World Cup 2011: New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs

New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs in the 3rd quarterfinal of ICC World Cup 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. Following the target of 222, all South African side bowled out for 172 runs. Six Proteas batsmen couldn’t enter into the double figures. Jacob Oram got four wickets.

According to details New Zealand Captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat first. Kiwi side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Brendon McCullum on the first ball of 3rd over. He scored 4 runs. Soon after, Martin Guptill was taken by Steyn on just 1 run. He played 14 balls for this score. After losing two early wickets, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor batted very sensibly and added 114 runs in the third wicket partnership. Taylor was taken by Imran Tahir when his score was 43. Scott Styris failed to play a big innings and turned back to pavilion after scoring 16 runs.

The innings of Ryder ended on 83, Ingram took his catch on the ball of Imran. Nathan McCullum was bowled out by Steyn on 6. Jacob Oram (7) was clean bowled by Morkal on the first delivery of 48th over. Daniel Vettori also dismissed on the second last ball of the same over. At the end of limited number of overs, New Zealand posted the total of 221/8 on the scoreboard. Kane Williamson was notout on 3. Morne Morkel was best South African bowler with 3 wickets. Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir finished the innings of two, two players.

Following the target of 222, South African side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Hashim Amla. He scored 7 runs after playing 5 balls. Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis played a bit responsible cricket and added 61 runs in the second wicket partnership. Smith turned back to pavilion after scoring 28 runs. This time in-form AB de Villiers came to join Kallis. The innings of Kallis finished ended on 47, he faced 75 balls for this score. JP Duminy failed to play a big innings and was soon taken by Nathan McCullum.

AB de Villiers became the fifth wicket of Kiwi side, he scored 35 runs. Soon after, Johan Botha was dismissed by Oram on 2. Robin Peterson turned back without opening his score account. Dale Steyn was taken by Nathan McCullum on 8. The resistance of Faf du Plessis finished by Oram on 36. Morne Morkel became the victory wicket of kiwis who scored 3 runs. After losing all wickets the score of South Africa was 172in 43.2 overs.
Jacob Oram was the most sussessful bowler of the winning side, he took four wickets. Nathan McCullum finished the innings of three Proteas batsmen.

Australia face tricky match against emotional Kiwis

NAGPUR: Champions Australia will look to stave off a stiff challenge from an emotional New Zealand side, who will aim to bring a little cheer back home with a World Cup win in Nagpur on Friday over their old rivals.

The build-up to the match between the trans-Tasman rivals has been incredibly tough for the Kiwis following Tuesday’s earthquake in Christchurch, which killed at least 95 people, with more than 200 people still missing.

“The greatest thing we can do for a lot of people is win the game against Australia. That would bring a little bit of relief to some people going through a tough time,” New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said after the natural calamity.

New Zealand have left out batsman Kane Williamson and bowlers Kyle Mills and Luke Woodcock from their 12 on the eve of the match with their traditional rivals, who are on a 30-match unbeaten streak in the showpiece event stretching to 1999.

Australia were slow to get out of the blocks in their opening win over Zimbabwe and will want to see better application from their batsmen against the Kiwi spin duo of Vettori and Nathan McCullum, who is tipped to open the bowling.

The New Zealand batsman would expect to have a tough time, though, against the hostile Australia pace attack of Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait.

The organisers have a different battle on their hands and have resorted to bringing in school children to ensure some crowd presence at the 45,900 capacity Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, situated 20 kilometres from the city centre.

“We have talked to 62 schools and have arranged for about 20,000 children to come for tomorrow’s match. At the lowest we are expecting some 13,000 children to be present,” a local organiser told Reuters.

In Dhaka, co-hosts Bangladesh take on Ireland in an important Group B match for both sides, who are aspiring to make it to the quarter, final stages.

Bangladesh, who lost their opening match against neighbours India by 87 runs, will start slight favourites, owing to their abundance of spinners on the slow and low subcontinent track.

Australia to field first against Kiwis

NAGPUR: Australia won the toss and chose to field first in their World Cup Group A clash with New Zealand in Nagpur.

Ricky Ponting’s defending champions have named an unchanged side after their win over Zimbabwe on Monday.

Both teams observed a minute’s silence before the match to honour victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

The Kiwis have promoted middle-order batsman Jamie How for all-rounder Jacob Oram.

The match is set to start in overcast conditions with a top temperature of 31 degrees forecast.

Teams

Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steve Smith, Jason Krejza, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, John Hastings (12th man).

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett, Kane Williamson (12th man).

Australia pacemen restrict New Zealand to just 206

NAGPUR: The Australian pace duo of Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait vindicated captain Ricky Ponting’s decision to field first by skittling trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand for 206 on Friday.

After a sombre start to the day, in which the teams observed a minute’s silence following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Christchurch, Johnson (four for 33) and Tait (three for 35)
shared seven wickets among themselves.

Brett Lee and Shane Watson also chipped in with a wicket apiece, while Steve Smith was the only spinner to pick up a wicket.

Kohli carries India to 276 against New Zealand

GUWAHATI: Virat Kohli scored 105 to carry India to a solid total of 276 all-out in the first innings of the first one-day international against New Zealand.

The right-handed number-three scored 100 off 100 balls before falling to Andy McKay, New Zealand’s most effective bowler, when caught by Jamie How in the 43rd over.

Kohli’s firepower looked set to take India to a formidable score but McKay pinned them back with four wickets for 62 runs.

Gambhir chipped in 38 as he took up the role of Indian captain, with M.S. Dhoni rested along with other top stars such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh for the start of the five-match series.

New Zealand’s regular captain Daniel Vettori was also missing due to back stiffness following the three-game Test series between the teams, which India won 1-0 with a victory in Nagpur.

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New Zealand opt to bat first in final test v India

NAGPUR: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and opted to bat first in the third and final test against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday.

Ishant Sharma replaced the injured paceman Zaheer Khan in the Indian team while left-arm seamer Andy McKay will debut in place of Brent Arnel for New Zealand.

A wet outfield delayed the start of play by three hours.

The series is tied at 0-0 after two drawn matches.

New Zealand – Tim McIntosh, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori (captain), Gareth Hopkins, Tim Southee, Andy McKay, Chris Martin.

India – Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

Harbhajan’s ton extends India’s lead to 122 runs

HYDERABAD: Spinner Harbhajan Singh hit a second consecutive test hundred to extend India’s first innings lead to 122 runs over New Zealand before the hosts were dismissed on the fourth morning of the second test on Monday.

The off-spinner continued tormenting the visitors with an unbeaten 111, following up scores of 69 and 115 in the first test, and bludgeoned the New Zealand attack with seven boundaries and seven sixes to bring up his second test century.

Harbhajan added 105 runs for the last final with Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, who provided able support with 24 off 71 deliveries, before the hosts were all out for 472 in response to New Zealand’s 350.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori got Sreesanth out leg before to complete his 19th five-wicket haul in a test innings.

The three-match series is tied at 0-0 after the opening test at Ahmedabad was

Indian bowlers restrict New Zealand to 350

HYDERABAD: India’s Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh picked up four wickets apiece to trigger a New Zealand batting collapse as the visitors folded up for 350 in their first innings of the second test on Saturday.

Resuming on a strong overnight score of 258-4 built on Tim McIntosh’s opening day ton, New Zealand added just 92 runs for the loss of six batsmen on day two at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

A watchful opening duo of Virender Sehwag (28) and Gautam Gambhir (29) then took India to 62 runs without loss at tea, continuing the hosts’ dominance on the second day.

In a fiery spell of left-arm swing bowling, Khan (4-69) trapped right-handers Gareth Hopkins (4) and Kane Williamson (4) leg before as he managed to get the ball to swing back from around the wicket.

Harbhajan then joined in the fun for the hosts by dismissing Daniel Vettori

India bowlers dominate New Zealand on second morning

HYDERABAD: India’s Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh picked up five wickets in the morning session on day two to trigger a New Zealand batting collapse in their first innings of the second test on Saturday.

Resuming on a strong overnight score of 258 for four built on Tim McIntosh’s opening day ton, New Zealand were 341-9 at lunch, adding just 83 runs for the loss of five batsmen in the morning session at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

In a fiery spell of left-arm swing bowling, Khan (4-66) trapped right-handers Gareth Hopkins (4) and Kane Williamson (4) leg before as he managed to get the ball to swing back from around the wicket.

Harbhajan then joined in the fun for the hosts by dismissing Daniel Vettori (11), Jesse Ryder (70) and Tim Southee (10) to foil New Zealand’s chances of setting a formidable first innings score. Ryder was the lone batsman to

In-form India train guns on New Zealand

AHMADABAD: India will look to extend their dominance of Test cricket when they take on a struggling New Zealand in a three-match series starting on Thursday.

The world number one Test side go into the contest on the back of a 2-0 defeat of Australia at home last month and look primed for another triumph in the traditional format of the game.

Daniel Vettori’s Black Caps, who are languishing at number eight in the Test rankings, hope to recover from an embarrassing 4-0 one-day series loss to minnows Bangladesh.

“The Bangladesh tour was extremely disappointing,” Vettori told reporters in Ahmedabad. “We will try to rectify that in India. It’s a fresh start for us.

“It’s Test cricket and we have new players here and they have not been affected by what happened in Bangladesh,” said Vettori, who will be playing his 100th Test for the Black

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