Knight Riders Set 156-run Target for Mumbai Indians
NEW DELHI: Chris Gayle (75) slammed maiden IPL fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders post 155/3 against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League encounter at Brabourne stadium, Mumbai on Monday. Watch Live Cricket Chris Gayle hit seven fours and two sixes in his 60 balls inning. Gayle completed his maiden fifty in 47 balls.
NEW DELHI: Chris Gayle (75) slammed maiden IPL fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders post 155/3 against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League encounter at Brabourne stadium, Mumbai on Monday.
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Chris Gayle hit seven fours and two sixes in his 60 balls inning. Gayle completed his maiden fifty in 47 balls.
After Ganguly’s departure, Gayle put on another solid partnership of 82 runs for the second wicket with Owais Shah (31) to help Knight Riders post 156-run target for Mumbai Indians.
Owais Shah slammed three fours to score a 23-ball 31 for the Knight Riders.
Skipper Sourav Ganguly (31) was first to go for Knight Riders after he put up a solid 70-run opening partnership with Chris Gayle.
Ganguly hit five fours in his 34-ball knock before being clean bowled by former international teammate Harbhajan Singh in the 11th over.
Ganguly started his innings with a bang as he hit medium pacer Ryan McLaren for three consecutive fours in the third over of the match.
Earlier, Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat against Mumbai at Brabourne stadium.
Their winning streaks snapped, hosts Mumbai as well as visitors Kolkata would be anxious to regain that momentum as they clash in the 17th IPL match.
Sachin Tendulkar-led MI, after starting off their campaign in great style by winning the opening two ties, came a cropper at the Brabourne Stadium last night against a highly-disciplined effort by Anil Kumble’s Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sourav Ganguly-captained KKR too began their campaign after two largely unsuccessful editions by fashioning upset away victories against defending champions Deccan Chargers and runners-up RCB before losing the next two ties.
These two charismatic captains, who have rubbed shoulders over more than a decade and a half for India, would be anxious to rediscover the magic potion for their teams to cut the losing streak before it spoils their campaign.
Teams:
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Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Dwayne Bravo, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ryan McLaren, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard, Rajagopal Sathish, Aditya Tare (wk), Saurabh Tiwary.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Chris Gayle, Shane Bond, Murali Kartik, Angelo Mathews, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Owais Shah, Ishant Sharma, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh.
Virender Sehwag Fastest Double Century in Test Cricket
MUMBAI : Virender Sehwag Fastest Double Century in Test Cricket, Virender Sehwag smashed a scintillating unbeaten double century as India turned the tables on Sri Lanka in the third and final cricket Test on Thursday.
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Sehwag made 284 not out to lift the hosts to 443-1 by stumps on the second day at the Brabourne stadium in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 393.
The Delhi opener has so far hit 40 boundaries and seven sixes in his 239-ball innings, his sixth knock of 200 or more, two of which were converted into triple hundreds.
If he makes 16 more runs on Friday to reach 300, Sehwag will become the first batsman in history to score three triple-centuries. Australian legend Don Bradman and West Indian great Brian Lara have two each.
Sehwag made light of the bounce and turn on the Brabourne stadium to share two double-century partnerships during the run-riot, cheered by 15,000 boisterous home fans.
He put on 221 for the first wicket with Murali Vijay (87) and 222 for the unbroken second with Rahul Dravid, whose share in the partnership was 62.
Vijay, playing the Test only because Gautam Gambhir was unavailable due to his sister’s wedding, matched his partner’s audacious strokeplay with 10 boundaries and a six.
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Vijay became Sri Lanka’s lone success of the day when he was trapped leg-before by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath before tea when he missed an attempted sweep.
India scored 168 runs from 27 overs in the post-lunch session and 183 more in 34 overs in the final two hours to increase Sri Lanka’s misery.
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s leading bowler with 788 wickets, conceded 119 runs in 20 wicketless overs, while Herath went for 112 runs in his 22 overs.
Sehwag appeared to carry on from his 131 in the second Test in Kanpur last week, which India won by an innings and 144 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
When he reached 48 by lofting Herath for a six over long-off, Sehwag went past the 6,000-run mark in his 72nd Test.
Sehwag reached his double century with four boundaries in one over from seamer Nuwan Kulasekara after tea.
Earlier, Sri Lanka were dismissed 25 minutes after the start when they resumed their first innings at the overnight total of 366-8.
All-rounder Angelo Mathews was run out on 99 as he attempted a second run to reach his maiden Test century after playing a shot to deep square-leg.
Sachin Tendulkar swooped on the ball and rifled in a return to wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who broke the stumps a split second before Mathews made his ground.
Mathews, who was on 86 overnight, hit two boundaries and a two in Shanthakumaran Sreesanth’s first over to race to 96, but fell in trying to reach his century in a hurry.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was India’s most successful bowler with 4-112, while left-arm slow bowler Pragyan Ojha took 3-101.
Virender Sehwag Fastest Double Century in Test Cricket was first posted on December 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm.
Shane Bond breaks down with injury yet again!
Pakistan’s chances of winning the 3-Test Series have enhanced with New Zealand’s main strike bowler Shane Bond ruled out of the remaining two Tests. Bond has suffered a tear in his abdominal muscle during the Dunedin Test. The fast bowler was responsible inflicting a 32-run defeat to the Pakistanis in the first Test at Dunedin having taken eight wickets. Bond has managed to play just the 18 Tests although he had made his Debut way back in 2001.
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Shane Bond breaks down with injury yet again! was first posted on December 2, 2009 at 11:00 am.
Ind vs SL 3rd Test
Ind vs SL 3rd Test updates :- The third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka starts this morning at 9:30 AM IST at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. India cannot lose this 3-Test Series having drawn the first one at Ahmedabad and then clinching an innings win at Kanpur.
Ind vs SL 3rd Test was first posted on December 2, 2009 at 12:03 pm.
India recall Sreesanth for Sri Lanka Test Series
Indian Selectors have given a surprise recall to temperamental fast bowler Sreesanth in its 15-man squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth is on a final warning from the BCCI to keep a check on his on-field behaviour. The fast bowler was also warned by the Kerala Cricket Association for skipping their practice sessions. Sreesanth by the way is the Captain of the Kerala Ranji Team and has been a match-winner for India with 4 four-wicket hauls and 1 fifer in the 14 Tests he has played till date.
The 26-year-old Sreesanth has been selected ahead of Ashish Nehra who had decent success in his ODI comeback. Sreesanth, however scores over the other bowlers because of a combination of pace, swing and seam. The Kerala pacer has this gift of bowling with a totally upright seam unlike many other bowlers. He now joins Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma as the third pacer in the squad. Zaheer Khan comes back into international cricket after a lay off due to a shoulder injury. Batting wise there are no surprises really other than the presence of two reserve players in Murali Vijay and S Badrinath, both from Tamil Nadu.
India has picked three spinners with Hyderabad’s young left armer Pragyan Ojha joining the duo of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra, who are both certain to be in the playing XI. The first two Tests are at Ahmedabad and Kanpur while the third and final Test is at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
India Test Squad : MS Dhoni (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Murali Vijay and S Badrinath.
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India recall Sreesanth for Sri Lanka Test Series was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 2:05 am.
New South Wales Blues Vs Victoria Delhi
Latest match updates about New South Wales Blues Vs Victoria Delhi, New South Wales have won the toss and elected to bat first in this first Semi Final against Victoria at Delhi.
New South Wales, who chose to bat first
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Over 3.6: Boundary! P Siddle to P Hughes, good length delivery, makes room and swings across the line and its a bottom edge that rolls to the right of the keeper to the fine leg boundary.
Over 3.5: Single. P Siddle to David Warner, good length delivery, flicks it off his bat and pad to squareleg.
Over 3.4: Sixer! P Siddle to David Warner, pitched up delivery, clears his frontfoot and blasts that flat over mid off for a six.
Over 3.3: No runs. P Siddle to David Warner, short of length delivery, punches it to mid on.
Over 3.2: Boundary! P Siddle to David Warner, bangs it short, pulls it away to square fine leg for a boundary.
Over 3.1: Boundary! P Siddle to David Warner, bangs it short, pulls it flat behind squareleg and the fielder gets done in by the spin!
Over 2.6: No runs. Shane Harwood to P Hughes, pitched up delivery, drags his drive to covers.
Over 2.5: No runs. Shane Harwood to P Hughes, short of length delivery, makes room and cuts it to the cover fielder on the edge of the circle.
Over 2.4: Single. Shane Harwood to David Warner, short of length delivery, tucks it infront of square on the onside.
Over 2.3: Boundary! Shane Harwood to David Warner, short of length delivery, looks to flick and ends up edging it past the keeper to the thirdman boundary.
Over 2.2: Boundary! Shane Harwood to David Warner, bangs it short, pulls it straight past the bowler for a boundary via mid on.
Over 2.1: Single. Shane Harwood to P Hughes, bangs it short, pulls that flat in the air towards McDonald at straight mid wicket who puts down a tough chance overhead.
Over 1.6: Single. P Siddle to P Hughes, short of length delivery, drops it to covers and steals a single.
Over 1.5: No runs. P Siddle to P Hughes, good length delivery, makes room for a big shot and is beaten outside off.
Over 1.4: No runs. P Siddle to P Hughes, bangs it short, makes plenty of room for a pull and the ball takes the hip and goes to the keeper.
Over 1.3: Boundary! P Siddle to P Hughes, bangs it short, makes room and cuts it in the air behind point for a one bounce boundary.
Over 1.2: No runs. P Siddle to P Hughes, good length delivery, hits the pad from round the sticks and the angle was taking it down the leg.
Over 1.1: No runs. P Siddle to P Hughes, bangs it short, ducks under that and is hit by the ball on his shoulder.
Over 0.6: No runs. Shane Harwood to David Warner, short of length delivery, punches it to covers.
Over 0.5: No runs. Shane Harwood to David Warner, short of length delivery, pushes it to covers.
Over 0.4: No runs. Shane Harwood to David Warner, short of length delivery, flicks it to mid on.
Over 0.3: No runs. Shane Harwood to David Warner, bangs it short, drags his pull to mid on.
Over 0.2: No runs. Shane Harwood to David Warner, bangs it short, pulls it to mid wicket.
Over 0.1: Single. Shane Harwood to P Hughes, short of length delivery, tucks it down to fine leg.
NSW Blues 148/4 (17.2)
New South Wales, who chose to bat first
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New South Wales Blues Vs Victoria Delhi was first posted on October 21, 2009 at 9:49 pm.
India Vs Australia Series 2009
India Vs Australia Series 2009, Ricky Ponting has arrived with his team to play seven games a day international series between India and Australia
The first match will be played at Vadodara Oct. 25, 2009, while the final will be held at the Brabourne Stadium on November 11.
India, which had crashed in the league phase and is set to demonstrate the value, while Australia is satisfied after beating England 6-1 and won the Champions Trophy one-day tournament held in South Africa , earlier this Mon
The Australian team started the tour with a number of uncertainties. Michael Clark is suffering from strained back, which delayed his arrival with the team.
A serious knee injury has led Ferguson to be sidelined. Shaun Marsh, former Australia opener is back after a thigh injury.
The batting line-up interrupted, Ricky Ponting will have to do a little thinking of the selectors.
While Ponting and established confidence to take on India in the next round.
The series schedule is as follows –
25 October 1 in Vadodara ODI
October 28 2nd ODI in Nagpur
October 31 3rd ODI in Delhi
November 2nd ODI at Mohali 4th
November 5th ODI 5 in Hyderabad
November 8 6th ODI at Guwahati
11 November 7 ODI in Mumbai.
India Vs Australia Series 2009 was first posted on October 21, 2009 at 9:58 pm.
