Sri Lanka Tour opener abandoned on Day 1; 7th ODI doubtful to start!
The first day’s play of Sri Lanka’s 3-day warm-up match against Board President’s XI has been abandoned due to persistent rain in Mumbai. The match which was scheduled to start this morning at the Bandra Kurla Complex hasn’t even seen a toss happenning.
The Sri Lankans are led by Kumar Sangakkara while the Board President’s team which comprises of only youngsters is led by Rohit Sharma. The Lankans play the first Test match from the 16th at Ahmedabad.
Mumbai this afternoon is supposed to host the 7th and final ODI between India and Australia as well, this match is in the newly built DY Patil Stadium and its difficult to see it happen! The seventh ODI is scheduled to begin at 2:30 in the afternoon.
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Sri Lanka Tour opener abandoned on Day 1; 7th ODI doubtful to start! was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 9:55 am.
South Africa thrash Zimbabwe by 212 runs
JP Duminy’s unbeaten 111 from 87 balls (with 9 fours and 2 sixes) set up a massive 212-run win for South Africa against Zimbabwe in the second and final ODI. At the SuperSport Park in Centurion yesterday, South Africa who were put into bat first piled up 331 for 5. Contributions also came from Skipper Graeme Smith (53 from 46) and Jacques Kallis (86 from 105 balls) who put on a century stand for the first wicket.
Zimbabwe in reply were bundled out for 119 in 34.3 overs with Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel and Roelof van der Merwe capturing three wickets each. For the visitors, Tatenda Taibu again kept his head up in pride, this scoring 52 from 71 balls following the first ODI century.
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South Africa thrash Zimbabwe by 212 runs was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 9:55 am.
