England Vs South Africa First T20 today
JOHANNESBURG: England Vs South Africa First T20 today, England’s two-and-a-half-month tour of South Africa begins today with the first of two T20 internationals at the Wanderers.
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England’s preparations were going well until their defeat against South Africa A when the batting subsided for 89 all out, while injuries haven’t helped the planning. Paul Collingwood takes the reins for the Twenty20s before Andrew Strauss returns for the one-dayers .
South Africa, on the other hand, were hitting their stride against Zimbabwe with a crushing 212-run victory in the second ODI at Centurion. The home side will use the Twenty20s as a chance to give all the players in the squad a run, with the exception of the injured Wayne Parnell, but there is also the need to prepare for next year’s ICC World Twenty20.
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For both teams the next two matches could be the only Twenty20 games they play before that global event in West Indies.
England Vs South Africa First T20 today was first posted on November 13, 2009 at 2:34 pm.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand in 2nd T20 Today
DUBAI : Pakistan Vs New Zealand in 2nd T20 Today, After first T20, the focus turns to the the second and final T20 to be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on Friday in Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium.
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Pakistan have a far superior record in T20s this year they won the World T20 and the 1st ODI against New Zealand and overall have eight wins in ten games. New Zealand is no slouches themselves.
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It’s believed that the two T20Is here are sold out and is expected to be a houseful of around 25,000 spectators. Pakistan are the defending World T20 Champions and they are up against an unpredictable Kiwis who have already beaten them 2-1 in the 50-overs Series.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand in 2nd T20 Today was first posted on November 13, 2009 at 3:08 pm.
South Africa takes on England at Wanderers in the first T20I tonight
The South Africa-England Series kickstarts today with a T20I at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg tonight. The two teams will clash again tomorrow in a simlar format before heading into the more serious business of the ODI and the Test Series.
England go into the first T20I with the embarassment of losing a warm-up match against South Africa A at Bloemfontein. The visitors were bundled out for a paltry 89 on Tuesday. The batsmen seem to be low in confidence but the bowlers did well for them by stretching that match till the 18th over and taking six wickets of a decent South Africa A side.
Here are the two squads for tonight’s Twenty20 International :
South Africa : Graeme Smith (Captain), 2 Loots Bosman, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Heino Kuhn, Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper), Ryan McLaren, Roelof van der Merwe, Wayne Parnell, Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt
England : Paul Collingwood (Captain), Joe Denly, Luke Wright, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (Wicket Keeper), Tim Bresnan, Adil Rashid, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Sajid Mahmood, James Anderson, Graham Onions
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South Africa takes on England at Wanderers in the first T20I tonight was first posted on November 13, 2009 at 3:30 pm.
New Zealand Wins Toss and Fields Against England
JOHANNESBURG: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss Tuesday and sent England in to bat in their Champions Trophy match at Wanderers Stadium.
New Zealand was affected by a wave of injuries, and brought in Ian Butler to replace fast bowler Daryl Tuffey, and reserve wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins to replace Jesse Ryder.
England brought in Ryan Sidebottom for Graham Onions in the only change to the team which eliminated host South Africa from the tournament.
Teams:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, Gareth Hopkins, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori (captain), Kyle Mills, Shane Bond, Ian Butler.
England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Ryan Sidebottom.
New Zealand Wins Toss and Fields Against England was first posted on September 29, 2009 at 7:48 pm.
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England Vs Srilanka ODI, Eng Win By Six Wickets
JOHANNESBURG: England have won their first match in the Champions Trophy 2009, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets here at the New Wanderors Stadium on Friday.
Chasing 213, England achieved the winning target in 45 overs as Eion Morgan emerged top scorer with an unbeaten 62.
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Other main scorers were Paul Collingwood (46) and Owais Shah (44).
Earlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 212 after England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and opted for fielding.
Sri Lanka were in trouble right from the beginning as their four top-order batsmen returned to pavilion for only 17 runs on the board.
However, Thilan Samaraweera (30) and Thilina Kandamby (53) came to rescue and added 64 runs for the fifth wicket and after Samaraweera departed at 81, Angelo Mathews joined Kandamby and they also added 82 runs for the sixth wicket.
Mathews made 52 but the remaining four wickets fell for 49 runs and Sri Lanka were all out for 212 in 47.3 overs.
For England, pace bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad captured three wickets for 20 and 49 runs, respectively while Graham Onions claimed two for 58.
England Vs Srilanka ODI, Eng Win By Six Wickets was first posted on September 26, 2009 at 1:42 pm.
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