The first day of the second test was evenly poised with England at 258/5. Paul Collingwood was unbeaten on 49 and Matt Prior was on 10 not out. England had made a solid start putting on 133 for the first wicket. Michael Vaughan scored 87 and Alastair Cook got 81. Muralitharan picked up 2 wickets [...]
Tags: day 1, highlights, match highlights, muralitharanIn a low scoring thriller, England edged out Sri Lanka to win by 2 wickets and take a 2-1 lead in the 5 match ODI series. After electing to bat first, Sri Lanka never started off well and kept losing wickets. Tillekeratne Dilshan was the only player in the entire match who figured out the [...]
Tags: 3rd odi, fervez maharoof, Graeme Swann, highlights, match highlights, sri lanka vs englandI am still in shock and disbelief after yesterday night, partly to do with sleeping for only 4 hours and more so due to that one over from Yuvraj Singh and the quickest fifty in an international. India came into this match with a do or die situation. Had they lost this match, they could [...]
Tags: 6 sixes, controversy, gautam gambhir, harbhajan singh, highlights, india vs england, irfan pathan, mahendra singh dhoni, match highlights, Twenty20, twenty20 world cup, video, virender sehwag, yuvraj singh18 Sep
Posted by Nanda under England, New Zealand, Twenty20
New Zealand continued on its merry way with another win, albeit by only 5 runs, and seem to have booked an early spot for the semi-finals. England now need to win both their matches to have any chance of reaching the semis and they have to prepare quickly as they fight it out with India [...]
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Posted by Nanda under England, South Africa, Twenty20
South Africa continued their unbeaten run in the Twenty20 World Cup with a comfortable 19 run win over England. This is England’s second straight defeat in the tournament and all is not well at the moment. After winning the toss, Collingwood had no hesitation to put South Africa in. At 42-3, it seemed that his decision [...]
Tags: albie morkel, highlights, luke wright, match highlights, match report, Shaun Pollock, south africa vs england, Twenty20, twenty20 world cup, videoFacing the ignominy of a first round exit from a major competition, Australia proved yesterday that class is permanent, regardless of what the scorecard may suggest. After losing their first match to Zimbabwe, the Aussies had to win this one and win it with a better net run rate than Zimbabwe.
England won the toss, and [...]
What a bummer! So much expectations and so few met in the final of the one-day series. Rahul Dravid’s luck with the toss continued and yet again he read the conditions wrong. Cannot blame him really as these decisions are already made up by the team beforehand. However, with the way this series had gone, [...]
Tags: 7th odi, aleem dar, highlights, ian bell, irfan pathan, james anderson, match highlights, natwest trophy, paul collingwood, presentation ceremony, rahul dravid, sachin tendulkar, Twenty20, twenty20 world cup, video, virender sehwagHere we are. The most exciting summer of cricket in a long while is almost over, with one last flourish still left. India and England are going to fight out at Lord’s for the final one-dayer in this long and grueling tour. Just a week ago, India were staring at defeat with the series slipping [...]
Tags: alastair cook, flintoff, ian bell, india vs england, james anderson, luke wright, match preview, owais shah, paul collingwood, piyush chawla, preview, rahul dravid, ramesh powar, sachin tendulkar, saurav ganguly, stuart broadWhat a match! Nerve-wracking right till the last over. Frustrating and joyful at the same time if you are an Indian fan. I, for one, did not believe that India would go an and win after being down 5 wickets and still requiring 83 runs from 58 balls. But the youth brigade held on to [...]
Tags: 6th odi, ajit agarkar, alastair cook, aleem dar, controversy, fielding, first odi, gautam gambhir, highlights, ian bell, india vs england, kevin pieterson, luke wright, mascarenhas, match highlights, owais shah, paul collingwood, peter hartley, piyush chawla, sachin tendulkar, saurav ganguly, uthappa, video, yuvraj singh, zaheer khan