambhir wickets India lost their way to win. Again Yuvraj Singh the stroke maker of India fail to meet teems requirements with an awful mix-up between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik found Dhoni short of the crease shortly after depart of yuvraj which makes the game in favour of NZ.
After all the match was so exciting to dance till the end.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
ICC World Cup Twenty-Twenty Super Eight
Well, this is ICC world championship for Twenty-20 limited over match and the tournament on 2nd round, super eight. The team which will take part on super eight are:
Super Eight groups
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