India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4
India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4, NAGPUR: Sachin Tendulkar smashed a defiant, unbeaten half century as India reached 162-4 at lunch on the fourth day Tuesday in its bid to avoid an innings defeat to South Africa in the first test Tuesday.
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India, which was forced to follow on the third day, still trails South Africa by 163 runs after the visitors declared for 558-6 on Sunday.
After resuming on the overnight score 15, with India on 66-2, Tendulkar played judiciously to anchor the innings and reach 77 not out at the end of the first session. He faced 125 deliveries and hit eleven boundaries.
Tendulkar was dropped by Jacques Kallis at first slip off a Wayne Parnell ball in the 15th over of the day when on 45. He went to the break with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 9.
South African skipper Graeme Smith introduced left arm spinner Paul Harris for Morne Morkel (1-36) after the first five overs in an effort to force a break through, .
Paceman Dale Steyn (1-36), who claimed seven wickets for 51 runs in India’s first innings, continued from the other end.
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The ploy paid immediate dividends as Harris claimed Murali Vijay for 32.
The departure of Murali saw Subramaniam Badrinath join Tendulkar, but he was dismissed for 6 shortly after to a full length delivery from Wayne Parnell that he edged to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.
India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4 was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:57 pm.
Australia Vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Streaming
Melbourne: Australia Vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Streaming, A brilliant all-round performance by Shane Watson helped Australia beat West Indies by a huge margin of 113 runs in the first ODI here on Sunday.
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The win gave Australia 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.
After being put into bat, Australia posted a reasonably good total of 256/8 in allotted 50 overs.
Opener Shane Watson played a good knock of 59 off 74 balls with the help of 3 fours. Apart from him, Ricky Ponting scored 49 to give Australia a sense of solidity in the middle overs.
For West Indies, Keiron Pollard picked up 3 crucial wickets to put a check on the Australian batsmen.
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In reply, West Indies never got going and were bowled out for a meager 143, conceding a 113-run defeat.
For Australia, Rayan Harris and Nathan Hauritz claimed three wickets each.
Australia Vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Streaming was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 1:08 pm.
