Davies guides England to victory over Pakistan
September 10, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
DURHAM: England, inspired by 87 from new wicketkeeper-batsman Steven Davies, defeated Pakistan for the fourth time in a row on Friday.
A 24-run victory in the first of five 50-over internationals followed a 2-0 win in the Twenty20 series after England had won the fourth and final match to complete a 3-1 triumph in the test series.
Pakistan, who capitulated dismally in the second Twenty20 match in Cardiff, showed much more fight on Friday in a game reduced to 41 overs a side because of rain.
Chasing an impressive England score of 274 for six, they battled valiantly but lost wickets at important times to total 250 for nine.
Pakistan opener Kamran Akmal made an overdue return to form with 53 from 61 balls while his brother Umar hit 43 in 33 deliveries.
Slow bowlers Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy put a brake on the scoring after Pakistan had
Superb Germany dismantle Australia
DURBAN: Three-time champions Germany fired out a warning to World Cup challengers with a comprehensive 4-0 dismantling of Australia in their opening Group D match here Sunday.
The Germans totally dominated the Socceroos, with captain Philipp Lahm and rising stars Mesut Oezil and Thomas Mueller running Australian veterans Scott Chipperfield and Craig Moore ragged down the right wing.
Goals from Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Mueller and Brazil-born striker Cacau were just rewards for a team which also had a hatful of other scoring opportunities.
The victory leaves Germany atop of Group D, Ghana having beaten Serbia 1-0 in the day”s other game.
Podolski opened the scoring in the ninth minute, the happy recipient of a text-book training ground move executed to clinical perfection.
After Oezil had played in Mueller, the Bayern Munich right winger cut the ball back across the face of the goal for Podolski to hammer home left-footed, with Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer getting a hand on it.
Klose, top scorer in the 2006 World Cup, made it 2-0 in the 27th minute with a well-taken goal – and his 11th in World Cup finals – rising between Australian captain Lucas Neill and Schwarzer to head powerfully home from a Lahm cross from the right.
The Socceroos then paid a heavy price for the dismissal of Tim Cahill, shown a straight red card in the 56th minute by Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez for a very clumsy challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Two goals in a matter of minutes from Mueller (67) and Cacau (70), on as a replacement for Klose, sealed Australia”s dismal start to their third World Cup campaign.
Mueller, who started the season in Bayern Munich”s reserves, looked like he”d overrun a Podolski through-ball it but he dragged it back and shot accurately past Schwarzer, in off the post.
With the Australian defence in disarray, Caucau then had a simple tuck-in from another inch-perfect pass into the box by the 21-year-old Oezil.
It was Australia who had the first real chance of the game, Lahm clearing a close-range effort by Richard Garcia in the fourth minute.
And for all their fine attacking instincts, Germany did at times look slow to close down at the back, allowing time and space for both Garcia and replacement Brett Holman to have shots on target.
Netherlands In Semis Despite Loss To South Korea
NEW DELHI INDAI: The Netherlands have advanced to the semifinals of the field hockey World Cup despite losing to South Korea 2-1 on Tuesday.
The Netherlands had a better goal difference than South Korea, which will miss its first semifinals in three World Cups.
The Dutch will play Pool B winner Australia on Thursday, while Pool A winner Germany will meet England in the other semi.
The Koreans face Spain in a playoff for fifth.
Ronald Brouwer opened the scoring for the Netherlands in the first minute. South Korea hit back through Nam Hyun-woo’s penalty corner in the 32nd, and won on a field goal by Seo Jong-ho in the 45th.
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.
Korea Vs Senegal, South Korea beats Senegal 2-0 in friendly
Korea Vs Senegal, South Korea beats Senegal 2-0 in friendly, New Celtic signing Ki Sung-yong scored as South Korea had 26 games unbeaten with a 2-0 win over Senegal on Wednesday.
Ki, who will join the giants of Scotland in January, opened the scoring after 42 minutes and Oh Beom-seok, sealed the win ten minutes from time in the World Cup Stadium in Seoul.
South Korea, which has already qualified for next year’s World, controlled much of the game, but initially struggled to find a way past goalkeeper Chiekh Tidiane Ndiaye Senegal.
The hosts came close to opening the scoring when a well beaten Park Chu-young free kick that ricocheted off a post.
South Korea won the deserved breakthrough three minutes before half-Ki 20-meter shot home after good work from end Bolton Wanderers’ Lee Chung-yong.
With both teams making a number of substitutions in the second half, slowed action.
Manchester United star Park Ji-sung and Park Chu-young, both missed opportunities to increase the advantage of South Korea Oh before victory was assured.
Korea Vs Senegal, South Korea beats Senegal 2-0 in friendly was first posted on October 14, 2009 at 9:33 pm.
