Ashes referrals infuriate Ponting, save Prior
MELBOURNE: Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s frustration over a TV referral decision boiled over into an ugly row with umpire Aleem Dar on the second day of the fourth Ashes test on Monday.
Ponting, whose team faces a huge task to save the test and keep alive their hopes of winning back the Ashes, spent more than a minute remonstrating with Dar after demanding a review of a not out decision against England batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin had launched a loud but solo appeal for caught behind, convinced Pietersen, who was on 49, had nicked the ball from quick Ryan Harris.
A review of the decision revealed no “hot spot” where the ball passed Pietersen’s bat but a furious Ponting, who was joined by finger-jabbing seamer Peter Siddle, argued long and hard with Dar, prompting jeers from the crowd.
Australia win toss and bat against Sri Lanka in T20
October 31, 2010 by Trend PK
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PERTH: Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 international at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday.
It is the first international match of the Australian season.
Clarke, who is under pressure to retain his spot in Australia’s Twenty20 side despite being skipper, leads a home team missing many of the players likely to be key in the upcoming Ashes series against England.
It will be retiring spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s final appearance at the WACA Ground.
After the one-off Twenty20 clash, Australia and Sri Lanka play three one-day matches, starting at the MCG on Wednesday.
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Australia: Michael Clarke (C), Cameron White, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, David Hussey, Clint McKay, Dirk Nannes, Peter Siddle, Dave Warner, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Steven O’Keefe (12th
Australia win toss and bat against Sri Lanka in T20
October 31, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
PERTH: Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 international at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday.
It is the first international match of the Australian season.
Clarke, who is under pressure to retain his spot in Australia’s Twenty20 side despite being skipper, leads a home team missing many of the players likely to be key in the upcoming Ashes series against England.
It will be retiring spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s final appearance at the WACA Ground.
After the one-off Twenty20 clash, Australia and Sri Lanka play three one-day matches, starting at the MCG on Wednesday.
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Australia: Michael Clarke (C), Cameron White, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, David Hussey, Clint McKay, Dirk Nannes, Peter Siddle, Dave Warner, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Steven O’Keefe (12th
Pakistan 94/4 at stumps on day 2 : Hobart Test
Pakistan vs Australia :- Pakistan 4 for 94.
Salman Butt 34, Shoaib Malik 4
Pakistan is at 94-4 against 519-8 on the 2nd day of Hobart Test.
Earlier Australia declared the innings at 519-8. Kangaroos started the 2nd day with 302-3 with Ricky Ponting ‘s remarkable 209 innings. Michael Clarke made 166. In the third session of the game, Ponting declared the innings at 519-8. Pakistan started the game with Opener Imran Farhat got out at 38 while Khurram Manzoor ducked. Captain Muhammad Yousuf and Umar Akmal made 7 and 8 runs respectively. Partners Shoaib Malik, 34 and Salman Butt, 5 are not-out. Peter Siddle took two wickets.
Pakistan 94/4 at stumps on day 2 : Hobart Test was first posted on January 15, 2010 at 10:31 pm.
Australia Beat Pakistan by 36 Runs
SYDNEY : Australia Beat Pakistan by 36 Runs, Australia has completed a remarkable Test victory over Pakistan. Pakistan were all-out for 139 runs loosing second cricket Test match against Australia by 36 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Nathan Hauritz took five wickets in the second innings as the visitors were dismissed for 139 in pursuit of 176 for victory.
Earlier, Australia was dismissed for 381 when Bollinger was the last man out.
Mike Hussey and tailender Peter Siddle shared a record-breaking 123-run partnership for the ninth wicket to give Australia fresh hope of victory.
Siddle was out for 38 soon after lunch with the score on 380. Bollinger followed his fellow paceman back to the pavilion after failing to trouble the scorers.
Hussey finished unbeaten on 134, while Siddle’s knock of 38 was his highest Test score.
The pair’s partnership beat the 83-run stand between Bob Massie and John Watkins for Australia’s ninth wicket against Pakistan in Sydney 37 years ago.
Pakistan started strongly in the chase, reaching 3/77 before Hauritz took two wickets in three balls, including a superb catch that may have saved his life.
The offspinner latched onto a Mohammed Yousuf missile, holding the catch despite the ball drawing blood.
He then dismissed Misbah-ul-Haq for a duck two balls later to put the Aussies in the box seat.
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Australia Beat Pakistan by 36 Runs was first posted on January 6, 2010 at 1:15 pm.
Pakistan in Sight of Victory Against Aussies
Pakistan in Sight of Victory Against Aussies, Pakistan started the third day game with a score of 331 and the last pair could only add two runs making the score to 333. Aussies began the 2nd innings with a loss of 286 runs.
The openers made 105 with Shane Watson on 97 who once again fell a victim to nervous nineties, while Phillip Hughes scored a patient 37. Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria took 4-117 before limping off the SCG with an apparent leg injury. Except Mike Hussey, other middle order batsmen failed to play a long innings.
Ricky Ponting was unable to make a big improvement on his first-innings duck, falling caught at second slip for 11, while Michael Clark could only make 21 runs. Mike Hussey scored a defiant 73 not out on day three of the second Test against Pakistan to give Australia a faint hope of victory with Peter Siddle is 10 not out. Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria took 4 wickets, Umar Gul 3 and Muhammad Asif 1.
If the national team wins the game, it would be a victory over Australia almost after 14 years gap.
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Pakistan in Sight of Victory Against Aussies was first posted on January 5, 2010 at 2:01 pm.
Australian Vs Pakistan 1st Test live streaming
MELBOURNE: Australian Vs Pakistan 1st Test live streaming, The Australian captain’s good fortune continued when he won the toss and chose to bat on a pitch he described as “tacky”.
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Peter Siddle also comes into the team.
The trio’s fitness means Phillip Hughes, who was on standby for Ponting, and Steve Smith, on standby for Hauritz, will not play while Clint McKay is dropped to make room for Siddle.
Danish Kaneria and Umar Gul are out for Pakistan, with Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rauf taking their places.
The spinner Kaneria has a finger injury but his replacement Ajmal has a big turning doosra which caused Australia problems in a one day series earlier in the year.
Gul is apparently omitted on form ground and is replaced by Rauf, a right-arm paceman in his third Test.
Australia: Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.
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Australian Vs Pakistan 1st Test live streaming was first posted on December 26, 2009 at 11:34 am.
IND vs SL 3rd ODI, India won by 7 wickets
CUTTACK: Sachin Tendulkar hit a solid 96 not out to power India to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international here on Monday.
The opener cracked 13 fours in his 104-ball knock to help India achieve a 240-run target with more than seven overs to spare in the day-night game for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. ( Watch Live Cricket Scores )
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial role in restricting Sri Lanka to a modest total, finishing with a career-best 4-32 off 10 tight overs. He was named man of the match.
Sri Lanka were on course for a big total when they reached 165-1 in the 23rd over before losing their last nine wickets for 74 in a dramatic collapse, sparked by Jadeja.
India made a brisk start, with stand-in captain Virender Sehwag smashing a 28-ball 44 with nine fours in a 55-run stand for the opening wicket with Tendulkar.
Sehwag led the team in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was banned for two matches for a slow over-rate during his team’s three-wicket defeat in the previous game in Nagpur.
India capitalised on the start as Tendulkar added 72 for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir (32) and 73 for the unfinished fourth wicket with Dinesh Karthik (36 not out) to steer his team home.
Jadeja led India’s fightback with a disciplined spell. He bowled well-set opener Upul Tharanga (73) before dismissing Chamara Kapugedera (15), Nuwan Kulasekara (10) and Ajantha Mendis (six).
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was the other bowler to impress, conceding 29 off nine overs for one wicket.
In-form opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, who smashed brisk centuries in the last two matches, helped Sri Lanka get off to an explosive start with an 18-ball 41 as the visitors raced to 65 off just 6.2 overs.
Dilshan, who survived a run-out chance on 36, was caught by wicket-keeper Karthik off a mistimed pull off seamer Ashish Nehra after hitting 10 fours in his impressive cameo.
There was no respite for India as Tharanga and skipper Kumar Sangakkara (46) put on 100 for the second wicket to raise their team’s hopes of posting a big total.
Tharanga cracked one six and six fours in his 81-ball knock.
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IND vs SL 3rd ODI, India won by 7 wickets was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 11:28 pm.
Australia announces squad for the first test
Australia announced 13-man squad for the first Test match against Pakistan. Middle order batsman Phillip Hughes and fast bowler Peter Siddle had also been included in the squad. The first match of the three test matches series would held on December 26th in Melbourne.
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Australia announces squad for the first test was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 11:28 pm.
Siddle, Henriques out of India Series
Australia’s injury problems increased further with the news of fast bowler Peter Siddle and all-rounder Moises Henriques also heading back home. Siddle has a side strain and has been ruled out of action for a week. Henriques, the hero of New South Wales’ win in the Champions League T20 has suffered a hamstring injury. The two players are going to be replaced with 23-year-old NSW quick Burt Cockley and Victorian all-rounder Andrew McDonald. Earlier it was expected that left arm fast bowler Dirk Nannes would be the replacement for Peter Siddle. India would thank its stars that Nannes hasn’t been named as the left armer has shown his red hot pace in the IPL quite often.
The visitors had leveled the 7-ODI Series in 2-2 at Mohali. The two replacement players are expected to be ready only by the 6th ODI at Guwahati. The fifth ODI is tomorrow at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Australia will most likely have Ben Hilfenhaus come back in the place of Peter Siddle.
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Siddle, Henriques out of India Series was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 1:51 am.
